Apr 11, 2022 CAMPO

OKAY,

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OKAY, AWESOME.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, OF

[1. Certification of Quorum – Quorum requirement is 12 members]

UM, AND DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

UM, NO EXECUTIVE SESSION REPORT FROM THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY

[4. Report from the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Chair]

I THINK CHAD, YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE REPORT FOR THAT TODAY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET ON MARCH 28TH.

UM, WE HAD JUST ONE ACTION ITEM, WHICH WAS DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION ON FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES, TARGET UPDATES.

UM, THAT SAME PRESENTATION WILL BE GIVEN, UM, BY RYAN TODAY, LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.

UM, THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED BY THE TAC, UM, UNANIMOUSLY FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE POLICY BOARD TO ADOPT THE 2022 PERFORMANCE MEASURE REPORT AS, AS PRESENTED.

UM, THERE WAS ALSO A PRESENTATION ON THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE TIP, WHICH WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED TODAY.

UM, TEXTILE PROVIDED A SMART, UH, PRESENTATION ON SMART TRACK INITIATIVE.

UM, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BROUGHT, UH, TO THE BOARD FOR A FUTURE PRESENTATION.

UM, AND WE HAD AN UPDATE ON OUR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, BY THE VICE-CHAIR ATTACK, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE TDM SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEY'RE MEETING REGULARLY AND PROVIDING UPDATES, UM, TO THE TAC AS WE DEVELOP OUR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THAT WAS THE, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED.

OKAY.

THANKS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHAD FROM THE TAC MEETING? OKAY, THANK YOU.

SEEING NONE.

UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO

[5. Presentation and Public Hearing on the Draft 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)]

TIP MR. COLLINS, EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU.

UM, HOPEFULLY IT'S WORKING.

UM, SO THIS, UH, ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND INFORMATION ITEM ON THE DRAFTS 2023 THROUGH 2026 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

UM, AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE, THE, THE TIP IS REALLY AS A FISCALLY CONSTRAINED DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINES THE TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS THAT HAVE COMMITTED FUNDING IN THE REGION, UM, OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

UM, AND WHAT THE FUNCTION OF THE TIP REALLY IS THAT ANY PROJECTS THAT HAVE FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, UM, THESE ARE PROGRAMS THROUGH FTA AND FWA, RESPECTIVELY.

UM, IF THEY HAVE, UH, FUNDING COMMITTED FROM ANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT RUN THROUGH THOSE AGENCIES, THEY DO HAVE TO BE REGIONALLY AUTHORIZED IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S, IT IS A DOCUMENT AND A PROGRAM, BUT IT IS, IT REPRESENTS THAT REGIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR THESE FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

UM, WE DO ADOPT IT EVERY TWO YEARS, UM, BUT WE ALSO AMENDED ON A REGULAR BASIS ON DESK, JUST SO WE CAN INCLUDE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, UM, INCLUDING THE NEW, UH, FUNDING COMMITMENTS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE LIFESPAN OF THE TIP, AS WELL AS ANY PROJECT CHANGES THAT MAY OCCUR, UM, WHICH IS PRETTY FREQUENT.

BUT, UM, SO THIS, UH, UPCOMING SIPS OBVIOUSLY GONNA COVER, UH, 20, 23 THROUGH 2026, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN THE REGION, UH, IN THOSE YEARS.

SO IT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL TIP.

A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S ACTUALLY THE LARGEST SIP WE'VE EVER HAD TO DATE.

UM, IT'S GOT THE FEWEST PRODUCTS, UH, FROM THE INDIVIDUAL LISTING PERSPECTIVE, BUT IT IS, UH, TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $6 BILLION WORTH OF, UH, FUNDING, UH, FOR THE REGION.

SO, UM, AND THE LAST TIME WE ADOPTED IT, IT WAS THE 2021 THROUGH 2024.

UM, SO I DO WANNA KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE TIP.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ OUT THIS WHOLE SLIDE, BUT I THINK THAT THE CRITICAL THING IS THAT, UH, PRODUCTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE PLAN, THAT'S THE 20 YEAR DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINES WAS, UH, PLANNED TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

UM, AS THEY RECEIVE A COMMITMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDS, THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE SUBMITTED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BY THE STATE, UM, WHOEVER HAS RECEIVED THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, THEY SUBMIT THOSE PRODUCTS TO THE TIP AND THAT'S SO THEY CAN GET THAT REGIONAL AUTHORIZATION.

UM, SO I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THERE, THERE'S BASICALLY A FEW SECTIONS IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THE, UH, ONE OF THEM, UH, WE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS AND THESE ARE THE MAJOR PRODUCTS THAT, UH, THAT NEED APPROVAL BY THE POLICY BOARD.

UM, AND THESE ARE ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROGRAMS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED IN 23 USC.

UH, THERE ARE ABOUT 90 PROGRAMS, BUT THE ONES THAT WE'RE MOST FAMILIAR WITH ARE THE ONES THAT COME THROUGH, UH, OR, UH, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS STG FUNDING, WHICH IS, UH, ADMINISTERED, UH, DIRECTLY BY THE POLICY BOARD.

THESE ARE ALL THE ONES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS.

AND FOR THIS TIP, WE HAVE 14 INDIVIDUALLY LISTED PRODUCTS, TOTALING OVER $5 BILLION WORTH OF FUNDING.

OBVIOUSLY THE BIG WHALE IN THE ROOM IS EITHER 35 CENTRAL, UH, EXPRESS THAT'S INCLUDED, UM, AND FISCAL YEAR 2025.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT, UH, THE 180 3 FRONTAGE ROADS, AS WELL AS SOME, SEVERAL, SEVERAL SEBG, UH,

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UH, THESE ARE SOME CITY OF AUSTIN PRODUCTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO LET, UH, LATER THIS YEAR.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM AS WELL, UH, ALONGSIDE THE INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS FOR THE HIGHWAY SIDE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE TRANSIT PROJECTS IN THE REGION.

