STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Economic Development
AGENDA DATE: September 14, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Convention and Event Services
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a reimbursement agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Company for preliminary engineering services for the portion of the proposed reconstruction and expansion of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center that impacts over Union Pacific's Rrailroad tracks, including improvements to the infrastructure as part of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Master Plan - Not to exceed $200,000.00 - Financing: Convention Center Construction Fund
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BACKGROUND
Union Pacific Railroad would like to enter into a reimbursement agreement with the City of Dallas ("City") to review project designs, plans and/or specifications related to portions of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas ("KBHCCD") Master Plan that will impact Union Pacific railroad tracks.
The KBHCCD Master Plan is in the second year of the master planning process. The A master planning contract with WSP USA, Inc. ("WSP") was approved by City Council on January 27, 2021, by Resolution No. 21-0245, based on the outcomes of a Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposals process, which was conducted in coordination with multiple stakeholders and 14 city departments. The overall goal of the procurement process was to engage a firm that could develop a plan to create a walkable convention center district that incorporates transportation and private development in a way that ensures Dallas continues to be competitive economically in multiple sectors, including the tourism and hospitality space, and in its ability to keep pace with the downtown growth of other large competing cities.
Convention and Event Services ("CES") briefed City Council on February 2, 2022, following numerous committee briefings, memoranda, and upda...
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