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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD MEETING.
TODAY'S SEPTEMBER 15TH AND THE TIME IS 2 0 9.
AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AS A REMINDER, THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES BOTH AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND OTHER INTERPRETER SERVICES.
WE KINDLY REQUEST THAT YOU REACH OUT TO US AND GIVE US 24 HOURS ADVANCED NOTICE TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATIONS.
AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO CHLOE MAXWELL AND WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING AT OUR PROCESSES AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE IN PERSON.
WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
THERE ARE THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AHEAD
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TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. OUR FIRST ITEM TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS.AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE THREE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ACT AS LIAISON FOR EACH OF THOSE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUPS.
WE'RE STARTING TO GET OUR CADENCE WITH THOSE, WITH EACH OF OUR GROUPS.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT I'M GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO ADD, TO START, BUT I WILL BECAUSE WE HAD OUR FIRST ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE FOR THIS.
I MEAN, WE MET, WE MET ON ZOOM.
WE ARE STARTING TO WORK TOGETHER AS A GOOD TEAM.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR COMMITTEE BROUGHT UP.
AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO INVITE MAYOR ADLER AND BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE, THIS GROUP IS REPORTING TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK THAT WE BRING BACK TO THOSE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
SO WE WENT THROUGH OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR OUR FIRST MEETING WAS TO GO OVER THE 15% DESIGN QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK.
AND THIS PARTICULAR PART WAS A REACTION OF A WORK GROUP THAT WE HAD WHERE ALL OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUPS MET AND THE STAFF WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE CORRIDORS AND THE PROGRAM.
SO THEY HAD A CHANCE TO BASICALLY DO A DEEPER DIVE.
AND THE SECOND PART OF OUR AGENDA WAS THE DESIGN SCHEDULE AND THE PROCESS OF REVIEW UPCOMING COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOPS AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY GAVE US.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT WE SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH THE, WITH THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES THAT ARE ANTICIPATED ON THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINES, AS THIS MAY AFFECT DIFFERENT, THEY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FROM HEAVY COMMUTER RAIL VEHICLES LIKE WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THE RED LINE VERSUS STREETCARS VERSUS OTHER LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES.
I THINK JUST AS A COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ALL SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE IS IN THE KINDS AND THE FEEL THE LOOK OF THE VEHICLE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A PRESENTATION ON VEHICLES.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP CLARIFY SOME OF THIS.
AND IN PARTICULAR, UNDERSTANDING THE ELECTRIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE VEHICLES AS THIS IMPACTS THE OPERATIONAL LOGISTICS, THE COST, THE SPACIAL REQUIREMENTS AND AESTHETICS OF THE STATION DESIGN.
THEY REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING THAT AFTER DISCUSSING THE RATIONALE FOR THE ORANGE LINE TUNNEL UNDER LADY BIRD LAKE, THE MEMBERS REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION ON THE STUDIES REGARDING THE BRIDGE ALTERNATIVE AND THE TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENTS THAT LED TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TUNNEL OPTION.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE 3D VIEWS OF THE UNDERGROUND STATION BETTER, OR IN SPECIFICALLY UNDERSTAND THE SECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF THE TUNNEL TO THE STREET.
SO WE REQUESTED FOR THE TECHNICAL TEAM TO GIVE US CROSS SECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND THE LOGISTICS OF THOSE CONFLICTS VISUALLY AND MORE DETAIL.
THE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO ALSO VIEW THE PROJECT RISK REGISTER.
AND ONCE IT IS PREPARED AND PARTICIPATE IN THE RISK WORKSHOP, THE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THE DRAGON FOURTH STREET.
AND I KNOW THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT BOARD MEMBER ELKINS YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP BEFORE REGARDING TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, AND THE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE PLAN FOR WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE DESIGN.
AND I KNOW THIS WAS ALSO PARTICULAR FOR YOU, DR.
BURNETT, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ASKED ABOUT THE STATION NAMING AND HOW ARE WE GOING
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TO DO THE WAYFINDING AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT THE LOGISTICS OF NAMING THE SYSTEM STATIONS.SO THEY WILL LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT DETAIL COMING FORWARD EARLIER.
AND OUR NEXT STEPS IS A DEVELOPMENT OF DOCUMENTS TO DOCK TO COORDINATE THE EAC MEMBERS, ATTENDING THE DESIGN WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT WEEKS, COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DESIGN TEAMS TOWARDS THE 30% DESIGN AND OUR NEXT MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING THE JPA REVIEW AND THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP UPDATES.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS.
HOW'S HE GOING TO SAY? I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME OF THE, OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE THAT THEY'RE PUTTING AGAINST THIS TOO.
I ALSO APPRECIATE BEING GIVEN NOTICE THAT WHEN THOSE ARE, AND I'M GOING TO SWING BY AS MANY AS I, AS I CAN.
UH, BUT I, BUT I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR, THE THREE OF YOU TAKING POINT ON THOSE, UH, FOR THE REST OF US AND FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING.
WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FOR THOSE MEDIA SARGE.
SO NEXT, UM, WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT ON THEIR, UH, UPDATE DR.
UM, I THINK YOU COVERED MORE REAL ESTATE IN YOUR ADVISORY SESSION THAN WE DID, BUT WE THERE'S A FIRST MEETING, BUT, UH, UH, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON TO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE LEADING THIS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, STAFF DOES A LOT OF THE WORK AND THEY REALLY SHOULD GET A LOT OF THE RECOGNITION BECAUSE BEHIND THE SCENES, THESE MEETINGS WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
UM, SO WE HAD OUR INITIAL KICKOFF, UH, UH, MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH OF THE FINANCIAL RISK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE SPENT THE FIRST 20 MINUTES KIND OF GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, CAN YOU MOVE HERE? WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT OUR BACKGROUNDS WERE.
UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE FAR COMMITTEE, WHICH IS TO ADVISE THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD ON FINANCIAL AND RISK AND MANAGEMENT MATTERS.
AND THEN WE SPENT ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR SO GOING THROUGH, UM, OUR CHARTER AND, AND AGREEING ON THE WORDING OF THE CHARTER.
AND, UM, I'LL READ IT, IT'S VERY BRIEF, BUT I THINK IT, UH, SUMMARIZES WHAT OUR COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE DOING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS OR SO THE FAR SHALL PROVIDE ADVICE TO HELP INFORM DECISIONS AND ACTIONS TO THE ATP BOARD AND STAFF, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, BUDGETS, INSURANCE, TREASURY MANAGEMENT, INTERNAL AUDIT, PROCUREMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, SELECTION, GRANTS MANAGEMENT, AND REAL ESTATE RELATED MATTERS.
SO THAT IS OUR CHARTER AND OUR SCOPE OF WORK.
UM, NEXT WE HAD A UPDATE BY DIANE SELLER ON, UH, THE BUDGET.
SO DIANE, UH, HAD A GOOD PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGETING PROCESS WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRESENTATION THAT THE BOARD GOT LAST MEETING WALKED, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOW THE BUDGET WORKS, UH, HOW THE MONEY'S FLOW.
THERE WAS SOME GOOD DISCUSSION AROUND THAT.
UH, NEXT, UM, VICKY REDERICK HAD A DISCUSSION ON PROCUREMENT POLICY AND, UH, IT WAS SIMILAR IN MANY RESPECTS TO THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WALKED THROUGH HOW PROCUREMENT IS GOING TO BE, UH, HAPPENING, HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING POLICY, UH, TALKED A LITTLE BIT, BIT ABOUT, UH, DB GUIDELINES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION AROUND THAT.
AND, UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
SO THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN NOVEMBER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBABLY FIVE MEETINGS A YEAR.
AND IN THAT MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PROCUREMENT ADVISORY, UM, SERVICES AND THEN DEBT GRANTS.
I APPRECIATE THE INTRO MUSIC, UM, LIKE TONY, THE PSEC WE HAD OUR SECOND MEETING.
WE HAD OUR SECOND MEETING, UM, FOR THE PSEC, WHICH IS THE PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY AND DB E COMMITTEE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE STAFF, EVEN JUST NOW I PRINTED MY MINUTES WITH SOME NOTES ON IT, BUT I LEFT IT ON MY PRINTER AND OF COURSE I WAS SITTING AT MY SPACE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT FOR LOOKING OUT FOR US.
UM, SO, UM, OUR PRIMARY AGENDA ITEMS WERE THE EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION, UM, A DBE OVERVIEW, UH, A PROGRAM UPDATE AND SOME INCOMING FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WITH THE FOUR AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE
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HAD.SO WE HAD A REALLY IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION FROM ANNA LAND, UM, AND IS THE SENIOR PLANNER WITH CAP METRO.
AND SHE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW, REALLY A VERY, IT WASN'T, IT WAS MORE THAN AN OVERVIEW.
IT WAS REALLY AN AF, UM, DESCRIPTION OF THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ETO D AND THE STUDY THAT CAP METRO IS CURRENTLY DOING TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES, TO LEVERAGE THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM AS, AS IT RELATES TO EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE PROJECT COURT CORRIDOR.
SO IT WAS REALLY A ROBUST DISCUSSION.
A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION WAS SHARED THERE.
SO IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMITTEE.
UM, THE DBE OVERVIEW, COURTNEY CHAVEZ, WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN DBE.
UM, SHE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF AND WALKED US THROUGH IN GREAT DETAIL, HOW IT WILL BE DEVELOPED AND HOW IT WILL EVOLVE.
AND, UM, WHEN AS, AS IT RELATES TO OUR RELATES TO OUR PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM.
SO IT WAS ANOTHER VERY GOOD DISCUSSION AND INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION.
AND THEN WE HAD A PROGRAM UPDATE FROM JACKIE NIERENBERG, WHO WE ALL KNOW AS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT.
JACKIE PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRAM ITSELF, UH, WHEN WALKED US THROUGH RECENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND UPCOMING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND ANOTHER TWO-WAY DIALOGUE.
SOME PEOPLE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS ON WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO HAVE COMMUNITY VOICE, UM, BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN WE HAVE ASKED FOR A PRESENTATION ON THE EQUITY TOOL FROM THE CITY.
SO THAT'S OUR PRIMARY AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE, NOT JUST THE TOOL ITSELF, BUT THE EVOLUTION TO HOW WE GOT TO WHAT THE TOOL WILL BE AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.
AS WE ROLL OUT THAT, THAT TOOL, THE, THERE WERE NO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE, UM, FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THIS BODY.
AND, UH, WE HAD A QUESTION OF COURTNEY CHAVEZ, UH, FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBERS ABOUT WHETHER, UM, ATP WILL EVALUATE BIDS AGAINST EACH OTHER.
THIS WAS A PURCHASING QUESTION, UH, ABOUT WHETHER WE WILL BE EVALUATING BIDS AGAINST EACH OTHER, OR LOOK AT HARD COSTS, MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, ET CETERA, VERSUS SOFT COSTS, WHICH ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE BID TO SEE HOW THEY COMPARE THE OBJECTIVE IS TO GIVE MORE SMALL, MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO COURTNEY DID NOT HAVE A, AN ANSWER UNDERSTANDABLY, SO A COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER.
SO SHE WAS GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AND COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AND REPORT ON THAT AT A LATER DATE.
AND WE'LL REPORT OUT ON THAT AT THAT TIME.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THE NEXT STEPS.
UM, WE HAVE A CADENCE FOR OUR MEETINGS THERE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, MR. MAYOR, UM, AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON OCTOBER THE SEVENTH.
UM, ALSO OUR MEETINGS, I I'M GLAD YOU POINTED OUT, UM, DR.
BURNETT, BECAUSE OUR MEETINGS ARE ALSO THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH FOR THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UH, STARTING AT FIVE.
SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF CAN COORDINATE SCHEDULES.
UM, YOUR, YOUR MEETINGS AGAIN, DR.
BURNETT, YOU SAID ARE ONE, SO RIGHT AFTER, UH, NOBODY BUT IN THE TEAMS THAT WE'RE HAVING WE'RE WEDNESDAY, YOUR THURSDAY.
BURNETT, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM, FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD REGARDING THESE UPDATES? I JUST REQUEST THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL NOT JUST TO US AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD GOING FORWARD FOR EACH ONE OF US, BUT ALSO FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, IF WE COULD MOVING FORWARD.
UM, HAVE THE WRITTEN REPORT PERHAPS PROVIDED AS PART OF THE BOARD PACKET.
I KNOW THAT CAPITAL METRO, AS PART OF EACH BOARD PACKET EVERY MONTH CAPITOL METRO HAS, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OR EXCUSE ME, CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO COMMITTEES THAT SUPPORT CAPITAL METRO.
UM, FOR EVERY BOARD PACKET, THERE IS A, UH, THERE IS A REPORTER OR MINUTES THAT GO ALONG WITH EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES.
THAT'S PART OF THE ACTUAL CAPITAL METRO BOARD PACKET.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT WRITTEN, SO THAT, THAT WAY IT'S NOT JUST GIVEN TO, IT'S NOT JUST PRESENTED FROM THE DAYAS FOR THE FIRST TIME TO US, BUT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ADVANCE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT AND READ IT OVER AND SEE WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE VARIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
AND I BELIEVE WE DID POST JUST THE UPDATE ON THE ONLINE, ON THE PACKET, BUT ARE YOU ALSO REQUESTING THAT WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF OUR MEETING? THAT THAT IS, YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA THAT THE SHEET THAT YOU'RE READING FROM THAT'S THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO PUT IN OUR BOARD PACKET FOR THE, UM, FOR, FOR
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OUR BOARD MEETINGS OR TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE, SO MAYBE I CAN JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.SO STAFF, I THINK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BOARD MEMBER, UH, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE SUMMARY NOT MEETING MINUTES, CAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY KEEP MEETING THAT'S CORRECT.
I'M USING THE TERMINOLOGY SOMETHING EASY WITH THE SUMMARY IN THE PACKET.
SO THAT, THAT WAY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALSO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN ADVANCE AND IT'S NOT JUST BEING HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE.
AND IT MIGHT JUST NOTE THAT, UM, SOMETIMES THE SCHEDULE OF THE MEETINGS MAKES IT REALLY, WE CAN'T QUITE POST IT AT THE POSTING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO GET ALL THOSE UP BEFORE THE MEETING.
BUT I KNOW VERONICA, YOU AND I TALKED OR D SORRY, CHAIR.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE DID UPLOAD, WE REVISED THE PACKET THAT WAS UPLOADED TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS THEY CAME ALONG, BASED ON THAT.
SO, UM, IN ORDER TO YOUR POINT, COURTNEY, UM, I'M SORRY, CASEY, TO GIVE US, UH, UH, IT COULD BE SOMETIMES 24 HOURS BEFORE WE GET UPLOADED BETWEEN THE SCHEDULE OF THE MEETINGS.
JUST MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I REALIZED THAT THAT TIMING, TIMING IS THE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE AND MEETINGS AND WHETHER IT'S VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON, BUT IT TOOK TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR, FOR ALL OF US AS WELL AS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IF IT CAN'T, IF IT CAN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, UNDERSTANDABLE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A 24 HOUR TURNAROUND TIME, LITERALLY FROM THE TIME OF THE MEETING, THE AC THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING UNTIL OUR MEETING, BUT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE AND MAKE A, MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND, AND THEN, AND THE EVENT, IF IT MISSES IT FOR THAT MEETING, IT WOULD BE IN THE NEXT ONE.
SO THERE WOULD STILL BE A PUBLIC RECORD.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION OF MEETING ON THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH BECAUSE OUR MEETINGS ARE ON THE THIRD WEEK.
SO WE WANTED TO GIVE OURSELVES THOSE TWO WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS DOCUMENTED.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
[III.1. Community Engagement and Involvement Monthly Update ]
UM, TO OUR UPDATES, WE HAVE JACKIE, NIERENBERG OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT.I'M JACKIE NIERENBERG DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU OUR MONTHLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATE.
SO, UH, WE HAD A SERIES OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CORRESPONDING ON DEMAND VERSION OF THAT MEETING ONLINE, WHICH CLOSED ON AUGUST 27TH.
AND WE NOW HAVE ALL OF THE DATA IN FROM THAT.
UM, AND WE HAD A TOTAL PARTICIPATION ON THE LIVE MEETINGS OF 568 PEOPLE.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT BEFORE WE WENT VIRTUAL, WE DID NOT HAVE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY BE UTILIZING THE VIRTUAL, UH, OPTION IN ADDITION TO OTHER IN-PERSON OPTIONS WHEN THE TIME COMES AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IN-PERSON STUFF AS WELL.
SO WE COULD GO TO PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, THE TOTAL PARTICIPATION FOR THE SELF GUIDED MEETING WAS ACTUALLY 413.
THIS HAS GONE UP BY THREE SINCE YESTERDAY.
UH, AND ALSO THE TOTAL PARTICIPATION IS NOW 981.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING SERIES, WE ALSO HAD OUR, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE, THE CAC MET ON AUGUST 25TH.
WE HAD, UH, THE JOINT TAX NCAC WALKTHROUGH OF THE TWO ALIGNMENTS, WHICH WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO REALLY SEE, UM, HOW THESE ALIGNMENTS ARE LAYING OUT AT 15% AND BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR TECHNICAL TEAM.
AND THEN JUST LAST WEEK WE HAD TWO VIRTUAL COMMUNITY UPDATE MEETINGS, ONE ON THE METRO RAIL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WAS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 109 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THAT ONE.
REALLY INTERESTING ALSO BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS AT NOON.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING THAT DIFFERENT TIMES WORK FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT OF HAVING GONE VIRTUAL.
IT, IT ALLOWS US TO SORT OF PLAY AROUND WITH THAT A LITTLE MORE.
AND THEN WE HAD OUR METRO RAPID VIRTUAL COMMUNITY UPDATE.
LATER THAT DAY, UM, HAD 41 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AM I DOING THIS? ARE YOU ALL? OKAY.
UM, THEN WE HAD EMERGENT AS ALWAYS, WE START TO SEE SOME EMERGING THEMES.
AND WHEN PEOPLE ASK US ABOUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE TAKE IN THEIR INPUT? WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? UM, AND IT'S A REALLY VALID QUESTION.
I MEAN, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, OH, IT JUST GOES INTO A BLACK HOLE AND WE'LL NEVER HEAR ABOUT IT AGAIN.
WELL, WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IS THAT WE START TO SEE THESE EMERGING PATTERNS OF THEMES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE.
FOR INSTANCE, BOTH ON THE ORANGE LINE AND BLUE LINE AT THE 15% DESIGN MEETINGS, WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UM, ADVOCATING FOR BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, AND ALSO BEING ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WHAT THE
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PLAN SHOWED FOR INCREASED BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS.I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO REALLY IMPROVE, NOT JUST WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IN THE ACTUAL VEHICLES AND TRACK, BUT THE AREAS AROUND THERE TOO.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR VIRTUAL COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOPS THAT ARE COMING UP STARTING THIS WEEK.
UM, WE ALSO HEARD FEEDBACK ON CONNECTIVITY, HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY, NOT JUST, UH, BETWEEN TRANSIT SERVICES, BUT ALSO BIKE AND PET.
UM, WE HAD, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF SUBJECTS THAT ARE STARTING TO RISE TO THE TOP.
WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS, PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT ON OUR DASHBOARD AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REVISED DASHBOARD.
NOW WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO IT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO USE.
UM, SO I HAVE THIS LITTLE NIFTY V YES, THANK YOU.
THE LITTLE NIFTY, UH, ANIMATION THERE TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO SCROLL DOWN.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THEN EACH ONE IS LABELED IN A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIBRARY.
YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THOSE.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE RAW COMMENTS, UM, AND ALSO THE THEMES.
SO THIS IS JUST A GREAT WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE REALLY AREN'T LISTENING.
AND WE REALLY ARE DOCUMENTING WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, SO BACK TO THE FEEDBACK ISSUE, I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASK US ALL THE TIME, SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA, UM, FOR YOU ALL, AND ALSO FOR OUR PUBLIC WHO MAY BE TUNED IN TO, TO HEAR HOW WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK, THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE GET IT, THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE SHARE IT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, OBVIOUSLY VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES.
WE HAVE ONE FOR PROJECT CONNECT IN GENERAL FEEDBACK@PROJECTCONNECT.COM.
WE HAVE ONE FOR THE ORANGE LINE.
WE HAVE ONE FOR THE BLUE LINE AS WELL.
SO WE TRY TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN EMAIL US.
ALSO, IF PEOPLE EMAIL THE FEEDBACK EMAIL AT CAP METRO, WE ALSO RECEIVE IT.
SO WE KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE'RE GETTING PROJECT CONNECT FEEDBACK, UM, WE ALSO SHARE INFORMATION ON OUR HOTLINES OR TAKE INFORMATION RATHER ON OUR HOTLINES.
WE HAVE TWO HOTLINES, TWO PHONE NUMBERS, PEOPLE CAN CALL FOR ORANGE AND BLUE LINE, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE, WE RECEIVE INFORMATION ALL THE TIME AND FEEDBACK AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
ONE-ON-ONE SMALL GROUP MEETINGS ALL THE TIME.
SO AT ANY, ANYTIME WE GIVE A PRESENTATION TO SAY A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP OR SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION, WE TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND DOCUMENTED AS WELL AS FOR SHARING THE FEEDBACK.
WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE DASHBOARD, WHICH IS NOW CALLED THE ENGAGEMENT LIBRARY.
WE ALSO HAVE A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.
UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO YOU ALL AND ALSO TO OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO KEEP PEOPLE UPDATED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF ADVISORY GROUPS AND, UM, COMMUNITY GROUPS.
SO OUR PROJECT CONNECT AMBASSADOR NETWORK, WE HAVE OF COURSE THE INNER AGENCY TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CAC, AND OF COURSE OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
UM, WE PROVIDE FEEDBACK AT THOSE.
SO HOW DOES THAT FEEDBACK GET PROCESSED? SO WE RECEIVE IT IN ONE OF THOSE WAYS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, UM, AND THEN THE PROJECT CONNECT TECHNICAL TEAM, AS WELL AS CITY AND COUNTY AND OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES, UM, ANALYZE THAT FEEDBACK, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, SEE WHAT EMERGING EMERGING THEMES ARE COMING OUT.
UM, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN CHANGES OCCUR AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
UM, AGAIN, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT RISE TO THE TOP.
WE LOOK FOR THEMES THAT, THAT COME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S HOW THEY INFORM DECISIONS.
SO WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THIS.
IT, IT ACTUALLY GETS DOCUMENTED INPUT AND USE TO MAKE DECISIONS.
AND I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE.
WITH THAT UPCOMING ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
SO WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY COMING UP.
UM, ACTUALLY THIS WEEK WE HAVE OUR FIRST COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOP AND THE COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOPS ARE DESIGNED TO HEART DESIGN TO, UH, DISCUSS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT A VERY LOCALIZED LEVEL AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.
UM, SOME DESIGN OPTIONS FOR PLACES THAT HAVE WIGGLE ROOM TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE EAST RIVERSIDE STATION ON THE BLUE LINE, WHICH IS THE PLEASANT VALLEY RIVERSIDE INTERSECTION.