UH, THESE ARE FEDERALLY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FUNDS THAT COME FROM, EXCUSE ME, 49, USC CHAPTER 53, THAT'S BASICALLY FTA PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE'VE GOT 30 INDIVIDUALLY.

WE LISTED TRANSIT PROJECTS THAT TOTAL OVER $340 MILLION.

THE BULK OF THAT FUNDING THAT'S INCLUDED ARE THE OPERATIONAL FUNDS.

UH, THE 53 OF SEVEN FUNDS FOR CAPITAL METRO CITY OF ROUND ROCK AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS.

UH, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED PROJECT CONNECTS LOCALLY FUNDED PHASES OF THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINES.

THESE ARE PRODUCTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS GRANT PROGRAM, UM, AND THAT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS, BUT WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IN, UH, UH, SO ATP AND CAPITAL METRO SUBMITTED, UH, THE LOCALLY FUNDED PHASES, WHICH IS THE ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL FOR THESE, UH, THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINES.

AND SO WE'VE GOT THOSE LOCALLY FUNDED PHASES INCLUDED IN THE INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS.

UM, SHOULD THEY RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE FUTURE? THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK, UH, FOR AN AMENDMENT, BUT WE THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO, TO GET THESE IN FRONT OF THE POLICY BOARD, AS WELL AS, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING THROUGH A FEDERALLY FUNDING PROCESS, UM, ALONGSIDE THE INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS, WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 430 OR $27 MILLION WORTH OF GROUPS PROJECTS.

NOW THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE CRITICAL PROGRAMS AND PRODUCTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIED.

AND THEY UNDERGO A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS, UM, APPROVAL PROCESS BOTH THROUGH HERE AT THE STATE AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

UM, SO THIS INCLUDES PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND PLANNING PHASES OF LARGER PROJECTS.

UM, THE SAFETY PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS BRIEF REPLACEMENT, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS LIKE THAT, THEIR SCOPE OF WORK IS RELATIVELY ROUTINE, BUT THERE, SO WE, UM, NOT ROUTINE I GUESS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST BASICALLY BASED ON THE SCOPE REPORT, UH, THEY GET A FASTER APPROVAL PROCESS.

SO I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GROUP PROJECT DISTRIBUTION A LITTLE BIT.

UM, SO $427 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS IN THE REGION ARE INCLUDED IN THE TIP, UM, UNDER THIS GROUP PROJECT SECTION.

UM, AND WE'VE GOT IT SUMMED UP, BUT BASICALLY WE, UH, THE MAJORITY, YOU CAN SEE THE SAFETY PROGRAM, WE HAVE $228 MILLION WORTH OF SAFETY FUNDING INCLUDED IN THIS, UM, AS WELL AS BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS, ITS DEPLOYMENTS, UM, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND A LOT OF BRIDGE REHAB AND REHABILITATION.

SO THESE ARE ALL INCLUDED IF YOU DON'T SEE IT INDIVIDUALLY LISTED, UM, IT'S PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THE GROUP PROJECT DISTRIBUTION, UH, SECTION.

SO WE'VE ALSO GOT THE DISTRIBUTION BY COUNTY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THAT.

UH, SO THE, THE MAJORITY OF IT IS GOING TO TRUMP'S COUNTY AND TWO AND 23 MILLION, THEN WE'VE GOT WILLIAMSON COUNTY GETTING, UH, UH, OVER $80 MILLION FOR THE PRODUCTS AND THEN BURN UP A BASH SHOP.

AND CALDWELL AND HAY IS GETTING AROUND $30 MILLION, 30 TO 35.

UM, ADDITIONAL SECTIONS INCLUDE LOCAL PROJECTS.

SO WE, UH, RECEIVED A BUNCH OF, UH, SEVERAL REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TIP THAT ARE COMPLETELY LOCALLY FUNDED.

SO THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION PROCESS, BUT WE DID WANT TO INCLUDE THEM, UH, FOR, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES.

SO THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE LOCAL PROJECT SECTION.

UH, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT LISTS.

NOW THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING QUEUED UP FOR THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE TIP.

UH, THEY'RE UNDERGOING, UH, ENGINEERING AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.

THESE DO INCLUDE ALL OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WERE DEFERRED THE LAST TIME WE ADOPTED THE TIP BACK IN 2020.

SO IF YOU, UH, PRODUCTS THAT ARE, HAVE NOT BEEN REFUNDED AS OF THIS POINT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT LIST, AND THIS IS ALSO A CRITICAL LIST, UH, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AT THE STATE LEVEL, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS AT THE STATE.

UM, DO YOU HAVE TO BE LISTED IN THIS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT LIST, UM, IN ADDITIONAL SECTIONS INCLUDE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT ITEM.

UH, BUT THOSE ARE INCLUDED, UH, LINKEDIN TO THIS TIP, AS WELL AS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES.

UM, SELF-CERTIFICATION AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

SO, AND THEN WE, OUR DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE, WE DID TAKE THIS TO THE TAC, UH, LAST MONTH FOR AN INFORMATION ITEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, OUT FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH, WHICH JOYCE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH, ESSENTIALLY.

AND THEN WE'LL BE TAKING IT BACK TO THE TAC, UH, FOR A RECOMMENDATION LATER THIS MONTH, AND THEN BRINGING IT BACK TO THE POLICY BOARD IN MAY, UH, FOR ADOPTION, UM, POTENTIAL ADOPTION.

AND THEN, UH, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING IT TO THE STATE, UH, WHERE IT WILL GO THROUGH THE STATE PROCESS AND GO THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE BEING APPROVED BY THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AT WHICH POINT IT GOES TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AT FWA AND FTA, AND THEY INDIVIDUALLY REVIEW AND APPROVE EACH INDIVIDUAL LISTING AND THE TIP.

SO, UM, AND THEN I'LL DO A SCAN TALKING ABOUT THE OUTREACH.

