Mar 29, 2021 Cap Metro

TO TINA SPENCER, WHO WILL START WITH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF HERSELF AND ENSURE SHOW, GIVE, UH, THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION TO THE END, AND I'LL JOIN YOU ALL BACK.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CALL IN AND COMMENT.

UH, WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ASKED TO SEE WHERE THE ANSWERS ARE, UH, IN THE, IN THE PROCESS.

UM, BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY.

A SECOND, UH, PERSON, UH, TOM WALL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, BUT IT WILL, HE WANTS TO SPEAK ON DISCUSSION ITEM TWO.

SO WE WILL CALL HIM UP AFTER THE LAYOUT OF DISCUSSION ITEM TWO, BUT BEFORE THE VOTE THAT WE TAKE, ALL RIGHT, UM, LET'S SEE WHAT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO ON NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS WE HAVE, UH, SOME CONSULTANTS WHO ARE JOINING US FOR ONE OF OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM NEXT SO THAT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BE CONSCIOUS OF THEIR TIME AND, UH, AND HEAR WHAT

[VII.1. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Policy Updates ]

THEY HAVE TO SAY.

UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TITLE SIX, SO RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 POLICY UPDATES.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT LARGE DIETER WITH HILARY CAVITA AND TINA SPENCER HERE FROM AGENT DB.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, CHAIR TREVELYAN, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT CLARK.

I AM A, UH, LAWRENCE THEATER, PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH SHORT RANGE PLANNING.

AND, UH, IT IS, I CAN'T SEE THE PRESENTATION ON MY SCREEN YET.

SO I'M HOPING IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PULLED UP.

UM, TODAY OUR TEAM WILL PRESENT, UH, REGARDING UPDATES, CAPITAL METRO IS MAKING TO OUR TITLE SIX PROGRAM, UM, THROUGH OUR GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT CONTRACT CAPITAL.

METRO HAS HIRED OUTSIDE EXPERTISE TO ASSIST US IN, IN THIS PROCESS.

I'M JOINED TODAY AS, UH, CHAIR TREVELYAN MENTIONED WITH, WITH, UH, TINA SPENCER, WITH NWC PARTNERS AND HILARY CULTIVATOR WITH HMTB W W AGAIN, TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO JUST START A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PROCESS.

NEXT SLIDE.

I KNOW SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 IS GUIDING OUR PROCESS AND OUTCOMES OF THIS PROJECT NEXT.

SO TODAY OUR CONVERSATION WILL FOCUS ON FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS.

FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW.

WE WANT TO JUST GIVE THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC SOME BACKGROUND ON WHY WE ARE HERE AND WHY CAPITAL METRO IS UPDATING THESE POLICIES.

NOW, UH, THEN WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO SOME SPECIFICS ON THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN, THE APPROACH WE'LL BE TAKING AND THE OUTCOMES, THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING WITH OUR TITLE SIX RSAS.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH OUR APPROACH TO UPDATING THREE SPECIFIC CLASSES.

AND FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND WHAT THESE MEAN FOR THE BOARD ADOPTION PROCESS.

AND ULTIMATELY THE SUBMITTER TO THE FTA CAPTIO METRO IS ANTICIPATING AND CHANGES TO ITS POLICIES TO REFLECT THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.

AS WE ALL KNOW, AUSTIN IS A GROWING CITY.

WE'VE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT SERVICE CHANGES IN THE PAST WITH CADBURY MAP, AND WE NEED TO BE READY.

UH, AND BEFORE THINKING FOR PROJECT CONNECT, TODAY'S DISCUSSION WILL BE AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS TOPIC.

AND THEN WE'LL BE KIND BACK TO YOU TWICE THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER

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AM I THERE? AM I MUTED? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

GREAT.

I'M TINA SPENCER.

I'M FROM A VERY SMALL TWO PERSON TEAM IN THE BAY AREA OF CALIFORNIA, UM, CALLED NWC PARTNERS.

AND MY EXPERTISE IS CIVIL RIGHTS AND TITLE SIX SPECIFICALLY.

UM, SO WHAT ARE THE TITLE? SIX REQUIREMENTS, UM, TITLE SIX STATES THAT ALL AGENCIES OPERATING 50 OR MORE PEAK VEHICLES THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE MUST ENSURE THAT ANY DISCRETIONARY ACTION THAT THEY TAKE RESULTS IN A FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF IMPACTS, AND THAT'S BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.

UM, THIS INCLUDES CHANGES TO SERVICE AND FAIRS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES HOW YOU COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR PUBLIC AS A RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL FUNDS, CAPITAL.

METRO'S A NUMBER OF BROAD AND FAR REACHING REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER.

THIS INCLUDES ESTABLISHING POLICIES FOR ANALYZING SERVICE AND FAIR CHANGES, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING PRACTICES TO ENSURE THAT MINORITIES AND LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO THEIR SERVICES AND THEIR DECISION-MAKING.

YOU'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO MONITOR SERVICE AGAINST ESTABLISHED STANDARDS TO ENSURE THAT DECISIONS ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY RESULT IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE SERVICE.

AND THE UPDATES TO THE ENTIRE TITLE SIX PROGRAM ARE REQUIRED EVERY THREE YEARS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU.

FAILURE TO COMPLETE A TITLE SIX PROGRAM CAN RESULT IN DELAY OR FORFEITURE OF FEDERAL, FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS.

AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL FOR AGENCIES THAT PLAN ON RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LARGE SCALE CAPITAL PROJECTS, SUCH AS THOSE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECT CONNECTS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS TO THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM.

WE WERE DISCUSSING JUST A FEW OF THOSE TODAY.

UM, NEXT, SO THIS IS THE LIST OF ALL THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM ELEMENTS THAT YOUR AGENCY IS PREPARING THAT HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO BEING SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.

WE HAVE BEEN HIRED TO HELP WITH THE ELEMENTS IN GREEN THAT WE'LL DISCUSS DURING OUR MEETING.

IF YOU DO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE OTHER TITLE, SIX ELEMENTS, UH, LAWRENCE CAN, CAN LIKELY SCHEDULE AN UPDATE ON THOSE.

YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WHAT IT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY IS THE PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THREE AREAS THAT I MENTIONED IN GREEN, AND THEY ARE THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN AND THE FOUR-FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR PROVIDING LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, THE TITLE SIX POLICIES, INCLUDING THE DISPARATE IMPACT DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN OF MAJOR SERVICE CHANGE POLICY AND THE PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING SERVICE.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IS THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN.

AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY POPULATIONS ARE THOSE THAT RESPONDED ON THE CENSUS THAT THEY SPEAK ENGLISH LESS THAN VERY WELL AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE.

AUSTIN IS GROWING AND CHANGING.

AND ALONG WITH THAT GROWTH, THERE ARE LEP POPULATIONS THAT ARE IN YOUR SERVICE AREA THAT MAY NEED LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE TO ACCESS YOUR SERVICE AND PARTICIPATE IN CAPITAL METRO DECISION-MAKING.

AND I MIGHT ADD THAT SERVICE YOUR SERVICES, MEANING ANYTHING FROM LOST AND FOUND A TRIP PLANNING TO SERVICES.

AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER, JUST FOR CONTEXT, THE TOP PLAN AT THE TOP LANGUAGES THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR AREA SPANISH, AS YOU KNOW, IS PREDOMINANT.

BUT CURRENTLY THE LANGUAGE HAS ALSO INCLUDE VIETNAMESE CHINESE MANDARIN OR CANTONESE TO LUGO, WHICH IS AN INDIAN LANGUAGE, KOREAN, ARABIC, BUT MANY OTHER LANGUAGES MAY BE WITHIN THE SAFE HARBOR THRESHOLD MAY NEED LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE.

THE SAFE HARBOR THRESHOLD STATES THAT IF ANY LANGUAGE GROUP CONSTITUTE 5% OR A THOUSAND PERSONS, WHICHEVER IS LESS THAN TRANSLATION OF VITAL DOCUMENTS MIGHT BE REQUIRED.

AND BECAUSE YOUR AREA MAY HAVE A NUMBER OF SAFE HARBOR LANGUAGES, THERE MAY BE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'LL NEED TO PROVIDE WRITTEN TRANSLATIONS FOR THE GENERAL DEFINITION OF VITAL DOCUMENTS IS ANY DOCUMENT THAT IF IT WEREN'T TRANSLATED WOULD RESULT IN RESTRICTING ACCESS TO SERVICES OR INFORMATION, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH CAPITAL METRO TO DEFINE WHAT THEIR VITAL DOCUMENTS ARE.

IT TYPICALLY INCLUDES THINGS LIKE LEGAL NOTICES, NOTICE OF TITLE SIX BENEFITS, HOW TO FILE A TITLE SIX COMPLAINT NOTICE FOR HOW TO GET LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE INTAKE FORMS ASSOCIATED POTENTIALLY WITH ADA OR OTHER SERVICES OR OTHER RELATED DOCUMENT DOCUMENTATION OR INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICE OR FARE CHANGES THAT MIGHT RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF, OR DENIAL OF SERVICES.

THE GOAL IN ALL OF THIS IS TO PROMOTE FULL AND FAIR PARTICIPATION IN BOTH SERVICE.

AND DECISION-MAKING WITHOUT REGARD TO ONE'S ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.

AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN

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REALLY GUIDES HOW CAPITAL METRO WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE LEP POPULATIONS THAT SERVES TITLE SIX REQUIRES THE DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN EVERY THREE YEARS.

AND IT PROVIDES REAL WORLD GUIDANCE ON HOW THE AGENCY WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO SPEAK ENGLISH LESS THAN VERY WELL.

THERE ARE SEVERAL ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAP.

FIRST WE'RE CONDUCTING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OUTREACH TO GET A SENSE OF NOT ONLY HOW LEP POPULATIONS WANT TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH, BUT HOW CAPITAL METRO PROVIDES LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE CURRENTLY IN SUCH A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, THE UP THE LEP LAP IS UPDATED TO COINCIDE WITH YOUR TRAIL TITLE SIX PROGRAM UPDATE TO ADDRESS ANY SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES TO YOUR SERVICE AREA.

AND THAT INCLUDES LANGUAGES, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES NEW METHOD OF COMMUNICATION THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE WHEN YOU FIRST DID YOUR LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WAS NOT RELIEVING CONSIDERED IN PRIOR PLANS, BUT REALLY IS HIGHLY USED NOW TO ACCESS RIDER POPULATIONS AND TO HELP IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

THIS IS PARTICULARLY CRITICAL FOR PROJECT CONNECTS, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD ON FUTURE PLANNING AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, AND REALLY WANT TO GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED.

IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS IN THE UPDATE PROCESS THAT WE WILL GO OVER MORE FULLY IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.

AND THEY'RE ALL AIMED AT ENSURING THAT THE ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH IS NOT A BARRIER TO ACCESSING YOUR SERVICES.

AND THEY INCLUDE, AS I MENTIONED, PUBLIC OUTREACH, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONDUCTING THE FOUR-FACTOR ANALYSIS.

AND WE WILL HAVE A LONG SLIDE ON THAT AND THEN DEVELOPING THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN AND LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE MEASURES TO REFLECT THE OUTCOME OF BOTH THE OUTREACH AND THE ANALYSIS.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BRIEFLY OVER THE OUTREACH ON THE LAP.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE OUTREACH OF THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE INTEND TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS OR CBOS AS THEY'RE CALLED AS THE WORKHORSE OF THE LEP OUTREACH.

WORKING WITH CBOS IS ACTUALLY A GOLD, NOT ONLY A GOLD STANDARD FOR REACHING TARGETED COMMUNITIES, BUT IT BRINGS THE ISSUE TO WHERE THE GROUPS ARE.

INSTEAD OF HOPING THAT THEY'LL COME TO YOU.

UM, CBS CAN INCLUDE PLACES OF WORSHIP OR OTHER GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS OR EVEN BUSINESS GROUPS, AND ARE TYPICALLY WELL-TRUSTED BY THEIR, BY THEIR LEP CONSTITUENTS.

AND THEY MAY UNDERSTAND THEIR CONSTITUENCIES IN A WAY THAT A PUBLIC AIDS AGENCY MAY NOT.

UM, CBO OUTREACH ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO GET A REALLY BIGGER BANG FOR THE BUCK, UM, CAUSE YOU CAN USUALLY REACH FOR A LOT OF FOLKS EFFECTIVELY AND QUICKLY.

UM, WE ALSO INTEND TO HAVE BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SURVEYS TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF LEP RIDERS AND WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES OR INFORMATION THEY MAY ACCESS.

THIS IS PART OF THE FOUR-FACTOR ANALYSIS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE FOUR-FACTOR ANALYSIS IS A PROCESS THAT THE FEDERAL GUIDANCE STATES THAT WE MUST FELLOW FOLLOW TO DEVELOP THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN.

IT'S REALLY THE GUTS OF THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN AND EACH FEDERAL AGENCY WHO RECEIVES ANY FEDERAL GRANTS OR AGENCIES THAT RE RE RECEIVE ANY FEDERAL GRANTS REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OR THE, OR THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT PROVIDES THE FUNDS HAS TO CONDUCT A FOUR-FACTOR AGENCIES, UH, FOR A FACTOR ANALYSIS, EVEN AGENCIES LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, WE ALL HAVE TO CONDUCT A FOUR FACTOR ANALYSIS AND WHILE IT'S A REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT THE FOUR-FACTOR ANALYSIS, IT REALLY ALSO PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING YOUR AGENCY'S LANGUAGE NEEDS AND HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS FACTOR WISE, EXCUSE ME, ONE SECOND.

I THINK WE ARE THREE SLIDES BEHIND AND WE WE'RE STILL ON WHAT IS LANG THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE USED THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN, UPDATE PROCESS, THEN THE OUTREACH APPROACH.

AND NOW WE'RE ON THE FOUR-FACTOR ANALYSIS.

I THINK THAT WE MIGHT BE, UH, SEVERAL SLIDES BEHIND.

OH, HEY JEFF.

I COULD SEE THE FOUR-FACTOR ANALYSIS SLIDE I COULD TOO.

HMM.

WELL I'VE GOT THE PRESENTATION, SO DON'T STOP FOR ME.

I CAN, UH, JUST, IT DIDN'T CHANGE ON MY SCREEN.

GOT IT.

ODD TECHNOLOGY THING.

IS THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO CAPITAL METRO AND THE COST OF TRANSLATION SERVICES.

SO I'LL GO OVER BRIEFLY, THE FOUR FACTORS.

SO FACTOR ONE IS THE NUMBER AND PROPORTION OF LEP PERSONS TO BE SERVED OR LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER A PROGRAM ACTIVITY OR SERVICE OF CAPITAL METRO.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS INCLUDES ALL SERVICES, NOT JUST YOUR BUS AND RAIL SERVICE, IT COULD INCLUDE LOSS AND FOUND TRIP PLANNING OR OTHER CUSTOMER RELATED SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE.

UM, FACTOR TWO IS THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH LEP INDIVIDUALS COME IN CONTACT WITH CAPITA METRO'S PROGRAMS OR SERVICES FACTOR THREE IS THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE CAPITAL METRO PROGRAM ACTIVITY OR SERVICE PROVIDED IN FACTOR FOUR

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AND THIS IS REALLY TO BALANCE THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE NEEDS THAT WE DISCOVER FROM FACTOR ONE THROUGH FACTOR THREE AND, AND BALANCING THEM WITH WHAT CAPITAL METRO HAS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE NEEDS.

I WILL POINT OUT THOUGH THAT FTA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO CUT SERVICE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE.

YOUR PRIMARY MISSION IS TO PROVIDE TRANSIT SERVICE, BUT IF YOU HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, A $3 MILLION, A $3 BILLION ANNUAL BUDGET, AND YOU ONLY SPEND $500 A YEAR ON TRANSLATIONS THAT MAY NOT REPRESENT YOUR AGENCY'S COMMITMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITIES, LANGUAGE NEEDS AS WELL.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING INTO A REMARKABLE U-TURN WELL NOT YOU LEFT TURN, UM, AND WE'RE GOING INTO THE TITLE SIX POLICIES.

UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE CAPITAL METRO CURRENTLY AS THREE POLICIES THAT WE PLAN ON UPDATING THE MAJOR SERVICE CHANGE POLICY, THE DISPARATE IMPACT POLICY AND THE DISPROPORTION BURDEN POLICY, WE PLAN ON CONSOLIDATING THEM AS THEY'RE INTERRELATED.

AND WE THINK KEEPING THEM UNDER ONE UMBRELLA POLICY WILL RESULT IN MORE CLARITY, CONSISTENCY.

IT WILL BE EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND AND EASIER FOR STAFF TO IMPLEMENT.

UH, THE CURRENT POLICIES ARE THE MAJOR SERVICE CHANGE POLICY, AND THAT ESTABLISHES AT WHAT POINT AGENCIES NEED TO UNDERTAKE A SERVICE OR FAIR EQUITY ANALYSIS.

AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SILVER STRAINER, NOT ALL SERVICE CHANGERS SERVICE CHANGES WOULD QUALIFY AS A MAJOR SERVICE CHANGE, BUT THOSE CHANGES THAT DO QUALIFY WOULD THEN NEED TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A SERVICE OR FAIR EQUITY ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE IMPACTS TO MINORITY AND LOW INCOME POPULATIONS, THE DISPARATE IMPACT AND DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN POLICIES ESTABLISHES THRESHOLDS TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF IMPACTS BOTH NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE ARE FAIR.

AND THAT'S BASED ON THE SERVICE AND FOR EQUITY ANALYSIS THAT YOU'VE CONDUCTED THE DISPARATE IMPACT POLICY ALSO ESTABLISHES THAT IF IMPACTS ARE FOUND, THE AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF AND HOW THEY CAN BE MITIGATED.

THERE ALSO, THERE ALSO IS A REQUIREMENT THAT SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO REVENUE OPERATION OF ANY NEW RAIL OR BRT SERVICE, THE AGENCY WOULD UNDERTAKE AN EQUITY ANALYSIS.

SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, UH, EVALUATION CHANGE RIGHT NOW IS TO EVALUATE THRESHOLDS AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CURRENT AND FUTURE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND FAIR CHANGES, AND SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE CURRENT AND FUTURE MODES.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT, THIS IS THE TIME TO UPDATE YOUR POLICIES.

YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE THE POLICIES EVERY THREE YEARS WITHIN THE SUBMITTAL FOR THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS YOUR REALLY YOUR WINDOW OF TIME TO DO THAT, THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICY IS GUIDED BY A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS.

UM, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A POLICY THAT'S COMPLIANT WITH THE FEDERAL GUIDANCE AND TOWARD THAT END, WE CONSULTED WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE CONTEXT AND PERSPECTIVE FOR POTENTIAL POLICY CHANGES.

WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICIES ARE EVERGREEN AND CAN BE USED IN A VARIETY OF SERVICE OR FAIR CHANGE SCENARIOS.

SO THE WON'T NEED TO UPDATE THEM HOPEFULLY FOR A LONG TIME, BUT BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY UPDATE THEM EVERY THREE YEARS, THREE YEARS, WE WANT THEM TO BE AS FORWARD-LOOKING AS POSSIBLE.

WE REALLY HAVE CONSIDERED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY FOR THEM.

WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE THRESHOLDS FOR DISPARATE IMPACT AND DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN ARE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR DIVERSE SERVICE AREA.

AND WE WERE WELL TO, AND WE NEED TO SEEK PUBLIC OUTREACH TO FEED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE POLICIES.

NOT ONLY IS IT A FEDERAL GUIDANCE, IT'S ALSO A REALLY GOOD PRACTICE TO HAVE THAT POLICY.

THE POLICY IS UNDERSTOOD BY THE PUBLIC, SO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE OUTREACH FOR THIS POLICY IS KIND OF THE SAME AS YOU WOULD HAVE.

YOU WOULD CONDUCT FOR A SERVICE OR A FAIR CHANGE.

WE INTEND TO LEVERAGE THE CBOS TO HELP WITH THE OUTREACH BECAUSE THERE, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE A REALLY GOOD ENVIRONMENT OR ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET INFORMATION FROM AN INSTITUTION THAT THEY MAY TRUST.

THIS CAN INCLUDE CHURCH CHURCHES, NATIONALITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, OR ANY ORGANIZATION THAT CAN HELP GET THE WORD OUT.

WE INTEND TO USE THE CBOS TO HELP AMPLIFY THE OUTREACH, TO INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DRIVE PEOPLE TO THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

AND OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF COVID, WE'RE USING A VIRTUAL MEETING TO ENGAGE WRITERS, TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE POLICY.

UM, FEDERAL GUIDANCE REQUIRES US TO DOCUMENT OUR OUTREACH ON THE POLICIES, INCLUDING THE BOARD MINUTES, UM, PROVING POLICY ADOPTION, AND THESE WILL BE A SUBJECT OF A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE I'M HANDING IT BACK OVER TO LAWRENCE.

THANK YOU, TINA.

UM, IF WE CAN SKIP, UH, I THINK TISA IS ACTUALLY TO THE SCHEDULE ANYWAY.

