DEPARTMENT: Office of the City Clerk
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Leticia M. Vacek (OCC)
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Consideration of Applicants to the VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority (3 slots)
SUMMARY:
The Governance City Council Committee will convene to address the unprecedented high number of VIA Metro Transit Authority applications received by the Office of the City Clerk. The Committee will review all eligible VIA applicants and provide for a list of finalists to be interviewed at the regular Governance City Council Committee Meeting on January 16, 2019.
|
Name of Applicant |
District |
Gender |
Ethnicity |
|
Ruben Alcantara |
District 8 |
Male |
Hispanic |
|
Noah Almanza |
District 6 |
Male |
Hispanic |
|
Christopher P. Ashcroft |
District 10 |
Male |
Non-Minority |
|
J. David Basaldua |
District 3 |
Male |
Did not answer |
|
Samuel L. Beaumont |
District 9 |
Male |
Non-Minority |
|
Kenneth S. Bonnette |
District 9 |
Male |
Non-Minority |
|
Anthony B. Cantu |
*Nonresident |
Male |
Hispanic |
|
Eric S. Clark |
District 6 |
Male |
Non-Minority |
|
Krystle R. Deleon |
District 1 |
Female |
Hispanic |
|
Curtis F.J. Doebbler |
District 2 |
Male |
Prefer not to Answer |
|
Clyde J. Downey II |
District 10 |
Male |
Non-Minority |
|
Branden J. Dross |
District 7 |
Male |
Non-Minority |
|
Richard R. Dullnig |
District 10 |
Male |
Non-Minority |
|
Cassian Flores |
District 9 |
Male |
Hispanic |
|
Roger V. Gary |
District 1 |
Male |
Prefer not to Answer |
|
Roland F. Gonzales |
District 8 |
Male |
Hispanic |
|
Ronnie J. Guest, Jr. |
District 6 |
Male |
African American |
|
Dr. Chantal Harrison |
District 8 |
Female |
Other |
|
Steven B. Hussain |
District 2 |
Male |
Other |
|
Ezra Johnson** |
District 10 |
Male |
Non-Minority |
|
Carol L. Knapik |
District 1 |
Female |
Non-Minority |
|
Jennifer S. Lee |
District 7 |
Female |
Hispanic |
|
Ernest T. Leija |
District 9 |
Male |
Hispanic |
|
Kenneth Lemanski, Sr. |
District 3 |
Male |
Non-Minority |
|
Michelle Lugalia-Hollon |
District 2 |
Female |
African American |
|
David L. Macias |
District 6 |
Male |
Hispanic |
|
Athalie D. Malone |
District 2 |
Female |
African American |
|
Amanda Merck** |
District 3 |
Female |
Non-Minority |
|
Tania Moran |
District 8 |
Female |
Hispanic |
|
Coda Rayo-Garza |
District 7 |
Female |
Hispanic |
|
Melinda Razvi |
District 8 |
Female |
Non-Minority |
|
John A. Smith |
District 8 |
Male |
Hispanic |
|
Ranjit Singh Thakurratan |
District 8 |
Male |
Asian or Pacific islander |
|
Dr. Deborah L. Valdez |
District 10 |
Female |
Hispanic |
|
Kristi Garza Villanueva |
District 2 |
Female |
Hispanic |
|
Dee B. Villarrubia |
District 7 |
Female |
Other |
|
Naomi K. Williams |
District 8 |
Female |
African American |
|
Christy A.Woodward Kaupert |
District 9 |
Female |
Non-Minority |
*Is eligible to serve; within VIA Service Area
** Seeking Reappointment
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
VIA manages and operates the Metropolitan Transit Authority within Bexar County, Texas. VIA is governed by a Board of Trustees with eleven appointees, five (5) of which are appointed by the San Antonio City Council. Board members are appointed to staggered two-year terms and may serve up to four terms. There are currently three (3) slots available for members whose terms will expire December 31, 2018. One (1) slot is vacant by the resignation of Brian Dillard.
ISSUE:
Board appointments require full City Council approval.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact.
RECOMMENDATION:
The Office of the City Clerk recommends approval of the Governance City Council Committee’s Finalists to be interviewed at the Governance City Council Committee Meeting on January 16, 2019.