STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: May 28, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 2, 14
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation and Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a professional engineering services contract with Gresham Smith, most highly qualified proposer of two, to provide engineering services for Phase I of the Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct Modification and Realignment project to support the demolition of a portion of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD) over Lamar Street and the demolition of the Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct/South Market Street bridge including associated work with the KBHCCD - Not to exceed $3,356,179.88 - Financing: Convention Center Construction Fund
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BACKGROUND
In 2018, the Department of Convention and Event Services (CES) engaged in a multi-departmental solicitation for a development process to determine a path-forward for correcting long-time deferred maintenance of the KBHCCD. This solicitation led to the development of the KBHCCD Master Plan, which was divided into seven fundable components. Component 1 of the KBHCCD Master Plan aims to expand the KBHCCD convention center, including the addition of a proposed enhanced greenspace connector, through demolition and reconstruction of the convention center currently located on South Griffin Street. The expansion of the campus would reorient the convention center west of Lamar Street resulting in an opportunity to create a multi-use district on approximately 30-acres. Additional components of the Master Plan would allow for the reorientation of streets, the re-envisioning of the Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station, the repair and refreshing of Pioneer Plaza and Cemetery, and reconnection into South Dallas.
On September 13, 2023, the City Council awarded a professional services contract to Inspire Dallas, LLC for project management and owner's representation service...
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