On March 24, 2026, the Alexandria City Council held a legislative meeting that began with the Alexandria Transit Company (ATC) Stockholders Meeting at 6:15 PM, followed by the regular meeting at 7:00 PM in the City Council Chambers at Del Pepper Community Resource Center. The meeting covered a proclamation, oral reports, updates on FIFA 2026 World Cup preparations, crime statistics, the after-action report on Winter Storm Fern, and the Waterfront Flood Mitigation Project. Council approved consent items for grants and housing funding, adopted the Age-Friendly Plan 2026-2029, and provided direction on flood mitigation. The meeting adjourned at 10:50 PM.
This is Mike on. So red is on. The red is on. Okay. Okay, good evening, everyone. It is six eighteen, and our first order of business is the Alexandria Transit Company Stockholders Meeting. Mr. Chair, this is your meeting, and so I'm going to officially turn it over to you. Well, good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of council. I call to order the twenty twenty-six annual meeting of the AT Alexander Transit Company Stockholders. I'm David Kaplan, the chair of the ATC Board of Directors, and it's a pleasure to first time I'm in your new temporary chambers, so pleasure to be with all of you tonight in this new space. Minutes of the meeting are being taken by the ATC Board Secretary and will be made available on Dashbus.com. I want to introduce those who are in attendance, both from our board of directors and from the staff. Our board members in person, we have a Jay Sha Thomas. We have Jamal Shoby, who you will uh hear more about shortly, uh a nominee to our board. And I can see on the Zoom, we have Jesse O'Connell. You're up very big on the on the screen. Jesse's our vice chair of the board of directors. Uh staff who are here to my left, Josh Baker, our CEO and General Manager, Raymond Moey, who is our chief infrastructure development officer, and Stevie Matthews, our director of planning and scheduling. The first order of business for the meeting is the appointment of the board of directors for a slate to serve one year term that expires at the twenty twenty-seven stockholders meeting. Our board is currently 10 members, seven city residents and dash riders, and three city staff members. All ten of the incumbents are seeking reappointment. I thank my colleagues for their dedicated service. You will see the slate on the screen behind you. The board has one vacancy for a city resident or dash rider with transportation industry experience. This is the only resident rider seat that requires a specific skill set as designated in our bylaws. The board initiated recruitment in November to solicit applications. The vacancy was posted for eight weeks. We received applications from nine candidates who self-certified that they met the selective factor. A board committee consisting of Jesse O'Connell and Matt Harris reviewed applications and interviewed five finalists. The committee recommended and the board unanimously concurred that Jamal Shoby be added to the board of directors. And Jamal has already, I had to stand and wave. I think you've already done that. You can do that again. Thank you. Let me tell you a little bit about Jamal. He's a two-year resident of Alexandria, residing in the Eisenhower East neighborhood. He holds a master's in transportation planning and a doctorate in urban planning from Texas Southern University. His work experience includes project management and task lead roles at three transportation consulting firms where he advised state DOTs, local governments, and transportation agencies on multimodal planning. Jamal also has work experience at the transit agency that serves Houston, Texas, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Jamal is currently employed by the Transportation Research Board, where he manages a portfolio of national research projects centered on transit system planning, operation efficiency, workforce development, new mobility services, and emerging technologies. You were provided a copy of his full application in the docket materials for tonight's meeting. I think you'll agree Jamal is well qualified to serve on as a member of the ATC board, and we look forward to having his expertise at our board table. I will now ask if there's a motion to approve the slate of directors as presented. Madam Mayor. Councilman. Are there any other comments before the vote? Okay. Is there a motion? Well, actually, you're doing my job for this is hard.