Jan 25, 2021 Cap Metro

UH, WE'LL TAKE UP TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MR. HELEN'S.

THANK YOU, MIKE, YOU WITH US TODAY.

UH, NEXT,

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WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO JOIN US.

UH, WHEN I READ YOUR NAMES, PLEASE MUTE AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

UM, OR ED, WELL, I'LL CUT YOU OFF OR SOMETHING.

MR. SMITH, UH, ARE YOU WITH US AND READY TO GO? UH, YES, I AM.

YOU HAVE ONE SEMESTER, RIGHT? I BEG YOUR PARDON? YES.

YOU HAVE ONE SMITH SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE COULD, UM, IT WOULD BE BETTER VERSUS RELYING ON, UM, AUSTIN PD OR, UM, SLOW SECURITY RESPONSE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT I'VE DONE RESEARCH ON THAT.

YES, THAT IS ME JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMMON NAME, BUT ANYWAY, UM, I WANTED TO DATE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR MEETING HERE TODAY.

I PLAN ON ATTENDING OTHER BOARD MEETINGS.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

WELL, I HAVE A POSITIVE THING AND A NEGATIVE THING BECAUSE TO START OFF WITH THE NEGATIVE THING, UM, WE HAVE SOME BUILD OF ROAD SUPERVISORS.

I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE, BUT HAVE BEEN TOTALLY DISRESPECTING OF THE OPERATORS ON THE UNITS.

UM, THE SILVER ROAD SUPERVISORS ARE THE ONES THAT OPERATORS WOULD HAVE TO CALL FROM RADIO CONTROL AND RADIO CONTROL DISPATCHERS, THE SILK ROAD SUPERVISORS OUT TO MEET THE BUS OPERATORS, UM, ABOUT ARE OUT ON THE ROAD, BUT WE'VE BEEN GETTING, UM, REPORTS THAT SOME THE FIELD ROAD SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN DIRECTING PROFANITY AT SOME OF THE OPERATORS AND SOME OF THE PASSENGERS.

AND I'VE RECENTLY HAD THAT EXPERIENCE HAPPENED TO ME WITH A SUPERVISOR THAT GOES BY KEY FIVE, SEVEN AS IDENTIFICATION AS T POD SOUTHERN, EXTREMELY RUDE, VERY UNPROFESSIONAL.

AND I HAVE TO REPORT THAT TO RADIO CONTROL.

AND THERE ARE TWO VERY RUDE PEOPLE, T FIVE SEVEN AND T FIVE, FOUR, TWO ROAD SUPERVISORS THAT I DO BELIEVE MEET THE, HAVE SOME TYPE OF GO-TO SOME TYPE OF CLASSES ON HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT BORN WITH THAT SAME TYPE OF COURTESY AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT PEOPLE LIKE THE CEO OR, UM, OTHER PEOPLE IN MANAGEMENT, HOW, AND THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE THAT I HAVE NOTICED.

AND I HOPE THAT CAP METRO DOES SOMETHING ABOUT SUPERVISORS THAT DO USE PROFANITY TOWARDS OPERATORS IN FRONT OF PASSENGERS, OR THAT JUST GET MAD AT OPERATORS AND THEY'RE EXTRA FANCY TOWARDS THEM BECAUSE I PERSONALLY THINK SOUP FIELD SUPERVISORS AFTER THEY REMAIN PROFESSIONAL, WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR UNIFORM ON THE CLOCK AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE WORKING FOR CAT METRO, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO REMAIN PROFESSIONAL.

LASTLY, UM, I AM, I HAVE APPLIED TO BE A CONGRESSIONAL INTERN AND I WAS APPROVED.

SO I'M GOING TO BE A CONGRESSIONAL INTERN WITH A CONGRESSWOMAN, UM, IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THANKFULLY AS A COLLEGE STUDENT.

SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

UM, I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH, BUT I AM HOPING SINCE CAP METRO.

WHEN I KNOW I HAVE A, PROBABLY A COUPLE OF SECONDS LEFT CAP, METRO, UM, NEEDS ITS OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FUN USED FEDERAL FUNDS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS THAT I'M HOPING METRO WILL LOOK UP AND, AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

HELPED CAP METRO GET ITS OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOPEFULLY WITHIN A YEAR OR SOME TYPE OF PROJECT CONNECT EXPANSION.

BUT, UM, BECAUSE RELYING ON METRO SECURITY, IT TAKES SECURITY A REALLY LONG TIME TO RESPOND TO PRIORITY INCIDENCES.

UM, SOMETIMES IT TAKES THEM 30 MINUTES.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES THEM IN AN HOUR TO RESPOND TO FIVE CALLS OR OTHER THINGS.

BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PURPOSES, THAT CAP METRO HAD ITS OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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I HOPE THAT CAP METRO WILL LOOK AT IT AND WE'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ME AND I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A VERY GOOD DAY.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH.

GOOD LUCK IN YOUR INTERNSHIP.

THAT NEXT STEP WE HAVE LISA AND I'M GOING TO MISPRONOUNCE THIS, SO I WILL APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, UH, SWAN KNOWN AND AS, UH, MY BEST SHOT, UH, LISA, IF YOU'RE WITH US AND YOU CAN UNMUTE AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL.

UM, MAKE SENSE GOING IN AND HELLO.

UM, WELL, I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

UM, I'VE LIVED OUT IN TEXAS HERE FOR AWHILE.

I'M IN MAYNARD, TEXAS AT THE MOMENT, AND THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL ISSUES WITH, UH, TRANSPORTATION.

UH, I'VE LOST A JOB OVER IT BECAUSE I COULDN'T MAKE IT IN TIME.

IT WAS LATE AND THE BUS DRIVER WAS LATE IN AUSTIN, NOT IN MANNER, BUT ANOTHER INCIDENT HAPPENED WHERE I TOOK A BUS, UM, FROM THE MAINER NINE, NINE 90, UH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE MORNING, IT LEAVES MAYNOR TEXAS, UH, THREE DIFFERENT TIMES LIKE SIX, SEVEN, 8:00 AM, UM, MADE IT INTO MY AUSTIN, BUT THE AUSTIN BUS, I AT THREE 33, THERE'S AN INCIDENT I REPORTED MADE ME LATE, BUT IT TAKES ABOUT TWO HOURS TO GET THERE.

AND I'M BEING RESPONSIBLE.

THAT'S ONE THING, BUT WE NEED MORE TRANSPORTATION, UM, FROM MAINER AND MORE STREETLIGHTS, UH, BY THE, BY THE, UM, THE BUS STOP IN.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IF YOU GET THE, UM, THE SCHEDULE WHEN THE BUSES ARE COMING, IF YOU GOT TO GET MORE ROUTES AND THE TIMING MAKES SURE IT'S ON TIME, THIS IS THAT, UM, I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE I GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, I DRESS, I DRESS IN LIKE SWEAT PANTS AND A JACKET, REALLY NOT, NOT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING FANCY, YOU KNOW, HOODING TO THIS, TO THAT.

AND I GOT PROPOSITIONED.

UM, I DID REPORT THAT, UM, THAT HAPPENED IN AUSTIN AND, UM, UM, ARBOR TRAIL, ARBOR TRAILS, CANYON, ARBOR CANYON ROAD, ROCHELLE RAINY, MORE STREETLIGHTS THERE, THERE'S A BUNCH OF BLISTERS AROUND THERE.

AND I BASICALLY HAD TO BE STANDING ON MY GUARD, LIKE A BULL DOG FOR MY OWN SAKE.

NOW THAT WAS JUST ONE INCIDENT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS VERY DARK HERE, WE GET THREE LIGHTS, PLEASE GET MORE BUS ROUTES FROM MAINER BECAUSE I'M COMING FROM MAYNARD TO WORK AUSTIN.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE WORK IS.

THERE'S NO WORK IN MAYNOR.

UM, I ACTUALLY CALLED A COUPLE OF FRIENDS FROM MAINER PEOPLE TO, TO TRY TO CALL IN.

MAYBE THEY DID NOT GET IN TIME TO, TO TALK LIKE I'M TALKING NOW, UH, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PART.

UM, OH GOD, WE'RE TAKING IT OUT BECAUSE I'LL DISCOUNT BUS PASSES.

CAUSE IT'S DAY PASSES $7.

AND OVER IN AUSTIN, IT'S ONLY $3 AND 50 CENTS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, LOOKING FOR WORK IS IT'S, IT'S EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, UM, I, UM, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE BUS DRIVERS.

THEY'RE BEING POLITE.

THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, UM, OKAY.

UH, WAIT, UH, WHAT CAN I SAY? THANK YOU.

AND HOPEFULLY, UM, WE'LL GET SOME MORE, UH, TRANSPORTATION, UM, UH, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, UM, OH, THAT A BETTER CONNECTION TO THE PICKUP BECAUSE THE PICKUP STOPPED BEFORE THE, UM, THE NINE 90 COMES BACK TO AUSTIN TO MAINER.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM IF THEY CAN GET LONGER HOURS OR, OR WHAT PLEASE PRETTY PLEASED GOD'S SAKES.

THANK YOU, MS. SULLIVAN.

SORRY.

THANK YOU, MR. TOM WALD.

UM, CHAIR, COULD I ASK, UH, ASK, UH, MR. CLARK, VERY QUICK QUESTION.

SURE.

UH, MR. CLARK, COULD I, COULD I WORK WITH YOU AFTER THIS? UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKER JUST BROUGHT UP, UM, PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN AND I, ALTHOUGH THE STREETLIGHTS THAT I NEED TO LET HER KNOW THAT KEPT METRO DOESN'T, UM, DOESN'T BUILD A STREETLIGHTS, PERHAPS WE COULD WORK ON SOME SYNERGIES TO ADDRESS SOME SAFETY ISSUES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MARK THAT AND, UM, MR. CLARK, IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS, I'M NOT EXACTLY CERTAIN WHERE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, BUT YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR.

UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR NEW, UH, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING APP, UH, THAT PEOPLE CAN REPORT, UH, SECURITY INCIDENTS AS WELL.

HAPPY, HAPPY TO.

AND, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY OBVIOUSLY IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO ADVANCE THIS YEAR.

AND I, THE PREVIOUS CALLER TALKED ABOUT, UH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY POLICING.

UH, WE'LL LOOK INTO THE LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE STOPS,

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SO, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'LL DIVE INTO BASED ON THOSE COMMENTS.

MR. CHAIR.

REMEMBER STRAIGHTENED, GO AHEAD.

UH, IF I MAY, TO, UM, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT WE, UH, HAVE IN THE WORKS, AN ITEM THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT THE PICKUP ZONES AND AS, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW, WHICH HAT I'M WEARING IS AT THE ATP ATP BOARD MEMBER HAT, OR CAP METRO HAT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT STUDYING SOME, SOME POLICIES ASSOCIATED WITH AND PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, THE PICKUP ZONES.

AND I'M WONDERING IF, IF, UH, TO THE, TO OUR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTERS POINT, IF, UH, THAT, THAT HER CONCERNS ABOUT BETTER LINKING UP THE TIMING BETWEEN, UH, WITH THINGS GOING ON IN MAINE OR BETWEEN THE TIMING OF THAT NINE 90 ROUTE AND THE, THE PICKUP ZONES THERE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE CAN ACTUALLY GET ON THE NINE 90 BACK TO MAINER AND THEN STILL BE ABLE TO GET HOME CONNECTED IF, IF MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR US TO, TO REVISIT AS WELL AS WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE, THE OVERALL, UH, STANDARDS AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE PICKUP ROUTES.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, AS WE LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS WITH THEM, WAS THAT YES, BUT IF WE COULD, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS.

I THINK THAT, UH, WE, WE ARE, AND I, AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SITTING DOWN AND THINKING THROUGH AND PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, EFFECTIVE STANDARDS REALLY, TO THINK ABOUT, UH, THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT THE SCENARIOS THAT WE ARE ENCOUNTERING AND THEN THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT, THAT COULD BE PUT IN PLACE THAT EVERYONE WOULD AGREE, UH, WOULD LEAD TO MORE SAFETY.

I THINK THAT AS WE, AS WE TALK ABOUT, UM, AS WE, AS WE TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY OUR PICKUP ROUTES, BUT A LOT OF OUR ROUTES THAT ARE IN MORE RURAL AREAS AND THAT SOMETIMES, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE BUSES THAT COME HOURLY, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT WE REALLY GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND KIND OF LOOK AT EVERYTHING, UH, TO, UH, TO LOOK AT LIGHTING, TO LOOK AT, UH, THE, THE OTHER, UM, THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO MAKE, UH, AREAS, UH, SAFER.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE LOOKED ON NEO STARTING.

UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, STARTING AT WALMART OVERHEAD ONE 83 AND ONE 30, THE NORWOOD AREA, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS, UH, TO MAKE PLACES LIKE THAT MORE SAFE AND THERE MORE PLACES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SAFE.

BUT WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN IS, IS KIND OF, UH, SETTING UP AN ASSET MAP, IDENTIFYING WHAT IS, WHERE, WHAT VULNERABILITIES ARE THERE AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS, UH, THOSE VULNERABILITIES, UH, INCREMENTALLY WHERE NECESSARY, BUT IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.

SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ONLY HAVE BUSES AVAILABLE.

AND I CAN RESPOND THAT.

UM, YES, I, WE, WE PLAN ON, I BELIEVE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING, WE'LL BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD, UH, PICKUP PICKUP STANDARDS, STANDARDS SLASH GUIDELINES.

I IS THE BEST WAY TO PROBABLY FRAME THAT.

AND, UH, ULTIMATELY WE'LL NEED BOARD GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MANAGE, UH, ACCESS HOURS OF SERVICE RIDERSHIP COSTS.

THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON, THAT IS DEFINITELY YOUR CAP, METRO HAT.

THAT'S NOT THE ATP HAT.

AND, UH, WE, WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T PUT NEW ZONES INTO SERVICE UNTIL WE CREATE A STANDARDS BECAUSE THESE WERE ALL DONE AS PILOTS.

AND NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE A TOOL TO ANALYZE THE PILOTS THAT WE PUT OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE MEETING OUR GOALS, UH, TO CONTINUE THEM.

AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM, AGAIN, DAYS A WEEK, OUR HOURS IN THE DAY, UH, WAIT TIMES IN BETWEEN VEHICLES, HOW MANY PEOPLE PER VEHICLE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

SO, UH, THE TEAM IS WORKING HEAVILY ON THAT.

AND, UH, I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ANTICIPATING, UH, UH, PRESENTATION AND, UH, LOOKING FOR INPUT IN FEBRUARY, UH, TO HELP MOVE THAT PART OF THE PROGRAM FORWARD.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU TO OUR, TO OUR COLOR OR TO CALL IT THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

I BELIEVE, UH, MS. LISA, FOR HER FEEDBACK, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS.

UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, STAFF CAN DO.

THANK YOU ALL.

YEAH, IT, UH, IT JUST UNDERSCORES THAT THERE'S MORE FOR US TO WORK ON BESIDES PROJECT CONNECT AND, UH, WE'VE GOT

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PLENTY TO DO.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM MR. TOM WALL, MR. WALDO, IF YOU'RE READY, UH, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THIS IS TOM WALL, THANKFUL TRANSIT USER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RED LINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE, UH, WHICH SUPPORTS THE 32 MILE TRAIL ALONG THE CAPITOL METRO RED LINE.

OUR WORK IS FOCUSED INTO FOUR PROGRAMS PLAN, THE PARKWAY FUND THE PARKWAY, BUILD THE PARKWAY AND ACTIVATE THE PARKWAY.

UH, SOME BRIEFLY, SOME FURTHER BACKGROUND ON THE REDLINE PARKWAY AND THE TRAIL CAPITAL METRO AREA VOTERS APPROVE THE RED LINE METRO RAIL IN 2004, IN ADDITION TO APPROVING RIGHT AWAY FOR THE REDLINE TRAIL CAPITOL, METRO HAD HOPED TO COMPLETE THE TRAIL BY 2019, BUT THAT WASN'T ON TRACK.

SO WE FOUNDED THE INITIATIVE IN 2017 TO ACCELERATE COMPLETION.

AND IN SUMMER 2019, I BEGAN AS FULL-TIME STAFF WITH THE INITIATIVE, THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS OTHER MILESTONES AND THE TIMELINE OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES.

AND I'VE BEEN COMPILING THESE INTO A DOCUMENT OF THE COMMITMENTS ACTIONS AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE A SNAPSHOT OF THAT DOCUMENT UPON REQUESTS AND EARLY STEP FOR OUR STAFF ORGANIZATION WAS TO FORMALIZE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE TWO PRIMARY AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING THE RED LINE TRIAL.

AND THOSE ARE CAPITAL METRO AND CITY OF AUSTIN IN NOVEMBER, 2019.

THE GOVERNING BODIES FOR BOTH AGENCIES DIRECTED THEIR STAFF TO PURSUE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE INITIATIVE.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN AGREEMENT IS NEAR COMPLETION.

UH, THE CAPITAL METRO AGREEMENT IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.

THE ORIGINAL, THE BOARD'S ORIGINAL TARGET FOR CAPITAL METRO STAFF TO REPORT THE BOARD REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD WAS NO LATER THAN MARCH, 2020 AT THIS STAGE, THE INITIATIVE AMY FOR FINALIZING THE AGREEMENT BY THE END OF MARCH THIS YEAR.

AND I'M HOPING I CAN STICK TO THAT TIMELINE, OUR CONVERSATION ON THIS AND OTHER ISSUES WITH CAPITAL METRO STAFF HAS BEEN VERY SLOW GOING OVER THE LAST 17 MONTHS.

BY LAST SUMMER, WE HAD AIMED TO RESOLVE SOME LONGSTANDING, UH, RAILS WITH TRAILS ISSUES AND TO AGREE ON A COURSE OF ACTION FOR CAPITAL METRO'S ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKWAY PLAN, INCLUDING FUNDING AND ENGINEERING COOPERATION.

UH, AT THIS TIME WE ARE COMING UP ON SOME DEADLINES FOR DEVELOPING A PARKWAY PLAN.

SO WE ARE AIMING TO HAVE THESE OUTSTANDING ISSUES RESOLVED NO LATER THAN THE END OF MAY.