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METRO, RAPID PLEASANT VALLEY SERVICE COMING THROUGH IN THE SAME AREA.SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.
UH, THERE'S THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO ACCESS THOSE SERVICES.
HOW DO YOU WANT THESE TO CONNECT? THERE'S ALSO A ENORMOUS MEDIAN THERE ON VERISIGHT BOULEVARD THAT HAS SOME OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE LIVING, WORKING AND SPENDING TIME HERE THAT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER? RIGHT? WE WANT TO KNOW, AND BY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE CAN START TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT MAY BE BEAUTIFUL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE IS THIS THURSDAY, WE'LL BE DOING ONE FOR SOUTH CONGRESS ON OCTOBER THE FIFTH.
UM, WE HAVE THE, THEN WE HAVE OUR EAC MEETING.
WE TALKED ABOUT THESE ALREADY P BACK ON OCTOBER 7TH.
UM, WE'VE GOT ONE, UH, COMMUNITY DESIGN DESIGN WORKSHOP FOR THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER COMING UP.
THAT ONE WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING TOO, BECAUSE THERE'S A TON OF OPPORTUNITY.
UM, THAT'LL BE ON OCTOBER 19TH AND THEN WE'VE GOT A BUNCH MORE, AS YOU SEE, UM, THAT ARE TO BE DETERMINED.
I BELIEVE WE DID SCHEDULE OUR SOUTH CONGRESS ONE SINCE I TURNED IN THIS PRESENTATION AND THAT WILL BE OCTOBER 5TH.
SO THOSE ARE ACTIVITIES UPCOMING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TELLING YOU HOW THOSE WET NEXT MONTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. NURNBERG, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? YES.
UM, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, JACKIE, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE ALL THIS FEEDBACK AND I LIKED THE PIE CHARTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE FEEDBACK KIND OF COMES INTO VARIOUS CATEGORIES.
ARE THERE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF CERTAIN, NOT NECESSARILY THEMES FOR ACTUAL IDEAS THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME UP IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU'VE SEEN THIS COMING FORTH WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE AND HOW DID THOSE IDEAS GET BROUGHT THROUGH AS ENHANCEMENTS OR POTENTIAL DESIGN CHANGES? AND THEN OF COURSE, I'M SURE THERE'S ALWAYS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WHEN FOLKS WANT X AND WE CAN'T AFFORD X, BUT JUST TO, SO WE DO, WE GET A LOT OF IDEAS.
WE AT EVERY ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, WE GET PEOPLE WHO SAY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THIS? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THAT? IN MOST CASES, THE TECHNICAL TEAM HAS EXPLORED THOSE ALTERNATIVES AND HAS FOUND SOME CONSTRAINT THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS ALONG THE RIVERSIDE QUARTER IN THE TRAVIS HEIGHTS AREA.
UM, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ELEVATED PIECE OF THE TRACK THERE? YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO, AND, AND IT COMES DOWN TO THAT TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT.
SO FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAVE NOT YET HAD SOMETHING THAT, OH, WOW.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THIS, BUT THERE ARE IDEAS COMING EVERY DAY.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, THERE HAS BEEN INPUT FOR EXAMPLE, ON, UM, THE DRAG, NOT ON THE DRAG, EXCUSE ME, NORTH WATER LOOP ABOUT POSSIBLY SHIFTING THE ALIGNMENT A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST SIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME EMPTY BUILDINGS ON THAT SIDE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE WE HAVE OCCUPIED BUILDINGS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE, IT VERY WELL COULD INFORM THAT DECISION MOVING FORWARD TO 30%, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF THERE IS CERTAIN COMMON THEMES, UH, THAT, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR AND IT'S EVALUATED THROUGH THE TACTICAL TEAM.
AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT'S DEEMED TOO EXPENSIVE OR NOT TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE, WHATEVER THAT, THAT SOMEHOW GETS REPORTED SO THAT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T FEEL, AS YOU SAID, IT GOES INTO THIS KIND OF BLACK HOLE.
AND CONVERSELY, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE COMING FROM PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE WE SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND IT'S AFFORDABLE, WE SHOULD KIND OF FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ADVERTISE THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE MAYBE BEEN REMISS IN THE PAST ABOUT NOT CONNECTING ALL THOSE DOTS AND SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT DID AND DIDN'T AND WHY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO POST THAT IN OUR ENGAGEMENT LIBRARY.
SO PEOPLE CAN SEE HOW, HOW AND WHY A DECISION WAS TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN, UM, AND WHAT WE HEARD.
SO, UM, POINT WE'LL TAKE IN, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON FOR SURE.
COULD THIS BE LIKE AN IDEA DEPOSITORY IS THAT MAYBE LIKE ALL OF, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE, THE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY COULD BE, IF IT'S TOO CLOSE TO ME, LIKE THE LOCATION, FOR INSTANCE, BUT IF I UNDERSTAND ALSO YOUR CONCERN OR YOUR, YOUR COMMENT IS THAT HOW, HOW DO WE KEEP AT THE POSITORY OF IDEAS, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT DESIGN, ABOUT A SPECIFIC WAY TO INTEGRATE ART, YOU KNOW, LIKE REALLY INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO OWN IT, TO REALLY OWN THE SYSTEM AND SAY, WE, IT BELONGS TO US.
AND WE HAD, WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT VISIONING.
THAT IS A WONDERFUL, I AGREE WITH YOU, UM, MANAGER, BUT I, MY 2 CENTS WOULD BE NOT FOR EVERY SINGLE IDEA
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BECAUSE IT CAN BE THOUSANDS OF THEM, BUT I'M SAYING MORE REOCCURRING THEMES TO EXACTLY WHERE WE SEE IT SEVERAL TIMES AND IT'S SOMETHING WORTHY OF ANALYSIS, BUT IT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE TO HAVE AN IDEA BOX AND THE ENGAGEMENT LIBRARY.AND THEN PEOPLE CAN KIND OF LOOK AND SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAID, AND IT COULD BE AT CROWDSOURCING.
LIKE THE THING, LIKE IF YOU TOOK A WONDERFUL TRIP SOMEWHERE AND YOU NOTICE HOW THIS VISUAL DISPLAY BOARDS ARE WORKING, IT'S LIKE, COULD WE IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT REALLY HELPED ME COMMUNICATE? RIGHT.
AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT GETS AN INTERESTING COMMENT.
AND ALSO I WANT TO SHARE, UM, I MEAN, FIRST OFF BEFORE I SAVE IT, WHAT I WANT TO SAY, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK OR QUESTIONS TO JACKIE, UM, BOARD MEMBER ELKINS DOES THIS TO ME, A LOT OF DUB.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT SAME THING.
WE SHOW CHANGES, OCCUR AS A RESULT OF YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND I THINK PERIODICALLY WE COULD SHOW WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.
IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO STAY ENGAGED.
SO JUST THOSE GOOD NEWS STORIES, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER STORIES THAT ARE RIGHT, AND IT ALSO GOES TO TRANSPARENCY.
SO WE SHOULD ADD THAT IN AS A PART OF THE REPORT POINT, WELL TAKEN.
REMEMBER, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THIS IS AMAZING.
THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE WAY THAT Y'ALL ARE UTILIZING IT.
I AM JUST, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS INCREDIBLE ONE THAT WE'VE HAD THIS MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK.
UM, COVID POSED SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES I KNOW FOR, FOR ALL OF US, BUT TO SEE THE WAY THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM PIVOTED AND ADAPTED ONLINE.
AND NOW THEN TO SEE THAT NOT ONLY DID YOU PIVOT AND ADAPT, BUT YOU'VE ALL MORE, MORE SO THAN THAT YOU'VE THRIVED.
AND THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE MORE FEEDBACK THAN I THINK WE EVER WOULD HAVE IF WE HAD JUST STAYED TO A BRICKS AND MORTAR IN TERMS OF BEING JUST BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND, AND TRYING TO, TO GO TO PEOPLE, UH, AT THEIR PLACES OF BUSINESS, OR JUST ONLY DOING FEEDBACK AT CAPITOL METRO'S SERVICE STOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT THEN TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, OH, LITERALLY ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING, IT'S NOT JUST THAT SOME OF IT ENDS UP ON A SPREADSHEET SOMEPLACE STUCK IN A FILE FOLDER SOMEWHERE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN LITERALLY CLICK, CAN LOOK AT WHAT THE FEEDBACK WAS AND SEE THIS, AND LOOK AT WHAT IT DOES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THESE CHARTS AND GRAPHS AND WHO, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING AND HOW THAT THEN INFORMS WHAT WE'RE DOING GOING FORWARD.
THAT'S HUGE THAT INTEGRATIVE, THAT SHOWS THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD TAKE IT THEN, AND THAT A STEP FORWARD AND ABOVE THAT, WHICH IS, I'D SAY THAT THIS IS THAT THIS WILL SHOW OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS JUST HOW ENGAGING WE ARE WITH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT, THAT, THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS, THAT, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE ARE SHOWING THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY EXHAUSTIVE AND EXTENSIVE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING THIS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND PROCESSING IT AND GIVING OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT I, THAT I HAD NOT, I NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED WE COULD HAVE DONE OTHERWISE TO, TO DO, TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
AND THE NEXT LEVEL IS WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE RESPONSIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE DOMINANT BEFORE.
AND YOUR TEAM, THIS IS, THIS IS PHENOMENAL.
AND I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY KUDOS TO EVERYTHING Y'ALL ARE DOING AND, AND, AND TO THE PUBLIC, KEEP IT UP, JUST KEEP, KEEP, KEEP THE COMMENTS COMING, FOLKS, KEEP YOUR ENGAGEMENT COMING.
AND THIS IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I PARTICIPATED IN BOTH OF THE MEETINGS NOW BECAUSE I WAS INVITED, BUT BECAUSE I WAS, I HAPPENED TO BE WAS MY LUNCHTIME.
I GOT TO SEE, AND I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S LIVE.
LET ME SEE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
BUT WHEN A LOT OF THE KUDOS THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I REALLY ADMIRE THE WAY THAT THE STAFF FOR BOTH ATP SIDE AND COMMERCIAL SIDE, BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE LIVE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AND HOW YOU ALL JUST WERE TACKLING THEM LIFE AS IT WENT.
IT WAS LIKE, WE HAVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CAP, METRO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STAFF TOO, BECAUSE THEY PITCH IN EVERY TIME, NOT BECAUSE WE ASK THEM BECAUSE THEY WANT TO, AND IT IS SUCH A HELP TO HAVE THEM MODERATING QUESTIONS AND, AND THROWING, UH, THEM OUR WAY.
AND IT JUST MADE IT GO SO MUCH SMOOTHER.
SO BIG SHOUT OUT, DID YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GAINING REALLY VALUABLE EXPERIENCE, BUT I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE WAY THAT IT WAS, THE QUESTIONS WERE HANDLED WITH SO MUCH RESPECT AND KINDNESS AND PATIENCE.
AND SO WE NOTICED, AND WE WERE TUNING.
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APPRECIATE IT.I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, KIND OF THEMATICALLY TIE, MULTIPLE BOARD MEMBER POINTS TOGETHER, WHICH IS, AND I THINK REALLY KIND OF LIKE BOARD MEMBER ELKINS AT THE START, WHICH IS WE GOTTA, I THINK GROUND EVERYTHING BACK INTO THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS TO DATE.
AND SO TO GET TO THE LOCAL PREFERRED PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, AND EVERYONE MAYBE REMEMBERS THE LPA TERMINOLOGY, UH, THAT INVOLVED MULTIPLE YEARS OF AN ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS.
SO SOME OF THESE IDEAS AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY HAVE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH TONS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS LIKE TONS, RIGHT? JACKIE AND DAVE OVER ALMOST A THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
WELL, WHY IS THIS ELEVATED? WHY IS THIS NOT, COULD WE DO THIS STREET? WHAT ABOUT THIS INTERSECTION? THERE'S BEEN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF THAT TO GET TO THE LPA.
THE NEXT PIECE IS THAT WE'RE AT 15% AND THEN WE'LL GET TO 30.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE AS WE GRADUATE FROM A DESIGN STAGE, SO THE NEPA PROCESS, WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT HOW THOSE COMMENTS ARE DEALT WITH IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
SO PART OF WHAT I THINK WE HAVE TO DO IS THINK ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT, AND THAT SHOWS THE TRANSPARENCY THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR, FROM THE START TO LPA TO 15 TO 30 AND ON.
AND SO KIND OF STITCHING THAT TOGETHER, WHICH TELLS YOU THAT THE COMMENTS AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO JUST FOR THIS BOARDS, UH, UNDER, UH, UH, AWARENESS HIGHLIGHT, UH, JACKIE.
SO JACKIE, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT AWARE, ONE, THE W2 WTS WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT FOR ALL OF HER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR PROJECT IMMUNITY.
AND SO SHE WON THIS REGIONAL RECOGNITION AWARD AND, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST LOVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
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THAT IS GOING TO BE A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW MISS HER COUCH.I MEAN, THAT IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT THIS IS YOUR FLORIDA.
HE'LL TELL ME LATER, GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, CEO CLARK, I'M GOING TO BACK UP TO START.
AND WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TO BACK UP TO THE LAST SLIDE THAT JACKIE JUST USED IT, I CAN'T SEEM TO MOVE.
UH, THIS GOES TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.
UH, WHAT MR. CLARK WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR THREE YEARS TO GET TO THE POINT THAT WE HAD LPAS THEN GOING TO THE 15% NOW TRYING TO WORK TO 30, AND WHAT'S HERE.
THESE ARE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS FOR INDIVIDUAL AREAS ALONG THE CORRIDOR PLACES THAT WILL BE THERE.
EVERYTHING FROM THE DRAG, ALL THE WAY THROUGH CRESTVIEW, THEIR INDIVIDUAL WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IT IS GOING AHEAD AND SHOWING WHAT THE POTENTIALS ARE, GETTING THEIR INPUT ON HOW WE DO THINGS SO THAT WE'RE INCLUDING THAT AND INCORPORATING IT AS WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT TAKES US TO THAT NEXT LAYER, IF YOU WILL, AS WE GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE TOWARDS THE 30%.
SO IT'S SHOWING THAT CONTINUED INCLUSION AS WE MOVE TO HEAR WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHAT ARE THE POTENTIALS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO FORWARD INSTEAD OF BACKING UP TO GO FORWARD.
AND ARE YOU CONTROLLING THIS SAME? OKAY.
THAT'S WHY CAN'T NOW I KNOW WHY IT'S NOT WORKING.
UH, YEAH, GO TO THE SECOND, MY SECOND SLIDE PAST THE INTRODUCTORY, PLEASE.
THIS TAKES US TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF THE WORLD AND THE FIELD WORK.
WE'RE HAVING ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TUNNEL.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH AN EVALUATION RIGHT NOW, UH, OF WHETHER IT'S SINGLE OR DOUBLE BORE.
WE'RE DUE TO HAVE A REPORT BACK IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, ALSO LOOKING AT HOW THAT FITS INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE AREAS THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN AND THE PARTS THAT WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD WITH THE TUNNEL.
WE'RE STARTING TO DIG IN DEEPER.
AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME THING AS THE STATIONS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING NOW AT THE PARK AND RIDES, HOW THE THING GETS CONFIGURED.
WHAT'S THERE IN EACH ONE OF THE AREAS, WHETHER IT'S AT STASSNEY, WHETHER IT'S NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER, TAKING THAT NEXT STEP, LOOKING IN DETAIL AT THE TRAFFIC STUDIES, LOOKING IN DETAIL AT WHAT'S THERE AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS SIM, THAT NEXT LEVEL, THAT NEXT DIG IN POINT, ALL OF THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY, UH, WITH, WITH THE GROUP THAT IS THERE AND THE REVIEWS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING, WHAT THEY'VE PROVIDED WITH THE 15% COMMENTS, UH, INCORPORATES EVERYTHING AND KEEPS US THERE AS A TEAM.
AND IT KEEPS US GOING AHEAD AND GOING FORWARD.
UH, AND GINA, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT A NICA IS DOING AND HER TEAM.
UH, I THINK THAT WE HAVE GOT A SUPER WAY THAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD.
WE HAD ONE THAT WAS A CHALLENGE THAT WAS UTILITIES, THAT WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF
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TIME OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, TRYING TO SORT OUT, WE HAD FOUR ISSUES THAT WE HAD TO SORT THROUGH TO WHERE WATERSHED TO WHERE UTILITIES.WE HAD A MEETING THE OTHER DAY, THE TWO UTILITIES ARE SETTLED.
SO THAT GETS US TO A POINT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE GETTING SET WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NEXT.
AND IT IS WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO REFINE THINGS.
AND THAT'S OUR PATH THAT INCLUDES THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDES THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CITY.
IT INCLUDES THE INVOLVEMENT OF TEXTILE THAT THAT WAS A MEETING THAT OCCURRED WHILE I'M HERE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING COORDINATED WITH THEM ON ALL OF THE AREAS.
UH, THE NEPA PROCESS, UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THAT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AS WE GO FORWARD WITH CONTINUED SUPPORT OF FTA, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE 1 39 J UH, THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL STAFFING, THAT REPORT DIRECTLY TO FTA TO DO THE REVIEW OF SOME OF THE REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, THAT GIVES THEM THE SUPPLEMENTAL STAFF.
UH, AS WE DO TWO OF THESE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES OF THIS SIZE TOGETHER, UH, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT AND THAT HELP, AND THAT'S WORKING VERY, VERY WELL AT THIS POINT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO OF THE AREAS IN WHAT I'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON, ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE, WHICH IS THE UTILITIES.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ACQUISITIONS.
WE'VE STARTED TO REFINE THAT IT'LL GET FURTHER REFINED AS WE GO THROUGH THE 30%.
WE'RE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD WITH, GET AN APPROVAL OF WHAT THEY CALL A RAMP REAL ESTATE MANUAL.
UH, THAT, THAT THEN WILL BE THE BASIS FOR US STARTING TO DO SOME OF THOSE ACQUISITIONS.
AND WE'D LIKE TO START SOME OF THOSE RELATIVELY EARLY, UH, THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE, THERE ARE NORMAL PARTS THAT GO INTO ANY ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT.
THE WE'RE PROGRESSING WITH A METRO RAPID, UH, WE'RE AT THE 60% DESIGN HEWLETT'S ELLERS IS THE ONE WHO'S DOING THE DESIGN.
WE'RE DOING IT IN THREE DIFFERENT PIECES.
UH, THE FIRST GROUP OF THEM WILL BE ONES THAT COME OUT.
WE'VE GOT FOUR OF THEM THAT WE'LL HAVE THE DELIVERABLES IN OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
THAT WE'LL START THAT REVIEW ON THE FIRST FOUR OUT OF 80 WITH THE CITY TO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE DONE SO THAT WE CAN GET AN EARLY START AND GET STARTED WITH THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, FTA HAS COME FORWARD.
THEY'VE GIVEN US THE CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION, AND THEY'VE STARTED TO GO AHEAD AND REVIEW ALL THE READINESS DOCUMENTS, READINESS DOCUMENTS.
TAKE US BACK IN TIME TO WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE OF THE TIMING TO GET TO A FUNDING AGREEMENT.
UH, IF YOU RECALL IN AUGUST OF NOT THIS PAST AUGUST OF 80, UH, RIGHT AFTER WE GOT APPROVAL OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM PLAN AND THE LPAS, WE WENT FORWARD AND GOT ENTRY INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE COMING UP ON THAT IN AUGUST.
AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD THE OTHER DAY WITH FDA IS GETTING TO A FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT IN THE MARCH OR APRIL TIMEFRAME.
SO THAT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO GET THERE BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT.
THE COORDINATION WITH FDA IS ABSOLUTELY SUPER, UH, IT'D BE GREAT IF SOME OF US COULD HAVE GET IN A CAR AND GO UP TO FORT WORTH AND ACTUALLY SIT AROUND A TABLE AND TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE, AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE AT THAT POINT SOON, UH, GO LINE, EXCUSE ME, GO LINE IN SOUTH LAMAR, UH, WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH GETTING THAT KICKED OFF.
THOSE ARE THE OTHER TWO COMPANION PIECES THAT GO ALONG WITH THE METRO RAPID LINES.
NEXT SLIDE SPECIFICALLY, WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT THE RED LINE, UH, THE FIRST PROJECT IS MCCULLOUGH, UH, THAT IS PROGRESSING.
WE'VE GOT 30% THAT IS IN, THAT'S BEING REVIEWED CURRENTLY WITH THE CITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET COMMENTS FROM THAT AND INCORPORATE THOSE.
UH, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE DESIGN BUILD SOLICITATION, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS THAT WILL INCORPORATE THE COMMENTS THAT WE GET.
SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO DO A CONTRACT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE SEPARATE TO GO AHEAD AND GET A JUMP ON EVERYTHING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DRAINAGE AND THE TRACK WORK.
UH, SO IT'S GOING TO BE SEPARATED INTO TWO CONTRACTS SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PURSUE THE PROJECT QUICKER.
UH, BROADMORE IS IN THE FINAL STAGES.
UH, IT'S GOING THROUGH THE LAST OF THE PERMITTING AND SHOULD BE STARTING VERY SOON.
UH, LAKE LANDER, UH, TO LAKELINE, UH, THAT SECTION OF TRACK WAS APPROVED BY THE CAP METRO BOARD LAST MONTH.
UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GO AHEAD AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON THE CONSTRUCTION ON THAT.
UH, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATOR THAT ROLLED OUT, UH, ON THE 24TH OF LAST MONTH, WHICH NOW BRINGS US TO A TOTAL OF 11 ZONES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE, MADAM CHAIR BESIDE THE ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
MR. CAL, UH, MR. COUCH JUST WANTED TO, DOUBLE-CHECK QUICK QUESTION HERE.
UM, WITH BROADMORE STATION, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE IN CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS ON PERMITTING.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO FIND OUT IF, UM, RELATED TO THE PERMITTING, IT HAS OUR ATP, THE RELATIONSHIP WE'VE GOT NOW WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE AND THE CITY STAFF.
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COME INTO PLAY WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, OR IS THAT SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT? BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE EXISTING CAPITAL METRO, UH, TRAIN TRACKS THAT ARE THERE, AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT BALL OF WAX ON THAT ONE BURBERRY OR SOMETHING.IT ISN'T INCLUDED IN PROJECT CONNECTED, SOMETHING THAT'S SEPARATE, IT'S THERE WITH CAP METRO AND, UM, GERMANS CLARK WOULD ADDRESS WHERE THAT IS.
I'LL JUST ADD A QUICK COMMENT, WHICH IS, UH, I THINK WE GOTTA REMEMBER BROAD MOORE'S TWO PIECES, SO THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT BRANDYWINE IS DOING.
AND THEN THERE'S THE STATION WITH THE TRACK COMPONENT THAT IT'S A PIECE RATE BETWEEN CAP METRO AND BRANDYWINE.
SO THEY'LL OBVIOUSLY BE DOING PERMITTING RELATION TO THEIR BIG DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'D MIGHT HAVE PARCELS AND WHATNOT.
THAT'S THE REGULAR CITY PROCESS.
