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GET, WE'LL GET STARTED.WE'LL GET ANALYSTS IN AT, UH, 1227.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE MARCH MEETING OF THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
IT IS MONDAY, MARCH 28TH, AND WE HAVE OUR MEETING AT THE TRAVIS COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT 700 LAVACA.
SO, UM, AS WE'VE CALLED ORDER, OUR FIRST AGENDA
[II. Public Comment:]
ITEM TODAY IS GOING TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT.UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE, UH, TWO SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE.
AND WHEN WE CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU'D STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES WHERE YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MS. UH, CHARLESETTA MILLIGAN, MS. MILLIGAN, ARE YOU HERE WITH US? COME ON IN AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WHEN I WANT TO ADDRESS TODAY, IS THAT FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, I HAVE NOT BEEN PICKED UP A DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE, AND THAT IS WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE.
AND THE ISSUE IS THE DRIVER SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PICK ME UP AT IT.
I HAVEN'T MISSED DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS.
I HAVE GOTTEN NO SHOWS AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.
AND, UH, I HAVE HAD TO PAY DR.
AND I HAVEN'T BEEN LEFT FOR TWO AND A HALF TO THREE HOURS, NOT BEING PICKED UP AT WALMART FOOD RENT TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHY THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN BEEN RESOLVED.
I'VE TALKED TO, TO SARAH OVER THE, UH, ACCESS I'VE TALKED TO, UH, MR. RENO, JOHN RENO, AND THESE ADDRESS, ALL THESE ISSUES TO THEM.
AND IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED AND I'M NOT GETTING DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE.
THEY SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PICK ME UP AT IF I'M AT THE FRONT OF THE INTEREST OF MY APARTMENT, THEY AT THE DOOR, WHEN THEY AT THE DOOR, I'M UP THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS CAN'T GET RESOLVED.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO AN INTENTION, RANDY, WHO SHOULD WE HAVE HER WORK DIRECTLY WITH? IT'S CHAD, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AFTERWARDS AND DOTTIE, AND I'M A FOLLOWUP WITH CHAD TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE TO CONNECT, UH, UH, THIS WOMAN TO HER SERVICE.
AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THE PROGRESS.
WELL, MS. SARAH HAD SENT SOMEONE OUT TO THE HOUSE TO CHECK THE CONDITION WHY I, I WASN'T PICKED UP DON'T KNOW.
AND SHE SAID SHE SEE NO REASON WHY THAT IT WASN'T DONE.
AS OF TO DATE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.
ON THE, ON THE NEXT PERSON SIGNED UP HAS BEEN OFFERED.
UH, I FIRST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
EDWARDS UNIVERSITY, CIVICS LAB AND CIVICS FOR Y'ALL PROGRAM.
UH, I HAD PASSED OUT A FEW PAPERS, UH, TO YOU MOMENTS AGO, BUT, UM, OUR PROGRAM AT ST.
EDWARDS IS A CIVIC SERVICE PROGRAM.
UH, OUR CURRENT FOCUS IS FOOD ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, WE WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR GIVING US THIS TIME, INCLUDING THE BOARD MEMBERS, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH ALREADY.
UM, OUR BIG ISSUE WE FEEL IS THAT, UH, IN SOLVING FOOD, ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES, UH, CAP METRO IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
HAVING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO PHYSICALLY GET TO GROCERY STORES IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
UH, AND WE HAVE A FEW POLICY PROPOSAL IDEAS FOR HOW WE FEEL.
UM, WE COULD GET PEOPLE TO THE GROCERY STORES THAT HAVE THE FOOD THEY NEED.
UM, AUSTIN, 18% OF AUSTINITES, UH, LIVE IN FOOD INSECURITY.
AND SO OUR BIG ISSUE IS SEEING WHAT CAP METRO CAN DO TO, TO TIE IN TO SOLVING THIS FOOD ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE.
UH, WE KNOW THE CITY HAS A LOT OF PROGRAMS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS WELL AS OTHERS IN PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS, UM, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ON WORKING ON THESE ISSUES.
UM, W REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WHAT WE WANT FROM THE CAP METRO BOARD IS, UH, JUST COOPERATION, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY CAN GET SOME OF THESE, UH, CIVICS ITEMS PASSED THESE ACCESSIBILITY ITEMS PASS, AND WE HAVE, UH, MORE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION AS WELL AS CONNECTIONS.
YOU CAN CONTACT US, UM, TO GET ACCESS TO OUR FULL PROPOSALS AND OUR FULL POLICIES.
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I'M READY FOR IT.I, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO BRING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AS A REGISTERED NURSE WHO, UH, HAS WORKED IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
I'M VERY MUCH AWARE OF FOOD DESERTS AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
I KNOW THAT THAT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WE'VE WE PRIVATELY OFFLINE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE VERY ISSUES, UM, THAT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THE MEMBERS OF A BOARD AS WELL, THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US.
AND, AND WE DO WANT TO, TO, TO SEE, TO SEE THIS ADDRESS, BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS PART OF HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO WHERE THOSE ARE JUST RECENTLY IN MY CAPACITY, AS A, AS AN ADJUNCT NURSING PROFESSOR FOR ANOTHER INSTITUTION, WE ACTUALLY, UH, UH, DID A SIMULATION WHERE WE INTRODUCED OUR NURSING STUDENTS TO THIS CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO HAVING TRANSPORTATION, TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE, THE FOOD SOURCES THAT WERE NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO, TO, UM, TO BE PROVIDED FOR YOUR FAMILY AND TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND, UH, IN PUBLIC HEALTH, WHAT IT, WHAT IT'S LIKE AND WHAT, WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO EXPERIENCE THAT, THAT CONDITION WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND ENOUGH HEALTHY FOODS.
AND, AND LET'S BE CLEAR THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEALTHY FOODS AND JUST HAVING ACCESS TO, TO, TO THINGS AT A QUOTE UNQUOTE CONVENIENCE STORE DOWN THE STREET.
SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND YES, IF, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT, UH, THAT THAT CAP METRO CAN, UH, CAN COORDINATE WITH THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION WITH THE ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY CIVICS LAB IS DOING THIS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PARTNERING IN THIS, THEN DEFINITELY I'D SAY, UH, LET'S DO IT ALL FOR IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
UH, YES, I WOULD JUST ECHO THAT SENTIMENT AND, AND, UM, UM, WOULD ASK OUR STAFF TO, TO, UH, FOLLOW UP ON ANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PURSUE.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I CAN'T TELL IF SHAMILA IS BACK THERE, IF SHE IS, UH, SHAMILA TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ALL.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY ON MAPS AND SHOWING CONNECTIVITY.
THAT PROBABLY ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD WORK ON RELATIVELY QUICKLY AS WELL.
SO I'LL ASK SHAMIL TO CONTACT YOU AND THAT WAY YOU HAVE CALLS OR CONTACTS ON THE STAFF THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH ON A DIRECTLY BASIS.
AND, UH, ON THAT NOTE OF, UH, MAPS AND SUCH, WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS SOMETHING WE'RE ALSO VERY, UH, WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE CITIZENS WHO DON'T USE THE INTERNET OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS OR CAN'T ACCESS THE INTERNET HAVE ACCESS TO THESE MATERIALS TO RIGHT.
AND MS. MR. CHAIRMAN ONE LAST THING, I'LL SAY THAT THE, UH, THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON RC TASK FORCE FROM SEVERAL, FROM A FEW YEARS BACK, THE TASKFORCE AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES HAD, UH, SOME WORK THAT CAME OUT OF IT, UH, ADDRESSING HEALTHCARE.
AND ALSO AS PART OF THAT, I SAT ON THAT, UH, THE WORK GROUP THAT WAS HELPING TO ADVISE THE TASKFORCE ON HEALTHCARE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED HAPPENED TO BE, UM, AMONG OTHER THINGS, FOOD DESERTS, AND ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS, UM, SOME OF THE WORK THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, I THINK COULD BE BENEFICIAL IN THIS.
AND THEY'RE MAKING SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK THAT THAT COULD HELP COORDINATE CAP METRO, THE CITY, THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND OTHERS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING INTO FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD TODAY.
UH, WE'VE HAD ISAIAH SMITH SET UP FOR A THIRD PERSON, BUT HE SPOKE DURING THE LAST SESSION.
SO HE'S OFFICIALLY NOT SPEAKING NOW.
AND WE NOW HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. NAVEA, JOSEPH AND SHIELDS ADDRESS MORE THAN ONE ISSUE.
SO SHE WILL BE GRANTED FIVE MINUTES.
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS.MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE MAP THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH IS THE SYSTEM MAP.
AND WHILE MANY TIMES I TALK ABOUT THE 60 MINUTE BUS ROUTES.
I WANTED YOU TO SEE IT IN BLACK AND WHITE IT'S ON MOST BUSES, NOT ALL.
SO YOU WILL SEE THAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE 60 MINUTES.
THAT'S ROUTE 3, 3, 9, TUSCANY.
IT SERVES THE US POSTAL SERVICE ARE NEAR IT AT CROSS PARKING EXCHANGE FROM WALMART, NORWOOD.
AND THEN IT GOES OVER TO CRAIG WOOD, WHICH IS A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN IT STOPS OVER IT TANNAHILL AND RUBBER VILLE.
AND THEN IT INTERLINES WITH NUMBER SIX TO DOWNTOWN 2, 3 7 IS HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL.
THAT'S THE COUNTY'S BUS TO COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE TO THE FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED ROUTE 2 43 AND 3 92.
THOSE ARE 45 MINUTE BUS ROUTES THAT WERE UNILATERALLY ELIMINATED.
JUNE 3RD, 2018 ARE ROBERTO GONZALEZ.
AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT ON JUNE 18TH, 2018, HE TOLD ME NOT TO BOTHER TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETINGS ANYMORE.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT ON SOCCER DAYS, HOWEVER, ROUTE 3 92 OPERATES EVERY 20 MINUTES AND 3 83 OPERATES EVERY 15 MINUTES.
SO IF YOU CAN INCREASE THE FREQUENCY FOR WHITE INDIVIDUALS, PREDOMINANTLY GOING TO THE AUSTIN FC SOCCER GAMES IN DISTRICT SEVEN, THEN CERTAINLY YOU CAN IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE ARBORETUM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CROSS SEVEN LANES OF TRAFFIC.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL THAT YOU HAVE IN THE BOARD PACKET AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, TITLE SIX AND THE FARE STRUCTURE.
AND SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR MISSION STATEMENT IS A FALSEHOOD.
IT IS INFREQUENT, UNRELIABLE DISCONNECTED.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL, THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN THE SUSTAINABILITY ITEM, WHICH IS NUMBER FIVE.
AND THAT SPECIFICALLY HAS LANGUAGE.
I DON'T HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE PACKET IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUSTAINABILITY LANGUAGE, AS IT RELATES TO EQUITY, AGAIN, THIS PLAN IS NOT EQUITABLE.
AND SO THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT SAYS PROJECT CONNECT SHOULD REALLY JUST BE CALLED THE MALCOLM X PLAN, BECAUSE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY, YOU ARE DETERMINED TO GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING, EVEN IF IT MEANS GASLIGHTING.
THOSE OF US WHO SIT AND WAIT IN THE BUS AT THE BUS STOP FOR 60 MINUTES.
SO TO MR. CLARK, I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT ON THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING, I SAT IN 30 DEGREE WEATHER AT ROUTE 3 92, STOP BY D 5, 3, 2, 3, CALLED IN A TITLE SIX COMPLAINT.
AND THEN THE STAFF MEMBER TOLD ME IT WASN'T TITLE SIX.
I UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS 30 DEGREES OUTSIDE.
IT WAS ONE HOUR BEFORE THE BUS CAME AND YOU MIGHT NOT FIND THAT PROBLEMATIC EXCEPT THAT ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2022 AND FEBRUARY 16TH, 2022, I TOOK THE 3 39 AND THE BUS WAS ELIMINATED.
SO THE REDUCTION IN SERVICE OCCURRED ON THE ROUTE THAT SERVED THREE ROUTES AND 1, 3, 3 9, 2, 3, 7 AND SIX.
I WAS GOING TO THE POST OFFICE, BUT MANY PEOPLE WERE GOING TO WORK.
THAT MEANT THAT THE BUS THAT WAS CANCELED AT EIGHT, 10 MEANT THAT I HAD TO WAIT TWO HOURS.
AND THEN ON THE RETURN TRIP, I HAD TO WAIT TWO HOURS MORE.
AND THE SAME OPERATOR WAS VERY NICE, TOOK DOWN MY COMPLAINT AND YOU CAN LOOK IT UP IF YOU LIKE, BUT IT IS DISINGENUOUS FOR YOU TO SIT THERE AND SAY THAT HELP WAS ON THE WAY.
AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND THOSE COMMENTS TO THE STUDENTS.
AND ALSO MR. STRATFORD, AND THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING ME TODAY.
BUT MR. STRATFORD RESPECTFULLY, WE MET ON OUR BOTTOM NOVEMBER 14TH, 2018, WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED THE BOARD AND THAT'S WHEN YOU ADOPTED THE ETHICS, THE CODE OF ETHICS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE STAFF, AS WELL AS THE BOARD MEMBERS MUST COMPLY WITH THE ETHICS POLICY THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT'S ITEM 18.
I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL ACTUALLY VOTED ON THIS PAST THURSDAY FOR OUR PROJECT CONNECT FUNDING, SUPPOSEDLY FROM THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FOR COLONY PARK AREA, WHICH IS BY FAR STATION NUMBER 26, OFFER LOYOLA LANE.
I'M NOT REAL SURE HOW THEY DETERMINED THAT THAT WAS THE PRIORITY, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BYLAWS THAT YOU ARE ADOPTING
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AS SPECIFIES THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE THE BOARD AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE, PRIOR TO YOU TAKING ACTION.AND SO IT WAS DISINGENUOUS FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR THESE FOURPLEXES 50% AREA, MEDIAN INCOME FOR RENTAL UNITS IN AN AREA THAT IS A TRANSIT DESERT AND A FOOD DESERT.
BUT YET THIS IS THE PRIORITY FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT.
THIS IS USING BLACK PEOPLE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT APPEAR THAT YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING FOR US.
WHEN IN FACT YOU'RE NOT, IS THAT FIVE MINUTES MR. CHAIR.
SO THE LAST THING, IF I COULD JUST WRAP UP 19 AND 20, YOU HAVE THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND THEN NUMBER 20 IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE DIRECTION TO STAFF AS IT RELATES TO THE BACKUP MATERIALS AND YOUR AGENDA.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE BOARD PACKET, MR. EASTON, NO LONGER SUMMARIZES THE COMMENTS FROM THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SPEAK TO THE BOARD, BUT IN YOUR BOARD PACKET, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACTUALLY HAS THE SCRIPT OF WHAT IS SAID IN THE MEETINGS.
AND I WOULD JUST LASTLY ASK YOU TO POST THE CODE TRANSPARENTLY RUBEN BROOKS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHITE PRIVILEGE.
RUBEN BROOKS IS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, BUT HE GETS THE CODE AUTOMATICALLY.
I TRIED TO GET THE CODE AND IT TOOK LIKE 18 EMAILS FROM YANNIS BANKS.
AND I NEVER GOT TO MAKE COMMENTS IN 2020 ON THE RESOLUTION FOR PROJECT CONNECT.
YOU CAN JUST TRANSPARENTLY POST THE CODE AND POST THE AGENDA AND POST THE BACKUP MATERIALS SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING JUST A MERE EXERCISE IN FUTILITY.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO GO OVER TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, BOARD MEMBER, THE KITCHEN.
UM, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALWAYS APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU.
UM, I CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION, UM, OFFLINE IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT, UM, THE, UM, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED RELATED TO THE PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS THAT WAS PURSUANT TO A, UH, OR THAT WAS BASED ON A RESOLUTION THAT WAS SENT TO US BY THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF THE DECISION-MAKING AND MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO US ABOUT HOW THOSE DOLLARS SHOULD BE SPENT, NOT.
AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT, I CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO TRANSPARENTLY HAVE THE COMMITTEE POST THAT INFORMATION SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN BE AWARE OF HOW THE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
IT UNCLEAR, OBVIOUSLY WHY THEY CHOSE THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND WHY THEY DIDN'T CONSIDER TRANSPARENTLY HOME OWNERSHIP FOR THE 50% AREA, MEDIAN INCOME ARE 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND AN AREA THAT HAS MANY RENTAL UNITS.
AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL.
IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS ARE POSTED, BUT I WILL, I WILL SEND YOU THE INFORMATION.
ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYONE ELSE HEARING NONE THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL MOVE, MOVE TO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATES.
[III.1. Customer Satisfaction Advisory Committee (CSAC)]
MS. POWER UNDERSTAND YOU WILL BE KICKING THOSE OFF.UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN PAVILION, VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN, PRESIDENT CLARK MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS EDNA PARRA, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER FOR CAP, METRO AND STAFF LIAISON FOR, UM, ACCESS SEASICK AND P SAC.
UM, I AM HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU MARCH COMMITTEE UPDATES.
UM, AND ALSO I AM HERE WITH, UM, CHAIR PAUL HUNT.
UM, CHAIR TAYLOR MIGHT BE JOINING US, BUT IF HE DOESN'T, I HAVE THE UPDATE FOR US.
UM, I'LL GIVE MY QUICK OVERVIEW AND THEN I'LL PASS IT ON TO CHAIR HUNT, UM, SEASICK AND ACCESS UPDATES.
UH, WE HAD TO CANCEL ACCESS COMMITTEE THIS PAST MONTH BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING CONFLICTS WITH A FEW MEMBERS.
UM, BUT ALL MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO THE C SAC MEETING ON MARCH 13TH.
UM, SO C-SAT CAN ACCESS WE'RE BRIEFED ON LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES BY DAVE KUBITSCHEK, UH, PROJECT CONNECT UPCOMING, UM, COMMUNITY TOPICS BY CHRISTINA BARBIE.
UM, SERVICE CHANGED BY DANNY
I'M BUTCHERING HER NAME, SORRY, LINDA BUKI, UH, SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN BY ROB BROSKI.
UM, AND THEN ALSO FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
WE WERE, UM, WE HEARD FROM TOM WALD FROM THE RED LINE INITIATIVE, UM, AND HE DISCUSSED THE RED LINE NAME.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A FOLLOW-UP, UM,
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UH, BRIEF BY SAM SERGEANT AND CYNTHIA LUCAS COMMUNICATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS STAFF FOR C SAC NEXT MONTH ON THIS.UM, AND ALSO WE FOLLOWED UP WITH CHAIR TAYLOR, UM, ON A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING WITH THAT, UM, LATER IN MARCH CHAIRS WERE ALSO BRIEFED BY, UM, JEFF HYATT, UM, ON THE CAP METRO STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS.
UM, AND THAT IS ALL FOR ACCESS AND C SEC FOR P SEC, WE HAVE A MEETING THIS FRIDAY AT NOON, AND IT'LL BE THE SECOND MEETING AND FOR AGENDA ITEMS, WE HAVE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS, TIMELINES AND MILESTONES, UM, AND ALSO UPDATES ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY AMBASSADORS PLUS MORE.
AND LASTLY FOR ME, THANK YOU SO MUCH, TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED THE MEET AND GREET IN MARCH.
UM, IT WAS GREAT SEEING YOU AS GREAT SEEING OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THANKING THEM FOR THEIR WORK IN ONE PLACE.
AND A LOT OF THEM WE HADN'T MET IN PERSON.
SO, UM, WE DO PLAN TO MAKE THOSE A REGULAR EVENTS.
SO, UM, THERE WILL BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT.
UM, THAT'S ALL FOR MY SECTION.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT ONTO CHAIR
[III.2. Access Advisory Committee]
HUT NOW.UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. HUNT FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
UM, I DID NOT MAKE A MEETING LESSON BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY WEDNESDAY IT'S ANY OF US THAT, SO WE DIDN'T MAKE IT THAT THAT DAY.
UM, I DID GIVE YOU THE, UH, THE NOTES AND I ALSO LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION OF THE LIFE CONVENTION.
SO LIKE, IS THAT A DEAL OR THEY DON'T HAVE A LONG, UH, UH, THEY COULD HAVE SUBSTATIONS, UH, THE CHAIRMAN HON, EXCUSE ME.
UH, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TURN YOUR AUDIO UP? UH, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU AS WELL AS WE NEED TO HANG OUT.
YOUR MICROPHONE IS FADING IN AND OUT.
UH, SO I PRESSED BY THE LIGHT FIELD PRESENTATION, I THINK YOU PICKED YOUR EX LIP WIPE THE HEAD AND HAD SUBSTATIONS.
YOU WERE LIKE, OH, IT WORKS GREAT.
AND IT, ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND GREAT, UM, I LIKED THE IDEA OF, WELL, UM, WE HAD A PRESS PAGE ABOUT THE UPCOMING EVENTS.
THAT'S PRACTICALLY, I LIKED THAT AS WELL, SERVICE CHANGES TO, UM, THE PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I, I ALSO, I ALSO MONITOR LATE, ESPECIALLY ON THE EIGHT 80, THAT IS YOUR BELL.
AND I ATE WHEN IT'S DELAYED OUT OF THE 8 0 1 IS PRIMARY.
THEY CAN'T KEEP WHAT ELSE HAPPENS.
UM, YOU ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION ON SUSTAINABILITY AND THAT'S METRO ALL THE WAY GETTING, SO THAT'S A GOOD, AND CHAIRMAN'S PAVILION.
I CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP AND TAKE A LOT OF NOTES OF WHAT HE JUST SAID AND PASS IT ALONG.
THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT SO THAT WE KNOW THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT AND THE THINGS THAT NEED ATTENTION AND BOARD ACTION.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF, IF PARTICULARLY WE HAD THEM IN THE FORM OF PROBLEM STATEMENTS OR ACTION ITEMS, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH AS A TEAM.
SO IS, UM, IS CHAIRMAN TAYLOR GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY? I'M SORRY.
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DIDN'T MAKE IT AFTER ALL.IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO WITH YOUR COMMITTEES? NO, I THINK THAT'S ALL.
AND I CAN DO THE SAME WITH CHAIR TAYLOR, UM, THAT I'M DOING WITH CHAIR HUNT.
UH, AND NOW, UH, WE'LL GO TO OUR REGULAR BOARD
[IV.1. Austin Transit Partnership Update]
COMMITTEE UPDATES, ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T HOLD OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS THIS MONTH, WE HAVE THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, UM, BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON.MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP HAD OUR REGULAR MARCH MEETING BEGINNING AT 2:00 PM ON THIS PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY AT THE AUSTIN DOWNTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY, CENTRAL LOCATION.
AND WE HAD OUR USUAL MONTHLY UPDATES ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS ON ADMINISTRATION, UH, PURSUANT TO THE TRI-PARTY MEETING THAT HAPPENED BACK ON MARCH.
THE SECOND, THERE HAS BEEN A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH.