I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE, UM, SCHEDULE.

UM, SO

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SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA START AT THE END POINT, UM, THEIR INJURY ON JULY 31ST.

WE, WE, AS AN AGENCY CAPITAL METRO HAVE TO HAND OUR TITLE SIX PROGRAM AS ALL THE, ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT TINA SHOWED YOU EARLIER, BUMP THE GREEN IN THE GRAY THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD TO THE FTA.

UM, THE FTAS AREA BEEN GRACIOUS AND EXTENDED AS A, UM, 60 DAY DEADLINE.

WE ASKED FOR THIS DUE TO COVID AND DUE TO OUR, UM, WEATHER EVENT.

SO WE ARE, WE ARE, WE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO EXTEND OUR DEADLINE OR OUR DUE DATE ANYMORE.

SO GIVEN THAT WE'RE OUR, OUR WINDOW TO OPEN OR TO UPDATE OUR POLICIES, UH, IS OPEN AS TINA SAID, AND IT'S MOVING ALONG AND WE HAVE MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

WE'VE WE'VE STARTED, UM, OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH.

UM, WE'VE STARTED CONDUCTING THE FOUR-FACTOR ANALYSIS.

THERE'S BEEN LESS OF INTERVIEWS.

THERE'S BEEN STAFF, UM, SURVEY STAFF INTERVIEWS.

THERE'S BEEN OTHER THEMES FOR, UH, PUBLIC FACING.

UM, DAVE, THE, THE CONSULTING TEAM HAS LOOKED AT OUR EXISTING POLICIES AND ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT IS, AS TINA MENTIONED ON MAY 3RD, THERE'S GOING TO BE A VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING TO PRESENT THE PUBLIC CHAIN.

THE POLICY CHANGES TO TITLE SIX POLICY CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC.

THEN IT'S A FOR THE POLICY CHANGES, A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING TO DO THAT ON MAY 12TH.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE BOARD TO UPDATE OR TO APPROVE THE NEW POLICIES, UM, ON THE MAY 24TH BOARD MEETING.

AND AT THAT BOARD MEETING, WE'LL ALSO GIVE YOU OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE'VE CORRECTED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

THEN HAVING TAKEN ALL THE APPROVED, UM, THE APPROVED POLICIES AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM, UH, THE PUNKER MOOKA G AND MYSELF, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD ON JUNE 28TH TO ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM SO THAT THE CAN SUBMIT IT ON TIME ON JULY 31ST.

SPEAKING OF THE FDA, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE ARE SEEKING THEIR INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

WE'VE VERY MET ONCE WITH THE FTA AND WE WILL GO BACK TO THE FTA AGAIN AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

AND WE CONTINUALLY EMAIL AND STAY IN CONTACT WITH THE FDA.

WE ARE SEEKING THEIR, THEIR GUIDANCE AS THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE IT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHAT ARE WE ASKING THE BOARD? WE'RE ASKING YOU TO, UH, SUPPORT OUR OUTREACH EFFORT BY REVIEWING THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN.

THIS HAS BEEN SENT TO EACH BOARD MEMBER.

WE WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THOSE DRAFT POLICIES AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AS THAT THOSE ARE BECOMING AVAILABLE.

UM, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, WE, WE, WE NOT ONLY WANT, BUT WE NEED YOU TO ADOPT THE, UH, THE REVISED POLICIES AND THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM UPDATE.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT SIDE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS DISASTER IT'S NEXT STEPS.

I'M SORRY.

UM, SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE PRETTY MUCH TH TH THERE'S SIMILAR THINGS WE'RE GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED YOU TO PROVIDE THE INPUT ON THE PUBLIC PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN.

UM, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, OUTREACH TO YOU ON THE DRAFT POLICIES.

AND OF COURSE WE WANT YOU TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH US, UM, REGARDING ANY QUESTIONS.

AND SO THE NEXT SIDE, UM, HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION.

UM, I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER.

I AM WORKING, UM, MANAGING, UH, WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND ALSO WITH THE PUNKER, UM, ON THIS PROJECT.

AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM, FROM THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, LAWRENCE.

UM, ANY BOARD MEMBERS WITH ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, A CHAIR.

UM, PLEASE GO AHEAD, BOARD MEMBERS.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAWRENCE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT OUR, THAT YOU, YOUR TEAM AND OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE, UH, PUT INTO THIS.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, UM, WELL JUST TWO QUESTIONS ACTUALLY AT THIS POINT.

UM, WELL THIS WILL, THESE POLICIES BE TAKEN TO OUR, OUR TWO COMMITTEES, OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUR ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE,

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UH, FOR THEIR COMMENTS.

UM, I'VE ALREADY, UM, CONTACTED YANNIS AND WE WILL BE GOING TO THE MAY, UM, ACCESS AND C-SAT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

AND THEN, UM, THE SECOND QUESTION IS JUST WHEN DO YOU EXPECT US OR NOT EXPECT US? WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO GET TO US THE ACTUAL POLICIES FOR US TO REVIEW? BECAUSE WE WILL BE GETTING, IF WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON, IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, WE'RE VOTING ON MAY 24.

SO THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THE POLICIES WILL BE TO US AT SOME POINT BEFORE THAT I ASSUME.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT TO YOU APPROXIMATELY A MONTH IN ADVANCE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, YES.

UH, BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON.

UH, YES.

FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANK YOU, MR. DIETER, AND TO YOU AND TO THE CONSULTING TEAM, ECHO, UH, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN'S COMMENTS, UM, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS SITE THAT YOU Y'ALL ARE DOING, UH, JUST HAD A, KIND OF A TWO-PART QUESTION.

UM, ONE, YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN.

UM, IT, WITH ALL I'VE GOT ON MY PLATE, IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT I HAVE MISSED THIS IN MY EMAILS, AND WE HAD SOME EMAIL AND TECHNICAL ISSUES GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH MY CAP, METRO AND ATP.

SO IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE IT GOT LOST IN THE MAIL SOMEPLACE, BUT, UM, UH, DID I, DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU'VE ALREADY SENT THE DRAFT OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POLICY OUT TO US AS BOARD MEMBERS? YES.

THAT, UH, WAS SENT ALONG WITH YOUR BOARD PACKET, UM, LAST WEEK.

THEN IT'S POSSIBLE THAT I DID IN FACT MISS THAT.

UM, SO I'LL, I'LL GO BACK AND SEE IF I CAN, I CAN FIND THAT AGAIN.

MY APOLOGIES ON THAT FRONT, UM, DID, THEN THAT MAY MAKE MY SECOND QUESTION, A MOOT POINT, BUT D DID YOU LAY OUT IN THERE, WHICH, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION JOEL HAVE ALREADY ENDEAVORED TO REACH OUT TO WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH AT THIS TIME? YES.

I'LL I'LL DO, JUST IN CASE, DO YOU MIND WORKING WITH, COORDINATING WITH ED EASTERN TO, TO SEND THAT BACK OUT TO ME AGAIN AND AGAIN? MY APOLOGIES WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME, SO I MENTIONED WE'VE HAD SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES TOO, AND I MAY FLAT HAVE JUST OVERLOOKED IT WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS I'VE GOT ON MY LEG.

MY PRESSURE TO GET IT TO YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MR. PETER.

I APPRECIATE IT.

DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? JUST ONE QUICK ONE CHAIR.

UM, GO AHEAD.

THIS, MR. DIETER, IS THERE A DEADLINE BY WHICH YOU WOULD NEED OUR INPUT ON THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN IN ORDER TO BE USEFUL TO YOU THE SOONER THE BETTER? UM, WE'RE VERY OF IT.

UM, SO WE, WE ARE DEFINITELY NEEDING, UH, INPUT THIS WEEK.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BOARD? OKAY.

HEARING NONE.

I WILL, UH, THANK MR. DIETER AND HIS TEAM, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, ANY QUESTIONS WE WILL WORK THROUGH ED EASTON TO DIRECT THEM TO YOU.

THE, UH, THE NEXT ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION WILL BE OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATES.

UH, SO

[II. Advisory Committee Updates]

UM, MR. BANKS, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? YES, SIR.

YES.

CHEER.

I AM GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, CHAIRMAN PAVILION AND BOARD MEMBERS, YONIS BANKS WITH CAPITAL METRO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.

I'M SORRY, AS WELL AS, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, UH, PRESIDENT CLARK, UM, LET'S GET STARTED WITH ACCESS ACCESS LAST MONTH OR THIS MONTH.

I'M SORRY.

UH, WE DID MEET ABOUT, AND THEY GOT A PROJECT CONNECT UPDATE, EXCUSE ME, WHERE THEY ELECTED THEIR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT, WHICH WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

UM, THEY WERE UPDATED ON THE ZIGLAR PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING OVER BY UT, UH, AND, AND DEAN KEATON.

THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME, SOME ISSUES WITH THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY ACCESSIBLE IS A PILOT WE'RE DOING SO THERE'S SOME ACCESSIBILITY CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO WHEELCHAIRS.

EXCUSE ME.

SO I KNOW NADIA IS WORKING WITH THE ZIGLAR TEAM WHO PRODUCED IT ON, ON FINDING A SOLUTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF WE DO NOT FIND A SOLUTION, THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKABLE.

ISN'T THAT SOMETHING WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH, BUT IT'S A PILOT THAT'S GOING, I BELIEVE UNTIL JULY.

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UM, MARTIN GAVE HIM AN UPDATE ABOUT THE VEHICLE, UH, GRANT PROGRAM, UH, AND CHAD GAVE HIM A PICKUP UPDATE.

AND AS YOU SEE FROM THE NOTES, THEY ALSO GET AN UPDATE ABOUT, I GUESS, A BAD SITUATION THAT'S GOING ON OVER IN 700 AND LAVACA WHERE A BAT DECIDED TO JOIN THE MEETING FOR SOME REASON, WHICH WAS ENTERTAINING TO SAY THE LEAST.

UH, AND THEN THEY ALSO GET THE WINTER STORM URI UPDATE ON THE EFFORTS THAT WE DID WITH THAT.

AND C-SAT CONGRATULATE, I'M SORRY.

ACCESS DID CONGRATULATE, EXCUSE ME, OUR ACCESS DEPARTMENT ON ALL THE WORK THEY DID DURING A WINTER STORM WITH GETTING THE FOOT WATER AND FOOD, UH, AND VITAL TRIPS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO.

UM, AND THEN FOR C-SAT, UH, CSF, THEY ALSO WERE GIVEN THEIR PROJECT CONNECT AND ATP UPDATE WHERE THEY DID SELECT THEIR CAC REPRESENTATIVE, UH, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND THEY WERE GIVEN THE SAME ZIGLAR PROJECT UPDATE, AS WELL AS THE RIVERSIDE TRANSIT LANE UPDATE, WHERE WE WILL BE HAVING SOME SHARED BUS LANES ON RIVERSIDE, UH, FOR ABOUT, I BELIEVE A TWO MILE CORRIDOR OR ON RIVERSIDE IN ADVANCE OF PROJECT CONNECTING.

AND WE WILL BE STUDYING TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS, EXCUSE ME.

AND THEN FINALLY, THEY WERE GIVEN THE UPDATE ON PFLUGERVILLE PICKUP SERVICE THAT HAS LAUNCHED, UH, LAST TUESDAY.

I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LAUNCH DATE AND HOW WE WILL BE OUT THERE THIS PAST FRIDAY AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, UH, IN PFLUGERVILLE JUST PROMOTING THE SERVICE, UH, AND GETTING THE COMMUNITY USED TO SEEING PICKUP AGAIN, OR CAPITAL METRO AGAIN, UH, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT YOU'RE A NEW, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE PRESENTATIONS, MR. BANKS, BOARD MEMBERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I DO CHAIR.

UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

UH, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, YES.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, ON THESE, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND I APOLOGIZE, I SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT, UM, ARE THEY, UM, ARE THEY BROADCAST SO THE PUBLIC CAN DO THEM THERE'S THAT, UM, STRENGTH FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT THEY ARE, UM, THERE IS A PHONE NUMBER WE POST ON THE WEBSITE.

SO IF THE PUBLIC WANTED TO CALL IN LIKE THIS MEANING THEY CAN CALL IN TO PARTICIPATE, IF THEY WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS OR GIVE ANY KIND OF TESTIMONY.

UM, WE DO HAVE AT THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING A COMMUNITY, UM, I GUESS CALL IT A CONVERSATION.

BUT, UH, BUT IS IT, UH, IS IT, ARE THESE MEETINGS PUBLIC SO THAT THE PEOPLE SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN, CAN WATCH THEM OR WERE THEY RECORDED OR, OR LIVE STREAMED OR NEITHER TO THOSE, THEY ARE PUBLIC, BUT THEY'RE NET RECORDED OR LIVE STREAM.

SO A CHAIR I'D LIKE TO, UH, EXPLORE WITH OUR, UM, UH, WITH WHOEVER THE APPROPRIATE STAFF ARE, UM, UM, MR. CLARK, UM, THE POTENTIAL TO, TO MAKE THESE AVAILABLE SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN OBSERVE, UH, WHETHER, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR THAT IS, WHETHER IT'S RECORDED OR LIVE STREAMED OR WHAT, BUT, UM, I WOULD, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE RARELY IMPORTANT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, UM, MR. BANKS, UH, THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THEM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THOSE.

UH, BUT WITHOUT THE PUBLIC BEING ABLE TO, TO OBSERVE THEM IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIMITED.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THAT.

UM, SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN LET'S WORK WITH, UH, OUR BOARD ATTORNEY, UH, TO, UH, DEFINE, UH, WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE, HOW WE BAKE IT A MORE COMMUNITY FACING PROCESS.

SO WE'LL REPORT BACK ON POTENTIAL OPTIONS.

ANY ADDITIONAL BOARD QUESTIONS HAVE ONE? YES, PLEASE.

UH, GO FORWARD A BOARD MEMBER POOL.

THOUGH, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UM, BACK COLONIES THAT, THAT LIVE UNDER OUR VARIOUS BRIDGES AND SO FORTH.

UM, MR. BANKS, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, YOU MENTIONED, UH, AND THIS IS NOT RELATED TO CAP METRO, BUT RATHER TO THE BAT.

IT WAS, I, I HOPE THAT THAT WAS ABLE TO EMERGE FROM THE MEETING ON INJURED AS FAR AS I COULD TELL.

UH, I THINK, UM, CHAD WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE BED AND THE BED WAS WORRIED ABOUT CHAD.

SO I BELIEVE THE BAT LEFT HIS OFFICE AN INJURED AND UNHARMED.

IT, CHINA CAME IN, SAID, HI, UM, AND LEFT, BUT IT DID MAKE FOR A FUN TIME, UH, IN THE MEETING TO SEE THE PRESENTATION START BECAUSE OF THE BIT, A LITTLE BIT DISTRACTING, LIKE A TODDLER COMING INTO A ROOM, UH, WHEN YOU'RE DOING A HIGH POWERED PRESENTATION.

I MENTIONED THAT

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AND THEY ARE A USEFUL UNNECESSARY, UH, RESIDENT OF OUR CITY.

AND, UM, THEY'RE NOT DESPITE THE MANY MYTHS AND LEGENDS ABOUT THE BATS.

THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING TO BE FEARFUL ABOUT THEM.

AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST TAKE THE POINT, MAKE THE POINT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE, WE DO MORE TO INJURE THEM THAN THEY DO TO HARM US.

SO, UM, KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE WOULD HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE, UH, INSECTS LIKE MOSQUITOES IN THE SUMMER TIME, IF NOT FOR THE BILLIONS OF TINY LITTLE FLYING INSECTS THAT ARE OUR BATS ELIMINATE FOR US EVERY, EVERY EVENING.

SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT CAP METRO RELATED, BUT IT COULD BE IF WE ARE DOING SOME THINGS TO DISRUPT THE COLONIES UNDER SOME OF THE BRIDGES AND THE, UH, UH, THAT ARE CROSSING, UH, CERTAINLY THE COLORADO RIVER.

OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I KEEP MY DOOR CLOSED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT FEEL THEY HAVE AN OPEN INVITATION TO COME VISIT.

UM, BUT, UH, I'LL, I'LL GO VISIT THEM AT THE BRIDGE.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OR, UM, SEE, ALL RIGHT.

UH, OKAY.

UH, HEARING NONE,

[III. 4. Austin Transit Partnership Board Update]

LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO OUR REGULAR BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES.

NOW, UH, WE DID HAVE A SPECIAL CALL BOARD MEETING THAT FELL ON, ON, UH, OUR COMMITTEE DATES THIS MONTH AND CONSEQUENTLY, OUR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WERE CANCELED.

SO WE'LL DEFER THOSE UNTIL THE NEXT MONTH.

UM, LET ME SEE A BOARD MEMBER.

MITCHELL, DO WE HAVE A CAMPO UPDATE OR WAS IT, UH, PUSHED AS WELL? IT WAS AT THE SPECIAL MEETING.

OUR NEXT MEETING AT THE CAMPO IS NOT A CAMPO.

MOVE FORWARD A LITTLE BIT OF A FUNDS AND TO, UM, FROM YEAR THREE INTO YEAR TWO, AND THAT PROVIDES MORE MONEY KIND OF FRONT LOADED A LITTLE BIT FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT.

SO WE WILL FORGO THE CAMPO DATE AND ASK WHERE THE BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON IS PREPARED TO GIVE US AN AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD UPDATE.

I AM BECAUSE AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT SAME AFTERNOON, RIGHT AFTER WE ADJOURNED OUR CAP, METRO, UH, SPECIALLY CALLED BOARD MEETING, WE TURNED AROUND AND WENT INTO THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.

UM, SO JUST A QUICK AND A BRIEF UPDATE AS TO WHERE THINGS STAND WITH, UH, THAT, UM, THE, UH, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AT OUR MARCH MEETING FOR BOARD ACTION, WE APPROVED THE CHARTERS FOR THE, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

THAT INCLUDES CHARTERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, OUR COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO INCLUDE ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION, OR THE EAC, UH, FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR THE FAC AND A PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY AND DBE ADVISORY COMMITTEE KNOWN AS THE PEACE SEC.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SWIMMING IN MORE ACRONYMS, UH, OVER AT ATP, JUST LIKE WE DO IT, YOU KNOW, EVERY ONE OF THESE BODIES THAT WE HAVE.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE ALSO, UM, APPROVED THE, UM, UH, WELL, WHAT I'LL SAY IS, UH, WE WENT OVER AND REVIEWED THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEY HAD AN UPDATE ON THAT.

I WILL DEFER THAT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FOR LATER IN THIS BOARD MEETING.

AND I DON'T FEEL I COULD ADD ANYTHING, ADDITIONALLY, THAT IS NOT ALREADY GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME.

UM, AND, UH, SO IN ADDITION, FINALLY, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OVER AT ATP IS THAT THE, UM, THE, UH, ATP BOARD APPROVED THE, UH, GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN GOVERNING THE PROVISION OF THE $300 MILLION PROJECT CONNECT, UH, TAX REVENUE FOR USE FOR THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENTS.

AND WHAT WAS REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS DISCUSSION IN PARTICULAR IS THAT, UM, IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, THE STAFF, UH, AND THEIR HARD WORK WAS ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAD, UH, SPED UP AND WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, ALLOCATE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN AS PART OF THAT FIRST PERIOD OF MONEY, THE WAY THAT THIS HAD BEEN ALLOCATED OVER THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S 13 YEAR PERIOD, UH, WAS IN CERTAIN SEGMENTS, ACCORDING TO OUR, OUR, UM, MASTER FINANCIAL PLAN DOCUMENTATION.

AND IT'S GOVERNING, UH, THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO IN THAT FIRST PERIOD, AND THAT GOVERNS THE FIRST HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS

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AND SO, UM, THE, THE FACT THAT WE BOTH HAD THIS, THIS AGREEMENT GRANT AGREEMENT COMING FORWARD AND ADDITIONAL MONIES BEING PROVIDED IN THIS FIRST, UH, ONE AND TWO YEAR PERIOD OUT OF THE FIRST THREE YEAR PERIOD WAS A, WAS A REALLY BIG WIN, UH, THAT WE ALL FELT AND THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, UH, THE, THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UH, IN ADDITION, I'LL JUST, UH, HIGHLIGHT REAL QUICKLY, UH, CONTINUING, UH, CONTINUING ENGAGEMENT, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATES.

IT'S BEEN ONGOING, UH, MORE NEPA, PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, ALONG WITH VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THE, UH, EXPO IN PLEASANT VALLEY, METRO RAPID LINES.

UM, THE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF 1,833 INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED OVER THE PAST EIGHT WEEKS.

UH, THESE ARE CRITICAL MEETINGS AS PART OF THE NEPA PROCESS.

