STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: May 11, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Aviation
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an increase in parking rates to meet market standards and demand, as well as adjust for ever increasing costs for maintenance and labor management for Garages A, B, C, and Valet at the Dallas Love Field Airport - Estimated Revenue: Aviation Fund $5,664,816.00
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BACKGROUND
Dallas Love Field Airport (the Airport) has maintained two garages for many years as passenger levels remained stable during the Wright Amendment Restrictions. There were approximately 1,110 daily spaces and all airport employees were allowed parking in Garage B for their shifts.
In 2014 with the expiration of those flight restrictions, passenger volumes increased dramatically, resulting in scarcity of parking availability. So much so that during Thanksgiving of 2014, the Airport and offsite lots were completely full with no spaces available.
In early 2015, the City moved the Airport employees to the former garage on Lemmon Avenue, opened the Love Connection remote lot for discounted public parking, and began constructing the new garage (Garage C). When Garage C opened in 2018, employees moved to Love Connection and prices were reduced in all garages to stimulate customer usage. In addition, discounted rates were implemented to compete with the off airport lots. The parking overview provides a visual of spaces and rates, seen below:
Type
Spaces
Rate
Change
Garage A - Built 1988
3000
$15.00 Daily
Decreased from $17.00 in August, 2018
Garage B - Built 2003
4000
$9.00 Daily /
$7.00 Roof
Decreased from $13.00 in August, 2018
Valet - Opened 2013
450 Spaces
$24.00 Daily
Set in August 2018
Garage C - Built 2018
5000 Spaces short-term and Valet
$15.00 Daily /
$13.00 Roof
Set in August 2018
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