I WILL SAY THAT WHILE DAVE IS CORRECT.
IT'S NOT PART OF THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM.
UH, GINA AND NIQUE AND THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN REALLY COLLABORATIVE AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME TECHNICAL, UH, ELEMENTS RELATED TO PERMITTING THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET RESOLVED SOON.
SO HAVING A NIQUE AND HAVING A TEAM INSIDE OF THE CITY FOCUSED ON PROJECT CONNECT IS REALLY A WAY TO SAY, HOW DO WE ADVANCE THE TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM? AND SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF IT'S PROJECT CONNECT FROM A FUNDING SOURCE OR, OR REGULAR CAP METRO, THAT TEAMS ARE WORKING INCREDIBLY WELL TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, NIQUE AND, UH, GINA'S THOUGHT LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR THEM TO SHUT DOWN? THANK YOU.
AND, OH, DAVE, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, KIND RECOGNITION FOR, UH, NIQUE AND HER TEAM AND THE PROJECT CONNECT LIAISON OFFICE.
UH, SHE'S KEPT ME UPDATED AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD AROUND THE UTILITIES RULES OF PRACTICE.
AND NOW YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER BIG MEETING TOMORROW, UH, BUT THE TEAMS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT.
THESE ARE COMPLEX ISSUES, AND I THINK THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND OF STUFF.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE NEXT ONE.
THAT'S GOT TWO LEFT IS TOMORROW MORNING.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THOSE SETTLED THOUGH.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YES, FOUR MEMBER.
UM, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, DAVE, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON, UH, SLIDE 18 AND 19 WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE METRO RAPID AND THEN THE RED LINE, JUST, UH, AT A HIGH LEVEL.
COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT HOW THE PROCUREMENT MODELS WERE SELECTED FOR THOSE VARIOUS PROJECTS AND HOW THOSE PROJECTS WERE SEGMENTED? JUST AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL? OKAY.
UH, IF YOU TAKE THE METRO RAPID, UH, THE BASICALLY IS THAT PROGRAMS THAT ARE SPLIT PROBABLY 50, 50 COST-WISE, UH, THERE IS A CONTRACT THAT GOES FORWARD TO THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD THIS MONTH, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE AN OPTION IN IT FOR THE BUS BIKE.
SO THAT WAS ADVERTISED SOMETIME LAST FALL, I BELIEVE.
SO IT'S AN ECONOMY OF SCALE IF YOU WILL.
UH, THE BUSES ARE BUILT INTO THAT AS AN OPTION, WHICH WE NOW CAN EXERCISE.
SO INSTEAD OF BUYING A SMALL QUANTITY OF BUSES THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR EXPO IN PLEASANT VALLEY, WE'RE PART OF A LARGER BUY.
SO THAT'S A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A SELECTION PROCESS.
UH, SO THAT DELIVERY WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING THAT WAY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT OUT A WHOLE NEW CONTRACT.
IT'S PIGGYBACKED ON TOP OF THAT.
W WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE ON THE DESIGN SIDE, UH, FOR THE METRO RAPID PORTION OF IT, UH, ON BASICALLY WHAT'S THERE FOR THE CIVIL, THERE IS AN ON-CALL SERVICE THAT IS THERE FOR THE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, UH, THAT THERE WERE A SERIES OF FIRMS THAT WERE PUT INTO A CONTRACT BY CAT METRO SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UH, THAT'S THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS WAY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET A JUMP AS YOU KNOW, ON THE RUBBER TIRE PROJECTS.
SO WE USED ONE OF THOSE THROUGH A SELECTION PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE 30 AND NOW 60%, UH, DESIGN.
SO THAT'S THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS AND WORK THROUGH THE DESIGN AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE GOT AN INDEFINITE QUANTITIES CONTRACT THAT IS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED, SO THAT WE'VE GOT THAT IN PLACE.
BY THE TIME WE GET THE DESIGN DONE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THINGS ON A CONTRACTUAL BASIS.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE SMALLER PROJECTS.
I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THEM, BUT THEY'RE THE SMALLER PROJECTS, UH, AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE RISK ANALYSIS THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT THE BIG CONTRACTS THAT ARE THERE IN ORANGE AND BLUE.
UM, NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. PASH.
SO MOVING ON, UH, WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE, UM, AS WE'RE HIRING THE, OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR.
AND, UM, SO I JUST WANT TO SEND A REMINDER FOR THE EMAIL THAT I SENT TO THE BOARD, THAT WE BEGAN THE PROCESS, UM, BOARD MEMBER ELKINS, AND I HAVE WORKED ON WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP THAT JOB DESCRIPTION, AND IT'S ALREADY POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION AS WE WILL BE, UM, HIRING THE PERSON THAT REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD, AND WE'LL BE OVERLOOKING ALL OF OUR INTERNAL
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PROCESSES.WE'LL BE OVERLOOKING HOW THE BOARD IS PERFORMING, THE PROGRAM IS BEING DELIVERED.
SO, UM, SO WE'LL NOW HERE, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE AN UPDATE AND THAT WE'RE HOPING TO FILL THIS POSITION IN NOVEMBER.
SO I WILL ASK FOR EVERYONE'S COLLABORATION AND HELP US IN, IN, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS, THE STAFF IS GOING TO BE HELPING US GO THROUGH THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS.
SO KEEP US POSTED IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS INTERVIEWS OR NOT.
SO, AND NOW WE WILL HAVE OUR DIRECTOR,
[III.3. Administrative Program Monthly Update ]
A PROGRAM STRATEGY, MR. SAM SERGEANT WITH AN UPDATE ON THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM STRATEGY FOR THE ATP, AND I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
SO HERE'S THE TIMELINE ONE SLIDE BACK.
HERE'S THE TIMELINE THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN BEFORE, AND IT HAS A SLIGHT MODIFICATION HERE.
SO I WANT TO WALK THROUGH OUR, UH, OUR TIMELINE FOR THE NEXT PARTNERSHIP, ILA, THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE BEGIN THE CLOCK HERE, UH, AT NOVEMBER 3RD, WHEN VOTERS APPROVED THE PROPOSITION, A PROJECT CONNECT INITIAL INVESTMENT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND THE FALL, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, AS WELL AS CAPITOL METRO TO, UH, DRAFT THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
NOW WHAT THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT IS IN A NUTSHELL, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, BUT IT REALLY PROVIDES THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP AS WE IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
IT'S IT'S, HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US TO DO? UM, AND THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL DOCUMENT TO HAVE.
IT'S GOING TO HELP NOT ONLY THE TEAMS NOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO HELP US IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE CITY FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW CLOSELY WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING, BUT OF COURSE, A LOT OF THE LEADERSHIP HAS COME FROM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FEE AND DACA, AND, UH, NICO DAY'S OFFICE, UH, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AT CAPITAL METRO.
AND NOW WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A VERY CRITICAL DATE.
SO OCTOBER 4TH YOU CAN SEE HERE IS A TRI-PARTY WORK SESSION SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
SO WE CAN WALK THROUGH WHAT IS GOING TO BE IN THAT DOCUMENT AND SET OURSELVES UP FOR AN OCTOBER 29TH TRI-PARTY, UM, JOINT MEETING IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO DATES IN OCTOBER.
AND I'M WORKING, UH, WITH JACKIE NIERENBERG AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND OTHERS.
WE ARE GOING TO SCHEDULE A VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING, UH, WITH THE CAC AND THE TAX INVITED SO THAT WE CAN TALK, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC VIRTUALLY AT LENGTH ABOUT SOME OF THE SAME TOPICS THAT WE'LL COVER HERE AS BOARD BOARDS AND COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 4TH, AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD ON OCTOBER 29TH AND THAT THEY FEEL HEARD.
UM, SO THEN OCTOBER 29TH, OF COURSE, UH, A VOTING SESSION, AND THEN NOVEMBER THROUGH JUNE OF 2022, WE WILL BE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY AND CAPITAL METRO TO APPROVE OTHER ACTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR PROJECT CONNECT IMPLEMENTATION.
NOW, MANY OF THESE WOULD LIKELY BE TWO PARTY ACTIONS, UM, BUT WE WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AT THAT TIME.
SO TAKING A LOOK HERE, UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS, UH, SEE THE TEXT PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UH, IN YOUR PACKET AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, UM, VIRTUALLY YOU CAN SEE THIS IN THE BOARD PACKET AS WELL AS ON YOUR SCREEN, BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT ARE NEEDED, UH, THAT THE ATP NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, IN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE CONTRACT WITH VOTERS AND OR ILETS OR OTHER RESOLUTIONS.
AND SPECIFICALLY, I'M THINKING HERE OF THAT FOUNDATIONAL ILA THAT WAS APPROVED BY CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN LAST YEAR, THAT SET THE ATP IN MOTION BEFORE, UH, BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
UM, AND THEN THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, THOSE ASKS FROM THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS.
SO YOU CAN SEE TRANSFERRING CITY TAX REVENUE OVER TO THE ATP.
UH, WE HAVE THE JUNE, 2021 BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL EXECUTED, UM, ILA, THE CAPITAL METRO TRANSFER OF CAPITAL EXPANSION EXPANSION FUND TO THE ATP.
UH, YOU CAN SEE JANUARY 20, 21, 1 OF THIS BOARD'S, UH, FIRST ACTIONS WAS, UH, THE ILA BETWEEN CAPITAL METRO AND THE ATP TO TRANSFER THE BALANCE OF THAT FUND CAPITAL METRO'S TRANSFER, FEDERAL FUNDING OVER TO THE ATP CAPITAL.
METRO WAS APPROVED FOR FDA PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROJECT PHASES, UH, AND ATP AND CAPITAL METRO WILL EXECUTE AN ILA TRANSFERRING THOSE FUNDS.
UH, ONCE THERE IS FTA GRANT APPROVALS, UM, AND THEN ATPS TRANSFER OF THE $300 MILLION IN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING TO THE CITY,
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APRIL, 2021, UH, THIS, THIS BODY AND CITY COUNCIL EXECUTED AN ILA.SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IN THE BLUE, UM, THE BLUE BAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S JUST A BUCKET OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF THE ATP AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF ANOTHER REALLY CRITICAL ONE IS OUR DVE AND FINANCIAL POLICIES.
SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM THAT MEETS FEDERAL DBE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
AND OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT, WE HAVE OUR ANTICIPATED ADOPTION OF THE INTERIM DBE GOALS AT TODAY'S MEETING.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE ESTABLISH CORPORATE FUNCTIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES, COST, FINANCIAL POLICIES, AND AGAIN, OVER ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF IN JULY.
FOR INSTANCE, THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO FUND A JOINT DISPARITY AND AVAILABILITY STUDY SO THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH OUR DBE PROGRAM FOR FUTURE PROGRAM CONTEXT CONTRACTS.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, ANTICIPATED ADOPTION TODAY OF AN ATP PROCUREMENT POLICY, AS WELL AS THE
AND THIS IS JUST MEANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS AND ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THESE ATP POLICY DIRECTIVE REQUIREMENTS.
THESE ARE PULLED VERBATIM FROM EITHER THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS OR THAT FOUNDATIONAL ILA AND OUR, UH, WE ANTICIPATE, UH, AND HOPE TO BRING TO THE ATP BOARD ON OCTOBER 20TH, UM, A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD CONFIRM SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CAPITOL METRO POLICY DIRECTION, UH, THAT CAME FROM THE FOUNDATIONAL ILA OR THE CONTRACT, THE VOTERS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE ATP TO PARTICIPATE IN A BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM OR SIMILAR WITH WORKER PROTECTIONS FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, SAME WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE ATP ENSURE LIVING WAGE COMPLETION OF OSHA 10 TRAINING FOR ALL THE WORKERS, OSHA 30 FOR SUPERVISORS, WORKERS' COMPENSATION, ONSITE MONITORING, ET CETERA.
AND THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE ATP TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF BUSINESSES DURING CONSTRUCTION THROUGH A BUSINESS IMPACT MITIGATION STRATEGY.
THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES, BUT SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING ON OCTOBER 20TH TO THIS BOARD, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE BAKED INTO ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT GO FORWARD AFTER THAT POINT.
UM, AND THEN JUST AS CRITICAL, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE IN THAT NOVEMBER TO JUNE TIMEFRAME ON THE TIMELINE, UH, THAT THERE WILL BE OTHER JOINT REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER TWO PARTY, PERHAPS TRI-PARTY, BUT TWO PARTY AGREEMENTS THAT WILL COVER THINGS THAT ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO THIS PROGRAM, LIKE PERMITTING DESIGN, REVIEW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED COLLABORATIVELY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION AND, UH, AND MOVE TOWARDS THE GOAL THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO ACHIEVE OF OPENING THE SYSTEM.
SO I KNOW THAT THAT WAS QUITE A BIT OF TEXT, BUT I HOPE THAT THIS GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIRECTION, UM, THAT THE THREE, THE THREE ENTITIES AND OUR STAFF, UH, AND FOLKS IN LEADERSHIP WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT HEADING TOWARDS AN OCTOBER 4TH WORK SESSION, UH, OCTOBER TO BE DETERMINED, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A DATE VERY SOON VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING, AND THEN OCTOBER 29TH FOR A JOINT MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE A VOTING SESSION.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SERGEANT, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
UH, AND I DON'T THINK I'M ALONE IN, IN NOT UNDERSTANDING REALLY CLEARLY, WHICH IS WHICH, AND WHAT IS WHERE, SO I THINK THIS IS REAL IMPORTANT TO GET THIS OUT.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT NOW SUFFICIENTLY BEFORE THE JOINT MEETING OF EVERYBODY ON THE FOURTH, OBVIOUSLY IT'LL BE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THREE BOARDS ON THE FOURTH TO ADDRESS IT THEN PUBLICLY.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING BEFORE ANY OF US ACT ON THIS, UH, SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD.
BUT FROM A CONCEPTUAL STANDPOINT, UH, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, THE JPA SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A DBE POLICY.
WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PROCUREMENT POLICY.
WE'VE DONE THAT NOW, OR WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT TODAY.
UM, IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT THAT WHETHER IT'S DINER, THE JPA OR WHETHER IT'S DONE HERE, THAT THERE'S REAL SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE.
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THAT MEANS BOTH THE TIME, THE PUBLIC NOTICE, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THE SUFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF SPACE AND ROOM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS AND ENGAGE.UM, I'VE WATCHED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DBE POLICY AND THE PROCURE ON OUR AGENDA THREE TIMES NOW, UH, INCLUDING TODAY WITH LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE, SEEN IT EVOLVE BASED ON COMMENTS COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND BOARD MEMBERS AND THE ADVISORY COUNCILS.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT'S HOW THE PROCESS SHOULD BE WORKING, BUT IF IT'S NOT THAT WAY, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD AND SAY, NO, IT DIDN'T WORK WELL WITH THE DBA OR THE PROCUREMENT POLICY, BUT TAKING THINGS AND INTO KIND OF LIKE BITE-SIZE PIECES LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THEM AND FOCUS ON THEM MAKES SENSE TO ME SO LONG AS THE COMMUNITY HAS THE TIME AND THE ABILITY, THE TRANSPARENCY TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MEANINGFULLY, UH, UH, WEIGH IN.
UM, AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KIND OF SQUARE THIS UP.
WHAT IS IN THE JPA, WHAT'S NOT IN THE JPA, WHAT IS THE JPA CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS TO THE JPA TO DO? AND WHAT THINGS ARE INCLUDED, I THINK IS THE PROCESS WE'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH AND THE WAY YOU'RE APPROACHING.
AND I SECOND VERBATIM, PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
CAN I JUST DO THAT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR STATEMENT, BECAUSE I DO FEEL THAT, I MEAN, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT, AND EVEN AS RECENT AS OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, WHERE WE HAD THE URBAN LEAGUE SAYING IS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN THE JPA SAYING, HOW MANY, HOW DO, HOW CAN WE ENGAGE? AND WHAT'S THAT PROCESS FOR ENGAGING? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO HELP HELP US HELP YOU DELIVER THIS PROGRAM? I THINK WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THIS RIGHT, AND NOT MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THIS WRONG.
MY, MY TAKE ON THIS IS THAT IF WE CAN RESOLVE OR HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION EARLY, THEN IT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR REMOVING BARRIERS LATER.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT THE GET DOWN INTO SOME OF THE DIFFICULT WEEDS AND I'M THINKING MORE OR LESS AN IN TERMS OF UTILITIES.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THAT COULD, I'M JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE BEST EXAMPLE, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT FROM A PERMITTING STANDPOINT, FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, THERE COULD BE SOME ASPECTS THAT THE DESIGN TEAM COULD BENEFIT IF THERE'S CLARITY AND THE PERMITTING STAFF THAT THE CITY CAN ADVANCE, IF THERE'S CLARITY ON WHO DOES WHAT.
SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE DIFFICULT THINGS TO DISCUSS AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO COVER? SO I APPRECIATE THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A FORUM TO THE COMMUNITY ON OCTOBER 21ST, BUT IS THIS ENOUGH? IS THAT ENOUGH SPACE? LET'S THINK ABOUT IT, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AS A, AS A BOARD, AS A TEAM TO HELP EXPEDITE THE PROGRAM AND NOT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE MORE WE CAN ADDRESS EARLY, IT WOULD HELP US DELIVER IT BETTER LATER.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? REMEMBER STRAP? UH, YEAH.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS FROM THE GET-GO, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, OF TIME, ENERGY AND EFFORT PUT IN, PUT INTO THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INITIAL RESOLUTIONS THAT, THAT, UH, BROUGHT THE CITY AND CAP METRO TOGETHER TO THEN EVEN CREATE THE, THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS AND TO STIPULATE.
WE ARE GOING TO CREATE THE, UM, THE US, THE, THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF POLICY DIRECTIONS THAT WENT INTO THAT.
THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTANCES IN THERE WHERE WE MADE ALLOWANCES AND STATED TO A LOT OF BOTH IN THE DOCUMENT AND TO STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO FLUSH THE REST OF THAT OUT, DOWN THE ROAD, BUT LET'S, LET'S GET US TO ELECTION DAY.
LET'S GET THE THING, LET LET'S LET'S BIRTH THE BABY.
AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RAISE IT UP.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT THEN THAT OFFERED OPPORTUNITY AFTER THE FACT FOR FURTHER, UH, COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY ECHO WHAT MAYOR ADLER HAS STATED FROM THE DAYAS HERE THAT WE'VE HAD AS WE'VE GONE ALONG.
IT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING AS I'VE WATCHED THIS, IT'S BEEN VERY MUCH A VERY, UM, ENGAGING PROCESS, ALMOST KIND
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OF, UM, A MORPHOUS SLOWLY WITHOUT EVEN US REALLY LOOKING AT IT, OR REALLY NECESSARILY PER SE, PLANNING TO SO MANY THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.HAVE, AS I VIEW IT INDIRECTLY DEALT WITH THE JPA, NOT NECESSARILY WITH US INTENDING TO 'CAUSE AND, AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT STAFF HAS DONE HERE.
I, AS I LOOK AT THIS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAM FUNDING, WELL, MANY OF THOSE ASPECTS OF PROGRAM FUNDING, WE CLEARLY WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED WITH PREVIOUSLY LAID OUT ILS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO TRANSFER THE REVENUE FROM AND DEAL WITH THE $300 MILLION FOR THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS BACK TO THE CITY, WELL, HOW DOES CAPTAIN, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES CAP METRO GET ITS MONEY TO, TO US? AND WHAT IS ATP GOING TO DO FOR CAP METRO, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THE DBE PROGRAM, AS, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, WE WE'VE HAD VERY EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS.
BURNETT AND, AND, AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SENT THAT BACK TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS.
AND WE'VE HAD, I THINK NO LESS THAN, AS YOU SAID, THREE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT WITH, WITH, UH, PUBLICLY HERE AND WITH STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.
I GUESS I'M JUST SEEING MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OVER THINGS THAT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AS, AS, UH, AS MR. SERGEANT AND STAFF ARE NOW PRESENTING IT TO US, IT APPEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING THESE THINGS WITHOUT REALIZING WE WERE ADDRESSING THEM.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MANY ASPECTS OF THE JPA IN SOME WAYS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF OSTENSIBLY OFFICIALLY, I GUESS, AS IT WERE CODIFYING AND JUST CREATING THIS NEW DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, PLEASE SEE REFERENCE TO THESE OTHER DOCUMENTS WE'VE ALREADY CREATED, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PUT THE LEGWORK IN.
WE'VE HAD THE, THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND NOW THERE ARE STILL SOME THINGS OUT THERE THAT CLEARLY WE NEED SOME FEEDBACK ON.
AS, AS I SEE WE'VE GOT THESE, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LAYING THIS OUT.
WE'VE GOT THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM.
UM, THE, UH, THE, UM, UH, LIVING WAGE AND, UH, POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO BUSINESSES THAT, THAT ALL NEED TO BE OFFICIALLY ADDRESSED.
WHAT I LOOK AT THIS AS IS THAT, UM, THE, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL AND CAP METRO CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ATP DOES, AND THIS IS THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO DO IT.
STAKEHOLDERS PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THIS.
THE TWO BODIES MET AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT GOING FORWARD.
YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT.
AND THEN WHAT THIS IS IS THAT IF, IF, IF YOU AND YOU GUYS, AS THE STAFF, WE'RE GONNA, I ASSUME, BRING FORTH SOME RESOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THESE MATTERS, BUT WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK WRAPPED IN WITH SOME OF THIS OTHER PUBLIC FEEDBACK WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER ASPECTS OF ILS WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THE KIND OF ADDRESS THIS, I THINK THIS IS SOUNDS SO THAT THEORETICALLY, THEN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE GET THAT IS THE QUOTE UNQUOTE JPA SHOULD BASICALLY JUST BE A REFERENCE BACK TO ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PASSED IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME.
AND SOMEBODY JUMP IN IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING HERE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT BY THE END OF THIS, THAT THIS PROCESS IS ALL OVER WITH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE JPA IS BASICALLY JUST GOING TO BE AN ILA THAT HAS PRETTY MUCH CODIFIED ALL THESE AND MAKES REFERENCE TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS.
AND THAT WE, AS A BOARD ARE SAYING, YES, WE ACKNOWLEDGE, WE HEAR THE COMMUNITY WE'RE GOING TO DO AND TAKE ACTION ON EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE TOLD TO DO BY YOU GUYS AND BY OUR PARENTS, AS IT WERE THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND BY CAP METRO, IF I, IF I CAN I JUST JUMP IN AND COMMENT, WHICH I WOULD SAY THAT IS MORE OR LESS YES, CORRECT.
UH, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
AND I THINK THE BOTTOM OF THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
SO LANGUAGE AROUND PERMITTING, DESIGN, REVIEW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PROCESSES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WHICH THE STAFF, AGAIN, TO, TO JIM'S POINT, I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD AND SOMETIMES THE STAFF IS INCREDIBLY COLLABORATIVE.
SO I WANTED EVERYONE TO, YOU KNOW, PUBLICLY IN THIS BOARD, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO, TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE IS WORKING WELL TOGETHER.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT, I THINK DR.