TODAY OVER 90,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND THE PLAN IS TO HAVE MANY MORE ENGAGEMENTS TO COME, AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SERIES OF ORANGE AND BLUE LINE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WILL BEGAN, UH, APRIL 26TH AS THE LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS FTA PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

AS I SAID, UH, MORE COMING, UH, THIS, UH, LATER IN THIS BOARD MEETING, AS WE DISCUSSED THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I WILL DEFER THAT AT THAT TIME, BUT THAT IN SHORT WRAPS UP WHAT WE DID WITH ATP, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH BOARD MEMBER.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THE CARE IN WHICH YOU PREPARE YOUR PRESENTATIONS, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE OF BOARD MEMBER STRATTON? I'VE GOT MY HAND UP.

I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND.

THANKS, JERRY.

UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE ERIC'S REPORTS.

THEY, UM, THE LAST TWO MEETINGS HAVE BEEN MY FIRST TWO MEETINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY STRUCTURED AND COMPLETE FROM WHAT I CAN CAN GATHER AND, AND INFORMATIVE.

I DO THINK WE WILL GET TO A POINT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM AND THE PARTNERSHIP FURTHER DOWN THE LINE WHERE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE MAY CONFOUND THE ABILITIES OF ANY ONE OF US TO ANSWER, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR, IT'S NOT OUR FIELD OF EXPERTISE.

AND WE CAN'T REALLY EXPECT ERIC TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER, UM, WHAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY FINANCIAL QUESTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND I'M NOT EVEN GONNA THINK ABOUT ENGINEERING, UM, BUT FINANCIAL STUFF IS THE, THE AREA THAT I, UM, SPEND A LOT OF MY TIME IN.

SO I WAS, WHEN I, WHEN I WAS HAVING ORIENTATION SESSIONS WITH THE VARIOUS KENT METRO FOLKS, AND THEY WERE ALL REALLY HELPFUL TO ME AND HELP KIND OF GIVE ME SOME GOOD GROUND AND UPDATE ME ON STUFF THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST SIX OR SO YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR, UM, OUR STAFF WHO ARE WORKING PROJECT CONNECT TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THIS SPORT IN ORDER TO ANSWER SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL OR FINANCIAL FOCUSED QUESTIONS, SHOULD WE HAVE THEM DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD, BUT I DO WANT TO RAISE THAT WITH THIS DYESS TO, UM, TO OFFER IT UP FOR CONSIDERATION THAT WE MAY GET TO A POINT WHERE DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT OUR COLLEAGUES ON A DICE WE'LL BE ASKING ABOUT PROJECT CONNECT, AND WE DO NEED JUST LIKE WE HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO CA METRO STAFF TO GIVE FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

WE MAY NEED THE SAME FROM PROJECT CONNECT.

AND SO I'D LIKE SOME, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AS TO IF Y'ALL THINK THAT THAT'S LEGITIMATE CONCERN.

DO YOU HAVE, IF YOU HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT, IF IT, IF YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT IT SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED? I THINK I CAN, I CAN RESPOND TO THAT.

I, I THINK, UH, JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON TERMINOLOGY, PERHAPS A BOARD MEMBER.

SO WHEN YOU SAY PROJECT CONNECT, YOU MIGHT MEAN, DO YOU MEAN AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP? BECAUSE SO PROJECT CONNECT IS A LARGE PROGRAM THAT IS BEING DONE BY THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

SO CAP METRO IS DOING A PART OF THE PROGRAM.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS DOING A PART AND, AND BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD.

I HAD JUST MENTIONED THAT THAT'S THE DISPLACEMENT FUNDING PIECE.

AND THEN THEY ALSO, JEN'S A PARTNERSHIP.

WE'LL BE DOING THE HEAVIEST CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS, ORANGE LINE, BLUE LINE, BIG SUPPORT FACILITIES, AND, UH, AND LONGTERM GREEN LINE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF AT CAP METRO IS AVAILABLE TO, TO DISCUSS ANY TOPIC.

A BOARD MEMBER MAY HAVE, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'S PERTINENT TO THE CAP METRO BOARD, UM, CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL STAFF REQUEST STAFF FROM OTHER AGENCIES.

SO IT COULD BE AN AUSTRALIAN PARTNERSHIP, COULD BE TEXTILE.

IT COULD

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BE CITY OF AUSTIN TO DISCUSS COMPONENTS OF A PROGRAM THAT MAY TOUCH INTO CABINET.

AND, AND YES, AND THAT, AND WE RELY ON THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION NOW.

SO I'M BRINGING THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE, THE SYSTEM ITSELF IN TO THIS DISCUSSION TOO.

AND SO IT MAY MEAN PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING DIRECTLY ON PROJECT CONNECT, LIKE ON THE FINANCIALS.

I'LL JUST USE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE, THE MODERN FINANCE, FINANCE, AND AUDIT COMMITTEE WHERE THIS CAME UP.

CERTAINLY.

YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE REPORTING PROTOCOLS, THAT ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT, THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR EACH OF THOSE THREE ENTITIES, UH, TO MAINTAIN WHETHER THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH GROUP, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE EXPECTATION EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR EACH OF THOSE.

AND THEN AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN THOSE ISSUES WILL BE DISCUSSED, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADEQUATELY INFORMED AND THAT IF WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE A FORUM AND THE ABILITY, UH, TO ADDRESS THEM PROPERLY.

IN TERMS OF INCLUDING IT IN, UM, UM, IN THE CAMPO PLANNING DOCUMENTS.

AND, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARISE KIND OF AD HOC IN THIS SETTING, WHEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET AN ANSWER BACK QUICKLY, OR WOULD WE HAVE TO WAIT X NUMBER OF DAYS OR HOURS OR WHATEVER.

AND COULD WE BE ASSURED THAT THE QUESTION IT'S A COMMUNICATIONS QUESTION, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A FREE FLOW AMONG, BECAUSE IT IS SO COMPLEX.

WE NOW HAVE THREE DIFFERENT, AS YOU MENTIONED, RANDY THREE.

NOW WE DON'T HAVE THREE SEPARATE ENTITIES, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CROSS-POLLINATION OF THE INFORMATION.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S, IT'S PROPER FOR US.

IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO, TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON OUR DYESS COLLEAGUES' SHOULDERS, BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY DOESN'T HAVE THE, THE, THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT OUR STAFF WOULD HAVE, EVEN, EVEN IF THE QUESTION HAD BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED IN A PARTNERSHIP MEETING, RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO EXPERTS WHO ARE ANSWERING IN THE PARTNERSHIP.

SHOULD WE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE WILL.

I EXPECT THAT THE CHANCES ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE CLOSER WE GET TO BREAK GROUND ON THINGS.

SO AGAIN, I, I, UH, I HAVE AN EXAMPLE, PICK BOARD MEMBER STRATTON ROLE IS TO REPORT OUT, UH, AS THE LIAISON TO THAT, THAT BOARD, RIGHT? AND AGAIN, YOU, YOU HAVE COTTON METRO STAFF AVAILABLE FOR ANY CAP METRO BOARD TOPIC, OBVIOUSLY.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY, IF THERE IS A TOPIC THAT FOR THE CAP METRO BOARD THAT WOULD TOUCH INTO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION, WHETHER IT'S, AGAIN, TXDOT CITY OF BOSTON OR ATP, AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THERE WAS AN ITEM, THEN WE CAN BRING ANY TECHNICAL RESOURCES LIKE WE WOULD DO.

SO I KNOW LIKE MOBILITY COMMITTEE AT THE CITY, I GUESS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, ASKED CAP METRO AND TEXTILE TO BE THERE FOR A TOPIC.

SAME THING COULD HAPPEN HERE, WHERE ATP STAFF, IF NEEDED TO JOIN CAB, METRO STAFF, OR CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF, TO JOIN OF METRO STAFF FOR A TOPIC RELATED TO THE CAP METRO BOARD, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED THEM IN ADVANCE.

SO MAYBE AT THIS POINT, AND I THINK BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN HAD SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO OFFER AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE LIKE, UM, AT THIS POINT IT'S BORING TO GET A REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE.

AND SO THEY WOULD KNOW THAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY THEY KNOW THAT.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MECHANISM IS TO BRING SOMEBODY IN TO THIS MEETING.

IF I WERE TO HAVE A DETAILED QUESTION ABOUT CONTRACTS OR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, REMOVED IN TIME, BY THE TIME WE WOULD GET TO HAVE THAT ANSWER.

AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION MUCH MORE IMMEDIATE.

SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK TOWARDS AND NOT LET'S GET, LET'S GET, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S EXAMPLE.

AND THEN, UH, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT LOGISTICALLY HOW WE WOULD APPROACH ANY GIVEN TYPE OF QUESTION AND WHERE WE GET THAT DONE.

IT JUST SEEMS TO BE A WORKFLOW ISSUE THAT CAN CERTAINLY BE MANAGED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR REPORTING STANDARDS.

SO, UM, WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY GO FURTHER WITH THAT CONVERSATION.

LET'S GET, UM, BOARD MEMBER KITCHENS EXAMPLE.

WELL, AND, AND, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT BOARD MEMBER PAUL IS SAYING.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF MINE IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OR NOT.

UH, CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE OTHER EXAMPLES, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND GIVEN THE TIME FRAME WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS I KNOW THAT, UM, THAT THE CAMPO WILL BE, UM, HEARING, UH, ABOUT THE, UM, BLUE LINE AND THE ORANGE LINE, I BELIEVE

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AND SO THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION AND I THINK IT'S IN MAY, UM, MAY AND THEN JUNE.

UM, IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER IF WE HAVE AN APRIL MEETING, IT MAY BE APRIL AND MAY.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S PRESENTED TO US AND THEN WE VOTE ON IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO THAT'S AN UPDATE ON, UM, ON THOSE LINES THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL.

I THINK FOR US SITTING HERE AS THE, UH, CAP METRO BOARD TO HAVE THAT UPDATE BECAUSE IT IS ADVANCING TO ANOTHER BODY, WHICH IS THE CAMPO BODY AND IT WOULD JUST BE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION AND ALL OF US INVOLVED IN THE LOOP, IT WOULD BE, IT COULD BE HELPFUL.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT THAT BOARD MEMBER POOL IS THINKING OF OR NOT, BUT IT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE THAT COULD BE OKAY.

AND LIKE ON FINANCES, IF I DECIDED I WANTED TO DIG INTO BOND COVENANTS OR SOMETHING, WHICH I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THE THING, BUT, BUT SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, I CAN'T EXPECT BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON TO HAVE ALL THOSE ANSWERS, BUT I COULD EXPECT MR. TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM OR ONE OF THE STAFFERS WHO'S WORKING IN THE FINANCE SIDE.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW WE WOULD DO IT AT THE CT.

IF THIS WAS ABOUT A CITY, WE WOULD BE CALLING ON THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE NUMBERS.

AND LET ME COME BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.

THE ONLY WAY TO RESPOND TO THAT AND CUSTOMER VOTE, YOU'RE NOT THAT KIND OF A START A CONVERSATION OFFLINE, BUT WE JUST ALSO GOT TO REMEMBER, SO CITY EXAMPLE, THE ATP IS NOT PART OF CAP METRO.

IT'S AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION WITH INDEPENDENT STAFF MEMBERS.

SO, SO FOR INSTANCE, THIS BOARD WILL NOT HAVE ANYTHING BROUGHT BEFORE RELATED TO BOND COMPETENCE RELATED TO ATP BONDING BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN A, IT'S NOT A CAP METRO ACTION.

SO HAVING THAT DISCUSSED MORE, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE RIGHT, BECAUSE WE ARE ULTIMATELY A PARTNER IN, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY, I WOULD NEVER ASK THAT QUESTION.

I DID, BUT I'M NOW GOING TO SAY NO, I WOULDN'T, BECAUSE IF I HAD THAT QUESTION, MAYBE I WOULD TAKE IT OFFLINE OR A MEETING OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE THE ASSURANCES THAT THERE ARE NO BARRIERS TO ME HAVING MR. CANALY FOR EXAMPLE, COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THIS BOARD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DIRECT LINE OF INFORMATION TO THE PERSON WHO'S THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.

SURE.

I, AGAIN, I DON'T, WE'LL TALK OFFLINE ABOUT MECHANISMS, BUT AGAIN, THIS BOARD WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T HAVE AN ACTION RELATED TO THAT BOND.

WHEREAS THE CFL CAP, METRO, ALL INFORMATIONAL AND FOR US TO STAY AS, CAUSE WE ARE ALSO TASKED WITH MONITORING AT A CERTAIN LEVEL.

I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND I'LL JUST, IF I CAN JUST ADD, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST SAY TOO.

I THINK ALSO AS WELL, WE, WE BUILT BOTH THE CAP, METRO BOARD AND CITY OF AUSTIN BUILT SOME, I THINK SOME REALLY GOOD, UM, MONITORING FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE SYSTEM AS WELL.

AND THOSE WILL BE FURTHER FLESHED OUT WITHIN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, UM, THAT THEY CALLED FOR.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT IT WAS, I WANNA SAY IT WAS A QUARTERLY OR MAY, MAYBE IT WAS SEMI ANNUAL.

MAYBE IT WAS ANNUAL, WHATEVER IT WAS.

JOINT MEETINGS WERE JUST LIKE WHAT WE DID LEADING UP TO THE CREATION OF ATP, WHERE IT WAS CITY COUNCIL AND CAPTAIN METRO JOINTLY MEETING TOGETHER, THERE WILL BE MEETINGS WITH ATP CAP, METRO AND CITY OF AUSTIN GETTING TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES, FLUSH THROUGH THESE THINGS, TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE WHAT THE STATUS OF THE PROJECTS ARE AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THE FINANCES ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE AUDITOR THAT, THAT, THAT OUR ATP HAS YET TO HIRE.

CAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE JUST NOW RAMPING STAFF UP.

WE'LL BE PRESENTING REPORTS AS WELL TO, UH, TO, TO OUR PARTNERS AS WELL, TO ENSURE, UH, COMPLETE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND THE LIGHT AND THE LACK OF THAT KINDS OF THINGS AS WELL.

SO I BELIEVE LIKE, LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING HERE, I BELIEVE TOO, THERE ARE GOING TO BE WAYS THAT WE CAN BEHIND THE SCENES CREATE THE MECHANISMS. SO MUCH OF THIS IS AS I'VE HEARD OTHER STAFF SAYING, I COMPLETELY AGREE, GANG WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE STANDING UP A BRAND NEW, YOU KNOW, IT'S A STARTUP.

I MEAN, WE IN AUSTIN LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR, IN OUR CULTURE HERE AT SILICON HILLS, THIS IS A STARTUP GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.

AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN MANY WAYS WE'RE BUILDING UP THE STAFF, WE'RE PUTTING THE PROCESSES IN PLACE AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING, WE'RE STILL FINDING, GETTING OUR SEA LEGS UNDER US.

I, I BELIEVE THAT MANY OF THESE THINGS WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH THESE AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY AND THE MECHANISM OF ACTIONS AND REPORTING STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES LIKE, LIKE, UH, CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN PAVILION CENTER, AND TO YOUR POINT, UH, UH, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBER POOL, I BELIEVE WE'LL GET THERE.

UH, I DO BELIEVE CAUSE YEAH, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

CAUSE IF YOU START ASKING ME IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S ON THERE THAT WE DID AND, AND, AND IT STARTING TO GET MORE TECHNICAL, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT ME ON THE, ON THE SPOT AND I JUST KIND OF LOOK LIKE, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

THAT WOULD BE, BUT I COULD SEE A LEGITIMATE QUESTION OF, OKAY, LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN

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OR, AND THEN THAT MIGHT BE, MAYBE IT'S AN EMAIL AFTER THE FACT WHERE I GO BACK TO THE STAFF AND CHECK IT OUT.

MAYBE RANDY HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION ON THE SPOT.

WE DON'T KNOW, BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET THERE AS WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT POINT.

AND WE'LL PUT THE PIECES IN PLACE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I'M WORKING AT A LITTLE DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE I ONLY SEE THE SPEAKER.

EVERYBODY ELSE HAS A DOT.

SO IF, IF I, IF I DON'T SEE YOU, IF, IF YOU COULD EITHER HIT YOUR, YOUR HAND UP MECHANISM ARE JUST, UM, ARE JUST LET ME KNOW.

I'LL DEFINITELY CALL ON EVERYBODY AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, UH, TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AND MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.

AND I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AS WE GO FORWARD TO UNDERSTAND ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE REPORTING STANDARDS SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE, UH, THAT THEY CAN HANDLE EVERY ISSUE THAT FALLS WITHIN THEIR FIDUCIARY DUTY.

AND IF IT FALLS OUTSIDE THEIR FIDUCIARY DUTY, WHOSE AREA DOES IT FALL IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL KEEPING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE? I THINK THAT'S A FAIR EXPECTATION AND THE PUBLIC EXPECTS US TO, TO MAINTAIN THOSE FUNCTIONS ON THEIR BEHALF.

I SEE.

UH, I SEE BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN HAS HER HAND UP, UH, BORN IN THE KITCHEN? UH, YES, I, I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, UM, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT FORD MEMORY STRATTON.

I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO TWO, TWO ASPECTS OF THAT, AND I'LL ASK ONE OF THEM NOW AND SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS A QUESTION FIRST AND THEN HAS TO DO WITH THE USE OF THE 300 MILLION.

UM, I UN I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME DISCUSSION.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO, TO, UH, TO WATCH THE ATP BOARD.

SO THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION FOR YOU IS, UM, UH, FIRST OFF, I THINK WE ALL APPRECIATED, UH, THE STAFF BEING ABLE TO UPFRONT THE MONEY IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS IS AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, BUT, UM, THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THAT JUST SPREADS 20 MILLION EVEN ACROSS THOSE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH MEANS, WHICH MEANS BY THE TIME WE'D HAVE 20 MILLION IN THE YEAR THAT EVERYTHING IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.

SO THE CONCERN ABOUT THAT IS THAT THAT'S GOING TO MISS THE BOAT AND NOT BE SOON ENOUGH FOR OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, UM, CONCERNS.

AND THAT THERE'S A NEED TO UP-FRONT WITHIN THE OTHER TWO SEGMENTS RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT A THREE-YEAR SEGMENT, A FIVE-YEAR SEGMENT AND A FIVE-YEAR SEGMENT.

AND THOSE LAST 10 YEARS, EACH OF THOSE FIVE SEGMENTS ARE JUST EVENLY 20 MILLION A YEAR.

SO, UM, I'M, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATION Y'ALL MAY HAVE HAD, UH, ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE CAP, METRO HAS A, UH, HAS A, UM, WE'LL BE VOTING ON OUR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT AS WELL.

THE CITY, I THINK IT'S A PO, UH, POLICY MATTER, UH, TO, TO, UM, TO STATE OUR POLICY CONCERN.

THIS IS MINE AND I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DISCUSS ALL THAT WE WILL WHENEVER WE GET TO IT, BUT I'M, I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING A POLICY STATEMENT IN OUR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT THAT PROVIDES FOR, UM, A REGULAR REVIEW, UM, A REGULAR REVIEW OF THAT OUT, UM, ALLOTMENT TIMING, UH, WITH A STATEMENT THAT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS THOSE THE SECOND FIVE YEARS AND THE THIRD FIVE YEARS UPLOADED OR UPFRONT IN AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW, IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE WHILE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE THE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE, UM, PROJECT CONNECT, BUT I THINK WE OWE IT TO OUR BODIES, OUR CAP, METRO, IN OUR, OUR, UM, CITY COUNCIL BODIES TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, WHAT THE FINANCIAL MODEL SHOWS US, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN UPDATE IT, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN UPFRONT IN THOSE OTHER YEARS, BECAUSE THE OVERARCHING PURPOSE OF THAT 300 MILLION IS TO, UH, PREVENT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE SPEND THE MONEY AFTER THE FACT.

SO, UM, SO I GUESS WHAT, LIKE, SO ALL OF US, A LONG WAY OF SAYING A BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, DID YOU ALL IN YOUR BOARD MEETING, DID YOU RAISE THE ISSUE OF AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ABILITY TO UPFRONT IN THOSE OUTER YEARS? UH, YES.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

IT WAS DISCUSSED.

UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE KEY POINTS THAT DID GET DISCUSSED ABOUT THAT IS THAT THE PROJECT CONNECT AS A PLAN AS A WHOLE IS A AS AN ISSUE.

AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AS WELL IS KIND OF A MISNOMER BECAUSE IT

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PROJECT CONNECT IS REALLY A, IS REALLY A, UH, A PROGRAM OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

AND WHETHER THAT'S THE BLUE LINE, THE ORANGE LINE, THE GREEN LINE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR, OUR, OUR METRO RAPID LINES, THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, UH, FUNDS THOSE PROJECTS WITH THAT, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE.

BUT THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT, IN THE TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WAS INCLUDED WITHIN THAT TOO, THAT WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO THOSE 300 AND THAT 300 MILLION BROKEN DOWN INTO 100 MILLION FUNCHES SPREAD OUT, SPREAD OUT OVER THAT TIMELINE OR THAT 13, 13 YEAR PERIOD.

AND SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED IN THE MEETING WERE OKAY.

YES, IDEALLY WE UNDERSTAND.

