Res 2020-116/approving the Texas Department of Transportation sponsored Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan and establishing safety performance targets for the City of San Marcos Public Transit Services in accordance with 49 CFR part 673

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RESOLUTION NO. 2020-116R A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS APPROVING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPONSORED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN AND ESTABLISHING SAFETY PERFORMANCE TARGETS FOR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH 49 CFR PART 673; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RECITALS: 1. Safety is a core business function of all public transportation providers and should be systematically applied to every aspect of service delivery, as the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has adopted the principles and methods of Safety Management Systems (SMS) as the basis for enhancing the safety of public transportation in the United States. 2. On July 19, 2018 the FTA published the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Final Rule, 49 CFR Part 673, which took effect July 19, 2019 requiring all FTA Section 5307 recipient transit agencies to, within one calendar year after July 19, 2019, establish a PTASP that meets the requirements of Part 673. 3. The PTASP, and subsequent updates, must be signed by the Accountable Executive and approved by the agency's governing body, or an equivalent authority. 4. PTASP must document the processes and activities related to Safety Management System (SMS) implementation and include performance targets based on the safety performance measures established under the National Public Transportation Safety Plan, with those targets being shared with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). 5. The initial PTASP for the City of San Marcos has been drafted by TxDOT per 49 CFR 673.11(d) and will remain in effect until the City of San Marcos has drafted the next version. 6. The City of San Marcos is dedicated to ensuring that the necessary processes are in place to accomplish both enhanced safety at the local level and the goals of the NSP, as the SMS helps organizations improve upon their safety performance by supporting the institutionalization of beliefs, practices, and procedures for identifying, mitigating, and monitoring safety risks. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: PART 1. City of San Marcos City Council approves this PTASP and the tenets of SMS including a Safety Management Policy (SMP) and the processes for Safety Risk Management (SRM), Safety Assurance (SA), and Safety Promotion (SP), in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5329(d)(1)(A).