Agenda - City of Dallas

Cityplace Area TIF District
FY 2011 Annual Report
• KATY Trail Improvements
Basic improvements for KATY Trail were funded by sources other than the
Cityplace Area TIF District. The trail opened in 2000. A TIF request for
additional funding for Cityplace KATY Entryway to the Trail was approved by the
TIF Board and funding in the amount of $250,000 was provided. These
preliminary entryway improvements were completed during the second quarter
2004-2005. Additional right of way and land acquisition was made in 2007. Due
to delays in property acquisition, design changes and renegotiations of project
pricing based on multiple design changes, the improvements were completed in
the 1 st quarter of 2011.
• Improvements for Area DISD Schools
A new 30,000 square foot parking lot was constructed at the corner of Haskell
and Cole Avenues in front of North Dallas High School to improve parking
availability on campus. TIF participation included the reimbursement of
expenditures for land conveyance and construction of the parking lot. In August
1999, two lots were purchased on Haskell Avenue across from North Dallas High
TIF participation included the reimbursement of land acquisition costs. Concepts
were developed and discussed during 2005-2006, which involved improvements
to North Dallas High School and the possible construction of common area
improvements and additional educational facilities. The TIF District funded the
abandonment of approximately $92,000 in right-of-way space acquisition costs
related to the old Haskell Avenue trace near the front of North Dallas High
School. During 2007, the City Council approved a development agreement
allowing TIF funding of $1,097,987 for public and facility improvements at North
Dallas High School. The project was completed during FY 2010.
• Improvement of J. W. Ray Park
Park improvements were completed in late Summer 2003. The TIF Board, as
agreed, provided an additional $20,000 for more improvements as the Parks
Department found additional funding to complete the planned improvements.
The Parks Department met with neighborhood representatives to better meet
community needs and desires regarding the improvements. Additional
improvements were identified by the Parks Department during FY 2005-2006, the
additional funds were provided and the improvements were constructed.
• Improvements to Public Open Space
Cityplace West Boulevard is lighted and lined with red oak and burgundy sweet
gum trees. The roadway features a landscaped center median with a trolley line
and will include the future development of a plaza and turntable at the terminus
of the trolley line at the Cityplace DART Light Rail Station. Both Gables West
Village and Gables Cityplace West provided numerous pedestrian amenities and
streetscape along Blackburn Street and Cityplace West Boulevard. Construction
on three new open spaces began during FY 2011 and is anticipated to be
completed December 31, 2012. The open spaces are listed below:
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