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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO |
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| | | | | | | | | MEETING DATE: | 2/8/2021 | | DEPARTMENT: | Special Projects | | DIRECTOR: | Peter Braster, Director of Special Projects | | AGENDA ITEM: | To approve Dallas Area Rapid Transit (“DART”) Resolution No. 200132 for the acquisition of Parcel CB3-009 at 680 Executive Drive. | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | Adoption of Resolutions |
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| | | | | | | | ITEM SUMMARY Resolution No. 2021-2-2(R): To approve Dallas Area Rapid Transit (“DART”) Resolution No. 200132 for the acquisition of the following parcel of land in the City of Plano, Texas for the purpose of construction, improvement, and operation of DART’s Silver Line Regional Rail Project and other public improvements and projects related hereto – Parcel CB3-009 at 680 Executive Drive; and providing an effective date. Adopted |
| | | | | | | | PREVIOUS ACTION/PRESENTATION On December 17, 2019, the Plano City Council approved a similar resolution from DART to acquire two parcels required for the 12th Street Station within DART’s Silver Line Regional Rail Project. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND Chapter 452 of the Texas Transportation Code grants to DART the right of eminent domain to acquire any interest in real property, including a fee simple interest and the use of air and subsurface space; and further provides that such right of eminent domain may not be exercised within a municipality without the approval of each proposed acquisition by the governing body of such municipality. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL SUMMARY/STRATEGIC GOALS This item has no financial impact.
Approval of this acquisition by DART relates to the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factors of Residential and Commercial Economic Vitality and Multi-Modal Transportation and Mobility Solutions. |
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