SO AS RYAN MENTIONED, WE ARE IN A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD RIGHT NOW, AND THAT RUNS UNTIL APRIL 25TH AND AFTER 25 MONTHS OF NO IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSES, WE ARE FINALLY BACK TO HAVING IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSES.

SO THE FIRST OF FOUR IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSES WAS HELD, UM, PRIOR TO THIS BOARD MEETING OUT IN THE LOBBY.

SO HOPEFULLY AS YOU WALKED IN TO THE MEETING TODAY, YOU SAW THE INFORMATION

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UH, WE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW IN CEDAR PARK, AND THEN TWO NEXT WEEK, ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN PERSON IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE.

SO IF PEOPLE STILL WANT TO, UM, EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE PREFERRING TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE, GET INFORMATION THAT WAY, SEND ELECTRONIC COMMENTS.

SO OF COURSE THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE SOME OF THE PRACTICES THAT WE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE.

UM, THERE'S, UM, A NUMBER THAT YOU CAN CALL AND REQUEST INFORMATION SENT TO YOU BY MAIL, OR IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE COMMENTS BY VOICEMAIL, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO, YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO CONTINUE CALLING THAT PHONE NUMBER AND LEAVING VOICEMAIL COMMENTS.

UM, YOU CAN SEND THEM BY EMAILS, SEND THEM BY MAIL AND BY FAX.

SO THE COMMENT PERIOD DOES AM CLOSE ON THE 25TH.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THE SIGN THAT WE'VE GOT HERE FOR THE IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSES.

WE ARE TRYING OUT SOMETHING CALLED CAMPO CURBSIDE.

SO FOR PEOPLE THAT MAYBE WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY FACE TO FACE, BUT AREN'T NECESSARILY COMFORTABLE IN A LARGER IN-PERSON SETTING, WE'VE GOT, UM, A SPOT THAT WILL BE RESERVED OUTSIDE THE MEETING LOCATIONS THAT YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT A PHONE NUMBER, AND SOMEBODY WILL COME OUT AND GIVE YOU HARD COPY INFORMATION, A COMMENT CARD THAT YOU CAN, UM, TALK THROUGH WITH A STAFF PERSON.

UM, OR IF YOU'VE GOT A SMARTPHONE, YOU CAN JUST SCAN THE QR CODE FROM YOUR CAR AND STILL HAVE SOMEBODY TALK WITH YOU IN PERSON.

AND YOU CAN VIEW ALL THE INFORMATION FROM YOUR SMARTPHONE AND SEND AN ELECTRONIC COMMENT.

SO THAT WAS JUST ONE MORE THING WE FELT, UM, MAY OFFER SOME COMFORT LEVEL.

AND THEN ALSO, I MEAN, I WENT INTO THE PANDEMIC WITH A BROKEN ANKLE.

SO CURBSIDE WAS THE PERFECT TIMING FOR ME.

SO I KNOW PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE MOBILITY CHALLENGES LIKE A BROKEN ANKLE OR A CHILD IN A CAR SEAT THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME, SOME ADVANTAGES TO OFFERING THIS TYPE OF THING.

SO WE'RE GIVING IT A TRY THIS TIME AROUND.

SO, UM, APRIL 25TH IS THE COMMENT PERIOD WHEN IT CLOSES AND THAT'S THE SAME DAY AS THE TAC MEETING.

SO ALL OF THE COMMENTS WE GET PRIOR TO THE TAC MEETING AT 2:00 PM ON APRIL 25TH, WE WILL BE GIVING TO THE TAC MEMBERS SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROPERLY INFORM THE BOARD ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, EXCUSE ME, IS ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

UM, DOES ANY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE POLICY BOARD MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? YES.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR TRYING THAT APPROACH.

I THINK YOU CALLED IT A CURBSIDE APPROACH, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO LET US KNOW HOW IT GOES.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE.

SO THANKS FOR GIVING THAT A SHOT.

SO ARE YOU HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU HAD A BROKEN ANKLE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT APPROACH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY.

IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON, UM, TO ITEM NUMBER

[6. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on February 14, 2022 Meeting Minutes]

IS THERE A MOTION JUDGE? OAKLEY MOVES APPROVAL, COMMISSIONER JONES.

SECOND.

YOU SOUND OKAY.

WHOEVER.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ITALIA MAKES THE MOTION, UM, ANY CHANGES OR COMMENTS ON THE MEETING MINUTES? YES, SIR.

I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT REFLECTS THAT I HAVE JOSH RATERS A PROXY IS THAT FOR TODAY'S MEETING.

OKAY.

AND ALSO, UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR MORGAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAS THE PROXY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARSHER HARPER MADISON ALSO.

THANK YOU.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE MINUTES, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

[7. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on Federal Performance Measure Target Updates]

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, SO THIS ITEM, WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK FROM LAST MONTH.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON THE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE, TARGET UPDATES, UH, THAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

WE UPDATE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE REPORT AND BRING IT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.

UM, BUT JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHY WE'RE DOING IT AS PART OF A MAP 21, THERE WAS A FEDERALLY MANDATED STRATEGIC APPROACH CALLED TPM OR TRANSPORTATION PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, WHICH, UM, BASICALLY IS JUST USING DATA AND INFORMATION TO, UH, TO INFORM OUR INVESTMENT POLICY DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS A, AS A AGENCY, AS A POLICY BOARD.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE STATE HAS TO DO THE SAME THING.

SO WE SUPPORT THE STATE AND THESE, UH, UH, ENDEAVORS AS WELL.

BUT, UM, BUT BASICALLY, AND TO TRACK HOW WE ARE ACHIEVING NATIONAL PERFORMANCE GOALS, BUT WE UTILIZE THE TBM PROCESS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

ONE IS OBVIOUSLY SETTING REGIONAL PERFORMANCE TARGETS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

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THAT IS A VERY DATA DRIVEN PROCESS THAT WE USE TO TRACK AND MAKE OUR INVESTMENTS.