AND IN FACT, IT WAS THE POINT WAS RAISED BY A COUPLE PEOPLE, HEY, IT WOULD BE IDEAL BECAUSE YOU KNOW, REAL ESTATE IN AUSTIN AIN'T CHEAP.

AND WE GET THAT.

UM, THE POINT OF THIS IS, IS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, IF WE COULD TO MAKE MONEY AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN ACT WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN AT AN EARLIER PERIOD OF TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, BEFORE PRICES GO UP AND, AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES THAT, I THINK THAT WAS FROM WHAT I, WHERE I COULD TELL THE CONSENSUS AMONG MANY MEMBERS OF THE, UH, OF THE COMMITTEE.

I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THEM ALL, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WAS A CONSENSUS.

BUT THE CONCERN THOUGH, IS THAT BECAUSE THAT MONEY AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE JUST AS MUCH IN LINE ON, YOU'VE SEEN THE GRAPH AS MUCH, WE ALL SAW THE GRAPH.

IT'S, HERE'S THIS BIG PROJECT TIMELINE WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON OVER THE NEXT 13 YEARS.

AND SO IS, UM, WE PASSED THAT WE, THE CITY COUNCIL AND CAP METRO SET THAT UP AND WE SAID, THIS IS THE PROGRAM.

THIS IS PROJECT CONNECT, AND THIS IS OUR TIMELINE.

AND WHEN WE PASS LAST SUMMER AND WE, WE PASS THAT AND WE SAID, AND THIS IS WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, AND THIS IS HOW WE WANTED TO DO IT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

AND SUBSEQUENTLY WE PASSED THE, UH, THE AGREEMENT WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH THE VOTERS.

UM, THAT'S WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.

AND WE SAID WITHIN IT THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO VARY THE TIMELINE OR VARY THE PROJECTS AT ANY POINT IN TIME OR IN ANY WAY, IF WE WANTED TO MOVE MONEY AROUND OR FRONT-LOAD SOMETHING.

AND, UH, THEN WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VARIOUS BODIES THAT, THAT CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED THE PLAN OR THAT, THAT DECIDED THE POLICY IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AT THE TIME.

AND EXAMPLE, AND I WAS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY POINTED THIS OUT AT THE MEETING AT THE ATP MEETING, I MADE THE EXAMPLE, I SAID, HEY, TAKE THE ORANGE LINE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE DOTTED LINES AT BOTH THE FAR NORTH AND THE FAR SOUTH END OF THE ORANGE LINE.

WHAT IF, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS IN TEX DOT COMES TO US AND SAYS, HEY, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.

WE'VE GOT THE MONEY WE'LL PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

IT'S VERY WELL POSSIBLE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE PR THE ATP IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR PARTNERS WITH THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AND CAMP METRO, AND HAVE A VOTE TAKEN BY BOTH BODIES TO REJIGGER THE TIMELINE, TO ALLOW FOR THAT EXTRA MONEY COMING IN AND THE CREATION OF, OR THE ADDITIONAL BUILD-OUT FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PIECES, IF THAT MONEY WERE AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

AND THE LOOK, THE WAY WE LOOKED AT THAT WITH THAT $300 MILLION IS KIND OF THE SAME WAY WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE SOMETHING.

IF WE WERE MOVING THAT MONEY AROUND TOO MUCH.

NOW THAT'S THAT SAID IT IS IN $100 MILLION TRENCHES.

AND SO THAT SECOND HUNDRED MILLION FITS WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THE THIRD MILLION, A HUNDRED MILLION WITHIN ANOTHER CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, KIND OF LIKE HOW WE JIGGERED THINGS AROUND RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT COULDN'T BE JIGGERED AROUND IN THAT NEXT PERIOD OF TIME AS WE MOVE DOWN THE ROAD.

AND WE HAVE MORE AND ABOUT AN IDEA OF WHERE WE STAND FINANCIALLY LATER, BUT IT ALL MUST BE DONE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE MASTER FINANCIAL MODEL, THE INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL THAT'S BEEN CREATED AND WHERE WE ARE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

SO JUST LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE DID IT.

AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE NOW THAN WE WERE, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS AGO WHEN WE FIRST PASSED THIS THING, THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND KIND OF JAEGER AND SAY, WE CAN TAKE SOME, SOME OF THAT MONEY OUT OF THE FIRST A HUNDRED MILLION IN FRONT LOAD.

IT, WELL, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP ARE WITH THE OTHER PROJECTS.

THE BOY DID MAKE IT DID.

IT WAS VERY WELL WELL-ESTABLISHED AND WELL SAID BY ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, PRETTY MUCH THAT, HEY, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO THINK ABOUT.

THEY WANT TO CONSIDER, THEY WANT TO LOOK AT, BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT IN SUCH A WAY AS TO INTERRUPT THE, THE OVERALL PLAN AND ENSURE FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO GO BACK AND JIGGER THINGS AROUND, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF THEY WERE TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK TO CAP METRO AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE THE POLICY.

BECAUSE AGAIN, ATP'S JOB IS TO BUILD THE PLAN THAT CITY COUNCIL AND CAP METRO BROUGHT TOGETHER.

RANDY, IF, IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING IN THAT IN TERMS OF, CAUSE I KNOW THIS GETS A LITTLE BIT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL IN NATURE.

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AND TELL ME IF I MISS ANYTHING ON THAT.

LET ME, LET ME INTERJECT.

SO THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON.

THAT'S GOOD.

UH, MY REQUEST IS THAT WE GET A BRIEFING THAT CAP THAT, UH, THAT OUR CAP METRO BOARD GETS A BRIEFING ON THE FINANCIAL MODEL BECAUSE I'M GOING TO REQUEST AS PART OF THE, UH, JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, UH, THAT IS THAT CAP METRO S UH, CAP METRO HAS TO VOTE ON.

AND SO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO REQUEST A SPECIFIC SCHEDULE REPORT PUT IN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR REVIEWING THE FINANCIAL MODEL.

SO THAT THE QUESTION OF BEING ABLE TO, UM, TO, UH, UPFRONT THE ALLOTMENT IS, IS DISCUSSED ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE WITH THE POLICY BOTTLE BODIES, UH, AS WELL AS WITH THE ITP OF COURSE, AND WITH ALL OF US ON THE SAME PAGE, OF COURSE, IN TERMS OF OUR GOAL, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, AS YOU PUT IT, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW YOU SAID IT.

UM, ERIC, BUT YOU KNOW, THE GOAL BEING TO CONTINUE, UH, WITH PROJECT CONNECT, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHEN WE DO THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT THAT SPECIFICALLY SET A SCHEDULE AND AN EXPECTATION THAT THE, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE ALLOTMENT CAN BE CHANGED IS A QUESTION FOR THE CAP METRO BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THAT AND, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO ALSO.

UM, SO I'M ASKING FOR THAT AS PART OF THE JPA FOR US ALL TO CONSIDER.

UM, AND THE OTHER SECOND THING I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT WE GET A BRIEFING, UH, THIS BOARD DOES CAP METRO BOARD GET A BRIEFING ON THAT FINANCIAL MODEL.

UM, AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION DIRECTLY WITH, UM, I GUESS IT'S WITH MR. CANALY.

UM, SO WE CAN HAVE A DIRECT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE ALLOTMENT.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE ATPS CONVERSATION.

I THINK IT WAS RIGHT ON TARGET AS YOU DESCRIBED IT.

UM, ERIC, UH, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CAP METRO BOARD TO, UH, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

I W W I WOULD SUBMIT, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, BUT THE, THE CONVERSATION WAS ALREADY HAD, THE DOCUMENT HAS TO CHANGE.

THEN WE ALL VOTED ON THAT ALREADY.

I MEAN, THE DOCUMENTS ARE, AND IN FACT, THE DOCUMENT WAS RECENTLY, AND I GUESS WE CAN RERELEASE THE DOCUMENT.

IT WAS RECENTLY SHARED RECENTLY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME.

SO BOARD MEMBERS, SO BOARD MEMBERS, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE REALLY PROCESSED QUESTIONS WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE WHAT AND THE, WHERE IT IS PRESENTED.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT, UH, THE, THE TYPE, THE ASSET MAP OF THE TYPES OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE PRODUCED BY EACH GROUP AND HOW WE REPORT TO ONE ANOTHER AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SIT TOGETHER OFFLINE WITH COUNSEL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME UNDERSTANDING, UH, THAT WE KNOW WHICH DOCUMENTS ARE PRODUCED IN, IN WHICH BODIES, UH, WHEN THOSE DOCUMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS WILL BE PRODUCED SO THAT WE CAN, UH, MAKE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE THESE TO THE, UH, TO THE APPROPRIATE SETTING AND ADDRESS THE, AND ADDRESS THE PROCESSES YOU SAID ARE IN PLACE.

I SEE RANDY HAS HIS HAND UP.

I HAVE A QUESTION CHAIR.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE.

UM, AND I, IF I'M, IF I'M OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE POSTING ITEM, THAT'S FINE.

I, I, I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T INTEND TO DO THAT, BUT MY REQUEST TO HAVE A BRIEFING ABOUT THE, UM, A LOT MEN IN THE FINANCIAL MODEL DOES NOT RELATE TO WHAT WAS ALREADY VOTED ON.

IT RELATES TO THE FUTURE.

CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY, UM, NO ISSUE AT ALL ABOUT ASKING FOR THAT'S NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GO FORWARD.

UH, THE, THE QUESTION IN MY MIND WAS MORE, UH, LET LET'S SIT DOWN AND MAKE SURE WE, UH, WE DOCUMENT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND THAT WE GIVE AND THAT WE GET THOSE THINGS ANSWERED FOR US BY COUNCIL, THAT WE'RE TOLD WHERE THE INFORMATION IS, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING IT AND WHAT FORUM WE SHOULD HAVE IT.

AND I THINK THAT, UH, ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ASKED ARE, ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTIONS AND NEED ANSWERS.

WE JUST, I THINK WE IDENTIFY THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AND WE DO THAT BY THE WAY.

CHAIR, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK THAT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE FORUM, UH, THE CAP METRO BOARD MEETING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, UH, ABOUT THE ALLOTMENT.

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SURE, SURE.

I THINK WE SHOULD PUT POST THAT IN OUR NEXT MEETING AGENDA, BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE, I MEAN, THE WAY WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION IS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE JOINT COMMITTEE TO MEET AGAIN AND, AND THEN WHATEVER RESOLUTION, UH, THAT AND WANTS TO SUBMIT TO, TO THAT DISCUSSION, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE IT THERE AND NOT THE METRO MEETINGS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON POLICY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT MONEY SO THAT WE GET CARRIED OUT, CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION THERE, WE NEED TO CHANGE ANY POLICIES.

THEN WE SHOULD DO IT THERE.

WHEN WE BOTH ARE SITTING DOWN TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, WE CAN CERTAINLY, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE DO LAY OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE LAY IT OUT IN WRITING THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS EVERYBODY ELSE'S POSITION AND THAT, AND THAT WE TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

SO, I MEAN, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS, I MEAN, WE CAN DISCUSS IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE ANY ACTION ON IT.

AT THIS POINT.

IT GETS, I THINK IT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND WE GET ALL OF THE EXPECTATIONS MANAGED.

AND WE BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD.

MR. BELIEF.

RANDY'S BEEN VERY PATIENT AND HE, YEAH, YEAH.

THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE SPEAKING, UH, UH, CHERUBIMS THREATENED.

I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING.

SO, UM, SO BOARD MEMBER THREE, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT POINT HERE BECAUSE THE ACTION TO BE TAKEN, UH, IS AROUND THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.

SO MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO, RATHER THAN BRIEFING THIS BOARD SEPARATELY, DO IT AS PART OF THE JOINT COUNCIL.

UM, UH, YEAH, METRO MEETING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ACTION OCCURS.

SO ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE POLICIES, JUST LIKE ERIC WOULD SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT HERE.

AND UNTIL WE DO HAVE A JOINT MEETING, WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.

AND I THOUGHT IT COULD BE ADDED ON IN THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING.

BUT, UH, I STILL DON'T THINK, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO POLICY THAT WE COULD BOTH GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY GREAT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFOREHAND BEFORE WE GO TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE.

DOES, DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE UNREADINESS OR IS IT MORE THAN READINESS? I'VE GOT MY HAND UP NOW.

ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.

BUTTON NUMBER FOUR.

I JUST, I AGREE WITH, UH, HOLDING IT OFF TO THE NEXT AGENDA.

I'M GLAD THAT A BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN BROUGHT IT UP.

I AGREE WITH, UM, THE CONTENT OF WHAT SHE'S SAYING NOW.

SO REMIND MYSELF ABOUT THE VALUE OF MONEY OVER TIME.

AND IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, RATHER THAN FLAT FUNDING, FIVE YEARS OF $20 MILLION EACH AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT WHOLE TRAUNCH AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME DURING THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD, BECAUSE WE MAY FIND THAT WE NEED TO SPEND ALL OF IT IN YOUR, ONE OF THE THIRD PHASE, RATHER THAN HAVING TO WAIT OR COBBLE SOMETHING ELSE TOGETHER.

I THINK WE WANT THAT NIMBLENESS AND FLEXIBILITY.

UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE PASSED WAS JUST THAT THE THREE, THE 300 MILLION WOULD BE DIVIDED UP EQUALLY, BUT NOT THAT FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAST YEAR WOULD BE FIVE, A LOT ALLOCATIONS OF THE SAME AMOUNT.

SO IF I'M WRONG ON THAT, I, I, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT, WASN'T MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT I AGREED TO, UH, WHEN THE VOTE CAME TO COUNCIL.

SO I, I, UM, YEAH, LET'S PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR FURTHER CONVERSATION.

I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JOINT MEETING WITH THE PARTNERSHIP.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WISE AND, UM, YEAH, I'LL TAKE BOARD MEMBERS ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL UNREADINESS RANDY.

YEAH, CHAIR.

UH, THANK YOU.

MAYBE THIS COULD HELP MAYBE WITH A COUPLE OF CLARITY POINTS AND THEN AGAIN, IF, UH, THE BOARD WISHES, SO I CAN CERTAINLY BRING, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BACK, UH, TO THE BOARD FOR AN AGENDA ITEM.

SO AS THE, UH, THE JOINT RESOLUTION LAST YEAR CALLED FOR A FORMATION OF THE OFFICER'S HANDS, A PARTNERSHIP TO SERVE AS A INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION TO HAVE MONEY FLOW FROM BOTH CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN INTO A SEQUENCE PLAN, THAT SEQUENCE PLAN IS TO DESIGN BUILD AND EXECUTE AND IMPLEMENT A VARIETY OF PROJECTS AS BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON, UH, ARTICULATED ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING.

THERE WAS A, UH, DETAILED WHITE PAPER THAT WAS RELEASED TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE FINANCIAL

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MODEL IN THERE.

IT ACTUALLY SHOWS TABLES OF FUNDING ALLOCATION BY YEAR, UH, POINT THAT I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE CAN MOVE ONE LEVER FOR ANY PROJECT THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THAT OTHER PROJECT.

SO THERE IS ZERO INFORMATION THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST AUGUST.

THERE WILL BE ZERO INFORMATION THAT CHANGES THAT IMPACTS THE FINANCIAL MODEL FOR ALMOST BETTER PART OF TWO MORE YEARS, UNTIL WE HAVE THE 30% DESIGN RECORD OF DECISION AND COST ESTIMATES FOR THE ORANGE BLUE LINE AND TUNNEL SYSTEM, NOTHING WILL REALLY CHANGE IN THE FINANCIAL MODEL TO ALLOW ANY, ANY ADJUSTMENT AT ALL, UM, IN THE MODEL, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MAKES UP MAJORITY OF SPEND UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL OF A FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH WILL TAKE YEARS TO COMPLETE PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE TO THREE AND A HALF YEARS AT THE BEST TO COMPLETE UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FEDS ARE GOING TO DO WITH THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION, WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S OUT OF FUNDING SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.

AND WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN DC.

UM, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE OBVIOUSLY MODELING ANY ASSUMPTIONS.

SO, UH, SECONDARILY WE CALL FOR HAVING OBVIOUSLY ATP WE'LL DO A BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SO THAT BUDGET EVERY YEAR WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE FINANCIAL MODEL THAT DRIVES THE BUDGET.

AND SO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, COMING UP THE ATP WILL BE BASICALLY, I WANT TO SAY SPREADSHEET CUT AND PASTE, BUT PRETTY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S JUST STRAIGHT OUT OF THE FINANCIAL MODEL.

THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE PUTS.

THESE ARE THE TAKES THEY JOINT RESOLUTION CALLED FOR QUARTERLY UPDATES OF WHICH I THINK BOARD MEMBERS SHOT AND IS ACTUALLY GIVING MONTHLY UPDATES.

AND I BELIEVE MAYOR ADLER HAS PROVIDED MEMOS FROM THE ATP TO THE COUNCIL.

I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE.

AND THEN IT CALLS FOR AN ANNUAL MEETING, UH, TO BE HELD IN DECEMBER OF WHICH AT THAT POINT THERE'LL BE A MANAGEMENT REPORT THAT WOULD GO OVER ALL OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIALS AND, UM, AND OUTCOMES FOR THE YEAR AND THE YEAR LOOK AHEAD AND THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR REPORTING TO THE ATP BOARD THAT WOULD REPORT OUT ON ANY AUDIT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT AN AUDIT PROGRAM AND ANY FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS, ET CETERA.

SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS FOR THAT ANNUAL, UH, TRI-PARTY MEETING TO REPORT OUT AND GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

SO TO THAT END, IF, IF THIS, IF THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE, UH, FOR ME TO BRING, UH, TECHNICAL INFORMATION TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING OR ANOTHER BOARD MEETING TO REPRESENT THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT WAS DONE LAST SUMMER, AND WITH THAT, UH, INTEGRATED WHITE PAPER, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

THERE'LL BE THE ZERO CHANGE FROM, FROM THE MODEL ITSELF, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO REVIEW THE ACTUAL WHITE PAPER AND THE FINANCIAL MODEL THAT WENT INTO THE CREATION OF THE DOCUMENTS LIKE THE SUMMER.

IS THAT THE, UM, THAT THE, UH, POLICY BODIES WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT ALLOTMENT.

WE'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

LET'S RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN FIRST, AND THEN BOARD MEMBER POOL.

UM, OKAY.

UM, UH, THANK YOU.

UM, MR. CLARK, I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, YES.

I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION BROUGHT TO THE, TO THE BOARD THE NEXT TIME, SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MODEL.

THE MODEL WAS NEVER REALLY PRESENTED IN A FORUM WHERE WE COULD KIND OF TALK THROUGH IT.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, AND I ALSO THINK THAT, UH, IT'S THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT WILL SET OUR COURSE FORWARD.

UH, THE RESOLUTION DOES SET UP THOSE REVIEW, UM, TIMEFRAMES THAT YOU MENTIONED, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL, I THINK, BUT, UH, ALL I'M SAYING IT IS IN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NOTHING IN WRITING THAT SAYS THAT THIS ALLOTMENT WILL BE RECONSIDERED, UH, EVERY BUDGET YEAR.

AND THAT WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS POLICY MAKERS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE APPROPRIATE ALLOTMENT IS.

UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN OUR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT ABOUT WHEN AND HOW OFTEN WE WILL REVISIT THE ALLOTMENT.

THE AMOUNT OF THAT ALLOTMENT WAS NOT SET UNTIL THIS UNTIL, UH, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE JUST AGREED UPON.

IT WAS JUST A HUNDRED BUCKETS.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US ALL TO HAVE.

AND SO, UH, AND ALL TO UNDERSTAND.

AND, UM, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC.

I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT THERE'S NOT AN EXPECTATION THAT THE NUMBERS WOULD CHANGE IN THAT MODEL FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THAT'S FINE.

UH, BUT WE NEED TO SPECIFY, I THINK WE NEED TO SPECIFY IN WRITING WHEN IT IS AND HOW IT IS AND WHAT THE PROCESS

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THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

SO, UM, ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT.

I SEE A C BOARD MEMBER POOL.

THANKS CHAIR.

AND, UM, I JUST, I JUST THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONCE WE DEFINE WHAT IT IS, EACH OF US WANTS AND WHAT FORM WE WANT TO SEE IT IN, THEN WE CAN, THEN WE CAN DETERMINE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

AND WHAT I WOULD SAY TO MR. CLARK IS THAT 20, 20, 20, 20, 20 ALLOCATION, WASN'T PART OF WHAT WE VOTED ON WHEN THE COUNCIL VOTED ON IT.

SO I WAS JUST SAYING LIKE, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? IF THAT WAS NOT A CHANGE THAT WAS MADE BY THE PARTNERSHIP, THEN WHO MADE THAT CHANGE? SO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND AGAIN, THE VALUE OF MONEY OVER TIME IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP TOP OF MIND.

IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE THIRD, FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE WE MAY NEED TO SPEND IT ALL.

AND THAT MONEY HAS DECLINED IN VALUE OVER THE 10 YEARS, BY THE TIME WE GET TO IT.

SO, UM, SO THAT'S, UH, WHY WE ALL WANT TO HAVE THAT PRESENT.

