PILLAR: Growing
AGENDA DATE: June 24, 2026
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Convention and Event Services
PRIORITY: N/A
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the professional services contract with M. Arthur Gensler, Jr. & Associates, Inc. dba Gensler for architectural and engineering services, to provide for a change in scope to meet the time constraints related to the City's construction obligations for the Secondary Facility in an amount not to exceed $379,885.00; and (2) a decrease to the original award amount for Supplemental Agreement No. 1 in an amount not to exceed $1,100,393.40 to eliminate any further design services for the Secondary Facility - Total not to exceed ($720,508.40), from $30,639,241.00 to $29,918,732.60 - Financing: Convention Center Construction Fund
*In alignment with Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Master Plan.
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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 2 million square foot Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD). The solicitation phase for master planning understood that the demand among convention centers continues to grow for high-quality exhibition and meeting space, especially within the medical, scientific, and technical fields, and that the existing KBHCCD was losing ground at a rate that was impacting the local economy. Market analyses conducted in prior years pointed to several factors, in addition to the KBHCCD's aging infrastructure, that were impacting the center's salability.
Included among those factors were mobility, transportation, surrounding amenities, and overall land use surrounding the facility. The exploration of facility data demonstrated that, as a facility constructed in five phas...
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