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Approve a resolution appointing Juan Garza, Veronica Castro de Barrera, and Kammy Horne as the nominees recommended by the Nominating Committee for the positions of Community Expert Director representing Finance, Engineering & Construction, and Community Planning or Sustainability, respectively, to the Austin Transit Partnership Board of Directors to terms beginning in January 2025.
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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: CapMetro has partnered with the Austin Transit Partnership and City of Austin to ensure the successful implementation of Project Connect.
BUSINESS CASE: The current ATP Board of Directors’ terms will end December 31, 2024. The five-member Board of Directors is comprised of three Community Expert Director positions, a representative appointed by the City Council, and a representative appointed by the CapMetro Board. The three Community Expert Director positions are jointly appointed by the Austin City Council and CapMetro Board of Directors with a term to begin January 2025.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: This item will be presented to the full board on December 16, 2024.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This item appoints the Nominating Committee’s recommended nominees, Veronica Castro de Barrera, Juan Garza and Kammy Horne, to serve on the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) Board of Directors as the three Community Expert Directors jointly appointed by the CapMetro Board and Austin City Council. Juan Garza will serve as the Community Expert Director representing Finance. Veronica Castro de Barrera will serve as the Community Expert Director representing Engineering & Construction. And Kammy Horne will serve as the Community Expert Director representing Community Planning or Sustainability.
The current ATP Board of Directors’ terms will end December 31, 2024. The five-member Board of Directors is comprised of three Community Expert Director positions, a representative appointed by the City Council, and a representative appointed by the CapMetro Board. The three Community Expert Director positions are jointly appointed by the Austin City Council and CapMetro Board of Directors with a term to begin January 2025.
As prescribed in the ATP Articles of Incorporation, a Nominating Committee consisting of the Chairs of the two CapMetro Board Committees, and the Chairs of the Austin City Council Audit & Finance and Mobility Committees, met to review applicants to fill the vacancies. A letter from the Nominating Committee to the Austin City Council and CapMetro Board names their recommended candidates.
The Austin City Council will consider these appointments on December 12 during their regular Council meeting. If confirmed by both the Austin City Council and the CapMetro Board, the Community Expert Director vacancies will be filled and the successful applicants will be sworn in during the January 2025 meeting of the ATP Board. At the meeting, the candidates will draw straws to determine the length of their initial term (two, three, or four years). Subsequent terms will be four years. More information about the application and Nominating Committee process can be found at atptx.org/leadership/board-vacancy.
DBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: Does not apply.
PROCUREMENT: Does not apply.
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Board of Directors
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RESOLUTION
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CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2024-1320
WHEREAS, the City of Austin and CapMetro jointly created the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) to implement the Project Connect transit expansion program; and
WHEREAS, the ATP Articles of Incorporation (the Articles) require the CapMetro Board and Austin City Council to approve candidates to serve as Community Expert Directors on the ATP Board of Directors, following a process outlined in the Articles; and
WHEREAS, a Nominating Committee of the CapMetro Board and Austin City Council was formed in accordance with the Articles, and the Nominating Committee has identified Veronica Castro de Barrera as the recommended candidate to fill the Community Expert Director - Architecture and Engineering seat on the ATP Board of Directors, Juan Garza as the recommended candidate to fill the Community Expert Director - Finance seat on the ATP Board of Directors, and Kammy Horne as the recommended candidate to fill the Community Expert Director - Planning and Sustainability seat on the ATP Board of Directors.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the CapMetro Board of Directors appoints the following individuals as Community Expert Directors on the Austin Transit Partnership Board for terms beginning in January 2024:
• Veronica Castro de Barrera: Community Expert Director - Engineering & Construction
• Juan Garza: Community Expert Director - Finance
• Kammy Horne: Community Expert Director - Planning & Sustainability
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, this appointment is contingent on approval by both the CapMetro Board of Directors and Austin City Council.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Becki Ross