AND I GUESS ALL OF THIS GOES EVEN MORE FULLY TO EARLIER REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, OUR STAFF, OUR SPECIFICALLY OUR FINANCIAL STAFF, MR. CANALY COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THE DOCUMENTS ARE, HOW THE FUNDING AND WHAT THE FUNDING STATUS IS AND THE FINANCIALS AND BOARD MEMBER POOL.

I, UH, I CAN BRING MORE INFORMATION.

WE'LL BRING CAP, METRO STAFF TO GAIN RESPONSIBLE THE CAP METRO BOARD.

AND I CAN REQUEST STAFF FROM OTHER AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE CFO AT CAP METRO, UH, ON THAT.

BUT, UM, I'M NOT I'M, AND AGAIN, MAYBE YOU AND I CAN CATCH UP ON THIS LATER, BUT I'M NOT THERE WASN'T AN ACTUAL CHANGE.

SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFUSION.

AND, AND I APOLOGIZE.

UM, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN IS REMINDING ME THAT THE FIVE 20 MILLION ALLOCATIONS WERE INDEED PART OF THAT FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT.

AND I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT.

SO I, I'M SORRY.

IN ERROR.

I THINK THE BEST THING FOR ALL OF US WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO ACCELERATE ANY OF THESE COMPONENTS.

I JUST CAUTION EVERYONE THAT, UH, SOUND TRANSIT CAME OUT PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, LESS THAN A MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS AGO WITH A BILLION DOLLARS, THEY'RE OVER BUDGET BY A BILLION DOLLARS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, COST ESCALATION IS A REAL CONCERN.

FEDERAL SHARE IS A REAL CONCERN.

UH, LET'S HOPE THIS ADMINISTRATION CONGRESS COME UP WITH AN INCREDIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE AT SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BILL THAT WILL PROVIDE A THROUGH FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP.

UM, AND THEN, AND THEN THESE CONVERSATIONS, I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE SOME, A LOT MORE ABILITY TO MOVE A LOT OF THINGS AROUND, HOPEFULLY.

UH, BUT I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST, UM, CAUTION EVERYONE THAT THE COST ESTIMATES ON THESE PROJECTS ARE SIGNIFICANT.

AND, UH, WE, AS A COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH DIFFICULT TRADE-OFF CONVERSATIONS WHERE THE GREATEST DESIGN OF A, OF A STATION OR AN AREA MAY COSTS AN EXTRA A HUNDRED, $200 MILLION.

AND THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S ONLY $1 TO SPEND FOR PER DOLLAR.

AND SO THESE ARE ALL PART OF THAT LARGER TRADE-OFF CONVERSATION THAT WALK THE HAVE OVER OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT DECADE.

WELL, LET ME, LET ME JUST INTERJECT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OFFLINE.

LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS IN WRITING SO THAT WE CAN, UH, WORK FLOW WHATEVER'S NECESSARY AND DETERMINE WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS COMING FROM.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT IN THIS MEETING.

UH, BUT I, I SEE THAT BOARD MEMBER STRATTON WANTS TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT AS WELL.

PLEASE GO AHEAD.

BOARD MEMBER STRATTON.

WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD AS THE REPRESENTATIVE BACK TO ATP, UM, KIND OF WHAT THE, THE DIRECTION OF, OF THIS BODY WAS GETTING AT, BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS HERE, UM, IS THE FEELING OF THE CABINET FOR A BOARD THAT, UM, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THE, I GUESS, THE INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SETTING TIMELINES OR POINTS IN TO LOOK AT THIS AND THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE ALEC, THE TIMELINE AND ALLOCATION OF PROJECT FUNDING FOR THE, THE ORANGE LINE AND FOR THE BLUE LINE AND FOR THE, THE TUNNEL PROJECT AND THE UPGRADES TO THE RED LINE.

AND ALSO FOR THE, THE, THE METRO ACTS, THE, UH, UH, METRO RAPID PROJECTS AS WELL.

UM, I THINK IF, I THINK IF WE COMMIT, IF WE COMMIT EVERY ASPECT TO PAPER, THEN IT WILL BE CLEAR, WHATEVER WHAT EVERYBODY'S ASKING FOR.

AND THEN WE CAN DETERMINE WHICH BODY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING THAT, UH, WHEN IT SHOULD BE PRODUCED, IF IT SHOULD BE PRODUCED BEFORE A MEETING, AFTER A MEETING, WHAT THAT PROCESS, I THINK THESE ARE ALL PROCESSED QUESTIONS.

ULTIMATELY, WE IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT WE WANT, WHERE THOSE THINGS COME FROM, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR.

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I SEE BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN HAS ANOTHER QUESTION.

NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT, YES, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CHAIR, AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SIT AROUND AND WRITING WHAT I, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC TO, TO WHAT I WAS RAISING TODAY.

AND I THINK THAT'LL MAKE IT CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY AND WE CAN GET A, AN APPROPRIATE AND COMPLETE ANSWER FOR YOU.

I THINK ANY, ANY TIME LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ARE, ARE LAID OUT.

UH, WE IDENTIFY THE PLACES WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS BEING KEPT.

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING IT AND HOW WE GAIN ACCESS TO STRAIGHTFORWARD DEAL.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, LET'S MOVE ON INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS. UM, AND WE'VE GOT THREE ACTION ITEMS ON BOARD TODAY, STARTING WITH THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY PUBLIC HEARING AND BOARD MEETING.

[IV. 1. Approval of minutes from the January 25, 2021 Public Hearing and January 25, 2021 Board Meeting.]

UM, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN THEM OCEAN TO ACCEPT, UM, THOSE, THOSE, UH, MINUTES I'LL MOVE AND COUNTS.

UM, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

IS THERE A SECOND? I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY.

I CAN ONLY SEE KNOTS.

IS THAT, IS, IS THAT A BOARD MEMBER HILL? YES.

I DIDN'T SEE THE BAYLOR AD.

I GOT, I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU.

UH, HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY PUBLIC HEARING AND THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THIRD TIME? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE? UH, LET'S TAKE THIS AS A VOICE VOTE.

UH, AND IF EVERYONE WHO IS VOTING WITH TURN THEIR CAMERAS ON A BOARD MEMBER HILL, UM, BOARD MEMBER, RENTER, MARIA, RIGHT BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN, BOARD MEMBER, POOL, BOARD MEMBER MITCHELL, UH, TH THE CHAIRS AREN'T AVAILABLE, BUT, UM, THE VICE CHAIR OF VOTES, I IN FEBRUARY, THE MOTION MOTION CARRIES, UH, WITH A, UH, SIX TO ZERO BOOK WITH, WITH, UH, WITH BOARD MEMBER COOPER BEING, UH, BEING HANDED THE MEETING TODAY.

I HAVE THE SALAD.

I THINK IT WAS SEVEN TO ZERO.

MR. CHAIR.

UH, I, I LEFT MYSELF OUT.

FORGIVE ME.

COMMISSIONS DESIGNEE IS ALBERTO MAHEA.

SO SEVEN ZERO, UH, WITH THE CHAIRMAN BEING AWAY FOR THE MEETING.

[IV. 2. Appointment of members of the Project Connect Community Advisory Committee.]

RIGHT.

UM, SECOND ACTION ITEM IS AN APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS, UM, TO THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.

I THINK JACKIE NURNBERG IS GONNA PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION THERE.

YES, GOOD AFTERNOON FOR CHAIRMAN CIVILIAN BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CLARK, UM, IS MY PLEASURE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU THE NOMINATING COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

AND AS YOU RECALL, THIS WAS BORN OUT OF A, AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, THAT CREATED ATP BACK IN DECEMBER 18TH, THAT CALLED FOR THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, TO ADVISE AND ENGAGE ON MATTERS OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND EQUITY RELATED TO PROJECT AS WELL, UH, AT CONNECT AS WELL AS TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY COUNTY, UH, CITY COUNCIL IN THE CREATION AND EVALUATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES, AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS RELATED TO EQUITY AND DISPLACEMENT AND TRIGGERS THEREOF.

SO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 64 APPLICATIONS, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UM, AND YOU SEE THEM UP ON YOUR SCREEN, IF YOU RECALL.

UM, THERE WERE FIVE MEMBERS THAT WERE TO BE DESIGNATED BY A VARIETY OF COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THE CAP, METRO CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ALSO KNOWN AS SEASICK WHO NOMINATED DAVID SHAPIRO, UH, THE CAP METRO ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOMINATED OTMAR PHONER.

UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, LIKE YES, THE COMMITTEE WITH, FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND, UH, THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, WHICH SHOULD BE COMING IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

UM, SO THE OPEN APPLICATION APPOINTMENTS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE ARE SUSANNA ALMANZA A VISA SHALL PAULA CONNOLLY, JEREMY HENDRIX, GRETCHEN FLATO THEATER, FONG, RENEE LOPEZ, BRIANA SNITCH, LER, AND EX-OFFICIO MEMBER ALEX CARTER.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, MS. NURNBERG FOR, FOR, UH, THE COMMITTEE REPORT, UM, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MR. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN.

YES, THAT'S THE QUESTION.

UH, CAN WE GET THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND THEN HANDLE THE QUESTIONS DURING DISCUSSION? OH, SORRY.

SURE.

I SO MOVE, THIS IS A, UH, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN THAT WE PASS THIS, OR THE COLUMBUS METRO SECONDS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED, UH, THAT WE, UH, RECEIVED AN ACT ON THE REPORT, UH, FROM THE PROJECT CONNECT.

CAN WE ARGUE IN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UH, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN? OH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, UH, I WANTED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK THE WORK OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.

UM, AND I WAS, AS A, AS JACKIE NURNBERG SAID, WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, SO MANY APPLICANTS.

UH, WE PROVIDED INFORMATION IN THE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE APPLICANTS AND THE INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED.

WE WERE CHARGED WITH.

UM, WE WERE CHARGED WITH, UM, REALLY PUTTING TOGETHER A DIVERSE GROUP THAT REPRESENTED ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THESE FOLKS.

UM, AND SO WE, WE HAD A REPORT THAT'S IN YOUR, UM, UH, THAT'S IN YOUR BACKUP THAT SPEAKS TO OUR REASONING FOR RECOMMENDING, UM, THESE, UH, APPOINTMENTS.

AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT TO, TO MAKE THE MOTION, ALWAYS MY COLLEAGUES TO, TO BRING THIS FORWARD AND TO APPROVE THIS, UH, THIS GROUP OF APPOINTMENTS.

A BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT, UH, THAT YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM DID, UH, EXCEPTIONAL WORK AND OFTENTIMES, UH, AWAY FROM BUSINESS HOURS.

SO, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON, UM, RECOGNIZE YOU.

YES, THANK MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE, UH, THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE AND ECHO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, BOARD MEMBER KITCHENS COMMENTS.

UM, I LOOKED OVER THE APPLICATIONS FOR ALL OF THE, UH, THE OAKLAND APPLICATION APPOINTEES THAT WERE PROPOSED.

I THINK IT IS A VERY DIVERSE GROUP THAT REPRESENTS, UH, THAT REPRESENTS THE DIVERSE INTERESTS OF OUR CITY.

UH, LOVE THE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS THAT THEY PROVIDED.

MY QUESTION IS MORE PROCEDURAL.

I ALMOST HATE TO ASK THIS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING EVERYTHING APPROPRIATELY AND AREN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT COULD COME BACK TO BITE US LATER.

THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR JACKIE JACKIE, AS THE, THE, THE MEMBER OF CAP METRO BOARD, WHO ALSO SERVES ON ATP.

I BELIEVE WE APPROVE THE COMMITTEE CHARTERS AT OUR LAST MEETING.

UM, JACKIE, DOES THE COMMITTEE CHARTER OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALLOW FOR AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER? YES, IT DOES.

IT'S, IT'S POTTED UP TO ALLOW THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

JUST FOR THE RECORD I, DR.

CORNER'S RESUME WAS EXEMPLARY AND I VERY MUCH AM GLAD THAT HE WANTS TO BE A PART OF THIS.

THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST HIM.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY DIDN'T COME BACK AT US LATER AND GO, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

DOT.DOT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT GROUP.

THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE SOME REALLY GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO APPROPRIATELY ENSURE, UM, THE, THE, THE, UH, REALLY GOOD USE OF THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL DID TO PULL THIS GROUP TOGETHER.

AND I'M, I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS GROUP AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PROCEDURES WERE TAKEN CARE OF.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THING I WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW IS THAT WE ALSO AT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE, THE SLATE OF FOLKS, UM, AT OUR MEETING LAST THURSDAY.

BOARD MEMBER STRATTON.

IT LOOKS LIKE BOARD MEMBER POOL.

AS A QUESTION.

I DON'T, I JUST HAD A COMMENT.

I WANTED TWO THINGS.

I WANTED TO SAY HOW MUCH I ENJOYED BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE.

IT WAS LIKE A REALLY GOOD IMMERSION INTO THE WORK MOVING FORWARD WITH PROJECT CONNECT.

IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY A NICE VANTAGE POINT.

UM, BUT THE OTHER

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SO I THINK WE ARE CLOSE TO LIKE REALLY KICKING THIS OFF IN A BIG WAY.

AND, UM, I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE GROUP THAT WE'VE ASSEMBLED.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BOARD MEMBER POOL.

UM, THERE HAD BEEN A PERSON WHO, UH, WAS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING.

I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A NOTE THAT HE IS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN SPEAKING THIS TO TOM WONG.

UH, SO, UM, I'M GOING TO ASK WHETHER THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM CHAIR.

YES.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE, THE NOMINATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UM, I JUST WANT, ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT YOU DO HAVE MY SISTER ON THAT.

I BELIEVE WE ALSO JUST SUPPORTED HER TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT I'M IN COMMISSION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TWO MEMBERS FROM THE CDC THERE BE LOOKING ALL OUR FEDERAL MONEY FOR HOUSING.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PLUS.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FOR, FOR THE REMINDER AND THE COMMENT, UM, ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, ANY ADDITION, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.

UH, LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE, UH, BOARD MEMBER HILL, UH, BOARD MEMBER, RENTERIA, BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN, BOARD MEMBER POOL.

HI, UH, BOARD MEMBER, MITCHELL, I OR A MEMBER COOPER IS AWAY FROM THE DYES AND, AND I WILL, UM, VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY AS WELL, WHICH WILL MAKE A SEVEN TO ZERO VOTE WITH CHAIR BEING AWAY FROM THE DOCS.

UM, MOTION CARRIES.

[IV. 3. Approval of a contract with SmartMail of Austin, Inc. for Literature Distribution Services.]

UH, FOR LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES.

UH, THE THIRD ITEM OF, FOR THE DAY ON ACTION ITEMS IS THE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH SMART MAIL AUSTIN.

IS BRIAN CARTER AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION? YES, SIR.

I'M HERE.

ALL RIGHT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

VICE CHAIR, PAVILION BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CLARK.

UH, MY NAME IS BRIAN CARTER AND I'M YOUR EVP AND CHIEF EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT OFFICER FOR CAP METRO.

SO BEFORE I PRESENT MY ITEM TODAY, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SINCE OUR LAST PRESIDENT TO YOU, PRESIDENT CLARK HAS ASKED ME TO GIVE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TO SO NEW, UH, DEPARTMENTS.

SO IN ADDITION TO OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, WHICH I NORMALLY REPRESENT AND HAVE BEEN REPRESENTING TO YOU, UM, I'M NOW OVERSEEING THE CUSTOMER CARE AND CONTACT CENTER AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAMS. SO IN THE FUTURE, I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING, UH, AGENCY EFFORTS IN THOSE AREAS TO YOU FOR ITEMS AND FOR REPORTS.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD WAS, WAS GOOD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING SOME NEW TOPICS FOR ME, BUT TODAY I'M SEEKING YOUR ADULATION.

IT'S AN HONOR.

UH, TODAY I'M SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL FOR A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION SERVICE WITH SMART MAIL AUSTIN, AS IT'S INCLUDED IN THAT BUSINESS CASE, AND THIS RESOLUTION CAP, METRO CUSTOMERS OF COURSE RELY UPON A VARIETY OF INFORMATION IN PRINT FORM TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM AND STAY INFORMED OF NEWS AND NEW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN THOSE BROCHURES AND MAPS ON OUR BUSES AND AT THE TRANSIT STORE.

I DID HAVE A LITTLE SHOW AND TELL.

SO IN CASE YOU, IN CASE YOU NEED A REMINDER OF THE TYPES OF OFF, UH, ITEMS THAT WE OFFER ON OUR SERVICES, JUST A FEW THINGS HERE FROM MAPS TO THINGS LIKE OUR, OUR MOBILE APP TO, UM, SPECIAL EVENT SERVICES LIKE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.

UH, WE PRODUCE A LOT OF THESE EACH YEAR TO THE TUNE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THAT GO OUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

AND THAT LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION HAS BEEN OUTSOURCED SINCE 2007.

UH, SINCE THAT TIME, THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN INVALUABLE AND KEEPING THE PRINT COLLATERAL READILY AVAILABLE ON OUR VEHICLES, STATIONS, TRANSIT STORES, EVEN AT OUR CAP MEASURE OFFICES, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO 29, 10, WE HAVE A RACK THERE AS WELL.

UH, WE RELY UPON THIS CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE SPACE AND INVENTORY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE SCHEDULES AND MAPS AND OUR OWN CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TEAM DOES REGULAR AUDITS OF THOSE LITERATURE RACKS TO MAKE SURE THE CONTRACTOR HAS, UH, FULFILLED ALL THOSE LOCATIONS AND SEND THAT THEY'RE, WELL-STOCKED A DEMAND FOR LITERATURE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN CONSISTENT AND EVEN, UM, THROUGHOUT THE, THE, UM, DIMINISHED RIDERSHIP FOR COVID-19.

SO WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE STILL USING OUR, UH, OUR MAPS AND BROCHURES AS,

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AS NECESSARY PIECES.

AND SO THESE SERVICES ARE STILL A VITAL PART OF US PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO OUR CUSTOMERS, BY KEEPING THEM INFORMED OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

SO SMART MAIL AUSTIN IS THE INCUMBENT VENDOR FOR THIS CONTRACT, AND THE FIRM HAS SATISFIED OUR DBE SBE PARTICIPATION GOAL.

THIS AWARD IS FOR A, DO NOT EXCEED AMOUNT OF $245,705 FOR A BASE ONE-YEAR AMOUNT WITH FOUR OPTION YEARS NOT TO EXCEED A 1,282,565 FUNDING FOR THIS ACTION IS AVAILABLE IN THE FYI 21 OPERATING BUDGET.

AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE ON SMART.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, IF, IF NOT, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CDI, MR. OKAY, GO AHEAD.

UM, BOARD MOVES, STRATTON, JUST CURIOUS, BRIAN.

UM, DO WE, DO WE PRODUCE THAT IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES? WE, WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THIS THAT ARE PRODUCED IN BOTH LANGUAGES.

SO INSTEAD OF DOING TWO SEPARATE PIECES, WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SINGLE PIECE WITH BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

UM, ALL RIGHT, CHERYL ENTERTAIN.

THE MOTION IS THAT BOARD MEMBER HILL MITCHELL.

OH, THAT'S ALRIGHT.

AND, UM, OR BOARD MEMBER RETRO MARIA, RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.

UH, LET'S TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

UM, BOARD MEMBER HILL, BOARD MEMBER RENTERIA.

BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN, BOARD MEMBER, POOL, BOARD MEMBER, UH, MITCHELL AND BOARD MEMBER.

COOPER'S NOT AVAILABLE.

UH, THE CHAIR WILL VOTE AYE AS WELL, UH, FOR A SEVEN ZERO VOTE WITHOUT BOARD, WITHOUT BOARD MEMBER COOPER BEING ON THE DICE.

UM, MOTION CARRIES.

METRO RAIL RED LINE UPDATE, UH, WILL COME FROM, UH, FROM SHARMILA.

UH, LET'S SEE THAT THAT ADDRESSES ALL OF THE ACTION ITEMS TODAY.

UH, WE WILL HAVE TWO REMAINING DISCUSSION ITEMS FOLLOWED BY OUR PRESIDENTS REPORT.

UM, THE, THE, UM, METRO METRO

[VII. 2. MetroRail Red Line Update]

ARE YOU AVAILABLE? YES.

UM, THANK YOU.

VICE SHIRT.

TREVELYAN UM, THIS NEW CLARK AND THE BOARD MEMBERS.

UM, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, UM, ALONG RED LINE.

AND, UM, THEN, UH, I'M EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AT CAP METRO.

I USUALLY FORGET TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, BUT I I'M GOING TO START TO MAKE A PRACTICE OF THAT.

UM, SO THAT IS, THAT WAS MY INTRODUCTORY SLIDE ED.

UM, IF YOU WOULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD, HEARD ABOUT THIS STATION PROJECTS EARLIER DISCUSSIONS, AND THEN MAYBE AWARE OF SOME OF THE TRACK PROJECTS AS WELL, BUT HERE'S OUR AGENDA TODAY KIND OF GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF RED LINE THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD, UM, AND AT DIFFERENT PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT.

