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Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or her designee, to finalize and execute the grant of an electric utility easement to the City of Austin on CapMetro-owned property located at 2910 and 3100 E. 5th Street, Austin, Texas 78702, for the purpose of placing, constructing, reconstructing, installing, operating, repairing, maintaining, inspecting, replacing, upgrading or removing electric distribution and electric telecommunications lines and systems to serve the battery electric bus charging infrastructure as set forth in the easement, which, after final construction, shall be limited to an area extending five feet on all sides of the actual installed location of the facilities/improvements.end
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FISCAL IMPACT:
This action has no fiscal impact.
STRATEGIC PLAN:
Strategic Goal Alignment:
☐ 1. Customer ☒ 2. Community
☐ 3. Workforce ☒ 4. Organizational Effectiveness
Strategic Objectives:
☐ 1.1 Safe & Reliable Service ☐1.2 High Quality Customer Experience ☐ 1.3 Accessible System
☐ 2.1 Support Sustainable Regional Growth ☐ 2.2 Become a Carbon Neutral Agency
☒ 2.3 Responsive to Community and Customer Needs ☒ 2.4 Regional Leader in Transit Planning
☐ 3.1 Diversity of Staff ☐ 3.2 Employer of Choice ☐ 3.3 Expand Highly Skilled Workforce
☒ 4.1 Fiscally Responsible and Transparent ☐ 4.2 Culture of Safety ☐ 4.3 State of Good Repair
EXPLANATION OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT: This conveyance will provide CapMetro infrastructure capabilities for Battery Electric Bus Charging Infrastructure at 2910 and 3100 E. 5th Street which supports sustainable regional growth in response to customer needs.
BUSINESS CASE: Conveyance of the electrical easement to the City of Austin will allow electrical power to serve Battery Electric Busses Charging Infrastructure at 2910 and 3100 E. 5th Street. Through the establishment of this easement, Austin Energy will extend electric service to the bus charging infrastructure. This easement will be provided to the City of Austin at no cost.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: This item was presented and recommended for approval at the Operations, Planning and Safety Committee meeting on March 18, 2024.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: CapMetro desires to convey an electric utility easement to the City of Austin, which will enable Austin Energy to serve the Battery Electric Bus Charging Infrastructure at 2910 and 3100 E. 5th Street. The bus charging project at 2910 E. 5th Street is an essential part of addressing the transportation and mobility needs of the Austin community, thereby increasing people’s access to jobs, services, and entertainment in a reliable, safe, and convenient manner.
As a condition of receiving service, Austin Energy requires all customers to grant the City an easement on the 2910 and 3100 E. 5th Street property allowing them to place, construct, reconstruct, install, operate, repair, maintain, inspect, replace, upgrade or remove (in whole or in part) electric distribution and electric telecommunications lines and systems, consisting of a variable number of electric lines, transformers, and all necessary or desirable appurtenances and structures.
After final construction and installation of the Facilities, the easement shall be limited to an area extending five feet on all sides of the actual installed location of the facilities and the blanket easement shall no longer be in force or effect thereafter as to those portions of the Property outside the easement.
State law and CapMetro policy requires Board approval before CapMetro grants an easement across its property.
DBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: Does not apply.
PROCUREMENT: Does not apply.
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Capital Construction, Engineering & Design (CCED)
RESOLUTION
OF THE
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2024-1114
WHEREAS, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority has made a pledge to transition the bus fleet to zero emissions by 2035. As a step forward to meet this commitment, CapMetro has begun to make the charging infrastructure modifications to support a new fleet of battery electric buses (BEB); and
WHEREAS, a Design-Build contract was awarded to Proterra Operating Company in 2023 to design, build and install electrification infrastructure at CapMetro's bus yard located at 2910 E. 5th Street, Austin, TX 78702, to accommodate 48 battery electric buses dispensers and to provide a high-quality bus service to customers; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to grant an easement on CapMetro property to the City of Austin to allow Austin Energy to install and maintain certain electric telecommunications lines and systems to support the bus electrification infrastructure.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors authorizes the President & CEO, or her designee, to finalize and execute the grant of an electric utility easement to the City of Austin on CapMetro-owned property located at 2910 and 3100 E. 5th Street, Austin, Texas 78702, for the purpose of placing, constructing, reconstructing, installing, operating, repairing, maintaining, inspecting, replacing, upgrading or removing electric distribution and electric telecommunications lines and systems to serve the battery electric bus charging infrastructure as set forth in the easement, which, after final construction, shall be limited to an area extending five feet on all sides of the actual installed location of the facilities/improvements.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Becki Ross