Memorandum Date: October 6, 2016 To: A.C. Gonzalez City Manager pur i2 wa) 3 City of Dallas Subject: Renaming of Union Station for Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson It is my honor to request that the attached referenced item be placed on the City Council agenda for Tuesday, October 13, 2036. Best regards, Lert Michael pe@lings Mayot Honorable Members ofthe Cay Counc Lamy Cast, Cy Atorney Craig 0. Kinton, Cy Austr Rosa A. Ros, ily Secretary Daniel F Sos, Adminsratve Judge Ryan S. Evans, Fist Assisi Cy Manager ic D. Camobel, Assistant Ciy Manager AA, Jordan, P-., Assistant Cy Manager Mark MoDanil, Assistant City Manager sey Zapata, Assistant Cily Managor 1M, Etzabeth Reich, Chet Financial Oficer ‘Sana Syed, Pubic Information Offcer Elsa Cantu, Asssin! othe Cy Manager Mayor & CounctMemorandum ww CITY OF DALLAS ome September 30, 2016 ro The Honorable Mayor Mike Rawiings suszcr_ Renaming Union Station in Honor of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson We are requesting that you consider placing the above referenced subject matter on the October 11, 2016 City Council Agenda, Attached is @ sample resolution, along with a list of Congresswoman Johnson’s achievements working on behalf of the City and the citizens of Dallas during her long tenure representing the 30" Congressional District in Washington, OC. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Please contact us if you have any questions. Erik Wilson, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Casey Thomas, Councilmember District 8 District 3 "Dalla, the Cty that Werks: Diverse, Vibrant and Progressive®WHEREAS, Congresswoman Johnson has recognized the need for increased livability and improving connectivity between citizens, employment centers, major destinations, established neighborhoods and emerging neighborhoods - offering tremendous redevelopment potential and positive environmental impacts; and WHEREAS, Congresswoman Johnson has protected funding for critical local government Programs in the areas of community development, affordable housing, homeland security, local law enforcement, and historic preservation; and WHEREAS, Congresswoman Johnson has been a staunch supporter of local control, allowing local government to effectively represent and serve its citizens; and oN WHEREAS, the Dallas-Fort Worth area has benefited tremendously from Congresswoman Johnson's commitment and responsiveness to the concerns of citizens; business leaders, and local elected officials. » En I NN BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE city OF DALLAS NOW, THEREFORE, v 7 Z Section 1. That Union Station is to be named in honor of Congresswoman Eddie Bemice Johnson for her relentiess efforts toward improving Dallas an-her outstanding, innovative, and impactful work on behalf of local governments throughout the North Central Texas region, the State of Texas, and around the country. a‘ oy, Pf Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect, inimediately from and after its passage in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Dallas, and it is accordingly so resolved. ‘ 4 \ j , #WHEREAS, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson became the first woman and first African American to represent the Dallas, Texas area in the United States House of Representatives when she was elected in 1992; and WHEREAS, Congresswoman Johnson is now in her twelfth term representing the citizens of the 30" Congressional District of Texas; and WHEREAS, Congresswoman Johnson has been a tenacious and tireless advocate for the citizens, business community, and governmental entities in North Cental Texas; and WHEREAS, Congresswoman Johnson currently serves as the Ranking Member on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, and serves as absenior Member on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where she is rendwned for.her efforts to improve and modernize our nation’s transportation infrastructure; ang nd. hy WHEREAS, Congresswoman Johnson has champiéned aa secured critical funding for transportation projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and was one of the leading Members of Congress to increase allocation of federal surface transportation funds to metropolitan and urbanized areas, resulting in tens of ‘millions annually in transportation funding to the Dallas/Fort Worth area; and_ WHEREAS, thanks in large part to Congressweman Johnson’ 's Uhwavering support, in 2008 Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) received a landmark $700 million Full Funding Grant Agreement by the Federal Transit Administration - the largest ever awarded to DART - to build the 28-mile Green Line, which was completed on-tiine and on-budget on December 6, 2010; and / c WHEREAS, Congresswoman Johpson was instrumental in securing $26 