City Council Meeting Date: August 18, 2026
Date: August 6, 2026
To: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
From: Jonathan Wheat, P.E., Director of Engineering
Shannon Hicks, P.E., Assistant City Manager
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Consider A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate and Execute An Interlocal Cooperative Agreement (ICA) With The North Central Texas Council Of Governments (NCTCOG) To Provide Local Match Funding For The Design and Construction Of The Cotton Belt Shared Use Trail.
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Summary:
The purpose of this item is to authorize local match funding for the design and construction of a shared use trail parallel to the DART Silver Line and a connection into McInnish Park in a maximum amount of $832,202.
Background:
NCTCOG has been coordinating with DART to construct the Cotton Belt Trail along the entire length of the Silver Line. Phase 3A of the DART Cotton Belt Trail extends from Downtown Carrollton to the south edge of McInnish Park. Funding for this section of trail in the amount of $22,000,000 is currently programed for design and construction, with a local match requirement of $351,446. DART will coordinate the design and construction of the trail and the only requirement from Carrollton is local match funding. Subsequent to the initial planning for this project, NCTCOG has identified additional funding in the corridor that was initially earmarked for a segment of trail in the City of Grapevine in the amount of $1,923,024. The project in Grapevine cannot be completed in the timeframe of this funding availability, so NCTCOG has identified another section of trail that can be completed, and has reappropriated this funding to connect the Cotton Belt Trail into McInnish Park. In order to utilize this funding, an additional local match of $480,756 is required from the City of Carrollton. Thus, a total local match for both of the trail projects is $832,202.
Financial Implications:
NCTCOG has received funding for design and construction of...
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