UM, BUT WE ALSO MONITOR THOSE INVESTMENTS OVER TIME AND THE PROGRESS THAT THEY MAKE AND THE ACTUAL IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE AFTER THEY'VE BEEN BUILT.

AND THEN WE ALSO INCORPORATE THESE, UH, OF THESE TARGETS INTO OUR PLANNING PRODUCTS, INCLUDING THE TIP AND THE RTP AND STUFF, AND ALL OF THE STUDIES WE DO.

IT'S ALL, IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT DATA AND USING DATA TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

UM, SO JUST REMIND EVERYONE, WE'VE GOT THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE GOAL AREAS ON THE LEFT.

I WON'T READ THROUGH THOSE, BUT THOSE ARE WHAT CONGRESS DECIDED BACK IN 2014, UH, WHAT THEY WANTED, UH, THE, THE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO FOCUS ON, UH, SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT BASICALLY THESE ARE THE SEVEN GOAL AREAS THAT WE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO.

AND, UH, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS THAT, UH, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SET THE ACTUAL GOALS AND THOSE GOAL AREAS, AS WELL AS THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE AND METRICS THAT WE NEED TO BE TRACKING.

UM, AND ONCE THEY SET THOSE IN PLACE THROUGH A RULE-MAKING PROCESS, UH, THE STATES SET THEIR OWN TARGETS WITHIN THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

AND THEN THE MPO 180 THAT HAS 180 DAYS TO ADOPT THEIR OWN TARGETS AS WELL.

AND THEN THE MPO ALONG WITH THE STATE ALSO INCORPORATE ALL OF THESE THINGS INTO OUR PLANS AND PROGRAMS. AND SO THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS AND IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

UM, AND SO THIS YEAR WE ARE UPDATING, UH, SO WE TRACK FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS.

UM, SO SAFETY, WE ALSO LOOK AT OUR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, UH, TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT AND TRANSIT SAFETY TARGETS ON THE TRANSIT SIDE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE TRACK THERE.

UM, SO IF YOU LOOK ON, UH, FOR 2022, WE'RE ONLY UPDATING OUR TARGETS FOR SAFETY, WHICH IS PM ONE, A TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT AND TRANSIT SAFETY TARGETS.

UM, I WON'T READ THROUGH THE ACTUAL TARGETS THEMSELVES, BUT, UH, THE THING FOR SAFETY ON THE HIGHWAY SIDE IS THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE STATES, UH, ROAD TO ZERO PROGRAM, WHICH IS HAVING DEATHS, UH, ON THE ROADWAYS BY 2035 AND THEN GOING TO ZERO BY 2050.

AND SO WE VERBATIM ADOPT THE STATE'S TARGETS TO HELP SUPPORT THEM IN THAT ENDEAVOR.

AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK ON THE TRANSIT SIDE, WE HAVE TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT AND TRANSIT SAFETY TARGETS.

THESE ARE AVERAGES.

SO EACH AGENCY HAS TO SET THEIR OWN TARGETS.

UM, THIS INCLUDES CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK.

AND THEN WE AVERAGE THOSE TOGETHER.

SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TODAY.

UM, SO ONE THING, ONE QUESTION THAT ALWAYS COMES UP, WE DO ADOPT THE, UH, THE STATE'S, UH, TARGETS VERBATIM.

UH, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO, TO SHOW HOW WE AS A REGION COMPARED TO THE STATE AS WELL.

UM, SO WE HAVE DATA UP TO 20, 20, 20, 21 DAY THAT HASN'T BECOME AVAILABLE YET, BUT SHOULD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

BUT IF YOU COMPARE TO CAMPO WITH THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW, UH, WE COMPARE IN RELATION TO OUR POPULATION, AS WELL AS VEHICLE MOUSE TRAVELED, THAT WE ARE BASICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE GIVEN OUR SHARE OF THE POPULATION, UM, IF NOT SLIGHTLY BELOW, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF AREAS WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE STATE, UM, BUT ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS, AND WE'LL BRING THIS BACK OBVIOUSLY NEXT, UH, NEXT YEAR AS WELL, BUT 2021 IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFERENT YEAR.

I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY'S KIND OF AWARE THAT WE WERE KIND OF TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AS A REGION, BUT IT'S ALSO A STATEWIDE ISSUE.

AND AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL ISSUES THAT THE, THE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY.

SO, UH, THAT'LL BE A GOOD DISCUSSION TO HAVE NEXT YEAR.

UM, BUT RELATED TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, AS FAR AS AN MPO GOES, I THINK THE MOST CRITICAL THING WE DO AS AN NPO IN RELATION TO THE TARGETS IS MAKING INVESTMENT DECISIONS.

SO THAT'S GOING BACK TO OUR PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA, WHAT WE, UH, OUR PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA, IT LOOKS, UH, I THINK 40% OF YOUR SCORE, 40 TO 45% IS SAFETY BASED.

SO EVERY PROJECT THAT WE INVESTED IN, UH, WITH THE CRITERIA THAT WE CURRENTLY UTILIZE, SAFETY IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF THAT.

AND, UH, NOT A SINGLE PROJECT, UH, DID NOT HAVE SAFETY INVOLVED WITH IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, AND THE PO HIS ROLE IS, IS REALLY TO SUPPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

UH, THIS IS, UH, IN A LOT OF WAYS, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUE.

AND SO AS AN NPO, UH, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, WE DEVELOPING A SAFETY DASHBOARD THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, UH, LATER ON THIS YEAR.

UH, I THINK WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THAT LAST MONTH, UM, BUT THAT WILL INCLUDE, YOU CAN SLICE AND DICE THE DATA ANY WAY YOU WANT TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE REGIONAL STATE OF SAFETY REPORT, THIS AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU WHERE WE TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO 15 DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF CRASHES.

WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S DISTRACTED DRIVING OR IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A DUI ALCOHOL-RELATED, UM, AND THEN WE DO PROFILES IN THE REGION ON THOSE SPECIFIC METRICS.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE REGIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN.

NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO, UM, THE POLICY BOARD LATER THIS YEAR.

BUT WHAT THIS WILL BE IS REALLY A ROADMAP ON HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, AS A REGION CAN, UH, HELP INFLUENCE AND IMPACT, UH, SAFETY.

UM, IT'LL INCLUDE, UH, A LIST OF PRODUCTS

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UM, IT WILL ALSO OUTLINE, I KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL TARGETS.

IF WE, YOU KNOW, ONE QUESTION WE ALWAYS GET IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO SET OUR OWN TARGETS AS OPPOSED TO ADOPTING THE STATES.

THIS MAY PROVIDE THAT OPTION.

UH, SO THAT'LL BE A FUTURE DISCUSSION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO SET OUR OWN TARGETS OR CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, ADOPT THE STATE'S TARGETS.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT WILL BE COMING BACK, UH, LATER ON, UH, THIS YEAR.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION.

UH, WE DID TAKE THIS TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, LAST MONTH AND THEY DID RECOMMEND, UH, ADOPTING, UH, THE 2022 PERFORMANCE MEASURE REPORT AS WELL AS THE TARGETS.

SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, RYAN.

UM, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION ON THIS AT MANY PREVIOUS MEETINGS.

OH, WOW.

IT GOT REALLY LOUD.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

WHO DID COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, MANAGER.

I LOVE THE WAY YOU REMEMBER DISCUSSION ONE QUESTION, RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE DISCUSSED THIS AT NAUSEUM, UH, NUMEROUS OCCASIONS REGARDING CREATING OUR OWN TARGETS.

WOULD YOU MIND JUST RECAPTURING THAT CONVERSATION JUST FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'LL GO WITH THE STATE AGAIN, AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT SPECIFIC THINGS FOR OURSELVES RIGHT NOW? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HA I GUESS IT'S MORE ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ADOPT THE STATE'S METRICS BECAUSE IT, IT, RIGHT NOW, IT'S, IT'S THE, NOT THE EASIER THING TO DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT THESE TARGETS MEAN YET.

AND SO, AND WE ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THE STATE AND THEIR EFFORTS AS WELL.

SO IT'S JUST, UH, THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S WHY THE REGIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN AND WE'LL BRING BACK NEXT YEAR OR LATER THIS YEAR IS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE PART OF THE EXTENSION OF THAT CONVERSATION IS DO WE WANT TO SET OUR OWN TARGETS? AND WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TARGETS MEAN QUITE YET.

UM, REALLY, THEY'RE JUST A CRITICAL BENCHMARK FOR US TO MEASURE HOW WE'RE DOING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, IT MAY BE, WE COULD BE PENALIZED.

WE COULD BE IF WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR TARGETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE KIND OF FEELING THAT OUT AND ASKING, YOU MAY WANT TO JUMP IN ON THIS, BUT, UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW IN A, IN A, IT'S ALSO A, IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO SET YOUR OWN TARGETS.

UM, EVERYBODY IN THE STATE, UH, AT THIS POINT, EVERY OTHER MPO HAS SET THEIR OWN, UH, SET, UH, ADOPTED THE STATE'S TARGETS, EXCUSE ME.

UM, I KNOW WACO ATTEMPTED TO NOT ATTEMPT IT, BUT THEY LOOKED INTO SETTING THEIR OWN TARGETS AND DECIDED TO GO WITH THE STATES AS WELL.

SO RIGHT NOW IT'S THE PRACTICAL THING TO DO, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T CONSIDER IT IN THE FUTURE.

SO, SO COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD TEAR, UM, IF WE, IF WE SET OUR OWN TARGETS, WE ALSO HAVE TO COME UP WITH OUR OWN DATA.

UM, AND I'M WORRIED ONE ABOUT THE COST.

I'M WORRIED TOO, ABOUT THE FIDELITY OF THE DATA, UM, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE WILL BE DEVELOPING OURSELVES AS OPPOSED TO THIS VERY ROBUST DATA SYSTEM THAT THE STATE HAS HAD IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND IT'S ALSO RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.

UM, SO, UM, AS RYAN SAID, EVERY OTHER METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THE STATE ADOPTS THE STATE'S TARGETS ON SAFETY, UM, WACO DID ATTEMPT TO, UH, TO, UH, COME UP WITH THEIR OWN AND THEY WENT BACK TO THE STATES, UM, NUMBERS.

SO, UM, COMMON SENSE COUNTS MEASUREMENT HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, WALTER, SORRY.

OH, OKAY.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT TRYING TO SET SOME KIND OF VISION ZERO GOAL.

UM, AND IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THESE PERFORMANCE TARGETS AS MUCH AS PART OF OUR SAFETY PLAN.

CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THE REGIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN MIGHT INCORPORATE SOMETHING LIKE VISION ZERO IN THE FUTURE? SO, UH, THE DRAFT I'LL LOOK AT IT, WE'VE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TARGETS WILL IT LIKE SUPPORTING THE ROAD TO ZERO PROGRAM? SO THERE'S A TABLE IN THE DRAFTS THAT BASICALLY SHOWS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HIT IN ORDER TO HIT 20, 50, UH, ZERO TO 2050.

SO, UM, AS FAR AS VISION ZERO, I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT VERSION OF IT, BUT, UM, IT DOES INCORPORATE THAT THOUGH, GETTING TO ZERO, SO, OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BE PART OF THE PLAN.

OBVIOUSLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S IN THE DRAFT.

UM, AND I, I'M STILL KIND OF WONDERING IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS TO BE LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING WITH RESPECT TO TRYING TO GET TO ZERO IN SIMILAR TYPES OF DRIVING COMMUNITIES SINCE THERE ARE SIMILARITIES, UM, EVEN, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING IN TEXAS ON HOW PEOPLE APPROACH THE ROAD.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

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YES.

