The Dallas City Council will be asked Tuesday, Nov. 10, to approve $17.7 million in agreements with Oncor Electric Delivery for electrical gear needed before the expansion of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center can move ahead.
The item was added to the council's agenda for individual consideration. It would authorize four discretionary service agreements with Oncor at the convention center's address, 701 S. Lamar St., each a pre-order for long lead-time equipment at a separate underground vault location. Each of the four carries a cap of $4,429,084.57, for a total of $17,716,338.28.
Why the city is paying
According to the proposed resolution, existing Oncor electrical infrastructure on the convention center property has to be decommissioned, relocated or newly established to serve the expanded facilities as construction begins on the master plan.
Because that equipment sits on convention center property rather than in a public right-of-way, the resolution says, the city needs the agreements so Oncor can order materials and remove existing equipment before construction.
The money would come from the Convention Center Capital Construction Fund, administered by the Department of Convention and Event Services.