WE CONTINUED TO SHOW THE LAST, THE UPCOMING COUPLE OF MEETINGS, A COUPLE OF MONTHS WORTH OF MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, BOARD MEMBERS OF CAP METRO, AND AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED NOT TOO LONG AGO, UH, INVITATION TO A, UM, UH, BASICALLY I GUESS YOU COULD CALL THEIR FLY OVER.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR, UH, THE TRI-PARTY BOARDS, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, AND THIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS CAP METRO ALONG WITH ATP TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND VIEW THE CORRIDORS TRANSIT FOR THE ORANGE LINE AND THE BLUE LINE AND SEE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
THERE WILL BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO DO SO AS WELL FOR OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THINGS TOO.
UM, THE, WE ALSO RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON SYSTEM WIDE ACCESSIBILITY THAT WAS GIVEN TO US TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IN HOW WE WILL BUILD THE SYSTEM OUT TO COMPLY WITH THAT AND TO SERVICE OUR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE, UH, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OR THE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEETING WAS THE PRESENTATION OF THE ENO REPORT.
UH, THIS IS PURSUANT TO THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WHERE THE REQUIREMENT WAS FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO STUDY OUR GOVERNANCE GOING FORWARD AND DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST PLAN WAS FOR, UH, FOR PURSUING EITHER CONTINUED JOINT LEADERSHIP WITH A SHARED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT CEO OF CAPITAL METRO WITH ATP, OR PERHAPS PURSUING A SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT, UH, LEADERSHIP, UH, GOVERNANCE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED THEIR FINDINGS.
NO DECISIONS WERE MADE ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED AN INDEPENDENT REPORT WITH, UH, INDEPENDENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.
AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT THAT REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
IT CAN BE FOUND ON THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP WEBSITE@ATPT.ORG.
IF YOU LOOK UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, YOU WILL FIND A LINK THAT SAYS LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS.
AND IF YOU CLICK THAT AND SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOVERNANCE STUDY AND STRUCTURE CAN BE FOUND ON THAT WEBSITE.
AND I BELIEVE IF IT'S NOT THE VERY FIRST LINK, IT'S A VERY, IT'S THE NEXT LINK DOWN IS THE COPY OF THE ACTUAL EMAIL REPORT ITSELF.
IT'S ABOUT 46 PAGES OF ALL OF THEIR FINDINGS FROM EVERYTHING THEY FOUND TALKING TO THE MYRIAD OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, MEMBERS OF VARIOUS BOARDS OF DIRECTORS HERE, LOCALLY, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, UH, ALL ACROSS AUSTIN AND THEN THEIR FINDINGS FROM THEIR STUDIES GOING TO VARIOUS TRANSIT AGENCIES, NOT JUST HERE IN HERE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ALSO INTERNATIONALLY AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM IT.
AND BASICALLY JUST PROVIDING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, UH, FOOD FOR THOUGHT THE ACTUAL FINAL RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS ABOUT GOVERNANCE WILL OCCUR AT THE APRIL MEETING NEXT MONTH.
UH, AND THAT IS, UH, AT THIS POINT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, CAN YOU, UM, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND TO SEE, UH, THOSE UPCOMING MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, UH, THE SPECIFIC THERE'S A LOT OF MEANINGS, THE ONES I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE AS A RESULT OF THE TRI-PARTY MEETING, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, UM, DESIGN, UM, CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE GOING TO HAVE THINGS AROUND THE TUNNEL, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE BRIDGE
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OVER THE, AND THE, THE, UM, THE AREA ALONG UT SOME OTHER THINGS TOO.AND A SERIES OF ME OUT OF THE ATP BOARD MEETING OR OUT OF THE TRI-PARTY MEETING, THERE WAS A SERIES OF MEETINGS THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET ENGAGED.
AND THAT IS SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID THAT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, ABOUT THESE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT CONNECT DESIGN.
AND SO CAN YOU JUST HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE TO LOOK FOR THAT? AND I, I, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE ALL BEEN SET YET.
SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS? UH, YES.
IF YOU GO TO PROJECT CONNECT TO.COM, THERE IS A LINK THAT HAS A GET INVOLVED PROJECT CONNECT.COM AND UNDER PROJECT CONNECT.COM.
THERE IT'S HAS AN ENTIRE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LIBRARY OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED AND HAS A LISTING OF EVERYTHING THAT IS UPCOMING AS WELL IN A WAY FOR THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY TO CLICK AND PROVIDE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, TO BE ADDED TO OUR EMAIL LIST, TO CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED ON ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING UP TO STAY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
AND YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM THE, THE, THE, THE DRAG TO THE BLUE LINE AND VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT AND ALONG ALONG THE LINES.
UM, IF, IF, IF VEHICLES ARE YOUR JAM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT JUST TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THINKING ABOUT, UM, VEHICLES, THE TUNNEL PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT SOUTH CONGRESS, SAME THING.
SO REALLY ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO GO TO PROJECT CONNECT.COM AND SIGN UP, AND YOU CAN LOOK THERE.
AND, UH, TO YOUR POINT, UH, VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN, THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE ONGOING.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF, UH, JACKIE EHRENBERG AND THE WHOLE, UH, COMMUNICATION SHOP IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY OPEN TO EVEN HOSTING NEW MEETINGS AND ADDITIONAL MEETINGS AS OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES.
SO, UM, IF MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, COME UP WITH IDEAS OR THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OR COMMUNITY GROUPS, IF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THINK THAT IT MIGHT BENEFIT YOU, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A, A CONVERSATION OR LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PROJECT CONNECT, GO TO THAT WEBSITE, SIGN UP, AND YOU CAN ALSO REGISTER OR TO HAVE SOMEBODY GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU THERE.
AND, UM, AND, AND, AND CARRY THE CONVERSATION ALONG.
SO THAT, THAT THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES PERHAPS TO HAVE THE AT T V ATP TEAM CAP, METRO TEAM, OR CITY OF AUSTIN, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED IN, UH, SOME OF THE STAFFERS COME OUT AND PUT ON A PRESENTATION FOR YOU AND EDUCATE YOU, AND THEN GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY THOUGHTS ARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH PROJECT CONNECT.
THINGS ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY, BUT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE PROCESS, AS WE'RE GOING ALONG, WE GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THROUGH IT ALL.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON FOR WHAT IS ALWAYS A THOROUGH AND, AND, UH, AND OFTEN PROVOCATIVE REPORT.
SO, AND VERY INFORMATIVE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ACTION ITEMS AND, UH, WE HAVE 20 ACTION ITEMS TODAY.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THOROUGH AND, AND PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED TO BE PROVIDED, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS THAT HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY IN THE MEETING.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN A QUORUM THROUGH THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES.
SO, UM, SO WE MOVE WITH, UM, THE, UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE APPROVAL
[VI.1. Approval of Minutes from the February 28, 2022 board meeting.]
OF THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 BOARD MEETING CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.SO, UH, WHAT NOW, WAS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND? OKAY.
MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER STRATTON SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER BULL.
AND BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, I DID HAVE ONE THING I WANTED TO, UM, ASK, UM, ABOUT THE CALENDAR AND ITS LOCATION ON THE WEB.
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT LIKE TWO OR THREE CLICKS TO GET TO THE CALENDAR FOR WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE.
IT'D BE SUPER AWESOME IF WE COULD ELEVATE THAT.
SO IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE HUMP ON THE LANDING PAGE, OR HAVE THE CLICK LINK TO THAT LIST PROMINENTLY
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ON THAT LANDING PAGE SO PEOPLE CAN GET THERE REALLY FAST.I SAW BRIAN CARTER OVER THERE.
TAKE A NOTE ON THAT AND WE'LL LOOK TO SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE THAT EVEN FURTHER.
I GUESS WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE ON THE FLOOR, UH, MADE BY BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, SECOND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER POOL TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY OF THE FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 BOARD MEETING ALL IN FAVOR.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[VI.2. Approval of an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget in the amount of $29,713,087 and Capital Budget in the amount of $11,494,000.]
TWO.WELL GENTLEMEN ENTERTAINING AND A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT OF FISCAL, UH, 20, 20 TWOS OPERATING BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF 29,000,713 AND $87 AND A CAPITAL BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,494,000.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOWED BY BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL FOR THE FISCAL 2022 OPERATING BUDGET.
ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
SAME SIGN CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, RIGHT.
[VI.3. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to implement the FY 2023 Strategic Plan.]
THREE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO IMPLEMENT THE FYI 2023 STRATEGIC PLAN.ALRIGHT, THEN HAVE A PRESENTATION IN GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR.
TREVELYAN VICE CHAIR, KITCHEN, PRESIDENT CLARK, AND THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M VICE PRESIDENT IMAGINATION RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY OF BENCHMARKING.
AND TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR FINAL FRAMEWORK FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ENERGY AND COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED LAST MONTH AT OUR BOARD WORKSHOP ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, ALL OF THE FEEDBACK WAS TAKEN TO ACCOUNT FOR AND ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT VERSION OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THERE'S A MEMO, UH, JUST FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, THAT IF IT'S NOT IN YOUR BOARD PACKET, WE COULD CERTAINLY GET TO YOU THAT OUTLINES THE CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING THAT REFLECTS ALL OF THE CHANGES MADE, UH, FROM THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD, OUR MEETING, WITH THE CHAIRS OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS A STAFF OF CAPITAL METRO.
SO JUST REAL QUICKLY, UM, CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE GOT, Y'ALL HAVE A LOT ON, ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY.
UH, THE SLIDE THAT'S BEING SHOWN RIGHT NOW IS, IS AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER OF WHERE, WHAT IT TOOK FOR US TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE.
UH, IT'S THIS PROCESS STARTED A MEETING WITH, UH, THE, THE SENIOR TEAM AT CAPITAL METRO.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AND WORK SESSIONS, UH, DEVELOPING THE MISSION DIVISION OF THESE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND ACTIONS THAT SUPPORT THIS, THAT I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT.
UM, ULTIMATELY THAT LED INTO THE WORKSHOP WITH THE BOARD MEETING WITH ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND OUR STAFF.
AND NOW WE ARE HERE TODAY TO, UH, TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FINAL, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN FOR YOUR ADOPTION.
SO THIS IS THE MEAT OF THE PLAN, UH, AND IT DID PROVIDE COPIES.
UH, SO YOU, UH, I'M NOT SURE IT WAS IN YOUR PACKET, BUT YOU DO HAVE A COPY AT YOUR, UH, AT YOUR CHAIR NOW.
UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF KICK IT OFF THAT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IS BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLANS THAT WERE DEVELOPED THIS OUR PRIOR STRATEGIC PLAN, LET US DO A SUCCESSFUL PASSING OF PROJECT CONNECT, UH, IN 2020.
UM, AND THEN WE ADDED A PANDEMIC.
AND SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH, WITH PROJECT CONNECT, STARTING, UH, THIS IMPLEMENTATION AND ALL OF THAT WORK.
UM, AND AS WELL AS GETTING US OUT OF COVID.
SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT REALLY, UH, I THINK CHANGES A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO IT WAS DEFINITELY A TIME FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ARE OUR, OUR VALUES ARE OUR GOALS, OUR MISSION, AND OUR VISION.
UH, SO CAP METRO HAS A SET OF CORE VALUES THAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
UM, AND THESE CORE VALUES ARE REALLY WHAT PROVIDED THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
UM, IT, THEY'RE THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHAT ALL OF STAFF AT CAP METRO EXPECTED TO HEAR TOO.
AND THESE CORE VALUES, THEY ARE EVERGREEN AND THEY'RE, THEY STAY EVERGREEN.
UM, AND THEY REALLY REFLECT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR CULTURE HERE AT CAPITAL METRO.
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CORE VALUES ARE SAFETY, EQUITY, TRANSPARENCY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND INNOVATION, AND WHAT YOU SEE BELOW.THOSE ARE THE MISSION AND THE VISION AND THE MISSION AND VISION OF, OF CAP METRO.
THEY DEFINE OUR PURPOSE AND OUR ROLE.
UH, THE TWO STATEMENTS CREATE A VERY SUCCINCT WAY TO REALLY COMMUNICATE WHAT CAPITAL METRO IS AS AN AGENCY ASPIRES TO ACHIEVE AND WHAT WE HAVE, OR AT LEAST LOOKING TO ACHIEVE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY READ BOTH OF THOSE OUT LOUD SO WE CAN ALL HEAR THEM.
THE MISSION OF CAPITOL METRO IS TO EMPOWER AND ENHANCE AND SERVE THE REGION.
AND AS COMMUNITIES THROUGH A RESPONSIBLE DELIVERY OF HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND OUR VISION CAPITAL METRO IS INTEGRAL TO THE REGION AND ITS COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY, FOSTERING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND ENSURING SAFE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
SO BASED ON THE MISSION AND VISION, WE HAVE DEFINED FOUR GOALS THAT ESTABLISHED THE FOCUS AREAS THAT WE STRIVE TO ACHIEVE WITH OUR VISION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE BELOW THAT, AND THOSE GOALS REVOLVE AROUND THE CUSTOMER, THE COMMUNITY OR WORKFORCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS.
AND EACH OF THOSE GOALS ARE SIGNED TO OBJECTIVES.
AND YOU'LL SEE DOWN BELOW THAT THERE ARE 13 OBJECTIVES AND THESE OUTLINE AT HIGH LEVEL OF HOW WE ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS, THE ARE MEASURABLE STATEMENTS THAT CAN BE LINKED TO SPECIFIC ACTION ACTIONS WITH ASSIGN METRICS TO HELP US SO WE CAN HELP TRACK THE PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING EACH OF THESE OBJECTIVES.
NOW, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MISSION, VISION, THESE GOALS AND THE OBJECTIVES THEY ARE, THEY ARE INTENDED TO REMAIN STABLE OVER TIME.
AND THEY ALLOW US TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS.
THEY PRIORITIZE OUR ALLOCATION OF OUR RESOURCES AND THEY ALSO HELP TO HELP US TO MEASURE OUR SUCCESS.
AND SO TO, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS, WHAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THIS SCREEN ARE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 84 ACTIONS THAT ARE ORGANIZED INTO THESE 13 INITIATIVES.
AND SO THESE 84 ACTIONS WERE, UH, ARE ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO OVERSEE.
AND THIS IS WHERE OUR CONNECTION, UH, DOWN TO ALL OF ALL LEVELS WITHIN THE AGENCY HAVE A TIE INTO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
SOME OF THESE ACTIONS THAT CAN RANGE RAN FROM JUST COMPLETING A CAPITAL PROJECT, DEVELOPING A NEW OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE OR LAUNCHING A SPECIAL PROGRAM.
AND THESE ACTIONS INITIATIVES, THEY HELP US MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETINGS, OBJECTIVES THAT YOU SEE DEFINED HERE.
THEY HELP US ATTRACT TRACK OUR PROGRESS.
UH, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A SET OF METRICS THAT WE HAVE ASSIGNED TO THEM.
AND JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE METRICS AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED METRICS AROUND EQUITY AND ENSURE THAT OUR SERVICES MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.
AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT ALREADY TODAY IN THIS BOARD MEETING AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF AROUND PERFORMANCE METRICS.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE METRICS ARE INCUMBENT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING, UM, ALL THE TIME AND SOME REPRESENT SOME NEW METRICS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK, AND THEY INCLUDE EXAMPLES LIKE ON-TIME PERFORMANCE, SERVICE GAPS, CAPACITY UTILIZATION, TRAVEL TIMES TO KEY DESTINATIONS.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON AND TRAVEL TIME TO GROCERY STORES AND, UM, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MEDICAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN ALSO UTILIZING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY AND WHAT THESE METRICS DO IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY, THEY ALLOW US TO DOCUMENT, UH, AN EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SERVE FOR EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR REGION FOR THAT.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT HERE AND OPEN THIS UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ASK IT THREE TIMES.
ANY QUESTIONS, JUST A QUICK COMMENT, THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT TRANSPARENCY IS A CORE VALUE.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A CORE VALUE AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE IT REFLECTED, BUT I THINK HISTORICALLY, HISTORICALLY, UH, WE'VE PRIDED OURSELVES AND THE STAFF IN PARTICULAR, UH, FOR PUTTING OUR PERFORMANCE OUT THERE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
SO KUDOS, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT'S A VALUE THAT OUGHT TO BE CORE TO OUR, OUR, UH, UNDERTAKINGS.
UM, WELL REMEMBER, STRATTON, JEFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THIS.
NOT EVERY ORGANIZATION HAS ACCESS TO LET ALONE AN IN STAFF, A KNOWLEDGE BASE, A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT LIKE YOURSELF TO, TO REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON STRATEGIC PLANNING AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THIS.
I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS KEY AND CRITICAL
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FOR, FOR OUR, FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION.AND I APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP LAST MONTH.
AND, UM, THAT CAME OUT OF THAT AFTER WE WENT THROUGH ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AFTER THAT THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE SEE HERE, I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED AND IMPRESSED TO SEE THAT THE, THE SLIGHT TWEAK, IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH, BUT I THINK IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT EXTRA, THE EXTRA VERBIAGE AND THE MISSION AND VISION THAT WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT THIS AT CAPITAL METRO IS, UH, THE MISSION IS TO EMPOWER, ENHANCE AND SERVE THE REGION AND ITS COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD NO MORE BE, BE SHOWN AND BE PRESENT IN WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO TODAY.
WHAT WE SAW EARLIER IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHEN WE HAD THE CITY MANAGER OF LEANDER HERE, I THINK THAT SHOWS THAT, THAT WE AREN'T JUST AUSTIN CENTRIC, BUT WE ARE REGIONALLY BASED.
WE ARE A REGIONAL PROVIDER OF TRAMP OF TRANSIT SERVICES, AND WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT ARE THE SMALL CITIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE TOO, ALSO THAT OUT OF OUR DELIBERATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, I NOTE THAT, THAT, THAT YOU DID ADD THAT, UM, THAT OBJECTIVE G THERE TO SERVE AS THE REGIONAL LEADER IN COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL TRANSIT PLANS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HISTORICALLY WE'VE BEEN KIND OF HIT OR MISS ON I'VE NOTED, BUT, YOU KNOW, SINCE, SINCE I'VE GOTTEN ON THE BOARD, UM, BEEN TRYING TO HELP BRING US, UH, MAKE, MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBLE, BUT TO SEE NOW THAT IT IS AN ACTUAL OBJECTIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO START MEASURING, I THINK IS KEY AND CRITICAL.
AND JUST REALLY GOES TO THE FACT THAT THAT, THAT WHILE PROJECT CONNECT IS HUGE AND MASSIVE, AND YES, THE VOTERS IN AUSTIN SPOKE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THIS IS, THIS IS WE RISE, OR WE FALL TOGETHER AS A REGION.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
WE ARE THE REGIONAL PROVIDER FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN CENTRAL TEXAS.
AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE NOW PUTTING THAT IN OUR PLAN AND MEASURING THAT AND PUTTING THAT MEANS STAFF TIME WILL OFFICIALLY BE PUT TO THAT AS AN OBJECTIVE, AS PART OF A GOALS, AND IT'S IN THE VISION AND EVEN IN THE MISSION STATEMENT.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, TARA, JEFF, I MAY ADDITIONALLY ABOUT ONE THING THAT, THAT, THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR, ESPECIALLY WITH TRANSPARENCIES, SO THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRACK AND REPORT THIS OUT.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR LEAVING THIS OUT, UM, BUT WE WILL BE MONITORING THE MILESTONES FOR EACH OF THESE ACTIONS.
UH, WE WILL BE PROVIDING UPDATES MONTHLY TO OUR SENIOR TEAM AND OUR CEO.
UH, WE WILL, WE ARE PROVIDING, UH, UH, UPDATES QUARTERLY TO THE BOARD COMMITTEES, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A BIANNUAL UPDATE TO THE FULL BOARD.
SO JUST IN ENOUGH EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPARENT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE REPORTING AND TRACKING THIS.
OKAY, SEE YA BOARD MEMBER POOL.
UM, WILL THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'LL BE USING TO BRIEF THE OTHER BOARDS BE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY, SO THAT IF THOSE OF US WHO WANT TO LOOK AT IT BETWEEN THE TWICE A YEAR UPDATES FROM Y'ALL CAN DO SOME EARLY AND DEEPER READINGS.
WE WILL PROVIDE, WHEN WE MEET, UH, WITH THE COMMITTEES QUARTERLY, WE WILL HAVE REPORTING AND UPDATES ON ALL OF THAT THAT WILL BE PROVIDED PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
CAN YOU MAYBE SEND THOSE LINKS TO US? UM, ALL OF THE MEMBERS ON THIS DIOCESE, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT AND THAT'S OKAY.
AND THE ENTIRE STAFF, THIS THERE'S REALLY BEEN A STAFF WIDE ENTERPRISE, JEFF AND HIS TEAM PAT HAD LED IT.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING FROM TOWN HALLS TO SMALL WORK GROUPS AND ALL DIFFERENT LAYERS OF MANAGEMENT AND THE TEAM.
UM, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PIVOT POINT FOR US COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC TO SAY, WE HAVE A LARGE EXPANSION PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TO DO.
AND SO NOW STAFF, ASSUMING IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS ACTION, WE'LL USE THIS TO GUIDE OUR BUDGETING PROCESS, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT TO BEGIN.
AND THAT'LL ALLOW US TO BRING A NICE ALIGNED BUDGET BACK TO THE BOARD THROUGH THE PROCESS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE KIND OF EFFECTUATE IT THAT WAY.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE WORKSHOP THAT YOU ALL WENT THROUGH.
SOME GOOD COMMENTS THAT I'LL GET INTEGRATED HERE.
AND THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A NICE PIECE TO MOVE US TO THAT POST PANDEMIC CAP, METRO.
ANYONE ELSE? THAT WAS BOARD MEMBERS.
THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER THREE.
MOVE MY BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR THAT HAD BEEN DONE BY
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SAYING AYE.NONE IN IS UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.
UH, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR
[VI.4. Approval of a resolution in support of the City of Austin’s 2022 RAISE grant application for funding to support the combined Bergstrom Spur Urban Trail / South Pleasant Valley Road extension projects]
APPROVAL OF A CAPITAL METRO BOARD RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, 2020 TO RAISE GRANT APPLICATION FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE COMBINED BURKE STRUM SPUR URBAN TRAIL AND THE SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD, EXTENSION PROJECTS.THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO US BY SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS AND WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
THIS, THIS, UH, WHAT THIS ITEM DOES, IS IT JUST, UM, IT JUST, UH, FORMALIZES THE, THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN DOING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE STAFF'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD, UH, TO COLLABORATE ON THIS, THE FEDERAL RAISE GRANT APPLICATION AND, UM, THE CAPITAL METRO STAFF AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF HAVE, UH, IDENTIFIED A COMBINED PROJECT THAT, UM, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE PRIORITIES THAT KAT METRO HAS BEEN, UH, PURSUING, UH, WITH REGARD TO PROJECT CONNECT, AS WELL AS THE PRIORITIES THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN PURSUING ON THESE PROJECTS.
THIS IS THE, FROM SPUR URBAN TRAIL AND THE SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD, EXTENSION PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, BERKS FROM SPUR, UH, URBAN TRAIL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A BOARD MEMBER RENTERIA HAS BEEN CHAMPIONING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAMPO BOTH WORKED ON PLANNING.
IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD RECOGNIZED WHEN WE ADOPTED THE PROJECT CONNECT MAP.
