STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: September 9, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Park & Recreation Department
EXECUTIVE: John D. Jenkins
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing, pursuant to Chapter 26 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, to receive comments on the proposed use of Bachman Lake Park located at 3500 West Northwest Highway, totaling approximately 11,059 square feet of land, for the Federal Aviation Administration Fiber Optic Communications Project for the purpose of upgrading air traffic control communications for Dallas Love Field Airport, and, at the close of the public hearing, consideration of a resolution authorizing the proposed use of parkland pursuant to Chapter 26 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
The City of Dallas owns approximately 206 acres of municipal parkland known as Bachman Lake Park located at 3500 West Northwest Highway.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to install a new fiber optic cable from runway 31L to its existing 31L Localizer Facility on the north side of Bachman Lake by means of horizontal drilling (Exhibit A). Installation of the fiber optic cable will run underground approximately twenty feet below the bottom of Bachman Lake. Two bore pits located on either side of the land: on the south side within Love Field Airport, and on the north side within the Localizer Facility, will be the only above grade disturbance required in the project. Both bore pit locations are within existing FAA facilities, no aboveground parkland will be disturbed. Supporting electrical equipment and appurtenances will also be installed at the Localizer Facility.
The installation of the fiber optic cables requires a fiber optic easement in Bachman Lake Park of approximately 11,590 square feet (0.25 acre) of land (Exhibit A).
The existing Localizer Facility within Bachman Lak...
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