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Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or her designee, to finalize and execute a Soil Transfer Agreement with Waste Management of Texas, Inc., to allow CapMetro to transfer soil excavated from its property located at 10805 Cameron Road, Austin, Texas 78754, and deposit the soils, at no charge, at Waste Management’s landfill facility located at 9900 Giles Lane, Austin, Texas 78754.
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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
EXPLANATION OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT: This item aligns with a fiscally responsible and transparent use of funds to support the needs and growth of the agency. The North Base Demand Response Operations and Maintenance facility will provide new CapMetro infrastructure for mobility services which supports regional growth in response to customer needs and this agreement reduces cost to the agency for delivery of this new facility.
BUSINESS CASE: The Soil Transfer Agreement will reduce CapMetro costs for soil relocation by utilizing a nearby site as the relocation site (reducing trucking mileage), and by eliminating soil acceptance fees associated with this type of soil transfer.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: This item will be presented to the full board on August 25, 2025.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In 2021, CapMetro acquired a 25-acre undeveloped property at 10805 Cameron Road for a planned new North Base Demand Response facility. The project includes four buildings to support CapMetro’s Demand Response operations of CapMetro Pickup and Access services, storage for broader agency needs, and community space. In addition, offsite improvements include Cameron Road improvements, traffic signalized intersection, water main extension, and wastewater extension.
Construction of these facilities necessitates the removal of clay soil from the site. This type of soil is suitable for landfill capping purposes and Waste Management has agreed to accept to disposed soil at its adjacent site.
CapMetro will pay to transport the soil to the Waste Management site, and the close proximity of the two sites will reduce the transportation costs. Additionally, Waste Management has agreed to accept the soil without any additional fees to CapMetro.
DBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: Does not apply.
PROCUREMENT: Does not apply
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Capital Construction, Engineering & Design
RESOLUTION
OF THE
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2025-1570
WHEREAS, In 2021, CapMetro acquired a 25-acre undeveloped property at 10805 Cameron Road for a planned new North Base Demand Response facility for the operations and maintenance of mobility services vehicles to serve the Community; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 451 of the Texas Transportation Code authorizes CapMetro to sell at any time surplus materials or other property that is not needed for the requirements of the Authority or for carrying out a power under Chapter 451; and
WHEREAS, CapMetro is authorized under the Board Acquisition Policy to dispose of surplus, obsolete material and equipment in the event it is more cost effective to dispose of such material as scrap or landfill; and
WHEREAS, CapMetro has determined that the soil constitutes scrap and, as such, the Soil Transfer Agreement will allow CapMetro to save the cost of dumping the soil removed from the site and reduce the cost to transport the soil to a landfill;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors that the President & CEO, or her designee, to finalize and execute a Soil Transfer Agreement with Waste Management of Texas, Inc., to allow CapMetro to transfer soil from its property located at 10805 Cameron Road, Austin, Texas 78754, and deposit the soils, at no charge, at Waste Management’s landfill facility located at 9900 Giles Lane, Austin, Texas 78754.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Becki Ross