STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: September 13, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 2, 14
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Dr. Robert Perez
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing to receive comments to amend Ordinance No. 13262, "Dallas Central Business District Streets and Vehicular Circulation Plan" to change Wood Street between Griffin Street and Field Street from 80 feet of right-of-way and 36 feet of pavement to 60 feet of right-of-way and 36 feet of pavement, and update the existing right-of-way and pavement descriptions to reflect existing conditions; and, at the close of the public hearing, authorize an ordinance implementing the change - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
Sante Fe IV Hotel LP, property owner on the south side of Wood Street west of Field Street, has requested an amendment to the City of Dallas Central Business District Streets and Vehicular Circulation Plan (CBD Plan) to change Wood Street between Griffin Street and Field Street from 80 feet of right-of-way and 36 feet of pavement to 60 feet of right-of-way and 36 feet of pavement. Staff is also requesting to update the existing right-of-way and pavement description to reflect the existing conditions. This section of Wood Street currently exists as varying right-of-way, with most of the section either 50 feet of right-of-way and 36 feet of pavement or 69 feet of right-of-way and 37 feet of pavement, the latter at the intersection of Wood Street and Griffin Street. The proposed change will modify the CBD Plan to 60 feet of right-of-way; this will be 30 feet of right-of-way on either side of the established centerline and the existing 36 feet of pavement curb-to-curb. Under the proposed amendment, there would be 12 feet of parkway on either side of the road in the public right-of-way, and the developer is proposing to allocate an additional two to three feet ...
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