North Central Texas Council of Governments

Southern Dallas County Strategic Development Planning Project

Capture the Value

The Value We Add

Helping You Realize Your Vision of a Greater Community • Multi-disciplinary knowledge base

(technical, strategic and financial)

• Local team with well-established relationships in the community

• Long standing commitment to economic development inthe area

• Eager to move forward with thisproject and to ultimately turnyour vision into a reality

Project Team

Historic Review & Technical Analysis

Environmental Impact

Land Use & DataCollection

Infrastructure Capacity

StrategicDevelopmentPlan

Public Involvement& Outreach

Elizabeth Morris David Morgan Mark Mihm, PE Kevin Shepherd,PETony Almeida, PE

Jonathan Barnett Alva Baker

Task Leaders

Project ManagerRobert W. MossPoint person in charge of operations and administration of the project

Project Understanding

Land Resource Southern Dallas County has the largest area of undeveloped land in the Dallas metropolitan area.

Development Plan An internationally recognized, high quality, well integrated logistics hub located in the context of a balanced community where people live near where they work.

Market Demand among commercial and industrial users generated by the transportation hub and for housing by those who work there and who desire to live in a quality and sustainable environment.

Capital Investment attracted by the security of the commercial market and population generated by it.

Financing Underwritable value created by the above factors which support public private partnerships in the development of infrastructure and community facilities.

Long range regional strategic plan

Project Understanding

The five jurisdictions will work together to develop:• Long range strategic plan that integrates land use and

transportation

• Develop the framework for sustainable, mixed-use, compact, and green development

• Market studies providing a solid basis for public and private investment

• Public financing vehicles enabling private investment in infrastructure and community facilities

• Intergovernmental cooperation

Project Organization

Key Issues

• Freight/logistics hubs

• Working across multiple jurisdictions

• Building consensus among stakeholders

• Vision for public involvement

Freight/Logistics Hubs

Transportation AnalysisWe understand the freight industry, thebusiness aspects of public and private port and logistics operations, and the infrastructure necessary for:• smooth cargo flows• modern intermodal systems• the importance of landside access

Specialized expertise

• Facilities planning

• Security

• Preliminary engineering and design

• Final design and project implementation

Serving Multiple Jurisdictions

Governmental & Political Considerations

• Familiar with local political issues and organizational culture

• Project experience with more than 200 different government agencies in the State of Texas

Stakeholder Involvement

Public Involvement

• Create informed public awareness of this project

• Develop of a consensus vision with broad based public support

The Public Involvement and Outreach component is designed to:

The Value We Add

Helping You Realize Your Vision of a Greater Community • Multi-disciplinary knowledge base

(technical, strategic and financial)

• Local team with well-established relationships in the community

• Long standing commitment to economic development inthe area

• Eager to move forward with thisproject and to ultimately turnyour vision into a reality