STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: February 10, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 1, 4
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the (1) acceptance of a grant from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration through the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (Agreement No. CSJ 0918-47-306, CFDA No. 20.205) in the amount of $1,195,000.00 as federal share in the total project cost of $1,247,933.72 (includes Federal $1,171,100.00, Direct State $23,900.00, and Indirect State $52,933.72 participation totaling $1,195,000.00) and no City participation (covered by a total Transportation Development Credits value of $239,000.00) for costs related to designing the reconstruction of roadways to include corridor connections, sidewalks, transit stop, bike lane, traffic calming, on-street parking and streetscape improvements at various locations in the City of Dallas; (2) establishment of appropriations in the amount of $1,195,000.00 in the Oak Farms Project Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of funds in the amount of $1,195,000.00 in the Oak Farms Project Fund; and (4) execution of the Local Project Advance Funding Agreement with TxDOT in the amount of $1,247,933.72 and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the grant agreement - Total amount of $1,195,000.00 - Financing: Texas Department of Transportation Grant Funds
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BACKGROUND
The Oak Farms Project covers the streets grid in the area from Interstate Highway 30 to the north, Trinity River to the northeast, Beckley Avenue, Elsbeth Street, and Zang Boulevard to the west; Cumberland Street and Marsalis Avenue to the southwest; Dart Red Line to the southeast. The project's scope includes designing the reconstruction of roadways including corridor connections, sidew...
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