Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteeTuesday, January 21, 2025 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers, City Hall

#AApproval of the minutes from the December 3, 2024 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Meeting.

#BA briefing providing a status update on the Dallas Bike Plan 2025, presented by the Director of the Department of Transportation & Public Works.

#CBriefing on a November 2024 trip to Japan to study high-speed rail systems, presented by the Assistant City Manager and the Transportation Interagency Liaison.

#DBriefing item to approve amendments to Chapter 3, Article III of the DFW International Airport Code of Rules and Regulations, presented by DFW Airport Legal Counsel.

#EForecast of upcoming items to be considered by the committee.

#FOrdinance amending the Dallas City Code's water and wastewater chapter to update uniform concentration limits for wastewater discharged at certain treatment plants, with penalties up to $2,000 for violations.

#GDallas Water Utilities seeks authorization to acquire an approximately 865-square-foot drainage easement from Johnie and Mary B. Wilson on Fernwood Avenue near Louisiana Avenue for the Kings Branch Culvert at Louisiana Project, not to exceed $7,500 total.

#HDallas Water Utilities seeks authorization to acquire a 3,644-square-foot drainage easement via eminent domain from A.J. and Marilyn Wallace on East Woodin Boulevard, not to exceed $13,700, for the Kings Branch Culvert at Woodin Project.

#IDepartment of Aviation seeks authorization to reject all bids received for the Dallas Executive Airport Streetscape Enhancements Project and re-advertise for new bids, at no cost to the city.

#JAuthorization to execute an Airport Project Participation Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for an Airport Layout Plan Update and drainage study at Dallas Executive Airport, with the City providing a 5% match of $40,158 toward the $803,157 total project cost.

#KEngineering services contract with Garver, LLC not to exceed $223,950 to design the expansion of airside ramp space from existing pavement to Taxiway Apron at Dallas Executive Airport, financed by the Aviation Construction Fund.

#LAuthorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 1 with GTS Technology Solutions, Inc. to exercise the first three-year renewal option for firewalls, equipment, managed services, and support for the Department of Aviation, increasing the contract ceiling by $769,922.51 to a new total of $1,428,861.51.

#MBriefing on a proposed professional engineering services contract with LJA Engineering, Inc. for preliminary engineering, plans, specifications, and estimates for sidewalks, ADA ramps, curb extensions, pedestrian lighting, and traffic signal upgrades in the Deep Ellum area, not to exceed $412,860.00.

#NBriefing on the acceptance of a $2,000,000 HUD grant under the FY 2023 Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding to support planning studies in Downtown Dallas and surrounding neighborhoods through August 2031, including appropriation of funds in the Greater Downtown Dallas Master Plan FY23 EDI CPF Fund.

#OAuthorizes an Advance Funding Agreement with TxDOT for a federal Highway Safety Improvement Program grant totaling $5.34 million to construct traffic signal improvements at six intersections, with Dallas responsible for $412,182.70 in local participation costs from the General Fund.

#PBriefing on authorizing the City Manager to issue a Notice of Intent to establish Quiet Zones along DART's Silver Line corridor (formerly the Cotton Belt Line) at 11 railroad crossings, at no cost to the City, in accordance with the Federal Railroad Administration's Final Train Horn Rule.

#QAuthorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 3 to expand and extend a professional engineering services contract with Criado & Associates for Phase II design covering paving, drainage, water, wastewater, a shared use path, and intersection improvements along Ross Avenue between Greenville Avenue and IH-345.

#RAmendment to the Advance Funding Agreement with TxDOT to add the construction phase for reconstructing the Harry Hines Boulevard and Mockingbird Lane intersection, adding $24.78M in Surface Transportation Block Grant funds and increasing total appropriations from $2.94M to $27.72M.