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AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS APRIL MEETING OF THE CAP METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 26TH, AND THE TIME IS FOUR.
UH, AS USUAL BEFORE WE GET STARTED A COUPLE OF LOGISTICAL REMINDERS, PLEASE KEEP YOUR MICROPHONE ON MUTE UNLESS YOU'RE SPEAKING.
AND THEN TRY TO REMEMBER TO MUTE YOURSELF AGAIN WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED ALSO, UH, AS HAS BECOME OUR CUSTOM, WHEN VOTING ITEMS COME UP, I'LL BE ASKING BOARD MEMBERS FOR A VERBAL VOTE OF URINATE ON EACH ITEM, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, UM, AND BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE REMINDER THAT IN ORDER TO FULLY COMPLY WITH TEXAS LAWS ON REMOTE MEETINGS, WE'LL NEED YOU TO STAY VISIBLE BY LEAVING YOUR CAMERA ON AT ALL TIMES POSSIBLE.
AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO CAST A VOTE, OUR FIRST, UH, AGENDA
[ I. Public Comment]
ITEM TODAY IS PUBLIC COMMENT.I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY LEADERS WITH US, UH, IN THE MEETING TODAY, WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS, THE APTA PEER REVIEW ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE'LL BEGIN HERE.
UM, AND AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE, OF COURSE, ON MUTE YOURSELF AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UM, FIRST ON MY LIST IS MR. PAYNE, OUR ATU LEADER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UH, LIKE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY HI TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WALL.
UM, THE SUBJECT THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON BRIEFLY WAS, UH, ATU SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL METRO, MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF TRYING TO GET THEIR OWN TRANSIT POLICE.
H U DEFINITELY 100% IS IN SUPPORT OF THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
ONE ACCOUNTABILITY, TWO, I THINK IT WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER ASSISTANCE TO OUR OPERATORS AND MECHANICS WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE.
UH, SO MANY TIMES I HEAR ABOUT TIMES AND WHAT THE POLICE CAN AND CANNOT DO ONCE THEY GET THERE.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CAPITOL METRO SHOWS US THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIBLE TOWARDS THE OPERATIONS CAUSE WE ALL IN IT TOGETHER.
AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO MOVE THIS WAY TOWARD TRANSIT POLICE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED SO FAR WITH THE PEER REVIEW.
WE'VE MET WITH SOME PEOPLE I'VE HAD, I'VE USED REGULAR OPERATORS.
UH, GARDNER HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT KEEPING US INFORMED AND I APPRECIATE THAT FROM MR. CLARK AND DADDY ON DOING THAT.
SO I DON'T HAVE REALLY ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, BUT 80 IS DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
AND HOPEFULLY THE BOARD WILL GO, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S TIME TO VOTE TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, SO I'M DONE.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US AND I'M NOT SEEING ANY OF OUR OTHER SPEAKERS JUST YET.
SHOULD WE GO ON AND COME BACK? I AM NOT EITHER.
YANIST DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US ON OUR GUEST? UH, I'M WAITING TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH NELSON AND DR.
SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UH, BUT SHE HAS SOME COMMENTS THAT SHE LEFT WITH GARDNER KATE GARDNER.
DO YOU WANT TO BRING THOSE TO US AT THIS TIME AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON AND COME BACK AND PICK UP MR. LINDER AND REVEREND HORTON.
I'D BE GLAD TO SHARE A QUOTE THAT, UH, DR.
PIERCE BURNETTE, UH, WHO IS A HOUSTON TILLOTSON, UH, PRESIDENT HAS PROVIDED, AND SHE SENDS HER APOLOGIES ONCE AGAIN, BUT SHE SAYS IN HER QUOTE, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET COMMUNITY COMMUNITY POLICING, RIGHT.
AND TO DO IT IN-HOUSE AS WE GROW, I'M HIGHLY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT I'VE READ AND LOVED THE IDEA OF THE AMBASSADORS AND QUOTE.
AND IF YOU WILL, OR, UH, YONIS, IF YOU'LL LET ME KNOW WHEN OUR OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE ARRIVED, UH WE'LL UH, UM, WORK THEM IN AS WE GO THROUGH OUR AGENDA.
UH, MEANTIME THEN, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATES
[ II. Advisory Committee Updates]
AND, UH, YEAH, UNLESS YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.UH, CHAIRMAN COOPER, UH, PRESIDENT CLARK BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR ESTEEM, JESS, I AM YONIS BANKS, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR CAP TO CAPITAL METRO.
UM, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE UPDATE FOR THE ACCESS COMMITTEE FIRST,
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UH, WAS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING.UH, THEY WERE GIVEN AN UPDATE ON PROJECT CONNECT, UM, WHERE WE'RE STANDING NOW, UM, WHICH WASN'T TOO MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DID LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE CAC APPOINTMENT, UH, THAT THEY DID HAVE, UH, THAT THEY WERE UPDATED ABOUT THIS JUNE SERVICE CHANGE, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE THE SAME SERVICE WHERE I'M RUNNING NOW, UH, WITH NO REAL CHANGES THERE.
THEY WERE GIVEN AN UPDATE ON THAT NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER, WHICH I BELIEVE Y'ALL HAD AN UPDATE LAST MONTH ABOUT, UH, JUST SOME OF THE UPGRADES WE'RE DOING THERE AND THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AND JONATHAN TANZER AND, UH, WAS GIVING THEM AN IT UPDATE.
UH, SO JUST LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE APP, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE ON THE BACKEND ON THE INSIDE, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW, UH, TAP CARS, WE'RE LOOKING TO ROLL OUT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS PRETTY IT FOR ACCESS COMMITTEE, UH, FOR C SAC, THEY ALSO GET THE PROJECT CONNECT UPDATE, UH, AND THEY DECIDED WHO WOULD BE THEIR CAC APPOINTMENT.
UM, THEY WERE UPDATED ABOUT THE GENERAL SERVICE CHANGE AS WELL.
THEY ALSO WOULD GIVE THEM THE UPDATE FOR THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER AND THE SAME, UH, IT UPDATES.
SO THEY CAN JUST BE FAMILIAR, UM, WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEY DID ASK FOR FEEDBACK FROM BOTH COMMITTEES ON THE IT UPDATE JUST ABOUT ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY GROUPS NEED TO MAKE SURE WE REACH OUT TO, UH, SO THEY ARE AWARE AND MAYBE EVEN HAVING SOME FOLKS HELP TEST, UM, THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, AND WITH THAT, THAT IS THE UPDATE.
UH, THANK YOU, MR. BANKS, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE VERY WELL.
UH, NEXT WE'LL HAVE OUR BOARD COMMITTEE
[ III. Board Committee Updates]
UPDATES, UH, FINANCE, UH, DID NOT MEET AND I THINK, UH, LIKEWISE CAMPO DID NOT MEET LAST MONTH.AND SO, UH, CHAIR KITCHEN, COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE PLEASE? ON OPERATIONS PLANNING AND SAFETY? UH, YES.
UH, WE HAD, UM, OUR MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE 14TH OF APRIL, AND WE TOOK ACTION ON THE, UM, CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER AND RECOMMENDED IT TO BE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH I THINK IT'S ON FOR TODAY.
UH, WE ALSO GOT A BRIEFING ON THE PICKUP SERVICE GUIDELINES, AS WELL AS AN OPERATIONS PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER.
UNDER THAT ITEM, WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS OF, FOR AN IDENTIFIED, UM, DESIRE FOR A FUTURE BREEDING BRIEFING FOR THE WHOLE BOARD, WHICH I THINK, UM, UH, MR. CLARK HAD SAID THAT HE WAS PLANNING, UH, BUT THAT WAS RELATED TO WHAT, WHAT ARE THE FEDERAL PARAMETERS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED FOR THINGS LIKE, UM, OUR CONTRACTING WITH MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, UM, AND ALSO WHAT ARE THE FEDERAL PARAMETERS RELATED TO, UM, BENEFITS, UM, HEALTH INSURANCE, OTHER KINDS OF BENEFITS THAT WE MIGHT EXPECT FROM OUR SUBCONTRACTORS.
SO WE JUST HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT DURING THE COMMITTEE AND IDENTIFIED OUR DESIRE FOR MORE INFORMATION AROUND THAT.
AND I THINK MR. CLARK MENTIONED THAT AT A FUTURE CAP METRO BOARD MEETING, THAT WOULD BE AN ITEM FOR BRIEFING.
SO, UM, I DON'T RECALL ANYTHING ELSE, UH, FROM THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, DO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WANT TO SPEAK TO ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE DISCUSSED? IT'S LIKE NOT.
CHAIR KITCHEN, UH, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON.
DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US FROM THE ATB BOARD? YEAH.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND A STAFF, UH, IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE AS TO WHERE THINGS STAND WITH ATP.
UH, JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, THERE'S ALREADY A SCHEDULED AGENDA ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FOR TAT METRO TODAY THAT WE'LL HAVE A MORE IN DEPTH BRIEFING AND UPDATE ABOUT WHERE THINGS STAND ON THE PROJECT CONNECT AS WELL AS A REVIEW OF THE INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL.
UH, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW WITH JUST, UH, SOME OF OUR OTHER ACTIVITIES AND MEETINGS AND THINGS.
UM, BOARD ACTIONS TODAY, JUST AS A KIND OF A BROAD OVERVIEW BACK IN JANUARY, WE APPROVED OUR BUDGET AND THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH CAP METRO IN FEBRUARY.
UH, WE APPROVED THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO SUPPORT PROJECT CONNECT, UH, AND THE PROJECT CONNECT SUPPORT OFFICE THAT, UH, IS RUN BY THE CITY AND ALSO THE AGREEMENT TO JOIN THE STATE PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.
UH, IN MARCH WE APPROVED THE ATP
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TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTERS, AND ALSO THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT, UH, FUNDS.UH, MOST RECENTLY HERE AT THE APRIL BOARD MEETING, WE APPROVED THE ATP ETHICS CONFLICTS AND NON-DISCLOSURE POLICY.
AND THE GOAL OF THIS POLICY IS TO PREVENT ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITHIN THE ATP AND TO PROMOTE A ETHICAL, TRANSPARENT BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE NEW ORGANIZATION.
IT'S A I'LL NOTE, VERY SIMILAR TO THE POLICY THAT WE AS MEMBERS OF THE CAP METRO BOARD OPERATE UNDER AS WELL, UH, RELATED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, THIS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ATP IS GOING TO BE HOSTING A SERIES OF STATION ALIGNMENT, VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO KIND OF START DIGGING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE, THE DETAILS WITHIN THE ACTUAL BLUE AND ORANGE LINES, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING TIMELINES FOR THAT WILL ACTUAL LIGHT RAIL STATIONS OR LOCATIONS, CONFIGURATIONS, UH, PRINCIPLES, THE BASICS OF THE PLANNING AND OPERATION OF, OF THE ACTUAL STATION ACCESSIBILITY AND CUSTOMER AMENITIES AND THINGS.
UM, NEXT MONTH, UH, ATP STAFF IS GOING TO START BRINGING BACK TO THE, UH, BOTH THE ATP BOARD AND THEN ALSO TO, UH, THE, UM, AND, UH, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS ORANGE AND BLUE LINE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE CAP METRO BOARD AS WELL, VIRTUAL TOURS OF THE BLUE LINE BETWEEN, UH, THE AIRPORT AND REPUBLIC SQUARE AT, UH, OUR NEXT REGULAR NEXT MONTH, REGULAR MEETINGS.
SO THAT SHOULD BE REALLY EXCITING FOR BOTH ATP AND ALSO FOR US AS A CAP METRO AS A WHOLE, UH, UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE APPLICATION PROCESS WAS CONCLUDED, UH, CLOSED BACK IN FEBRUARY AND THE JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND CAP METRO BOARD NOMINATING COMMITTEE PRESENTED THEIR REPORTS.
AND IN MARCH, UH, BOTH BODIES DID, UH, APPROVE THE ROSTER.
AND THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR TODAY THIS AFTERNOON, THIS EVENING, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UM, MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT WERE APPROVED THAT HAD BEEN APPOINTED BY THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE WERE, UH, SUSANNA ALMANZA.
AND FORGIVE ME IF I, IF I DON'T GET THE NAMES, RIGHT, I APOLOGIZE FOR PRONUNCIATION SUSANA ALMANZA I WASTE IS, ARE, UH, WOW.
PAULO CONLEY, GRETCHEN FLATO, THEODORE FONG, JEREMY HENDRIX, RENEE LOPEZ, RIHANNA, SNITCH, LER, AND, UH, ALEX KARNER IS EX-OFFICIO, UH, THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE MEMBERS THAT WERE ALREADY SELECTED, THAT WERE PART OF THE, UH, THE VARIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE BODIES TO CAP METRO, AND ALSO, UH, THE, UH, VARIOUS BODIES THAT WERE PART OF THE, UH, THE, THE CITY THAT WERE PART OF THE, THE, ON THE AUSTIN CITY OF AUSTIN SIDE.
UM, ALSO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
THE, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS CLOSED ON FRIDAY FOR THE ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE, UH, CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY AND DBE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THE BOARD LIAISONS OF ATP ARE GONNA BE REVIEWING THOSE APPLICATIONS.
UH, WE HAD OVER 25 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THAT DID APPLY AND, UH, ATP BOARD LIAISONS ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THOSE NOMINEES FOR ATP BOARD APPROVAL AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON MAY 19TH, UH, THE WORKING GROUPS CONTINUE TO MEET THOSE ARE THE STAFF WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE MEETING, UH, WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE PROJECTS, UH, COLLABORATING WITH FOLKS IN DOWNTOWN SOUTH CONGRESS, IN GUADALUPE AS WELL.
AND, UM, IN ADDITION, STARTUP PROCESS GOING ON, UH, CONTINUE THE STAFFING UP.
THE, UH, ATP HAS NOW MOVED UP TO 18 TEAM STAFF MEMBERS, INCLUDING, UH, AND THAT INCLUDES THE S WHAT WE CALL THE SUCCONDED CAPITAL METRO STAFF MEMBERS, OR FOLKS THAT HAVE MOVED OVER THERE FROM CAP METRO.
THERE ARE 12 POSTED POSITIONS IN THE ATP JOBS WEBSITE, AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE POSTED AS WE ADVANCE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND PROCESS IN PLACES LIKE, UH, IN PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT, ENGINEERING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BOARD RELATIONS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN COORDINATION ON THAT SIDE OF THE EQUATION UNDER A BAUDETTE, UH, THE CITY'S PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE CONTINUES TO STAFF UP AS WELL WITH ITS TECHNICAL CAPACITY AND WORK WITH ATP ON THE, UH, FUTURE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT TOPICS, INCLUDING COORDINATION AND PERMITTING FOR UTILITIES RIGHT AWAY AND MORE.
UH, THERE'S ALSO BEEN MOVEMENT ON THE FEDERAL SIDE OF THINGS AS A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
RANDY CLARK HAS HAD SOME, UH, PRUDENT WHAT I WOULD BELIEVE PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS WITH, UM, UH, DEPUTY FTA ADMINISTRATOR AND A FORMER APTA, UH, UH, MEMBER, UH, AND LEADER NURIA FERNANDEZ TO DISCUSS OUR PROJECTS, UH, ADVANCEMENTS AND PRIORITIES, AND, UM, SENIOR STAFF AND CAP METRO CAP, METRO AND ATP, CONTINUE TO MONITOR, UH, DEVELOPMENTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL.
FINALLY, OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, THAT LITTLE BORING MACHINE THAT AT ONE POINT
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YOU SAW OUT IN LADY BIRD LAKE, WELL, IT'S ON THE MOVE.IT IS NOW UP TAKING SOIL SAMPLES ALONG THE LIGHT RAIL CORRIDOR.
UH, FURTHER UP THIS TIME ON GUADALUPE IS THEY'RE MAKING THE MOVE, UH, FIGURING OUT, UH, WHAT, UH, FURTHER NEEDS WILL BE HAD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT PHASES OF THE, UM, THE ENGINEERING AND THE, UH, UH, ARCHITECTURE AND DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S A LOT TO ABSORB, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A LOT ON THE ADP SIDE OF THINGS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS.
THAT'S KIND OF, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE A MORE, UH, KIND OF BROAD OVERVIEW IN BRIEFING, AND THEN, UH, UH, DIVE DOWN INTO THE, UH, FINANCES AND NUMBERS WITH THE INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL THAT IS ON OUR AGENDA FOR LATER IN THIS BOARD MEETING.
THAT IS OUR UPDATE, UH, MEMBER CALLS, QUESTION FOR NUMBER STRATTON.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF GENERALLY FOR EVERYONE.
ARE YOU, UM, COLLEAGUES, ARE YOU ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SITES? WHAT THE TODDS, THE TLDS THE SPECIFICS ON THE KNOW HOW THEY'RE DEVELOPED AND SO FORTH? SPEAKING FOR ME, NOT SO MUCH.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GENERALLY THE CASE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S ONLY MAYBE TWO, UH, ONE OF THEM OF COURSES IN MY DISTRICT, A CRISPY STATION AS A TOD.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, A DEVELOPMENT REGIME CALLED A PUD, WHICH IS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THOSE.
UM, AND SO I ASKED MY STAFF, TELL ME WHAT THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES ARE BETWEEN TLDS AND PDS.
AND, UH, WE DECIDED TO SUBMIT THAT TO, UM, THE CITY STAFF TO PROVIDE US KIND OF A CHART TO SHOW US HOW THINGS ARE SIMILAR AND HOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN I'VE ASKED FOR A BRIEFING IN PUBLIC WORK SESSION FOR MAY FOUR FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED AND FAMILIAR WITH PARTICULARLY THE TOD, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE ENTERING INTO THEM IN A LARGE WAY WITH PROJECT CONNECT.
AND I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE FACILE IN AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY WORK.
SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THIS BOARD ALSO TO GET A BRIEFING FROM CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF TO KIND OF DESCRIBE THE LAY OF THE LAND AND HOW THE TMD WORKS SO THAT WE KNOW HOW IT WILL BE OVERLAID WITH THE WORK ON DISPLACEMENT, GENTRIFICATION AND THE STATION LOCATIONS.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ALL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN? WE HAVE OUR HANDS RAISED.
CAN YOU SEE THAT? OR REMEMBER KITCHEN? I THINK VICE CHAIR.
TREVELYAN HAD HIS RACE FIRST, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE HIS FIRST.
UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN THE RECORD, UH, THAT THERE WAS THAT, THAT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION, UM, IN, IN OPERATIONS, BUT I THINK WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION DURING, UH, THE, UH, TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AS WELL, UH, THAT, UH, THAT WE BE CLEAR ABOUT AND MAYBE EVEN DEDICATE A WORK SESSION TO OUR HISTORICALLY UNDER UTILIZED PROGRAM, OUR DBE PROGRAM, UH, THAT, THAT WE ACTUALLY LAY OUT AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE CONTOURS OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM, HOW ONE MIGHT PARTICIPATE IN IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE UNDERSTANDING WHAT CERTIFICATION IS IT'S IT'S, UH, IT IS A, IT IS A DEFINED PROGRAM THAT GIVES, UH, FOLKS WHO DO BUSINESS, WHO SELL THE GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WE PURCHASE GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO, UH, SELL SOME OF THOSE PRODUCTS TO US.
AND I THINK IS GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, UH, NOT ONLY AS A TRANSIT COMPANY, BUT, BUT ALSO AS, UH, AN AGENCY THAT IS EXPANDING SIGNIFICANTLY AND WILL SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF, OF THE NEXT, UH, OF THE NEXT 10 YEARS THAT PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S ON THE GROUND NOW.
AND IF THEY'RE PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
IF THEY AREN'T PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE TODAY, WE CAN GIVE THEM THE TANGIBLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE THINGS THAT MUST BE PUT IN PLACE.
IF IN FACT, THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US.
IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE, UH, PARTICIPATE IN WELL, WHETHER WE PARTICIPATE NOW AS PARTNERS, WITHOUT OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES OR DEVELOP A STANDARD ONPRO PROCESS OURSELVES, UH, IN ORDER TO, TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN A DISPARITY STUDY AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT DEFINES, UH, WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE NOW, UH, THAT,
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THAT DEFINES THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.AND THEN ALSO LOOKS AT THE TYPES OF THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH IN THIS MARKET.
SO THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, UH, TO, UH, DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS AS IT RELATES TO OUR DBE PROGRAM AND, AND, UM, AND BETTER UNDERSTAND IT AS A BOARD INITIALLY, BUT THEN MAKE A COMMUNITY, UM, AWARE OF IT AS WELL.
MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, TO ADDRESS TO ADDRESS, I THINK I WAS NEXT TO ERIC AND I REALIZED THAT THIS IS, I JUST WANTED THIS RELATES BACK TO ATP.
JUST IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, JUST TO ADDRESS THAT, IF THAT'S A QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A QUESTION, BUT I'VE HEARD THAT HE RAISED SOMETHING THAT WE DID ACTUALLY ADDRESS AT ATP.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT IT WAS ADDRESSED IF POSSIBLE, IF IT'S NO, IT'S REAL QUICK.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBER TREVELYAN.
WE DID ONE THING I LEFT OUT AND I APOLOGIZE, WE DID AT OUR LAST ATP BOARD MEETING, WE DID HAVE THAT, THAT KIND OF BROAD OVERVIEW DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AND ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES WITH, WITH SBE AND DBE AND HOW THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS WORK.
AGAIN, IT, IT'S NOT DIVING DOWN TO THE LEVEL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PER SE, BUT IT WAS KIND OF, SORT OF, SORT OF, KIND OF TRYING TO LEVEL SET FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS OF ATP THAT ARE ALL COMING FROM, FROM, UH, DISPARATE BACKGROUNDS, UH, GIVE THEM GIVING A BROAD EXPLANATION OF HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK GOING FORWARD FROM THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
AND I BELIEVE IT MAY BE SIMILAR TO WHAT MAYBE MIGHT BE COMING OUR WAY, UH, IN TERMS OF A PRESENTATION, AN OVERALL PROJECT, TO GET US ALL KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THIS GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD STARTING POINT TO THEN GET BACK TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, DIGGING A LITTLE DEEPER FROM THERE TO WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT Y'ALL WERE AWARE AND MY APOLOGIES I'D FORGOTTEN IT.
YES, THAT INDEED WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WAS A BRIEFING ABOUT, UH, THE FEDERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING, UH, THE DIFFERENCES AND HOW DBE VERSUS SBE WORKS AS IT RELATES TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN THERE ON THAT.
AND MR. CHAIRMAN LET, SINCE THAT WAS RELATED TO THAT IN ATP.
UM, MR. TREVELYAN FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
THAT'S THE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REPORTING ON WHEN I REPORTED ON OUR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
THAT THAT WAS THE POINT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND, AND ASK, I'M GOING TO ASK MR. CLARK TO DEPEND ON OUR AGENDA AGAIN.
SO YOU'VE THANK YOU FOR FLESHING IT OUT.
UM, BUT AS I SAID, DURING MY OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT, THAT'S, I THINK MR. CLARK IS GOING TO, UM, SET UP A MEETING, YOU KNOW, FOR US A BRIEFING FOR US.
AND IT ALSO WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CHA UH, BOARD MEMBER POOL.
UM, THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO ADD TO THAT IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA ON MAY 6TH RELATED TO THE CITY SIDE OF PLANNING FOR TOTS.
AND SO, UM, SO THAT'S JUST A HEADS UP FOR, FOR EVERYONE.
I THINK IT'S ALIGNED WITH AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEING LOOKED AT FOR PROJECT CONNECT, BUT THAT'S JUST AN FYI.
SO I THINK IF, IF THERE'S AN INTEREST HERE FROM THE BOARD AS COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SAID THAT THAT, THAT, UH, PERHAPS WE CAN DO A BRIEFING, SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE CITY DOES FROM A ZONING AND LAND USE PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, UH, FOR TLDS.
SO, AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT A BRIEFING, I JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT'S NOT LIKE AN HOUR, I THINK THAT, UH, THE DIFFERENCES IN SIMILARITIES AND JUST THE OVERVIEW COULD TAKE MAYBE 10, 15 MINUTES AND THEN MAYBE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T SEE IT AS BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, A HEAVY LIFT TIME WISE.
