Oct 25, 2021 Cap Metro

AND THERE WERE MANY TIMES WHEN HE WOULD OFFER, WHEN HE WOULD ASK QUESTIONS AND OFFER UP ADVICE.

AND THE THINGS THAT HE SUGGESTED ACTUALLY HELPED IMPROVE SOME OF OUR EFFICIENCIES WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE WERE PROVIDING BASED ON HOW THE CAP METRO BUSES WERE POSITIONED, OR THE THINGS THAT WE ARE IN THE SERVICES WE WERE OFFERING IN THE WAY THAT WE COULD OFFER THE SERVICES.

CHRIS BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT TEAM AND PART OF OUR FAMILY AS PART OF THE FAMILY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, FAMILY EMERGENCY ROOMS IN THE BACK'S HUB.

AND AS A RESULT OF THE EFFORTS AT CAP, METRO HELPED PROVIDE US.

I JUST WANT TO SAY WE IN WILLIAMSON, WE WERE ABLE TO VACCINATE TO A STICK OVER 160,000 SHOTS IN ARMS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

AND THAT WAS JUST WHAT FAMILY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS DID, FAMILY EMERGENCY ROOMS IN, UM, AT THAT ONE VACCINE HUB AT KELLY REEVES STADIUM.

SO THAT'S WHY I I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS, BUT BETWEEN COVID RESURGENCE AND SOME OTHER SCHEDULING ISSUES, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PULL IT OFF, BUT I WANTED TO BRING THESE THREE FINE INDIVIDUALS IN BEFORE, BEFORE THE BOARD.

SO THE BOARD WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR THEIR STORY, TO MEET THE THREE OF THEM AND FOR US TO GIVE THEM APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION.

SO THANK YOU ALL

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WE'LL HAVE TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENTS.

A MEMBER STRATTON AND THANK YOU, CAP METRO FAMILY.

YOU MAKE US PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT A MEMBER STRATTON MENTIONED, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THIS INSTANCE, IT'S GREAT TO SEE US, OUR ORGANIZATION OUT THERE LEADING THE WAY SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY.

A NEXT STEP BOARD MEMBERS

[III. Public Comment]

WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS HERE WITH US IN THE BOARDROOM, AND I BELIEVE AS WELL, WE HAVE SEVERAL WHO WILL JOIN US ON OUR VIDEO.

OUR TEAM'S VIDEO.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY WILL BE MS. JESSICA WOLF.

UH, MS. WOLF HAS ALWAYS YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

BOARD CHAIR, BOARD, VICE CHAIR, AND BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JESSICA WOLF.

I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE BETTER BOULDER AND POLICY PROGRAM AT WORKERS.

DEFENSE WORKERS.

DEFENSE IS A MEMBERSHIP-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS TEXAS' LOW-INCOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND IMPROVING THEIR LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

I'M HERE TODAY TO COMMENT ON ACTION ITEM TWO, RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE METRO RAPID LINES, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROJECT CONNECT TRANSIT PLAN.

THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS IS A PUBLIC COMMITMENT.

SO WORKING FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT, THIS INCLUDED A COMMITMENT TO INCREASE WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS THROUGH THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM OR SIMILAR PROGRAM.

WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS A DIVERGENCE FROM THAT COMMITMENT ON OCTOBER 4TH OF THE TRI-PARTY WORK SESSION, IT WAS STATED BY CAT METRO CEO AND ATP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RANDY CLERK, THAT THESE PROJECTS WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM OR SIMILAR PROGRAM COUNCIL MEMBERS INQUIRED ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATED TO THE MONITORING.

THESE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN DECEMBER.

IT'S VERY CONCERNING TO US THAT NO EXPLANATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED ABOUT HOW KAT, METRO AND ATP ARE GOING TO MEET THE BETTER BUILDERS STANDARD OF INDEPENDENT ONSITE MONITORING.

WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS STARTING IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS, THE INDEPENDENT ONSITE MONITORING IS THE MOST CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS PROGRAM.

THIS MEANS INDEPENDENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THE PROJECT ITSELF SO THAT THE WORKERS CAN SAFELY REPORT ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES ON THE JOB WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED ACCREDITING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MONITORING ENTITIES AND OUR EXPERIENCE REGARDLESS OF THE STANDARDS REQUIRED BY POLICY.

THERE IS A NEED FOR TRULY INDEPENDENT MONITORING FROM THE DEVELOPER, FROM THE OWNER AND FROM THE INDUSTRY.

THESE WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AND BENEFIT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ADVOCATE WITH AND FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE ASKING YOU TO PROVIDE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS PROMISED, WHICH IS TRULY INDEPENDENT MONITORING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. WOLF.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JEREMY HENDRIX ALSO REMOTE.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS JEREMY HENDRICKS AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE ATP COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I'M ALSO VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS BUILDING TRADES AND A PROUD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, WHICH IS AMERICA'S FIFTH LARGEST CONSTRUCTION UNION.

AND AS YOU SHOULD ALL, REMEMBER, TEXAS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS STATE FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND HAS THE MOST WORKER MISCLASSIFICATION.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THE MOST WAGE THEFT SIMPLY PUT IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE A CONSTRUCTION WORKER IN TEXAS.

AND THAT IS WHY WE FIGHT EVERY DAY TO ENSURE WORKERS ARE PROTECTED AND ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES WITH DIGNITY.

UH, WE FOUGHT TO PASS PROJECT CONNECT AND ENSURE THIS PROJECT PROVIDES THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THE WORKERS BUILDING IT, WHICH INCLUDES THE LIVING WAGES ON TOP OF PREVAILING WAGES, THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONSTRUCTION TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, AND TRULY INDEPENDENT ONSITE MONITORING.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO JOIN THIS WOLF, TO SPEAK ABOUT ACTION ITEM TWO, RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE METRO RAPID LINES, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROJECT CONNECT TRANSIT PLAN.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CONTRACT WITH VOTERS IS THE FOUNDATION THAT ALLOWED THE VOTERS TO TRUST YOU ALL ENOUGH TO PASS THIS MASSIVE HISTORIC INVESTMENT.

IT PROMISED VOTERS THAT ALL PROJECT CONNECT WOULD BE DONE FOLLOWING CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR WORKERS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND PROTECTING AND LIFTING UP WORKERS IS A VALUE THAT AUSTIN HOLDS DEAR.

AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY A COMMITMENT TO INCREASE WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS TO THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM OR SIMILAR PROGRAM.

BUT SADLY ITEM TWO DOES NOT HONOR THAT TRUST.

AND WE ALL

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KNOW THAT ON OCTOBER 4TH AT THE TRI-PARTY SESSION, CAT METRO, A CEO AND ATP DIRECTOR, CLARK SAID THAT THESE PROJECTS WOULD PARTICIPATE IN BETTER BUILDERS, SIMILAR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANSWERS TO THAT.

AND NEITHER HAVE THEY, AS FAR AS WE KNOW.

SO WE EXPECT THESE PROJECTS TO FOLLOW THE CITY OF AUSTIN TRAINING AND APPRECIATES APPRENTICESHIP REQUIREMENTS ALSO, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, NO PROGRAM IS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT EITHER AND THAT ENSURES THAT THESE WORKERS GET ACCESS TO SKILLS AND SAFETY TRAINING WHILE BUILDING A CAREER.

NOW, CONSIDERING THESE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN DECEMBER, WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE INTEND TO HONOR THE CONTRACT WITH VOTERS BY FOLLOWING THE BETTER BUILDERS STANDARD OF INDEPENDENT ONSITE MONITORING AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS CURRENTLY SET AT 15% OF THE WORKFORCE DO DLL PROGRAMS, UH, SIMPLY PUT, WE MUST GET THIS RIGHT UPFRONT TO ENSURE THE INTENTIONS OF THE CONTRACT WITH VOTERS ARE FOLLOWED AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE PROTECTED.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE TRULY, TRULY INDEPENDENT ONSITE MONITORING TO ENSURE THESE PROJECTS ARE FOLLOWING THE CONTRACT WITH VOTERS.

AND THE SOON TO BE APPROVED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, IT IS ALSO CRITICAL THAT COMMUNITY VOICES ARE HEARD TO PROTECT WORKERS, THE VOTERS, AND ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THIS MASSIVELY IMPORTANT PROJECTS.

AND SO I THANK YOU TODAY FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE ON THIS BOARD, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THANK YOU, MR. HENDRIX.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ISAIAH SMITH.

HE'S NOT REMOTE HE'S HERE.

UM, JERRY JERRY COOPER, CAPITAL METRO BOARD MEMBERS.

LET ME KNOW IF HE SHOWS UP, UH, OUR NEXT SPEAKER THEN WILL BE STEVEN.

UH, LAURIANO MR. LORIANO.

UH, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. GUS PENA.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A WEISS AZHAR REMOTE THANK YOU, CHAIR.

MY NAME IS AND I SERVE ON THE CAPITOL METRO DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE.

UM, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF PLANNING OUR COMMUNITIES, I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON ACTION ITEM THREE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER.

I SHARED FEEDBACK WITH STAFF ON AN EARLIER DRAFT OF THIS CHARTER, AND I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT THEY MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE CHARTER LANGUAGE AND RESPONSIVE AND TACK THEM FOR THOSE EFFORTS.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE THREE MAIN ISSUES THAT I THINK STILL NEED TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER TODAY BY THE BOARD FIRST BARTH, THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE PROVIDING OVERSIGHT TO ALLOW FOR TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY TRUST IN THE NEW TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THIS SHOULD INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT ON PATTERNS AND PRACTICES OF THE CAPITAL METRO TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND DO ASSESS AND PROVIDE INPUT ON CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND REVIEW INDIVIDUAL CASES OF POLICE MISCONDUCT.

SECOND, CURRENTLY THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE LARGELY INCLUDE PROVIDING INPUT TO STAFF AND NOT THE BOARD ITSELF DO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND CLARITY.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE COMMITTEE'S DUTIES INCLUDE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD DOES INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING DISCIPLINE TRAINING, COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND THE COMPLAINT PROCESS TURD.

I QUESTIONED THE NEED TO PROVIDE A DEDICATED SEAT TO A PERSON WHO DIED FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FROM WITHIN THE CAP METRO SERVICE.

IF WE ARE SAYING THAT SUCH EXPERTISE IS CRITICAL ON THE COMMITTEE, WHY DO WE NOT FEEL THAT HAVING THE COMMITTED VOICE AND POLICING JUSTICE ON THIS COMMITTEE IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT? WHY IS THERE NO DEDICATED SEAT FOR A POLICING JUSTICE ADVOCATE ON THIS BODY? AND IF THE IDEA IS THAT SUCH AN ADVOCATE WILL BE BARRED OF THE EIGHT AT-LARGE MEMBERS, THEN WHY DO WE NOT FEEL LAW ENFORCEMENT VOICES, BUT ULTIMATELY YOU'RE PRESENTED AMONG THOSE EIGHT MEMBERS.

THUS, I ASKED THAT THAT DEDICATED POSITION FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, YOU DIVE PERSONALLY EVEN REMOVED, OR AT THE LEAST A POLICING JUSTICE ADVOCATES, YOU'D BE ADDED BERLIN FLEE TO THIS BODY TO REALLY ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY AND BUILD TRUST.

I HOPE THAT THESE THREE POINTS WILL BE CONSIDERED AS THE BOARD VOTES ON THESE ITEMS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A CHARTER THAT REALLY SETS US OUT, SETS US OUT FOR SUCCESS AND ALLOWS US TO BUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NOVIA.

JOSEPH'S REMOTE.

IT'S JOSEPH, ARE YOU WITH US? MS. JOSEPH.

SHE MAY BE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES, MR. OKAY.

LET ME, LET ME KNOW IF YOU MAKE CONTACT.

YEAH, I WILL.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CATHY MITCHELL ALSO REMOTE.

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OKAY, JOSEPH, LET ME CIRCLE BACK.

WE'VE GOT MR. SANCHEZ HERE, MR. SANCHEZ.

UH, WELCOME.

UH, YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND, UM, HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, I FIRST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME AND LISTEN TO MY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TODAY.

I KNOW HOW EVERYONE, UH, HOW HARD EVERYONE AT CAPITAL METRO WORKS, UH, TO MOVE AUSTINITES.

AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME.

UH, MY NAME IS RAPHAEL SANCHEZ AND I'M A FOURTH YEAR PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN STUDIES STUDENT AT THE, OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

UM, I FIRST WANTED TO SUGGEST THE NEED FOR MORE DIGITAL SCREENS INSIDE BUSES.

THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I KNOW HAVE BROUGHT UP HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP WITHIN MY PEERS AND I'S CONVERSATIONS.

SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT, UM, THAT ALWAYS COMES INTO MIND.

SO, UM, WHILE I KNOW SOME BUSES ALREADY HAVE THEM PLACE, THESE DIGITAL SCREENS, THIS FEATURE HAS ALSO MADE A LOT OF MY PEERS TRIPS, MUCH EASIER RATHER THAN GUESSING HAVING TO HEAR THE INTERCOM WHILE THERE ARE MANY NOISES GOING ON INSIDE THE BUS.

UM, ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE NEED FOR MORE CONSISTENCY IN THE ARRIVAL TIMES OF BUSES THAT ARE, ARE NOT THE METRO RAPID LINES.

UM, SOMETIMES WAITING LIKE 20 TO 30 MINUTES FOR OUR BUSES.

I WAS ALREADY TOO MUCH FOR SOMEONE TO WAIT FOR A BUS TO ARRIVE, UM, NOT WITH A CONSISTENT TIME OR 10 MINUTES LATER, UM, CAN BE DISRUPTIVE AND DISHEARTENING TO SOMEONE'S COMMUTING NEEDS SUCH AS MINE, UM, THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE INSIDE URBAN CORE SOMETIMES.

UM, I'M AWARE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN RATHER, UH, DIFFICULT, UH, FOR COVID NIGHT, UH, FOR COVID-19 PLACED A LOT OF ISSUES ON STAFFING ON TOP OF, UH, SERVICE DISRUPTIONS FROM ACL AND OTHER MAJOR EVENTS.

UM, BUT FOR ME, WHO DOES NOT SEE MUCH USE IN THE CAPITAL METRO F FOR ITS INTERFACE, UM, IT IS RATHER HARD TO USE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER, UH, TRIP PLANNING APPS.

UM, AND SO FOR THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE OFFICIAL COLLABORATION WITH OTHER APPS SUCH AS LIKE MOVE IT OR TRANSIT, WHICH ARE WAY MORE HELPFUL IN PLANNING MY APPS.

AND SOMETIMES WHEN THERE'S DISRUPTION ISSUES, IT'S NOT COHERENT WITH, UM, THE CAPITAL METRO APP.

UH, LASTLY, ONE ISSUE, UH, THAT HAS BEEN RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE.

ONE, UH, IS ONE OF THE BUMPS ON GUADALUPE HEADING ROW, UH, HEADING SOUTH, RIGHT AFTER CROSSING MLK, ESPECIALLY THE ROAD, UH, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE NEW TRAVIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE WILL BE LOCATED.

THAT IS WHERE THE AREA WHERE I SEE THE MOST BUMPS.

UM, WELL, FOR ME, IT IS THE USUAL BUMPY RIDE, WELCOMING TO WELCOME ME INTO DOWNTOWN FRIENDS WHO ARE NEW TO THE CITY, FIND THIS PART VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.

AND I HAVE ALSO SEEN ELDERLY PASSENGERS WHO HAVE RESTRICTED MOBILITY CRY OUT IN PAIN BECAUSE THE WHOLE BUS JERKS BACK AND FORTH.

AND THIS IS RIGHT BEFORE YOU HIT THE INTERSECTION OF GUADALUPE AND WEST 17TH.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS BETTER ADDRESSED WITH THE AUSTIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY THE BOARD TO FIX THIS UNCOMFORTABLE PART OF COMMUTERS, UH, GOING SOUTH TOWARDS DOWNTOWN.

UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME IN LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE CHANGES, POSITIVE CHANGES, CABINETRY BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU DOWN HERE.

APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU ON THE BUMPS NEXT, UH, SPEAKER WILL BE, UH, KEELAN LENGTHS.

WELCOME.

HI EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I AM A NATIVE AUSTIN RESIDENTS AND HAVE BEEN WRITING CABINETRY BUSES SINCE I WAS ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD AROUND THE CITY HAS BEEN MY MAIN TRANSPORTATION EXPLORING DOWNTOWN.

I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THE UPCOMING PROJECT CONNECT CHANGES AND WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

I DID WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I AM PASSIONATE AND CONCERNED ABOUT, AND THAT IS THAT, UM, IN ORDER FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN A CITY AND THE WHOLE, THERE NEEDS TO BE THE ABILITY FOR GREATER POPULATION DENSITY THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED IN MANY AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE CAPITAL BOARD MEMBERS TO, UM, ENCOURAGE LAND USE REFORMS THAT WOULD ALLOW TRANSIT, SUPPORTIVE DENSITY, BOTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CAP METRO SYSTEM ITSELF.

AND FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE GROWN UP AND INVESTED IN A CITY ONLY TO, UM, BE FINDING THAT THEY'RE NOW GETTING PRICED OUT OF, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR WORK.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMING YEARS WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND THOSE CHANGES.

THANK YOU, MR. LENSE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE AND, UH, THOUGH I WOULD READILY HELP YOU ON LAND USE REFORM.

THAT'S NOT OUR JURISDICTION, BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.

APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.

UH, ED MS. JOSEPH, ARE YOU WITH US? YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AS RELATED TO THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, MR. CHAIR.

YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START YOUR COMMENTS? SURE.

THANK YOU, MS. .

THANK YOU, MEMBERS SOMETHING OVER YOU, JOSEPH.

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I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT PEN PALS WHEEL TOO EIGHT 40 PAST.

YOU ACTUALLY CHANGE THE POLICY.

SEE THAT INDIVIDUALISTIC SPEAK AFTER THE PRESENTATION BY STAFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ACTUALLY HAS A GOOD MODEL.

CHAIRMAN.

BOB ALWAYS PERMITS THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK AFTER EACH ACTION ITEM BEFORE THEY TAKE ACTION ON THAT ITEM.

AND ALSO AT THE END OF THE LITTLE MAY DO PUBLIC COMMENT, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ACTION ITEM THREE, WHICH IS THE TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT NOT EVERY ONE OF THE COMMUNITY BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY WAS.

IF I KNOW THAT ALL THESE DEPARTMENT OFTEN ACTUALLY IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE METRO RAIL STATION, HOWARD, IT WAS ACTUALLY NO ONE.

THEY WERE JUST PROTECTING, OPERATING, RIGHT CHOICE MINERS, THEIR VEHICLES, AS IT RELATED TO THE BEINGS WITH TYPICALLY AT YOU, SAME THING, PLUS NO ACTIVITY FROM THE BUS RIDERS, THEY WERE JUST SITTING IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND SO I AM JUST CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL BE RACIAL PROFILING, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREAS THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC, AS OPPOSED TO WHERE THE WHITE CHOICE.

IT'S MORE IN JUST THAT CONTEXT.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN TTB ON RUNDBERG, AP IS STANDING AT THE DOOR.

WHEN I GO TO ALLENDALE BGP PRODUCT, GREAT HILLS, WHICH HOW LONG AGO, 24, BECAUSE IT TAKES ABOUT THREE TO FOUR HOURS TO GET THERE.

I AM NOT MET WITH AP D ON THE WEST SIDE.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO JUST THAT LINE, BUT ALSO ASK YOU RIGHT WHEN MR. DEYVON GAVE THIS PRESENTATION CUSTOMER SATISFACTORY.

I THREE COMMUNITY, THAT PARTICULAR MEETING WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC.

I WAS ACTUALLY HOME ABOUT 15 MINUTES, AND THEN FINALLY ADD AN AURA, CONNECT ME TO THE MEETING.

AFTER THE FACT SHE OFFERED TO HAVE ME SPEAK TO THIS LADY ONE, WHICH I, BECAUSE IT WAS SORT OF A MOOT POINT CARVED OUT TIME TO DO THE PRESENTATION AS IT RELATES TO THIS.

I JUST WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE MEETING THAT TAKES A WEEK, AND THEY ONLY BROUGHT THE PUBLIC THAT ACTUALLY FITS CODE ARE DIRECTING MELTS, RUBIN BROOKS.

AND I WOULD ASK, TREAT HIM THE SAME WAY.

TREAT EVERYBODY FAIR.

IT REFLECTS WHITE, FORTUNATELY, AND THE REST OF US, THE CODE AND THE VAN AS IT REALLY, IF YOU PLEAD TO THE BUS DRIVERS SHORT ONE, A COMMENT COMMENT THAT OCTOBER 13TH, MEETING OPERA OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU MENTIONED THE BIG APOLOGETIC LADY THAT SPOKE THE PROCEDURE TEXTBOOK.

I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS IT RELATES TO STAFFING THEIR $3,000 BONUS OR UP TO $3,500 PAGE 1 43 BACKER MATERIALS.

SO I HAVE CONCERN WITH THAT BECAUSE $3,500 SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS ASSET, I'LL READ THE BONUSES THAT MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES, 28,000 HOURS.

LET ME JUST BE SPECIFIC.

I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER, THE SALARY I'M $90,250,000.

IF YOU'RE AUSTIN TRANS HISTORY CHAIR, AS IT RELATES TO THE THREE MINUTES, 2018 IS SALARY.

IT'S ONE $93,000.

I IT'S $349,037.

THAT'S MORE THAN THE TIME'S EXPIRED.

I HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

THAT FIVE MINUTES.

IS IT FIVE MINUTES? OKAY, GO AHEAD.

YOU'VE GOT TOTAL OF FIVE.

I THINK MS. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO MENTION AS IT TO CONNECTING TO MEETINGS THIS FRIDAY, WE'LL HAVE THE, THE JOINT MEETING ONCE AGAIN.

AND LAST I SIGNED UP ON SUNDAY MORNING AT 6:35 AM.

I DIDN'T CALL.

I REACHED OUT TO MS. PEGGY'S.

HE SAID IT WAS THE CAPITOL MAGICALS RESPONSIBILITY JOINT MEETING, THAT THE CITY,

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I ACTUALLY HAVE A CLERK.

SHE SAID IT WOULD HAVE A METRIC.

I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU'RE PAYING.

WHO'S ACTUALLY CHARGED TO THE MEETINGS.

I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU JUST PUT THE CODE ON THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT, THE AGENDA AND JUST POST IT JUST LIKE COMES TO ME IN YOUR SPORT SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS ALL IN THERE.

AREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE AND MAKE A FOLK WITH MANY HOOPS, JUST THREE MINUTES CONVERSATION WITH REPORT.

SO IT REALLY DOESN'T FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.

THERE'S A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AT THIS POINT, EVEN AT ONE PARTICULAR POINT LAST WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 21, 20 21, THE VIDEO WAS POSTED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, AUSTIN PARTNERSHIP.

OH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS USE TEXTS TO TALK LIKE THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHERE IN REAL TIME THERE'S A TRANSCRIPT THAT GETS GENERATED.

AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TAYVON SAID THE MEETINGS PART OF IT AS FOR SAFETY.

I JUST WANT TO GET THOSE MEETINGS RECORDED.

C-SECTION ACCESS, UM, VISORY COMMUNITY.

AND I ASK YOU, PLEASE DO POST THEM BE TRANSPARENT.

UM, IT'S VERY SERVING TO YOUR MIND TITLES, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, 1964, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION CIRCLE STEFANO 2.1 B DATED OCTOBER, 2012, ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE ROBUST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE SOUND.

THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN MS. JOSEPH'S.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAYBE AN ADVISORY TO OUR SPEAKERS.

IT SOUNDED LIKE MAYBE SHE WAS HAVING MICROPHONE ISSUES OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.

DO WE HAVE MS. MITCHELL? I ASK A QUESTION.

GO AHEAD.

UM, DO, DID SHE SEND US COMMENTS IN WRITING ED? I, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS ASKING FOR WITH REGARD TO THE MEETING ON FRIDAY.

PERHAPS YOU COULD JUST SOLICIT FROM HER.

I BELIEVE.

I REMEMBER SHE WAS ASKING TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS SIGNED UP AND I'VE, UH, I BELIEVE SOMEONE SENT A LIST OF HER.

SHE WAS ALREADY ON THE LIST, SO.

YEAH, BUT I THINK SHE ALSO MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PROCESS FOR SIGNING UP WAS MS. JUSTICE CONTACTED LAST WEEK ABOUT SIGNING UP FOR THE FRIDAY MEETING.

AND I VERIFY THAT SHE IS ON THE LIST FOR THIS YEAR.

WELL, IF THERE'S ANY AMBIGUITY ON SIGNING UP FOR THAT MEETING, WE OUGHT TO DO AS GOOD A JOB AS WE CAN TO MAKE IT CLEAR HOW PEOPLE DO GET TO SPEAK.

MR. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.

MAYBE WE COULD, UM, ASK IF SHE HAS ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEND IN.

I KNOW THAT IT WAS IN AND OUT IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMMENTS, UH, WE MIGHT ENCOURAGE HER TO DO SO.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? UH, ED AND NEITHER, UH, LIKEWISE, MR. SMITH, MR. LORIANNA OR MR. PENA HAVE STILL NOT HERE.

VERY GOOD.

LIKE TO GIVE US THIS MONTH, SEE SAC REPORT PLEASE.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NEXT WE'LL HAVE OUR TWO ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS.

I BELIEVE WE'RE JOINED REMOTELY BY THE CHAIRS OF BOTH COMMITTEES.

SEE FROM TAYLOR AND CHRIS PRENTICE FROM WE'LL START WITH YOU.

WOULD YOU

[IV. Advisory Committee Updates]

PAST 18 MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN FILLED RECENTLY.

CHAIR COOPER AND CC AND, UM, CHEMISTRY BOARD.

UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, EDNA PARRA TO GO OVER HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING.

UM, BUT IN SUMMARY, UH, UM, OUR OCTOBER AGENDA, WE COVERED, UM, JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, UM, WHICH WAS PRESENTED BY SAM SERGEANT AS WELL AS BLUE LINE DESIGN OVERVIEW AT 15%, UM, DEVELOP AS WELL AS ORANGE LINE DESIGN OVERVIEW.

UM, IN GENERAL, THERE WERE SOME GOOD CONVERSATION AROUND SOME OF THE CHANGES IN PLANNING ON THOSE, AS WELL AS SOME CONCERN AROUND THE INTERSECTION NORTH OF, UM, UT CAMPUS, UM, IN THE LOCATION OF 30TH, 52ND STREET, UM, WOULD THAT JOG AND GUADALUPE AND CONCERNS AROUND IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA? UM, ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS OVER THE PAST YEAR, UM, WITH, UM, PARTICIPATION IN C SAC.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF OPEN SEATS, UM, OVER THE

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UM, BUT WITH THOSE VACANCIES NOT BEING FILLED, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO TAKE ANY ACTION IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS WE HAVE RARELY HAD FORUM.

UM, WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SEATS REMAINING VACANT, SO I WOULD URGE THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN CONTACT WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS ON SEASICK.

AND IF THEY FIND THAT THERE IS A VACANCY THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY CAN TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION, UM, IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

I THANK YOU.

UH, AND IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE SURE EVERY BOARD MEMBER WHO HAS VACANT APPOINTMENTS KNOWS OR REFRESH THE RECOLLECTION, WE'LL TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.

UH, NEXT WILL BE OUR ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT BY MR. PRENTICE.

UM, MR. MR. CHAIR, I THOUGHT, I BELIEVE THAT THAT HE WANTED TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO HIS COLLEAGUE EDNA FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE, OH, I'M SORRY.

REPORT.

DID I, DID I MISS HERE THAT NO, THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, HELLO.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

CHAIRMAN COOPER, VICE CHAIR.

TREVELYAN PRESIDENT CLARK MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS EDNA PARRA MANAGER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR CAPITAL METRO AND THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THE ACCESS AND C-SAT COMMITTEES.

UM, I, SO I WANTED TO FIRST LET YOU KNOW THAT BOTH CHAIRS WILL BE WITH ME MOVING FORWARD, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY WILL BE DOING IT THROUGH TEAMS TO PROVIDE THESE MONTHLY UPDATES, AND I WILL BE HERE TO PROVIDE ANY, UM, SUPPORT FOR THEM FROM THE PRESENTATIONS OR THE MINUTES FOR EACH MEETING.

UM, I DID HAVE AN, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE C SAC MEMBERS.

UM, THIS MONTH WE HAVE ONE MORE APPLICANT ON TODAY'S BOARD CONSENT WHO WHEN APPROVED WOULD ONLY LEAVE ONE AVAILABLE COMMITTEE, CNC, SAC, UM, AND FOR THAT REMAINING, SEE, I'M WORKING WITH BOARD MEMBER ROSS, UM, TO FILL THAT SEAT, THESE, THIS COMING MONTH.

UM, SO THANK YOU TO BOARD MEMBERS, ROSS, AND POOL FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND FILLING THOSE VACANCIES.

UM, I ALSO HAD AN UPDATE ON THE PROCEDURES AND SYSTEMS. SO NOW YOU CAN FIND MINUTES AGENDAS, PRESENTATION, PACKETS, AND VIDEOS ON EACH OF THE WEB PAGES.

AND I'M CONTINUING TO WORK WITH BOTH COMMITTEES TO MAKE SURE ANY CHANGES WE'VE MADE WORK FOR THE MEMBERS PLUS ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC.

UM, WE DID HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOIN OUR ACCESS MEETING THIS PAST MONTH, UH, BUT NO OUTSIDE MEMBERS FOR C SAC.

I DID, UM, EDIT BOTH PAGES AGAIN TO MAKE SURE ALL THE LINKS WERE CORRECT, AND THAT WE ADDED A, AN ADDITIONAL COLUMN SOLELY FOR EACH MEETING LINK.

UM, SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE WE COULD, IT CAN BE FOUND IN MULTIPLE AREAS ON THE SITE.

UM, AND I REALIZED THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES, UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO, UM, BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE CAB, METRO, THE TEAM WHO'S HELPED WITH THAT.

UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE AREAS TO IMPROVE.

SO FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS WELCOMED FROM COMMUNITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS.

UM, I ALSO DID JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH CHAIRS, UM, CHAIR, PRENTICE AND CHAIR TAYLOR, WHO AE, UM, THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE IN THE COMMITTEES AND ALSO FOR TAKING THE TIME DURING THEIR DAY TO BE HERE, TO PROVIDE THESE, UH, COMMITTEE UPDATES.

UM, AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO, UM, ACCESS CHAIR, CHRIS PRENTICE.

THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE BLUE LINE, UH, FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION FROM ALVIN LIVINGSTON OF THE, UH, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ORANGE LINE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN COOPER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MR. CLARK, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE EXCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE TO YOU.

UH, UH, OUR MEETING WAS A LITTLE SHORTER THAN USUAL BECAUSE WE STARTED OUR MEETING WITH THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS SEASICK AS WE RECEIVED THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, CHARTER, UH, PROPOSAL AND, UH, LISTENED TO CHIEF DUNHAM AS WELL AS, UH, UH, DARRYL JAMAIL AND HAD A FEW COMMENTS ON THAT.

AND, UH, WERE GIVEN A PERIOD OF TIME TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO THE PROPOSED CHARTER.

UM, THAT CONCLUDED AROUND SIX 15.

WE DID HAVE A QUORUM OF OUR MEMBERS PRESENT.

I THINK WE MIGHT'VE HAD ONE OR TWO MISSING, BUT WE DID HAVE A QUORUM.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.

UH, WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

UH, THE ONES THAT MIGHT PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, BELIEVE WERE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND, UM, THEIR ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED BY STAFF IN AN INAPPROPRIATE MANNER.

UH, FOLLOWING THAT WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS BY SAM SERGEANT ONE ON THE, UH, JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER WAS ON

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UH, THEN AS SHE STATED, EDNA PARRA DID PRESENT US, UH, UH, MEETING SYSTEMS AND THE PROCEDURES THAT SHE'S PUT IN PLACE.

UH, UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE AETNA AS OUR, OUR LIAISON NOW THINKS SHE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB FOR OUR COMMITTEE.

UM, FOLLOWING HER PRESENTATION, UH, THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE MINUTES THAT WE HAD FROM OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING AND WE ADJOURNED AT AROUND SEVEN 30.

UM, IF I CAN TAKE A MOMENT OF, UH, PRIVILEGE FOR JUST A MINUTE CHAIRMAN, I DID HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE, UM, UH, THIS WILL BE MY, UH, LAST MEETING WITH, UH, WITH YOU AS A BOARD.

AND MY LAST MEETING WITH THE EXCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE ON, UH, NOVEMBER 3RD.

UH, I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE SINCE I BELIEVE SINCE 2010, UH, AS FIRST AS A MEMBER, THEN AS VICE CHAIR.

AND I'VE SERVED AS CHAIR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UM, UH, JUST ACCEPTED, UH, A POSITION AS AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN HOCKLEY COUNTY, TEXAS, WHICH IS JUST WEST OF LUBBOCK.

UM, AND I'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO RETURN TO THE COURTROOM.

I'M RETIRING FROM, UH, THE STATE.

I CURRENTLY WORK AT TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND I'M RETIRING AS A STATE EMPLOYEE, BUT GOING TO WORK AS A COUNTY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, BY THE TIME OF THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, I'VE ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIR THE COMMITTEE INTO, UH, UH, SHEPHERDS THROUGH LOTS OF DIFFERENT CHANGES.

I THINK PROJECT CONNECT WILL BRING A LOT OF GREAT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AS WELL AS, UH, THE REST OF THE FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE OR COME HERE TO VISIT.

AND, UM, UH, I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT AND THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU'VE PLACED IN ME, UH, CHAIRMAN COOPER, AND I'M SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO DO GOOD WORK.

OUR VICE CHAIRMAN WILL BE ABLE TO STEP IN AND, AND RUN THE COMMITTEE.

I BELIEVE HE WILL DO A GREAT JOB AS WELL.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND, UH, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT Y'ALL HAVE PRESENTED AND ALSO WANT TO THANK MARTIN FOR HIS ASSISTANCE WITH OUR COMMITTEE, UH, OVER SEVERAL YEARS, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH US AS WELL.

AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

UH, CHAIR APPRENTICE.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST SERVICE TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW ONE OF THE COOL THINGS THAT WE GET TO SEE, UH, ON THE BOARD OF CAP, METRO IS OUR ABILITY THAT CHANGED THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED THAN, AND TO FACILITATE THEIR BEING, UH, FULL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ENJOYING ALL THE BENEFITS AND, AND PARTICIPATING IN WORK.

AND, AND, UH, YOU'RE BRINGING, UM, SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN DO THAT BETTER FOR THESE MANY YEARS HAS BEEN A VERY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE JOB YOU HAVE DONE, UH, BOTH AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO AS CHAIR.

SO WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, UH, UH, UH, TAKE A FEW TREES WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO OUT WEST OF LUBBOCK.

UH, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THOSE.

I WON'T MISS THE HUMIDITY THOUGH.

NO, YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN TAKE SOME OF THAT WITH YOU AS WELL, BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, TO OUR BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY.

OH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THREE OF YOU.

UM, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL TO US.

I'M I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AND APPRECIATE HEARING, UM, FROM OUR, UH, CHAIRS OF OUR COMMITTEES, UH, APPRECIATE YOU ALL PARTICIPATING AND, UM, WANT TO THANK YOU ALL THE WORK THAT ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE DONE, UH, TO MAKE THIS, UM, YOU MAKE THIS INFORMATION MORE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND WHAT YOU ALL DO, SOMETHING THE PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE IN.

UM, AND THEN, UH, BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO US AT THE BOARD.

SO AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF, OF WORK AND SOME CHANGE, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

KUDOS TO STAFF AND TO OUR, UH, CHAIRS FOR LEVERAGING THE TECHNOLOGY.

SO WE CAN HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE CHAIRS AND, UH, HAVE YOU PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS? THAT'S, THAT'S A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND THANK YOU, UH, MS. PARRA FOR YOUR WORK, UH, SUPPORTING BOTH OF THOSE, BUT ALSO GETTING THEM TO US AS WELL.

FIRST WOULD BE THE OPERATIONS PLANNING AND SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR, KITCHEN,

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

UH, NEXT STEP, UH, MEMBERS, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES

[V. Board Committee Updates]

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WHICH YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT REPORT FOR US, PLEASE.

I LOOK TO VICE-CHAIR 2 MILLION FROM THAT ONE THAT WAS A MEETING THAT I HAD TO MISS.

GIVE US OUR KEMPO UPDATE PLEASE? YES.

ALRIGHT.

UM, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN DID INFORM US OF, OF A, OF ANOTHER COMMITMENT THAT SHE HAD.

SO, UH, WE HELD THE MEETING ON OCTOBER 13TH, UM, BEGINNING, APPROXIMATELY AT 1245 ENDING AT APPROXIMATELY ONE 30.

UH, THE QUORUM WAS CREATED BY BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON, RENTER, MARIA, AND MYSELF.

UH, WE HAD THREE ACTION ITEMS AND ONE DISCUSSION ITEM.

UM, AFTER WE PASSED THE MINUTES, UM, WE HAD ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE OPS AGENDA, WHICH IS TODAY CONSENT ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND THEN THE, UH, AN ARE ON ITEM.

NUMBER THREE ON THE OPS AGENDA IS TODAY.

ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE.

AND AS I SAID EARLIER, UH, WE ADJOURNED AT APPROXIMATELY ONE 30.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.

UH, NEXT STEP WE'LL HAVE OUR FINANCE AUDIT AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE REPORT CHAIR MITCHELL.

UH, YES, CHAIRMAN, UH, THE FINANCE AUDIT ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MET AT 10:00 AM ON OCTOBER 13TH.

UH, WE APPROVED THE MINUTES.

THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.

UH, WE ADOPTED RESOLUTION, UH, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN, AND WE ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

WOULD YOU ALSO LIKE TO

[V.3. CAMPO Update]

CAMPO MET ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2021.

UM, IN TERMS OF ACTION ITEMS, UH, THEY TOOK, UH, TOOK ACTION ITEM ON THE UNIFIED PLAN WORK PROGRAM AMENDMENTS, WHICH ARE RELATIVELY MINOR, UH, TOOK, UH, APPROPRIATE ACTION SCHEDULING MEETINGS NEXT YEAR, AND THEN HAD VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS ON PROGRESS REPORTS AND DEFERRED PROJECTS THAT MIGHT RECEIVE SOME FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ARTERIALS LIKE LAMAR, THAT W THAT AFFECT US.

UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UH, NEXT WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, UH, BOARD BUSINESS MEMBERS STRATTON.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

UH, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD OF MET RIGHT HERE IN THE ROSA PARKS, BOARDROOM OF CAPITAL METRO ON LAST WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER THE 20TH, UH, PRESENT WERE CHAIR, UH, VERONICA, UH, UH, CASTRO, DEBORA, MYSELF, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBER, UM, UH, TONY ELKINS, UH, MAYOR STEVE ADLER AND, UM, UH, THE, UM, EX-OFFICIO MEMBER, UH, GINA FIE AND DACA FROM, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND, UM, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION, PRESIDENT CEO, UH, RANDY OF CAP METRO, RANDY CLARK ABSENT WAS, UH, DR.

UH, COLETTE PIERCE BURNETTE.

UH, WE ENDEAVORED TO, UH, PASS THREE DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS. ONE WAS OUR MINUTES.

THE SECOND WAS OUR FIRST MAJOR PROCUREMENT UNDER THE PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT HAD BEEN ADOPTED MOST RECENTLY AT OUR LAST MEETING, UH, TO CONSIDER AND, UH, AWARD ON-CALL LEGAL SERVICES.

THIS IS TO ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN, UH, OFFERING AND CONSIDERING THE AWARDING OF BASICALLY A, A SERIES OF, UM, LAW FIRMS THAT CAN ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION GOING FORWARD IN VARIOUS TYPES OF CONTRACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS OF LEGAL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THEN FINALLY WAS A, THE THIRD ACTION ITEM WAS A CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PROGRAM.

THIS IS, UH, AND ITS CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PROGRAM AND OTHER RELATED, UH, POLICIES THAT WOULD, UM, THAT THE ATP WOULD BE PUTTING IN DIRECTING STAFF TO CONSIDER POLICIES BASICALLY THAT WERE, UH, ADDRESSED BY THE, UM, CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS.

AND, UM, THAT WERE RELATED THAT ALSO ARE GOING TO BE RELATED TO THE UPCOMING JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THAT IS TO BE CONSIDERED THIS FRIDAY.

THAT RESOLUTION WAS ALSO PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, AND THOSE WERE THE MAJOR POINTS AT THAT TIME.

OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH CONVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF CAMERAS AND SUPPORTING EQUIPMENT AT 31 RAIL SIGNAL HOUSES NOT TO EXCEED $422,290.

REMEMBER STRATTON AT MEMBERS' NEXT.

WE'LL TAKE UP

[VI. Consent Items]

OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE SIX ITEMS. I'LL READ THOSE.

AND IF ANY BOARD MEMBER WISHES TO HAVE ONE OF THEM REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WE CAN DO SO BEFORE WE VOTE.

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021 CAP METRO BOARD MEETING ITEM NUMBER TWO IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPOINTING DIANA WHEELER TO THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

ITEM THREE IS APPROVAL

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ITEM FOUR IS APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CAPITAL AND METRO'S INVESTMENT POLICY AND REVISION OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE COMP COMPOSITION.

ITEM FIVE IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES PLAN AND ITEM NUMBER SIX IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AND THE PRESIDENT AND CEO, OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE CONTRACTS WITH BICKERSTAFF HEATH DEL GATO ACOSTA, LLP CLARK HILL PLC INET KEEVER P L L C GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP HAWKINS, DELAFIELD AND WOOD, L L P HUSH BLACKWELL, L L P JACKSON LEWIS, PC K AND L GATES, LLP CAPLIN, KIRSCH, AND ROCKWELL L L P COWARD HOOD MANNION RANKIN AND GESELL PC AURA CARRINGTON AND SUTCLIFFE, LLP ROSS MOLINA, OLIVER ARROWS, PC THOMPSON, COBURN, LLP, AND WINSTEAD PC FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL SERVICES IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 3 MILLION, 600,000 FOR A THREE-YEAR BASE TERM WITH THREE ONE-YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.

DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO REMOVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NINE? THERE'S A MOTION.

THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, BY THE VICE CHAIR AND A SECOND BY MEMBER POOL.

ANY DISCUSSION VERY WELL ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

NAY.

THE MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

ITEM IS FOR A CONTRACT TO RENOVATE THE FIRST FLOOR CAT METRO'S ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING HERE AT 29, 10 EAST FIFTH STREET.

I THINK THIS IS OUR FIRST FULL VOTE POST COVID IN-PERSON.

SO, UH, KUDOS FOR THAT, THAT BENCHMARK, UH, NEXT, UH, UH, UH, MEMBERS WE'LL HAVE OUR ACTION ITEM AGENDA.

OUR FIRST ACTION

[VII.1. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Structura, Inc. to renovate the first floor of the Capital Metro administrative facility at 2910 E. 5th St., for $1,767,362 plus $170,000 in contingency for a total amount not to exceed $1,937,362]

MR. CARTWRIGHT, WELCOME AND GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.

UH, SEE IF THAT'S NOT POINTING, BUT, UH, THERE ON THE TOP AREA OF THIS FLOOR PLAN, THAT IS WHERE THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING IS AREA FOUR, JUST TO THE RIGHT IS THE, UH, APPLICATION, THE INTERVIEW ROOM, AND THEN AREA FIVE.

AND GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR COOPER, BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT CEO CLARK.

I'M KEN , VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES AT CAPITAL METRO.

AND I'D LIKE TO, AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, UM, REQUEST APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH STRUCTURE INC, TO RENOVATE THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CAPITOL METRO ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITY AT 29, 10 EAST FIFTH STREET FOR $1,767,362 PLUS $170,000 IN CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,937,362.

I DO HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU.

I DID WANT TO, I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE DBE GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT FOR THIS CONTRACT WAS ESTABLISHED AT 11%.

AND THIS CONTRACTOR EXPECTS TO EXCEED THAT, UH, WITH, UH, 26.2%, UH, DBE COMPLIANCE.

THE FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 CAPITAL METRO CAPITAL BUDGET.

IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SLIDES HERE.

SO AS YOU NOTICED ON YOUR WAY IN THIS MORNING, YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION ONGOING.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE STARTED A LITTLE BIT OF THE DEMO DEMOLITION PROCESS UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT TO REMODEL THE FIRST FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING.

AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CONVERTING THE FIRST FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING AND, UH, DEDICATING ENTIRELY TO OUR OPERATIONS GROUP.

SO OUR OPERATIONS GROUP HAS HAD, UH, QUITE A BIT OF TIGHT QUARTERS IN THIS FACILITY FOR MANY YEARS.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S A TIME OVERDUE THAT WE'VE PAID ATTENTION TO THEM AND PROVIDE PROPER FACILITIES FOR OUR OPERATING GROUP.

YOU CAN SEE THIS FLOOR PLAN HERE THAT DESCRIBES THE AREAS THAT WE'LL BE, UH, CONSTRUCTING AND RENOVATING THE AREA.

NUMBER ONE IS A NEW AND EXPANDED DRIVER READY ROOM.

THE SECOND AREA IS NEW, OUR NEW DEDICATED TRAINING ROOMS. CURRENTLY OUR OPERATORS DO NOT HAVE DEDICATED TRAINING ROOMS. SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DEDICATED TRAINING ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES.

AREA THREE IS A LARGE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR LARGE GATHERINGS, LARGE MEETINGS, UH, COMPANY-WIDE EVENTS AS WELL, THEN THE AREA FOR JUST AS YOU ENTER THE FACILITY.

AND I SHOULD POINT OUT HERE IS,

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FINALLY, THOSE ARE THE OFFICE SPACES FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, UM, UH, UH, PART OF OUR OPERATIONAL GROUP, EXCUSE ME, WE DO INTEND TO, UH, UH, DEVELOP THIS IN TWO PHASES IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATIONS OUT OF THIS FACILITY.

SO WE HAVE UNINTERRUPTED, UH, DISPATCH AND DRIVER READY AREAS AVAILABLE.

PHASE ONE WILL START IMMEDIATELY.

AND THEN PHASE TWO SHORTLY THEREAFTER, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE SORT OF DIVIDING UP THAT WORK, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OPERATIONS ARE NOT INTERRUPTED DURING THIS PERIOD IN OUR SCHEDULE.

YOU CAN SEE IT THERE AT THE TOP IN THE BLUE, THE DEMOLITION FIRST PHASE OF THE DEMOLITION IS CLOSE TO BEING WRAPPED UP NOW, AND THEN WE'LL START THE PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED THAT IN EARLY SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THE PHASE TWO OF THAT, UM, IN THE APRIL TIMEFRAME.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO.

THIS IS THE CONTRACT FOR THAT.

AND I'LL PAUSE THERE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROJECT, THIS CONTRACT QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARTWRIGHT MEMBERS.

CAN I HAVE ONE, UH, MAYBE THIS MAY BE DIRECTED TO OUR PRESIDENT, BUT WELL, THE BOARD, WHERE ARE WE CONTEMPLATING BOARD MEETINGS? SURE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BOARD MEETINGS IN THIS PARTICULAR ROOM HERE UNTIL WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION FOR THAT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

OTHER QUESTIONS, NONE CHAIR THEN WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH STRUCTURE INC, TO RENOVATE THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CAPITOL METRO ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITY AT 29, 10 EAST FIFTH STREET FOR THE SUM OF $1,767,362.

I HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY MEMBER MITCHELL.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY MEMBER KITCHEN, ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL JUST SAY, UH, HAVING, UH, COME OVER HERE FOR SEVEN, SOME ODD YEARS, THIS PLACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A RABBIT WARREN AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SPACE ISSUES.

SO IT'S GOOD NOW FINALLY, TO SEE US, UH, DEVELOPING THE FACILITY THAT BEFITS THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AND WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BY HAVING BETTER TRAINING FACILITIES AND, AND, UH, READY ROOMS AND ALL OF THAT.

WE'VE BEEN LIMPING BY, I THINK, UH, FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO THIS IS GOOD PROGRESS TO SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS VERY WELL ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

I THINK YOU'RE UP WITH THE ACTION ITEM.

NUMBER TWO AS WELL.

[VII.2. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute contracts with Unity Contracting Services, Inc., Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. and MA Smith Contracting, Inc. for Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Construction Services for transit facility construction projects for a five (5) year contract for a total amount not to exceed $50,000,000.]

PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE RED LINE REGIONAL RAIL PROJECTS, CAPITAL METRO WILL ACTUALLY BE TAKING THE LEAD AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROJECTS.

UM, ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTE CONTRACTS WITH UNITY CONTRACTOR SERVICES, INC STACEY AND WHITBECK INC AND MIA SMITH CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC FOR INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY OR ID IQ CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR TRANSIT FACILITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $50 MILLION.

AND I DO HAVE SEVERAL SLIDES TO REVIEW.

I WILL MENTION THAT THE DV DBE GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, WAS ESTABLISHED AT 17% AND EACH OF THESE CONTRACTORS EITHER MEETS OR EXCEEDS THAT.

AND WE HAVE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT IN THE, IN THE SLIDES, THE FUNDING FOR THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL METRO, UH, FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS PART OF PROJECT CONNECT.

SO IN TERMS OF THIS, UH, THIS CONTRACT, UM, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT WILL BE TO SERVE THE METRO RAPID CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

AND, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, YOU DID HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO MADE COMMENTS ON THIS, AND I WILL ADDRESS THOSE POINTS IN THIS PRESENTATION, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME AT ANY POINT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY PARTICULAR SLIDES.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS CHART MANY TIMES THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM SEQUENCE PLAN AND INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT ARE THE METRO RAPID PROJECTS.

AND FOR THE METRO RAPID PROJECTS, THEY ARE PART OF PROJECT CONNECT, UH, WHICH IS, UH, UH, BEING, UH, IMPLEMENTED BY THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

HOWEVER, FOR THE METRO RAPID

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YOU RECALL BACK IN SEPTEMBER, THERE WAS A BOARD PRESENTATION GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE METRO RAPID PROJECTS.

AND THIS IS FOLLOWING UP ON THAT THE BOARD WILL ACTUALLY SEE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE METRO RAPID PROJECTS IN FRONT OF YOU AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES.

THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS LAST MONTH, WHEN YOU, UH, AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE ELECTRIC, UH, BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES, A PORTION OF THOSE WERE DEDICATED TO THE MENTAL RAPID PROJECT.

THIS MONTH, WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU THIS INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR ALL OF THE METRO RAPID LINES AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THOSE.

AND WE'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE ID IQ PROCESS IS HERE.

AND THEN WE HOPE TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU IN JANUARY, UH, WITH A SEPARATE CONTRACT FOR THE, UH, THE SHELTERS, THE METRO RAPID SHELTERS THAT WILL BE FABRICATING AND INSTALLING UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT.

SO THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE EXPO AND PLEASANT VALLEY LINES ARE PART OF THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, SMALL STARTS GRANT PROGRAM.

THEY ARE IN THAT GRANT PIPELINE IN THE PHASE CALLED THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE.

SO WE HAVE, UM, ENTERED THAT PHASE.

THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION HAS ASSIGNED A PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO THE PROJECT, AND THAT'S THE CONSULTING TEAM THAT GUIDES THE AGENCY THROUGH THE ENTIRE GRANT PROCESS FROM DESIGN AND, AND, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ALL THE WAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND ACTUALLY THE STARTUP OF THE ACTUAL LINES.

WHEN THEY GO INTO SERVICE, THE, UH, THE FUNDS FOR, UH, THESE, UH, TWO LINES, THE MATCHING FUNDS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED, UH, PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

AND, UM, SO WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY ON THE SMALL STARTS GRANT PROJECT.

UM, WE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT OUR GRANT AGREEMENT, SHOULD WE BE SUCCESSFUL, WILL BE EXECUTED IN A SPRING TIMEFRAME.

HOWEVER, OUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE HAS US STARTING CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION ON WHAT THEY CALL A LETTER OF NO PREJUDICE.

SO THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO START CONSTRUCTION BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GRANT AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH THEM UNDER, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

THAT BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AGGRESSIVE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION GOALS ON THAT.

SO WE ARE SUBMITTING THAT REQUEST TO THEM THIS MONTH TO GET APPROVAL, TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN DECEMBER, AND THAT PRESERVES THE MATCHING GRANT VALUE AND ALL THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, UNTIL WE GET THIS, UH, PROJECT UNDER CONTRACT WITH THEM, THE OTHER PROJECTS, WHICH WILL BE LOCALLY FUNDED, THE MEN CHECK AND OAK HILL EXTENSIONS OF THE RECURRENT ROUTE 8 0 3 AND THEN THE METRO RAPID GOLD LINE.

AND AS YOU RECALL, THE GOLD LINE AND WE'LL FIRST GO INTO SERVICE, UM, AS A METRO RAPID LINE.

AND THEN AT SOME POINT WE HOPE WILL BE CONVERTED TO A LIGHT RAIL LINE IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION.

IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS, WE EXPECT TO BE BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 106 OF THESE NEW METRO RAPID STATIONS ACROSS THE VARIOUS LINES.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE PARKING RISE THAT ARE RELATED TO THESE PROJECTS, SOME OF AT THE END OF LINE, OTHERS MID AREA.

SO WE SEE X EXPO, TRAVIS COUNTY EXPO CENTER, GOODNIGHT RANCH IN THE SOUTH MCU MCKINNEY FALLS AREA AS WELL.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE BUILDING ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE ABILITY TO CHARGE THE ELECTRIC BUSES AT, UM, NORTH HOPS AT OUR MAIN FACILITY, WE WILL HAVE A CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ON ROUTE IN ORDER TO CHARGE THEM DURING THEIR ROUTE, TYPICALLY AT THE END OF THE ROUTE WHEN THEY'RE ON LAYOVER.

SO WE WILL BE BUILDING THAT, UH, UH, RELATED TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL, WE ALSO CAN USE THESE CONTRACTS TO DO NORMAL BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS TRANSIT HUBS, WHICH TEND TO BE ARE OUR LARGER HIGH CAPACITY BUS STOPS.

AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, UH, WE CAN ALSO USE THESE FOR OUR TRANSIT PRIORITY TREATMENTS AND WORKING WITH THE, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT $50 MILLION WITH ULORIC.

WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ITSELF, INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY.

SO FOR THIS CONTRACT, UH, WE, WE HAVE USED THIS PROCESS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE, UH, WE BREAK DOWN THE PROJECT INTO, IN THIS CASE 153 INDIVIDUAL UNITS.

UM, AND THAT THOSE UNITS BEING THINGS LIKE CONCRETE, STEEL, ASPHALT, ET CETERA, THEN WE ESTIMATE HOW MUCH OF EACH OF THOSE UNITS WE'LL BE UTILIZING ACROSS ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.

THEN WE ASKED CONTRACTORS TO BID ON THOSE IN THOSE UNIT QUANTITIES.

AND, AND WE, WE CONSTRUCT BASED ON THAT, THE REASON WE'VE GONE TO THAT MODEL IS WHEN WE'RE OUT DIGGING

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UP THE STREETS AND THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY, WE OFTEN FIND SURPRISES UNDERGROUND.

AND SO THIS HELPS US SHARE THAT RISK WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE CONTRACTORS, IF WE DID A FIXED BID ON THESE, THEY WOULD BE ADDING DOLLARS TO THEIR CONTRACTS TO PROTECT THEM FROM UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN IDENTIFIED.

SO IN THIS WEEK WE HAVE UNIT PRICING.

SO EVERY WE, WE, UM, UH, TOTAL UP THE QUANTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THESE LINE ITEMS FOR EACH PROJECT.

AND WE PAY EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF QUANTITIES, THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE WILL USE FOR EACH LOCATION.

SO WE DID USE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR THIS, TO QUALIFY THOSE CONTRACTORS, MAKE SURE THEY WERE QUALIFIED TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT THIS WORK.

AND, UM, AND SO, UH, THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING AWARD BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND THE PRICES THAT THEY PROVIDED.

KEVIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND AN INTERRUPTION, I THINK JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, WE, WE OFTEN ASK THAT, UH, WE DISK AGGREGATE CONTRACTS BECAUSE THAT GIVES, UH, BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY BUSINESS AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE.

DID THIS TYPE OF DIS-AGGREGATION GIVE YOU MORE BIDS, MORE PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN DOING SMALLER PACKAGES OF WORK RATHER THAN MASSIVE PACKAGES.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE A, I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SLIDES.

YOU'LL SEE THE, THE DBE BREAKDOWN FOR EACH OF THESE CONTRACTORS.

AND WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE, UH, DBE SUBCONTRACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, THESE CONTRACTS THAN WE WOULD A NORMAL CONTRACT, BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE DO BREAK IT DOWN.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT DBE, SO THEY THEMSELVES ARE DBE.

SO AS GOOD QUESTION, THANK YOU.

UM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE DIRECTLY, UH, RELATED TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT IT CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT AND FOLLOW UP.

SO SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED IN THESE CONTRACTS, SO ALL, ALL WORKERS ONSITE WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE COMPLETED THE 10 HOUR OSHA SAFETY TRAINING.

ALL THE SUPERVISORS ON WILL HAVE BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE 30 HOUR OSHA SAFETY TRAINING.

WE, UH, CAPITAL METRO WILL BE PROVIDING ONSITE, UM, SAFETY MONITORING.

AND THERE'S THE NEXT SLIDE GOES INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED.

SO I'LL SAVE THAT FOR THAT SLIDE, BUT WE DO HAVE ONSITE MONITORING.

WE DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STOP WORK.

IF WE OBSERVE ANY VIOLATIONS OF THAT.

AGAIN, THE DBE GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS 17%.

UH, WE ARE USING THE FEDERAL DAVIS BACON WAGE RATE COMPLIANCE AND, AND, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE WILL HAVE ASSURANCE AND OVERSIGHT AND WE'LL GO INTO EACH OF THESE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE COMING SLIDES.

SO IN TERMS OF SAFETY COMPLIANCE FOR OUR CONTRACTORS, WE REQUIRE THAT THEY DEVELOP A SAFETY PLAN THAT IS THEN REVIEWED BY OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT.

AND ONCE IT AXA IS ACCEPTABLE, THEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO PROCEED WITH WORK.

THE CONTRACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR OWN ONSITE SAFETY SUPERVISION, AS WELL AS CAPITAL METRO, WE'LL BE DOING DAILY OBSERVATIONS OF, OF THE WORK CONDITIONS AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STOP WORK FOR THE SAFETY ISSUES AND WE, WE WILL BE USING THE CONTRACTORS ON SAFETY PLAN TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE REMAINING WITHIN, WITHIN COMPLIANCE OF THAT SAFETY PLAN.

ALL OF OUR, OUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ALSO GO THROUGH A SAFETY CERTIFICATION PROCESS, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, MR. TEAM.

WE DEVELOPED THE SAFETY CHECKLIST BEGINNING AT THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND FINALLY THE START-UP OF SERVICE.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CHECKED EVERY BOX FOR THAT EVERY SAFETY REQUIREMENT THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED HAS BEEN MET, UM, ALONG EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

YES, SIR.

UM, GRANDCHILD'S CHAIR, UM, HAVE WE CONSIDERED, UH, OSAP AND ROSA OPPORTUNITIES, OWNER CONTROLLED INSURANCE ARE, ARE, UH, ROLLING OWNER, CONTROLLED INSURANCE, UH, A STRATEGY TO HAVE THIRD PARTY SAFETY MEMBERS ONSITE AND, UM, AND USING THOSE VEHICLES WILL GIVE YOU THOSE, THOSE POLICIES WILL GIVE YOU A 10 YEAR WARRANTY TAIL ON THE WORK THAT IS DONE, IF, IF WE HAVE NOT CONSIDERED THEM, UH, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE DIRECTLY ASK, UM, OUR, UM, OUR DISPARITY TEAM TO BRIEF US ON WHETHER IT'S PUMP WEATHER, WHETHER IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS TO GET THE TYPE OF WARRANTY TAIL THAT, THAT, UM, WE'RE USED TO.

AND, UM, IN VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, I DO KNOW THAT FOR, UM, SAFETY OBSERVATION ONSITE, WE, WE DO HAVE IN-HOUSE STAFF THAT WE WILL UTILIZE FOR THOSE SAFETY INSPECTIONS B BEYOND THAT.

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REMEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, YES.

UH, AND, UH, AND YOU MAY BE GETTING TO THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE PROVISIONS AND THE, UM, PROVISIONS THAT WERE SUGGESTED TO US BY OUR SPEAKER, THE SPEAKERS EARLIER.

I THINK THE DIFFERENCE MAY BE THE INDEPENDENT ONSITE MONITORING.

IS THAT THE DIFFERENCE, UM, FROM YOUR TH THIS ONSITE MONITORING WOULD BE CONDUCTED BY CAPITAL METRO STAFF? SO THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WITH WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED.

IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? AND IF THEY MEAN INDEPENDENT AS AN INDEPENDENT FROM THE OWNER, THEN YES, THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

THE, THE, THE THINKING THERE BEHIND THOSE, UM, THOSE REQUESTS ARE THAT IT SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT FROM THE HONOR, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

UM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE CAPITAL METRO STAFF, UH, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERTISE WITH, UM, FTA SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS APTA BEST PRACTICES REGARDING RE RELATED TO TRANSIT SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO THEY KNOW THAT VERY WELL.

I, I DO NOT BELIEVE, OR I DO NOT KNOW IF ANY OTHER INDEPENDENT PARTY WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, UNDER THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.

I THINK THAT THERE'S THE, THERE'S A CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR A WORKERS PROTECTION, THE BETTER BUILDERS STANDARDS, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO DOES THIS, THIS DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THAT.

OUR COMPLIANCE IS RELATED TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND THESE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS.

UH, OKAY.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE, BUT, UM, WELL, I'LL JUST WAIT TILL WE, TILL WE GET SOME DISCUSSION, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT.

COMES UP IN A WORK PACKAGE WOULD BE IN THE CASE OF METRO RAPID, WE, WE MIGHT, UH, SOMETHING I SHOULD MENTION AS WELL AS THIS ALSO FACIL FACILITATES THE SPEED OF THE PROJECT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION.

JUST IN TERMS OF WAGE RATE COMPLIANCE AND A SIMILAR MEANS.

SO WE HAVE, UH, THE DAVIS BACON WAGE REQUIREMENTS AND THESE CONTRACTOR IN THESE CONTRACTS, HOWEVER, WE'VE ALSO ESTABLISHED A MINIMUM $15 AN HOUR WAGE RATE AS PART OF THIS, THESE CONTRACTS, THE WAGE RATES WILL BE POSTED AT THE JOB SITE.

OUR CAPITAL METRO STAFF WILL BE CONDUCTING ONSITE LABOR INTERVIEWS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE ALSO, AS PART OF EVERY PAYMENT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY A CONTRACTOR, WE REQUIRE THE CERTIFIED PAYROLL THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO AUDIT THAT CERTIFIED PAYROLL AS WELL.

AND, UH, THE, THESE, UH, ITEMS, THE WAGE RATE COMPLIANCE ARE 40 CURRENTLY REVIEWED BY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION DURING OUR TREK TRIENNIAL AUDITS.

NEXT DBE COMPLIANCE.

WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BEFORE THE 17% GOAL THAT IS REPORTED, THE UTILIZATION OF THE SUBCONTRACTORS BY THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ARE MONITORED.

THOSE THAT IT IS MONITORED ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO OUR DBE STAFF MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS USING THEIR DBE SUBCONTRACTORS AND THE PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION THAT THEY IDENTIFIED IN THEIR PROPOSALS, UH, TO CONFIRM.

AND THEY CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR THAT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND ENSURE THAT THERE THERE'S NO, UH, UM, DISCRIMINATION THAT TAKES PLACE AS PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE DBE.

SO ON THE RIGHT HERE ARE THE, UH, DBE BREAKDOWNS FOR UNITY CONTRACTOR SERVICES.

THEY ARE A 100% A DBE FIRM FOR STACY AND WHITBECK, THEY ARE PROPOSING A 20% DBE COMPLIANCE, AND THEN MIA SMITH IS ACHIEVING OUR GOAL OF 17% DBE COMPLIANCE AND JUST BRIEF REMINDER OF OUR SCHEDULE, UM, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, JUST IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING EACH OF THESE PHASES.

AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARTWRIGHT, REMEMBER KITCHEN.

SO, UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE RESOLUTION.

SO THE PROCESS WITH THESE PARTICULAR, UM, THIS APPROACH IS THAT WHEN THE JOB BECOMES OPEN, IS THERE ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT'S DONE OR IS IT THIS OPEN? IS IT THIS ONE CONTRACT? AND THEN THERE'S, HOW DOES IT WORK BETWEEN THIS CONTRACTING PROCESS AND DOING THE PARTICULAR JOB? EACH, EACH CONTRACT WILL HAVE A SEPARATE CONTRACT WITH EACH OF THESE CONTRACTORS.

WE ESSENTIALLY SUBDIVIDE THE $50 MILLION WORTH OF WORK BETWEEN THE THREE CONTRACTORS AS EACH WORK PACKAGE

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AS WE COMPLETE THE DESIGN OF STATIONS, WE GROUP THEM INTO PACKAGES AND PRESENT THOSE TO THE WHOEVER'S NEXT IN THE ORDER, WE START OUT WITH, UH, UH, THE FIRST FIRM AND AWARD A GROUP OF STATIONS TO THEM SAY, SIX, EIGHT, WHATEVER THE NUMBER MAY BE, THEN THE NEXT FIRM WILL GET THE NEXT PACKAGE MAY NOT BE THE SAME NUMBER.

SO WE GO THROUGH A ROTATIONAL, WE CALL THEM TASK ORDERS, BUT THEY'RE ALL UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA OF THEIR MAIN CONTRACT.

SO WE CONTINUE TO, OR ORDERED A WARD TASK ORDERS OR WORK PACKAGES TO EACH CONTRACTOR ON A ROTATIONAL BASIS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.

SO THERE'S AN INITIAL CONTRACT AND THEN A TASK ORDER, THAT'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT, OR IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRACT, IT'S SORT OF A MINI PROPOSAL.

UM, THAT'S PART OF THAT CONTRACT.

YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A WRITTEN PIECE OF PAPER THAT, THAT HAS THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND THAT PARTICULAR TASKS.

SO, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE TIMING OF THIS, OR ACTUALLY THE COMMON IN A QUESTION.

SO WE'RE APPROVING THIS AT THIS POINT PRIOR TO US HAVING, UM, FINALIZED THE JPA ON, ON FRIDAY.

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES IN THE JPA HAS TO DO WITH WORKERS PROTECTIONS, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS.

SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT THE VARIOUS BOARDS ARE STILL HAVE TO HAVE, UH, ON FRIDAY.

SO I, UH, I WOULD ASSUME, OR LET ME JUST ASK IT THIS WAY.

SO THIS CONTRACT WILL COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE VARIOUS BOARDS DECIDE UPON WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, THESE WORKER PROTECTION, UH, PROVISIONS IN THE JPA ON FRIDAY IS THAT WHAT'S CONTEMPLATED DEFINITELY CAN THESE CONTRACTS, UH, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACT WHEN THE BOAT, SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THAT DECISION IS A BOARD DECISION WHEN THE JPA IS ADOPTED AND THE BOARDS MAY ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU.

I MAY AGREE WITH YOU.

I DON'T KNOW, I'M ASKING A PROCESS QUESTION HERE.

AND THAT PROCESS QUESTION IS, HAS TO DO WITH, UM, THE WE'RE WE'RE VOTING ON THESE BEFORE WE'RE VOTING ON THE JPA.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT, I MEAN, I HAVE SOME AMENDMENT LANGUAGE THAT I CAN ADD.

IF, IF, UH, IF I NEED TO DO THAT, I'M HAPPY TO SUGGEST THAT WE ADD LANGUAGE.

I'M JUST ASKING IF THAT'S THE, IF IT'S THE EXPECTED PROCESS ALREADY, THEN WE DON'T NEED AMENDMENT LANGUAGE, BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THESE CONTRACTS WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE DECISION IS MADE BY THE VARIOUS BOARDS ON FRIDAY.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT CAP METRO, UH, WHERE WE IMPLEMENTING THIS PROJECT, IF THE BOARD APPROVES IT PER WHAT THE CONTRACT FOR THE VOTER SAYS, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO A BETTER BUILDER OR SIMILAR, THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS AGREED UPON LAST AUGUST, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO ALL THE OTHER GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WE DO HERE AT CAP METRO, WHICH IS STAFF, UH, DOING DBE COMPLIANCE, PAYROLL COMPLIANCE, SAFETY COMPLIANCE, AND ALL THAT STUFF IS COMPLIANT INSIDE THE FDA TRIAL REVIEW PROCESS.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT YOU AND THE STAFF ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE AND RIGHT.

UH, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS.

SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THERE'S ANY ACTIVITY THAT'S OCCURRING.

THAT'S NOT, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THIS IS A PROCESS QUESTION, AND IT IS A DECISION FOR THE THREE BOARDS TO MAKE ON FRIDAY SOCK.

UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY IS JUST LANGUAGE TO THE EFFECT, AND IT CAN EITHER BE DIRECTION OR AN AMENDMENT, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU WOULD NEED FROM US, UM, IS THAT, AND TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS, TO COMPLY WITH THE CONTRACT, WITH THE VOTERS AND THE JPA AS ADOPTED BY THE, UM, THE THREE BOARDS.

IT'S A PROCESS QUESTION, I THINK DOPE, CORRECT ME, BUT DON'T, WE HAVE AN ILA IN PLACE RELATIVE TO THE T LINES, UH, CHAIR.

WE HAVE A ILA BETWEEN ATP AND CAPITAL METRO TO DO THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF ATP.

IT'S GOT METRO, OBVIOUSLY HE'S ALREADY A STOOD UP ORGANIZATION AND DOES THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE REGULAR BASIS.

SO, I MEAN, FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, WE HAVE AN ILA IN PLACE THAT ASKS CAP METRO TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE, YOU KNOW, CHEER.

I MEAN, LET ME JUST BE DIRECT.

THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, OBVIOUSLY ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, THAT'S NOT A DECISION THAT I CAN MAKE OR ANY ONE PERSON CAN MAKE.

IT'S A DECISION THAT THE THREE BOARDS HAVE TO VOTE

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ON AS PART OF THE JPA.

SO, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO DO INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY REVIEW.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE, THAT INTERPRET, UH, THE LANGUAGE OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, UH, TO BE THE KINDS OF ONSITE MONITORING THAT THE STAFF IS PROVIDING.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE CONCERNED THAT ACTUALLY THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING NEEDS TO OCCUR.

THAT'S NOT A DECISION FOR THIS BOARD TO MAKE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT AND I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS CONTRACT IN ANY CONTRACT WITH THE, UM, PROJECT CONNECT HAS TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE FINAL DECISION IS THAT ALL THE VARIOUS BOARDS HAVE TO MAKE THAT'S ALL, BUT IT DOESN'T, THIS ILA COMPRISED PART OF THE JPA, THE ILA, DOESN'T IT? YES, BUT IT'S NOT AS SPECIFIC ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

I THINK WHAT WE NEED PROBABLY NOW AS A MOTION RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM, AND THEN ANY AMENDMENT THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT, OR DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO THE MOTION RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF US.

SO AT THIS TIME A CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ACTION ITEM, NUMBER TWO, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS THIS ITEM AS, AS WRITTEN, AND THEN I WOULD JUST SUGGEST SOME DIRECTION.

SO THERE WAS A, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY THE VICE CHAIR? UM, NOW DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO THE MOTION, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEM, NUMBER TWO, REMEMBER STRATTON, YOUR LIGHTS ON, ARE YOU, UH, I, YEAH, I'M JUST, I'M JUST LISTENING TO THIS.

AND I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO PROCESS THIS BECAUSE TO ME, THIS IS A, THIS IS A CAP METRO DECISION.

THIS, WE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN VERY CLEAR GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BUILD THIS THING.

AND THE, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AS A CAP METRIC CAP, METRO IS THE DESIGNATED ENTITY BY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS, TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDS IN THE PROJECTS.

AND IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, UH, PROJECTS, AND I QUITE FRANKLY, MYSELF FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME VERY, VERY CLEAR, UM, PROJECT REQUIREMENTS IN HERE RELATING TO, UM, LABOR AND, UH, UM, DAVIS BACON AND THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET TO, TO, TO BETTER BUILD, OR THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO ARE AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET TO BETTER BUILDER, BUT THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION'S REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE WE'RE A TRANSIT AID.

WE ARE A, WE ARE A DESIGNATED ENTITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DRAW DOWN FEDERAL FUNDS.

IT MUST MEET FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS THAT, THAT MAKE US DIFFERENT FROM A CITY OR DIFFERENT FROM A, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE CORPORATION OR ANYTHING.

AND WITH THAT IN MIND THAT WE'VE, WE'VE GOT THESE PROCEDURES AND PROGRAMS IN PLACE, THE FTA HAS SEEN FIT IN THE PAST TO PROVIDE US FUNDS, TO DO SUCH PROJECTS AND HAVE SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US THE FUNDS TO CONDUCT THIS PROJECT, THESE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD, THE SMALL STARTS GRANT, WHICH WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY SPECIFICALLY TO CONDUCT THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE EXPO AND THE PLEASANT VALLEY WINES.

AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE US PUT THOSE PROJECTS IN JEOPARDY, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO DO SOME, TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT MIGHT PUT US IN, UM, COME IN, IN POTENTIALLY IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION'S REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO DRAW THOSE FUNDS.

SO I, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING THE, THE RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE THING AS THE, UM, AS CAP METRO TO, UH, PASS THIS AND CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH OF, UH, YOU KNOW, EXECUTING THESE CONTRACTS AND, UM, GETTING THE PROJECT DONE.

I GATHER WE CAN PASS IT OR NOT PASS IT.

REMEMBER POOL? THANKS, JERRY.

UM, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS THAT WOULD FLY IN THE FACE OF WHAT, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES US TO DO.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS ADDITIONAL CLARITY FOR THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT SORT OF, UM, CONSIDERATIONS AND SAFETY STANDARDS WILL, UM, THE WORKERS ON THE PROJECTS HAVE, UH, TO S TO PROTECT THEM.

UM, MY QUESTION ON PROCESS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMETHING IS PASSED, UM, BY THE THREE ENTITIES ON FRIDAY THAT DIFFERS IN ANY, IN ANY WAY FROM, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ACTION HERE TODAY, DO WE THEN COME BACK AND REVISIT IT, OR WILL THE DECISION HERE TODAY BE USED AS, UM, I LEVER TO ENSURE THAT NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES ARE MADE, UH, DURING THE THREE PARTY CONVERSATION ON FRIDAY,

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UH, THAT'S, IT'S SORT OF BINARY IN THAT RESPECT, UM, WITH, OR WITHOUT CHANGES, PASS IT WITH, OR WITHOUT CHANGES IN THAT RESPECT, UM, JPA WOULD REQUIRE CONSENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION AS WELL.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO GET LED BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY.

UM, KEN, DO YOU HAVE IN MIND, ANYTHING IN THE IMMEDIATE TWO DAYS? NO.

WELL, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHAT I MIGHT SAY IS WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE AND ALLOW THE DIRECTION THAT BOARD MEMBER, UM, KITCHEN IS OFFERING, BECAUSE IT DOES TEND TO EXPLICATE OUR EXPECTATIONS, WHICH I CAN'T SEE ANY DOWNSIDE TO THAT AT ALL.

AND THEN WE CAN ALSO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF IT ON FRIDAY IF NECESSARY AND JUST, UH, FLOW HER DIRECTION, WHICH I THINK WE ALL BASICALLY SUPPORT.

WE WANT OUR, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR EITHER STILL NOTHING'S CLEAR.

I SEE A RESOLUTION BEFORE I DON'T HAVE RESOLUTION.

I DON'T HAVE A LANGUAGE WHEN THE MOTION WAS MADE BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN MADE THE MOTION TO PASS THIS ITEM WITH DIRECTION, WHICH WE DO ALL THE TIME AT, AT THE CITY AND MAYBE EVEN AT THE COUNTY.

AND THAT IS JUST ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR THE, UM, THE FEELING AND, UH, THE POSITION OF THOSE OF US WHO ARE MAKING THE VOTE.

AND MAYBE SHE CAN, I DIDN'T PICK UP ON THAT EITHER.

AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE PROVIDED AS WELL.

MAYBE BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN CAN OFFER.

YEAH, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOME OF US DO ON, UH, ELECTED BODIES.

SO I REALIZED I WASN'T CLEAR ON WHAT I MEANT BY DIRECTION DIRECTION DOES NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEING PASSED.

SO I MOVED IT EXACTLY WHAT THE LANGUAGE SETS IN FRONT OF US.

UM, I WANTED TO PROPOSE DIRECTION, WHICH SETS THE CONTEXT, UM, AS BOARD MEMBER POOL SAID, AND IT'S CONTEXT THAT RELATES TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, AS OPPOSED TO ACTUALLY PUTTING LANGUAGE IN HERE.

I'M NOT SURE ARE YOU CONTEMPLATING THAT THE DIRECTION WOULD BE A SEPARATE VOTE AFTER THIS? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE DONE SINCE.

WELL, USUALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE JUST MAKE DIRECTION AND IF ANYBODY OBJECTS TO THE DIRECTION, THEN YES, WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON IT.

BUT THE DIRECTION THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS, IS SIMPLY THAT, UM, FIT THE CONTRACT WHEN IT IS EXECUTE, NEGOTIATED AND EXECUTED THAT IT WOULD, UM, IT WOULD FOLLOW WITH ANY DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, UM, ON FRIDAY AS PART OF THE JPA.

THAT'S ALL, IT'S JUST, IT'S IT'S UNDERSTANDING.

I THINK WE PROBABLY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THE, THAT, THAT OF COURSE CAT METRO IS GONNA FOLLOW, UH, THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS AS IT'S INTERPRETED, UM, IN THE JPA.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THAT THAT'S THE INTENT.

AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY CONTRACT SIGNED BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY.

SO IN A LOT OF WAYS, THAT'S, THAT'S, IT'S MOOT.

UH, BUT I WOULD JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT I WANT TO VOTE FOR THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO VOTE FOR THIS, WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THE CONTRACT OR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING, WHICH IS THE SAME AS DIRECTION THAT, THAT THIS CONTRACT WILL COMPLY WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, AS IT'S INTERPRETED, UH, BY THE THREE BOARDS, WHEN WE VOTE ON THE JPA, W WOULD THAT CLARIFICATION, I THINK I WOULD BE A NO VOTE ON THIS AND PREFER THAT WE VOTE THIS RESOLUTION CLEANLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AND IF OTHERS WANT TO ADD LANGUAGE RELATIVE TO THE INDEPENDENT, UM, UH, SUPERVISION, WE CAN DEBATE THAT NOW AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF.

UM, I, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.

I IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S SOLELY OUR DECISION TO MAKE, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO WAIT ON IT.

SO OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, MY EMOTION IN FRONT OF YOU IS, IS AS WRITTEN, WHICH I WILL VOTE FOR, BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CONTRACT.

SO IS THAT WHAT, SO THE FACT CAN CLARIFY AS GENERAL COUNSEL, THE MOTION WE HAVE IS ACTION.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS WRITTEN.

IS IN THE AGREED TO, BY ALL PARTIES IN THE JAIL.

AND ANY DIRECTION WOULD COME FOLLOWING THE MOTION, THE PASSAGE OF THIS MOTION, RIGHT.

THAT THAT'S RELEVANT.

I'M SORRY, YOU SAID THAT BETTER THAN I, IT WOULD BE PUT ON THE, I HEARD THAT THE INTENT WAS THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, COMPLIANT WITH WHATEVER

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CONVERSATION, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT ON FRIDAY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY COMMENTS THEN WOULD BE TAKEN UP AFTER THE VOTE.

REMEMBER STRATTON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? YEAH.

UM, I'M JUST, I, I'M NOT THAT THIS IS KIND OF A NEW PROCESS TO ME AND THIS ONE.

SO I JUST, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M, I THINK THIS MOTION IS CLEANLY WRITTEN AND ANY DISCUSSION OF DIRECTION WOULD FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF THIS MOTION.

AND I THINK FOR IT TO BE IN THE OFFICIAL ACTION OF THIS BOARD WOULD REQUIRE THAT'S.

WHAT I WAS KIND OF GETTING AT IS, IS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER VOTE OF THE BOARD WITH YOUR SPIRIT, WITH RESPECT TO ANY DIRECTION AFTER THAT.

IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN HERE.

I THINK WHAT, UM, MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE COUNCIL AND I ARE THINKING OF, AND MAYBE ALSO COUNCIL MY RENT AREA, IT WOULD SHOW UP IN THE OFFICIAL, UM, RECORD AS ADDITIONAL DIRECTION PROVIDED BY BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN FOLLOWED, AND THEN IT WOULD BE LISTED IN THE RECORD.

AND THEN IF BOARD MEMBER STRATTON HAD SOMETHING TO SAY, THEN THAT WOULD ALSO BE LISTED AS DIRECTION.

IF YOU HAD SOME, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE CONTENTS OF THE ACTUAL MOTION.

IT SIMPLY GIVES A, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR POSTERITY.

AND ALSO FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE READING ABOUT OUR ACTIONS TO UNDERSTAND OUR INTENTION IS REALLY STRONG WITH REGARD TO, I JUST, WE HAVE MADE SOME ABSOLUTELY MAJOR MASSIVE.

WE, WE VOTED TO PASS PROJECT CONNECT IN THE FIRST PLACE WE WENT THROUGH LAST SUMMER AND WE PASSED THE ILA THAT CREATED THIS THING.

THE FIRST PLACE WE HAVE DONE SOME MAJOR MASSIVE, AMAZING THINGS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROCESS LIKE THIS IN PLACE BEFORE WE'RE LIKE, OH, LET'S PASS SOMETHING AND THEN STICK A DIRECTION AT THE END OF THE RESOLUTION.

THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CREATING SOMETHING OUT OF THIN AIR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, I DON'T WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT WHERE FROM HERE ON OUT AFTER WE'D DONE ALL THESE MAJOR THINGS AND NOT DONE IT NOW FROM HERE ON OUT, WE'RE GOING TO BE, OH, WELL NOW THEN ONE BOARD MEMBER AND THEN ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.

AND THEN ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER IS GOING TO START ADDING EXTRA LANGUAGE INTO THE RECORD AFTER THE VOTE SAYING, BUT I WANTED IT TO MEAN THIS AND WELL, NO, I WANTED IT TO MEAN THIS AND I WANT IT TO MEAN THAT, AND IT'S, IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL.

I JUST, I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT IT'S SETTING A BAD PRECEDENT.

WE'VE DONE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS RELATED TO THIS, AND NOW HAVEN'T DONE IT.

I JUST, I JUST WANT TO CLEAN STRAIGHT UP LET'S VOTE OR NOT VOTE, BUT LET'S DISCUSS IT NOW AND LET THIS DISCUSSION BE PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WE EITHER SAY WE SUPPORT IT OR DON'T SUPPORT IT.

ME PERSONALLY, I WANT A CLEAN RESOLUTION.

I THINK I PRETTY MUCH STAYED IN IT ON RECORD THAT I THINK CAP METRO IS THE AGENCY.

THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONE IN, UH, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING THIS AND THAT THE FTA IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT ITS REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR BUILDING SOMETHING.

AND THAT THE, THE, THAT I FEEL PERSONALLY, THAT WE HAVE SOME REALLY STRONG, UH, WORKER PROTECTION CLAUSES WITHIN THIS CONTRACT THAT ARE PRETTY DAGGUM GOOD.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.

IF BOARD MEMBER POOL AND BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN DISAGREE WITH THAT, THEN JUST VOTE.

NO, AND WE'LL BE DONE WITH THIS.

CAN I CLAIM SO, SO I THINK WHAT I'M MAYBE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING IS THAT THIS, I DON'T SEE THIS VOTE AS A VOTE ON THE MERITS.

I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT WORKERS' PROTECTION, BUT, WELL, LET ME JUST ASK THE QUESTION, BUT THAT'S NOT BEFORE US TO DECIDE TODAY.

SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS ALL I'M SIMPLY SAYING IS THAT WE AS A BODY WILL COMPLY WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS AS DECIDED BY THE THREE BOARDS.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU DISAGREE THAT IF THE BOARD, IF THE THREE BOARDS, WHEN WE VOTE ON FRIDAY, IF THEY DON'T AGREE AS ALL THREE BODIES, IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO WHAT YOUR POSITION IS, OR ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS WAS ALREADY DECIDED, AND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO RELIGIOUS, LIKE THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, WHICH ALSO CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THE VOTERS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY WITH 60 PLUS PERCENT TO PASS THE THING AND PROCEED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND THAT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE BODIES TOGETHER AND JUST KIND OF CHANGING WHAT THE LANGUAGE WAS WITH THE CONTRACT, WITH THE VOTERS.

THAT ALSO CONCERNS ME.

NO, THAT WAS NOT MY QUESTION TO YOU.

MY QUESTION TO YOU WAS, DO YOU, DO YOU NOT AGREE THAT THE DECISION BY THE THREE BOARDS, ALL THREE BOARDS, INCLUDING THIS ONE ON FRIDAY WILL IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW? THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THAT DECISION ON FRIDAY NEEDS TO BE ONE THING OR ANOTHER.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT I, AS A SINGLE PERSON, DON'T GET, DECIDE THAT.

AND, UM, THE JPA

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AND THOSE THREE BOARDS WILL AGREE WITH THAT.

AND THE, THE LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS IS, IS SUBJECT TO SOME INTERPRETATION.

UM, AND IT'S NOT AS BLACK AND WHITE, AS YOU'RE SAYING, AND YOU, YOU THINK, WAIT, LET ME FINISH.

YOU THINK IT MEANS A CERTAIN THING.

AND THAT'S GREAT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

I MIGHT AGREE WITH YOU, BUT THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION TODAY.

MY QUESTION TODAY IS A PROCESS QUESTION, BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING THIS OUT OF ORDER.

WE'RE TAKING THIS UP BEFORE THAT DECISION IS MADE ON FRIDAY, AND I'M OKAY DOING THAT, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIGN A CONTRACT TOMORROW, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE EASY THING TO ASK FOR ALL OF US TO SAY, WELL, YEAH, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE DECISION OF THE THREE BOARDS.

SO I'M, UH, BUT I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT, NO, YOU DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE DECISION OF THE THREE BOARDS, WHATEVER THAT DECISION IS ON FRIDAY, COUPLE OF CHARACTER.

I, I THINK THAT, UH, THE LANGUAGE ISN'T CHANGING THE REQUEST IS NOT TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S PROBABLY WON'T BE A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER THING THAT WE APPROVE.

IF, IF WE THINK THAT THERE IS NON-COMPLIANCE, THEN WE ASK ABOUT IT AND, AND IF THERE IS NON-COMPLIANCE WE ADDRESS IT.

BUT IF, IF THERE IS FULL COMPLIANCE, THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE.

MEANING THE LANGUAGE IS THE LANGUAGE THAT IS HERE WILL BE VOTED OUT.

THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, FROM, FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, ARE YOU COMPLYING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE? I DON'T THINK THAT THIS WILL CREATE ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

SOME THINGS THAT IF WE FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS, IS, UH, IS NOT FOLLOWING POLICY, WE ASK THE QUESTION, WHETHER IT'S A DBE QUESTION OR ARE, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR DBES ARE BEING USED IN THE SCOPE IN WHICH THEY WERE SELECTED? IF, IF WE WERE TO FIND THAT THAT WASN'T HAPPENING, I THINK WE'D AGENDA SOMETHING AND SAY, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT, I DON'T THINK IT DOES ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO MY OPINION.

REMEMBER RENTERIA.

I AGREE WITH JEFF.

IT WOULD REALLY, AGAIN, BUT I WOULDN'T REALLY LIKE TO SEE HERE FROM THE CHAIR, I MEAN, OR FROM RANDY TO SEE WHAT HE REALLY THINKS ABOUT THIS.

WHAT'S YOUR, UM, WELL, THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER.

I GUESS IT'S A HEALTHY, HEALTHY DEBATE.

UM, I, I, MY JOB IS NOT TO GET INTO THE POLICY DEBATE, SO I'LL, I'LL DEFER OBVIOUSLY TO EVERYONE IN THE DIOCESE.

UM, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE MOVING IN A CONTRACT, UH, SORT OF, THIS IS JUST THE TIMING OF THE CONTRACT.

UM, I THINK, I THINK IT'S, I GUESS I'M JUST TELLING YOU THIS, THE LEGAL ASPECT TOGETHER.

I THINK WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS.

IF THE THREE BODIES PASSED SOMETHING ON FRIDAY, THAT THIS WOULD BE THEN IN VIOLATION OF, WE WOULD THEN BE REQUIRED TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD TO SAY, THIS DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THAT SAID, UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO ACTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY.

SO I THINK, UH, TO A COUPLE OF WARMERS POINT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MOOT POINT.

I WILL SAY, UH, AS SOMEONE THAT WAS INCREDIBLY INVOLVED IN THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE ILA LAST SUMMER, THE LANGUAGE, UM, WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY CLEAR WHAT THE INTENT WAS BEHIND THAT LANGUAGE.

THAT'S WHY THE, OR IN THAT SENTENCE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT SAYS BETTER BUILDER OR SIMILAR.

AND THERE WAS NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS I PERSONALLY HAD WITH MAYBE YOUR MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE IDEA THAT CAP METRO IS NOT A PRIVATE DEVELOPER.

WE ARE NOT, UM, SOMEONE THAT, UM, MAYBE HAS A HISTORY OF VIOLATIONS OR OTHER ISSUES.

WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT.

WE ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH ALSO DOES NOT FOLLOW THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM FOR CITY CONTRACTS OR OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.

WE HAVE STAFF THAT I FEEL LIKE IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO, I DON'T WANT TO OVERDO, USE THE WORD DEFEND, BUT ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNIQUE TALENTS AND SKILLS THAT THOSE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TO DO.

CONTRACT COMPLIANCE, DB COMPLIANCE, AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE.

WE ARE A VERY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION COMPARED TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS.

UH, AS EXAMPLE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION, WE ARE CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER, MANY ORGANIZATIONS DON'T HAVE A CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER.

HE ACTUALLY HAS THE POWER BY FEDERAL LAW TO SHUT DOWN SERVICE, SHUT DOWN CONSTRUCTION SITES, SHUT DOWN BUS SERVICE.

HE COULD GO TO DOTTIE TOMORROW AND SAY, THAT'S

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NOT SAFE.

I CAN IMPACT.

HE HAS THE ABILITY AND WITH HIS STAFF TO EMBARGO OR IMPOUND A VEHICLE, UH, MOVE STAFF AWAY FROM OPERATIONAL IDEAS OR OUR ACTIVITIES.

SO WE PROBABLY HAVE THE DEEPEST LEVEL OF SAFETY OF ANY COMPONENT THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA.

UH, TRANSIT IS HIGHLY REGULATED FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW.

AND SO I ONLY WANT TO GIVE THAT NUANCE AND FLAVOR THAT I THINK, UM, AS WE GROW AS AN AGENCY IN THE REGION, IT'S PROBABLY NOT KNOWN TO MANY PEOPLE, ALL THE CHECKS AND BALANCES WE HAVE IN OUR STAFFING SYSTEM THAT GO ONSITE AND CHECK, YOU KNOW, WT TWOS AND, AND HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID OR, OR SAFETY VIA, UM, YOU KNOW, SAFETY, INSURANCE AND INSPECTIONS.

SO, UM, I THINK FROM A PROCESS POINT OF VIEW, THERE'LL BE NOTHING THAT HAPPENS ON FRIDAY THAT WE OBVIOUSLY WILL NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE COMPLIANT WITH.

I WILL JUST, UH, I GUESS ASK THE BOARD TO BE CONSIDERATE OF THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE ALL THE INTENT OF BETTER BUILDER WE ALREADY DO.

THAT WAS AT LEAST STAFF'S INTENT RELATED TO THAT ILA LAST SUMMER.

AND THAT WE THINK WE HAVE A STRONG TEAM TO ENSURE, UH, NOT ONLY WORKER SAFETY, OUR STAFF SAFETY AND, UH, THE ULTIMATE, UH, CUSTOMERS AND USERS OF THE SYSTEM SAFETY SAFETY IS LITERALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE WILL EVER DO HERE AS AN ORGANIZATION.

SO HOPEFULLY A BOARD MEMBER THAT GIVES YOU, I WASN'T PREPARED.

I DIDN'T ASSUME I WOULD, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES YOU SOME NUANCE BETWEEN THE VARIOUS COMMENTS ON THE DYES AND, AND THE WAY I SEE IT ALSO IS THAT, I MEAN, THE LANGUAGE THAT, THE DIRECTION THAT WE PUT IN THERE, NOT REALLY GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING.

I THINK THAT IT JUST LATER IN THE FUTURE, UH, IF, IF IT EVER GETS TO THAT POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT WHO'S ADMINISTRATION RUNNING, WHAT THAT WE STILL HAVE SOMETHING IN, IN WRITING AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE INTENTION WAS.

AND IT'S JUST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT KEEPS THE INTENTION STAYS THERE.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I SEE IT, WHAT IT DOES.

I DON'T SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOUR OPERATION HERE ANYTIME SOON.

I KNOW YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE A VERY, UH, PO UH, POLICY THAT SAFETY COMES FIRST, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE.

SO THIS IS JUST ON RECORD SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE AND OPERATE THIS WAY.

CAN I, CAN I JUST, I MISSED ONE PIECE OF THAT.

I WAS WANTING TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I APOLOGIZE, WHICH IS TO SAY, AS WE ENTER THESE LARGE CONTRACTS, THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE, UH, GARDNER'S IS ALREADY ANALYZING HIS STAFFING MODEL TO DETERMINE IF HE WILL HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING FOR THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS.

REMEMBER, THESE CONTRACTS ARE OVER AS KEN MENTIONED, THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

SO AS RESOURCE NEEDS ARE BETTER DEFINED, THIS MAY BE A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE WE WILL PUT OUT A CONTRACT THROUGH A LEGAL RFP PROCESS THAT YOU ALL APPROVE ALL THE TIME FOR ADDITIONAL OR SUPPLEMENTAL, WHETHER IT'S SAFETY OR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE WE MAY SAY FROM A COST BENEFIT POINT OF VIEW, OR DEFINITELY SKILL POINT OF VIEW, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, OR DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO STEP UP FOR A YEAR AND A HALF? LET'S GET A SAFETY AUDITING FIRM TO COME IN AND BE RESOURCES TO GARDEN.

WE'VE DONE THAT, BUT HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN STATION WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

WE BROUGHT IN A FIRM JUST TO HELP WITH THAT PROJECT FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, CAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE DEDICATED RESOURCES.

SO THERE MAY BE CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THOSE ADDITIONAL THINGS.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN OPTIMIZE RESOURCING OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROGRAM.

WE'RE NOT GOING OUT TOMORROW TO DO $50 MILLION OF, OF CIVIL CONSTRUCTION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT LITTLE NUANCE FOR POOL.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD IN THAT THE BITTER BUILDER PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY A PROGRAM OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

IT WAS CREATED AT THE STEVE AUSTIN AND WE REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WHENEVER.

UM, ANY CITY FUNDS ARE, UH, INVOLVED ON ANY CONTRACTS.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORKERS WERE SAFE.

SO I THINK, I THINK THE, UH, PRESIDENT CLARK SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT THE CITY DOESN'T FOLLOW A BETTER BUILDER, BUT IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY OUR PROGRAM.

OR MAYBE YOU MISSPOKE.

I APOLOGIZE.

MY UNDERSTANDINGS OF RESEARCH WAS LIKE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SAY THE AIRPORT EXPANSION PROJECT WAS NOT A PART OF THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM.

IF IT'S NOT PART OF THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T FOLLOW BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM.

THEY ARE PROBABLY FOLLOWING FTA AND AVIATION REQUIREMENTS TO YOUR POINT.

THAT MAY BE AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE PROGRAM WAS ACTUALLY CREATED, IT WAS AN INITIATIVE FROM THE DIOCESE AT THE, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING AS IN THE CITY STAFF WOULD HAVE PEOPLE JUST LIKE OUR STAFF THAT DO THINGS WHICH MEET THE SAME REQUIREMENTS.

LOSING FUNDS FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS BY, UM, POTENTIALLY, UH, MAKING SOME CHANGES TO ANY OF THE LANGUAGE OR DOING ANYTHING, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ISSUES THAT, THAT MIGHT GO OUTSIDER? I, I GUESS A BETTER WAY, BUT HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY, UH, DO WE HAVE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE THREE PARTIES GET TOGETHER ON FRIDAY, HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY TRULY WOULD THERE BE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN AMENDING OR ADJUSTING THE LANGUAGE BEYOND WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALREADY IN THE, THE, UH, THE LANGUAGE THAT SITS RIGHT THERE ALREADY FROM THE ORIGINAL ILA LAST SUMMER, IT TALKS ABOUT BETTER BUILDER OR A COMPARABLE PROGRAM.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MEMBER STRATTON.

YEAH, JUST HAVE A QUESTION AGAIN FOR PRESIDENT CLARK.

UM, DO WE RUN THE RISK AT ALL OR, WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS RISK WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THESE PROJECT KIND OF PROJECTS.

HOW MUCH RISK WOULD THERE BE INVOLVED WITH POTENTIALLY

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HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY IS IN THERE FOR THE THREE PARTIES TO AMEND THAT LANGUAGE WITHOUT POTENTIALLY, UM, NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR FEDERAL FUNDING FROM FTA, UH, SHORT-TERM MEMORY? UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE A NECESSARILY RISK RELATED TO THAT CLAUSE TO THE FDA.

THE FDA IS GOING TO LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN, THEY AUDIT US AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WILL HAVE A SAFETY, A SAFETY PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

UH, THERE'LL BE A WHOLE PROCESS OF SAY, UH, IN THAT SAFETY PLAN WORKED OUT BETWEEN OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND THE CONTRACTOR, UH, THERE'LL BE IN, UH, OUR TEAM WILL DO RANDOM, RANDOM AND SCHEDULED INSPECTIONS, UM, JUST AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, UM, THEY'LL VERIFY OSHA RECORDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THEN THE FTA IS REALLY GOING TO BE CONCERNED WITH A SAFETY ASSURANCE AND A SAFETY CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

SO GARDNER WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A MEMBER OF HIS TEAM DO A SAFETY CERTIFICATION.

SO WHETHER IT'S A METRO RAPID STATION, BA AS WE ACCEPT THESE NEW BOSSES TO SAY A RAIL STATION, AND AGAIN, THAT'S EVEN WHEN ATP BUILDS THE RAIL LINES AT THE END OF THE DAY CAB, METRO WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO A SAFETY CERTIFICATION TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT FOR THE FTA TO SAY, THIS IS NOW GONE FROM A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT INTO WHAT WE WOULD CALL ACCEPTABLE FOR REVENUE SERVICE AND HOW THAT ALL WORKS.

OUR TRAINING PROCESS RELATED TO RAIL OPERATORS AND OTHER THINGS WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

SO IT'S BOTH PHYSICAL AND HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL, AND HOW THAT WORKS TOGETHER.

I DON'T THINK RELATION TO THIS PARAGRAPH, THERE'S AN QUOTE UNQUOTE RISK OF THE FTA.

WHAT THEY'LL WANT TO SEE IS THEIR REQUIREMENTS MET.

AND THEN WE DO THOSE ALREADY ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.

SO AGAIN, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GO MUCH BEYOND ANYTHING THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING THOUGHT ABOUT RELATED TO BETTER BUILDER.

AND I THINK RESPECTFULLY, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS, UM, SOME PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY JUST NOT FULLY AWARE OF OUR PROCESSES AND HOW DETAILED WE GO, BUT NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, WHATEVER HAPPENS ON FRIDAY.

I DON'T THINK ANY LANGUAGE IN THAT PARAGRAPH WOULD, WOULD IMPACT THAT PART OF THE FTA RELATIONSHIP.

WOULD YOU SPEAK AS WELL? YOU SPOKE TO COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO FDA SAFETY, UH, EXPECTATIONS, WOULD YOU SPEAK AS WELL ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF PROCESS REQUIRED BY THE FTA, IN WHICH WE WOULD WANT TO ASSURE RELATED TO, UH, DAVIS BACON WAGE AND OTHER PROTECTIONS AFFORDED WORKERS BESIDES SAFETY? SURE.

SO THAT'D BE A NON-SAFETY BASE, BUT AGAIN, THEY WILL DO AUDITING ON US.

SO WE HAVE A TRIENNIAL AUDIT AND THEY CAN ALSO DO, UH, INTERVENE IN BETWEEN THERE.

THEY, THEY WILL COME AND LOOK AT OUR RECORDS.

SO THEY'LL COME INTO A ROOM LIKE THIS RIP APART, AND THEY'LL SAY, WE WANT TO SEE THIS THESE 15 CONTRACTS AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PAGE OF THOSE CONTRACTS FROM A BOARD ACTION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE ATTENDANT.

WHAT THE BOARD DIRECTION IS TO THE RECORDS OF EVERYTHING FROM WAGES TO COMPLY, UM, SAFETY COMPLIANCE TO, UH, DBE IS A MA A MAJOR COMPONENT.

THEY'LL LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE FACTORS AND THEY WILL GO THROUGH THAT WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB.

AGAIN, FTA ACTUALLY HIRES A GROUP OF AUDITORS TO DO THAT AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR THEM.

AND THEY WILL RANDOMLY PICK PIECES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND COME IN AND GIVE YOU A WHOLE LOT OF REPORT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT OUR LAST TWO TRIAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC.

WE ACTUALLY USED OUR LAST ONE TO USE AROUND THE COUNTRY, UM, AS SOME EXAMPLES.

SO, UM, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK THE, THE WOMEN OF HANDICAP METRO, UH, ON THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DBE SIDE SPECIFICALLY ARE DOING, UH, AND THAT'S, OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

UH, THEY ARE, UH, VERY TIGHT ON DETAILS.

ABSOLUTELY NOT CHAIR AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS RELATED TO TRANSIT IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE THE ONE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

UM, SO AS WE GET GRANTS, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THOSE GRANT OVERSIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT.

SO THAT COULD BE A SMALL GRANT TO THESE LARGE GRANTS.

AND THAT'S EVEN WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ATP, THAT'S KINDA STILL GETTING KIND OF FINALIZED WITH SOME FDA REVIEW ABOUT HOW WE WOULD MOVE TO THE GRANTEE, TO

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THE SUB-RECIPIENT FUNDING AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS ORGANIZATION WILL OWN RESPONSIBILITY CAUSE ONCE YOU WERE THE FEDERAL GRANTEE, SO THAT'S THINGS LIKE TITLE SIX AND VBE SAFETY.

UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS RESPONSIBILITY, REMEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I'M COMFORTABLE GOING AHEAD AND VOTING FOR THIS.

I THINK THAT, UM, WITH THE CLARIFICATION THAT WE HAVE ON THE RECORD, UM, THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH PROCEEDING, I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT SIGNING THE CONTRACT BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY.

I THANK YOU.

UM, UM, FOR CLARIFYING THAT, UM, IF THERE WERE TO BE SOMETHING DECIDED ON FRIDAY THAT WAS DIFFERENT IN SOME WAY, OR PERHAPS IN ADDITION, IN SOME WAY TO WHAT WE VOTED ON TODAY, THEN THAT WOULD COME BACK TO US.

I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

UM, SO I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE PROCEEDING, UH, WITH VOTING FOR THIS.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, REMEMBER STRATEGY? I AM TOO.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ANY ACTIONS THAT ARE IN ANYTHING THAT WAS CONSIDERED OR MIGHT BE TAKEN ANY ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR ON FRIDAY WOULD NOT RISK THE ENTIRE PROJECT AS A WHOLE.

AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT, UM, THAT, THAT IT, THAT WE COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FLESH OUT AND DISCUSS THE LEVEL OF, UH, COMMITMENT THAT CAP METRO HAS TO, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT RANDY JUST CLARIFIED IN THAT CONVERSATION TO A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT, TO THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT, TO, UM, UH, TO THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, TO, UM, TO WAGES, TO WORKER SAFETY, THE COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, THE OVERALL SAFETY PROGRAM, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY DOUBT THAT THIS ORGANIZATION TAKES SAFETY FIRST AND FOREMOST, TAKE WORKERS SAFETY FIRST AND FOREMOST AT WHAT WE DO AS AN ORGANIZATION, AS AN ENTITY OF GOVERNMENT IS KEY AND CRITICAL.

AND THAT WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AND HAVE FOR YEARS IS CAP METRO TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN PROTECT WORKERS AND THAT WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT WORKERS, TO PAY WORKERS, WHAT THEY DESERVE AND ARE WORTH.

AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS PROJECT DOWN THE TRACK SO THAT WE DON'T RUN ANY RISK OF LOSING SOMETHING AND DERAILING THIS THING DOWN THE ROAD, UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, CERTAIN ACCENTS.

I DO NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE THAT.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE DOING A, A GREAT DISSERVICE OVERALL TO MY ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION.

SO THANK YOU.

I DO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND I DEFINITELY WILL MOVE TO UP THIS FORWARD.

I REMEMBER KITCHEN.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

NUMBER THREE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE CAP METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER GARDNER.

UH, FINAL ACTION.

ITEM

[VII.3. Approval of the Capital Metro Board of Directors Public Safety Advisory Committee Charter]

WELCOME BACK WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

CHAIRMAN COOPER, VICE CHAIR TO CIVILIAN BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT AND CEO CLARK.

IT IS GOOD TO BE BEFORE YOU AT THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING A TAYVON.

I SERVE AS CAPITOL METRO'S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, UH, WITH, UH, SYSTEM ACCESSIBILITY AND CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER.

THANKS FOR SMILING TODAY.

TODAY, I'M HERE TODAY.

I'M HERE TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE DRAFT PROPOSED, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER AS A PART OF THIS.

WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR WORK ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION IN AUGUST TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO WORK TOWARDS THE CREATION OF CAP METRO TRANSIT POLICE, AS PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY.

UH, THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE THAT KICKS OFF DETAILED WORK THAT WILL, THAT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY.

TODAY.

I WANT TO PROVIDE A PROGRAM UPDATE AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED TO DATE BEFORE ASKING THE BOARD APPROVAL OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES.

UH, THESE SLIDE, THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS

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SOME OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE BOARD AUTHORIZATION IN AUGUST 1ST, WE'VE HIRED A WANDER DUNHAM AS A SPECIAL ADVISOR TO OUR, UH, PROGRAM ONE THAT HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AND WAS, UH, WAS MOST RECENT EARLY, UH, THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR MARTYR IN ATLANTA FOR 14 YEARS, UH, BEFORE RETIRING.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER AS AN ADVISOR AND WE'RE HAPPILY WE'VE HAPPILY, UH, BEGAN INTRODUCING HER TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL IN A PROCESS OF HIRING A FINANCIAL CONSULTANT TO ASSIST CAP METRO WITH THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLANNING WE BEGAN TO DO.

UH, WE BEGAN DOING RESEARCH AND COMING UP WITH A CHECKLIST.

WE MUST COMPLETE TO ESTABLISH A TRANSIT POLICE FUNCTION.

UH, THIS INCLUDES IDENTIFYING WHAT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE NEED, AND WE'LL WHEN WE'LL NEED THEM IN PLACE BY I'LL GET TO SOME OF THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.

UH, WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING AND TALKING WITH PURE AGENCIES AND ONBOARDING, UH, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS, AND FINALLY THE COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALIST BEGAN FULL OPERATIONS IN OCTOBER FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY WERE TAKING THE TIME NEEDED TO DEVELOP THIS UNIQUE PROGRAM FROM THE GROUND UP AND NOW ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL AND AVAILABLE AS A RESOURCE FOR OUR OPERATORS, CUSTOMERS, AND COMMUNITY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS PROGRAM, EXCUSE ME, ARE TWO ELEMENTS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM.

AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE PROGRESS IN GETTING THEM UP AND RUNNING AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE AGENCIES MUST MEET IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A POLICE FUNCTION.

THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OR T COLE IS THE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING THESE REQUIREMENTS.

THE FULL LIST OF REQUIREMENTS IS ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH TIKO TO UNDERSTAND THESE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS IN A WAY THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR TRANSIT POLICE AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE IDENTIFYING AND ESTABLISHING, UH, FACILITIES, POLICIES, INSURANCE, AND MORE ON THE POLICIES.

THESE, THESE ARE THE POLICIES REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW POLICE DEPARTMENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE MUNICIPAL POLICE, TRANSIT POLICE OR SOMETHING ELSE.

SO WE WILL WORK TO CRAFT THESE POLICIES IN A MANNER THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR FUNCTION AS A POLICE AGENCY, REVERING REVIEWING PEERS AND STANDARDS.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK TO MEET AND UNDERSTAND WITHOUT PEERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

WE WANT TO BE, WE WANT TO BE A LEADER IN HIS FIELD PERIOD, BUT PART OF THE PROCESS TO BE A LEADER IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE LIKE AND WHAT WE DON'T LIKE AND WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T.

BUT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN ASKING THESE PARTNERS FOR EXAMPLES OF THEIR POLICIES AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, HOW THEY ARE INTEGRATING AMBASSADORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS WITH POLICE, WHAT THEIR LEADERSHIP RECRUITMENT AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS LOOK LIKE.

AND IN SOME INSTANCES LIKE THE, UH, UH, ASKING THEM WHAT IS LIKE FOR THEM TO CREATE A POLICE FUNCTION FROM SCRATCH STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN VERY BUSY MEETING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES, CHIEF DENIM, DARRELL, AND I HAVE BEEN OFFERING STAKEHOLDER ONE-ON-ONE TO WHOEVER WANTS IT, JUST TO OPEN THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC AREAS.

AND WE'VE ALSO, UH, BEEN ENGAGING THE C SEC ACCESS AND DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION COUNCIL.

I WANT TO THANK, UH, EDNA PARA FOR HER WORK IN THIS EFFORT,

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HER TIRELESS WORK IN HIS EFFORTS.

SHE'S BEEN, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE, WE ARE AVAILABLE AND RESPONSIVE AND GETTING CHIEF DUNHAM AND I, UH, TO THE RIGHT PLACES AT THE RIGHT TIME.

THANK YOU, EDNA.

IN ADDITION TO ASKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S GENERAL, UH, PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS, WE ASK PEOPLE WHAT CHARACTERISTICS OR TRAITS, UH, THEY WANT US TO SEEK WHEN WE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF HIRING LEADERSHIP FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A COMPLETE LIST OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY, DATE IS PROVIDED IN THE BOARD PACKET, BUT THIS IS A, UH, THIS HAS A SUMMARY SLIDE.

MOST OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

WE, AND THE COMMUNITY WANT TRUTHFUL PERSON, SOMEONE WITH INTEGRITY WHO LEADS BY EXAMPLE, JUST LIKE TAKE A MOMENT TO GO OVER, UH, MY FAVORITES WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONALITY AND LEADERSHIP STYLE, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, UH, UH, TO, TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PERSON THAT LEADS BY EXAMPLE, A PERSON THAT WILL THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

WE'VE HEARD ON QUITE A FEW OCCASIONS, UH, ONE WHO IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DRIVEN, TRUTHFUL, HONEST, AND A PERSON OF INTEGRITY.

THOSE, UH, THOSE TRAITS IN PARTICULAR, STAND OUT TO ME, TRANSIT, UH, LEADERSHIP TIMELINE.

AS A REMINDER, THIS DISCUSSION IS ONGOING.

WE'RE TALKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR PREFERENCES THROUGH JANUARY, 2022.

UH, THEN WE WILL FINALIZE THE JOB POSTING AND BEGIN RECRUITMENT.

WE ANTICIPATE HIRING LEADERSHIP IN SPRING 2022.

WE ALSO ASKED THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER, AS YOU MAY RECALL, AS A PART OF THE BOARD, THE AUGUST BOARD ACTION, THE BOARD OFF ALSO AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ASKED THAT A CHARTER BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION IN OCTOBER.

ONE NOTE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF IS THAT, UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR MORE TIME ON THE CHARTER, THE BOARD ACTION IN AUGUST TO REQUIRED THE CHARTER TO COME BACK IN OCTOBER.

SO WE WANTED TO FULFILL THAT REQUIREMENT.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CHARTER IS NOT THE END ALL AND BE ALL AND AMENDMENTS TO IT IN THE FUTURE ARE A POSSIBILITY IF AMENDMENTS ARE NECESSARY, HOWEVER, WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT, UH, WITH, WITH CREATING THE COMMITTEE WITHOUT THIS CRUCIAL FIRST STEP AND FEEL LIKE VERSION TWO OF THE CHARTER CHARTER, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE IN YOUR BACKUP, UH, IS, IS A GOOD APPROACH.

VERSION THREE IN YOUR BOARD PACKET IS THE LATEST DRAFT CHARTER THAT REFLECTS STAFF'S SUGGESTED EDITS BASED ON COMMUNITY AND POLICY MAKER FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND STAFF REGARDING THE FOLLOWING TOPICS.

THIS IS FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM, NOT JUST TRANSIT POLICE.

THIS HAS BEEN, UH, SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO REMIND STAKEHOLDERS THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE IS A TENDENCY TO WANT TO FOCUS THIS HEAVILY ON THE POLICING ASPECT.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE ITEMS SUCH AS CREATION OF, UH, CREATION AND REVIEW OF POLICIES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAP METRO, TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY INPUT TO STAFF ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE COMMITTEE WOULD REPORT OUT TO THE BOARD ON A MONTHLY BASIS ABOUT WHAT INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS THEY PROVIDED AND VERSION THREE OF THE DRAFT CHARTER.

WE ADDED LANGUAGE TO, UH, MAKE CLEAR THAT THE REPORTS TO THE BOARD SHOULD INCLUDE ANYTHING.

THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WEIGHS IN ON WHETHER IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE OR FUTURE

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BOARD ITEMS UM, MEMBERS SHOULD BE DIVERSE IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND EXPERIENCE.

WE'RE ALSO ENCOURAGING THE BOARD TO APPOINT PEOPLE WITH RELEVANT EXPERIENCE WHO, WHO ARE ALSO CUSTOMERS.

THIS IS A RED LINE IN VERSION NUMBER THREE, BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THIS AS A GOOD SUGGESTED EDIT, UH, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, ANOTHER EDIT WE MADE WAS TO SIMPLIFY THE LANGUAGE AROUND CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THIS WAS BASED ON A GOOD SUGGESTION FROM BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN AND THE COMMUNITY.

UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE TWO STANDING MEMBERS, ONE FROM THE ATU AND OTHER RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL FROM WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA.

WE FEEL BOTH ARE ESSENTIAL AS WE STAND UP THIS NEW FUNCTION AND COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM.

WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING THE SUCCESS OF THE, OF THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND HAVE ALSO ADDED LANGUAGE, WHICH COMMITS TO A WIDELY AVAILABLE AND PUBLICIZED APPLICATION FOR POTENTIAL MEMBERS.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

UM, MOST, MOST OF THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

UH, WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST QUARTERLY MEETINGS HOSTED IN A SUITABLE LOCATION.

WE MADE AN EDIT THAT, UH, COMMITS THESE MEETINGS TO BEING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH MATERIALS AND RECORDINGS POSTED ONLINE.

THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE TREAT THE OTHER TWO ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE AGAIN.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO NOTE WHEN I COME TO THE FULL BOARD LATER THIS MONTH, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S A T THAT'S A TYPE OF, THIS IS MY LAST COMING UP.

HERE WE GO.

THIS LINE OUTLINES A TIMELINE FOR, UH, FOR THE COMMITTEE WE'RE CURRENTLY ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE CHARTER.

SHOULD THE BOARD ADOPT A CHARTER TODAY? WE ANTICIPATE POSTING AN APPLICATION NEXT WEEK AND WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS IN DECEMBER.

THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE IN JANUARY OF 2022, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME QUESTIONS FOR GARDENER, REMEMBER KITCHEN? UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO GET THIS TO AS FAST, AND IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC ON IT, SO, AND I CAN SEE THAT REFLECTED, UH, IN VERSION THREE.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I HAVE TWO MINOR AMENDMENTS THAT ARE CLARIFICATION AMENDMENTS THAT I WILL SUGGEST TO MY COLLEAGUES WHEN THEY'RE READY.

UH, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO PUT IT IN THIS TOGETHER.

I THINK IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH.

LOVELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

OTHER, I REMEMBER RANCHERIAS, I GUESS I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, BUT ALSO GOT A QUESTION ABOUT, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO START THIS FROM SCRATCH, BUT YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER AGENCIES LIKE IN ATLANTA, IN DALLAS AND THEN WE, WE HAVE, UH, HERE, UM, WANDA, THAT THAT'S DYNAMIC THAT'S.

AND, BUT ALSO THESE OTHER AGENCIES THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED AT, IF THE POLICE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHIEF, AREN'T YOU IN CERTAIN? OH, ABSOLUTELY.

EACH, EACH OF THE AGENCIES WE'VE ENGAGED HAVE YES.

AND THE SHAPE IS PRETTY MUCH, UH, HOW THERE ARE THEY STRUCTURED? CAN DO THE BOARD OVER AND FEEDS HIM AND HIRED AND FIRED DO SHAVE ONLY, OR, UM, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

UH, THEY DO NOT HIRE THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

NOW I COULD GET ADDITIONAL CLARITY, BUT SO IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT THAT THAT'S A HIGH READING.

AND THEN WE JUST HAVE INPUT WITH THE ABSOLUTELY.

HAVE POLICE OFFICERS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY SPECIALISTS OR COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS THIS YEAR, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALSO A CERTIFIED AS POLICE OFFICERS.

SO IT'S BASICALLY LIKE WHAT AUSTIN IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW WITH THAT.

I THINK SO.

AND, UH, OKAY.

AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED ALSO IT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL GOING TO BE.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO

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NO, THEY WILL NOT.

SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PROVIDE A BIT OF CLARITY IF I HAVE MY EIGHT.

SO OUR COMMUNITY INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS WILL BE THE FIRST TWO THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC ONLY USING OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR TRANSIT DEPARTMENT, WHERE, AND WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN A VERY POSITIVE MANNER.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEM POSITIVE INTERACTIONS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.

NOW I'M CERTAIN IF THE CRIME COMMITTED, WE WE'D ALL EXPECT FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO RESPOND, BUT THE FIRST TWO, UM, UNITS WITHIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM ARE REALLY BEING EMPHASIZED BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRULY DE DEESCALATE ANY ISSUES THAT MAY POSSIBLY RISE TO THE OCCASION OF BRINGING ON A TRANSIT POLICE OFFICER AND THEN POSSIBLY SEEING AN UNDESIRED EVENT OCCUR.

WELL, THANK YOU.

VERY WELCOME.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE.

REMEMBER I MENTIONED MARIA SECOND, EVERY KITCHEN, UM, CHAIR.

I HAVE TO, I THINK THEY'RE JUST CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.

WOULD THIS BE THE TIME? OKAY.

THE FIRST, THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS, UM, LET ME JUST ASK YOU'RE PROPOSING THESE AS FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.

SO THE, UH, THE FIRST ONE GOES TO THE LAST BULLET UNDER A ABOUT DUTIES WHERE IT SAYS OTHER TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST ADDING AND OTHER ISSUES OF CONCERN RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT, THAT, I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE SAME THING, BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, IF I'M SITTING ON A COMMITTEE, I WOULD JUST, THAT WE'RE WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, HELP US CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

SO THE LANGUAGE WOULD JUST ADD TO THE END OF THAT BULLET AND OTHER ISSUES OF CONCERN RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY.

IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO THE MOVEMENT? MAY I ASK A QUESTION? UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU SAYING OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY? WOULD YOU OKAY? YEAH.

SORRY.

AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.

SORRY.

REMEMBER, ENTER, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE AS THE MOVEMENT? AND THE SECOND, REMEMBER YOU WITH A SECOND? YOU WERE THE SECOND.

SO THE MOTIONS NOW REVISED AS PURSUANT TO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

YOU HAVE A SECOND ONE.

THE SECOND ONE AGAIN, I THINK IS SORT OF INHERENT IN THIS, BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY, AND THIS IS THE FIRST BULLET OF DUTIES.

IT SAYS INPUT TO THE BOARD REGARDING THE CREATION AND REVIEW OF POLICIES.

AND I WANTED TO ADD, UM, AND RELATED, LET'S SEE UNRELATED PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR ROLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO ADDRESS POLICIES, BUT SOMETIMES POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES ARE ALL BOUND UP TOGETHER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UH, FOR CLARITY, PURPOSE AND RELATED PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES THAT'S PROPOSED AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

I I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT ALSO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS FROM, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF POLICIES IN PLACE THAT MAY NOT INCLUDE, UM, ANY, UH, PLANS OR PROCEDURES.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY THAT, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD ALSO HAVE INPUT ON ACTUAL PROCEDURES? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

THIS, THIS, THIS SECTION SAYS, THIS IS THE, THE SECTION THAT SAYS THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE CAN PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD.

SO IT JUST SAYS, YEAH, THE COMMITTEE CAN PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD REGARDING THE CREATION AND REVIEW OF POLICIES AND ANY RELATED PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO CREATE A PROCEDURE OR PRACTICE.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

NO.

UNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP.

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YOU'RE MR. GARDNER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE.

THAT THAT'S TO BE CLEAR THAT'S ACCEPTABLE MEMBER INTERVIEW, UNACCEPTABLE.

I PRESUME FROM THE SECOND VERY WELL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION RELATED TO, UH, ACTION ITEM, NUMBER THREE, REMEMBER KITCHEN, YOUR LIGHTS ON.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT VERY WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SUBJECT TO THOSE OR WITH THOSE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS, UH, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

THANK YOU, GARDNER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK AND THE GOOD WORK OF EVERYBODY THAT'S WORKED ON THIS.

THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT AND, UH, BUT I APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU'VE HANDLED THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BRINGING COMMUNITY AND BOARD ALONG.

AND, UH, I FORWARD TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT TEAM EFFORT.

FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY AND I'M AWARE THAT A MEMBER STRATTON MIGHT NEED TO DEPART A LITTLE EARLY SO THAT HE CAN TAKE PART.

BOARD MEMBERS WERE POSTED

[X. Executive Session]

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO GO INTO A EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW AND THEN DEFER OUR REMAINING DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR WHEN WE COME BACK.

SO UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION WITH THAT, WE'LL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 51 0.072 FOR DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL ESTATE MATTERS.

SECTION 5 51 0.071 FOR CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT OF SUCCEEDING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, AND SECTION 5 51 0.071 FOR CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY RELATED TO CONTRACT PROVISIONS.

OUR TIME NOW IS TWO 18 SLIGHTLY DOWN.

TAKE CARE, EVERYBODY.

WE'RE NOW OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE TIME IS 3 58.

WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE REMAINING DISCUSSION ITEM.

UH, BRIAN, I THINK YOU HAVE THAT GOOD AFTERNOON.

CHAIR COOPER, PRESIDENT CLARK BOARD MEMBER STRATTON.

I COULD, I COULD PROBABLY JUST, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THREE OF YOU, UM, VERY EASILY RIGHT NOW.

UM, I'VE GOT A PRESENTATION.

SORRY.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

LET'S WAIT.

YEAH, LET'S JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

[VIII.3. Brand Refresh Presentation]

Y'ALL I'M GONNA TAKE THIS MASK OFF IF YOU DON'T MIND.

UM, I WANT TO, BEFORE I GET STARTED TODAY, UH, WANT TO THANK SOME FOLKS WHO REALLY WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THIS PRESENTATION HAPPEN.

SO WE HAVE OUR CAP, METRO MARKETING TEAM, SOME OF WHOM ARE WATCHING US RIGHT NOW.

UH, CYNTHIA LUCAS, OUR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, PAUL DEL BOSC, UH, BASCA OUR, UM, CREATIVE, UH, MANAGER, UH, WHO HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN THIS AND ALSO OUR BRANDING PROS AT SHERRY MATTHEWS GROUP AND ASTERISK.

UH, WE HAVE OSCAR MORRIS HERE FROM ASTERISK.

HE'S A SENIOR DESIGNER AND, UH, HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, THIS ENTIRE PROJECT WITH US FROM, FROM THE START.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR HELPING US TO GET WHERE WE GOT TODAY.

READY? HERE WE GO.

WE HELD A BRAND PERCEPTION SURVEY, THE RESULTS OF WHICH YOU RECEIVED LAST TIME YOU MET AS A BOARD.

SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE'VE TAKEN PRETTY MUCH, UH, VERBATIM FROM THE LAST TIME THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU ALL BACK IN MAY.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BRAND REFRESH NOW BECAUSE, UH, THIS WE BELIEVE IS AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO DO THE BRAND REFRESH.

OUR CITY IS GROWING AND CHANGING OUR SERVICES AND OUR ORGANIZATION IS EVOLVING TOO.

AND WE CERTAINLY SEE THAT PROJECT CONNECT WAS A CATALYST FOR, UM, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US IN TERMS OF, UH, USING OUR CAT METRO BRAND ON ALL THE NEW SERVICES THAT ARE COMING AS A PART OF THAT SYSTEM EXPANSION, WE'RE ABOUT TO START PROCURING NEW VEHICLES.

WE HAVE NEW STATIONS, WE HAVE A UNIFORM PROCUREMENT THAT'S SCHEDULED TO GO TO, UH, THE BOARD AT THE END OF THIS.

AND ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL CARRY THE MARK, THEY'LL CARRY OUR BRAND.

AND SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO LOOK AT HOW WE EVOLVE THE BRAND FOR OUR AGENCY.

LOOKING AT THIS TIMELINE HERE, THIS IS A VIEW OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE PROJECT CONNECT PASSED.

IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD THE PROJECT KICKOFF AND MADE AND THAT OUR MARCH, EXCUSE ME.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE DID OUR PEER REVIEW STUDY AND WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE PEERS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR BRANDING TODAY.

WE ALSO HELD A STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS WITH THE BOARD, WITH, UH, WITH, WITH OUR STAFF.

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WE DID THAT THERE IN SEPTEMBER.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE TODAY, UH, THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE GIVEN TO, UH, ACCESS C-SAT.

THE DEI COUNCIL WILL WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH THEM TO, TO GET THEIR INPUT ON THE DIRECTION WE'RE TAKING.

AND THEN GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE A FEW THINGS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, WE HAVE A UNIFORM PROCUREMENT, UH, THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON LATER THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE A NEW BRANDING THAT WILL BE APPLIED TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE PROCURING TO ON, ON THE NEW VEHICLES.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE IN PLACE AS WE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH VEHICLE PROCUREMENTS.

AND THEN, UH, WE'LL START TO SEE THE BRANDING ELEMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU, UH, APPEAR ON WEBSITES AND SOCIAL TOWARD THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.

SO A QUICK VIEW ON OUR RESEARCH AND AUDIT, THIS WAS A SIMILAR SLIDE THAT WE SAW FROM THE MAY PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE TO YOU ON THE WORDS THAT WE KNEW WE HAD TO HAVE, UH, TO REPRESENT WHAT THE WORK WE WERE DOING ON THE BRAND REFRESH.

WE PULLED THIS FROM THOSE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS.

WE ALSO PULLED THAT FROM THE BRAND PERCEPTION SURVEY TO HELP INFLUENCE HOW OUR BRAND SHOULD BE REPRESENTED IN THE DIFFERENT FORMS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE.

AND SO WE, WE USE THESE WORDS AS GUIDANCE TO HELP US GET WHERE WE'RE GOING.

WE ALSO DID A PEER AUDIT.

SO WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE TRANSIT AGENCIES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SEE WHAT ARE THEY DOING WELL IN TERMS OF THEIR BRANDING AND SOME OF THE BEST BRANDED AGENCIES WE'D SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN.

OUR PURPOSE WAS NOT TO TRY TO COPY ANY OF THEM BECAUSE AUSTIN IS A VERY UNIQUE CITY.

UH, WE HAVE A UNIQUE TRANSIT CULTURE HERE.

THESE OTHER CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, TRANSIT CULTURE.

SO THAT POINT WAS NOT TO DO THAT, BUT TO PICK UP BEST PRACTICES AND HOPEFULLY STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS.

AND SOME OF THE BRANDING WORK THAT THEY'VE COMPLETED DURING THE PEER AUDIT, WE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF THEM AND I GIVE EXAMPLES FOR TODAY THAT THAT WERE REALLY INSPIRING TO US AND HELP TO INFLUENCE THE WORK THAT WE DEVELOPED.

BUT MARTA AND ATLANTA HAS THIS WONDERFUL WORD MARK THAT THEY USE TO REPRESENT THE WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE CALL THEM AND THE TERM THAT PEOPLE USE TO REFER TO THEIR TRANSIT SERVICE THERE.

SO THEY'VE MADE IT VERY STRONG.

AND IN ALL OF THEIR BRANDING, YOU SEE THAT ON THEIR BUSES, YOU SEE IT ON THEIR, UH, THE UNIFORM PIECE ON THE FAR, RIGHT? YOU ALSO SEE THAT IN THE BUS STOP SIGNS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY ALSO HAVE THIS, THESE, UM, THIS VERY OWNABLE COLOR PALETTE, VERY COLOR PALETTE THAT WE THOUGHT WAS ALSO A GOOD BEST PRACTICE.

AND THESE, UH, THESE ELEMENTS THAT THEY USE HELP TO PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR BRANDING.

AND SO WE WANTED TO CARRY THAT FORWARD AND WHAT WE WANTED TO PRESENT FOR OUR NEXT EVOLUTION TO LOOKING AT ANOTHER EXAMPLE WITH THE T YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A CITY LIKE ATLANTA, SUNBELT CITY THAT HAS A RELATIVELY NEW CULTURE FOR TRANSIT.

AND THEN A CITY LIKE BOSTON, WHERE TRANSIT IS, IS JUST ABOUT AS OLD AS THE CITY IS.

AND, AND YOU SEE DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS OF HOW THEY DO BRANDING.

UM, BOSTON LEANS IN HEAVILY INTO THE SYMBOL, THE T.

AND SO THEY USE THIS SYMBOL, THE T ON ALL OF THEIR SIGNAGE AND ALL THEIR VEHICLES, EVEN THOUGH THEIR COLOR PALETTE IS A LOT WIDER, THEY ACTUALLY APPLY IT TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT COLORS, BUT IT'S HIGHLY RECOGNIZABLE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE BUILT A TON OF BRAND EQUITY IN WHEN YOU GO TO BOSTON AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE TRANSIT IS.

IT'S VERY EASY TO, TO IDENTIFY THAT BY LOOKING AT THEIR SYMBOL WITH THE T.

AND THEN WE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN TRANSIT INTO TRANSPORTATION AND FOUND THAT JET BLUE ACTUALLY HAS SOME THINGS THAT ARE INSPIRING TO US TO, UM, WE HAVE, AS ONE OF OUR BRAND EQUITIES, UH, BLUE AND BLUE IS ALL OVER OUR SYSTEM.

THESE GREAT BLUE BUSES, OUR CURRENT LOGO IS A SHADE OF BLUE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE IN OUR BRAND LIBRARY, BUT WHAT JET BLUE DOES IS THEY, THEY HAD NARROWED DOWN THEIR, THEIR BLUES, THE, THE ONES THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO USE IN, IN THEIR, IN THEIR BRANDING.

UM, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY BUILD ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT NOW WITH PATTERNS, AND THEY CREATE THESE PATTERNS TO HELP EXPRESS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THEIR BRAND.

SO HE SAID THAT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING ELEMENT THAT THEY, THAT THEY TOOK AND, AND HAVE DEVELOPED TO EXPRESS THE BRAND IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

IT'S PROVIDED THEM A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.

UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY ALSO HAVE A VERY STRONG WORD MARK IN JET BLUE AND HOW IT APPEARS THAT WAY ACROSS ALL OF THEIR BRANDING IS VERY CONSISTENT.

SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGY, HOW WE TOOK ALL OF WHAT WE'VE LEARNED DURING THE BRAND REFRESH STUDY, WHAT WE LEARNED DURING THE PEER AUDITS AND, AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM, FROM SO MANY FOLKS TO HELP US DECIDE WHERE WE'RE GOING.

AND WE USE A CERTAIN SET OF CRITERIA.

SO WE USE CRITERIA TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO DEVELOP A VOCABULARY FOR LONGEVITY AS THE, AS THE BRAND EVOLVES.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY FLEXIBLE.

UM, WE WANT TO LEAN INTO A TIMELESS WORDMARK AS WELL.

AND WE THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US, UM, A FEW THINGS, A FEW BENEFITS FOR US.

NOW I'LL SHOW YOU THAT AS WE GET DEEPER INTO THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUILD ON FROM THE CURRENT MARK THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE THINK THERE IS A LOT OF EQUITY IN OUR CURRENT MARK TOO.

SO HOW

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CAN WE TAKE THAT AND MAKE IT, BRING IT INTO, UM, THE PRESENT AND MAKE IT STILL FUTURE READY AS WELL? WE WANT TO RESERVE ICONS AND SYMBOLS FOR WAYFINDING.

WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO USING ICONS AND SYMBOLS AND THE WAY THAT THE T USES THEIR SYMBOL TO HELP IDENTIFY, UH, THE SYSTEM AND TRANSIT.

WE WANT TO BUILD ON A STRONG COLOR PALETTE WHEN I HAVE THESE OWNABLE GRAPHIC FORMS LIKE WE SAW WITH MARTA.

UM, AND W WE KNOW THIS HAS TO BE A PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM.

SO WHEN YOU, WE TAKE THE BRAND CONCEPTS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU TODAY AND PUT THEM ALONGSIDE PROJECT CONNECT AND PUT THEM ALONGSIDE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AND THE PICKUP BRAND, THEY HAVE TO LOOK LIKE THEY GO TOGETHER.

THEY HAVE TO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF ONE IN THE SAME.

AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BRAND EQUITIES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY WELL-ESTABLISHED BECAUSE FROM THE START OF THIS EXERCISE, WE SAID THAT THIS WAS GOING TO JUST BE AN EVOLUTION.

UM, AND AS OUR FRIENDS HAD ASKED, HER SAID, THIS IS AN, THIS IS AN EVOLUTION, NOT A REVOLUTION.

SO WE, WEREN'T LOOKING TO COMPLETELY START OVER WITH OUR BRAND.

WE JUST WANT TO HELP TAKE THE NEXT STEP THAT MAKES IT MORE FLEXIBLE.

AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DYING TO SEE, AND THAT IS WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE BRAND END UP LOOKING LIKE WHEN IT TAKES SHAPE? AND WE THINK IT LOOKS LIKE THIS, AND I WISH I HAD LIKE SOME DRUM ROLL OR A RIM SHOT OR SOMETHING.

IT'S A LITTLE, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE ANTI-CLIMATE, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE, UH, THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO MOVE IN.

AND SO, Y UH, THIS, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT CAP METRO IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY CALLS US.

IT'S THE WAY THAT THEY REFER TO TRANSIT.

AND SO WE WANT TO EMBRACE THAT AND JUST BECOME WHO WE ALREADY ARE AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY CALLS US.

UM, WE THINK THAT THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS BY CREATING A VERY STRONG WORD, MARK, THAT WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A SYMBOL THAT SAYS, UH, THAT SAYS, UH, THAT'S INTERCHANGEABLE FOR CAP METRO AS A PART OF THIS.

WORDMARK, WE'LL USE SYMBOLS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

WE'LL ACTUALLY USE THEM FOR WAYFINDING.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE THIS AMAZING CHARACTER THAT WE DEVELOPED, UM, IN THE M THAT IS UNIQUE TO CAP METRO IT'S UNIQUE TO US, AND WE'VE NOW BEEN AFFECTIONATELY CALLING IT THE BAT WING M BECAUSE IT DOES KIND OF HAVE THIS REALLY COOL SHAPE, LIKE A BAT.

AND, AND, UH, THAT ANIMAL IS VERY SPECIAL TO US HERE IN AUSTIN, TOO.

AND WE THOUGHT LET'S LEAN INTO THAT AND MAYBE PULL SOME FORMS FROM THEM TO HELP WITH OUR BRANDING.

UH, WE ALSO SEE IN THIS TYPE FACE, UH, THAT IS VERY PRECISE.

IT'S RELIABLE, IT'S FRIENDLY.

IT HELPS TO, TO REPRESENT THOSE SAME CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE WANTED TO SEE IN OUR BRANDING WORK.

AND SO THIS, THIS SLIDE'S NOT APPEARING THE WAY THAT IT, IT NEEDS TO, IT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY SHOW YOU THE COLORS OF BLUE, BECAUSE THESE AREN'T THE REAL COLORS.

SO SOMETHING I GOOFED UP WHEN WE, WHEN WE DID THIS, WE'LL GET, WE'LL SEND THIS OVER TO YOU.

BUT IF YOU IMAGINE THE LOCAL BUSES THAT YOU SEE ON THE STREET TODAY, THAT BLUE THAT IS SO PREVALENT THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM, WE WANT TO WELCOME THAT BLUE INTO THE BRAND LIBRARY, THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BLUE AS A PART OF ANY OF THE BRANDING THAT THAT CAP METRO HAD IN OUR MARKETING, AND IN THE WAY THAT WE DID OUR CREATIVE.

SO WE SAID, LET'S BRING THAT FORWARD AND BRING IT INTO THE LOGO SO THAT WE ADOPT THE BRAND BLUE.

THANK YOU, RANDY.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR THERE.

WE WANT TO BRING THAT INTO THE MARK, AND WE WANT TO ADOPT THAT BLUE TO BE THE PRIMARY COLOR FOR CAP METRO, THE SAME COLOR THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BLUE BUSES.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INTRODUCE A NEW BLUE THAT HELPS TO COMPLIMENT AND COORDINATE REALLY WELL WITH THIS BLUE CALLED THE ELECTRIC BLUE, WHICH HAS ITS OWN SYMBOLOGY AND MEANING TO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, UH, ELECTRIC FUTURE THAT WE'VE BEEN MOVING TOWARD WITH OUR, OUR ELECTRIC BUSES.

AND THEY THINK IT'S A GREAT COMPLIMENT TO THE, TO THE CURRENT CAP, METRO BLUE, THAT WE'VE BEEN USING COLORS LIKE WHITE AND GRAY, YELLOW, RED COLORS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE USE ON SIGNAGE.

WE, WE CONTINUE TO USE THOSE AS ACCENT COLORS.

AND SO YOU'D STILL CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE COLORS USE, BUT THESE WOULD BE THE PRIMARY COLORS THAT WE HAVE AS A PART OF OUR BRANDING WORK.

SO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT A SYMBOL EARLIER, WE BELIEVE THAT WE STILL SEE VALUE IN THE SYMBOL, BUT WE WANT TO USE IT FOR WAYFINDING.

WE WANT THE, THE, THE M FOUR, WE, THE END THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CAP, METRO LOGO, OUR WORD WORDMARK TO BE JUST AS SYMBOLIC OF TRANSIT IN AUSTIN AS THE T MIGHT BE IN, IN BOSTON.

UH, WE THINK THAT YOU LOOK AT EXAMPLES LIKE THE HOSPITAL AGE FOR THE PARKING P AND WE BELIEVE THAT IN TIME, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO NOTICE THAT EM, AND IDENTIFY WITH CAP METRO SERVICES, UH, FROM, FROM A GREAT DISTANCE, AND IT WILL REALLY HELP WITH, WITH ACCESSIBILITY AND WAYFINDING.

SO WHAT COULD IT LOOK LIKE WHEN WE HAVE THIS INTRODUCED ON OUR SYSTEM? WHAT COULD KIND OF LOOK LIKE THIS? WE'RE IMAGINING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE BAT WING M USED AS A SYMBOL ON OUR APP.

SO AS YOU'RE SCROLLING THROUGH THOSE HUNDREDS OF APPS THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR PHONE, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A BIT OF WAYFINDING PUMP.

YOU FIND THE RIGHT APP TO USE, TO USE CAP METRO SERVICES, AND THAT WE WOULD LEAN INTO THIS, UM, THESE DIFFERENT SHAPES THAT WE SEE WITHIN THE LOGO TO HELP, UH, CREATE SOME, SOME FORMS. SO THOSE, THOSE DIAGONAL LINES THAT WE SEE

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THERE ARE OF THE SAME DIAGONAL THAT WE FIND IN THE BAT WING IN THAT SAME SHAPE.

WE COULD ALSO PICK UP CIRCLES THAT CAUSE WE HAVE SOME GREAT CIRCULAR, UH, SHAPES WITHIN THEIR CAP, METRO WORDMARK.

UM, AND WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN START TO USE PATTERNS AS A WAY TO EXPRESS CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR SYSTEM.

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, WHERE WE HAVE GIVEN AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT, UH, A, AN ADVERTISEMENT CAN LOOK LIKE ON ONE OF OUR VEHICLES.

SO THIS ISN'T AN ACTUAL ADVERTISEMENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TOMORROW, JUST THE CONCEPT OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE ELECTRIC BOLTS THAT ARE IN THE BACKGROUND OF THAT, OF THAT, UM, THAT BUS HAD THERE TO HELP US TELL A STORY ABOUT HAVING AN ALL ELECTRIC BUS FLEET.

AND WE WOULD TAKE THOSE SAME FORMS AND USE THOSE ON THE CAP, METRO, UH, LOCAL BUSES.

WE WOULD EVEN SEE AN EXPRESSION OF THIS ON, UH, FAIR CARDS AND FAIR MEDIA.

AND THIS IS WHAT A STOP OF THE FUTURE COULD LOOK LIKE, WHERE YOU TAKE WHAT'S ON THE TOP OF THAT, UH, THAT BUS SIGN THERE, AND START TO USE THAT SYMBOL TO HELP REPRESENT TRANSIT.

AND IT BECOMES MUCH MORE IDENTIFIABLE, UH, FROM A DISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR OUR SERVICES.

AND SO SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS WE WOULD LIKE TO CARRY THIS FORWARD TO THE ACCESS C-SAT AND DEI COMMITTEES FOR THEIR INPUT.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO A MORE IN-DEPTH STUDY ON WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE ACROSS OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM.

SO HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE ON ALL OF OUR STOPS ON ALL OF OUR BUSES ON ALL OF OUR ASSETS? UH, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT APPLICATIONS FOR SIGNAGE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, MORE SIGNS THAT WE'RE PROCURING AS A PART OF THE PROJECT CONNECT PLAN.

UH, SOMETHING THAT WE, WE REALLY WANT TO WORK ON MORE, UM, SOON WOULD BE LOOKING AT, UH, THE VEHICLE INTEROPERABILITY PLAN THAT OPERATIONS HAS AS THEY SEEK TO USE THE, UH, THE VEHICLES THAT WE'RE PROCURING NOW, UH, THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR, UH, LOCAL AND FOR RAPID, WHAT COULD THAT LOOK LIKE AS WE, AS WE TAKE A VEHICLE AND HAVE IT USED FOR BOTH SERVICES AND HOW WE USE TO DISTINGUISH THE SERVICES ON THAT, THAT SINGULAR, SINGULAR BRANDED VEHICLE.

AND THAT SAYS, THANK YOU THERE, BUT IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO READ ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BRAND REFRESH QUESTIONS.

I HAVE ONE, THIS IS A GEEKING OUT, IS THE M THE SAME FONT AS THE REST OF THE CAP METRO, OR DID YOU INVENT THE M THE END WAS PULLED FORWARD FROM THE EXISTING, UM, FONT.

SO IT'S, IT IS IT'S REALLY CLOSE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE OPTIMIZED.

WE, WE SH WE TIGHTENED UP THE CHARACTER A LITTLE BIT TOO, SO THAT AS WE EXPRESS IT IN THINGS LIKE SYMBOLS, IT'S EASIER FOR US TO WORK WITH, BUT IT'S, IT WAS IT'S REALLY CLOSE.

IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE SAME, SAME M THAT WE HAVE TODAY, BUT IN THE LOGO, IT'S, IT'S UNIQUE.

IT IS A UNIQUE FONT.

IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THE CAP OR THE ETRO.

YEAH, IT IS.

IT IS A LITTLE UNIQUE.

AND THAT SAME THING FOR THE TEA WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD IDENTIFIED A WAY TO MAKE THE, THE WHOLE, UH, WORDMARK FIT A LITTLE CLOSER TOGETHER.

SO WE'VE TAKEN THE T AND MODIFIED IT AND TAKEN THE LITTLE, UM, OSCAR COULD PROBABLY DESCRIBE THIS A LOT BETTER THAN I COULD.

UM, BUT YEAH, IT WAS MEANT TO CREATE A GOOD BALANCE.

AND IF YOU LOOKED AT THE, THAT THE, UM, AT THE WORD MARK, IT'S PRETTY EVENLY BALANCED ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT.

M SO IF YOU SLICE IT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, YOU'VE GOT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WEIGHT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE, OF THE BATTLING.

YEAH, THAT'S COOL.

SO, UM, UH, GIVEN THE COLOR SCHEME, AND I I'D SAY I LOVE THE COLOR SCHEME OF IT TOO, IS, UM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'D BE REBRANDING OUR, UH, THE METRO RAPID BUSES? CAUSE YOU KNOW, THOSE HAVE BEEN READ, UH, THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING TO REBRANDING THOSE TO THIS NEW, TO THIS, I GUESS, CONSISTENT BLUE COLOR SCHEME AS WELL.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY WANT TO STUDY NEXT.

CAUSE THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE IS HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE USE THESE NEW VEHICLES WITH THE SAME BRANDING, THAT'LL BE ON ALL OF THOSE VEHICLES.

MEANWHILE, WE HAVE BUSES THAT HAVE RED ON THEM AND TO CREATE A CONSISTENT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK OURSELVES, HOW DO WE DO THAT WITH HAVING THESE DIFFERENT BRANDED VEHICLES? AND THEN, AND THEN WHEN DO WE DO THAT? WE'VE GOT TO ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTION OF, WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO DO THAT AT THE END OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF THAT VEHICLE? LIKE WHEN IS THE LIFE CYCLES, SHOULD, SHOULD WE INVEST IN AND DOING THAT WORK NOW? OR SHOULD WE WAIT ALL THAT IS GOING TO BE STUDIED IN THE FUTURE? YEAH, I THINK THAT, THAT, UH, AS PART OF THAT, THE BUS SHELTERS TOO, ON THE RAPIDS, BECAUSE I THINK THE WHOLE CONCEPT AND THE RAPIDS AND THIS, THIS PREDATES MANY OF US IS THE RAPID LINES WERE BROUGHT ABOUT AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE THE KIND OF THE RED LINES AS IT WERE THAT THE WHOLE POINT OF THAT WAS TO, TO CREATE A DISTINCT, UH, DISTINCTIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THESE BUSES ARE MORE SPECIAL OR DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE RAP, THEIR RAPID, THEY COME EVERY FIVE TO 10 MINUTES AS OPPOSED TO RUNNING THE, YOU KNOW, GETTING ON A LOCAL BUS THAT THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT THAT WAS EVEN BEFORE WE DID CAP REMAP.

LIKE A RAPID PROJECT AND WE'RE, WE HAVE TWO MORE QUEUED UP, OBVIOUSLY A IN PLEASANT VALLEY FDA WILL WANT TO SEE DISTINCT BRANDING ON THOSE STATIONS OUTSIDE OF LOCAL.

SO YEAH, I WOULD ADD JUST ONE MORE.

CAUSE I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG POINT THAT THE TEAM HAS TO DIG IN ON, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH AN FDA PROCESS,

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SO THEY USUALLY HAVE MORE AMENITIES, BUT DISTINCT BRANDING RELATED TO THAT SERVICE, THE VEHICLE DOESN'T NEED THAT DISTINGUISHED BRANDING RELATION TO FTA.

BUT FOR OUR POINT OF VIEW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS, UM, WE HAVE AN X AMOUNT OF FLEET RIGHT NOW FOR THE 8 0 1 8 0 3, AND THEN WE HAVE THE REST OF THE FLEET, RIGHT? SO DOTTIE ON A DAILY BASIS AND OPERATIONS HAVE A, THERE IS NO INTEROPERABILITY OF THE FLEET.

SO FOR SURE, HERE AND HIGH THERE, YOU CAN'T USE THEM THE SAME WAY.

SO WE STARTED BLENDING THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF THESE 60 FOOT ELECTRIC BUSES THAT ARE BLUE HAVING THE MELON, THE 8 0 1 HAVING MONEY 8 0 3.

SO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY COULD SEE A BETTER FEATURE SET AND THEN WORK THOSE IN.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS, IS THERE A LIGHTING PACKAGE RELATED TO IF THERE ARE LOCAL VERSUS RAPID, IS IT JUST WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE AT THE END OF THE DAY, OVERWHELMINGLY THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT TAKE BUS, WHICH I'VE TAKEN MOST OF MY LIFE, OR I JUST WANT A BUS AND I WANT IT FREQUENT, RELIABLE, AND SAFE.

AND THEN OUR JOB IS TO TRY TO OPERATE THAT AS BEST WE CAN, UH, IN THAT.

SO BRIAN IS WORKING WITH THE OPS TEAM TO THINK THROUGH THAT.

AND I THINK HIS POINT IS, DO WE PAINT SOME OF THEM, IF THEY HAVE X AMOUNT OF LIFE LEFT OR OTHERS, DID WE JUST RIDE OUT THE RED, WE NEED TO HAVE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN PLEASANT VALLEY AND EXPO WITH THE 8 0 1 8 0 3, KNOWING THAT THE 8 0 1 IS GOING AWAY WITH THE ORANGE LINE REPLACEMENT.

SO IS A RIGHT OR WRONG.

IT WAS JUST DONE IN A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE NOT EVEN REMAPPED BEFORE PROJECT CAN ACT, RIGHT.

AND SO WHEN THEIR ONLY VISION IS TO STANDOFF THINGS, NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF RABBITS THAT THEN HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR RIGHT LIGHT RAIL LINES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE REGIONAL RAIL LINES, RED AND GREEN, AND ALL THIS HAS TO NOW WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE WE TRULY HAVE A PLAN TO BECOME A BIG SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

AND BRIAN'S TRYING TO JUST GET US KIND OF ORIENTED AROUND WHAT WE LOOK LIKE IN 2030.

SO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY COULD ASSOCIATE, I NEED TO GO GET TRANSIT.

I WILL SAY, I, I, THIS IS AMAZING.

I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.

AND I, I LIKE THE LOOK GOING FORWARD.

THE ONE, THE ONE THING I WILL SAY, I MISS THAT, THAT HAS BEEN REALLY KIND OF COOL THAT I THOUGHT DISTINGUISHED US A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXTENT IS THE CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE CAP METRO WHERE THE CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL CITY, UM, I WISH THERE WERE SOME WAY WE COULD AT LEAST GET THAT STAR, YOU KNOW, ON THERE.

I, AS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPOSED, UH, THE PROPOSED LOGO, JUST FOR THE UNIVERSAL SIGN WITH THE CIRCLE, WITH THE BAT WING M IN IT, UM, I WAS JUST THINKING, MAN, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD PUT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW GET THAT STAR JUST LIKE MAYBE IN THE MIDDLE OR UP TOP THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE THOUGHT ABOUT OR COULD, COULD DO, BUT JUST, JUST THAT LITTLE EXTRA BIT TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO PUT, PUT IN THERE, JUST THAT DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OR FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, THERE'S A REASON IT'S CAP METRO IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE THE CAPITAL CITY AND WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE STAR OF AUSTIN OR WHERE THE STAR OF TEXAS WHERE THE CAPITOL CITY OF.

SO I I'D HATE TO LOSE THAT FROM OUR HISTORY, BUT IF IT CAN'T, IT CAN'T, BUT YOU KNOW, I I'D SAY THAT THAT'S JUST MY TWO SENSES, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT LONG HORN WOULD LOOKED GOOD SINCE THEY WERE OUR ORIGINAL CUSTOMERS.

BUT THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE ACC IS TOO.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT ONE COMES IN.

AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE A SPOTLIGHTS AT EACH OF OUR STATIONS WITH THE BAT WING BEING PROJECTED.

I NEED TO WRITE THAT DOWN.

I THINK, I THINK THAT A DC MAY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO PAY ROYALTIES IF WE TAKE IT TO GREAT WORK.

AND THIS IS AWESOME.

THANKS, BRIAN.

I THINK IT HIT THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH A VERY, UH, FORWARD-LOOKING AND VERY UNIQUE, UH, IN THE WAYFINDING, WHAT THE M I THINK IS SPECTACULAR.

SO I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE HIT A HOME RUN HERE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

MY BUS PASS, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE M ON MY BUS PASS.

LIKE, I THINK A CHAIR YOU'VE MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN YOU MOVED TO AUSTIN, IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING, UH, EMPLOYMENT CENTER FOR GOVERNMENT.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE ANYBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, THE CAPITOL THERE, CAUSE IT, IT IS VERY DISTINGUISHED, YOU KNOW, ON THE, YEAH.

AND IN OUR RESEARCH, UH, WE, WE DID NOT GET PEOPLE ASKING TO KEEP THE CAPITAL.

IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT CAME UP TO US WAS KEEPING THE CAPITAL.

UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE KNEW OF THE EQUITIES THAT WE KEPT, UM, ONES THAT WERE MORE IMPORTANT TO US, TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE DID NOT THAT WASN'T REFLECTED IN THE, WELL THEN JU JUST PUT A NOTE IN THERE THAT, THAT, THAT PO AND I VOTE FOR THE CAPITAL.

ONE THING, ONE THING I THINK IT IS GOT A DIRECTION TO WRECK ONE THING.

UH, ONE THING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DID HEAR SOME FEEDBACK.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY, THEY DID A LOT MORE, BUT I HEARD SOME, WHICH IS, UH, THE CAPITAL NOT HAVING THE CAPITAL AND BEING MORE METRO REALLY REPRESENTS US BEING A BIGGER METROPOLITAN AREA.

AND WE'RE NOT JUST

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AND NOW WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE, A ROBUS, QUITE FRANKLY, INNOVATIVE, AMAZING COMMUNITY WITH NOT JUST GOVERNMENT.

AND THERE'S SOMETHING TO THE METRO ASPECT, WHICH IS, WE ARE MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE THAN UT WE'RE MORE THAN STATE CAPITOL.

WE'RE MORE THAN TECH, WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER.

AND IT MAKES IT A MORE ROBUST KIND OF DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AUSTIN RECAP, CENTRAL TEXTS OF THE FUTURE VERSUS THE PAST A LITTLE BIT SO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

OKAY, GOOD.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY.

THAT WAS REALLY A COOL PRESENTATION.

WELL WORTH THE WAIT.

ALL

[IX. Report]

PRESIDENT CLARK BRING US HOME.

OH YES.

I RAN OUT OF MY HOME.

I HAVE TO GRAB MY MATERIALS TO BE HONEST.

I PACKED THEM UP WITH A, I'LL HAVE TO WING IT HERE.

OKAY, WE'LL GO.

I'M SORRY.

I PUT IT BACK IN MY BAG.

WE'RE HAVING TO THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU.

AND THINGS HAVE DEVOLVED HERE ON THE, UH, METRO DIOCESE AFTERNOON.

UM, SO FIRST SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE RED LINE GROUNDBREAKING THAT WE HAD.

I WANT TO THANK BOARD MEMBER STRATTON AND BOARD MEMBER ROSS.

UH, THAT'S NOT, DEFINITELY NOT THE SLIDE, BUT, UM, WE HAD A KICKOFF, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN LEANDER AND IT'S FOR THE DOUBLE TRACKING SEGMENT THAT RUNS BETWEEN, UH, LAKELINE AND LEANDER.

YOU CAN GO WITHOUT THE SLIDES, UH, GENTLEMEN, AND, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS THAT WE COMMITTED TO THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS ON THE SCHEDULE.

AND THE TEAM HAS WORKED VERY HARD, GOT A PROCUREMENT IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD AND HAS ALREADY BROKEN GROUND.

SO REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM FOR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE VOTERS AND WE ARE LIVING UP TO THAT COMMITMENT AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE BY FALL 2022.

AND THAT'S GONNA LEAD TO A LOT MORE SAFE, FREQUENT, RELIABLE, UH, UH, TRAIN MOVEMENT UP IN THE ENTIRE RED LINE.

AND ESPECIALLY GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE BRING ON BROADMORE MCCOLLOUGH STATIONS.

UH, NEXT ONE I WANT TO JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT IS OUR AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION RECOGNITION AND BRIAN AND HIS TEAM WENT AND RECEIVED THIS, UH, AWARD, BUT WE WERE RECOGNIZED AS SUPPORTER OF THE YEAR.

AND, UH, IT'S ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH THE PARKS FOUNDATION.

AND I BELIEVE THE ZILKER EAGLE IS COMING UP AND WE HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF THAT.

WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF DOING WITH THEM AS WELL.

SO A LOT TO DO WITH KIND OF INTRODUCING OUR COMMUNITY TO ESPECIALLY CHILDREN ABOUT THE SAFETY AROUND RAIL VEHICLES AND HOW, UH, THE EAGLE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A GREAT WAY TO, TO TEACH THOSE URBAN RAIL SKILLS, UH, AS WE GROW INTO A MUCH BIGGER RAIL ENVIRONMENT AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, HISPANIC, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, UH, WRAPPING UP WITH, UH, I WANT TO MENTION CAVE.

YOU DID A PIECE ON ARMENIO AND, UH, IT WAS REALLY NICE PIECE.

THEY DID.

THEY ACTUALLY FOCUSED A LOT ON SOME, UH, ELECTED, UH, LEADERSHIP, UH, AROUND, AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND SELECTED ARMENIO AS, AS REALLY DEMONSTRATING A COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND ALL THE WORK HE'S DONE HERE.

HE'S BEEN A BUS OPERATOR FOR US FOR 28 YEARS.

UH, I'VE SEEN HIM AROUND A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIMES AND HE JUST DOES A GREAT JOB EVERY DAY.

AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF WOMEN AND MEN, QUITE FRANKLY.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU REPEATED IT, JUST A MONITOR TO BE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION WITH SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE LIKE THAT, THAT COME TO WORK EVERY DAY AND JUST SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

SO AS ALWAYS, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF.

UM, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, COVID IS STILL WITH US.

LUCKILY WE'RE HOPING, UH, KIND OF HITTING TOWARDS THE END, AT LEAST FROM A SPREAD AND SEVERITY POINT OF VIEW.

UH, LOTS OF CHALLENGES OUT THERE WITH RUNNING SERVICE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS THIS MONTH HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT MONTHS ON THE CAP METRO SERVICE DELIVERY.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE, UH, AUSTIN FC GAMES, F1 ONE THIS WEEK, LAST WEEKEND TO ACL WEEKENDS.

THE TEAM HAS, UH, IS TIRED.

IT'S BEEN A HARD OCTOBER, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY'RE ALL DOING.

SO WITH THAT CHAIR LETS THE CEO REPORT FOR THIS MONTH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CLARK AND BEHALF OF ALL OF US IN THE BOARD TO ALL THE STAFF.

UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK.

YOU'RE I KNOW FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALL DOING TWO AND THREE JOBS AND UH, YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT AND CONTINUES DOING TWO JOBS AND CONTINUE TO AMAZE US, UH, WITH, UH, ALL THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND ARE ACCOMPLISHING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WITH THAT WE'RE ADJOURNED AND OUR TIME IS 4 25.