BURNETT HAS USED THIS ANALOGY OF A PLANE, BUT I USED TO TRAIN.
WE ARE, WE ARE DRIVING A TRAIN WHEN WE'RE BUILDING A TRAIN AND WE ALL HAVE TO JUST REMEMBER, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS NEVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
UM, SO THERE IS GOING TO BE EVOLUTION.
AND BY THE WAY, THAT EVOLUTION IS REALLY POSITIVE.
SO IT'S ACKNOWLEDGING, OH, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GO LEFT, LEFT.
ACTUALLY, DOESN'T GET US WHERE WE ALL WANT TO GO.
SO A VARIETY OF TECHNICAL, LEGAL, FINANCIAL, OR COMMUNITY INPUT, AND WE'RE GOING TO TWEAK IT AND GO 10 DEGREES.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
UM, AND THAT'S A HEALTHY PROCESS.
UM, THE MAYOR MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS HELPFUL BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMUNICATION, UH, I'LL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY THAT I THINK WE PROBABLY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A VOID OF COMMUNICATION ON THIS TOPIC.
TOTALLY INADVERTENTLY STAFF IS WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
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AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GOT SOMETHING OUT THAT CLEANED THIS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR CLARITY.UH, JEAN AND I ARE WORKING ON A MEMO TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING OUT AGAIN, TO ALL BODIES TO KIND OF JUST GET THIS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION OUT.
BUT I THINK EXTENSIVELY WHERE YOU SAID BOARD MEMBER IS YES, IT'S.
THE JPA IS A COLLECTION OF A BUNCH OF ILS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, PLUS SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT THE TEAMS ARE WORKING, UH, TIRELESSLY ON TO PUT TOGETHER.
THIS IS A VERY PRACTICAL QUESTION, SAM, AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT.
SO IN PRACTICALITY, OCTOBER 4TH IS TOMORROW.
SO WE'RE HAVING A VIRTUAL MEETING FOR COMMENT.
SO WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE RELEASING A DRAFT? SO PEOPLE HAVE, SO PEOPLE HAVE TIME TO PREPARE.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT NO USING THE ANALOGY OF THE ROAD, PROVIDING RULES OF THE ROAD, WE'RE GOING REALLY FAST AND WE NEED TO PUMP THE BRAKES A LITTLE BIT, KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE HAVE TO STAY ON TASK.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE STARTED LOSING OUR AUDIENCES WHEN WE GO REALLY FAST.
SO IF TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 15TH, TOMORROW'S OCTOBER 4TH.
WHEN DO YOU HAVE ANTICIPATION? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK ON WORK ON, WORK ON, WORK, ON TO TRY AND RELEASE THE PERFECT DRAFT, RIGHT? UM, AND IT BACKFIRES ON YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU, DON'T GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ABSORB IT.
AND A DOCUMENT OF THIS NATURE IS GOING TO BE, SHOULD NOT BE CASTING CONCRETE.
IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE OVER TIME ANYWAY, BY THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO CHANGE.
SO THAT'S A PRACTICAL QUESTION.
WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE, SO THE GOAL FOR THE OCTOBER 4TH WORK SESSION IS THAT WE WOULD POST THE MATERIALS THAT WILL BE SHOWN THERE, LIKE WE WOULD FOR A BOARD MEETING.
UM, SO THE TIMING AND I DON'T HAVE THE DATE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WOULD BE ENOUGH IN ADVANCE OF THAT, THAT WE GIVE FOLKS NOTICE THAT, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON IN OCTOBER.
AND THEN THAT WAY IT WOULD ALSO BE POSTED ONLINE THROUGHOUT THAT MONTH.
AND THEN WE WOULD FIND DIFFERENT AVENUES, WHICH I'LL BE WORKING ON WITH, WITH JACKIE NIERENBERG SO THAT WE NOT ONLY SCHEDULE THE ACTUAL PUBLIC MEETING, BUT THAT WE PROVIDE THESE OPEN-ENDED OPPORTUNITIES LIKE SHE'S BEEN DOING FOR, FOR THE LINE ENGAGEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY ACCESSIBLE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK, WHETHER IT'S BY PHONE, WHETHER THEY'RE EMAILING CAP METRO WITH THE EMAILING ATP, BUT THE, THE GOAL, AND I DON'T HAVE THE DATE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME WOULD BE TO HAVE IT POSTED, LIKE WE WOULD HAVE BOARD MEETING BEFORE OCTOBER 4TH, THEN IT WOULD BE OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND THEN IT WOULD STAY, LIVE ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL STAY LIVE FOR GOOD, BUT IT WOULD STAY, STAY UP ON THE WEBSITE, UH, THROUGH THE JOINT MEETING.
AND I, I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCESS TO JACKIE SHOWED US THAT, THAT CHART OF, UM, FINDING THE COMMON THEMES.
AND I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL FOR THE BOARDS TO KNOW WHAT THOSE COMMON THINGS ARE AS WE GO, AS WE MOVE TOWARDS ACTUALLY SIGNING THE AGREEMENT.
I, MY FIRST UNDERSTANDING OF THIS AND I'M, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CLARITY AS WELL OF WHAT'S IN THE ORIGINAL BIRTH DOCUMENT AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME.
THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE ASPECTS OF WHAT, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE US DO IS HAVE SO MANY ILS THAT NOBODY CAN KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE ISLANDS BECAUSE IT'S COMPLEX AND THE PROGRAM AS IT IS, IS COMPLEX.
SO I THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SIMPLIFY AND TO TRY TO TACKLE AS MANY THINGS AS POSSIBLE BETTER, I THINK IS GOING TO HELP US ALL IN THE LONG HAUL OR THROUGH THE LIFE OF THIS PROGRAM.
BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO REMIND OUR BOARD IS THAT WE WANT TO SET UP THIS SYSTEM FOR SUCCESS.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL THE TOOLS, NOT JUST US AS THE INITIAL BOARD, BUT THE STAFF THAT WOULD IMPLEMENT IT PAST OUR LIFETIME PER START TIME TO COD.
AND ALSO, I KNOW WE CANNOT ANTICIPATE EVERY ASPECT THERE'S GOING TO, EVERY PIECE OF THE PROGRAM IS UNIQUE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TWEAK IT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL ILETS MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT THE MORE WE CAN HAVE EARLY AND WELL COVERED, HOPEFULLY IT WOULD HELP US EXPEDITE AND I'LL HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF SO MANY ILS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS YES.
UH, FAST, UH, UM, PRESIDENT, I, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO I THINK THAT WE WERE USED TO GETTING FOR WORK SESSIONS, THE MATERIALS A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME, AT LEAST.
SO THE ANTICIPATION WOULD BE THAT THERE'LL BE A DRAFT OF THE, I GUESS, THE JPA OR WHATEVER THE ILS ARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, THAT THE, THE JPA
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SAYS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET DONE.I WOULD PUT THOSE IN THAT PACKET TOO, SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC COULD KNOW NOT ONLY THAT WE, WHERE IT IS THAT IT'S BEING HANDLED.
SO, SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET THE, THE RESOLUTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO, I WOULD PUT IN, THERE ARE RESOLUTIONS ON THE DBE PROGRAM.
I'D PUT INTO THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE APPROVING ON THE PROCUREMENT, BECAUSE IT'S MENTIONED IN HERE AS THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT THEN THE JPA WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE WE DID THEM.
I'D GIVE THE COMMUNITY BORDER INFORMATION AND THAT'LL ALL BE TO THEM A WEEK BEFORE THE WORK SESSION AT THE WORK SESSION.
SO IT'S GOTTA BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ASK QUESTIONS, REGIONALLY BOARDS, TO ASK QUESTIONS, THE PUBLIC, HAVING GOTTEN THE INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE WORK SESSION CAN CERTAINLY FUNNEL QUESTIONS TO US THAT THEY WANT US TO ASK EVERYBODY THAT COMMUNITY WILL HEAR THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT AFTER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR OWN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND AS WELL AS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WAS RAISED, WHAT THEMES WERE ADDRESSED, WHAT CONCERNS REPRESENTED IN THE LIKE, AND THAT AFTER THAT, THAT IT COMES BACK FOR ACTION.
AT THE END OF THE MONTH IN THOSE THREE BOARDS OR MEETING TOGETHER, THAT'S A LOT OF TIME FOR IT TO BE OUT IN THE PUBLIC FOR REVIEW, CERTAINLY TO IDENTIFY ISSUES, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THAT, THAT EVERYBODY DID HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT IT.
UH, AND, AND, AND WHAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE IS IT'S GOING TO GO FROM JUST A REALLY THEORETICAL CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S IN THE JPA.
SO I THINK EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS BEING IN THE JPA THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO REACT TO, OR TO BE ABLE TO GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION TO.
SO EVERYBODY WILL KNOW A WEEK BEFORE THAT MEETING KIND OF WHAT'S IN THE, THE JPA WHAT'S BEING HANDLED BETWEEN OCTOBER AND JUNE.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL BOARDS ARE EXPECTED TO DO GIVEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JPA? AND THAT I THINK THIS CONVERSATION WILL BE A LOT EASIER TO HAVE BECAUSE WE'LL ACTUALLY BE TALKING ABOUT REAL THINGS, RIGHT.
AS OPPOSED TO JUST PROTECTING OUR PROCESSES.
CAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS A LOT, UM, AND YOU ARE MANAGING US, MANAGING US THROUGH IT VERY WELL.
NOW I WILL, I WILL AGAIN THINK BOTH THE, THE ATTORNEYS AT THE THREE PARTIES, UH, GINA'S STAFF, UM, CHAYENNE, CROUSEY AT CAPITAL METRO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. UM, SHOULD WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK OR IS EVERYONE OKAY? HOW DOES EVERYONE FEEL? GOOD.
[IV.1. Approval of minutes from the August 18, 2021 Board Meeting ]
TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 18TH, 2020 FIRST AUSTIN TRANSIT APPRENTICESHIP BOARD MEETING.IF EVERYONE HAS TIME TO APPROVE, UH, READ THEM.
UH, MAY RATHER MOVES TO APPROVE ANY SECOND.
BURNETT SECOND, EVERYONE IN APPROVAL SAY AYE.
UH, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[IV.2. Adoption of the ATP FY2022 Budget, including staff recommended changes to increase property tax revenue by $1,232,810 and increase community engagement expenditures by $600,000 ]
ACTION ITEM TODAY, THE ADOPTION OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET, INCLUDING STAFF RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BY 1 MILLION, 230, $2,810 AND INCREASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXPENDITURES BY $600,000.TODAY, WE HAVE DIANE SEILER BUDGET DIRECTOR AND SHE WILL NOW GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET.
IT'S A VERY EXCITING DAY IN BUDGET WORLD.
UM, IT MARKS THE CULMINATION OF GENERALLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS WORTH OF WORK.
UM, AND JUST TO REORIENT US ALL TO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A SUBSET OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE, UH, PROVIDED YOU LAST MONTH.
SO THESE SLIDES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO INCORPORATE THE STAFF CHANGES THAT YOU HAD JUST DISCUSSED WHERE, UM, REQUESTING A BUDGET OF 312, $12.8 MILLION
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OF THAT.UH, THE FUNDING SOURCES 50% IS COMING FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES FROM, UM, PROPOSITION A, UH, THE CAPITAL METRO IS CONTRIBUTING THE OTHER, UH, ANOTHER 8%.
AND THEN THE FINAL COMPONENT IS COMING FROM THE RESERVES FROM
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES, UM, PREDOMINANTLY THROUGH THE CAPITAL SIDE OF THE, UM, OF THE HOUSE AND THEN, UM, TO CAPITAL METRO FOR, TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE EXPENSES THAT THEY'RE INCURRING ON.
ON BEHALF OF PROJECT CONNECT, WE HAVE THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING FOR $42 MILLION THAT WILL BE, UM, ADDED TO THE $23 MILLION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SET ASIDE.
SO THERE'LL BE $65 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY FOR THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT.
AND THE REST OF THE, UH, FUNDING HERE IS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LEASE SALARY, UM, AND OUR, OUR, UM, SHARED SERVICES WITH CAP METRO AND WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S LIAISON OFFICE.
THIS IS IT'S THE SAME SLIDE THAT WE SAW LAST TIME.
UM, AND IT'S, UH, IT IS SIMPLY THE, UM, 86% OF OUR FUNDING IS GOING TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, AND THE OTHER 13% GOING TO THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WITH 1% GOING FOR, UM, A COMBINATION OF THE, UM, OPERATIONS FOR CAPITAL METRO RIGHT NOW, IT'S SIMPLY FOR THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATORS, BUT LATER ON, IT WILL GROW, WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR CONTINGENCY, AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL COMPONENT THAT IS FOR NON ALLOCABLE EXPENSES.
THIS IS A RESTATEMENT OF THE, UM, OF THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS.
SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU, MS. SILER, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OR MEMBER ELKINS? I GOT TO ASK A QUESTION ON THE FINANCE GUY.
UM, JUST, UH, I I'M ASSUMING THAT QUARTERLY, THIS BOARD WOULD BE GETTING BUDGET TO ACTUAL REPORTS AND JUST HOW WE'RE DOING ON OUR BUDGET, RIGHT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE PART OF WHAT YOU'RE ADOPTING TODAY IS NOT JUST, UM, THE NUMBERS.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FUNDING SOURCES, BUT YOU'RE ALSO ADOPTING THE FINANCIAL POLICIES.
THERE'S A SET OF 20 FINANCIAL POLICIES IN THE DOCUMENT IN THE APPENDIX SECTION.
AND ONE OF THOSE FINANCIAL POLICIES IS THE REPORTING THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, WE WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU, UM, BUDGET TO ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
AND THEN JUST, IF YOU COULD JUST COMMENT, CAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S WORTHY MENTIONING THE 600,000 INCREASE IN, UM, UH, COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT THING TO DO, GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT THE EXTRA MONEY, BUT, UH, I, IT WAS LIKE THIS, THIS REALLY COOL VEHICLE THAT I SAW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING AND DRIVING AROUND.
I, I THINK IT'S WORTH JUST MENTIONING WHAT THAT IS.
CAUSE I, I THINK IT'S A REALLY NEAT, NEAT FEATURE WE'RE DOING.
SO IT'S CALLED THE MOBILE EXPERIENCE CENTER AND, UM, THINK OF IT AS A MUSEUM ON WHEELS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES BEHIND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND ALSO THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE TAKEN TO GET, UM, A LIGHT RAIL BUILT AND REALLY FOR ANY, ANY MORE DETAIL BEHIND THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DEFER TO, UM, PETER MULLIN TO RESPOND.
MAYBE IN ANOTHER MEETING, WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DESCRIPTION.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD IS AT SOME POINT I WOULD IMAGINE AS WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FROM 15 TO 30, WHEN WILL THIS BOARD GET KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, THEIR BUDGET, HOW THEY'RE DOING RIGHT, BECAUSE AS WE ALL SAW, THERE WAS A SLIDE WHEN PROJECT CONNECT WAS PUT TOGETHER THE 7.1 BILLION, A BILLION AND HOW IT BROKE DOWN BY THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS ORANGE ON BLUE LINE.
UM, WHEN DO WE ENVISION THAT UPDATE HAPPENING FOR THAT QUESTION? I'M GOING TO DEFER TO DAVE COUCH BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO OVERSEE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AS WE GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE THROUGH THE 30% AND GET TO THAT POINT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A LOT BETTER, MORE ACCURATE ESTIMATES THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
OUR EXPECTATION IS TO GET TO THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE 30%, VERY EARLY IN
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THE NEXT QUARTER.SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH NUMBERS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THOSE ON A PROJECT BASIS.
UH, BOTTOM LINE, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IT GETS REFINED MORE AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO, SO NEXT TIME, OR YOU THINK YOU WILL ENVISION COMING BACK TO THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT BUDGETS AS WELL AS PERHAPS TIMELINE AS WELL.
IF I CAN JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT TO THAT CAUSE GREG GREG COMMENT, A BOARD MEMBER.
SO A LITTLE BIT ON TOP OF WHAT DAVE SAID THERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY HAD BROUGHT TO THE BOARD, UM, BOTH CAP METRO BOARD AND THIS BOARD, THE 30% COST ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY AT 30% SINCE THE RED LINE AND THE RAPID PROJECTS.
AND THEY'RE TRAILING REALLY WELL TO BUDGET AND THE TEAMS, THE TEAMS MOVING THOSE FORWARD TO THE LIGHT RAIL, WHICH IS KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE BIG, THE BIG ELEPHANT, IF YOU WILL, THE LARGEST COST DRIVER, UH, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY LATE SPRING TO SUMMER 30% DESIGN THAT ALSO IS GONNA CORRESPOND REALLY WELL, UH, PARALLEL AN ENTIRE FINANCIAL RISK ANALYSIS PROCESS.
SO ONCE THIS PROCUREMENT, UH, ASSUMING THE BOARD TAKES ACTION TODAY AND A CLEAR POLICY, WE HAVE AN, UH, AN, UH, A PROCUREMENT GOING OUT ON THE STREET TO HIRE A FINANCIAL RISK ADVISOR THAT CAN COME IN AND HELP BOTH ANALYZE OVERALL PROGRAM RISK IN RELATION TO FINANCIALS AND THINK THROUGH CONTRACTING DELIVERY METHODOLOGY AND HOW YOU BREAK CONTRACTS UP.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE ORANGE LINE MAY END UP BEING FIVE CONTRACTS COULD BE ONE CONTRACT.
WE WERE NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT WILL WORK.
UH, THE ONE THING I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ADD IN THERE IS I WILL SAY WE'LL PROBABLY NOT REFERENCE 7.1 BILLION THAT OFTEN ONLY BECAUSE THAT, THAT SLIDE WAS REALLY THE CAPITAL COST AND IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE FINANCING.
IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT ONM OR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.
AND WHAT WAS SO VALUABLE ABOUT THIS REFERENDUM WAS THAT IT IS A LONG-TERM FUNDING SOURCE, SO WE CAN BALANCE ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF COSTS.
SO THAT WILL FLUCTUATE BASED ON FEDERAL SHARE, UM, OTHER INPUTS.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IS, UH, COST PER PROJECT IN A CAPITAL WISE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO END UP REALLY PULLING IT BACK OUT TO TOTAL COST OF PROJECT AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE ORANGE LINE IS X AMOUNT OF BILLION, BUT THEN YOU TAKE THE FINANCING IT'S X AMOUNT OF BILLION MORE, AND THEN, THEN WE HAVE TO CORRESPOND THE REVENUE SOURCES AGAINST THAT.
SO THINGS YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW, BUT, BUT, UM, NOW THAT YOU ANSWERED THAT QUESTION, I THINK IT'S, WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLAIN THAT OVERALL THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS USED TO DOING BOND PROJECTS, NOT LONGTERM, UM, CAPITAL FINANCE O AND M STYLE PROJECTS.
SO WE'LL IN THE ONUS ON THAT EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, ESPECIALLY KIND OF MID THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR REMEMBER, UH, YES.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION TO CLARIFY HERE, BECAUSE THE, A MEMO THAT YOU SENT, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BOARD PACKET ON PAGE.
UM, UH, WHAT WAS THAT, I GUESS IT'S PAGE 32 OF THE BOARD PACKET.
IT'S JUST BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION, WHERE WE WERE, UM, HAVING THE ADJUSTMENT WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE CHANGES.
THERE ARE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TAX REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, REFER TO THE, THE, THE REVENUE TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE AS 321.9 MILLION.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE CHART THERE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE 321.9 MILLION.
AND THEN THEREFORE THE, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE 312.7, LEAVING US A RESERVE FOR FUTURE PROJECT COMMITMENTS OR RESERVE BALANCE OF NOW 9.16 MILLION.
AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THAT ACTUALLY EXPRESSED IN THE PRESENTATION.
CAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT, UM, THE SOURCES OF REVENUE PANNED OUT AT EXACTLY 312 MILLION, WHICH WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE EXPENSES WERE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU GO TO LET'S SEE, HOW ABOUT SLIDE TWO OF THE PRESENTATION? YES.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE FIRST BULLET THERE, I JUST MENTIONED THAT IT LEAVES $9.2 MILLION FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
SO WHILE I CAN PUT IT IN A TABLE, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE IT.
SO THAT, SO, SO, WHEREAS, SO WE'RE BASICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO THAT WE'RE SETTING THAT ASIDE IN OUR CAPITAL, THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT, IS IT THE PUBLIC'S AWARE WE ARE STILL SETTING ASIDE WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD, WE, WE HAD TO TAKE MONEY FROM YEAR ONE AND ROLL IT OVER TO YEAR TWO, BUT WE ARE STILL SETTING ASIDE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT THAT MONEY IN THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT AS IT WERE TO CONTINUE TO BANK UP AND BUILD THAT, BUILD THAT ACCOUNT ON THE SIDE FOR FUTURE NEEDS AND FUTURE ENDEAVORS, AS WE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GETTING DOWN THE LINE AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE NEEDS FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS COME FURTHER ALONG THE LINE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
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THERE JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THAT INCREASE IN REVENUE.SO WE HAVE AN INCREASED, OR IT'S NOT MUCH, IT'S LESS THAN 1%, RIGHT.
BUT IT IS AN INCREASE IN REVENUE.
UH, AND I THINK YOU'RE, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE COUNCIL, WHILE IT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN PROPOSED A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE, THE COUNCIL DID A 4.7% INCREASE.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF A COUNCIL HAD DONE A 2.2% INCREASE, THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS MONEY COVERING EXACTLY THE DYNAMIC? YES.
AND JUST PROBABLY TO EMPHASIZE THAT MAYOR, I THINK A GREAT GRAND CANAL CFO COULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN THIS BETTER THAN ME, BUT I'LL TRY, UM, THE LONG-TERM INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL, I ASSUME THREE AND A HALF AS THE BASELINE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE AND THE STATE LAW PIECE.
SO, UH, GREG, UNLESS I HAVE THAT WRONG, THAT WAS PLUGGED.
PLUGGED AND PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MODEL.
AND WE ALSO BUILT IN A SMALL COMPONENT FOR, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL GROWTH.
NO, NO MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
ARE WE READY TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR? SO I, IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET MOTION, MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER ELKINS.
EVERYONE IN APPROVAL, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
SO THE BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[IV.3. Adoption of the ATP Procurement Policy and Guidelines ]
UM, ITEMS, OUR THIRD ACTION ITEM.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, THE ADOPTION OF OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY.
AND WITH US, WE HAVE VICKI REDERICK.
WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT WHO WILL NOT PRESENT OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY.
HELLO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND, UH, DIRECTOR CLARK.
SO THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE THE PRESENTATION THAT I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER.
UH, BUT THIS IS JUST TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES AND TALK ABOUT HOW IT WAS TAILORED AROUND BEST PRACTICES AND COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.
AND SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS TO FOCUS ON IS THAT ONE, IT PROTECTS THE INTEGRITY OF OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
IT ALLOWS CONSISTENCY IN SOURCING AND IS COMPLIANT WITH THE FTA GUIDE FOR PROCUREMENT SYSTEM REVIEWS, WHICH IS THE SYSTEM THAT THE FDA WILL USE WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEY DO AUDITS ON OUR PROCUREMENTS.