I DO THINK IT WOULD BE INFORMATIVE.
IT WOULD HELP, UM, KIND OF CENTER EVERYONE.
AND JUST LIKE WHAT BOARD MEMBER TREVELYAN WAS SAYING ABOUT, UH, AND, AND BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN WERE SAYING ABOUT THE, UM, MINORITY BUSINESS CONTRACTORS.
IT'S ALSO IN, IN AID OF GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT INTO THE PUBLIC, MORE COMPLETELY THE MO THE MORE REPETITIONS IN OUR LIKELY FOLKS ARE TO PICK IT UP AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THANK YOU, MEMBER POOL, UM, PRESIDENT CLARK, UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
UH, JUST A COUPLE RESPONSES, I GUESS, TO THAT.
UH, I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE STAFF IN, UH, AT THE MAY BOARD MEETING WILL BE BRINGING A FEDERAL REGULATORY REVIEW FOR THE BOARD.
SO THIS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST DID AT THE ATP BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.
I WILL SAY IT WILL BE A LITTLE DEEPER, UM, ATP IS A NEW ORGANIZATION.
SO THIS WILL REVIEW A LOT OF INFORMATION.
BOARD MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS REGARDING THINGS LIKE DB PROGRAM, AND ALSO GO INTO AS BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN MENTIONED THINGS LIKE THE DAVIS BACON ACT AND, UM, AND FAIR PAY AND THOSE TYPES OF, UH, LAYERS.
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AND I DO THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET INFORMATION OUT IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW SPECIFICALLY THE DB PROGRAM WORKS.IT IS A FEDERAL REGULATORY PROGRAM.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE AN OPTION TO MODIFY AND TWEAK WHAT THE RULES ARE.
WE HAVE ABILITIES TO GO ABOVE MINIMUMS, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE EXPLAIN HOW THOSE, THOSE, UH, PERCENTAGES ARE DERIVED, HOW THEY'RE DONE THROUGH, UH, AVAILABILITY IN LOCAL MARKETS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, CERTAINLY, UM, I THINK THE MAY BOARD MEETING WILL BRING A LOT OF CLARITY TO THAT REGARDING THE PLANNING PIECE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A TEED UP FOR JUNE, BUT I COULD BE MISTAKEN ON THAT.
UH, SHAMILA IS LEADING OUR ETO D STUDY AND IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND WE PLAN ON BRINGING IN, IF IT'S NOT JUNE, IT COULD BE JULY.
SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S ON OUR IT'S ON OUR CALENDAR.
UH, BUT IT'S TO DO, UH, NOT ONLY THE ETFE STUDY, SO THE FTA THE FTA FUNDED US FOR, BUT IT'S ALSO TO TALK ABOUT HOW ALL OF THESE PIECES KIND OF WORK TOGETHER.
UM, BOTH THE CITY, UH, ZONING AND LAND USE AND, AND, AND TODD, AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT ALSO HOW, UH, SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THIS STUDY SHOULD NOT ONLY INFLUENCE CAP METRO'S TOD POLICY AND WHAT WE MAY DO WITH, UH, REAL ESTATE AVAILABILITY OVER TIME, BUT IDEAL IDEALLY WHAT THE CITY SHOULD BE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT ZONING AROUND CORRIDORS.
AND A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE THIS JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THE CITY, UH, TOD, UH, MOST OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, I THINK, WOULD LOOK AT THAT AS STILL VERY EXCESSIVE IN PARKING.
AND SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WITH THIS BIG INVESTMENT IN HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT THINGS IN THE CURRENT TOD POLICY, THAT WOULD NOT ONLY BE MORE ADDITIVE TO TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, BUT WOULD ALSO HELP US ON OUR FEDERAL EVALUATION CRITERIA TO POTENTIALLY GET MORE FEDERAL DOLLARS AS WELL.
SO, UH, SO IF, UH, IF I I'LL GET A NOTE OUT TO EVERYONE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S JUNE OR JULY, THAT IS QUEUED UP.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL WORK FOR BOTH OUR MEMBER POOL AND KITCHEN WE'RE REFERRING TO AND A BOARD MEMBER, CIVILIAN NUMBER.
I WAS JUST RESPONDING TO RANDY.
UM, AND YES, UM, THE MORE EXPANSIVE VIEW IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL THAT THAT, THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION, UM, AND THAT THEY HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
SO JUST TO, TO PRESS FORWARD THAT POINT, THE ALIGNMENT OF THE POLICIES, CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
THE CITY HAS OF COURSE, A BROADER ARRAY OF POLICY, UH, DECISIONS TO MAKE, BECAUSE IT'S THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST ON THE TRANSIT ORIENTED CORRIDORS AND THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT EACH OTHER IS DOING AND WHAT OUR PHILOSOPHIES ARE.
AND THE MISSION THAT WE'RE POINTED TO ACROSS THE BOARD IS IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE HELPFUL.
SO MY POINT IS LET'S COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AS MUCH, AND AS, AS, UH, AS BROADLY AND AS REGULARLY AS POSSIBLE.
OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, UM, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CLARK.
I THINK THAT TIMING WOULD WORK.
WE SHOULD JUST DOUBLE-CHECK AND, AND, UM, AND SEE HOW THAT TIMING ALIGNS WITH, WITH WHEN THE, WHEN THE, THE CITY WILL BE CONSIDERING THE TOD POLICY.
SO, BUT IF MEMORY SERVES THE JUNE OR JULY FOR BRIEFING FOR CAP, METRO SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE TIMELY.
UM, REMEMBER KITCHEN NUMBER STRATEGY.
UM, AS THE CAP METRO, UH, BOARD MEMBER TO ATP, UH, I WILL SAY, I, I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT TOPIC TO TAKE BACK TO ATP AS WELL.
ONE THING THAT I'M NOTING IS THIS IS ALL VERY NEW THING FOR ALL OF US WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS THAT WE'RE BUILDING AND HOW WE'RE BUILDING IT.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL KIND OF SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ATP IS AND WHAT IT DOES AND HOW ALL THESE PIECES ARE GONNA FIT TOGETHER.
AND, AND, UM, BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN, AND BOARD MEMBER POOL, I WILL ECHO THAT, UM, THAT I THINK THAT, THAT HAVING THAT HAVING BRIEFINGS, UM, W WE'RE DOING BRIEFINGS AT ATP, AND WHAT I NOTICING IS IT WE'LL DO BRIEFINGS AT ATP.
AND THEN IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE THE SIMILAR BRIEFING, IT, YOU KNOW, A CAP METRO THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, AND SOME
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CASES, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING ALSO APPLIES TO CAP METRO.I, I BELIEVE THAT IN SOME CASES THERE'S GOING TO BE INFORMATION THAT ATP GETS THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY APPLY TO CAP METRO, BUT DOES DEFINITELY APPLY ON THE CITY COUNCIL SITE.
BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE THAT VENN DIAGRAM DOES OVERLAP TO ALL THREE PIECES IN TERMS OF BRIEFING AND HAVING THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED IN VARIOUS VENUES, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE Y'ALL KNOW WITH CITY COUNCIL.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW UP THAT, THAT, THAT WATCH OR LISTEN OR TUNE IN TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT MAYBE NOT THE CAP METRO AND THAT SOME THAT, THAT STILL AREN'T REALLY FAMILIAR WITH OR RECOGNIZE THAT THEY NEED TO BE WATCHING THE ATP, UM, TO THAT MATTER, THEY MAY BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION OR MAY BE REALLY FIRED UP ABOUT THIS NEW CAC THING, BUT, UM, MAY NOT NECESSARILY LOOK AT OR PAY ATTENTION TO THE ATP PROPER.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT P IS, UH, PUBLICLY HAS BEEN LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET THE CAC, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BRIEFED ON THESE TOPICS THAT NOW ATP IS, IS NOW LEARNING AS WELL.
SO TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, YOUR POINT AND YOUR POINTS ON THIS, I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN HAVE BRIEFINGS, UH, PROVIDING KEY CRITICAL INFORMATION AT DIFFERENT POINTS FOR DIFFERENT BODIES.
AND NO, IS IT, IS IT AN HOUR LONG? NO.
IS IT A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 MINUTE POWERPOINT, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE WE JUST DO SOME EDUCATION AND THEN HAVE, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO Q AND A, I THINK THAT THAT'S REASONABLE AND, AND MEMBERS OF ATP BOARD, CITY COUNCIL CAP, METRO, MAYBE EVEN CAC.
BECAUSE THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY TO, TO, TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO LEARN ABOUT IT, I THINK THE MORE COMFORT LEVEL WE'LL HAVE IN TERMS OF LEARNING WHO'S ON FIRST AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT PIECES OF THIS AMAZING PROJECT CONNECT THAT WE'RE BUILDING GOING FORWARD.
SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
AND I WOULD EVEN ENCOURAGE INTO THAT.
AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, I I'D BE IN COMPLETELY IN FAVOR OF DOING A SIMILAR BRIEFING BEFORE THE ATP BOARD.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT SUGGESTION BACK TO, UH, THE ATP BOARD.
AND, AND I THINK ALSO IT WOULD ALSO BE APPROPRIATE TO, TO, TO DO BEFORE THE CAC HERE AT SOME POINT IN, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
AND I'M, I'M, I DON'T KNOW WHO I NEED TO TAKE THAT BACK TO AMONG OUR, OUR PEOPLE ON ATP, BUT I'M HAPPY TO, TO, TO GET THAT BACK TO ATP, UH, BORDER MEMBER AS WELL ON THAT ONE.
THANK YOU, MEMBER STRATTON, LIKE TO, UH, TAKE US BACK TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I SEE THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GUESTS, UH, AND IF WE CAN, UH, LET THEM MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION, I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD.
I SAW, UM, MR. LENDER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR COMMENTS, WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE THOSE AND GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME, SIR? YES, SIR.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT YOU GETTING, UM, FORCING OUR POLICE FORCE.
I THINK IT'S VERY EASY TO ALIGN YOUR CULTURE, YOUR OWN, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, UM, HOW THE BEST POSSIBLE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM.
AND I THINK OF COURSE, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING THE PROPER ALIGNMENT, WHICH IS ALREADY THERE, THEN COMMUNICATING IN THE COMMUNITY IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I'M HERE TO BE A PART OF THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING NINE EXPERTS, UH, AND MY VISION WITH WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
I'M HERE TO HELP ENSURE WE PUT FORTH THE BEST, BEST PROSPECT POSSIBLE.
SO I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENTS AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND GLAD TO HAVE YOUR INPUT ON THAT.
UH, AND I THINK I SAW REVEREND HORTON HERE AS WELL.
REVEREND, IF YOU ARE HERE, WE'LL BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR FROM ME.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND TO THE BOARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE I, ALONG WITH, UH, MR. LINDER, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM, UH, EXCITED TO BRING MY SUPPORT TO THIS FOR THE, UH, POLICE, UH, COMING FOR THE, UH, CAPITAL METRO.
WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE IDEA THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE SO THAT THERE'S A TIERED APPROACH TO THE ISSUES AND THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL IN THIS TIME IN WHICH WE LIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION ARE VERY CLEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, HOW YOU PLAN TO DO IT.
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BECAUSE AGAIN, AS EACH OF, YOU KNOW, THE CULTURE AND THE TIME AND THE SENSITIVITY IN WHICH WE LIVE, UH, YOU DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY THINKING THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO BRING AN ORGANIZATION OUT THAT WILL MISTREAT PEOPLE, OR WE'LL BE THERE TO WATCH OVER PEOPLE IN A NEGATIVE FASHION.SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE INFORMATION I'VE RECEIVED TO THIS POINT THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE AMBASSADORS, AND THEY WANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER CONCERNS THAT THEY'LL ENCOUNTER.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE BRIEFLY THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN OUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, REVEREND HORTON, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING YOUR INPUT AND THAT MR. LENDERS AS WELL, AND OTHERS AS WE GO FORWARD ON THIS PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CON CON TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS.
I THINK, UH, NOW MEMBERS, UH, WE ARE, UH, UP TO A DISCUSSION ITEM.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL GUESTS
[ IV.1. APTA Peer Review on Public Safety]
ARE JOINING US TO PRESENT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION, PUBLIC SAFETY PEER REVIEW, AND, UH, UH, GARDNER TIBONE IS HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS AND CARRY FORWARD.THIS CONVERSATION GARDENER, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN COOPER AT BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESIDENT CEO CLARK.
MY NAME IS GARDENER TAYVON, AND I SERVE AS CAPITOL METRO'S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER.
AND IT'S YOUR MOMENT'S MEMBERS OF THE APP.
THE PEER REVIEW TEAM WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE RESULTS OF THE PEER REVIEW CONDUCTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, FIRST, HOWEVER, UH, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UM, AND, AND IN THE FORM OF AN UPDATE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT SO I CAN BRING IT UP AND IF I CAN GET THIS TO GO RIGHT, COULD YOU JUST TELL ME IF YOU SEE IT OR NOT? PERFECT.
SO, UH, AS PART OF THE UPDATE, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, IN FISCAL YEAR, THIS FISCAL YEAR 21, UH, WE HAVE HIRED PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADOR, UH, SUPERVISOR, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HIRING APPROXIMATELY 13, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS.
I'LL GO INTO, UH, WHAT THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A BIT LATER, WE HAVE HIRED, UH, TWO COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS THUS FAR, AND THEY'RE STILL BUILDING THE PROGRAM.
UH, WE'VE HAD A PEER REVIEW AND AS YOU'LL SEE LATER, THE RESULTS OF, UH, AND IN THE, UM, SUBSEQUENT PRESENTATION AND WE WILL BE ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY, UH, BASED ADVISORY GROUP FISCAL YEAR 2022.
IT IS OUR PLAN TO HIRE A NEW POLICE CHIEF STAFF TO ASSIST WITH PROGRAMMING AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 23.
UH, WE HOPE TO BEGIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATION.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS WHO AMONG OTHER THINGS WILL BE PREPARED TO SELL A PASS AS TO WRITE A CITATION WE'LL HAVE ON SOCIAL WORKERS TO RESPOND TO INCIDENTS AND TRAIN CAPITAL METRO EMPLOYEES, UH, MORE SECURITY CAMERAS ON VEHICLES AND THAT FACILITIES FOR SAFER, UH, AND FASTER IDENTIFICATION OF HANDLING OF ISSUES.
AND WE'LL HAVE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF OUR RESOURCES.
UH, YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION.
SO A BIT OF THE LOGIC BEHIND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THE INPUTS, THE INPUTS, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING TO MAKE, UH, OUR DECISIONS WILL COME FROM CUSTOMERS.
DISPATCHER IS PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND A COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS AND SOMEBODY ACTIVITIES, UH, BEHIND THE ACTIONS WILL BE, UH, HIGHER VISIBILITY AND ENGAGEMENTS.
SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE, INFORM AND EDUCATE, UM, OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, WE'LL HAVE BETTER RESPONSE COORDINATION AND, AND A WAY TO, UH, BETTER ANALYZE AND COLLECT DATA, SOME OF THE OUTPUT.
SO WHAT WE HOPE TO PREVENT OPERATORS, SO FAIR REFUSALS, UH, NEGATIVE ENCOUNTERS, UM, AND, AND ALSO SORT OF RULE VIOLATIONS THAT WE HAVE SEEN, UH, IN THE PAST,
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SOME OF THE OUTCOMES AS A RESULT OF OUR ACTIONS WILL BE A DECREASE IN OPERATOR INVOLVED ASSAULTS DECREASE IN VANDALISM, UH, THE NEED TO DO WELFARE CHECKS AND A DECREASE IN FAIR REFUSALS TO NAME A FEW.SOME OF THE IMPACTS TO THAT, UH, CONFLICTS ON THE SYSTEMS WILL, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, DECREASE BUSES AND TRAINS ARE USED APPROPRIATELY, UH, BY DESTINATION RIDERS, UH, HIGHER ON TIME PERFORMANCE.
ALSO, UH, CUSTOMERS AND CUSTOMER FACING EMPLOYEES WILL FEEL SAFER.
UH, NON-CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS AND CONDITIONS, UH, REQUESTS FOR SERVICE ARE DIRECTED TO AMBASSADORS, INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS AND NOT THE POLICE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, BE GLAD TO TAKE THEM, OR, UH, CERTAINLY FOLLOWING, UH, THE PRESENTATION PROVIDED BY OUR COLLEAGUES AT APTA.
REMEMBER TO CHECK WITH A QUESTION FOLLOWED BY NUMBER STRATEGY.
OKAY, LET ME, UH, COME OUT OF THE SCREEN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN'T HEAR YOU AND I CAN SEE YOU NOW.
UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE FACT THAT, UH, THAT WE ARE, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A HIGH VALUE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
I THINK IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR US, UH, TO BUILD THIS PROCESS IN A WAY THAT NOT ONLY DO WE ACHIEVE SAFETY, BUT THAT THE PUBLIC CAN BUY INTO IT AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE, UM, BOTH, UH, DR.
HORTON AND, UM, AND PRESIDENT LENDER, UH, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT QUITE A HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY OF REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WORKING THROUGH CHURCHES, WORKING THROUGH, UH, GROUPS THAT ARE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND, UM, AND I, I AM WONDERING I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'LL ASK THREE QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL BACK OUT.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE IS I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO MOVE TO SCALE.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN HOW WE DEFINE WHAT OUR SCALE IS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE'RE, WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING AT OPERATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL ISSUES, ARE WE LOOKING AT SISTER CITIES THAT ARE IN, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, HAVE THE TYPES OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE WANT TO SEE? I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN THE TYPE OF APPROACH THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT CAN LAY IT OUT FOR US AS BEST PRACTICES, UH, THAT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME INSIGHT INTO THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME, THE AMOUNT OF PERSON NOW, THE AMOUNT OF OUTREACH THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MAXIMIZING, UH, OUR OUTCOMES.
AND THEN, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO, UM, TO THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR CURRENT DRIVERS AND, AND SOME OF OUR LABOR PERSON NOW, UM, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY WOULD BE, THEY WOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TYPES OF ENCOUNTERS THAT WE'RE HAVING, THAT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING OR HAVE HAPPENED ON A CONTINUING BASIS AND CAN GIVE US INSIGHT INTO THE THINGS THAT WORKED AND THE THINGS THAT DID NOT WORK.
I THINK FOR US, AS WE LOOK, UH, TO A MODEL THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE, THAT, THAT WE REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO, UM, THOSE TYPES OF FORCES THAT FOCUS ON DEESCALATION.
AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
UM, A LOT OF THE OFFICERS THAT BECOME SHERIFF'S OFFICERS AT THE, UH, AT THE COUNTY START OFF AS BEING, UH, JAILERS ARE WORKING INSIDE THE JAIL.
UH, AND IT'S, IT IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON DEESCALATION SKILLS BECAUSE ONE OFFICER IS OFTEN PAIRED WITH 48 INMATES.
SO THE RAPPORT THAT'S NECESSARY, THE DISCUSSION THAT'S NECESSARY, UH, THE MANNER IN WHICH WE CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS REQUIRES DEESCALATION AND COMMUNICATION.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MORE EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS, UH, THAT, THAT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THE COUNTRY.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF TRAINING, UH, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT PLACES IN OUR REGION, UH, THAT HAVE SIMILAR POPULATIONS, NUMBER TWO, UH, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PILOT PHASE THAT COULD BE TESTED.
AND THEN, UH, NUMBER THREE, UH, WE, WE WORK WITH THOSE ENTITIES
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INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, UH, THAT HAVE HAD TO PUT THIS TYPE OF PROCESS TOGETHER.THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, UH, MEMBER TO CIVILIAN.
UM, THERE'S A LOT TO CHEW ON THERE, UH, BUT I CAN SAY THIS OTHER CITIES AS IT PERTAINS TO OTHER CITIES, UH, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO BART AND OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AND WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO TRIMET AND PORTLAND, OREGON TO, UH, UH, TO AGENCIES THAT HAVE STARTED PROGRAMS AND MAY NOT HAVE SEEN A FULL EFFECTIVENESS OF IT YET BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN STOOD UP VERY LONG.
UH, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE THAT STAFF HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT AND, UH, VERY CLOSE CONTACT WITH, UH, THE, THE LEADERS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OVER THOSE SEGMENTS.
AND WE'VE TAKEN, UM, LESSONS LEARNED AND WE'VE ALSO TAKEN BEST PRACTICES, AND WE ARE INCORPORATING THEM INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING TO, UH, ADDRESS MUCH OF WHAT YOU'VE MENTIONED, UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO DRIVER INPUT.
UH, AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD EARLIER, UM, UH, CHAIRMAN PAYNE, UM, INDICATED THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH AND THAT WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OPERATORS AND HIM IN PARTICULAR, UH, TO GET A MUCH BETTER SENSE OF WHAT, UM, HIS MEMBERSHIP IS, UH, CURRENTLY FACING.
UH, WE'VE ALSO HAD, UH, MEETINGS WITH THEM PRIOR TO, UH, AND LEADING UP TO THE, THE IDEA OF STANDING UP A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UH, OBVIOUSLY AT YOUR AUTHORIZATION, A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT REALLY WANT TO BRING EMPHASIS TO, UM, THE, UH, THE PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND, AND OUR INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS.
UH, AS, AS I SEE IT, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO GET A HEAD OF SITUATIONS BY BEING VISIBLE BY, BY ENGAGING, INFORMING, AND EDUCATING OUR CUSTOMERS AND, UH, PROVIDING INSPECTIONS OF OUR FACILITIES AND JUST BEING OUT THERE WILL HELP WE BELIEVE BASED ON, UM, UH, SOME PRIOR EXPERIENCES THAT WE GET AHEAD OF IT, WE'LL BE LESS LIKELY TO NEED AN OFFICER WITH A GUN TO, TO HAVE TO MAKE A SPLIT SECOND DECISION, UH, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK FOR THAT SITUATION.
SO THAT'S THE FRONT, UH, PART OF THAT, THAT THE TWO THIRDS OF THAT IS TO PREVENT AN ISSUE WITH A PD.
SO WE HOPE WE GAVE YOU, GAIN YOUR CONFIDENCE THERE AS FAR AS TRAINING GOES IN.
IT, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT THAT YOU MAKE.
AND I LIKE TO BRING IT BACK JUST ONE STEP, UH, WITH A BETTER HIRING PRACTICE.
SO OUR INTENTION IS TO LOOK AT WHAT HIRING PRACTICES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, ASK OUR PEERS, UM, AND OTHERS.
UH, WHAT WOULD YOU DO BETTER IN YOUR HIRING PRACTICES? YEAH, WE KNOW WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO BETTER AND MAYBE INCORPORATE INTO THIS CULTURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A BETTER WAY TO, UH, AVOID HIRING PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT BE A GOOD FIT FOR OUR CULTURE.
UM, THE ONE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH.
AND SO THEN WITH TRAINING THE SAME, WE WANT TO KNOW, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A STANDARD THAT WE HAVE TO MEET, BUT BEYOND THAT STANDARD, HOW DO WE INCLUDE A BETTER BIAS TRAINING, RIGHT? HOW DO WE INCLUDE, UM, UH, BETTER DEESCALATION TRAINING? SO THAT WAY, UH, THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE A CONFIDENCE IN OUR ABILITIES OVER THE LONGTERM THAT JUST THE SHORT TERM, BECAUSE W WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT.
UH, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TOMORROW TO MAKE THIS THING BETTER, BUT WHAT DO WE DO FOR THE LONGTERM? AND I THINK IT'S PLANTING THE RIGHT SEEDS, UM, AND HAVING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE, UH, TO CARRY THE BALL FORWARD.
WHAT HAVE I MISSED? I'M SORRY.
I, I JUST WANT US TO, TO, UH, TO FULLY RECOGNIZE WHERE WE ARE IN THIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY, UH, NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT NATIONALLY AND THAT, UH, AND THAT, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE COMMUNITIES WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT POVERTY IS NOT CRIMINALIZED AND, AND THAT, AND THAT ALL PEOPLE
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ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AS HUMANS.SO AS, AS WE, AS WE CRAFT THE PROCESS, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, THE TYPES OF FOLKS THAT WE HIRE AND THE EXPERIENCES OF THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE AND THE TRAINING, BECAUSE IF, IF YOU'RE BEHIND BARS AND, UH, YOU'RE ONE, YOU A ONE TO 48, AND I CAN'T GET TO YOU BEFORE FIVE MINUTES, MY TRAINING HAS TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR ME, THAT'S TO, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT I REALLY UNDERSTAND, UH, WORKING WITH, WITH, UH, WITH HUMAN BEINGS IN A RESPECTFUL WAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THOSE THINGS ON THE TABLE, BUT ALSO, UH, COMMIT TO YOU THAT I WANT TO WORK TOGETHER AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, TO FIND SOLUTIONS.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR INPUT.