THIS YEAR IN GENERAL, WE WOULD LIKE CAPITOL METRO TO MOVE INTO ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL RAILS, WITH TRAILS, BEST PRACTICES, INCLUDING FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRAINED AREAS.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE CAPITAL METRO TO WORK TOWARD COMPLETION OF THE RED LINE TRAIL WITH AT LEAST THE SAME LEVEL OF INTEREST AS IT HAD WHEN IT WAS EDUCATING VOTERS ON THE TRAIL IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2004 RED LINE RAIL AND RAILS WITH TRAILS ELECTION.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE RED LINE TRAIL WILL NOT BE COMPLETED UNLESS WE HAVE CAPITAL METRO FIRMLY ON BOARD WITH ITS COMPLETION.

FOR THESE REASONS WE WILL BE REPORTING REGULARLY LIKELY MONTHLY TO THE OPERATIONS AND PLANNING COMMITTEE TO ENSURE PROGRESS AND GOOD COMMUNICATION.

ALL OF THESE ISSUES.

I'M PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST OF THE MOST URGENT AND CRITICAL NEEDS IN TIME FOR THE FEBRUARY 10TH COMMITTEE MEETING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. WALL, MR. CHAIR, MR. TRAN.

YES, IT IS.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY MR. WALD, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR COMING BEFORE THE BOARD ABOUT THIS AND, UH, YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN OFFLINE ABOUT, UH, ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THESE THINGS.

UM, I, I THINK THIS IS GOOD.

WE'RE KIND OF GETTING THIS WELL, UNINTENDED BACK ON TRACK.

UH, I KNOW THAT WE, AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAD MADE THE POINT AND, AND PASSED A RESOLUTION BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 19, SPECIFICALLY STATING OUR R IT WAS THAT IT WAS THE BOARD POLICY AND OUR STATED GOAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONNECTION.

UH, AND, AND, UM, AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH, AND WORKING WITH THE RED LINE RED LINE TRAILS INITIATIVE.

AND, UM, I REALIZED THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, COVID KIND OF DERAILED A LOT OF THESE THINGS FOR A LOT OF STUFF, AND WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS COME UP WITH BECAUSE OF COVID AND THEN WE HAD A PROJECT CONNECT MOVING FORWARD.

I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS, GETTING BACK ON TRACK AS PART OF THE POLICY COMMITMENT AND, AND, AND MY CONCERN IS, AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LEAVE THIS BEHIND ONE BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS ACTUALLY ACTED TO SAY TO THAT WE WANTED TO BE ON BOARD WITH THIS.

UH, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY OPPORTUNITIES AS WE MOVE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE HERE, AS WE ARE ADVANCING PROJECT CONNECT AND WITH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AS THINGS ARE MOVING DOWN THE, UH, WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE EXPENDING FOR UPGRADES FOR THE RED LINE CURRENTLY, THAT WE DON'T LOSE OUT AND MISS OUT ON THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THIS, WHICH AGAIN, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS COME ALONGSIDE AND SAID, EVEN RECENTLY THAT WE WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, TO, UH, MR. WALDER CONTINUED, UM, UH, BRINGING THIS BACK TO US AND,

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I, I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO STAFF'S CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT IN WORKING WITH YOU AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAD STATED, UH, THAT, THAT WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH US.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD MEAN THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A, MAYBE AN UPDATE FROM THE CAP METRO SIDE, FROM CAP METRO STAFF, PERHAPS, MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO DO THAT, MAYBE AT THE, THE OPS COMMITTEE, UH, OR PERHAPS THE FULL BOARD IN FEBRUARY.

UM, I, I I'VE JUST PUT THAT TO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU THINK THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE AS A, AS AN UPDATE HERE, PERHAPS EITHER AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING OR AT THE, UH, AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, PERHAPS? MAYBE.

THAT'S LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.

UH, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER.

UH, LET ME CHECK IN WITH STAFF.

I KNOW AGAIN, THEY ARE WORKING WITH, UH, THE CITY.

UH, WE CERTAINLY GOT A SUMMATION FROM THE BOARD.

I THINK, UH, ALL THE S THE STAFF WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP FACILITATE.

I GUESS I WOULD JUST REITERATE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF STAFF WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FACILITATE THE RED LINE PARKWAY GETTING BUILT AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T IMPACT SAFELY OPERATING THE RED LINE MAINTENANCE ACCESS AND POTENTIAL NEEDS, WHERE WE NEED TRACK FOR EXPANSION OF SERVICE, SO EVERYWHERE ELSE.

AND THAT'S THE SAME COMMITMENT WE MADE FROM THE FRONT END.

SO THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY FACTORS THAT WILL BE THERE TODAY.

AND WE'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FROM A STAFF POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE SAFETY SAFELY OPERATING A LONG-TERM RED LINE IS THE PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE, BUT WE HAVE A DEEP COMMITMENT THAT ANYWHERE WE CAN, OUTSIDE OF THAT COMMITMENT, WE WILL WORK THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE THIS PARKWAY, UH, OCCUR.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MEMBER STRATTON'S.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CLARK, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, THANK YOU, SPEAKERS.

UH, NEXT

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STEP.

WE'LL HAVE OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATES, MR. BANKS.

FLOOR'S YOURS.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, SO I HAVE THAT BACKGROUND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS, UH, CHAIRMAN, UH, COOPER PRESIDENT CLARK YON HAS BANKS, UM, CAP METRO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM DO GIVE THE UPDATES.

I THINK I HAD A BACKGROUND UP FROM ANOTHER MEETING IN DETROIT, FORGET THAT IS THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE NOW.

YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE ROLL WITH IT, AND I HAVE TO CHANGE THAT LATER.

I'M HAVING A LITTLE FUN TODAY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT C SAC, THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UM, THEY GET THEIR MONTHLY PROJECT CONNECT UPDATE, UH, BACK ON JANUARY 13TH, UM, NADIA BARRERA, RAMIREZ PRESENTED TO THEM ABOUT THE ZIEGLER PROJECT.

THAT'S THE NEW, UM, HOW DO YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE IT? BURST UP? DOES IT BEING DONE OVER ON DEAN KEETON AND WATERLOO BAY? UH, WE MOVED A BUST UP FROM THAT CORNER, A BLOCK UP OR SO, AND THERE'S A NEW KIND OF RAMP AND SYSTEM.

THEY'RE TRYING THAT OUT WITH SOME LEVEL OF BOARDING, AS WELL AS AN EASIER WAY FOR BIKES TO COME BY RIGHT BY IT.

SO YOU DON'T INTERACT WITH, UH, THE BUSES.

UH, AND SO THEN YOU'VE GOT AN UPDATE ON THAT THAT JUST STARTED, I BELIEVE, LAST WEEK OR MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO.

UM, THEY GOT A, UH, UPDATE ON THE RIVERSIDE STOP, ACC RIVERSIDE STOP THAT JUST OPENED UP THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH.

UH, AND MARCUS GAVE THEM AN UPDATE ON THE DOWNTOWN STATION BECAUSE THEY HADN'T BEEN BRIEFED ABOUT IT SINCE, UM, IT OPENED UP IN NOVEMBER.

SO JUST WANTING TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE AND WHAT WAS GOING ON AND FOR ACCESS COMMITTEE, UM, THEY ALSO GET A PROJECT CONNECT UPDATE.

THEY ASKED TO START HAVING MONTHLY UPDATES ON THAT.

SO I UPDATED THEM JUST ON WHAT WAS NEXT AT THAT TIME.

THAT WAS THE FIRST ATP BOARD MEETING, UH, AS WELL AS WHO THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE SELECTED TO BE ON THE ATP.

UH, AND THEN THE UPCOMING OPEN HOUSES AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS WE'LL BE HAVING ON PROJECT OR ORDINANCE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, UH, STARTING THIS WEEK AND THE, UH, RAPID LINES THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.

UH, THEY GOT AN UPDATE FROM SEAN BROWN AND THE ONBOARD DIGITAL, DIGITAL DISPLAY SCREEN.

IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, I BELIEVE HE DID A PRESENTATION PROBABLY WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

IT MIGHT'VE BEEN RIGHT BEFORE COVID, UH, WE'RE TIME IS FLYING OF THESE NEW BOARDS WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT UP ON, UH, SOME OF OUR VEHICLES, SOME OF OUR BUSES.

AND SO THEY HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO BE BRIEFING THAT YET BECAUSE THAT PROJECT HAD GOTTEN PAUSE DUE TO COVID AND, UM, SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO REARRANGE.

AND SO THEY WERE UPDATED ON THAT, UH, WHICH WENT PRETTY WELL.

I THINK THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW IT'S NOT AUDIBLE, BUT, UH, SEAN AND MARTIN DID A GREAT JOB WITH, WITH CLEARING THAT UP

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AND EXPLAIN IT TO THEM WITH SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT THEY WILL HAVE, OR THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS FAIR AND EQUAL.

UM, THEY ALSO GOT AN UPDATE ON THE RIVERSIDE STOP AS WELL, AND THE DOWNTOWN STATION ALSO, UH, AND ZILCH, THAT'S WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. BANKS, REMEMBER KITCHEN.

I JUST WANT TO MR. BANKS TO KNOW THAT, UM, THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCREENSHOTS, AND SO I APPRECIATE GETTING TO SEE IT AGAIN.

UH, I'M GLAD I PICKED THIS ONE.

[IV. Board Committee Update]

WE HAVE, UH, BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES.

UH, I THINK, UH, NEITHER COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO MEET THIS LAST MONTH.

SO THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IS A CAMPO UPDATE FROM REMEMBER MITCHELL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

UH, CAMPO MET ON, UH, JAMIE, SORRY, ON JANUARY 11TH, 2021, UM, BASIC ACTIONS WHERE IT HIRED A RENEWED, UH, UH, CONTRACT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE YEAR.

UH, IT ALSO, UH, TOOK ACTION ON, UH, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, 60 50 SECTION 53, UH, UH, FUNDING, WHICH IS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION TO ENHANCE THEIR BUILDINGS FOR SENIORS AND FOLKS WITH DISABILITY.

AND THEY BASICALLY UPDATED THE CRITERIA WITH WHICH TO MEASURE PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS FOR SELECTION.

UH, IT ALSO TOOK ACTION ON, UH, 2021 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET ASIDE PROGRAMS AND, UH, FUNDED, UH, THE BLAKE MAINER SHARED USE PATH THAT HAD BEEN DEFUNDED EARLIER IN 2020.

UH, IT POSTPONED ANY ACTION ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD, BYLAWS, THREE PRESENTATIONS ON VARIOUS MATTERS QUESTIONS FOR A MEMBER MITCHELL.

ALL RIGHT, VERY WELL.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBER STRATTON.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS NECESSARILY THE RIGHT PLACE TO PUT IT INTO, TO MAKE THIS A QUESTION OR REQUEST, BUT IT IS UNDER A BOARD COMMITTEES.

UM, IF I MAY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION AND FUTURE MEETINGS GOING FORWARD, UH, PERHAPS JUST AS WE DO, UH, THE OTHER FAA AND THE OPS COMMITTEE AND CAMPO, WE CONSIDER ADDING, UH, ATP, UH, BOARD UPDATE TO THE LIST OF COMMITTEES.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE CAP METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR AT THE, UH, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AS THE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ATP TO, OR FROM CAP METRO TO THE ATP AT FUTURE MEETINGS.

UNLESS, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, I THINK THAT'D BE FINE GOING FORWARD.

ANY OBJECTION WE'LL ADD.

AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST INCLUDING THAT ON THE AGENDA, GO FORWARD.

WE CAN GET A REPORT FROM MEMBER STRATTON ON THEIR PROGRESS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT

[V.2. Approval of minutes from the December 14, 2020 Capital Metro board meeting and December 18, 2020 joint meeting with Austin City Council.]

NEXT STEP.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, EIGHT, UH, ACTION ITEMS. UH, FIRST IS, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 14, 2020, UH, BOARD MEETING AND THE DECEMBER 18, UH, JOINT MEETING 2020 JOINT MEETING WITH AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? BOTH SETS MOTION BY MITCHELL A SECOND.

SECOND, WAS THAT AN IMPROVEMENT MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? SORRY.

REMEMBER TREVELYAN I THINK YOU WERE FROZEN, UH, WAS TO BE CLEAR, WAS THAT TREVELYAN A RENTAL RIO ON THE SECOND.

I COULDN'T CATCH IT.

UH, UM, I MOVED APPROVAL, BUT, UH, I HAVE TWO MOTIONS TO APPROVE THAT WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MEMBER RENTER, RAY.

ANY DISCUSSION, NO DISCUSSION THEN, UH, I'LL CALL ROLL FOR THE VOTE.

REMEMBER A RENTERIA? YES, I REMEMBER STRATTON.

HI, UH, MEMBER, UH, KITCHEN.

YES, MEMBER.

UH TREVELYAN YES, A MEMBER MITCHELL.

AND COOPER IS AN I AS WELL.

THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

UH, NEXT UP, UH, MEMBERS, WE HAVE, UH, ELECTION OF CAPITAL METRO BOARD OFFICERS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR.

[V.3. Election of Capital Metro board officers for 2021.]

AND, UH, LET ME JUST MAKE A COMMENT OR TWO, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL PROCEED.

UH, ONE IS, UH, YOU MAY, UM,

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UH, UH, RIGHTFULLY, UH, WONDER, UH, UH, WHAT MY VIEW OF THIS IS AS, AS RELATES TO MY OWN, UH, CHAIRMANSHIP AND, UH, FIRST IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THE POSTURE OF CHAIR AND TO REPRESENT YOU AND TO HAVE REPRESENTED YOU, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS.

UM, MY OWN VIEW OF THIS IS THAT, UH, I RECOGNIZE THAT I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF MY COLLEAGUES.

AND, UH, AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I RESPECT THAT, UH, AND, UH, DON'T HAVE ANY SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT TO THIS JOB, UH, AND, UH, UH, HOPE THAT I HAVE FULFILLED YOUR EXPECTATIONS, UH, IN THIS ROLE.

UM, I HAVE FELT A LITTLE BIT OF A SENSE OF DUTY, UH, UH, MIGHT HAVE, UH, GONE ON TO TAKING CARE OF GRANDKIDS EARLIER, BUT FOR THE, UH, MY VIEW THAT WE NEEDED TO GET A NEW, UH, PRESIDENT IN.

AND, UH, AND THEN, UH, HE HAD THIS, UH, INTERESTING IDEA ABOUT TRYING TO GET PROJECT CONNECT PAST AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND, UH, DIDN'T WANT TO BAIL OUT THEN.

UH, AND, UH, AND, UH, THANKFULLY WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THERE IS IN MY MIND, ONE FINAL ACT, UH, TO THAT, UH, TO THAT PLAY, WHICH IS GETTING THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, UH, PASSED BETWEEN OUR RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS, THE CITY, UH, ATP, WHICH HAS NOW FORMED UP AND LOOKS TO BE A GALLOPING FORWARD IN OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE TO A LOT OF PART OF THIS YEAR.

AND SO, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, UH, SOME HAVE ASKED THAT I STEPPED DOWN, SOME HAVE ASKED THAT I STAY ON, UH, MY OWN, UH, GOAL WOULD BE THE C THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, UM, UH, EXECUTED AND THEN, UH, PERHAPS, UH, RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET, UH, AFTER THAT.

BUT THAT, THAT'S WHERE I AM.

I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ACCOMPLISHED, UH, BUT, UH, TO BEGIN MY THOUGHT ON THAT AS I, AS I STARTED TO END AS I STARTED, UM, UH, RESPECT, UH, THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE A, UH, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UH, UH, UH, SUPPORT THAT OR NOT SUPPORT THAT.

AND SO THAT IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE WILLING, I WOULD, UH, BE WILLING TO SERVE ANOTHER YEAR.

UM, THAT SAID, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL, THAT, UH, THOUGH VARIETY OF FOLKS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE VICE CHAIR JOB.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, INCLUDE REPRESENTATION AS WE HAVE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, UH, FROM, UH, DIVERSE POPULATIONS.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR US.

AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY IS, UH, IS, UH, UM, SOMETHING WE NEED TO REFLECT ON AND TRY TO PUT INTO PLACE.

UM, IF COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN IS READY TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE, UM, THEN I WOULD SUPPORT AND NOMINATE COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN, UM, TO BE THE VICE CHAIR.

I UNDERSTAND OTHERS, UH, ARE INTERESTED IN THAT JOB AS WELL.

AND THIS MAY, I'M HOPING THIS WON'T BE, UH, A DIVISIVE OF VOTE, BUT, UH, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE HAVE REPRESENTATION HAVE DIVERSE REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP.

SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S WHERE I STAND AT THE MOMENT.

AND, UH, UM, JUST WANTED TO PUT ALL MY CARDS ON THE TABLE, UH, BEFORE WE, UH, MOVED ALONG.

SO I REMEMBER KITCHEN, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND.

UH, AND I, I KNOW THAT ALL OF US HAVE APPRECIATED YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS AND, UM, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.

AND SO THIS HELPS ME UNDERSTAND, UM, I AM INTERESTED IN BEING VICE-CHAIR AND I'M ALSO NOT INTERESTED IN, UM, CREATING DIVISION.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY.

UM, I THINK, UM, DIVERSITY MIGHT CALL FOR, UM, SOME MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UM, AND MIGHT CALL FOR SOME MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP WITHIN THIS YEAR.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE SUGGEST THAT WE DO, BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S MORE CONVERSATION AND, AND THINKING THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR AMONGST US, UM, IS I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE POSTPONE THIS CONVERSATION FOR ONE MONTH AND AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE, UM, WE VOTE THAT WILL GIVE US TWO OPPORTUNITIES.

IT WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER WHEN WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION.

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UM, AND ALSO, UM, AND CHART A PATH FORWARD FOR, UH, DIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP, UM, AND DIVERSITY ACROSS THE BOARD, INCLUDING, UM, DIVERSITY FOR WOMEN.

AND SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PROPOSE THAT WE DO THAT, THAT WILL ALSO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HAVING A FULL COMPLIMENT.

WE ARE NOT A FULL BOARD TODAY.

WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT MEMBERS AND OUR, UM, WE ONLY HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS TODAY, AND I THINK IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT WE PROVIDE SOME TIME BECAUSE WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR, UH, WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WORKS WELL, UM, FOR THIS BOARD AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.

UM, AND THAT WOULD GIVE ME TIME TO TALK WITH YOU, UM, CHAIR, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT THE YEAR.

UM, I CAN HEAR YOU, I HEAR YOUR INTEREST IN STAYING THROUGH THE JPA.

