STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: May 27, 2020
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 2
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the Multiple Use Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation to include additional right-of-way adjacent to Interstate Highway (IH) 345 and Carpenter Park and adjacent to IH 45 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and remove right-of-way adjacent to IH 345 and Canton Street from the original agreement - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
In April 1993, the City of Dallas executed a Multiple Use Agreement (MUA) with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to use six distinct areas under IH 345 for public parking lots and public parks. These areas under IH 345 are between Grand Avenue and the Woodall Rogers Interchange.
This supplement proposes to modify the MUA to add two new areas within the TxDOT right-of-way for public parking lots and public parks. The first area is adjacent to IH 45 and Carpenter Park and will affectively enlarge the usable area of Carpenter Park. The second area is adjacent to IH 45 between Martin Luther King Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue and will be a part of a larger community effort to activate and improve the surrounding area.
This supplement also proposes to remove from the MUA the area under IH 345 that is bounded by Henry, Taylor, and Canton Streets. This area is not currently being used by the City for a public parking lot or public park. Removing this area from the agreement allows TxDOT to recapture the area and control its use. TxDOT may work with another public or private party to develop the area for some compatible use. While TxDOT will determine how this area is used, future non-highway uses by another party may still be subject to City permits and regulations.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On December 9, 1992, City Council authorized a MUA with TxDOT to permit the construction, maintenance and operation of a combination of parking lots and public parks on the highway right-of-way of IH 45 and IH 345 near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Good Latimer Expressway, then from Corinth Street to Spur 366 by Resolution No. 92-4298.
FISCAL INFORMATION
No cost consideration to the City.
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