I HAVE A QUESTION JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY'S PURPOSE.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE INTUITIVE HERE, BUT I'M NOTICING, UM, ON TWO OF THE SAFETY MEASURES, UM, THE TARGETS INCREASED, BUT THOSE ARE NUMERICAL MEASURES.

SO DOES THAT HAVE TO DO, IS THAT A FUNCTION OF GROWTH? UH, YES.

SO, UM, ON THE SAFETY SIDE, ON THE PM ONE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

SO, YEAH, THERE'S TWO DARK BLUE.

THAT, THAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE FACT THAT THE POPULATION IS GROWING.

SO, UH, AND THE ROAD TO ZERO, UM, REALLY DEALS WITH IT.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE A DECREASING IN THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES ON THE, ON THE RIGHT-AWAY SIDE AND THE RIGHT.

AND THAT'S RELATED TO THE RIGHT WAY TO ZERO.

I DON'T THINK ROADWAY TO ZERO, UH, TALKS ABOUT SERIOUS INJURIES.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT THAT'S, BUT IT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE POPULATION GROW.

WE, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON THE ROADS, HIGHER VMT NOW.

UM, AND SO WE EXPECT TO SEE, UM, A HIGHER RATE.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT FOR PEOPLE, BUT ALSO THE, THE RATES, THE, UM, THE MEASURES THAT ARE RATES ARE, ARE REDUCING.

SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

SEEING THEN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, UM, ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, TO, UM, ADOPT THE 2022 PERFORMANCE MEASURE REPORT AND TARGETS ALL IN FAVOR, ANYONE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

MOTION PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY

[8. Discussion and Take Appropriate Action on CAMPO Executive Director to Begin Negotiation on Regional Freight Plan Contract]

UM, THIS IS DISCUSSING TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON CAMPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BEGIN NEGOTIATION ON REGIONAL FREIGHT PLAN, CONTRACT NARRATIVE.

I THINK THIS ONE'S YOURS.

SO IN 2008, THE POLICY BOARD ADOPTED THE REGIONAL FREIGHT PLAN.

SINCE THEN, THERE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN MANY CHANGES IN FREIGHT FOR THIS REGION.

SO A UPDATE TO THE PLAN IS NECESSARY.

FOLLOWING OUR STANDARD PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE RECEIVED A THREE BIDS FOR CONSULTANTS AND THE TOP RANK FROM WAS AT CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS.

AND SO STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE POLICY BOARD AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DEVELOP AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH THE TOP RANKED FIRM FOR THE REGIONAL FREIGHT PLAN.

UH, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

THAT SOUNDED LIKE JUDGE UGLY.

YEP.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY MAYOR MORGAN? OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR? UM, VERY QUICKLY I SAW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'D BE LOOKING AT WAS AIR QUALITY.

WOULD THAT ALSO BE LOOKING THEN, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOVING FROM FOSSIL FUELS FOR SOME OF THOSE VEHICLES TO THE EXTENT IT'S POSSIBLE? UM, YES.

OKAY.

DO I NEED TO SPECIFY THAT OR IS THAT YES, PLEASE.

OKAY.

DO I NEED TO ASK ME, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO? WELL, I, I MEAN, IT FALLS UNDER AIR QUALITY.

I JUST, IT DOES ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO SAY, UM, MED PRO TEMP IS, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIRING A CONSULTING FIRM TO HELP US DEVELOP, UM, AN AIR QUALITY PLAN, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ENTERTAINMENT OF, WITHOUT REQUIRED TO DO SO.

WE WERE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND, UH, ESTIMATING THOSE THINGS.

UM, AND AS PART OF THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UM, ELECTRIFICATION.

DOES THAT GET AT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT? UM, IT DOES, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO STUDY HOW WE'RE HANDLING FREIGHT CURRENTLY AND THEN MAKE PROJECTIONS INTO THE FUTURE, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS, I'M SURE THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT THAN I AM, BUT, WELL, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE INCREASE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE INVOLVEMENT IN FREIGHT.

UM, NOT ONLY DOES ELECTRIC VEHICLE INVOLVEMENT, BUT ALSO, UH, WHAT'S KNOWN AS PLATOONING WHERE IT USING A MULTIPLE, UH, CAR, MULTIPLE TRUCKS TO GROOVE, BUT ONE DRIVER.

SO THOSE ARE ALL INVOLVED IN REDUCING THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS WHEN IT COMES TO MOVING GOODS AND PEOPLE THROUGH THE REGION, I WOULD BE A LITTLE RELUCTANT CHANGING THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE, BECAUSE THIS IS THEY'VE BID ON A SPECIFIC SCOPE AND CHANGING THAT TOO MUCH AT THIS POINT.

UH, IF THAT WAS NOT ALREADY IN THE SCOPE, IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIT OF IT IS.

UM, BUT IN TERMS OF CHANGING IT TOO MUCH, WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT, I'M NOT PLAYING LAWYER HERE.

I'M LOOKING AT THE LAWYERS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE SCOPE OF, OF, OF THIS ON THE FLY WHEN WE'RE ALREADY HAVE BIDS THAT WE'RE EVALUATING AND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON.

AND THEN JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING IF IT IS COVERED OR NOT

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THE BASICS WILL BE ADDRESSED YET.

RIGHT.

I MEAN, THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING AS HAVING A FULL PLAN TO DO CARBON REDUCTION IN THE REGION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET WHAT INFORMATION WE NEED FROM THIS FREIGHT PLAN FOR THAT LARGER, LARGER PROJECT.

OH, WAS THERE ANOTHER, WELL, IT JUST SOUNDS MICHIGAN HOWARD.

OH, GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL MEMBER OUT.

AND THEN, THEN COMMISSIONER HOWARD.

IT SOUNDS TO ME WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS EFFICIENCY.