AND WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE IT ALL IN.
I THINK MEMBER STRATTON HAS A QUESTION AS WELL, OR COMMENT.
YOU ARE STILL ON MUTE, SIR, JUST TO REMIND OUR MEMBERS.
WE'VE GOT THE APTT, UH, UH, GUESTS TOO, RIGHT? YEAH.
MINE, MINE IS REALLY, IS JUST A VERY QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WANT TO GET INTO THE MEAT OF THE HERE.
WHAT APP DOES ACTUAL PEER PEER REVIEW PRESENTATION IS? MY QUESTION IS MAINLY I, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE ADVANCED AND THEN ALSO HEARING WHAT YOU'VE JUST DONE, UM, IS THE COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALIST POSITION THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
AND I GUESS WE'VE ALREADY GOT A COUPLE, THERE IS THAT LATE, LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, IT'S MENTIONED THAT WE'VE HIRED A COUPLE OF SOCIAL WORKERS IS A COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALIST DEFINED AS THE SOCIAL WORKER.
THEN, THEN I GUESS MY THANK YOU FOR THAT, MIKE, MY FOLLOW-UP COMMENT TO THAT IS JUST, IF YOU GUYS CAN JUST, I THINK IT WOULD BE, BE HELPFUL TO USE CONSISTENT TERMINOLOGY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I GOT A LITTLE LOST IN YOUR PART OF THE PRESENTATION WAS I SAW THE PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADOR CHECK SOUNDS AWESOME.
COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALIST.
I'M LIKE, OKAY, I SEE THIS BIT ABOUT SOCIAL WORKERS, BUT ARE I DIDN'T CONNECT THE DOTS BACK THAT, THAT IT WAS A SOCIAL WORKER.
SO I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF THAT TO GET BACK AFTER THE APP, THE PRESENTATION, BUT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT ON THAT FRONT.
AND THEN ONE FINAL FOLLOW-UP TO THAT.
THEN YOU SAID IT'S THREE PIECES.
THE THIRD PIECE OF THE EQUATION, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS WHO ARE THE SOCIAL WORKER PART THREE WOULD BE THE SWORN PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS THEMSELVES, OR WHAT WE, WHAT WE NORMALLY CALL THE POLICE OFFICERS.
THAT WOULD BE PART THREE OF THAT.
I THINK HAD HER HAND UP FIRST, PERHAPS NOT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW.
I APPRECIATED, UH, THE PRESENTATION AT THE PRE-BRIEFING THAT I GOT FROM MR. TAYVON AND HIS, UM, AND HIS TEAM.
AND, UH, WHEN I ASKED IS THE, UM, IS THE APPROACH FOR THE POLICING? CADRAY THE CORE THERE? IS IT GUARDIANS NOT WARRIORS BECAUSE THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN, UM, UH, VERY DEEPLY INVOLVED IN RE-IMAGINING OUR POLICING APPROACHES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, THE ANSWER WHICH I, I EXPECTED TO GET, BUT IT WAS EVEN MORE HEARTFELT THAN, THAN IT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS IN FACT, THE WAY WE SHOULD BE APPROACHING, UM, WE'RE KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, MR. TAYVON.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO, I THINK THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT MEMBER STRATTON WAS SAYING, BUT, UM, WHEN THE COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALIST, I LIKE THAT WORD, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T, I THINK THEY SHOULD, I THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP THE TITLE.
SO, UH, THE CLARITY THAT THE FORMER WAS THREATENED WAS ASKING FOR MIGHT JUST BE IN DESCRIPTIONS, BUT, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD CALL THEM SOCIAL WORKERS.
I THINK CALLING THEM COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS IS GOOD.
SO, UM, AND, AND WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BOTH THAT POSITION IN THE AMBASSADOR POSITION.
I THINK THAT THOSE ARE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT, UH, AND WILL BE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER REMARKS, UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FROM APTA AND THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THEIR PEER REVIEW.
UH, FIRST PERSON I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IS, UH, PAULINE HANSON.
SHE'S SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY RISK AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITH AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION IN WASHINGTON, DC.
UH, MS. VIERRA BUMPERS, WHO IS THE
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CHIEF, A HOUSTON METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HOUSTON AND PAUL MILLEN, WHO IS A RETIRED CHIEF, UH, AT MBTA OR MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT IN, UH, BOSTON.AND SO WHAT I'LL DO IS LET, UH, MS. HANSON TAKE THE LEAD AND I BELIEVE, UH, ED WILL, UM, UH, PROMPT YOUR PRESENTATION MOMENTARILY.
AND WHY HE'S DOING THAT ONCE AGAIN, I'LL JUST SAY GOOD AFTERNOON.
AND AS GARDNER INDICATED, MY NAME IS PAULINE HANSON.
I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY RISK AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS APTA.
AND OF COURSE THE APTA IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST ADVOCACY GROUP FOR MASS TRANSIT AND PASSENGER RAIL AND NORTH AMERICA.
ONE OF THE MANY SERVICES THAT APTA PROVIDES IS TO CONDUCT PEER REVIEWS.
AND WE WERE ASKED BY CEO, RANDY CLARK TO CONVENE A PEER REVIEW, TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE CAP METRO PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM, WHICH WE DID FROM FEBRUARY, FROM JANUARY UNTIL FEBRUARY.
AND UP PEER REVIEW, UM, IS A GROUP THAT'S ASSEMBLED, AND THEY ARE HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND RESPECTED PROFESSIONALS.
TWO OF WHOM THE NOTED ARE HERE TODAY.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT THEY CERTAINLY COME UP ON CAMERA.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS CHIEF BUREAU BUMPERS.
SO THE HOUSTON METRO TRANSIT POLICE AND PAUL MCMILLAN, THE RETIRED CHIEF OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THE PANEL, UM, SHARES BEST PRACTICES AND MAKES OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH ARE GOING TO HEAR IN A MOMENT.
AND THEY DO THAT THROUGH A DOCUMENTATION REVIEW AND A SERIES OF, UH, INTERVIEWS.
SO THESE ARE JUST THE OTHER PANEL MEMBERS.
WE HAD STEVE MARTIN GHANA, WHO IS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, RTD AND DENVER.
WE ALSO HAD MARLA BLAG WHO'S THE, YOU CAN SEE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY AT TRIMET, UH, KEVIN FRANKLIN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF, UH, BART.
AND THEN, UH, PAUL, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE THAT WE INTERVIEWED.
SO IN ADDITION TO DOING THE DOCUMENT REVIEW, WE DID A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS.
YOU CAN SEE WITH BOARD MEMBERS, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, UH, STAKEHOLDERS, UNION MEMBERS, AND, UH, AND BE, UH, ACTING CHIEF OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PAUL'S PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
UH, VERY MUCH, UH, PAULA AND THANK YOU, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY ONE BLUEPRINT, UH, FOR DEVELOPING A, A TRANSIT AGENCY IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE MAJORITY OF TRANSIT AGENCIES DEVELOP THEIR SECURITY FORCE AS THE AGENCY EXPANDED, UH, AGENCIES START OUT USING LOCAL POLICE AS THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF PATROL, AND THEN MORPHED INTO ESTABLISHING IN-HOUSE POLICE OR SECURITY FORCE BASED ON THEIR EXPANSION AND INTERNAL NEEDS.
AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT CAP METRO IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING.
UH, AS INDICATED EARLIER, WE SPOKE TO VERY NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS AND THE SUPPORT FOR AN IN-HOUSE PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITY WAS A COMMON THEME INDICATED BY ALL THE FOLKS WE SPOKE WITH.
UH, SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, THERE WERE SOME OF THE REASONS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WE DISCUSSED, UH, FOR CAP METRO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING A PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, WE WOULD SUGGEST NOW IS THE TIME TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR AN INTERNAL AGENCY THAT CAN GROW AS YOUR SYSTEM EXPANDS CONSIDERATION CAN BE GIVEN TO HOW TO EXPAND SECURITY PERSONNEL, BOTH SWORN, AND NON-SWORN THAT WE'VE HEARD DISCUSSION ON EARLIER AS THE SYSTEM EXPANDS, YOU WILL HAVE THE FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN IN PLACE NOW, AND THEN ENHANCE THE MODEL AS, AS NEEDED AS YOU EXPAND.
UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, YOU KNOW, UH, TRADITIONALLY AND IN CITIES AND TOWNS, UH, POLICE, UH, LOOK AT CERTAIN CRITERIA TO DEVELOP THEIR POLICING MODEL.
UH, ALTHOUGH AS I SUGGESTED EARLIER, THE CRITERIA MAY BE REEVALUATE AS AGENCIES RE-ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITIES BASED ON CURRENT EVENTS.
THIS HAS BEEN THE MODEL IN ORDER TO DETERMINE SNAP THE STAFFING IN CITIES AND TOWNS.
UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UH, TRANSIT, UH, POLICE, UH, AGENCIES LOOK AT OTHER CRITERIA, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO ALL OF THESE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LISTED HERE, UH, ROUTES PASSENGERS, SQUARE MILES, PACKING FACILITIES.
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UH, ALSO INCLUDED OUR HOURS OF SERVICE RE RESPONSE TIME TYPES OF SERVICE REQUIRED AMONG, UH, OTHER AREAS TO BE REVIEWED.THESE ITEMS, UH, ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE ANALYZED AS YOU DECIDE ON STAFFING LEVELS IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMBINATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND TRANSIT POLICE OFFICES, UH, THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED TO MEET YOUR NEEDS.
UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES AND POLICE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING WHAT POLICING WILL LOOK LIKE AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, THERE WAS A COMMON THEME THAT NON-SWORN STAFF CAN HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PARTNERING WITH POLICE IN CERTAIN AREAS, SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH, UH, HOMELESSNESS DRUG ADDICTION, WHICH AT TIMES ARE TIED TOGETHER.
CAP METRO'S PLAN TO UTILIZE THE PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND COUNSELORS TO INTEGRATE WITH POLICE IS FORWARD THINKING AND IS TO BE ENCOURAGED.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO BE DISCUSSING WHAT A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD LOOK LIKE AND INCORPORATE MANY OF THE NEW CONCEPTS BEING DISCUSSED AROUND THE COUNTRY.
UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES SUCH AS THE POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE AND THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLACK LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES AMONG OTHERS THAT CAN ASSIST WITH FINDING AN APPROPRIATE CANDIDATE TO OVERSEE THE CAP METRO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE SELECTION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING BLOCK.
AND THAT FOUNDATION OF THIS NEW AGENCY AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE TAKING AND MAKING THIS DECISION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO CHIEF, UH, CHIEF BUMPERS AT THIS TIME, I DO HAVE A SCHEDULE CONFLICT, SO I MAY BE SIGNING OFF BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE, UH, UH, UH, PRESENTATION, BUT I WANT TO THANK, UH, CAP METRO AND ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS.
IT WAS VERY, UH, ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD RELATIVE TO THIS ISSUE.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE BOARD, A CEO CLARK STAFF MEMBERS AND GIFT.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS CRITICAL TO THIS PROCESS, UH, AS THE CHIEF PLANS, UH, TO PREPARE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE ROLE IN THE VISION COMES TOGETHER AND INCLUDING ALL OF THE COMPONENTS, UH, OF YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THE PANEL DID SUGGEST, UH, HAVING TRANSIT PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL INVOLVED.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR TRANSIT POLICE PROGRAM.
I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE KEY TRAINING TOPICS, WHICH WILL BE CRITICAL NOT ONLY FOR YOUR SWORN PERSONNEL, BUT FOR YOUR NON-SWORN PERSONNEL, WHICH ALL ARE PART OF YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS IS KIND OF CALLED T COLE IN TEXAS AND TICO REGULATES TRAINING STANDARDS.
AND YOU HAVE ALL OF YOUR TRAINING LESSON PLANS, UH, HOURS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE ARE ALL HOUSED IN THAT ONE AREA AND FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO THAT MAKES IT VERY SIMPLE THAT IT, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL ABIDING BY THE SAME TRAINING STANDARDS.
AND SOME OF THOSE TRAININGS ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.
ALL OF THE TRAINING THAT IS LISTED THIS AND BEYOND IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR SWORN AND NON-SWORN PERSONNEL.
AND I THINK I HEARD IT MENTIONED EARLIER OF ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING GUARDIANS VERSUS WARRIORS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL SEE THIS IN ALL OF THE TRAINING WHERE THEY HAVE THE SENSITIVITY AND EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, UH, HANDLING, DEALING WITH EVERY PERSON WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AGAIN, ADDITIONAL TRAINING TOPICS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO LIST IT HERE.
AND EVERY TRAINING AGAIN IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR PROGRAM.
AND SO IT'S NOT A ONE-TIME THING.
TRAINING SHOULD BE CONTINUAL AND TICO DOES REQUIRE CERTAIN HOURS EVERY YEAR, BUT POLICE OFFICERS THAT THEY MUST HAVE, BUT I WOULD ALSO INCORPORATE THAT YEARLY TRAINING FOR YOUR CIVILIANS AS WELL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL BE AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
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THANK YOU.AND THIS DOES, UH, UM, CONCLUDE OUR VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE AS YOU DO EMBARK ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM ON THAT'S GOING TO BE MULTIFACETED, PARDON? OR YOU'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THOSE.
I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS FIRST, BUT, UH, WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO JUMP IN ASSAULT MEMBER POOL FIRST.
UM, I WAS CURIOUS WHO IS GOING TO CONDUCT THE TRAINING? WOULD THAT BE IN-HOUSE OR, UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? THE TRAINING COULD BE CONDUCTED IN-HOUSE AS WELL AS THROUGH, UH, ONE OF THE ACADEMIES IN THE REGION, OR YOU CAN CALL IN INSTRUCTORS FROM THE OUTSIDE.
SO YOU HAVE OPTIONS FOR THE TRAINING T COLE.
DOESN'T ACTUALLY DO THE INSTRUCTION.
I THINK IF THE LESSON PLANS AND YOU WRITE YOUR OWN CURRICULUM AND YOU, YEAH.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK Y'ALL TO TALK FOR JUST A MINUTE ABOUT, UM, CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS BUILT IN, I BELIEVE TO, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAP METRO IS PLANNING ON DOING, BUT COULD YOU ALL SPEAK FOR A MINUTE TO, UM, I'M FORGETTING THE WORD, BUT THERE IS A, THERE'S A BEST PRACTICE APPROACH TO PLANNING FOR SAFETY, UH, THAT LOOKS AT THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE APPROACHES TO AND FROM, UH, BUS STOPS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXCEPTED YES, YES.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT MR. GARDNER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, I CAN CERTAINLY DO SO, BUT SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT, UH, THE SEPTET CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN CAN BE UTILIZED, UH, JUST TO LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR, WITH YOUR CURRENT STRUCTURES AND EVEN IN YOUR PLANNING PHASES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE COVERING EVERYTHING FROM SAFETY, EVERY ASPECT OF SAFETY FROM LIGHTING, UM, TO SHRUBBERY, UH, TO SAFETY, TO AND FROM OF YOUR STOPS OR YOUR TRANSIT CENTERS.
SO I THINK IT GIVES YOU AN OVERALL VIEW OF SAFETY, UH, YOU KNOW, IN LARGER THAT VIEW OF SAFETY.
AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UM, TO CONTINUALLY LOOK AT THAT AT YOUR CURRENT STRUCTURES, AS WELL AS THE, ANYTHING THAT YOU WILL BE BUILDING IN THE FUTURE, UH, TO LOOK AT THAT THROUGH THE, UH, SEPTET REVIEW.
SO MEMBER KITCHEN, IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT.
SO, UH, YOU CAN TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT, UH, WE INCORPORATE SEPTET PRINCIPLES IN OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY CERTIFICATION.
SO WHEN WE'RE BUILDING NEW STATIONS, NEW STOPS, NEW, UH, TRANSIT CENTERS, UH, THOSE PRINCIPLES ARE INCORPORATED, UH, INTO IT.
IS THERE AN ANALYSIS OF OUR CURRENT STOPS OR HOW RECENT IS OUR ANALYSIS OF OUR, OF OUR CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM IN TERMS OF SEPTET PRINT? AM I SAYING IT RIGHT STEP TED PRINCIPLES, RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE, UH, A FULL ANALYSIS OF ALL OF OUR STOPS.
UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED, UM, 30 STATIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT AND IMPROVED, WHETHER IT'S LIGHTING AS WAS PRETTY PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED OR REMOVAL OF CERTAIN, UH, SHRUBS OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS THAT WOULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ISSUE SECURITY RELATED, UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND EITHER ENGINEERED IT OUT OR MOVED IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE A SYSTEM-WIDE, UH, LOOK FROM A SEPTET PERSPECTIVE.
UH, WELL THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, IF THAT'S ON OUR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A PLAN TO DO THAT AND WHEN THAT MIGHT BE DONE.
UH, SO IF YOU COULD MAYBE REPORT BACK TO US ON THAT I'M INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DONE 30 SO FAR THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT MAY BE THE HIGHEST PROFILE ONES, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR PROCESS IS TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE COVERED, UM, ALL OF THE PLACES IN THE CITY, IN THE CITY, ON OUR, YOU KNOW, ON OUR LINES THAT COULD, COULD POSE A DANGER.
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DURING THE OPS COMMITTEE? UM, YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK THROUGH THAT AND GET, GET AN UPDATE BACK TO YA, UH, ON, UM, WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A GARDNER HAS SUGGESTED, SO WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON, ON STUFF THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE AT THE OPERATIONAL COMMITTEE.
ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS UP, UM, MEMBER STRATTON.
UM, THE TRAINING THAT, THAT, THAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE, I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW DOES THIS TRAINING COMPARE TO THE TRAINING STANDARDS, UM, THAT MORE TRADITIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE A LARGE URBAN AREA? UM, THE POLICE OFFICER IN A LARGE URBAN AREA WOULD RECEIVE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, INTERIM CHIEF, UM, AUSTIN, AN INTERIM POLICE CHIEF, UH, JOE CHACAN, DID YOU KNOW D DID THAT INFORMATION COME OUT AS TO WHAT THE STANDARDS OF TRAINING ARE CURRENTLY FOR, FOR APS, WITH OUR CONVERSATION, WITH THE INTERIM CHIEF CHECON WE DISCUSSED, UH, TRAINING BASED ON WHAT TICO STANDARDS ARE, WHICH IT COVERS EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY ENHANCE THE TRAINING THAT, THAT IS SET BY TICO, AS FAR AS EVEN WITH THE LESSON PLAN, IF YOU WANT TO GO FURTHER IN TRANSIT POLICING, WE TAKE IT FARTHER BECAUSE WE'RE SPECIALIZED.
WE DON'T DO WHAT MUNICIPAL POLICE DO.
SO OF COURSE WE TAILOR IT TO FIT OUR NEEDS AND STILL STAYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE, UH, REGULATIONS SET FORTH BY TIKO, BUT WE DO EXTRA.
AND THEN WE HAVE BUILT OUT OUR OWN TRAINING AS FAR AS SOME OF THE, UH, INTERACTION ON WITH OUR PATRONS.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR OFFICERS UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE AN AMBASSADOR APPROACH, UH, AND WE'RE MORE OR LESS LOOKING TO BE A PEACE OFFICERS VERSUS POLICE OFFICERS.
SO WE PUSH THAT, UH, PROCESS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO ANY AGENCY CAN DO THAT, UH, AS LONG AS WE'VE MEETING THOSE CORE COMPONENTS OUTLINED BY TIKO.
UM, THANK YOU THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS A KIND OF A KEY DISTINCTION.
I WAS KIND OF NOODLING THIS AROUND IN MY HEAD AND THINKING THAT VERY KIND OF THINKING ALONG THOSE VERY LINES IS THAT W YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, WHERE WE'RE VERY SPECIAL IS THAT WE ARE VERY SPECIALIZED.
THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN YOUR TRADITIONAL EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH THE TRADITIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DIALS NINE ONE, ONE, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING INTO.
AND I REALIZED THAT WE, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE THEM THE BEST TRAINING THAT THEY CAN.
AND I KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO GO INTO A PARTICULAR SITUATION, AND I REALIZED THAT, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF INCIDENCES THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
AND, UM, WE, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO PROVIDE OUR OFFICERS THE BEST POSSIBLE TRAINING WE CAN, AND WE WANT TO SEND THE RIGHT PERSON TO THE RIGHT CALL IN THOSE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IT IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT'S, UH, IT REALLY IS KIND OF A CRAP SHOOT.
IT DEPENDS, YOU NEVER KNOW, FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT AND FROM, FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT AND THE SHIFT, WHEN AN OFFICER'S GOING TO GET, UM, COMPARED TO THIS THAT IS VERY SPECIALIZED WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE YOU KIND OF ARE DEALING WITH BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S TRANSIT RELATED, UM, AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT, UM, THIS, THIS, THEN THESE, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAINING IS THIS, DO Y'ALL FIND THAT THIS IS KIND OF STANDARD WITHIN, UH, ACROSS THE VARIOUS ENTITIES IS APTA, AS YOU ALL WERE REVIEWING US.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR CHIEF, UM, FOR CHIEF VERA OR, OR FOR, FOR OTHERS, BUT, UH, FOR CHIEF BUMPERS, EXCUSE ME AND YOUR OTHERS, IS THIS, UM, IS THIS KIND OF THE STANDARD PRO UH, SORT OF STANDARD PROTOCOL OR THE STANDARD, UH, TRAINING REGIMEN THAT, THAT WE WOULD SEE OR FIND AMONG OTHER PEER GROUPS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT, UH, THAT OPERATE IN THE TRANSIT SPACE? OR ARE, ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING AT THIS FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF HAVING STUDIED AND SEEN,
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YOU KNOW, OTHER TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT TRANSIT, UH, TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RECOMMENDING OVER AND ABOVE AND THINK THAT THESE WOULD BE, SINCE YOU'RE STARTING FROM SCRATCH CAP, METRO, THESE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TRAININGS THAT WE THINK WOULD BE DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL AND HELPFUL AS YOU'RE GETTING STARTED.THESE WERE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND BENCHMARKING OF THE PANEL, WHICH WAS A VERY DIVERSE GROUP AND INCLUDED, I THINK, AS GARDENER HAD REFERENCED AGENCIES THAT ARE A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD WITH DEALING WITH THE AMBASSADORS AND OTHER COMPONENTS AND THE ISSUES OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
AND SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THERE ARE, DO EXCEED.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOUR OFFICERS, UM, WOULD BE THEIR TRAINING WOULD FAR EXCEED THEIR LOCAL JURISDICTIONAL, UM, COLLEAGUES.
AND THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN TRANSIT POLICING.
AND MY FINAL QUESTION ALONG THESE LINES, UM, INITIAL TRAINING IS ONE THING.
UM, WHAT DID YOU EITHER DO WE, AS CAP METRO WAS PART OF THIS PLAN GARNER OR APT AS Y'ALL WERE REVIEWING, UM, FIND FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION OR SIMULATION SCENARIOS, BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE ONLY THE TRAINING IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE, UH, AS THE, UM, UH, AS THE TEAM HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE IT ON A REGULAR BASIS SO THAT IT BECOMES PART OF MUSCLE MEMORY AND MINE, AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THEIR EVERYDAY USAGE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW WE COULD DEVELOP AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD BENCHMARKS OR, UM, CONTINUING EDUCATION OR ONGOING SIMULATIONS AND TRAINING THAT WE COULD BE RUNNING ON REGULAR BASIS TO ENSURE THAT THAT TRAINING DOES BECOME CONSISTENTLY INGRAINED WITHIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM GOING FORWARD SO THAT WHEN A SITUATION DOES ACTUALLY COME UP, THAT WE HOPE DOESN'T PUT, WE KNOW PROBABLY WILL OCCUR THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY, THEY DOCKED THAT, AND THEY'RE READY TO GO BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S THERE, IT'S IN THEIR MIND, IT'S IN THEIR HEART, IT'S IN THEIR MUSCLE MEMORY JUST TO QUICKLY ANSWER THAT.