SO I WANTED TO START WITH THE PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH THAT WE ARE TAKING WITH THE SCHEDULE, A SCHEDULE OPTIMIZATION WORK THAT'S MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR CONSULTANT.

UM, LTK WITH, UM, THEY'RE DOING AN OPTIMIZATION STUDY ON ALL, UH, THE ENTIRE, UH, RED LINE AND WITH THE GOAL OF TRANSITIONING TO REGIONAL RAIL, TO REGIONAL RAIL FROM A MORE COMMUTER RAIL MODEL, UM, REGIONAL RAIL AND COMMUTER RAIL ARE BOTH PASSENGER RAIL.

IT'S JUST, IT'S THE DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY.

AND THE GOAL IS ESSENTIALLY MAKING, UM, I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE THAT OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO IMPROVE FREQUENCY TO 15 MINUTES OR BETTER.

UH, THE TWO STATION PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN EARLIER UPDATES ON.

I WANTED TO TOUCH UPON AND GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE, WHERE THOSE ARE.

WE ARE, UH, DEVELOPING OUTREACH PLAN FOR MCCULLOUGH STATION.

IT'S TARGETED FOR AUGUST WITH AN WEB, UM, UH, WEBPAGE THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN, UM, LATE APRIL.

I MEAN, THAT'S OUR TARGET.

AND THEN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OPTIONS.

WE ARE EVALUATING THAT UNDERSTANDING WHERE THINGS ARE WITH MCKELLA AND ONGOING DISCUSSION

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WITH AUSTIN FC BROADMORE TRACK DESIGN WAS DONE TO ADDRESS OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITIES ALONG RED LINE.

AND THAT WAS DONE SPECIFICALLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE TWO STATION PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE GOING ALONGSIDE AT DIFFERENT PHASES OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT RED LINE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE AND FULL STEAM TRACK IMPROVEMENTS, LAKELINE TO LEANDER DOUBLETRACK DESIGN IS IT'S COMPLETE PROCUREMENT FOR THE NEXT PHASE IS BEING DEVELOPED AND MULTIMODAL COORDINATION COORDINATING WITH CITY OF AUSTIN OR BIN TRAILS AND REDLINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE ON THE RED LINE PARKWAY PLAN.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SCHEDULE OPTIMIZATION.

THAT'S OUR BROADER OVERALL PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH THAT WE ARE TAKING DAVE DECK, OUR VP OF RAIL, AND I ARE WORKING ON THAT.

AND OUR PLANNING AND SCHEDULING TEAM IS VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED AS THAT, IN THAT EFFORT AS WELL.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE FREQUENCY, TO BETTER SERVE THE CORRIDOR.

UH, THE GOAL IS A 15 MINUTE FREQUENCY OR BETTER MANAGE FREIGHT AND REGIONAL RAIL NEEDS ON THIS CONSTRAINT CORRIDOR, AND THEN ADDRESS NEEDS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS WITH AUSTIN FC, UM, COMING ALIVE AND SOON.

AND, UH, WE ARE PREPARING FOR THAT, UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT WITH BUS BASED OPTION AND, UH, FUTURE-PROOFING THAT WITH THE NEW NEW STATION AND TRACKING IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAY GO ALONGSIDE SERVE AS DOING BROAD AND MCCULLOUGH CONSTRUCTION, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT TYPE OF OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITIES, BOTH PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATION BASED SYSTEM NEEDS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, AND THEN IDENTIFY OUR LONGER-TERM PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

THAT'S GOING TO GET RED LINE READY FOR WHAT VIN LINE WOULD NEED TO BE WHEN IT GROWS OUT.

UM, THAT RED LINE OPTIMIZATION UPDATE, UH, WOULD BE, WE EXPECT THAT IT'LL BE READY FOR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE'S REVIEW IN JUNE.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME, WE CAN DISCUSS SOME OF THESE BROAD SCENARIOS THAT I TOUCHED UPON TODAY.

AND REDLINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE.

SO MICHELA STATION AT AUSTIN NEXT, SEE WE'RE IN A HEAVY THROWS UP COORDINATION WITH AUSTIN FC.

UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, FTA ON THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DUE DILIGENCE AND A CLASS OF ACTION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THAT.

WE, IT IS A CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.

WE HAVE RECEIVED GUIDANCE TO THAT, AND THAT IS A NECESSARY STEP TO HAVE TO GET INTO THAT NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN IS IN DEVELOPMENT.

AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE FIRST SLIDE, AND THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME ON THAT NEXT SLIDE, MORE STATION TRACK DESIGNED TO ADDRESS OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITIES, NEARLY COMPLETE PERMITTING PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON, AND IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERWAY AT THE MOMENT COORDINATION ONGOING WITH NEIGHBORING SCHWAB ON IMPROVED DRAINAGE SOLUTION AND GROUNDBREAKING IS COMING SOON.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO REPORT ON THAT AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ON SOME GOOD NEWS ON GROUNDBREAKING SOON.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND THIS SLIDE CAPTURES ALL OF THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES ALONG RED LINE.

ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING MANAGED BY DAVE DECK, AND HE'S KIND ENOUGH.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I WILL GO OVER THEM, UM, IN, IN, IN THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL.

SO THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, REPLACING FOUR SHORT SPAN BRIDGES BETWEEN OUR SHORT SPAN BRIDGES BETWEEN LAKELAND AND LEANDER WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE COVER, GREAT PROCESSING.

UM, WE ARE REMOVING AND REPLACING FIVE, UM, A MINIMUM OF FIVE CROSSINGS.

AND THESE ARE THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES WITH REAL PANEL AND PAVING.

UM, THE 20 CROSSINGS AS PART OF OUR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROGRAM, AS DAVE MENTIONED THIS TO ME EARLIER TODAY, THAT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY ADDRESSING THE BRAIN OF THE SYSTEM.

THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS UPGRADE THAT WOULD ALLOW REDLINE TO FUNCTION OPERATIONALLY BETTER SIGNAL BLOCK CUTS.

UM, SO THE BLOCKS ARE THE SEC, THE SECTIONS THAT THE SINGLE UPGRADES ARE ASSOCIATED TO, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO INSTALL SINGLE CUT SECTIONS, AF TECH LUBECK DEVICES.

THAT IS ANOTHER FORM OF CUT SECTION.

THIS IS A CHEAPER OPTION AND SOFTWARE UPDATES TO IMPROVE VELOCITY, WHICH IS SPEED UNDER CUTTING.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO UNDERCUT ONE, ONE AND A HALF MILES TO ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES PER YEAR TO OVERALL IMPROVE THE BALLAST CONDITIONS, DRAINAGE AND SURFACE ALONG RED LINE AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, URBAN TRAIL ALONG DEADLINE.

WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND I WANTED TO GIVE SHOUT OUT TO, UH, UH, ONE OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF MY TEAM RULES, LISKA, WHO HAS TAKEN AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THAT.

SHE'S AN AVID BICYCLIST AS WELL.

WE ESTABLISH MONTHLY TRI-PARTY COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH CAP METRO CITY OF AUSTIN, URBAN TRAILS

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AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL HOST A PUBLIC PRESENTATION BY BLIND PARKWAY ON APRIL, APRIL 23RD.

ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S MOVED TO APRIL 22ND.

UM, THE AFTERNOON BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR AND CAPITOL METRO AT THAT EVENT WOULD PROVIDE, UM, OVERVIEW OF ALL CURRENT RED LINE REAL PROJECTS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, ALL THE MATERIAL, UM, UPDATES AND CITY OF BOSTON, URBAN TRAILS.

OUR PARTNER IN THIS WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT AND FUTURE URBAN TRAIL PLAN AS IT RELATES TO THE DEADLINE.

I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.

AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS.

BOARD MEMBER STANTON.

UH, YES.

AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR, UH, DAVE DECK, BUT, UH, ONCE THE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED AND, AND I GUESS DATA GOOD REPAIR, THE, THE, UH, BRIDGE HAS DONE THE DOUBLE TRACKING DONE.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR 15 MINUTES.

I KNOW IT WAS KIND OF THE TARGET FOR, UH, UH, FOR, UH, FREQUENCY.

UM, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR, UM, I GUESS FOR THE SPEED OR VELOCITY? CAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW, AS I'VE BEEN KIND OF WATCHING THINGS OUT HERE, I REALIZE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT REALLY MOVING ALONG THAT QUICKLY.

IT SEEMS LIKE AT SOMETIMES BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE THAT MAY BE WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

WE'RE DOING SOME OF THE, THE, THE, THE REPAIR WORK, THE UPGRADES, THE OPTIMIZATIONS AT THIS TIME.

UM, WHAT, WHAT IS KIND OF THE TARGET SPEED THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THE RED LINE UP TO IN THE, I GUESS THE LONG RUN? WELL, I TH UH, BOARD MEMBERS FELT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR OUR CONSULTANTS TO HELP US OUT HERE WITH THE RED LINE OPTIMIZATION STUDY.

I MEAN, WE, I HAVE THINGS IN MY HEAD TO KIND OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH WITH THE CUT SECTIONS AND THE AZTECS TO TRY TO OPTIMIZE SPEEDS, UH, IN THE WORLD WE'RE LIVING WITH NOW WITH POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL.

I MEAN, I, I, I NEED TO GET THIS LINE DOWN TO WHERE, FROM WHERE YOU'RE GOING FROM END TO END IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GET THERE EVENTUALLY, UH, OR BETTER.

UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT.

I MEAN, IF SOME OF THEM WERE PRETTY OBVIOUS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE PUT A CUT SECTION IN AROUND THE BRUSHY CREEK BRIDGE AND AREA.

I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, WE, BECAUSE OF THE CURVATURE IN THERE, WE GO VERY SLOW ACROSS THAT BRIDGE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE WE'RE PUTTING A CUT SECTION SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE OUR SPEED ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE, UH, SOONER THAN WE CAN NOW.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS.

AND SO WE'RE PILING THOSE THINGS TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MEET FOR ME TO GIVE YOU A CONCRETE NUMBER, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, SOME HELP HERE FOR CONSULTANTS TO BE ABLE TO, TO TELL US WHAT IS, WHAT IS REALLY ACHIEVABLE.

BUT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S ALL PART OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

I LIKED, I LIKED HOW CHARMELLA PUT THAT WHEN THE RED LINE GROWS UP, WE'RE WORKING TO GET THE RED LINE GROWING UP.

I'M GOING TO USE THAT WHEN I GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT, UM, AS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, UM, DID THAT, I UNDERSTOOD, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY.

WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THAT DOUBLE TRACKING IN PLACE BETWEEN LAKE LINE AND LEANDER.

SO THAT'S A SIDING IT'S ABOUT A 6,000 6,500 FOOT PASSING SIDING.

SO IT'S, WE REALLY, I THINK WE MISS NAMED THE PROJECT WHEN WE SAY LAKE GLEN AND LEANDER DOES THAT INVERSE.

I WOULD INFER THAT THAT'S A VERY LONG SEGMENT DOUBLETRACK, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A PASSING SIDING ABOUT A 65, 6,600 FEET WILL BE IN THE CEDAR PARK AREA, UH, AROUND PARK STREET AND DISCOVERY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SHORTEN THAT SEGMENT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY OUR LONGEST PIECE OF DOUBLETREE OR A SINGLE TRACK, WHICH HAS 11 MILES AND CUT THAT ESSENTIALLY IN HALF.

SO THAT WILL INCREASE AND OPTIMIZE, UH, THE ABILITY TO ALLOW FOLKS COMING OUT OF LEANDER TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO GET DOWN THE LINE.

WELL, ESSENTIALLY FASTER IT'LL IMPROVE OUR, OUR, OUR EFFICIENCY, UH, FOR FOLKS COMING INTO AND OUT OF LAND OR BETWEEN LEANDRA AND LAKELINE.

CORRECT? YES, IT IS.

IT'LL CUT DOWN THE TIME THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET FROM BLACKLINE.

LANNER CAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET AND PASS A TRAIN, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THERE.

WHAT'S OUR, WHAT'S OUR CURRENT TIMEFRAME ON GETTING THAT UP AND RUNNING.

WE WERE GOING OUT, WE WERE GOING THROUGH PROCUREMENT MODELS NOW.

SO IT'S, UH, I, I, UH, I'D HAVE TO GET THE DATES TO YOU, SIR.

I DON'T HAVE THEM RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

BUT IT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON THAT.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO FOLKS UP HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO GET THAT GOING.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HEARING

[VII. 3. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process Overview]

NONE.

LET'S GO TO DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH WOULD BE THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT, UH, PROCESS OVERVIEW.

SUBSET OF THE PRESENTATION, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN, UM, UH, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE AT THE ATP, UH, BOARD MEETING, UH, THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND THIS NEPA OVERVIEW COVERS ALL OF THE ELEMENTS.

UM, CHAIR TOURBILLION.

UM, THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS AS, AS

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IT'S ALSO TAILORED TO THE PROJECTS THAT CAP METRO, UM, IS, UH, GOING TO BE MANAGER PROGRAM OR PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM OF PROJECT.

AND, UM, I WANTED TO SORT OF MAKE A DISTINCTION ABOUT THAT AND THE LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE DIFFERENT SETS OF PROJECTS.

SO WHAT IS NEPA? NEPA GETS THROWN AROUND VERY FREQUENTLY IN OUR PLANNING CONVERSATIONS.

SO JUST WANTING TO KIND OF MOST, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, KIND OF GIVE THAT, UM, KIND OF THE BACKGROUND OF NEPA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1970 CAME ABOUT, UM, ONE, A DECADE LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, THE NEED FOR FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF, UH, PROJECTS, SPECIFICALLY HIGHWAY PROJECTS THAT, UM, ESSENTIALLY RAISED NEIGHBOR, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN INNER CITY, UM, INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UM, WITHOUT ANY PROPERTY IMPACT ANALYSIS.

SO WITH THAT BACKDROP CAME NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1970.

IT APPLIES TO ALL NEW TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND EXPANSION OFF EXISTING PROJECTS, UH, REQUIRES REVIEW OF PROJECTS, POTENTIAL IMPACTS BOTH IN PHYSICAL AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.

AND, UH, IN THE PLAN, UH, IN THE PLANNING PHASE AND IMMEDIATELY POST-PLANNING PHASE THE THERE'S A DISCUSSION IN, UM, IN THE PROJECT SPONSOR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONSULTING TEAM ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT IS NEEDED AND WHEN ASSESSED, UM, THAT A CASE IS MADE TO, UM, FTA OR IF IT'S GWA AND THE PROJECTS, UM, RECEIVES A CLASS OF ACTION, IT'S TIED TO FEDERAL FUNDING AND PROJECT ADVANCING TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING.

SO THREE LEVELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, UM, AND THEY'RE ALL KIND OF RANKED BASED ON THE LOW LEVEL OF IMPACTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN THE FINAL OUTCOME IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE DOCUMENT, WHICH ADVANCES THE PROJECT TO THE NEXT NEXT LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO HERE'S, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S FROM USDA T, BUT IT'S OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE THREE LEVELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE THAT ARE TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

UM, AND THEY'RE, THESE ARE CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT CATEGORY THAT EXCLUSION IS THE LEWIS LEVEL, UM, OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

AND THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT, THAT, UM, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AND THAT COULD BE DETERMINED AT A PLANNING LEVEL AND AN EARLY DECISION, UM, COULD GO TO THE PROJECTS.

THE PROJECT SPONSOR COULD MAKE AN EARLY DECISION TO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO SAY THAT THIS REALLY WOULD BE A CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION AND THEN FTE OR FSW WOULD AGREE IN THE BACK CLASS OF ACTION IS SUBMITTED.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS WHEN THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING, THE IMPACTS ARE NOT GRADE, BUT THERE'S SOME OF THE IMPACTS ARE UNKNOWN.

AND THERE'S A PROCESS OF ASSESSING THEM IN A KIND OF A MODERATE LEVEL OF REVIEW.

IT IS LESS THAN EIS, WHICH IS, UM, WHAT YOU WOULD SEE WITH BLUE AND ORANGE LINE PROJECTS AND DOWNTOWN TRANSIT TUNNEL GET A GOOGLE EXCLUSION IS FOR ALL OUR METRO RAPID PROJECTS WHERE, UM, THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING LINE AND WE'RE MAKING ADDITIONAL BASED ON EXISTING RIDERSHIP.

IT'S GOING INTO THE NEXT LEVEL OF HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT.

THREE BASIC LEVELS OF INFORMATION THAT COMES WITH IT ALIGNMENT, OR DOES IT RUN TRANSIT WAY OR RUNNING WAY, WHICH IS ON ABOVE OR BELOW THE STREET AND MODE, BUS, RAPID TRANSIT OR LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT.

SO WHEN, WHEN DOES NEPA START? I THINK THAT THAT IS OFTEN CREATE, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A QUESTION THAT'S ASKED OFTEN.

SO I WOULD SAY A PLANNING LEVEL ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS SAYS SETS THE STAGE FOR NEPA PHASE.

IF THERE'S A TIERED SCREENING PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN WITH PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM OF PROJECTS, FOR THOSE OF YOU, WHO'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THE SYSTEM EXPANSION PLAN THAT LAID TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES, THE LPAS, WHICH IS ORANGE LINE AND BLUE LINE TO GIVE THAT EXAMPLE AND EXPO IN PV ON THE CAPITAL METRO'S METRO RAPID PROJECTS.

UM, ONCE THOSE LPS ESTABLISHED IT MOVES INTO THE NEXT PHASE AND THE LP IS, ARE ADOPTED BY DECISION MAKING AUTHORITIES.

AND IN THIS CASE, THAT WAS CAPITAL METRO BOARD, CITY COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL OF, UM, UH, CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF BOSTON.

AND THEN IT MOVES FORWARD TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF ANALYSIS.

SO NEARBY, ESSENTIALLY FROM THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS PHASE, USUALLY THERE'S

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AND THEN ALL OF ALL OF THESE THREE KEY FINDINGS ALONG WITH APPROXIMATE STATION LOCATIONS OR STOPPED LOCATIONS, THEN COMPRISE THE LPAS THAT MOVES FORWARD INTO NEPA, PLEASE MENTAL RESOURCES.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, NEPA ADDRESSES BOTH PHYSICAL AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

I MEAN, THE CATEGORIES THAT ARE ADDRESSED, THEY ARE, UM, ON YOUR LEFT AND IT'S AIR QUALITY SOIL, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, NOISE AND VIBRATION, AND ALSO TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SEEK SAFETY, SECURITY LAND USE ZONING, UM, WHOLE HOST OF IMPACTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED OUT, UNDERSTOOD TO BE IMPACTS ON HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.

CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A NUANCED APPROACH BETWEEN BOTH IT'S, UH, IT, IT'S ACTUALLY A MORE ROBUST ANALYSIS AND EIS IN FORM OF SECTION ONE OH SIX AND ANY IMPACTS ON PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, SECTION FOUR F UM, SECTION ONE OH SIX IS A PARALLEL PROCESS IS THE CULTURAL RESOURCES REVIEW THAT GOES ALONGSIDE WITH EIS.

BUT MOST OF THESE ARE ALSO ADDRESSED IN CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION AND EAS, BUT IN MUCH MORE SIMPLER, EASY TO UNDERSTAND FORMATS BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE ARE FOUR PROJECTS WITH LESS IMPACT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE DISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT.

THIS APPLIES MORE TOWARDS, UM, YOUR TOUR EIS IN NEPA.

UM, MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT ESSENTIALLY ASKS, UM, PROJECT SPONSOR AND, UM, TO LOOK AT CROSS DISCIPLINARY IMPACTS AS IT SAYS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, NOISE OF NOISE AND VIBRATION IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POPULATION AND HOW THAT WOULD BE QUANTIFIED.

SO IT REQUIRES TO HAVE MORE OF A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING AND ACCOUNT OF IMPACTS AND THE ENTIRE THREAD, UM, IN NEPA PROCESS, BOTH IN E N E I S IS, COMES THROUGH ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

THESE ARE PUBLIC PROCESSES, AND IT ALLOWS FOR MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK INTO THE NEPA PROCESS.

AND THE FIRST ONE YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN WITH BLUE AND ORANGE LINE NEPA SCOPING, AND WE'VE DONE THE SAME FOR METRO RAPID PROJECTS AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE FOR ROLES WHO LEADS, WHO SUPPORTS, WHO MAKES COMMENTS AT WHAT PHASE.

SO NEPA HAS VERY PRESCRIBED AND ESTABLISHED PROTOCOLS FOR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK NEPA LEAD AGENCY, UH, FOR METRO RAPID PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE KEPT METRO FOR, UM, ORANGE AND BLUE LINE AND TRANSIT TUNNEL PROJECT.

THAT WOULD BE, UM, ATP.

THEY ARE DECISION-MAKERS FOR PROJECT AND IN SEEKING FTA FUNDING, THERE'S A GROUP OF AGENCIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AGENCIES, IS THERE CITY OF AUSTIN, TXDOT AND OTHER AGENCY STAKEHOLDERS.

