Primary Department: Management and Budget
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director
Secondary Department: County Engineer
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, County Engineer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Policy
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
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Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
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Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for possible action related to the implementation of updated parking fees at select County lots and updated utilization plans for select other lots as a part of the Five-year Financial Plan.
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Background and Discussion:
As a part of the Five-year Financial Plan, Commissioners Court directed County departments to examine policy changes to decrease costs and increase revenue. One of these changes was parking.
After examining current policies, potential policy changes, and the situation today, the Office of the County Engineering (OCE) recommended a series of adjustments and changes to the Office of the County Administrator and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that would generate additional revenue while minimizing changes to stakeholders and avoiding any upgrades to facilities or hiring additional management. OMB recommends approving these changes.
These recommendations include increasing the daily rate at approximately 8 County lots. OCE’s parking vendor, Reimagined Parking, is confident that this increase would not decrease the number of daily parking customers. Additionally, OCE is implementing hardware upgrades at parking facilities that will allow for real-time parking data to allow for more effective parking space allocation and utilization.
OCE estimates that these changes will generate an additional $1.5 million in revenue for parking, using existing resources.
Expected Impact:
It is expected that the changes will be minimally noticeable to County staff, while bringing in an additional $1.5 million each year.
Alternative Options:
Commissioners Court could not approve these changes and forego $1.5 million in additional annual revenue.
Commissioners Court could choose another course of action or different rates from those recommended.
County Strategic Plan Goal: N/A
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Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N/A
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): N/A
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): N/A
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Request for presentation of and possible action on recommendations from the recently completed 5-year financial plan. |
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Anticipated Court Date: 8/7/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 10/1/2025
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: William McGuinness, Director-Capital Projects & Infrastructure, OMB
Attachments (if applicable): Memorandum on the Harris County Parking Initiative from the Harris County Engineer to the County Administrator, 2/21/25