STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: June 23, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 1, 2
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) the transfer of funds from the Public/Private Partnership Fund to the Dallas Streetcar System Fund; (2) an increase in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 in the Dallas Streetcar System Fund; and (3) payment to Dallas Area Rapid Transit for operation and maintenance costs for the Dallas Streetcar System from Union Station to Bishop Arts District for Fiscal Year 2021 - Not to exceed $1,000,000.00 - Financing: Dallas Streetcar System Fund
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BACKGROUND
The Dallas Modern Streetcar is a City owned facility that links the downtown Central Business District to the Methodist Hospital in Oak Cliff and the Bishop Arts District. The system includes six stops on 2.3 miles of track all within the City street network. The system was constructed using $81 million in State and Federal grant funds with the expectation of providing an economic stimulus, neighborhood revitalization, and an alternate mode of public transportation for at least a 30-year period.
The City maintains Interlocal Agreements (ILA) with the North Central Texas Council of Governments, Federal Transit Administration, Texas Department of Transportation, and with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) pertaining to the Dallas Streetcar System. These ILA's established the City of Dallas as the owner of the Dallas Streetcar and allow for the City to rely on technical expertise from DART to operate and maintain the Dallas Streetcar.
On August 28, 2019, City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a consolidated Master Streetcar ILA with DART for the operating and maintenance (O&M) of the Dallas Streetcar System from Union Station to the Bishop Arts District by Resolution No. 19-1235. This con...
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