STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Economic Development
AGENDA DATE: June 14, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Office of Economic Development
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) selection of the recommended most advantageous proposal submitted by the John Trube Corporation for City Solicitation BVZ22-00020447 (Request for Proposals for Transit-Oriented Development of Property Owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit at the Westmoreland Station), most advantageous proposer of 2, and (2) the City Manager or designee to execute an exclusive negotiation agreement, approved as to form by the City Attorney, with John Trube Corporation, or an affiliate - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
In July 2020, a memorandum was issued by the chairpersons of the City's Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development Committee, and Workforce, Education, & Equity Committee of the City Council, challenging the City to utilize all available land owned by the City or Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) within a half-mile of DART light rail stations to produce mixed-income housing developments. The memorandum entitled "Mixed-Income Housing Challenge for TODs for Post-Covid-19 Economic Development Recovery Efforts" ("Housing Challenge") is included as Exhibit A to the Resolution.
For Phase I of the City's efforts to meet the Housing Challenge, the City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) in January 2021 to solicit transit-oriented development (TOD) proposals for five City-owned sites adjacent to DART light rail stations. On May 26, 2021, City Council approved the recommended proposals by Resolution No. 21-0928.
In December 2021, DART and the City executed a Memorandum of Understanding (Exhibit B to the Resolution) to give the City the ability to solicit TOD proposals for six DART-owned sites adjacent to DART light r...
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