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Farmers Branch mayor: city won’t leave DART but urges restructuring after council reduced contribution
Summary
The mayor told the City of Farmers Branch council the city is not seeking to exit Dallas Area Rapid Transit but supports restructuring that could allow tailored services; he noted the council earlier approved a resolution to reduce the city’s DART sales-tax contribution from one cent to three-quarters of a cent.
The mayor of Farmers Branch (name not specified in the transcript) told the City Council at its Oct. 22 study session that the city is not seeking to leave the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system but wants DART’s governance and service model overhauled.
"City of Farmers Branch is not looking to get out of DART but we do believe that DART needs to be restructured and reorganized," the mayor said, adding the agency’s original model — created 41 years ago — has not evolved to meet the…
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