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Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Texas Transportation Institute for a period of five years for provision of research in a variety of areas to facilitate Capital Metro's delivery of transit services on an as needed basis in an amount no to exceed $2,500,000.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this action is available in the FY2022 Operating Budget
STRATEGIC PLAN:
Strategic Goal Alignment:
☒ 1. Internal/External Customer Service Excellence ☐ 2. Stakeholder Engagement
☒ 3. Financial and Environmental Sustainability ☐ 4. Staff Development ☐ 5. Agency Growth Management
Strategic Objectives:
☒ 1.1 Safety & Risk ☒1.2 Continuous improvement ☐ 1.3 Dynamic Change
☐1.4 Culture of Innovation ☐2.1 Be an Employer of Choice ☐2.2 Organization Development
☐2.3 Organization Culture ☒3.1 Resource optimization ☒3.2 Safety Culture
☐3.3 Environmental Leadership ☐4.1 Educate & Call to Action ☐4.2 Build Partnerships
☐4.3 Value of Transit ☐4.4 Project Connect
EXPLANATION OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT: Having access to research capacity at one of the leading transportation institutes in the country helps Capital Metro make better decisions and provide improved services to the community.
BUSINESS CASE: Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) can augment Capital Metro staff with specific research topics and associated work in a cost-effective manner. As a public entity with access to talented graduate researchers, they offer the agency the ability to access resources that would otherwise be difficult to obtain for comparable costs.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: This item was presented and recommended for approval by the Operations, Planning and Safety Committee on August 18, 2021.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Capital Metro has maintained an agreement with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) since 2007 to allow the agency to access transportation knowledge, expertise and research capabilities to support our vision, mission and goals. The current five-year agreement expires on September 30, 2021. Under the current agreement, the parties have executed 16 task orders in the areas of safety, planning, operations analysis, and financial analysis. The new agreement will begin on October 1, 2021 with a five year term. Under this agreement Capital Metro will utilize a task order process to access TTI resources on an as-needed basis. Funding for each task order is included as professional services in the budget of the requesting department.
DBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: Does not apply.
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RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Operations
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RESOLUTION
OF THE
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2021-143
WHEREAS, Since 2007, Capital Metro and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) have partnered to accomplish research in support of Capital Metro's mission and vision; and
WHEREAS, the Capital Metro Board of Directors desires to continue the partnership with TTI in order to continue to improve the work of the Authority,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors authorizes the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Texas Transportation Institute for a period of five years for provision of research in a variety of areas to facilitate Capital Metro's delivery of transit services on an as needed basis in an amount no to exceed $2,500,000.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Eric Stratton