AND CERTAINLY, UH, ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS IN CHIEF, UH, BUMPERS CAN JUMP IN.
UM, I'VE MET WITH, UH, AS YOU SAW, IF YOU HAVE ARE, UH, LOCAL LEADERS.
AND THE ONE THING I COMMITTED TO THEM WAS NOT ONLY, UM, SOME OF THE GREATEST INITIAL TRAINING THAT, UH, OFFICES WOULD RECEIVE, BUT I'M ALSO COMMITTED TO PROVIDING IN-SERVICE TRAINING.
AND SO, UH, BECAUSE, AND, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN A POLICE OFFICER, BUT THEY HAVE A TOUGH JOB.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE COMING UPON FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE EQUIPPED.
THEY ARE PREPARED MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, UH, NOT JUST PHYSICALLY, BUT, UM, THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS.
AND I KNOW ONE OF THE BEST WAYS IS TO PROVIDE, UH, UH, CONTINUOUS TRAINING, UM, THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS.
SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL LET, UM, THE SMES SPEAK, UH, TO THAT IN A BETTER WAY THAN I CAN.
I WILL JUST ADD THAT TICO REQUIRES 20 HOURS OF TRAINING A YEAR.
UH, WE DO 40 HOURS A YEAR, AND WE DO, UM, WE, WE, WE CALL IT, UM, OUR, UH, YEARLY INSERVICE AND IT'S 40 HOUR BLOCK.
UM, WE DO IT ON YOUR BIRTHDAY MONTH AND THAT IS HOW WE HANDLE IT, BUT WE GO THROUGH A LOT OF SCENARIO BASED TRAINING.
WE REQUIRE THE 40 HOURS IS REQUIRED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING DONE.
AND WE RECENTLY, UH, KANE BROUGHT A COMPUTER-BASED PROGRAM ON BOARD CALLED BIAS SYNC, WHERE IT DEALS WITH, UM, BIASES, THOSE IMPLICIT BIASES.
AND THIS IS, I MONTHLY CHECKING IN.
OFFICERS CAN DO IT FROM THEIR PHONE, UH, OUR DESKTOP, BUT, UH, IT'S SCENARIO BASED.
WE DON'T RECEIVE NAMES OR ANY INFORMATION.
IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST TO KEEP THAT AS A PART OF THEIR MEMORY AND THEIR THOUGHT PATTERN WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, UH, HOW TO REACT SOMETIMES AND HOW YOU SHOULD BE UNBIASED IN YOUR OPERATIONS, IN DEALING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
SO, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT A PART OF WHAT WE DO DAILY.
UH, WE HAVE ROLL CALL TRAINING DAILY, WHERE I SEND OUT INFORMATION ON WHAT IS GOING ON
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THROUGHOUT THE U S AS WE'RE WATCHING THE NEWS.I SENT INFORMATION, ASKED THAT WE HAVE A ROLL CALL TRAINING ON IT, JUST TO KEEP IT ON OFFICER'S MIND.
IF YOU COME ACROSS THIS SITUATION, HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE IT? AND I AGREE WITH YOU IT'S IF, UNLESS WE CONTINUALLY TRAIN AND LET'S, WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND COMMUNICATE, WE WILL NOT SEE THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT.
AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT IS ALWAYS INCUMBENT UPON THE LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE THAT THEY KEEP THAT AS A PART OF THE ORGANIZATION, KEEPING IT ON THEIR MINDS ABOUT HOW WE INTERACT AND DEAL WITH OUR PATRONS AND OUR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT AND SERVE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CHIEF BUMPERS BUMPERS, UM, GARNER TAKE NOTE OF THAT.
I LIKED EVERYTHING I HEARD THERE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE OF GREAT VALUE FOR THIS GOING FORWARD.
I, I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING, AN AMAZING STEP FORWARD AND AN, UH, WE, WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS AND THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO, TO BUILD THIS FROM THE GROUND UP WITH, WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT.
AND, AND I LOVE THIS, THIS THREE TIERED APPROACH AND, AND AS LONG AS WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, I, THE OTHER THING I HEARD, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE A CULTURE OF HIRING THAT YOU'RE HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AND THEN YOU GIVE THEM THE TRAINING AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT ONGOING TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT THOSE RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR MINDS AND, AND AT THEIR DISPOSAL WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST, UH, I THINK THIS CAN BE A PROGRAM OF, OF SUCCESS, AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT AND HAVE THE, THE, UM, THE OUTCOMES, UH, CHECKED AS WELL.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE EFFORTS YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS AND APTA, UH, PEER REVIEW TEAM FOR, FOR HERE, RANDY, THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING, UM, PROACTIVE IN REACHING OUT TO, TO HAVE APT, TO BE A PART OF THIS AND, AND EVALUATING THIS PROGRAM BEFORE WE EVEN TOOK IT, THE NEXT STEP FORWARD, I BELIEVE PRESENT TO YOU CLARK, AS HIS HAND UP A CHAIR UP, IF ALL THE OTHER, UH, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A CHANCE, I JUST WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
SO ONE, I, UH, I HOPE THAT THE, THE BOARD MEMBERS GET SOME COMFORT BY THE OUTSTANDING PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THIS PANEL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I, I'VE KNOWN, I'VE KNOWN A LOT OF THESE MEMBERS FOR, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UH, AS YOU, MAYBE SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL DURING THE HIRING PROCESS, I HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF BACKGROUND IN THE SECURITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PART OF, PART OF OUR INDUSTRY, UM, WHILE PAULY IS RUNNING THIS PANEL AND WE DIDN'T GET INTO POLISH BACKGROUND.
POLY WAS THE, THE CHIEF OF WELMADA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRANSITIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
AND BEFORE THAT, THE CHIEF OF AMTRAK.
SO, UH, WHILE THE OTHER CHIEFS WERE, UH, DOING A LOT OF THE ENGAGEMENT POLLY'S EXPERTISE ON THIS TOPIC IS EQUIVALENT TO, YOU KNOW, TOP, TOP OF THE INDUSTRY LEGACY WISE, AND A HIGH HIGH LEVEL PROFESSIONALISM.
THIS, UH, CHIEF BUMPERS DOWN THE ROAD IN HOUSTON HAS DEVELOPED AN AMAZING PROGRAM.
HOUSTON IS REALLY ONE OF THE BETTER LEADERS IN OUR INDUSTRY AND CHIEF MCMILLAN, OBVIOUSLY A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE DEPARTMENT OF BOSTON.
AND THEN WE HAD PEOPLE FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND AND DENVER.
SO VARIETY OF SYSTEMS. I THINK THE REAL KEY HERE, A LOT OF THIS MESSAGING IS IT IS A IT'S THREE STOOL, A THREE LEGS TO THE STOOL, AND I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON THE SWORN UNIFORM PART, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL THREE LEGS WORK TOGETHER.
SO BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY INNOVATION SPECIALIST, VERY CRITICAL.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HIGHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET CYCLE TO SEE IF WE SHOULD ACTUALLY DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT AREA.
AND THAT COULD BE A CRAWL WALK RUN AS OUR COMMUNITY GROWS IN THE S IN THIS NEGROS, THE AMBASSADOR PIECE, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE FRONT AND CENTER AND DOING MOST OF THE TOUCH POINTS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND WITH OUR STAFF AND IDEALLY DEESCALATING AND TRYING TO HAVE AS LIMITED ACTUAL ISSUES ON THE SYSTEM.
AND THEY WILL HAVE A DETAILED TRAINING PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO I KNOW WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT TRAINING OF UNIFORM STAFF, BUT THAT THIS TRAINING ON THE AMBASSADOR SIDE IS JUST AS CRITICAL IN MANY WAYS TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO AN OUTCOME.
AND THEN ON THE UNIFORM SIDE, AND WE'RE, OUR GOAL IS NOT TO BUILD A LARGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CHIEF BUMPERS IS A MUCH BIGGER DEPARTMENT IN EUSTON THAN WE WOULD EVER HAVE TO USE.
AND IT'S A MUCH LARGER CITY THAN WE HAVE IN AUSTIN.
BUT, UH, PART OF THIS IS HOW DO WE RESPOND TO CALLS THAT OUR AMBASSADORS JUST, JUST CANNOT HANDLE, HOW DO WE SHOW PRESENCE IN OUR SYSTEM THAT MAKES SURE INDIVIDUALS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, UNION PRESIDENT, BRETT PAIN GOT ON THERE EARLIER? HOW DO WE REASSURE OUR STAFF THAT THEIR SAFETY EVERY DAY IS PARAMOUNT TO WHAT WE DO HERE AT CAP METRO, BUT ALSO IMPORTANT IS INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF SPECIAL OPERATION UNITS THAT WE MAY HAVE.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET INTO, I THINK THERE'S CHIEF BUFFERS IS LEADING TO NOT ONLY DOES TRANSIT HAVE UNIQUE TRAINING THAT IS DIFFERENT
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FROM SAY MUNICIPAL TRAINING, UH, POLICE TRAINING, OUR SPECIALIZED UNITS ARE PROBABLY A HIGHER PROPORTION OF OVERALL OFFICERS THAN YOU WOULD GET AT A MUNICIPAL.SO THINGS LIKE EXPLOSIVE DETECTION OR CANINE, EXPLOSIVE DETECTION, PUBLIC TRANSIT IS, UH, IS ONE OF THE LEADING, UH, TARGETS OF TERRORISM WORLDWIDE.
AND WHILE WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT ALL DAY, EVERY DAY AS A THREAT, IT IS IN OUR BACK OF OUR MIND EVERY DAY.
SO THOSE TYPES OF SPECIAL OPERATION THINGS AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A BIG EVENT DRIVEN CITY, AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BECOME BIGGER WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE BUILD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.
AND BY THE WAY, KIND OF THAT LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM BEING IN A SUBWAY ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN THEREFORE YOUR RISK FACTORS GO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK THE APTA TEAM THAT CAME ON BOARD.
A FEW OF THEM WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TODAY.
THIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT VOLUNTARY, UH, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
CHIEF BUMPERS HAS GIVEN UP PART OF HER DAY, USED TO METRO TODAY TO HELP US AS A PEER.
UM, AND AS, AND CHIEF MCMILLAN IS ACTUALLY RETIRED.
SO HIS, UH, UH, HE'S ACTUALLY GIVEN UP HERE RETIREMENT TIME FOR US TODAY, BUT, BUT I THINK IT GOES TO THE EMPHASIS OF OUR, UH, OF OUR INDUSTRY.
OUR INDUSTRY IS UNBELIEVABLE WHEN TO HELP EACH OTHER WHEN WE HAVE THESE TYPES OF TOPICS.
AND SO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE BOARD IS REALLY FRAMING UP THE POLICY DECISION, NOT THE ACTUAL TACTICAL OPERATIONAL TRAINING POINTS THAT A LOT OF YOU BROUGHT UP.
SO WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO GO.
THIS WAS LEADING TO THE QUESTION OF, DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SWORN DEPARTMENT? ACCOMPLIMENT THE OTHER TWO PARTS OF THE STOOL WHILE ALWAYS KNOWING THAT APD IS OUR PARTNER, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO BE OUR PARTNER.
THEY ARE THE BIG POLICING UNIT IN THE REGION, A LOT OF SPECIALIZED THINGS THAT WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO.
AND WE, WE NEED TO WORK HAND IN GLOVE AS A REGION WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
SO THAT KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS AS WE WORK TOWARDS THIS IS, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THERE IS A LOT OF SYNERGY AROUND US MOVING FORWARD IN THIS, UH, THREE STOOL, THREE LEGGED STOOL APPROACH.
AND NOW WE WANT TO FRAME UP A, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON A PROCESS TO MOVE TO THE BOARD FOR KIND OF A POLICY DECISION ON ACTUALLY FORMATION OF THE, OF THIS LEG, OF THE STOOL.
WE HAVE OUR BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR THAT WILL AFFECT SITUATE.
SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT THE BOARD WILL THEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS.
AND THEN I THINK GARNER GAME, WE'LL LOOK AHEAD AFTER THAT, THEN THERE'S ALL THESE STEPS TO CREATE AN ACTUAL, UH, SWORN A SWORN A DIVISION.
SO, UH, I JUST THINK A LOT OF THE BOARD, MAN, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS AND ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED AND PUT TIME IT'S, UH, IT IS A BIG COMPONENT, UH, THAT WE'RE ADDING ON TO WHILE WE'RE ALSO DOING PROJECT CONNECT AND A MILLION OTHER THINGS HERE AT CAP METRO.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS WELL.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CLARK AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO CHIEF HANSON AND CHIEF BUMPERS AND CHIEF MACMILLAN, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, THEY SPENT A TON OF TIME WITH ME AND, UH, I KNOW THEY SPENT A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME WITH ALL OF US, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT APTA IS THE ABILITY TO REALLY GET VERY QUICKLY TO THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST AND BEST PRACTICES IN THE INDUSTRY.
AND THEN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COPY OFF THEIR WORK.
AND WE'RE GREAT THAT SO RANDY AND, UH, GARDNER FOR, UH, BRINGING THIS REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION TO US, WE'RE VERY UNIQUE IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY WHERE WE'RE BALANCING THE NEEDS OF OUR OPERATORS AND OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
AND, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED DOWN THIS ROAD.
AND, UH, IF ANY OF YOU FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO AUSTIN, THAT CHIEF BUMPERS WOULD CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AROUND WHERE THE BEST TACOS ARE AND WE MEAL, IF WE CAN DO AT LEAST THAT LITTLE THING, SO WHERE WE'RE APPRECIATIVE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, UH, WE'LL MOVE
[V. Consent Items]
ON NOW TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. UH, DOES ANY, DO ANY OF OUR MEMBERS WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? UM, MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND SECOND BY, UH, CHAIR, KITCHEN, UH, ANY DISCUSSION AND THEN I'LL CALL ROLL AND, UH, IF YOU'LL PLEASE KEEP YOUR CAMERA ON AND ANSWER, UH, AUDIBLY, UH, MAYOR HILL I THINK IS NOT PRESENT.
UM, REMEMBER KITCHEN? UH, YES.
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TREVELYAN AYE, COOPERS AND I AS WELL.THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO ONE, NOT VOTING.
[ VI.1. Approval of a contract with EXOS Works, Inc. for Wellness Program Services.]
OUR ACTION ITEM AGENDA.UM, FIRST WILL BE APPROVAL OF A ACTION ITEM.
NUMBER ONE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH, UH, I GUESS THIS IS EXOS WORKS.
THE X O S WORKS INC FOR WELLNESS PROGRAM SERVICES.
DONNA SIMMONS WILL BRIEF US DONNA FOURS, YOURS.
CHAIRMAN COOPER, BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CLARK, I'M DONNA STEMMONS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ADMINISTRATION, AND ALSO OUR DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER.
THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU IS TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT CEO TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH EXOS, WHO IS OUR CURRENT PROVIDER OF OUR, OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THE, UM, TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE AWARD THAT IS PROPOSED FOR THIS CONTRACT IS $1,166,967.
AND THAT IS TO COVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
SO THERE'S A TWO YEAR, A TWO YEAR BASE CONTRACT AND THEN THREE ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR OPTIONS.
UM, THE CONTRACT PROPOSED COST, UM, IS WE DEEMED TO BE VERY REASONABLE.
THEY PROPOSED A 2% INCREASE IN THE, UM, IN EACH YEAR OF THE CONTRACT.
UM, I SEE THAT THE PRESENTATION IS UP.
WE WERE GOING TO JUST PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION ON THE ORDER ITEM ITSELF, UM, AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF OTHER LONG PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
UM, BUT THIS PRESENTATION IS ATTACHED TO YOUR BOARD, UM, PACKET TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
UM, ON OUR PROGRAM, WE STARTED IT IN AROUND 2003 AND THEN, UH, OPENED OUR FITNESS CENTERS AT THREE OF OUR FACILITIES IN 2000.
UM, BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER THIS CONTRACT.
SO IT INCLUDES NUTRITION, COUNSELING, PERSONAL TRAINING AT OUR FITNESS CENTERS.
SO EXOS EMPLOYEES, THREE FULL TIME TRAINERS, UM, THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES AT THE WELLNESS CENTERS, FITNESS CENTERS.
THEY PROVIDE LUNCH AND LEARN TOPICS ON VARIOUS HEALTH AND NUTRITION TOPICS.
WE ALSO HAVE A BIKE LOAN PROGRAM THAT THEY ADMINISTER.
AND AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM, UM, PROVIDE EMPLOYEES WITH SOME, SOME SAFE WRITING TIPS.
UM, IF THEY'RE GOING TO CHECK UP A BIKE OUT TO USE, THEY DO REFERRALS TO SOME OF OUR OTHER WELLNESS EFFORTS, SUCH AS OUR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THEY OFFER ONSITE TOBACCO CESSATION CLASSES.
AND, UM, A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF ALSO IS THAT THEY WORK WITH THE EMPLOYEES OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE, UM, A DOD DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CERTIFICATION IN ORDER TO CONTINUE WORKING AS A CDL OPERATOR.
UM, AND SO THEY WORK WITH EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GETTING READY TO TAKE THEIR, UH, ANNUAL DDOT PHYSICAL SO THAT IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT MAY PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING, UM, A TWO YEAR CARD, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM THAT AN EMPLOYEE CAN GET, THAT THEY, UM, HAVE SOME TIME IN ADVANCE TO WORK ON THINGS THAT MIGHT PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING A TWO-YEAR CARD, UM, SUCH AS, UM, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
SO THAT'S THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT.
UM, AS I SAID, THIS IS THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAVE HAD IN PLACE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THEIR SERVICES.
THEY, UM, ARE ALSO THOSE IN CONTRACTOR THAT PROVIDES WELLNESS SERVICES TO OTHER AREA EMPLOYERS, SUCH AS DELL AND ORACLE.
SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT.
UM, AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS? NONE CHAIR, THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, OR WITH RESPECT TO X AND ITEM NUMBER ONE, MEMBER STRATTON.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, UH, MEMBER POOL, ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE THEN, UH, I'LL CALL ROLL AGAIN.
UH, UH, MEMBER HILL NOT PRESENT AND I THINK, UM, REMEMBER KITCHEN? YES.
I REMEMBER TREVELYAN COOPERS AND I AS WELL.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO ONE, NOT VOTING.
[VI.2. Approval of Pickup Service Standards]
WE'LL HAVE, UH, THE SECOND ACTION ITEM IS APPROVAL OF PICKUP SERVICE STANDARDS.UH CHARMELLA MUKERJI UH, AND CHAD, YOU HAVE BEFORE.
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THANK YOU.UM, PRESTON CLARK AND THE BOARD MEMBERS I'M SHARING MY SCREEN.
UM, SO I JUST, I WOULD ASK, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
YEAH, WE CAN SEE, ARE YOU ALL? OKAY, THANK YOU.
THIS, UM, PICK UP SERVICE GUIDELINES, UM, HAS BEEN IN PREP FOR, I WOULD SAY ABOUT FOUR MONTHS.
I WANTED TO START BY THANKING, UM, OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR, UH, HOW GENEROUS YOU ARE WITH YOUR TIME WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK INTO THE PROCESS.
WE FEEL CHAD AND I FEEL LIKE ARE WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY REFLECTS, UM, TO A GREAT EXTENT, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD.
AND WE WERE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
UM, CHAD VALENTINE, OUR VP DEMAND RESPONSE AND INNOVATIVE MOBILITY WILL BE TAKING ON.
AND I'M SURE MILOV AS JERICHO FOR MENTIONED AND EVP PLANNING IN DEVELOPMENT, WE BEEN PARTNERS IN CRIME IN THIS, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO COME THIS FAR.
UM, CHAD, IT'S YOUR BABY, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE TIMELINE.
BOARD MEMBERS, UH, PRESIDENT CLARK, UM, CHAD BALLANTINE HERE, VICE PRESIDENT OF DEMAND RESPONSE.
I WANTED TO JUST RUN THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY, UM, WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON FOR THE BACKGROUND OF, UM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO BACK ME UP ONE SLIDE THERE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, IT'S A LITTLE STUCK.
SO, UH, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
SO WE'RE AGAIN TODAY WHERE I'M SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
WE'LL RUN THROUGH THAT WITH YOU ONE MORE TIME.
UM, AND WITH, UH, EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR DETAIL THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST, JUST TO, UM, FULLY ROLL THAT OUT AND FLUSH IT OUT WITH EVERYONE.
UM, ONCE WE DO THAT, WE, UH, INTEND TO DO, UM, CONTINUE OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
IT'LL JUST BE MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD AND COMPREHENSIVE FOR THE THREE ZONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ROLLING OUT IN THE SUMMER, A DECILE ZONE, OUR NORTH OAK HILL ZONE AND IN THE SOUTH MENCHACA ZONE.
UM, WE PLAN AGAIN TO LAUNCH ALL THREE, UM, THIS SUMMER, UM, OVER THE COMING MONTHS AS A ONE THING TO REMEMBER, JUST TO POINT OUT, UM, THESE EVALUATION GUIDELINES ARE, UM, WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN PLACE AS A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING THE PROGRAM, BUT, UM, WE WILL, UM, DO THE ACTUAL FULL EVALUATION STARTING IN 2022 AROUND THIS TIME WHEN WE PREPARE FOR OUR 2023 BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS, BECAUSE WE DO THINK THAT, UM, COVID IS STILL HAVING SOME, UH, LINGERING IMPACTS ON SERVICE.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BACK TO NORMAL AND WE EVALUATE ALL THESE ZONES AS THEY'RE OPERATING NORMALLY AND GIVE THEM TIME TO GROW AND TO DEVELOP NEXT SLIDE.
SO PICK UP, I, UM, I BELIEVE MOST OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS, BUT I JUST WANT TO RUN THROUGH ONE MORE TIME FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING ONLINE.
IT'S A LOCALIZED TRANSIT TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATOR SERVICE.
SO YOU USE YOUR SMARTPHONE, YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP FROM YOUR, UH, YOUR GOOGLE STORE, YOUR APPLE STORE.
UM, IT'S A SHARED RIDE SERVICE, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S OPERATED BY CAPITAL METRO.
SO THESE ARE OUR OPERATORS IN OUR VEHICLES.
UM, THIS ISN'T A CONTRACTED OUT TYPE OF SERVICE.
THIS IS DONE WITHIN THE FAMILY AND THE BENEFITS OF THE SERVICE IS IT'S JUST A RIGHT SIZED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
SO, UH, AS YOU'VE HEARD MANY TIMES THE 40 FOOT BUSES, N ISN'T ALWAYS THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR, UM, ALL AREAS OF TOWN AND NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT KIND OF THING, BUT THIS, UM, ALSO ALLOWS US TO INCREASE OUR ACCESSIBILITY.
SO FOLKS WHO, UM, CAN ACCESS THIS TYPE OF SERVICE, MAYBE CAN'T QUITE GET TO A FIXED ROUTE BUS STOP ON THEIR OWN.
THIS REALLY BRIDGES THE GAP FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND IT EXTENDS THE REACH OF CAP METRO SERVICES.
SO, UM, SOME FOLKS CAN USE THIS TO THEN GET OVER TO A TRANSIT CENTER, BUS, STOP, THAT KIND OF THING, A RAIL STOP, AND THEN FEED INTO THE LARGER NETWORK.
AND THEN AGAIN, IT ALSO FILLS THE GAPS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE WORKED WITH TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE, UH, TO DEVELOP THESE GUIDELINES AND, UM, AND WE REALLY RELIED HEAVILY ON THEIR EXPERTISE.
UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE USING THE BRIGHTEST AND THE BEST.
SO THEY DID A NATIONAL BENCHMARKING SEARCH.
UM, THEY HELPED US REFINE THE USE CASES OF, OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAD ROLLED OUT AS PILOT SERVICES, UM, REALLY HELPED US REFINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE AND HOW TO MEASURE THEM, AND THEN TO STANDARDIZE THOSE METRICS.
AND THEN WE WANTED TO TEST THE ASSUMPTIONS IN THE METRICS WITH THE LIVE ZONES THAT WE HAD BEEN HAD ROLLED OUT AS A PILOT ZONES IN THIS PAST YEAR.