I'M INTERESTED IN THAT.

I ALSO, UM, HAVE AM INTERESTED IN LEADERSHIP, AND I'M ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, THAT, UM, THAT BOARD MEMBER TREVELYAN BE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION.

SO THAT'S MY REQUEST OF YOU AND OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE WAIT A MONTH TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION AND TO ALLOW OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE TAKING MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WAIT A MONTH.

I THINK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A NEW MEMBER POOL, WE'VE ALL BEEN TOGETHER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UH, SOME OF US AS MANY AS 10 YEARS, OR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, UH, A GOOD CHUNK OF US HAD BEEN TOGETHER THAT LONG.

AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE BEEN TOGETHER LESS THAN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, I'M GLAD TO ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION.

OKAY, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION UNLESS OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION FIRST.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED WELL TOGETHER, BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE SAID, CHAIR COOPER.

I ALSO FEEL THAT I HAVE CONTRIBUTED, UM, TO PROJECT CONNECT, UM, AND WOULD LIKE TO BE IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS BODY.

SO I'M SIMPLY ASKING, UM, AS A COURTESY TO ALLOW TIME FOR THAT CONVERSATION.

AND SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE, UH, THIS ITEM UNTIL, UH, NEXT MONTH TO ALLOW TIME FOR CONVERSATION AND TO ALLOW FOR OUR, A FULL COMPLIMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

REMEMBER STRATTON.

I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE THIS IN AN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD, I'VE SEEN PO STAND UP FOR A REALLY LONG TIME IF HE WANTED TO GET AN AN AND IF YOU WANT TO WAIT THAT MOTION UNTIL PO HAD A CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING, IF THEY ARE IN CASE HIS, IN CASE HIS CONVERSATION MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE DIRECTLY RELATED TO YOUR MOTION.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO PERHAPS WAIT THAT, UH, THANK YOU.

UM, REMEMBER STRATTON, I DIDN'T, I COULDN'T SEE THAT.

SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO WAIT.

CAUSE I DID OFFER FOR PEOPLE TO, IF THEY WANTED TO WEIGH IN FIRST WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY.

I'M SORRY.

A MEMBER RICHARD RE I COULDN'T SEE IT STILL.

CAN'T SEE.

UM, SO YOU MAY HAVE TO SHOUT OUT IT WELL, IF YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

I, I ALSO BELIEVE IN DIVERSITY, BUT ALSO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO LIKE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WE, WE HAVE A POSITION FOR A FEMALE AND, UM, AND THEN A MALE AND WE ALTERNATE AND, YOU KNOW, ANNE HAS BEEN WITH US LONGER THAN I WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

I'M REALLY JUST AMAZED AT THE ENERGY THAT SHE HAD PUT BEHIND ALL OUR ISSUES FROM PROJECT CONNECT TO, TO, UH, WHEN WE REDID, WE RAMPED ALL OF OUR ROUTES AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE, UH, THAT SHE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND, UH, I, I, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD WAIT A MONTH SO THAT WE COULD GET A FULL BOARD.

AND THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

UM, OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, UH, IF WE WERE TO NOT HOLD OFFICER ELECTIONS AT THIS MOMENT, UM, AS I'VE READ THE BYLAWS, AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOUR TERM, WELL, UH, MS. GARS OUR BAR, OUR PREVIOUS VICE-CHAIR SHE'S GONE ANYWAY.

UM, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A SECOND THEN IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE, UM, OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO TABLE THIS ELECTION FOR A MONTH, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY JUST MAKE A POINT OF PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, AND THIS MAY INVOLVE,

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SO DELI GARZA IS OUT OF THE PICTURE.

UM, BUT AS OF TODAY, MY, OF SECRETARY AND YOUR TERM AS CHAIRMAN ARE DONE.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CAP, METRO HAS NO OFFICERS AT THIS TIME.

IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR DAY? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS.

IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT THAT RIGHT NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN OR, OR, OR CARRIE AS OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, IT SAYS THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN, IT SAYS THAT THE ELECTIONS ARE GENERALLY HELD IN JANUARY OF EACH YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE PROVISIONS THAT SAY, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD HOLD OVER UNTIL NEW ONES ARE ELECTED.

SO IT WOULD NOT MEAN IF WE WAITED UNTIL NEXT MONTH THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY OFFICERS.

ALL OF THE OFFICERS WOULD HOLD OVER UNTIL AN ELECTION WAS HELD.

BUT, SO, SO GIVEN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE RIGHT NOW, SO, SO CHAIR, COOPER STAYS AS CHAIR.

I STAY AS SECRETARY AT THIS TIME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A VICE CHAIR AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTURE BECAUSE BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT DAHLIA GARZA HAS ROLLED OFF THE BOARD, CORRECT.

NO ONE HAS BEEN ELECTED TO THAT POSITION YET.

AND THEN WE HAVE NOBODY CURRENTLY SERVING IN THAT POSITION.

CORRECT.

BUT, BUT IT IS, THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE BYLAWS THAT ALLOWS FOR THE HOLDOVER OF THE OFFICERS IT'S INHERENT, IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN THE BYLAWS, BUT IT'S INHERENT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE OFFICER'S STAFF.

RIGHT.

AND SO THEY WOULD HOLD OVER IT UNTIL AN ELECTION IS HELD.

JUST LIKE IT IS FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERSHIP.

GOTCHA.

THANK YOU FOR THAT OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

FRANKLY I WOULD LIKE TO, TO CONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT WHETHER YOU WOULD SERVE AS CHAIR.

SO, SO THE CHAIR MEMBER TREVELYAN, UM, JUST BY WAY OF COMMENT, UM, I HAVE A, UM, I FEEL A VERY COLLEGIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH, UH, WITH ALL OF, ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

AND, UH, AND, AND I, UM, CERTAINLY AM NOT INTERESTED OR WAS NOT INTERESTED IN CREATING CONTENTION.

UM, THE, THE THING THAT STRUCK ME IN THE, UM, THE THING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING MOST ABOUT IS, UM, THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN, UM, MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND OFTENTIMES LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.

AND, UM, OFTENTIMES I, I APPROACH EACH OF YOU TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON PROJECT A, OR WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON PROJECT B, OR WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT EQUITY AND, AND WE'VE GOT TO, AND WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AND SEE HOW COMMUNITIES THAT HISTORICALLY HAVEN'T BEEN WELL SERVED WILL BE WELL-SERVED.

AND, UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT TOGETHER, UH, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOGETHER.

WE HAVE GONE INTO COMMUNITIES THAT WE HADN'T GONE AS THOROUGHLY INTO BEFORE, AND WE HAVE ADDRESSED ISSUES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY TOGETHER.

AND, AND, UH, AND PART OF MY SOUL SEARCHING WAS IF, IF, UM, IF I AM WILLING TO PUSH AND ASK AND, AND, AND, UH, AND, AND WORK HARD AND PUSHING OTHERS TO DO SIGNIFICANT THINGS, HOW WOULD I NOT BE WILLING TO ACCEPT MORE RESPONSIBILITY MYSELF? AND THAT, AND THAT IS THE SPACE THAT, THAT, THAT MY INTEREST CAME FROM.

AND IT IS NOT, I JUST WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT, THAT IT CAME FROM A, IT COMES FROM A PLACE OF TALKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TALKING TO A NUMBER OF YOU AND, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IF, IF I AM GOING TO ASK MORE OF YOU, I'VE GOT TO ASK MORE OF MYSELF AS WELL.

AND TH AND THAT'S WHERE THE SCAM PROBLEM.

IT WASN'T, IT WAS NOT AN INTEREST TO, UH, TO BE, UH, TO BE HURTFUL OR PUSHY.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT REMEMBER KITCHEN, UH, YES, I'M A BOARD MEMBER TO REBELLION.

I RECOGNIZE THAT.

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THEN.

AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE SOME MORE TIME FOR SOME CONVERSATION, UH,

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AND I THINK THAT WE COULD PROBABLY WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH CHAIR COOPER, UH, GIVEN HIS, UM, INTEREST, BUT, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF DIVERSITY AND ALSO IN THE INTEREST OF THINKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE, UM, FOR MEMBERS CIVILIAN, AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING YOU AS CHAIR.

I AM, I'M GO AHEAD.

I AM HONORED THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT AND HONOR THAT YOU WOULD SEE ME THAT WAY.

UH, HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED FOR ME ABOUT, ABOUT BANDWIDTH AND MAKING SURE THAT I'M ABLE TO, TO DO THE, TO DO THE THINGS THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE FRONT AND CENTER AND REQUIRED, AND THAT I HAVE THE TIME, UH, UH, THAT I HAVE THE TIME TO DO THEM.

AND THEN THAT, THEN I HAVE THE PREPARATION TO DO THEM AS WELL.

I REALIZED THAT A NUMBER OF YOU HAVE SERVED ON THE BOARD LONGER THAN I, AND I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE NOT HAD.

I AM, I AM COMFORTABLE, UM, IN, IN A POSITION THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO LEARN, UH, AT, AT, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, AM, UH, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THE BOARD CHAIR.

I'D THINK THAT GIVEN WHAT IS GOING ON IN TERMS OF A WHOLE NEW PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO SPEND $7 BILLION OVER A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THAT IT REALLY DOES BENEFIT US, THAT WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCES OF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE SERVED UP SOME LONGER THAN ME, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND EMOTION IN FRONT OF US IS WHETHER TO TABLE THIS ELECTION TILL THE NEXT MONTH, UM, MEMBER A HILL, A MEMBER OF RENTERIA.

ALRIGHT, REMEMBER STRATTON, REMEMBER KITCHEN? I REMEMBER TREVELYAN.

I REMEMBER MITCHELL.

I'M SORRY.

REMEMBER MITCHELL, WE DIDN'T, UH, UH, AND COOPER IS A NAY.

THE MOTION CARRIES, UM, FOUR TO THREE, SO WE'LL, UH, POSTPONE FIVE, TWO, I'M SORRY.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA THEN IS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, I THINK, A DIFFER AS WELL, THE APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENTS TO THE FINANCE AUDIT AND ADMINISTRATION, UH, COMMITTEES THE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS THE PRIVILEGE OF THE CHAIR ELECTED FOR 2021.

NEXT UP IS OUR, UH, MR. MR. CHAIR, QUICK, QUICK QUESTION AGAIN.

FOLLOW UP TO THAT.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT, THAT INTO NEXT MONTH? WE'LL WE WILL BE PREVIOUS COMMITTEES BEING PANELED.

WELL, DO THOSE ASSIGNMENTS, UH, NEXT MONTH, THAT, AND TO THAT END, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL IS INDICATED AN INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

AND, UM, UH, SO IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN MOVING OFF OF FINANCE TO OPERATIONS, UH, VICE CHAIR GARZA WAS SERVING ON OPERATIONS.

SO THE VACANCY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ON, UH, OPERATIONS, BUT IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN MOVING, UH, TO OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, THEN, UH, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE IN THAT RESPECT.

NEXT IS ITEM FIVE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH UNITY CONTRACTOR SERVICES FOR LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE SERVICES.

UH,

[V.5. Approval of a contract with Unity Contractor Services, Inc. for Landscaping Maintenance Services.]

MR. CARTWRIGHT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, COOPER, BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENCY, YO CLARK, I'M, KEN CARTWRIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT OF FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH UNITY CONTRACTOR SERVICES, TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT

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TO EXCEED 700, 5,000 FOR A BASE PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, WITH THREE, ONE YEAR OPTIONS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $1,770,660.

THIS, UH, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, UM, THAT THE AGENCY MAINTAINS FOR ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, INCLUDING OUR PARKING RIDES AND TRANSIT CENTERS, AS WELL AS OUR RAIL STATIONS AND OPERATIONAL FACILITIES.

THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS EXPIRING THIS MONTH.

SO WE'VE RE SOLICITED THE SERVICES AND RECEIVED BIDS FOR THAT UNITY.

UM, CONTRACTORS WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR THESE SERVICES.

WE ESTABLISHED A 10% SBE EAGLE UNITY CONTRACTORS THAT IS ACTUALLY 100% SBE, AND THE FUNDS FOR THIS CONTRACT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARTWRIGHT.

IF THE, UH, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO THIS ITEM, MOVE APPROVAL MOTION FROM MEMBER TREVELYAN A SECOND, SECOND BY MEMBER RENTER, MARIA, ANY DISCUSSION, NO DISCUSSION.

I REMEMBER RENTAL MARIA MEMBER STRATTON.

MEMBER KITCHEN.

I REMEMBERED CIVILIAN.

I REMEMBER MITCHELL COOPERS AND I THANK YOU, KEN.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH BAKER, TILLY, U S LLP FOR MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT SUPPORT SERVICES.

UH, NEXT UP IS, UH,

[V.6. Approval of a contract with Baker Tilly US, LLP for Miscellaneous accounting and audit support services.]

UH, SUSAN RENSHAW, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR COOPER, BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT, AND CEO CLARK I'M SUSAN RENSHAW CONTROLLER WITH CAPITAL METRO.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNATE A FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A TASK ORDER CONTRACT BETWEEN CAPITAL METRO AND BAKER.

TILLY.

THIS IS FOR MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING SERVICES.

TASK ORDER CONTRACT IS FOR A BASE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ONE YEAR OPTION PERIODS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A MILLION DOLLARS.

THE PURPOSE FOR THIS CONTRACT WITH BAKER TILLY IS TO TRY CONSULTING AND ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE WHEN NEEDED BY AN INDEPENDENT QUALIFIED FIRM TO HELP US WITH VARIOUS ACCOUNTING INITIATIVES THAT OUR EXTERNAL AUDITING FIRM CANNOT PERFORM DUE TO POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF IMPAIRED INDEPENDENCE, EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE MAY ISSUE TASK ORDERS FOR ON THIS CONTRACT, OR TO HELP WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVERAL NEW GASBY STANDARDS THAT WILL APPLY TO CAPITAL LUNCHROOM AND ALSO DEVELOPING A COST OVERHEAD RIGHT FOR GRANT PROJECTS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER REGARDING THIS TASK ORDER CONTRACT QUESTIONS FOR MS. RENSHAW AND CHAIR, THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO THIS ACTION ITEM, NUMBER SIX APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH BAKER TILLY FOR MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT SUPPORT SERVICES.

IS THERE A MOTION MEMBER STRATTON WITH THE MOTION? I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY.

I MIGHT NEED TO ADJUST MY SCREEN SO YOU MAY HAVE TO YELL OUT, UH, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MEMBER TREVELYAN ANY DISCUSSION IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, THEN, UH, I'LL CALL ROLL FOR YOUR VOTES.

UM, UH, MEMBER HILL.

GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR, COOKER WORK MEMBERS AND RANDY CLARK.

REMEMBER RENTERIA? I REMEMBER STRATTON.

I REMEMBER KITCHEN.

I REMEMBER TREVELYAN.

I REMEMBER MITCHELL.

I REMEMBER COOPER.

I, UH, NEXT, THANK YOU ALL.

UH, THANK YOU, SUSAN.

[V.7. Approval of an Interlocal Agreement with the Austin Transit Partnership for support services and project implementation.]

ACTION.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP FOR SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.

OUR CFO RYNETTE MARNA WIC WITH THE MOTION OR WITH THE, WITH THE INFORMATION.

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I AM, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF CAPITAL METRO, AND I DO TO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR THIS.

ARE THERE MAKER.

UM, SO IF I CAN HAVE THE NEXT PAGE.

SO YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER FROM THE JOINT SESSION MEETINGS LAST YEAR THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED BETWEEN AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP OR ATP AND CAPITAL METRO FOR THE CORPORATE FUNCTIONS AND THE ADMIN SUPPORT THAT CAPITAL METRO WILL PROVIDE TO AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, AS WELL AS FOR THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM, THAT CAPITAL METRO WILL BE DELIVERING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUS RELATED PROJECTS AND THE RATE LINE AND THE PICKUP SERVICES.

SO IT'S NO TIME TO GET THAT INTRO LOCAL AGREEMENT IN PLACE SO THAT ATP CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO QUICKLY RAMP UP INTO A FUNCTIONING ENTITY.

SO IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE, SO THIS ILA HAS AN INITIAL THREE-YEAR TERM, IT HAS THE INTENTION THAT WE SET UP THE AGREEMENT NOW.

AND THEN, UM, ONCE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, METRO EXPRESS OR BECOME INTO OPERATION AND ATP WILL BE FUNDING, UH, PARTIALLY FUNDING, THE OPERATING COSTS.

WE WILL BE AMENDING THE ILA.

SO THIS IS ILA NUMBER ONE, AND WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING MORE ILS TO COME DOWN IN THE FUTURE AS THE RELATIONSHIP EVOLVE, BUT IT HELPS ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE IS ADHERE TO SO THAT ATP CAN FOCUS ON THE LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS AND THE TUNNEL, WHICH IS THE BULK OF PROJECT CONNECT AND HAS A CRITICAL TIMELINE.

SO ATP ALREADY APPROVED THE ILA AT THEIR FIRST BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, AND IT IS NOT BEFORE THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD ALSO FOR APPROVAL.

SO AT THE THREE YEAR, THE THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT PROVIDES AN OUTLINE AND THEN ANNUALLY THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, BOTH BOARDS WILL APPROVE THE AMOUNTS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ILA.

SO LOOKING AT THE NEXT PAGE.

SO IN THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, CAPITAL METRO WILL PROVIDE THOSE ANNUAL REVENUE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE REVIEWED LAST YEAR DURING THE JOINT SESSION.

AND THAT IS ESTIMATED TO BE 110 MILLION OVER THE FIRST THREE YEARS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, CAPITAL METRO WILL PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR ATP.

SO WE HAVE THE EXISTING PROJECT CONNECT STAFF, UM, THAT WILL BE SECONDED TO ATP, AND WE'LL BE WORKING A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR ATP, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, WITH THEIR, UH, SENIORITY, UM, WITH CAPITAL METRO ON CAPITAL METRO'S PAYROLL.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, CAPITAL METRO WILL PROVIDE BACK OFFICE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS LIKE HR ACCOUNTING.

UM, IT, UM, SO THAT'S ATP CAN FOCUS ON PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION.

WE FELT IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT TO NOT DUPLICATE BACK OFFICE FUNCTIONS, BUT TO PROVIDE THAT AS A SERVICE TO ATP.

