RE City of Dallas "Quiet Zone" E Belt Line Road- 2020-08-26WHEREAS, Dallas Area Rapid Transit is currently designing and planning the
construction and operation of a 26 -mile rail line between Dallas Fort Worth International
Airport and the City of Plano known as the Cotton Belt Project or Silver Line (the "Project");
and
WHEREAS, the Project alignment follows the existing Cotton Belt Rail Line that passes
through the cities of Plano, Richardson, Dallas, Addison, Coppell, and Carrollton; and
WHEREAS, the portion of the Project alignment that passes through the northwestern
part of the city of Dallas is a section that crosses East Belt Line Road where the City of
Dallas and the City of Coppell city limits adjoin; and
WHEREAS, the project passes through the Cypress Waters mixed-use development;
and
WHEREAS, the project crosses the rail at grade at East Belt Line Road and has an
additional proposed at grade crossing within the Cypress Waters development; and
WHEREAS, both the City of Dallas and the City of Coppell desire to establish "Quiet
Zones" under the U.S. Department of Transportation -Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) Train Horn Rule (49 CFR Part 222) (FRA rule) on East Belt Line Road and in the
Cypress Waters development area; and
WHEREAS, the Parties are each a "local government" as defined in the Interlocal
Cooperation Act, as amended (Chapter 791, Texas Government Code, as amended, or
"the Act"), whose governmental functions include the authority to provide for public
transportation within their respective jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the project crosses both local government's jurisdictional territory; and
WHEREAS, the FRA rule allows for the cooperation of the local governments having
jurisdiction over the roadway -rail at -grade crossings; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dallas desires to facilitate the processing of the quiet zone
establishment on East Belt Line Road and in the Cypress Waters area; and
WHEREAS, the FRA rule requires a diagnostic team review of the effected crossings
and compliance with the diagnostic team's recommendations concerning those
crossings.
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Now, Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DALLAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council hereby authorizes a resolution to support the City of
Coppell as the applicant for the establishment of the Project's "Quiet Zone" on East Belt
Line Road and in the Cypress Waters area based on the city of Dallas's review and
approval of the final diagnostic team recommendations in accordance with the FRA rule.
SECTION 2. That this resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Dallas, and it is accordingly
so resolved.
APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
AUG 2 6 2020