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Approval of a resolution approving the CapMetro Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (“the Plan”) and authorizing Interim President & CEO or their designee to finalize the plan and provide regular updates to the Board of Directors regarding the PTASP.
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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: The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan provides strategic direction to the President & CEO and CapMetro as whole with regard to safety and security priorities of the CapMetro Board and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
BUSINESS CASE: Federal regulation requires operators of public transportation systems that receive FTA funds to develop and implement a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) and review, update and approve the PTASP annually.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: This item will be presented to the full board on November 21, 2022.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The purpose of the PTASP is to outline the processes and procedures CapMetro will follow to implement Safety Management Systems (SMS) and the plan must also include safety performance targets.
Federal regulations provide guidelines of what must be included in a PTASP and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included changes to the requirements agencies must follow with their PTASP. The BIL requires the establishment of a joint labor-management safety committee which must review and approve the PTASP before the plan goes to the CapMetro board for approval. Additionally, the BIL requires language be included related to infectious disease response, such as was necessary during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CapMetro’s PTASP was first approved by the CapMetro Board in May 2020. The CapMetro Board has subsequently received annual briefings on PTASP, including in July 2022 which included an overview of the new BIL requirements.
CapMetro has completed it’s annual review of the PTASP to meet the FTA’s PTASP requirements and ensure CapMetro employees and service providers have an with an industry-leading, actionable plan to follow regarding safety.
Revision No. 1 to CapMetro’s PTASP includes:
• Adding language reflective of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law such as that related to infectious disease response
• Minor administrative changes related to processes and procedures
• Amending performance targets to include total numbers
• Adding appendices A-C:
o Appendix A: CapMetro Safety Committees (Information Flow)
o Appendix B: List of Acronyms
o Appendix C: Definitions
The joint labor-management safety committee has reviewed and approved CapMetro’s PTASP including Revision No. 1 described above.
DBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: Does not apply.
PROCUREMENT: Does not apply.
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Safety
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RESOLUTION
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CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2022-626
WHEREAS, the Federal Transit Administration requires the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) to establish a Safety Management Policy; and for its President & CEO and Board of Directors to approve its Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP);
WHEREAS, the purpose of this policy is to establish CapMetro’s commitment to implementing, developing and improving strategies, management systems and processes to ensure that CapMetro systems uphold the highest level of safety performance and meet regulatory standards;
WHEREAS, the PTASP is required to be reviewed annually and the annual review identified minor revisions described within the plan collectively as Revision No. 1, and the revisions are necessary to ensure an industry-leading PTASP and full compliance with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the CapMetro Board of Directors that the revised PTASP is approved and the Interim President & CEO or their designee is authorized to finalize the plan and provide regular updates to the Board of Directors regarding the PTASP.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Leslie Pool