STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: October 26, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Water Utilities Department
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain to acquire a tract of land containing approximately 206,362 square feet, from One Morrell, LLC, located on Morrell Avenue near its intersection with Sargent Road for the Dallas Floodway Extension Project - Not to exceed $4,158,174.00 ($4,135,174.00 plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $23,000.00) - Financing: Storm Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund ($1,492,597.87), Flood Protection and Storm Drainage Facilities Fund (1995 General Obligation Bond Funds) ($230,198.11), Trinity Corridor Project Fund (1998 General Obligation Bond Funds) ($423,328.83), Flood Protection and Storm Drainage Facilities Fund (1998 General Obligation Bond Funds) ($323,075.58), Flood Protection and Storm Drainage Facilities Fund (2003 General Obligation Bond Funds) ($125,605.60), and Flood Protection and Storm Drainage Facilities Fund (2006 General Obligation Bond Funds) ($1,563,368.01)
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BACKGROUND
The City of Dallas is the owner and operator of the Dallas Levee System extending from the Elm and West Forks of the Trinity River through the main stem and terminating at Interstate Highway 20. This system is regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In addition to regulating the Dallas Levee System, the USACE and City have been cost participating in two separate federal projects to improve the public safety of the residents and businesses that are served by this system. The City is required to own, in fee simple, all parcels related to the Dallas Levee System.
In July 2018, the Dallas Levee System flood risk management projects included in the Modified Dallas Floodway Project (DF) and the Dallas Floodway Extensi...
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