THIS IS NOT PART OF PROJECT CONNECT, BUT WE DID RECOGNIZE IT AT THAT TIME THAT IN THE FUTURE, AT SOME POINT IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.
SO AT THIS POINT, IT IS READY TO PROCEED WITH, UM, MORE OF A SHARED USE KIND OF ACTIVITY, UM, PEDESTRIAN BY THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT IS CRITICAL PIECE THAT RELATES TO OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR BRT ALONG, UH, SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD.
SO THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
AND SO THIS RESOLUTION JUST, JUST MEMORIALIZES IN A MORE FORMAL WAY, WHICH CAN HELP US WITH THE GRANT APPLICATION AND JUST FOR CLARITY MAKES IT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND IN THIS, THE SECOND P BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, JUST ACKNOWLEDGES SOMETHING AGAIN, THAT OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO AND STAFF HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT WORKING ON.
AND THAT'S WORKING WITH OUR, WITH NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT ALL OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AS WE LOOK AT ADDITIONAL, UM, FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION.
YES, EXCEPT THAT AS EMOTIONAL.
AND IS THERE A SECOND FROM A BOARD MEMBER RENT MARIA, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY, UH, THE SIGN I, PAUL, SAME SIGN HEARING, NONE ON THAT WILL CARRY UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.
UM, LOOKS LIKE ITEM NUMBER FIVE
[VI.5. Approval of the Capital Metro Sustainability Vision Policy Statement.]
IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CAP.METRO SUSTAINABILITY VISION POLICY STAFF, PLEASE GO FORWARD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR TREVELYAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CLARK.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE SUSTAINABILITY VISION POLICY STATEMENT, UH, WHICH WILL GUIDE ALL CAPITAL METRO SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, INCLUDING OPERATIONS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
AS WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE PARTNERS THROUGH K THROUGH TO EXPAND TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PROJECT CONNECT, THE RESOLUTION AND POLICY STATEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO APPROVE THE VISION STATEMENT, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, AND GOALS, AND PROVIDE THE DIRECTION FOR OUR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AND THE PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES THE ACTION AREAS AND ACTION PLANS, SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, AND THE ADVISORY GROUP AND OUR ANNUAL REPORTING PROCESS.
THESE ITEMS HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME I CAME TO YOU IN FEBRUARY.
AND THE POLICY STATEMENT, THIS POLICY STATEMENT HERE WAS DEVELOPED TO HIGHLIGHT THE KEY COMPONENTS IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.
SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO BRIEF THE VARIOUS ADVISORY GROUPS, THE CAPITAL METRO AND ATP, INCLUDING THE ACCESS AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, THE P SAC AT
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ATP COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT FOR PROJECT CONNECT, AS WELL AS ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE AND OUR PEERS WITH CITY AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS.LET'S SEE, AS A REMINDER HERE IN GRAPHIC FORM IS THE PROCESS FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY VISION.
WE HAVE SET A SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY VISION STATEMENT, GOALS, ACTION PLANS, AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THE SUSTAINABILITY VISION STATEMENT, SIMILAR COMPONENTS TO OUR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC VISION, UM, IS BUILT UPON THE THREE E'S OF SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMICS OR ECONOMY.
AND I'LL READ IT OUT TO BUILD AND OPERATE SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT KEEPS COMMUNITIES CONNECTED, PROTECTS, AND RESTORES OUR NATURAL SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT, AND HELPS GROW A VIBRANT LOCAL ECONOMY WITH THAT.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
LET'S SEE A BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD WORK.
AS WE LOOK AT A WORLD TODAY, UH, WHERE WAR IS CHANGING OUR ACCESSIBILITY TO COMMODITIES AND MINERALS, UH, IS THERE A BREADTH WITHIN OUR POLICY TO PERMIT US FOR EXAMPLE, AND, UM, WHAT IF FEED HERE? BUT IF, IF FOR EXAMPLE, IT BECAME HARD TO BUILD BATTERIES BECAUSE LIMITS ON THE SUPPLIES OF THINGS LIKE NICKEL OR CADDY OR LITHIUM IS OUR POLICY SUFFICIENTLY BROAD THAT WE CAN PIVOT AS WE MIGHT NEED TO FLEX.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT AS I LOOK AT IT QUICKLY AND HAVE IT SAID IT LIKE YOU DO, BUT I WANT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS.
THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT BALANCING THAT AS WELL WITH EQUITY AND IN THE ECONOMIC, ABSOLUTELY THE ISSUE AS WELL, BUT JUST SPEAK TO US FOR A MOMENT ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO FLEX.
IF, FOR EXAMPLE, A NICKEL GOT OUR ABILITY TO GET NICKEL AS A, AS AN ECONOMY GOT IMPAIRED AND THEREFORE, UH, BATTERIES OR SOME PART OF THE ELECTRIC PROJECTION.
AND WE ALL KNOW OF COURSE, ELECTRIC GRID ISSUES THAT WE AS A STATE ARE FACING, NOT JUST TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ABILITY TO FLEX WITHIN THIS POLICY AS CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE.
UM, MR. COOPER, YOU KNOW, THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY VISION GOALS ARE SET TO BE VERY HIGH LEVEL.
THE ACTION PLANS ARE ADJUSTED YEARLY WITH THE STAFF SUPPORT AND STAFF, THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, SENIOR STAFF, TO SET THOSE GUIDING ACTIONS.
SO EVERY YEAR WE WILL ADJUST OUR STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT NORTH STAR OF MEETING THAT OVERALL GOAL AND OBJECTIVE, IN MY OPINION, FOR THE, FOR FOR INSTANCE, MEETING THAT OBJECTIVE OF BATTERIES AND THE POSSIBLE CHANGES IN OUR SUPPLY AROUND THAT.
THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT, THAT KIND OF MOVE FORWARD IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, THAT ADDRESS THAT ONE IS MEETING THAT CARBON NEUTRAL GOAL, WHICH DOESN'T NECESSARILY SET, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE ELECTRIC AND BATTERIES ARE PROBABLY THE, ONE OF THE BEST OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A ZERO WASTE GOAL.
AND THAT INCLUDES HELPING TO IMPROVE THE, UM, THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY INCLUDE RECYCLING, RECOVER SOME OF THOSE METALS AND BATTERIES.
SO WE'VE PUT THOSE PROCESSES IN PLACE IN THOSE CONTINGENCIES.
ALSO, RESILIENCY IS BUILT IN HERE AND RESILIENCY DEPENDS UPON THINGS LIKE THOSE ECONOMIC CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD, AS WELL AS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.
SO I THINK IT'S FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO, UM, STILL MEET GOALS, UM, AND READJUST BASED UPON THOSE HIGH LEVEL GLOBAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON.
CAUSE YOU COULD HAVE THE FUTURE BOARD MIGHT SAY WE NEED SOME COMPONENT OF NATURAL GAS VEHICLES OR I'M JUST HYPOTHESIZING AGAIN.
BUT AS LONG AS THE GREATER GOAL IS TO
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GET TO CARBON NEUTRALITY, I THINK INNOVATION TYING HANDS ON WHAT THE ACTUAL MODE IS.I THINK, UM, I'M GOOD WITH ALL THAT AND UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD CHANGES VERY QUICKLY HERE.
WE'VE LEARNED, AND I THINK THIS POLICY, UH, IS NECESSARY WELL WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, JEFF AND I HAVE TALKED, WE TALK ON A DAILY BASIS ON HOW, HOW WE CAN CONNECT INNOVATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HAND-IN-HAND WORK TOGETHER.
UM, MOM, IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY, UM, KIND OF WALK THROUGH HOW YOU ENVISION THAT, UM, THIS PLAN CAPITAL METROS PLAN WILL INTERACT WITH, UM, WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND ATP'S SIDE OF THE EQUATION.
UM, CAUSE I, IN PARTICULAR, WHAT I NOTICED HERE IS THAT IN THE, IN THE PLANT OR IN THE, IN, IN THE PLAN THERE'S REFERENCE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE THAT WAS GOING TO BE COMPOSED OF, OF STAFF FROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE MEETING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES SENIOR STAFF FROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, THEY HAD PUT, HAD INPUT ON THIS PROCESS AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE INPUT, UM, AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE COULD REALLY SEE THIS HAPPENING IS SAY AROUND GREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE STANDARDS THAT WE'LL PUT IN PLACE SUCH AS ENVISION AND AUSTIN ENERGY, GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS THAT WILL APPLY TO BOTH SIDES.
AND IT WILL BENEFIT US FOR US TO COMMUNICATE AND TO DISCUSS THOSE IDEAS TOGETHER.
SO WE HAVE A KIND OF A COMMON STANDARD AND WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF HELP EDUCATE OR HELP LEAD OUR CONTRACTORS ON BOTH SIDES.
SO WE KNOW WHAT THE COMMON VISION IS.
SO IN SOME CASES THAT MIGHT BE IN PARTS OF PROJECT CONNECTED ARE BEING, UM, THAT, THAT ARE BEING CAPITALIZED OR BUILT ON THE CAP METRO OF THE EQUATION, OTHERS, OTHERS THAT ARE BEING BUILT ON THE ATP SIDE OR IN SOME INSTANCES WHERE THEY'RE BEING BUILT CAPITALIZED ON THE ATP SIDE, BUT THE O AND M FOR THAT CAPITAL PROJECT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN UP ON THE CAP METRO SIDE.
BUT ALL OF THAT MUST BE APPROACHED WITH A SUSTAINABILITY VISION BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO CONSTRUCT IT, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THAT UTILIZING THOSE SAME SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES, ONCE IT'S HANDED OVER TO CAP METRO, I THINK YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT QUITE WELL.
AND YES, OUR TRICK IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONNECT AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THUS THE NEED FOR THE OVERLAP, THE INTERCONNECTIVITY, EVEN NOW AT THE BEGINNING, STRETCHING ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE END WITH THE O AND M.
AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT.
I LOOKED DOWN THERE AND WAS SEEING RED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IF NOT, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
UM, BOARD MEMBER INTO RHEA MAKES THE MOTION AND BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN SECONDS OF MOTION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
POST SAME SIGN CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[VI.6. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with the City of Leander for the FY2022 Build Central Texas Program and funding for transit supportive infrastructure.]
UH, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER FOR THE FYE 2020 TO BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM AND FUNDING FOR TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE.CHURCH PAVILION, VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN MEMBERS OF THE CAP, METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PRESIDENT AND CEO CLARK.
MY NAME IS ERICA MAZZA VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TODAY I'M BEFORE YOU IS THE ILA BETWEEN CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF ATLANTA FOR THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM AND THE ADDITIONAL FY 22 TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING THAT JUST CAME BEFORE YOU AS PART OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO BEGIN CAP, METRO APPROVED A DRAFT BCT ILA IN RESOLUTION IN JANUARY, THIS REGULAR RESOLUTION OUTLINED A NEW PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT HIGHLIGHTING THE FOLLOWING THAT IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
UM, BUT THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES UNDER THE BUILT CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER, THE $10 MILLION IN TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON THE SALES
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TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.AND THIS ITEM, AS I MENTIONED, WAS APPROVED EARLIER IN TODAY'S BUDGET AMENDMENT, OVERALL IMPROVED COORDINATION AND TRANSPARENCY FOR PLANNING AND FINANCING DECISIONS AND FINANCE DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPACT LANDER AND CLEARLY DEFINING THE BCT PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES AND TIMELINE, INCREASING CAP, METRO SUPPORT FOR LEANDER, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING EFFORTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND REAR WHERE FEASIBLE THE COLLECTIVE PURSUIT OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND LASTLY CAP, METRO WILL COORDINATE WITH LEANDER ON CAP.
METRO OWNED REAL ESTATE IN LEANDER FOR NON-CAT METRO PURPOSES.
THAT WAS THE, UH, THAT WAS THE FOUNDATION OF THE RESOLUTION.
AND IN ADDITION, THERE WAS ALSO ON JANUARY 24TH CAP, METRO BOARD APPROVED A DRAFT ILA FOR LEANDER INCLUSION INTO THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM.
THIS ILA THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY LOOKS HOLISTICALLY SIMILAR.
UM, AND IT HAS NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO CLARIFY MECHANICS OF THE OVERALL EXECUTION.
AS WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER VERY CLOSELY ON THESE, THE ONLY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE JANUARY DRAFT INCLUDES THAT ADDITIONAL FYI 22 INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO BE ADMINISTERED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AS WELL.
SO FOR A RECAP, THE BCT ILA INCLUDES ANNUAL BCT FUNDING FOR TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN LEANDER, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SALES TAX CONTRIBUTION AND TOTAL COSTS OF SERVICE IN LEANDER.
AND THE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN THE ILA IS TO SET THE TERM AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL AND IDENTIFY THE FUNDS BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE FROM FYI 21 SALES TAX AND COST OF SERVICE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING ONE YEAR IN THE REARS FOR THIS, AND AT THIS TIME, LEANDER CAN RECEIVE A $1.9 MILLION FOR TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ALLOCATED IN
THE ILA, AS I MENTIONED, ALSO SETS THE GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING AND FUNDING, TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND YOU HEARD TODAY EARLIER FROM CITY MANAGER, BEVERLY LYNN, ABOUT THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, AND THE CAP METROS ALSO PUT FORWARD A WILLINGNESS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH PLANNING AND GRANTS AND IDENTIFIED AUDIT AVAILABILITY ON BOTH SIDES.
AND BASED ON THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BUDGET AMENDMENT LANDERS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR SEVEN POINT ROUGHLY $7.4 MILLION OF THE NEW TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BCC BCT TAX AND COSTS OF SERVICE.
IN ADDITION, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION THAT IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD THAT THIS ILA HAS A CONTRACT IN TERMS OF 10 YEARS WITH A SET EXPIRATION DATE OF 2032, AND IS ALSO RENEWABLE AS LONG AS LANA REMAINS A MEMBER CITY.
WHAT WILL YOU SEE BEFORE YOU FROM THE
NOW I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK.
UH, LASTLY IT WAS THE BCT AMENDMENT FOR THE REMAINING SUBURBAN MEMBER CITY PARTICIPANTS.
IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL, HOWEVER, UM, WITH OUR INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OTHER SMALL MEMBER CITIES, UM, DUE TO TIMING AND ADDITIONAL FOLLOWUPS WITH MEMBER CITIES, WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING THEIR ILS BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IN MAY.
SO THE RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE THE LEANDER ILA IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR MEMBERS OF, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND TRUE APPRECIATION FOR THE CAP, METRO STAFF AND TEAMS TO, UM, MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, IT HAS BEEN, UH, A LOT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
AND LIKEWISE FOR THE CITY OF LANDER AND YOURSELF, SHOULD I RECEIVE THAT AS A MOTION? YES, SIR.
IS THERE A SECOND, UM, BOARD NUMBER KITCHEN HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, GO AHEAD, BOARD MEMBER CATCHING.
UM, I WANTED TO, TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, AS WELL AS OUR BOARD MEMBERS, WHO'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT, SO I'M, UH, I THINK IT SETS THE STAGE.
HOPEFULLY IT SETS THE STAGE FOR, UM, ONGOING IN, UM, FRUITFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH LEANDER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF BOARD MEMBER COOPER, I JUST A QUICK, UH, COMMENT, UM, AND MAYBE A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT.
SO FOR TOTAL METRO RAIL COST PER HOUR, I THINK IT'S DEFINED AS, UH, THE COST OF OPERATIONS PLUS 50% OF NET CAPITAL DEPRECIATION FOR SERVICE HOURS BETWEEN, I MEAN, FOR THE CAPITAL COSTS RELATED TO SERVICE BETWEEN LAKELINE AND LANDER, OR IS IT ALL CAPITAL? I'M
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NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.AND THEN I GUESS THE COMMENT FIRST WAS IT'S CONCEIVABLE, I SUPPOSE, AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SERVICE FROM CEDAR PARK WITHIN THE TENURE TIME PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT.
SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT SUSTAINS, NOT WITHSTANDING THE POSSIBLE FUTURE INVOLVEMENT AS CEDAR PARK AND THEN A LITTLE CLARITY AROUND THE DEPRECIATION, PERHAPS ABSOLUTELY.
CHURCH PAVILION, UM, BOARD MEMBER COOPER.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AND SO THE METRO RAIL COST PER HOUR, UM, AND ONE OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT CAME BACK FROM LEANDER WAS, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU PLEASE ALSO DEFINE ALL OF THE OTHER COST PER SERVICE? SO WE DID THAT, AND THAT IS IN ONE OF THE APPENDIX, I THINK IT'S APPENDIX B.
SO IT'S THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND IT IS THE 50% OF THE TOTAL COMMUTER RAIL ASSETS.
SO IT'S PROPORTIONAL AND THEN IT'S A 50% REDUCTION FROM THERE.
UM, AND THAT IS ALSO THEN REDUCED BY THE NET OF WHAT GRANTS, WHATEVER GRANTS WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED.
SO IT'S A TOP OF LINE MINUS, MINUS, MINUS MINUS, IF YOU WILL, TOP OF LINE, MEANING THE ENTIRE RED LINE AND THEN PROPORTION PROPORTIONATE AS BETWEEN THE DISTANCE BASED ON THE PROPORTIONALITY SERVICE HOURS BETWEEN LAKELINE AND LANDER.
THAT THE, SO THE TOTAL DEPRECIATION WOULD BE MULTIPLIED BY A RATIO, WHICH IS SERVICE HOURS TO BETWEEN LAKELINE AND LEANDER VERSUS TOTAL SERVICE HOURS.
SO I, I, LET ME SAY IT THE WAY THAT IT, WE HAVE IT DEFINED HERE, JUST SO I DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN OTHER PIECES.
I'M NOT TRYING TO LEAD THE WITNESS HERE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
I MIGHT LATER, BUT FAIR, FAIR ENOUGH.
SO REALLY WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THE CAPITAL, IT IS THE IT'S ALL CAPITAL FOR THE RED LINE.
IT IS DEPRECIATED BY GRANTS FIRST AND FOREMOST.
SO THE, THE MONEY COMING IN AND THEN IT IS BASED ON THE SERVICE HOUR PROPORTIONAL SERVICE HOURS BETWEEN LAKELINE AND LEANDER.
AND THEN WE ALSO TOOK A, THEN THE BOARD TOOK A 50% REDUCTION LAKELINE TO LEANDER OVER THE TOTAL SERVICE HOURS.
AND THEN THAT WAS THE REDUCTION THAT THE BOARD HAD PRESENTED IN THAT IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION STAFF PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND CONFIRMED IN ONE OF THE TWO JUNE, JANUARY MEETINGS.
AND TO YOUR SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, UM, THE ILA COULD EASILY BE UPDATED BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THESE DEPENDENCIES ARE WORKING DOCUMENTS BECAUSE I MEAN, WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATION OF COSTS.
WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATION OF SALES TAX REVENUES.
AND SO IF THE COST PER SERVICE CHANGES, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH AN INCLUSION OF A CEDAR PARK SAY, THEN THOSE CHANGES WOULD ULTIMATELY BE REFLECTED IN AN UPDATE TO THIS ILA.
UM, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, ERIC, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE, THE LEGWORK YOU, YOU PUT IN ON THIS, YOU LITERALLY WERE HIRED AND, UH, PRETTY MUCH DAY ONE COMING IN FROM ARIZONA.
IT'S HI, LET US INTRODUCE YOU TO A WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN PARTICULAR TO, TO LEANDER.
AND, UM, I KNOW YOU, YOU ORIGINALLY WERE GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF WORK ON THE FEDERAL SIDE AND I, TO YOUR CREDIT, YOU JUMPED RIGHT IN AND LEARNED ABOUT ALL YOU COULD POSSIBLY LEARN ABOUT WITH, UH, LOCAL TEXAS POLITICS AND HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS AND ALL THESE THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF, UH, WE ANDER AND CAPITAL METRO AND THE HISTORY OF THE, THE VERY INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME COMING.
I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU AND THE TEAM HERE.
I'M VERY THANKFUL TO, UH, TO, TO LEANDER AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT, UH, THAT THE WE, ANDREW STAFF HAS PUT IN.
THANK YOU TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, BECKY ROSS AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS DONE.
UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS AMAZING.
THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WHO HAVE, UH, WHO ARE CONSIDERING THIS, UH, UP HERE BEFORE US NOW, I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AND WE'RE TO THIS POINT, AS I SAID EARLIER, UH, I THINK THIS COUPLED WITH THE RENEWED FOCUS, THE NEW FOCUS OFFICIALLY THAT WE HAVE NOW EMBEDDED IN BAKED INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT WE ARE A PARTNER FOR THE REGION AND OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THAT WE NOW HAVE MEASUREABLES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A POINT IN TIME, BUT, BUT THIS IS THE START OF, AND THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAT WE CAN BUILD OFF OF, FOR, FOR BEING, UM, THAT, THAT TRUE REGIONAL PARTNER FOR ALL, FOR, FOR LEANDER, YES.
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VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH BECAUSE OF THE RED LINE AND THE OTHER COMMUTER ISSUES.AND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT, THAT WE HEARD FROM THAT MOVE TO ANDREW BECAUSE OF THOSE TRENDS AND OPTIONS, BUT ALSO, UH, BEYOND THAT.
SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THIS, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO MOVING BEYOND THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE CEO, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I'M GONE TO YOU AND YOU'D SAY, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, SO, WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU ON THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE DO TO PUT SUCH A PROJECT TOGETHER THAT YOU HAVE HIM AT A LOSS OF WORDS.
THIS, THIS IS MY STOMPING GROUND.
I GOT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
I WAS THE ONE THAT GOT PAID BY THE HOUR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER THIS PASSES WHEN YOU PAY YOUR BUS PASS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM, NUMBER SIX, LET ME KNOW BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN HEARING.
NONE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[VI.7. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with New Flyer Industries (NFI) Parts Inc. for the purchase of 418 heavy duty driver barriers in an amount not to exceed $2,564,741.]
NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES, PARTS INC FOR THE PURCHASE OF 481 HEAVY DUTY DRIVER BARRIERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,564,741.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR TO CIVILIAN VICE CHAIR, KITCHEN BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESIDENT CEO CLARK.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AT CAPITAL METRO I'M HERE.
BEFORE WE TODAY SEEKING A RESOLUTION, UH, TO PURCHASE THE HEAVY DUTY BARRIERS.
UH, WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE PLEXIGLASS BARRIERS INSTALLED ON ALL OF OUR BUSES.
THESE WERE INSTALLED IN 2020 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL DISTANCING IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.
THESE UNDER THIS CONTRACT WILL BE REPLACED WITH ENHANCED HEAVY DUTY BARRIERS.
THESE NEW BARRIERS WILL ALSO IMPROVE THE SECURITY AND SAFETY AS WELL AS THE HEALTH CONDITIONS OF BOTH THE OPERATORS AND THE PUBLIC.
PRIOR TO ISSUING THE SOLICITATION, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ATU LOCAL 10 91 TO INSTALL THREE DEMO, UH, HEAVY DUTY BARRIERS AND PUT THEM INTO REVENUE SERVICE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS SO THAT WE COULD COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM OPERATORS MAINTENANCE, UH, THE UNION IN GENERAL, AS WELL AS CAPITAL METRO SECURITY AND SAFETY DEPARTMENTS UPON AWARD, THE PROJECT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS TO COMPLETE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE ONE MORE ROUND OF GATHERING INFORMATION.