UH, OR YOU CAN TELL NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE COMPLIANCE PIECE OF IT IS COMPLIANT BOTH, UH, LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, AND IT JUST LISTS SOME OF THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE THERE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, OF OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY BEING COMPLIANT.
AND TODAY WHAT, UH, THE ASK OF THE BOARD IS TO, IS TO ADOPT OUR POLICY AND OUR GUIDELINES.
SO THE FIRST SECTION IS THE POLICIES WHICH REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES.
IT TALKS ABOUT OUR PROCUREMENT METHODS, TALKS ABOUT REMEDIES, TALKS ABOUT PROTESTS, TALKS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE REALLY DO BUSINESS WITH ATP.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT ETHICS AND IT TALKS ABOUT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
SO THAT WILL COVER CHAPTERS ONE THROUGH FOUR OF THE POLICY.
AND IN CHAPTERS ONE THROUGH FOUR, IF WE HAVE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THOSE, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO BRING THOSE BACK TO THE BOARD, TO TALK TO THE BOARD AND GET APPROVAL BEFORE WE MAKE ANY CHANGES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE CHAPTERS FIVE THROUGH NINE, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED GUIDELINES.
THOSE ARE MORE LIKE YOUR CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION TYPE THINGS TALKS ABOUT COST PRINCIPLES.
AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE DO BEHIND THE SCENE TO SUPPORT THE POLICIES AS A, UH, TO GO WITH THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS IT'S KIND OF THE PROCESSES, THE PROCEDURES, THE HOW TO, FOR THE PROCUREMENT TEAM.
SO WHEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS COME IN, WHO ARE PERFORMING PROCUREMENTS, THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE POLICIES AND THE GUIDELINES AS WE DO OUR SOLICITATIONS.
AND SO WE WILL BE ASKING YOU TODAY TO ADOPT BOTH THE POLICIES AND THE GUIDELINES, NOT THE ADMINISTRATION PIECE.
AND SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'VE HEARD, UH, AS WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS OVER
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THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND SOME OF THE, UH, ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAVE HAD IS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS.ONE IS THAT THE POLICY ENCOURAGES INNOVATION.
IT ALLOWS SOURCING FLEXIBILITY.
IT ALLOWS FOR BOTH COST AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES.
IT ALLOWS EVALUATION FLEXIBILITY.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHAT THE PROJECT SUCH AS PROJECT CONNECT.
WE WON'T JUST HAVE ONE SET OF CRITERIA THAT WE USE WHEN WE LOOK AT EVALUATION AND WHEN WE SCORE SOLICITATIONS, IT WILL BE BASED ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR SOLICITATION OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, AND THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHEN WE HAVE SOLE SOURCING AND WE MAY EVEN HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO SUBMIT ON SOLICITED PROPOSALS.
SO THE POLICY AND THE GUIDELINES ALLOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN A BIG THING IS IT ALIGNS WITH OUR DEI POLICY, WITH WHAT COURTNEY AND HER TEAM ARE DOING.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES BEHIND THE POLICY AND THE GUIDELINES IS ONE WE WANT TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR BEST INTERESTS.
WE WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE WILL DO THINGS THAT ARE FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN ANYONE WHO'S DOING BUSINESS, UH, WITH, UH, ATP AND IT FALLS THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, WHICH IS A BIG, BIG THING WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS IS THAT WE HAVE FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION AND THAT WE GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO EVERYONE.
AND THE BIG THING IS THAT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH DEI, UH, WE START AT THE VERY BEGINNING FROM THE MINUTE THAT WE RECEIVE A, A REQUISITION FOR A PROCUREMENT, WE GET OUR DDI AND PARK DEPARTMENT INVOLVED.
WE START THE GOAL SETTING PROCESS.
WE START LOOKING AT HOW WE REACH OUT AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION.
AND IT CONTINUES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE POST AWARD PHASE WHEN WE'RE, UH, GETTING INVOICES IN EVERY MONTH, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW, UH, THEY'VE PAID THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS.
WE'RE TRACKING THAT INFORMATION.
WE ARE COMMUNICATING ACROSS THE BOARD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF THE CONTRACT.
THE PROCUREMENT AND DEI DEPARTMENT ARE A PARTNERSHIP.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICY TODAY THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, MS. RODRICK, UM, WHO WANTS TO, I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS.
I KNOW YOU REALLY LIKE PROCUREMENT.
UH, HAVING THIS TYPE OF PROCUREMENT POLICY IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR, UM, THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, THE, NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT TO THE CONTRACTORS AND PEOPLE THAT WILL BE BIDDING ON OUR PROJECTS TOWARDS THE JUMP OUT THAT REALLY I LOVE TO SEE IS INNOVATION AND FLEXIBILITY AND FLEXIBILITY IS KEY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE NEED TO BESPOKE THE PROCUREMENT TO THE ACTUAL PROJECT THAT WE'RE DELIVERING.
AND THAT HAS TO BE BASED ON INPUT FROM THE MARKET MARKET SOUNDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT BEING RIGID LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT AND, UM, KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I KNOW YOU IN ANOTHER UPDATE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY OUR REGION SIX FTA.
UM, ALSO MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY IN THEIR REVIEW THAT THEY BRING, I KNOW THEY PROBABLY CAME UP WITH SAYING, THIS IS EVERYTHING IN COMPLIANCE.
THIS WILL PASS THE FDA GUIDELINES AS WELL.
SO ANY OTHER SALIENT THINGS THAT CAME FROM THAT REVIEW FROM THEM? NO.
UH, WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THEY LOOK AT THEIR PROCUREMENT SYSTEM REVIEW FOR WHICH THERE ARE LIKE 63 ELEMENTS IN THERE THAT GOES THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK AT.
AND SO LOOKING AT OUR POLICY, THEY FELT THAT IT COVERED ALL 63 ELEMENTS OF THAT PROCUREMENT SYSTEM REVIEW.
AND WHILE THEY DIDN'T SAY, YEAH, IT MEETS, THEY SAY, YES, IT APPEARS TO ME ALL OF THE GUIDELINES.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MAYBE RATHER JUST TO STATE IT PARANTHETICALLY GREAT POLICY.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
A REAL IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY TO ONE OF OUR FUNCTIONS AS ASSIGNED TO US.
I THINK BY THE ILA THAT WE CONVERSATION REACHES
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TO ADD, UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S A HOPE AND AN EXPECTATION IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT THE PROCUREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SIZE PROJECT WOULD REALLY HELP FURTHER OUR, OUR EQUITY GOALS IN THE CITY, UH, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES.SO TO HAVE A JOB PROGRAM LIKE THIS, TO HAVE A PROCUREMENT PROGRAM, LIKE THIS IS A REALLY VALUABLE TOOL TO BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THAT IF THERE'S A REALLY DELIBERATE FOCUS ON IT AND FROM EVERYTHING THAT THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE, I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD IN APPRENTICESHIPS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE PEOPLE EXTRA CREDIT AND PROCUREMENT PROCESSES FOR, FOR HELPING USE THIS AS A TOOL TO BRING GREATER ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO THE COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT I'LL BE LOOKING FOR AS YOU BRING US CONTRACTS.
UH, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, UH, REAL TENSION ON THAT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THIS WAS DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT FROM EVERYBODY FROM OUR LEGAL TEAM, FROM OUR PROCUREMENT STAFF, THE, I, I MEAN, DIANE, GREG, I MEAN, EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS AND EVERYBODY HAD FEEDBACK.
AND SO IT WAS DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT, UH, THAT WE ALL WORKED ON AND THAT WE'RE ALL PRETTY PROUD OF AND, UH, HOPING TO GET IT ADOPTED AND START THE ACTUAL WORK OF PROCUREMENTS.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT US HAVING OUR OWN PROCUREMENT POLICY ALLOWS US NOW TO START LETTING GO OF SOME OF THOSE PROCUREMENT EFFORTS THAT CAP METRO HAS LED US SINCE HAS LED THE WAY IN GETTING US, GIVING US A HEADSTART.
SO NOW IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR OWN CONTRACTS THAT SO THINGS ARE GETTING REAL, AND THIS IS ONE BIG STEP OF GETTING THINGS REAL.
SO I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND, UH, AND WITHOUT IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, I LIKE TO INVITE SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOVE.
BURNETT MOVED TO APPROVE SECOND MAYOR ADLER.
AND, UH, IT'S PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[IV.4. Adoption of interim Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal ]
ACTION ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, AND WITH US, WE HAVE THE ADOPTION OF AN INTERIM DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, OUR DBE GOAL.SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR DIRECTOR OR AN EQUITY AND DBE MS. COURTNEY CHAVEZ.
UH, SO THIS IS TO REORIENT US BACK INTO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RELATED TO DBE GOALS.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE REAL WITH THE DB PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND OUR FIRST STEP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THE DBE PROGRAM ITSELF IS BASED IN CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, 49 CFR PART 26.
AND SO TECHNICALLY ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS AND HOW WE BUILD OUT THE DBE PROGRAM ARE LAID OUT IN, AT VFR AS OUR COMPLIANCE NEEDS.
NEXT SLIDE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN THE DBE PROGRAM, WE ARE REFERRING TO THINGS AS RACE CONSCIOUS AND RACE NEUTRAL.
AND SO WHEN WE SAY RACE CONSCIOUS, WE ARE SPEAKING TO WHAT WE DO FOR CERTIFIED DVS DIRECTLY.
AND THAT'S GENERALLY IN HOW WE SET CONTRACT GOALS ON INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL PROCUREMENTS.
AND SO WHEN VICKY'S TALKING ABOUT THE PRE-SUBMISSION SOLICITATION STAGE, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE DOING THE EVALUATION TO SEE WHETHER WE CAN SET A RACE CONSCIOUS GOAL ON THAT PROJECT.
RACE NEUTRAL IS THE LARGER SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS LOOKING AT ALL SMALL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING DBES NEXT SLIDE.
WHEN WE'RE SETTING THE GOAL, IT DOES NEED TO REFLECT ACTUAL AVAILABILITY AND PARTICIPATION.
IT NEEDS TO BE DEFENSIBLE WITH EVIDENCE OF WHAT DBES EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE OVERALL GOAL IS A CALCULATION OF RACE CONSCIOUS AND RACE NEUTRAL TOGETHER.
SO THE RESOLUTION DAY IS ASKING YOU ALL TO ADOPT AS AN INTERIM MEASURE, THE CAP METRO'S 19% GOAL, WHICH IS 9% RACE CONSCIOUS AND 10% RACE NEUTRAL.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP THAT WE NEED TO DO TO ALLOW US AS AN AGENCY TO SET RACE CONSCIOUS GOALS ON OUR PROCUREMENTS.
IT IS OUR STARTING POINT, THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THIS ARE TO EVALUATE OUR OWN CONTRACTS, OUR OWN DIRECTION, WHERE WE'RE HEADING WITH THE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN ATP SPECIFIC GOAL.
AND SO WE HAVE THE TIMELINE OF THAT PLAN UP FOR YOU ALL TODAY THAT THIS IS STEP ONE.
AND HOPEFULLY TODAY WE DO APPROVE IT.
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UM, STEP TWO, WE'RE STARTING TO DISPARITY AND AVAILABILITY STUDIES, AND WE SHOULD HAVE OUR HP SPECIFIC SPECIFIC GOAL FOR YOU BACK IN OUR, IN SUMMER 2022, EXCUSE ME, NEXT SLIDE.IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU HAD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW CAP METRO SET THEIR GOAL TO GET TO THE 90% TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THERE.
STEP ONE WAS TO IDENTIFY THE BASE FIGURE, WHICH IS HOW THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NECKS OR NACS CODES, LOOKING AT AVAILABILITY, LOOKING AT OVERALL FIRMS, AND THEN MULTIPLYING BY THE WEIGHT OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN THEY ADJUSTED THAT BASE FIGURE WITH THE RACE NEUTRAL PORTION TO REACH THE FULL 19% EVALUATION.
I BELIEVE THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A QUICK REVIEW OF GOALS AND GOAL SETTING.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. CHAVEZ QUESTIONS, DR.
ASKING YOU, COULD YOU JUST EXPAND UPON WHAT WE MEAN BY INDIA? YES.
AND SO INTERIM MEANS AS A NEW ORGANIZATION, WE DON'T HAVE PAST HISTORY TO RELY ON IN ORDER TO SHOW WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE TO CREATE A GOAL.
SO THE FIRST STEP THAT WE TAKE IS TO LOOK AT SIMILAR SITUATED, OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES NEAR US AND IN OUR REGION THAT WE CAN THEN UTILIZE THAT GOAL AS OUR STARTING POINT, RIGHT? ALL THAT DOES IS REALLY GIVE ME THE AUTHORITY TO SET RACE CONSCIOUS GOALS ON OUR OWN PROCUREMENTS.
THEN FROM THERE, WE CAN DO OUR OWN EVALUATION.
AND SO THAT MEANS THAT AS WE ARE PROCURING OVER THIS NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING OUR HISTORY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO, AND WE'RE GOING TO RECREATING OUR, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BRING IN THE NAS NACS CODE SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR PROJECTS IN ORDER TO SHIFT THE GOAL INTO WHAT WE NEEDED TO BE.
I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THE BOARD WAS CLEAR ON WHAT WE MEAN BY INTERIM AND THAT WE WILL COME BACK WITH MORE DEFINITIVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STICKING TO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN HISTORY.
SO WHEN WE BUILD OUR OWN HISTORY AND I'VE EMPHASIZED, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE.
WE WANT TO BE, UM, WE WANT TO BE ABOVE AND BEYOND, NOT SETTLE WITH JUST WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND I SHOULDN'T SAY SETTLED, BUT JUST SETTLE WITH WHERE THE BENCHMARK IS.
OUR BENCHMARK SHOULD BE ABOVE THAT AND TO GIVE YOU AN ADDITIONAL STEP.
SO EVERY WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT OUT SEMI-ANNUALLY.
SO EVERY SIX MONTHS WE REPORT OUT OUR OUTCOMES OR RACE CONSCIOUS RACE NEUTRAL.
AND SO THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING PROCESS.
AND REALLY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, WE'LL BE RE-EVALUATING WHETHER WE'RE RIGHT ON OUR GOAL, PROBABLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS WHAT I'M EXPECTING.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, DR.
STRATTON, AND I'LL JUST KEEP DOING THAT.
AND I'LL JUST CLARIFY, NOW THAT WE HAVE JUST PASSED OUR OWN ATP PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES THAT THEN CAN INFORM US, BECAUSE NOW, THEN AT THIS POINT WE CAN START PROCURING THINGS.
WE CAN START, WE CAN START ISSUING OUR OWN PROCUREMENTS.
WE CAN START HAVING OUR OWN CONTRACTS, MEANING THAT NOW YOU, MS. CHAVEZ HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK OFF OF, WHICH IS WHY COME NEXT SUMMER? YOU WILL HAVE A HISTORY FROM WHICH TO BASE THIS OFF OF AND REEVALUATE THAT NUMBER.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANYONE? WELL WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR ACTION ITEM, TO APPROVE THE INTERIM DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
UH, CAN I HAVE, PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? SO, UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I THINK WE WOULDN'T APPROVE IF WE WANT TO APPROVE, CAN I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SO MOVED IF YOU THINK YOU AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? YES, WE HAVE TWO SECONDS.
I THINK WE'RE EXCITED TO GET STARTED.
AND SO WITH THAT, PLEASE SAY, AYE, EVERYONE IN FAVOR.
AND, UM, AGAINST THIS POLICY, NO ONE.
SO THERE'S NO NAYS AND THE, UH, IT PASSES.
TAKE YOUR PICK CASEY, ALL OF A SECOND TO DEAD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. GORTNEY MS. CHAVEZ.
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IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO BE IN PERSON.I HAVE TO SAY YES, BETWEEN GOING FROM ZOOM TO IN-PERSON TO ZOOM TO IN-PERSON JUST THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE HARD WORK.
UM, SO NOW, UH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
[V.1. Info Session: Systems and Vehicles ]
TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS AND WE HAVE AN INFORMATION SESSION THAT WE POSTPONED FROM LAST TIME REGARDING OUR, UH, VEHICLES AND SYSTEMS. MR. DAVE, KUBITSCHEK SO WELCOME.AND I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE MR. COUCH AGAIN.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO KIND OF DO A LEAD IN FOR DAVE.
UH, HE WAS BEFORE THIS GROUP, UH, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO, AND TALK ABOUT VEHICLES.
UH, TODAY HE'S GOING TO GET INTO WHAT SOME OF US CALL GEEKING OUT AND TRANSIT.
CAUSE HE'S GOING TO START TO TALK ABOUT, WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE ON TRACTION POWER.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE ON SIGNALS AND ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED WHEN YOU START TO GET INTO THE THINGS THAT ARE A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, AS A RE-INTRODUCTION, UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE, DAVE COMES TO US BY WAY OF INITIALLY DART LA WASHINGTON, DC, HOUSTON, AND OF LATE.
SO HE'S GOT A TREMENDOUS BACKGROUND AND HE'S A BIG ADD TO OUR TEAM.
SO WITH THAT, DAVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MADAM CHAIR AND ATB WARD MEMBERS.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS DAVE KUBITSCHEK.
I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR SYSTEMS AND VEHICLES FOR ATP.
WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, WHILE A LOT OF THE FOCUS HAS BEEN AROUND NATURALLY THE CIVIL ELEMENTS AND WE'VE PATIENTLY BEEN WAITING OFF TO THE SIDE TO WATCH THEM, UH, ADDRESS ALIGNMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, POSITIONING OF STATIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TOUCH BASE ON A FEW ITEMS OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES.
THERE IS A HUGE UNDERCURRENT ON THE SYSTEMS, FOCUS ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP TO PULL OFF AND SUPPORT NOT ONLY ITS LRT, BUT ALSO AS WE LOOK AT THE OTHER INTERFACE ELEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED, THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER INTO THE SLIDE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'D ALSO SAY COMING IN HERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, OUR THEMES ARE ABOUT BEING SAFE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A REGIONAL PRESENCE.
THEY'VE GOTTA BE VERY RELIABLE, UH, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY KEY WITH THE STAFF, THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ITS PLACE, ESPECIALLY AS THE REGION GROWS AND WE HAVE TO BE RESILIENT EVENTS HAPPEN.
THEY HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, A LOT OF OTHERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S THE CONSCIOUS EFFORT GOING INTO THAT TO MAKING SURE THAT THESE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AND PUTTING TOGETHER AND INTEGRATING WORK TOGETHER AS A UNIT, ALSO POSITIONING OUR STAFF TO GIVEN THEM THE BEST RESOURCES POSSIBLE TO BASICALLY TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT SERVICE DAY IN AND DAY OUT IS GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL ON OUR PART.
SO JUST SOME THEMES OF WHAT WE'RE OF OUR BUSINESS, OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND IT'S NOT ONLY JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH MY TEAM, BUT OTHER FOLKS THAT WE INTERFACE WITH ALSO WITH OUR CONTRACTORS VENDORS, CONSULTANT SERVICES, ANYTHING ELSE, THESE ARE MESSAGES THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT THAT THIS IS THE EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE, WE'RE UNDERTAKING FOR OUR PROJECT.
UM, SOME SYSTEM ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE GOT NOTED HERE.
THERE'S A LOT MORE BY THE WAY, BUT WE JUST PICKED OUT SOME HIGH LEVEL ONES.
UH, THE COMMUNICATIONS ONE, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SLIDE WHEN WE GET TO IT, WE'LL KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST TO A VERY HIGH LEVEL COMMUNICATIONS BASED TRAIN CONTROL.
WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS HOW WE MOVE OUR TRAINS PRETTY MUCH, BUT ITS APPLICATION IS ABOUT NOT ONLY JUST THE MAIN LINE, BUT HOW WE UNDER OPERATE UNDERGROUND, ARIEL, HOW WE OPERATE IN A SHOP, HOW WE OPERATE IN OUR YARD.
IT'S A UNIFORM PLATFORM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH ACROSS THE BOARD.
ALSO ITS SELECTION AND ITS AGE AND ITS TECHNOLOGY LIFECYCLE AS WELL AS TRAIN CONTROL ADVANCES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FOR US MAKING THAT COMMITMENT.
AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A LOT OF FEATURES THAT A TRADITIONAL TRAIN CONTROL CIRCUIT, WHILE OUR TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ROADWAY, WORKER PROTECTION, A LOT OF OTHER THINGS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR WORKERS AND STUFF OUT THERE.
WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY JUST ABOUT THE REVENUE ACT, UH, ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SYSTEM.
UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT POWER A LITTLE BIT.
WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO TWO BUCKETS.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE TRACTIVE EFFORT OR TRACTION POWER.
THAT'S REALLY THE POWER THAT MAKES THE TRAINS GO.
WHETHER WE'RE RECHARGING THEM OR WHETHER WE'RE WORKING ONLINE.
UH, WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALSO IS UTILITY POWER.
THAT'S LIKE POWER TO YOUR STATIONS, TO YOUR FACILITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AS WE WORK WITH AUSTIN ENERGY AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS AROUND DESIGN AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THESE SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE VERY RESILIENT, VERY ROBUST AND GRID MANAGEMENT WILL.
ANOTHER THING WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT
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ON OUR PART, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START GETTING INTO CATENARY FREE, WE START EXPLORING THAT AREA, SEEING WHAT THE INDUSTRY CAN SUPPORT.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OVER A LONGER DURATION.
WHEN IT FINALLY ARRIVES TO ITS DESTINATION, IT'S GOING TO NEED POWER AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THAT AS WELL, TUNNELS AND STATIONS AND SYSTEMS VERY COMPLEX.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SLIDE, KIND OF A KIND OF A CROSS CUT TO KIND OF GIVE AN IDEA.
SO JUST VISUALIZATION ELEMENTS OF THE THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.
IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME, WHETHER IT'S HAPPENING ABOVE GROUND.
IT'S JUST THAT WHENEVER WE WERE IN THIS TUNNEL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COZY, A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFINED, AND IT HAS TO BE VERY ACCURATE BECAUSE TUNNELS EVERYTHING ELSE, ADD SOMETHING AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT STEP THAT SERVICE PROVEN TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU KNOW IS USED GLOBALLY HERE IN THE STATES, MEETS ALL OUR CODES AND REGULATIONS AND STUFF.
WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, MAINTENANCE FACILITY SYSTEMS WHERE HE'S, WHY WE BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE OUR MAINTENANCE YARDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE OVERALL SYSTEMS. AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE RECOVER THINGS.
THAT'S WHERE WE DEPLOY OUR STAFF AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF SYSTEM ELEMENTS IN A LOT OF TIMES WHERE YOU'RE HOUSING A LOT OF YOUR KEY TECHNOLOGY AS WELL.
SO THERE'S LIKE AN EXTRA HARDENING EFFORT THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE AT A WAY.
YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR CORE SERVICES OUT IN THE FIELD, GOING AS WELL, UH, CONTROL CENTERS.
