SUBJECT:
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Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or her designee, to finalize and execute the granting of a joint access easement agreement with Austin Goodnight Ranch, L.P., on CapMetro-owned property located at 2401 East Slaughter Lane, Austin, Texas, 78747, for the purpose of the construction, operation, maintenance, replacement, repair, upgrade, and use of a paved access drive, related curb cuts, access points from such drive onto adjoining rights-of-way, landscaping, curbs, gutters, drainage channels, drainage conveyance structures, and all other access-related improvements to be constructed within the access easement area.
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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 agreement will provide CapMetro and Austin Goodnight Ranch a perpetual, non-exclusive easement for purposes of vehicular ingress and egress over, on, and across the access easement area to and from Slaughter Lane, Goodnight Ranch Boulevard, and Alderman Drive at 2401 East Slaughter Lane, which supports sustainable regional growth in response to customer needs. This joint access easement is required for the successful completion of the Federal Transit Administration Small Starts Grant-funded Project Connect Pleasant Valley Bus Rapid Transit Line.
BUSINESS CASE: Execution of this agreement will allow vehicular ingress and egress to enable the construction of access-related improvements to be constructed on the property. There is no fee associated with the granting of this easement.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: This item will be presented to the full board on October 28, 2024.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: CapMetro desires to enter into a joint access easement agreement with Austin Goodnight Ranch, which will enable both parties to construct and maintain access-related improvements at the Goodnight Ranch Park and Ride at 2401 East Slaughter Lane. The access improvements are part of the implementation of Project Connect and 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.
CapMetro procedure requires Board approval before CapMetro grants an easement across its property. This easement will only be conveyed after the agency has completed the acquisition of the property.
DBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: Does not apply.
PROCUREMENT: Does not apply.
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Capital Construction, Engineering & Design (CCED)
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RESOLUTION
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CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2024-1307
WHEREAS, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is responsible for executing the CapMetro Rapid Pleasant Valley Bus Rapid Transit Line and the Goodnight Ranch Park and Ride that are part of Project Connect; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to grant a joint access easement on CapMetro property with Austin Goodnight Ranch for purposes of vehicular ingress and egress over, on, and across the access easement area to and from Slaughter Lane, Goodnight Ranch Boulevard, and Alderman Drive, which will enable construction of access-related improvements.
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 granting of a joint access easement with Austin Goodnight Ranch, L.P., on CapMetro-owned property located at 2401 East Slaughter Lane, Austin, Texas 78747, for the purpose of constructing a paved access drive, related curb cuts, access points from such drive onto the adjoining rights-of-way, landscaping, curbs, gutters, drainage channels, drainage conveyance structures, and all other access-related improvements to be constructed within the access easement area.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Becki Ross