SO THAT IS ESTIMATED TO BE, UH, LESS THAN 20 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS.

AND IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE CAPITAL, METRO WILL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN THE PROJECT CONNECT PLAN, LIKE THE METRO RAPID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATORS AND THE LIT RED LINE IMPROVEMENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, LAST MONTH, THE BOARD APPROVED THE, UH, CONTRACT MODS WITH THE THREE ENGINEERING FIRMS TO COMPLETE THE NEPA AND THE 30% DESIGN ON THE ORANGE LINE AND BLUE LINE.

SO SINCE THOSE ARE CAPITAL METRO CONTRACTS, CAPITAL METRO WILL BE PAYING THOSE VENDORS, BUT THEN PASSING THROUGH THE COST TO ATP AND THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS.

SO I ESTIMATED AT 260 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS.

SO FOR FISCAL 2021 FOR THE PERIOD, JANUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, THE IMPACT OF THIS ILA REFLECTS A 65 MILLION.

THAT CAPITAL METRO IS CONTRIBUTING TO ATP.

THAT INCLUDES THE BALANCE AND THE CAPITAL EXPANSION FUND THAT WE DEDICATED IN THE BUDGET TO TRANSFER TO, UM, AS A SUPPORT FOR PROJECT CONNECT PLUS 5 MILLION THAT WE BUDGETED FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT EFFORT, UM, IN

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THE CAPITAL METRO BUDGET, THAT BOOB WILL BE TRANSFERRING TO ATP.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, ATP WILL PROVIDE FUNDING BACK TO CAPITAL METRO OF 64 MILLION TO FUND THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT.

THE BULK OF THAT IS FOR THE ORANGE LINE, THE BLUE LINE AND THE, UH, THE HDR FROM WHO IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER, OWNER REPRESENTATIVE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST STAGE OF THE PRESENTATION.

UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FOR RYNETTE REMEMBER KITCHEN? UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU OR IT MIGHT BE FOR, UM, FOR OUR PRESIDENT, BUT, UM, UH, THIS, THIS IS GREAT.

AND, AND I, UM, I SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

MY QUESTION IS, UH, TWOFOLD.

UM, THE, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.

UH, WE CAN, UH, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE ALLOCATION OR THE ALLOCATION, THE, UM, THE TIMELINE FOR THE, UM, ALLOCATION OF THE 300 MILLION THAT'S RELATED TO, UM, EQUITY FOCUSED, UH, HOUSING AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, HAVE A, A BRIEFING OF OUR BOARD OF, OF THAT TIMELINE AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.

UH, SO THAT'S ONE REQUEST.

AND, UM, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE, ALTHOUGH THIS, I THINK IS PROBABLY FOR FOUR BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON, PERHAPS IS JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE FOR THE, UM, ILA BETWEEN ATP AND THE CITY.

BECAUSE IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, THAT IS BETWEEN THE ATP AND THE CITY, NOT THE CAP.

METRO, WOULDN'T BE, UH, A, A PARTY TO THAT IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY.

AND AGAIN, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE 300 MILLION IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO I GUESS THAT'S, I GUESS IT'S ONE REQUEST.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M NOT SURE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S AN ATP QUESTION, NOT A CAP METRO.

AND ILA.

YEAH, THAT PROBABLY IS AN ATP QUESTION, BUT BOARD, A BOARD MEMBER STRATTON OFFERED TO BRIEF US.

UM, AND SO IS IT IN ORDER TO ASK HIM THAT NOW, OR SHOULD WE JUST, PERHAPS HE COULD ADDRESS THAT? I THINK, UH, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR MEMBER STRATTON TO BRIEF US ON WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THE QUESTION OF THE FUNDING OUT OF ATP SEEMS LIKE AN ATP QUESTION, NOT A CAP METRO QUESTION.

I DO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE, UM, FOR OUR BOARD TO BE BRIEFED ON THE CASH FLOW OR NOT CASHFLOW ON THE, THE FLOW OF THE 300 MILLION.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAP METRO AS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS PARTNERS TO THE G JPA.

I THINK THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ITEM FOR US TO, JUST TO BE BRIEFED ON AND UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THAT IS, BUT I AM REQUESTING THAT NOW THAT THAT BE DONE FOR US, UM, YOU KNOW, LATER IN THE SPRING OR WHENEVER THE APPROPRIATE TIME IS, YEAH, GO AHEAD, PRESIDENT CARTER.

SURE.

UH, THE CFO WILL BE BRINGING, UH, SOME INFORMATION FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT, UM, A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THAT CASHFLOW MODEL AND THAT IF THERE WAS ADDITIONAL, UH, IF ATP BOARD WANTED TO PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING INTO THAT CATEGORY, WHAT IMPLICATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE POTENTIAL PATIENTS THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE OVERALL PROGRAM, INCLUDING UP TO CAP METRO BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL, GETTING BACK TOGETHER TO HAVE TO VOTE, TO CHANGE THE ACTUAL SEQUENCE PLAN THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED.

I CAN, UH, RESPOND TO THAT.

SO, UH, AT OUR ATP BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK OF THE INCOMING CFO PRESENTED THE, UH, THE BUDGET.

AND ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU HIT ON A GREAT TERM, WHICH IS CASHFLOW.

UH, ALL OF THOSE, UH, BREAKDOWNS WITHIN THE BUDGET ARE OUTPUTS FROM THE INTEGRATED CASHFLOW MODEL THAT THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE BASED ON.

SO TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE 300 MILLION, UH, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS, YES.

THAT IT WILL BE AN ILA.

IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY GOING TO BE A GRANT AGREEMENT, THE PROPER USE BETWEEN THE ATP AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THE GOAL IS OBVIOUSLY TO GET THAT DONE AS SOON AS RESOURCES ALLOW, HAS STAFFED UP TO GET THAT DONE.

SO I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY JUST STARTED DISCUSSING THAT, OKAY, THIS IS, THAT LOCATION IS 23 MILLION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT COMES OUT OF THE INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL MODEL.

AS YOU MAY ALL RECALL, THERE'S, UH, THE $300 MILLION TO SPREAD OVER 13 YEARS.

AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT, I THINK PROBABLY IN AUGUST, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO PULL THAT BACK OUT AND GOES TO THE DETAILS, BUT IT'S A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE FIRST THREE YEARS, THEN IT'S A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE YEAR FOUR THROUGH EIGHT.

AND THEN, UH, AFTER YEAR EIGHT IS OVER TO YEAR 13, THERE'S ANOTHER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

AND ALL OF THOSE CASH ALLOCATIONS ARE AGAIN, PART OF THE OUTPUTS OF THE INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL THAT DRIVES THE SCHEDULE OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM AT THE ATP BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.

UH, SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS ASKED, UH, ABOUT THAT TOPIC AND AT THE ATP BOARD MEETING IN FEBRUARY,

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SO WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT ON THE ATP SIDE IN FEBRUARY.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, PRESIDENT CLARK, THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND, UM, I, I, I, MY, MY REQUEST STILL STANDS.

I THINK I CAN TALK WITH YOU OFFLINE, BUT I DO THINK THAT AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AS A CAP METRO BOARD MEMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT BRIEFING.

UH, THE INTEGRATED, UH, FINANCIAL MODEL IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT SOME LAST YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT IN GREAT DETAIL.

SO FROM AN UNDERSTANDING PERSPECTIVE AS A BRIEFING ITEM, UM, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR US AS KEPT METRO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO HEAR AND TO UNDERSTAND HA HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THE, UH, INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL AGAIN.

UH, WE'LL GET THAT BRIEFING, UH, PERFECT TOGETHER.

HEY, AT THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, CAN, CAN YOU JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY, HOW MUCH BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING HERE, AND THEN I GUESS BROADLY MORE GENERALLY, HOW MUCH OF CAP METRO'S FUNDS, UM, ARE GOING TO THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PORTION OF THE, UH, ATP BUDGET? BECAUSE I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT THAT WITHIN THAT INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL, THERE WERE SPECIFIC, WE HAD SPECIFIC AMOUNTS THAT THE PROP A, THE, THE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN SIDE OF THE, OF THE LEDGER AS IT WERE THE, THE, UH, PROPERTY TAXES, WE'RE GOING TO AMOUNT TO, I THINK, THREE POINT $85 BILLION FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT.

AND THEN CAP METRO WAS, WAS, WAS ALSO GOING TO BE, UH, CONTRIBUTING A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

AND THEN THE BIGGER ISSUE WAS THAT CAP METRO WAS GOING TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF ANY FEDERAL GRANT MONEY LEVERAGING OFF OF THE LOCAL MATCH.

THAT'S COMING OFF OF WHAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING THROUGH PROPHASE, UM, YOU KNOW, LOCAL PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS.

BUT I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF HELP ME OUT HERE UNDERSTAND THE MONEY THAT TAP METRO ITSELF IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROJECT? HOW MUCH OF THAT, OR DID WE, DID WE DELINEATE HOW MUCH OF THAT IS SPECIFICALLY GOING TOWARDS, OUT OF CAP METRO'S POCKET TOWARDS, UM, ATP FOR SPECIFICALLY THOSE $300 MILLION OF THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS? SO THE REVENUE SOURCES WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED OR DELINEATED.

UM, LIKE YOU SAID, UH, IN THE INTEGRATED MODEL, WE CONSIDERED ALL POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCES AND ALL POTENTIAL COSTS, INCLUDING DEBT SERVICE, UH, THAT TH THE CASH FLOW TIMING OF FEDERAL GRANTS, AND IT WAS VIEWED AS AN INTEGRATED MODEL.

AND WHAT WAS THE MOST PROGRAM THAT WE COULD BUILD FOR THE LEAST POSSIBLE IMPACT ON PROP A TAX RATE? SO, UH, IT'S A, IT'S AN INTEGRATED MODEL THAT TOOK ALL OF THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

AND, YOU KNOW, RANDY IS CORRECT THAT IT IS THE 300 MILLION OVER 13 YEARS.

SO AS THE, AS THE PROJECT UNFOLDS, AND SOME THINGS MAY ACCELERATE AND OTHER THINGS MAY, UH, THE TIMING OF THINGS MAY CHANGE.

UH, THE CASHFLOW MODEL WILL BE CONTINUALLY UPDATED AND REVISITED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO THE TIMING OF WHAT'S IN THE MODEL, UH, IS, UH, IS, UH, IS A CONCEPT, IS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN.

OVER 13 YEARS, A LOT OF THINGS WILL CHANGE AND THEY WILL BE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, BUT I THINK WE ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE ORANGE LINE AND THE BLUE LINE SCHEDULE IS THE TOP PRIORITY.

I'LL JUST ADD A LITTLE CLARITY, JUST A LITTLE EXTRA ON THAT.

JUST, UH, IF WE CAN ALL REMEMBER THAT THE, THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS ACTUALLY CALLS OUT THE PROGRAM SEQUENCE PLAN THAT YOU ALL APPROVED AS A CAP METRO BOARD, AND THE C COUNCIL IS THE ACTUAL PROJECT PLAN AND ANY CHANGE AT ALL FROM THAT I WAS REQUIRED TO COME BACK TO THE JOINT ORGANIZATION TO ACTUALLY ADOPT A CHANGE.

SO TO RENETTA POINT, THERE IS NO COLOR OF MONEY PER SE.

IT'S AN INTEGRATED MODEL BECAUSE EACH YEAR THERE'S DIFFERENT VALUES IN THAT.

AND THE IDEA IS TO, UH, TO, AGAIN, BURNETT'S POINT, GET THE PROGRAM DONE TO THAT SCHEDULE FOR AS LITTLE COST AS POSSIBLE.

AND SOME OF THAT IS PEDIGO FINANCING.

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PART OF THAT IS FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND PART OF THAT IS INTEREST RATES AND ON AND ON AND ON.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE BARELY TO THE FIRST PITCH OF THE BASEBALL GAME AND, AND THAT THE ESTIMATES WE HAVE FOR ALL OF THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, WHICH HAS EVERYTHING EXCEPT THIS ONE CATEGORY ARE CONCEPTUAL ESTIMATES BASED ON THE LEVEL OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN WORK THAT WERE DONE FOR THE, TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM.

IT IS INEVITABLE THAT SOME OF THOSE ESTIMATES ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE HIGH AND SOME WILL BE A LITTLE LOW.

AND THAT, THAT IS NATURAL FOR A PROGRAM OF THIS SIZE.

AND TO BURNETT'S POINT YEAR BY YEAR, WE WILL MAKE CALCULATED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MODEL BASED ON THOSE, THOSE, UH, THOSE INPUTS, BOTH FROM THE COST SIDE AND ALSO FROM THE REVENUE SIDE.

I GUESS THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS, IS THAT, UM, I, I THINK IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT HERE TO DELINEATE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAP METRO AND THE CITY COUNCIL CAME TOGETHER JOINTLY AND AGREED TO CREATE THIS INDEPENDENT BOARD, THIS INDEPENDENT ENTITY TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THE PROJECT.

AND WE WROTE THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS OFF, AND THE VOTERS PASSED THAT PROPHASE SAYING, YES, LET'S GO FORWARD AND LET'S DO THIS.

UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT.

AND WE EVEN WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE OVERALL CONTRACT, WHERE THE VOTERS IN THE INITIAL ILA STIPULATED SOME TIMEFRAMES BY WHICH THE ATP BOARD WILL BE COMING BACK AND MAKING, WE'RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER WITH CAP METRO AND WITH THE CITY COUNCIL JOINTLY IN A TRI-PARTY AGREE, AND A TRI-PARTY MEETING TO, TO DO THINGS TOGETHER AND GIVE PRESENTATIONS AND UPDATES ON WHERE THINGS ARE, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO KIND OF, AND I THINK MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO PERHAPS OFFLINE SORT OF DELINEATE BETTER.

UM, AND IT'S KINDA LIKE WHEN I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION EARLIER IN THE MEETING TODAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO GIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BOARD, WHAT WE DID, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT CARTER, YOU AND I CAN TALK ABOUT IS TO, IS TO HOW THIS WORKS AT BOTTOM LINE IS THERE IS A WHOLE OTHER ENTITY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS.

AND I REALLY WOULD HATE TO SEE CAP METRO GET TOO BOGGED DOWN AND PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY MORE IN THE PURVIEW OF THE INDEPENDENT BODY ATP THAT WE'VE CREATED NOT TO SAY THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE UPDATES AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE DISCUSSIONS.

AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE PRESENTATIONS ON WHAT ATP IS UP TO SINCE TAT METRO DOES CLEARLY HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME AND WE'RE GIVING MONEY TO ATP, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND THE KIND OF SWEET SPOT AS IT WERE THE BALANCE THERE IN TERMS OF HOW WE GO ABOUT PRESENTING THESE THINGS AND HAVING, HAVING, UH, PUBLIC BRIEFINGS AND STUFF AT THIS BODY WHEN THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER THING THAT BOTH CAP METRO AND CITY COUNCIL HAVE CREATED THIS DESIGNED TO DO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT IS IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK MORE OFFLINE AND WE'D GET WITH ANN AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO KIND OF, AND CHAIRMAN COOPER.

AND THEN ALSO FOR THAT MATTER CHAIRMAN, UH, UH, VERONICA, UH, UH, UH, CASTRO, DEBRA WITH ATP AND FIGURE OUT KIND OF THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT DOING IT.

AND THEN YOU MAYOR ADLER AS WELL FOR THAT MATTER, REMEMBER KITCHEN, UH, YES, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO CON CONFUSE THE ROLES AT ALL AND NOT SUGGESTING THAT CAP METRO SHOULD BE TAKING ACTION IN AN AREA THAT IS AN AGP ACTION, BUT, UH, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND, AND I'M SIMPLY ASKING FOR A BRIEFING THAT IS ALL, YOU KNOW, IN PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE CASHFLOW FOR THE 300 MILLION, WE'LL ALL GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US WORKED HARD ON FROM A, UH, FROM A STANDPOINT OF THINKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND EQUITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR I'M SURE OUR, MY, OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES WOULD WANT TO, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, AND SO, AND, AND THERE'LL BE POINTS ALONG THE WAY WHERE A BRIEFING US IS APPROPRIATE.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THEM, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UM, I WANT US TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT OUR RESPECTIVE ROLES.

WE HELD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT ATP WAS GOING TO BE AN INDEPENDENT BOARD AND EXERCISE, INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE.

AND, UH, I, FOR ONE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO HONOR THAT COMMITMENT IN EVERY RESPECT INFORMATION SHARING IS ONE THING.

UM, BUT US TRYING TO GO BEYOND INFORMATION SHARING AND IN ANY FASHION RESTRUCTURE THE DEAL, UH, THAT WE SOLD TO THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT.

UM, I DON'T WANT US TO BE, UH, UH, APPROACHING THAT LINE.

I WANT US TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY WITH INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE OVER THOSE DOLLARS, AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO FULFILL

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WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO WITH THE CITY.

AND I THINK THIS MOTION TODAY, UM, UH, IS RESPONSIVE TO THAT.

THAT SAID, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO THIS ACTION ITEM NUMBER, KITCHEN, MOTION TO APPROVE IS OUR SECOND.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MEMBER TREVELYAN ANY DISCUSSION VERY WELL.

I'LL CALL ROLL FOR YOUR VOTES THEN.

UH, THIS IS, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD APPROVAL OF AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP FOR SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, UH, MEMBER HILL.

REMEMBER RENTAL MARIA.

REMEMBER TREVELYAN I REMEMBER MITCHELL COOPERS AND I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT UP IS A ACTION ITEM.

NUMBER EIGHT APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT.

OH, SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

REMEMBER CLARK UP.

I JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT, PLEASE.

UM, WE'RE NET, WE MIGHT'VE LOST HER OFF SCREEN.

HOPEFULLY SHE IS STILL THERE.

SO, UM, CHAIR AND OVERNIGHT, I DID SEND OUT A MEMO TO ALL STAFF TODAY, AND YOU YOU'VE BEEN, UH, FORWARD THAT AS WELL ON A LITTLE BIT OF A REALIGNMENT.

AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN THAT REALIGNMENT IS UNFORTUNATELY, UH, BURNETT MARWICK HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, ALL BOARD MEMBERS, IF IT HADN'T CHANCE HAD NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THAT MEMO, YOU KNEW THAT, AND THIS MAY BE HER LAST BOARD PRESENTATION.