AS WE FINALIZE THE MODEL FOR EACH BUS, UH, CONFIGURE THE FINALIZING CONFIGURATION FOR EACH BUS MODEL THAT WE HAVE.
UH, I DO NOTE THAT WE SOLICITED FOR 425 BARRIERS.
THEY DON'T HAVE A MODEL THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR OUR SEVEN CUTAWAYS.
UM, HERE, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT, IT'S REALLY HARD TO PHOTOGRAPH CLEAR THINGS, BUT ON, ON YOUR LEFT IS OUR CURRENT PLEXIGLASS BARRIER.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S JUST A PIECE OF PLEXIGLASS.
UM, WITH A HINGE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS A HEAVY DUTY BARRIER, AND I'LL CALL OUT SOME OF THE FEATURES ON THAT ONE.
UM, IT HAS A SLIDING WINDOW THAT CAN BE OPENED AND CLOSED BY THE DRIVER.
IT HAS A DOOR LOCK MECHANISM THAT CAN'T BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE.
UH, IT HAS STEEL PROTECTION GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR.
UM, IT IS DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE THE SHOULDER ROOM IN THE, IN THE DRIVER'S AREA.
IT, UH, ALLOWS WHEELCHAIR ACCESS WITHOUT INTERFERING THE TURNING RADIUS.
SO THE WHEELCHAIR, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT LITTLE BOX ON THE BOTTOM HALF THERE, UH, ALLOWS FULL ACCESS TO THE FAREBOX.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY RATTLING PARTS AND IT PROVIDES A CLEAR VIEW FOR THE OPERATOR THAT'S GLASS, NOT PLEXIGLASS.
SO IT MEETS ALL OF THE STANDARDS FOR, FOR VISIBILITY.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT OUR NEW BARRIERS.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? GO AHEAD.
SO QUICK COMMENT, UH, WE NEED TO DO THIS TO PROTECT OUR DRIVERS OR SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT, BUT IT'S SAD REFLECTION OF THE TIMES WE LIVE IN THIS IS NECESSARY.
UH, YES, I, I THINK IT, UM, I THINK IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS GOOD IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, IT'S A COMPLETE VISIBILITY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, UM, FOR THE DRIVERS ALSO VISIBILITY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE RIDING THE BUS SO THEY CAN SEE THE DRIVER.
SO I THINK IT, UM, I'VE BEEN ON A BUS THAT HAS HAD A SIMILAR BARRIER.
I KNOW WE'RE, THESE ARE ADDED, BUT, UM, BUT IT, TO ME, IT STILL FEELS LIKE, UH, YOU CAN CONNECT TO THE DRIVER.
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THAT'S IMPORTANT.IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE, UH, TOO MUCH OF A SEPARATION, I THINK, BETWEEN THE, UM, THE CUSTOMER AND THE DRIVER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
UM, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM OR MEMBER KITCHEN, UM, AND BOARD MEMBER COOPER FOR THE SECOND.
JUST WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN UP ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION IF THERE IS ANY, UH, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES AGAIN.
[V.I.8. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Creative Bus Sales, Inc., utilizing the State of Oklahoma Contract SW0797C, to purchase six (6) Pickup vehicles in an amount not to exceed $922,500 for the purpose of expanding Pickup into new zones.]
APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENCY OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH CREATIVE BUS SALES, INC.UTILIZING THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA CONTRACT SWA 0 7 9 7 C TO PURCHASE SIX PICKUP VEHICLES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $922,500 FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING PICKUP INTO NEW ZONES.
VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, KITCHEN BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE SIX PICKUP VEHICLES, UM, CAPITAL METRO'S PICKUP SERVICE PROVIDES ON-DEMAND TRANSIT SERVICE IN HARD TO REACH ZONES OF OUR SERVICE AREA.
THESE SIX VEHICLES WILL, UH, SUPPORT A NEW PICKUP ZONE, WHICH IS PLANNED NEAR DECKER LANE TO REPLACE THE ROUTE 2 33.
THE VEHICLE WILL BE SIMILAR IN FORM AND FUNCTION TO OUR CURRENT PICKUP VEHICLES.
THESE ARE, WILL BE BUILT ON A DODGE RAM CHASSIS BY AN OUTFIT, UH, OUTFITTER NEW ENGLAND WHEELS SOLD BY CREATIVE BUS SALES AND WILL HAVE AN EXPECTED LIFE OR A USEFUL LIFE OF SEVEN YEARS.
UM, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE VEHICLES.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY WE HAD TO GO TO OKLAHOMA TO GET THESE THINGS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO OKLAHOMA.
IT'S NOT, THE IRONY IS NOT LOST ON ME THAT WE WENT TO OKLAHOMA FOR THE CONTRACT, AND AT LEAST IN THE BOARD PACKET, IT SAYS THESE ARE LONE STAR PRO MASTER VEHICLES.
I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU CAN TELL US THE LOCATIONS FOR THE NEW PICKUP SERVICE AREA.
TH THIS ONE IS A PLAN FOR, UH, NEAR DECKER LANE.
UM, I'M PERHAPS I COULD REACH OUT TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, IF THERE'S A MAP FOR WHAT THAT ZONE IS, 33 GOES UP LOYOLA AND IT IS NOW, UH, NOW HAS THE HOUR HEADWAY.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SHORTEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN RIDING BUS ON THAT ROUTE, WE'LL HAVE TO GO.
AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE EXPANDED COVERAGE ON THE WEEKENDS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS GOING TO THE DOCTOR TO GROCERY STORES OR TO CHURCH, ET CETERA.
SO I THINK THIS IS STEP ONE AND A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS, AND THAT IS AN AREA, UH, THAT THAT DOES HAVE THE, THE, OUR HEADWAY AND, AND, UM, AND THAT'S TOO LONG.
UM, MAYBE, MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME SPECIFICS SENT TO US SO WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN IF IN THE FUTURE, IF WE HAVE THIS KIND OF AN ITEM, BE SURE TO, LET'S BE SURE TO GET A PACKET, A LIST IN THE PACKET, SARAH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBER RENTERIA? YEAH.
SO CAN YOU ALSO, LET ME KNOW, ARE THESE ELECTRIC BUSES, ARE THEY FACE OFF? THESE ARE DIESEL BUSES.
WE ARE LOOKING, UH, TOWARDS ELECTRIC BUSES FOR THIS STYLE.
WHAT I CALL A CUTAWAY STYLE VEHICLE FOR DEMAND RESPONSE PARATRANSIT.
THE INDUSTRY IS NOT QUITE THERE YET.
THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY ONE BIN BIN.
ONE VEHICLE THAT'S BEEN SENT TO ALTOONA, BUT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE EXPECT TO SEE A LOT MORE AND WE CAN EXPECT TO START BUYING SOME, UH, THE, THE CUTAWAY INDUSTRY JUST ISN'T QUITE WHERE THE BIG BUS INDUSTRY IS YET OR WHERE THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IS.
AND WE ARE GETTING THEM FROM OKLAHOMA.
DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? OKAY.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE, IF NOT LET OUT ON THE BOARD WE'LL, UH, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
UM, AND MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER POOL.
IS THERE A SECOND? MY BOARD MEMBER
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RENTERIA.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
SAME SIGN ONCE AGAIN, CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[VI.9. 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 Shared Technology Services for licensing and implementation services for a Salesforce Customer Relationship Management system for a base period of one (1) year in an amount not to exceed $1,965,363. ]
APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND SHARED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FOR LICENSING AND IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES FOR A SALESFORCE, SALESFORCE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.SAY THAT THREE TIMES, UH, FOR A BASE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,965,363.
TREVELYAN PRESIDENT CLARK MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM THE CHIEF EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT OFFICER FOR CAPITAL METRO.
AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE PLEASURE OF SHOWING YOU THIS PRESENTATION TODAY ON OUR WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR AN ENTERPRISE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PLATFORM SYSTEM.
SO HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU TO HELP WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS RESOLUTION.
SO THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE, THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE LINE OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS TO CAPTURE CUSTOMER INFORMATION.
AND RIGHT NOW THOSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE SILOED.
WE DON'T HAVE A WAY OF CONNECTING THOSE DISPARATE SYSTEMS. WELL, WE ALSO LACK A 360 DEGREE PROFILE OF OUR CUSTOMERS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DELIVER MORE TARGETED, PERSONALIZED COMMUNICATIONS TO THOSE CUSTOMERS.
AND WE HAVE A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THEN THAT BECOMES FRAGMENTED.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS WHERE WE HAVE CUSTOMERS ENTERING INFORMATION INTO MULTIPLE SYSTEMS. SO WE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE ALL OF THAT CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION IN A SINGLE PLACE.
AND WE HAVE, UH, WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE A PRETTY GOOD SOLUTION IN FRONT OF US.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE DISPARATE SYSTEMS AND WHAT THE, THE LANDSCAPE LOOKS LIKE HERE FOR OUR CUSTOMER DATA.
SO THE ONES THAT ARE THERE TO YOUR, UM, TO YOUR LEFT ARE GOING TO BE SHOWING SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, SOFTWARE PLATFORMS THAT WE USE TO CURRENTLY COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CUSTOMER, OUR CUSTOMERS.
WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH IS A, A MIX BETWEEN A MARKETING AND A COMMUNICATIONS WHERE WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE GOING ONLINE AND GIVING US THEIR FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE CUSTOMER OR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR VIA PHONE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE SERVICE ONE, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY USING THEIR CRM PORTION OF DYNAMICS, UH, WHICH THAT DYNAMIC SOFTWARE IS BEING REPLACED AS A, AS AN ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE USING A PORTION OF THAT DYNAMIC SOFTWARE NOW THAT IS THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CX OR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S OTHER A FEW OTHER SYSTEMS WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING CUSTOMER INFORMATION.
AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO BRING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER TO WHERE WE CAN CONNECT THESE SYSTEMS AND HAVE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF OUR CUSTOMERS, EXCUSE ME.
SO WHAT IS THE CRM IT'S MANAGING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERACTIONS WITH POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND EXISTS IN ADDITION TO OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS, BECAUSE WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING IN COMMUNICATION THAT PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP FOR NEWSLETTERS AND THOSE THINGS, THEY MAY NOT YET BE OUR CUSTOMERS, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THEM SEE THE VALUE OF, OF TRANSIT AND HOPEFULLY BRING THEM ONTO THE SERVICE.
WE ALSO THINK THAT THERE IS VALUE TO HAVING THIS SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH.
SO WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN A SINGLE LOCATION, THERE'S NOT HUNTING AND, AND TRYING TO DISCOVER INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CUSTOMERS IN MULTIPLE SYSTEMS, AND THAT WE WANT TO SEE THIS EVENTUALLY JUST BE A TOTAL BENEFIT TO OUR CUSTOMERS, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO ENTER THEIR INFORMATION INTO MULTIPLE PLACES.
THEY CAN MANAGE THEIR ENTIRE PROFILE FROM ONE SINGLE PLACE.
WE SEE THAT SALESFORCE IS DOING GOOD WORK WITHIN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY.
AND SO I'VE LISTED A FEW OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING WITH SALESFORCE RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE AS A GROWING TREND WITHIN TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY, THAT THEY'RE ADOPTING THESE ENTERPRISE CRM SYSTEMS. SO WE WERE LOOKING TO JOIN THEIR RANKS BY IMPLEMENTING A SALESFORCE SOLUTION.
WHAT OUR SOLUTION HERE FOR GETTING SALESFORCE IS TO GO AND WORK WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES, THE DIR, UH, IN A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT THAT LEVERAGES OUR BUYING POWER THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE SEE SALESFORCE FOR GOVERNMENT IS OFFERED THROUGH THE DIR SHEER TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH A PARTNER DELOITTE TO HELP US WITH THAT, THAT IMPLEMENTATION.
WE ALSO HAVE AN EXISTING INTER-LOCAL LOCAL CONTRACT COVERING THESE
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PROGRAMS. SO, UM, HOLD ON, GETTING US STARTED.SO THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT PROPOSED HERE IS THAT 1.1 0.9 MILLION FOR SOFTWARE AND SERVICES.
IT IS GOING TO REPLACE, AS I MENTIONED, THAT MICROSOFT DYNAMICS CRM THAT WE ARE USING, AND IT'S GOING TO DELIVER 10 INTERNAL SYSTEM INTEGRATION, DESIGN CONFIGURATIONS FOR US.
AND THEN WE WILL BE ASSESSING AND PRIORITIZING TASKS FOR A SECOND ENGAGEMENT AT THE END OF THE COMPLETION OF OUR FIRST ENGAGEMENT AND MAKE AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST COMING BACK FOR 2023 AS WITH JUST ABOUT ANY SOFTWARE PACKAGE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUED INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE INTO THIS, THIS SERVICE.
SO WE DO SEE HOW WE CAN GROW OUR WORK WITH SALESFORCE AND BUILD IT OUT MORE AND MORE, UH, YOU'RE BLINKING.
MUST MY BATTERY MUST BE LOW, I GUESS, BUT I WAS SAYING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK.
THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE AS A PART OF OUR INVESTMENT IN, IN OUR CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TOO, THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SPECIFIC MODULE, THAT'S HELPING US WITH, UH, WITH OUR CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION.
WE SEE THAT THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT, UM, ANNUAL COST FOR THE SOFTWARE IS GOING TO BE AROUND $300,000.
UM, AS WE ADD ON ADDITIONAL MODULES TO SALESFORCE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE WHATEVER THOSE COSTS ARE AFTER WE DO DISCOVERY, BUT THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE INFORMATION FOR AT THIS POINT, UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS FIRST ROUND AND THEN GO INTO A SECOND ROUND OF, OF, OF WORK ON SALESFORCE.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THOSE LATER MODULES, UH, FUNDING, AS IT SAYS HERE, AND THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION IS AVAILABLE IN THE FY 22 BUDGET, AND WE ARE PLANNING FOR IT TO BE COMMITTED THERE AND THE FY 23 BUDGET AS WELL.
I HAD TO, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, UH, RELATED TO SALESFORCE CAPACITY, UM, VOLUME CAPACITY, UM, INTO THE, IN THE FUTURE.
PROBABLY MORE LIKELY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M SURE.
I'M SURE THAT WAS PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT Y'ALL LOOKED AT.
THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT IS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE USED SALESFORCE THAT HAVE DISCOVERED LIMITATIONS OR THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME THAT SALESFORCE CAN HANDLE AT ONE AT ONE TIME.
SO, UM, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO BE SURE AND VET THAT ASPECT OF IT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, I DON'T THINK WE'D HAVE THE KIND OF VOLUME RIGHT NOW THAT IT'D BE AN ISSUE, BUT, UM, INTO THE FUTURE, PERHAPS LOOK INTO THAT, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERED.
THANKS, BRIAN, WHAT FOR YOUR PRESENTATION? WHAT IS GOING BACK TO SLIDE YOUR SLIDE THAT HAD THOSE, UM, UH, HEXAGONS CONNECTED TOGETHER? UM, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR LOOKING AT THOSE, I GUESS, AT YOUR SLIDE THREE OR BACK, WHICH ONES, UM, WHICH ONES ARE THOSE DISPARATE SYSTEMS ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING THE MS. DYNAMICS AT THIS TIME? YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE USING THAT FOR OUR CUSTOMER CARE CENTER.
SO WHEN YOU CALL INTO THE GO LINE AND WE TAKE YOUR INFORMATION THERE, WE CREATE CUSTOMER RECORDS BASED ON WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE TELLING US IN FEEDBACK.
OR THEY'RE ASKING THINGS FROM US THAT WE'RE USING THAT SYSTEM AS OUR CRM.
SO SALESFORCE WOULD REPLACE THAT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK HERE AT THIS, I GUESS WHAT I, I JUST WANT TO GET A FEEL FOR, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE STARTING SMALL, BUT THE INTENT HERE IS, IS THAT THEN WE CAN SCALE OUT, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT A SYSTEM LIKE A METRO BIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, CUSTOMERS GO INTO METRO BIKE IN THOSE SYSTEMS TO CREATE CUSTOMER INFORMATION RECORDS.
THERE'S, THEY'RE CREATING ACCOUNTS.
OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO WHEN A CUSTOMER CREATES AN ACCOUNT WITH CAP METRO, THEY'RE CREATING A SINGLE ACCOUNT.
THAT'S BEING ABLE TO BE SHARED ACROSS ALL THOSE SYSTEMS. UH, BUT THAT WILL BE IN LATER WORK THAT WE HAVE WITH SALESFORCE.
THAT IS OUR GOAL, SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE ONE ACCOUNT WITH US BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE RELATIONSHIP WITH US.
AND THEN WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT RELATIONSHIP LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THOSE DIFFERENT SERVICES.
AND CAN YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO, UM, RELATE TO US HOW THIS WILL FIT INTO THE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED? FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UM, UH, AS WE'RE MOVING TO THE ACCOUNT-BASED ACCOUNT-BASED SYSTEMS, HOW WILL THIS HELP
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FIT TOGETHER AS PART OF THAT PUZZLE, AS WE'RE MAKING THIS MOVE TO NEC, TO I'D SAY NEXT GENERATION, IN SOME WAYS I HATE TO SAY IT, IT FEELS KIND OF LIKE IN SOME WAYS, CURRENT GENERATION WITH THE ABILITY TO EXPAND TO NEXT GENERATION SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE SYSTEMS TO MORE FULLY INTEGRATE AND GET THAT 360 EXPERIENCE, THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON CAT METRO'S DATA WAREHOUSE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, OUR HOUSE IS WORK WOULD BE WORKING ON THIS TOO.SO WE'RE, WE ARE WORKING WITHIN THE SAME PLACES.
AND, AND BECAUSE WE REALIZED WE'RE GOING TO BE TOUCHING THE SAME DATABASES FOR THIS INFORMATION, BUT THE CRM IS USED AS A, AS AN ENTRY POINT FOR THE RELATIONSHIP ACTIVITIES AND MANAGEMENT OF THOSE, THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMING FROM OTHER SYSTEMS. SO EVENTUALLY THEY WILL ALL BE INTEGRATED, BUT DOES TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT INTEGRATION.
SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEXT ON OUR LIST FOR THAT SECOND ENGAGEMENT WITH SALESFORCE WOULD BE THE WHAT'S CALLED THEIR MARKETING MODULE OF SALESFORCE.
WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US TO LOOK AT AS A NEXT ITERATION IS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THIS SALES INFORMATION FROM OUR CUSTOMERS IN BITE MARK, AND ANOTHER SYSTEMS LIKE WE LOOKED AT WITH, WITH METRO BIKE.
AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO USE THAT INFORMATION TO BETTER COMMUNICATE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR METRO ALERTS FOR ROUTES THAT THEY WANT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ON IN A SEPARATE SYSTEM.
AND WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO AS A COMMUNICATOR IS WHEN WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT ROUTE, OR IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THAT AREA, THERE'S ONE LOCATION THAT I CAN GO TO FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE OUT TO THOSE CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY THERE, OR WE HAVE A ROUTE SERVICE UPDATE.
WE HAVE A DETOUR THAT'S IN THAT AREA.
AND RIGHT NOW THOSE SYSTEMS JUST AREN'T CONNECTED.
SO ULTIMATELY I GUESS FROM A I I'M A VISUAL LEARNER.
AND SO WHAT LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE AGAIN, THIS SLIDE THREE, THE LONG-TERM BIG PICTURE HERE WOULD BE THAT ALL OF THESE WOULD BE THE SAME COLOR, ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE FUNDAMENTALLY BECAUSE THEY THEY'D IN SOME WAY CONNECT UNDER THE SAME SALESFORCE CONTENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IDEALLY THEY'D ALL BE INTERLINKED.
ALL THESE TOUCH POINTS WOULD BE INTERLINKED, CORRECT.
THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER WAY THAT I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT IS THEY WOULD BE INTERLINKED.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING, UM, WHITE SPACE BETWEEN EACH ONE OF THOSE EXTRA GUNS, WE WOULD HAVE THEM CONNECTED, UH, WITH SOME SORT OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE.
AND SO WHAT WE HOPE YOU'RE ASKING US TODAY IS REALLY THE STARTING POINT TO ALLOW YOU THEN TO, TO SCALE OUT AND BUILD THIS OUT, WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IN, IN MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUS TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED WITH THE UPGRADES TO BITE MARK AND TO THE DATA WAREHOUSE, OR ALL KINDS OF LIKE INTEGRATE THREE ARE ON PARALLEL TRACKS, BUT IT'S LIKE THREE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE LARGER PUZZLE TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT, MORE NIMBLE, MORE CUSTOMER FOCUSED AND FRIENDLY, WHICH AGAIN, TIES BACK TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE JUST APPROVED.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF, OF QUESTIONS AS WE GO FORWARD.
PROBABLY NOT TO ASK TODAY, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT THE DATA MIGRATION PLAN LOOKS LIKE, HOW YOU'RE TAKING DATA FROM WHERE IT IS AND MOVING IT TO WHERE YOU NEED IT TO BE.
UH, BECAUSE THAT OWNERSHIP IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT, WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE DATA AND, AND WHERE IS IT STORED? UH, DATA SECURITY IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AS WE ARE OUTWARD FACING AND ALLOWING PEOPLE INTO OUR SYSTEM, SECURITY IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL BECAUSE OF THE HACKING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THE FIREWALLS ARE APPROPRIATE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE MATERIALS THAT WE NEED, BUT MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS THAT DON'T NEED TO HAVE ACCESS.
UH, WE'LL WE'LL, UH, WE'LL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ACCESS.
WE'VE HAD TO WORK THROUGH THAT, UH, AT TRAVIS COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, HACKING IS BECOMING A HUGE PROBLEM, TAKING YOUR DATA AND SELLING IT BACK TO YOU.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A MIGRATION PLAN.
UH, WE KNOW ABOUT OWNERSHIP AND STORAGE.
UH, WE HAVE WE'VE CONTEMPLATED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TYPES OF FIREWALLS THAT WE NEED AND, AND PROTECT THE ACCESS THAT PARTICULARLY TO OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. YEAH, NO, THAT'S BEEN A STRONG CONSIDERATION OF THE DATA WAREHOUSE PROJECT AS WELL.
WE WOULD WANT TO APPLY THOSE SAME STANDARDS HERE TO, OKAY.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UH, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON AND BOARD MEMBER ROSS.
AS IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION ON NUMBER NINE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
UM, ALL, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING, AYE, IF YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM AND IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN HEARING, NONE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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THANK YOU.[VI.10. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Dell Marketing, LP for a Planview Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system and implementation services for a base period of one (1) year with two (2) one-year option periods in an amount not to exceed $837,227 (Part 1 of 2)]
10 APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH DELL MARKETING LP FOR A PLAIN VIEW PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES FOR BASE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH TWO ONE-YEAR OPTIONAL PERIODS, UH, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $837,227.I'M A TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM PROGRAM MANAGER, AND AS HE CAMPAIGNED TO, UH, CHAIR TREVELYAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN, UM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND, UH, PRESENT CEO CLARK, UM, THIS ITEM IS, UM, USED FOR, TO MANAGE OUR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UH, IT IS MEANT TO REPLACE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.
