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City staff briefs Garland council on DART—s general mobility proposal and parallel state bills; officials seek operational detail
Summary
Staff compared a DART-board-approved general mobility program to proposed state legislation, discussed differing funding scales and governance proposals, and advised council that operational impacts and cost-allocation methodology (which labels some cities —upside down—) require further follow-up.
City staff on March 31 briefed the Garland City Council on recent developments at the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) level involving a DART board resolution creating a general mobility program and several pieces of state legislation filed as comparators.
Staff said a mediation process between DART and some member cities (described in the briefing as "upside down cities") concluded without a local resolution and the DART board subsequently approved a resolution creating a general mobility program intended to benefit cities that contribute more sales tax to DART than the cost allocation model assigns to them. The briefing contrasted that DART resolution with state legislation filed as House and Senate companion bills; staff cited bill numbers as SB 1557 and HB 3187 for general mobility funding and later referenced governance legislation with numbers given in the briefing as SB 2118 and HB 5049. Staff cautioned the council these bill numbers and provisions were early in the legislative process and…
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