I'M HOPING THAT'S NOT BECAUSE SHE'S AGREED TO STAY ON A LITTLE BIT DURING A TRANSITION.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, AT LEAST I PUBLICLY THANK HER FOR, UH, IT'S IT'S KIND OF APROPOS.

AND ONE WAY THAT THIS RESOLUTION REGARDING, UH, THESE FINANCIAL CHANNELS SORTS BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONS, SHE WORKED SO HARD, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR TO PUT ALL THIS PACKAGE TOGETHER WITH GREG CANALY ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND I WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, SECONDARILY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HOW JUST, UH, SHE'S JUST DONE A FANTASTIC JOB HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR TEAM AND THE FINANCES OF CAP METRO ARE IN GREAT SHAPE.

AND I THINK THAT THE KOI RUNNING AUDIT PROVED THAT AGAIN TODAY, OUR TRI-ANNUAL FTA LAST YEAR.

AND, UH, I THINK OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR OF THE BOARD REPORTS TO YOU AS A BOARD WOULD SAY THAT AS WELL.

SO JUST A QUICK MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE RYNETTE THANK HER FOR ALL OF HER SERVICE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNEW THAT INFORMATION NOT TO MAKE HER BLUSH, BUT WE ARE HAPPY FOR HER PERSONALLY, AND VERY SAD FOR US PROFESSIONALLY THAT, UH, SHOULD WE BE MOVING ON, BUT I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT CHAIR, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE'RE NOT, YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION ANYTHING OR CHAIR.

REALLY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION IN SPITE OF COVID.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M PROUDEST OF, UH, WITH RESPECT TO CAP METRO IS THE WAY THAT STAFF AND PARTICULARLY UNDER RONETTES DIRECTION HAVE INCREASED THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE FORECASTING CAPABILITIES AND HAVE GUIDED US THROUGH THIS MOST CHALLENGING TIME.

I THINK WE CAN BE SUPER PROUD OF THE WAY WE'VE HANDLED OUR BUSINESS AND THE WAY WE'VE, UM, SHARED THE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC AROUND THAT.

AND I THINK, UH, UH, RONNETTE HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF, UH, TRYING TO TAKE US TO NEW HEIGHTS AND TO, UH, DO EXACTLY WHAT THE PUBLIC WOULD WANT DONE WITH THEIR FUNDS AND THE TRENT AND THE TRANSPARENCY, UH, THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF THEIR FUNDS.

AND SO, UH, IT'S GREAT THAT SHE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETIRE AND ENJOY, UH, MORE TIME WITH KIDS AND FAMILY, BUT IT IS, UH, A LOSS FOR US, NO DOUBT.

AND, UH, AS THE PRESIDENT SAID, IT IS A GREAT COMPLIMENT TO HER THAT SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND OUR RESPECT OR IN OUR BEHALF IS VERY COMPLICATED AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF, UH, AUSTIN AND NOW ATP IN A WAY THAT, UH, WILL CREATE GREAT BENEFITS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

AND HER LEGACY WILL BE HELPING TO PUT TOGETHER THIS VERY COMPLICATED, UH, FINANCIAL MODEL.

AND SO, UH, PERSONALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, UH, THANK YOU, RENEE, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

THANK YOU, CHAIR COOPER.

AND THANK YOU ALSO I'M RANDY.

IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE CAPITOL METRO AND THE COMMUNITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.

UH, YOU KNOW, COVID KIND OF MAKE US ALL REALIZE THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN OUR LIVES.

SO IT'S, IT'S, I'M VERY SAD TO LEAVE, BUT I FEEL, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE AGENCY IS AND

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AND I'M ALSO, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THE PLAN IS WELL-FUNDED AND THAT'S ITS WILL TO BE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED.

AND THEN I JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK MY TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND SUPPORT THESE PAST FEW YEARS.

AND, UH, THANK MY WONDERFUL COLLEAGUES AT CAP METRO, UH, CUB METRO HAS A VERY, A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE COLLABORATIVE CULTURE, AND IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST PLEASANT PLACES THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK.

SO I WILL, I WILL MISS EVERYONE AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BASE, BUT I, I DID, UM, COMMIT TO MAKE A GOOD TRANSITION.

AND SO MY REPLACEMENT IS, IS FOUND.

SO YOU WILL PROBABLY STILL SEE ME A LITTLE BIT, BUT THANK YOU, RENEE.

I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS, I DON'T WANT TO CUT OFF ANYBODY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, INDEBTED TO YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

TAKE UP ACTION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO ADDRESS SERVICE REDUCTIONS REQUIRED DURING THE CURRENT PANDEMIC DOTTIE WATKINS.

I'LL GET SOME PAYBACK CAUSE I GOT EMBARRASSED OR THERE, BUT I HOPE SHE GETS A LIFETIME PASS TOO.

THANKS AGAIN.

RONNETTE UH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO MAYBE A FUTURE CELEBRATION OF SOME SORT OR COMMISERATION PARTY.

NEXT WE'LL

[V.8. Approval of an amendment to an interlocal agreement with the University of Texas at Austin to address service reductions required during the current pandemic.]

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

ITEM NUMBER NINE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH UNITED SAFETY AND SURVIVABILITY CORPORATION FOR AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR BUSES.

CHAIR COOPER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT CEO CLARK.

I AM DOTTIE WATKINS, THE CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.

AND AS MENTIONED, THIS IS ASKING THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO ADDRESS SERVICE REDUCTIONS REQUIRED DURING THE CURRENT PANDEMIC RESULTING IN A CORRESPONDING REVENUE REDUCTION OF $234,500.

UM, SINCE 1989, CAPITAL METRO HAS PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO PROVIDE SOME BUS SERVICES FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

UM, THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED UNDER AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH, UH, BETWEEN THE PARTIES ON THE UNIVERSITY, PAYS CAPITAL METRO OF FLAT FEE FOR THE YEAR TO COVER BOTH THE, UM, A PORTION OF THE OPERATING COSTS OF THOSE SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE REIMBURSEMENT AFFAIRS FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF WHO ARE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE OUR SERVICES, UTILIZING THEIR ID CARD AS PAYMENT DUE TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY CAUSED BY THE CORONAVIRUS, THE UNIVERSITY AND CAPITOL METRO HAVE IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER REDUCE UT SHUTTLE SERVICES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT OPERATING ANY UNIVERSITY SERVICES AS THE UNIVERSITY HAS, UM, DELAYED THEIR, UM, REGULAR ON-CAMPUS OPENING UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST.

UM, BUT EVEN AT THAT TIME, WE'LL REDACT RUN A SLIGHTLY LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY A 6% DECREASE COMPARED TO SPRING 2020 BEFORE, UH, THE COVID PANDEMIC.

SO TO ADDRESS THIS REDUCTION, THE UNIVERSITY AND CAPITAL METRO HAVE AGREED TO REDUCE THE MONTHLY PAYMENT OWED BY 36%, UM, OR $33,500 PER MONTH.

UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR NONE VERY WELL.

THEN A CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO AN INTERNAL LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO ADDRESS SERVICE REDUCTIONS REQUIRED DURING THE CURRENT PANDEMIC.

IS THERE A MOTION STRATTON MOTION BY BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON? IS THERE A SECOND RECORD BY MEMBER RENTERIA? ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE THEN I'LL, UH, CALL ROLL FOR VOTES, UH, MEMBER, MEMBER HILL.

I REMEMBER MENTOR MARIA.

I REMEMBER STRATTON.

I REMEMBER KITCHEN.

I REMEMBER TREVELYAN.

I REMEMBER MITCHELL COOPERS AND I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

THANK YOU, DOTTIE.

OH, I THINK YOU'RE UP NEXT AS WELL.

ACTUALLY NOT

[V.9. Approval of a contract with United Safety and Survivability Corporation for air purification systems for buses.]

FOR AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR BUSES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,700,000.

UH, THIS ITEM IS ASKING THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND A CONTRACT WITH UNITED SAFETY AND SURVIVABILITY CORPORATION

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UM, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS REALLY REQUIRED US TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX IN A LOT OF WAYS.

UM, AND AS BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC, UH, MAY RECALL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING SINCE MARCH ABOUT THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TO CLEAN ALL OF THE HIGH TOUCH SURFACES THROUGHOUT OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND MORE THAN JUST CLEAN THEM, BUT DISINFECT THEM, UM, GIVEN THE LATEST RESEARCH, WHICH POINTS TOWARD AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION OF THE CORONA VIRUS.

PRIMARILY WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO INSTALL TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO INACTIVATE VIRUSES AND OTHER, UM, BACTERIA IN THE AIR OF OUR BUSES.

SO THE UNITED SAFETY AND SURVIVABILITY CORPORATION, IT'S A MOUTHFUL TO SAY, WE ALL JUST CALL THEM USFC, UM, HAS OFFERED AN ACTIVE AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM.

THE SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY INSTALLED IN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF THE BUS, UM, AND UTILIZE AS A COMBINATION OF, UM, ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND SAFE LEVELS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING HYDROGEN PEROXIDES AEROSOLIZED INTO THE AIR TO CLEAN THE RETURN AIR AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE SYSTEM CAPITAL, METRO INSTALLED SIX OF THESE UNITS ON OUR BUS FLEET, UM, IN AUGUST AND HAVE TESTED THEM AND DEEM THEM TO BE MECHANICALLY SOUND.

AND WE ALSO ENGAGED A CONSULTING AND ENGINEERING FIRM STEADY AND ASSOCIATES TO STUDY THE AIRFLOW ON THE BUS AND THEN CONFIRM THAT SUCH A DEVICE IS IN FACT HELPFUL IN CLEANING THE YEAR.

UM, THOSE RESULTS RESOUNDED AND A CLEAR RESOUNDING YES, THIS WOULD IN FACT BE USEFUL TECHNOLOGY.

AND SO WE ARE SEEKING TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTRACT WITH USFC TO DELIVER THE DEVICES AS A TURNKEY PRODUCT DIRECTLY CONDUCTING THE INSTALLATION WITH THEIR, UM, TRAINED STAFF AND TECHNICIANS.

UM, THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS AVAILABLE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 OPERATING CONTINGENCY AND WILL BE REIMBURSED BY FEDERAL CORONA VIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF, SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FUNDING.

I'M ALSO KNOWN AS THE SECOND ROUND OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DOTTIE.

HEY, IT'S DADDY.

YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY SOUNDS GREAT BECAUSE NOT ONLY EVEN WHEN WE, UH, GET OVER THIS PANDEMIC, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE VIRUSES IN HERE.

SO THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.

AND, UH, ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING THIS OR THE NEW BUSES OR, OR IN ALL THE BUSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DOWN THE LINE UNTIL THEY GET RETIRED OR HOW, HOW HOW'S IT GONNA WORK? YES, SO WE WILL, IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

WE WILL BE INSTALLING THESE ON ALL OF OUR EXISTING BUS FLEET, UM, AND WE'LL BE SPECIFYING THAT THEY BE INCLUDED ON FUTURE BUSES.

IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING.

WE HAVE BEGUN THE INVESTIGATION AS TO WHETHER A SIMILAR UNIT WOULD, UM, BE IN OUR DEMAND RESPONSE, METRO ACCESS FLEET, AS WELL AS ON OUR COMMUTER TRAINS.

UM, BUT THAT, THAT RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IS STILL UNDERWAY.

UM, WE DO, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT IT'S A USEFUL APPLICATION, UM, IN THE BUSES.

AND WE LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED THERE, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE LOOKING AT THIS TECHNOLOGY.

UM, AND WE AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY BOARD MEMBER FROM INTER RHEA THAT EVEN BEYOND THE CURRENT KIND OF IMMEDIATE CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19, UM, CLEANING THE YEAR AND HAVING JUST GENERALLY A CLEANER, MORE HYGIENIC, UM, KIND OF AIRFLOW ON OUR VEHICLES IS A GOOD IDEA FOR THE SAFETY OF BOTH OUR STAFF, THE SAFETY OF BOTH OUR STAFF AND OUR CUSTOMERS ON THE LONGTERM.

AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALSO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE, OF THE, UH, KIRA MONEY THAT'S COMING DOWN.

UH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, TH THIS PANDEMIC CAUGHT US ON UNPREPARED AND I, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, UH, S WE SAW NOT ONLY JUST THROUGH METRO, BUT THE WHOLE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY, THAT THE LIVES THAT WE LOST, THAT BECAUSE OF NOT KNOWING EXACTLY HOW CONTAGIOUS THIS VIRUS WAS AT THE BEGINNING.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING, THANK YOU.

REMEMBER, RICH RITA, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I'LL JUST ASK DOTTIE, IF THERE IS INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT YOU COULD SEND HER RIGHT ON.

I THINK ALL OF US, UH, WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SAFETY OF BUSES IN THE PUBLIC WOULD, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE INFORMATION THAT THIS GROUP HAS PUT TOGETHER AND, OR OUR OWN CONSULTANTS WHO LOOKED AT IT.

UH, CHAIR NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH UNITED SAFETY AND SURVIVABILITY CORPORATION FOR AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR BUSES MOTION BY MEMBER TREVELYAN THE SECOND, SECOND BY A MEMBER OF MITCHELL NEED DISCUSSION,

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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE, THEN I'LL CALL ROLL A MEMBER HILL.

HI, REMEMBER VICTORIA, OUR MEMBER STRATTON.

I REMEMBER KITCHEN.

I REMEMBER TREVELYAN.

I REMEMBER MITCHELL REMEMBER MITCHELL AT COOPERS, AND I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

THREE DISCUSSION ITEMS FOLLOWED BY OUR PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

THANK YOU, BOARD AND STAFF THAT, UH, CONCLUDES OUR ACTION ITEMS. WE'VE NOW GOT

[VI.1. Diversity and Inclusion Update]

OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM WILL BE, UH, ON THE TOPIC OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

AND DONNA SIMMONS.

YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.

OUR SERVICE PROVIDER POPULATION.

JEREMY COOPER AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN COOPER, BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESIDENT CLARK.

I'M DONNA SIMMONS ON CAPITOL METRO'S EVP OF ADMINISTRATION, AND ALSO OUR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER.

YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER THAT I PROVIDED AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD LAST JULY ON OUR PLANS FOR, UH, CREATING OUR DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM, AND THEN COMMITTED TO GIVING YOU AN UPDATE AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT EFFORT.

SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF MY PRESENTATION TODAY.

UM, AS WE HAVE MOVING IN OR MOVING INTO 2021, I'M THINKING ABOUT TWO WORDS THAT REALLY DEFINE OUR, UM, DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION GOALS, AND THOSE ARE COMMITMENT AND UNITY.

UM, WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO BUILDING ON OUR FOUNDATION OF DIVERSITY WITHIN THE CAPITAL METRO FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO LEARNING AND LISTENING, UM, AND CONTINUING TO GROW AS WE DEEPEN OUR APPRECIATION OF THE VALUABLE VOICES, TALENTS, AND EXPERIENCES OF OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.

UM, AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO UNITY IN OUR WORKFORCE, UM, SINCE RANDY CLARK CAME ON BOARD AS OUR CEO ABOUT ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO, NOW HE HAS CHALLENGED ALL OF US TO CONSIDER HOW WE UNIFY OUR STAFF, OUR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES, OUR CONTRACTORS, UM, INCLUDING OUR NR ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO UNITY IS GOING TO BE THE KEY TO HOW WE MAKE PROGRESS ON THIS PROGRAM, OUR DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE TRANSFORMATIVE TRANSIT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ALL COME TO KNOW AND FOR, FOR, TO AS PROJECT CONNECT.

SO I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLINE OF WHAT I'M GOING TO COVER TODAY, AND IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, SO, UM, I'M GOING TO COVER THE PROGRESS THAT WE, UM, ARE AND THE STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND OUR VENDOR DIVERSITY.

UM, AND THEN I WILL MOVE INTO TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH, UH, THE PROGRAM UPDATE.

UM, THE DIVERSITY UPDATE WILL INCLUDE BOTH INFORMATION ON OUR, OUR, LIKE I SAID, OUR WORKFORCE, AS WELL AS OUR VENDOR, UM, DIVERSITY PROGRAMS, OUR DBE NSBE PROGRAM.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE GENDER PORTION OF THE SLIDE, UM, AND, AND TALK THROUGH THAT.

UM, I THINK I'LL JUST GO TO, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE, UH, YOU ALL, CAN'T SEE ME POINTING, BUT THE FINAL BAR ON THAT GENDER GRAPH SHOWS THE AVAILABILITY IN THE AUSTIN AREA, WHICH IS 54% MALE AND 46% FEMALE.

IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE CAPITAL METRO FAMILY AS A WHOLE, WHICH INCLUDES OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, WE ARE 66% MALE AND 34% FEMALE.

UM, MORE BALANCED WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAPITAL METRO ONLY, WHICH IS 53% MALE AND 47% FEMALE.

UM, SO, UM, PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE AVAILABLE WORKFORCE, BUT ACTUALLY HIGHER IN OUR FEMALE REPRESENTATION.

UM, AND THE SERVICE PROVIDER, UM, GENDER WORKFORCE BY GENDER, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE MALE AT 68% WITH 32% BEING FEMALE.

UM, REALLY OF THOSE 1,771 EMPLOYEES OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE BUS OPERATORS AND MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS REALLY PART OF THE EXPLANATION FOR WHY THERE'S LESS FEMALE REPRESENTATION THERE.

BUT, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON, UH, WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, UM, THIS YEAR AND INTO THE FUTURE.

I'M GOING TO TALK SOME LATER IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PLAN RELATED TO WORKFORCE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME FOCUS IN, IN ATTEMPTING TO INCREASE THE FEMALE REPRESENTATION WITH

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON BY RACE, UM, IN EVERY CATEGORY, UM, CAPITAL METRO'S WORKFORCE IS, UM, IS MORE DIVERSE THAN THE, UM, AVAILABLE THAN THE AUSTIN AVAILABILITY OF THE WORKFORCE.

UM, WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF ASIAN PACIFIC, WHERE THE, UM, AUSTIN AVAILABILITY IS 6% AND OUR, UM, REPRESENTATION WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS IS TO, WITH CAPITAL METRO ONLY IT'S 5%.

AND THEN WHEN THE COMBINED WORKFORCE IT'S 2%.