SO IT WAS REALLY THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR FRAMEWORK,
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AND WE RELIED ON TEXAS, TEXAS A AND M TTI TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE TO HELP US BUILD THIS FRAMEWORK AND, UM, AND, AND HELP MEASURE THE SUCCESS.AND THEN SHARMILA, WE'LL TAKE IT HERE TO, UM, DIVE INTO THE, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT PLANNING DETAILS.
UM, SO AS CHAD MENTIONED, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK IN, UM, AND TAKING IT BEYOND THE OPERATIONAL MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE AND VERY ROBUST HAVE BEEN, IT'S A VERY ROBUST OPERATIONAL MEASURES THAT CHAD AND HIS TEAM HAVE USED IN, UH, FINE TUNING.
THE ZONES DURING IMPLEMENTATION ARE, UH, PICKUPS OR SERVICE GUIDELINES, OUR POLICY GOALS THAT ARE THREE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE ESSENTIALLY THREE LARGE.
THEY ALL FEED INTO THIS SERVICE GUIDELINES.
AND TODAY YOU HAVE SEEN THE EARLIER VERSIONS AND RENDITIONS THAT COME TO THIS POINT.
UM, COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS ARE ALL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS.
AND, UM, SOME OF THEM INTERSECT WITH LAND USE, UM, SUSTAINABLE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS IS, UM, IT'S A FUNCTION OF COST EFFECTIVENESS, UH, COST PER PASSENGER TRIP.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, TRANSIT MEASURES LIKE NITRO ACCESS CUSTOMER SHARED RIDE AND SO FORTH AND SERVICE QUALITY IS, UM, THE REPUTATIONAL ASPECTS AND THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN TO KEEP, UH, KEEP PICKUP AS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION TO, UM, TO, UH, OUR, UM, OUR OVERALL IN OUR OVERALL TOOLBOX OF MOBILITY OPTIONS.
YOU HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE.
THESE ARE THE KEY SERVICE PURPOSES, A FLEXIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO OUR LESS USE BUS ROUTES.
UM, THAT IS, UH, BEEN ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS PICK UP, CAME IN, UM, UH, CAME INTO BEING TRANSIT OPTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE'S A SERVICE GAP.
UM, AND THE REASONS FOR THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN THE SERVICE GUIDELINES AND HOW WE RELATE TO EACH ONE OF THEM AND THEN CONNECT CUSTOMERS, UH, TO OUR LARGER TRANSIT NETWORK TO MAKE IT TRULY BE ONE TOOL IN OUR BIGGER MOBILITY TOOLBOX.
SO APPROACHES TO PICKUP, PLANNING, AND EVALUATION.
UM, THIS SERVICE GUIDELINES THAT WE ARE, UH, PRESENTING FOR APPROVAL TODAY.
IT APPLIES TO OUR SERVICE AREA, UH, AND OUR OUT OF SERVICE AREA PICKUP ZONES ARE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY AS OUTLINED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE.
SO SURFACE AREA IT'S REVIEWED FOR CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS NEEDS IN OUR SERVICE CHANGE PROCESS.
IT COMPLIMENTS OR FIELDS A GAP IN OUR TRANSIT NETWORK, AND IT WOULD APPLY TO SELECTION OF NEW ZONES AND AN EVALUATION OF OUR EXISTING ZONES WHERE OUT OF SERVICE AREA PICKUP ZONES HAVE SOME OF THE SAME, UH, MEASURES IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY IMPLEMENTED DOING THE OPERATIONAL REVIEW, BUT THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIC ACCESS AND CIRCULATION NEEDS IN AN AREA AND INITIAL NEED IS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMMUNITY'S TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AS OPPOSED TO THE ZONES THAT ARE IN OUR SERVICE AREA.
YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, UM, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND VALUES AND UNDERSTANDING HOW PICK UP MEETS, UH, THE NEED AND KIND OF ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT THE NEEDS ANALYSIS AND LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT IS, THAT REMAINS A VERY CRITICAL STEP.
AND THAT HAPPENS, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE CHANGE PROCESS IN OUR TRIP PLANNING PROCESS AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR ENTIRE SERVICE AREA WORKS WITH EACH SERVICE CHANGE WE'LL REVIEW THE TRANSIT NETWORK, IDENTIFY ANY GAPS THAT CANNOT BE ADDRESSED AT CHAD MENTIONED BY A 40 FOOTER OR A TRADITIONAL, UM, UH, BUS SERVICE PLANNING ANALYSIS WILL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND HAVE, AND HAVE THAT BE ANALYZED IN OUR OVERALL TRANSIT NETWORK, INEFFICIENCIES IT AND HIGHLIGHT AREAS WHERE ON DEMAND SERVICE WILL BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY MORE EFFICIENTLY.
AND BY THAT WE MEAN KEEPING COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN MIND, THE IDEA IS TO NOT LAYER PICKUP IN AREAS THAT ALREADY HAVE ROBUST TRANSIT OPTIONS, AND THEN SCORING THAT'S THE CRUX OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, APPLY SELECTION CRITERIA TO FIGURE OUT THE VIABILITY OF THE ZONES AND GENERALLY AWARD, UM, KIND OF WEIGHTED PRIORITY OF HOW WE DO THE LAUNCHES.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE ZONE ZONE SCORING MATRIX BEFORE THIS IS THE OVERALL, UM, UH, COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS, SERVICE, QUALITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND HOW WE APPLY THEM.
AND THE POINT STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT EACH BUCKET HAS 30 POINTS ASSIGNED IN SCORE CATEGORIES.
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60 PLUS WOULD KEEP A ZONE AT 41 TO 59 POINTS.WE ADJUST AND FINE TUNE AND 40 POINTS OR LESS.
WE SAY THE ZONE IS REALLY NOT FUNCTIONING AND IT'S, OR THAT IS NOT IN THE INITIAL LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT PRE-SELECTION THAT THIS IS REALLY NEEDS ANOTHER LOOK, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.
SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE FOR PURPOSES OF GOING OVER THIS, AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION OR SEEING THIS PRESENTATION ONLINE, WE BROKE, BROKEN THOSE DOWN IN THREE BUCKETS.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE ZONES ARE SPECIFICALLY APPLIED TO EACH ONE OF THE MEASURES AND THE CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
HERE'S COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THESE ARE POPULATION OVER 65 AND OVER ZITO CAR HOUSEHOLD, THOSE TO OUR TRADITIONAL TRANSIT PLANNING, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLE THAT OFTEN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSIT SENSITIVE TRANSIT, SUPPORTIVE AND TRANSIT DEPENDENT, UM, WRITERS AND OUR CUSTOMERS, MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS COMPARED TO OVERALL POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND WE USE THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD SERVICE AREA.
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLDS IN POVERTY AND MINORITY POPULATION ARE SPEAKING TO THE EQUITY, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION AND ZONES COMPARED TO THE OVERALL POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS 4.62%.
IT'S THAT'S THE SERVICE AREA AVERAGE.
I'M JUST CITING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WOULD CENSUS AREA AS CENSUS DATA, UH, COME IN SERVICE AREA, UH, COMPOSITION AND MAY CHANGE SO THAT RAW NUMBERS WOULD CHANGE OVER TIME.
BUT THE OVERALL SCORING CRITERIA, HOW THEY RELATE TO THE VALUES WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
SO THE STRUCTURE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE MAY CHANGE AS OUR COMMUNITIES CHANGE MINORITY POPULATION.
SIMILARLY AT ZONE COMPARED TO THE OVERALL POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS, WE HAVE OUR SERVICE AREA AVERAGE AT 22.4, 4%.
SO HOW ARE THESE POINT VALUES ASSIGNED BASELINE OF SERVICE AREA METRICS? IT BEGINS A MAIN POINT OF THREE POINTS.
SO EVERY 20% ABOVE SERVICE AREA AVERAGE THE ZONE WOULD GET AN EXTRA POINT AND THE SAME WOULD HAPPEN IF IT FALLS BELOW ESSENTIAL SERVICES, MEDICAL GROCERIES, SCHOOL, SHOPPING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THESE ARE SIGNAL, THIS SERVE SIGNIFICANT DESTINATION NEEDS WITHIN A ZONE.
AND THIS IS A FUNCTION OF BOTH LAND USE AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTIC, THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS COMING TOGETHER, AND THAT, SO FOR EACH DESTINATION THAT IS NOT SERVED BY LOCAL BUS, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT PICKUP COMES IN AND OFFERS A VIABLE OPTION.
SO HALF A POINT IS AWARDED FOR EACH SERVICE CONTAINED WITHIN A ZONE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE NOT SERVICE TIGHT.
THESE ARE SERVICE DESTINATION.
SO HALF A POINT FOR EACH GROCERY STORY, IF THERE ARE TWO GROCERY STORES, UM, ZOANNE WOULD HAVE A WHOLE POINT SERVICE, QUALITY MEASURES AND KPI HERE ON TIME PERFORMANCE.
AND AGAIN, THIS SPEAKS TO THE VIABILITY AND QUALITY OF OUR SERVICE AS AN, AS A MOBILITY OPTION.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE 15 MINUTES OR LESS WAIT TIME FOR OUR PICK UP PASSENGERS PERCENTAGE TRIP THAT MEET THIS THRESHOLD.
UM, AND 92% OR BETTER WOULD BE OUR ON-TIME PERFORMANCE IDEAL, ANY INCREASE IN OUR TWO PERSON, OTT WILL GET UP, UM, ONE EXTRA POINT SQUARE MILEAGE YEAH.
HAS TO DO WITH DENSITY AND HOW THE CURRENT LAND USE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ZONE.
UM, AND AS THEY CHANGE THE, THE ASSOCIATED CRITERIA AND POINT VALUES WOULD CHANGE AS WELL.
SO IDEAL IS THREE SQUARE MILES NOW FOR URBAN MORE, WHICH IS MORE DENSE, UM, PICKUP ZONE.
AND THEN MORE SUBURBAN STYLE LAND USE WOULD BE LIKE SIX SQUARE MILES.
UM, AND AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS NOT JUST STRICT LAND USE.
UM, CHAD AND HIS TEAM HAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT HOW CONGESTION PLAYS INTO IT.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, POINTS DROP AS THE SIZE INCREASES OVER THREE SQUARE MILE, BUT THERE'S QUALITATIVE THINKING THERE THAT IF CONGESTION IS WORSE, HOW WOULD THAT ZONE WOULD PERFORM RIDERSHIP? UH, PART PASSENGER HOUR, WE, UM, SETTLED ON FOUR PASSENGERS PER HOUR.
AND THIS COMES FROM INDUSTRY'S RESEARCH SPEAKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES, UM, THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED SIMILAR, UH, DEMAND RESPONSE OPTION AND SIMILAR TO OUR DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION AND LAND USE.
SO WE TOOK SOME OF THOSE, UM, INFORMATION AND COMPARED WITH OUR EXISTING DATA AND
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CAME UP WITH THIS, EACH INCREASE WOULD ALSO GIVE AN INCREASE OF ONE POINT SUSTAINABILITY.THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT, AND YOU'D ALSO KEEP KIND OF BRINGS IN OUR FUNCTIONALITIES OF OUR OTHER SERVICES THAT RELATE TO, UH, IMPLEMENTING PICKUP COST EFFECTIVENESS.
THIS SPEAKS TO JUDICIOUS USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, A PREDESIGNATED GENERALIZED COST PER PASSENGER TRIP.
AND THIS IS BASED ON OUR ZONE EXPERIENCE.
CHAD AND HIS TEAM ALONG WITH HELP OF TTI HAD EXTENSIVE DATA ON THIS AND THE POINT VALUES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
TODAY'S $15 PER PASSENGER IS THE MEDIAN OF FLIGHT POINTS.
UM, AND THEN EQUALLY IT WOULD GO UP AND DOWN AS NEEDED METRO ACCESS CUSTOMERS USING PICKUP PERCENTAGE AND ZONE MUSIC.
PICKUP IS ALSO A FUNCTION OF OUR, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR ZONE, OUR CURRENT FUNCTIONING OF OUR ZONE, HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF MID SHOW, UH, XS USERS ON PICKUP WOULD GET HIGHER SCORE.
5% IS MEDIAN, AND IT'S THE SCORES FIVE POINTS THEY WANTED TO MENTION.
METRO ACCESS AND MOBILITY IMPAIRED PASSENGERS TRANSPORTED TOGETHER, GET 10 POINTS.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE MAY BE A ZONE THAT, UH, DOES NOT HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF METRO ACCESS CUSTOMERS.
SO THE TRANSFERENCE WOULD NOT HAPPEN, BUT THE MOBILITY IMPAIRED PASSENGER WOULD THEN HAVE 10 POINTS.
SO WE FELT THIS IS THE BEST AND MOST SENSITIVE, ROBUST WAY TO KIND OF ADDRESS OUR MOBILITY IMPAIRED IMPAIRED PASSENGERS.
ALONG WITH OUR TRANSFERENCE FROM NITRO ACCESS SHARED RIDE, THIS SPEAKS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR MODE MAKEUP PERCENTAGE OF TRIPS SHARED WITH OTHER PASSENGERS.
HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF SHARED GRIDE WOULD HAVE A HIGHER ZONE SCORE.
AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO GIVE TO CHAD TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS SCORING WOULD ALSO CONSISTENTLY, UM, TRANSFER TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, HOW WE WOULD BE MONITORING THE ZONE AT SIX MONTHS, WANDERING THE ZONES AT 12 MONTHS, ONCE THEY ARE IN IMPLEMENTATION AND HOW WE WOULD BE KEEPING IT CONSISTENT AS WE, UM, MONITOR AND IMPROVE THE SERVICE.
CHARMELLA SO, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH, THIS IS REALLY WANTING TO DO AN, UM, AN OVERVIEW KIND OF, AND SEE HOW THIS ALL LOOKS IN THE REAL WORLD.
UM, STARTING WITH THE CREATION A, OF THE NEW ZONE, AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET TO THAT NEXT ONE.
SO THIS IS AN OVERALL, UH, THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE REAL WORLD.
UM, WE GAVE YOU A LOT OF NUMBERS AND STATISTICS AND, AND A LOT OF LINES, BUT THE FLOW OF THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY SIMILAR TO HOW, UM, WE WORK THROUGH OUR FIXED ROUTE, UH, SERVICE STANDARDS.
UM, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, ADJUSTED FOR THE PICKUP.
SO, UH, THIS STARTS WHEN AND I, AS ZONE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
SO, UM, THE PLANNING FOLKS SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO PUT HIS OWN.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE BEGIN THE PROCESS.
SO WE IDENTIFY OF THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONE.
SO, LIKE SHARMILA MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT THOSE THREE PURPOSES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'VE GOT TO, WE WANT TO CONNECT TO A BUS OR RAIL SERVICE THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCESSING THE LARGER TRANSIT NETWORK.
THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE IDENTIFIED PURPOSES.
UM, WE IDENTIFIED THOSE AND THEN WE, WE GENERALLY WILL KNOW THE AREA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVICE, BUT THIS IS A POINT WHERE WE START TO REFINE THE ZONES, LOOKING AT THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONE, THE DEMOGRAPHICS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UM, THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WILL BE DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE, UM, THAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO.
UM, AND ONCE WE REFINE THOSE BOUNDARIES, THEN WE CAN IDENTIFY THE, WHAT WE EXPECT, HOW IT SHOULD PERFORM AS WELL AS THE GOALS.
SO, UM, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT TO TRANSIT 50 TRAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW IT'S GOING TO CONNECT TO TRANSIT AND IDENTIFY HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF THE, THE GOAL OF THE ZONES.
IT REALLY HELPS US IDENTIFY THOSE ZONES AND OUR SUCCESS.
AND THEN AS WE, UM, GO AHEAD AND WE'RE READY TO ROLL OUT A ZONE.
WE BEGIN WITH, UM, THE LAUNCH OF A NEW ZONE.
WE, WE DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE GIVE IT SIX MONTHS TO PLAY OUT.
WE LET PEOPLE KNOW, WE TRY TO ENGAGE MORE PEOPLE, GET THEM WRITING SERVICES.
AND AT SIX MONTHS WE THEN TAKE A MOMENT.
WE REEVALUATE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT WHEN IT COMES TO SCORING THE ZONES AND THE GOALS OF THE ZONES.
SO WE JUST SEE HOW IT'S PERFORMING.
UM, AND AT THAT POINT AGAIN, WE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, WE CONTINUED THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IS IT SERVING YOUR NEEDS? IT IS, UM, UH, ANY THINGS WE NEED TO ADJUST.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE SORT OF MAKE SURE WE JUST READJUST AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR FINALS
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ASSUMPTIONS AND OUR GOALS AS TO HOW WE THINK IT SHOULD PERFORM.UM, AND AT THE 12 MONTH, MARK IS WHEN WE DO OUR FINAL REAL, UH, SERVICE REVIEW, UM, AND SCORING OF A ZONE.
AND, UH, THAT REALLY TELLS US HOW IT'S PERFORMING.
AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE, THE THREE AREAS WHERE WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE 60 POINTS AND ABOVE MEANS GREAT SERVICE.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS THING 41 TO 59 POINTS ON OUR SCORING MATRIX MEANS IT'S, IT'S GOING TO NEED SOME LARGE IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE FORWARD, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO THOSE LARGE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT WOULD GENERALLY BE DONE THROUGH THE SERVICE CHANGE PROCESS.
AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T EVEN, UH, REACH 40 POINTS, THEN THAT, THAT AT THAT POINT, WE IDENTIFY THAT IT'S AN UNSUCCESSFUL ZONE AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT A GOOD FIT FOR PICKUP.
SO, UM, NO MATTER HOW IT SCORES, IF IT GETS THE GREAT, IF IT GETS THE KEEP OR IT NEEDS AN IMPROVEMENT ADJUSTMENT, WE STILL CONTINUE TO REVISE THESE AND EVALUATE THESE ZONES, NOT REVISED.
WE EVALUATE THESE ZONES EVERY SIX MONTHS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO ON THE FIXED DROUGHT.
UM, AND THAT'S FOR THE DURATION OF THE ZONE.
SO I'M WANTING TO MENTION ALSO THE, UM, WHEN WE'RE ROLLING OUT THE ZONES, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE TARGET STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OH, YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
WE CAN TALK THROUGH THE, THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
WE REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE THE STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE OFF, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE AUTHENTICALLY CREATED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN ORDER FOR THEM TO KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICE, BUT THEN ALSO USE THE SERVICE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED AT EVERY, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
UM, IT'S HARD TO GO OUT AND KNOCK ON EVERY SINGLE DOOR.
SO WE WORK THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, UM, BUSINESSES, LARGE EMPLOYERS, THAT KIND OF THING.
FACE-PACED FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, CAP, METRO, EXISTING CUSTOMERS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND JUST ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT WE CAN FIND.
UM, WE CAN'T CAST THE NET TOO WIDE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE AREAS.
SO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE, AS, AS WE APPROACH THESE ZONES IS AT AROUND SEVEN WEEKS PRIOR TO EACH LAUNCH.
UM, WE DO A BUNCH OF STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH.
WE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, ALL OF THESE GROUPS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER HERE, WE GET THAT CONVERSATION STARTED, UM, AND REALLY GET PEOPLE ENGAGED.
AND THEN THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH, THAT'S WHEN WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ADJUSTING AND TWEAKING, AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN HONING IN ON WHAT WE THINK THE SPINAL ZONES GOING TO BE.
WE, WE SOLIDIFY THAT AND THEN WE GET THE WORD OUT THERE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, WE GET MESSAGING.
WE REALLY TRY TO GET EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE ZONES.
AND THEN ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE LAUNCH, THAT'S WHEN WE START DOING THE PRESS RELEASES, UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE ORGANIZATIONS TO REMIND THEM, HEY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO, WE TALKED AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE AN ENGAGED AND ONBOARD.
AND CAN YOU ADD SOME FLYERS TO PUT UP THAT KIND OF THING AND MORE SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THEN, UM, AS WE LAUNCHED THE ZONE DAYS BEFORE IN AN ONGOING EFFORT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE MEDIA PUSH IN PERSON PROMOTIONS.
IT, IT REALLY DOESN'T STOP, UM, ALL THE WAY UP TO EVEN OUR VEHICLES BEING WRAPPED WITH A PICKUP WRAP, IT REALLY IS ITS OWN BILLBOARD.
AND SO IT CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE THE SERVICE.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS WE ARE DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH PIECE OF THIS NEXT ONE.
SO AGAIN, AND THE PICKUP TIMELINE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THESE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A NEW SERVICE AND THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE ITERATIVE AND THEY MAY EVOLVE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS THESE GUIDELINES EVOLVE, WE THINK ARE PRETTY OUTSTANDING AS WE HAVE THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE ON ANYTHING.
UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
OUR, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH DESA NORTH OAK HILL ZONE AND SOUTH MINNETONKA, UH, PENDING APPROVAL TODAY, WE'LL BEGIN IN ARTISTS' TOMORROW.
UM, UH, REALLY WIDESPREAD, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORT THERE SO THAT WE CAN LAUNCH THESE NEXT THREE ZONES.
AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE STRUCTURE AND WE WILL BE USING THIS STRUCTURE TO EVALUATE ALL THE ZONES THAT WE ARE LAUNCHING AND THAT WE HAVE ALREADY LAUNCHED, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK HOW THOSE GO.
WE WANT TO JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE, UM, HOLDING THEM TIGHTLY TO THESE NUMBERS YET UNTIL WE, UH, BEGIN THE 20, 23 BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW, THAT'S WHEN WE, WE THINK WE'LL AT LEAST HAVE SIX OR 12 MONTHS UNDER OUR BELT OF REALLY GOOD POST COVID SERVICE.
UM, AND WE CAN REALLY ENGAGE IN AND UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE ZONES ARE PERFORMING.
AND, UH, ANOTHER PICTURE DOWN HERE IS, UH, YANNIS AND, UM, TINA PORTER, I BELIEVE DOING SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT JUST LAST MONTH IN PERSON FINDING A WAY TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND WITH MASS ON STILL GETTING OUT THERE AND SPREADING THE WORDS.
AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOLKS.
THEY HAVE BEEN AMAZING OF GETTING OUT THERE AND TALKING TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS A FUN LITTLE PICTURE TO ADD IN THERE, AND THAT IS EVERYTHING.
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AND WE'RE, I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN I THINK HE HAD HIS HAND UP.UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO, UM, TO THANK YOU FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UH, IN PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
UH, I THINK IT, UH, IT HAS BEEN THOUGHTFUL.
IT HAS BEEN THOROUGH, UH, AND, AND IT HAS CERTAINLY MOVED THE, UH, THE UNDERSTANDING OF PICKUP ZONES AND THE EXPECTATION, UM, EXPECTATIONS FOR PICKUP ZONES, UH, TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
UM, JUST WANT TO SAY, AND JUST KIND OF WANT TO PUT INTO THE RECORD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TOOLS THAT I THINK WILL BE EFFECTIVE, UH, IN AREAS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERSERVED, THE DEATHS, OUR AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO GET TO THE RIGHT BUS, TO GET TO WORK, TO GET TO THE DOCTOR, UH, TO GET TO INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE GO FORWARD.
I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT AND TALK ABOUT IT, AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, UH, WHAT THE RIDERS NEEDS ARE, WHETHER WE CAN CURRENTLY MEET THEIR CH UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT NEEDS WITHIN THE CURRENT, UH, STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.
FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORK SECOND SHIFT, UM, STOPPING THIS SERVICE AT 7:00 PM, ISN'T GOING TO WORK FOR THEM.
I THINK THAT, UH, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF, OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS.
UH, WHETHER WE CAN LOOK AT A SEVEN O'CLOCK TO SEVEN O'CLOCK ON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, HOW WE CAN ALSO BUILD IN A SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SERVICE AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE IT NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO USE PUBLIC TRANSIT ON THE WEEKENDS, UH, IS GOING TO BE DEVASTATING TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND WILL BE DEVASTATING TO ELDERS AS WELL.
SO LOOKING AT A 10 O'CLOCK TO SEVEN O'CLOCK, UH, SOME FRAMEWORKS, SO THAT A WEEKEND USERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS TOOL AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE I THINK WE, UH, CAN, CAN, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES.