UH, I WILL SAY THIS WILL BE A VERY EXCITING PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUITY OF WHAT THE REGION HERE BRINGS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE DELIVERING AND THE, BASICALLY THE CONNECTIVITY THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AND PUSHING OUR VENDORS, PUSHING OURSELVES ON TO SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO? THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAT IS VERY ROBUST AND GIVES US REAL TIME INFORMATION, NOT ONLY OF JUST ABOUT THE SYSTEM, BUT ON THE BUSINESS SIDE.
HOW DO YOU CAPTURE ASSETS? WHAT'S THE CONDITION OF THAT ASSET? WHAT'S THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT TO REALLY FEED THE OVERALL BUSINESS MODEL? THE PROCESS? UM, UH, A THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF DEVELOPED SOME MODELS.
WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN SOME CIVIL DRAWINGS.
UH, THAT'S BEEN GENERATED BY THE LINE TEAMS. WE'RE STARTING LOOKING AT GRADIENTS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ELEVATION.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT FOR US? IF WE NEED CATENARY FREE THOSE CARS, WE'VE GOT TO GO UP THE HILL, THEY GOT TO GO DOWN THE HILL, THEY GOT TO GO INTO THE TUNNEL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MODEL AND WE'RE ALREADY UNDERTAKING THAT EFFORT RIGHT NOW.
TEMPERATURE IS ALSO AN INTEREST ON OUR PART HEAT, AIR CONDITIONING LOADS, UH, THOSE TYPES OF ELEMENTS RIGHT THERE.
SO JUST FROM A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO GRAVITATE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE 15% INFORMATION.
AND AS WE GET OVER THERE, INFORMATION FROM THE CIVIL SIDE, WE'RE FEEDING IT INTO OUR STUFF AND WE'RE WORKING ACCORDINGLY.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OUR, JUST OUR CONTINUED DISCUSSION WITH TECHNOLOGY LEADERS, NOT ONLY HERE, JUST STATE SIDE, BUT ABROAD.
THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ABROAD AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WHAT THESE COMPANIES ARE GOING TO INVEST IN HERE, STATE SIDE AND USING THIS PROJECT POTENTIALLY AS A LEVERAGE POINT, YOU KNOW, TO BASICALLY START BRINGING THIS STUFF IN.
I'D ALSO KIND OF NOTE, AS WE LOOKED THROUGH THIS, SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT UP, IT'S ABOUT THE RISK ASSESSMENT.
AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE'RE THINKING OF RISK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING OF VITALITY, WE'RE THINKING OF ALSO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU PAWN UP, POTENTIALLY BUNDLE THESE THINGS TOGETHER TO, TO DO A PROCUREMENT STUFF.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER POINT THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE SYSTEM AS WELL.
IT'S ABOUT THAT DELIVERY ELEMENT.
SO WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS IN OUR WORLD.
IT'S REALLY HAS THREE MAIN THEMES.
NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ALREADY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE HERE ALREADY IN THE AUSTIN REGION.
THESE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW.
THESE SYSTEMS HAVE INVESTMENTS.
THE ATP PROJECT IS COMING IN AND ADDING MORE TECHNOLOGY, A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEXITY, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY RESILIENT AND WE INTEGRATE VERY, VERY WELL WITH THIS COUPLE OF POINTS I WOULD BRING UP IS LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES KIND OF LIKE CLOCKWISE, MAYBE ABOUT ONE O'CLOCK OR SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT CONNECTIVITY DO WE HAVE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM? YOU KNOW, AND HOW DO THESE SYSTEMS INTERFACE? BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S COMMUTER RAIL THERE'S BUS.
IT'S A MATTER OF ALL OF THESE THINGS.
BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THE FINGERTIPS, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT WOULD BE, UH, THE EXPERIENCE ON OUR CUSTOMERS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE A LOT OF THESE, UH, INFORMATION AND STUFF AT THEIR FINGERTIPS THROUGHOUT, UH, AND THE REST OF THEM ARE FAIRLY, I WOULDN'T SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST SELF-EXPLANATORY.
AND LIKE I SAY, WE JUST WANTED TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A FRAMEWORK THAT IS WE'RE HAVING THIS.
NOT ONLY WE FOCUS JUST ON OUR PROJECT PROPER, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE OTHER REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE KEY OF OUR OVERALL SYSTEMS INTEGRATION OUT.
AND THEN WE DID NOTE, FOR EXAMPLE,
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THE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE OPERATE OUT THERE, THERE'S ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE, THERE'S TRAIN CONTROL THINGS.THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH AND PROVISION THROUGHOUT.
AND WORKING AT THIS LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY, WE THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT NOW BECAUSE IT'LL GIVE US A BETTER PRODUCT, YOU KNOW, IN CASE WE DO MISS SOMETHING.
AND THAT'S THE THING WE'RE ALWAYS PROVIDING FEEDBACK AND LOOK AT THIS.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERALL VIEW OF WHAT COMMUNICATION MEANS IN OUR WORLD AND OUR WORLD.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, 30% DESIGN, SOME AREAS OF FOCUS WHERE WE'RE REALLY, REALLY GOING TO START DIGGING IN EVEN MORE.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, AGAIN WITH THIS COMMUNICATION BASED TRAIN CONTROL, IT HAS TO INTERFACE AND WORK WITH THE CITY SIGNALS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER LEVEL THAT WE HAVE TO WORK IN.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT US MANAGING OUR TRAIN MOVEMENT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE A GOOD PARTNER WORKING WITH THE CITY INTERFACE, YOU KNOW, AROUND THAT AT THE, AT GREAT OPERATIONS, THE CBTC IS GOING TO HAVE CERTAIN OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
WHEN WE OPERATE BELOW GROUND, IT'S GOING TO BE BASICALLY AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM.
AND IT BASICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF AUTOMATION, A LOT OF PRECISION STOPPING, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING DOORS, UH, THE RIGHT WAY.
WHEN I SAY HITTING DOORS, I MEAN THE SPOT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AT NOT RUNNING INTO THEM.
BUT TO, TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, THE OTHER THING IS THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE GOT BETWEEN CAR BARRIER.
SO LIKE, UH, AT, AT ALL STATIONS AND STUFFS.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLATFORM SCREEN DOOR, PARTICULARLY IF IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, MOVES THAT WE STILL HAVE TO STOP THE TRAIN IN A CERTAIN AREA, BUT SO THAT WAY WE REQUIRE WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS, REQUIREMENTS AND STUFF.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE LAYERS OF INTERACTION THAT WE'RE TALKING BEHIND THE SCENES.
WHEN WE HAVE THESE HIGH LEVEL BOXES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER UNDERCURRENT OF FLOW OF THEMES AND STUFF THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THOSE SCENARIOS, UM, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND PROVISIONS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCING THE, YOU KNOW, OF A POLICE FORCE FOR CAT METRO PROPER, BUT THEN IT'S ALL THE OTHER POLICE FORCES, FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMS, EVERYTHING ELSE.
HOW DO THOSE, HOW DO THOSE PROCESSES WORK? NOT ONLY ABOVE GROUND, BUT BELOW GROUND, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A SIZABLE NETWORK UNDERGROUND HERE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S STUFF THAT IS DONE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVISION IT RIGHT, TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, TO PERFECTION, YOU KNOW, IT, IT HAS TO BE FLAWLESS EVERY TIME.
AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ANALYZING, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR SIGNAL STRENGTHS ARE AT PORTALS BUILDINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING AS WE LOOK AT THIS COMMUNICATIONS BASED TRAIN CONTROL, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ALIGNMENT TO SAY, WHAT HAPPENS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IF SOMEBODY BUILDS A 20 OR 30, 40 STORY BUILDING, THAT IS A HUGE OBSTACLE IN YOUR COMMUNICATION.
SO WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO TRY TO PROVISION WHAT THE SYSTEM IS RIGHT NOW, BUT AS, AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN EXPANDS AND GROWS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THE ADAPTABILITY OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE INTEGRATING HAS THE ABILITY TO BASICALLY BE UPGRADED.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF OUR SPECTRUM BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T BUILD BUILDINGS, BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE, WE DO HAVE TO COMMUNICATE AROUND THEM AND YOU GENERALLY CAN'T COMMUNICATE THROUGH THEM TOO VERY WELL.
UH, LET'S GETS A LOT OF, UH, AGAIN, TRACTION POWER AND UTILITY NEEDS OR SUSTAIN SERVICES.
I THINK IT'S HOW WE MANAGE OUR GRID WITHIN OUR SERVICES PROPER, BUT ALSO HOW WE PARTNER WITH THE REGION AS WELL, UH, IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY CRITICAL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS, AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A 24 7 ENVIRONMENT, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE SERVICE HOURS ARE, THE WINDOW MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER, A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
THERE'S GOING TO BE ACTIVITY AROUND THIS THING AROUND THE CLOCK.
YOU KNOW, UTILITIES HAS GOT SWITCHING TIME, THEY'VE GOT THEIR MAINTENANCE NEEDS.
WHEN DO YOU TAKE POWER OFF? SO THAT WAY THEY CAN WORK ON THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO TAKE OUR STUFF.
HOW DO WE ISOLATE THAT STUFF OUT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S PART OF THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE LOOK AT, LOOK AT THIS AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, THE METHODOLOGY, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF BUCKET IN TWO AREAS, WHAT IS VITAL AND WHAT IS NONVITAL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN SYSTEMS THAT ARE VITAL, THAT WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT CONTRACTORS THAT ARE BASICALLY, YOU WANT THEM TO OWN THAT POTENTIAL LIABILITY.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN TO SAY, WE WILL CERTIFY YOUR SYSTEM, BUT IT HAS TO MEET THE FOLLOWING CHECKLIST, YOU KNOW, AND YOU PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THIS AREA AND STUFF, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS THE ABILITY WHERE ARE THEY AT IN THEIR DELIVERY MODEL? YOU KNOW, COVID HAS BEEN VERY DISRUPTIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS GOES BY LIKE THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ON OUR PART, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR TECHNOLOGY, WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR WORKLOAD.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK ARE WE GETTING FROM THEM? AND THAT'S SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY THINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING BEFORE WE GET INTO A LOT OF THESE FORMAL RFP PROCESSES AS WELL.
THIS WAS, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF, UH, A CROSS SECTION OF A TUNNEL, WHETHER
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IT'S TWIN BORE OR A SINGLE BORE, WE'RE REALLY KIND OF INDIFFERENT.WE JUST KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT FITS AND STUFF IN THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THE FOCUS IS NATURALLY IS ON THE TRACK WORK AND THE RAILCARD STUFF GOING THROUGH THERE, BUT WE'VE GOT ELEMENTS AND THEN I'M GOING TO START UP KIND OF LIKE ONE O'CLOCK OR TWO O'CLOCK WORK AROUND, BUT WE'VE GOT VENTILATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT FI NATURALLY A LOT OF, UH, FIRE PROVISION AROUND THERE.
WE GOT FIBER RINGS CONNECTIVITY ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE COMMUNICATING THROUGH OUR NETWORK AND OTHER SERVICES AND STUFF.
WE'VE GOT DEFINITELY TRAIN CONTROL, VITAL TRAIN CONTROL WITH REDUNDANT SENSORS.
THAT'S THERE, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY WALKWAYS.
YOU KNOW, IF AN EVENT DOES HAPPEN, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE CLEARANCES FOR YOU TO EVACUATE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY AND SAFELY AND THERE'S REGULATIONS AND STUFF THAT WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW WITH THAT, UH, THEN YOU'VE GOT PUBLIC SAFETY.
A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS, CCTV IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.
UM, IN CASE IT IS ASKED, I MIGHT BE AHEAD OF MYSELF, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR US CELL PHONE SERVICE DAY ONE IS ALL THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND.
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, THAT CONNECTIVITY IS SOMETHING THAT'S WORKING IN.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE PROVISION WHERE WE'RE ASSISTING THAT, OH, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE PROVISIONED.
UH, SO THAT WAY WE KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE.
WE CAN ALSO WORK WITH THE MARKET AND STUFF TO SEE WHAT KIND OF INTEREST AND STUFF IS THERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF STUFF UNDERGROUND THERE.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S JUST, LIKE I SAID, A VERY HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION OR CROSS CUT OF IT.
AND LIKE I SAID, ALL OF THIS STUFF HAS TO BE ADHERED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT MEANS.
UM, AND, UH, IT, LIKE I SAID, A LOT ELECTRICAL CONTROLS, IF IT HAS A WIRE THAT GOES TO IT TO POWER IT OR GET A SIGNAL SEED BAG, WE'RE KIND OF INTERESTED IN FROM A SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S THE LINE TEAM MANAGEMENT OR WHETHER IT'S THE CONSULTANT SERVICES OR EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS INTEGRATION IS VERY KEY FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL KIND OF TAPER OVER INTO A NEW VIEW INTO VEHICLES.
UH, WE DID HAVE A AS SCHEDULED ON APRIL 8TH AND NINTH, WE HAD LIKE A NEW VEHICLE DAY THAT W THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, WHAT THIS WAS, WAS BASICALLY EIGHT OF THE LEADING, UH, CAR BUILDERS BASICALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY DO A PRESENTATION TO US OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS.
UH, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A GROUNDBREAKING MOMENT TO BASICALLY START THE FORMAL DIALOGUE, EVEN THAT MUCH MORE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT WAS, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? WHAT IS YOUR EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF DOING IN 2029? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR EQUIPMENT GOING TO BE CAPABLE OF DOING IN 20 22, 20 23, BUT WHERE ARE YOUR BUSINESS MODELS AND STUFF GOING? WE'RE LOOKING FOR SAFE EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR RELIABLE EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE SUSTAINED.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT SINCE THIS EQUIPMENT HAS A 30 YEAR LIFE CYCLE, WHATEVER YOU DON'T WANT NECESSARILY BUY SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE AFTER THE FACT AND TAILOR AND OUT, YOU JUST WASTED YOUR MONEY ON THAT INVESTMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS AT THE FRONT END OF WHAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE LOOKING AT BUILDING AND PROCURE.
AND, UH, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY WE'RE PROBABLY IN REGULAR DIALOGUE WITH ONE OR TWO OF THEM EVERY WEEK.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A RECIPROCATING PROCESS ALL THE TIME.
AND WE JUST START DISSECTING THINGS DOWN FURTHER AND FURTHER TALKING ABOUT DOORS, AIR CONDITIONING, POWER GRID MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, TRUCK DESIGN SPEED, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE TO REALLY WORK THAT.
SO IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE RENDERINGS AND STUFF THAT'S CAME UP.
WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE TRAIN.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU I'M NOT A COLOR EXPERT OR NOR WILL I BE A FINAL DECISION MAKER ON THAT.
I'M PUTTING A DISCLAIMER ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
UH, I WANT THAT THING TO RUN REALLY WELL.
THERE WILL BE A PROCESS THAT OTHERS WILL TAKE PARTAKE AND WE WILL SUPPORT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
AND LIKE I SAY, WE'RE DEFINITELY KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A SLEEK PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
WE DO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONGER CAR THAN AVERAGE.
WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE 120 530 FOOT LONG FOR A, JUST A SINGLE WHAT WE VIEW UNIT BECAUSE OF THE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY, A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE INDUSTRY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN YOUR TRADITIONAL 60 TO A HUNDRED FOOT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT THE LOW FLOOR DESIGN, WHICH THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR OPERATING SPEED, OUR MODELING, HOW FAST DO WE REALLY NEED TO GO VERSUS MAX SPEED? CAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT OUR OPERATING SPEED THROUGHOUT AGAIN, CATENARY FREE CA UH, CAPABILITIES CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE.
THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE DISCUSSION WITH THIS RACE CAR BUILDERS.
HOW FAR CAN WE GO WITH THE CAR WITHOUT ANY CAT NEAR TO PIRATE IN SERVICE, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE SECTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S INVESTMENT.
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IF YOU HAVE TO PUT A SUBSTATION SOMEWHERE, THERE'S A CIVIL IMPACT, THERE IS A OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A UTILITIES DROP, THERE'S A LAND NEED.IT'S JUST A CATALYST OF A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
IT'S A COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
THE GOOD THING WITH US, WE WERE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BRING UP SUPERCAPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT SUPER CAPS ONLY GET YOU A VERY SHORT DISTANCE.
AND WHEN THEY'RE OUT, THEY'RE DONE.
AND YOU KNOW, SO BATTERY SEEMS TO BE WHERE THE INDUSTRY IS AT.
WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HYDROGEN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S A LITTLE WAYS OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ANOTHER FEW DECADES, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIONABLE FOR US IN THIS SETTING AND STUFF.
THERE ARE SOME SYSTEMS OUT THERE THAT ARE TESTING IT RIGHT NOW AND WORKING WITH IT, BUT IT'S VERY CUTTING EDGE.
IT IS VERY HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED AND THERE'S A LOT OF RISK AND STUFF THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME PROS AND CONS, EVEN THE WAY OF HOW TO GET HYDROGEN TO FUEL WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE.
IT WOULD BE A WHOLE NOTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ON THAT.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZED.
AND ON THE OTHER THING IS, IS ON THE BATTERY.
ONE THING IS VERY INTERESTING.
IT'S REALLY, THE RAILCAR NOW IS ON GRID MANAGEMENT.
NOW IT USED TO YOU JUST PAN UP THE CAR, YOU'D GET ALL THE PRETTY MUCH UNLIMITED POWER AND YOU'D RUN UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.
NOW, IF WE'RE IN THIS AREAS WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE POWER TO FEED THAT, THAT CAR HAS TO HAVE THE SENSITIVITY TO SAY, HOW MUCH AIR CONDITIONING POWER AM I USING? WHAT IS MY PROPULSION REQUEST, DOORS, EMERGENCY FEATURES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THE DEGREGATION OF THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THAT? SO AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR POWER GRID ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING ON THE RAIL CAR.
IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING ON WHAT WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH HERE, BUT JUST TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE PRECISE LEVEL AND FOCUS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO APPLY HERE IS VERY IMPORTANT ON OUR PART, UH, CUSTOMER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE, WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE OR WHETHER IT'S ROLLING CAR, UH, ROLLING STOCK, I'M SORRY.
UM, IT IS REALLY A MATTER OF WHAT CAN WE DO TO EMPOWER SOMEBODY USE OF THEIR PHONE OR THE EXPERIENCE SUCH AS YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH A STATION OR YOUR, OR YOUR, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT UTILIZING THE SERVICES.
WE'VE KIND OF PUSHED THAT A LOT.
WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME INTERESTING RESPONSE FROM, FROM INTERNATIONAL FIRMS THAT ARE DOING SOME PRETTY, PRETTY NEAT THINGS.
SO WE'LL KIND OF SEGMENT THAT AND THAT'S WHERE THE EXCITING PART WHERE THE VEHICLE HAS A CERTAIN LEVEL, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE STATION, EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WE'RE KIND OF BREAKING THIS, THIS, INTO THIS THEME AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM ON WHAT WE THINK CAN OR CANNOT BE DONE.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK 20, 28, 20, 29, WHEREAS THE TECHNOLOGY REALLY GOING TO BE AT IT'S, UH, SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING ELSE, UH, DID MENTION A PLATFORM, SCREEN DOORS, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE UNDERGROUND, EVERYTHING ELSE, PRECISION STOP.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WILL WORK WITH CVTC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIT THE MARK EVERY TIME.
UM, JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT LOW FLOOR INTERIOR, THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, A PRIOR RENDER AND WE, UH, UH, WE WERE PREVENTED TO PUT A LITTLE COLORS, LITTLE LECTURE COLORING AND STUFF IN IT.
UH, AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS.
UM, FOR US THERE'S THE, THE MARKET, THEY HAVE LIKE RAMPS AND SOME OF THEM HAVE SMALL STEPS.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS TRYING TO GET A CAR THAT IS HUNDRED PERCENT LOW FLOOR.
THERE'S NO TRANSITION POINT WHATSOEVER.
SO WE'RE EXTRA SENSITIVE TO THAT BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, OH, WELL, I'VE GOT A 95% LOW FLOOR CAR, I'VE GOT A 90%.
WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? AND HOW ARE YOU WORKING YOUR NUMBERS, BUT OUR EXPECTATION RIGHT NOW, AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE, HOW THINGS ADVANCE IS WHAT IS IN NORTH AMERICA OR WHAT IS COMING TO NORTH AMERICA THAT WE CAN FIND THAT GIVES YOU THAT LOW FLOOR EXPERIENCE, UH, THROUGHOUT IT'LL PROBABLY BE MULTIUNIT.
THE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, AROUND THE DOORWAYS AND COLLECTS A LITTLE INDICATION OF LIGHTS AND STUFF.
SINCE THIS RAIL CAR IS GOING TO INTERLINE OR BASICALLY FOR US INTERLINE IS WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE THAT KIND OF SHARE THAT YOU KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT.
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW SO COLORS AND THEN THE OTHER COMMUNICATION OUTREACH WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT ON THE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT WE WORK.
SO YOU COULD IMAGINE ORANGE, OR IF IT WAS BLUE, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME TYPE OF BLUE ACCENT, NOT ONLY ON THE INSIDE, BUT ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, INTERIOR SCREENS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TALK AND LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOLOGRAMS, THERE'S TALK ABOUT PLIABLE SCREENS.
AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A VERY TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT OF EUROPE AND ASIAN MARKET AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S STILL A RAIL CAR, BUT THERE'S SOME NEAT THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY OPEN TO.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TAKING A BIG LOOK AT OUR WINDOWS, WHAT WE CAN DO TO PUT AS FAR AS INFORMATION IN THE WINDOWS, BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO DO LIKE AN AUTO TINT TO HELP US WITH OUR HEAT MANAGEMENT, TO HELP WITH OUR ELECTRICITY.
THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY, THINGS THAT WE'RE
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PRESSING ON ARE AROUND OUR ROLLING STOCK.YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ALSO WILL BE JUST ABOUT ASSESSABILITY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A MATTER OF BEING ABLE TO MOVE IN AND OUT OF THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AS FREELY AS POSSIBLE, HOW, HOW THAT'S IDENTIFIED, HOW THAT'S ADOPTED NATURALLY, WE GOT BICYCLES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF LUGGAGE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MOVING, YOU KNOW, IN AND OUT OF THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE FIT ALL OF THIS STUFF IN THERE TO SATISFY THE NEEDS IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY, VERY DYNAMIC PROCESS.
AND, UH, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, JUST SOME KEY ITEMS. I MEAN, WE'RE ON TARGET TO BASICALLY ADVERTISE THE FIRST SECOND QUARTER OF CALENDAR YEAR 22.
SO RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FOR US, WE HAVE A LOT OF TECHNICAL STUFF THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU GOT, UH, OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT FRUIT.
UH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM PERSONALLY.
UH, SO, SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME DANGEROUS JUST TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IN CALENDAR YEAR 26, WE COULD HAVE A LIGHT RAIL CAR HERE IN AUSTIN TO MEET THIS SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT INITIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HERE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE, TO TEST, RUN, TO START INTERFACING.
NOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG TIME AWAY, BUT BOY, IT SNEAKS UP ON US REALLY, REALLY FAST.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ON OUR PART, IT'S WORKING WITH THE VENDORS RIGHT NOW TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THEIR AVAILABILITY AND THEIR PRODUCTION LINES.