AND THEN JACKIE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCILS THAT, UM, THAT PROVIDES MORE STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION AND TARGETED INPUT INTO NEPA PHASES, BOTH IN SCOPING AND IN ILLUSTRATIVE ALTERNATIVES AND PUT A PUT PRELIMINARY ALTERNATIVES AS IT MOVE FORWARDS INTO THE FINAL RECORD OF DECISIONS.

SO THE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES THAT ARE ALL LISTED HERE, IT'S MORE APPLICABLE TO A BROADER EIS THAN IT IS TO A CATEGORIES OF EXCLUSION.

BUT THESE ARE THE AGENCIES THAT ARE GENERALLY INVOLVED JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UM, YOU ARE NOT SEEN AS PART OF PUBLIC.

SO YOUR COMMENTS WOULD COME IN IN FORM OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT CONSULTANT TEAM WOULD WOULD BE COMING.

LIKE WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE MAKING PRESENTATION ON METRO RAPID AT DECISION POINTS AT THE END OF CONCLUSION, OUR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS GO OVER TO PRESENTATION ON DESIGN AND AT EACH KEY MILESTONES.

THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AGENCIES, STAKEHOLDER, AND PUBLIC, THESE ARE RATHER DISTINCT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

I'M GOING TO GIVE ANY, UH, CURRENT EXAMPLE.

UM, WE ARE CAPITAL METRO IS A PARTICIPATING AGENCY IN TXDOT.

UM, I'M 35, UH, DESIGN PROCESS.

SO AS A PARTICIPATING AGENCY, WE ARE NOT OFFERING PUBLIC AND PUBLIC INPUT INTO THE PROCESS BECAUSE THE IDEA IS A PARTICIPATING AGENCY WOULD PROVIDE A COMMENT IN A MORE TARGETED FORUM INTO THE TECHNICAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

UM, SAME GOES FOR AGENCIES,

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UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN OUR NEPA PROCESS.

AND SINCE FTA IS OUR, OUR, UH, FEDERAL AGENCY OF TA IS KNOWN TO HAVE THE MOST ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS OUT OF ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES.

SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN OUR SYSTEM EXPANSION PLAN AND IN, UM, DEVELOPING PROJECT CONNECT, UH, PROGRAM OF PROJECTS AND WOULD ONLY CONTINUE TO HAVE AS ROBUST OR MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THIS PROCESS.

SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY TARGETED TO UIS SCOPING PROCESS DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT OR EIS LEADING TO THE RECORD OF DECISION ARE THE THREE KEY, LARGE DECISION POINTS, BUT IN BETWEEN THERE'LL BE CONTINUOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE PROCESS.

AND THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT ALREADY WOULD BE REVIEWING A VERY DIFFERENT DESIGN PHASES AND PROVIDING MORE TARGETED, GRANULAR INPUT IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

SO I HOPE, UM, THAT KIND OF GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, NEPA PROCESS AND HOW THAT'S BEING APPLIED TO CAP METROS, METRO RAPID AND AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIPS, UH, ORANGE AND BLUE LINE AND DOWNTOWN TRANSIT TUNNEL PROJECT.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST CLOSE THIS OUT AND OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM A BOARD MEMBERS, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS? I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, OKAY.

BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SHARED WITH US IN THE PAST, SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE ABOUT, UH, EXACTLY WHAT STAGES, UM, OUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS ARE IN.

SO YOU MENTIONED THE, UM, THE ORANGE LINE AND THE, AND THE, AND THE BLUE LINE.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST MENTION AGAIN WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR PROCESS.

AND THEN IF YOU COULD MENTION AGAIN WHERE THE BRTS ARE IN THEIR PROCESS.

SO ORANGE AND BLUE LINE ARE IN NEPA SCOPING PROCESS.

THE SCOPING PROCESS, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS INTO THE SCOPING PROCESS, UM, WAS EXTENDED.

AND JACKIE CAN PROBABLY CHIME IN AND VERIFY THAT AS WELL, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS EXTENDED DUE TO SNOW VID.

UM, AND IT WAS CHANGED FROM MARCH 12 THROUGH MARCH 19 TO ALLOW, UM, PUBLIC TO GIVE MORE COMMENTS IN THE PROCESS.

I WOULD SAY, UH, GIVEN THAT, THAT JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, THAT PROJECT, UH, PROJECT CONNECT ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, UM, ARE IN AS IN LIKE THE LEVEL OF DEFINITION FOR THE PROJECT THAT IT'S ALREADY ACHIEVED DURING THE PLANNING PHASE.

UM, I THINK THAT THE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK, PUBLIC FEEDBACK THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE WOULD BE FAIRLY DEVELOPED EVEN IN SCOPING PROCESS.

NORMALLY IN OTHER PROJECTS, IT'S A VERY EARLY DEFINITION, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO GET A LOT MORE MEANINGFUL COMMENTS INTO THE PROCESS.

GIVEN THE, THE PROCESS OF PLANNING HAS BEEN VERY ADVANCED.

SO THE, SO, AND THEN WHAT, UH, JUST REMIND US ALL WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS SCOPING PROJECT.

SO JUST GENERALLY AFTER THIS, AFTER THE SCOPING PROCESS, AND IT DEPENDS ON COMPLEXITY, THE TYPES OF COMMENTS RECEIVED COMMENTS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO DEFINE THE PROJECT BETTER.

LIKE THE THREE ELEMENTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT, THE ALIGNMENT, THE RUNNING WAY, THE STATION LOCATIONS IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS, THAT COMMENTS WOULD BE CATEGORIZED AND WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN DEFINING ALONG WITH VERY MANY OTHER PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS, COMMENTS FROM PARTICIPATING AGENCIES AND OTHERS WOULD BE, THE PROJECT WOULD BE DEFINED AND THEN BE TAKEN BACK AGAIN TO THE PUBLIC FOR, UM, COMMENTS ON THE INITIAL DESIGN.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND SO ON THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, IF YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THOSE COMMENTS MIGHT BE REFLECTED AND WHEN IT WOULD THEN GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC, JUST, UM, WHAT I WILL TABLE THAT QUESTION AND, UM, KIND OF GIVE IT TO OUR, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATP, RIGHT.

RANDY, TO ANSWER, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY, IF I CAN GIVE THE SAME FOR MITCHELL RAPID PROJECTS FOR CAP METRO, WE ARE EVENTS ADVANCING THE CATEGORY OF EXCLUSION.

WE HAVE TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE ARE TAKING THOSE COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION INTO 30% DESIGN, UM, FOR, UH, THE METRO RAPID PROJECTS.

AND I, I WOULD SAY A SIMILAR BUT MUCH MORE ROBUST AND GRANULAR PROCESS WOULD FOLLOW IN ORANGE AND BLUE, BUT I WOULD GIVE IT TO, UM, RANDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT OR ADD ANYTHING TO THAT?

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SURE.

I THINK YOU, I THINK YOU, UH, YOU ANSWERED PRETTY WELL.

I BELIEVE THE CONCEPT ON ORANGE AND BLUE IS TO GET TO PROJECT DEVELOP, START, UH, THE LETTER TO FDA FOR PROJECT TO DEVELOP AT SOMETIME, UH, IT MAY BE THE MAY GIVE OR TAKE, I COULD BE OFF BY A MONTH ON THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE GENERAL TIMELINE, UH, DAVE AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING ON.

UH, AND WE, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WE HOPE THAT I GET A RECORD OF DECISION FOR ORANGE AND BLUE LINE BY CALL IT, CALL IT, UH, TWO YEARS FROM, UH, JANUARY, IDEALLY, MAYBE, MAYBE DECEMBER 20, UH, 22, BUT, UH, BUT CERTAINLY JANUARY, UH, 23, THAT'S THE GENERAL TIMEFRAME ABOUT TWO YEARS FOR RECORD OF DECISION.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO BE SUBMITTED, UH, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS COMMENTS TAKEN AND, AND, UM, CONSIDERED IN THE DESIGN, THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN THAT YOU MENTIONED, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO SEE WHAT, WHICH OF THEIR COMMENTS WERE TAKEN AND WHICH WERE NOT, HOW WOULD THEY KNOW THAT WHEN, WHEN WOULD THEY SEE THAT AND WHERE WOULD THEY LOOK? SURE.

SO THERE'LL BE AN ENTIRE, JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THE FIRST PROCESS THROUGH THE LPAS THE TEAM IS DEVELOPING, UH, AN ONLINE DASHBOARD TOOL NUMBER THAT YOU ACTUALLY WERE PRETTY IN, UH, INCREMENT BALL PUTTING WITH JACKIE.

AND THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT, UH, SAME, SAME KIND OF SYSTEM.

BUT I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO REFINE IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO IT'S A LITTLE, A LITTLE CLEANER TO USE WITH THE VOLUME OF TIPS.

THESE COMMENTS WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES FOR PREVIOUS.

UM, SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

I WOULD SAY THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT ACTUALLY ARE NOT RELATED TO DESIGN.

SO DESIGN, THERE'S GOING TO BE SPECIFIC ONES TO DESIGN, AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION, IT COULD BE SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT.

SO A LOT OF THOSE COMMENTS WILL HAVE TO GET ALL PUT TOGETHER INTO THE DRAFT EIS AND ULTIMATELY A FINAL EIS TO SAY TO THE FDA, HOW WE ARE GOING TO RESOLVE OR QUOTE UNQUOTE MITIGATE, IDEALLY PREVENT OR MITIGATE ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF CONCERNS.

SO SOME OF THEM MAY BE UNDESIGNED OTHER THINGS THAT MAY MAYBE HOW A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, FUND MITIGATION PROGRAM IS PUT TOGETHER, UH, THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF FACTORS.

SO IT'S ALL GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT, LAID OUT OF HOW THEY CONNECT TO DIFFERENT TOPICS.

TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO PARK A TRAIN FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING AT A STATION.

BUT WHERE, SO I HEARD THE DASHBOARD, BUT WHEN SHOULD THEY BE, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET VERY SPECIFIC FOR PEOPLE.

SO THEN THEY CAN PUT IT IN THEIR HEADS WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

I CAN JUST GIVE A GENERAL SENTENCE TO THE LAST, THE ONE BEFORE LAST SLIDE THAT SHOWS THREE DIFFERENT BUCKETS, SCOPING DIS AND FEI.

SO BETWEEN DEIS AND EFFIE, I ASKED THERE'S ANOTHER NOTICE THAT GOES INTO, UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S A NOTICE BY A US LEAD AGENCY TO PUT IT IN OUR, TO PUT IT IN AS, UH, NO, IT'S, IT'S CALLED, UM, AVAILABILITY OF, UM, AVAILABILITY OF DEIS AND AVAILABILITY OF FIS.

IT INCLUDES, UM, IT, IT WOULD TAKE IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, THE FEDERAL PROCESS REQUIRES THAT WE PUBLICIZE AND PUBLISH THAT IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER, THE AVAILABILITY OF DIS.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE DISPOSITION OF COMMENTS, BOTH IN TERMS OF DASHBOARD, AS WE HAVE DONE, LIKE OUR AGENCY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF, UM, BEING VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND HOW, UH, HOW OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT.

THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED, BUT IN MANY OTHER AGENCIES, DASHBOARD IS NOT A REGULAR PRACTICE.

SO, BUT THIS DIS, AND IF HE, I GUESS, PROCESS REQUIRE THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC TRANSPARENT DISPOSITION OF COMMENTS, UH, THAT IS PUT FORTH AND THAT IS RATHER RIGOROUS.

UH, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S ALL OF THOSE IS TAKEN CARE OF AS PART OF THE OVERALL, UM, FEDERAL MANDATE.

I THINK WE ENVISIONED.

THE OTHER THING I'D ADD ON IS I THINK WE ENVISIONED TRYING TO GET SOME, UH, A LITTLE DEEPER LEVEL OF CONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING FLOWING INTO PRIMARY ENGINEERING OUT IN THE MAY JUNE TIMELINE.

UM, THE TEAM IS WORKING.

THE NUMBER ONE THING THE IS WORKING ON IS ALIGNMENT RIGHT NOW, UNTIL YOU GET YOUR ENGINEERING OF YOUR ALIGNMENT.

IT'S VERY HARD TO THEN KIND OF BRING CONSENT CONCEPTS TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC, TO TALK THROUGH STATIONS.

SO THE NUMBER ONE THING THE TEAM IS WORKING THROUGH IS GRADING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE TUNNEL WILL DICTATE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S THE GRADING PROCESS.

SO WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT GRADES IN THIS COMMUNITY, SIGNIFICANT WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A FEMA FLOOD AREAS.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE CREEKS AND ALL THINGS HAVE

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WE NEED TO BE ON STRAIGHT TRACK AND ON FLAT TRACK.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT ENGINEERING ELEMENTS, UH, TURNS ON TRAINS ARE INCREDIBLY, UH, WIDE COMPARED TO SAY A CAR AND HOW SWITCHES WORK TO GO IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.

SO THE TEAM IS WORKING ON THAT.

I WOULD CALL FOUNDATIONAL ALIGNMENT ENGINEERING, AND NOW, UH, THE ATP JUST BROUGHT ON, UH, PETER MULLIN.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW PETER AS THE CHIEF ARCHITECT TO SUPPORT THE TEAM.

SO HE'LL REALLY BE TAKING A HEAVY LEAD ON THINGS LIKE STATION, AREA DESIGN AND BRINGING THOSE KINDS OF PLANS TOGETHER.

SO I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE THINGS IN THE MAY LATE MAY, JUNE TIMELINE, I THINK, IS WHAT THEY'RE GENERALLY THINKING.

AND THAT SHOULD REALLY STIR SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CRAWL, WALK, RUN, HOW THESE THINGS START TO COME TOGETHER.

UH, SO THE REST OF THE YEAR.

SO JUST TERRIFY ME JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP.

SO JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP THEN, SO BEFORE THIS IS SUBMITTED TO, UM, SO BEFORE IT'S SUBMITTED FOR A RECORD OF DECISION, IF I'M GETTING MY TERMS CORRECTLY, WILL THEY, WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, IN, IN, ARE YOU THINKING OF BRIEFING THE, UM, UH, AT OUR JOINT MEETING, WHICH I THINK IS SCHEDULED IN JUNE FOR THE COUNSEL AND CAP METRO, UH, WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY THEN, OR WHAT, WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF US, I GUESS, ON THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE SUBMITTED FOR THE, UH, UM, YEAH, SO, SO WE'LL SUBMIT A DRAFT EIS, AND THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT, IT MIGHT BE JANUARY 22, I THINK, IS THE GENERAL TIMELINE GIVE OR TAKE, UH, THE, THE JOINT MEETING THAT WE WERE HAVING IN DECEMBER, THE ANNUAL JOINT MEETING.

I THINK THERE'LL BE AN UPDATE ON THAT, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A, A BIG COMPONENT OF, UH, THE MANAGEMENT REPORT AND WHAT THE AGENCY IS DOING.

UM, AS FAR AS JUNE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROBABLY GOING TO BE SENDING A MEMO REGARDING THE JPA.

WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING SIGNIFICANT TOPICS IN THAT JPA THAT WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE PROBABLY IN TIME FOR JUNE.

SO, UH, GINA AND I, GINA FADED OFF IN THE CITY SIDE, AND YOU ARE PREPARING A MEMO TO SEND EVERYONE SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

UH, THERE'S JUST THE DETAILS, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO RIGHT AWAY.

AND UTILITIES IS GOING TO TAKE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONTHS THAN WE PROBABLY HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, BUT THE TEAMS ARE WORKING IN INCREDIBLY COLLABORATIVE TO GET THAT DONE, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

BUT UP TO THIS POINT ABOUT NEPA, UH, YES, THE DECEMBER JOINT MEETING, WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT ALSO THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS BETWEEN SAY MAY AND, UH, DECEMBER, WELL, WHERE THE BOARD, WE PLAN ON BRINGING THIS TOPIC EVERY MONTH, WHETHER THERE'S A DESIGN CONCEPTS OR WHATNOT THROUGH THE BOARD PROCESS.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TOUCH POINTS FOR EVERYONE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.

THE REASON I'M ASKING AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RESULTS ARE OF THE, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING AND THE OTHER THINGS SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN SOMEONE ASKS US, WELL, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE ALIGNMENT OR WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PUT, YOU KNOW, XYZ STATION OR SO WE JUST NEED TO, SO I'M, I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT POINT IN THE PROCESS WE GET BRIEFED ON THOSE THINGS.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO NAIL DOWN THAT W AT WHAT POINT IS A CAP METRO BOARD, WE CAN GET BRIEFED ON THOSE SPECIFICS.

SO IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT HELP IS SOME KIND OF SPECIFIC TIMELINE, OR JUST POINT ME TO WHERE THE TIMELINE IS AT SO THAT I CAN KEEP LOOKING AT IT AND REMINDING MYSELF, WE'RE IN A PROCESS OF DEVELOPING KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK AHEAD ON KEY, KEY DATES THAT, UM, BUT I WOULD SAY AGAIN, WHEN WE GET SOME BETTER DESIGN CONCEPTS TO GO PUBLIC, THAT'S THE IDEA OF TAKING IT TO THE BOARD.

SO THAT COULD BE MAYBE A JUNE BOARD MEETING, BUT, UH, I'LL CERTAINLY WE'LL GET A NOTE TO YOU ON WHEN WE ANTICIPATE THAT FIRST ONE, BUT I WOULD THINK IT'S IN THAT GENERAL, GENERAL TIMEFRAME.

ONE THING THAT, AND WE CAN ALL USE YOUR HELP WITH THIS IS, UM, THE COMMUNITY DOES HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING TIMELINE ON, ON, ON THIS PROGRAM.

THAT'S FINE.

I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL STAY.

UH, WE ALL UNDERSTAND BECAUSE, UH, THAT HELPS US WHEN, WHEN, UM, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ASK US ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHAT DECISIONS BEEN MADE OR NOT MADE.

IT JUST HELPS FOR AS MANY OF MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE DETAILS ARE.

NO, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THAT'S SOME OF THE MATERIALS WE'RE WORKING HEAVILY ON.

WE WANT TO HAVE AN ENTIRE SUB PAGE FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD.

THEN WE'LL KIND OF LAY OUT SCHEDULE LIKE CONCEPTS AND HELP EVERYONE STAY ON TRACK.

UM,

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THIS IS NOT LIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EVER DONE HERE BEFORE.

SO ANYONE THAT SAYS, WE'VE DONE OTHER PROJECTS HERE IN AUSTIN, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SIMILAR, UM, RESPECTFULLY, THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR ANYTHING WE'VE EVER EVEN THOUGHT OF DOING HERE.

IT'S, IT'S MUCH, MUCH, MUCH LARGER.

IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM THAT, UH, OF THE, UH, SORT OF THE ENTIRE CITY, SO ON THE ORANGE AND BLUE SPECIFICS.

SO THE RAPID PROJECTS ARE MOVING AND, AND, AND, AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THOSE BEFORE THE ORANGE AND BLUE.

SO THAT MIGHT BE PROBABLY A MAY I THINK IS PROBABLY WHEN THAT ONE COULD HAPPEN, BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THE ORANGE AND BLUE.

WE GOT TO KEEP EVERYONE COGNIZANT OF, WE PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND ON ORANGE AND BLUE LINE FOR ABOUT THREE TO THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE AT LEAST THAT FAR AWAY.

AND THAT COULD MEAN ANOTHER YEAR.

UH, WELL, AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE WE COULD START CONSTRUCTION BEFORE WE WOULD EVEN GET A FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT FROM THE FTA.

SO WE ARE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, A WAY ON THE, UH, ON THE RAIL PROGRAM FROM CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS GOOD, WHICH MEANS WE GOT TIME.

WE GOT WE'RE RAMPING UP THE TEAM AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY, UH, PROCESS TO GO FORWARD TO GET TO A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW STATIONS ARE WORK, FIELD LAYOUT AMENITIES AT THEM, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

UM, I SEE BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON.

YES, SIR.

THANKS MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, RANDY KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT A BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN WAS ASKING, I GUESS MAYBE, UH, A QUESTION TO CLARIFY AS WELL IS, UM, WHAT PORTION OF THE PROCESS, UM, WILL BE, I GUESS, WOULD BE, WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY AND FLESHED OUT BY AND GO BEFORE, OR BE BRIEFED BEFORE TAP METRO'S BOARD VERSUS THE ATP BOARD.

I KNOW THAT THAT ULTIMATELY THAT THE NEPA PROCESS FEDERAL FUNDS ARE BEING DRAWN DOWN, BUT, AND I REALIZE THIS IS VERY COMPLEX, THE WAY THAT WE BUILT THIS OUT, AND WE HAVE A ROLE FOR EACH ONE OF OUR DIFFERENT VARIOUS BODIES WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, HAVING A ROLE IN ATP, HAVING ROLE IN CAP, METRO, HAVING A ROLE, UM, KIND OF, CAN YOU MAYBE REAL QUICKLY JUST KIND OF, KIND OF AS, AS, AS YOU SEE IT, OR AS THE DOCUMENTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS SAY, WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS THE, THE ROLE OF ATP IN THIS PROCESS, UM, AS IT FITS WITH CAP METRO, FOR PURPOSES OF THESE BRIEFINGS OR PUBLIC MEETINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WHO, I GUESS FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WHO'S ON TERM WHO'S ON FIRST, FOR WHICH PART OF THE PROJECT CAN ACT AS IT RELATES TO THIS.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WELL, I THINK THE KEY IS WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM, UH, REGARDLESS OF FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, OR GETTING HOME, I THINK THAT'S A KEY, A KEY PART OF THAT ANALOGY.