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant funds from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the construction of the Dallas Streetcar Project, connecting Downtown Dallas to Oale Cliff; and if WHEREAS, Congresswoman \ohnson aithored language in the 2011 FAA Reauthorization Act to allow théuse of Passenger Facility Funds for intermodal airport access projects; and | WHEREAS, Congrésswoman Johnson has provided strong, perennial support for the Contract Tower at Dallas Executive Airport; and WHEREAS, Congresswoman Johnson helped broker the Wright Amendment repeal compromise and then worked with the City and FAA to secure federal funding for the Love Field Modernization Project; and WHEREAS, for many years Congresswoman Johnson has served as a champion for the Trinity River Corridor Project, working tirelessly to secure over $220 million in federal funding to date, as well as a $459 million authorization for the Dallas Floodway Project in the 2007 Water Resources Development Act; andRepresentative Eddie Bernice Johnson Dallas Accomplishments FY 2002 ~ FY 2016 Transportation Margaret McDermott (1-30) Trinity River Bridge SAFETEA-LU (Project #4984): FY 2008... $20,000,000 $9,600,000 FY 200% $6,700,000 $33,300,000 1-35E Bridge FY 2004. nse sssuse $925,000 Margaret Hunt Hill (Woodall Rodgers) Bridge FY 2002, nee _.. $8,000,000 Aviation & Surface Transportation * Helped secure $26 million in TIGER Grants for the Oak Cliff Streetcar. * Authored language in the 2011 FAA Reauthorization Act allowing the use of Passenger Facility Funds for intermodal airport access projects. ‘+ Strong, perennial support for the Contract Tower at Dallas Executive Airport. * Secured hundreds of millions of dollars for DART light rail (including a landmark $700 million full funding grant agreement by the Federal Transit Administration — the largest ever awarded to DART) * Helped (along with Senator Hutchison) broker the Wright Amendment repeal compromise and then worked with the City and FAA to secure federal funding for the Love Field Modernization Project. ‘* A lead (perhaps the lead) congressional proponent of increased allocation of federal surface transportation funds to metropolitan and urbanized areas (worth tens of millions annually to North Texas in transportation funding). Flood Control Dallas Floodway Extension (Construction’ + Secured authorization of the Dallas Floodway Extension Project for construction in the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, including credit towards the local match for work completed by the City on the Rochester Park and Central Wastewater Treatment Plant levees. ‘+ Successfully opposed an Administration FY 2016 Budget proposal to rescind $13 million from the project. : Page 1 of 3Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson Dallas Accomplishments FY 2002 ~ FY 2016 * Secured modification of the Dallas Floodway Extension Project authorization to add environmental restoration and recreation as project purposes. FY 2015 seeeseseses $8,000,000 FY 2010 en $12,549,000 FY 2009 nen . $13,000,000 FY 2008... $12,972,000 FY 2006, $11,250,000 FY 2005 $12,500,000 FY 2004, $9,280,000 FY 2003, - $9,700,000 Fy 2002. $10,000,000 $99,251,000 Dallas Floodway (Investigation & Planning} Secured authorization of $459 million ($298 million federal) for construction of the Dallas Floodway Project as outlined in the 2003-2004 Balanced Vision Plan. ‘Authored language in the Water Resources Reform & Development Act of 2014 that provides a technical correction to the authorizing language for the Dallas Floodway that ensures that the west levee drainage improvements are included in the project and that the City can receive credit and reimbursement for work completed with City funds ahead of federal appropriations for the project (approximately $100 million in credit). FY 2014..... $850,000 FY 2013.... $948,100 FY 2012.... snes $2,550,000 FY 2011... . $4,500,000 FY 2010... $1,345,000 FY 2009... se $547,000 FY 2008... $1,333,000 FY 2006. FY 2005... sw $950,000 FY 2004 snensesesnniniensissi $1,000,000 FY 2008, $1,800,000 FY 2002... sn senses $1,200,000 $17,823,100 Page 20f3Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson Dallas Accomplishments FY 2002 -FY 2016 Trinity Wastewater Reclamation Study Fy 2008, .. $492,000 FY 2006. saves $96,000 $588,000 Other Strong champion of continued funding for core local government programs (CDBG, HOME, Homeless, Homeland Security, Local Law Enforcement) - worth tens of millions annually to the City of Dallas. ‘© Helped the City secure countless grants for public safety, homeland security, community development, historic preservation, ete. ‘© Astaunch supporter of focal control, including preserving the City’s ability to manage and charge rent for public rights of way. * Supported sales tax fairness. Page 3 0f3