Maybe we should review what ATP can and can not do.
Per
https://www.capmetro.org/docs/default-so...mitment-resolution.pdf?sfvrsn=b767bae8_2
"The City shall:
▪ within six-months of voter approval, provide a process for the creation of neighborhood-level strategies with community members and organizations; and
▪ create an Equity Assessment Tool ....in order to analyze, on a neighborhood level, both (1) potential unintended, or undesirable effects of the transit investment that contribute to difficulties for people to remain living in an area, such as gentrification and displacement, and (2) opportunities to make investments to build economic mobility for residents along the transit corridors; and
▪ create with the community, neighborhood-level prevention and mitigation strategies based on the Equity Assessment Tool, including (1)
recommendations that leverage other programs managed by the City, other local governments, and community organizations, to create a
connected efforts for anti-displacement strategies, and (2) recommendations for funding proposals and implementation of identified
strategies; and
▪ provide the professional services of representatives from City departments, which may include employees from Neighborhood Housing and
Community Development, Austin Transportation Department, Equity Office, Innovation Office, Sustainability Office, or other employees to
Austin Transit Partnership to assist with developing proposals, as described below, for approval by City Council and the Capital Metro
Board; and
▪ make publicly available a performance dashboard to track progress on strategies identified for implementation for each neighborhood that is
frequently updated.
Capital Metro shall:
▪ serve as the FTA Project Sponsor and conduct an environmental justice analysis as required 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.
Austin Transit Partnership shall:
▪ develop proposals on an ongoing basis, based on the recommendations from the City and Capital Metro, and provide a budget for approval by City Council and the Capital Metro Board; and
▪ enter into interlocal agreements and/or grant agreements with the City of Austin to timely develop and implement these anti-displacement strategies."
So, ATP is not responsible for anything on its own except the property tax revenues, everything they propose to do must be approved by both the City and CapMetro. What you have here is a three headed hydra. Good luck with that.
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