UM, SO, UM, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN TERMS OF OUR DIVERSITY OF OUR WORKFORCE, BOTH IN GENDER, UM, AND BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T STILL HAVE WORK TO DO, UM, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT WE'LL BE DOING WITH TH WITH THE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE LOOK AT WHEN WE ARE, UM, EVALUATING DIVERSITY IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR RELATED TO PROMOTIONS AND NEW HIRES.

UM, THIS DATA IS JUST FOR CAPITAL METRO, BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THE DATA AT THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL FROM THE SERVICE PROVIDERS.

UM, BUT FOR IN BOTH RACE AND GENDER, THERE'S BEEN, UM, A VERY BALANCED REPRESENTATION OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYMENT AMONGST THE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROMOTED OR RECLASSIFIED IN 2020.

AND THERE WERE 61 OF THOSE EMPLOYEES.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, IT'S WITH NEW HIRES, WE HIRED A TOTAL OF 45 NEW EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR.

UM, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BEING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BEFORE WE IMPLEMENTED A HIRING FREEZE AFTER THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

UM, BUT AGAIN, A SIMILAR STORY AS THE PROMOTION DATA, VERY BALANCED IN TERMS OF THE REPRESENTATION BY RACE, AS WELL AS BY GENDER.

THIS IS TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON OF 20, 19 TO 2020, AND WHERE WE HAVE SEEN ANY CHANGES, THE ONE AREA WHERE, UM, WE'RE ENCOURAGED THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FEMALE BARS, UM, COMPARING 19 TO 20, UM, THAT REPRESENTATION INCREASED BY A LITTLE BIT FROM 28% TO 31%.

UM, AND THE OTHER, UM, AREAS OF DIVERSITY, IT REMAINED PRETTY SIMILAR FROM 19 TO 20 NEXT SLIDE, PART OF OUR DIVERSITY PROGRAM THAT WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON IS OUR VENDOR DIVERSITY, WHICH INCLUDES OUR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM ON OUR SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM.

UM, AND THIS GRAPH JUST SHOWS WHAT'S, WHAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN THOSE TWO PROGRAMS AND THEN THE THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR.

SO OUR DBE PROGRAM IS THE PROGRAM THAT IS PRESCRIBED BY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, UM, FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS THAT HAVE FEDERALLY FUNDED GOALS OR FEDERALLY FUNDED OR, OR FEDERAL FEDERAL LANGUAGE REGARDING, REGARDING FEDERAL FUNDING.

UM, THE SBE PROGRAM IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE USE TO ASSIGN GOALS AND MEASURE HOW WE'RE DOING FOR SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, UM, FOR LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECT PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS.

UH, WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT IN TERMS OF, UM, BEING QUALIFIED AS A DBE OR SBE IS THEY HAVE TO BE INDEPENDENT AND FOR PROFIT MUST BE A US CITIZEN, UM, AND MUST BE CERTIFIED BASED ON THE COMMODITY CODES.

AND WE USE THE CITIES, UM, CERTIFICATION PROGRAM TO, UM, TO DETERMINE COMPANIES AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER BOTH OUR DBE AND SPE NEXT SLIDE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION EVERY YEAR, WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT TWICE A YEAR ON HOW ARE OUR DBE ACHIEVEMENTS COMPARED TO OUR GOAL IN FY 19, OUR GOAL WAS JUST OVER 17% AND OUR GOAL ACHIEVEMENT WAS ALMOST 15%.

UM, THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT IN 2019 THAT INCLUDED A DBE GOAL WAS JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, THAT'S A NUMBER THAT'S MUCH LARGER THAN IS USUALLY COMMON FOR US ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE 2019 INCLUDED THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE DOWNTOWN STATION, AS WELL AS FOR THE CONTRACTED BUS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS

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NOW THE CONTRACT THAT ENVY TRANSPORTATION WHOLES FOR 2020, OUR GOAL WAS 19%.

UM, WE CAME VERY CLOSE TO, TO MEETING EXACTLY THAT AT AN ACHIEVEMENT RATE OF 18.7%.

AND THAT WAS BASED ON TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNTS, AWARDED OF 13, ABOUT $13.9 MILLION AND A TOTAL DBE COMMITMENT OF $2.6 MILLION OUT OF THOSE CONTRACTS.

WE ALSO LOOK AT OUR SBE ACHIEVEMENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO FOR FYI 19, UM, VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF D OF SBE ACHIEVEMENT.

AND THAT WAS, UM, MAINLY BECAUSE A NUMBER OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WERE AWARDED TO SPES OR WERE, WERE PROJECTS WHERE THE SBE WAS THE PRIME CONTRACTOR IN 2020.

UM, WHAT WE ACHIEVED WAS 31%, UM, BASED AGAIN ON A SMALLER TOTAL CONTRACT AWARD AMOUNT, UM, OF $1.2 MILLION AND AN SBE TOTAL COMMITMENT OF $373,000.

IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN .

UM, WE DID END UP DELAYING SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR THE YEAR, ONCE WE, UM, ONCE WE STARTED DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE, THE COST THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO INCUR UNTIL WE KNEW WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THAT WAS GOING TO BE.

WE ALSO LIKE TO SHOW NOT JUST COMMITMENTS, BUT ACTUAL PAYMENTS THAT GO INTO THE ECONOMY AND AUSTIN, AND SPECIFICALLY TO BUSINESSES THAT ARE OWNED BY MINORITIES OR FEMALES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT REPRESENTATION THERE.

UM, IT DOES VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, JUST KIND OF BASED ON WHAT THE CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN, UM, BUT HAVE BEEN AT AT REALLY HIGH LEVELS IN 20, 20, 19 AND 2020 IN PARTICULAR.

AND, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE ONES THAT I WOULD FOCUS ON WOULD BE THE LARGE INCREASE IN PAYMENTS TO BUSINESSES OWNED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WHICH INCREASED FROM $3.7 MILLION IN 2018, UP TO $6.5 MILLION IN 29 AND 2020.

NOW I'M GOING TO, UM, I GUESS I COULD STOP RIGHT THERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DATA ITSELF.

AND THEN I CAN MOVE, MOVE ON TO TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION QUESTIONS FOR DONNA, SINCE SHE'S SHARED A SCREEN, IT'S HARD TO SEE YOU.

SO SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO SHOUT OUT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE BACKGROUND NOISE ON MY END.

ANY QUESTIONS? REMEMBER KITCHEN? I'LL WAIT UNTIL WE GET INTO THE, WHERE WE'RE GOING.

REMEMBER KITCHEN.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.

THAT INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS CAPITAL METRO DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES.

OKAY, WELL THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS.

I'LL BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PROGRAM.

I THINK I SHOWED THIS SLIDE WHEN I TALKED ABOUT IT BACK IN JULY, JUST TO SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY THE WORDS, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, BECAUSE THEY HAVE PRETTY DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE TEND TO USE THEM INTERCHANGEABLY.

SO DIVERSITY IS REALLY ABOUT WHO'S AT THE TABLE.

UM, AND AS I DESCRIBED IN THE DATA THAT I JUST SHOWED, UM, WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE POPULATION, UM, IN OUR WORKFORCE.

AND I THINK WE'RE ALSO DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SHARING THAT WITH THE DIVERSITY OF VENDORS, UM, THAT ARE, THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH, UM, ON THE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN JUST WHO'S AT THE TABLE, UM, AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY ANY BARRIERS THAT ARE TO GETTING TO THE TABLE AND THEN REMAINING THERE.

SO IT'S THE WORK OF CHALLENGING AND RESPONDING TO BIAS, HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION, SO THAT THE OUTCOMES THAT ARE EXPERIENCED BY INDIVIDUALS IS NOT PREDICTED BY ANY ASPECT OF THEIR IDENTITY.

AND FINALLY, INCLUSION IS ASKED THE QUESTION, DOES EVERYONE FEEL WELCOME AND BELONGING AT THE TABLE? ARE WE CREATING ENVIRONMENT SO THAT WE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND HARNESSING THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES THAT BENEFIT ALL X SLIDE? I SHARED THIS SLIDE THE LAST TIME AS WELL ABOUT OUR DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS CREATING.

SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.

WE HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN FORMED.

SO WE HAVE THREE REPRESENTATIVES OF, UM, AND THE, AND MTM THAT THE ATU PRESIDENT SELECTED TO BE ON THAT STEERING COMMITTEE.

UM, BRENT PAYNE WHO'S THE ATU

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PRESIDENT IS ALSO ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS SERVICE PROVIDER LEADERSHIP.

WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF PARTNERS THAT WE WERE INCLUDING, UM, TO GET THEIR INPUT.

SO WE HAVE, UM, APPOINTMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE BY THE ACCESS AND C-SECTION COMMITTEE TO, UM, TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION FOR, FOR THOSE COMMITTEES ON OUR PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE FINAL COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP.

WE HAVE SENT INVITATIONS TO, I THINK, APPROXIMATELY 20 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS BEING COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

WE'VE RECEIVED RESPONSES NOW FROM ABOUT HALF OF THOSE.

SO, UH, THOSE THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN RESPONSES FROM, I'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH TO, TO MAKE SURE THEY, UM, ARE STILL THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE THEIR PARTICIPATION IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, TO SELECT SOMEONE TO BE ON THAT COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP.

UM, THEN INTERNALLY, UM, IN FACT, ONE OF THOSE LUMPS, ONE SLIDE GOT AHEAD OF ME A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN INTERNALLY WE'LL ALSO HAVE A CHAMPIONS NETWORK THAT WILL INCLUDE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS REPRESENTING, UM, DIFFERENT DIVERSE GROUPS IN THE ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS VOLUNTEER CHAMPIONS IN EACH DEPARTMENT, UM, TO HELP US AS WE ROLL OUT, COMMUNICATE, UM, AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM.

GOOD.

THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS SLIDE, I THINK, IS IMPORTANT AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT CAPITAL METRO HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING RELATED TO EQUITY INITIATIVES, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS, I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, IF WE THINK OF THEM ALWAYS THAT WAY.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO POINT THEM OUT.

AND THOSE INCLUDE THINGS LIKE OUR KIDS RIDE FREE PROGRAM THAT FARE CAPPING AND CASH RELOADING PROGRAMS THAT WE JUST RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED.

UM, OUR DB AND SB PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THE PICKUP ZONES IN GREATER AUSTIN AND AREAS WHERE, UM, THERE MIGHT NOT BE THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE, UM, THAT THAT MIGHT BE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, BUT WHERE FIXED ROUTE TRANSPORTATION, ISN'T THE BEST SOLUTION.

WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCESSIBLE BOSTON RAIL VEHICLES.

UM, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR BUS STOPS ARE ALSO NOW ACCESSIBLE.

UM, OUR METRO ACCESS SERVICE FOR SERVICE TO THE DISABLED COMMUNITY.

UM, AND CERTAINLY NOT THE LEAST, UM, PROJECT CONNECT THAT WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING, UM, THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED IN A WAY TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION AND THEN ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM, COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION.

UM, AS WE, AS WE MOVE ALONG WITH IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS, NEXT SLIDE.

SO NOW PROGRESS, WE'VE MADE THIS OUR 20 IN 2020, WE CREATED THE COUNCIL, WHICH I'VE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY.

UM, WE'VE DONE SOME GAP ASSESSMENT.

UM, WE DID AN EMPLOYEE SURVEY OF OUR CAPITAL METRO EMPLOYEES, UM, THIS YEAR THAT, UM, WE WILL ALSO BE, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS ON THE NEXT SLIDE ALSO, THAT WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT TO ALL OF THE CAPITAL METRO FAMILY IN 2021 AS WELL, BECAUSE WE, AS WE BEGIN OUR PROGRAM, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES THINK.

UM, ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB ALREADY, UM, UH, MAKING EMPLOYEES AWARE OF OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

AND IF WE'RE NOT, IF THERE'S AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, WE WANT EMPLOYEES TO TELL US THAT SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT INPUT AS WE DESIGN OUR PROGRAM.

WE ALSO, UM, ARE PUT, PUTTING PLACE A PLAN TO BEGIN TO DO AN SBA DISPARITY STUDY AND A DBE AVAILABILITY STUDY.

UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFICS OF THAT A LITTLE BIT ON THE NEXT SLIDE ON OUR 2021 PLANS.

UH, WE ALSO DID SOME RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT.

WE HIRED TWO NEW DIVERSITY SPECIALISTS TO SUPPORT THE DBE AND SBE PROGRAM.

I THINK WE ACTUALLY STOLE BOTH OF THOSE PEOPLE FROM TRAVIS COUNTY, SO FORGIVE US FOR THAT, BUT, BUT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH HELPING TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM.

UM, AND WE'VE ALSO STARTED TO GET WORK UNDERWAY, UH, FOR THE TITLE SIX UPDATE.

WE'VE GOT PLENTY, IT'S A BIT PLANNED FOR 2021, AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, FIRST TO BEGIN THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, I MENTIONED THAT WE WILL EXPAND OUR SURVEY TO INCLUDE SERVICE PROVIDER EMPLOYEES, UM, AND THEN HAVE A GOAL OF COMPLETING THE SBE DISPARITY AND DBE AVAILABILITY STUDY.

UM, OUR THOUGHT IS THAT WE WILL USE COLETTE HOLT AS THE RESOURCE FOR THAT SHE IS ALREADY DOING THE DISPARITY STUDY FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

UM, SO AS IN THE PROCESS OF GATHERING DATA THAT WE THINK WILL REALLY, UM,

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WILL BE IMPORTANT AS WE FOR CAP METRO AS WELL.

AND FORTUNATELY, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PURCHASING COOPERATIVE IN PLACE WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS COLLETTE SERVICES, UH, IN A PRETTY STREAMLINED WAY, UH, RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT AS WELL.

UM, I DIDN'T, I HADN'T PUT THE SPECIFICS ON THIS SLIDE YET BECAUSE WE HADN'T ANNOUNCED SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF, UM, MADE AWARE OF TODAY WHEN I WAS FIRST WRITTEN THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER, BUT WE WILL BE HIRING A DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION THAT WILL REPORT TO ME, UM, THAT WILL HAVE THIS PROGRAM AS THEIR SOLE FOR SOLE FOCUS.

UM, SO THAT WE, UM, REALLY HAVE A DEDICATED RESOURCE TO GETTING THIS PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND.

IN 2021, WE WILL BE COMPLETING THE TITLE SIX UPDATE.

AND I THINK THE PLAN IS TO BRING THE RESULTS OF THAT TO THE BOARD IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING FOCUS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

UM, AS WE START TO BUILD THE WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO, UM, TO PROVIDE THE INCREASED SERVICE THAT'S GOING TO RESULT FROM IMPLEMENTING PROJECT CONNECT.

AND WE WANT TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT GIVES, UM, OUR EXISTING EMPLOYEES OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, UM, A CAREER PATH TO MOVE INTO SOME OF THOSE ROLES, AS WELL AS A CAREER PATH TO MOVE INTO SOME, UM, SUPERVISORY AND LEADERSHIP ROLES.

AND THEN WE WILL CERTAINLY BE COORDINATING WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP ON THE DBE AND SBE PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT CONNECT.

AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE ENVISION THERE WOULD BE CREATING A MENTOR PROGRAM, CREATING A DBE AND SBE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THAT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO HELP, UM, SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESSES IN THE LOCAL AREA GET PREPARED FOR SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL RESULT FROM THE CONTRACTS TO IMPLEMENT PROJECT CONNECT.

I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OR ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE PROGRAM, UM, QUESTIONNAIRE MEMBERS.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE THAT YOU TOOK, THAT, UH, THAT YOU SHOWED US WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE THAT YOU COMPARE TO US, COMPARE THEM TO RECENT NUMBERS THAT WE COULD, UH, EVALUATE.

UM, I LIKED THE IDEA OF WORKING INSIDE OUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND IT IS GOING TO BE A QUESTION OF TRAINING INTERNALLY, BUT ALSO RECRUITING AND HIRING IN AND, UM, AND ESTABLISHING GOALS AND FOUNDATIONS.

SO I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOU IN THIS AREA AND, AND, UM, AT LEAST, UM, MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN DOING IN TRAVIS COUNTY TO, TO, AS WE BUILD FORWARD, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CROSS AND THEN YOU LOOK AT ADIRANN, IT TELLS US THAT WE HAVE GOT TO, UH, TO REFRESH OUR DATA REGULARLY AND THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH COLETTE HOLT IS, IS, UH, IS VERY GOOD BECAUSE SHE IS CLEARLY, UH, THE, THE, UH, ONE OF THE BETTER EXPERTS IN THE NATION.

SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.

I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU, I'M WORKING DIRECTLY WITH YOU, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, THE, THE, UM, TAKING THE INSIDE OUT APPROACH.

OTHER QUESTIONS, REMEMBER KITCHEN.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.

PUMA, I MENTIONED OUR ACCESS AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UM, THE, UM, COLONY PARK ASSOCIATION, UM, JUMP ON IT.

UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, I WANT TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU.

UM, AND ALSO THANK, UM, UH, PRESIDENT CLARK FOR, UM, AND DONNA SIMMONS FOR SETTING UP THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS PROGRAM.

I THINK IT, UM, I THINK IT OFFERS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, I APPRECIATE, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK IT'S, UM, A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM GOING FORWARD, AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THERE'LL BE A STAFF PERSON WORKING WITH YOU, UM, AS SIMMONS TO, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

UM, COULD YOU ALSO SHARE WITH US, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE, THAT YOU ALL REACHED OUT TO, UM, YOU MAY HAVE SENT THAT TO US ALREADY, AND IF YOU HAVE, I APOLOGIZE, BUT, UM, I THINK IT WOULD JUST HELP US UNDERSTAND, SO SURE, SURE.

I CAN GO DOWN A FEW OF THOSE AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THE ENTIRE LIST WITH THE INTERNATIONAL AS WELL.

SO, YES, THERE'S ABOUT 20.

I MEAN, THE EXAMPLES LIKE, UM, THEY, ALL OF THEM HAD ALREADY CHAMBERS IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

UM,

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THERE'S THE AUSTIN GAY AND LESBIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GROUP.

UM, SO I'LL BE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS ENTIRE LIST WITH YOU AND WHERE WE ARE ON GETTING THEIR COMMITMENT TO PARTICIPATE.

THAT'S GREAT.

IT'S IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A NICE BROAD LIST AND IT WILL BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR YOU ALL.

AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WHEN YOU CAN OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

WELL, THANK YOU, DONNA.

THANKS FOR THE EFFORT.