I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE DESKTOP AREA, BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UH, ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, THAT HAS BEEN INVESTED IN, IN AND AROUND THE DESA AREA.
AND ALSO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT BOMBER ROAD, HOW THERE VERY FEW SIDEWALKS BETWEEN, UH, DESA AND SAMSUNG, FOR EXAMPLE, AND NOW ARE THERE OTHER, UH, THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND THERE, THERE ARE OTHER RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
I THINK PUTTING THE CRITERIA TOGETHER HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB.
I'M GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT I HELP IDENTIFY COMMUNITY GROUPS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES THAT CAN GIVE YOU DIRECT FEEDBACK AND INSIGHT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAY THAT I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A FABULOUS JOB, BUT THERE ARE SOME MORE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT WILL, UH, THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF, OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA.
AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE, WE'RE MAKING A MASSIVE INVESTMENT AND TRANSIT, UH, ACROSS THE REGION.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE MOST DEPENDENT ON TRANSIT, UH, HAVE, HAVE AN INVESTMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM, UH, TO Z GO TO WORK, TO GO TO THE DOCTOR, TO, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR KIDS AS WELL.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU, AND, AND I THINK THAT THIS REALLY CAN BE A PROBLEM SOLVING SOLUTION IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT IT OPERATES IT.
UH, MEMBER MITCHELL, I THINK I'M NOT SURE I'M SAYING THANK YOU, CHAD AND SHARMILA.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
JUST, UH, A QUESTION BASED ON YOUR PRELIMINARY LOOKSIE AT THESE, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WE PULL YOUR ESTIMATED THE PER RIDE COSTS WOULD BE WE'VE BEEN SCORING THEM? UM,
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I WILL SAY THAT THE CURRENT COVID SITUATION HAS, HAS THROWN THE NUMBERS OFF A BIT, BUT, UM, PRE COVID, WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD, UH, IDEA OF WHERE THEY STOOD.UM, AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT, UM, MUDDLED OUTS.
WE'D HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON HOW WE WANT IT TO KIND OF PARSE OUT EXACTLY HOW WE WANT TO PRICE THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF, RIGHT.
THANK YOU, CHAD AND SHARMILA, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE, I BELIEVE.
AND, UM, WHAT YOU'VE, HOW, HOW THIS HAS EVOLVED AND HOW YOU'VE LISTENED TO US AS BOARD MEMBERS AND TAKEN OUR FEEDBACK ON THIS.
UM, I WAS PARTICULARLY EXCITED WHEN I READ OUR PRE PRE-BOARD MEETING BRIEFING ON THIS PACKET AND SAW THAT NOW, THEN YOU FIGURED OUT A WAY TO TAKE ACCOUNTING TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO ASSIGN THE BENCHMARKS, LIKE, LIKE START OFF WITH, OKAY, SO HERE HERE'S WHAT WE BELIEVE IS KIND OF THE STARTING POINT FOR EACH OF THESE LIKE THREE POINTS FOR, FOR EACH OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS, FOR THE COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS.
AND I REALIZED THAT, THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING SHARMILA, THEN UNDER ESSENTIAL SERVICES, YOU DON'T ACTUALLY MEAN A HALF POINT FOR EACH TYPE OF SERVICE AND THE SENSE OF HALF POINT FOR MEDICAL, FOR GROCERY SCHOOL SHOPPING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU MEAN THAT IF THERE IS A GROCERY STORE IN THE AREA, LET'S SAY THERE ARE TWO GROCERY STORES, THAT'S A HALF POINT FOR EACH GROCERY STORE.
THERE'D BE A HALF POINT FOR ONE MEDICAL CLINIC AND A HALF POINT FOR ANOTHER MEDICAL CLINIC THAT, THAT I, IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY THAT ON, ON THE CHART.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL, BUT I, I, AND SO WE'VE TAKEN THIS AND EVEN STEP FURTHER THAN FROM WHERE THE LAST TIME WAS, WE WERE BRIEFED ON IT.
UM, JUST, JUST HAD A, UH, GIVEN THAT NOW, JUST, UH, ANOTHER POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
ONE THING THAT I DID NOTE HERE NOW THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE TAKEN THAT NEXT STEP, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS STILL A LITTLE BIT OF LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY AS IT WERE, UH, FOR, FOR Y'ALL AS STAFF, AS YOU ARE EVALUATING THIS.
AND I REALIZE WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT IS VERY QUALITATIVE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT BEHIND THIS, BUT IF, IF MAYBE YOU COULD JUST, JUST ADDRESS HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M READING THIS PROPERLY, UM, STARTING WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS, SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, AND MAYBE YOU COULD HIGHLIGHT THIS ON THE CHART ITSELF THEN IN ADDITION TO UNDER ESSENTIAL SERVICES, NOTING MEDICAL, GROCERY SCHOOL SHOPPING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, I WOULD HOPE AND THINK THAT THAT THE INTENT WOULD BE ALSO THAT WE HAVE ON THEIR CONNECTION TO FIXED ROUTES.
THAT WHETHER THAT BE THAT THE PICKUP SERVICE IS CONNECTING WITH A, UH, WITH, WITH ONE OF OUR FIXED ROUTE BUSES, OR IS, IS CONNECTING TO ONE OF OUR PARK AND RIDES OR A TRAIN STATION, THAT WOULD BE CRITICAL TOO, BECAUSE AS PART OF ADDRESSING THAT LAST MILE OF SERVICE, PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT WE WANT THESE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE NOT ONLY TO, TO TRAVEL AROUND THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE LARGER SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.
SO I, I, LET ME, LET ME PAUSE THERE FOR A SECOND.
THEN I GOT A COUPLE OTHER POINTS ON THE CHART THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT MISSING SOMETHING.
WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED, UH, AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE? IS THAT POINT CONNECTION TO THE LARGER CAP METRO SERVICE AREA? CAN I ADDRESS THAT, CHAD, SIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, SO THE REASON THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY, I DIDN'T DEFINE IT AS ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, EVEN THOUGH CONNECTIVITY IS ONE OF THE KEY DRIVERS, UM, OFF PICKUP AND HOW A CURRENT PICKUP ZONE CONNECTS TO OUR LARGER TRANSIT NETWORK, IT'S ALMOST MAKES IT ABSOLUTELY THAT THAT'S THE KEY TO ITS VIABILITY.
SO THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT IS SINCE WE TIED THIS TO OUR SERVICE CHANGE PROCESS AND LOOKING AT OUR OVERALL TRANSIT NETWORK TO SEE HOW EACH ZONE CONNECTS TO THAT, WE BELIEVE THAT ADDRESSES THAT.
SO IN WONKY TRANSPORTATION PLANNER TERM, THAT WOULD BE LIKE A TRANSPORTATION NODE ANALYSIS.
WELL, WE WOULD DO THAT BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE FELT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO SHINE, PUT OUR, UM, EMPHASIS ON EQUITY, UH, WITH, WITH LOW-INCOME MINORITY AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCORES WE EVALUATE IN THIS PRE-SELECTION PROCESS, THEY HIGHLIGHT THOSE CLEARLY AND NOT JUST CONNECTION TO BUS STOPS, WHICH WE HAVE BUS STOPS OR TRAIN STOPS OR LARGER PARKING RIDE OR TRANSFERRED OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE THAT IS ALREADY ADDRESSED IN THAT, UM, NETWORK ANALYSIS PROCESS.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, I FIGURED IT WAS, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS THE, THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT, AND THAT WAS STATED PUBLICLY ON THE RET WORK, UH, ON THE RECORD.
UM, SO FOLLOW UP QUESTION THEN AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT A COUPLE OTHER PLACES HERE, UH, AGAIN, NOTING THAT YOU'VE NOW GOT SOME, SOME MORE SPECIFIC METRICS OR MEASURABLES AND KIND
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OF A BASELINE OR BENCHMARK, AND THEN YOU STAY HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY, FOR EXAMPLE, 20% ABOVE THE SERVICE AREA, AVERAGE THE ZONE SCORES AND EXTRA POINT OR BELOW, IT WILL GO DOWN A POINT.BUT I DID NOTICE THAT, UH, UNDER YOUR, UM, THE, UH, THE SERVICE QUALITY THERE, UM, THAT THERE WAS NO DEFINITION FOR HOW THE POINTS WILL DROP FOR THE, UH, THE SQUARE MILEAGE.
YOU, YOU, YOU, THEN IT STATES NOW THAT, UM, WHETHER IT'S THE URBAN ZONE OR THE SUBURBAN PLUS ZONE, WE SAY, UH, THAT POINTS WILL DROP AS THE INCREASES ABOVE THE THREE SQUARE MILES.
SO DID, DID YOU, IT, AT THIS POINT AGAIN, I REALIZED WE'RE BRAND NEW AT THIS.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FEEL OUR WAY AND FIGURE THIS OUT IS KIND OF THE INTENT THERE THAT, THAT YOU'RE, YOU GUYS ARE JUST GOING TO SORT OF KIND OF AT THAT POINT, SORT OF FIGURE IT OUT, OR DID IT JUST NOT MAKE THE CHART.
YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING BEHIND THE SCENES THERE THAT YOU JUST DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT ON THAT ONE.
CERTAINLY WE, UH, SO WITH THAT, WHEN IT'S IN GENERAL WITH THE SMALLER ZONES, IT'S, IT'S GENERALLY AROUND 0.1 SQUARE MILES OR LARGER EVERY, EVERY 0.1 SQUARE MILE WE INCREASE, THEN THAT, THAT REDUCES THE POINTS.
AND THEN WITH THE LARGER ZONES, LIKE A SIX MILE SQUARE MILE, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT 0.2 SQUARE MILES AS YOU INCREASE BY THAT TYPE OF, UM, BY THAT AMOUNT.
THAT'S GENERALLY THE, THE, HOW IT WOULD WORK.
AND THEN FINALLY, MY LAST QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BE DONE HERE WITH THIS, UM, THE DEFINITION FOR AN, AND THE DEFINITION FOR UNDER THE SUSTAINABILITY THERE, UH, UM, UNDER THOSE, THESE, AND I REALIZED THERE WAS A LOT PUT INTO FIGURING OUT THE DISABILITY COMMUNITIES USE OF THE SERVICES WE'VE GOT FOR METRO ACCESS CUSTOMERS USING PICKUP AND MOBILITY IMPAIRED PASSENGERS.
UM, IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY LIST, UM, HOW MANY POINTS UP OR DOWN ON MOBILITY IMPAIRED IN METRO ACCESS CUSTOMERS, THE LOWER HIGHER COSTS, UH, THE, THE LOWER HIGHER, UM, SCORE'S GOING TO GO.
AND THEN, UM, UH, ALSO THAT THE SAME WITH THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS THE LOWER COST PER PASSENGER, IT'S, IT'S JUST SAYING THAT THE LOWER THE COST, THE HIGHER THE SCORE, YOU KNOW, IS IT, HAVE YOU ALREADY IN YOUR HEADS AT LEAST GOT THOSE NUMBERS THERE? YOU JUST DIDN'T PUT IT ON THE CHART FOR THE PURPOSES OF SAVING TIME AND SPACE.
I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST SAY MAYBE, MAYBE ADD AGAIN, JUST ADD THE ASTERIX AND PUT IT AT THE BOTTOM.
IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU GOT THIS SPACE, BECAUSE THIS IS AWESOME.
BUT FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, FOR WHOEVER IS LOOKING AT THIS, IF WE'RE MAKING THIS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT PUT ON THERE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT FOREVER, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, FOR EVERY 0.1 TO 0.2 SQUARE MILES, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE IT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CRITERIA WOULD BE DROP IT A POINT AND, YOU KNOW, SAME WITH, UH, WITH METRO ACCESS, JUST AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, IF YOU'VE GOT THE REST OF THESE ALL CLEARLY LAID OUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE CRITERIA IS AS TO WHAT GOES UP A POINT OR DOWN A POINT, JUST KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT MAN, I GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS IS AWESOME.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS, THE EFFORT YOU ALL PUT IN THE TEAM YOU'VE GOT BEHIND YOU THAT HAVE DONE THIS.
UM, I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING STARTING POINT FOR US AND FOR OUR SERVICES.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHERE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US DOWN, BUT DOWN IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S WHY WE FEED BACK ON THAT.
REMEMBER STRAIGHT REMEMBER KITCHEN? UH, YES, JUST VERY QUICKLY.
UM, UH, I WANT TO PARTICULARLY THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE, UM, ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, I HAD RAISED WITH YOU ALL AND, AND WE DISCUSSED, SO, UM, I EXPECTED THAT TO END UP BEING PROBABLY, UH, HAVE SOME SUBJECT SUBJECTIVITY, SOME, EXCUSE ME, SUBJECTIVITY TO IT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU'RE, UH, HAVING TO ANALYZE AN AREA.
BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MARK IT AS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE THIS IS A POPULATION THAT, UM, THIS KIND OF APPROACH CAN BE VERY HELPFUL FOR.
SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING IT.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THE FOLKS IN THE NEXT THREE AREAS ARE GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS TO PROCEED.
I KNOW THAT THE FOLKS IN SOUTH AUSTIN LONGMAN CHECKER ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING THE CONVERSATIONS THIS SUMMER.
SO, UM, I'M SURE THAT ALL OF US STAND READY TO HELP YOU TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE REACHING OUT.
I JUST WANT TO ADD, I THINK THIS IS A SUPER EXCITING, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE PROGRESS OF THIS, I THINK FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
UM, AND I, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SOLVE A LOT OF VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEMS. UH, I THINK IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET SOME VERY HIGH VALUE TRANSIT RIDES IN, AND
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I SAY THAT WITH THE VIEWPOINT THAT NOT EVERY TRANSIT RIDERS HAVE THE SAME VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY MOVING ME BECAUSE I'VE GOT LOTS OF OPTIONS IS NOT WORTH THE SAME AS SOMEBODY WHO'S IN A TRANSPORTATION DESERT OR WHO'S, UH, IMMOBILE, OR HAS SOME DISABILITIES.SO I THINK, UM, YOUR SCORING SYSTEM HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO GIVE VALUE TO THOSE RIDES THAT ARE VERY, UH, THAT ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN MOVING ME AROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, UH, AND LIKEWISE, UH, GIVING VALUE WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE, UH, TO THE METRO ACCESS, UH, CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE TO MOVE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, RECOGNIZING THAT IF WE'RE VERY EFFICIENT IN PARTICULAR ZONES, THEN WE CAN PROVIDE MORE SERVICE AND THOSE KINDS OF AREAS WHERE THE LAND USE OR THE CUSTOMER USE, UH, REALLY SUPPORTS, UH, GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF OUR, OF OUR DOLLARS.
SO I THINK, UH, THIS IS LIKE STARTING UP A NEW COMPANY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE, I THINK, BOTH AGILE IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT HOW OUR SCORING IS WORKING, UH, LIKE WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE TO BE VERY DISCIPLINED BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED IN THE CAP REMAP IS IT'S VERY EASY TO ADD SERVICE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE OR MOVE SERVICE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE'D GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES TO REMIND THEM THAT WE'RE GRADING THE PAPERS OF THESE SERVICES AND, AND PEOPLE CAN'T EXPECT THAT, UH, WHAT'S THERE TODAY IS NECESSARILY GOING TO BE THERE TOMORROW.
IF THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS DOESN'T BEAR OUT OVER TIME.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME THAT DON'T WORK, BUT I THINK WE WILL SEE IN 20 YEARS THAT A GOOD CHUNK OF WHAT WE DO IS ACTUALLY THIS SORT OF SERVICE WHERE YOU'RE MATCHING THE ABILITY TO AGGREGATE PEOPLE EFFICIENTLY AND PROVIDE THE RIGHT TOOL, THE RIGHT SERVICE, UH, IN REAL TIME.
I JUST CAUTION US THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME STUDYING THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EFFICIENT, UH, IN TERMS OF BOTH THE DOLLARS WE SPEND, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING THE HIGH VALUE CUSTOMERS.
THE ONES THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER PAVILION WAS TALKING ABOUT WHO HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF ACCESSING OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THIS'LL BE FUN AND EXCITING, BUT REQUIRE A LOT OF WORK.
AND A LOT OF DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC, I THINK, IS WHAT WE ADJUST OVER TIME TO HOW ALL THIS IS WORKING.
UNLESS THERE'S SOME OTHER QUESTIONS I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN WITH RESPECT TO ACTION ITEM, NUMBER TWO, UH, NUMBER KITCHEN.
I WAS JUST RAISING MY HAND TO MOVE PASSAGE.
UH, THE RESOLUTION IS THAT TAP METRO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE ATTACHED PICKUP SERVICE GUIDELINES, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN.
SO MEMBER KITCHEN, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ONE SECOND BY MEMBER TREVELYAN ANY DISCUSSION, NO DISCUSSION THEN I'LL CALL ROLE.
UH, I REMEMBER HE'LL, I THINK DOES NOT PRESENT A MEMBER KITCHEN NUMBER MITCHELL.
I REMEMBER TREVELYAN, UH, COOPERS AND I AS WELL.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO ONE, NOT VOTING PRESIDENT CLARK.
AND THANK YOU BOARD FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS AND A SIGNIFICANT PARTICIPATION OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HELPING EVOLVE THIS PROGRAM.
I JUST WANTED TO QUICK MOMENT AND REALLY JUST THANK SHARMILA AND CHAD, UH, FOR AN, A VARIETY OF PEOPLE IN THEIR BOTH STAFF DEPARTMENTS FOR THE WORK ON THIS.
CHAD IS ACTUALLY EVEN ON VACATION TODAY AND THIS TOPIC IS SO IMPORTANT THAT, UH, CALLED IN TO MAKE SURE HE COULD BE PART OF THIS.
SO, UH, THEY GOT PUSHED VERY HARD ON THIS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S, UH, COMMENTS BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS VERY COMPLICATED.
WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE AGILITY, INNOVATION AND KIND OF, UH, REALLY, REALLY THE CUTTING EDGE OF, OF ON-DEMAND MOBILITY AT THE SAME TIME, HAVING A TRANSPARENT, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE FRAMEWORK OF HOW POLICY DECISION MAKING CAN BE DONE.
AND SO I, I WOULD REALLY SAY CHAVELA AND CHAD HERE COMBINED, UH, HAVE DONE THE MOST ADVANCED WORK ON THIS IF ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES ON THIS TOPIC.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY REALLY KUDOS TO THE STAFF, AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH STAFF ON THIS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA, AS, AS CHAIR COOPER SAID, I THINK IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE OVER TIME, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT FRAMEWORK TO MOVE THE CONVERSATION FORWARD.
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CLARK AND ALL THAT KIND, THOSE THANKS.THIS IS I THINK BEEN REALLY GOOD WORK AND I'M PROUD THAT WE'RE SORT OF, UH, UH, IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE INDUSTRY AND IN MOVING THIS FOOTBALL DOWN THE FIELD, SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY OR BOARD, UH, WE'VE GOT ONE REMAINING DISCUSSION ITEM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM UPDATE ON PROJECT CONNECT AND IT'S A FINANCIAL MODEL, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
UH, I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT THIS MAY BE THE LAST, UH, UH, FULL BOARD MEETING THAT OUR CFO LYNETTE MARWICK, UH, WILL BE, UH, IN ATTENDANCE AT, AS YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT GREENER PASTURES TO GO TO, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T IMAGINE WORKING WITH US AND, UH, RANDY, WHAT COULD BE MORE PLEASANT THAN THAT, BUT SHE'S SOMEHOW DISCOVERED SOMETHING AND, UH, UH, RENETTA, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M SURE WE'LL GET A VERY CAPABLE SUCCESSOR TO YOU, BUT I WILL NOT SLEEP WELL.
UH, WITHOUT YOU, UH, GIVEN THESE BRIEFINGS, UH, YOU HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS CFO.
ALL WE COULD ASK FOR IN THIS MOST DIFFICULT TIME, WE'VE SEEN RECESSION, WE'VE SEEN A HUGE, UH, PROGRAM, A LOT OF WORK, UH, PUTTING THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER AND BRIEFING OUR COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, AND KEEPING CONTROL OVER RANDY AND, UH, VISIBILITY TO SPEND MONEY QUICKLY AND THOROUGHLY.
UH, BUT YOU'VE, UH, YOU'VE REALLY DONE A FABULOUS JOB FOR US.
AND, UH, I KNOW, UM, AS A BOARD MEMBER, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WORRY ABOUT MOST IS JUST, ARE WE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC MONEY? AND I'VE ALWAYS FELT A GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT IF YOU SAID WE WERE, WE WERE.
AND SO, UH, UH, WE WISH YOU THE BEST, UH, WE'LL MISS YOU DEEPLY.
AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU'VE DONE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR COOPER, ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MEMBER STRATTON AND OTHERS.
AND WHEN THAT DON'T MESS UP THIS NEXT PRESENTATION, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
[ VII.1. Project Connect Program Update and Review of the Integrated Financial Model]
WILL ACTUALLY BE PRESENTED BY CHARMELLA SHERMILLA IF I CAN HAND IT OVER TO YOU AND THEN I'LL TAKE OVER FROM YOU.RAINEN UM, SO I WILL, UM, GO OVER, UH, OUR PROGRAM UPDATES SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON THE PROJECT, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, BEING MANAGED AND WILL BE DELIVERED BY KEP METRO, UM, SIDE OF THE FENCE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS IT'S ONLY VIRTUAL FENCE.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT RED LINES, STARTING WITH MCKELLA STATION INFORMATIONAL, UM, PROJECT WEBPAGE ESSENTIALLY OUTLINING THE OVERALL PROJECT, UM, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, UM, AND ANY UPDATES THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS THAT WHEN PAGE IS UP AND RUNNING AND, UH, SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH IS AT THE LEVEL OF CATEGORY OF EXCLUSION, UM, IS THAT, THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERWAY IN AGREEMENT WITH AUSTIN, IF C'S NEARLY COMPLETE, UM, BROADMORE STATION, UM, WE HAVE ONGOING COORDINATION WITH STATION NEIGHBORS, UM, REGARDING DRAINAGE AND CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS, AND, UH, THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE STATION DEVELOPMENT LAKELINE TO LEANDER SIDING.
UM, PROJECT DESIGN IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE.
AGAIN, THIS, UH, LEAK LINE TO LEANDER IS THIS THE LARGER SEGMENT THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT LENGTH IS, UM, IT JUST PARKED TO DISCOVERY BOULEVARD IN CEDAR PARK AND THE PROCUREMENT FOR THE NEXT PHASE IT'S CONTINUES TO BE DEVELOPED OPERATIONS.
THERE WERE OTHER, UM, UH, ANCILLARY AND OPERATIONAL AND SAFETY PROJECTS RELATED TO RED LINE WHERE ADVANCED AS WELL.
AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THERE IS TO KIND OF SPEAK ABOUT, UH, THERE, THEY WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY'S THE RED LINE OPTIMIZATION PLAN.
IT'S THE, UM, KIND OF TAKING A PROGRAMMATIC LOOK AT OVERALL RED LINE.
AND I MENTIONED THIS, THAT BOARD MEMBER AND REALLY LIKED LAST TIME.
IT'S LIKE IT'S TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT RED LINE WOULD LIKE TO BE WHEN IT GROWS UP.
UH, SO IT, IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, UM, THE OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS WHILE BROADMORE AND MCKELLA, UM, IS IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN, UM, KIND OF MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF RED LINE AND LEADING UP TO PROJECT CONNECT, UH, PROGRAM OF PROJECT FOOD, FULL DEVELOPMENT.
IN OUR LONG-TERM SCENARIO, WE ARE ALSO ACTIVELY COORDINATING WITH CITY OF AUSTIN, URBAN TRAIL, AS WELL AS RED LINED PARKWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT REDLINE PARKWAY DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS ALSO COORDINATED WITH REDLINE OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, MITCHELL RAPID AND PICK UP.UM, I CA I WILL START WITH THE PICKUP, UM, WITH JUST, UM, FINISHED DISCUSSING THE, UM, SERVE AS GUIDELINES FOR, UH, PICKUP.
WE HAVE PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT THREE PICKUP ZONES THAT CHAD SPOKE ABOUT IN THE EARLIER, UM, THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR EARLY SUMMER AND THEN PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, UM, UH, A PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD OF ALL OF OUR OPERATIONAL MATRIX THAT IS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR SUMMER RELEASE.
AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT, UM, ON OUT OF SERVICE ZONE.
PFLUGERVILLE WAS, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A DATA IT'S ALREADY, UH, LAUNCHED AND, UM, METRO RAPID AND EXPO PLEASANT VALLEY.
UH, BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD, UM, IN A VERY, UM, INTENSE MANNER.
I WOULD SAY WE COMPLETED 30% DESIGN GET METRO AND CITY OF AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, OR JOINTLY REVIEWING THAT 30% DESIGN WE'RE ACTIVELY FOCUSED ON FTA, SMALL STARTS READINESS DOCUMENT THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY GET US THE FEDERAL FUNDING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PHASE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE ARE ALSO FOCUSING ON UNDERSTANDING OUR CHARGING LOCATIONS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND WORKING TO, UM, ACCOMMODATE THAT IN THE PROJECT PROCESS.
YEAH, THIS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER AND I HAVE PRESENTED THIS, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE, UM, JUST, UH, LAST WEEK FTA HAD AWARDED CAPITOL METRO, UM, 900,000 FOR A PILOT PROGRAM FOR 2D PLANNING.
AND IT'S BEEN INCLUDED IN KEMPO UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM THAT ASSURES THE, UM, KIND OF THE, UH, THE CHANNEL WHERE FEDERAL FUNDING WOULD COME INTO PLANNING PROJECTS IN THE REGION.
IT'S 12 MILE NORTH LAMAR, UH, GUADALUPE RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR WITH 13 STATIONS ALONG BLUE AND ORANGE LINE.
UM, WE HAVE PRESENTED IT EARLIER TO, UM, CAPITAL METRO BOARD, UH, TO YOU AS WELL AS ATP, UH, BOARD MEETING, UM, THAT, THAT WAS PRESENTED BY OUR CEO, UM, ALONG WITH CAMPO TECH AND CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
UM, THE REASON I MENTIONED ALL THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT'S JUST, UM, KIND OF THE HIGH POINTS OF THOSE, UM, DISCUSSIONS, PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS.
WE HAVE HAD INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON HOUSING AND PLANNING EQUITY OFFICE, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AND ATP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UNDERSTANDING AND PUTTING OUR EMPHASIS ON DEFINING ETO OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, STARTING BEFORE WE FORMALIZE AND ENTER INTO THE STUDY PROCESS AND SELECT TO CONSULTANT THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK AND HOW WE CONDUCT MEANINGFUL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT IT'S ABSOLUTE KEY TO SUCCESS OF THIS, UM, WITH THAT, UH, MOVE ON TO NEXT SLIDE, CUSTOMER TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE FROM CAP METRO.
UM, SO I GUESS WE HAVE ROLLOUT OF OUR ACCOUNT BASE FARE CARD SYSTEM IS THAT'S ON TRACK FOR FALL 2021, AND IT'S ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET.
I WANTED TO MENTION ON PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU CAN STAY HERE, ED.
I WOULD JUST MENTION THAT EQUITY FAIR, UM, CAPPING PILOT PROJECT IS COMPLETE, AND WE ARE TAKING THOSE LESSONS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT HOW TO BETTER ADDRESS THAT IN AN OVERALL CUSTOMER TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE, UH, CAPITAL METRO, METRO, RAPID MILESTONES.
IT'S BEEN PRESENTED AT ATP BOARD MEETINGS.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT, BUT HERE'S THE HIGH LEVEL MILESTONES THAT WE ARE SHARING WITH 30% DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE IN APRIL IN SPRING AND SUMMER, WE EXPECT CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION APPROVAL DESIGN AND CONTRACTING PROCUREMENT AND AWARDS AND VEHICLE PROCUREMENT.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE MILESTONES, BUT WE, UH, THE 2023, UH, REVENUE SERVICE A GRAND OPENING IS OUR PROJECTED IN MILESTONE.
ALSO, UM, THE IDEA IS NOT TO PRESENT DETAILED ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, UM, PROCESS IN THIS CONTEXT, BUT AS YOU KNOW, ORANGE AND BLUE LINE ARE IN NEPA PROCESS AND IT'S THE MORE, MOST ACCEPT EXTENSIVE NEPA PROCESS POSSIBLE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, WHICH HAS ITS OWN EMBEDDED, UH, SCHEDULE AND MILESTONE.
BUT THE NEXT KEY, THESE ARE THE LONGER TERM MILESTONES THAT I WANTED TO SHARE HERE.
SO WE HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF INFORMATION ON BOTH PROJECTS ARE PROJECTED ENTRY INTO FTA ENGINEERING PHASE THROUGH REVENUE SERVICES, 2023 TO 2029, AND ON MITCHELL RAPID
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AS WELL AS AN ORANGE AND BLUE LINE ASSUME FEDERAL APPROVAL PROCESS.I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND THEN I PASS IT ON TO DINETTE FOR THE FINANCIAL UPDATE.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, COOPER, PRESIDENT AND CEO CLARK AND BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M RENEE
AND IN RESPONSE TO BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS, I'M PROVIDING A REVIEW OF THE PROJECT CONNECT FINANCIAL MODEL TODAY.
SO YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS SLIDE.
THIS IS THE SEQUENCING PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AND THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
IT SHOWS THE FLOW OF THE PROGRAM THAT HAS MULTIPLE PROJECTS SPANNING OVER 13 YEARS.
UH, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE SEQUENCING PLAN AND THE FINANCIAL MODEL ARE TIED TOGETHER.
OUR FUNDING DRIVES OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER THIS PROGRAM ON TIME.
AND OUR PROGRAM IS ALSO DRIVING THE NEEDS FROM THE MODEL NEXT PAGE.
SO THESE ARE THE CONCEPTUAL PROGRAM CAPITAL COSTS THAT WERE USED IN THE MODEL FOR A TOTAL CAPITAL COST, A CONCEPTUAL ESTIMATE OF 7.1 BILLION, TAKING AN ACCOUNT AND ESTIMATE OF FEDERAL FUNDING OF 45% LEAVING WITH THE LOCAL COMMITMENT OF 3.9 BILLION.
NEXT PAGE, THE PROJECT CONNECT INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL WAS DEVELOPED BY PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, WHO IS THE NATION'S LEADING INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR, AND IS ALSO THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR THE CITY AND FULL CAP.
THEY ARE ALSO TOP RANKED IN TRANSPORTATION AND MASS TRANSIT INDUSTRIES.
SO THEY UTILIZE THE MODEL TO CREATE A LONG-TERM FUNDING AND FINANCIAL PLAN FOR PROJECT CONNECT.
AND THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE CITY CAPITOL METRO, AND ALSO WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM, HDR, WHO IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER OWNER REPRESENTATIVE ON PROJECT CONNECT.
SO IT MODELS THE CASHFLOW REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE REVENUES FROM PROPOSITION A THE CAPITAL METRO FUNDS AND ALSO FEDERAL GRANT REVENUES.
IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE INITIAL LARGE OUTLAYS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND FUND SOME OF THAT WITH PAY AS YOU GO REVENUE, IN ADDITION TO REVENUE, BONDS, FINN, AND FEDERAL LOANS DURING CONSTRUCTION, IT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE OPERATION COSTS WITH METRO RAPID STARTING OPERATIONS IN 2023, AND THEN IT SCALES UP AS PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED.
IT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS, AND ALSO THE DEBT SERVICE COSTS ON THE REVENUE BONDS.
SO PFM HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH CLIENTS TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING, AND THIS MODEL WAS COMPLIANCE WITH THE FTA PROCESS NEXT PAGE.
SO LOOKING AT THE FUNDING SEQUENCE, THE INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL IS ATP'S FINANCIAL ROADMAP.
AS IT DICTATES THE FLOW OF FUNDING NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.
OUR ASSUMPTIONS HAVE NOT REALLY CHANGED SINCE AUGUST, SINCE WE ARE STILL USING THE CONCEPTUAL COST ESTIMATES FOR THE VARIOUS PROJECTS.
WE ARE ABOUT TWO YEARS AWAY FROM UPDATING THE MODEL WITH THE 30% PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING COST ESTIMATES FOR THE ORANGE LINE, THE BLUE LINE AND THE TUNNEL.
AND AS THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES NUMEROUS PROJECTS AND ELEMENTS, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE CLOSELY MONITOR THE COST ESTIMATES SO THAT WE CAN EFFICIENTLY IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
WHILE ALSO MEETING OUR SCHEDULE COMMITMENTS TO THE VOTERS, WE WILL CONTINUE USING THIS MODEL TO ASSESS THE OVERALL PROGRAM RISK AND TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS OR ELEMENTS DO NOT IMPACT OUR DELIVERY OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES, INITIALLY THE MODEL HAD 3 MILLION IN IT THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED EVENLY OVER 13 YEARS AT 23 MILLION PER YEAR.
BUT BEFORE THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE PLAN IN AUGUST, THAT TIMING WAS ACCELERATED TO MOVE A HUNDRED MILLION INTO THE FIRST THREE YEARS.
SINCE THEN THE ATP STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THEY CAN FURTHER ACCELERATE
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SOME OF THE FUNDING FROM YEAR TWO TO YEAR TWO, OR SORRY, FROM YEAR THREE TO YEAR TWO, TO HELP THE CITY WITH IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE, UM, ELIGIBLE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES.SO THE FIRST YEAR AT 23 MILLION IS ALREADY IN ATPS BUDGET FOR FISCAL 2021.
AND THEN ATP IS PROJECTING THAT IT CAN PROVIDE 42 MILLION IN YEAR TWO FOLLOWED BY 35 MILLION IN A YEAR THREE TO THE NEXT PHASE PAGE.
SO THIS IS A FINANCIAL OPTIMIZATION PLAN AND MULTIPLE SCENARIOS WERE DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO OPTIMIZE THE TAX RATE REQUIRED TO FUND THE PLAN WHILE ALSO ENSURING THAT ALL COSTS ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED.
IT'S ALSO THE BASIS FOR THE SEQUENCING PLAN.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SEQUENCING PLAN IS TIED TO WHEN THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FROM CAPITAL THE LOCAL FUNDING AND GRANT RECEIPTS, OR PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT PAY AS YOU GO FUNDING OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND BY DOING THAT, IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF DATES AND THEREFORE ALSO REDUCE THE OVERALL COSTS OF THE PROGRAM.
IT ALSO INCLUDES LONG-TERM FINANCING WITH A MIX OF REVENUE, BONDS, AND LOW INTEREST FEDERAL LOAN PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE USED.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS GRAPH IS AN OUTPUT OF THE FINANCIAL MODEL.
IT SHOWS THE CONCEPTUAL PROGRAM, CORPORATE CAPITAL COSTS OVER TIME WITH BARS OF STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER FOR THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE MANY SMALLER PROJECTS IN THE NEAR TERM WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SPENDING OCCURRING BETWEEN 2024 AND 2028, WHEN THE TUNNEL, THE ORANGE LINE AND THE BLUE LINES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
NEXT PAGE, THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING THE EXPENDITURES AS A GREEN LINE AND THE LOCAL FUNDING AND FEDERAL FUNDING ARE STACKED GRAPHS SHOWING IN BLUE AND YELLOW.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS QUITE A SIGNIFICANT GAP THAT, UM, BETWEEN THE EXPENDITURES AND THE, AND THE FUNDING AND THE PURPOSE IS, IS THAT THAT GAP WILL BE COVERED BY, UM, BY INCURRING DATES.
AND IT IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 24 AND 28 WHEN THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE AND THE TUNNEL ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE NEXT GRAPH IS SHOWING HOW THAT GAP IS FUNDED THROUGH DATE PROCEEDS, AND CURRENTLY BOTH CAP METRO AND ATP, OR WORKING ON OUR BUDGET PLANS FOR FISCAL 2022, TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE CASH IS AVAILABLE TO, TO DELIVER ON THE PROJECT CONNECT SEQUENCE PLAN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MODEL IS BALANCED.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRAPH, THE LINE IS SHOWING REVENUE FROM ALL SOURCES, INCLUDING LOCAL AND FEDERAL FUNDING, PLUS DATA PROCEEDS.
AND THEN IN THE GRAPHS, THE BLUE BARS ARE SHOWING THE OPERATING INSTEAD OF GOOD REPAIR COST.
WHEREAS THE GRAY BAR IS SHOWING THE DEBT SERVICE, UM, THAT WHAT WE WILL PAY IN TERMS OF PAYING BACK THE DATE.
AND THEN THE GREEN BARS ARE SHOWING THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WITH DARK, DARK GREEN IS BEING FUNDED ON A PAY AS YOU GO BASIS THROUGH THE INCOME AND THE LIGHT GREEN OR THE PORTIONS THAT WILL BE FUNDED FROM DATE PROCEEDS.
SO IT'S A CAREFUL BALANCING ACT TO ENSURE THAT THE REVENUE SOURCES ARE ADEQUATE TO COVER THE COSTS AND THE MODEL WAS OPTIMIZED TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES.
SO IN SUMMARY, I WISH TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE STILL UNDER PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AND WE WILL REFINE PROJECT COST ESTIMATES AS THE PROJECTS PROGRESS THROUGH DESIGN AND ULTIMATELY INTO CONSTRUCTION.
EVERYTHING IS INTERRELATED AND ESTIMATES AND TIMING WILL CHANGE AS WE WORK TO DELIVER ON THESE PROJECTS.
WHEN ONE PROJECT CHANGES IN TIMING OR COST, IT ALSO IMPACTS OTHER PROJECTS AND THE FUNDING REQUIRED, BUT THAT'S, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING MEMBER
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KITCHEN.UH, I HAVE, UH, SEVERAL QUESTIONS I HAVE THREE TOPICS TO ASK ABOUT.
SO I WILL JUST ASK ABOUT THE FIRST TWO AND THEN LET OTHERS ASK, AND THEN I'LL ASK SOME MORE, BUT SO JUST QUICKLY ON, ON NUMBER THREE ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE.
SO MY QUESTION THERE HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, THE TIMELINE FOR YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING UP THE SLIDES IT'S OKAY.
I'M JUST REFERENCING THEM FOR MYSELF.
SO, UM, IT'S THE, UH, THE QUESTION ABOUT THE OAK HILL AND CHAKA, UM, METRO RAPID TIMELINE.
UM, I, UH, FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WHEN THESE UPDATES ARE MADE JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO ALSO INCLUDE THE UPDATE ON THE METRO METRO RAPID FOR OAK HILL AND MIN CHAKA.
I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT IT'S A LATER TIMEFRAME, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT IT IS COMING.
AND SO IN INCLUDING A LINE OR TWO ON THESE UPDATES WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, I AM UNDERSTANDING, AND I'M JUST WANTING TO CONFIRM AGAIN THAT THE, THE, UH, PLANNING FOR, UM, THE METRO RAPID, THE OLD KILMAN CHECKUP WILL BE BEGINNING IN LATE SUMMER, PERHAPS EARLY SPRING, EARLY FALL.
SO CAN SOMEONE CONFIRM FOR ME THE TIMELINE? I THINK PART OF THAT BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, THAT THERE'S ALREADY BEEN MORE GOING ON.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE WHEN I TALKED TO, UH, DAVE COUCH LAST WEEK, UH, THERE WAS AN IDEA OF MOVING SOME FURTHER ELEMENTS THIS SUMMER.
SO PART OF THE PART OF THIS IS, UH, STILL WATCHING AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT WITH THE, THE FTA IS DOING WITH SOME OF THEIR SMALL START PROJECTS.
AND WE HAVE TWO THAT WE'RE LISTING THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS.
NOW WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THE SCORING PACKAGE FOR THE THIRD, UH, AND, AND THINKING THROUGH STRATEGIES OF, DO WE DO IT THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS OR SOME, SOME OF THIS SHOULD WE DO THROUGH THE LOCAL PROCESS TO NOT DO THE FEDERAL PROCESS BASED ON HOW SCORING THEY WORK? SO, UH, TO YOUR POINT THOUGH, UM, WE WILL BE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB IN THE NEXT ROUND OF GRAPHICS TO SHOW EVERY SINGLE ELEMENT WITHIN THE PROGRAM.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT PIECE, BUT, UH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE MANCHESTER AND THE SUPPLEMENT EXTENSION PIECE, AND WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB OF REFLECTING THAT ON THE MASTER SCHEDULE.
SO I DON'T DON'T MEAN TO BE CRITICAL.
IT'S JUST A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, THAT IT JUST HELPS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GOT A SLIDE, THIS WONDERFUL SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE STEPS, THE PROJECT CONNECT, METRO RAPID MILESTONES FOR EXPO AND PLEASANT VALLEY, A GRAPH, A CHART, YOU KNOW, A SLIDE THAT DOES THAT SAME THING FOR THE OAK HILL MEN CHAKA WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO, UM, SO THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, ON, LET'S SEE AGAIN, YOU DON'T NEED TO BRING IT UP, BUT THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE ETOD.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT IN MOBILITY COMMITTEE, SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT, SO THIS SPEAKS TO THE, THE GRANT, YOU KNOW, THE $900,000 GRANT THAT WE WERE FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE.
COULD SOMEONE JUST SPEAK, UH, BRIEFLY ABOUT, UM, THE TA THE TOD PLANNING THAT, UM, THAT PROJECT CONNECT WILL BE, OR IS ENGAGED IN WITH REGARD TO THE SOUTH PART OF THE ORANGE LINE, AND ALSO WITH REGARD TO THE BLUE LINE SHARMILA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HANDLE THAT? I'M SORRY, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
I WAS DISTRACTED FOR A MINUTE.
PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION FOR ME.
IT'S LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE ETOD GRANT FOCUSES ON THE NORTH PART OF THE ORANGE LINE.
SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO SPEAK TO, UH, WHAT IS HAP WHAT IS HAPPENING OR WILL BE HAPPENING FROM PROJECT CONNECT STANDPOINT, UH, OR CAP METRO STANDPOINT WITH REGARD TO THE SOUTH PART OF THE ORANGE LINE, AND WITH REGARD TO THE BLUE LINE THINKING TOD PLANNING, CORRECT SU THE SEGMENT THAT WE, UH, SELECTED AFTER A CAREFUL AND VERY THOUGHTFUL DELIBERATION, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE MOST DEVELOPABLE MOST, UM, WHERE MARKET PRESSURES ARE MOST INTENSE TO SELECT THAT SEGMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMPETITIVE IN THE FEDERAL PIPELINE FOR 2D PLANNING PROJECT.
AND THAT IS WHY DOWNTOWN SEGMENT WAS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE THAT HAS ITS OWN, UM, SORT OF MARKET FACTORS GOING ON FOR THAT.
UH, WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT THIS,
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UH, THE SOUTH SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF THE ORANGE LINE NEEDS TO BE STUDIED CAREFULLY AS WELL.AND OUR APPROACH, UH, IS TO, UH, REMAIN EQUALLY STRONG, UH, PUT TOGETHER A VERY STRONG, UH, GRANT APPLICATION, UM, FOR, FOR THAT SEGMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT SAME LEVEL OF ANALYSIS AND HAVE THE LEVEL OF GRANULARITY THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, UH, FOR STATIONARY, UH, PLANNING FOR THAT.
WE ALSO ARE AWARE THERE ARE SOME SMALL AREA PLANS THAT ARE GOING TO FEED TO, UM, THAT, UM, THAT'S A SOUTHERN SEGMENTS.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT AND WE FEEL LIKE THE LEVEL OF ANALYSIS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE OTHER SEGMENT.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF ATTENTION TO, TO THAT.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE WOULD BE, UM, APPLYING FOR ANOTHER FEDERAL GRANT AS WELL.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND EVERYTHING FOR THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING ALONG SOUTH CONGRESS RIGHT NOW.
SO GETTING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY ACTIVE AREA AND IT'S ALSO AN AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AT RISK FOR GENTRIFICATION AS IS OF COURSE, LAMAR.
I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE AREA YOU CHOSE, JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, WHAT THE PROCESS WAS FOR GETTING TO THE SOUTH PART.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME AREAS ALONG THE BLUE LINE TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF MEMBER RENTERIA HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, ANYWAY.
UH, SO I JUST WANT US TO, TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THAT THOSE OTHER AREAS IN OUR TOD UPDATE OF OUR 2D TOOLKIT WOULD GENERALLY APPLY, AND WE'D BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT AND APPLY IT TO, UM, OTHER CORRIDORS AS WELL.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR SPECIFIC STUDY STUDIES, UM, FOR, UH, FOR THOSE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE THAT REMAINING SEGMENTS.
I'M MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO OTHERS, UH, BEFORE I ASK MY OTHER QUESTION.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, RYONET AND IT'S ABOUT THE DEBT FUNDING.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, WHAT KIND OF DEBT AND, UH, THE TIMEFRAME, AND DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA HOW MUCH, JUST AN ESTIMATE AS THE MODEL WAS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, BOTH RAISING REVENUE, BONDS OVER 30 YEARS, AND THEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS LIKE THE TIFIA PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN BORROW OVER 35 YEARS AT VERY LOW INTEREST RATES, AND WE'LL, YOU CAN ALSO DEFER YOUR PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS, BUT, UM, THE MODEL WAS DONE ON A CONCEPTUAL BASIS.
SO AS ATP PLANS ARE COMING TOGETHER AND THEY GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY NEED TO RAISE DATES, UH, THOSE, THOSE PLANS WILL NEED TO BE FIRMED UP AND WILL BECOME MORE DEFINITE.
SO THE REASON THAT I WAS ASKING THIS AS THERE WAS A BILL IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD, UM, PREEMPT CITIES, AND I'M ASSUMING CAP METRO IS INCLUDED IN THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
SO MAYBE, UM, RANDY MIGHT KNOW, OR SOMEBODY MIGHT KNOW, UM, ISSUING ANY KIND OF DEBT ABSENT, UH, VOTER APPROVAL.
AND SO THAT, THAT WOULD RESTRICT CITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM DOING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND THEN POTENTIALLY THE REVENUE BONDS.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW, OR WHETHER IT AFFECTS, UM, KENT METRO.
THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT QUESTION.
SO SOMETHING THAT, UH, I'VE, I'VE BEEN WATCHING, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT TO SEE IF THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS B WE'VE GOT TO SEE IF A LEGAL INTERPRETATION MAY BE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE VOTER APPROVAL, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PROP A WAS VERY CLEAR, IT WAS A VOTER APPROVED AND ALL THE DOCUMENTATION SHOWED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE BASED ON A REVENUE BOND MODEL.
AND THE QUESTION IS, CAN YOU MAKE A LAW RETROACTIVE TO SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY PASSED? SO I THINK THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF, WELL, I MEAN, WHAT IS RETROACTIVE OF THE BONDS IN THE FUTURE ARE RETROACTIVE TO THE BOAT? SO, UM, SO I THINK THERE'S STILL THAT.
YEAH, SO, UM, BUT YOUR IS VALID THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH EVERY, EVERYTHING RELATED TO THIS.
AND I THINK THE TWO, THIS DOUBLE TOUR NET SAID PROBABLY LATE FALL TO WINTER NEXT YEAR IS WHEN WE ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHETHER THE OVERALL PROGRAM LIES FROM A COST POINT OF VIEW.
SO WHEN WE TOOK 30% DESIGN ON BLUE AND ORANGE, BLUE, AND ORANGE, JUST MAKE UP SUCH A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM.
UH, CAUSE WHEN I SAY BLUE AND ORANGE, I ALSO MEAN THE TUNNEL WITH INSIDE OF THAT THE SUBWAY SECTION.
AND WHEN WE HAVE THOSE 30% DESIGN COST ESTIMATES THAT PLUS WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, WHERE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS AND WHAT THE, WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES WITH A REAUTHORIZATION OF THE FAST ACT.
AND THAT'LL GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING FROM A RISK POINT OF VIEW OF THE, OF A LIKELY FEDERAL SHARE AND THE APPORTIONMENTS THAT THEY MAY DO ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.
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SO KIND OF THOSE PUTS AND TAKES WE'LL GO TO GO TOGETHER.AND I THINK BY AGAIN, TOWARDS THE END OF 22, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE, UH, ARE, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST BE HONEST, ARE WE WE'VE BUILT SOME GREAT COST ESTIMATES.
