STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: October 23, 2019
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 9
DEPARTMENT: Park & Recreation Department
EXECUTIVE: John D. Jenkins
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SUBJECT
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Authorize Amendment No. 4 to the Arboretum Agreement with Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Inc. to set a cap on utility usage and to identify standard performance measures for the remaining term of the agreement - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Inc. (DABS), a Texas non-profit corporation located at 8617 Garland Road whose primary purpose is to maintain, promote and operate recreation and cultural facilities for the benefit of the public on the approximate 22 acres of land. DABS was established to maintain, promote and operate one or more arboreta and botanical gardens for the benefit of the public and its members.
As part of the first amended DABS contract, executed on March 23, 1988 ("Master Agreement"), the City of Dallas assumed responsibility for all utilities. The same contract required a utility audit to be conducted and to identify the optimum energy usage. DABS would then be responsible for energy usage exceeding this optimum amount. An audit completed by the City Auditor's Office on December 7, 2018 identified the required energy audit per contract requirements had not been completed and subsequently, the Department worked to have this audit completed in June 2019. The energy audit identified optimum energy usage to be 3,353,450 kilowatts per hour (kWh) or $206,649.00. The average energy, electricity usage per year is $209,000.00.
The City entered into a Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the Master Agreement for the construction, development and maintenance of a Children's Garden and partial modification of the first amended DABS contract ("hereinafter referred to as the "Supplemental Agreement"), authorized by City Council per Resolutio...
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