HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0152) RESOLUTION - FW Transportation Authority.Trinity Metro Board ApptsA Resolution
NO.
APPOINTING EIGHT MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF THE
FORT WORTH TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth Transportation Authority ("Authority"), also known as
Trinity Metro, is governed by an Executive Committee, which under state law is also a
Subregional Board (the "Board"); and
WHEREAS, Section 452.562(c) of the Texas Transportation Code provides that the
Board consists of eleven (11) members, eight (8) of whom are appointed by the City
Council and three (3) of whom are appointed by the Tarrant County Commissioners Court;
and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure that its appointees represent all geographic sectors
of the City, the Fort Worth City Council, on August 12, 1986, adopted M&C G-6770, as
recommended in Council Proposal 124, to allocate its appointments so that the City
Council members for Districts 2 through 9 each nominate an individual for appointment to
the Board; and
WHEREAS, under state law each Board member must be a qualified voter residing
within the Authority's boundaries or in a municipality that has entered into a contract with
the Authority to receive services and has adopted a sales tax to participate in the funding
of a transportation project; and
WHEREAS, Section 452.542 of the Texas Transportation Code provides that each
Board member serves at the pleasure of the governing body that appointed the member,
and that each appointment must be reaffirmed annually; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to appoint the individuals named below to the
Board, each of whom meet all requirements to serve; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 452.562(f) of the Texas Transportation Code, the
City Council intends that each of the individuals named below will, in addition to their
other duties on the Board, represent the interests of transportation disadvantaged persons;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
THAT the following individuals are hereby appointed to serve on the Board of the
Fort Worth Transportation Authority in accordance with state law:
Council District Name Council Member
Adopted this
ATTEST:
LO
2 Teresa Ayala
3 Sylvia Alcala
4 Louis "Charles" Edmonds, Jr.
5 Benjamin Robertson
6 Stephen Baldwin
7 Nicolo "Nick" Genua
8 Ray Taylor
9 Jeff Davis
day of September, 2020
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Carlos Flores
Brian Byrd
Cary Moon
Gyna M. Bivens
Jungus Jordan
Dennis Shingleton
Kelly Allen Gray
Ann Zadeh