WHAT ARE THEY PRODUCING GLOBALLY? THEY'VE SHRUNK THEIR MARKET.
AUSTIN'S COMING OUT WITH A VERY, UH, INTERESTING CAR DESIGN.
IT SEEMS TO APPEASE TO A LOT OF FOLKS AND STUFF RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED OVER HERE TO THE STATES THAT MEETS BY AMERICA THAT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND STEPHAN INVESTMENT ON THEIR PART.
THAT'S WHY OUR ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SO AGGRESSIVE.
THE RFP PROCESS WILL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR OR SO YEAR PLUS TO, FOR US TO NEGOTIATE ALL OF THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THE TWO BIGGEST AREAS OF THAT IS REALLY ABOUT THE POWER GRID MANAGEMENT, WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT DO, WHAT CAN THE INDUSTRY MANAGE AT THAT TIME? AND WE'RE ALSO CHALLENGING THEM.
WHENEVER WE GO INTO REVENUE SERVICE, THE ADAPTABILITY OF THE BATTERY PACKS, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT GENERATION, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO JUST WHOLESALE CHANGE OUT OR BE STUCK WITH ONE PRODUCT.
WE REALLY VIEW THAT THE PROPULSION SYSTEMS ARE PROBABLY PRETTY STABLE.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ONBOARD ENERGY MANAGEMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? IS, DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE ON BACKGROUND? UM, YEAH, IT'S SOME QUESTIONS, FIRST OF ALL, A HUGE, THANK YOU.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING PRESENTATION OF THE DAY.
UH, THIS IS WHERE IT REALLY GETS REAL.
UM, WE CAN SORT OF VISUALIZE WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS, UM, ASK THAT YOU JUST KEEP WORKING WITH THE CITY TEAM, UM, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
AND ONE IS THAT SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH CONNECTIVITY AND DATA, SO THAT WE CAN INTEGRATE THE TECHNOLOGY AND YOUR VEHICLES INTO OUR OWN MOBILITY NETWORK.
AND SO THAT YOUR, UM, TRANSIT VEHICLES OPERATING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY CAN OPERATE SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR PROCURE PROCUREMENT SCHEDULE.
UM, IT'LL BE REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AUSTIN ENERGY KIND OF BEING PART OF THAT.
I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF, A LOT, A LOT OF INTEREST HERE IN CENTRAL AUSTIN, CENTRAL TEXAS.
HASN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
UM, BUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE JUST, UH, REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB OF PRESENTING ALL OF THIS TODAY.
AND LIKE I SAY, WE, WE HAVE BEEN STARTING TO TALK WITH UTILITIES, AUSTIN ENERGY, JUST A LITTLE BIT, IT'S BEEN MORE CIVIL, BUT LIKE I SAID, THE SYSTEMS FOLKS, WE'RE STARTING TO INCH OUR WAY IN THERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANYBODY.
THAT'LL OPEN UP A DOOR FOR US TO GO TALK TO SOMEBODY.
UM, I, I WOULDN'T CALL THIS THE MOST EXCITING INTERVIEW.
I MEAN, PRESENTATION TO THE TRIFECTA, TO THE POWERFUL TRIFECTA.
I WAS GOING TO HELP YOU PROCURE YOUR STUFF.
UM, BUT IT DEFINITELY WAS AN AFFIRMING, UH, PRESENTATION THAT THIS IS VERY REAL.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT MAKES THE PROJECT REAL.
IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS THAT DAVID JOHN GAVE US, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES IT REAL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FUTURE THINKING A LOT.
UM, AS OPPOSED TO JUST THINKING LIKE TWO YEARS OUT, THREE YEARS OUT, I DON'T REMEMBER
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WHAT CITY I WAS IN, BUT I TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY PRE ALL THIS THAT'S HAPPENING TO US NOW.AND IT WAS SO STATE-OF-THE-ART LIKE ON YOUR CELL PHONE, WHEN'S THE NEXT TRAIN COMING.
AND, UM, OUR SYSTEMS HERE IN THE STATES, THE BIG ROBUST SYSTEMS LIKE DC AND LIKE, UM, NEW YORK, FOR SURE.
YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'RE, THEY'RE OLDER, SO THEY DON'T HAVE THAT BEAUTY OF BEING SO CUTTING EDGE AND GROWING, UM, THE WAY WE WANT TO.
AND IT JUST COMPLIMENTS THE CITY OF AUSTIN OF WHO WE ARE.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT PART.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW A CATENARY WHITMAN.
I HAD TO GOOGLE IT NOW, NOW I'M AS SMART AS
UM, SO NOW I'M AS SMART AS YOU ARE YOU AND DAVE.
UM, SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE FUTURE THINKING AND I WANT TO CONTINUE US TO KEEP, TO END TO THINK GLOBALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST SO TO OPEN OURSELVES UP TO, UM, TRUE CUTTING, CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES HERE IN THE STATES, AS WELL AS GLOBALLY.
SO APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE NOT THE COLOR PICKER AND YOU'RE NOT THE COLOR PICKER OR THE DESIGN.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SHARING THAT WITH US.
I WANTED THAT DISCLAIMER OUT VERY EARLY.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY GEEK THAT NEW LIKE CATENARY IS.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD WORD FOR CROSSWORD, YOU KNOW, TO KNOW THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES, UM, GREAT, UH, REPORT, UM, DAVE, APPRECIATE IT.
JUST A QUESTION ON YOUR KEY ITEM TIMELINE HERE.
ONE ITEM THAT'S NOT IN HERE THAT I'M ASSUMING IS GOING TO COME BETWEEN BULLET 0.1 AND BULLET 0.2 IS THE SELECTION OF THE PROCUREMENT METHOD FOR THE ROLLING STOCK AND WILL THE ROLLING STOCK BE INTEGRATED WITH THE SYSTEMS OR WOULD THEY BE SEPARATE PROCUREMENTS? SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND AS, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK MENTIONED THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN ADVISOR COMING ON BOARD THAT WILL BE HELPING THEM MAKE THAT DECISION.
I THINK CERTAINLY AS ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS, DO WE SEPARATE IT, COMBINE IT, DO WE, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE PROCURE IT? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE TRIED TO TRY TO COVER IT.
MAYBE LIKE IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS NOW, AS YOU NOTED, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THOSE SERVICES IN PLACE AND ALSO POTENTIAL BUNDLING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
CAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT DOES A CAR ACQUISITION DO TO POSSIBLY OTHER SYSTEMS AND VICE VERSA AND DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT IT MIGHT INTERFACE AND WORK WITH, WE, WE'VE GOTTA BE SENSITIVE TO THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT STRATEGY WILL BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AT ALL, LIKE FOUR LETTERS TO ME, RISK, RIGHT? IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE FOUR LETTERS, RISK WRITTEN, WHICH ISN'T A BAD THING.
IT'S JUST, WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE RISKS THAT WE'RE TAKING ON AND WHAT DO WE LAY OFF? THE MAIN THING OF IT FOR US? IT'S THE AWARENESS.
IT'S THE FACT, THIS IS WHAT THE SYSTEMS DO.
THIS IS HOW THEY WORK AND THIS IS HOW WE NEED THEM TO WORK, TO APPLY THEM HERE, TO AUSTIN AROUND THIS TECHNOLOGY.
AND I THINK WITH THAT, WORKING WITH OUR TEAMS AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPROACHING AND STUFF WILL HELP MINIMIZE THAT RISK, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT.
LUCKILY, LIKE I SAID, MR COUCH AND JOHN AND THEM, THEY, THEY PUT UP WITH ME QUITE A BIT, UH, AROUND, YOU KNOW, PACKAGING, PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THIS SYSTEM INTERFACE WITH THAT? AND AGAIN, INTERFACING WITH OTHER REGIONAL MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS, WHETHER IT'S POWER UTILITIES OR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT ALL PLAYS A ROLE AS WELL AS THE DELIVERY METHOD FOR ME AS WELL.
SO WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TWO OTHER THINGS.
I THINK YOU'VE KIND OF ALLUDED TO IN TERMS OF, AND THIS IS GETTING TO Q2 WHENEVER WE DO THE PROCUREMENT IS THE, UM, SUSTAINABILITY, RIGHT? SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPORTANT.
SO YES, WHAT VEHICLE PROVIDES MORE OR LESS SUSTAINABILITY, THAT SHOULD BE A CRITERIA.
AND THE OTHER ELEMENT WHICH YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO IS THE O AND M COST THE WHOLE OF LIFE CYCLE COST, RIGHT? SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PROCUREMENTS WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE WHOLE LIFECYCLE COSTS TO ANALYZE THE CAPITAL COST, AS WELL AS THE ONGOING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
AND ONE PIECE OF ROLLING STOCK MAY BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN ANOTHER, BUT MAY HAVE LOWER LIFE CYCLE COSTS.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT.
YEAH, THAT'LL DEFINITELY BE PART OF OUR PROCESS.
AND LIKE I SAID, FROM THE, OF THE STUDY AND OF THIS, WHEN WE GO OUT TO BUY THE VEHICLE, WE WILL HAVE SPECIFIC CALL-OUT FOR MAINTENANCE AND A SPECIFIC CALL OUT FOR OPERATIONS, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE MODEL AND STUFF WILL BE.
LIKE I SAY, WE'RE WORKING AT ADVANCE, SO WE'RE JUST DRIVING THIS HOME AND THEN BASICALLY WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.
THAT'S WHERE ALSO THE MODELING FOR US IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ABOUT UTILITY USAGE OR POWER USAGE AND CONSUMPTION STUFF, A LOT OF TIME THAT'S OVERLOOKED.
IT'S NOT ONLY JUST ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE, BUT AS WE SEE THESE DIFFERENT CAR BUILDERS, DIFFERENT PROPULSION PROVIDERS AND STUFF, THEY CONSUME DIFFERENT ELECTRICITY,
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YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A LINE TICKET ITEM THAT WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE TO NOT ONLY ON A PAIN PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO LIKE WITH AUSTIN ENERGY AND EVERYTHING ELSE I'M SUPPLIED THE GRID.SO THERE'LL BE DEFINITELY BE SOME, UH, SOME SPECIFIC ELEMENTS CALLING OUT ON THAT CRITERIA TO YOUR POINT.
I APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW AND THANK YOU YOU FOR THE DETAILED OVERVIEW BECAUSE I, I LOVE LEARNING.
AND EVEN THOUGH I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADSTART FROM KNOWING WHAT THE CATENARY IS, UH, WHAT I AM, I'M EXCITED AND I'M REALLY INTRIGUED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY A CATENARY AS THIS WAS PART OF OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP DISCUSSION BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL, IT IT'S PHYSICAL, RIGHT? THE QATAR'S REQUIRED CABLES.
IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE'RE REALLY GOING CATENARY FREE, THAT MEANS THAT PHYSICAL CLUTTER IN THE STREETS DISAPPEARS, WHICH IS EXCITING.
AND SOMETIME MAKES ME EXTREMELY NERVOUS, UM, EXCITING BECAUSE AGAIN, LESS CLUTTER, LESS THINGS TO MAINTAIN OUT IN THE, IN THE ELEMENTS THAT BREAK DOWN IT'S LIKE HAVING, I WOULD GIVE YOU AN ANALOGY OF HAVING, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I LIVE IN MUELLER AND SO ALL OF THE POWER LINES ARE BURIED AND WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE STORM, WE BENEFITED A LOT FROM NOT HAVING DOWN POWER LINES.
AND THAT ALSO HELPS US CREATE THAT URBAN FABRIC WITH TREES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE REMOVING THE CATEGORIES AND ALLOWING, GIVING US THE FREEDOM TO DO OTHER THINGS.
SO IN THE RISK ANALYSIS, THE ONE, THE PART THAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A SAFETY MECHANISM TO INTRODUCE AT THIS NEXT LEVEL? WHAT IF SOMETHING OF THE TECHNOLOGY DOESN'T EVOLVE AS FAST? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP US? I WOULD RATHER BE CAUTIOUS.
AND IF WE, IF WE NEED TO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN, BECAUSE WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS IF I'M WRONG, BUT WHEN WE'RE IN THE TUNNEL, THAT GIVES US A FLEXIBILITY TO ELECTRIFY LIKE RECHARGE WHILE WE'RE IN THE TUNNEL.
SO IT'S LIKE, IMAGINE THAT WE HAVE A BUILT-IN CATENARY THAT GOES WITHIN THE, THE TUNNEL ITSELF WHEN WE ARE ON THE SURFACE STREET.
AND WE EMERGE WITH THE TRAINS.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO DEDE EXTRA POWER? LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SUBSTATIONS AND THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF WHAT THOSE, THOSE ELEMENTS ARE, ARE VERY, VERY PHYSICAL.
SO IF WE'RE TRYING IN OUR PURSUIT FOR DOING SOMETHING SO ELEGANT AND CLEAN AND CUTTING EDGE, WHAT IS OUR RISK IN NOT HAVING THOSE CATEGORIES? BECAUSE I, WHAT I WAS DISCUSSING WITH MR COUCH IS THAT AT 30% WE HAVE ALL THIS QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
LIKE, I FEEL LIKE AT 30%, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE RESOLVED AND WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN 31% AND A HUNDRED PERCENT AND EXECUTION.
WE ALREADY NOT ONLY HAVE THAT DECISION MADE, BUT OUR BELTS AND SUSPENDERS AND OUR RISK ANALYSIS HAS BEEN LOOKED INTO.
SO WHAT ARE YOU FEELING? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THIS AND WHAT MAKES YOU ABSOLUTELY NERVOUS OR NOT NERVOUS OR SET UP, I'M PICKING IT UP VERY WELL.
I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE MOVED IN OF THE EARLY 15% DESIGN.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE TO START MODELING THE PROFILE OF THIS RAIL, THE TUNNELS, EVERYTHING ELSE, UNDERSTANDING THE GRADIENT AND STARTED REACHING OUT TO THE INDUSTRY TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN EUROPE.
AND IN ASIA, THESE LEADERS THAT ARE WORKING THIS, WHAT ARE THEY COMFORTABLE WITH? AND WHETHER THEY SEE IT, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT GRADES AND CHALLENGES, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST THE TERRAIN.
UH, AND IT'S JUST WHAT MAKES AUSTIN SPECIAL.
AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT DEFINITELY FOR ME, THE, THE, THE POWER ASPECT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO WORK THAT, UM, AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNDERGROUND IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT SAID WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING UNDERGROUND.
I WAS LIKE, OH NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STRAND ANYBODY.
AND IT'S A RECOVERY TIME OR OPPORTUNITY CAUSE ABNORMAL OPERATIONS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT COULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS, PROCEDURALLY WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU RETREAT EQUIPMENT BACK, YOU DO TURN BACKS AND STUFF.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE OTHER DISCUSSIONS, BUT IT IS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND IT'S ABOUT TALKING TO THESE FIRMS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR PROPULSION SYSTEM IS DOING AND HOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH THESE BATTERY PROVIDERS AND WHAT IS THE SHELF LIFE OF THAT.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT BATTERIES WILL GET BETTER OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, THEY SEEM TO BE DOING EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS OF MAJOR TERM.
SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE BUILD A RAIL CAR FOR AN O AND M PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT IS TO HAVE THIS GREAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, VERY ELEGANT, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GREAT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO POWER IT BECAUSE WE WENT WITH THE WRONG TECHNOLOGY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF STAYING AWAY FROM SUPER CAP BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE INDUSTRY, THE STATION TO STATION, TO STATION, AND THEN THERE'S THIS, ALL THIS UTILITY NEEDS
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WHERE YOU'RE ADDING ALL THIS STUFF AND YOU'RE ADDING ALL THIS EXTRA CLUTTER, WE JUST SAID, NOW WE'RE GOING TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT.AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE, THIS IS WHERE OUR FOCUS IS AT.
AND I THINK THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE AGAIN, A CALLED IT OUT COMMUNICATION BASED TRAIN CONTROL.
IT'S DEFINITELY THE RIGHT SYSTEM TO GO WITH.
IT'S JUST THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET IT, YOU KNOW, BILL, IT'S GOTTA BE VERY VIABLE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP A LOT OF DOORS FOR US, UH, AND IT'LL BE WORTH THE EFFORT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE EXCITED AND A LITTLE BIT ON THE EDGE AROUND THIS NATURALLY.
NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED ALSO THE, THE TRAIN CONTROL, CAN YOU MAYBE FOR ANOTHER MEETING FOLLOW UP MEETING, UM, LEARNING ABOUT POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL, WHAT WE IMPROVED, INTRODUCED INTO THE RED LINE TO MEET THE NEW FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
IS THIS SIMILAR TO THIS, THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS BASED CONTROL? AM I MIXING THINGS I WANT TO UNDERSTAND? I WOULD SAY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SIMILARITIES, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENCES.
AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD ALSO SAY WITH POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL, THERE IS THE FR FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE REGULATIONS.
SO WITH THOSE REGULATIONS IN PLACE, UH, AND THEN THE TECHNOLOGY IS OUT THERE.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES AND GUIDELINES.
I THINK CBTC, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AT LEAST AT THIS STAGE OF ITS LIFE, IT GIVES YOU A LOT MORE CONTROL, A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY, WHAT CBT OR WHAT POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL DOES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND DECADES.
YOU KNOW, IT'LL GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT CVTC IS THE RIGHT APPLICATION FOR HEARING POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THE, THE NEWER SYSTEMS THAT THEY'RE WORKING OUT, THE MOST LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND STUFF, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE KEEP AN EYE ON AND COME OUT OF NEW YORK.
WE, WE HAD TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THAT AS WELL ON THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.
AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL THE TIME, BUT ONE LAST QUESTION I HAVE WHEN YOU'RE MENTIONING THE LENGTH OF THE, OF THE CARS.
AND AS WE EMERGE AGAIN INTO NOT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE UNDERGROUND.
AND AS WE'RE BACK INTO THE FABRIC OF THE CITY, THE TURNING RADIUS IN OUR ACQUISITION AND THE CONNECTION WITH REAL ESTATE.
SO I KNOW THAT THE TIGHTER OF VEHICLES ARE THE MORE MANEUVERABLE THEY CAN BE WITHIN OUR CITY NETWORK GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY, AS WE LOOK AT THESE LONGER CARS, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK AT SHORTER SEGMENTS AND BASICALLY IT'LL ALL BE CONNECTED, BUT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE MORE MOVING SEGMENTS IN IT AND IT'LL HELP US WITH OUR TRACKING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WE DON'T EXPAND OUTSIDE OF THE GUIDEWAY OF ALL THINGS.
I'M PROBABLY PRETTY COMFORTABLE FROM A TRACK WORK PERSPECTIVE, AS LONG AS THEY MAINTAIN THE CRITERIA THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT DEFINITELY THAT WHEEL TO RAIL INTERFACE.
WE'RE AFTER THAT ALL THE TIME.
ALSO, WHEN WE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MINIMIZE NOISE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, THE TRACKING OF THAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IF YOU'RE ON STRAIGHT TANGENT TRACK, AS WE ALL KNOW, STRAIGHT TANGENT, YOU KNOW, JUST PRETTY THAT CAR WILL BE VERY, VERY QUIET, BUT WHENEVER YOU START INTRODUCING THIS WHERE IT HAS TO TURN AND MAKE THIS VERY GLIDING CHANGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STARTING TO GET A METAL ON METAL.
I'VE WORKED AT A LOT OF SYSTEMS WHERE THEY'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND IT, IT, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY'S OUT THERE, BUT IT'S VERY LIMITED.
YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THAT WHEEL SQUEAL AND THAT, AND SO THAT'S WHY, AT LEAST ON OUR PART WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY.
I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING SOME STUFF ON THIS RAIL CAR THAT WILL HELP THAT HELP US WITH OUR TRACKING.
THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF WHEELS AND STUFF.
YOU STILL HAVE THE NOISE, BUT THAT INTERFACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT RAIL CAR ON THOSE TRACKS SAFELY AND RELIABLY, WE'RE UNCOMPROMISING ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, BECAUSE WITH THE BATTERIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, THIS CAR IS GOING TO BE KIND OF TOP HEAVY.
SO IN YOUR WALL, OPERATING THESE THINGS AND THEY MOVE, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF FORCES AND STUFF.
SO THE BALANCE OF THIS CAR, BELIEVE IT OR NOT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL ACTUALLY MEASURE FROM WHEEL TO WHEEL TO WHEEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAR IS SEATING PROPERLY AND NAVIGATES THE SYSTEM.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.
QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ELSE? YES.
UH, DAVE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY VALUABLE, UH, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, I'M GUESSING THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN'T JUST, UH, PULL OUT A CANDIDATE WD 40 AND JUST SLAP IT ON THE WHEELS AND EXPECT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF GRIND.
UM, ALSO SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THAT, THAT THIS IS A REALLY BIG CHOICE.
WE DON'T WANT TO END UP GOING WITH, UM, DARE I SAY, OH, FOR THE OLD FOGIES IN THE ROOM HERE, CHOOSING A BETAMAX WHEN WE SHOULD'VE PICKED A VCR OR FOR OTHER FOLKS, UH, PICK IN A, UH, AN HD DB, AN H AND HD, UH, AN H DVD PLAYER, WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH A, UH, UM, UH, WITH A BLUE RAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT WE'VE GOT TO PICK THE
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RIGHT ONE.THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US AS, AS WE CALL IT FUTURE-PROOFING AND ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO GROW AND EVOLVE IN THE TIMES OVER THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL Y'ALL ARE PUTTING ON THIS.
UM, THE QUESTION I HAVE, AND MAYBE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHICKEN AND EGG THAT Y'ALL ARE OR DANCE AND DYNAMIC HERE.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT THOUGH.
UM, HAVE WE ALREADY DECIDED ON WHAT THE, THE SIZE AND, AND W THE, THE, I GUESS THE WIDTH OF THE TRACKING IS GOING TO BE, AND THEN YOUR, YOUR TEAM COMES ALONG AND PUTS OUT FOR BID THE, UH, THE, WHAT THE CARS, WHAT THE VEHICLES ARE GOING TO BE, OR IS THIS STILL A CASE OF WHERE THIS IS THE GIVE AND TAKE, AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, AS YOU ALL TALK TO THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS OUT THERE, FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR AUSTIN AND OUR NEEDS.
AND THEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE REST OF DAVE'S TEAM TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT BASED ON THAT, WHAT DO WE WANT TO LAY IN THAT PARTICULAR SPACE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW IS THIS ALL GONNA COME TOGETHER, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M.
OH, I'LL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER IN A COUPLE OF SEGMENTS.
SO ONE, I WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO GO AFTER A STANDARD USG GAUGE RAILS CONFIGURATION.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN, THE COMMENTS FROM DAY ONE IS VERY TYPICAL.
THE LAST THING, AND THIS GETS INTO THE OEM.
IF WE CREATE A SPECIAL GAUGE, WE WILL BE A ONE-OFF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT GAUGES OR WHATEVER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY PRECISE SYSTEM HERE AND INTERFACE POINT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ON MY PART, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRACK WORK, I LIKE TRADITIONAL GAUGE.
I LIKE TO BASICALLY TO WORK WITH THE MANUFACTURER, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE TRACK WE HAD TO THINK OF THERE'S THERE'S THE CROSSOVERS, THE SWITCHES, IT'S ALL THESE OTHER INTERFACE POINTS.
THIS, ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN BASED AROUND STANDARD GAUGE STANDARD WHEELS.
IF WE START TWEAKING WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT, YOU INCREASE YOUR RISK.
SO, SO I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, LISTENING TO THE LINE TEAMS AND THE PROJECT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHEN I, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TURNING RADIUS, UH, GAUGE OF RAIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THE VERNACULAR HAS BEEN VERY STABLE FROM DAY ONE.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE JUST GO OFF BY OURSELVES, WE'RE COMING BACK SAYING, ARE YOU REALLY SURE YOU'RE DOING THIS? CAUSE WE'RE ALSO KIND OF THE NUISANCE OR THE AHCA SAID THE LITTLE LITTLE BROTHER OR SISTER OF THE PROJECT WHERE WE KIND OF COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID, YOU'RE DOING, ARE YOU STILL DOING IT? BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENED, YOU KNOW? AND THEN WE'LL, THEN WE'LL KIND OF GO RUN OFF AND WE'LL KIND OF APPROACH THAT.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPED KIND OF ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THAT, ON THE INTERFACE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS INTERCONNECTIVITY, THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL JUST WORKING IN A SILO THAT IS, WILL BE CATASTROPHIC FOR US, SHAME ON US.
IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, NOT THAT WE WON'T MISS SOMETHING, IT WON'T, YOU KNOW, INTENTIONALLY, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T SMELL GOOD.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, WHETHER IT'S AROUND TRACK, WORK INTERFACE WITH COMMUNICATIONS, WHOEVER IT, BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS, IT'S GONNA COME OUT SOONER OR LATER.
SO WE MIGHT AS WELL ADDRESS IT ON THE FRONT END, THE BEST WE CAN ON THE FRONT END.
UM, I WANTED TO SAY THAT EARLIER, TOO, HANDS DOWN.
DO YOU EVER RIDE ON THE TRAIN OF RELAXED BECAUSE YOU MUST THINK IN RELAXES, YOU MUST BE THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AROUND.
UM, I KNOW THAT THAT A LOT OF CITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE DELIVERY DUE TO THE COVID AND IMPACTS TO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT HERE AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND ALL OF US.
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BUT NOT LEAST, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.WELL, I PROMISE YOU ALL THAT EVERYONE WILL KNOW CATENARY AND EVERY OTHER TRANSIT GEEK TERM BEFORE THIS IS OVER, UH, AND PEOPLE LIKE DAVE AND MYSELF AND JOHN AND DAVE, UH, YEAH, RELAXING ON A TRAIN IS ENJOYING, UH, LEARNING ABOUT OTHER THINGS AND WHATNOT.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR INDUSTRY SPECIAL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WITH THIS BOARD IS AT THE RIGHT APPROPRIATE TIME AND KNOCK ON WOOD COVID WILL, UH, GET A LITTLE SAFER IS IT IS BEYOND CRITICAL THAT WE GO TO OTHER PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY IN THIS WORLD TO NOT ONLY SEE AMAZING URBAN DESIGN, BUT SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS. AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN WORKING AND LUCKILY WITH MY PREVIOUS JOB AT APTA, I I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO BE
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AROUND THE WORLD AND A LOT OF THIS STUFF.SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE GROUNDWORK ON THINKING ABOUT, UM, KIND OF LESSONS LEARNED IN SAFE VISIT TRIPS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GO TO PLACES LIKE TORONTO, TORONTO HAS THE LARGEST TRANSIT PROGRAM IN, IN NORTH AMERICA, GOING ON AND DOING INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE THINGS ON ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHODOLOGY AND SOME AUTOMATED SYSTEMS. UH, FRANCE HAS SOME AMAZING STUFF THEY ARE DOING ON CATENARY FREE.
I'M DIFFERENT PROPULSION THINGS.
UH, SINGAPORE, ARGUABLY IS MAYBE THE LEADER IN THE WORLD ON, ON SOME OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, A LITTLE BIT LIKE AUSTIN, THIS KIND OF TECH CITY STATE IN SOME WAY MIRROR, I SAY CITY STATE.
UM, BUT, UH, SO WE WANT TO LEARN FROM THE BEST AND IT'S OKAY THAT THINGS WENT WRONG.
CAUSE THAT'S LEARNING AS MUCH AS SEEING THE THINGS THAT WENT RIGHT.
UM, SO OUR INDUSTRY IS INCREDIBLY BASED ON SHARING.
WE DON'T COMPETE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY OR SOMETHING CONVENIENCE.
SO, UH, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL ANY CEO IN THE INDUSTRY AND THEY'LL BE LIKE, PLEASE COME ON OVER AND SEE THIS STUFF.
AND, UM, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SEE WITH THIS TEAM, THE EXPERTISE THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER WITH THIS TEAM IS JUST BEYOND FANTASTIC.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE, UH, DAYS WORKED AT A LOT OF PLACES.
SO OUR NETWORKS INTO THE LARGER TRENDS INDUSTRY ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
UM, I WILL CAUTION ONE THING FOR THE, FOR THE BOARD, WHICH IS THE SAME THING I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERS.
SO I CAN TELL YOUR ENERGY ABOUT THESE TOPICS.
AND I LOVE THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU GUYS KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH, THAT'S THAT'S ME.
UM, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO GROUND OURSELVES INTO SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE SIX MONTHS FROM NOW A YEAR FROM NOW, TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
AND IT'S A VERY DELIBERATE PROCESS.
SO DAVE DID A GREAT JOB COMING.
FIRST, FIRST TIME, WE PROMISE YOU THAT ANY PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL NEED IN YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS, WE WILL GET YOU, BUT THAT MIGHT BE DAVID'S HERE FIVE TIMES OR THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS, 12 MONTHS BEFORE WE GET TO SOMETHING.
BUT, BUT I WANT TO REASSURE EVERYONE, INCLUDING I KNOW A LOT OF VENDORS WATCH OUR MEETING.
WE DO NOT HAVE DECISIONS MADE.
UH, WE ALWAYS ARE GOING TO DO STANDARD TRACKIES STOPPED CAUSE THAT'S BASIC GEOMETRY STUFF, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF VEHICLE, THE LENGTH OF A VEHICLE, UM, CATENARY NON-CAT AND AIRY, UH, HOW FAR OUR TUNNEL IS.
THIS IS THE PROCESS OF DESIGN.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO LEARN TECHNICAL DETAILS, BUSINESS APPLICATION, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, AND THEN DO AS, AS BOARD MEMBER AHCA SAID THE RISK ANALYSIS TO SAY, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DELIVER THIS.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, DAVE HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT THOUGH THE, ONE OF THE ONES THAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOUGH, IS THIS A HUNDRED PERCENT LOW FLOOR? ONE OF THE PARAMOUNT VALUES I THINK THAT WE DO IN THIS PROGRAM IS WORTH EVERYTHING WE CAN TO THE CONCEPT OF UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY.
ADA IS A FEDERAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.
THAT'S NOT UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY, SO WE ARE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN THAT IF THE PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS THE MOST VULNERABLE AND HAS THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME USING A SYSTEM CAN USE IT WELL, IT'S GREAT FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THIS COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.
AND THAT, THAT WILL BE ON THINGS LIKE COLORS, SYMBOLS, LABELS, GRADES, COMMUNICATIONS, EQUIPMENT, YOU NAME IT.
SO THAT IS A FOUNDATIONAL BELIEF.
AT SOME POINT, WE'LL HAVE, UH, MARTIN CARTHY FROM CAP METRO, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF A MIND ACCESSIBILITY COM AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MEET HIM AND HOW HE'S PART OF THIS DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS.
AND HE WORKS WITH, UM, UH, INDIVIDUAL DISABILITY COMMUNITY INSIDE OF AUSTIN TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS.
SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
SO WITH THAT CHAIR, I KNOW IT'S ALLOW ME, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TWO QUICK THINGS.
UH, ONLY, UH, ONE IS THIS HERE.
UH, HOPEFULLY I'LL GET AN EMAIL IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT GREAT.
SO DON'T FEEL, UM, UH, OBLIGATED TO MAKE IT.
THERE'S NO SPEECHES AND WHATNOT, BUT WE WANT TO DO A MEET THE TEAM EVENT AT OUR NEW OFFICE SPACE.
NOW THIS OFFICE SPACE IS NOT BUILT OUT YET.
THIS IS THE LEASE THAT YOU ALL AT THE BOARD, UH, APPROVED.
UM, GREG ALEX AND THE TEAM ARE WORKING REALLY RAPIDLY TO GET THIS SPACE UP AND RUNNING.
EVENTUALLY THIS WILL HOUSE, NOT ONLY ATP STAFF, BUT ANY CAPITAL METRO OR CITY AUSTIN STAFF THAT ARE WORKING IN THE PROGRAM.
SO LIKE AS GOOD EXAMPLE IS GINA MENTIONS PER DAY AND HER TEAM, UH, BUT ALL OF OUR CONSULTANT TEAM AS WELL, SO PRETTY BIG PROGRAM SPACE.
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE IN A LOT OF PARTS OF THE, OF THE COUNTRY OR THE WORLD.
YOU CREATE A PROGRAM OFFICE, IT'S ALL ABOUT COLLABORATION AND WORKING TOGETHER FOR EFFICIENCY AND, UH, UH, AND DESIGN.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS SPACE IS GOING TO BE.
ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE HERE IS THAT HAS A PARKING LOT OUT FRONT, AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT FOR ACTIVATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ACTIVATE FOR THIS MEET THE TEAM.
PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY, OH, THERE'S THE ORANGE LINE TABLE, GO MEET SOME PEOPLE.
THEY'RE HELPING ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN PIECE, YOU KNOW, OVER HERE, IT'S THE SYSTEM SIDE, UH, GET TO KNOW PEOPLE, UH, BUT OVER TIME, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE, THAT SHOW THINGS LIKE ELECTRIC BUSES, OR MAYBE TRAIN MOCK-UPS THAT WE GET DELIVERED, OR, UH, SOME DESIGN CHARRETTE THINGS, OR YOU NAME IT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT SPACE.
UH, THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST QUICKLY IS TRACKING THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL,
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UH, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.SO, UM, BASED ON A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THIS DIET WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD ON A REFERENDUM THAT THE COMMUNITY SAID, HERE'S THE LOCAL PIECE.
NOW WE HAVE TO GO DO SIMILAR TYPE OF WORK, OBVIOUSLY NOT REFERENDUM STYLE TO GET OUR FEDERAL PARTNER PIECE IT'S TECHNICALLY DRIVEN, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE IT'S YOU SEE? SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY POLITICAL ASPECTS AND, AND THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT POLITICAL PROCESS IN DC RIGHT NOW I GOTTA DO IS WATCH 10 MINUTES OF CNN OR MSNBC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT ACTUALLY.
UH, IT'S PROBABLY NOT HEALTHY, BUT, UH, YOU'LL QUICKLY UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS ARE COMPLICATED IN DC.
AND WHILE THE SENATE DID PASS THE, UH, AUTHORIZATION AUTHORIZATION FOR, FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, IT IS NOT BEEN DONE.
SO IN THE HOUSE YET, THE HOUSE IS ALSO TRYING TO SAY, RECONCILIATION MUST COME BEFORE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OTHERS ARE SAYING, NO, THERE'S A DEADLINE COMING UP ACTUALLY VERY SOON WITH A COMMITMENT TO THAT, THAT VOTE, UH, IN THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS.
IT COULD BE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE WITHOUT BASICALLY THE SINGLE PARTY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE HOUSE IS TRYING TO DO SPECIFICALLY THE TNI COMMITTEE, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE UNDER CHAIR TO FAZIO THEY'VE, UH, PUT IN 10 BILLION, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN THE RECONCILIATION FOR TRANSIT AS POS SOME HIGH-SPEED RAIL MONEY AND WHATNOT.
SO WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THIS STICKS AT THE END OF THE DAY.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF, A LOT OF POLITICS WILL BE PLAYED OUT, UH, ALL LEADING TO THE IDEA THAT EITHER WE HAVE A BIG INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OR POTENTIALLY EVEN A BIGGER INFRASTRUCTURE ASPECT FOR, FOR TRANSIT.
UM, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART I WANT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT ABOUT THIS THOUGH, IS OUR POSITIONING FOR THIS FUNDING.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE AND BOARD MEMBER NOW, BECAUSE I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
WE ARE ONE OF THE BEST POSITIONED AGENCIES AND CITIES FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY.
UM, FOR THE, FOR THE LARGE CAPITAL GRANTS, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCRETIONARY GRANTS THAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE GOING TO HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY SMALL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE 10 MILLION TO WHATEVER MILLION TYPE PRODUCT THERE'S GOING TO BE.
A LOT OF EVERY CITY IS GOING TO BE GOING UP TO THOSE.
AND I'M TALKING THE MEGA PROJECTS CAUSE YOU REALLY NEED A COUPLE THINGS LINED UP TO GET THE MEGA PROJECT MONEY.
ONE, YOU NEED A PROGRAM OR PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN DEFINED, RIGHT? SO LIKE IN OUR WORLD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE GONE THROUGH LIKE AN LPA PROCESS, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE GO, OH, THAT'S A PROJECT.
AND YOU'VE PUT THE BOARDS APPROVED IN L A LOCAL PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S TANGIBLE.
NUMBER TWO, YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY A LOCAL FUNDING SOURCE AS A MATCH.
YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, I HAVE AN IDEA.
WILL YOU GIVE US BILLIONS OF DOLLARS? UH, THOSE DAYS ARE KIND OF NON-EXISTENT ANYMORE.
LEGALLY THREE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ADVANCED NEPA PROCESS, RIGHT? SO YOU GOT TO HAVE A PROJECT.
YOU GOT TO SHOW, YOU GET THE LOCAL MONEY.
THEN YOU GOTTA HAVE NEPA THIS BILL, IF IT'S PASSED IS A FIVE-YEAR EXPENDITURE BILL.
NOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME WAYS THAT THEY APPROPRIATE THE MONEY AND IT'S SPREAD OVER FIVE YEARS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ALIGNED WHERE THEY HAVE SOMETHING IDENTIFIED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS EMPHASIZE THE WORD PROGRAM AND YOU ALL WILL KNOW THAT I SAY ALL THE TIME, IT'S NOT A PROJECT, IT'S A PROGRAM.
AND EACH ONE HAS INDEPENDENT FUNDING SOURCES.
SO WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM IDENTIFIED.
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE LOCAL FUNDING COMMITMENT BETWEEN KAT METRO'S LONG-RANGE MONEY AND THE PROFIT FROM THE CITY.
AND NOW WE'RE REALLY ADVANCED IN THE NEPA PROCESS.
BOTH ALREADY GOT APPROVALS ON THE RAPIDS PROJECTS AND THE RED LINE.
AND WE'RE DEEP INTO THE PROCESS ON ORANGE AND BLUE, UH, FOR WHERE WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE THINGS LINE UP REALLY WELL.
THOSE AREN'T GUARANTEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS AMOUNT VERSUS THIS AMOUNT OR THIS TIMELINE VERSUS THIS TIMELINE.
BUT EVERY DAY WE WORK WITH PURPOSE IS BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO ELIMINATE RISK ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, TO GET THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF MONEY BACK HERE, AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS VERSUS OTHER CITIES AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT WILL BE GOING FOR THAT MONEY.
SO THAT IS WHY I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO THANK THIS TEAM BECAUSE THIS TEAM IS WORKING UNDER THE RISK THRESHOLD OF HOW DO WE GET THE MOST OUT OF DC CAUSE THAT ULTIMATELY BUYS US THE BEST PROGRAM HERE LOCALLY.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE ALL AMAZING, BUT THEY ALL COST MONEY.
AND THE MORE MONEY WE CAN BRING INTO THE COFFERS FROM FEDS MEAN, AND, AND TIMING ON THAT MEANS US AS A TEAM AND NUMBER 19, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN DELIVER THE GREATEST THING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY RUSH BECAUSE WE'RE NOT RUSHED AT ALL THE SENSE OF PURPOSE EVERY DAY THAT WE ARE ELIMINATING RISK AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THE MOST BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE LAST THING ON THAT I WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY MENTION A WOMAN IN THE GREEN IN THE BACK IS ERICA MAZA.
SHE IS OUR NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF, UH, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, UH, ERICA, UH, A LONG, LONG CAREER IN TRANSIT.
SHE WAS ACTUALLY A CEO AT A PROPERTY IN ARIZONA FOR A WHILE, WORKED AT, UH, UH, WHAT WE CALL SERVICE PROVIDER.
SO A CONTRACT OPERATOR, SHE ACTUALLY AT APTA IS THE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
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SO SHE UNDERSTANDS THE FEDERAL SAUSAGE-MAKING REALLY WELL.WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS AND SHE'S A GREAT ADD TO THE TEAM.
SO SHE WILL NOW COORDINATE, UH, ALL OF OUR LOCAL AND STATE, BUT OBVIOUSLY MASSIVE CONCENTRATION ON OUR FEDERAL A MULTI-YEAR STRATEGY.
SO WE CAN GO AFTER EVERY SINGLE DISCRETIONARY GRANT PLUS THE LARGE GRANTS, UH, TO COME BACK, LIKE I SAID, FOR THE RUNNING.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ERICA, I'M SURE YOU'LL GET TO MEET HER AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT, UH, CHAIR WITH THAT, UM, THAT IS EXECUTIVE UPGRADE.
AND, UH, I REALLY JUST APPRECIATE HOW MUCH THE BOARD IS COMMITTING TIME TO THIS EXCITING PROGRAM.
UM, MR. CLARK AND WELCOME AMERICA TO THE TEAM, UH, WITH THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FURTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR THINGS YOU'D LIKE? UH, THANKS MAN.
I JUST HAVE ONE AS I WAS LISTENING TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND I'M GOING TO STAY WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CLARK'S WELL, CRAWL, WALK, RUN, ANALOGY, SOMETHING I THINK WE COULD THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE AS A POLICY.
AND I'M NOT A FAN OF CREATING POLICIES FOR THE SAKE OF CREATING POLICIES IS AN ESG POLICY.
SO ESG, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND GOVERNANCE IS A TOPIC THAT'S GETTING A LOT OF FOCUS RIGHT NOW, UM, PARTICULARLY FROM INVESTORS, BUT STARTING TO GET TRACTION WITH, UM, VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES AROUND THE WORLD.
AND I THINK AS A FOREIGN THINKING AGENCY, ATP IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT CREATING A POLICY FOR SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE, THINGS LIKE, UM, MODERN SLAVERY, HUMAN RIGHTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT POLICY BEFORE WE START DOING MAJOR PROCUREMENTS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE CAN EVALUATE THAT AND MEASURE, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE WE BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM? I THINK WE ARE, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE THAT, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBER AS USUAL? GREAT, GREAT COMMENT.
SO, UH, PETER MULLEN IS WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE CAB METRO, UH, PLANNING, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM.
SO AT CAP METRO, WE HAVE A CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, UH, ROBERT ROSKI AND, UH, BETWEEN HIM AND PETER AND, UH, SHAMILA MUKHERJEE, WHO IS OUR EVP OF PLANNING.
THEY'RE HIRING AN OTHER PERSON SPECIFICALLY ON SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AT CAP METRO, WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED A CAPITAL SUSTAINABILITY FUND AND THE BOARD, UH, IS, IS, IS MOVING THAT PART FORWARD.
BUT SECONDARILY, THEY ARE ALL WORKING TO CREATE A NEW FRAMEWORK OF A SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.
SO NOT JUST THE LITTLE PIECE, IT'S THE WHOLE THING, AND THAT WILL HELP GUIDE THE IDEAS TO BRING THAT BACK TO BOTH CABINET OR AN ATP TO GUIDE THE WHOLE PROGRAM GOING FORWARD.
AND WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, ATB IS NOT A TRANSIT AGENCY BECAUSE WE'RE, THIS BOARD IS A TRANSIT BUILDER AND IT HAS TO WORK IN HOW THE ENCAP METRO WOULD OPERATE THOSE SERVICES.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT PROGRAM, IT HAS TO BE HAND IN GLOVE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S HOW ARE WE BEING SUSTAINABLE TO BUILD HOW WE BEING SUSTAINABLE TO OPERATE? AND SO THEY ARE ALREADY STARTING TO WORK ON THAT.
AND THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD.
SO LET US WORK TO FIGURE WHAT THE RIGHT TIME TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, THAT, THAT TOPIC FAR FROM BEING DONE BY ANY MEANS WHERE AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE A LOT OF FIRST INNING BASEBALL FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM HERE.
UH, DAVE'S IN LIKE INNING THREE IN A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT FOR PETER AND THE TEAM TO COME AND GIVE YOU THAT CONCEPT AND HEAR THE BOARD'S FEEDBACK IN THAT KIND OF BESPOKE IT TO ATP AND NOT JUST TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE SHELF OR IF THERE'S CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EMPHASIZE ASPECTS OF YESTERDAY.
I THINK THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO ACTUALLY ESTABLISH SUSTAINABILITY GOALS IN THE CONTRACTS.
SO, AND THAT'LL HAVE TO BE BALANCED WITH THE RISK ANALYSIS BECAUSE IT'S MONEY, RIGHT.
BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO PAY MORE IN CAPITAL TO HAVE LESS ONM LATER.
SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.
HOW MUCH CARBON DO WE WANT TO CAPTURE DURING CONSTRUCTION? WHAT KIND OF MATERIALS DO WE WANT TO USE RECYCLED, UM, TIRES AND A LOT OF COMPONENTS, DO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONCEPTS OF CANOPY, THE ENTIRE BALE YARD FOR BOTH NOT ONLY SOLAR, BUT COULD WE CAPTURE WATER, USE THAT WATER RESERVOIR AND USE THAT FOR OUR TRAIN AND BUS WASHES AND MANAGE WATER.
SO THERE'S ALL OF THESE THINGS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING HAND IN GLOVE.
WE WANT, WE WANT THE CITY TO BE A MAJOR PART OF THAT PROCESS AND ITS WATERSHED AND OTHERS LIKE THAT.
UH, A IS GOING TO BE A BIG COMPONENT AS WELL.
I KNOW, I THINK, UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, BUT THANK YOU A BOARD MEMBER ELKINS.
UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FULL SPECTRUM OF HOW WE PROCURE AND SUSTAIN AND MAINTAIN.
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR BIGGEST EXPENDITURE, THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF THIS.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME THAT WE'RE LIKE OUR DIOCESE IS A REALLY TINY, TINY MINUSCULE EXAMPLE OF THINKING AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY THE GLASS OUT HERE, IT'S USED TO BE IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, RIGHT.
IT DIDN'T GO INTO THE LANDFILL.
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ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY US AS A COMMUNITY, WE OWN IT.WE'RE DIVERTING WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL AND WE ARE MAKING THIS SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRAND BABIES.
AND WITH THIS, I LIKE TO CALL THIS FEEDING, UM, UH, DURING THE MEETING AND THE TIME IS 5 0 3.