THERE'S A CUSTOM BELT AND, UM, AND IS A ENTERPRISE PROJECT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
UM, THIS ONE WITH PLAN VIEW IS AN AUSTIN BASED COMPANY THAT IS, UM, IT WOULD INTEGRATE WITH OUR DO ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM PROVIDED BY ORACLE CLOUD FUSION AND WOULD LIKE, UH, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, CHERYL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE HONOR BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
SEE, LOOKING AROUND FOR A SECOND.
IS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER BOARD DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
[VI.11. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Parkeon Inc, (dba Flowbird) for Ticket Vending Machines (TVM) for a base period of one (1) year with five (5) one-year option periods in an amount not to exceed $1,974,198.]
APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH PARK JAAN INC DBA FLOW BIRD FOR TICKET TICKET VENDING MACHINES, UH, FOR A BASE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH FIVE ONE YEAR OPTION TEARY IT'S IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,974,198.SO YEAH, SO FOR THIS ITEM IS WITH OUR EXISTING, UH, TICKET VENDING MACHINES THAT ARE OUT IN THE SERVICE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE B THEN INCLUDES THE FEDERAL CLAUSES.
SO WE CAN, UM, BE COMPLIANT WITH BUY AMERICA AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, GRANTS TO FUND FUTURE SERVICE PROJECTS LIKE METRO RAPID AND OUR PARKING RIGHTS.
UM, AND SO, UM, WITH THIS CONTRACT, IT'S ALSO, UH, WHEN I NOTE THAT THE BASE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT IS $1,749,725.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S A 10% CUT TENDENCY, WHICH BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 1,974,000 1 98.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD AND QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS HEARING? NONE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM K BOARD MEMBER OR A MEMBER KITCHEN MOST.
BOARD MEMBER POOL, A SECONDS, THE MOTION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
UM, LET'S SEE ALL, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE, IF YOU APPROVE, UM, UM, AND SAME TIME, IF YOU DO NOT APPROVE HEARING NONE ON THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AGAIN, THANK YOU.
[VI.12. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Luminator, Inc for ePaper Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) for a base period of one (1) year with five (5) one-year option periods in an amount not to exceed $3,233,471.]
12 APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT, A CONTRACT WITH LUMINATOR INC FOR EACH PAPER DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS FOR BASE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH FIVE, ONE YEAR OPTION PERIODS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3 MILLION, $233,471.UM, SO THIS CONTRACT IS FOR OUR EPAPER SCIENCE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 180 SIGNS OUT IN OUR SERVICE, AND THIS WOULD PROVIDE UP TO 200 SIGNS OVER THE BASE AND FIVE-YEAR OPTION PERIOD.
THE CONTRACT BASIS OR AWARD AMOUNT IS $2,939,518.
AND THEN THERE'S A 10% CONTINGENCY.
AND THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO THE 3 MILLION, 230, 2 30 $3,471.
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TH THIS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A QUESTION FOR YOU, SIR, BUT IT MAY BE, UM, I NOTICED RECENTLY HERE THERE'VE BEEN A, UM, A SLEW OF, UH, VANDALISM OF THESE PAPER DYNAMIC MESSAGING SIGNS.UM, IS IT, DOES THIS, UM, TH TH THE, THE EXPENDITURES OF THESE NEW ONES INCLUDE BY CHANCE THE ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, I GUESS, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, COVER, COVER PROTECTIONS, UH, SHATTERPROOF GLASS OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO PRESENT IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY TOOK A DAG ON BASEBALL BAT TO THE 8 0 1 TO THE EPAPER SIGN IT TO, TO THESE, UH, THESE DMS IS, UH, AT SEVERAL OF THE 8 0 1 STATIONS HERE RECENTLY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN PREVENT A FORCE OF A BASEBALL BAT GOING UP AGAINST ONE OF THESE THINGS, BUT YEAH, AND SO THE GLASS HAS BEEN IMPROVED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO BE MORE VANDALISM RESISTANT.
AND THEN WE ALSO, AT THE WEST GATE TRANSIT CENTER, WE PUT A SHROUD AROUND IT TO PULL IN CASE THE SIGN AND ADD FURTHER PROTECTION.
AND THAT'D BE PART OF, UM, OTHER DESIGNS WITH OUR STATIONS, LIKE FOR METRO RAPID AND PARTNER RIGHTS.
BUT THESE, THESE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, THEY'VE GOT EVEN MORE IMPROVED.
YEAH, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT VANDALISM RESISTANT GLASS.
AND THEN AS PART OF OUR DESIGN, UM, I THINK IT WAS, WENT TO THE BOARD A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
WE'RE PUTTING SHROUDS AROUND THE SIGNS TO ADD FURTHER PROTECTION.
AND ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, I GUESS, HAVE, HAVE WE CONSIDERED THINGS LIKE PUTTING CAMP, SETTING UP CAMERAS STRATEGICALLY TO AT LEAST IDENTIFY, UM, WHOMEVER MIGHT BE DAMAGING THEM TO, YEAH.
SO ALL OF OUR RAPID STATIONS HAVE CAMERAS 360 CAMERAS TO COVER THE ENTIRE AREA AND, UM, AND PARK RIGHTS.
DO YOU HAVE CAMERAS? SO WE, YEAH, WE HAVE, UM, YEAH.
AND THERE, I HEARD REPORTS THAT WE, UM, HAVE, OR OBSERVED, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SIGNS ARE BEING DAMAGED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
K BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON IS MAKES THE MOTION.
IS THERE, IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.
BOARD MEMBER POOL, WHICH HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED, UH, THAT, UH, THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 12.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
UM, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM.
UH, I, AND UM, IF, IF YOU DO NOT APPROVE THE MOTION, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
[VI.13. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with AT&T for telecommunication services for four (4) years in an amount not to exceed $740,260. ]
APPROVAL OF, UH, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OR N Z O OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH AT AND T FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR FOUR YEARS AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $740,260.YOU'RE GETTING QUITE A WORKOUT.
SO, UM, YEAH, THIS IS THE LAST ITEM I'LL BE PRESENTING.
AND SO FOR THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S WITH, UM, OUR AT AND T SERVICE.
SO IT COVERS, UM, CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES, UM, AND THEY'RE USED THROUGHOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UM, AND, AND FACILITIES.
SO, UM, THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE FROM APRIL, 2022 TO MARCH, 2026.
UM, YOU HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS BOARD, GO AHEAD.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON, QUICK QUESTION.
I FELT WE JUST APPROVED SOMETHING WITH VERIZON.
DO WE HAD YOUR BETS AND USE BOTH OF THEM? WE DO.
SO, UM, SO BOTH CONTRACTS ARE THROUGH THE TEXAS DAR AND SO YEAH, LAST MONTH WAS VERIZON.
THIS MONTH IS T AND WE'VE USED BOTH TO OUR ADVANTAGE WHERE, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT SUPPORTS DUAL, DUAL SIMS, OR MORE WHERE WE CAN HAVE REDUNDANCY AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALSO JUST BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM COMPETE ON PRICING TO ALRIGHT, NICE KITCHEN.
ANYONE ELSE? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
UM, BOARD MEMBER POOL MAKES THE MOTION.
BOARD MEMBER COOPER, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE.
ITEM NUMBER 13, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
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KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
DO YOU MIND IF I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT, GO AHEAD AND PUT, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO THANK JONATHAN STEPHEN SULLY'S SLAIN.
THIS WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
AND JONATHAN GOT TAP FROM THE BULLPEN, JUMPED RIGHT IN AND TOOK FOUR ITEMS AND ALL WAS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE JONATHAN JUMPING IN TO DO THAT.
IT WON'T BE THAT EASY NEXT TIME.
[VI.14. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a settlement agreement with Watco Companies, L.L.C., Austin Western Railroad, L.L.C, and Herzog Transit Services, Inc. in connection with damages resulting from a train derailment that occurred on September 22, 2018 in the amount of $425,000 from Capital Metro and other compensation from the parties.]
APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENCY OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH WHAT KOCH COMPANIES, LLC, AUSTIN, WESTERN RAILROAD LLC, AND HERZOG TRANSIT SERVICES, INC.IN CONNECTION WITH DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A TRAIN DERAILMENT THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2018 IN THE AMOUNT OF $425,000 FROM CAP, UH, FROM CAPITAL METRO AND OTHER COMPENSATION FROM THE PARTIES DISCUSSION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN TREVELYAN VICE CHAIR, KITCHEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND CEO CLARK I'M ELISE NILAND, DEPUTY COUNSEL.
AND AS YOU SAID, I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CAP METRO HERZOG TRANSIT SERVICES WAKO AND ITS SUBSIDIARY AUSTIN WESTERN RAILROAD LLC.
UM, THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RELATES TO A LAWSUIT OVER DAMAGES CAUSED BY TRAIN DERAILMENT THAT OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN BRIEFED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE DERAILMENT, THE LAWSUIT, THIS PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT UNDER THE AGREEMENT, LIKE YOU SAID, THE, UM, WAKO UM, AND AUSTIN WESTERN RAILROAD WILL DISMISS THE LAWSUIT AND RELEASE CAP, METRO AND HERZOG FROM ANY LIABILITY RELATED TO THE EDITORIAL MINT AND CONSIDERATION OF THE $425,000 FROM CAP METRO AND OTHER, UM, CONSIDERATION OR COMPENSATION FROM HER SOCK.
UM, WE BELIEVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PARTIES WE RECOMMEND APPROVING IT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND I DID ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN SOME, UM, MADE SOME CONTRACTUAL MODIFICATIONS THAT WILL HELP PREVENT THIS CIRCUMSTANCES FROM, UM, OCCURRING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
BOARD MEMBER COOPER MAKES THE MOTION SAC BOARD MEMBER STRATTON SECONDS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE ALL IN FAVOR.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING I POSED SAME SIGN HEARING.
NONE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[VI.15. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute an amendment to extend the term of the Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with the University of Texas for Regional Bus Rapid Transit Services until April 15, 2027.]
UH, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT ILA, UH, WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOR REGIONAL BUS, RAPID TRANSIT SERVICES.AND, UH, UNTIL APRIL 15TH, 2027, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
CHERISH PAVILION VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT CEO CLARK.
I'M KEN CARBIDE, VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TO LOCATE MENTAL RAPID STATIONS ALONG THE GUADALUPE CORRIDOR, PARTIALLY WITHIN THE PROPERTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CAMPUS.
THE AGENCY ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY IN 2012 PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRENT METRO RAPID ROUTES.
AND THAT WAS A TEN-YEAR AGREEMENT AND IT PROVIDED PROVISIONS FOR TWO FIVE-YEAR EXTENSIONS.
AND SO THIS IS REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO EXERCISE THE FIRST EXTENSION FOR FIVE YEARS THROUGH 2027.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? GO AHEAD.
UM, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO ANY CHANGES IN THE AGREEMENT AT THIS POINT AND OR ANY POTENTIAL TO MAKE CHANGES IF NEEDED IN THE FUTURE AS WE WORK ON PROJECT CONNECT? CERTAINLY THERE ARE NO CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE AMENDMENT FOR THIS FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND WE WORK WITH THEM CONTINUOUSLY AS THE PROJECT CONNECT IMPROVEMENTS EVOLVE.
SO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, I WOULD ASSUME TO AMEND IT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS
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HEARING NONE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.K BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN WITH THE MOTION AND BOARD MEMBER INTO REAL WITH THE SECOND CASE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[VI.10. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Dell Marketing, LP for a Planview Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system and implementation services for a base period of one (1) year with two (2) one-year option periods in an amount not to exceed $837,227 (Part 2 of 2)]
TO THE CHAIR'S ATTENTION THAT, UH, THERE, THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT ITEM NUMBER 10.SO APOLOGIZE THAT THE, THE SCRIPT, UH, CONTAINED AN ERROR IN THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT ITEM.
SO THE CORRECT AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY A FI A $5,000 DIFFERENCE.
UM, BUT SEE, THE CORRECT AMOUNT IS $841,197.
THE AMOUNT WAS POSTED CORRECTLY ONLINE.
IT'S THE PACKET WHERE IT WAS NOT POSTED CORRECTLY.
SO THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER INTO RHEA.
UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION WITH THE PROPER AMOUNT, UH, SO THAT, SO THAT, UM, THAT WE WILL MAKE EVERYTHING WORK.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, DO WE NEED TO RESEND THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS ONE AND THEN REDO? YES, WE'RE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO RESEND IT AND TREAT IT AS, AS, AS AN AMENDMENT.
SO IF, IF A BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, THE MOTION WOULD BE FOR $841,197.
AND IS THAT OKAY WITH THE SECOND AS WELL? ALL RIGHT.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
THAT ITEM NUMBER 10 WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD CHANGE THE AMOUNT TO THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT, WHICH IS $841,000, $141,197.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
THANK YOU FOR INDULGING THE CHAIR.
[VI.16. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. for the Design-Build of the McKalla Station Project for $14,464,300 and $2,169,645 (15%) contingency for a total not to exceed amount of $16,633,945.]
16.UM, ITEM NUMBER 16, READS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNATE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH STACY AND WICK WIT BECK, INC FOR THE DESIGN BUILD OF THE MCCALLA STATION PROJECT FOUR $14,464,300 AND $2,169,645, WHICH IS 15% CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $16,633,945 DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU AGAIN, CHURCH PAVILION.
I DO HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU, BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE WAS A 15% DBE GOAL ESTABLISHED FOR THIS CONTRACT AND STACY AND WETBACK IS PROPOSING TO MEET THAT.
I DID ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO FOR THE MCCALLA RAIL STATION PROJECT, AUSTIN MLS IS CONTRIBUTING $3 MILLION TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATION.
AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, ATP PROJECT CONNECT IS CONTRIBUTING A TOTAL OF $25 MILLION FOR RED LINE IMPROVEMENTS.
SOME OF WHICH WILL BE APPLIED TO THE MCCALLA MCCALLA RAIL STATION.
AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ALSO RELATED TO THE MCCALLA RAIL STATION.
SO I'LL COVER THAT IN THESE SLIDES JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME BACKGROUND.
IF YOU RECALL, FROM PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR RAIL STATION, WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE, BUT CONNECTED PROJECTS THAT WE'RE BUILDING HERE.
WE TODAY ARE SPEAKING ABOUT PROJECT NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE STATION AREA ITSELF.
WHILE PROJECT NUMBER ONE IS THE DOUBLE TRACKING THAT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY FROM CAPITOL METRO'S NORTH OPERATIONAL FACILITY THROUGH THE RAIL STATION AND CONNECTING WITH OUR EXISTING DOUBLE TRACKING AT OUR KRAMER STATION.
AND IN THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, YOU SEE HERE, YOU SEE Q2 STADIUM IN THE GREEN RECTANGLE AT THE EXCUSE ME, TRIANGLE AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE, YOU SEE THE YELLOW LINE INDICATING WHERE THE RAIL STATION IS.
AND THEN THE RAIL, THE RED LINE INDICATES THE DOUBLE TRACKING SECTION ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH OPS TO CROSSING BREAKER LANE TO THE EXISTING, UH, KRAMER, DOUBLE TRACKING.
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PROJECT NUMBER ONE, WHICH WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU IN A FEW MONTHS FOR ACTION INCLUDES THAT DOUBLE TRACKING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, SIGNALIZATION, POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL MODIFICATIONS, AND A FEW ROAD CROSSINGS THERE.THAT PROJECT NUMBER ONE ALSO INCLUDES A NEW SHARED USE PATH, CONNECTING PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES FROM BREAKER LANE TO THE STATION AREA ITSELF.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY VERY CLOSELY ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT SHARED YOUTH PASS SHARED USE PATH OCCURS, BUT TODAY'S CONTRACT IS RELATED TO THE DESIGN BUILD PROJECT.
THIS IS THE TWO REGULAR PLATFORMS AND ONE SPECIAL EVENT PLATFORM THAT WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING AT THIS SITE, AS WELL AS THE CANOPY AND ALL THE NORMAL CUSTOMER AMENITIES AT OUR RAIL STATION, INCLUDING CROWD CONTROL AND SAFETY PROVISIONS.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, IT WILL BE RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRM THAT WE HIRE TO COORDINATE BETWEEN THESE TWO CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS DO ALL THE INSPECTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY ON THIS PROJECT.
SO THE DESIGN BUILD PROJECT, WE DID RECEIVE FOUR PROPOSALS.
STACY WHITBECK WAS THE RECOMMENDED FROM BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND PAST EXPERIENCE WITH SIMILAR STATION WORK.
AND THEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, WE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSALS AND A WRECKING RECOMMENDING HILL INTERNATIONAL.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM JUST MOMENTARILY, BUT WE ARE FORECASTING THE COMPLETION OF THIS STATION IN THE FALL OF 2023.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH HERE IS THE STATION AREA THERE IN THE FOREGROUND AND THE REAR OF THE Q2 STADIUM THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN HERE'S AN, A RENDERING OF WHAT THE FUTURE STATION WILL LOOK LIKE AND THE CONNECTION FROM DELTA DRIVE ACROSS THE TRACKS INTO THE STADIUM.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT WE'LL REMEMBER POOL.
HI, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE ALL PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS RAIL STATION AT THE, UM, CALLA STADIUM, Q2 STADIUM.
UM, SO I, I, I THINK JUST THREE QUESTIONS, WHAT, UM, SORT OF WAYFINDING WILL THE, UM, CAP METRO BE PROVIDING TO HELP PEOPLE FIND, FIND THEIR WAY, IF THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY, MAYBE THEY'RE AT A BUS STATION COMING SOUTH OR, OR, UM, THE LOW THE STADIUM TO, OR TO THE NORTH TO GET TO Q2.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING BETWEEN OUR MARKETING GROUP WHO DESIGNS THE WAYFINDING SYSTEMS FOR CAPITAL METRO AND KEVIN HAD DRAWN GENERAL, UH, WITH OUR DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTOR.
SO WE'LL BE PARTNERING BETWEEN OUR MARKETING ENTITY AND STACY WENT BACK TO CREATE THAT WAYFINDING PACKAGE AS PART OF THE COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR THE STATIONARY, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING CONNECTIONS.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ASK YOU ALSO TO WORK WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CIP PROGRAM, BECAUSE THERE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THIS AREA, PRIMARILY AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF VERNON AND BREAKER IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE AND FACILITATE ALL THESE CHANGES.
AND I WAS TALKING WITH THEM LAST WEEK ABOUT WAYFINDING AS WELL, AND THEY'LL BE BRINGING IN FROM OTHER AREAS.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT ALL TIED TOGETHER AND COORDINATE IT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY BE STAR TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WAYFINDING.
WELL, ANY OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE CONTRACTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN 16 AND 17, BE FUNDED THROUGH THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, AND IF SO, TO WHAT EXTENT A PORTION OF THE FUNDING DESIGNATED FOR RED LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS.
AND ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE AUSTIN, UM, MLS TEAM WILL BE CONTRIBUTING THREE, $3 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.
THAT WAS THE 3 MILLION THAT WAS PROMISED BACK WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT FOR THE STADIUM TO BE LOCATED AT THIS AT THIS POINT, IS THAT 3 MILLION STILL GOING TO BE, UM, PARCELED OUT OVER LIKE 10 YEARS? SO IT'S ACTUALLY 300,000 OVER IN EACH OF EACH YEAR AT THE 10 YEARS.
IT WILL BE PARCELED OUT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UM, AND THEN DO YOU YET KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT THE PARTNERSHIP WILL BE CONTRIBUTING, UM, THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP? SO THE, SO THE $16 MILLION, WHICH IS ALLOCATED FOR THIS FUND, WE'LL BE, UM, UTILIZING A PORTION OF THAT $25 MILLION CONTRIBUTION MINUS THE 3 MILLION W WE'LL BE PAYING THE 3 MILLION UPFRONT, THEY AUSTIN MLS TEAMS PART, AND THEN IT WILL BE REIMBURSED OVER TIME FOR PORTION OF IT.
SO, UH, SO NOW I'M CONFUSED, IT'S A $16 MILLION CONTRACT, 16.6.
WHAT IS THE 25 MILLION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO 20, 25 MILLION IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, THROUGH THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM THAT WILL BE CONTRIBUTED TO REDLINE IMPROVEMENTS IN GENERAL.
AND SO THIS WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE RED LINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
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SORRY, I WASN'T CLEAR ON OKAY.AND THAT COMES FROM THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PROJECT CONNECT.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, I KNOW THAT I'M OPENING THIS BEAUTIFUL STATION UP NEXT YEAR, ABOUT 18 MONTHS FROM NOW.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE HAD REALLY GOOD PROGRESS ON THE NORTHERN STATION AT, UM, THE DOMAIN, UM, AT UPTOWN ATX.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISMANTLE THE, THE KRAMER STATION.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED ON THIS AGENDA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO GET A SENSE ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE KRAMER STATION, WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BE FOR THAT, UM, THAT AREA OF THE, OF THE CITY WITH REGARD TO KENT METRO, THAT, THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
IT WOULDN'T BE REMOVED WHEN THESE TWO STATIONS ARE COMPLETED.
THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PROJECT.
SO JUST TEEING THAT UP EARLY, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME, UH, JUST KIND OF A PROJECT SCOPE AND TIMELINE FOR GOT IT.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO MOVE APPROVAL OF, UH, ITEM 16.
SO AFTER, AFTER BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON ASKS HIS QUESTION, THEN A CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN THAT MUCH.
MR. CHAIR CAN JUST PIGGYBACK ON A BOARD MEMBER POOLS QUESTION THE RELATE IN RELATION TO THE $25 MILLION, PARTIALLY THOSE THE $25 MILLION FUNDS FOR ME FROM ATP.
UM, HAVE THOSE FUNDS ALREADY BEEN, UM, ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED OVER AND ALLOCATED FOR, UH, AS A WHOLE RD GIVEN TO, OR TRANSFERRED OVER FROM ATP TO CAP METRO FOR USE OF THE RED LINE IMPROVEMENTS COLLECTIVELY GOING FORWARD? I DON'T WORRY.
SO WE WERE OKAY, BUT, BUT THE PLAN IS THAT, THAT, THAT IS THAT AS PART OF THE ILA THAT IS EARMARKED, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF $25 MILLION AT SOME POINT BETWEEN NOW THAT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED YOUR MARK ALLOCATED AND IT'S IN THE ILA THAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BE EXPENDED FOR.
AND THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT, THAT INCLUDES DOUBLE TRACKING THAT THE NEW DOUBLE TRACKING PRO UH, SEGMENTS THAT INCLUDES, UM, CONSTRUCTION ON THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UM, UP AND DOWN THE LINE THAT INCLUDES SOME PORTION, THIS, SOME PORTIONS OF THE UPTOWN ATX STATION, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS GENERICALLY RED LINE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP BENEFIT THE ENTIRE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM OVERALL.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT THAT I'VE GOT IS, MAN, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS BETWEEN THE 16 MILLION THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING HERE, PLUS THE, THE THREE THAT OVER TIME IS GOING TO BE REIMBURSED TO US.
AND THEN PLUS THE, UM, THE OTHER CONTRACT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO APPROVE YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $20 MILLION, MAN.
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHEN WE DID, WHEN WE JUST SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE DOING THAT, THAT LITTLE OLD DOWNTOWN STATION, RIGHT.
CUT COSTS HAVE DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY ACCELERATED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAPPENING VERY MUCH SO.
