ST9902-AG010424DATE:
No.2001
APR 2 4 2001
COURT ORDER
STATE OFTEXAS
COLrNTYOFDALLAS
BE IT REMEMBERED, at a regular meeting of the Commissioners Court of Dallas County, Texas, held on
the 24th day of April
,2001· on motion made
by Kenneth A. Mayfield, Commissioner of District No. 4
· and seconded
by Mike Cantrell, Commissioner of District No. 2 , the following order was adopted:
the matter set forth below was briefed before Commissioners Court on ~'anuary 9, 2001 and April 3, 2001;
and
WHEREAS,
In December 1999, Commissioners Court issued a call for projects to the cities to identify candidate
thoroughfare improvement projects for potential County funding; and
WHEREAS,
on October 17, 2000, Dallas County Commissioners Court approved participation in Transportation Major
Capital Improvement Projects for the Program Yeats 2004, 2005, and a portion of 2006 by Court Order
2000-2117 with a list of proposed accepted projects attached to the Court Order. In order to implement the
proposed projects it is necessary for the impacted cities to execute a MASTER AGREEMENT GOVERNING
TRANSPORTATION MAIOR CAPITAL IM~ROVEMTm'~ PROJECTS; and
WHEREAS,
by execution of the attached documents, the cities of Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Coppell, Duncanville, Glenn
Heights, Grand Prairie, Irving, Sachse and Rowlett, which were briefed on January 9, 2001, and the cities
of Balch Springs, Dallas, DeSoto and Lancaster, which were briefed on April 3, 2001 have agreed to
participate on at least a fifty/fifty basis with Dallas County; and
WHEREAS,
it is desirable to have the impacted cities committed to funding projects they have put forward. The
MASTER AGREEMENT will initiate this effort by cleatly defining County and City partnership and roles.
A supplemental agreement will be implemented once a predesign charrette meeting is held that will identify
project specifics such as proposed alignment, scope, project teams and cost estimates.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUD GED AND DEC REED by the Dallas County Commissioners Court that the County
.ludge is hereby authorized and dkected to execute the attached MAS'I~R AGREEMENTS for the cities of Can'oHton,
Cedar Rill, Coppell, Duncanville, Glenn Heights, Grand Prairie, Irving, Sachse, Rowlett, Balch Springs, Dallas,
DeSoto and Lancaster.. ~
D~iN OPEN COURT, this the 24th day of ~ 2001.
LeeF.
.lohn W~, District #3
racksOrl~i~l'ict #1 -- Mike Cantrell, District//2
Don,aid R. I-Iol~vartl~ P.E., Dir~tor of Public Wor~____~.~