DART Board Planning Committee Presentation

Dallas CBD Second Light Rail
Alignment (D2)
Ernie Martinez, Project Manager
Planning Committee
March 22, 2016
Outline
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SWG Meeting Objective
Presenters
Stakeholder Work Group Comments
Meetings/Key Dates
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SWG Meeting #2 Objective
Objective:
– Allow Stakeholders to participate in the data collection
effort associated with the Existing Conditions element.
– Stakeholders will make brief presentations of their
development plans, current or future operations and issues
and concerns related to the development of D2
– This SWG Meeting is focused on the Young/Jackson
(east/west) segment; the subsequent SWG meeting will
focus on the Lamar/DART ROW (north/south) segment.
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Meeting Presenters
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Preservation Dallas*
ONCOR*
Maharger Development
Harwood Park
First Presbyterian Church
Statler Hilton
Joint presentation
Lone Star Gas Lofts
Continental Building
Butler Brothers Building (Marriott Hotel, residences)
Aloft Hotel
Joint presentation
SoCo Lofts
*These are Stakeholders that represent a particular issue or
element that is not site-specific.
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Meeting Comments
• Preservation Dallas:
– Provided sampling of historic structures along the D2 alignment (e.g. Knights of
Pythias Temple, Lone Star Gas Lofts, Statler Hilton, Continental Building, SoCo
Lofts, Aloft Hotel) that they perceive might be impacted
Sampling of historic buildings with
potential impacts from proposed D2
alignment
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Meeting Comments
• ONCOR
– Jackson and Wood Streets contain electric transformer vaults (ETVs) that make
these corridors undesirable or costly to prepare for light rail
– Young Street has fewer issues
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Meeting Comments
• Harwood Park
– Young and Jackson Street alignments provide transit access to park users
– a Wood-running alignment would preclude the possibility of the park
development
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Meeting Comments
• SoCo Lofts, Aloft Hotel
– Expressed concerns about potential impacts to adjacent developments
including: noise/vibration, loss of access, revenue loss, pedestrian circulation,
traffic, economic development, increased development costs, utilities, safety,
quality of life, ADA, fire safety, code compliance, loss of property (land,
structures), property values, etc.
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Meeting Comments
• SoCo Lofts, Aloft Hotel
– Proposed an alignment refinement that would keep the light rail line within
public ROW (Lamar, Young Streets) near their developments
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Meeting Comments
• Statler Hilton, Continental Building, Lone Star Gas
Lofts
– Concerned that their primary auto access off of Jackson would be severely
impacted by a Jackson St alignment
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Meeting Comments
• Statler-Hilton, Continental Building, Lone Star Gas
Lofts
Proposed an alternative
Young St alignment
that:
– redistributes spacing
of stations
– minimizes impacts to
First Presbyterian
Church
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Meeting Comments
• First Presbyterian Church (FPC):
It is perceived that a Young St-D2 alignment would impact the Church as follows:
– Historic Chapel and Encore Park would be impacted by noise/vibration
– Parking garage would need to be purchased/demolished to accommodate D2
– Accessibility to their surface parking lot would be diminished
– Pedestrian access would be diminished
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Meeting Comments
• Butler Brothers Building (Marriott Hotel, residences):
– Increased accessibility; revitalization of City Hall Plaza; opportunity for
collaboration;
– Areas of concern: Encroachment on sidewalks adjacent to their building;
station locations, valet parking impacts, public safety
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Meeting Comments
• Maharger Development:
– Perceived that a Young St alignment would impact historic their historic
structure (Meletio Electric Building)
– Impact other properties
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Develop D2 in a subway
Wait 25 years to build D2
Slow down on developing D2
Develop D2 in a way that pedestrians can easily cross the tracks
Right of Way costs will be greater than expected
When will Dallas City Council get another opportunity to vote
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Meetings/Key Dates
• Individual Briefings (Recent Past/Upcoming)
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Harwood Park
First Presbyterian Church (multiple)
Butler Brothers Building (Marriott Hotel, residences) Tour
SoCo Lofts/Aloft Hotel: Tour and Briefing
General Services Administration (Date TBD)
• Community/Public Meetings
– SWG Meeting #3 (within 4 weeks)
– Public Meeting (late Spring/early Summer)
• Key Dates
– SDEIS complete by December 2016
– Project Development complete by November 2017
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