AATA Hires Architect for Transit Center
Ann Arbor Transportation Authority board meeting (May 12, 2010): With the expiration of two board members’ terms on May 1, and no replacement finalized for either, an absence further reduced the now five-member AATA board to four at its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday.
The mailbox at the AATA headquarters on South Industrial. There's no particular connection between the mailbox and this meeting report – it's here for pure aesthetics. (Photo by the writer.)
The meeting had been rescheduled from its usual slot on the second-to-last Wednesday of the month to avoid additional absences.
The four board members who were present listened to a glowing review of the AATA from McCollom Management Consulting, which had been hired to perform an organizational audit.
The only business transacted by the board was to approve a contract for architectural and engineering services to design a replacement of the downtown Blake Transit Center. The $343,439 contract was awarded to DLZ Michigan Inc., which had three representatives on hand at the meeting to field any questions. [The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority may eventually provide a grant to the AATA for foundation work related to the newly constructed transit center.]
Before the meeting, the trio from DLZ clustered in conversation in the board room and noticed the missing members in the set of official framed board member photos hanging on the board room wall – “Where’s Paul?” one asked. [Full Story]