STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: December 14, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
DEPARTMENT: Water Utilities Department
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a professional services contract with Lim & Associates, Inc. to provide land surveying services for the Dallas Floodway Extension which includes the Great Trinity Forest - Not to exceed $783,000.00 - Financing: Storm Drainage Management Operations Fund ($468,000.00) and Storm Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund ($315,000.00)
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BACKGROUND
The City of Dallas is the owner and operator of the Dallas Levee System extending from the Elm and West Forks of the Trinity River through the main stem and terminating at Interstate Highway 20. This system is regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In addition to regulating the Dallas Levee System, the USACE and City have been cost participating in two separate federal projects to improve the public safety of the residents and businesses that are served by this system.
The Dallas Floodway Extension includes the floodway Great Trinity Forest (GTF) which is approximately 6,000 acres of land along the Trinity River. The GTF area is understood to be the largest bottomland urban hardwood forest channel in the United States. The DFE and the GTF provides flood risk management through the natural and built features, such as the Upper and Lower Chains of Wetlands, Central Wastewater Treatment Plant Levee, Rochester Levee, and the future Cadillac Heights and Lamar Levees. In May 2019, a resolution was authorized to reaffirm the protection of the GTF and upholding the multi-purposes of the GTF as outlined in local, state, and federally approved plans, including flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and recreational enhancements.
This action will authorize a professional services contract with Lim & Associates, Inc. ...
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