STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: August 27, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation and Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the First Amendment No. 1 to and Restatement of the Development Participation Contract with the Texas Trees Foundation for the donation of privately funded design plans for a City of Dallas 2017 General Obligation Bond Program Project identified as the Southwestern Medical District Streetscape Plan/Harry Hines Boulevard Improvements (Market Center DART Station to Mockingbird Lane) project to (1) revise the scope of work to separate the Infrastructure Design component from the Project Enhancement Design component; and (2) identify the responsible parties of each project component - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information for potential future costs)
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BACKGROUND
On November 7, 2017, the City voters approved the 2017 General Obligation Bond Program, which allocated $7,500,000.00 to construct multimodal transportation improvements on Harry Hines Boulevard, identified as the Southwestern Medical District Streetscape Plan/Harry Hines Boulevard Improvements (Market Center DART Station to Mockingbird Lane) project ("Project").
On October 12, 2017, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), through its Regional Transportation Council (RTC) approved the programming of Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality and Surface Transportation Block Grant funds for construction of the Project in the amount of $6,000,000.00, which was later increased to $9,000,000.00 as approved on October 12, 2023 (collectively, the "RTC Funds").
On March 28, 2018, the City Council authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the NCTCOG RTC regarding obligations and conditions relating to the distribution of the RTC Funds for the Project by Resolution No. 18-0440. The M...
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