STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: June 12, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Aviation
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) a construction services contract to provide construction to provide new location, additional airport facility, landscaping, structural, civil, parking and driveway, fueling, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, equipment, fire alarm, and technological construction services to the Dallas Love Field Aircraft Rescue and Firefighters Station No. 21 Project - Satterfield & Pontikes construction, Inc., lowest responsible bidder of two; and (2) an increase in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $16,000,000.00 in the Aviation Construction Fund - Not to exceed $30,833,255.00 - Financing: Aviation Passenger Facility Charge - Near Term Projects Fund ($2,161,481.00), Aviation Construction Fund ($15,108,295.00), and FY24 FAA AIG Grant Fund ($13,563,479.00)
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BACKGROUND
Dallas Love Field Airport's existing Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Station No. 21 is located near the north side of airfield and currently accommodates six Dallas Fire Rescue vehicles, which includes four Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Apparatus in four pull-through bays. The building was built in the 1960's and has passed its useful life. The Department of Aviation is in the process of reconfiguring the Crossfield Taxiway Project in the middle of the airfield to comply with current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) design standards. Based on the reconfiguration, the existing fire station does not meet the FAA response time for aircraft emergencies and consequently the proposed new fire station will need to be constructed in a new location to meet the FAA requirements.
In July 2019, a site study which included a conceptual program for the building and site, was completed by R...
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