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Approve a resolution appointing Juan Garza, Veronica Castro de Barrera, and Kammy Horne as the Community Expert Director members of the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) Board of Directors to serve terms beginning in January 2025, as recommended by the ATP Board Vacancy Nominating Committee. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.
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Project Connect Office, Management Services.
Fiscal Note
This item has no fiscal impact.
Prior Council Action:
The City Council and the Capital Metro Board of Directors (CapMetro Board) appointed the initial ATP Board of Directors (ATP Board) in December 2020 (Resolution No. 20201218-002).
For More Information:
Annick Beaudet, Mobility Officer, Project Connect, 512-974-7959, Annick.Beaudet@austintexas.gov; Liane Conte, Chief of Staff, 512-974-7922, Liane.Conte@austintexas.gov.
Additional Backup Information:
This item appoints the Board Vacancy Nominating Committee’s recommended nominees, Juan Garza, Veronica Castro de Barrera, and Kammy Horne, to serve on ATP’s Board as the three Community Expert Directors, who are 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 as the Community Expert Director representing engineering and construction, and Kammy Horne 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 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 City Council and the CapMetro Board, with a term to begin January 2025.
As prescribed by the ATP Articles of Incorporation, a Nominating Committee consisting of the Chairs of the two CapMetro Board Committees and the Chairs of the City Council Audit and Finance and Mobility Committees met to review applicants to fill the vacancies. A letter from the Nominating Committee to the City Council and CapMetro Board named their recommended candidates.
The CapMetro Board will consider these appointments at their meeting on Dec. 16, 2024. If confirmed by both the 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 terms (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.