AND PART OF THAT EFFICIENCY PROCESS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ALL THE THINGS.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAID WE HAD THIS PLAN IN 2008.

OKAY.

SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE NOW WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE BACK THEN.

SO CONSEQUENTLY, BY DEFINITION OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THERE'LL BE A PART OF THAT.

AND ADDITIONALLY, SPEAKING TO US, IT SOUNDS LIKE TO MAYOR PREP, TEN'S POINT, YOU CAN UTILIZE THAT DATA ON A FURTHER STUDY REGARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, CARBON NEUTRAL FOOTPRINT AND SOME OTHER ASPECTS.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

YES, SIR.

YES.

COMMISSIONER HOWARD, DID YOU HAVE A, UM, I APPRECIATE JUST SEEING THAT THERE IS ONE, TWO AND THREE, YOU KNOW, THE RANKINGS, BUT CAN ANYBODY SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE INDEED, YOU KNOW, QUALITY APPLICATIONS? CAUSE WE DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY BACKUP ABOUT LIKE WHAT THE SCORES WERE, HOW THEY MET THE PROPOSED? UH, SO WE HAD A COMMITTEE OF FIVE, UH, FOUR CAMPUS STAFF, ONE FOR TEXTILE, AUSTIN DISTRICT AND THE TOP RANKED FIRM, UH, SCORED ABOUT 95 WHILE THE SECOND AND THIRD RANKED ABOUT 71 EACH.

SO THE, UH, AND THAT WAS AN AVERAGE ACROSS ALL FIVE.

SO THE DIFFERENCE WAS, UH, VERY SIGNIFICANT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, I'M SORRY.

MAYOR HOUSTON.

YEAH, I AM BACK TO A MIRROR.

PRETEND ALTERS QUESTION.

I UNDERSTAND.

UH, THE SCOPE IS SET FOR THIS ONE, BUT UH, MR. JOHNSON, DID YOU SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING AN AIR QUALITY AND STUDY THAT'S NOT BEEN DEFINED YET? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO COULD WE PUT IT IN THAT ONE? YES.

MA'AM OF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.

UM, NONE BEING SEEN.

SO, UH, WE HAD, UH, I THINK WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ONE, CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, ANY ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY

[9. Discussion and Potential Action on CAMPO Appointment Process for Capital Metro Board Appointees]

UM, DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON CAMP.

UH, NO, SORRY.

UH, DISCUSSING POTENTIAL ACTION ON CAMPO APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE CAP METRO BOARD.

UM, UH, AS YOU ALL RECALL, OR, WELL, ACTUALLY, IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE BOARD, YOU MAY NOT.

UM, CAMPO HAS THREE APPOINTEES TO THE CAP METRO BOARD.

UM, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE FROM LEGISLATION 2009 TIMEFRAME.

UM, AND, UH, ONE IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS A 10 YEARS PLUS OF A SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS BACKGROUND.

ANOTHER ONE IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS 10 YEARS PLUS OF A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL BACKGROUND.

AND THE THIRD IS A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, THE BUSINESS APPOINTEE RIGHT NOW IS WADE COOPER.

UM, THE, UH, FINANCIAL APPOINTEE RIGHT NOW IS TERRY MITCHELL AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTEE IS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, TERRY MITCHELL HAS EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE TO GO DO, UH, OTHER THINGS AND FREE UP SOME OF HIS TIME.

AND SO, UM, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MET AND DISCUSSED THE PROCESS.

AND, UM, WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN PUT BEFORE YOU IS, IS AN OUTLINE OF THAT PROCESS.

UM, TODAY WE'LL, UM, I'M ASKING, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED JOB DESCRIPTION, IF YOU WILL.

UM, AND THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY MR. MITCHELL.

UM, WE THOUGHT THAT, UH, PROBABLY THE PERSON THAT COULD HELP US THE BEST WITH THAT IS SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN DOING IT FOR EIGHT YEARS.

AND, UM, IT IS A, UH, A MORE DETAILED AND ROBUST DESCRIPTION THAT IS THAN WHAT'S IN THE STATUTE.

THE STATUTE IS VERY VAGUE.

IT JUST SAYS 10 YEARS OF FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE.

BUT, UM, AND I WOULD ALSO SAY CAP METRO IS A VERY DIFFERENT, UM, ORGANIZATION NOW THAN IT WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF ITS PROJECTS AND, UM, THE ROBUSTNESS OF THOSE PROJECTS AND THE, THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE.

AND SO, UM, TERRY VERY GRACIOUSLY PUT TOGETHER,

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AND SO, UM, THE PLAN IS, WAS LISTED IN YOUR PACKET, BUT IT'S ALSO UP HERE FOR EVERYONE TO LOOK AT, UM, APRIL 13TH, THAT'S, UH, WE PLANNED TO HAVE THE DESCRIPTION ON THE WEBSITE AND REACH OUT TO, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WE'LL THAT APPLICATION PERIOD AT THE END OF APRIL.

UM, AND THEN I'VE ASKED, UH, UH, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO WORK WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JUST SORT OF PRE-SCREEN THOSE, UM, APPLICATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT THAT TENURE FINANCIAL, UM, AND THEN, UM, WE WILL HAVE A COMMITTEE, UH, SMALLER SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, THAT WILL MEET AND REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS AND THEN, UM, SELECT SOME FOLKS, UH, TO INTERVIEW, UH, HOPEFULLY DOING THAT INTERVIEW THE LAST WEEK IN MAY, UM, AND BRINGING A, UM, NAME FORWARD, UH, OF RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THIS BOARD IN, IN OUR JUNE MEETING.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL PROPOSED PROCESS.

AND AGAIN, YOU HAD THE, UM, DESCRIPTION THAT WAS SENT OUT TO YOU ALONG WITH YOUR BOARD PACKET LAST MONDAY.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT ALSO JUST, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROCESS OR THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS? I GROVELED BEST I COULD TO KEEP TERRY TO STAY ON LONGER, BUT APPARENTLY I'M NOT A VERY GOOD GRAVELER.

