Brent Cagle

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Charlotte City Council · City Council Business Meeting on 2026-04-13 4:00 PM - Apr 13, 2026 · 13 Apr 2026 meeting

Some may have benches and shelters, some may have other things, but again, all those amenities are consistent.

We don't go out and buy a different kind of shelter for each one, but there is a policy dictating the level of amenities that go on each stop.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem.

I think it's worth pausing for a moment here to recognize we're actually at a moment in history for our city.

This is an extraordinary event that's taking place, and we are talking about matters, some of which we will not control.

So in my mind, as the chair of transportation, when I look at this,

I'm thinking in terms of moving out, going forward, you can take transit out of city government, but you can't take transit out of the city and out of the county.

So in fact, the critical thing for most of these issues is the ongoing basis of our partnership with MPTA, and I believe Ms.

Mack left or stepped out of the room, but I want to stress the fact that our role in all of this will be one of advocacy,

for our constituents because we were elected by them.

So we're appointing board members, but we're the interface with the public.

They're gonna look to us and they're gonna say, okay, who did you appoint?

Are they doing the things that you know we want?

We will not have the immediate control over many of the issues that we've been talking about here.

So what we really need to focus on is that

question of the partnership and how it moves forward, it took us five years to get here.

I think it's really exciting that we're having this conversation.

I remember the mobility task force and it all seemed a little remote and the first time I heard the suggestion of a half cent sales tax I said, don't be ridiculous, the legislature will never let us do that.

And yet they did and the people approved it.

In my mind, one thing that's critical

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