BUT IT, THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE WORTH IT WHEN WE GET, WHEN THAT GOES INTO FRUITION.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 18 MONTHS, YOU'RE LOOKING TO TAKE IN A, BASICALLY A FIELD AND A COUPLE OF DEAD ENDS AND TURNING IT INTO THAT BEAUTIFUL THING RIGHT THERE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY BOARD MEMBER POOL.
I HAD A FEELING STRATTON WOULD SECOND THAT ONE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
NOW WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO 15 WHERE THE PRESENTATION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
SO, UM, THAT SHOULD BE 17,000.
[VI.17. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Hill International for Construction Management Services for the McKalla Rail Station Project for $1,809,061 plus $180,906 (10% contingency) for a total not to exceed amount of $1,989,967. ]
YEAH.UH, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE DESIGNATED TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH HILL INTERNATIONAL FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE MCCALLA RAIL STATION PROJECT FOR $1,809,061 PLUS $180,906, A 10% CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $1,989,967.
THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT WILL BE 21 MONTHS FROM THE NOTICE TO PROCEED.
UM, BOARD MEMBER POOL MAKES THE MOTION BOARD MEMBER STRATTON MAKES THE SECOND.
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ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 17, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[VI.18. Approval of the Project Connect Community Advisory Committee (CAC) bylaws.]
18 APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CAC BYLAWS, THE CAC BYLAWS, PLEASE PROCEED.UM, HELLO AGAIN, I'M EDNA PARRA MANAGER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND I AM NOW HERE TO PROVIDE YOU THE UPDATED PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE BYLAWS FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
I'M GOING TO LOOK AT MY NOTES AND THERE'S A LOT OF ABBREVIATIONS.
UM, AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT REQUIRES THAT THE, UH, CAC BYLAWS BE APPROVED BY ALL THREE BODIES.
UM, CITY OF AUSTIN CAB, METRO AND ATP, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON APPROVALS ATP APPROVE THIS IN JANUARY THE CITY PLANS TO TAKE THIS, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY APRIL.
AND I'M HERE TODAY FOR A CAP METRO'S APPROVAL.
UM, TWO OTHER THINGS TO NOTE STAFF ATTORNEYS HAVE VERIFIED THAT THE BYLAWS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE JPA AND THE ILA BETWEEN THE CITY AND CAB METRO THAT CREATED ATP AND THE CAC ORIGINALLY.
UM, AND SECOND, UM, THE BYLAWS WERE DEVELOPED BY THE CAC AND ARE BASED ON THE ORIGINAL INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND CAP METRO AND SUBSEQUENT JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS.
UM, AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, UM, I'M HAPPY TO, JUST TO COMMENT, THE CITY COUNCIL DID ALREADY APPROVED THIS, SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS.
UM, LET'S SEE IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS AND I DON'T SEE ANY, UM, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTION.
BOARD MEMBER STRATTON MAKES A, MAKES A SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THE PROJECT TO NEC COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE BYLAWS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE ALL IN FAVOR.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[VI.19. Approval of Updates to the Board of Directors Advisory Committees Policy.]
19.AND NUMBER 19 APPROVAL OF UPDATES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S POLICY, PLEASE PROCEED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR TO CIVILIAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRESENT CEO CLARK.
UH, MY NAME IS ILO WILLIAMS. I'M THE STAFF ATTORNEY HERE AT CAP METRO.
AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF UPDATES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COMMITTEES POLICY.
THIS POLICY WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING, UH, AT THAT TIME CHANGES WERE REQUESTED AND THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE, UH, VERSION OF THE POLICY BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UM, I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE TWO CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THE POLICY.
THE FIRST IS A NEW SECTION TWO H UH, WE MODIFIED THE STEPS TO THE BOARD RECEIVING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CLARIFY THE INTENT AND ALSO IN NEW SECTION TO M YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ADDRESS TRANSPARENCY TO ENSURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE OPEN AND MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
OTHERWISE, ALL THE CHANGES WE DISCUSSED AT THEIR LAST MEETING REMAIN.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM, FROM THE BOARD? YES.
I THINK I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT DOCUMENT.
UM, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE MEMBERSHIP, UM, THE RED LINE VERSION UNDER TO A, UM, YES.
I JUST WANT A QUESTION ABOUT, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE REFERENCE, THE LAST LINE OF TWO, A SPEAKS TO POOR PER BOARD BYLAWS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES MAY NOT SERVE ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
THE REFERENCE TO THE BOARD BYLAWS IS THAT CAPITAL METRO BOARD BYLAWS CAP, METRO BOARD, AND BY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
DOES IT MEAN, UH, ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT ANY ELECTED BOARD IN THE, UM, IN THE CAP METRO SERVICE AREAS THAT I'M TRYING? THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION IS, UM, THAT'S PRETTY BROAD BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REALLY SMALLER ENTITIES THAT AREN'T TRANSPORTATION RELATED.
I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT WE WOULDN'T THAT FOR A LOT OF OUR, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS, IT WOULD MAKE
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SENSE TO HAVE, UH, TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT SERVE ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES.IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY SET PROHIBITION.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, WE, I CAN, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN THE BOARD BYLAWS AND THEY DON'T FURTHER, IT IS BROAD AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE DEFINE THE TERMS. UM, DO YOU THINK IT'D BE LEGAL TO SAY POOR BERBER THERE YOU GO.
I JUST WONDER HOW STRATTON SURVIVE.
WOULD IT BE LEGAL TO SAY PER BOARD BYLAWS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES MAY NOT SERVE ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD? WOULD THAT BE ILLEGAL? I THINK THAT WOULD BE LEGAL.
AND I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THE BOARD BYLAWS WILL BE UP FOR REVIEW, UM, THIS, THIS YEAR.
AND SO THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND, UM, THIS RESTRICTION IN THE BOARD BULLETS, BUT I THINK WE CAN UNLESS OTHERWISE, BECAUSE IF WE SAY UNLESS OTHERWISE, UM, WHAT DID I SAY? DID I SAY APPROVED OR IN THIS OTHER WAY? AND SO THE BOARD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OTHERWISE DETERMINE IF IT WASN'T LEGAL.
AND, UM, THE ONLY REASON I'M SUGGESTING THAT IS ALTHOUGH I CANNOT THINK OF A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT.
I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE ON LIKE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, OR MAYBE WITH OUR SMALLER CITIES, MAYBE ON SMALLER ENTITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE A BOARD THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE THEM ON.
SO, AND THIS, THIS, UM, THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING HERE ALLOWS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY KIND OF, UM, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, AND ALLOWS FOR CREATING ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND SETTING WHAT THE ROLES OF THOSE ARE.
SO I'M JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF, UM, THE FUTURE AND HAVING AN OPEN-ENDED THAT IT MIGHT BE MORE IMPORTANT TO ALLOW THAT FLEXIBILITY IN HERE.
IF, IF, UH, IF MY COLLEAGUES AGREED, THEN, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THAT AMENDMENT.
SO WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE, UH, WE PULL IT DOWN AND REVISIT THAT IDEA AND BRING IT BACK.
NO, I'M SUGGESTING AN AMENDMENT TO JUST ADD A CLAUSE TO THE END OF THAT SENTENCE THAT SAYS UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD.
LET'S, UM, LET'S TAKE A FURTHER DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.
UM, I, IF I MAY, I'D TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER IF IT'S ALREADY ADDRESSED IN THE BYLAWS AND WE'RE TOLD THAT THE BYLAWS ARE GOING TO COME TO US WITH SOME UPDATES ANYWAY, WHY DON'T WE JUST STRIKE THE WHOLE SENTENCE WE COULD DO THAT.
I'D BE ON FOR THAT, BUT JUST BECAUSE I THINK I, A VICE CHAIR, I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I'M JUST RUNNING THROUGH THE, THROUGH TRAPS IN MY HEAD THAT I COULD SEE A SITUATION WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE A, MAYBE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM, FROM MAINE OR LAGO VISTA, OR EVEN WE, AND, OR WOULD WANT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GET THEIR INPUT AND SERVING EITHER ON THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR WE CREATE A SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE IN THE FUTURE.
TO TALK ABOUT READING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REGIONAL TRANSIT PLANS AND TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT, REGIONALLY THAT WE, AS A BOARD, WE WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING.
WHY WOULD WE WANT TO WANT TO LIMIT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM OTHER AREAS IN WHICH WE SERVE TO SERVE ON SAID ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
BUT I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT FROM WHAT, UH, AOA YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS MORE OF A, THAT, THAT, THAT IS ADDRESSED IN A BYLAWS.
SO LET'S JUST SCRATCH THIS OUT OF SCRATCHES OUT OF HERE INSTEAD.
AND THIS POLICY IS SUBJECT TO THE BYLAWS.
SO IF IT'S ADDRESSED THERE, THAT'S FINE.
WE WERE PUTTING IT INTO THE POLICY FOR EASE OF USE, SO TO SPEAK.
WELL THEN A BOARD MEMBERS THREATENED.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO, TO, UH, DELETE THAT FINAL SENTENCE? YEAH.
I'D, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE THAT LAST SENTENCE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBER POOL? DO YOU WANT A SECOND? THAT, OKAY.
COULD WE HAVE JUST A MINUTE TO DISCUSS THAT PLEASE? I WAS GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE ON A SECOND.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS JUST TO COMMENT UNTIL WE REVISE THE BYLAWS TO PERMIT IT? IT'S STILL NOT PERMITTED.
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IT WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT IT AT LEAST WOULD THAT IT WOULD KEEP IT OUT OF THE POLICY.WE COULD SAY IN SO FAR AS PERMITTED BY THE BYLAWS, I FOR ONE WOULD MAKE IT THE EXCEPTION, BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE SO ON THAT, WE'LL GET BACK TO, TO VICE CHAIR KITCHENS LANGUAGE.
THEN I, I THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING EITHER WAY, THE LANGUAGE TO THE DESERT OR BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON.
SO WE, UH, CHAIR, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE THAT THE BOARD MEMBER STRATTON MADE TO JUST DELETE THAT SENTENCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO CHANGE THAT, OR I, I KNOW THAT THERE, THERE WAS A SECOND ALREADY, SO IT TECHNICALLY BELONGS TO THE BODY, BUT IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE, IF THE LAWYERS WOULD, WOULD MORE APPRECIATE IT, IF WE WENT THE WAY OF VICE CHAIR KITCHEN, AND INSTEAD READ THE SENTENCE, BUT WITH THAT EXTRA CLAUSE, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE BOARD, THEN YEAH, I HADN'T MENTIONED UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD.
SO, UM, IT WOULD READ PER BOARD BYLAWS, IF THE LANGUAGE THAT BOARD MEMBER COOPER SUGGESTED AN OUTBEAT BILL PER BOARD, BYLAWS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES MAY NOT SERVE ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
UM, UNLESS, UH, SO FAR AS PERMITTED BY THAT'S NOT MY LANGUAGE, MY LANGUAGE IS UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE GOURD PER, BUT PART OF THE BYLAWS OR JUST, I WOULD JUST SAY, UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD, THEN, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THIS LANGUAGE IN THE FUTURE IF WE CHANGE THE BOARD BYLAWS.
I'D BE WILLING TO PULL DOWN MY MOTION THEN, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
DO WE HAVE TO VOTE IT DOWN SINCE IT'S BEEN SECONDED? SO, UM, IS, IS THIS THE AMENDED MOTION? WHAT'S THE ORIGINAL, IF IT IS THE AMENDED MOTION, THEN WE WOULD VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION FIRST, WHICH WOULD, UH, WHICH WOULD ONLY, IF IT DOESN'T PASS, WILL YOURS BE JERMAINE? I I'D LIKE TO JUST PULL DOWN MY ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH WAS TO STRIKE THAT SENTENCE ENTIRE WINDOW BECAUSE IT JUST GOING TO BE CLEANER THAT WAY.
SO DO, SO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR MOTION? MY MOTION IS THAT WE ADD TO THE END OF THE SENTENCE, UM, UM, THE CLAUSE, UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD SO THAT IT READS PER BOARD BYLAWS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES MAY NOT SERVE ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES, COMMA, AND THEN WE ADD UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD.
AND WHO'S THE SECOND THERE'S THAT BOARD MEMBER OR MR. STRATTON.
DOES THAT ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF LEGAL? YES.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM 19, PLEASE LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
[VI.20. Approval of a resolution directing staff on the publishing of full Board meeting agendas and backup materials.]
20, UH, UH, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION DIRECTING STAFF ON THE PUBLISHING OF FULL BOARD MEETING AGENDAS AND BACKUP MATERIALS.I AM REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION DIRECTING STAFF ON THE PUBLISHING OF FULL BOARD MEETING AGENDA AND BACKUP MATERIALS.
THIS ACTION FORMALIZES, THE BOARD'S STATED GOAL OF ENSURING TRANSPARENCY BY PUBLISHING BOARD MATERIALS FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM THOROUGHLY PURSUANT TO THIS RESOLUTION STAFF WILL INCLUDE IN THE NEXT UPDATE OF THE BOARD BYLAWS, THE REQUIREMENT THAT CAP METRO STAFF SHALL POST MEETING AGENDAS AND BACKUP MATERIALS IN A COMPLETE FASHION AS POSSIBLE FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC TO VIEW NO LATER THAN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND THEN DISCUSSION AND THEN DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, ALL OF THE STAFF AT CAP METRO FOR ACCOMMODATING THIS, THIS CHANGE.
I KNOW WHENEVER YOU MAKE THIS SORT OF, UH, UH, KEY CHANGE TO YOUR WEEKLY, UM, UH, ROUTINES THAT IT, IT CAN UPSET ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WORK PROCESSES.
UM, BUT BOY, WE SURE APPRECIATE HAVING THE ADDITIONAL TIME.
AND I KNOW THE PUBLIC LIKELY DOES AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS.
THAT CAN BE FAIRLY COMPLICATED SOMETIMES.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.
UM, CAN I CONSIDER THAT EMOTION
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HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT, WELL REMEMBER US SECOND.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY, UH, OKAY.
UH, DITTO AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST TRYING TO KILL MY MICROPHONE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 20, PLEASE LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
NONE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A DISCUSSION
[VII.1. Fare Strategy Presentation]
ITEM UNDER ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, FIT A FAIR STRATEGY PRESENTATION.LET'S SEE, IT LOOKS LIKE I'M RED.
TREVELYAN VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN, PRESIDENT CEO, RANDY CLARK.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR CAP METRO.
TODAY, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE FAIR STRATEGY AND GIVING AN UPDATE.
UM, BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE CARE, THE CORE VALUES HERE AT CAP METRO AND REMIND YOU OF THOSE SAFETY, INNOVATION, EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY.
DID WE KILL THE BATTERY ON THAT TOO? PROJECTOR MATE.
SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EQUITY COMPONENT OF OUR STRATEGIC VALUES.
AND WITH THIS FAIR STRATEGY REVIEW, WE'LL BE ADDRESSING THE TRANSIT AFFORDABILITY AND OTHER POPULATION NEEDS PER TITLE SIX, SUCH AS LOW INCOME AND MINORITY POPULATION.
WE'LL BE TALKING WITH CATHERINE WALKER.
SHE'LL WALK THROUGH THE FAIR STRATEGY REVIEW.
BRIAN CARTER WILL BE PRESENTING AN UPDATE ON ACCOUNT-BASED FEAR PAYMENT SYSTEMS. I'LL COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TITLE SIX ANALYSIS AND WHERE WE ARE, AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS AND CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE A TALK THROUGH BY CATHERINE WALKER.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN THE MIC AND PASS THE MIC OVER TO CATHERINE WALKER.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS CATHERINE WALKER.
I'M YOUR CHIEF FINANCIAL AND RISK OFFICER HERE AT CAP.
METRO, LET ME ADVANCE OUR SLIDES, UH, BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WHICH SEEMS LIKE AN ETERNITY AGO, I PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A DETAILED PRESENTATION OUTLINING OUR CUSTOMER PAYMENT SYSTEM ROADMAP.
THIS ALSO INCLUDED THE SLIDE YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW HIGHLIGHTING OUR GOAL AROUND IT, UPDATED FAIR STRATEGY.
SO WE AT CAP METRO DESIRE TO MAKE FAIRS MORE EQUITABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS TWOFOLD.
ONE, OUR LOWEST INCOME WRITERS ARE OFTEN THOSE WHO PURCHASE SINGLE RIDES VERSUS PAYING FOR DAY PASSES OR MONTHLY PASSES.
AND OUR LOWEST INCOME WRITERS ARE OFTEN, THOSE WHO ALSO DEPEND ON OUR SERVICES VERSUS OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE GOAL OF OUR FAIR STRATEGY IS TO PROVIDE PROGRESSIVE FAIR CAPPING WHILE SUPPORTING AN EQUITABLE MEANS BASED FARE STRUCTURE.
AND THE NEXT FEW SLIDES MY COLLEAGUES AND I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH EXACTLY, EXACTLY WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL WILL BE, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING NEW PROGRAMS, IMPLEMENTING A NEW SMART TECHNOLOGY TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO NOW BE ABLE TO SHARE MORE OF WHAT OUR WORK HAS HAPPENED SINCE INITIALLY PRESENTED.
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LOOKS FAMILIAR TO YOU.THIS IS OUR CUSTOMER PAYMENT SYSTEM.
WE'LL WALK THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS ON THIS SLIDE, BUT JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW AGAIN, OF WHERE WE STARTED BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2019 AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN THE SUMMER OF 2019, WE BEGAN OUR INITIAL CAP METRO APP UPGRADE.
WE QUICKLY FOLLOWED THAT BY IMPLEMENTING NEW TICKET VENDING MACHINES.
THE LATEST EXPANSION OF THAT COMPLETED IN THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR OF SUMMER OF 2021.
NEXT, WE STARTED OUR ONBOARD VALIDATOR IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS SUMMER.
NEXT, WE LOOKED AT OUR B CYCLE PROGRAM AND OUR PICKUP PROGRAM, AND WE INTEGRATED THOSE SO THAT OUR CUSTOMERS COULD USE APPS TO PAY FOR THOSE NEXT WE'VE STARTED A REBRAND OF OUR CUSTOMER WEB PORTAL.
AND THAT WAS CONCLUDED IN THE SPRING OF 2021.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE HAD A MOBILE PAYMENT MOBILE PAYMENT VALIDATER LAUNCH, WHICH LAUNCHED LAST FALL.
SO NOW YOU'LL SEE ON THE BOX ABOUT MIDWAY ACROSS THE SLIDE, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMPLETED THE WORK ON AN ACCOUNT-BASED SYSTEM.
AND WE ARE NOW STARTING TO TEST THAT SYSTEM AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO A CUSTOMER BETA AND ALSO A SMART, UH, A CUSTOMER, A NEW CUSTOMER APP AND SMART CARD INNOVATION COMING.
ALSO IN THAT SAME BETA, I'M GOING TO HAND THE SLIDES OVER TO BRIAN CARTER, OUR CHIEF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE OFFICER, TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
AGAIN, LET ME SAY WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO, TO JOIN CATHERINE AND JACQUELINE AND THIS PROJECT, IT HAS BEEN REALLY LIKE HAVING THE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE THE, DO SOMETHING THIS BIG AT THE ORGANIZATION.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SMART MINDS ON THEIR TEAM AND ON OTHER TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THIS.
I WANT TO FOCUS ON NOW THAT THE TECHNOLOGY ROLL OUT AS A PART OF WHAT CATHERINE PRESENTED ON HER LAST SLIDE, AS SHE HAD A, A BOX THERE AT THE TOP FOR SMART CARDS AND A NEW APP.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND HOW WEAVES INTO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IN ORDER TO, IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME OF THIS CHANGE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
SO THESE VIRTUAL SMART CARDS WILL BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE NEW CAP METRO APPS.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ON YOUR PHONE AS A VIRTUAL CARD.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A NEW PHYSICAL, SMART CARD AND ALTERNATIVE SMART CARD THAT CUSTOMERS COULD CHOOSE AS THEY HAVE THOSE TWO OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM THAT WILL HELP US TO ACCOMMODATE CUSTOMERS WITH, OR WITHOUT A SMARTPHONE THERE'LL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE, WHICH IS MORE CONVENIENT.
THEY CAN ALSO TAKE MONEY, CASH AND LOAD THAT AT THOSE RETAIL LOCATIONS.
AND YOU CAN FIND THAT LIST ON THE CAP METRO WEBSITE, AND THEY HAVE 250 PLUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY.
I INCLUDED THEIR LOGOS THERE FOR, FOR EASY REFERENCE.
AND THE INITIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE PHYSICAL SMART CARDS WILL BE THROUGH STREET TEAMS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND AT THE CAP METRO TRANSIT STORE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO GO ONLINE.
YOU'LL CAN REQUEST ONE OF THOSE CARDS TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU.
UM, AND YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO GET THEM FROM US IN THOSE LOCATIONS TOO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REAL FULL COURT PRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ROLL THIS OUT, IT'S, IT'S AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AND WE GOING TO THEM INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO COME TO US, WE DO WANT TO HAVE THAT CUSTOMER BETA TESTING HERE THIS SUMMER TO ASSESS USABILITY AND GATHER MORE DIRECT CUSTOMER FEEDBACK.
AND WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR CUSTOMERS ARE USING THE TECHNOLOGY MUCH BETTER.
ONCE WE START TO PUT IT IN THEIR HANDS.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT NOW ABOUT THE BRANDING AND THE RESEARCH THAT WE DID, BECAUSE WE DID FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A GOOD, IT WAS A GOOD PRECEDENT TO SET WITHIN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY TO BRAND THIS TYPE OF NEW ACCOUNT-BASED SYSTEM.
I GAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THERE FOR A HOP CARD UP IN PORTLAND TRIMET SYSTEM, THE ORCA CARD THERE, AND THEN VIA DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO WITH THEIR GO CARD.
SO WE CONDUCTED SOME SURVEYS OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND NON-CUSTOMERS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF IDEAS THAT WE FLOATED OUT TO THEM RELATED TO WHAT THIS NEW SYSTEM COULD BE CALLED AND WHERE WE LANDED WAS KAT METRO AMP IS BASED ON SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, THAT THEY, THEY GRAVITATED TOWARD.
THIS NAME CARRIES A LOT OF POTENTIAL CREATIVE APPLICATIONS AS WE MAYBE LOSING BATTERY ON THIS ONE, TOO.
UM, AS WE HAVE, UH, SOME DIFFERENT CREATIVE APPLICATIONS FOR, UM, BEING THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, THIS, UM, THESE GOT, SORRY, TAKE STRATTON'S
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OH, WAIT.RIGHT ON CUE NEEDS, NEEDS, NEEDS, FLOATER.
SO, UH, NOW THAT WE'RE ALL SET, UH, RELATED TO OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WE THINK THIS HAS SOME, SOME CREATIVE APPLICATIONS THERE TOO.
AND THEN FOR GETTING PEOPLE ENERGIZED OUT, GETTING PEOPLE ENERGIZED ABOUT THE VALUE OF TRANSIT TOO, IS A GREAT TIE IN FOR AMP.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THIS NAME TO DESCRIBE AND PROMOTE THE ACCOUNT-BASED SYSTEM.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A REFERENCE HERE FOR WHAT THOSE SMART CARDS WILL END UP LOOKING LIKE.