TERRY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROCESS OR KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE? UH, JUST NEAR ME, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE, MY TIME HERE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE AND IF IT WERE LEFT TO ME, I'D STAY ON HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ON.

AND, UH, I'M GRATEFUL TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND THE BOARD FOR EVERYTHING IT'S, UH, AS DONE AND EVERYTHING IT CONTINUES TO DO.

AND I HOPE THAT WE PUT SOMEBODY IN THIS POSITION THAT, THAT CAN CONTINUE ON AND PROVIDE GOOD, GOOD FEEDBACK, AND A LIAISON BETWEEN CAMPO AND KEVIN METRO.

SO THANK YOU, TERRY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TEARY, ONCE HE WAS GOT THAT CAP METRO, UM, APPOINTMENT, HE WAS THEN SOMETIME LATER, UM, ASKED BY CAP METRO TO COME BACK AND SERVE ON THE CAMPO BOARD.

I DIDN'T, HE PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK HE WAS GETTING A TWOFER WITH THAT, BUT, UM, IT, YOUR INPUT HAS REALLY JUST BEEN INVALUABLE AND, UM, YOUR FINANCIAL BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, DEBT FINANCING AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL, UH, TO THIS BOARD, UH, YOU WILL BE MISSED, BUT WE THANK YOU.

AND, AND WE THANK YOU FOR SERVING UNTIL WE FILL YOUR REPLACEMENT, UM, SLOT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UM, ON THE G EITHER THE DESCRIPTION OR THE PROCESS? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

PROCESS AND EVERYTHING.

SO THEN THE CAP METRO, HER, WE APPOINT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN CAP.

METRO WILL POINT THEM BACK TO THIS BOARD.

NO CAP METRO IS, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, TERRY, THAT HOW IT WORKS KEPT METRO PICKED YOU OR NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT Y'ALL GOT ON THE CAMPUS.

YOU WERE NOT AT A MEETING THAT DAY.

THAT'S HOW YOU, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FROM MISSING THAT MEETING THAT DAY.

UM, NO, THAT'S IT, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT CAP METRO CHOOSES WHO THEIR APPOINTEE BACK TO CAMPO WOULD BE HOW MANY IS ON THE CAP? METRO BOARD EIGHT.

I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT SOMEONE WITH A FINANCIAL BACKGROUND THAT CAN INTERCHANGE BETWEEN THESE TWO BOARDS SEEM TO WORK REALLY WELL.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY I LOOK AT COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN AS YOU'RE TALKING, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR OF UP CAP METRO SITTING HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A REALLY WISE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH THAT BACKGROUND, TO BOTH SIDES OF THAT, TO HEAR ME, WE GET THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, NO OFFENSE TO YOU TOO, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT, UH, SOMEONE IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR THAT HAS THAT KIND OF BACKGROUND.

SO TO ME, IT SEEMS TO HAVE PAID OFF WITH TERRY.

TERRY'S ALWAYS HAD GOOD INPUT ON THIS BOARD.

I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM ON CAP METRO, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S JUST AS WELL THERE AS W UH, TO JUST A SUGGESTION.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER, NO OFFENSE TAKEN?

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SO I WILL, UM, LOOK FOR IT.

YES.

MA'AM SURE.

ALONG WITH THAT SORT OF LINE, IS TERRY, DO YOU MEAN TO EXCLUDE LIKE GOVERNMENT, LIKE IN 1, 2, 3, 5, YOU KEEP SAYING BUSINESS NON-PROFIT OR ASSOCIATION DOES THAT THE INTENT WAS, AND THE WAY I EXPLAIN IT TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS A DIRECT BUDGET.

PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL.

IT'S ONE THING FOR ME TO SIT ON THE, ON A BOARD AND RUBBER STAMP, A BUDGET PREPARED BY SOMEONE ELSE, AND THEN THAT PERSON, OR THAT ANOTHER ENTITY LIVES WITH THE CONSEQUENCES.

UH, IF YOU HAVE DIRECT BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITY, UH, YOU MAY NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT.

SOMETIMES IT FORCES YOU TO LOOK AT THINGS, LOOK AT RISKS, CONTINGENCIES, UH, WHAT CAN GO ON THE ECONOMY OR CAN GO ON IN THE ECONOMY, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY LOOK AT, IF YOU WERE SIMPLY, IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE ANYBODY BY DEFINITION, BUT DIRECT BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND WHAT I MEANT BY THAT WAS NOT THAT YOU RUBBER STAMP TO PREPARED BY SOMEONE ELSE YOU ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THAT PREPARATION, AND THEN THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF MANAGING THAT.

SO TO HER POINT, COULD YOU INCLUDE, I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE SOMEONE WHO'S DONE IT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR? NO, LIKE A CITY MAN.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT? LIKE A CITY MANAGER, I SIT ON A LOT OF BOARDS AND HAVE DONE THROUGH THE YEARS AND I WOULD BE LYING IF I SAID THAT I REVIEWED THOSE BUDGETS WITH AS DETAIL AS IF I'M PREPARING IT.

EXACTLY.

AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BUDGETARY, IN MY BUSINESS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU PREPARE BUDGETS, YOU RAISE EQUITY, RAISED IT, AND YOU PUT IT TOGETHER.

AND IF THAT BUDGET DRAWN, HELD TO PAY, IT'S JUST, THERE'S AN ACCOUNTABILITY THERE THAT, THAT MAKES SURE YOU THINK ABOUT EVERY KNOWN CONTINGENCY THAT THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT HAPPENS AT MY OLD BUSINESS? WHAT HAPPENS IF A WAR COMES IN BUSINESS DROPS 60%, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING THAT SOUNDS REMOTE, BUT WE HAD A PANDEMIC WHERE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, IF IT HAD CONTINUED, WOULD HAVE DROPPED THAT MUCH KIND OF THING.