THANKS FOR EVERYBODY ON STAFF FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER FOR US.

THANK YOU ALL,

[VI.2. Project Connect Update]

UH, NEXT, UH, UH, DISCUSSION ITEM, UH, PROJECT CONNECT UPDATE, JACKIE NIERENBERG AND SHARMILA MUKERJEE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CLARK.

MY NAME IS JACKIE NIERENBERG.

I AM THE NEW DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

VERY EXCITED TO START THIS NEW CHAPTER.

AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND WHAT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMING UP.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE SLIDE DECK LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THIS IS PART OF A PRESENTATION, UH, THAT WE GAVE TO THE ATP BOARD THIS MONTH.

UM, SO THAT HENCE THE, THE DIFFERENT TEMPLATE WE'RE USING.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT THAT'S COMING UP.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE EVENING A SERIES OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS BASED ON THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS NEPA, WHICH IS OUR, THE WAY WE DO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THESE BIG RAIL PROJECTS.

AND SO WE'RE STARTING OUR SCOPING MEETINGS, WHICH JUST MEANS THAT THIS IS THE INITIAL, UH, REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS.

UM, AND WE'LL BE INTRODUCING THAT PROCESS TO THE COMMUNITY IN THESE MEETINGS.

WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, BECAUSE IT INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE OBVIOUS, UH, UH, PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO THE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT, THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.

SO WE'LL TALK SOME ABOUT THAT AND GET SOME INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW THEY PRIORITIZE THESE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BY PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

UM, SO THE FIRST ONE IS THIS EVENING, THERE'LL BE GOING ON THIS WEEK FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, THE 25TH THROUGH THE 29TH.

WE DO HAVE ONE THAT IS SOLELY IN SPANISH PLANNED AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US IN THOSE LIVE MEETINGS, WE ALSO HAVE A COMPLIMENTARY MONTH LONG SELF GUIDED VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE THAT GOES LIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH FEBRUARY FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THE, THE INPUT THEY WANT.

UM, NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE LAUNCHING OUR VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THE METRO RAPID LINES THAT IN PARTICULAR, THE, THE FIRST TWO METRO RAPID LINES, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE EXPO AND THE PLEASANT VALLEY ROUTES WITH THE SOUTH LAMAR ROUTE, UH, HAVING ITS OWN MEETINGS LATER THIS SPRING.

UM, SO WE WILL HAVE A SERIES OF MEETINGS.

IT'S FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH THE FOURTH.

AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE WILL BE IN SPANISH.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A MONTH LONG SELF-GUIDED VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE TO GO ALONG WITH THE STARTING FEBRUARY 2ND AND RUNNING THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH AS WELL.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE DOING OUTREACH TO ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, AND IN PARTICULAR GROUPS THAT, UM, ARE CONNECTED TO THE CORRIDORS OF THOSE METRO METRO RAPID LINES.

UM, AND WE ARE ALSO, UH, TAKING INPUT VIA EMAIL PHONE, UM, AND ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS A GROUP THAT MAYBE HAS, UM, UH, LIVES ALONG THE CORRIDORS, OR HAS A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN ONE OF THESE METRO RAPID CORRIDORS TO REACH OUT TO US.

WE ARE HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE PROCESS AND GET INPUT FROM THOSE GROUPS.

UM, WE CAN GO TO YOU.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL BE DOING ENGAGEMENT ON THE NEW PICKUP ZONES COMING UP.

SO THOSE WILL, UM, WE'LL START TO ROLL THOSE OUT IN MARCH AND APRIL.

AND, UM, IT'S AN EARLY, EARLY WIN FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

PEOPLE CAN SEE SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THE GROUND, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO REACH OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THOSE NEW ZONES AND GET THEIR INPUT ON THE SERVICE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE SPRING.

OTHER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING UP WITH A PROJECT CONNECT ARE HOW

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DO WE BRING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE TO HAVE A VOICE IN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE NEED INPUT IN TO INFORM OUR DECISION-MAKING? SO THERE'LL BE A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO PLUG IN.

UM, WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF ATP ADVISORY COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE, AN ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING COMMITTEE AND, UH, DIVERSITY AND DBE COMMITTEE.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UH, SOME TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS, INCLUDING THE ORANGE LINE WORKING GROUP, A BLUE LINE WORKING GROUP, AND A DOWNTOWN TUNNEL GROUP.

UM, ALSO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WILL OVERSEE OR RATHER PROVIDE INPUT ON THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE WORKS.

THE CITY STAFF ARE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER AN APPLICATION FOR THAT.

WE WILL HAVE THAT POSTED, UM, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

UM, SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE VERY SOON.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL BE EXCITED TO BRING ALONG THE PROJECT CONNECT AMBASSADOR NETWORK.

THIS IS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT REPRESENT OVER 150 ORGANIZATIONS AND INTEREST GROUPS, AND WERE REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR APPROACH WITH THE COMMUNITY WAS SOUND, UM, AND WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE PROJECT.

SO WE'RE HAPPY, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM ABOARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM, UH, IN THE FUTURE ON PROJECT CONNECT AS WE DO IMPLEMENTATION.

AND IF NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN PASS THIS ALONG TO SHARMILA MUKHERJEE.

WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT EQUITABLE TOD STRATEGIES, QUESTIONS FOR JACKIE.

UH, YES.

REMEMBER, TREVELYAN GO AHEAD.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, RE-EVALUATING THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UH, THAT THE COUNTY WORKED WITH CAP METRO AND CENTRAL HEALTH ON, UH, THAT REALLY LOOKS AT NOT ONLY THE TWO 33 AND THE TWO 37, BUT ALSO GOES OUT TO WEBER VILLE ROAD.

UM, IT WAS NOT EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE RESULT OF A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

IT DID NOT GET THE USAGE THAT WAS ANTICIPATED.

SO IT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED AT THIS POINT.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ARE HAVING, UM, THESE COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE RECONSTITUTE THAT GROUP, THAT, UM, THAT WORKED THROUGH CENTRAL HEALTH AND TRAVIS COUNTY AND, AND WAS WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS HAD ACCESS TO CLINICAL AND, UH, TO CLINICAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN TO, UH, WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER TREVELYAN WE WILL REACH OUT TO THAT GROUP.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THIS SPECIFIC WORK HAS A SIGNIFICANT PLACE IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN NEW STARTS CRITERIA AND LAND USE INTUITY PLANNING PROCESS WILL HELP US BE COMPETITIVE IN, IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR BOTH BLUE AND ORANGE LINE.

AND THE CONTACT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY IS SHALANE WALKER EMOTIONALLY.

SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, AND THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM IT'S BEEN PRESENTED AT THE ATP, UH, BOARD MEETING, UM, UNDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, I'M SHARING, UH, THIS INFORMATIONAL ITEM TO TALK ABOUT THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FRAMEWORK.

IF TA AWARDED CAPITAL METRO 900,000 FOR A PILOT PROGRAM FOR TOD PLANNING, ACTUALLY THAT USED TO BE CALLED PILOT PROGRAM FOR 2D PLANNING.

NOW IT'S 2D PLANNING GRANT.

IT'S AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM.

AND, UH, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BE SELECTED AND HAVE A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION FOR THAT.

SO CAPITAL METRO WILL BE COLLABORATING AND ACTUALLY ALREADY DOING THAT.

WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, HAVE ALREADY PROGRESSED IN THAT, IN THAT PATH BY COORDINATING WITH CITY OF AUSTIN HOUSING AND PLANNING EQUITY OFFICE, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP OF STRATEGIES THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY HAVE A RATIO AND ECONOMIC INEQUITY LENS THROUGH WHICH WE'RE GOING TO, UH, DEVELOP THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY AS, UM, THE FRAMEWORK RATHER, AND COME UP WITH THE POLICY OUTCOME, THE FOCUS WOULD BE ON LARK, THE MAR WATERLOO AND RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR.

SO THIS IS A COMBINATION OF SECTION OF BLUE AND ORANGE LINE WITH 13 STAGE STATIONS AMONG BLUE AND ORANGE.

IT WILL NOT BE NEW DOWNTOWN STATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT, AND IT WILL DEVELOP ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES TO LEVERAGE TRAINS AS AN INVESTMENT.

UM, IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHY THIS STUDY AND WHY NOW, UH, BEYOND THE, UH, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE GRANT.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT THIS, UH,

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IN ADDITION TO HAVE A MORE UPDATED TOOLKIT FOR CAPITAL METRO.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE ADD.

SO HERE WE GO.

HE ORGANIZED THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THE POLICY OUTCOME.

AS WE SEE NOW, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND A PROCESS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE STUDY.

AND AGAIN, WE ARE ALREADY SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, COLLABORATING WITH CITY OF BOSTON PLANNING, OFFICE ATP, UH, ATD EQUITY OFFICE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WOULD BE BUILT THAT WOULD BUILD OFF OF A CTO BOSTON'S EXISTING, UH, TOD WORK THAT IN SOME AREAS WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT WORK ALREADY THAT WE'LL BE BUILDING OFF OF.

WE WILL DO EXISTING CONDITIONS REVIEW, UM, FOR EACH STATION AREA AND FOR THE CORRIDOR, THE SEGMENT IT'S A 12 MILE SEGMENT WE WOULD CENTER, UM, AND ASSESS DISPLACEMENT RISK, UH, STATION LOCATIONS AND ALONG THEIR CORRIDOR, AND COME UP WITH STRATEGIES TO MINIMIZE DEPLETE THE DISPLACEMENT AND SOME OF THE POLICY OUTCOME AND DELIVERABLES THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF.

THAT WOULD BE THE UPDATE OF CAP METRO TOD TOOLKIT, WHICH IS AN ESSENTIAL DELIVERABLE THAT WOULD BE USED BY US AS WELL AS ATP FOR ADVANCING A BLUE AND ORANGE LINE.

THE POLICY TOOLKIT THAT'S OUTLINED HERE WOULD ALLOW, UH, AND IT WOULD BE FOCUSED ON MAXIMIZING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR STATION AREAS, AND IT WILL HELP CITY OF BOSTON WITH ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND EQUITABLE 2D LAND USE STRATEGIES AND ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD COME OUT OF IT.

IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY FORMULATE THE BASIS, BUT WE WILL HAND THAT OVER TO THE CITY TO MAKE ANY, UH, UH, ACTIONS ON THEM.

AND IT'S CENTERED AROUND HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT BUILDING OUR RIDERSHIP TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE FEDERAL GRANTS FRAMEWORK AND HAVE DISPLACEMENT AND EQUITY-BASED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY AS CENTERING ON OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN, STATIONARY OR PLANS WOULD BE ONE OF OUR DELIVERABLES AS WELL.

AND, UM, ETO D STATION PLANS AND GUIDELINES WOULD ALSO BE, UM, W ONE OF THE DELIVERABLES OF THIS STUDY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A REPLICATION, UM, AGAINST THE TIMELINE THAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR THE STUDY.

AGAIN, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE FRONT LOADED HERE IN THE GRAPH, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE HERE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT WOULD, WE WOULD IDENTIFY THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WORKING THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION.

AND, UH, ALL OF, ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS PART OF OTHER PLANNING PROCESS.

SO IT'S MORE VISION SETTING, BUT THE ACTUAL ENGAGEMENT WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGHOUT EXISTING CONDITIONS, POLICY TOOLKIT.

THOSE ARE VERY KEY DELIVERABLES OUT OF THIS PROCESS.

THAT'S GOING TO INFORM ORANGE AND BLUE LINE OVERALL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, AND OUR PREPAREDNESS FOR THOSE, THE LAND USE OF TOD STRATEGY WOULD HAVE LAND USE AND ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, THIS, UH, STRATEGY FRAMEWORK THAT EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED STRATEGY FRAMEWORK IS TO MAKE PROJECT CONNECT ORANGE AND BLUE LINE MORE COMPETITIVE, BUT KEEPING IN MIND THAT OUR OVERALL GOAL FOR DEVELOPMENT IS TO AVOID DISPLACEMENT, HAVE MEANINGFUL EQUITY-BASED ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESULTS WE WANT ARE BAKED INTO OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND DEVELOPING THE NEEDS AND GOALS FOR THE GOALS FOR THE FRAMEWORK, AND THEN STATIONARY, OUR PLANS WOULD BE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THAT.

AND IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE, UM, ORANGE AND BLUE NINE NEPA IMPACT ASSESSMENT AS WELL.

SO THIS IS WHERE I WOULD PAUSE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF, OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE, IF I COULD.

UH, THAT, UH, ADDRESS, UH, PROVIDING ACCESS TO, UH, AND, AND, UH, AND DEVELOPING IN SOME INSTANCES, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WE'VE GOT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ALSO, UH, THAT MANAGES OUR THREE 81 AGREEMENTS.

UH, THIS IS A PLACE FIRST OF ALL, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

UH, I WAS FOLLOWING WHERE YOU WERE GOING.

UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO A COUPLE OF THINGS, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, DISPLACEMENT POLICIES AND DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ASSET MAP OF ALL OF THE INTERESTS THAT COULD BE HELPFUL TO US.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, UH, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IS A, THE, THE TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, HOUSING CORPORATIONS.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CORPORATIONS,

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AND OFTENTIMES I HAVE THREE 81 AGREEMENTS W THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED AT THE COUNTY IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN SOME RESOURCES, THE SAME THING FOR THE CITY.

IF WE'RE TALKING, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND THEIR PROGRAMS, THE AUSTIN, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR THREE 80 FUND, UH, FUNDING AS WELL.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, PRIVATE SECTOR FOUNDATIONS AND, AND, UH, HOW THEY MIGHT PARTNER WITH US, UH, AS, AS TO, UM, EXPAND THE POOL OF DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE FOR AVAILABLE HOUSING.

AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, SOME OF THE OUTCOMES WILL BE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OUTCOMES.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE AN ASSET MAP OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT COULD ATTRACT DOLLARS FOR US AND HELP ACHIEVE OUR ULTIMATE GOAL.

AND I DIDN'T MENTION PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT I, WHEN I WAS GOING TO GO INTO MENTION THAT IN THE RECOMMENDATION, I WAS GOING TO SAY THE FOUNDATIONAL REPRESENTATION FOUNDATIONS HAVE TAKEN A VERY STRONG ROLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND TOD DEVELOPMENT.

AND, UM, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE THAT IN THIS CONTEXT AS WELL.

OKAY, EXCELLENT.

NEVER KITCHEN.

I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION.

UH, OH YEAH.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO, I WANTED TO ASK, UH, UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

UM, I THINK THAT WHAT YOU WERE DOING RIGHT NOW, I COULD YOU, COULD YOU TELL ME, COULD YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN ABOUT THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT? IS IT A SCOPING PHASE RIGHT NOW? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY? OR DID I MISUNDERSTAND THAT? UH, SO AS SCOPING, UM, PHASE NEPA, ISN'T GOING TO BE IN SCOPING PHASE.

SO THAT WAS WHAT JACKIE MENTIONED.

THAT IS PART OF THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, UH, NEPA, UH, ASSESSMENT OF ORANGE AND BLUE LINE.

THAT'S GOING TO FOCUS ON ALIGNMENT LOCATIONS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE SCOPING PROCESS IS FOR THIS TOD STRATEGY FRAMEWORK WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT WOULD BUILD OFF, OFF THE WORK.

THAT'S ALREADY A CITY HOUSING AND PLANNING CITY EQUITY OFFICE WHO WERE WORKING WITH THEM.

WE HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS SET UP TO DISCUSS A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN BEFORE WE EVEN BRING A CONSULTANT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE WANT TO SHAPE THE VISION AND THE END RESULT AHEAD OF TIME AND KIND OF BUILDING OFF OF THE LESSONS LEARNED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OTHER PLACES.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CHART THAT COURSE BEFORE WE BRING IN A CONSULTANT AND HAVE THEM, UM, START THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR.

SO DO YOU HAVE A TIMEFRAME JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE MONTH, THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS, OR DO YOU KNOW YET TWO TO THREE MONTHS? TWO TO THREE MONTHS.

ALL RIGHT.

POWERS AGREEMENT AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOING TO TAKE LEAD AND RESPONSIBILITY ON THESE THINGS.

OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHARMELLA MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS SPREADING, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, SHARMILA, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THIS.

I KNOW, UM, PRESIDENT, UH, CLARK IN YOUR CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ATP PRESENTED THIS TO US LAST WEEK AT ATP BOARD.

UM, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND EMPHASIZE.

SO WHILE THE MONEY DRAW DOWN THAT THIS WEEK, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS STAFF, THIS IS AMAZING TO, TO, TO, UH, SOLIDIFY AND BE THE AWARDEE OF THIS $900,000 GRANTS.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS VERY COMPETITIVE AND THAT'S HUGE, UM, 0.2, SO THAT THAT'S MONEY THAT'S COMING INTO THE CAP, METRO COFFERS, BUT TO JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RE-EMPHASIZE THIS, BUT ALSO PEEL IT APART.

THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY MUCH A COLLABORATIVE AND TEAM EFFORT ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE WHILE CAP METRO WAS GIVEN THE POOL OF MONEY TO STUDY TO DO THE STUDY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED IS CAP METRO, THE ASSISTANCE OF THE, THE, THE SPECIALISTS AND THE EXPERTS FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHO DO PLANNING AND ZONING, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT LIVE AROUND THESE PROPOSED STATIONS TO TALK ABOUT, OKAY, WELL, WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE? HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THIS? AND THEN ULTIMATELY IT'S ATP THAT WE'LL BE BUILDING THESE STATIONS THROUGH THE POT OF MONEY.

THAT'S COMING FROM ALL THE SOURCES THAT ARE BEING PUT IN THERE SO THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

UM, AND, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OF THIS, I ASSUME, WILL BE, UH, KIND OF FLESHED OUT FROM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THROUGH THE JOINT

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UH, BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THAT CORE, THIS KIND OF THE OVERLAP IS GOING TO COME IS, IS, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'VE GOT PRESIDENT CLARK ALSO SERVES AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK OF THE ATP, THAT WILL HELP BE THE OVERLAP THERE BETWEEN THE, UH, BETWEEN THE AND IMPLEMENTATION PHASE THAT YOU, YOU ALLUDED TO.

AND THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THIS PLANNING PHASE UPFRONT HERE, BUT THEN WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THEIR EXPERTISE.