SO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IS, IS AS, UM, WE HAD, JACQUELINE'S MENTIONED EARLIER IS GOING TO BE, UH, HELP US SUPPORT THE AGENCY'S VALUES.
AND WHAT WE'VE BEGUN TO ANALYZE NOW IS THE BENEFITS OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE BUILT ON.
THIS TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO, TO IMPLEMENT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, SUPPORT OF OUR, OUR FULL, UH, FAIR STRATEGY.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE IS FARE CAPPING, AND THE OTHER ONE IS A NEW, UH, FAIR CATEGORY, FAIR FEAR CATEGORY AND EQUITABLE FAIR CATEGORY CALLED EQUITY FAIR.
THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS ARE BEING USED BY OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THOSE TO SHOW YOU TOO.
UM, WE THINK THAT THESE, UM, THESE PROGRAMS WILL ALLOW US THAT AS WE HAVE A FAIR FEE ADJUSTMENTS, AS YOU CONSIDER THOSE IN THE FUTURE, THESE TWO PROGRAMS COULD PROTECT AFFORDABILITY FOR PASSES OF THOSE LOW INCOME CUSTOMERS.
A LITTLE REVIEW OF OUR CURRENT FEAR TYPES BEFORE WE GET INTO AQUA FEAR.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS THE STANDARD FARE IS THE FULL RATE THAT SOMEONE PAYS WHEN THEY GET ONTO A CAP METRO SERVICE TODAY.
THE REDUCED FARE TYPE IS 50% OFF OF THE FULL RATE TRANSIT PASS.
THIS IS A CATEGORY WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THAT 50% OFF RATE, YOU MUST BE IN ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES.
I HAVE THOSE SUB-BULLETS ON THE ONES WITH THE ASTERISKS NEXT TO THEM.
THEY'RE SENIORS, MEDICARE CARD HOLDERS AND RIDERS WITH DISABILITIES.
THAT 50% RATE IS REQUIRED BY THE FDA FOR THOSE CATEGORIES.
THE FDA SAYS YOU MUST REQUIRE, MUST HAVE AT LEAST 50% OFF YOUR FULL RATE.
THE CURRENT PROCESS FOR DOING THAT IS TO APPLY ONLINE, OR YOU CAN GO INTO THE TRANSIT STORE.
YOU CAN ALSO GET A PAPER APPLICATION, SEND THAT BACK TO US IN THE MAIL, AND WE WILL THEN MAIL THOSE CARDS TO YOU.
UM, IT IS THE STATUS IS ELIGIBLE FOR TWO YEARS AND THAT CUSTOMERS MUST HAVE THAT CARD WITH THEM IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE REDUCE FEAR WHEN THEY RIDE WITH US.
WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING HERE IS A PROPOSED PLACE FOR US TO, UM, BEGIN WITH AQUA FAIR.
AND THAT THAT DISCOUNTED RATE, UM, IS LISTED HERE IN THE, IN THE TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND WE HAD TO HAVE THIS RATE ASSUMPTION TO USE FOR A TITLE, SIX ANALYSIS THAT JACQUELYN WE'LL, WE'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LATER.
UH, THE, THE POINT HERE IS THAT IF A CUSTOMER WERE TO QUALIFY FOR BOTH REDUCED AND EQUITY FAIR RATES, WE WOULD WANT TO OFFER THEM THE REDUCED FARE RATE, BECAUSE IT IS THE LOWEST THING THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR.
WE ALSO NEEDED TO LOOK FOR A STARTING POINT IN THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH HOW THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE CHOSEN TO, UM, MIMIC WHAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM USES FOR THEIR UTILITY DISCOUNTS.
AND SO WE'VE PICKED THIS UP DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S WEBSITE FOR THEIR REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFICALLY THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME, LESS THAN 200% OF FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL OR PROOF OF ENROLLMENT IN ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO HOW ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY ENABLES FAIR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE THESE AMP CARDS THAT OUR CUSTOMERS COULD USE EITHER ON THEIR PHONE OR WITH A PHYSICAL CARD.
UM, THIS CARD ALSO PROTECTS THE STORED VALUE IN CASE THE CARD OR PHONE IS LOST OR STOLEN.
THAT'S A GREAT NEW, A SECURITY BENEFIT THAT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS FOR US.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT, A CUSTOMER REGISTERS THEIR AMP CARD AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE BENEFITS OF WHATEVER THEY QUALIFY FOR.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO NOTE ON THEIR ACCOUNT THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE AQUIFER RATE OR THE REDUCED FARE RATE A CUSTOMER IS USING THAT REDUCED FARE CARD, UH, WILL THEN BEGIN TO USE THE NEW AMP SMART CARD AS THE WAY FOR THEM TO, UM, TO IDENTIFY FOR THAT RATE WITH FARE CAPPING, THAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ON EVERY AMP CARD WITH, OR WITHOUT THAT REGISTERED ACCOUNT.
UM, FARE CAPPING CUSTOMERS USE THAT AMP CARD AND THEY NEVER PAY MORE THAN THE TOTAL COST OF A DAY PASS AND A CALENDAR DAY OR THE TOTAL COST OF A MONTHLY PASS WITHIN A CALENDAR MONTH AND CUSTOMERS.
WHEN THEY USE THAT AMP CARD, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO GET THE BEST RATE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.
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I DID WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE EXAMPLE HERE OF HOW THIS COULD WORK WITH THE NEW APP, A FAIR RATE, AND USING AN AMP CARD.SO THIS IS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF VICTORIA, AT LEAST A HALF DAY, WE HAVE THIS UNTIL 1230.
SO AT 7:00 AM, SHE'S ON HER WAY TO WORK.
AND SHE TAPS HER AMP CARD ON METRO BUS, A SINGLE RIDE AQUIFER.
YOUR RATE OF $1 IS DEDUCTED FROM HER AMP ACCOUNT.
AND THEN LATER THAT DAY, AROUND 1130, SHE BOARDS OF US TO GO TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, TAPS THAT CARD AGAIN, AND HER AMP ACCOUNT IS CHARGED THE RATES THAT EQUAL FAIR RATE OF, OF THAT, OF A DOLLAR AT 1230 HEADING BACK TO WORK.
SHE BOARDS THE BUS ONCE AGAIN, TAPS HER CARD, AND SHE HAS REACHED THE CAP FOR THE EQUAL FAIR DAY, PASSIVE $2.
SO THAT RIDE IS NOT CHARGED AND NEITHER IS ANY SUBSEQUENT RIDE THAT DAY.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HOW FARE CAPPING COULD WORK.
I MENTIONED EARLIER A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF TRANSIT AGENCIES THAT ARE DOING PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK TOO FAR UP AT 35 TO FIND DART IS DOING A VERY SIMILAR PROGRAM WITH FARE CAPPING AND LOW BASED FEAR CATEGORY.
I TOOK THIS AS A SCREENSHOT FROM THEIR WEBSITE AND ADDED A SOURCE LINK THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
IF YOU WANTED TO REFERENCE THAT LATER AND FOR TRIMET DID THE SAME THING.
THIS IS LISTED ON THEIR WEBSITE AS THEIR HONORED CITIZEN FAIR.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE, UH, HAVE, UH, SIMILAR TYPES OF, UM, UH, QUALIFICATIONS.
I ACTUALLY INCLUDED A FEW OF THOSE HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOW YOU THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR, FOR BOTH TRIMET AND FOR DART.
UH, SO WE HAVE SOME OVERLAP WITH WHAT, UM, WHAT WE WOULD THINK OF AS A GOOD SIGN FOR ELIGIBILITY THOUGH.
UH, THEY CHOSE THINGS THAT WERE VERY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME AS I MENTIONED TOO.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A TREMENDOUS EFFORT FOR US TO GET THE CARDS INTO PEOPLE'S HANDS, BUT WE KNOW THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN EFFORT BEFORE THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU CAN HAVE MINE CHECK, CHECK ONE, TWO.
I JUST NEED TO TALK VERY QUICK SO I CAN GET ALL THIS IN.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS EFFORT FOR US TO GET THE CARDS OUT, BUT BEFORE WE GET THE CARDS OUT, WE NEED TO GO OUT AND DO SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNITY FEEL ARE THERE THE RIGHT, UM, ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR US TO, TO HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE ECHO FEAR? WHAT SORT OF QUESTIONS DID THEY HAVE ABOUT FARE CAPPING AND HOW IT WORKS? UM, DO THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REGISTRATION PROCESS OR, OR HOW CAN WE, UM, HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY HAVE USED IN THE PAST OR REGISTERED FOR SIMILAR PROGRAMS AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO REGISTER TO DATE? WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR BELIEVE NEXT WEEK THAT ARE ALREADY LINED UP ON OUR, ON OUR CALENDAR.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER SOME, SOME MEETINGS FOR BOTH VIRTUAL IN-PERSON AND THEN RECORDED MEETINGS WHERE WE CAN START TO DO THAT EDUCATION.
UH, BUT, BUT EDNA PART WILL BE LEADING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM TO DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO THOSE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND DOING THAT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK SHE'S IDENTIFIED MORE THAN 40 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHE WANTS TO REACH OUT TO AND GET ON THEIR CALENDARS.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, IF I MIGHT, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL SEE, YOU KNOW, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE, ASIAN QUALITY OF LIFE, HISPANIC QUALITY OF LIFE, ALREADY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS REPRESENTING AREAS.
AND THEN THERE IS A, UM, A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY BEING ENGAGED AS WELL.
THEY'RE PROBABLY PLACES WHERE GROUPS COME TOGETHER AND, UH, IF YOU APPROACH THEM AS, AS A GROUP, THEY WILL INVITE YOU INTO THEIR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.
SO CAN I ASK YOU WHICH COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? IS IT AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS, COUNCIL? I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL, AND I GUESS ALL OF THOSE GROUPS WHICH HAVE PUT TOGETHER NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND WHATNOT.
SO YEAH, WE CAN UPDATE THE BOARD TOO ON THE LIST OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IF YOU CAN HELP US WITH FILLING IN ANY BLANKS THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED, I WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED.
I KNOW THAT THAT EDNA NEVER TURNS DOWN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
SO JUST COMMITTED TO THEIR EDNA.
UM, WE ARE WORKING, GOING TO BE WORKING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
I DID LIST A COUPLE OF THEM HERE, JUST SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA ABOUT
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THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'D BE WORKING WITH, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A, A MUCH LONGER LIST TO GO.AND WITH THAT, I THINK I'M GOING TO WELCOME JACQUELINE BACK UP, AND SHE'S GONNA GET US THROUGH OUR NEXT SECTION HERE.
THANK YOU REAL, REAL, REAL QUICK.
BRIAN, ARE WE TAKING OTHER QUESTIONS AT THE END? OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON.
AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF GO BACK, UM, KEEPING IN MIND THE MISSION OF CAPITAL METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM A DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES BY PROVIDING QUALITY TRANSPORTATION CHOICES.
UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FURTHER NOTED THAT THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SAFE, EQUITABLE, RELIABLE, AND COST EFFECTIVE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WHEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE UNDERSTOOD AND REMEMBERED THAT CAP METRO IS COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE DELIVERY OF OUR PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, SERVICES, AND TO DEMONSTRATING OUR COMMITMENT THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO GOING BACK TO THE TITLE SIX ANALYSIS, WHAT IS TITLE SIX AND THE ACRONYM EQUITY ANALYSIS? SO THE, UM, EQUITY ANALYSIS IS ONLY ONE COMPONENT OF TITLE SIX OF OUR APPROACH TO EQUITY, THE FOUNDATION OF, UM, THE FOUNDATION IN TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, PROHIBITS THE DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN CAT.
METRO MUST ENSURE THAT IT PROVIDES IT SERVICES WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
IT'S A LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF THE FTA TITLE, SIX CIRCULAR 4 7 0 2 1 B.
IT APPLIES TO TRANSIT PROVIDERS THAT HAVE GREATER THAN 50 FIXED ROUTE VEHICLES AND PEAK SERVICE REQUIRES AGENCIES TO CONDUCT AN EQUITY ANALYSIS ON SERVICE OR FAIR CHANGES THAT MEET THE AGENCY'S DEFINITION OF A MAJOR FEAR CHANGE.
IT LOOKS FOR IMPACTS OF SERVICE OR FAIR CHANGE THAT MIGHT BE BORN APPROPRIATELY BY MINORITY OR LOW INCOME POPULATIONS.
SO I CAN GO ON WITHOUT THE SLIDE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, SO TITLE SIX ANALYSIS JUST, UH, VERY QUICKLY IT IS UNDERWAY AND AS IT IS REQUIRED, WHEN THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES TO FARE OR ANY CUSTOMER SERVICE CHANGES FOR NINES TECHNOLOGY IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A FAIR EQUITY ANALYSIS FOR ALL POTENTIAL CHANGES TO CAP METRO SPEAR PRODUCTS, PRICES, MEDIA, DISTRIBUTION, AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE CHANGES MAY RESULT IN ANY DISCRIMINATORY IMPACTS TO LOW INCOME OR MINORITY POPULATIONS.
AND OF COURSE THE, UM, RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS WILL BE SHARED PUBLICLY BEFORE CAP METRO, UH, PROPOSES FAIR STRUCTURE CHANGES FOR BOARD APPROVAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ME OR NOT.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE GATHERING INPUT FOR, FROM OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
UM, AS BRIAN MENTIONED, UM, THE DEI GROUP WILL BE, UM, GOING OVER AND REVIEWING THIS INFORMATION IN APRIL OR MAY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL.
UM, WE'RE CONDUCTING VIRTUAL MEETINGS, UH, MEETING WITH A STAFF OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, AND DIFFERENT PARTNERING CITIES, UH, DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH CUSTOMERS AS BRIAN ALREADY MENTIONED AS WELL.
AND, UM, WE'VE BEGUN DISCUSSIONS WITH SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ON HOW THEY'VE ENGAGED THEIR CLIENTS IN THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS.
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THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO CATHERINE, SO SHE CAN, UM, LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE ADVANCING OUR FAIR STRATEGY.WE'LL JUST CONTINUE WITHOUT SLIDES.
I'M SURE THERE'S SOME SORT OF EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH THAT PROVIDES THAT PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOOK AT.
SO AS WE MENTIONED EARLY ON THAT WE HAD WITH OUR INITIAL FARE STRATEGY, TWO GOALS, THE FIRST WAS FAIR CAPPING.
AND THE SECOND ONE WAS THE EQUITABLE MAIN SPACE TO FAIR FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, AS WE ADVANCE OUR FAIR STRATEGY AND WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM AND OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM EXPANSION PLAN, PROJECT CONNECT ASSUMES FARE STRUCTURE CHANGES WITH THE COST OF FARES CHANGING OVER TIME, ALONG WITH RIDERSHIP INCREASES, UM, WHICH WOULD BE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM FUNDING MODEL.
THE EPA FAIR RATE ENSURES THAT AS FAIRS ADJUST OVER THE YEARS, THAT THE COST OF TRANSIT PASSES REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR OUR LOWEST INCOME CUSTOMERS, OUR PROPOSED PHASED APPROACH TO A NEW FARE STRUCTURE, PRIORITIZES AFFORDABILITY, AND ALLOWS TIME FOR ADOPTION OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS PROCESSING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ECO FAIR PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAVE ACROSS THE TOP IN THE BLUE, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE TECHNICAL MILESTONES AND THEN ACROSS THE GREEN, YOU'LL SAY, THAT'S OUR CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT AND THAT'S WHERE I LIKE TO START.
SO YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU OUR FARE STRATEGY, INITIAL PRESENTATION, UM, STARTING NEXT MONTH, WE WILL BEGIN PUB, UH, WE WILL PUBLISH OUR TITLE SIX FAIR ANALYSIS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY FINALIZING THAT DOCUMENT AS WE SPEAK, AND WE'LL BE PUBLISHING IT SHORTLY ALONG WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS HEARINGS STARTING IN APRIL AND MAY.
AND ANOTHER BOARD PRESENTATION DURING THIS TIME.
AGAIN, WE MENTIONED THAT EDNA TO MY LEFT WILL BE MEETING WITH OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ON ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL THEN COME TO THE BOARD IN MAY REQUESTING BOARD ADOPTION OF THESE TWO PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE BEGIN IN THE SUMMER TO MARKET WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON THESE TWO PROGRAMS. NOW, AS WE LOOK FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE, I MENTIONED AGAIN, THAT WE HAVE FINISHED THE TECHNICAL WORK TO LAUNCH THESE PROGRAMS, AND WE'RE STARTING TESTING INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WORKING AS PLANNED.
AND THEN STARTING IN THE SUMMER THIS SUMMER, WE WILL BEGIN A BETA TEST WITH SOME OF OUR ACTIVE CUSTOMERS IN THE FALL PENDING AGAIN, BOARD ACTION.
UH, WE WILL LAUNCH THE PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES AN ACCOUNT-BASED SYSTEM WHICH SUPPORTS FARE, CAPPING, FARE, CAPPING, AND EQUITABLE, FAIR, UM, STRUCTURE, OUR NEW APP AND A NEW SMART CARD, UH, AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND THEN INTO THE WINTER OF THIS YEAR, THEN WE BEGIN TO OPEN PAYMENTS, WHICH IS A NEW, NEW, UM, TECHNOLOGY FOR US.
SO WE'LL COME TO THE BOARD AGAIN AT SOME POINT IN 23 WITH UPDATES ON WHAT OPEN PAYMENTS LOOKS LIKE.
ALRIGHT, NOW I THINK WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS, BUT REMEMBER KITCHEN.
UM, HI, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND YOUR CONTINUED WORK, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UH, SO I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE EITHER ALREADY CONSIDERED, OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE'S A FURTHER STEP THAT YOU'LL BE GOING THROUGH.
SO THAT RELATES TO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPOSED EQUITY FAIR, THE LEVEL THAT IT SET AT.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COST OF LOCAL BUS VERSUS THE COST OF RAIL.
I MEAN, THIS, WE ALL KNOW THIS, BUT THIS JUST REALLY POINTS OUT THE DIFFERENCE, HOW MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE IT ACTUALLY IS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO RIDE ON THE RAIL.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'LL BE TALKING TO ECHO BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH HOW THIS KIND OF STRATEGY MIGHT RE MIGHT, UM, APPLY TO OUR HOMELESS ARE UNSHELTERED AND OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION THEN, UM, HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE AMOUNTS FOR EQUITY FAIR OR IS THAT ONE OF THOSE WORK IN PROGRESS? THINGS ALSO THAT'S PROPOSED FOR FEEDBACK.
SO I'LL, I'LL TAKE A STAB AT THAT QUESTION.
AND THEN I KNOW BRIAN ALSO MAY HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT OUR, OUR CURRENT SINGLE RIDE IS A DOLLAR 25.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOLLAR WE'VE PROPOSED FOR THE ECO FAIR RATE, THAT'S A 20% DISCOUNT.
UM, WE REALIZED THERE'S A COUPLE OF GOALS, RIGHT? WE OBVIOUSLY WANT SOMETHING THAT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND EASY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO LIKE TO GRASP.
SO A DOLLAR IS A NICE ROUND NUMBER, BUT IT'S ALSO HAS TO BE A DISCOUNT
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THAT'S MEANINGFUL, RIGHT? SO WE THOUGHT A 20% DISCOUNT GOING FROM A DOLLAR 25 TO A DOLLAR WAS A GOOD STARTING PLACE.AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE BASED OUR TITLE SIX STUDY ON WAS ON THE DOLLAR RATE.
SO I'M MORE, I'M MORE, I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE MONTH PATH BECAUSE I'M THINKING OF THOSE FOLKS WHO RIDE TO GET TO WORK ARE ACTUALLY GONNA NEED MORE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT RIDE MORE OFTEN.
SO IS THAT 20% ALSO? I'M SORRY, I CAN'T DO THEM.
I'M NOT DOING THE MATH IN MY HEAD.
IS THAT $33, 20%? THE SAME MATH APPLIED ACROSS.
SO, UM, ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN I WOULD JUST SUGGEST AS Y'ALL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS, IF THERE'S A WAY TO, TO GET THE, WHAT CONCERNS ME A BIT, IS THAT THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMUTER AND RAIL AND BUS IT'S LIKE IF HE HAD RAIL AT $77 VERSUS 33, IF IT'S LOCAL BUS, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AND NOT SO MUCH RIGHT NOW, BUT INTO THE, INTO THE, INTO THE FUTURE, I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
SO JUST BRIEFLY ON THE COMMUTER BUS AND RAIL, UM, NOT QUITE 20%, BUT AGAIN, WE WANTED TO COME TO A NUMBER THAT WAS EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE BY OUR COMMUNITY.
SO VERSUS THREE 50 FOR A SINGLE RIDE, WE LOWERED THAT TO $3.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND THE EASY TO REMEMBER.
I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE HAVE A RAIL SYSTEM, IT'S, IT'S STILL, THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT MORE EXPENSIVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RAIL SYSTEM.
AND SO I WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT SOME POTENTIAL TO EQUAL THAT OUT, AT LEAST FOR SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR POPULATION.
UM, WE WILL ADD THAT TO OUR LIST AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT FOR CONSIDERATION FORMER KITCHEN.
MAYBE I CAN JUMP IN WITH A QUICK COMMENT JUST TO GET SOME CLARITY THAT I THINK WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, ARE YOU REFERRING TO LIKE THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE? YEAH.
I'M GLAD THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH OVER TIME AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SOLVE THIS ANY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT WE DON'T ENVISION THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM BEING AT, AT A COST OR A FAIR, DIFFERENT NECESSARILY THAN THE BUS SYSTEM THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN.
AND SO IN MOST SYSTEMS COMMUTER, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE DISTANCE BASED.
AND SO WE HAVE TO THINK LONG-TERM ABOUT THE DISTANCE OF LEANDER BEING ALMOST AN HOUR WHERE IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
IF YOU WERE TAKING, SAY A LIGHT RAIL TRAIN FROM SOUTH CONGRESS TO UT.
AND SO WE WANT TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP EVERY WAY WE CAN.
AND A LOT OF SYSTEMS WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A LIGHT RAIL AND BUS GENERALLY THE SAME SOMETIMES THERE'S DIFFERENCES, BUT OUR GENERAL THOUGHT PROCESS NOW IS TO MAKE THAT AS EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND THE SAME AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE GREEN AND RED, A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND COMMUTER BUS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIALIZED DISTANCE.
AND JUST BECAUSE THEN YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT REGIONAL EQUITY VERSUS SO NO ANSWER ON THAT YET, BUT I THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN KIND OF WONDERING A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN THE FUTURE OF LIGHT RAIL AND BUS.
AND IT'S NOT OUR, OUR INTENT AT ALL TO TREAT ORANGE LINE AND BLUE LINE, LIKE NECESSARILY CERTAIN PARTS OF THE RED LINER, CERTAIN PARTS OF THE GREEN LINE, JUST BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE AND THEREFORE THE ACTUAL COST TO OPERATE THOSE.
SO A LOT MORE TO COME, BUT I'M GLAD I JUMPED IN BECAUSE YEAH, NO THANK YOU.
BECAUSE I WASN'T THINKING OF IT IN THAT TERMS. AND THAT'S THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR SAYING THAT.
