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September 20, 2021
To the Honorable Mayor and Members of the Dallas City Council:
The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Board is requesting that the Owner Cities of Dallas
and Fort Worth approve of two separate easements which are detailed below. The two easements
are not related to each other, however, DFW Staff felt it was best to bring both easements to the
Owner Cities at the same time.
Reclaimed Water Flush Line Easement
The City of Fort Worth has an easement for a reclaimed water line on airport property. When the
lines were first connected, DFW opened its end and the only thing that flowed was mud. It was
found that the line was full of debris and needed to be flushed and cleaned out from the Fort
Worth system to DFW. The pipeline was cleaned, and a flush line was constructed as a debris
removal point. The flush line was not in the original design, and not part of the original easement.
This easement will amend the original easement to include the flush line. As this system is
necessary to the airport, no compensation is to be paid. The Airport Board originally approved
this easement in 2017. However, at the time, staff was planning on bringing the easement with
another project that would require easements for Owner City Approval. That project ended up
being delayed, thus, staff is bringing the easements for approval now.
DART Silver Line Easement
DART is bringing its Silver Line from Plano, along the Cotton Belt Rail Line, to the Terminal B
station at DFW Airport. It will share the Fort Worth Transportation Authority Easement from the
Cotton Belt Rail Line to Terminal B. However, both the Cotton Belt right-of-way and the Fort Worth
Transportation Authority right-of-way need to be widened at 11 places to accommodate the new
facilities, as shown in the attached map. DART will pay $3,776,446 in compensation to DFW
Airport.
Both easements are scheduled for approval at the Oct. 13, 2021, City Council agenda meeting.
Should you have any questions, please contact Paul Tomme at 972-973-5488.
Sincerely,
Elaine Flud Rodriguez
General Counsel
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport