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AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO, EVERY MEETING OF CAP, METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 1220, UH, FEBRUARY 28TH AT 1220.
UM, SO AS I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, UM, AND, AND BEFORE WE GET INTO THE AGENDA, UH, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGE TODAY THAT WE ARE SAYING FAREWELL TO ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES.
NOW I TRY TO ERASE THIS FROM THE PROCEEDING BECAUSE HE IS GREAT COLLEAGUE, BUT, UM, BUT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE THE LAST BOARD MEETING FOR BOARD MEMBER, TERRY MITCHELL.
WHO'S OUR LONGEST TENURED BOARD MEMBER.
AND HE'S HAD THE DISTINCTION OF SERVING, UH, FOR EIGHT YEARS SINCE JOINING US IN MARCH OF 2014.
UH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT, BUT LET ME SAY THIS.
UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO IS CALM AND DELIBERATIVE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO CARES, WHAT HAPPENS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT ONLY HOW WE PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT HOW WE GET OUR FAMILIES INTO TOWN, INTO THE DOCTOR AND WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, YOU HAVE REALLY BEEN A WONDERFUL COLLEAGUE TO WORK WITH.
AND, UH, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR, FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMITMENT THUS FAR.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING TO HIDE YOUR CAR KEYS BEFORE WE GET OUTTA HERE.
BUT, UM, BUT WHY DON'T WE TAKE A MOMENT AND, UH, ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A WORD ABOUT TERRY? UM, GO, GO AHEAD.
WELL, I CAN'T IMAGINE THE CAT METRO WITH, UH, OUT, UH, OUR COLLEAGUE, A BOARD MEMBER MITCHELL.
HE WAS HERE WHEN I GOT HERE AND WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.
HE IS A GUY WHO KNOWS, UM, REAL ESTATE AND HE KNOWS AUSTIN HE'S DEVELOPED HIGH RISES.
HE'S DEVELOPED, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROBABLY EVERY EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN IS A VERY WISE GENTLEMEN, UH, UH, LED BY FAITH.
VERY FAMILY-ORIENTED BRINGS THE WHOLE PACKAGE OF SKILLS AND TEMPERAMENT, UM, AND WISDOM TO THIS JOB.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AS A CHAIR.
I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED HIS, UH, CALM, DEMEANOR IS A CHURCH PAVILION MENTIONED, BUT ALSO HIS WISDOM AND THE EVER-PRESENT FEELING THAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO THE BEST POSSIBLE JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND FOR CAP METRO, THERE WAS NEVER ANY DOUBT ABOUT THIS.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT TERRY MITCHELL.
IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT HOW CAN WE DO OUR JOB BETTER? HOW COULD WE HELP OUR COMMUNITY BETTER? WHICH IS I THINK THE ULTIMATE TEST OF SOMEBODY WHO'S SERVING ON A PUBLIC BOARD.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IN BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, IT MEANT A LOT, AND YOU HAD SPECIFIC EXPERTISE THAT WAS ALWAYS VALUABLE TO US ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OUR ACTIONS ON HOUSING AND THE CHALLENGES OF A HOUSING AND THE, IN A COMMUNITY, A REGION THAT'S GROWING AS QUICKLY AS THIS ONE IS.
AND I THINK THAT WISDOM ON THIS BOARD, UH, HAS BEEN HUGELY HELPFUL, BUT NOT JUST ON THIS BOARD, AS WE GOT OUT INTO PROJECT CONNECT.
AND I KNOW AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU WERE A TEACHER, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD AND THE ECONOMIC REALITIES, AND THEN ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER COLLEAGUE, UH, TO, UH, BE IN A HARNESS WITH, ON A JOB OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND IMPORTANCE.
SO, UH, FROM ME AND FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, THANK YOU JOB WELL DONE.
AND, UH, I'LL MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE FORMALLY AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRINK BEERS AND, UH, TALK ABOUT THE OLD, UH, THE OLDEN DAYS ON THE CAP METRO BOARD.
UM, BOARD MEMBER, UH, YEAH, SORRY.
BUT, UM, I, I KNOW WHEN WE REACHED A CERTAIN TIME AND IF IT'S TIME TO GO AND, UH, AND I'M REALLY GONNA MISS YOU BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN SITTING NEXT TO ME AND REALLY, UH, I LEARNED A LOT, YOU KNOW, I, I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, REALIZING THAT THE COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDINGS TYPING IN, IF IT'S VERY HARD AND I, YOU GAVE ME THAT WISDOM.
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, MAYBE BE ABLE TO
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MAKE REALLY GOOD DECISIONS FOR MY COMMUNITY.AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH TERRY.
UM, I, ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM TERRY IS WHEN WE DID THE STRATEGIC PLAN A WHILE BACK, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU RIDE ON THOSE, YOU RIDE ON THOSE STICKIES AND PUT THEM UP ON THE WALL AND STUFF.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TERRY BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS HE IS SUCH A FORWARD-THINKING, UM, INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE THINKER.
HE'S REALLY BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO THE BOARD AND I'VE APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO ECHO, WHAT'S BEEN SAID HERE AND ALSO SAY THANK YOU, TERRY, BECAUSE, UM, I WAS THE NEW GUY, UH, FOR, FOR THE LONGEST TIME AND, YOU KNOW, COMING IN DECEMBER OF 2018.
AND, UM, YET YOU, YOU WERE ALWAYS, YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD AN OPEN DOOR AND, AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN SOMEBODY WHO I COULD RESPECT YOU COULD, I COULD LOOK UP TO AND YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO, TO, TO SHARE WITH ME.
AND I APPRECIATE I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU AND A LOT OF ISSUES THAT, THAT I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND.
I, I I'VE, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PUBLIC POLICY FOR A LONG TIME AND, YOU KNOW, HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH AND ALL POLICIES, BUT, YOU KNOW, SITTING DOWN WITH YOU IS, UH, IS, IS A MASTER COURSE.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A TED TALK AND, UH, SERVING THE IN, IN, IN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME AND THE INFORMATION.
AND, UM, I HOPE I REALIZED THIS IS, UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, GOODBYE FROM HERE, BUT I HOPE THAT THIS ISN'T FAREWELL FROM, FROM OTHER ENDEAVORS.
I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR OTHER ENDEAVORS AND HOPE THAT WE WILL STILL SEE YOU AROUND AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU STILL REMEMBER THAT, THAT WE STILL HAVE OUR PHONES AND FEEL FREE TO PICK UP AND CALL US SOMETIME, BECAUSE CALL ME SOMETIME WE, I VERY MUCH ENJOYED OUR CONVERSATIONS AND THE, UM, THE, THE INSIGHT AND PASSION THAT YOU HAVE FOR SERVING YOU.
YOU WOULDN'T, YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE FOR AS LONG AS YOU HAVE, IF THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT REALLY WAS SPECIAL TO YOU.
AND THAT, THAT THIS, THAT THE PEOPLE OF CAP METRO AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVED DIDN'T MEAN SOMETHING DIDN'T MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU.
AND I WILL TAKE THAT WITH ME, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, NOT BOARDMAN MEMBER STRAIGHT.
AND I THINK YOU ASKED FOR THE WRONG THING AND NOT TO HAVE HIM CALL YOU, BUT FOR HIM TO PICK UP THE PHONE WHEN YOU CALL THEM THAT TO RANDY.
SO, UH, SO TERRY, I'M GONNA, UH, WRAP UP THE LOVE FEST HERE, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF AND, UH, EIGHT YEARS AND SAID, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE RUN OF SELFLESSNESS GIVING TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE PAY YOU WITH A FREE BUS PASS.
SO, UH, THAT'S A LONG, EIGHT YEARS.
YOU WENT THROUGH A LOT OF ROLLERCOASTER IN THOSE EIGHT YEARS AS WELL.
RIGHT? WHEN YOU, AND REMEMBER COOPER MENTIONED, UM, CAME ON BOARD, UH, CAP METRO OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT IN THE FORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE TODAY AND, UH, YOUR FINANCIAL ACUMEN AND, UM, FOCUSED ON TRANSPARENCY AND FISCAL.
UM, GOOD FISCAL STEWARDSHIP IS ONE OF THE KEY REASONS WE ARE HERE TODAY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IF SHE WAS HERE, SHE WOULD SAY SHE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.
I KNOW CATS ARE NOW AS THE CFO, TERRY FULMER, AS OUR AUDITOR.
UM, YOU HAVE JUST BEEN A GREAT BOARD MEMBER THAT REALLY, REALLY WORKS WELL WITH STAFF AND HAS THE COMPLETE PERSPECTIVE STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS TABLE.
I KNOW YOU PERSONALLY, A LOT OF YOUR, UH, EFFORTS, UM, HELPING THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE REFERENDUM.
AND I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE THE BOARD TODAY, YOU LEAVE AN ORGANIZATION KIND OF THE OLDEST TINIAN CODE YOU'VE LEFT THIS ORGANIZATION MUCH BETTER THAN WHEN YOU GOT IT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON AND WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT.
SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.
I HOPE YOU PICK UP MY PHONE CALL, SO YOU HAD TO DO IT RIGHT.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND HOW IT WORKS TOGETHER.
SO I'M SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR THE LAST OF A TERRY MITCHELL, UH, LECTURE UP IN THE COMMUNITY OF, OF WORKING THESE TOPICS OUT, BUT REALLY ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE STAFF.
WE HAVE A LITTLE, A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU AND MAYBE A CHAIR, IF WE CAN GET EVERYONE NOW UPFRONT.
AND THIS IS TO RECOGNIZE TERRY FOR ALL, UH, FOR HIS YEARS OF, UH, GIVING TO THIS ORGANIZATION, THIS COMMUNITY, IS IT MICHAEL JORDAN'S? MICHAEL JORDAN
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.SO, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE BOARD WILL RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBER MITCHELL.
UH, I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A LOSS OF WORDS.
UM, THIS DECISION WAS, WAS A LONG TIME COMING, NOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO LEAVE, BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER, UH, IMPORTANT PRIORITIES IN MY LIFE, UH, FAMILY, AND, UH, THE TEAM THAT WORKS WITH ME IN MY PRIVATE, UH, WORLD, UH, NEED SOME ATTENTION.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THAT, UH, TRANSIT IS DEAR TO MY HEART AND WILL BE, AND, AND, AND I'M JUST SO ECSTATIC AND GRATEFUL.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM OUR CITY 50 YEARS FROM NOW.
PROBABLY MOST OF US WON'T BE HERE.
SOMEBODY YOU YOUNGER FOLKS WILL.
UH, BUT IF WE DO OUR JOB, RIGHT, AUSTIN WILL BE A FAR DIFFERENT CITY, BECAUSE THE WAY WE GET AROUND WILL NOT PRIMARILY BE BY AUTOMOBILE, BUT WILL BE PRIMARILY BY A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
AND I'M JUST, UH, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A LITTLE TEENY TINY PART OF THAT.
UM, AND I'M JUST, I'M JUST GRATEFUL.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR EACH ONE OF YOU.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, THIS IS THE BEST STAFF I'VE EVER COME IN CONTACT WITH.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HELPFUL.
EVEN WHEN I ASK THEM QUESTIONS, YOU DON'T CALL ME AN IDIOT.
YOU JUST SAY, EXPLAIN IT THE RIGHT WAY AND, AND, AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR, FOR YOUR WORK.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, WE STARTED THE MO THE MOMENT WITH A MISTY MOMENT, SO WE'LL REGROUP, BUT I HOPE YOUR OTHER STAFF DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY THAT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE, UH, WE WILL OPEN UP WITH OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO HAS SIGNED IN AHEAD OF TIME TO SPEAK, BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW IS THE TIME.
IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT CAME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW IS THE TIME SAID THIRD TIME, IF THERE'S ANYONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW IS THE TIME HEARING NONE.
I WILL, I'LL TAKE A VICTORY LAP.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC AND TALKING TO THE PUBLIC, AND MAYBE THEY FEEL THAT WE'RE MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION CHANGE.
UM, SO HAVING NO PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT, WE HAVE
[III. Advisory Committee Updates]
OUR BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S REPORTS, UM, IS OUR SEASIDE REPRESENTATIVE HERE THIS MORNING, OR THIS AFTERNOON.UH, SO GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN CIVILIAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN, PRESIDENT SARC MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS EDNA FARA MANAGER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR CAPITAL METRO AND STAFF WEIGHS ON FOR, UM, ACTIVE FEEDBACK AND P THEC.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU FEBRUARY'S COMMITTEE UPDATE.
I AM ALSO HERE WITH, UM, MR. PAUL HUT FROM AXA AND, UM, MR. TAYLOR, UM, THE FACT CHAIR IS NOT WITH US.
UM, HE MIGHT COME IN, BUT I DON'T SEE HIM, BUT I DID MEET WITH HIM LAST WEEK.
UM, I'M GOING TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE MEETINGS AND THEN I'LL PASS IT TO CHAIR.
AND, UM, SO THE SECOND ACCESS UPDATE, UM, THE COMMITTEES MET FEBRUARY 2ND AND NINTH RESPECTIVELY, AND WE'RE BRIEFED ON, UM, SYSTEM SYSTEMS ACCESSIBILITY BY MARTIN GRIFFEY AND JACKIE AND NIERENBERG.
UM, JACKIE ALSO PROVIDED IN A PROJECT CONNECT OVERVIEW, UM, AND LASTLY, UH, METRO RAPID UPDATE BY CATHERINE GONZALES,
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UM, FOUR PIECE ACT, UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE.THE SECOND MEETING DATE IS NOW SET FOR APRIL 1ST, AND WE HAVE A TENTATIVE AGENDA THAT INCLUDES COMMITTEE ELECTIONS AND POLICY AND STAFFING UPDATES.
UM, THE FINAL AGENDA WILL BE DONE SENT OUT TO THE GROUP AT THE END OF MARCH.
UM, ALSO AS YOU MIGHT'VE HEARD, WE HAVE, UM, ALL THREE COMMITTEES THAT WERE INVITED TO NEXT WEEK'S MEET AND GREET BY KA METRO.
UM, WALKED ME WITH HOSTED BY CAB METRO CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, UM, AND DESPISE THE THREE MEETINGS.
UH, THE THREE COMMITTEES COMMITTEES THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED.
UM, WE HAVE INVITED ALL AGENCY COMMITTEES AND GROUPS.
SO D I, UM, ALL THE TAC, UM, ALL OF ATP COMMITTEES, AND THEN ALSO CITY OF US AND COMMITTEES, UM, WHICH INCLUDES URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
UM, AND THIS EVENT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IS TO GIVE, UM, EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS DOING GREAT WORK AND SUPPORTING OUR INITIATIVES.
UM, PLUS HAVE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS MEET EACH OTHER, LEARN ABOUT THE OTHER COMMITTEES.
UM, THEY HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY, SO KIND OF KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING AND SEE HOW THERE'S CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM.
UM, SO THAT IS ALL FOR MY SECTION.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO, UM, CHAIR HUNT FROM ACCESS.
AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, UM, THANK YOU TO PAUL HUNT FOR JOINING US TODAY.
SO I'LL PASS IT ON TO YOU, TO YOUR HUNT.
UM, EXCUSE ME, ONE SECOND CHAIR HUNT.
I CAN SEE FROM YOUR EYEBROWS TO THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
SO IF YOU COULD, UH, THERE YOU GO.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS.
I DON'T KNOW ALL YOUR NAMES YET.
I'M PRO RELATIVELY NEW AT THIS TIME.
UH, I WAS, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE MOBILITY IMPAIRED SERVICES.
VISOR CAN BE WAY BACK IN THE 1990S AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF HAP LOT HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS.
UM, I, AS FAR AS OUR COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED, WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH, UM, THE WAY, UM, METRO IS GOING, UH, WITH PROJECT CONNECT, WE'RE GETTING EXCELLENT PRESENTATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE IS ACTUALLY, UH, GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN, IN DISCUSSIONS.
UM, WHEN SOME OF THESE PRESENTATIONS NOT, IT'S NOT JUST REPORT GIVING, UM, YOU NEED TO, UM, WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, DON'T HAVE ANY AT THE MOMENT, BUT, UM, I HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS DO A LOT OF DIZZYING WORK AND TELLING YOU, UH, WITH THIS, UH, THE PROJECT CONNECT.
I, I GREW UP AND LIVED IN CHICAGO IN DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE PAST, AND I KNOW WHAT GOOD TRANSPORTATION IS.
I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, LIGHT RAIL AND TRAINS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE EXPRESSWAYS, THEY WERE LIKE YOUR MOPAC FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVING.
UM, AND SO I'M EXCITED WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND WE'LL JUST KEEP SUPPORTING, UM, WE DID RECEIVE THREE UPDATES.
WE HAD THE UPDATE FROM, UH, PROJECT CONNECT AND WE HAD AN UPDATE FROM ACCESSIBILITY FROM, UH, MARK CREATED A REALLY GOOD JOB EXPLAINING ACCESSIBILITY OVERALL.
UH, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND SHARED SPACES AND I HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY I WILL LEARN HOW THEY WORK AND HOW THEY CAN TRAVEL SAFELY.
UM, UM, CATHERINE ALSO DID A VERY GOOD JOB PRESENTING THE METRO RAPIDS, AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE RAPPERS ARE GREAT AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO GET BETTER.
SO, UH, I'M JUST PLEASED WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT I'M ATTUNING TO, TO GIVE YOU THIS REPORT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR COMMITMENT.
UM, NOW, UM, HAS THE OTHER, UH, HAS THE OTHER CHAIR JOINED US YET? SO, UM, IF, IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE NOT, THEN WE'LL JUST RECEIVE THE REPORTS AS PRESENTED AND, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE POOR, UH, REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN, UM, MS. PARRA AND ALSO, UM, UM, CHAIRMAN HAT.
[IV. Board Committee Updates]
UH, NOW WE'RE OVER TO OUR REGULAR BOARD, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS.THERE WAS NO OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MONTH.
SO CHAIR MITCHELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START US OFF WITH OUR REPORTS FOR THE, FOR THE LAST TIME FINANCE AND GAMBLE AS WELL, PLEASE? UH, HANG ON ONE SECOND.
UH, IN MY ILL ATTEMPT TO A DAYDREAM HERE, I WAS NOT PREPARED NEXT MONTH.
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THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.COULD I MOVE TO POSTPONE THE BREWER REPORT UNTIL NEXT MONTH THEN WE HAVE A SECOND, UM, GOING THROUGH MY CAPITAL METRO FILE.
IT'S ABOUT EIGHT PAGES, LONG DOCUMENTS.
UH, SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ATP TO GO FIRST WHILE YOU PULL IT TOGETHER? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL SHUFFLE THE ORDER AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON.
CAUSE, CAUSE I HAD, I HAD MINE PULLED UP AND THEN I LOST IT ON A SECOND.
THEY'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
UH, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP CONVENED ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 16TH AT 2:00 PM.
UH, TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT, HAD REPORTS FROM OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
UH, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT HAD MET THUS FAR OR MOST RECENTLY INCLUDED THE ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY AND DBE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE FINANCE AND RISK COMMITTEE.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THREE OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UH, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, AND CONSTRUCTION MET ON FEBRUARY.
THE SECOND, UH, THE PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY AND DBE MET ON FEBRUARY THE THIRD AND FINANCE AND RISK MET ON, UH, FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH.
SO WHERE YOU RECEIVE REPORTS FROM THEM.
UH, WE ALSO RECEIVE REPORTS OF OUR MONTHLY PROGRAM UPDATES FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT, UH, UH, JACKIE NUREMBERG AND HER TEAM CONTINUED TO DO AN AMAZING JOB FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT HOSTING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WERE REGARDING, UH, PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE MOVE.
THEY HAD A METRO RAPID COMMUNITY UPDATE ON FEBRUARY 7TH WHERE 32 PARTICIPANTS WERE INVOLVED AN ORANGE LINE NORTH GUADALUPE WORKING GROUP ON FEBRUARY 10TH, WHERE 64 PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED AND AN ORANGE LINE ST.
EDWARDS TO STASSNEY WORKING GROUP ON FEBRUARY 15TH, WHERE 67 PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE NOW RECEIVING, UM, WE'RE NOW RECEIVING REPORTS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, A LOOK AHEAD THAT GOES OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
AND SO OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, WE'VE GOT, UH, MEETINGS COMING UP, INCLUDING, UH, THE, UH, COMMUNITY ACT, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 23RD AND THEN ADDITIONAL, UM, ACTUALLY AS A MATTER OF FACT, TOMORROW, THE EAC, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS, UH, ON THE, UH, AFTERNOON OR EVENING OF MARCH THE SECOND, WHICH WILL BE AFTER OUR CAPITAL METRO CITY COUNCIL, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AND ATP TRI-PARTY MEETING THAT IS GOING TO BE, UH, THIS COMING MARCH THE SECOND IN THE MORNING AT 8:00 AM, UH, EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, 8:30 AM.
UH, THE, UM, PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY, UH, TAC MEETING IS GOING TO BE ON MARCH THE THIRD AND UPCOMING.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A JOINT CAC AND TAC MEET AND GREET THAT ACTUALLY WILL BE OCCURRING ON MARCH THE SEVENTH.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF CAP, METRO BOARD HERE AND ATP TO MEET THE MEMBERS OF THE CAC AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO, UH, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT.
UH, IT IS ON MARCH THE SEVENTH, UH, AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, UM, AT EASTON, I THINK PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, UH, IT'S IN THE EVENING, UM, TO JUST GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE CITY, VARIOUS, BOTH BOARDS OF DIRECTORS IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO FOR THE OTHER, OTHER FOLKS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY TO MEET THESE, UH, ADVISER GROUPS AS WELL.
UM, ALSO COMING UP NEXT WEEK, BLUE LINE METRO CENTER, UH, WORKING GROUP ON THE EIGHTH AND, UM, THEN FURTHER COMMITTEES AT THE, AND, AND MEET AND GREETS AND, UM, UH, CONTINUED TASKFORCE MEETINGS, UH, CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MONTH OF MARCH AND INTO APRIL AFTER THAT.
SO LOTS OF ACTION, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE.
I ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GO TO THE ATP, TX.ORG WEBSITE, TO LOOK FOR FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR SCHEDULE AND UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE AND GET INVOLVED.
UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR THAT.
UH, IN ADDITION, UH, AS A REMINDER, WE ARE CONTINUING TO INVOLVE THE, UH, AS, AS PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE, UH, JPA, THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, THE, UH, ATP BOARD IS ENGAGING, HAS ENGAGED THE SERVICES OF ENO TRANSPORTATION GROUP TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND PRODUCE A REPORT FOR WHAT THE BEST GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND PLAN SHOULD BE IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, FORMATTING WITH THE, THE LEADERSHIP PLAN FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GOING FORWARD.
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THEY HAVE HELD A COUPLE OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS EARLIER IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY THAT WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED.UH, THE ONE, ONE OF THEM WAS HELD ON A TUESDAY EVENING, UH, EARLIER IN FEBRUARY.
AND THAT ONE HAD APPROXIMATELY I THINK 160 PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT THESE WERE VIRTUAL EVENTS AND THEN A FOLLOW UP ONE WAS HELD ON SATURDAY AND ABOUT ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT.
AND THIS WAS AGAIN, PUT OUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, UH, ANYBODY COULD ATTEND THESE THINGS.
AND SO IT WAS, IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE THAT THAT KIND OF LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION, ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK CAME FROM THAT FROM THERE, FOLKS WERE BROKEN UP INTO, UM, UH, INTO SMALLER, INTO SMALLER FOCUS GROUPS TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AT A MORE MICRO LEVEL AS TO WHAT PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS WERE ON THIS TOPIC, YOU KNOW, IS DUE TO, UM, COMPLETE THEIR REPORT AND SUBMIT THAT TO THE ATP BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AND THEN FROM THAT ATP BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE TAKING THEIR VOTE ON WHAT, UH, ON WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, UH, AT THE APRIL MEETING, UH, FOLLOWING THEIR END.
UH, WE ALSO FINALLY, AS A, UM, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I'D SAY THAT, UH, WE ALSO ENGAGED IN A EXECUTIVE SESSION AND REVIEWED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RANDY CLARK'S, UH, PERFORMANCE, UM, PERFORMANCE METRICS GOING FORWARD FOR THE, UH, FOR THIS, THIS CURRENT YEAR FOR, UM, FISCAL YEAR, UH, 22.
AND SO I THINK WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES RATHER EXTENSIVE ATP REPORT.
BUT AS, AS WE KNOW, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON WITH AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AND PROJECT CONNECT.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON.
NOW FOR THE FINANCE AUDIT AND THE MEN'S AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE, AND THEN CAMPO.
YEAH, THE FINANCE AUDIT ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETING MET ON 14TH AT 10:00 AM.
IT'S A RELATIVELY SHORT MEETING.
IN ADDITION TO APPROVING THE MINUTES, WE APPROVED A RESOLUTION APPOINTING NADIA NAVI AS A MEMBER OF THE CAPITAL METRO INVESTMENT COMMITTEE.
WE APPROVED A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CHARTER STATEMENT FOR THE FAA COMMITTEE.
WE ALSO APPROVED A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE INTERNAL AUDIT CHARTER, AND THEN APPROVED OF UPDATES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COMMITTEES POLICY.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAD A FEW PRESENTATIONS I COULD MOVE ON TO THE CAMPO MEETING IF YOU'D PLEASE DO CAMPO MET ON A MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH AS WELL.
UH, IT WAS A SHORT MEETING, UH, ACTION ITEMS INCLUDED, UH, TAKING ACTION.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE MINUTES, UH, APPROVING THE FISCAL 2022 AND 23 UNIFIED PLAN WORKING PROGRAM IS A SMALL AMENDMENT.
UH, ALSO DISCUSSED POTENTIAL ACTION ON TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS TO SUPPORT REGIONAL STUDIES.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE WERE FEW PRESENTATIONS MEETING WAS OVER IN ABOUT 40 MINUTES.
[V. Consent Items]
UH, ITEMS THAT WILL COME ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE THREE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TODAY.
UH, I'LL READ ALL OF THOSE ITEMS AND IF ANY BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SAY SO, AND WE'LL CONSIDER IT AS A FULL ACTION ITEM, WHICH WILL BE IN OUR NECK NEXT SEGMENT OF ACTIONS.
[1. Approval of minutes from the January 12, 2022 special board meeting and January 24, 2022 monthly board meeting.]
ONE UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UH, FROM THE JANUARY 12TH, 2022 SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AND THE JANUARY 24TH, 2022 MONTHLY BOARD MEETING ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL, UH, PULL THOSE OFF OF THE AGENDA.OKAY, MR. CHAIR, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A, AN OMISSION IN THE, THE MINUTES WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE BOARD PACKET, IT NOTED THAT THE ACTION, IT DIDN'T NOTE THE ACTION ITEM THAT WE HAD CONSIDERED FOR BUSINESS, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT DIDN'T ACTUALLY SHOW WHAT THE VOTE WAS IN THE MINUTES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDED TO BE PART OF THE MINUTES AS WELL.
SO IF, IF WE CAN RECEIVE THOSE MINUTES WITH, WITH THAT ADDITION, DO WE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU DO YOU CONSIDER THAT FRIENDLY? YEAH, I CONSIDER THAT, WHICH BASICALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MINUTES ARE UPDATED TO REFLECT, ARE THERE IN CASE, YOU KNOW, FOR LEGAL PURPOSES, MAKE SURE THAT IT MATCHES THE ACT THAT WE ACTUALLY DID TAKE ACTION FOR APPOINTING THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, OUR ATTORNEYS, AND MAKE SURE THAT'S AT AND THAT'S OKAY.
UH, NOTHING GETS PAST YOUR WATCHFUL EYES AND IT'S A GOOD THING.
UH, CONSENT ITEM, NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE INTERNAL AUDIT CHARTER.
ANYONE WANT TO PULL THAT ITEM? IT WILL REMAIN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
NUMBER THREE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPOINTING, UH, NADIA NAVI, UH, CAPITOL METRO COMPTROLLER TO THE CAPITAL METRO INVESTMENT COMMITTEE AS AN INVESTMENT OFFICER.
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ANYBODY WANT TO PULL THAT ITEM? HEARING? NONE.THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A, UM, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS, SO, OKAY.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
UM, LET'S SEE, BY, UH, BY COOPER AND THEN SECOND BY STRATTON, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, WE APPROVED THE CONSENT ITEMS. ONE, TWO AND THREE ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THIRD TIME FOR AUSTERITY? UH, UH, HEARING NONE.
UH, WHAT SHALL WE ALL VOTE BY SAYING AYE AND RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UH, SO THE CONSENT ITEMS ARE PASSED.
UH, NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR ACTION ITEM AGENDA AND WE'RE POSTED FOR 12 ITEMS TODAY.
[VI.1. Approval of a resolution acknowledging the results of the Fall 2021 service change equity analysis.]
FIRST ITEM WILL BE TO TAKE ACTION ON INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US DURING THE FEBRUARY 14TH PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SERVICE CHANGE EQUITY ANALYSIS, MR. DIETER, GOOD AFTERNOON NOW.AND DO YOU ANYWHERE? GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR.
TREVELYAN UH, VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT CEO CLARK.
I AM LAWRENCE THEATER, PRINCIPAL PLANNER, SHORT RANGE PLANNING.
UM, I'M HERE TO ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE FALL SERVICE CHANGE EQUITY ANALYSIS SO THAT IT CAN BE DOCUMENTED FOR THE NEXT TRIENNIAL TITLE SIX PROGRAM UPDATE.
FIRST JACQUELINE EVANS, DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CAPITAL METRO'S, UH, APPROACH TO EQUITY.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR TREVELYAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, RANDY CLARK.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACQUELYN EVANS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
UM, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION POLICY STATEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT PARTS OF THAT THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT STAND OUT IS CAPITAL.
METRO IS COMMITTED AND CON TO CONNECTING TO COMMUNITIES, TO JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE RELIABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
CAPITAL METRO IS COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALSO HAS HAVE APPROVED SOME DEFINITIONS OF HOW, UH, CAPITAL METRO DEFINES DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
SO DIVERSITY AS THE RANGE OF HUMAN DIFFERENCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, SOCIAL CLASS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, EQUITY INCLUDES FAIRNESS AND PROCESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.
RACIAL EQUITY IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HISTORICAL INEQUITY BASED ON RACE, WHERE RACE IS NO LONGER A DETERMINANT TO ONE'S SOCIAL ECONOMIC INCOMES AND WHERE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.
INCLUSION IS THE INVOLVEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELCOMED, RESPECTED, SUPPORTED, AND VALUED SO CAPITAL METRO IS COMMITTED TO MAKING SERVICE DECISIONS THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS.
SERVICE EQUITY METRICS ARE TO BE BROADER IN THE FUTURE AS PART OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM WITH INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS.
WE DO KEEP THOSE IN MIND AS WE GO FORWARD WITH ANY OF OUR SERVICE DECISIONS.
UH, THE FAULTS SERVICE CHANGES WERE MADE BASED ON TITLE SIX SERVICES AND, UH, TITLE SIX SERVICES FOR THE EQUITY ANALYSIS REQUIRED BY THE FTA.
SO WITH THAT, DO I HAVE ANY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY CALLERS MISTY? THESE, OKAY,
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SO WE HAVE NO CALLERS HAVE NO QUESTIONS.CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS AS, AS AN ACCIDENT.
ONE, SHOULD I TURN, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO LAWRENCE TO CONTINUOUS PRESENTATION.
I WAS READY TO GO, GO TO THE SUMMARY, JUST, JUST FROM GROUND.
EVERY BOARD MEMBERS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE STARTED THIS, THIS, THIS IS RELATION TO WE HAD OUR SPECIAL, SPECIAL MEETING, UH, LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO.
I FORGET THE DAYS TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND, UH, IT'S THIS SAME INFORMATION AND IT'S COMING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THAT SECOND PIECE.
SO IF LAWRENCE, MAYBE YOU JUST GO TO THAT FINAL PIECE FOR THE CHAIR.
SO IN ACCORDANCE TO, UH, THE, UH, BOARDS, UM, ADOPTED TITLE SIX POLICIES THAT WERE ADOPTED LAST YEAR ON JUNE 28TH OF, UH, 2021, UM, ARE IN JUNE OF 2021, WE CONDUCTED A SERVICE EQUITY ANALYSIS ON TWO SETS OF SERVICE CHANGES, ONE FOR COMMUTER SERVICES, ONE FOR SERVICE SERVING THE, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OR UNIVERSITY SERVICE ROUTES.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS NO DISPARATE IMPACT TO MINORITY POPULATIONS FOR EITHER SERVICES.
WE DID FIND A DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN TO LOW INCOME POPULATIONS IDENTIFIED FOR COMMUTER BUS, UM, SERVICE CHANGES.
AND, UM, THESE, UM, THESE THAT, SORRY, UH, THESE, UM, THESE DISPROPORTIONATE VERDUN IMPACTS TO LOW-INCOME USERS WERE MINIMIZED THROUGH PAYROLL REDLINE, A SERVICE SERVICE, THE ALTERNATIVE EXPRESS BUS SERVICE AND MAINTAINING TRIPS, UH, THAT THE CAST COMMUTERS ARRIVE AND DEPART AT A START AND END OF TRADITIONAL WORKDAY.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT PLANNING MONITORS, UH, RIDERSHIP DAILY, UH, WE ALSO MONITOR CUSTOMER CARE REPORTS AND, UM, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED VERY FEW CALLS REGARDING OUR COMMUTER GUT, UH, COMMUTER BUS SERVICE.
UM, WE WILL BE RETURNING TO OUR NORMAL, UM, SERVICE CHANGE PROCESS BEGINNING WITH THIS SUMMER 2022 SERVICE CHANGES.
UH, THOSE WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO MAJOR SERVICE CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE SUMMER SERVICE CHANGES.
THE NEXT FORESEEABLE MAJOR SERVICE CHANGE, UM, IS FOR, UH, WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THE EXPO AND PV, UH, METRO APP DESIGNS AS PART OF PROJECT CONNECT.
UM, AND AS WE ARE PLANNING FOR THOSE MUCH RAPID LIONS, WE WILL EVALUATE SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS TO CONNECTING ROUTES AND OUR LARGER NETWORK TO ENSURE THAT THESE MEET THE MOST, UH, MOST PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
AND WITH THAT, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
UH, THEN THE BOARD WILL, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ITEM NUMBER, UH, THE ACTION ITEM, NUMBER ONE.
UM, MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, SECONDED BY A BOARD MEMBER, RENTER.
MARIA, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FINALLY? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
UH, AND THE CHAIR WILL VOTE WITH THE EYES THAT UNANIMOUS VOTE THERE WERE THERE ANY COLLEGE? UH, MR. EASTON.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ACTION
[VI.2. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Verizon for telecommunication services for four (4) years in an amount not to exceed $3,843,152]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, UP, UH, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH VERIZON FOR TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR FOUR YEARS, AND THEN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,843,152.I, STEPHEN SALINAS, CAN YOU SHARE THAT REALLY AFTERNOON? UH, VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESIDENCY.
I'M A SEEKING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE, FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH VERIZON, UH, FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR FOUR YEARS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,843,152, UM, MAINTAIN, UM, THE CONTRACT FOR THIS TERM IS FROM APRIL, 2022 THROUGH MARCH, 2026, TO CONTINUE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES WITH VERIZON CAPITAL.
METRO USES THESE SERVICES IN MANY WAYS TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION SUCH AS DATA CIRCUITS, PRIVATE CELLULAR, UM, UH, NETWORK CELL PHONES, TABLETS
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CELLULAR WIFI SERVICES FOR STAFF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VEHICLES, UM, WIFI FOR CUSTOMER AMENITIES.AND IN SOME CASES, REDUNDANCY TO MAINTAIN COMMUNICATIONS DURING AN OUTAGE, UH, COST CONSISTS OF A 3 MILLION, $343,152 CONTRACT, UM, OUT WITH AN ADDITION OF $500,000 TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH.
UM, AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD, THIRD TIME, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD HEARING? NONE? UM, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ADOPT ON THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO.
UM, OR MEMBER STRATTON, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE MOTION.
UM, LET'S, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT, THAT ITEM NUMBER TO BE, UH, APPROVED, UH, ALL IN FAVOR MUST BE LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SALINAS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE UP FOR NUMBER TWO.
UH, LET, LET ME READ IT FOR THE RECORD.
[VI.3. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with the State of Texas Department of Information Resources Telecommunications for telecommunications data services for four (4) years in an amount not to exceed $629,264.]
NUMBER THREE IS THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENCY OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS OR WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION, RESOURCES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS DATA SERVICES FOR FOUR YEARS, AND THEN THE MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED $629,264.UM, WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO, OR IS IT DOESN'T NEED TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES TO COME IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS DATA SERVICES FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE MOUNTAIN, NOT TO EXCEED $629,264.
THIS IS TO PROVIDE A CONTRACT WITH STATE OF TEXAS DIR, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR THE TERM OF APRIL 22ND, 2022 THROUGH MARCH OF 2026 TO CONTINUE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR DATA CIRCUITS THAT PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY TO OUR FACILITIES THROUGH HARDWIRED INFRASTRUCTURE, ESSENTIALLY OUR METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK.
IF THERE ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THIRD TIME, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, MR. EASTERN, ANY CALLERS? OKAY.
UM, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ACTION ITEM THREE.
AND, UH, I WAS HOPING YOU'D GET ONE IN THIS WEEK.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY, UH, LET'S SEE, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. MITCHELL.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE, UH, THAT WE VOTE ON A RESOLUTION FOR ITEM ACTION.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, ALL IN FAVOR.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING, HUH? UH, WE DID IT THREE TIMES FIRST.
I'LL UH, LET ME KNOW BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED DAY.
I'LL GIVE THE CHAIR OVER VOTE.
SEND IT THREE TIMES RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
[VI.4. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Silsbee Ford Inc. to purchase fifteen (15) Ford Escape Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicles for the Capital Metro Non Revenue Vehicle Fleet in an amount not to exceed $573,390.]
FOUR IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH SALES BEFORE INC TO PURCHASE 15 FORD ESCAPE PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR THE CAPTAIN METRO NON-REVENUE VEHICLE FLEET, AND THEN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $573,390.VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN BOARD MEMBERS, UH, PRESIDENCY, EO CLARK.
I'M ANDREW MURPHY, DIRECTOR OF VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AT CAPITAL METRO.
UH, I AM HERE TODAY SEEKING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SILSBEE FORD FOR 15 FORD ESCAPE PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR OUR NON-REVENUE LOCAL REVENUE FLEET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $573, 300, 570 $3,290.
THESE VEHICLES WILL REPLACE 15 MODEL YEAR, 2007, GASOLINE POWERED SUV'S THAT ARE BEYOND THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
REPLACING GASOLINE VEHICLES WITH PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS A STEP TOWARD ACHIEVING CAPITOL METRO'S ZERO EMISSION GOALS BY OPERATING ON BATTERY AND ONLY USING THE GAS ENGINE WHEN THE BATTERY IS LOW.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.NOW THIS IS FOR WADE AND HE, THIS GUY SHOULD THIRD TYPE OF WEIGHT.
ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
I GOT COOPER THAT SINCE, SINCE I ASKED FOR THREE TIMES.
UM, ALL IN, SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ACTION ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY SAYING AYE.
UH, CHAIR ALSO SUPPORTS, UH, THIS MOTION AND WE'LL SAY HI AS WELL.
UH, ARE THERE ANY CALLERS ON THIS ITEM? UH, HAVING NONE, UH, ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[VI.5. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to modify contract #200523 with ConvergeOne, Inc for the Telephone System Replacement project for an additional $1,108,199 to provide a fax server, chatbot functionality, and integration with the new demand response transit system for a total new contract amount not to exceed $4,741,322.]
TO ACTION.ITEM NUMBER FIVE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO MODIFY CONTRACT NUMBER 205 TO THREE WITH, UH, CONVERGENCE ONE, INC FOR THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1,108,199, UM, ADDITIONAL FEE TO PROVIDE A FAX SERVER CHAT BOT BOT FUNCTIONALITY AND INTEGRATION WITH THE NEW DEMAND RESPONSE TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR A TOTAL NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $4,741,322.
I, MR. SALINAS, WILL YOU INFORM US, UM, INTERACTIONS AGAIN? OKAY, GOOD.
STEPHEN SALINAS WITH NETWORK SERVICES, UM, WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO MODIFY CONTRACT 205 TO THREE WITH CONVERGE ONE INCORPORATED FOR THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1,108,199 TO RIDE A FAX SERVER, CHATBOT FUNCTIONALITY AND INTEGRATION WITH THE NEW DEMAND RESPONSE TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR A TOTAL NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $4,741,322.
UM, ON JULY 7TH, 2020 CAPITAL METRO AWARDED CONTRACT 205 TO THREE TO CONVERGE ONE INCORPORATED FOR TELEPHONE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT.
AND THIS SYSTEM WENT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021.
THE FACTS FUNCTIONALITY DELIVERED IS VERY BASIC AND DOES NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR DEMAND RESPONSE TEAM WHO RELY ON FACTS TO OBTAIN AN EXCHANGE SENSITIVE CUSTOMER INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR ELIGIBILITY AND MORE ROBUST FAX SERVER IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THIS FUNCTIONALITY.
SECONDLY, THE PEOPLE IN CULTURE TEAM NEEDS THE CHAT BOT FUNCTIONALITY TO BE ADDED TO THE MAIN CAP METRO WEBSITE, TO ENCOURAGE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES, TO APPLY FOR OPEN POSITIONS, INCLUDING DRIVERS WHO ARE IN HIGH DEMAND ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY IN THE FUTURE, IT WILL BE EXPANDED TO OTHER POSITIONS TO INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO ACQUIRE NEW TALENT.
THE CHAT BOT WILL GATHER BASIC CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT THE TALENT ACQUISITION TEAM CAN CAN CONTACT POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.
THE GOAL IS TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AS SOON AS THEY VISIT OUR SITE, THE CHAT BOT FEATURE WILL HELP TALENT ACQUISITION COORDINATORS TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION WITH APPLICANTS WHILE ASSISTING THE APPLICANTS TO MOVE THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS AS QUICKLY AND SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT FEELING LEFT BEHIND OR LOST IN THE HIRING PROCESS.
PEOPLE IN CULTURE, LOOK AT THE CHAT BOT LIKE AN EXTRA STAFF MEMBER WITHOUT PAYING THE LABOR COST, TO HAVE SOMEONE WAITING FOR APPLICANTS TO ENTER THE CAREER PORTAL.
UH, THIRDLY, THE DEMAND RESPONSE TRANSIT INTEGRATION WITH THE AVAYA PHONE SYSTEM WILL ENABLE METRO ACCESS CUSTOMER APPOINTMENT NOTICES AND SERVICE MASS AND SERVICE MASS NOTIFICATIONS.
THIS INTEGRATION WILL BE ENABLED IN EARLY 2023 WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW DEMAND RESPONSE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
UM, THE CONTRACT MODIFICATION ALSO INCLUDES A CONTINGENCY FOR FUTURE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES TO ADDRESS CHANGING BUSINESS NEEDS AS NEW FEATURES COME UP PERIODICALLY.
AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS HEARING? NONE.
THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
UH, SECOND SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER STRATTON.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SAY AYE.
THE CHAIR WILL ADD TO THE EYES.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE TO ACTION ITEMS, NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN, BOTH OF THEM DEAL WITH REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS AND MR. CARTWRIGHT, I WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THIS.
NOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THESE ITEMS BEFORE, BUT
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IF THERE IS A NEED FOR FURTHER CLARITY, WE CAN TAKE IT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON REAL ESTATE.TODAY WE'RE ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON REAL ESTATE.
SO IF ANYONE, IF ANY BOARD MEMBER HAS CONCERNS, IF NOT, WE CAN ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION AND MOVE WITH THEM AS REGULAR ACTION ITEMS. OKAY, WELL, LET'S MOVE WITH, LET'S
[VI.6. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to execute a contract with Inarda M. Solis for the sale of approximately 0.244 acres of Capital Metro property located at 1999 Old McDade Street in Elgin, Texas for an amount not to exceed $10,100.]
MOVE WITH ACTION ITEM.THANK YOU, CHAIR TO CIVILIAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT CEO CLARK.
I'M KEN , VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS, UH, RESOLUTION TO THIS ACTION ITEM.
NUMBER SIX IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH AN ARDA M SALISE FOR THE SALE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.244 ACRES OF CAPITAL METRO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1999 OLD MCDADE STREET IN ELGON TEXAS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,100.
AND I HAVE JUST A FEW, A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE FOR YOU.
AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THESE WITH YOU BRIEFLY BEFORE, BUT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY AN ENCROACHMENT, UM, IN THE ELGON AREA FOR A HOME THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN A RAIL RIGHT OF WAY, UM, ERRONEOUSLY.
AND SO THIS ENCROACHMENT WAS IDENTIFIED AND WE'VE WORKED WITH MISS ELISE TO, UH, RECONCILE THIS.
AND, UH, WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DO IS SELL THIS VERY SMALL PIECE OF RAIL RIGHT OF WAY TO HER.
THIS, UH, FORTUNATELY IS ALONG THE GREEN LINE CORRIDOR WILL BE TO HAVE A HUNDRED FOOT RAIL RIGHT OF WAY.
SO RAIL OPERATIONS HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ADVERSE IMPACT FROM THIS ACTION.
SHOULD THE BOARD DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS? AND WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, THIRD TIME BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS I WILL, I WILL JUST ASK ONE THING.
I'M ASSUMING THAT, UH, THAT SHE'S OKAY.
AND THAT SHE'S GOT THE FUNDS AND IT'S ALL GOOD BEFORE.
AND I DID FAIL TO MENTION THAT, UH, BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE A TRANSIT AGENCY.
WE RAN THIS BY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
THEY AUTHORIZED THE SALE AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ASKED THREE TIMES.
HE SAID HE DID THAT ON THE THIRD TIME.
UM, LET'S SEE, I DO HAVE, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION, CAME FROM BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE LET IT KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
UH, IF, IF A PAUSE THAT WOULD BE KNOWN BY SAYING NATE KAY.
UM, THE CHAIR WILL MAKE IT UNANIMOUS WITH A BOARD MEMBER OF RENTER RHEA BEING OFF THE DIETS.
[VI.7. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute an agreement for the purchase of approximately 25 acres of land located near the southeast corner of Springdale Road and Cameron Road in Austin for the construction of a new Demand Response operations and maintenance facility in an amount not to exceed $7,625,000.]
UM, NOW ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WILL BE YOURS ALSO.SO SINCE I DIDN'T READ THE LAST ONE AND IT WENT VERY WELL, WE JUST GO WITH THEM IN THIS TIME.
I WILL PROCEED THEN ACTION ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IS DESIGNATED TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 25 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SPRINGDALE ROAD AND CAMERON ROAD IN AUSTIN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DEMAND RESPONSE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 7 MILLION, $625,000, AND ALSO HAVE A FEW SLIDES FOR THIS AS WELL.
SO, UM, THE, UH, CAPITAL METRO DEMAND RESPONSE OPERATION IS CURRENTLY, UM, OPERATED OUT OF TWO FACILITIES, ONE AT THOMPSON LANE NEAR HIGH, UH, US 180 3 NORTH OF THE AIRPORT AND A SECOND ONE ON HOWARD LANE, JUST EAST OF AND THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR SERVICE AREA.
AND FOR THE FUTURE OPERATION, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT, UH, THE NORTH FACILITY, WHICH IS LEASED BY OUR OPERATOR, CURRENT OPERATOR, CONTRACT OPERATOR MTM, THAT LEASE WILL EXPIRE IN 2024.
AND SO WE ARE MAKING PLANS TO BUILD A NEW CAPITAL METRO OWNED FACILITY, UH, TO, UH, PREPARE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT FACILITY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A SET ABOUT, UH, UH, IDENTIFYING PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THIS, UH, BEING THE MOST SUITABLE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS, UH, THIS SITE, UH, WORKS VERY WELL FROM A DEADHEAD PERSPECTIVE BEING, UH, BEING, UH, ON THE NORTH END OF OUR SERVICE AREA.
SO IT WOULD MINIMIZE THE, UH, THE EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH DEADHEAD OPERATIONS, BUT THIS PARTICULAR TRACK DOES MENTION AS 25 ACRES, THE APPRAISED VALUE, UM, HAS BEEN REVIEWED, UH, AT THE TIME THAT WE PUT THIS SLIDE TOGETHER,
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IT WAS PENDING FTA CONCURRENCE, AND JUST ON FRIDAY, THEY DID PROVIDE CONCURRENCE ON THE APPRAISAL.SO THEY'VE AUTHORIZED US, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PURCHASE.
UH, IF THE BOARD TAKES ACTION AND APPROVES THIS AGREEMENT TODAY, THEN THAT WOULD INITIATE A 60 DAY DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD DURING WHICH WE'LL VERIFY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE UTILITIES AVAILABLE, INCLUDING, UM, ADEQUATE ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE CONVERSION OF THE FLEET AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS QUESTION FROM A BOARD MEMBER.
UM, JUST CAUSE I'M NOT REMEMBERING, BUT THEY, THE 7 MILLION IS W WHAT'S THE SOURCE OF THOSE FUNDS.
IS THAT IN OUR CAPITAL? YES, I, I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S END OUR FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR MEMBERS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE VERY TIME AGAIN? THIRD TIME'S A CHARM.
WHAT IS THE G JUST TO REFRESH MY MEMORY? BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT, IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE WE'VE, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT A WHILE AGO, AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO US.
WE'RE FINALLY GETTING INTO THE GROOVE ON IT.
THEN ONCE WE PURCHASE THIS, WHAT IS THE PROJECTED TIMEFRAME FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION AND, AND LAYING IT OUT, KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT THAT LEASES COMING DUE? CORRECT.
SO WE ARE WORKING CURRENTLY ON THE PROGRAM, UH, TO, UH, DETERMINE ALL THE FACILITIES THAT WERE, WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THIS OPERATION.
SO DESIGN WOULD TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND THEN WE WOULD INITIATE CONSTRUCTION.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE TRYING TO TARGET, UH, UH, HAVING THE FACILITY AND OPERATION BEFORE THE LEASE IS EXPIRED.
SO VERY TIGHT TIMEFRAME FOR US.
IT MAY BE LATE 24, EARLY 25, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH CHAD AND HIS TEAM ON ANY CONTINGENCY PLAN.
SHOULD THERE BE A GAP IN THAT PERIOD? SO, OKAY.
OPTIONS ON LEASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PROACTIVE.
AND ON TOP OF THIS ONE, APPRECIATE IT.
AND THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, YES.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S LIKE $300,000 OR A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT PER ACRE.
THERE IS THAT THE APPRAISED VALUE IS GOING ON ON THAT AREA NEXT TO A LANDFILL.
IT IS, UM, YES, JUST NORTH OF THAT, UH, LANDFILL, BUT IT'S VERY CLOSE TO, UH, MANY OTHER, UM, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES.
UM, AND, AND SO THERE IS A COMPETITION IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF OUR SERVICE AREA FOR LAND.
AND SO, UM, THAT THIS WAS THE APPRAISED VALUE FOR THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I JUST WANT TO ADD A COMMENT THAT, UH, WITH, WITH THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING, UH, IN TRANSIT OBVIOUSLY, UH, THAN, THAN HIGHER LEVEL.
SO ERICA AND HER TEAM ARE WORKING TO THAT FEDERAL STRATEGY AND WE BELIEVE, UH, ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'LL BE DEFINITELY LOOKING CLOSELY AT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS FACILITY.
UH, THERE'S SOME MONEY, THERE'S SOME MONEY INVOLVED AND RAISE GRANTS.
IT'S HIGHLY FOCUSED ON, UH, EQUITY AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES THAT THAT REALLY WOULD LINE WELL WITH THIS.
IT'S ALSO THE BOSTON BUS FACILITY GRANT.
UH, THOSE NOTICE OF AWARD OR A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES HAVE NOT GOTTEN OUT YET.
SO THE TEAM IS WAITING AND WATCHING FOR THOSE, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE THE BOARD VERY AWARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO FOR EVERY FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY WE CAN, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY FACILITIES WE WILL NEED, UH, TO MOVE THE PROGRAM FORWARD.
UM, AND, AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CLARK.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE.
THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE LOOKING AT THE RES GRANT.
AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT, IS THAT ONE THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR CAP METRO TO PURSUE OR PURSUE, OR WILL CAP METRO BEING AS, UH, AS A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER, DOES THAT NOT MAKE SENSE? UM, SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT THE DECISION-MAKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO GO FOR THAT GRANT, MAYBE SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AT A BOARD LEVEL.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE VOTE ON THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION FOR NUMBER SEVEN, ALL IN FAVOR.
PLEASE LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
THE CHAIR WILL JOIN THE EYES AND MAKE IT UNANIMOUS.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO TRY EFFECT GOING ON ON MR. CARTWRIGHT.
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IF[VI.8. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Dimensional Innovations, Inc. for the fabrication, delivery and installation of MetroRapid Shelters for $15,743,387 plus $2,361,508 (15% contingency) for a total amount not to exceed $18,104,895.]
YOU'LL TAKE NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE.NUMBER EIGHT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING NEED TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH DIMENSIONAL INNOVATIONS, INC FOR THE FABRICATION DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF METRO RAPID SHELTERS FOR $15,743,387.
PLUS $2,361,508 REPRESENTING A 15% CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $18,104,895.
THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE FIVE YEARS FROM THOSE PROCEED.
I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE IS AN 18, 18% DBE GOAL ESTABLISHED FOR THIS, THIS, UH, UM, CONTRACTOR.
THIS VENDOR IS WE'LL MEET THAT OR SURPASS THAT, BUT PROVIDING 33%, UH, DBE COMPLIANCE ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU.
THIS IS OUR CONCEPT FOR OUR METRO RAPID SHELTERS.
AND, UH, THIS IS THE CONCEPT THAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH THE PUBLIC FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND I'LL GO THROUGH, THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR DESIGN INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
AND SO I'LL GO THROUGH THIS WITH YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO JUST, UH, THIS MONTH WE HAD OUR MOST RECENT METRO RAPID COMMUNITY UPDATE WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND WE TOOK SPECIFIC INPUT ON THIS PARTICULAR SHELTER IN THE STATIONS AND, UH, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE.
AND I'LL SHARE THE OUTCOME OF THAT WITH YOU AS WELL.
AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATES, UH, THIS, UH, CONCEPT WAS ALSO PRESENTED AS, ALONG WITH A METRO RAPID, UH, GENERAL PROGRAM UPDATE TO THE XS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE ALSO HAD A METRO RAPID COMMUNITY UPDATE WHERE WE SHARED INITIAL CONCEPTS OF THE SHELTER.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, IN SEPTEMBER ALSO OF 2021, WE HAD A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY AND PART OF THE COMMENTS WERE RELATED TO BUS STOPS AND SHELTERS AS WELL.
SO WE TOOK THAT INPUT AS WELL.
AND THEN BACK IN 2019, WE HAD A VERY FOCUS OR EXCUSE ME, SHELTER FOCUS GROUP, WHERE WE, UM, CONCENTRATED JUST ON BUS STOPS, METRO METRO, RAPID STATIONS AND SHELTERS, AND WHAT THINGS WERE IMPORTANT TO FOLKS.
SO WE TOOK ALL OF THAT INPUT AND WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FREQUENTLY CUSTOMER COMMENT REPORTING, UH, THROUGH OUR CCR SYSTEM, UH, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT BUS STOPS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
AND A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ACROSS THOSE VARIOUS PLATFORMS, OR WE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION.
IT WAS VERY CONSISTENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE THING IS SHADE AND WEATHER PROTECTION.
WE WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, PROTECTED FROM THE SUN IN THE SUMMER AND FROM RAIN AND WIND AND THE COLDER MONTHS AS WELL.
ALSO, UH, SEEDING IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
UM, MORE OF IT, THE BETTER, UH, LIGHTING, UH, PROVIDED A, UH, A FEELING OF SAFETY AT THE BUS STOPS ON THESE STATIONS.
CAMERAS ALSO, UH, HELP, UH, GIVE A SENSE OF SAFETY AT THE STATIONS.
UH, DIGITAL DISPLAYS WERE IMPORTANT SHOWING NEXT TO, UH, UPCOMING, UH, RIVALS AND BARK, UH, BIKE, BIKE PARKING.
AND, AND I WILL NOTE THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE METRO RAPID SYSTEM FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PLACE A METRO BIKE STATIONS AT VARIOUS ONES OF THOSE.
SO THIS CONCEPT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE SHELTERS ARE ACTUALLY MUCH LARGER THAN ANY OF OUR CURRENT SHELTERS.
SO A LARGER AREA FOR WEATHER PROTECTION, LONGER BENCHES, LONGER LEANING RAILS.
UH, THOSE ARE INCORPORATED INTEGRATED INTO IT, PLENTY OF LIGHTING.
THERE WILL BE SOLAR CAPABLE FOR THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WOULD SUPPORT SOLAR OR BE SUITED SUITABLE FOR SOLAR.
WE WILL HAVE THE PAPER, WE'LL HAVE CAMERAS AND THEN, UH, COMMUNICATIONS ROUTER TO BE COMMUNICATING WITH, UH, THOSE, UM, THOSE STATIONS PROVIDING THAT REAL-TIME INFORMATION.
WE HAVE A BASE HERE, AN OPTION YEAR HERE, AND I WILL NOTE THAT WE WILL BE DOING TWO SIZES OF SHELTERS, LARGER ONES FOR THE HIGHER RIDERSHIP LOCATIONS AND AREAS WHERE THERE ARE RIGHT OF WAY, WE'LL SUPPORT THAT, AND THEN SMALLER SHELTERS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, LOWER RIDERSHIP AREAS.
SO THERE WILL BE A MIX OF THOSE, BUT EACH OF THOSE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS, AS WELL AS THE LIGHTING AND THE SHADE PANELS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I DID WANT TO MENTION TO YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, DIMENSION, UH, THE, OUR CONTRACTOR DIMENSIONAL INNOVATIONS.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1993 IN KANSAS.
THAT'S A LOCATION OF THEIR PRODUCTION FACILITY.
THEY HAVE DONE A NUMEROUS TRANSIT PROJECTS, INCLUDING KANSAS CITY STREETCAR, UH, TULSA BUS, RAPID TRANSIT, THE OMAHA TRANSIT SYSTEM.
AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO USE A TEXAS SOLAR POWER, WHICH IS A LOCAL, A SOLAR POWER COMPANY.
UH, BUT WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING,
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UM, THIS REQUEST.SO THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, YES.
UM, BOARD MEMBER RENTER IN, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD IN THERE ABOUT, UH, UH, FOR BIKE PARKING, IS THAT ALSO, ARE WE ALSO GOING TO HAVE, UH, BIKES THAT ARE ELECTRIC CAPITAL METRO BIKES INSTALLED? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS NOW FOR A METRO BIKE, DOCKING STATIONS, ADD LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT RIGHT OF WAY, UH, TO PLACE THOSE AS WELL AS, UM, PR YOU KNOW, DEMAND THAT WE EXPECT AT THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH METRO BIKE AND CHAD BALLANTINE TO IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS.
THOSE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.
THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM, FROM THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
AND ARE THEY GOING TO BE BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE SO THAT WE COULD IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE COST TH THE INFRASTRUCTURE YES.
TO SUPPORT THE METRO BIKES STATIONS.
ANY FURTHER, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
GOT ME ON THE SECOND TIME, THE FIRST ONE, UH, CAN JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WHERE THE FUNDING FOR THIS.
AGAIN, THIS IS INCLUDED IN OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET, AS WELL AS OUR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THESE ARE ALSO PART OF OUR, UH, GRANT, UM, PROPOSAL TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, ALL CAP METRO FUNDING, UM, CAF CAP MET WELL, IT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF CAPITAL METRO, LOCAL FUNDING AND FEDERAL FUNDING WHEN THE GRANT IS AWARDED.
AND I THINK MAYBE THAT'S SOME CLARITY.
THIS IS PROJECT CONNECT BASED FUNDING.
SO MAYBE BOARD MEMBERS THAT'S THAT'S.
WHAT I WAS KIND OF GETTING AT IS, IS BY THE TEAM, THE CAPITAL METRO BUDGET, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF AN ILA.
SOME OF THIS LOCAL FUNDING IS THE BLENDED, YOU KNOW, CAP, METRO CITY MONEY INTO ATP, ATP, ATP, ILA TO CAP METRO THAT'S THE LOCAL SHARE TO KEN'S POINT GOING AFTER THEN THE FEDERAL SMALL STAR GRANT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES YOU THE CLARITY THAT YEAR.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST WHAT I FIGURED.
SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE PROBABLY PART OF THE BUCKETS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ON, ON WEDNESDAY, BUT JUST, JUST, JUST A LITTLE ADDED CLARITY, JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND FOR THINGS LIKE THIS IS THIS IT CAT METRO'S BOARD VOTES ON THESE THINGS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, KEN DOESN'T HAVE TO ALSO COME BACK AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE ATP BOARD TO HAVE ANOTHER SUCCESS OF VOTE ON THESE KINDS OF, UH, THIS BOARD AND THE ATP BOARD BACK, UH, EXCUSE THE MONTH, MAYBE IT'S FEBRUARY, MARCH DOESN'T WHENEVER IT WAS, DID AN I L A S AND THEN THE JPA RECONFIRMED THAT THE CAP METRO IS DOING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PROGRAM.
CITY'S DOING PARTS OF THE PROGRAM.
ATP'S DOING PARTS OF THE PROGRAM.
SO AS WE EVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM, I THINK IS KEY TERMINOLOGY WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
SO INSTEAD OF THING, MAYBE MONEY WILL SAY BUDGET OR FUNDING, BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY TECHNICAL.
LIKE, SO THIS, THIS IS IN CAPITAL LETTERS, BUDGET, THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM ATP AND WE'LL PACKAGE THAT TO GO AFTER THE FEDERAL SMALL STAR GRANT, WHICH WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
WHICH, WHICH MEANS BASICALLY BECAUSE OF PREVIOUSLY DESIGNED, SIGNED OFF ON AGREEMENTS THAT ATP'S BOARD ALREADY APPROVED, THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.
AND THEN THE CAP METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS APPROVING THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM, THE FUNDING OF WHICH HAS ALREADY TRANSFERRED OVER, UH, AGAIN, SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS ATP DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER VOTE AND THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, ALL OF THAT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF THE MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN TO YOU ALL APPROVED A BOSS PROCUREMENT IN THE FALL RELATED TO THESE RAPIDS TWO BOARDS AGO.
I THINK IT WAS YOU APPROVED IDI TWO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
KEN HAS BROKEN THIS UP, I THINK IN THE FOUR DIFFERENT CONTRACTS, I THINK TOTAL FOR THE RAPIDS, JUST THE WAY TO MOVE THIS PROGRAM ALONG.
AND THIS IS JUST, I THINK THE LAST ONE, CORRECT.
AND THEN, UH, I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE AN ILA WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY.
UH, THE CITY WOULD LIKE CAB METRO TO BUILD SOME BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS AS PART OF THE, WHAT THEY CALL PROP B TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THOSE PROJECTS HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION IN THE COMMUNITY AND GET MOST DONE.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT AND I THINK THAT'S MAYBE MARCH IS WHEN I THINK WE'RE TAKING THE, BOTH THIS BOARD AND THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
AND ALL THESE ARE GOING TO BE ADA CERTIFIED.
YOU CAN PUSH A WHEELCHAIR INTO YES, YES.
AND I FAILED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
WE, UH, WE DID INVOLVE ATP AND THE DESIGN OF THIS CONCEPT.
SO WE HAD A TECHNICAL ADVISOR FROM ATP, UM, GUIDE US, UM, ON THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT AS WELL AS WE HAD MARTIN CORINTHIA INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
SO HE SPECIFICALLY HELPED US THROUGH THE ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, BOTH AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OH, SO, UM,
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AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF, OF THE FIVE OR SIX KEY PRIORITIES, RIGHT.SO THESE ARE THESE, THESE HAVE LIGHTING BUILT INTO THEM.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS EXCITING, THOSE, THOSE, UM, THOSE STRUCTURES LOOK LIKE THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE USER-FRIENDLY IN THE SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS AND ET CETERA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT ITEM.
I CAME A MOTION MADE BY A BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN AND SECONDARY BY BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
UH, AND UH, IF, IF OPPOSE, NAY CARRYING NONE, THE CHAIR WILL MAKE IT UNANIMOUS AND VOTE.
[VI.9. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Core Office Interiors to purchase furniture for the first floor of our administrative facility at 2910 East 5th Street, in an amount not to exceed $528,953.]
NUMBER NINE ONE MORE.THIS, UM, ACTION ITEMS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH CORE OFFICE INTERIORS TO PURCHASE FURNITURE FOR THE FIRST FLOOR OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITY AT 29, 10 EAST FIFTH STREET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $528,953.
AND A, THIS PARTICULAR FIRM IS A HUNDRED PERCENT SBE FIRM.
UM, AND THE FUNDING FOR THIS IS IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 22 CAPITAL BUDGET.
AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, I HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE THAT, UH, WE ARE WELL AWAY, UH, WELL UNDERWAY ON CONSTRUCTION ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THIS FACILITY TO GREATLY IMPROVE THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR OUR OPERATORS AND OUR, UM, DISPATCHING STAFF.
HERE'S THE FLOOR PLAN, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WITH THE, UH, ENTRY TO THE BUILDING THEY'RE 29, 10 AT THE VERY BOTTOM THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE RECONFIGURING ALL THE SPACES AND PROVIDING MORE GENEROUS OPERATING OPERATOR ROOMS, AS WELL AS NEEDED A MEETING SPACE, WHICH WE HAVE HAD INADEQUATE SPACE SO FAR.
UM, AND, AND SO THIS IS OUR FLOOR PLAN THAT'S UNDERWAY DOWNSTAIRS.
UM, THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE FURNITURE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT.
SO NEW DRIVER READY ROOM FURNITURE AND OUR VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPACES, AS WELL AS, UM, QUIET ROOM FURNITURE WHERE, UH, OPERATORS CAN SEEK SOME SOLITUDE.
THEN OUR TRAINING ROOMS, VERY FLEXIBLE TRAINING ROOMS WITH LOTS OF TABLES AND CHAIRS AND THOSE, AND THEN, UH, CREATING OPEN OFFICE SPACES FOR THOSE OFFICE AREAS WHERE WE WILL, UM, PROVIDE, UH, FOR THE, UH, CONTRACT OPERATOR THERE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS LOOKING RIGHT? ONE MORE TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR WAY? ALL RIGHT.
UM, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER NINE.
BOARD MEMBER MITCHELL IS THE MOTION.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER NINE.
IF IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, PLEASE LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
IF PROPOSED, NAY, SAY I WILL JOIN THE EYES AND MAKE IT UNANIMOUS FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE GOT, UM, JULIE,
[VI.10. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute an Amendment No. 2 to the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Pflugerville to extend the term of the Pickup Pilot through September 30, 2022, and for operation of the Pickup Service Pilot for an amount not to exceed $105,261 in FTA funds and $162,892 in local funds from the City of Pflugerville.]
MISSOURI FOR A NUMBER 10.TREVELYAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CEO CLARK.
I'M THE MANAGER OF REGIONAL COORDINATION PLANNING WITH CAPITAL METRO.
I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH THE PFLUGERVILLE ILA AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
AND THIS IS TO EXTEND THE PILOT PERIOD THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
AND I WILL GET STARTED WITH MY PRESENTATION HERE.
SO FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE SERVICE EXPANSION PROGRAM AND POLICY HERE AT CAPITAL METRO, THE POLICY PROVIDES A PROCESS FOR DISTRIBUTING FEDERAL TRANSIT FUNDING.
UM, AND THIS HELPS IMPLEMENT TRANSIT SERVICES IN OUR REGION JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE URBANIZED AREA, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL METRO SERVICE AREA MAY PARTICIPATE.
AND WE HAVE A FEW STEPS THAT TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO THAT.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH THESE CITIES OR JURISDICTIONS, AND THESE IDENTIFY THE TRANSIT NEEDS AND ASSIST IN DEVELOPING TRANSIT FUNDING AND ALTERNATIVES FOR THEIR AREA.
SO AFTER THAT JURISDICTIONS CAN ENTER TO AN ILA WITH CAPITAL METRO, AND THIS HELPS WITH THE SERVICE PLAN FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO THIS GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF
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WHAT KIND OF SERVICE WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PFLUGERVILLE.IT STARTED ON MARCH 23RD OF LAST YEAR.
IT'S CONTINUING TO RUN IT'S MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, IT'S 6:00 AM TO 7:00 PM.
THE FAIR IS A DOLLAR 25, AND IT USES THE CAPITAL METRO FAIR SERVICE AND OUR FARE STRUCTURE.
AND SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE POINTS OF INTEREST.
FIRST, WE'LL START OFF WITH THE PFLUGERVILLE LIBRARY, THE WALMART HEB.
WE ALSO HAVE THE AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER, WHICH OPENED LAST OCTOBER, AND THEN ALSO THE TECH RICH PARKING, RIGHT? AND THIS IS HOW PFLUGERVILLE CONNECTS TO OUR SERVICE IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO ONCE THEY CONNECT AT TECH RIDGE, THERE'S THE, UH, THE METRO BUS.
WE ALSO HAVE METRO RAPID METRO EXPRESS, AND WE ALSO HAVE METRO ACCESS IF THEY WANT TO CONNECT.
THERE ALSO, THERE'S A CARTS ROUTE THERE AS WELL.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE ILA WITH PFLUGERVILLE.
AGAIN, THE SERVICE BEGAN ON MARCH 23RD OF LAST YEAR.
THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 WAS FOR A ONE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM.
THE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE CONTINUED SERVICE THROUGH THIS COMING MARCH 22ND.
AND THE ILA AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO WILL CONTINUE SERVICE FROM MARCH 23RD THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
THE FTA FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS 100, $5,261.
THE LOCAL FUNDING CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE IS 162,892,000, OR EXCUSE ME, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO, EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY $2.
UH, ESTIMATED, UH, FULLY CA COSTS FOR THE EXTENSION PERIOD IS $268,153.
SO OUR NEXT STEP AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 8TH, THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE DID APPROVE THIS AT THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR APPROVAL.
AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THE PFLUGERVILLE PILOT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
AND DURING THIS TIME, WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES, UM, LOOKING INTO F Y 23.
AND WITH THAT, I'M ENDING MY PRESENTATION AND HAVING TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
JU JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE KINDS OF AGREEMENTS AND WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, WITH ENTITIES, WITH CITIES THAT ARE OUT OFFICIALLY OUTSIDE OF OUR SERVICE ZONE, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE METRICS.
IS IT THE CITY STAFF, OR IS IT CAP METRO STAFF? BECAUSE I KNOW INTERNALLY WHEN WE'VE GOT TO PICK UP ZONE AND SAY LEANDER OR IN, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICING SAY HUDSON BEN, UM, WE KEEP THAT.
SO WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE ON THEIR METRICS BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO A CAPITAL METRO POWERED BY VIA SOFTWARE.
SO WE PRO WE PROVIDE THEM A MONTHLY UPDATE FOR THEIR METRICS, AND WE WORKED WITH THEM ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND WE HAVE AN MOU WITH THE CITY ON THAT.
SO ARE WE ABLE TO, TO SEE THAT INFORMATION AND GET, AND DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, OR LOOK AT HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S GOING, JUST AS MUCH AS THEY ARE ON THEIR END? OKAY.
AND WE DO EVALUATE THE SERVICE AND THAT'S PART OF THIS TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REEVALUATE THE SERVICE AREA, LOOK AT ALL THE DATA.
AGAIN, THIS IS A CITY THAT DIDN'T PRIOR HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THIS PILOT PROGRAM.
UM, THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING I THINK PERHAPS IT WOULD BE, UH, MAYBE, UH, AN, AN OPS COMMITTEE, UH, ITEM AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, BUT, BUT JUST TO MAYBE INCLUDE AS PART OF AN UPDATE, UM, WITH, WITH CHAD'S TEAM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW H HOW THE, UH, PICKUP SERVICES GOING, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO PERHAPS INCLUDE, UM, PFLUGERVILLE AND THE METRICS JUST SO THAT WE COULD GET AN IDEA OF, OF WHAT, WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND LOOKING FOR THE MORE REGIONAL APPROACH AND LOOKING OUTSIDE, JUST GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT'S LOOKING LIKE WITH, UH, WITH THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP, WITH THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE, SO THAT WE CAN BE AWARE AT THE BOARD LEVEL WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, OF COURSE, THAT'S NO PROBLEM.
I'LL WORK WITH CHAD ON THAT FOR US TO PRESENT.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE OUGHT TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THE INTERACTION WITH THE, UH, DESKTOP PICKUP ROUTE.
UH, THE ONE THAT GOES FROM, I GUESS, BREAKER THE WELLS BRANCH PARKWAY IS, IS THERE A, DO WE SEE SYNERGY? ARE PEOPLE FROM PFLUGERVILLE MOVING IN AND THEN USING THAT? OR, OR WHAT ARE THEY USING? WHAT IS THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO IT'D BE GOOD TO, OKAY.
AND WE DID, THEY DO CONNECT TO THE TECH BRIDGE PARKING, RIGHT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THIRD FINAL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HEARING? NONE.
THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 10.
UM, MOVED BY BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON, AND SECOND BY A BOARD MEMBER, RENTER MARIA, UM, ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
UM, OPPOSED THAT HAD BEEN DONE BY SAYING, NAH.
UM, I, THE BOARD CHAIR, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE IT UNANIMOUS WITH, WITH AN,
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UH, WITH HIS, I, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIN.AND NOW, UH, WE'VE GOT ITEM NUMBER 11.
UH, A OLA WILLIAMS IS A PRESENTER.
I WAITED UNTIL YOU GOT TO THE DOOR.
[VI.12. Approval of Updates to the Board of Directors Advisory Committees Policy.]
GOOD DAY.CHAIRED CIVILIAN, UM, VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN PRESIDENCY, UH, CLARK, AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD.
I AM IOLA WILLIAMS. I'M THE STAFF ATTORNEY HERE.
AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF UPTAKE UPDATES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COMMITTEES POLICY.
SO THIS POLICY LAYS OUT THE STRUCTURE DUTIES AND POWERS OF OUR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT ADVISE THE BOARD AND STAFF ON MAJOR DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, INCLUDING OPERATIONS, ACCESSIBILITY, PLANNING, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND OTHER MATTERS, THE BOARD AND STAFF AS TAKE THEM OUT OF ORDER.
I THOUGHT I WAS NUMBER 12, BUT I WILL.
YOU, ARE WE, UM, NEEDED YOU TO ALSO DO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHARTER, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
SO THIS POLICY WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD IN 2010 TO GUIDE THE BOARD IN THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND C SAC, THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND WE ARE REVIEWED REVIEWING IT TODAY BECAUSE BOARD BYLAWS REQUIRE THE CONTINUOUS REVIEW AND UPDATE OF BOARD POLICIES IN A FIVE-YEAR CYCLE.
AND ALSO STAFF RECOGNIZED A NEED TO UPDATE THIS POLICY.
UM, AND WHEN WE CREATED THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S POLICY.
SO AS NOTED IN YOUR PACKET, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE POLICY.
UM, FIRST WE WISH TO REMOVE BARRIERS AND BROADEN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW PERSONS WHO NOT ONLY LIVE IN OUR SERVICE AREA, BUT WHO LIVE AROUND OUR SERVICE AREA TO BE MEMBERS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UM, WITH THE PREFERENCE FOR TRANSIT USERS.
CURRENTLY, THE POLICY HAS A RESIDENT REQUIREMENT AND THIS CHANGE WE BELIEVE WILL ENHANCE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
WHO'VE BEEN LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN, AND FOR MANY REASONS HAVE MOVED OUTSIDE OF OUR SERVICE AREA AND, UM, ALLOW THOSE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA AND WHO ARE TRANSIT USERS, UM, TO PARTICIPATE, UH, HERE WITH OUR OPERATIONS.
UM, SECOND, WE ARE MODIFYING THE APPOINTMENT STRUCTURE TO CONFORM TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER.
UM, UNDER THIS NEW STRUCTURE, EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AND FOUR COMMITTEES WITH OVER EIGHT MEMBERS.
UM, THEY WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD CHAIR OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMITTEE CHARTER FOR THAT, UH, SPECIFIC COMMITTEE THAT THE CHANGE DOES NOT AFFECT OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE.
AND, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS CHANGE IS APPROPRIATE AND IT CONFORMS WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
FINALLY, WE CLEANED UP LANGUAGE GENERAL CLEANUP TO ALIGN WITH THE BOARD BYLAWS AND WHICH WE WERE, WHICH WERE REVISED IN 2017, SOME SEVEN YEARS AFTER THIS POLICY WENT TO FACT, AND ALSO WITH, UH, THE CODE, THE SECTION 4 51, 1 0 9 OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE, WHICH ALLOWS OUR BOARD TO CREATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES FROM TIME TO TIME.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE'VE JUST INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL REPRESENT A BROAD RANGE OF POINT VIEWS, UM, AND HAVE INTERESTS IN THE COMMITTEE.
UM, WE ALSO ADDED STATUTORY PROHIBITION AGAINST COMPENSATION, UM, EXCEPT OF COURSE, TO REIMBURSE COSTS.
AND WE ALSO INCLUDED THE PROHIBITION IN THE BYLAWS RELATED TO MEMBERSHIP ON COMMITTEES BY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 12, UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM ANY DISCUSSION, UM, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ADDRESSED THAT, UH, THAT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT NEED SOME UPDATING.
AND THAT'S, UH, H A LITTLE THE 3I ONE, CAUSE THIS ONE'S THAT SAYS THE, THE BOARD WILL RECEIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY WHEN THEY INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE THREE POINTS AND THE FIRST TWO POINTS MAKE SENSE TO ME, FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUE UNDER DELIBERATION.
SECOND ONE IS INFORMATION PROVIDED, CAPTURES ALL SIDES OF AN ISSUE,
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BUT THE THIRD ONE SAYS THE STAFF LIAISON HAS PRESENTED THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CAPITOL METRO PRESIDENT AND CEO.BUT THEN IT SAYS AND RECEIVED APPROVAL TO MOVE THIS RECOMMENDATION FORWARD TO A SPECIFIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF IT JUST SAID, UM, AND RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN PLACED ON A COMMITTEE AGENDA.
CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THE INTENT IS FOR IF A ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAKES A RECOMMENDATION, IT SHOULD MAKE ITS WAY TO THE BOARD.
THESE ARE BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
SO MY, MY GUESS, I WOULDN'T THINK THAT THIS LINE, THIS IS LANGUAGE PREDATES US, BUT I WOULDN'T THINK THAT THIS LANGUAGE WAS INTENDED TO CREATE A BARRIER TO HAVING A RECOMMENDATION MAKE ITS WAY TO THE BOARD.
SO, AND WHEN IT SAYS RECEIVES APPROVAL, IT MAKES ME SOUND LIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT IT COULD BE, UM, PREVENTED.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE INTENT.
SO I, I WOULD SUGGEST, JUST SAYS I WOULD DELETE THE, AND I COULD MAKE A MOTION IF WE NEED TO.
I WOULD DELETE THE RECEIVED APPROVAL TO MOVE THIS RECOMMENDATION FORWARD, TO CHANGE IT TO RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN PLACED ON A SPECIFIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
DOES THAT, AM I RIGHT ABOUT THE INTENT? I THINK, I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.
THAT IS THE INTENT, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION BOARD MEMBER.
I THINK AGAIN, OLDER LANGUAGE.
SO YOUR CLARIFICATION WILL PROBABLY IMPROVE, IMPROVE THAT.
SO STATS HAPPY TO INCORPORATE THAT JUST AS YOU WORDED.
UM, DO WE ADDRESS IT? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IN THIS POLICY, MAYBE IT'S BROADER IN ONE OF OUR OTHER POLICIES ABOUT THE, UM, I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEES HAVE ASKED ABOUT AND WE'VE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED IT AMONG, AMONGST OURSELVES HERE AT THE BOARD LEVEL ABOUT, UM, UH, THE, UH, THE COVERAGE OF THE, OF THE COMMITTEES, ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY, UM, UM, TRANSPARENCY, PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING, OR WHAT, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? UH, THE, UH, PUB PUB TRANSPARENCY, THE PUB PUBLIC PUBLIC POSTINGS OF, OF THE, OF THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS, THE AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC, WHETHER IT'S A POSTED MEETING OR, OR EVEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRYING WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE HERE, THOSE MEETINGS AVAILABLE EITHER LIVE STREAMED OR, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, UM, AT LEAST, UH, AT LEAST RECORDED AND PUT ON OUR WEBSITE.
DO WE HAVE SOME, IF THAT'S NOT IN THIS POLICY, ARE YOU AWARE IF THAT IS ADDRESSED IN ANOTHER POLICY ABOUT, UM, UH, TRANSPARENCY AND, UM, UH, OPEN LINE, OPEN MEETING SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF KIND OF AN OPEN MEETING SORT OF CLAUSE, NOT MAYBE THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF TANGENTIALLY RELATED TO THAT IN TERMS OF MAKING THE MEETINGS OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, I DO BELIEVE, UM, RECENTLY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE STAFF LIAISON HAS WORKED WITH OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS TO, UM, REVISE OUR, UH, OUR WEBSITE TO MAKE IT MORE PROMINENT.
THE, THE ACCESS COMMITTEES, UH, WE DO POST, UM, THE MINUTES OR TRANSCRIPTS, UM, UH, ONLINE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO VIEW AND DO, UM, MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO, TO THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCING WHEN THE NEXT, UH, MEETINGS WILL BE HELD.
SO WE HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, UM, IN THAT RESPECT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, WE CAN BRING THEM BACK AND DISCUSS IT WITH THE LIAISON.
WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT SPECIFICALLY HERE BECAUSE AS TIME GOES ON, HOW THAT IS EXECUTED WILL CHANGE, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY MEANING TECHNICALLY HOW WE ARE HOLDING THE MEETINGS AND HOW WE ARE NOTICING THEM, BUT THAT WE COULD ADD SOME LANGUAGE TO THE POLICY THAT, THAT MAKES A GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT BEING MORE TRANSPARENT AND MAKING SURE THAT MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE WE CAN TAKE THIS POLICY BACK, MAKE SOME ADDITIONS AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD NEXT MONTH.
THERE'S NOT A RUSSIAN MEANING WE'RE DOING AS, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED.
I THINK CARRIE SAID, UH, I'LL SUMMARIZE, WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT ANOTHER THREE YEARS WHEN MY SON WANTS TO DO IT ON TIK TOK VERSUS SOMETHING, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TOO TECHNICAL WITH IT, BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO BET IS BASICALLY WHETHER IT'S WOULD YOU LIKE US TO UPDATE A COUPLE OF TIMES? YEAH.
IF YOU WANTED TO PUT A N LIKE QUICK, LIKE AN M OPEN MEETINGS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, TH THAT, THAT
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CAP METRO WILL STRIVE TO DO SOME SORT OF NOTHING ELSE STATEMENT STRIVE TO, TO PROVIDE OPEN MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, POSTINGS SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT OPEN MEETINGS OR POSTINGS OR SOMETHING.MAYBE IF WE'RE NOT TOO, YOU KNOW, NOT GETTING TOO MUCH IN THE WEEDS.
CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS A POLICY, BUT AT LEAST MAKING IT CLEAR THAT SINCE THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A QUOTE UNQUOTE BOARD POLICY, THAT FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE ARE MAKING IT CLEAR THAT AS A BOARD, WE VERY MUCH AGREE AND BELIEVE IN THE CONCEPT OF TRANSPARENCY, OPENNESS, AND OPEN MEETINGS FOR THIS, FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
BECAUSE I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT I BELIEVE WE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THESE, I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH COMMITTEE, BUT ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES, I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEES THAT WERE KIND OF PUSHING BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE CONCEPT OF OPEN MEETINGS.
AND I DON'T REALLY QUITE FRANKLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THE, ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN FIX THAT IS BY ACTUALLY STATING IN OUR POLICY, WE, AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS WISH THIS TO BE, YOU KNOW, OR, OR TO, TO IN SOME WAY WHAT, YOU KNOW, FORGET THE DEVIL OF THE DETAILS.
BUT WE STAYED IN THE POLICY, WE BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY AND IT ADHERING TO OPEN MEETINGS AND PRINCIPALS, I I'LL, I'LL I'LL STEP BACK.
CAUSE I KNOW, UH, THAT BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN PROBABLY HAS.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD EXPLICITLY SAY THAT MEETINGS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT THE MINUTES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY HOW, BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT I'D AGREE WITH THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME READINESS ON THIS ITEM AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PULL IT DOWN FOR THIS MEETING AND AGENDA, IS IT FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WITH THE APPROPRIATE CHANGES THAT WERE MENTIONED? AND IF THERE, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO WORK INTO THIS PROCESS, WE CAN WORK THROUGH ATTORNEY BUDGET'S OFFICE.
SO WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 11.
12 WILL NOT BE VOTED ON TODAY.
[VI.11. Approval of a resolution affirming the Charter Statement for the Finance, Audit and Administration Committee.]
GOOD AFTERNOON.BOARD MEMBERS, UH, CHAIR TREVELYAN PRESIDENT CLARK.
METRO'S CHIEF COUNSEL, UH, AND CHIEF, WELL NOT CHIEF COUNCIL ANYMORE.
SORRY, TAKES ME A MINUTE TO ADJUST.
UM, I AM CAPITOL METRO'S CHIEF OF STAFF.
UM, I AM HERE TODAY WITH PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE FINANCE AUDIT AND IT FINANCE AUDIT AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE CHARTER.
THESE, UM, CHANGES WERE DISCUSSED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS PROPOSED TO THE CHARTER, UM, IS TO ADD A REQUIREMENT THAT STAFF PROVIDE AS FULL A POSSIBLE, UM, AGENDA AND BACKUP MATERIALS, SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND SO STAFF HAS ALREADY BEGUN DOING THAT.
UM, THE COMMITTEE HAS MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION AND ASKED THE FULL BOARD APPROVE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS? START WITH A BOARD MEMBER STRATTON.
UH, CARRIE, IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THIS, DOES THIS MEAN THAT, UH, THE TERRY GETS TO STICK AROUND? THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT IN THE CHARTER, BUT IT'S A GOOD TRY.
I THINK THIS IS GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE DOING THIS.
I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SUGGEST, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S WITHIN THE SCOPE TODAY, BUT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST WE DO A SIMILAR THING FOR THE OPS COMMITTEE.
UM, AND, UM, AND FOR THE WHOLE BOARD.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ROUTE TO THAT IS.
PERHAPS WE CAN BRING THAT BACK NEXT TIME OR THIS ITEM GO INTO THE CHAIR UPS.
THIS ITEM WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HOLD AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO IT COULD BE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.
AND YOU CAN, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADD A SIMILAR ADDITION AS PART OF A DRAFT.
AND THEN FOR THE BOARD ITSELF, CAN WE ADD AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE BOARD FOR THE NEXT YOU COULD, WE COULD, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, HAVE THE BOARD PASS A RESOLUTION OR GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO DO THAT.
IT WOULDN'T GO INTO ANY OF THESE, RIGHT.
WELL, WHATEVER THE PROPER, PROPER YOU CAN BRING THAT.
WHATEVER THE PROPER THING IS, LET'S BRING THAT FORWARD NEXT TIME TO, OKAY.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I THINK THE STAFF HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, HOW WE GET MORE TIME TO EVALUATE THE MATERIALS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH.
UH, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT CONNECT PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, FAIRLY REGULARLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP WORK PAPER STANDARDS.
SO, AND SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, UM, GET THE MATERIAL IN A CERTAIN FORMAT SEVEN DAYS BEFORE WE, WE ACTUALLY MEET.
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TO DELIBERATE AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE LEVEL, OR IF WE ARE, IF WE NEED A BRIEFING FROM STAFF, BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, OR WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD.SO NOW THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE WANT TO VOTE A VOTE ON THIS TIME.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT ITEM NUMBER 11.
THE LAST ONE A DAY FROM A BOARD MEMBER, MITCHELL AD OR MEMBER COOPER.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE APPROPRIATE, UH, CHANGES TO OUR CHARTER STATEMENT.
UM, THE DISCUSSION FOR THE DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
UH, OPPOSED SAYING THEY, UH, BOARD, UH, BOARD CHAIR WILL ADD AN ITEM, MAKE IT UNANIMOUS.
SO I THINK WE ARE NOW, UM, MOVING INTO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR, FOR THE DAY AS WELL AS, UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, A, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF THE MEETING AS WELL.
[VII.1. FY2021 Annual Diversity Report]
DISCUSSION ITEM IS GOING TO BE OUR ANNUAL DIVERSITY REPORT.MS. EVANS, COULD YOU PRESENT THAT PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.
GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, CHAIR TREVELYAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN AND PRESIDENT CLARK.
WHO'S JUST STEPPED AWAY AGAIN.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF THE FY 2021 DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM.
OH, I GUESS I NEED TO USE THE, SO OUR AGENDA TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE UPDATE OF THE PROGRAM.
AS I MENTIONED, SOME OF THE 20, 21 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVERVIEW OF THE WORKFORCE AND CONTRACTOR DIVERSITY, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO.
SO BEFORE I GO INTO THAT UPDATE, I WANT TO REMIND US ALL OF THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR THE, BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, WITH THE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION POLICY STATEMENT WE'VE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDING A SAFE, EQUITABLE, RELIABLE, AND COST EFFECTIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT CHANT TRANSIT TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND STIMULATE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL.
METRO IS COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
HERE ARE THE DEFINITIONS OF HOW CAPITAL METRO D DEFINES DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION BEGINNING WITH DIVERSITY EQUITY, RACIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO LOOK OVER THOSE SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN HERE, UH, BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD, THERE WAS A DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION COUNCIL DEVELOPED, AND IT WAS MY ROLE TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT PROGRAM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COUNCIL CONTINUES TO THRIVE AND EXIST.
AND THE PURPLE HERE TO YOUR LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP.
I KNOW THAT GROUP HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT GROUP IS.
SO THAT GROUP IS NOT BOARD APPOINTED.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID, UM, BY OURSELVES.
WE WANT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COME TO US TO BE OPEN WITH ONE ANOTHER.
A LOT OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, OR COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS ARE PART OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY, UM, COMMITTEES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, SUCH AS THE ACCESS COMMITTEE, ET CETERA.
UM, THIS GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN CAPITAL METRO.
THEY'VE PROBABLY ALREADY HEARD IT, BUT IT ALSO GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO
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BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT, FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH ASKING THOSE TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH.WE'VE HAD SOME THAT HAVE COME TO US AND SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT.
CAN WE PLEASE HEAR THAT AGAIN? SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND HELP THEM TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AT A DEEPER LEVEL AND MAKE THEM FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE.
OUR PARTNERS IN GREEN, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND ATP.
WE ALSO HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT IS COMPRISED OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN CAPITAL METRO.
THERE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION.
SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 15 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IN THAT STEERING COMMITTEE.
UM, WITHIN THAT STEERING COMMITTEE, WE ALSO LET THEM HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AND OBJECTIVES THAT GO ON FROM A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE.
SO WE DO ALLOW THAT, THAT GROUP TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO ETOD AS AN EXAMPLE, ETO D THERE ARE SO MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANT, BUT THEY FAKED IT AS THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR DAY TO DAY.
SO WE WANTED THEM TO REALLY GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT WAS AND HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.
SO THE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION, STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVES, OVERALL SHOWING THAT LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT, WHICH YOU'VE ALL DONE, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DO, UM, CONSIDER EQUITY IN OUR SERVICE DECISIONS AND DELIVERY.
WE WANT TO ENGAGE OUR EMPLOYEES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND STAKEHOLDERS.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BECOME THAT LEADER IN CONTRACT AND VENDOR DIVERSITY, UH, MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE OUR WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AT ALL LEVELS WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT'S NOT JUST DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
IT'S ALL OF US, SORRY, 20, 21 ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY OBJECTIVE.
SO WE, WE PUT TOGETHER OUR, UM, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DEI POLICY STATEMENT, WHICH WE FRED AND TOUCHED ON A COUPLE OF TIMES UPDATED OUR, OUR EEO POLICY STATEMENT OR EEO STATEMENT.
WE'VE GOT A DISPARITY STUDY, GOT THAT PARTICIPATION GOING ON, AND WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER, WE'VE APPOINTED A DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION DIRECTOR PROMOTED THE DIRECTOR OF SYSTEM-WIDE ASSESSABILITY EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY AS A CORE VALUE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
YES, I DID TAKE A LOOK AT THAT THIS MORNING AND MADE SURE THAT WAS INCLUDED.
UM, WE HAVE OUR NEW CBA REFLECTS THE FRONTLINE EMPLOYEE PAY, WHICH IS BROUGHT UP TO $22 AN HOUR.
SO OUR SERVICE EQUITY, WE'VE GOT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM FOR CUSTOMERS AND OPERATORS, ALL OF OUR CUSTOMER AMENITIES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THROUGHOUT THOSE ADDITIONAL PICKUPS ZONES.
I LOVE THOSE, UM, PROBABLY PRIORITIZE, PRIORITIZE SERVICE ON ESSENTIAL ROUTES FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, TITLE SIX ASSESSMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO GO ON.
AS YOU'VE HEARD EARLIER TODAY, COMMUNITY SERVICES, THOSE TRIPS TO VACCINES AND SHELTER SUPPORT, AGAIN, ANOTHER OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE BY CAPITOL METRO.
SO THAT EMPLOYEE UNDERSTANDING AND COMMITMENT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STEERING COMMITTEE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, GET ENGAGED, OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE AND BECOME ENGAGED AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING OVERALL WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, GETTING THAT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS OF RECOMMENDATIONS GOING FORWARD.
WE ALSO INCLUDE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN OUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS, GIVING UPDATES TO OUR EMPLOYEES, DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS.
AS I TOUCHED ON, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE SO THAT W WE HAVE SPONSORSHIPS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE THAT HAS JUST BEEN FORMED WAS, UM, ROBERT WE'LL BE TOUCHING ON A LITTLE BIT LATER, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TRUE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, SERVICE PLANNING, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION, AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PEOPLE AND CULTURE.
SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO WORKPLACE AND VENDOR CONTRACT DIVERSITY.
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SO OUR DIVERSITY OF STAFF, NEW HIRES IN 2021, UM, 69% IDENTIFY AS NONWHITE.SO WE'RE MORE RACIALLY DIVERSE THAN THE AUSTIN MARKET FOR BOTH CAPITAL METRO AND OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, CAPITAL METRO HAS MORE GENDER EQUITY THAN AUSTIN THAN THE AUSTIN MARKET.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE UNION TO DIVIDE, TO FIND AND IDENTIFY MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THE FEMALE SERVICE PROVIDER STAFF, SORT OF DIVERSITY AND PROMOTIONS AND HIRING 64% OF OUR STAFF WERE THAT WERE PROMOTED IN 2021, IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS NONWHITE.
OUR NEW HIRES ARE MORE GENDER AND RACIALLY DIVERSE THAN THE AUSTIN MARKET.
OUR PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES DISTRIBUTED EQUAL EQUITABLY BY GENDER AND RACE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
SO THIS IS A LOT TO TAKE IN, BUT I WANT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD A BREAKDOWN OF SORTS ON THE LEFT.
YOU'LL SEE THE GENDER, UM, DIVERSITY AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE RACE DIVERSITY CATEGORIES.
NOW I'D LIKE TO REALLY POINT OUT THE FACT THAT THROUGHOUT AUSTIN AND THE AUSTIN MARKET WE'VE DONE EXTREMELY WELL AND HAVE REALLY REMAINED STABLE FROM 20 21, 20 20.
SO I WILL, I WANT TO GIVE A BIG UPS TO PEOPLE IN OUR PEOPLE IN CULTURE TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR HIRING MANAGERS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? GOOD QUESTION.
WE DO HAVE ONE, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
JUST REMIND ME THE TWO CATEGORIES, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CMTA AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
SO AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY? THE CMTA AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IS COMBINED OF THE FIRST TWO.
SO MOVING ON TO OUR CONTRACTOR, VENDOR DIVERSITY GOAL ACHIEVEMENT, SO I'M TRYING TO READ, OKAY, THERE WE GO.
SO IN 2020, OUR GOAL WAS 19% AND OUR ACHIEVEMENT WAS 18.7%.
AND THEN 2021, OUR GOAL WAS 19% AND OUR ACHIEVEMENT WAS 25%, VERY LARGE, VERY LARGE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION FROM 18.7 AT 18.7, AGAIN TO 25%.
SO YEAR OVER YEAR, WE'RE EXCEEDING OUR GOAL AND THE INCREASE IS 6.3%.
SO FOR A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OR SBE, OUR GOAL IN 2020 WAS 16% AND OUR ACHIEVEMENT WAS 31% 2021.
OUR GOAL WAS 21% AND OUR ACHIEVEMENT GOAL WAS WHERE OUR ACHIEVEMENT WAS 33%.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE REMAINING CONSISTENT AND RISING UP.
WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL AGAIN FOR SBE PARTICIPATION AND OUR INCREASE FOR SBE COMMITMENT FROM 2020 TO 2021 WAS 12 TIMES CONTRACTOR, UM, PAYMENTS TO DB AND S B E I RACE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, EIGHT, 18 MILLION AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE DBE S B CONTRACTORS AND F Y 21.
SO HOLISTICALLY, ALMOST 8 MILLION IN THAT WAS, IT WAS A 9 MILLION MINORITY AND AN AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THERE WERE $6 MILLION HISPANIC, $2 MILLION IN ASIAN PACIFIC OVER $2 MILLION.
SO LOOKING AHEAD, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING AND COMMITMENT WITH OUR CULTURAL OUTCOME CAPITAL METRO CAPITAL METRO'S EMPLOYEES ARE REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HELP REINFORCE OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS TO UPDATE OUR WEBSITE ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
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PERSPECTIVE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO REINFORCE AND EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT COMMITMENT.AGAIN, HOLD CONTINUING TO HOST AND CELEBRATE MULTICULTURAL EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES.
WE WANT TO START TO REALLY, UM, DO SOME TRAINING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION ON DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION USE DEI PRINCIPLES AS A FACTOR IN OUR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION GOING FORWARD.
SO I'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH PNC AND CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR STAFF OVERALL.
SO OUR METRICS I'LL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON OUR FUTURE MEQUON OR FUTURE MACRO METRICS, UH, EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS REALLY OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT, SUCCESSION PLANNING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN GIVING THE EMPLOYEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON OUR PROGRAM, TO IN SERVICE ALL OVERALL AND CREWS INCREASED NUMBER IN OUR DBE S B E PROGRAMS AND CERTIFIED BUSINESSES.
WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A READINESS PROGRAM WITH IC SQUARED AND UT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A 20, 22 UPDATE IT DIVERSITY AND STAFF ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
UM, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ATTENDING OUR DEI TRAINING.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
WE ALSO ARE GOING TO START OUR EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE WORKING ON OUR POLICY STATEMENT ARE NOT AREN'T IN OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS.
SO OUR PROJECT CONNECT GOALS AND JOINT POWERS, AGREEMENTS, AGREEMENT METRICS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH ATP, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING INTO EVALUATING THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM AS A WHOLE SO THAT WE CAN DEFINE EQUITY AS A WHOLE JOINTLY.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE NOW CURRENTLY FORMULATING A TIMELINE FOR HOW THOSE METRICS WILL BE DETERMINED.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT PROJECT CONNECT IS DOING SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT TIMELINE GOING FORWARD.
I MENTIONED OUR DISPARITY STUDY EARLIER FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHAT A DISPARITY STUDY IS, WHERE A DISPARITY STUDY IS LOOKING BACKWARDS, BASICALLY, WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN TERMS OF DBE SPES, HOW WE'RE ATTRACTING THEM BASED ON AVAILABILITY, WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE WE DOING? ARE WE DOING WELL? AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE DOING EXTREMELY WELL.
AND THEN AVAILABILITY LOOKS FORWARD BASED ON OUR CURRENT, UM, AND OUR, OUR PAST CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD WITH OUR, WHAT BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY.
SO, AND THAT'S BEEN THE PROCESS OF OUR STUDY, WHERE OUR, WE, OUR CONSULTANT HAS BEEN LOOKING IN TALKING TO OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION OR PROJECT MANAGERS, AS WELL AS PROCUREMENT.
THEY'VE ALSO BEEN INTERVIEWING OUR EXTERNAL BUSINESS PARTNERS.
AND THE STUDY IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 2022 OTHER INITIATIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
AGAIN, THAT READINESS PROGRAM WITH THE IC SQUARED INSTITUTE, DEVELOPING A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR OUR SB DBS, WHICH IS PART OF THAT IC SQUARED AND CONTINUED IN ENHANCED OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
AGAIN, I TOUCHED ON OUR EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY CONTINUED DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION, AND WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE APTA DEI, RACIAL EQUITY PILOT PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT'S ME OVER THERE DOING A WEBINAR WITH THEM WITH ATLANTA APTA TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE DID CELEBRATE ROSA PARK STATE, UM, WHICH WAS FEBRUARY 4TH.
BUT BEFORE THAT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR OTHER POLITICAL ENTITIES IN THE MARKET, UH, THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED
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IN THE DISPARITY STUDY PROCESS, UH, CITY OF BOSTON, A LONG STANDING PROGRAM SINCE 87, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, THE AI AISD AND, AND, UH, THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT OTHERS AS WELL.SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE WHAT THEIR ASSETS ARE, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT, FOR EXAMPLE, A CITY WITH GOOD PLAN ROOMS WHERE MAYBE YOU DON'T INVEST IN PLAN PROS, IF YOU'VE GOT A COUNTY WITH A RELATIONSHIP WITH A UT, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THEIR, IN THEIR ILA.
SO JUST KNOWING WHAT EVERYBODY IS DOING AND THE MARKET, AND THEN, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, W WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, THE NEW PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS THAT WE ARE, ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN GETTING AN IDEA OF WHAT HAS GONE.
UH, WHO'S BEEN A, UH, WHO'S BEEN A VENDOR IN THE DALLAS MARKET.
WHO'S BEEN VENDOR IN THE HOUSTON MARKET, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO MARKET, SO THAT YOU GET A SYNERGY BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE DBE CERTIFIED, AND THERE WILL BE RECIPROCITY IN THE MARKET.
SO IF THEY CAN, IF THEY ARE CERTIFIED IN COMMODITY CODES, THERE, THEY CAN DO WORK AROUND THE STATE.
SO JUST KNOWING WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY DO AND, AND, UH, AND THAT THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL COULD BE BENEFICIAL.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, I THINK WE'RE, TO THIS, YOU CAN TELL ME IF, IF WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THIS, BUT IT'S SLIDE NUMBER 1 56, THAT, THAT, UM, FOCUS IS FOCUSES IN ON THE, THE DIVERSITY OF THE STAFF.
IT FOCUSES DOWN ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE STAFF.
I DID NOT PROVIDE THEM IN A SLIDE FOR TODAY, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN.
AND IF YOU NEED TO FOLLOW UP, THAT'S FINE.
SO, SO BASICALLY, UM, THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE REALLY RELATES TO THE SERVICE PROVIDERS, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE, EVEN IN THE, UM, EVEN IN WHAT I'M LOOKING AT FROM THE, UM, VICE PRESIDENT DIRECTORS, MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S LIKE, UM, IT'S LIKE 81% MALE AND 19% FEMALE.
SO, UH, AND I KNOW THESE ARE OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
IT'S NOT CAPITAL METRO PER SE, BUT, UM, I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT ACTIVITY WE'RE ENGAGED IN TO HELP, UH, IMPROVE MORE DIVERSITY IN THAT REGARD.
SO, AND IF I MAY, I KNOW THAT, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT BECAUSE I WILL MESS UP, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MERGED.
UM, AND THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.
PEOPLE IN CULTURE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S MORE EQUITY GOING FORWARD.
AND WE ALSO HAVE HIRED, UH, A WORKFORCE, UM, UH, WORKFORCE DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT WILL ALSO BE ASSISTING WITH THAT AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THOSE DIVERSITY NUMBERS GO UP THE SERVICE PROVIDER.
IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW AT SOME POINT WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO IT NOW, BUT IF THERE WERE TARGETS SET, BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH A, SUCH A HUGE GAP, I JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GAME PLAN IS ON THAT.
SO, YEAH, VICE-CHAIR, I THINK IS A GREAT COMMENT.
AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE ON THE CAP METRO SIDE, UM, ACTUALLY WE ARE ABOVE THE AUSTIN MARKET FROM, FROM A FEMALE LEADERSHIP POINT OF VIEW.
UH, I THINK ACTUALLY IF YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR METRICS, I THINK ON THE CAP METRO SIDE, WE'RE DOING FANTASTICALLY WELL, REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM AND HOW WE'RE, HOW WE TAKE WE'RE TAKING THIS TOPIC INCREDIBLY SERIOUS GAME GOES BACK TO THAT CORE VALUE PART THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING REGARDING THE SERVICE PROVIDER, OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO DIRECT HIRING WITH THAT SAID, THERE'S BEEN KIND OF HOW WE ASSUMING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT SOURCEFIRE DOES AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO.
AND I THINK THESE NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE A LITTLE BIT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, UM, THE NUMBERS PROBABLY LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE HAVE METRO.
AND I THINK THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE THAT WAY SECONDARY AS WE BECOME A BIGGER AGENCY, THEN THE OPPORTUNITIES EVEN GROW KIND OF PROPORTIONATELY TO THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE PRIMARILY BOSS DRIVEN AND, UH, HISTORICALLY IN THE INDUSTRY, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, UH, JUST HISTORICALLY IT IS LEANS INTO BEING MORE MALE DOMINATED.
UM, AND THAT, THAT IS ONE THING WE'RE REALLY ACTIVELY WORKING ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM DOTTIE BEING THE DEPUTY CEO, OUR VP OF BOSS FEMALE, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, SUPERINTENDENTS THAT ARE FEMALE AND, AND THE MORE PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THOSE POSITIONS, THE MORE ALLOWS US TO GO BUILD THAT BASE AND RECRUIT MORE.
SO IT'S DIVERSITY HAS TO MORE DIVERSITY IF YOU WILL.
AND SO, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.
I THINK THE TEAM IS, IS HIGHLY FOCUSED ON THIS AREA, BOTH GENDER AND OVERALL
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DIVERSITY OF OUR WORKFORCE AND ESPECIALLY PROMOTIONAL OR MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.AND SO I THINK AS WE GET LARGER THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE EVEN GONNA GET, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO CONTRACT WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND SO IT, IT, IT SHOULD BE PART OF WHAT WE ASK THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, AND, AND THE REASON I FOCUSED IN ON THE, UM, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL IS THERE'S, THERE'S PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN, IN REGARD TO THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROMOTING, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING AND TAKING YOUR WORK WORKFORCE AND, UH, DEVELOPING CAREER PATHS AND PROMOTING, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UH THERE'S THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES OF, OF ACTUALLY GETTING MORE, UM, DIVERSITY IN ACTUALLY HIRING PEOPLE AND GETTING THEM IN THE PROFESSION.
BUT, UH, I WOULD THINK THAT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WAS IT 81 TO 19%, SO, OKAY.
I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE WOULD, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE TAKE SOME INITIATIVE AND SOME REQUIREMENTS AROUND DIVERSITY WITH OUR CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT TODAY, WE ARE JUST RECEIVING THE REPORT, RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE IT MORE CLOSELY AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT IT.
I THINK ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT ADDRESSING DIVERSITY ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN LEADERSHIP ISSUES, IT'S PROBABLY THROUGH AN EFFECTIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
UH, SOME OF THOSE, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE, MIGHT BE FIRST LEVEL EMPLOYEES MIGHT BE MED MANAGEMENT, SOME MIGHT BE EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE GOT, UH, SEVEN COLLEGES IN THE AREA, UH, THAT, UH, THEY GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO BUILD IN THAT WAY.
SO, UM, I SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.
UM, I SAT IN ON A NUMBER OF BRIEFINGS.
I I'M CERTAIN THAT WE ARE, ARE, UH, DEMONSTRATING AN INTEREST AND CAPACITY AND MOVING FORWARD AND, AND, UH, WE CAN TAKE THE INFORMATION AND WHAT WE KNOW AND HELP WHERE WE CAN.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AND ONE MORE THING I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE I, I DON'T LEAVE OUT IS YOU'VE GOT A HUGE SHEET.
WELL, I CAN, IT LOOKS LIKE AN ORG CHART OF ALL OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM 2020 TO 2021.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T LEAVE THAT OUT, BUT I COULDN'T GET THEM ALL IN ONE PRESENTATION.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT THAT AS PART OF YOUR PACKET.
AND WITH THAT SAID, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS I WILL ASK ED TO, SHE WANTS THE VIDEO OF IT WILL.
YES, ROSA PARKS WAS A REAL COMMUNITY LEAD.
SHE WAS PART OF, WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THEM.
SHE WAS THE SECRETARY OF THE LOCAL NAACP, SOMEBODY WHO REALLY UNDERSTOOD SACRIFICE AND MADE EVERY SACRIFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE.
AND SHE REALLY GAVE HER LIFE AND THEIR BODY OF WORK CAME AROUND, MAKING SURE THAT WE ALL HAD MAC SYSTEMS LIKE, AND WE'RE REALLY PROTESTANT ORGANIZATION.
UH, THE BOARD NAMED THE BOARDROOM AFTER ROSA PARKS SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND IT CAP METRO, OUR STAFF WAKES UP EVERY DAY, COMMITTED TO HOW DO WE CAN MAKE A MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY USING ALL OF OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICES.
SO BEHALF OF THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION, PLEASE JOIN US ON FEBRUARY 4TH.
RECOGNIZE ROSA PARKS IS PERFECT.
I DON'T KNOW ONE OF THOSE GUYS YOU PUT ON THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HAD THEM ON THERE.
[VII.2. Sustainability Vision Plan Update Presentation]
SEE, WE'VE GOT A SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN UPDATE.UM, ROB, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR.
TREVELYAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN, PRESIDENT CEO CLERK, FORD MEMBERS.
I'M THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER FOR CAPITAL METRO.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I THINK IT WAS LAST JUNE, UM, CAME TO THE BOARD WITH PRESENTATION ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH, AND IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT.
UH, WE'VE HAD SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS AT CAPITAL METRO FOR QUITE A WHILE, AS YOU KNOW, BUT AS WE'RE MOVING TOGETHER AND, AND UNDER PROJECT CONNECT, IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO KIND OF REVISIT IT.
AND RE-ESTABLISH OUR, OUR SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN TODAY.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE.
UM, IN MARCH, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH A REQUEST FOR US, UM, APPROVAL OF A SUSTAINABILITY POLICY, UM, POLICY STATEMENT THAT
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WILL BE SUPPORTING THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD.I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FRAMEWORK OF THE POLICY PLAN OR THE PLAN ITSELF.
AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IT.
UH, THIS SLIDE MIGHT LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU AGAIN, THE SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY, IMPROVING OUR SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN CAPITAL METRO, BUT WITHIN PROJECT CONNECT ALSO.
SO TO ENCOMPASS BOTH OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING FORWARD, UM, WITHIN THE REGION AND WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY, UH, THAT WE'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE INTO THE SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN.
AND WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL OF THESE PLANS.
SO WE'VE BEEN PART OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION, SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION BACK IN 2014.
AND WE'RE NOW CURRENTLY A GOLD MEMBER OF THAT.
UH, THE FTA HAD LAUNCHED A PROGRAM BACK IN JUNE CALLED THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT FOR A HEALTHY PLANET CHALLENGE, WHICH WE SIGNED UP FOR ALSO, UM, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN HAS SUSTAINABILITY EMBEDDED IN IT.
UH, THE AUSTIN CLIMATE PLAN, OUR CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, WHICH WAS, UH, AN EFFORT THERE HAS BEEN A CLIMATE PLAN IN AUSTIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
AND IT WAS SORT OF HAS RECENTLY BEEN REVISED.
AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF FRAMEWORK ACTIVITIES THAT GUIDE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THEMSELVES ENVISION IS AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD THAT GUIDES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST GREEN BUILDING PROGRAMS HERE IN AUSTIN WITH AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING.
SO ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO FEED INTO THAT SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF COMPONENTS TO THE PLAN.
FIRST OFF IS THE PLAN ITSELF JUST GOING TO BE KIND OF BRING TOGETHER ALL THOSE PROGRAMS. IT'S GOING TO OUTLINE THE HIGH LEVEL VISION STATEMENT, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, ACTION AREAS, OUR GOALS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON IN THAT POLICY STATEMENT.
UM, IT'LL BE TRANSPARENT TO THE COMMUNITY INTERNALLY.
WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP ACTION PLANS IN EACH OF THOSE ACTION PLANS WILL BE, UM, FOCUSED ON A CERTAIN FOCUS SUSTAINABILITY AREA AND WE'LL HAVE, UM, WE'LL HAVE LEADERS FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTAL LEADS, WE'LL HAVE TARGETS AND STRATEGIES OUTLINED IN THOSE ACTION PLANS THEMSELVES.
AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU WITH OUR ANNUAL REPORT LIKE JACQUELINE HAS, WE'VE HAD AN ANNUAL REPORT HERE, UH, BUT WE'LL FORMALIZE THAT.
AND COME BACK WITH YOU, COME BACK TO YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD STRUCTURALLY INTERNALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THE FINAL POLICY STATEMENT.
UM, OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL APPROVE OUR GOALS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE'VE ESTABLISHED AN INTERNAL SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP OF CAPITAL METRO AND KEY STAFF AT ATP, UH, THAT WE WILL BE MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE VISION PLAN IS BEING IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE AGENCIES.
UM, ALSO WE'LL BE, UM, THAT GROUP WILL ALSO OVERSEE OUR SUSTAINABILITY FUND OR CAPITAL SUSTAINABILITY FUND.
WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL, A SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY GROUP THAT HAS MET, MET FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THESE FOLKS, UM, INFORMALLY FOR QUITE A WHILE, FOR A LONG, FOR, FOR, FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIPS, THIS IS FORMALLY BRINGING TOGETHER.
UH, MY PEERS, OUR PEERS WITHIN CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY CA COG TOGETHER THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE OTHER REGIONAL PLANS THAT WE INTERACT WITH.
AND THEN INTERNALLY WE'LL HAVE GREEN TEAMS AND OTHER SUSTAINABILITY AND OUTREACH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR ALL STAFF.
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT, WELL, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS BENCHMARK OURSELVES AGAINST OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES.
AND WE DID THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND WE LOOKED AT TRANSIT AGENCIES FROM LOCAL OR NEARBY ONES LIKE DART TO SOME OF THE TRUE LEADERS LIKE LA METRO TRANSLINK.
UH, WE LOOKED AT MARTA, MINNEAPOLIS, UM, METRO, AND WE LOOKED AT HOW THOSE AGENCIES WERE IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABILITY.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR OTHER REGIONAL PLANTS THAT THEIR REGIONAL PLANS LIKE THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, AUSTIN, A ZERO WASTE PLAN AND WATER FORWARD.
WE LOOKED AT OTHER PEERS LIKE TRAVIS COUNTY, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UT FOR HOW THEY WERE IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABILITY PLANS ALSO.
AND WE'VE BENCHMARKED AGAINST THAT.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS HERE WAS TAKING SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL GOALS
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THAT THESE REGIONAL PLANS ARE LIKE THESE PLANS AND ALSO LIKE AUSTIN OR OZONE FORD WHO'S, UM, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TO REDUCE OZONE AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THESE PLANS AND OTHER PLANS TO ESTABLISH OUR GOALS AND GOING TO DO THIS SLIDE KIND OF GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE IN HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
THIS ONE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE AUSTIN EQUITY, UH, CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
AND WE LOOKED AT THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES WITHIN THAT PLAN AND HOW IT RELATED TO WE WERE DOING HIGHLIGHTED THOSE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AN, UH, AN INTERNAL STRATEGY THAT WOULD BE KIND OF EQUIVALENT TO WHAT WAS OUTLINED HERE.
WE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE THAT WE WOULD BOTH IMPLEMENT INTERNALLY, BUT ALSO SUPPORT EXTERNALLY SUPPORT THROUGH THE OTHER AGENCIES.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THOSE THAT WE, AS A TRANSIT AGENCY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT STRATEGY, BUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT THROUGH THE CITY OR OTHER OTHER AGENCIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE GUIDING FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LONGEST AMOUNT OF TIME AS AUSTIN OR THE, UM, AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION, TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATIONS, UM, CLIMATE, OR, UM, SUSTAINABILITY SCORECARD OR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT PROGRAM.
AND WE'VE BEEN DONE PRETTY WELL HERE.
UM, WE'VE, SINCE WE'VE, WE'VE JOINED THE PROGRAM, WE'VE SHOWN A STEADY, STEADY DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT WE CONSUME ON.
UH, AND WE, WE, WE LOOK AT THIS PER PASSENGER MILE.
SO AS TRANSIT GOES UP AND DOWN, WE STILL LOOK AT HOW MUCH ENERGY PER PASSENGER MILE IS, IS GENERATED.
WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN THAT.
WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN WATER USAGE.
WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN GREENHOUSE GAS, EMISSIONS AND CRITERIA, AIR POLLUTANTS, ALL VERY, VERY IMPORTANT INDICATORS.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE WE'RE KIND OF FLAT ON WASTE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO DO THAT.
THAT COMES AT FOR A MEASUREMENT THERE'S WAYS THAT WE MEASURE.
UM, OUR WASTE, WE DON'T CAPTURE A LOT OF THE WASTE THAT WE GENERATE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WE STILL HAVE A TARGET TO GET TO PLATINUM LEVEL, AND THIS PLAN WILL LAY OUT A STRATEGY FOR GETTING THERE.
NEXT, I WANT TO GO INTO THE PLANET ITSELF AND LOOK A LITTLE BIT AT THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE WE'RE PROPOSING.
AND WE HAVE A VISION STATEMENT WHERE LEE HAS SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT, UM, THAT DOVETAIL INTO OUR EQUITY PLAN AND PROGRAMS. UM, WE LOOK AT CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY VALUATION.
SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPORTANT FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT ALSO.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS THAT WE LOOK AT A WAY THAT CONTENT CAN CONSIDER SUSTAINABILITY FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
SO IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT BOTH CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT VALUE AND DO WE SEE THOSE BENEFITS AND CAN WE MEASURE THOSE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE ECONOMICALLY, LIKE WE DO WITH WHAT THE ELECTRIC BUS PROGRAM OVERALL OVER 12 YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A REDUCED COST, OR WE CAN SEE A REDUCED COST WHEN WE LOOK AT BOTH FUEL AND OPERA OR CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS.
UM, WE'RE W DOES IT, OUR OVERARCHING, UM, OUR, OUR SUSTAINABILITY VISION, STRATEGIC VALUES, OVERARCHING GOALS, AND THEN ACTION AREAS AND ACTION PLAN STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, ALL OF THESE ARE LOOKED AT IN THE LENS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC VALUES THAT APP, UM, THAT PROJECT CONNECT HAS ALSO, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL SYNCED UP.
SO HERE'S THE, THE CATEGORIES OF ACTION AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON ENERGY FROM A CONSERVATION, FROM EFFICIENCY, AND ALSO RENEWABLE RESOURCES, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, UH, ZERO WASTE, UM, UH, ZERO EMISSION FLEET, UM, FOCUSING ON WATER AND ECOSYSTEMS, THE NATURAL WORLD, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION THINGS LIKE, UM, THE METRO BIKE PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTING THAT IN A FURTHER WAY, GREEN BUILDINGS AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT, HOW WE REDUCED THE IMPACT OF OUR RESOURCE OR OUR OPERATIONS ITSELF.
HERE'S OUR PROPOSED, UM, VISION STATEMENT.
AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT, UH, THINGS LIKE OUR EQUITY EQUITY VISION STATEMENT, AND, UM, OUR STRATEGIC GOALS.
I'LL READ IT OUT FOR YOU SO YOU CAN CAN CONSIDER THIS.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOUR COMMITMENTS TO THIS, THROUGH THE POLICY STATEMENT, UH, TO BUILD AND OPERATE A SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT KEEPS COMMUNITIES CONNECTED, UH, PROTECTS AND RESTORES OUR NATURAL SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT, AND HELPS GROW A VIBRANT LOCAL ECONOMY.
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SO OUR PROPOSED STATEMENT, VISION STATEMENT, AND OUR PROPOSED GOALS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES.UM, AGAIN, THESE WERE LOOKED AT, WE LOOKED AT THESE IN CONTEXT OF OTHER GOALS, OTHER REGIONAL GOALS STATED, AND WE LOOKED AT WAYS HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE AND LINK UP TO THE GOALS LIKE THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE GOING AND HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING IT IN THE SUSTAINABILITY, UM, PROJECT FUND OR CAPITAL FUND IS A WAY TO LOOK AT IMPROVING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PROJECTS THAT ALREADY HAVE FUNDED FUNDING THROUGH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SUCH.
SO, SO THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FUNDING OF THINGS LIKE OUR ELECTRIC BUS PROGRAM OR THE, UM, THE BUS SHELTER PROGRAM AND THE SOLAR IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE.
THIS IS LOOKING AT HOW DO WE IMPROVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS OR HOW WE PILOT THINGS LIKE, UH, LOOKING AT NEW VEHICLES LIKE PARATRANSIT VEHICLES AND GETTING A COUPLE OF THOSE.
SO WE CAN TEST THOSE BEFORE WE GO TO A FULL PR FULL-ON PROCUREMENT, BUT LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN LOOK AT URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, FORESTRY AND SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING IN OUR PROJECTS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC FACILITY, RECYCLING PROGRAMS, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE CAN EITHER THROUGH A PILOT, OR WE CAN LOOK AT NEW, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY OR JUMPSTART PROGRAMS TO GET TO THESE GOALS.
THESE WILL BE THROUGH A PROCESS THAT WILL GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS, BUT THERE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH OUR SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF ACTION AREAS, SUMMARIES THAT WE HAVE.
THIS IS NOT COMPLETE, WE'LL HAVE ACTION AREA SUMMARIES, AND NOW WE'LL HAVE THOSE CAPTURED IN THE PLAN ITSELF, BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT AND WE'LL INCLUDE IN THE PLAN ITSELF.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PATH FORWARD IN THAT ACTION AREA.
WE'LL LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIES ARE CURRENT STRATEGIES AND QUITE THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL ONES.
WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED A POLICY FOR BRINGING GREEN ENERGY FOR ALL THE ELECTRICITY THAT WE PURCHASE FROM AUSTIN ENERGY.
WE'LL FORMALIZE THAT EVEN EVEN STRONGER OVER THIS NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN A 34% REDUCTION IN ENERGY USE PER, PER PASSENGER MILE.
SINCE WE STARTED FOCUSING ON THIS AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT OUR LONG-TERM TARGETS AND THESE LONG-TERM TARGETS WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH OUR, OUR, OUR LEADERS, OUR MANAGERS, AND OUR DIRECTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THESE PROGRAMS. SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE TARGETS THAT WE'LL HAVE ESTABLISHED FOR IN THIS CASE FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENERGY, ENERGY PROGRAMS, SIMILAR OUR ELECTRIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM, OR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE PROGRAM.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESS MOVING FORWARD, ONE OF THE BEST, MOST, MOST, UM, MOST PROGRESSIVE OF THE, OF ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, BUT EVEN FURTHER WE'RE WE HAVE TARGETS TO EVEN GO FURTHER THAN THAT, TO CONVERT OUR ENTIRE FLEET WHEN TECHNOLOGY IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT FINALLY, UH, HERE'S UH, HERE'S HOW WE WILL TRACK INTERNALLY THOSE ACTION TOOLS.
WE'LL WRITE A PLAN, WE'LL HAVE A PLAN TEMPLATE TO WRITE THOSE WITH THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTORS AND, AND BUSINESS OWNERS OF THAT.
AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED, OR WE'LL, WE'LL IMPLEMENT THE TRACKING TOOL WHERE WE'LL LOOK AT EACH STRATEGY, HOW IT RELATES TO THOSE GOALS WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
ALL OF THESE, AGAIN, SYNCED UP WITH OUR INTERNAL PROGRAMS AND OUR INTERNAL TRACKING MECHANISMS. SO WE'LL HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EACH OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE PUT FORWARD.
FINALLY, UM, OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS AND INPUT ON THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THIS CLASS PLAN, THE VISION STATEMENT, THE GOALS, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE ACTION AREAS WE'RE GOING FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH, UM, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WITHIN ATP AND, UH, CAPITAL METRO.
SO WE'LL GO INTO ALL THOSE, THOSE COMMITTEES, UM, AND THE INTERNAL LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE AND OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS, OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE GOING, UM, GOING FORWARD, CONTINUING.
SO FINALIZING THIS PLAN, COMING BACK HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE POLICY THAT SUPPORTS THE PLAN, SUBMITTING THIS TO THE FDA'S PROGRAM BY EARTH DAVE OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN CONTINUING, ALWAYS
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CONTINUING ON THOSE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLANS.THOSE WILL BE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
THERE'LL BE A FRAMEWORK FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A WORK IN PROGRESS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE RECEIVING THE REPORT.
I HAVE A HIGH LEVEL QUESTION, WHICH IS, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, HOW DO WE MARRY THAT AND EVALUATE THAT IN THE LONGER TERM WITH OUR GOAL OF FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, IN OTHER WORDS, MATCHING THESE OBJECTIVES AGAINST THE COST AND TRYING TO FIND IN EVERY INSTANCE, THE SWEET SPOT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT WAY UP THE CURVE ON COST PER INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.
THAT'S THAT PERSONALLY THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR ME, BECAUSE I THINK OUR SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY IS, SHOULD BE, UM, AT COST OR LOWER COST OR, OR AT LEAST IN WITHIN PERSPECTIVE.
AND THERE ARE TOOLS, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS THAT HAS DEVELOPED A TOOL AND A LOT OF OUR OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE DEVELOPED A TOOL THAT LOOKS AT THINGS LIKE TOTAL COSTS OR SUSTAINABILITY OR RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
THEY'RE ALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF SUSTAINABILITY VALUATION.
WE HAVE ON SOME QA ON SOME PROJECTS, WE'RE APPLYING SUSTAINABILITY RETURN ON INVESTMENT, OR LOOKING AT THAT WITH SOME OF OUR SOLAR PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW.
AND SOLAR, WE LOOK AT THAT WITH ELECTRIC BUSES RIGHT NOW, BUT OVER THE, OVER THE NEXT ONE OF THE NEXT PROJECTS, WE'LL DO, I CAN'T SAY WHEN WE'LL DO THAT, BUT WE'LL FORMALIZE THAT IN THESE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE I POINTED OUT WILL HELP US DO THAT.
AND ONE OF THE KEY KEY AIR KEY THINGS IS LOOKING AT OPERATION COSTS AND CAPITAL COST IS, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THOSE SEPARATELY.
WE OFTEN HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL COSTS MAY BE LOW, BUT OPERATION COSTS WILL BE HIGH.
AND THE KEY PART IS TO BRING THOSE TOGETHER SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE TOTAL COST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
UM, WELL THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH AND IT LOOKS LIKE OUR FINAL ITEM BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IS OUR
[VIII.1. President & CEO Report]
PRESIDENT AND CEO'S REPORT, RANDY.UH, GOOD WORK FROM THE STAFF TODAY.
IT'S BEEN, I THINK THE BOARD CAN TELL LOTS, LOTS GOING ON TO SAY THE LEAST, UH, THREE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, TODAY, UH, TO WRAP UP THIS MEETING.
ONE WOULD BE, UH, AS JACQUELINE MENTIONED, TODAY'S THE LAST DAY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND MOST YOU'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS JUST BEAUTIFUL BOSS.
WE'VE HAD OUT ONE OF OUR ELECTRIC BUSES, SO LOCAL ARTISTS, UH, DONNA CORO.
AND ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE I SAW PICTURES SHE'S IN PARIS, I THINK, UH, OVER THE LAST WEEK.
SO DOING A, AN ART, UH, ACTIVITY OVER THERE.
SO I INCREDIBLE LOCAL ARTISTS, UH, CAME UP WITH THIS ARTWORK AND IT WAS IN BAILED AT THE CARVER MUSEUM.
AND I WANNA THANK, UH, BOARD CHAIR TREVELYAN YOU WERE, YOU WERE PART OF THIS UNVEILING, SO THANK YOU.
IT'S, UH, IT'S NICE TO HAVE, UH, A GREAT WAY WHERE WE CAN INTEGRATE PUBLIC ART INTO AGAIN.
SO THIS KIND OF CONNECTS TO SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY, SAFETY, ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF GOES HAND IN HAND, AND THIS IS A GOOD SYMBOL OF ALL THAT.
UH, NEXT THING UP, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADOR GRADUATION.
UH, THE CHAIR, YOU CAME OUT ON THIS ONE TOO, AS YOU'LL SEE A PAST CHAIR, I'VE BEEN PUTTING THE NEW CHAIR TO A FUNDING OF WORK HERE, UH, AND, UH, THIS WAS OVER PLAZA SALTIEL AND I THINK YOU ALL, UM, HAVE BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE AND EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA OF MOVING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM FORWARD.
SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO CRISIS INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS AT THE FRONT, AND YOU GOT TO MEET THEM WITH THEIR GREAT STORY THAT THEY WERE DOING LAST MONTH AND OUR FIRST CLASS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS.
SO, UH, WE'RE HIRING, WE HAVE 17 MORE, UH, HEAD COUNTS IN THE BUDGET AND WE'RE ACTIVELY RECRUITING.
AND THE IDEA IS TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE ON THE STREET AS POSSIBLE INTERACTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR CUSTOMERS, AND OUR OPERATIONS STAFF TO REALLY DEESCALATE AND, UH, WHERE WE CAN JUST TALK TO PEOPLE ON A HUMAN LEVEL AND MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD.
SO I BELIEVE GARDNER TOLD ME THIS GROUP THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LITTLE OVER A MONTH.
THIS WAS JUST THE FORMAL CEREMONY, UH, HAS ALREADY HAD ABOUT 10 OR 12 ACTUAL CASES WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED.
AND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ESCALATED AND ALREADY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 12 SITUATIONS WHERE POLICE WERE NOT NEEDED.
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THE COMMUNITY.GOOD FOR CAP METRO, JUST TRYING TO MOVE THE PROGRAM ALONG IN A HEALTHIER WAY.
SO, UH, REALLY THANK GARDNER DARRELL, BRIAN, TROY, UH, CHEYENNE.
AND, UH, THERE WAS THIS A BIG TEAM EFFORT TO MOVE THIS PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM FORWARD.
AND, UH, THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB.
UH, LASTLY, I WANT TO MENTION, WE HAD THE HONOR OF HOSTING LAST WEEK, THE SOUTHWEST TRANSIT ASSOCIATION IN THE COMBINED TEXAS TRANSIT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, AND THEY HAD ALMOST 800 PARTICIPANTS.
THAT WAS ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT THEY NORMALLY HAVE AS A, AS A PRETTY BIG CONFERENCE TO SAY THAT STAFF, UM, DID A LOT BEHIND THE SCENES WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
SO, UH, LED BY OUR CAPTAIN TENICIA WHO, UH, REALLY KEPT US ALL IN ORDER, UH, THE TEAM JUST PUT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS TO, TO GET THIS EVENT PULLED OFF.
AND IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE ALL WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PITCHER, MANY, YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET FDA ADMINISTRATOR NURIA FERNANDEZ WAS IN TOWN FOR THE CONFERENCE, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GO AND GIVE HER A TOUR WITH CONGRESSMAN DOGGETT ON BOTH OUR ELECTRIFICATION.
WE HAD OUR HEU SENIOR LEADERSHIP WITH US SHOWING THE COLLABORATION THAT WE DO STRONGLY WITH OUR ATU PARTNERS ON A DAILY BASIS.
GOT THE, SAW THE EAST SIDE BUS TERMINAL THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH CARTS WITH, UH, AND THEN TALK THROUGH, UM, KIND OF JUST OVERALL HOW WE'RE MOVING THE WHOLE PROGRAM FORWARD AND INCLUDING THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAMS. SO IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT EVENT, SEVERAL DAYS OF A LOT OF TRENDS THAT PEOPLE FROM THE STATE AND THE REGION, AND, UH, WE DID OUR BEST TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SPEND, UH, LOTS OF MONEY FOR SALES TAX REVENUE FOR CAP METRO.
I WOULD NEVER MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN WENT UP TO ACCEPT THE AWARD ON HER BEHALF.
WE RECEIVED THE TEXAS TRANSIT ASSOCIATION INNOVATION AWARD FOR ALL, ALL WE'RE DOING LIKE A, LIKE A ZERO EMISSIONS AND, UH, INNOVATION OF THOSE TYPES.
AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR ONE AND ONLY DEPUTY CEO, DOTTIE WALK-INS WHO RECEIVED, UH, I THINK IT WAS OFFICIALLY TRANSIT MANAGER OF THE YEAR.
AND, UH, DADDY IS WORKING A NINE DAYS A WEEK AS WELL TO KEEP THINGS GOING.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT GOING ON HERE.
I APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND APPRECIATE THE BOARD.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ASKING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA OF YOU LATELY WITH ALL THESE EXTRA MEETINGS.
WE HAVE A GREAT MEETING LINED UP FOR WEDNESDAY WITH, UH, TWO OTHER PARTNERS ATP IN THE CITY.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT MEETING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF MOVING PROJECT CONNECT FORWARD.
THIS, THIS IS A BIG YEAR OF KIND OF, WE HAD A BIG VISION OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
THIS IS A YEAR OF PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING.
SO THEN WE CAN GET INTO ACTUALLY BUILDING SOME LIGHT RAIL, UH, COMPONENTS IN 23.
SO WITH THAT CHAIR, THAT IS MY REPORT.
UH, CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING.
I, I THINK, UM, I THINK OUR PRESIDENT'S BEEN A BIT, UH, MODEST.
HE ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD AS SOME OF US KNOW, UM, AT THE, UM, AT THE CONFERENCE.
SO I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE TITLE OF THE AWARD, BUT WE WERE ALL VERY, UM, PLEASED AND WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT ALSO.
[IX. Executive Session]
WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, UNDER SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.071, UH, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON PENDING LITIGATION AND THEN SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, FOUR FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS REGARDING THE DISCUSSION OF PRESIDENT AND CEOS F Y 2022 PERFORMANCE GOALS.SO WHEN WE CONCLUDE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, WE WILL ONLY COME OUT TO ADJOURN.
NO FURTHER BUSINESS WILL BE TAKEN TODAY, NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
AND THE TIME NOW IS 2 47, 2 47.
SO WE WANT OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
UH, AND THIS WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTION ON ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED, UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, THE MEETING WILL BE ON THE MEETING OF THE CAPITAL METRO.
UM, POLICY BOARD WILL BE ENDED AT 3 45.