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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers, City Hall

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee agenda featured 13 substantive items, with $11.6M in proposed spending across seven items and four policy briefings covering Vision Zero, TxDOT projects including I-345, a TxDOT right-of-way audit, and a parking program update. Infrastructure contracts led by a $7.5M Love Field garage repair and multiple Kimley-Horn engineering scopes made up the bulk of the financial agenda.
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Analysis based on the published agenda — official vote outcomes not yet available. Results may appear as the city updates its records.

Matters

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Attorney

Verify Criado cumulative contract value against Dallas re-procurement cap

Why now: Matter 26-1299A is framed as a supplement rather than a new competitive procurement, and the April 20, 2026 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee agenda disclosed neither the cumulative contract total nor the original solicitation under which Criado was first selected.

What to do: Pull Criado Engineering's original city contract and every prior supplement to calculate total cumulative award value — if amendments have grown the original past 25% under Dallas purchasing policy, the city must justify the expansion or initiate a new qualifications-based selection, and the full council vote is the last practical window to raise that objection.

Act before: After full council vote on matter 26-1299A

Source: Item #J ↓
Journalist

File records request for Criado Engineering's full Love Field contract history

Why now: The April 20, 2026 committee agenda listed 26-1299A without disclosing the original contract value, cumulative total, or original solicitation method, even as $7.5M of the $11.6M total agenda spend was directed to Love Field infrastructure without a competitive-bid notation.

What to do: File a public records request for Criado Engineering's original city contract, all prior supplements, and the specific dollar amount of this supplement — the April 20 agenda left unanswered whether this is a legitimate incremental amendment or a de facto sole-source expansion that bypassed competitive selection.

Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)

Source: Item #J ↓
Lobbyist

Contact Transportation Committee members before Love Field supplement reaches full council

Why now: Matter 26-1299A had a single committee appearance on April 20, 2026, has not yet been posted to full council, and the available record shows no conditions or holds were attached at committee.

What to do: Reach out now to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members who heard the April 20 agenda to determine whether any conditions or reservations were attached to the Criado supplement — once the item is posted on the full council consent agenda, the window to add conditions or request supplemental documentation closes permanently.

Act before: After matter is posted to full council consent agenda

Source: Item #J ↓

Analysis

Financial Highlights

The agenda included $11.6M in proposed spending across seven items, with a $7.5M Love Field garage repair contract accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total.[#F][#G][#H][#I][#L][#M][#J]

Infrastructure & Facilities

The agenda scheduled engineering design for six traffic improvement projects at specific Dallas intersections and corridors, and proposed a set of amendments to the city's streets and sidewalks ordinance affecting driveway standards, right-of-way return obligations, steel plate requirements, and utility coordination rules.[#B][#C][#H][#I]

Public Safety

The Vision Zero 2025 Annual Progress Report was scheduled as a committee briefing, and a $285,487 design-build contract for capital improvements at Fire Station No. 5 was proposed using 2024 General Obligation Bond funds.[#A][#M]

Community Impact

The Seventh Amendment to the Use Agreement between the City of Dallas and the Dallas Museum of Art was on the agenda, proposed to enable planning, design, construction, renovation, repair, and improvements to the DMA with no cost consideration to the City.[#K]

Insights by Role

Contractor

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectSeven contract items totaling $11.6M were on the agenda, including a $7.5M Love Field garage repair contract that drew nine bidders and two separate Kimley-Horn engineering scopes. A design-build delivery method was proposed for Fire Station No. 5, and supplemental agreements to existing contracts with Criado & Associates, LLC and Concourse Communications were also scheduled.

Developer

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThe proposed Chapter 43 ordinance amendment (item H) introduces new driveway radius standards for residential and commercial construction, a utility clearance letter requirement, and city cost recovery authority for delays caused by public service providers — changes affecting any project that involves work in or adjacent to the public right-of-way.

Journalist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingFour policy briefings were on the agenda — Vision Zero 2025, TxDOT project updates including I-345, a TxDOT right-of-way audit, and a parking program update — each scheduled as an information item. The I-345 and right-of-way audit briefings in particular raise follow-up questions about scope, findings, and city obligations.

Lobbyist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThree of the four policy briefings were presented by Transportation & Public Works Director Ghassan Khankarli, making him the primary staff contact for transportation policy moving through this committee. The I-345 briefing, presented directly by TxDOT's District Engineer, is the highest-profile policy item on the agenda for organizations with interests in that corridor.

Charts & Data

13 items(13 procedural hidden)

AI-generated summaries. Click to expand for original text.

#ABriefing presenting the Vision Zero 2025 Annual Progress Report, updating the council on the city's initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

#BA briefing by Texas Department of Transportation District Engineer Ceason Clemens covering TxDOT project updates in Dallas, with a specific focus on the I-345 highway project.

#CBriefing memo on a right-of-way audit conducted by TxDOT, presented by the Transportation & Public Works department at the request of the City Manager's Office.

#DBriefing memo providing an update on the city's parking program, presented by the Transportation & Public Works department at the request of the City Manager's Office.

#EA general briefing forecast of upcoming items from the City Manager's Office.

#FAuthorization of a not-to-exceed $7,473,015 construction services contract with Restocon, LLC to repair water infiltration, expansion joints, concrete cracks, traffic coats, and moisture protection at Garages A & B at Dallas Love Field.

$7.5M

#GAuthorization of Supplemental Agreement No. 2 extending the Wi-Fi and Distributed Antenna System concession contract at Dallas Love Field with Concourse Communications Group, LLC through October 2026 and correcting a scrivener's error in the concessionaire's legal name; minimum revenue guaranteed to the Aviation Fund is $337,500.

$338K

#HOrdinance amending Dallas City Code Chapter 43 to update sidewalk and street infrastructure standards, including cement specifications, driveway radius requirements, right-of-way restoration obligations, steel plate cover rules, and utility coordination procedures; allows the city to recover costs from public service providers that cause delays, and establishes a penalty up to $500, with no cost to the City.

$500

#IAuthorizes a professional engineering services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. not to exceed $1,500,000 to design multiple traffic improvements across Dallas, including a roundabout, warranted traffic signals, street restriping, a pedestrian hybrid beacon, signal upgrades, and a corridor study; funded by 2017 and 2024 Bond funds.

$1.5M

#JAuthorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with Criado & Associates, LLC for professional engineering, subsurface utilities engineering, and survey services, increasing the contract by $1,000,000 from $2,642,569 to $3,642,569, funded by the Convention Center Construction Fund.

#KAuthorizes the Seventh Amendment to the Use Agreement between the City and the Dallas Museum of Art to enable planning, design, construction, renovation, repair, replacement, and improvements to the DMA facility, at no cost to the City.

#LAuthorizes a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for architectural, engineering, and construction administration services for a new vehicle maintenance facility at the Southeast Service Center, not to exceed $1,046,500, funded by the 2006 General Obligation Bond Fund.

$1.0M

#MAuthorizes a design-build construction contract with Cooper General Contractors for capital improvement upgrades at Fire Station No. 5, covering design, preconstruction, and architectural and engineering services, not to exceed $285,487, funded by the 2024 General Obligation Bond Fund.

$285K

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