SO WE'LL START NEXT MONTH.

SO WE WERE DOING CONSISTENT, UH, EVERY MONTH PROJECT CONNECT UPDATES FOR THE BOARD AND BECAUSE OF THE, THAT KINDA GOT KICKED AND WE GOT A SEQUENCE THIS MONTH, THAT'LL START AGAIN NEXT MONTH.

AND THAT'S JUST LIKE AN ATP.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LITERALLY HAVE THE SAME UPDATE EVERY MONTH.

AND DAVE COUCHES PRESENTING THINGS THAT CAP METRO IS WORKING ON.

SO KEN CARTWRIGHT AND HIS IN SHAMILA ARE WORKING ON THINGS TO CUT METRO, BUT DAVE IS UPDATING THAT AND WE'LL HAVE THAT SAME THING ON THE CAP METRO BOARD.

SO EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT THE SAME SLIDE DECK TO SHOW THE STATUS OF WHERE THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE I THINK THE KEY, WE ALL REMEMBER IT'S A PROGRAM.

SO ONE PART OF THE PROGRAM THAT CAP METRO METRO'S DOING, WE'D BE RUNNING IN A DIFFERENT TIMELINE WITH LIKE, SO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WE'RE GOING TO DO RED LINE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HAVE NO FEDERAL GRANT PROCESS AT ALL, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING FOR GRIT, FEDERAL GRANT MONEY ON SOME OF THEM, BECAUSE THERE'S NO GRANT PROGRAM FOR THOSE, THE RAPID PROJECTS WE'LL MOVE ON DIFFERENT TIMELINES, BOTH ENVIRONMENTALLY AND GRANT SEQUENCING, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST KEY IS CONSISTENCY FOR EACH BODY.

CAUSE SEE THAT SAME INFORMATION REGARDLESS OF CABINET OR ATP STAFF AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS FAR AS THE NEPA PROCESS, WE'RE ALL INVOLVED.

AND THE IDEA IS TO GET TO THAT RECORD OF DECISION AND THEN RECORD OF DECISION ALLOWS US TO THEN MOVE TO THE ATP SIDE ON THE RAIL PROJECTS FOR THAT, FOR THAT BOARD TO ULTIMATELY DECIDE ON A CONTRACTING METHODOLOGY AND AWARD CONTRACTS TO GET THOSE BILL CAP, METRO, YOU ALL WILL DISCERNMENT CONTRACT, METHODOLOGY, AND CONTRACTS TO GET THE RAPID PROJECTS BUILT.

OKAY, THANKS.

A LOT OF THE, THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR FROM EARLIER IN THE MEETING TOO.

UM, THANK YOU, RANDY, THAT, THAT TH THAT KIND OF HELPS, HELPS, UH, HELPS BRING CLARITY TO THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT FOR ALL OF US, THIS IS BRAND NEW AND THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF IT.

I THINK THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID, KIND OF UNDERPINS

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WE'RE JUST ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOT WHAT ROLE AND WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE WHAT BRIEFING AND WHERE ON MY TIMELINE TO WHAT CHAIRMAN PAVILION WAS SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LAYING OUT SOME, YOU KNOW, PROPER RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M IN THE RIGHT LANE HERE BOTH AS THE, YOU KNOW, ON MY CAP, METRO BOARD ROLE VERSUS BEING CAP METRO'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ATP.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MICROMANAGING THE PROJECT EITHER AND ENSURING THAT WE CAN ALL STILL MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE TIMELINES, THE DEDICATED RESPONSIBILITIES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WHILE KEEPING THE TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS THERE SO THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT WE'RE ALSO ADVANCING THE PROJECT ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINES.

AND IT'S, I THINK WE'RE ALL STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT, BUT THAT IS HELPFUL THOUGH, TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM, THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FOR NOW, YEAH, THESE BRIEFINGS WILL OCCUR, WE'LL BE DOING IT TOGETHER.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY THEY'LL COME A POINT IN TIME WHERE MORE RESPONSIBLE, BUT WE'LL KIND OF, IT SOUNDS LIKE SPLIT A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOME, SOME THINGS WILL FALL ON THE ATP SIDE.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES WILL FALL ON THE CAP SIDE, BUT THAT'LL BE MORE AFTER THE RECORD OF DECISION.

AND UNTIL THEN, WE'RE GOING TO BE KIND OF CLIPPING ALONG TOGETHER FOR THE MOST PART.

I SEE BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN'S HAND.

I THINK THAT THE POINT THAT I WAS MAKING WAS NOT SO MUCH WAS, UH, WAS JUST, UH, INFORMATIONAL, UH, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT I WAS FOCUSING ON.

IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM KNOWS EVERYTHING, UH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE CONFUSED, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS TOTALLY CONFUSED.

A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY HAS NO IDEA THIS IS EVEN HAPPENING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SUCCESS, THE SUCCESS SO FAR WAS, YOU KNOW, A HUGE PART DUE TO THE GREAT JOB THAT RANDY AND HIS TEAM DID AND KEEPING US ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

SO I'M JUST MINDFUL OF HOW WELL THAT WORKED, YOU KNOW? UM, AND, AND THAT IS JUST GOT TO CONTINUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL NEED TO ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, AND CAUSE WE STILL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO, UH, BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, AND THAT IS JUST, JUST BARELY BEGUN, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, MY, MY THOUGHT WAS MORE, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UH, FORMATTED AND STRATTON OR ERIC HAS IS, IS RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ALSO UNDERSTAND WHO IS, YOU KNOW, WHO'S LEAD ON WHAT, BUT I WAS THINKING JUST BEYOND THAT, I WAS THINKING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US AND, AND BEYOND JUST BEYOND JUST WHERE WE SIT NEED TO REALLY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS BE SURPRISED ANY OF US LATER, YOU KNOW, IN A YEAR OR TWO OR THREE OR WHATEVER, WHEN THE PUBLIC IS SAYING, YOU DIDN'T ASK US, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THIS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.

THAT'S ALL.

SO, AND YOUR POINT IS VERY WELL TAKEN BOARD MEMBER.

AND, UH, I COULD SPEAK VERY CLEARLY THAT WE NEED ALL OF YOU, UH, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, IT'S A LONG PROCESS.

UM, SO WE WILL DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TO MAKE SURE VERY CONSISTENT OF INFORMATION FLOW.

CAUSE THAT'S THE KEY.

WE WANT ONE TRANSPARENT FLOW OF INFORMATION.

PART OF IT IS JUST ON THE B JUST BE FRANK GETTING STAFFED UP AT ATP.

WE HAVE, UH, THE COMMUNITY, I THINK TO YOUR POINT BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK THE STAFF AND THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL, AND SO MANY PEOPLE WORK SO HARD THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE MAY THINK WE ARE FURTHER ALONG ON A COUPLE OF PARTS OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE WE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF COMMUNICATING A VISION THAT, UM, NOW WE HAVE TO REALLY RAMP UP A LOT OF RESOURCES TO, UH, EFFECTUATE THAT VISION.

BUT, UM, YOU'VE GOT MY COMMITMENT THAT W UM, WE WILL HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY FLOW OF INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING TO HIDE.

IT'S A, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE ADVOCATES AND, AND KIND OF, UH, EXPLAIN TO US THE COMMUNITY, THE BETTER OF THE PROGRAM WILL ULTIMATELY BE ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE COMMENT IF I MAY MAKE THAT I, SINCE I PRESENTED ME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, REMEMBER KITCHEN THAT BETWEEN SCOPING DIS AND FCIS, THERE'LL BE SO MANY PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT JUST VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES, PUBLIC MEETINGS ONCE COVID IS GONE, THAT I THINK IT'LL BE HARD FOR ME A PROCESS, UM, TO SURPRISE ANYONE IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE MORE, UM, THAT THE EXHAUST FOLKS WITH VERY MANY CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PRO UH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT.

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I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I REALLY THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW THAT UNLESS WE'RE KNOCKING ON EVERY SINGLE DOOR AND HAVING A ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO MISS A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE WITH, AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS, DON'T COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE CHANNELS THAT ARE THE KINDS OF CHANNELS THAT WE USE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, SO I, I KNOW THAT, UH, KENT, METRO AND ATP ALSO WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF TRYING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MECHANISMS FOR COMMUNICATION.

IT'S JUST DIFFICULT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'D JUST HAVE TO, TO REALLY JUST BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS.

IN, UH, RANDY FOR THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

UM, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UM, HEARING ON, UH, THEN WE WILL, UH, RECEIVE THE REPORT, UH, FROM DISCUSSION ITEM THREE AND BRING

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GREAT.

UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UH, THANKS TO THE STAFF TODAY, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK, UH, THEY CONTINUE TO DO A FEW QUICK TOPICS FOR YOU ALL.

UH, ONE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON MARCH 18TH WAS TRANS EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY.

I THINK MANY OF YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT.

UM, WE, SENIOR STAFF WAS OUT WHETHER IT WAS FIVE IN THE MORNING OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON, UH, GIVEN OUR TACOS AND BROWNIES AND SENT A CARD TO ALL OF OUR, OUR, OUR STAFF.

UH, I'VE I'VE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES AT THIS BOARD MEETING, BUT, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ARTICULATE HOW MUCH OUR STAFF HAS DONE THIS YEAR.

IT HAS BEEN, UH, IT'S BEEN THE LONGEST YEAR FOR MOST, MOST PEOPLE AT MOST ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I CAN CONFIRM, UH, WE ARE ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE LEADING SPEAR OF HOW LONG AND HARD-HEARTED EUROPE HAS BEEN.

AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO REALLY ALWAYS TAKE A CHANCE TO THANK THE STAFF.

UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KEEPING THE COMMUNITY MOVING EVERY DAY, AND IT WAS A LITTLE GESTURE THAT WE CAN DO TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, UM, AND HAPPY TO, UH, ANYTIME ANY, ANY BOARD MEMBER WOULD TO GET OUT AND, UH, ENGAGE WITH STAFF, UH, REGARDLESS OF AN OFFICIAL DAY.

WE, UH, WE WILL ALWAYS TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE MOMENT TO DO SOMETHING, THE NEXT ONE WITH THE HIGHLIGHT WAS THE LAUNCH OF A PICKUP ZONE IN PFLUGERVILLE.

AND, UH, I GUESS THIS IS A LONG BEFORE I MOVED TO, UH, TEXAS, BUT, UH, I GUESS THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING BACK.

PFLUGERVILLE IS, UH, UH, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME AND, UH, I KNOW COMMISSIONER, YOU ARE A CHAIR ALSO COMMISSIONED OR REPRESENT THIS AREA.

AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THIS.

UH, WE WENT UP AND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BOTH, BOTH BIG SUPPORTERS OF TRYING TO BRING TRANSIT BACK TO PFLUGERVILLE.

PFLUGERVILLE IS OBVIOUSLY AN INCREDIBLY GROWING COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, WE, WE LOOK AT PICKUP AS THAT LOWER COSTS, BUT A VERY KIND OF FLEXIBLE OPTION TO GET A COMMUNITY BACK INTO, UH, SERVING THE MOBILITY NEEDS.

SO, SO WE ARE, UH, HAPPY TO BE BACK WITH PFLUGERVILLE AND THE PILOT, UH, THE, UH, THE LAUNCH HAS HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK, UH, YOU SEE PITCHER CHAD BALLANTINE HERE, CHAD AND HIS TEAM HAVE JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH THIS, UH, THIS, UH, PICKUP PROGRAM SHARMILA.

AND THE PLANNING TEAM HAS OBVIOUSLY DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THAT AS WELL.

AND I'LL GIVE A SPECIAL CALL OUT TO ERIC BOOST DOSE ON THIS PROGRAM.

ERICA HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS.

I THINK THE, SAY THE LEAST, UH, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIP BACK WITH PFLUGERVILLE AND, UH, LOOK LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, PEOPLE USING IT UP TO GET AROUND IN THE AREA.

LASTLY, I WANT TO MENTION, AS I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS, UH, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS THIS MONTH AND HERE AT CAPITAN METRO, WE WANT TO, WE ALWAYS HIGHLIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UH, A SPECIFIC MONTH, LIKE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, BUT THIS SHOULD, WE REALLY WANT TO HIRE A HIGHLIGHT WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP.

AND, UH, I HAVE A DISTINCT ON ARE BEING SERVED, SURROUNDED BY AN AMAZING FEMALE LEADERSHIP TEAM.

UH, I'M TOLD BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY, WE HAVE THE MOST AMOUNT OF FEMALE LEADERSHIP OF ANY MANAGEMENT TEAM IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY.

I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY SURVEYED EVERY ONE, BUT I'VE BEEN AROUND THE BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I ACTUALLY THINK THAT IS PROBABLY INCREDIBLY ACCURATE.

I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION HAS SO MANY FEMALES, UM, THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN LEADING, UH, THE FULL ORGANIZATION.

SO, UM, I'M GLAD THEY PUT UP WITH ME ON A DAILY BASIS, UH, AND, UH, THEY ARE JUST DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

SO WE DID A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA OUT THERE.

THIS ONE HERE HAPPENS TO BE MURIEL FRIDAY.

SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF RAIL OPERATIONS AND THEIR QUOTES ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND ABOUT LEADERSHIP, BOTH KIND OF, UM, PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO OUR STAFF THAT MAY LOOK FOR LEADERSHIP AND ALSO THEMATICALLY.

UH COMMUNITY-WIDE.

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SO I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND, UH, CONTINUE OUR DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE, UH, UH, VALUE THAT WE WE HAVE HERE.

AND THEN I'VE TAKEN LIKE THAT BY THE, THE STRONG FEMALE PRESENCE WE HAVE IN LEADERSHIP, THANK THEM.

AND TO ALL, ALL THE WOMEN THAT DO A GREAT JOB HERE FOR IS THE CAP METRO EVERY DAY.

UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, I JUST WOULD JUST MENTIONED A QUICK VERBALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION NATIONALLY ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE ARE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT.

IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO WATCH AS POTENTIALLY AN ELEMENT WITH INSIDE THE JPA, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, UM, THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENT TWEAKS TO FEDERAL LAW THAT MAY ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO DO THINGS LIKE SAY MORE LOCAL HIRING PREFERENCE.

IT'S CURRENTLY NOT LEGAL, UH, THE SAME WAY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

SO, UH, I'M TOLD PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO BE DOING AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN PITTSBURGH ON WEDNESDAY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A TWO, TWO SERIES KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENT.

NO ONE FULLY UNDERSTANDS YET IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A STANDALONE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, UH, FAST ACT, WHICH IS THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RUNS OUT OF MONEY ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.

SO THAT REAUTHORIZATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

UH, PEOPLE NOT SURE THAT THAT WILL ALL GET ROLLED IN TOGETHER AS ONE BILL LIKE, UH, UH, THE PREVIOUS, UH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DATE ON THEIR PROPOSED PACKAGE AND THE LAST ADMINISTRATION THAT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE WERE WATCHING THAT INCREDIBLY CLOSELY.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR EVERY POSSIBLE GRANT OPPORTUNITY WE CAN GET, UH, THE CONGRESS HAS DECIDED TO BRING BACK.

UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TERM THEY USED, BUT IT'S BASICALLY EARMARKS COMMUNITY SUPPORT, INVESTMENT, UM, EARMARKS.

AND WE'RE TALKING WITH OUR DELEGATION ABOUT ASKING THEM TO SUPPORT US ON PARTS OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO WE'RE NOT GONNA LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED TO TRY TO GET EVERY FEDERAL DOLLAR WE CAN, SO WE CAN GET OUR FAIR SHARE OUT OF DC BACK HERE.

AND WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT.

BUT, UM, KNOCK ON WOOD, OUR PROGRAM LINES UP INCREDIBLY WELL WITH A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF DC ABOUT INVESTMENTS AND JOBS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND EQUITY, AND, UM, WE ARE GOING TO REALLY BE AGGRESSIVE AND PUTTING OUR CASE FORWARD.

SO HAPPY TO, UH, BRING BACK GOOD NEWS, HOPEFULLY AS TIME PROGRESSES ON THAT.

SO WITHOUT THAT, THAT'S MY UPDATE, UH, CHAIR, APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S, UH, TIME TODAY AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEL ANY COMMENTS THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE BOARD MEMBERS.

BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, AND THEN BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.

I FIGURE THIS WILL BE ON NEXT MONTHS, UH, PRESIDENT'S REPORT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, TO IN ADVANCE TO, UH, CAP METRO INTO THE SENIOR STAFF, UM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT CAP METRO HAS BEEN DOING TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, COVID VACCINATION EFFORTS, UM, SPECIFICALLY HELPING OUT WITH, UH, FAMILY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THEY'VE BEEN INVALUABLE PARTNER, UH, PROVIDING THE BUSES, UH, THAT, THAT HAVE HELPED SERVE AS RESPITE FOR OUR, UH, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, UH, TO HELP WITH, UM, WITH, UH, WIFI ABILITIES THERE AND PEOPLE CAN CHARGE THEIR PHONES AND STUFF.

AND, UH, ALSO JUST NOTING THAT, AND I'LL SAY THAT, THAT, UM, THE OPERATOR WE'VE HAD UP THERE HAS BEEN AMAZING.

UH, CHRIS HAS BEEN REALLY HELPED AS WELL, UH, BUT ALSO NOTING THAT, UH, COMING UP ON, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S WEDNESDAY, UH, TAP METRO STAFF THEMSELVES WILL BE COMING OUT TO, TO VOLUNTEER AS WELL.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO, UH, CABINET FOR BEING A VALUED PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUED WAYS TO, UH, TO, TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO, UM, TO, TO FIGHT THIS AND, AND, AND WIPE IT OUT HOPEFULLY ONCE.

AND FOR ALL WE, WE, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND HONOR THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE RANDY ALL YOU AND THE STAFF ARE DOING TO HELP MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH.

SO I KNOW THEY'VE DONE SOME ALREADY DESIGN WORK AND SOME SOFTWARE, AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT KIND OF PARALLEL A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE REALLY NEED THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION ULTIMATELY ABOUT GUIDELINES BECAUSE THE GUIDELINES WILL THEN DETERMINE HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT AND PERFORM THOSE ZONES.

UM, UH, AND I THINK BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.

YEAH, JUST QUICKLY.

I WANTED TO SAY, UM, UM, UH, I ECHO WHAT, UH, BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON SAID, UM, APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS, UM, THAT ARE BEING MADE.

UM, I WAS ALSO EXCITED TO SEE THE, THE, UM, THE LAUNCH OF THE PFLUGERVILLE PICKUP.

UM, I'M WONDERING IF, UM, UH, I CANNOT, I DON'T KNOW IF MR VALENTINE'S AVAILABLE OR NOT.

HE SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH ME.

I'M JUST NOT REMEMBERING IF HE COULD, UH, IF HE'S AVAILABLE OR PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, RANDY, JUST, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S THE TWO ADDITIONAL AREAS THERE'S GOING TO BE PLANNING THAT WILL BE KICKED OFF SOMETIME THIS SPRING.

AND JUST WONDERING IF HE HAS DATES FOR THOSE.

UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, WE'LL GET AN EMAIL WITH SPECIFIC DATES.

I THINK THE REAL KEY IS NEXT MONTH, WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD, THE PICKUP GUIDELINES, AND THAT'S THE BOARD DECIDES TO ADOPT FORMAL GUIDELINES.

THEN WE CAN QUICKLY KICK OFF THE PROCESS INTO THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION AND THE PLANNING FOR THOSE NEXT THREE ZONES.

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SO, YEAH, LAST MONTH WE BROUGHT THAT TO YOU, I GUESS IT WAS ACTUALLY TWO WEEKS AGO AND THIS WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THEN NEXT MONTH WE'VE HEARD ALL YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT STAFF WILL BE REACHING OUT BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO DO ONE MORE TOUCH POINT WITH EVERYONE TO MAKE, UH, MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT EVERY ONE OF YOUR TOPICS.

THE ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE ARE PEDAL DOWN.

WE ARE TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THE NEXT THREE PICKUPS ZONES.

WE, EVERY, EVERY PART OF PROJECT CONNECT WE HAVE THE SECOND WEEK AND GO TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION.

WE WANT TO DO THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL HEARING NONE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR, UM, FOR WORKING TO GET THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE BOARD MEETING OF, FOR THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE MADE, UH, FOR EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED.

AND, AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, IF, UH, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS IN TERMS OF FUTURE ITEMS, THEN WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED AT TWO 50, TWO 50 ON THE 29TH.