WE, AS YOU ALL RECALL, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE AN APP TO PEER REVIEW THAT CAME IN FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT HAVE BUILT A LOT OF THINGS.
UM, WE STILL FEEL RELATIVELY GOOD ABOUT MOST OF THOSE, THE ONES THAT WE ARE STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCERNED ABOUT AND TO BE HONEST AND LAID OUT EARLY, UH, RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION, UH, WHEN WE MADE THOSE MODELS THAT WAS BEFORE COVID AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE EXPECTED, YOU KNOW, A 20 PLUS PERCENT LAND REAL ESTATE, UH, GROWTH IN ONE YEAR IN THE CITY.
UM, SO THAT IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION PRICES, UH, LUMBER ARGUABLY IS UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 80%, DEPENDING ON THE TIME IN THE LAST YEAR.
NOW, HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THAT WILL NORMALIZE POST COVID, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LONG DURATION OF OUR PROGRAM, BUT, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PIECE ALONE IS, IS A VERY HIGH RISK FOR US.
SO ANOTHER REASON WHERE WE WANT TO, UH, EFFECTUATE ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO REDUCE A COST RISK.
SO TWO FOLLOW UP ONES FOR ME ON THAT FOR YOU, RANDY, ONE IS JUST TO, IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE, MAKE SURE THAT OUR, UM, ASSIST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING US UP IN WASHINGTON ARE AWARE THAT WE MAY HAVE THIS, UM, ADDITIONAL BURDEN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSELY THEY FOLLOW THE LOCAL CHANGES, BUT, UM, AT LEAST JUST LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, THE 20% INCREASE DUE TO COVID, ISN'T ONLY IN OUR REGION, IT'S ACROSS IT'S, IT'S LIKE NATIONAL AND IT'S PROBABLY INTERNATIONAL.
SO EVERYBODY IS FEELING THE UPTICK IN COST AUSTIN'S INCREASES IN HOUSING COSTS AND THE, THE LACK OF TURNOVER, THE LACK OF INVENTORY, OR THE LIMITED INVENTORY, THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO AUSTIN IT'S EVERYWHERE, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE REASONS WHY EXAMPLE THE, THE, UM, THE CHAIN OF PRODUCTION AND THE, THE, UM, THE SUPPLY PRODUCTION.
THAT CHAIN IS WHAT I MEAN, THAT'S WHY THAT'S ALSO TIGHT FOR US HERE.
IT'S NOT THIS ISN'T JUST HAPPENING IN AUSTIN.
SO I SAY ALL OF THAT, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, BUT THINKING IN THE CONTEXT OF, SINCE THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE'RE FEELING AND THE PRESSURES WE'RE FEELING HERE IN AUSTIN ARE EVERYONE IS FEELING THAT MAKES ME THINK THAT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THEY WILL BE MORE AMENABLE AND AWARE AND WILLING TO, I HOPE TO HELP US IN WAYS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFECT, UM, LOCALLY OR AT THE STATE LEVEL.
UM, AND IT IS HAVING MULTIPLE, UH, CITIES AROUND AMERICA.
WE'RE PROBABLY ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THAT FOR OBVIOUS WE'RE GROWING SO RAPIDLY, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, YEAH, THE CHALLENGE DO YOU SEE, THIS IS A, IT'S A VERY BIPARTISAN TOPIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
EVERYONE BELIEVES IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, THE THING THAT IS THE CHALLENGES, THE PAY FOURS, AND, UH, I THINK I, I FEEL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMPROMISE IN, IN DC THAT LEADS TO MUCH BETTER FUNDING FOR TRANSIT THAN WE'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE LAST X AMOUNT OF DECADES AND ASPIRATIONAL REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ON THAT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, CERTAINLY OUT OF MY, UH, MY, MY, MY PARTICULAR PAY GRADE, BUT, UH, WE ARE WATCHING IT CLOSELY AND WE ARE ENGAGED WITH BOTH OUR DELEGATION AND, UH, PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO MAKE SURE THEY ALL KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND THE LARGE JOB MAKING MACHINE THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, THE EQUITY, UH, ADJUSTED, ADJUSTING MACHINE THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AND GREAT CLIMATE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US WITH PROJECT CONNECT.
THANK YOU, UH, NUMBER OF KITCHEN.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON THE, UM, AGAIN ON THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS.
AND SO THESE GRAPHS ARE VERY HELPFUL.
UH, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S, THE THINGS WILL CHANGE AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUALLY BALANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT, UH, CASHFLOW IN FRONT OF US TO BUILD THESE PROJECTS.
I WANT IT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WILL HAVE TO OVER TIME, BE SURE WE ARE, UH, WE, UH, MEANING THE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND CAP METRO, UH, BOARDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ATP WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER THE POLICY ASPECTS OF THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED, YOU KNOW, TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE, UH, IN TERMS OF HELPING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO AVOID OR AT LEAST MITIGATE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE GOT
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PROJECTED IN TERMS OF OUR, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR, UM, CASH FLOW AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS REALLY HAS US, UM, USING SOME OF THEM IN THE VERY LAST YEARS OF THIS PROGRAM AFTER WE'VE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED.UM, THAT IS THAT THAT POTENTIALLY IS VERY DIFFICULT, UH, IN TERMS OF GETTING AHEAD AND FULFILLING THE POLICY GOAL AROUND USING THESE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS TO AVOID OR MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE DOLLARS UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THE CONSTRUCTION, THEN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO, UM, TO MITIGATE.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I SAY THAT I'M ALL I'M DOING IS SAYING THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I THINK WE'RE IN THE SPOT THAT WE NEED TO BE IN.
AND I THINK IT WAS VERY HELPFUL THAT THE, UM, THAT THERE WAS, UH, UH, THE ABILITY TO UPFRONT SOME OF THE DOLLARS IN THE SECOND YEAR, UM, OUT OF THE THIRD YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL.
I THINK OVER THE NEXT, UH, YEAR OR TWO, OR ACTUALLY TWO, I THINK IS THE TIMELINE YOU, YOU INDICATED, UH, THERE WILL BE A NEED, UM, AS WE, UH, AS WE ANALYZE THE, UM, CASHFLOW TO LOOK VERY HARD AT WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE WITH REGARD TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE A HUNDRED MILLION IN EACH IN THE SECOND, UH, THE SECOND TRAUNCH, WHICH IS A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD IN THE THIRD TRAUNCH, WHICH IS A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS TODAY IN TERMS OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT, UH, BUT I THINK THAT IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO MARK THAT, THAT, THAT ANALYSIS WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE.
AND IF THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES IN UPFRONTING IN THOSE YEARS, WE'LL HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER, UH, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS THERE MIGHT BE.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALL INTENT ON, UH, FULFILLING THE, UH, THE PROMISE OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, WITH REGARD TO ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND MITIGATION.
SO AGAIN, I I'M PLEASED WITH WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY THE ABILITY TO UPFRONT IN THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS.
AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, I'LL BE LOOKING TO CAPTURE THE PROCESS FOR THE ANALYSIS IN OUR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, SO THAT WE'LL ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YEARS IN THE FUTURE THERE'LL BE SOME ANALYSIS AND, AND THE, UM, AND HOW THOSE POLICY DISCUSSIONS WILL OCCUR.
UM, JUST WANT TO SAY, I'VE GOT TO JUMP OFF HERE REAL QUICK, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT PUBLICLY, UH, TO THANK RAY NAT FOR HER INCREDIBLY HARD WORK.
UM, THIS, THIS INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL, THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS, UM, EVERYTHING THAT IS, THAT HAS HAPPENED TO GET US HERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IN LARGE PART IF IT WERE NOT FOR, UH, HER, UH, HER TIRELESS WORK WITH, UH, WITH CAP METRO AND HER, THE, THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT SHE PUT IN AND WORKING WITH, UH, GREG CANALY AND OTHERS TO GET US TO THIS POINT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND BEEN A PART OF I'M, UH, I'M GOING, GONNA MISS YOU, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT GREENER PASTURES TO GO ON TO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU AGAIN, FOR, FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND THIS, THIS KIND OF REMINDER, THERE WERE AN AWFUL LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT WENT INTO GETTING US HERE, AND THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN AWFUL LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT GET US THAT GET US TO THE CONCLUSION AND THE INTERVENING, UH, GUESTS.
WE GOT 12 YEARS LEFT, UM, UH, AS, AS THE CAP METRO, UH, DESIGNEE TO THE ATP BOARD, UH, I WILL DO MY BEST TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE, UH, YOU GUYS UP TO SPEED ON THINGS AND TAKE BACK ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL NEEDED AS I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, UH, PRESIDENT CLARK WILL AS WELL.
THIS IS A GOOD REMINDER AS TO WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON THERE.
I, I APPRECIATE THE DIALOGUE AND THE DISCUSSION.
I THINK THE QUESTION THAT, THAT SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RAISED HERE AS WELL.
AND, UM, JUST, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WHAT IS TO COME WITH THIS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, STAYING THE COURSE IS, IS I TRULY BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THE, WE LAID IT OUT.
THE VOTERS HAD A CHANCE TO STUDY IT.
WE HAD LISTENING SESSIONS OUT THERE.
THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO GET INVOLVED AND, UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE TOPIC AND, AND CAST THEIR VOTE.
AND BY MARGIN OF TWO TO ONE, THE VOTERS SAID, LET'S DO THIS.
AND NOW THEN WE'VE CREATED ATP TO IMPLEMENT THE PLANS THAT, THAT WENT ALONG WITH THE POLICIES THAT, THAT AUSTIN CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAP METRO JOINTLY AND UNPRECEDENTED FASHION HAVE COME TOGETHER, UH, TO, TO PASS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LET, LET'S, LET'S STAY THE COURSE AND GET HER DONE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME COURSE CORRECTIONS, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE
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OF THE PRICE OF LUMBER, THE, THE COST OF, UH, THE, THE COST OF LAND FOR RIGHT OF WAY, OR, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS, AS, UM, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN IS NOTED, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS WE MAY HAVE TO TWEAK BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE, THE, THE COST OF, OF, UH, OTHER PIECES OF LAND AND OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE AT TIMES, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG MODEL AND A REALLY GOOD PLAN GOING FORWARD.AND, UM, AND I WILL SAY, GUYS, YOU, YOU'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE BOARD THAT YOU HAVE, UH, THAT YOU'VE ALSO AUTHORIZED.
UM, I THINK THE, THE BOARD MEMBERS OF ATP THAT I SERVE WITH TO STAY THE COURSE AND PUBLICLY PUT THIS FORWARD AND, AND GET THE JOB DONE.
AND AGAIN, UM, MY IS OPEN WITH ANY PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON THIS TOO, SO, UM, TAKE CARE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE JOB DONE.
UH, TELL US WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE ON THE SIDE.
UH, AND THANKS AGAIN, CAUSE YOU GUYS REALLY DID YOU AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, NOT ONLY RUNNING CAP METRO, BUT CREATING THIS WHOLE PROJECT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC WHEN OUR SALES TAX REVENUES WERE GOING IN THE WRONG WAY.
SO WE'RE, WE WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DID DURING THAT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR COOPER AND ALSO BOARD MEMBER STRATA.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT BETWEEN CITY STAFF, CAF, MAITRE STAFF, THE CAP METRO BOARD, AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL OF THEIR STUFF.
SO IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THAT TEAM.
AND NOW, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE PRESIDENT CLARK REPORT AND, UH, I'LL JUST QUICKLY REITERATE, UH, YES, THANK YOU TO BURNETT.
I WILL MISS HER VERY MUCH AS WELL.
SO, UH, AND I HOPE ONE DAY THAT I GET TO SEE WHAT EARLY RETIREMENT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL.
SO, UH, UH, GOTTA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS WHOLE, UH, THIS PROJECT CONNECT BUILD OUT FIRST, I GUESS, A COUPLE OF
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QUICK THINGS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A RELATIVELY, A LONG MEETING, BUT A FANTASTIC MEETING, A VERY ENGAGED BOARD ON A LOT OF THESE TOPICS.SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME, UH, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT LEADING UP TO THIS MEETING.
COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WOULD BE, UH, REALLY ONE FIRST ONE FIRST LOT IS ABOUT COVID AND, UH, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW.
THEY GOT ONE OF ME ACTUALLY WITH ERIC STRATTON JABBING ME.
UM, SO NOT, I GUESS I KIND OF A JOKE IS NOT OFTEN DOES YOUR BOARD MEMBER A JV WITH A NEEDLE, BUT, UH, WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE AN RN ON THE BOARD TO DO THAT, BUT, UM, THE BIG, THE BIG PART I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET OUR STAFF VACCINATED.
WE'VE MADE AN ENORMOUS STRIDE, ENORMOUS STRIDES.
UH, RANDALL'S HAS BEEN ONSITE WITH US, UH, SEVERAL TIMES TO DO, UH, ONSITE VACCINATE VACCINE CLINICS.
WE CONTINUE TO GET, UH, PEOP PEOPLE INFORMATION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET VACCINATED.
AND, UH, WE, WE CONTINUE TO PAY OUR STAFF EIGHT HOURS OF EXTRA PAY FOR, OR BEING BAXTER PROOF OF VACCINATION AND, UH, IDEALLY GIVING THEM THAT TIME THEY NEED TO RECUPERATE IF THEY, IF THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH A REACTION, UM, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS AROUND THE REGION.
WE ARE CERTAINLY, I THINK ON THE LEADING EDGE OF TEXAS, BUT THERE'S STILL A WAY TO GO.
UH, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE CERTAINLY GETTING TO BE A LOT MORE MANAGEABLE AS A COMMUNITY.
AND ONE THING THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, TRYING TO HELP THEM GET A MOBILE BACKS AND VACCINE CENTERS OUT TO KIND OF HARDER TO REACH PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT THIS AMAZING BOSS GRAPH THAT THE TEAM PUT TOGETHER.
A WHOLE CONCEPT HERE IS A B FOR VICTORY, KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, RALLYING CRY, LIKE KIND OF WORLD WAR TWO, RIGHT? THE MORE PEOPLE THAT GET VACCINATED, THE CLOSER WE ARE TO VICTORY AGAINST, AGAINST COVID AND GETTING BACK INTO SOME NORMALCY.
SO WE'RE DOING A FOUR BUS, UH, PROCESS WITH APH, TWO BUS FOR VACCINATIONS, TWO BUSES, TWO BUSES FOR THE 15 MINUTE AFTER VACCINE CHECK.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO OFFER FREE RIDES FOR ANYONE THAT NEEDS A DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE TO A VACCINE CENTER.
AND THERE'S ALL, ALL SERVICES FREE.
IF YOU GIVE SOMEONE A PROOF THAT YOU'RE A, AN OPERATIVE PROOF, THEY ARE GOING TO GET A VACCINE OR RETURNING FROM A VACCINE SO FAR WE'VE TRANSPORTED, UH, JUST UNDER 1300 PEOPLE DIRECTLY TO VACCINE CENTERS WITH THE DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE.
SO REALLY HAPPY AND PROUD OF THE TEAM DOING THAT WORK.
UH, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT REALLY NEED THAT EXTRA LITTLE, UH, UH, ABILITY TO GET, GET TO A VACCINE CENTER.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT QUICKLY, UH, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.
I MENTIONED THIS AT ATP LAST WEEK.
WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WE MET WITH, UH, SHE'S CURRENTLY THE ACTING FDA ADMINISTRATOR SHE'S BEEN APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN, UH, NURIA FERNANDEZ, UH, NURIA IS A LONGTIME
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EXPERT IN OUR INDUSTRY AND SKIN.IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC SELECTION FOR MTA ADMINISTRATOR.
SHE ACTUALLY DID A CHAMBER EVENT HERE IN AUSTIN FOR US ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE SHE WAS NAMED A MA UH, ADMINISTRATOR.
SO SHE KNOWS THE AUSTIN AREA REALLY WELL, AND SHE'S UP TO SPEED ON PROJECT CONNECT.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN MAKING SURE SHE AND HEADQUARTERS ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE PROGRAM.
NUMBER TWO, WE WORK WITH THE REGION, UH, FTA REGION TEAM, VERY, VERY CLOSELY ON EVERYTHING FROM NEPA CLEARANCES TO FUNDING, TO OTHER ASPECTS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE JUST A GREAT REGIONAL STAFF THAT FULLY PARTNERSHIP MENTALITY ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET OUR PROGRAMS DONE HERE AT CAP METRO AND IN AUSTIN.
AND AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE REALLY CLOSELY, AND THIS GOES TO THE BOARD MEMBER, UH, POOLS POINT OF VIEW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DC.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME, UH, COMPETING INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSALS, AND WE'RE NOT TOTALLY SURE YET.
I QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN A STANDALONE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, LET ALONE SURFACE REAUTHORIZATION.
AND SO FAST ACT IS, IS EXPIRES AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
AND WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE IF SOME OF THIS FUNDING WILL GO THROUGH THAT, THAT FUNDING VEHICLE, OR IF THERE'D BE A SEPARATE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OR THEY SEPARATE THEM IN SOME OTHER WAY.
UH, BUT WE ARE WATCHING THIS VERY CLOSELY.
UH, WE'VE TALKED TO OUR DELEGATION, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SANDRA CORN AND RECENTLY, AND, UH, CONGRESSMAN DOGGETT, CONGRESSMAN MCCAUL, A FEW OTHERS ABOUT, ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FULLY UP TO SPEED AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY, UH, WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT US IN DC GETTING EVERY DOLLAR WE CAN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACK TO CENTRAL TEXAS.
UM, AND, UH, THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE AN EVOLVING TOPIC THAT I IMAGINED THEM, WHAT WE BRING TO THE BOARD, UH, SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COMING MONTHS.
LASTLY, UH, I JUST WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH, UH, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT, UH, THAT I GIVE OUT ON A VERY INFREQUENT BASIS AND I GIVE IT OUT INFREQUENTLY BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THAT FOR EMPLOYEES THAT DO THIS JUST REALLY SIGNIFICANT EXTRA EFFORT.
AND WE RECOGNIZED 11 STAFF MEMBERS, UM, I GUESS IT'D BE A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO AND THESE 11 STAFF MEMBERS, WELL, WHILE WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DID AMAZING WORK DURING THE STORMS, THESE 11 PEOPLE JUST ARE THE ULTIMATE SYMBOL OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE HERE AT CAPITAL METRO.
AND SO A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS EITHER SLEPT AT THE OFFICE MAY HAVE HOTEL RESERVATIONS BEFORE WE COULD EVEN DO THEM.
WE HAD INDIVIDUAL MECHANICS THAT WERE OUT, UH, SHOVELED, EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE OUT AT ONE GARAGE BY THEMSELVES AND STARTED EVERY VEHICLE EVERY HOUR TO KEEP THEM ROTATING.
WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WORKED THE PHONES FOR 12 HOURS STRAIGHT, UH, IT, THAT COMMITMENT BY THIS TEAM, WE'VE HAD STAFF MEMBERS THAT WENT AND PICKED UP OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD NO POWER, NO WATER, AND TOOK THEM BACK TO THEIR HOUSE AND FOR A SPARE BEDROOM TO, TO WORK.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT MEALS TO COME OF OUR CUSTOMERS THAT COULDN'T GET OUT OF THEIR HOME.
UM, THIS HERE IS WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS ALL ABOUT, AND IT JUST MAKES ME, UH, JUST INCREDIBLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THE, OF THIS TEAM.
WE HAVE JUST INCREDIBLE CARING INDIVIDUALS HERE AND THEY GIVE IT ALL FOR THIS COMMUNITY, UH, KIND OF THE REC THE HEROES BEHIND THE SCENE THAT DON'T NORMALLY GET THE RECOGNITION PUBLICLY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE I'M HERE PUBLICLY AT THIS BOARD MEETING, UH, FOR, FOR WINNING THE PRESIDENT OF SCHOOLING AND FOR ALL THEY DID FOR OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY REALLY NEEDED THAT.
SO WITH THAT CHAIR, THAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR APRIL AS USUAL.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE STAFF I AM, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT IN THE LAST YEAR.
I AM WORKING THEM VERY HARD, WHICH I KNOW YOU EXPECTED ME TO DO.
UH, AND I, I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THEY DO EVERY DAY.
I HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF IT.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CLARK, FOR THAT A GREAT REPORT.
YOU MIGHT SEND US THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GOT THE COIN.
I THINK BE FUN TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND IF WHEN, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT MIGHT BE AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH, UH, WE'RE BACK, UH, MEETING IN PERSON.
WE'LL GET TO SEE SOME OF THESE FOLKS AND PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY DID.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT WE SAW TODAY, REALLY FOR LOOKING BACK THINKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC PICKUP ZONES, BOTH TWO AREAS, UM, WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE INDUSTRY AND, UH, NFA AND REALLY BRING SOME QUALITY PRODUCT BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT'S COME IN TO THOSE FORD FORWARD LOOKING, UH, PROJECTS OF, OF BIG SIZE SCOPE.
AND THEN, UH, UH, I'LL JUST MENTION RANDY AND I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATION AROUND WHEN WE MIGHT GET BACK TO, UM, MEETING IN PERSON AS A BOARD, UM, I'M FULLY VACCINATED AND, UH, SUBJECT WHAT OTHERS THINK WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF US DOING IT AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH, BUT YOU MIGHT PASS ALONG YOUR THOUGHTS TO EITHER RANDY OR MYSELF AND
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WE'LL GET THE REMEMBER KITCHEN.OH, I DIDN'T ANY, DID YOU FINISH YOUR THOUGHT OR, UH, YEAH, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE A CALL ON THAT.
OKAY, RANDY, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WITH US NOT NOW, BUT YOU CAN SEND TO US INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUILDING AND, UH, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PLACE WHERE WE WOULD MEET WITH REGARD TO THE FILTERING SYSTEMS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN OUR BUILDING, UM, WHICH HELPS US ASSESS OR THINK ABOUT THE RISK AND WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE FEEL COMFORTABLE GETTING, GETTING TOGETHER AND IN PERSON AGAIN, SO SURE.
I'LL JUST SAY EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING IS FULLY ALIGNED WITH CDC GUIDANCE.
SO JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW EXACTLY HOW THEY WOULD LAY IT OUT AND THEN WHATEVER MITIGATION MEASURES WE WOULD BUILD INTO TO THAT.
AND BOTH OF, YOU KNOW, FROM A VACCINATION LEVEL, PUBLIC HEALTH RISK LEVEL.
SO WE ARE PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER, UH, BECAUSE, UH, ATP IS, UH, COMING BACK IN PERSON NEXT MONTH AS WELL, AND, UH, THE SAME KIND OF INFORMATION.
SO JUST EVERYONE COULD SEE IT.
I THINK THE BIG THING WE'RE STILL TRYING TO BALANCE IS HOW WE MAY DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS IT ONE AT A TIME COMING IN KIND OF SOME OF THAT KIND OF STUFF A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, THE TEAM IS KIND OF WRITING UP HOW ALL THIS STUFF WOULD COME TOGETHER AND WE WANT TO DISSEMINATE THAT TO YOU ALL.
SO EVERYONE CAN EITHER FEEL COMFORTABLE OR LET US KNOW IF WE WANT TO ADJUST, FILTERING THE FILTERING, THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, CITY HALL FOR EXAMPLE, HAS VARIOUS FILTERING SYSTEMS THAT INVOLVE UV FILTERING AND OTHER FILTERING SYSTEMS. SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT THE SETUP IS.
UM, UH, IN, IN OUR BUILDING, I GOT A DUMB QUESTION, GO AHEAD.
A 700 DACA OR THE HEADQUARTERS ON THE EAST SIDE.
WELL, THAT'S SOME OF OUR LITTLE CHALLENGE TO BE HONEST.
SO WE'VE, UH, WE ASSUME 700 LAVACA, BUT THEY MOVED BACK TO 29, 10, UH, FOR A VARIETY OF OTHER LOGISTICAL ISSUES.
SO, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE KIND OF WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW, BOARD MEMBER POOL.
AND I THINK THAT THE COUNTY IS USING THE MERV PHILIPS FOR THE AIR HANDLERS AND THIS STUFF, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK WITH THEM.
AND THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE CONFERENCE ROOMS ON THE MAIN FLOOR, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, LET ME GO TO THE ORDER.