THERE IS THAT UP IN MY HEAD AROUND THIS, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T, THIS IS COMPLEX AND YET SIMPLE TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ALL THANKS TO THE WAY WE'VE SET THIS UP.

THIS IS A FULL, THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT AND IN A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOCUS THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO AS A COMMUNITY BEFORE.

AND THIS IS, BUT THIS IS A REALLY AWESOME THING GOING, THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

SO I WOULD START BY SAYING THAT CAP, METRO DOESN'T HAVE LAND USE AUTHORITY.

SO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MAKE, ANY W I WOULDN'T EVEN CALL IT A RECOMMENDATION, IT WILL BE BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATION THAT CITY OF AUSTIN HOUSING AND PLANNING AND CITY WOULD EVALUATE AND THEN TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS.

BUT THE BASIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WHEN THE STATION AREA PLANS, THE LAND USE AND ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THEM, UM, THEY ESSENTIALLY ARE TO SUPPORT THE BLUE AND ORANGE LINE COMPETITIVENESS LAND USE, AND TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AROUND STATIONS.

AND, UM, IN NEW, IN NEW STARTS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO HAVE THE BOTH PROJECTS RANK HIGHER, TO HAVE AT LEAST A MEDIUM HIGH OR HIGH RANKING TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE AND GET THAT, UM, UH, TO SCORE HIGH IN THE PROJECT JUSTIFICATION.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S THAT COMPONENT.

AND THEN THE OUTCOMES THAT WOULD COME OUT OF IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THEN, UM, ATP.

AND, UM, DID YOU, BOSTON WOULD BE EVALUATING THEM AND ADDRESSING THEM AS NEEDED.

SO, SO THIS IN AND OF ITSELF, THIS MONEY AND THIS PROCESS, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING HERE WILL ALSO IN AND OF ITSELF, ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, HELP US SCORE BONUS POINTS, AND KIND OF GIVE US AN EXTRA LITTLE HEADS, A LITTLE EXTRA LEVERAGE, AND, AND, AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY BUMP US UP HIGHER ON THE SCORING CRITERIA WITH THE FTAS REVIEW REQUIREMENTS FOR DRAWING DOWN FEDERAL FUNDS, POTENTIALLY FOR BOTH ON GEN THE BLUE LINE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THAT IS ACCURATE.

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE $900,000 THAT WE WANT AS A FEDERAL GRANT AND TURN AROUND AND LEVERAGE THAT FOR FURTHER FEDERAL FUNDS BECAUSE OF THIS PROCESS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT WOULD BE A VERY ACCURATE DEPICTION OF FLOODS.

LOVELY.

THIS IS AWESOME.

AND THANK YOU FOR, AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS IS A WIN-WIN WIN FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, ASSIGNMENTS.

ALRIGHT, SHARMILA.

THANK YOU, CHAIR COOPER.

VERY GOOD.

ITEM, UH, IS A DOTTIE WATKINS WITH A CARE UPDATE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT GOOD WORK AND REPORT.

UH, OUR FINAL DISCUSSION

[VI.3. CARE Update]

CHAIR COOPER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT CEO CLERK, AGAIN, I'M DOTTIE WATKINS, THE CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER, AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF OUR RECOVERY FROM THIS PANDEMIC SITUATION.

UM, WE ARE FOCUSED RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO, UM, SECURE ACCESS TO AND COORDINATE THE VACCINATION OF OUR, ALL OF OUR STAFF.

AND WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME OF OUR FRONTLINE AND MOST VULNERABLE STAFF VACCINATED.

UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND OTHERS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.

AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT PARTNER, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC.

UM, AND DURING THIS, UH, VACCINATION PHASE, THAT'S, THAT'S NO DIFFERENT.

UM, WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED, UM, A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS ALL OF OUR STAFF, NOT JUST CAPITAL METRO EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO THE EMPLOYEES OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO SIGN UP, TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON WITH COVID, WHETHER IT'S A VACCINE OPPORTUNITY, UM, OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED, UM, RELATED TO THIS.

UM, AND SO WE ROLLED THAT OUT LAST WEEKEND.

UM, OUR, UH, QUICKLY GATHERING, UH, EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGE, OR EXCUSE ME, CELL PHONE NUMBERS THAT WE CAN TEXT MESSAGE TO SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT AS SOON AS WE KNOW SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF KNOW, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS UNTIL VACCINES HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, MADE AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE CAPITAL METRO FAMILY.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A MONTHS LONG PROCESS, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND, AND TRANSPARENTLY WITH THE PUBLIC, THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME STAFFING SHORTAGES RIGHT NOW, AND SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT COVID SURGE.

UM,

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WE HAVE HAD SOME IMPACTS ON OUR SERVICE AS WE'VE SEEN, UM, MUCH LIKE IN THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AND INCREASE IN, UM, POSITIVE RATES WITHIN OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS.

SO, UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE TARGET OUR RESOURCES, UM, WHERE THE DATA SHOWS THAT THE NEED IS THE GREATEST.

UM, AND WE WILL, UM, PRIORITIZE AND REPRIORITIZE AS MANY TIMES A DAY AS NECESSARY.

UM, SO REALLY, UH, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, UM, WITH THIS PANDEMIC AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO A POSITION WHERE WE CAN CALL IT SOMETHING THAT'S NO LONGER, UM, THE VERY FIRST THING WE THINK OF EVERY DAY.

UM, BUT DID WANT TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE TO THE BOARD.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

I KNOW ALL OF US ON THE BOARD, UH, ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE OUR PARTICULAR FRONTLINE PEOPLE GET VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO EVERYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO TO FACILITATE THAT AND ANY OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES AS RELATES TO APH PUTTING IN A GOOD WORD, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I KNOW IT GRIEVES US TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ANOTHER LOST EMPLOYEE.

AND SO WE'RE VERY, UH, WE'RE VERY KEEN ON THE RISKS THAT OUR FOLKS ARE UNDERTAKING AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT REGARD.

OTHER QUESTIONS, DOTTIE MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, TO, UH, PUBLICLY THANK, UH, DOTTIE TO THANK CAP METRO.

UM, UH, BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WE HAVE A VACCINATION EFFORT UNDERWAY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

UH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY CONJUNCTION WITH FAMILY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS IS UNDERGOING, UH, A HUB VACCINATION SET UP, UH, AT TWO LOCATIONS.

AND, UM, THE LOCATION NEAR AS ME AS A KELLY REEVES, A STADIUM, UH, ROUND ROCK ISD STADIUM.

THAT'S A UP HERE, UH, UH, JUST OUTSIDE AVERY RANCH.

AND, UM, AS STAFF WAS AVAILABLE, THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.

UM, CAP METRO PROVIDED A COUPLE OF BUSES AS A KIND OF RESPITE AND REST.

AND, UH, FOR STAFF, THEY SENT THEM A COUPLE OF BUSES UP THERE THAT WAS THE, UH, THE, UH, METRO EXPRESS BUSES THAT HAD THE, THE, UH, POWER PLUGS AND THE WIFI ON BOARD.

AND IT, IT PROVED REALLY HELPFUL TO THE EFFORTS BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND FAMILY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. UH, IT, IT JUST, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE CAP METRO IS THAT VALUED PARTNER.

AND I, I JUST GOT CONFIRMATION THAT, THAT AGAIN, STAFF BEING AVAILABLE AND AS, AS, AS, UH, AS CAPABLE, UH, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER BUS AND OUT THERE AGAIN, UH, TOMORROW FOR VACCINATION EFFORTS AGAIN.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, UH, FROM THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SIDE, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME KIND OF SITUATION THAT YOU'RE SAYING IN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

THE DEAL IS, IS THAT, UH, I KNOW, FROM, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN BEEN TOLD AND SEEING THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE IT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE ON A WAIT LIST RIGHT NOW FOR THE VACCINE IN GROUPS, ONE A AND ONE B.

AND AS I RECALL, I THINK THAT THAT, UH, ESSENTIAL, UH, CENTRAL WORKER OR FRONTLINE WORKERS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS OF WHICH I BELIEVE THAT AREN'T HEALTHCARE RELATED, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE POWER.

UH, FRONTLINE BUS OPERATORS ARE CONSIDERED OUR BELIEVE IN GROUP ONE C IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.

GLAD TO KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME EFFORTS HELP IS ON THE WAY WITH THE, THE, THE STERILIZATION EFFORTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT THAT WE JUST APPROVED TODAY AT $1.7 MILLION, BUT WE WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING TO TRY TO SPEED UP THE VACCINATION.

AND SO THE, THE, THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT NOW IS I, AS I'VE SEEN THE LOGISTICS AND LOOKED INTO THIS AND, AND TALK TO COUNTY FOLKS AND FOLKS AT FAMILY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS, IS, IS JUST TRYING TO GET THE APPOINTMENTS AND, AND GET THE, AND GET THE VACCINATIONS LINED UP FOR THOSE, THOSE, UH, THOSE PEOPLE, THE, THE OVER 65 AND THE, UH, UH, THOSE WITH, WITH, UH, SPECIAL, SPECIFIC, UH, TARGETED HEALTHCARE NEEDS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT WAIT LIST.

AND PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, IS, AND I REALIZE WE'RE, WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH THIS IT'S WE ONLY, WE CAN ONLY VACCINATE WITH THE APH, UH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND FHS CAN ONLY VACCINATE, HOWEVER MANY VACCINES ARE RELEASED.

AND IT LITERALLY IS A DAY BY DAY, UH, OCCURRENCE IS THAT THEY DON'T, IN SOME CASES THEY DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE HOW MANY VACCINES THAT, THAT, UM, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES ARE GOING TO RELEASE.

AND THAT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY VACCINES THE CDC IS GOING TO RELEASE.

SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN, TO, TO CAP.

METRO HAS DONE TO BE A VALUED PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST KEEP, KEEP ON KEEPING ON UNTIL WE CAN, WE CAN GET THERE.

AND I THINK IF ALL OF US THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT, UH, OUR DIFFERENT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AND THROUGH STAKEHOLDERS, WE KNOW CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE WORD OUT.

WE NEED TO MOVE, TO TRY TO MOVE THIS ALONG AND GET TO GROUP ONE C GET OUR FRONT LINE BUS OPERATORS VACCINATED, BECAUSE CLEARLY THEY, THEY HAVE JUST THE, JUST AS MUCH EXPOSURE, IF NOT, I WOULD SAY EVEN NOW MORE SO THAN, THAN FOLKS IN THE HOSPITALS, BECAUSE AT LEAST IN THE HOSPITALS, THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT MEASURES THAT, THAT ARE MORE, THAT ARE MORE CONSISTENT FOR PROTECTING THE WORKERS.

I'M

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SO, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CAPTAIN METRICS AND THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, UM, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS REMINDED ME OF ONE OTHER TOPIC.

THAT'S PROBABLY WORTH NOTE.

IN ADDITION TO FOCUSING ON THE VACCINATION OF OUR OWN STAFF, WE RECOGNIZE THAT FOR US TO ALL PULL OUT OF THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO VACCINATIONS.

UM, AND TO THAT END, WE'VE CREATED A PROGRAM WE'RE CALLING VACCINE ACCESS WE'RE IN ANYONE WHO SECURES A VACCINE APPOINTMENT, BUT NEEDS TRANSPORTATION TO THAT APPOINTMENT, UM, CAN CALL US.

AND WE WILL, UM, UTILIZING OUR METRO ACCESS, UM, RESERVATION SYSTEM AND, UM, VEHICLES.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THEM A RIDE TO THEIR VACCINE APPOINTMENT.

SO THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE AT CAP METRO.ORG/VACCINE-ACCESS.

UM, BUT WE REALIZE THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, AND UNTIL WE CAN GET THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY VACCINATED, UH, WE'RE ALL AT RISK.

SO WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT.

THANK YOU, DADDY.

AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP LET US KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE OUR COLLEAGUES ARE BEARING A DISPROPORTIONATE RISK AND SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BE HELPFUL TO THEM, WE'D LIKE TO DO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM,

[VII. Reports]

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR, UH, FINAL AGENDA ITEM, PRESIDENT CLARK'S REPORT.

I THANK YOU, CHAIR.

AND, UH, THANK YOU, UH, YOURSELF AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FOR RECOGNIZING, UH, THE STAFF, UH, THAT CONTINUED TO DO JUST AMAZING WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 10 MONTHS OF THIS, AND EVERY DAY THEY SHOW UP AND, AND GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.

AND, UH, JUST, CAN'T BE MORE HONORED TO SERVE WITH SO MANY PEOPLE THAT JUST THEY'RE DOING A GREAT EVERY DAY.

SO, UH, THANK, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZE THEM AND, UH, HOW MUCH THEY ARE GIVING A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES.

AND THEN I, I SPENT A FAIR LITTLE MEETING, SO I'LL MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT QUICK FOR Y'ALL.

UM, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY WAS THE OTHER DAY, VERY, VERY SPECIAL, UH, DAY OF, UH, OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN COUNTRY CAB.

METRO STAFF WAS OUT AT THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WITH OUR, WITH A NEW RAP VAN.

YOU CAN SEE HERE WITH A QUOTE FROM DR.

KING.

I KNOW A BOARD MEMBER TREVELYAN YOU, YOU WERE OUT THERE AS WELL, A VERY SOCIALLY DISTANT, NOT, NOT THE NORMAL EVENT, UH, THAT MANY OF US PARTICIPATED IN LAST YEAR OR IN YEARS PAST.

UH, BUT WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT SPECIAL DAY HERE IN AUSTIN REMINDER THAT FEBRUARY 4TH IS ROSA PARKS, UH, ROSA PARKS DAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO COMMEMORATE THIS YEAR WITH INTERIOR SIGNAGE AND ALL OF OUR VEHICLES WITH A SPECIFIC, UH, SEAT RESERVE IN HONOR OF ROSA PARKS.

SO WE'LL BE PUSHING THAT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER CHANNELS, REALLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE AMAZING, UH, JUST THE AMAZING CHANGE THAT SHE HELPED, UH, CREATE IN OUR COUNTRY, ALL, ALL, ALL BY HER ACTIONS THAT DAY ON THAT POS, UH, IT'S A FOUNDATIONAL PIECE OF PUBLIC TRENDS IN AMERICA, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE NEXT THING I'LL MENTIONED, UH, IS THE NEPA PROCESS.

JACKIE DID THAT, UH, LATER TODAY, YOU'RE GETTING, YOU'LL GET ALL GET AN INVITE TO, UH, ALL THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, UH, DURING THE NEPA PROCESS.

SO WE HAVE THEM ON YOUR CALENDAR.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN AND BE INVOLVED AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE TIME OR BE ABLE TO, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THAT OVER THE NEXT MONTHS AND YEARS.

SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO MISS ONE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

THERE WILL BE SO MANY MORE TO PARTICIPATE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE MORE PARTICIPATION YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BETTER, UH, THIS PHOTO GOT A LITTLE ATTENTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY.

SO I WANT TO JUST, UH, KIND OF HIGHLIGHT IT.

AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE WAS TWO MONTHS AFTER THE COMMUNITY PASSED, UH, THE MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF OUR REGION.

WE HAVE A RIG OUT ON THE LAKE DOING BORING, UH, TO DO SOME SOIL SAMPLING, UH, FOR POTENTIAL BLUE LINE BRIDGE AND ORANGE LINE BRIDGE TUNNEL.

AND, UH, IT'S A REALLY GOOD SHOW OF HOW DAVE COUCH AND HIS TEAM COORDINATE WITH THE CITY ARE JUST, UH, PUSHING.

WE HAVE THAT SCHEDULE AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE'LL WORK ON EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY COUNTS TOWARDS THAT SCHEDULE.

AND WE'RE REALLY ACTIVE TO DO SOMETHING.

THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION JUST QUICKLY IS, UH, AND ACTUALLY WE WERE GETTING SOME MEDIA ON THIS AND I THOUGHT, AH, I KNOW WE SENT THIS TO THE BOARD.

UH, I DON'T KNOW.

IT COULD BE ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

I APOLOGIZE FOR EXACTLY WE A DAYS AND MONTHS OR DAYS AND WEEKS, BUT, UH, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION NOW THAT, UH, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN SWORN IN AND SECRETARY OF BUDDHA JUDGE, UH, SOON TO BE, UH, I THINK SECRETARY BUDDHA, JUDGE, IT LOOKS LIKE A HEARING ACTUALLY ON WEDNESDAY RELATED TO HIS APPOINTMENT.

UH, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW THAT COULD CONNECT A PROJECT CONNECT.

SO, UH, WE WILL POST THIS ON OUR WEBSITE.

THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE BOARD.

UH, THIS WAS

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A PACKAGE WE PUT TOGETHER A SHORT, CONCISE PACKAGE TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRANSITION TEAM TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE FULLY AWARE OF PROJECT CONNECT AND ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF IT.

AND I, AND I, AND I SAID THIS LAST WEEK TO THE MEDIA, AND I VERY FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS.

I THINK AUSTIN MAY BE THE MOST, UM, THE CITY THAT IS MOST ALIGNED WITH OUR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR BIG THINGS THEY ARE FOCUSING ON ARE HOW TO DEAL WITH HISTORIC INEQUITIES, RE INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON AND HOW, HOW INFRASTRUCTURE CAN DEAL WITH HISTORIC INEQUITIES, HOW INFRASTRUCTURE IS A MASSIVE TOOL TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, AND HOW DO WE CREATE TONS OF REALLY GOOD PAYING JOBS AND BY INCREASING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS CLEARER OR BETTER THAN THAT IN THE COUNTRY.

IN MY OPINION, THEN PROJECT CONNECTED, LITERALLY HIGHLIGHTS EVERY ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS AND THEN ADD ON TOP OF THAT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND HOW TO MOVE OUR INDUSTRY OUR COUNTRY FORWARD.

SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEND US THE, TO THE TRANSITION TEAM, UH, AS THEY WERE PUTTING THE, UH, PREPAREDNESS MATERIALS TOGETHER.

AND WE WILL, UH, BE ENGAGING WITH THEM AS SOON AS, UH, AS LEADERSHIP IS, IS PUT INTO PLACE AND STARTING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH AGENCIES AND CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

SO JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, UH, AGAIN, OUR PROGRAM WE THINK IS VERY WELL LINED UP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S GOALS AND WITHOUT CHAIR, UH, JUST ALWAYS, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO ALL DAY EVERY DAY.

AND, UM, THANK YOU.