CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-20-66 ENACTMENT NO. ______________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton, by request
RESOLUTION
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Approving The Transit Department’s Public Transit Agency Safety Plan (Benton, by request)
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APPROVING THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT’S PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCY SAFETY PLAN.
WHEREAS, the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) final rule (49 C.F.R. Part 673) of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requires certain operators of public transportation systems that are recipients or sub-recipients of FTA grant funds to develop safety plans that include the processes and procedures necessary for implementing Safety Management Systems (SMS); and
WHEREAS, as a recipient of FTA funds and meeting the applicability standards of the regulation, the Transit Department is required to comply with the requirements of this regulation by developing a PTASP by July 20, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Transit Department has developed its plan using a template provided by FTA and has incorporated all required plan elements; and
WHEREAS, the Transit Department is required to submit its PTASP to its governing entity for approval; and
WHEREAS, the Council has considered and determined to approve the department’s PTASP as set forth in the attached Exhibit A entitled “City of Albuquerque Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan.”
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. That the Public Transit Agency Safety Plan as set forth in the attached Exhibit A entitled “City of Albuquerque Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan” is approved.
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