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Approval of a Resolution Affirming Capital Metro's Commitments and Requirements Related to the Project Connect High-Capacity Transit Expansion Program.
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RESOLUTION
OF THE
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2022-419
WHEREAS, in Capital Metro Board Resolution AI-2020-1399 and City of Austin Council Resolution No. 20201218-002, the Capital Metro ("CapMetro") Board of Directors ("Board") and its partners, the Austin City Council, recognized the benefits of a high capacity transit system and determined that implementation of the Project Connect System Plan will create an integrated transit system that eases traffic, creates jobs, improves the environment, acquires land for transit-oriented development, and better connects people in our community, and the partners approved several documents to guide the implementation of the System Plan;
WHEREAS, the Austin City Council approved the Contract With the Voters (City Council Resolution No. 20200812-015) which accompanied the election ordinance (Austin Ordinance No. 20200812-009) in support of Project Connect and the Board adopted a corresponding Funding and Commitment Resolution for Project Connect (CapMetro Board Resolution No. AI-2020-1297) which includes the obligation that CapMetro serve as the FTA Project Sponsor and conduct an environmental justice analysis as required under National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") for each eligible project and provide any recommendations to Austin Transit Partnership for financing tools and strategies based on the NEPA review;
WHEREAS, upon passage of a successful referendum to provide funding for the Project Connect program of projects, the Board and Austin City Council approved the creation of the Austin Transit Partnership Local Government Corporation ("ATP") by resolutions adopted on December 18, 2020 (City Council Resolution No. 20201218-0...
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