AND WE'LL HAVE TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD OVER YEARS, HOW TO WORK THROUGH THIS CONCEPT BECAUSE IT'S DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE INDUSTRY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER YET.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANYTHING YET, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARITY.
AND THEN I, THEN THE LAST POINT IS JUST AN M I THINK THIS IS ALREADY ON YOUR RADAR SCREEN AND THAT'S HOW DO WE, UM, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT FOLKS THAT ARE UNSHELTERED OR HOMELESS IN TERMS OF THEIR COST? SO, AND, AND THEIR ABILITY TO USE A CARD.
MADAM VICE CHAIR FOR YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONING AND MR. PRESIDENT FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION.
I WAS KIND OF THINKING THE SAME THING THERE TOO, IS HOW WE AT LEAST WOULD PERCEIVE LONGTERM THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WITH THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE VERSUS THE RED LINE.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMUTER RAIL, WHICH I STILL THINK OUR COMMUNITY HAS TROUBLE WRAPPING THEIR HEAD AROUND.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE I'VE COME IN CONTACT WITH.
IT'S STILL REFERRED TO THE RED LINE AS LIGHT RAIL.
AND THE RED LINE IS NOT LIGHT RAIL.
IT IS FULL HEAVY GAUGE RAILROAD THAT WE HAPPEN TO RUN A PASSENGER RAIL LINE ON.
THAT IS WHY WE REFER TO IT AS COMMUTER RAIL.
IT GETS TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT LONG-TERM, WHICH IS WE'RE BUILDING A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM THAT WE WANT TO TREAT THAT AT LEAST HOPEFULLY MAY BE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT IS LONG PAST OUR PRIME IS MAYBE
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YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IN MANY OF US MAY NOT EVEN BE ON THIS DICE ANYMORE IS WHEN THE FARE STRUCTURES HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED RELATED TO THE ORANGE AND BLUE VERSUS COMMUTER BUS.BUT I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION, RANDY, THAT, THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT THE, AT LEAST YOUR INTENT WOULD BE THAT, THAT THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINES WOULD BE MORE LIKE THE BUSES.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S CRITICAL.
ONE THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS, ONE RELATED TO THE, TO THE FAIR CAPPING.
SO GOING BACK TO THAT EXAMPLE THAT YOU HAD PROPOSED IN THERE FOR THAT FOR THE RA, THE RIDER WHO WAS GOING INTO WORK IN THE MORNING, WENT TO THE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, CAME BACK.
SO BOOM IT'S KEPT ITS FAIR CAP.
YOU DON'T CHARGE HER THAT EXTRA THIRD DOLLAR IT'S KEPT FOR THE DAY AT TWO.
UM, CATHERINE, ARE YOU SAYING THEN THAT THEN THE SYSTEM STARTS TO TRACK AND AFTER SHE REACHED THAT, THAT PARTICULAR RIDER REACHES A CERTAIN LIMIT FOR THE WEEK THAT THEN IT WOULD CAP IT FOR THE WEEK AND THEN TREAT HER LIKE A, A WEEKLY PASS AT THAT POINT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, I GUESS A WEEKLY PASS WOULD BE, UH, I GUESS IT DOESN'T SAY IT ON HERE, BUT LIKE WHATEVER WE CHARGE NORMALLY FOR A WEEKLY PASS, ONCE YOU HIT THAT POINT, THEN BOOM, SHE DOESN'T GET CHARGED ANY MORE THAN THAT AT THAT POINT.
UM, SO OUR SYSTEM IS PROGRAMMED TO CAP DAILY AND MONTHLY.
I REALIZE WE DO SELL A WEEKLY PASS.
UM, BUT THE SYSTEM IS PROGRAMMED TO CAP UP TO A MONTH.
SO THE MONTH HAPPENS IF YOU WERE WRITING EVERY DAY, MONDAY THROUGH, WELL, LET'S SAY SUNDAY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, SOMEWHERE MIDDAY, DAY 18, YOU WOULD BE KEPT OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH.
AND THEN YOU WOULD PAY FROM DAY 18 THROUGH 31.
SO WE GO FROM DAILY TO MONTHLY.
SO BASICALLY THEN AT THAT POINT, THEN THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH WOULD BE QUOTE UNQUOTE FREE, I GUESS, AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE SHE'S ALREADY HIT HER MAX THRESHOLD FOR WHAT A MONTHLY PASS WOULD BE.
UM, MY, MY SECOND QUESTION THEN RELATING TO THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND THE PROGRAMS, THIS IS, I GUESS, MORE OF AN ENCOURAGEMENT.
I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT BEHIND THE SCENES FIGURING OUT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TIE INTO THE STATE OF TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION OR WHAT THEY DO, BUT THEY HAVE A WAY OF CAPTURING THE DATA AND LIKE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLING INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT ARE ON THAT, THAT ARE IN LIKE MEDICAID PROGRAM ON FOOD STAMPS OR OTHER THINGS.
I THINK THEY CAPTURED THE DATA FROM, FROM HHSC DATABASE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLING THEM IN THEIR REDUCED.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S THE, THE, UH, ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU, IT CLICKS IN AND THE IMMEDIATELY REDUCTION IN THE COST FOR THEIR, I GUESS THEIR ELECTRICITY PROGRAMS, ALSO THEIR WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES, EVERYTHING AUTOMATICALLY APPLIES.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IF JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO WORK WITH THE CITY IN THAT.
AND IF THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN DO THIS WITHOUT DUPLICATING EFFORTS, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WORKING WITH OUR OTHER, AGAIN, OUR OTHER SMALL CITIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, TOO, I'M THINKING ABOUT BOTH FOR THE MARKETING ON THIS.
AND THEN ALSO FOR THE QUALIFICATION ON THIS THINKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE, THINKING ABOUT LEANDER THAT I THINK THERE MIGHT BE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH OUT AND WORK WITH THE CITY FOR FINDING OUT WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY MAY DO TO HAVE REDUCED IF THEY HAVE REDUCED, UH, REDUCED COSTS FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR CITY SERVICES OF SOME KIND OF PROGRAMS, BUT WORKING WITH THEIR CITY STAFF, WORKING WITH THEIR MEMBERS, THE CITY COUNCIL, WHATNOT, NOT TO COORDINATE ON THAT I THINK WOULD BE, WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
AND THEN PERHAPS WITH SOME MARKETING EFFORTS AND OUTREACH AS WELL.
SO THAT, THAT, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE AWARE OF IT UP THERE TOO AS WELL, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE COMMUTER SIDE OF THINGS, BECAUSE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL NOT, AND ALSO FOR THE PICKUP SERVICE TOO, JUST GETTING AROUND THE COMMUNITIES UP THERE.
AND THEN ALSO FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE USING THE COMMUTER SERVICE TO COMING OUT OF LEANDER STATION AND HEADING DOWN INTO POINTS IN AUSTIN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED THE REPORT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL
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INVITE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO TO GIVE US A MONTHLY UPDATE.A LOT OF GREAT WORK BY THE TEAM TODAY.
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EIGHT.IF YOU CAN PULL THOSE UP, WE'VE GOT JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE DOTTIE COME AND JOIN ME FOR PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT TODAY.
FIRST THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF BUSY WEEKS RELATED TO OUR FEDERAL RELATIONS.
AND A FEW OF US WERE IN DC FOR THE APTA, THE INDUSTRY LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE, YOU'LL SEE IN THE TOP PICTURE, THAT IS OUR OWN ERICA MAZA.
WHO'S OUR VP OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
SHE ALSO IS THE CURRENT VICE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST, THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMITTEE AT APTA, REALLY DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY FOR THE COUNTRY.
AND SHE ACTUALLY CHAIRED THIS MONTH'S MEETING.
THE CHAIR, I THINK, I THINK HIM, HE TOOK A FEW DAYS OUT OF HIS TIME TO GO TO DC.
WE MET SOME MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO VISIT WITH SENATOR CORN AND THANKED HIM FOR HIS VOTE ON THE RECENT APPROPRIATIONS.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IS AMAZING, BUT WITHOUT APPROPRIATIONS, IT'S NOT AS AMAZING.
AND SO THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT DID ITS JOB AND WE HAVE THE LARGEST FUNDING AND THIS CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE BUILD OUT OUR LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. AND SO WE REITERATE THAT TO THE SENDER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR DC TEAM.
JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT, AND WE'LL BE TALKING TO THEM A LOT OVER THE NEXT FEW UPCOMING YEARS.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE ED, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT NOON AFTER DC.
WE GOT BACK TO HOME AND WE HAD A VISIT FROM SECRETARY BUDDHA, JUDGE, EVERYONE UNIVERSALLY REFERS TO HIM AS SECRETARY PETE.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE IN AUSTIN.
I THINK MAYBE MORE THAN EVERY OTHER CITIES VISIT IT, WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR ALL HIS HELP.
COURTING THIS VISIT DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
THE SECRETARY WAS ABLE TO MEET A LOT OF COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND, UH, SOME OF OUR REALLY IMPORTANT PARTNERS.
AND I THINK HE WAS REALLY, REALLY INVIGORATED AND APPRECIATED HOW MUCH WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP AND HOW EVERYONE KIND OF WORKS TOGETHER.
SO THE SECRETARY VERY MUCH APPRECIATED HOW MUCH WE WERE ALL WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER REALIZING THAT BETWEEN THE AIRPORT
SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 YEARS OF, OF A CITY BEING INVESTED AT THE SAME TIME UNDERSTANDS, WE ARE PRETTY FAR BEHIND FROM AN EXTRA FUNCTION INFRASTRUCTURE POINT OF VIEW, AND COMMITTED TO HAVING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HELP US AS BEING THAT PARTNER.
SO AGAIN, NOT THAT THERE'S NOT AN ASK OF THE SECRETARY AS MUCH AS JUST RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING, UH, PUTTING HIS EYES ON THE NEEDS HERE IN AUSTIN.
THE PART THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I THOUGHT WAS GREAT.
YOU'LL SEE THIS PICTURE OF THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? THAT'S COCOA SNOWDEN.
AND THE SECRETARY PICKED EIGHT OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO HAVE BREAKFAST WITH AND WANTED A MILLION.
AND HE ACTUALLY SPENT SOME TIME JUST WITH COCO DOING A ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW.
AND IT WAS ABOUT THE LIFE OF SOMEONE THAT'S IN TRANSIT.
AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THESE ARE CAREERS AND NOT JOBS AND THAT, AND HOW IT ALL KIND OF COMES TOGETHER THAT WAY.
SO, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH TIME THE SECRETARY SPENT WITH US AND HOW GREAT IT WAS.
UH, THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO.
AND THEN I WANTED TO HAVE DOTTIE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THINGS AS THE OPERATION OPERATOR GRADUATION CEREMONY.
I WANT TO THANK OUR VICE CHAIR KITCHEN, WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY THE OTHER DAY.
UM, THIS IS, UH, WHERE WE COMPLETED 41 PEOPLE IN TRAINING.
NOT, NOT, THEY WE'RE ALL THERE.
WE'RE NOT ALL THERE FOR THE CEREMONY BECAUSE OF, UH, DIFFERENT SHIFTS.
BUT, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE FORMALITY AROUND OUR CHAPMAN METRO TRAINING ACADEMY GOING FORWARD.
AND I THINK THE SLIDES IS 72, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE UP TO 83 PEOPLE ACTUALLY IN TRAINING.
SO IT'S THE HIGHEST AMOUNT WE'VE EVER HAD.
THE NEW CBA WITH THE ATU HAS, UH, CERTAINLY BEEN A BIG FACTOR OF THAT.
AND THE TEAM IS OUT RECRUITING HEAVILY.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR STAFF.
WE WILL ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR STAFF, UH, NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE MECHANICS SIDE AS WELL.
SO REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT IS LISTENING, ESPECIALLY OUR BOARD.
IF YOU HAVE CONTACTS INTO PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT, UH, OR, OR, UH, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT FOR MANY, AS MANY GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AS, AS, AS YOU HAVE AVAILABLE LIKE THAT, I'M GOING TO BRING UP DOTTIE, UH, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, DADDY'S A DEPUTY CEO AND I WANT DOTTIE TO REALLY JUST SPEND A COUPLE MOMENTS TALKING ABOUT A NEW INITIATIVE.
WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD AT CAP METRO TO REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW I THINK THIS REALLY GOES BACK TO OUR VALUES OF EQUITY AND SAFETY AND ON OUR PROGRAMS. AND THEN TOO, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK THROUGH SOME INNER LOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I KNOW BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, YOU MENTIONED ONE AND I HAD GOT IT COULD STITCH THAT TOGETHER.
SO DOTTIE, IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO DO THAT.
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UM, THERE IT GOES.AGAIN, I'M DOTTIE WATKINS, THE DEPUTY CEO AND DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THESE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE BOARD IN A MEMORANDUM THAT YOU WOULD HAVE RECEIVED WITH YOUR PACKET, BUT WE WANTED TO TALK THROUGH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD AND THAT WE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC KIND OF WHAT WE'RE UP TO THE FIRST IS A REVIEW OF OUR CODE OF CONDUCT.
SO WE HAVE WRITING RULES, WHAT WE EXPECT OF OUR PUBLIC AS THEY USE OUR SERVICES.
AND CURRENTLY OUR STROLLER POLICY, UM, REQUIRES THAT STROLLERS BE CLOSED UPON BOARDING AND A TRANSIT VEHICLE.
AND IF ANYONE'S EVER CARRIED A, A LARGER STROLLER AND HAD A KID OR TWO AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT, UM, THE STROLLERS CAN BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO OTHER USERS ON THE TRANSIT VEHICLES.
SO THAT'S WHY THE RULE HAS BEEN IN PLACE, BUT WE THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST THE RIGHT TIME TO RELOOK AT THESE, THESE PROGRAMS. OUR VEHICLES ARE ACTUALLY NOW DESIGNED WITH MORE SITE FACING SEATINGS.
SO THEY'RE A BIT MORE OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO, TO THAT KIND OF SPACE UTILIZATION.
AND I THINK AS WE REALLY LOOK AT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSIT SYSTEM WORKS FOR ALL SORTS OF USERS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
AND SO AT THIS POINT, UM, WE ARE LAUNCHING THE PROCESS TO BEGIN TALKING TO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
UM, WE WILL, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO TALK TO BOTH SEE SACK AND ACCESS.
I BELIEVE WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE CITY'S BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS.
WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE VETTED THIS WITH WHAT WE THINK ARE ALL OF THE RIGHT STAKEHOLDERS BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THIS POLICY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE KICKED OFF AND WE'LL BE BACK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO REPORT BACK TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE INTEND TO DO WITH THOSE WRITING ROLES.
AND THEN THE SECOND IS ACTUALLY A PILOT THAT WE WILL BE LAUNCHING NEXT WEEK, STARTING ON MONDAY, APRIL 4TH, WE ARE PILOTING AN EXPANSION OF OUR COURTESY STOCK PROGRAM DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS.
SO TRADITIONALLY COURTESY STOPS HAVE BEEN STOPS AVAILABLE TO OUR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
IF THERE IS AN ACCESSIBILITY BARRIER, UM, EITHER PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY AT ONE OF OUR BUS STOPS, WE'LL ALLOW THAT WE'LL PICK A SAFE LOCATION JUST BEFORE OR AFTER THE BUS STOP TO MAKE A COURTESY STOP.
THAT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN THE ONLY REASON WE SHOULD BE STOPPING TO BOARD AND DELIGHT CUSTOMERS AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN A BUS STOP.
BUT AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT, HOW DO WE BEST SUPPORT THE BROADEST VARIETY OF USERS USING OUR SERVICES? UM, WE'RE PILOTING A NIGHTTIME COURTESY STOP PROGRAM.
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT BEGINNING AT 9:00 PM.
UM, ANYONE ON OUR SYSTEM CAN REQUEST US TO BE DROPPED OFF AT A SAFE LOCATION ALONG THE EXISTING ROUTE BETWEEN ESTABLISHED TRANSIT STOPS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BEGINNING THIS PILOT, APRIL 1ST, EXCUSE ME, APRIL 4TH.
AND WE WILL RUN IT FOR A FEW MONTHS AND SEE HOW THINGS GO, MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE UNDERSTOOD ANY FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FROM OUR OPERATIONS STAFF.
UM, BEFORE WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THAT ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS.
SO THIS WAS WHEN WE FELT LIKE WE REALLY NEEDED TO TRY IT BEFORE WE BUY IT.
AND SO WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE LAUNCHING THAT EFFORT NEXT WEEK AND I'M GONNA KEEP PUSHING THE BUTTON UNTIL IT WORKS, OR SOMEBODY, THERE WE GO.
SO I WENT TOO FAR, SO UPCOMING INNER LOCAL AGREEMENTS.
UM, AS I'M CERTAIN, YOU GUYS RECALL THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAPITOL METRO ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WILL BE OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS.
MO MANY OF THOSE AGREEMENTS WON'T BE BETWEEN ALL THREE PARTIES IN FACT, THERE'LL BE BETWEEN TWO OF THE THREE PARTIES.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE, HAVE BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR SOME TIME AND WILL BE APPROVED BY THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNING BODIES FOR THAT AGREEMENT.
UM, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE JPA, THERE IS A, AN, WE ARE WORKING TO UPDATE THE LIST OF AGREEMENTS.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST SORT OF GO OVER THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT COMING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AS WE, AS WE HEAD INTO THE SPRING CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE'LL BE ENTERING INTO A HANDFUL OF AGREEMENTS TO HELP SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME OF THE, UM, PIECES OF THE PROGRAM.
SO THE METRO RAPID PROJECTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, THE AUSTIN TRANSIT AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY BETTERMENT, SO ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, UM, OTHER SORTS OF, UM, AREA IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAKE SENSE TO HAPPEN WHILE WE'RE IN THERE, UM, TEARING UP ASPHALT AND CONCRETE TO BUILD THE METRO RAPID STATIONS.
UM, SO THERE WILL BE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT TO COVER THOSE, UM, AS WELL AS SIMILAR, UM, BETTERMENTS FOR THE RED LINE MCCALLA STATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE, UM, THE CUSTOMER COMPONENTS OF THAT STATION WILL NEED, UM, ACCESS TO SOME UTILITY EASEMENT.
SO THAT ONE IS COMING AS WELL.
UM, AS WELL AS A GLOBAL, UM, IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY'S CORRIDOR PROGRAM, UM, THAT IS
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AS THEY IMPLEMENT THE CONSTRUCTION OF REBUILDING VARIOUS CORRIDORS WITHIN THE QUARTER PROGRAM, THAT AT THAT SAME TIME, THEY WOULD GO AHEAD AND INSTALL THE CUSTOMER AMENITIES AND BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS, AS OPPOSED TO US HAVING TO COME BACK IN AFTER THEY REBUILD THE STREET AND TEAR UP A PIECE OF IT TO PUT THE BUS STOP IN, UM, LATE SUMMER SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO UPDATE OUR SUPPORT SERVICES IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ATP AND CAP METRO.THIS IS THE AGREEMENT WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF SHARED SERVICES, THINGS LIKE IT, HR FACILITIES SUPPORT, UM, ALL SORTS OF, UM, CAP, METRO STAFF SUPPORT, ATPS WORK.
UM, AND SO MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THAT EFFORT IS PROPERLY DOCUMENTED AND ACCOUNTED FOR THAT'S PRIMARILY IN ACCOUNTING EXERCISES, AS THE FUNDS GO BACK AND FORTH TO SUPPORT THE TWO ENTITIES.
UM, WE ALSO WILL BE HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ENTERING INTO OUR GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE METRO RAPID CAPITAL COST.
SO ONCE THAT GRANT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE ALL OF THE AGREEMENTS READY TO SHARE THOSE CAPITAL COSTS, AS WELL AS THE RED LINE CAPITAL COSTS.
SO WE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, THE $25 MILLION IN RED LINE IMPROVEMENTS AND AN AGREEMENT DETAILING OUT HOW THOSE COSTS WILL BE ACCOUNTED.
WE'LL ALSO BE COMING THIS SUMMER.
UM, THE TRANS TRANSIT RELATED DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ABLE TO COME FROM THE CITY TO CAPITOL METRO.
SO SOME DEVELOPERS ARE, ARE PAYING FEES AND, AND CONTRIBUTING FUNDS TO HELP TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THAT ALL GETS ACCOUNTED FOR APPROPRIATELY, UM, AND THEN LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST IS THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROCESSES.
UM, IF YOU MAY RECALL FROM THE MARCH 2ND, UM, TRI-PARTY MEETING, IT WAS COMMENTED THAT WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THERE WILL NEED TO BE PROPERTY ACQUIRED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION, THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS OUR CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY, DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY UNDER IMMINENT DOMAIN.
AND SO ATP WILL PARTNER WITH BOTH CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND VARIOUS PLACES TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AS NEEDED.
UM, AND SO THAT'S JUST SORT OF A FLAVOR OF ALL OF WHAT IS COMING UP.
I THINK, UM, THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT GIVES US A GREAT STRUCTURE UNDER WHICH TO WORK, BUT A LOT OF THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS ARE ABOUT TO START GETTING IRONED OUT.
SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP TO THOSE, UM, AS YOU WILL SEE, THERE'S LOTS OF CAT METROS ON THAT.
SO AS A BOARD, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO BECOME INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THOSE APPROVALS.
AND WITH THAT CHAIR, THAT IS THE CEO REPORT THIS MONTH, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE A BIG THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.
IT'S BEEN AGAIN, SERVICES AND EXACTLY WHERE WE'D LIKE IT TO BE, BUT THE STAFF IS PUSHING HARD EVERY DAY.
SOUTH BY IS AN INCREDIBLY LARGE EVENT FOR US.
WE HAD REALLY SAFE, SAFE EVENT AND CARRIED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET BACK ON THE SERVICE.
I CAN TO MANAGE THAT AND OBVIOUSLY AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF OTHER INITIATIVES BESIDES THE EXPANSION PROGRAM.
SO JUST KUDOS TO THE STAFF, APPRECIATE HOW MUCH THEY'RE DOING EVERY WEEK.
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE TEAM.
UH, I GUESS NOW, DO WE NEED TO MAKE TIME FOR
[IX. Executive Session of Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code:]
EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALL RIGHT.UM, LET'S SEE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ANNOUNCING IT PROPERLY.
ARE WE SUSPENDING THE MEETING UNTIL, UNTIL WE COME BACK OR YES, YOU NEED TO KEEP AN ACTIVE MEETING UNTIL AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WE'LL SUSPEND THE, UH, BOARD MEETING AT 3 45.
UH, WE WILL, UH, HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BASED ON CHAPTER 5 50, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 0 7, 4 FOR F UH, FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS REGARDING THE DISCUSSION OF, OF THE PRESIDENCY, UM, F SLIDE 2022 PERFORMANCE GOALS.
AND, UH, WHEN WE COMPLETE THAT MEETING, NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN THERE.
UH, WE WILL COME BACK TO, UH, TO THIS ROOM AND, UM, AND, UH, PULL THE MEETING BACK TOGETHER BEFORE, UM, BEFORE WE GO OUT.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS TAKE FIVE MINUTES SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HAVE A RESTROOM BREAK AND, UH, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
WE ARE NOT VOTING ON ANY ITEMS. SO AT 5 0 7, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS.