[I. Call to Order ]
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ALRIGHT.JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON.
AND, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING, JOINING US FOR THE MAIN MEETING OF THE CAP.
METRO, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS ORDER TODAY IS MONDAY, MAY 23RD.
[III. Public Comment ]
ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT.I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS THAT SIGNED UP AND, UH, IN ADVANCE.
WE'VE, WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM EVERYONE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE CONFIRMED TWO.
SO, UH, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, UH, IF YOU'RE WITH US, UH, PLEASE, UH, YOU CAN BEGIN YOUR THREE MINUTES AT THAT POINT.
UM, MR. UH, PEDRO HERNANDEZ IS ON OUR LINE REMOTELY.
MR. HERNANDEZ, ARE YOU WITH US? YES, MA'AM.
WELL, MY NAME IS PETRA HERNANDEZ AND I AM FROM THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I I'M WITH WILL THERE.
AND RIGHT NOW I'M, I'M GOING TO SHOW A VIDEO ABOUT, UM, THE, THE AIRFARES CAMPAIGN FOR THE METRO RAIL.
UM, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT VIDEO GOING BAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, EQUITY EQUITY JOINED PUDDLES, FAIR FAIRS, EQUITY CAMPAIGN.
THE FAIR FARES EQUITY CAMPAIGN WORKS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PROJECT CONNECTS LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM EQUITY IN RAIL AND BUS FARES ENSURES ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
EQUITY MEANS THE SAME FAIRS AND THE SAME BENEFITS FOR ALL AUSTINITES TODAY.
A DAY PASS FOR BUS SERVICE IS $2 AND 50 CENTS.
WHILE A RAIL DAY PASS IS $7 A MONTH.
FOLLOW MONTHLY RAIL PASS IS $99.
PROPOSED RAIL FARES WILL COST FIVE TIMES MORE THAN BUS FARES MAKING IT ECONOMICALLY INEQUITABLE FOR BUS RIDERS TO ACCESS RAIL SERVICE, THE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE RAIL FARE PRICE PERPETUATES RACE, AND CLASS-BASED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE WHO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AUSTINITES DESERVE A FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT LOW INCOME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE FAIR ACCESS TO PROJECT CONNECTS LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM GET INVOLVED JOINT BORDERS, FAIR FAIRS, EQUITY CAMPAIGN TODAY SIGNED A PETITION@WWWDOTAUSTIN.ORG.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, MAYBE NOT A BEST WRITER.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY WAY OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO USE THE, UM, THE METRO RAIL, UM, CAUSE THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE PAY AND THE, UM, THE PRICING, BUT I'M ALSO HAVE A LETTER THAT I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU GUYS.
AND THIS IS A LETTER THAT WE, UM, HAVE TO TOGETHER TO MR. RANDY CLARK, AND IT SAYS, DEAR RANDY, CLARK'S FC O OF CAPITAL MITCHELL.
YOU ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECISIONS AND ACTIONS TAKEN BY CAPITAL METRO.
THEREFORE WE ARE WRITING TO YOU TO DEMAND EQUITY AND FAIR PRICES ON YOUR WEBSITE.
PROJECT CONNECT ALSO DO LIGHT RAIL.
YOU STATE THAT YOUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSIT SYSTEM EXPANSION THAT WILL HELP TRANSFORM AUSTIN INTO ONE OF THE MOST SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE AND INNOVATIVE REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED AND FUNDED ON THE RHETORIC THAT IT WILL CENTER AND EXPAND EQUITY IN AUSTIN.
ADDITIONALLY, PROJECT CONNECT IS TO BE EVALUATED BY THE EQUITY TOOLS USING THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE WHERE THE RAIL IS SERVING YOUR, YOUR FARE.
YOUR REAL FAIR PRICES ARE UNAFFORDABLE.
THERE ARE $7 FOR THE DAILY TASKS AS OPPOSED TO TWO 50 FOR THE DAILY PASS DAILY BUS PASSES, WHICH MEANS THAT WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE UNABLE TO RIDE THE LIGHT RAIL.
THIS IS TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF RACE BASED DISCRIMINATION AS THE HIGH COST IS AN INADEQUATE INEQUITABLE BARRIER FOR LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
IT HAS ALSO PRECISELY THOSE LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN EAST AUSTIN GO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT TRANSPORT FOR GOING TO WORK SCHOOL, RUNNING ERRANDS, ET CETERA, AND THEREFORE NEED ACCESS TO THIS FORM.
BUT TRANSPORTATION MORE SO THAN THOSE THAN CHOICE WRITERS.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO LOWER THE RAIL PRICE FROM 70 TO 50 TO MATCH THE COST OF A DAILY BUS PASS.
THIS IS A, THIS IS CRUCIAL IN ORDER FOR PROJECT CONNECT TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE.
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THANK YOU.UM, LET'S SEE, UH, IS, UM, IS AMY LAGRONE, UH, AVAILABLE ONLINE? SHE IS NOT OKAY.
IS AMEILA GROUND AND THE BUILDING.
IF, UH, LET'S LOOK AND SEE WHAT IF, IF SHE BECOMES AVAILABLE AT A LATER POINT, UH, WE WILL CIRCLE BACK AROUND.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, AS A NUMBER, UH, AS A THIRD PERSON TO COMMENT, UM, ZENOBIA JOSEPH AND SHE IS ASKED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
SO, UH, MS. JOSEPH, ARE YOU WITH US? OKAY.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, OOH, JOSEPH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS REGARDING ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MCCALLA ROYAL STATION COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
JUST ASK FOR A PRICE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M WONDERING IF THIS ONE POINT, SO I'VE SEVEN, $9 MILLION IN THAT BOARD PACKET IS THE SAME PROPERTY THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF SO, IF STAFF COULD JUST ELABORATE AS IT RELATES TO THE EQUITY COMMENTS OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, I WOULD SAY TO HIM AND ANYONE ELSE WHO'S LISTENING.
WELL, RAMADA BOARD, WASHINGTON, METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY WILL MEET ON MAY 26TH, 2020.
YOU HAVE UNTIL WEDNESDAY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, YOU CAN SEND THOSE COMMENTS TO SPEAK@WMATA.COM.
OR YOU CAN REACH THE BOARD@BOARDOFDIRECTORSATWMATA.COM RESPECTFULLY AND TRANSPARENTLY.
IT IS MY INTENT TO SUBMIT A MEMORANDUM TO THE RAMADA BOARD AND ASK THEM TO RESEND MR. CLARK'S $485,000 CONTRACT THAT THEY APPROVED ON MAY 12TH, 2022, AS YOU ARE AWARE OF ASKED MR. CLARK REPEATEDLY, SINCE WE MET ON APRIL 20TH, 2018 TO RESTORE ACCESS TO THE ARBORETUM, TO RESTORE NORTHEAST WEST CONNECTIVITY NORTH OF US, 180 3 AND TO MOVE THE 8 0 1 CHINATOWN MID-BLOCK STOP TO THE NORTH OF CVS PHARMACY AT BREAKER IN NORTH LAMAR THAT DOES NOT COST THE SYSTEM ANY MONEY.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND HIM THAT ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2022, WHEN THERE WAS A WALMART, A HEARING BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT AND REFORM COMMITTEE, MAJORITY LEADER, STANDING HORNIER STATED THAT SAFETY IS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AND SO IT IS MY INTENT TO SHOW THEM THAT HE HAS DISREGARDED OUR SAFETY.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ITEM FIVE, THAT'S THE $7 MILLION ORANGE LINE ITEM.
IT IS A BIT CONFUSING BECAUSE ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2018 CAPITAL METRO APPROVED THE LONG RANGE VISION PLANS FOR PROJECT CONNECT.
AND IT STARTED SOUTH OF US, 180 3 ON JULY 21ST, 2021 BEFORE THE ATP BOARD AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, MR. CLARK CLARIFIED THAT THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR THE ORANGE LINE EXTENSION NORTH OR SOUTH ARE THE GOLD LINE BUS, RAPID TRANSIT.
HOWEVER, THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER HAS ONE OF THE 13 STATIONS IN THE PILOT, BUT EXCLUDED THE DOWNTOWN STATION.
SO IT IS DISINGENUOUS FOR HIM TO HAVE GOTTEN THE 1.1, TWO, $5 MILLION FOR EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN STATE LATER EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE VOTE, THAT THERE IS NO FUNDING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'VE SAID REPEATEDLY RAIL IS 24 TO 30 YEARS NORTH OF US, 180 3 IN TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S RIGHT AWAY, NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER TO TECH RIDGE PARKING.
LOT AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THAT'S BUILT CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM.
MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN ITS ENTIRETY.
I DO APPRECIATE SEEING THE SMALL TOWN ARE SMALL CITIES THERE, BUT MY QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN WITH LEANDER.
I ASKED THESE QUESTIONS JANUARY 25TH, WHEN I TESTIFIED IN LEANDER MARCH 28TH, 2022, WHEN I TESTIFIED AT THE BUDGET HEARING OVER AT TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT BUILDING APRIL 25TH, I FOLLOWED UP AND I ASKED MAYOR PRO TEM, BECKY ROSS, TO CORRECT THE MISINFORMATION THAT LANDER VOTERS HAD.
I TESTIFIED IN LANDER MAY 5TH, 2022, AND MENTIONED THAT THAT MATH JUST DIDN'T ADD UP.
AND MR CHAIR, I ASKED YOU AGAIN, MAY 11TH AT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, HOW THE MATH WAS DONE.
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IS THE AMOUNT FROM 2019 THAT THE DEPUTY CEO DADDY WALK AND SAID LEANDER OLD CAPITAL METRO.AND THEN THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 12TH, 2022 FROM SAM SARGENT THAT SAID SINCE 2010, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM LEANDER AND TAXES DID NOT MEET THE AMOUNT THAT WAS THE FULLY BURDEN COST OF SERVICE.
SO IT APPEARS THAT FOR ABOUT A DECADE, THEY NOT PAID THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IT COSTS TO RUN SERVICE.
AND TODAY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY STILL RECEIVE THE FREE PICKUP SERVICE, WHICH IS ABOUT $463,000, WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO ANOTHER $1.4 MILLION OR SO I JUST WANT TO LASTLY SAY, AS IT RELATES TO EQUITY, UH, THE 2014 PROJECT CONNECT NORTH CORRIDOR STUDY, AND THIS IS MY LAST COMMENT STATED THAT ALMOST HALF OF THE POPULATION, 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE OF THE TWO MOST POPULATED COUNTIES IN OUR REGION WILL RESIDE IN THE NORTH CORRIDOR BY 2035.
AND LASTLY, ALMOST TWO THIRDS OF THE JOBS AND THE TWO MOST POPULATED COUNTY WILL BE LOCATED IN THIS CORRIDOR BY 2035 AND WE'LL ACCOUNT FOR 58% OF THE JOB IN THE FIVE COUNTY REGION.
AND SO IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT PROJECT CONNECT IS INTENDED TO REDUCE CONGESTION.
IN FACT, IT WILL INCREASE CONGESTION BASED ON THE NORTH CORRIDOR STUDY FROM 2014.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENT, WHO WOULD JUST LASTLY SAY THE METRO RAPIDS IN THE AREA SCORED HIGHER THAN SOUTHWEST, WHICH IS NOW BEING FUNDED $22.8 MILLION MORE THAN THE THREE ELIMINATED JOSEPH, CAN WE WRAP UP MS. JOSEPH? THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST THAT I WAS JUST MAKING THE POINT THAT THE METRO RAIL YOU MS. JOSEPH.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL GO ANSWER.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM WERE POSTED FOR TODAY'S RECOGNITION.
UM, THE CHAIR, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, RIGHT? OKAY.
UM, I, THE, UM, THE SPEAKER, UH, MR. HERNANDEZ SPOKE TO A LETTER THAT HE SENT, UM, TO, UH, TO CAP METRO.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY OF THAT SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE THAT HE IS RAISING.
AND, UM, AND MR. CHAIR, AT SOME POINT, I THINK THAT A CONVERSATION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, UM, ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT HE'S RAISING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A COMMITTEE OR SOME OTHER TIME, BUT I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT HAVE A COMPANY.
SO LET'S GET A COPY OF THE LETTER AND SEE WHETHER WE SHOULD ASSIGN IT TO THE COMMITTEE OR ARE AGENDIZED AND THEN HAVE A GENERAL CONVERSATION, OR HAVE THE CONVERSATION DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WHATEVER'S APPROPRIATE BASED ON WHAT, UM, WHAT THE BODY OF THE INFORMATION IS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION, ANY OTHER UNREADINESS ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIR.
I DO THINK THAT IT IS IT'S WORTH NOTING, UM, PERHAPS AS A BODY HERE OR GLOBALLY, I KEEP HEARING THE TERM AND AS A, AS A USER OF THE RED LINE, AND ALSO AS HAVING FREQUENT BRIEFINGS UP HERE, I THINK THAT THAT IT'S WORTH NOTING RED LINE IS NOT LIGHT RAIL.
AND I THINK THERE'S STILL THAT, THAT MR. HERNANDEZ, UH, COMMENTS RAISE A VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT I THINK THERE MIGHT STILL BE SOME CONFUSION AMONG THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT THE INTENTION IS WITH THE CREATION OF THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM AND WHAT THIS BOARD ULTIMATELY, AS CAP METRO WOULD BE DOING FOR FAIR ANALYSIS AND SENDING FAIR POLICY FOR THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, THE BLUE AND THE ORANGE LINE VERSUS WHAT THE RED LINE IS, WHICH IS A COMMUTER RAIL THAT IS ON HIGH GRADE, UM, REGULAR FULL RAILROAD TRACKS SYSTEM.
THAT IS, UH, THAT IS DIFFERENT.
AND, AND I, I JUST THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
I THINK THOSE ARE SOME, SOME POINTS WELL-MADE, BUT JUST ALSO HELPING THE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT RED LINE TRAIN THAT RUNS ON THE SAME TRACKS THAT FREIGHT RAIL IS RUNNING ON, VERSUS WHAT WE ARE BUILDING THROUGH WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH ATP.
THAT IS THAT LIGHT RAIL AND HOW ULTIMATELY WE, AS THIS POLICY BOARD HAS CAP, METRO WILL BE HAVING PUBLIC HEARINGS ENGAGEMENT AND ULTIMATELY SETTING THE FAIR POLICIES ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT THAT LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM OF BLUE LINE AND ORANGE LINE WOULD BE LOOKING AT FOR THOSE FAIRS DOWN
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THE ROAD.WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROCESS ABOUT WHAT IS BEING USED AND WHERE, AND WHAT THE ASSOCIATED COSTS ARE.
I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS WE GO FORWARD, RIGHT.
UM, YES, AS QUICKLY, A THANK YOU, A BOARD MEMBERS THREATENED THAT.
UM, YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION BOTH FOR EDUCATION AND TRANSPARENCY, BUT ALSO TO UNDER UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZING, RECOGNIZE THE UNDERLYING CONCERN THAT OUR SPEAKER RAISED.
IT'S A VERY, IT'S A VERY REAL CONCERN THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
UH, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT IN LIGHT OF THE COST TO, UH, TO CAP METRO FOR VARIOUS OPERATIONS, BUT IT'S A MUCH LONGER CONVERSATION, SO, OKAY.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
[II. Recognition ]
WERE POSTED FOR TODAY AS A RECOGNITION.UH, MOST OF US ARE AWARE TO D TODAY'S GOING TO BE THE FINAL, UH, BOARD MEETING FOR OUR DEPARTING PRESIDENT AND CEO.
AND I JUST WANT TO ASSURE MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UH, WHILE WE ARE DEALING WITH A, ANOTHER RECOGNITION, UM, ITEM HERE, EVERYONE WILL GET A CHANCE TO ROAST.
I MEAN, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, RANDY AS, AS HE, UH, IS ON HIS WAY OUT.
BUT, UM, AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO TURN OVER THE MIC TO, UM, MR. UH,
THERE'S A BIG BUTTON RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR, CIVILIAN CAP, METRO BOARD MEMBERS, CEO CLOCK.
WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A HERO WITHIN THE CAP METRO FAMILY ON FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH, PLUS OPERATOR TRAINING, ANTONIO PADILLA WAS OBSERVED HAVING LABORED BREATHING AND TURNING BLUE RED IN THE FACE STAFF WHO IMMEDIATELY CALLED 9 1 1, AND ANTONIO WAS LAID DOWN ON THE FLOOR ON THE GROUND AND MANNY, WELL, LESS SQUARES AND MECHANIC, AND SECOND SHIFT, UM, SHOP LEAD AT NORTH DIVISION.
HE PERFORMED CPR UNTIL EMS ARRIVED.
UM, EMS ARRIVED ON SCENE, CONTINUED TO CPR AND 20 REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS STARTED BREATHING AGAIN, AND HE DID REQUIRE SOME SURGERY.
AND NOW HE'S BACK AT WORK, BUT, UM, MANNY, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MANNY AND HIS EFFORTS.
UM, MANNY HAS BEEN WITH CAP METRO FAMILY SINCE DECEMBER, 2015 AND WAS TRAINED TO DO CPR BY TAKING A CLASS OFFERED BY CAP METRO AND MANDY'S ACTIONS SAVED ANTONIO'S LIFE.
AND WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE MANDY FOR HIS WORK EFFORTS.
WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE AND I'LL READ THE CERTIFICATE TO YOU.
MANNY, THE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO MANUAL FOR YOUR LIFE-SAVING ACTIONS ON APRIL 29TH, 2022.
WE COULD NEVER TAKE YOUR HEROISM FOR GRANTED IN A TIME OF URGENT NEED.
YOU STEPPED UP TO PERFORM CPR ON A TEAM MEMBER AND ACTED ULTIMATELY SAVED HIS LIFE.
WE ARE IMMENSELY PROUD AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR QUICK THINKING, DILIGENT TRAINING AND DEDICATION TO YOUR TEAM ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CAP METRO ORGANIZATION.
AND WITH THAT, CAN YOU GO, W THAT IS, THAT IS CERTAINLY CLAP WORD SO WE WANT, WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE BEFORE WE KIND OF GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A WORD IF YOU'D LIKE TO BOTH.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANKS FOR THE, THE, UM, CERTIFICATE.
UM, I JUST, I HADN'T, I HADN'T BEEN AT WORK FOR ABOUT A MONTH, SO I WAS RETURNING, I WAS JUST THERE TO, UM, TURN IN MY, UH, PAY MY RELEASE FORM FROM THE DOCTOR.
SO, UM, AND I JUST THINK THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.
AND I BELIEVE I WAS PUT THERE IN AMONGST OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE ROOM WERE PUT THERE FOR THIS REASON.
SO I, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, I JUST KNOW IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION.
UM, WHEN I SEEN WHAT WAS GOING ON, I ACTUALLY LOOKED IN THE ROOM AND I ACTUALLY WALKED AWAY AND SOME TOLD ME, HEY, YOU NEED TO COME BACK.
I WENT AROUND THE OTHER DOOR AND I CAME IN, UM, AND I WAS STILL, AT THAT TIME, I WAS STILL HESITANT TO DO ANYTHING.
CAUSE I WAS LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE.
WHY WOULD THEY NEED ME RIGHT NOW? YOU KNOW, SO, BUT I'M GLAD I COULD, COULD DO TO SAVE THEM.
ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER? THANKS.
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EVEN KNOWS THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM, I'M OVER HERE.SOME I REALLY, EVERYBODY TOLD ME I USED THIS CAR, EVERYBODY BY THAT.
IS THERE I'M BACK HERE? WELL, WELL, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE HERE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, UH, THAT SOMETHING, UH, SOME TRAINING THAT WAS PROVIDED HERE, I COULD BE HELPFUL.
AND, AND, UH, THE, THE BEING A PART OF A CULTURE THAT CARES ABOUT EACH OTHER AND WORKS TO HELP EACH OTHER COME TO EACH OTHER'S ASSISTANCE, UH, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE ACTION THAT YOU TOOK SACRIFICE THAT YOU MADE.
AND, UH, AND WE WANT TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION AS WE GO FORWARD AS WELL.
CAN WE TAKE A FEW PICTURES, MR. CHAIR OUT, JUST A QUICK QUESTION AS THE OLD GUY ON THE DIAS.
I WONDER IF WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE MANNY HANG AROUND FOR CAP METRO BOARD MEETINGS.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT, THEIR DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.
LET'S THAT REALLY WAS A GREAT STORY.
[IV. Advisory Committee Update ]
UH, WE HAVE TO ADD, UH, TO A BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS, UH, MS. POWER IS HERE ALONG WITH OUR TWO COMMUNITY CHAIRS EDNA, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.CHAIRMAN TREVELYAN VICE-CHAIR OAK KITCHEN, ASHLEY LEFT, UM, PRESIDENT CLARK AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AND ALSO STAFF LIAISON FOR THE ADVISOR COMMITTEES HERE AT CAP METRO.
I AM HERE TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE UPDATES FOR MAY.
I'M ALSO HERE WITH, UH, CHAIR HUNT FROM ACCESS AND CHAIR TAYLOR FROM C SAC.
I'LL DO A QUICK HIGH OVERVIEW AND THEN I'LL PASS IT ON TO THE CHAIRS.
UH, THE COMMITTEES MET ON MAY 4TH AND 11TH.
UH, THIS MONTH C SAC WAS BRIEFED ON METRO ART PROGRAM BY MELISSA ORTIZ, UH, ETO D BY ANNA LAN AND ALSO A METRO BIKE UPDATES BY CHAD VALENTINE ACCESS WAS BRIEFED ON TECHNOLOGY BY MARTIN
UM, ALSO JUST A QUICK, UH, P SAC UPDATE.
WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE THE NEXT PIECE SAC COMMITTEE MEETING ON JUNE 25TH AND THAT'S TENTATIVE.
UM, AND THAT'LL BE APPROVED THIS WEEK.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT NOW I'LL JUST PASS IT ON TO CHAIR HUNT FIRST AND THEN CHAIR TAYLOR FROM SAC, RIGHT? THANK YOU, CHAIR HUNT.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CHAIR AND PRESIDENT CLARK APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
UM, AS, UH, AS PER PARTNER SAID, WE HAD, UH, A TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING FIRST, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW AUTOMATED SYSTEM, ALL THE NEW SCHEDULING SYSTEM THAT'S HAPPENING WITH WITH METRO ACCESS.
UM, WE THINK IT'S A LONG TIME COMING IN THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD VERY WELL.
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APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION AND, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THIS POINT A CLEAR FROM VACATION AND MAYBE WHEN TALKING TO THE COMMITTEE, UM, RIGHT NOW NORTH BASE IS, UH, THEY HAVE A, A UNIT THERE WHERE THEY'RE DOING THINGS, UH, AND THEY ALSO APPARENTLY AT LEAST A CHURCH NEAR THE BUILDING OF THESE TO BE A CHURCH BUILDING NEAR THE BUILDING.AND THEY'RE GETTING THAT READY TO GO.
I HEARD THIS MORNING, THE DRIVERS, UM, THEY'RE THE OPERATORS, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S AN INTERIM, THAT'S AN INTERIM, UM, ACTION THAT'S BEING TAKEN UNTIL THE NEW, UH, FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED, READY, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO EXPAND SERVICE OUT HERE, UH, MAKE IT EASIER FOR, UM, METRO TO MAINTAIN ITS FLEET OR THAT THE CONTRACTORS TO WORK, ANYTHING THAT WILL SUPPORT THAT WE ARE ALL BEHIND THAT.
UM, THE, UH, ECHO TRANSIT, UM, ECHO ORIENTED TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT CAN SPEAK THAT SOMETIMES.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO MAKE SURE THAT, AH, EXCUSE ME, ECHO, STOP, ECHO, STOP, ECHO, STOP, ECHO STOP.
I HAVE A SASSY ALEXA IN THE BACKGROUND AND I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS WORSE, BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN, IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
OF COURSE, WE'RE JUST DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN ACCESSIBILITY IN THE, IN THE TRANSIT, UM, QUARTERS, UH, INTERESTED IN SAFE SPACES.
UM, WE GOT A LOT OF, UM, GOT A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW THE PROJECT IS, YOU KNOW, W TIMELINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE'RE JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT THE PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE DID IS ME.
UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR HUNT FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND, AND USUALLY IT'S MYSELF ON, THEY GETS ME NOT SORRY.
UH, DO WE, UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, CHAIRMAN TAYLOR WITH US NOW, JEREMY TAYLOR, PLEASE PROCEED.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR JULIAN, VERY STRICT KITCHEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PRESIDENT CLARK.
UM, AS ADAM MENTIONED, WE HAD UPDATES FOR METRO ART MILITARY, MELISSA ORTIZ, UM, 82 D UPDATE WITH ATLANTA AND METRO BIKE WITH CHAD BALLANTINE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO DISCUSS A BIT MORE IN DETAIL, UM, THE ETO D PLANS.
UM, I KNOW THAT AND DOES NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER THE CITY ZONING.
THAT BEING SAID, I'M VERY INTERESTED TO FIND OUT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT AND WHAT THE PROPOSALS WILL BE GOING FORWARD.
UM, I HOPE THAT SUZANNE WILL CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES REGULARLY FROM THE EOD TEAM AND PROJECT MANAGERS GOING FORWARD AS, AS THAT PLAN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WITH CAT METRO'S PROPERTIES, UM, I TRULY HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD, WE WORK ON MAKING CHANGES AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY CA METRO ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN A WAY THAT IS SENSIBLE AND PROMOTES THE VISION THAT CAM METRO HAS FOR EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE FOR ME.
WELL, I DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET ME FIRST, UM, THANK MS. POWER FOR, AND I'M SORRY.
I FORGOT TO INCLUDE IN MY UPDATE.
SO CHAIR TAYLOR IS NOW GOING TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM C-SAT TO THE PROJECT CONNECT CUSTOMER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THEN COME FOR THAT.
UM, AND HE WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING MORE ETO D UPDATES THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE, BUT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE ETO D ON THE AGENDA FOR AUGUST MERCY SAC AND ACCESS TO NOW, DOES THAT CLUE INCLUDE A LESS SENSITIVE ECHO? I DON'T, I DON'T OWN AN ECHO.
I PREFER NOT TO HAVE A PASSIVE LISTENING DEVICE IN MY HOUSE, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY INTERRUPTIONS FROM DEVICES.
UH, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, UH, CHAIR TAYLOR.
THIS IS BOARD MEMBER STRATTON.
I AM THRILLED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AS REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CAC, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR INVOLVEMENT THERE AND GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE UNIQUE VOICE AS A, UH, ANOTHER OP AS ANOTHER VOICE OF CAPITAL METRO RIDERSHIP AND CONSUMERS TO THE, UH, TO, TO, UH, ATP AND PROJECT CONNECT ON THAT SIDE OF THINGS AND KIND OF BE THAT LINKAGE, UH, ON YOUR LEVEL, WHEREAS, UH, I'M SERVING AS THE LINKAGE AT THE BOARD LEVEL.
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REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND EXCITED, AND OF COURSE, FEEL FREE TO, TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH WITH ME, IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR, OR CONCERNS OR IDEAS AS YOU'RE HEARING THINGS COMING IN AT THAT LEVEL THAT, THAT YOU THINK NEED TO BE RAISED UP AS WELL.AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR INVOLVEMENT THERE.
THANK YOU, MS. PARRA, AND ALSO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR YOUR REPORTS, RIGHT.
[V. Board Committee Updates ]
ON TO OUR REGULAR BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES.THERE WAS NO FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD THIS MONTH AND, UH, CHAIR STRATTON.
I THINK I, UH, I IMPERSONATED YOU AT THE LAST MEETING, SO WHERE THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, UH, I, I WOULD BRING THAT REPORT.
UH, LET'S SEE, THAT MEETING WAS HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TH AT 1230 AND THE ROSA PARKS BOARD ROOM.
UH, WE HAD, UH, WE APPROVED THE MINUTES, UH, WE DISCUSSED, BUT TOOK NO ACTION ON A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CAP, UH, TO THE CAP, METRO BYLAWS.
UH, WE PLACED THREE ITEMS ON CONSENT, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE THREE ACTION ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA.
SO, UM, THE, UH, THE MEETING WAS, UM, LET'S SEE THE MEETING, UH, WAS BENEFICIAL AND EVENTFUL AND, UM, WE WILL SEE THE ITEMS THAT WERE PLACED ON CONSENT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
UM, WOULD YOU GIVE US THE BOARD UPDATE ON THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, MR. UH, BOARD MEMBERS TRACK? UM, CERTAINLY, UH, ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, OUR, ONE OF OUR NEWEST STAFF MEMBERS, UM, MOLLY KING, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PROJECT CONNECT INTEGRATION, UH, WHO IS NOW SENDING OUT, UH, MEMOS OUR MONTHLY MEMOS THAT ARE GIVING US UPDATES ON PROJECT CONNECT FOR ANY GREAT DIVE DOWN INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON I'D REFER BOARD MEMBERS TO THAT MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE ON THURSDAY, BUT JUST KIND OF HITTING THE HIGH POINTS HERE.
UH, THE ATP BOARD MET LAST WEDNESDAY, 2:00 PM, AND THE AUSTIN CENTRAL AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD ACTION ITEMS FOR MAY INCLUDED APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION, UH, ADOPTING THE ATP ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO REFLECT THE AMENDMENTS RECENTLY APPROVED BY CAPITAL METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON APRIL 25TH AND BY THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 5TH, 2022, UH, THIS IS REALLY A MERE FORMALITY AND A REQUIREMENTS OF THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S THE, UH, TEXAS CORPORATION CODE.
IT IT'S BASICALLY SO THAT WE CAN FILE THE PAPERWORK WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AUTHORIZING PUTTING THE FINAL SEAL OF APPROVAL ON IT.
THESE WERE THE AMENDMENTS THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS, UH, WOULD MOVE THE, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CAPITAL METRO GRANTING THAT INDIVIDUAL A, UH, AN, UH, AN, UH, AN AD HOC SEAT, A NON-VOTING SEAT ON THE ATP BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SIMILAR IN POSITION TO WHAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS HAD AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, AND THAT REPRESENTATIVE, UH, IS DESIGNATED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO, UM, RECEIVED DISCUSSION ITEMS, A BRIEFING ON THE ATP PROPOSED AUDIT CHARTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON IN JUNE AND A DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BETWEEN ATP AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAP METRO TO CONTINUE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT CONNECT TO THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE INTERVENING MONTHS ON THE AGENDA.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS LAST TIME? ANY QUESTIONS HEARING? NONE.
[VI. Consent Items (Part 1 of 2)]
WILL MOVE FORWARD TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS. UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WE HAD AN ITEM THAT WAS, UH, PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OF THE, UM, OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.IT WAS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AND IS NOW ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO.
SO WE, WE WILL HAVE FOUR ITEMS THAT ARE CONSENT ITEMS. UH, THIS, THIS ITEM WAS THE NUMBER TWO ITEM WAS PULLED BY A BOARD MEMBER POOL.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS READ EACH OF THE ITEMS AND IF ANY BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO REMOVE, UH, ANY OF THOSE REMAINING ITEMS FROM CONSENT, PLEASE SAY SO, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE IT TO A FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THE FULL BOARD.
NUMBER ONE IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 25TH, 2022 BOARD MEETING, UH, CONSENT ITEM.
NUMBER TWO IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH WORLDWIDE TECHNOLOGY TO REPLACE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $684,945.
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ITEM.NUMBER THREE, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF CONSTRAINT OF CONSTRUCTION OF BUS STOPS ALONG NINE MOBILITY CORRIDORS, UH, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1 MILLION AND THEN ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH TDI INDUSTRIES TO PROVIDE HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING, HVAC, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, RENEWAL, AND REPLACEMENT SERVICES FOR ALL CAP, METRO PUBLIC AND OPERATIONAL PROPERTIES.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR ITEMS WHERE THE CONSENT AGENDA IS.
IS THERE ANY UNREADINESS ABOUT EITHER OF THE FOUR ITEMS? OKAY.
IF THERE IS NO UNREADINESS, UH, THE CHAIR WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
BOARD MEMBER CHICHEN WITH, WITH, UH, THE MOTION, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBER, RENTER RIO WITH THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
UH, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
UM, IF, AND IF THERE'S OPPOSITION, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE NOW.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, UH, WITH THE BOARD CHAIR, UM, VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AS WELL.
[VII.1. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute an amended and restated Interlocal Agreement between Capital Metro and the City of Austin to improve, expand and electrify the MetroBike program through joint funding contributions from both parties for an additional period of up to 10 years with a not to exceed amount as specified in the Interlocal Agreement. The MetroBike program shall be operated directly by CapMetro with funding contributions for operations and capital contributed by the City as outlined in the Interlocal Agreement. ]
WE'RE NOW GOING TO THE ACTION ITEM AGENDA, AND WE'RE POSTED FOR ACTION ON EIGHT ITEMS TODAY.UH, THE LAST OF WHICH WE WILL, UH, WE WILL HOLD UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, OUR FIRST ITEM WILL BE TO CONSIDER ACTION ON AN AMENDED AND RESTATED ILA FOR THE METRO BIKE PROGRAM.
UH, MY NAME IS CHAD BALLANTINE.
I'M THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF DEMAND RESPONSE AND INNOVATIVE MOBILITY.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
CHARITY PAVILION, PRESIDENT CLARK AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SO TODAY WE'RE LOOKING TO SEEK AN APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDED AND RESTATED INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE HAVE A CURRENT EXISTING AGREEMENT.
THIS, UH, INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WILL GIVE US A TEN-YEAR EXTENSION.
WE'LL ALSO REALLY CHART A COURSE FOR A LARGE EXPANSION OF THE METRO BIKE PROGRAM.
AND, UM, WE'LL ALSO BRING IN THE OPERATIONS IN-HOUSE TO CAPITAL METRO.
SO THIS IS A VERY EXCITING, UM, INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, UM, THAT WE'RE SEEKING OUR CONSIDERATION FOR.
BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE DETAILS, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK OUTLINE OF HOW IT STARTED, HOW IT'S GOING, AND THEN WE'D JUMP INTO THE FUTURE OF WHERE THINGS ARE GOING.
UM, SO HOW IT STARTED, IT'S A LITTLE LIGHT, BUT, UM, IN 2013 IS WHEN THE, UH, BIKE SHARE PROGRAM BEGAN, UM, AUSTIN V CYCLE.
IT WAS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND A BIKE SHARE BOSTON, A NONPROFIT THAT WAS, UM, STARTED IN ORDER TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM THAT WAS IN SUMMER OF 2013 FOR FIVE YEARS IN 2018.
UM, AS YOU WERE CALLED, THAT'S KIND OF AROUND IN AUSTIN WHEN WE STARTED TO SEEING ALL THOSE MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES, SCOOTERS, AND BIKES, AND EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENING.
UM, AND THAT'S WHEN ALSO THE CITY, UH, EXTENDED THAT CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS WITH B CYCLE.
UM, IT'S ALSO, I BELIEVE ABOUT THE TIME THAT, UH, PRESIDENT CLARK CAME TO CAPITOL METRO, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN WE EVEN STARTED HAVING INITIAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE INTERPLAY OF BIKES AND TRANSIT AND HOW IT'S REALLY NOT JUST FIRST MILE LAST MILE, BUT IT'S REALLY A COMPREHENSIVE INTERPLAY OF THOSE TWO MODES.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BIKE SHARE SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2018.
FINALLY IN SUMMER 2020, WE, UH, ACTUALLY WENT FORWARD AND HAD AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FOR US TO, UM, REALLY MERGE SOME OF THE OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.
WE ALSO CHANGED THE NAME TO, UH, METRO BIKE.
WE, IN THE FALL OF 2021, WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE REALLY JUST KICKED IT OFF REALLY TO SEE AND IDENTIFY WHAT IS IT THAT WE THINK WE CAN BE DOING? YOU KNOW, HOW COULD THIS LOOK IN 10 YEARS IF WE REALLY WANT IT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN EXPANSION? DO PEOPLE WANT AN EXPANSION? IS THERE AN APPETITE FOR IT IN THE COMMUNITY AND OVERWHELMINGLY, YES, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT PEOPLE WANTED BIKE SHARE.
THEY WANTED MORE BIKE SHARE IT.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT IT WORKS WITH TRANSIT, AS WELL AS ALL OUR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, BIKE NETWORK SYSTEM THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN SPENDING A TON OF TIME AND ENERGY PUTTING OUT THERE.
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TODAY, UM, THIS SUMMER, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THE NEXT STEP IN THIS, WHERE WE HAVE THIS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.WE BRING THE OPERATIONS IN HOUSE AND WE EXTEND THIS FOR 10 YEARS.
UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO HOW IT'S GOING RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THINGS CURRENTLY OPERATE A BIKE SHARE OF AUSTIN IS THE OPERATIONS PROVIDER.
THEY DO THE DAY-TO-DAY, IT'S A NONPROFIT.
UM, THEY, UM, ARE OVERSEEING WITH GOVERN GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT BEING SPLIT 50 50 BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAPITAL METRO.
UM, THEY'RE DOING GREAT JOB RIGHT NOW.
UM, THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE A, UH, UH, A LOT OF GROWTH IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE IN 2013, WE STARTED THE PROGRAM WITH 11 STATIONS AND A HUNDRED BIKES.
AND WE'RE NOW UP TO, UM, AS BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 79 STATIONS AND 847 BIKES.
AND THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
WE BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT, UM, THAT, UH, THE, THE PUBLIC IS INTERESTED IN HAVING, UM, BEFORE I JUMPED FORWARD, I WANTED TO ALSO JUST MENTION THAT I DO HAVE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY.
SO FROM A BIKE SHARE OF AUSTIN, WE'VE GOT DIEGO AND HUNTER HERE.
UM, AND FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, I'VE, UH, DAVID KIRK AND ELIZA HERE AS WELL.
AND, UM, ERICA FOSTER AND NADIA AS WELL FROM CAPITOL METRA.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO'VE DONE A LOT OF THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, ALTHOUGH IT JUST SHOWS YOU THOSE GROUPINGS ON THE, ON THE POWERPOINT, IT REALLY IS, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS DOING A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.
SO, UM, SINCE WE DID THIS IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT IN 2020, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF REALLY THINGS.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WE, WE INTRODUCED ESS BIKES.
UM, THE IDEA WAS WE WERE GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM FOR THE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST OF 2020 AND GET EVERYONE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT DIDN'T GO VERY WELL.
UM, BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED RIGHT THEN THAT'S WHEN WE ALL REALIZED THE PANDEMIC WAS REAL AND IT WAS HAPPENING.
BUT INCIDENTALLY, WE DID SEE A HUGE JUMP IN RIDERSHIP.
THOSE E-BIKES DESPITE, AND MAYBE IT WAS ACTUALLY PERFECT TIMING BY GETTING THOSE E-BIKES, OUR RIDERSHIP REALLY REMAINED STEADY AND DID A REALLY GREAT JOB.
UM, AND WE'VE SEEN A HUGE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE E-BIKES.
WE ALSO, UM, PILOTED THESE 50 MODULAR DOTS.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT THESE, UH, GENERALLY BIKE SHARE STATIONS YOU'LL SEE RIGHT NOW IT'S A DOC SYSTEM, A HUNDRED PERCENT DOC SYSTEM, YOU'LL SEE THESE LARGE STATIONS.
IT TAKES A LOT OF REAL ESTATE.
WE PILOTED 50 OF THESE LITTLE MODULAR STATIONS THAT ALLOW US TO HAVE A LOT MORE ABILITY TO KIND OF POP THEM IN AND SMALLER SPACES TO KIND OF FILL THOSE GAPS WHERE BIG STATION DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER REALLY COOL ART INITIATIVE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN REALLY, UM, TOOK THE LEAD ON.
WAS THIS REALLY COOL? UH, THESE TWO PICTURES HERE, UM, THEY BICYCLE, UH, CAT LADY, UM, SHE'S FEATURED ON SEVERAL OF OUR STATIONS AROUND TOWN.
IT'S A LOCAL ARTIST WHO DID BOTH OF THESE DRAWINGS AND THEN THIS A GEOGRAPHIC GEOMETRIC SORT OF, UH, RAINBOWY KIND OF COOL THING.
THAT'S ALSO BEING FEATURED ON OUR BIKES.
YOU'LL NOTICE WE DO HAVE ONE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL ELECTRIC E-BIKES HERE, UM, IN THE BACK OF THE, UH, BEHIND THE DICE BEHIND, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, ROSS AND STRATTON.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR ELECTRIC BIKES HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE ONE DOWN IN THE LOBBY.
AND THEN FOR THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, GO OUTSIDE, THERE ARE, UH, SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THEM OUT IN THE, UM, IN THE FIELD THAT ARE, THAT ARE COLORED LIKE THAT.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO USE THEM.
SO RIDERSHIP STATISTICS, UM, IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE, UM, ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT AND HOW, HOW IT'S BEING USED.
SO YOU'LL SEE, IN 2020, RIGHT, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE HIT ABOUT 101,000 TRIPS, WHICH WAS ONLY A SLIGHT DROP IN THE, FROM THE YEAR BEFORE OF 114 OR SO THOUSAND TRIPS.
BUT THE YEAR BEFORE WE HAD SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, WE HAD ACL, WE HAD ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FESTIVALS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE HIT 2020, OUR RIDERSHIP STILL MAINTAINED A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL, ALTHOUGH WE HAD NO SOUTH BY, WE HAD NO ACL.
WE REALLY SAW THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANTED TO USE THESE BIKES.
THEY REALLY NEEDED THEM AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS WERE USING THEM TO GET TO AND FROM WORK, UM, WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, 2021, THE NUMBER IS UP TO 224,000 TRIPS.
UM, THE ONLY CONSTRAINT WE HAVE IS THE SIZE OF THE SYSTEM.
WE, WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN CONTINUE TO GROW.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE APPETITE FOR IT.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO HOLD.
SO, UM, I SHOULD MENTION THAT, UM, E-BIKES, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY ACTUALLY, UM, ACCOUNT FOR 83% OF OUR TRIPS, BUT THEY DON'T ACCOUNT FOR VERY MANY OF OUR BIKES.
SO WE HAVE 300 AND LET'S SAY 350 E-BIKES, WHEREAS WE HAVE 500 ANALOG OR HUMAN POWERED, REGULAR BIKES.
SO THAT SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF THE FLEET DOES A BULK OF THE WORK.
SO THOSE, THOSE E-BIKES GET ABOUT FIVE TRIPS, UH, FOR EVERY ONE TRIP WE GET ON THE ANALOG BIKES.
AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY THE FUTURE OF THE BIKE SHARE.
WE'RE SEEING THAT NATIONALLY, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY PROVEN HERE IN AUSTIN AS WELL.
SO THE FUTURE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
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IT.WE THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT FOR US TO, UM, TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO EVOLVE THE PARTNERSHIP.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE TODAY IS TO REALLY SOLIDIFY THAT PARTNERSHIP FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS DIRECTLY WITH CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND SHARED THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, AND WE WANT TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS DEMANDING.
SO PART OF THAT PLAN IS GOING TO BE AN ELECTRIFICATION OF THE FLEET.
WE WANT TO GO TO A HUNDRED PERCENT ELECTRIC ESS FLEET.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY BUILDING THIS IN WITH TRANSIT INTEGRATION, AS WE ROLL OUT PROJECT CONNECT AND OTHER TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
IT'S, IT'S HAND IN HAND WITH ALL OF OUR TRANSIT INVESTMENTS.
WE WANT TO EXPAND THE BASE OF OUR USERS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RETAIN THE EXISTING USERS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO EXPAND THE DIVERSITY OF WHO WE'RE REACHING, BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS OUT THERE WHO JUST DON'T USE IT FOR WHATEVER REASON.
MAYBE IT'S NOT IN THE RIGHT LOCATIONS.
WE WANT TO EXPAND IT AND DIVERSIFY OUR USER BASE.
AND WE ALSO SEE THIS AS A FLEXIBLE TOOL.
UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE OF, WE ALSO HAVE THE TOOLS AT CAPITAL METRO LIKE A PICKUP, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE BUS ISN'T THE RIGHT ANSWER.
SOMETIMES THE PICKUP SERVICE, OUR ON-DEMAND SERVICE IS A GOOD FIT FOR THAT.
WELL, THIS ALSO GIVES US AN EVEN MORE, A SMALLER TOOL THAT ALSO HELPS US REALLY GET INTO THOSE GAPS EVEN BETTER.
SO IT REALLY FILLS IN THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
UM, AND SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING AS WELL.
WE, OH, WE WANT TO SYNCHRONIZE THIS WITH THE BICYCLE NETWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL ARE AWARE, BUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN DOING A TON OF WORK ON THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES NETWORK.
UM, THEY'VE GOT OVER 200 MILES OF TRAILS BUILT AND THAT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING FOR MORE THAN 400 MILES OF TRAILS BEING BUILT IN THE CITY.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE BIKE CITY USA, AND IT'S, IT'S A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR US TO BE MAKING SURE THAT WE INTEGRATE THOSE BIKE TRAILS ALONG WITH TRANSIT AND BIKES.
AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS BRINGING FOLKS IN HOUSE AND OVERHAULING FOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
UM, THE BIKE SHARE OF AUSTIN IS THE NONPROFIT WHO CURRENTLY RUNS THE SYSTEM.
THEY ARE WORKING AT PEAK CAPACITY AND THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH ON A VERY ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET.
I'M INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED EVERY DAY BY WHAT THEY CAN DO, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO SET THEM UP, BRING THEM IN HOUSE AND REALLY SET THE STAGE FOR OUR LARGE EXPANSION.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE HERE IS LOOKING AT BRINGING THEM IN-HOUSE, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT CAP METRO EMPLOYEES.
WE WANT TO DO THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT MEANS ASSET MANAGEMENT, STATE OF GOOD REPAIR, UM, STATIONED INSTALLS ACTIVATION, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE REPORTING, MAKE IT TRANSPARENT, REALLY DO THE THINGS THAT CAPITAL METRO IS REALLY GOOD AT DOING A CAP, METRO EXCELS AT ALL OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO BRING THAT EXPERTISE TO THE BIKE SHARE.
WE STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING THIS SYSTEM AND COORDINATING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO, UM, THIS IS A TEN-YEAR PHASED EXPANSION FRAMEWORK.
WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH MORE DETAIL AND FILLING IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THAT AND, AND HOW WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE EXPANSION PLANS.
UM, A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO RE REVOLVE AROUND, UH, SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE FLEXIBLE.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONSTANT FEEDBACK LOOP.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE PLAN AND DONE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A CONSTANT PROCESS OF FEEDBACK.
WELL, THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT DOLLARS HAVEN'T BEEN SET YET, WE'RE STILL GOING TO THE BOARD, OR I'M SORRY, THE CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE OR JULY IN ORDER TO FINALIZE THEIR PIECE OF THIS INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT.
UM, AT THAT POINT, THE, UM, UM, THE PRESIDENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL THEN HAVE FINALIZED IT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF, UM, OF, OF GREATER THAN $10 MILLION EXPANSION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT AND A HUGE, HUGE THING FOR OUR THIS PROGRAM.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN WILL, UM, SUPPORT 75% OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE S WE SUPPORT 25% OF THE COST OF THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE STAFF IN HOUSE.
WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
ANYTIME WE CAN LEVERAGE FEDERAL FUNDS, STATE FUNDS, ANY OTHER TYPES OF REVENUE, STREAMS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INVESTMENT THAT WILL BE DONE OUTSIDE OF JUST THESE DOLLARS THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE.
AND SO OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, CITY COUNCIL IN OUR LOCAL, WE WILL BE GOING, UM, HOPEFULLY IN JUNE, MAYBE JULY, DEPENDING ON THE BOARD SCHEDULE OR THE COUNCIL SCHEDULE.
UM, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING TO TRANSITION THAT STAFF, THE, UH, METRO BIKE STAFF IN THE SUMMER OF 2020 TO LATER THIS YEAR, OR IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING, UM, FOR AN RFP FOR THE BIKE SHARE VENDOR CONTRACT.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT GOES THROUGH 2023, UM, WITH THE CURRENT VENDOR.
AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO ANOTHER, UM, CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, LOOKING AT WHAT NEW TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE BETTER BUILD A BIKES TECHNOLOGY, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN, UM, WE'LL BE COMING BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY
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WITH A REALLY A TEN-YEAR PHASE EXPANSION PLAN, UM, THAT REALLY, UH, DOES A LOT OF WORK TO REALLY BUILD OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.WE REALLY SEE METRO BIKE AS, AS A PUBLIC GOOD.
UM, AND WE REALLY WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S HERE FOR THE LONG RUN.
AND SO THOSE ARE OUR NEXT STEPS AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
AND LET ME READ THE ACTION ITEM INTO THE RECORD, AND THEN I'LL GO THROUGH A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD.
UH, ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTE AND AMENDED AND RESTATE IT IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO IMPROVE, EXPAND, AND ELECTRIFY THE METRO BIKE PROGRAM THROUGH JOINT FUNDING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BOTH PARTIES FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF UP TO 10 YEARS WITH A, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT AS SPECIFIED IN THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
CHAD, JUST, UM, FIRST CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, JUST CURIOUS, UM, THERE WAS AN EARLIER CONVERSATION ABOUT BUS FARES, UH, AND, UM, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE REVENUE PIECE OF THE PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE.
YEAH, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WELL, WHEN WE COME TO FAIRS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS ESTABLISHING THIS WILL FALL IN LINE WITH CAPITAL METRO FAIR POLICIES.
AND SO THAT WILL BE SET THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS THAT WE DO WITH OUR FAIR, FAIR PROCESS THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY WITHIN THIS EXISTING UNTIL WE ACTUALLY BRING THIS IN HOUSE AND TAKE THAT ON.
WE WILL THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FAIRS AND HOW WE WILL SET THOSE.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY THE SAME FAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, UM, A CHECKOUT RATE, AN HOURLY OR A, A MINUTE PER MINUTE FEE, OR YOU CAN DO A, UM, MONTHLY OR AN ANNUAL, UH, FAIR.
BUT, UM, BUT WE DO HAVE OPTIONS FOR ADVERTISING AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A REVENUE STREAMS FOR POTENTIAL ADVERTISING REVENUE, SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO ON OUR BUSES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO THERE WILL BE FAIR AND ADVERTISING REVENUE THAT WOULD COME BACK AND COUNTER SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE REVENUE PROFORMA WOULD LOOK LIKE? WE HAVE SOME, I MIGHT WANT TO GET BACK TO YOU AND JUST SO THAT I DON'T MISSTATE ANYTHING, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT, BUT IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, UH, REVENUE STREAM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NUMBER OF ASSETS AND THEN AS THE ASSETS GROW AND AS WE HAVE MORE ASSETS OUT ON THE STREET AND MORE STATIONS THAT, THAT ALSO INCREASES IN SIZE AS WELL.
SO YEAH, WHEN APPROPRIATE, I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE REVENUE STREAM IS VERSUS THE ONM COSTS.
WE CAN GET THAT TOO, LIKE BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
UM, UH, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER COOPER FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
SO YOU'LL PROVIDE THAT TO US AT THIS POINT.
UM, CAN YOU GIVE US ANY ORDER OF MAGNITUDE? DO YOU KNOW THAT, UM, I, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS, THIS IS A FABULOUS PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
NOW, WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY STARTED IT, THE SUSTAINABILITY OF IT WAS MORE CHALLENGING.
AND, UM, NOW THAT THE, NOW THAT THE SIZE OF IT HAS GROWN MUCH, I IMAGINE THE SUSTAINABILITY PORTION IS, IS BETTER BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE ADVANTAGE OF SCALE, BUT CAN, CAN YOU GIVE US AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE AT THIS POINT, OR TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE BREAKING EVEN, OR ARE YOU MAKING MONEY ON IT? DO YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT, UH, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ADVERTISING.
SO PAST YEARS WE'VE HAD A, UM, OVER $200,000 ANNUAL IN JUST ADVERTISING REVENUE.
SO IT'S SUBSTANTIAL DOLLARS THERE.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, IT IS, IT IS FAIRLY, UM, GREAT WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SUSTAINABLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY CHANGE THAT A LITTLE BIT IS AS WE START GOING TOWARDS AREA WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE MAKING MONEY.
SO AS, AS WE KIND OF PICTURE THIS AS A PUBLIC GOOD, WE START GOING TOWARDS AREAS WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOING TO AREAS REALLY CHASING REVENUE STREAM AS MUCH LIKE FAIRS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE EQUITY FAIRS WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, $5 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND WE DO THINK THAT AS, AS A, AS A PUBLIC GOOD, WE DO WANT TO EXPAND INTO SOME AREAS WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY TOURISTS WE WANT TO CONTINUE, WHAT WOULD KEEP WHAT WE HAVE, BUT ALSO EXPAND.
UM, AND SO THAT JUST KIND OF, THAT WILL BE AS WE START DOING OUR TEN-YEAR PLAN.
AND AS WE START ROLLING THAT OUT, WE'LL HAVE TO BE LOOKING IN BALANCING THOSE SORT OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
SO I HEARD YOU, UH, I, I DO AGREE.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF, BUT I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT'S SUSTAINABLE.
SO THAT'S INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO US, RIGHT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? YES.
W W AND YES, WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION TOO.
WE WILL ALSO BE COMING BACK AS WELL, AND TALKING ABOUT
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SORT OF THE EXPANSION PLANS AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK AT THE SUSTAINABILITY PIECE.WE'LL KNOW MORE ONCE WE, UM, ONCE WE, UH, HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY AND GET SOME FINAL CLARIFICATION WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE, BUT, UM, WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD POSITION.
THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER GREAT PIECE AGAIN.
SO IT'S ANOTHER SMALL PIECE OF THE TRANSIT PUZZLE, SO THAT IT ALLOWS US TO PUT IN TRANSIT IN PLACES WHERE OBVIOUSLY EVEN A PICKUP SERVICE WOULD MAKE SENSE OR A BUS WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT IT REALLY ALLOWS THE REACH.
AND THE OTHER COOL THING IS WITH THESE E-BIKES, THE RANGE OF THESE TRIPS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER THAN THESE MANUAL BIKES.
AND SO WE'RE NOW ABLE TO GET THE REACH OF OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM WAY FURTHER THAN JUST A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD ONLY THE HUMAN POWERED BIKES.
AND SO THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S A VALUATION PROPOSITION THERE.
THAT'S REALLY AN INTERESTING PIECE, TOO.
THAT'S GOING TO DRAW MORE RIDERSHIP.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT REALLY EXTENDS THE EXTEND, THE EXTENDS, THE REACH FOR INDIVIDUALS, AND ALSO FOR TRANSIT IN A WAY THAT, UH, SHOULD BE RELATIVELY LOW DOLLAR, YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A BICYCLE AND THE COST OF THE BIKES.
THERE ARE SOME OVERHEAD, OF COURSE, BUT IT'S NOT AS EXTENSIVE OVERHEAD AS YOU MIGHT HAVE WITH A, YOU KNOW, WITH MAINTAINING A BUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, SO I NOTICED THAT THIS IS A COMBINATION OF, UM, UH, CAPITAL AND OPERATIONS FUNDING.
IS, IS ANY, ARE THERE ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH PROJECT CONNECT TO SUPPORT THIS FROM AN WELL FROM EITHER A CAPITAL OR OPERATIONS STANDPOINT? THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE, UM, THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF THEIR PROJECT CONNECT, INITIAL INVESTMENT.
SO DO WE HAVE PROJECT CONNECT DOLLARS FOR ANY OF THIS? WE DID NOT SPECIFY THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IN PROJECT CONNECT TO, THERE ARE SOME DOLLARS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY DRAW ON FOR RAPID LINES AS WE START TO BUILD IN BIKES AS PART OF OUR VISION OF WHAT A STATION IS.
AND SO THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING THAT INTO PLAY.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS LARGE FUNDING PIECES AT THIS POINT, THAT IS, IT'S NOT A HUGE PIECE OF PROJECT CONNECT JUST BECAUSE WE HADN'T PUT THE BIKE PIECE OUT YET WHEN WE WERE ROLLING OUT WITH PROJECT CONNECT.
WELL, I'M, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO COVER WITH PROJECT CONNECT, BUT IT IS A PROJECT IN PROJECT CONNECT AND WAS, IT WAS OUT THERE AS PART OF THE VOTING ON THE TRE.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE THINKING ABOUT IT, NOT NOW, BUT AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE TENURE EXPANSION, UM, I WOULD PARTICULARLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE DEGREE TO WHICH THOSE PROJECT CONNECT DOLLARS CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT IT.
UH, LET'S SEE, UM, LET'S SEE, BOARD MEMBER, WELL, FIRST OFF, LET YOU, ANGIE, DO YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND? UM, SO, UM, MORE MEMBER, I GET THE STAFF TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS AGAIN AND GET BACK, BUT, BUT I BELIEVE LIKE CHAD STATED, I, I DON'T RECALL ANY, ANY LINE ITEM AT ALL.
AND PROJECT CONNECT RELATE TO METRO BIKES.
SO I'LL GET THE STAFF, WE'LL DO ONE ANOTHER FINAL SCRUB, BUT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS ANY FUNDING SOURCE DIRECTLY FOR METRO BIKE, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL GET, WE'LL DO A DOUBLE CHECK ON EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE.
WELL, MY POINT WAS JUST, IT COULD BE A, I'M NOT SUGGESTING IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT IT COULD BE BECAUSE IT FITS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PROJECT CONNECT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE VOTERS VOTED ON FOR THE TRE.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO THAT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE COULD, ALL RIGHT.
I'LL RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON, AND THEN MENTOREE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, CHAD JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS ONE.
I KNOW YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM THAT PUT IT IN YEOMAN'S WORK BETWEEN, UH, THE PICKUP SERVICES AND THIS AS WELL.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON IN YOUR SHOP, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A PRETTY BIG WIN FROM WHAT I SEE.
I, AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE TO ME, THIS IS A VERY BIG WIN AGAIN, SHOWING WHAT THE SYNERGY THAT WE HAVE WHEN, WHEN, UH, CAP METRO AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WORK TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP, UM, JUST, JUST ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND, AND THE DIRECTION THAT THIS THING IS TAKEN IN.
I SEE A LOT OF PARALLELS TO THE WAY THAT WE ULTIMATELY EVOLVED INTO WHAT OUR PICKUPS SERVICES IS.
WE STARTED IT OUT ONE WAY, KIND OF TESTED IT AND RECOGNIZE THAT YOU KIND OF LEARNED SOME LESSONS AND IT EVOLVED INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY, BRINGING IT IN HOUSE, RECOGNIZING THAT SOME THINGS EARLY ON WEREN'T WORKING, BUT WE WERE WILLING TO STICK TO STICK IT OUT THERE AND TEST IT.
AND I APPRECIATE JUST THE, THE INNOVATIVE, THE, THE, THE AMOUNT THAT MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THIS BOARD ALLOW US ALLOW YOU AS STAFF AND, AND THAT, UM, UH, OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO HAVE ALLOWED THERE TO BE AN, A LEVEL OF INNOVATION WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO TEST THESE THINGS OUT, TO SEE HOW WE GET THERE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO, WHAT'S GONNA WORK
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AND WHAT MIGHT NOT WORK, BUT THEN ULTIMATELY LEARN FROM THOSE LESSONS AND GET TO THE POINT OF WHAT WILL WORK.I'M, I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT, THAT WE'RE MOVING TO THIS, THIS ALL ELECTRIC, UH, THIS ALL ELECTRIC BIKE FLEET AND THE SYNERGY THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM THAT AND TRYING TO GET TO THAT, THAT, THAT NOW THAN IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE, WE TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE EVEN GOING BEYOND THAT.
AND THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR CONNECTIVITIES AND AREAS WHERE MIGHT OTHERWISE BE CONSIDERED POTENTIALLY TRANSIT DESERTS, WHERE FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY THAT WE CAN HAVE WAYS OF GETTING THEM FROM CLOSER TO THEIR HOMES, TO LARGER CONNECTIVITY AREAS, UH, WHETHER IT BE GETTING THEM TO, TO, YOU KNOW, AN AREA OF A PICKUP ZONE OR FROM THERE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, A LARGER CONNECTION POINT.
UM, THAT SAID, I JUST, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF, OF JUST A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, JUST FOR MY OWN CLARIFICATION ABOUT HOW THE SERVICE WORKS.
JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, WHEN SOMEBODY CHECKS OUT A BIKE FROM A STATION, UM, AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING USE OF IT, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY, THE I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY HAVE TO, THAT THIS ISN'T LIKE OUR, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE SCOOTERS THAT, THAT, THAT JUST BLEW UP ALL OVER THE CITY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THEY HAVE TO RETURN IT BACK TO ONE OF OUR DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND CHECK IT BACK IN WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME OR ELSE THEY END UP LIKE BEING, UH, RECEIVING PENALTIES OR FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO IT'S GOTTA BE FROM POINT A TO POINT B ZACHARY.
THEY CAN'T JUST TAKE IT HOME WITH THEM THAT NIGHT.
PICK IT UP THE NEXT MORNING AND THEN TAKE THE E-BIKE OUT.
SO THIS IS A, IT IS A DOCKED SYSTEM.
UM, AND THE IDEA IS, YOU KNOW, BEING A BIKE SHARE, YOU WANT TO HAVE IT TO SHARE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO YOU WANT TO GET IT OUT THERE WHILE SOMEBODY IS USING IT, GET THEM USING IT.
AND WHEN THEY'RE DONE USING IT, CHECK IT IN.
EVEN IF THEY NEED A BIKE IN 20 MINUTES AFTER THEY GO GRAB A BITE FROM THE FOOD TRUCK, THEY CAN JUST GO BACK TO THAT STATION, WHETHER IT'S THAT SAME BIKE OR DIFFERENT BIKE.
SO THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY, THE GOAL IS TO CONSTANTLY HAVE THEM IN USE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO, YEAH, SO YOU HAVE A, DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF A PROGRAM YOU HAVE, YOU LIKE PAY AS YOU RIDE TYPE OF THING.
SO AN UNLOCKED PRICE PLUS A PERMANENT FEE.
SO THE IDEA HERE IS TO DO THE, DO THE PER MINUTE SO THAT IT, YOU WANT TO GET IT BACK SOONER THAN LATER.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE GENERAL FUNCTION OF HOW IT WORKS.
WE'VE, WE'VE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD, I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS, BUT THIS IS REALLY THE SORT OF THE CORE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM BEFORE WE START DOING SOME, MAYBE SOME OTHER, UH, INNOVATIONS TO THE PROGRAM.
I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT ELSE COMES OUT OF YOUR SHOP RELATED TO THAT.
AND THEN ALSO ULTIMATELY UNDERSTAND WE'LL BE HAVING TO COME.
YOU'LL BE HAVING TO COME TO US AT THE BOARD LEVEL, LOOKING AT THIS AS A PIECE OF THE OVERALL FARE STRUCTURE AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE INTEGRATED.
SO IT'D BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS A COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO LOOK AT THIS NOW, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO BRING IT TO THIS POINT.
I DO THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT AND A GOOD PARTNERSHIP FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP ACHIEVE NOT JUST THE LAST MILE, BUT THE LAST, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A MILE TO, TO ACHIEVE CONNECTIVITY.
AND THEN THE DESERTS TO ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT QUESTION WILL BE FROM OUR RESIDENT, UM, ELECTRIC BIKE EXPERT BOARD MEMBER RENTER.
I DO HAVE ONE AND IT'S QUICKLY APPROACHING 4,000 MILES ON IT.
SO, UH, THEY DO LAST AND THEY'RE PRETTY, THEY'RE REAL STURDY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU BUY ONE THAT IT'S A WELL-BUILT.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, SINCE CAPITAL METRO HAS TAKEN OVER THE PROGRAM FROM, FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ARE Y'ALL GOING TO BE HAVING THESE KINDS OF STATIONS LIKE AT LEANDER AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON THE, ON THE RED LINE ALSO.
SO, UM, AND WE, WE'RE NOT TAKING IT NECESSARILY AWAY FROM THE CITY.
THE CITY WILL STILL OWN THE, A LOT OF THE ASSETS WE'LL JUST MAINTAIN AND, AND EXPAND IT WITH THE CITY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE USING THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SUCH A PERFECT MARRIAGE BETWEEN CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY.
SO THE IDEA IS THAT THIS EXPANDS SIGNIFICANTLY, IT'S GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED, UH, ALONG AREAS WHERE WE'VE GOT THE ALL AGES, UH, TRAIL NETWORK, AS WELL AS WHERE WE'VE GOT PROJECT NEXT AND ALL THOSE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS, AS WELL AS WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON EQUITY.
THOSE ARE SORT OF OUR, SORT OF OUR MAIN FOCUSES ON WHERE WE CAN EXPAND THIS.
YOU DO WANT TO GENERALLY, UM, EXPAND IT INTO A ONE ZONE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE POCKETS, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO TAKE, PICK IT UP FROM SOMEWHERE AND, YOU KNOW, RETURN IT FROM SOMEWHERE.
SO YOU CAN'T JUST PUT ONE STATION UNLESS SOMEBODY JUST DROPS IN CIRCLES AND THEN JUST COMES BACK TO THAT SAME SPOT AND PARKS IT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN EXPAND IT, UM, LOOKING AT THESE CORRIDORS AS WE GET LARGER.
AND AS WE START BUILDING OUT THIS BETTER NETWORK TO CONNECT EVERYTHING, THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CERTAINLY FOR US TO EXPAND PRETTY FAR OUT.
AND THEN, AND THE REASON I WAS BRINGING THAT UP ALSO IS THAT I DROVE TO LEANDER,
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YOU KNOW, AND WENT TO ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS THERE.AND I SAID, IT WOULDN'T BE GREAT.
IN FACT, IT JUST TAKE THE RED LINE DOWN THERE AND JUMP ON A BIKE, GO THROUGH THE RESTAURANT AND THEY'D COME BACK INSTEAD OF PAYING.
AND I MEAN, UNLESS, YOU KNOW, YOUR WAY AROUND THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO END UP IN A TOLL ROAD AND IT'S GOING TO COST YOU A LOT MORE.
AND THE GAS NOW, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE THOUGH.
AND I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN Y'ALL DO THAT, THAT YOU REALLY REACH OUT TO SOME OF THESE SMALLER TOWNS THAT WE SERVICE AND SEE IF WE CAN ESTABLISH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN PROMOTE, THEY CAN PROMOTE THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS THERE, THE RESTAURANTS, AND, UH, AND SEE IF THEY REALLY WANT TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN, IN THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT IS A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
I SEE THEM HERE ON THE WEEKENDS, THE TOURISTS THAT COME IN, JUST LOVE THEM.
THEY JUST GET ON THERE AND THEY, THEY DO THE TRAIL THERE AND YOU CAN TELL THEM THEY'RE YOUR BIKE.
SO IT HAS CAPITAL METRO WITH LOGO ON THAT.
SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT THING FOR OUR CITY.
IF IT'S GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AROUND AND SEE ALL THE GREAT RESTAURANTS THAT WE HAVE AROUND AND, AND PLACES TO VISIT HERE IN AUSTIN, THE MEMBER POOL.
UM, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH THE BIKES WAY? THE WAY A LOT? I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY WEIGH.
I, UM, I WOULD IMAGINE THEY MIGHT KNOW IT'S, UM, VERY HEAVY THOUGH, WHICH IS WHY THE ELECTRIFIED, THE ESS BIKES ARE REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO GO.
IS IT LIGHTWEIGHT ENOUGH THAT SHE COULD PICK IT UP AND PUT IT ON ONE OF THE BIKE RACKS ON THE, ON ONE OF THE BUSES OR RIGHT.
HE'S RAISED BEEN ON THESE BEFORE.
THEY ARE SO HEAVY THAT IT, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AS A PROBLEM CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THESE AROUND FOR A WHILE AND WE'VE HAD BIKE RACKS ON ALL OF OUR BUSES, WHICH IS AWESOME.
UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AS A PROBLEM BECAUSE PAR PROBABLY CAUSE THEY'RE SO HEAVY.
AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IS BY PLACING ALL THESE STATIONS, THESE DOCKS NEAR OUR STATIONS AND OUR BUS, OUR BUS LINES AND OUR TRAINS, IT'S EASIER JUST TO PARK IT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET OFF THE BUS, GRAB A DIFFERENT ONE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO MESS WITH ALL THAT.
UM, AND SO IT NATURALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR US.
SO THE CONCEPT IS THAT THESE BIKES WOULD BE LIKE FOR THE LAST MILE, GIVE OR TAKE, BUT NOT TO ACCOMPANY YOU ON A BUS RIDE, THAT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A BIKE THAT YOU WOULD OWN YOURSELF, WHICH WOULD BE THE LIGHTER WEIGHT, UM, BIKES.
AND THEY'RE ALSO MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO THEN THAT GOES, UH, FOR ME TO MY INITIAL QUESTION, WHICH HAD TO DO WITH THE CITING OF WHERE THE DROP-OFFS WOULD BE, THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE CAP METRO LOOK AT, UM, GETTING US SOME INFORMATION ON WHICH BUS STOP AREAS IN WHICH RAIL STOP AREAS WOULD ALSO HAVE THE BIKE BARNES OR HOWEVER, HOWEVER YOU'RE GONNA NAME THEM SO THAT WE CAN, UM, MAKE THE BEST USE OF TRANSIT FOR OUR FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE MORE SUBURBAN AREAS SO THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE ELECTRIC BIKE TO GET TO THE BUS STOP, AND THEN THEY CAN LEAVE THE BIKES THERE.
SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A KIND OF A NATURAL EVOLUTION.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT KEPT METRO WANTS TO DO IN CONJUNCTION IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS COULD YOU GIVE US AN IDEA IN ADVANCE OF WHERE YOU THINK THOSE SITES WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL? AND THEN THOSE OF US WHO ARE, UH, ON THE CITY COUNCIL CAN KIND OF HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT ON MAKING SURE THAT IT ALL KIND OF LINES UP AT THE CITY LEVEL, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALSO DOING, BUT WE CAN HELP, UM, PROMPT THINGS TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY.
AND WHAT I WAS MENTIONED BEFORE TO OUR STAFF IS THAT ONCE THEY LOOK INTO THAT, IF THEY CAN COME UP AND SEE IF THEY COULD DESIGN A RAMP, THAT YOU COULD JUST ROLL IT UP TO THE BUS, THEN YOU'LL HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE OWNED BY USING THE BUS.
THIS IS ALL REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
AND WITH OUR EXPANSION, WE DO PLAN ON MAKING IT A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
UM, WE WE'VE EVEN MADE SURE THAT, UH, PART OF OUR FUTURE PLANS, UM, WITH BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN HAS POINTED OUT IN THE PAST ABOUT HAVING A PUBLIC PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE AN INTERFACE WHERE YOU CAN SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE BIKE STATIONS.
SO WE CAN GATHER THAT INFORMATION.
AND THE REALLY COOL THING IS, IS THOSE LITTLE 3.0 DOCS THAT I SHOWED YOU THAT LIKE SINGLE DOCS THAT ALLOWS US TO PUT THEM OUT IN PLACES WE'D NORMALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT A LARGE DOCK THESE DAYS.
SO THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN SOME MORE SUBURBAN AREAS OR MAYBE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL THAT WE KNOW PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO WANT TO BIKE UP.
CAUSE THOSE, THESE, THE SPIKES ARE MAGIC ON WHEN IT COMES TO THE HILLS.
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REALLY GREAT FOR ALL THOSE APPLICATIONS.UM, YES, I'VE BEEN A USER OF THE, I'VE BEEN A USER OF THESE BIKES SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF THEM BEFORE WE EVEN HAD THEM WITH CAP METRO.
SO IT'S REALLY BEEN EXCITING TO SEE THE PROGRAM EXPAND.
IT STARTED WITH A SMALL NONPROFIT ON A SHOESTRING.
SO IT'S REALLY BEEN GREAT TO SEE IT EXPAND.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, THE MAP, YEAH.
IF HE COULD BRING BACK THE MAP, CAUSE, UH, UH, THE PROGRAM AT THE VA AT THE BEGINNING HAD THESE, THIS INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE YOU COULD GO IN AND SAY, HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE HERE.
SO THAT'S A GREAT FEATURE, UH, TO HELP YOU SEE AROUND THE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HAVING THE BIKE, UM, DOCKS.
UM, I'M GOING TO PUT IN A PLUG FOR THE BIG, BIGGER BASKETS, PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU DON'T ONLY HAVE THE, DON'T ONLY DO THE, THE BIKES THAT HAVE THOSE TINY LITTLE BASKETS BECAUSE THE BIGGER ONES ARE VERY USEFUL TO HAVE TWO.
AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO FIND WHEN I'M AT A DOCKING STATION, I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE ONE WITH THE BIGGER BASKET.
AND THEN FINALLY YOU MIGHT, BEFORE YOU GET RID OF ALL THE RED ONES, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, CHECK IN WITH PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, I LIKE RIDING THE RED ONES TOO, AND, AND THEY'RE HEAVY, BUT THEY'RE NOT THAT HEAVY, YOU KNOW? AND THEY'RE GREAT IF, IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE FLAT ON A FLAT SURFACE TOO.
SO ANYWAY, YOU MIGHT JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, UM, MAYBE THERE'S NOT A USE TO KEEP THEM, BUT I WOULDN'T PHASE THEM OUT TOO FAST.
SO NO, THE RED ONES, THE RED ONES ARE NOT ELECTRIFIED.
THE WHITE ONES ARE ELECTRIFIED.
SO, UM, SO, UH, AND I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MOVE TOWARDS AN ELECTRIC FLEET, ALL ELECTRIC FLEET.
LIKE YOU SAID, THAT THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE USING, BUT THERE MAY BE REASONS WHY PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO KEEP THE RED BIKES.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, AS YOU PHASE THEM IN AND JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
SO, UH, AN ARGUMENT FOR EXERCISE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
AND JUST ONE OTHER FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
UH, CHAD, UH, WHAT IS THE, UM, THE, THE THEFT OR VANDALISM RATE, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THAT WE HAD? UM, MANY OF THESE, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE, THE, THE OLD, THE, THE SCOOTERS, THEY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LITTERING ALL, I HATE TO KEEP USING THAT AS AN ANALOGY, BUT WHEN THE SCOOTER MOVEMENT CAME IN, YOU HAD TONS OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES COME IN.
THOSE THINGS WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, USED AND THROWN AROUND AND THEY'D DISAPPEAR AND PEOPLE WOULD STEAL THEM OR NOT RETURN THEM.
HOW MUCH OVER THE YEARS HAVE WE SEEN, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE MOVING TO THE ELECTRIC BIKES, HAVE YOU ALL BEEN TRACKING OR SEEN MANY OF THEM, UM, DRIVING OFF OF THEIR OWN ACCORD, OUR DOCKING STATIONS BEING DAMAGED OR VANDALIZED BIKES BEING STOLEN, THAT KIND OF THING.
I WILL SAY IT DOES HAPPEN, BUT WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS GOING FOR US, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO DOCK THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S TRACKING THE USE.
AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU HAVEN'T DOCKED IT IN A WHILE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE, THE BIKE IS OUT THERE AND SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP RIGHT AWAY, WHEREAS A, A SCOOTER, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE IT IS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
SO WE CAN TRACK WHEN THEY'VE BEEN CHECKED OUT AND WHEN THEY GET CHECKED IN AND YOU CAN TELL IF IT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR WAY TOO LONG, THEN THERE'S PROBABLY A PROBLEM THERE.
AND YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON RIGHT AWAY.
UM, THE METRO BIKE TEAM IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
WE ALSO DO HAVE, UM, BLUETOOTH BEACONS ON THESE BIKES.
WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS MAYBE GETTING SOME BETTER TECHNOLOGIES ON THESE BIKES AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN TRACK THEM AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
UM, AND THAT'S GETTING BETTER.
I'M LOOKING AT A BIT BETTER INTEGRATED BATTERY.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THESE E-BIKES, THESE ARE, UM, SORT OF FIRST-GENERATION.
SO THE BATTERY IS PRETTY EXPOSED AND I MEAN, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK, BUT YOU COULD GET TOWARDS A BATTERY.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AS WE START TO EXPAND.
AND AS WE START TO REALLY, UM, GO FULL SPEED INTO SORT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIKE, THESE ARE ALL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH, BUT WE'VE GOT A BENEFIT OVER THE NON-DOCTOR SYSTEM BECAUSE WE HAVE TRACK OF OUR AX ASSETS A LOT BETTER THAN THE NON-DOCTOR.
SO IT HASN'T BEEN OVER THE COURSE OF ROLLING THE PROGRAM AND MOVING MORE TO THE, TO THE E-BIKE SYSTEM.
IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN A PROBLEM WITH, WITH, BY LIKE, IF A, IF A BIKE, IF THE BATTERY DIES, YOU CAN STILL FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT BIKE WAS AND, AND GO ACTUALLY FIND IT, OR THE LAST PERSON WHO HAD IT.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THEIR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IF A BATTERY DOES DIE, YOU CAN STILL RIDE THESE BIKES.
IF THE BATTERY IS DEAD, THEY CAN, THEY CAN, YOU CAN JUST PRETEND IT'S A MANUAL, THE RED BIKES.
AND SO YOU CAN JUST TURN OFF THE POWER ASSIST AND RIDE THEM AND USE THEM THAT WAY AS WELL.
BUT IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY HEAVY, REALLY HEAVY.
YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO FIND A DOCK CLOSE BY DOCKET AND GRAB ONE THAT'S CHARGED AND CONTINUE ON YOUR WAY.
JUST A GENTLE REMINDER THAT WE HAVE SIX MORE ITEMS AND IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, NO, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THESE BIKES SAYING WE SHOULD RECHARGE OUR BATTERIES AND
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KNOW THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THESE BIKES.UH, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT ACTION.
I EXPECTED THAT FROM YOUR BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WILL SAY THIRD WHILE I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
A BOARD CHAIR WILL MAKE THAT A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
UM, I NEED TO, UH, THANK YOU, MR.
[VI. Consent Items (Part 2 of 2)]
VALENTINE.I NEED TO, UM, TO GO BACK AND CLEAN UP A CONSENT ITEM.
AS I READ THROUGH THE FOURTH ITEM, I DID NOT READ THE TERM OR THE ALLOWANCE.
SO IF I COULD ADD, UH, THE TERM AND THE ALLOWANCE TO NUMBER FOUR, LET ME READ IT IN ITS FINAL FORM.
IF WE CAN ACCEPT THAT, UH, IF THE, UH, IF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION WILL ACCEPT IT AS FRIENDLY, AND THAT WOULD BE A BOARD, THE KITCHEN BOARD MEMBER INTO REAL APPROVAL OF A FINE OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH TD INDUSTRIES TO PROVIDE HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING, HVAC, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, RENEWAL, AND REPLACEMENT SERVICES FOR ALL CAP, METRO, UH, PUBLIC AND OPERATIONAL PROPERTIES AND BUILDINGS FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR WITH A, NOT TO EXCEED ALLOWANCE OF $950,000.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT WAS ADDED WAS THE TERM OF A YEAR AND THE NOT TO EXCEED THE ALLOWANCE OF $950,000.
UH, WILL WE ACCEPT THAT AS FRIENDLY? ALRIGHT.
UH, THEN, UH, LET'S, LET'S GO, UH, THEN IT WILL BE ADDED BACK TO OUR, UM, IT'LL BE ADDED BACK TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND, UH, IF WE CAN BUILD ON THOSE, IF WE CAN VOTE ON, ON THOSE ITEMS AGAIN, ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED, SAME SIGN HEARING, NONE.
AND WITH WHEN HE WAS THE SECOND, SO LET ME HOLD ON.
SO THE RECONSIDERATION IS SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER POOL.
ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN AS, AND I POST SAMSON.
SO, SO, UH, WE BROUGHT UP THE, THE CONSENT ITEM BECAUSE, UH, WE LEFT OUT INFORMATION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED.
[VII.2. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) between Capital Metro and the City of Austin (City) for the reimbursement of project costs for the implementation of four Project Connect MetroRapid Lines and associated City transit and mobility projects for an initial term in an amount not to exceed $2,140,000 and three one-year renewal periods in an amount not to exceed $3,450,000, for a total not to exceed amount of $5,590,000. ]
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO ACTION.ITEM NUMBER TWO APPROVAL OF A, OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
FOR METRO RAIL PROJECTS, UH, UTILITIES AND URBAN TRAILS, BETTERMENTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,337.
I THINK MOLLY KING WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW I PULLED THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION, THE ITEMS THAT ARE FOR JUST GENERAL EDUCATION.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT SINCE THIS IS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT SEVEN, AND THERE WERE CONCERNS BY THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THINGS WOULD BE DEVELOPED THAT IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO GET THE INFORMATION MADE IN THIS OPEN MEETING.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ITEM AT ALL.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT REALLY CLEAR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THAT.
UM, GO AHEAD, MS. KING, GOOD AFTERNOON.
TREVELYAN BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESIDENT CLARK.
I'M MOLLY KING, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROJECT CONNECT INTEGRATION.
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PROJECT CONNECT RELATED INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS OR ILS.
WE FELT THIS OVERVIEW WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AHEAD OF KEN CARTWRIGHT'S PRESENTATION ON TWO ILS BETWEEN CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS THEIR OTHER ILS THAT ARE ALSO IN THE PIPELINE.
UM, I HEAR THAT YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THIS GRAPHIC.
THE PARTNERS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING PUBLICLY FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A TOUCHSTONE GOING FORWARD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS NOTE THAT THE DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY CAP, METRO AND AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, EACH HAVING THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITIES TO ENSURE OUR COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY ARE FULFILLED IN THIS NEXT SLIDE.
WE OUTLINED MANY OF THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT FORMED THE BASIS OF THE ROLES AND
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL THE ENTITIES AS PART OF PROJECT CONNECT THE BALLOT ORDINANCE, THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, COMMUNITY COMMITMENT RESOLUTION, THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, AND OTHER KEY DOCUMENTS.THE INTENT OF THE JPA AND FUTURE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS IS TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIFICITY AROUND THESE COMMITMENTS WITH OUR PARTNERS.
YOU SEE THAT WE ARE STARTING TO GET INTO THE MEAT OF HOW WE WILL WORK, HOW WE WILL GET THIS WORK DONE IN ORDER TO MEET OUR GOALS.
AND WHILE THESE COMMITMENTS PREDATE MY TIME ON WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM, THERE ARE THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE ARE ALL WORKING FROM, PARTICULARLY AS WE BEGIN TO HONE HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER ON THESE UPCOMING INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS.
YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR CAP, METRO COMMITMENTS, AS REFLECTED IN THE PROJECT CONNECT PARTNERSHIP, FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS, OUR ROLE RANGES FROM PROVIDING FUNDING AS PART OF THE INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MODEL JOINT GOVERNANCE OF ATP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO EXTENDING OUR ROLE AS THE FTA PROJECT SPONSOR AND EXECUTING KEY STEPS, INCLUDING NEPA AND 30% DESIGN OF PROJECT CONNECT.
WE WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE CITY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS.
WE WILL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT METRO RAPID METRO RAIL PARK AND RIDES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, CIRCULATORS, AND CAP.
METRO WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL DISCUSS THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO ADVANCE THE COMMITMENTS MADE AS PART OF THE PROJECT CONNECT PARTNERSHIP.
AS YOU KNOW, ILS ARE THE MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH WE AS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF FUNDS AND OR RESOURCES TO FULFILL OUR JOINT RESPONSIBILITIES.
AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT FOR THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM, THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS ILS THAT COME TO YOU.
THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE CURRENT THINKING ON UPCOMING INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS.
WE VERY WELL MAY IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL NEEDS AS WE CONTINUE TO COLLECTIVELY DESIGN FUND FINANCE AND CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND ATP NOTE THAT SOME ILS WILL INVOLVE ALL THREE PARTIES.
SOME WILL BE BETWEEN CAP METRO AND THE CITY, AND SOME WILL BE BETWEEN THE CITY AND ATP.
WE THINK ABOUT THE ILS TO SUPPORT PROJECT CONNECT IN THREE CATEGORIES, IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT SERVICES, CAPITAL, AND OPERATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE OTHER ILS ARE IN THE PIPELINE, SOME TO BE FINALIZED THIS YEAR.
AND SOME SUCH AS THE ONM INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINES ARE GOING TO BE FURTHER OUT.
BUT MOST IMMEDIATELY WE HAVE TWO ILS ON THE BOARD AGENDA TODAY.
BOTH OF THESE ISLANDS ARE WITH THE CITY AND SUPPORT OF THE METRO RAPID PROJECTS AND THE MAKALA METRO RAIL STATION.
KEN WILL WALK US THROUGH THOSE TWO IN MORE DETAIL.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO KIM? I HAVE A QUICK, UM, I I'M SORRY.
I MAY BE MISSING IT, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND THIS SLIDE IN THE BACKUP.
IS IT NOT THE BACKUP? UM, THESE SLIDES ARE, UM, A LAST MINUTE ADDITION AS A QUICK OVERVIEW, BUT I THINK ED WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE.
THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THE MEETING.
WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW BEFORE WE DOVE INTO THIS TO SPECIFIC.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS SLIDE.
I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR A THALL.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MY BACK UP AND NOT FINDING IT.
SO OF COURSE THERE WILL BE MORE IS TO KEY MESSAGE HERE.
THAT WAS A DISCUSSION GOING ON TO MY LEFT AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'LL PASS IT OFF TO KEN TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE MORE EMINENT.
CHAIR TO CIVILIAN BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CEO, CLARK HAS STEPPED OFF THE DYESS MOMENTARILY, BUT I'M KEN CARRE, VICE PRESIDENT OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES, THE CAPITAL METRO.
AND AS WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, I'LL RE REREAD THE ACTION ITEM JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THIS SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS. SO THIS IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT CEO OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
FOR METRO RAIL PROJECTS, UTILITIES, AND URBAN TRAIL BETTERMENTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,337.
UM, THE, UH, THE, THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT OF THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT OCCURS WHEN THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED.
SO THERE'S NO TIMEFRAME ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT,
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JUST WHEN THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED, THE AGREEMENT WILL TERMINATE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.AND I DO HAVE JUST A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU RELATED TO THIS ITEM.
I WILL MENTION TO YOU THAT, UM, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO BE, UH, UH, REVIEWED BY THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 9TH.
SO THIS PARTICULAR, UM, UM, INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND CAPITAL METRO IS FOR THE MCCALLA RAIL STATION PROJECT.
WE'VE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE CITY AND WITH ATP ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND THROUGH THE COURSE OF THOSE COLLABORATIONS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A MOBILITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.
ORIGINALLY THE PROJECT INCLUDED AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK THAT CONNECTED BREAKER LANE WITH THE RAIL STATION AND THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY AND IDENTIFICATION OF A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT, UH, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE RAIL RIGHT OF WAY.
WE WERE ABLE TO WIDEN THAT PATH FROM EIGHT FEET TO 13 FEET.
SO IT NOW ALLOWS FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS JUST FOR PEDESTRIANS.
AND SO THE CITY IN TURN HAS AGREED TO COST SHARE THE INCREASE IN WIDTH FOR THAT PARTICULAR PATH.
THE SECOND ITEMS RELATED TO A CITY WASTEWATER LINES, AS PART OF THE STATION PROJECT, WE HAVE TO RELOCATE TO WASTEWATER LINES AND IN WORKING WITH, UH, AUSTIN WATER, THEY'VE REQUESTED THAT WE UPGRADE THOSE LINES AS WE RELOCATE THEM.
AND SO THE REMAINDER OF THIS IS THE COST SHARE THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE INCREASED SIZE OF THOSE WASTEWATER LINES.
SO AGAIN, THE SPACE PERIOD, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THE CITY WILL BE REIMBURSING CAPITOL, METRO IS $750,337.
THOSE FUNDS WILL BE COLLECTED AFTER THE WORK IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE COMPLETED.
AND WE DID ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE PAST, UH, IN THE PAST OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PROJECT THAT THE, UH, MLS TEAM THROUGH THE STAT CO AGREEMENT IS CONTRIBUTING $3 MILLION TO THIS, UH, MCCALLA RAIL STATION PROJECT OVER THE COURSE OF A 15 YEAR PERIOD.
AND AS MOLLY POINTED OUT PREVIOUSLY, YOU, UH, WE WILL LIKELY BRING OTHER AGREEMENTS, UH, TO YOU FOR ACTION RELATED TO THE MCCALLA RAIL STATION, AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AS WE PROGRESS WITH THE PROJECT.
AND THIS IS JUST AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, UH, SHOWING, UH, JUST, UH, CONCEPTUALLY THE BLUE RECTANGLES THERE, UH, BETWEEN DELTA DRIVE BELOW AND THE Q2 STADIUM ABOVE THE BLUE RECTANGLES REPRESENT THE STATION PLATFORMS THEMSELVES.
AND THEN THE LONG LINEAR PURPLE RECTANGLE REPRESENTS THE SHARED USE PATH FROM BREAKER LANE TO THE STATION THERE.
SO THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC AGREEMENT BOARD MEMBER COOPER.
I, NO QUESTION, UH, JUST, UH, A COMMENT TO APPLAUD THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CITY PEOPLE AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, THE WATER FOLKS IN CAP METRO, UH, BOTH ON THIS AND THE OTHER.
ILSR, IT'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE THAT WE WORK HARMONIOUSLY TOGETHER.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE NOTE OF THAT AND APPLAUD THAT.
IT'S BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND CAPITAL METRO.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS HEARING NONE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR BOARD MEMBER POOL SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION MS. KING AND MR. CARD.
[VII.3. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute amendments to Interlocal Agreements (ILAs) with the Cities of Manor, Lago Vista, Jonestown, Point Venture, and San Leanna for the FY2022 Build Central Texas Program ]
AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE.THAT'S WHY YOU STAYING IN NUMBER THREE.
LET ME READ IT INTO THE RECORD APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF PROJECT COSTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF, FOR PROJECT CONNECT, METRO RAPID LINES AND ASSOCIATED CITY TRANSIT AND MOBILITY PROJECTS FOR AN INITIAL TERM IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2 MILLION, $140,000.
AND THE THREE, ONE YEAR RENEWABLE PERIODS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A 3 MILLION, 450,000 FOR A TOTAL, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 5 MILLION, $590,000.
MR. CARBINE, THANK YOU CHAIR FOR INTRODUCING THIS
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ITEM.I WANT TO POINT OUT I'M JOINED TODAY BY OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, DIRECTOR KING CALL WITH ME AS WELL AS OUR METRO RAPID PROGRAM MANAGER, KATHERINE GONZALEZ, WHO ARE MOVING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT ALSO HAVE RELATED TO THESE AGREEMENTS, BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT, THIS IS THE, UH, THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT OR RELATED TO THE METRO RAPID PROJECTS.
AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, UH, THIS DEPICTED BY THIS PICTURE HERE OF THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, THE PLEASANT VALLEY LINE AND THE EXPO LINE ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE STARTED TO CONSTRUCT THE STATIONS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT WITH A TARGET, UH, SERVICE START DATE OF MID TO 2023.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN ON THE OTHER TWO LINES.
THE GOLD LINE IS IN DESIGN NOW, AS WELL AS THE MEN CHAKA AND OAK HILL EXTENSIONS TO THE CURRENT 8 0 3, WITH RESPECT TO THE EXPO IN PLEASANT VALLEY LINES.
THESE ARE THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGETS, UM, FOR THE EXPO LINE $48.5 MILLION AND FOR PLEASANT VALLEY, IT'S $52.7 MILLION.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE ORANGE PART OF THE PIE CHART, THERE IS THE ANTICIPATED FEDERAL COST SHARE FOR THESE PROJECTS.
UM, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION ON THE SMALL STARTS GRANT AGREEMENT.
UH, THEY WILL ALSO BE HERE ON WEDNESDAY TO TOUR, UH, PART OF THESE ROUTES.
SO THESE, UH, BETTERMENT'S, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MOBILITY, UH, GROUP, UH, AGREEMENT.
SO I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, UH, ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THESE METRO RAPID STATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE METRO RAPID BUDGET.
SO OUR PROJECT BUDGET INCLUDES SIDEWALKS, BIKE PATHS, ET CETERA, IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF EACH METRO RAPID STATION, BUT IN AREAS WHERE THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THESE INDIVIDUAL STATIONS, THEN THEY'VE ASKED US TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THOSE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR WHICH THEY'LL REIMBURSE, UM, THE, UH, THE PROJECT WHERE THE AGENCY.
SO IN THE BASE PERIOD, UH, THE CITY OF BOSTON IS GOING TO REQUEST A 1.6, 4 MILLION IN TERMS OF BETTERMENT IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, AND THAT BASE PERIOD IS THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2023, AND THEN THREE OPTION YEARS BEYOND THAT AT $1 MILLION PER OPTION YEAR.
AND I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THE OPTION YEARS ARE EXERCISED UPON WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES TO CONTINUE EACH OF THOSE OPTIONS.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF CAPITAL METRO.
SO CAPITAL METRO WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE CITY, UH, EXPERTISE AND DESIGN AND SOME POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION, UM, DURING THE BASE PERIOD IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000, AND THEN THE, EACH OF THE OPTION YEARS FOR $150,000, AND THESE FUNDS WILL BE REIMBURSED ON CON UPON COMPLETION OF EACH OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO SOME OF THE BENEFITS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND CAPITAL METRO AND ATP, AND THIS COLLABORATION WILL ASSIST WITH FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE LAST MILE CONNECTIONS THAT CHAD TALKED ABOUT IN HIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.
BUT SINCE CAPITAL METRO IS DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING IN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY, IT, UH, IT BECOMES EFFICIENT TO LEVERAGE, UH, THOSE SERVICES TO MAKE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR, OUR CITIZENS.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE EXPO LINE JUST DEPICTING THE ROUTE MAP HERE, STARTING AT THE EXPO CENTER IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF TOWN, TRAVELING ACROSS, UM, 180 3 AND THEN
UH, SOME OF THESE STATION LOCATIONS, THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS FOR WHERE THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE.
AND THEN HERE'S THE PLEASANT VALLEY LINE STARTING UP, UH, AT BARBARA JORDAN AND, UH, WORKING ITS WAY ALONG PLEASANT VALLEY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT RANCH ON THE SOUTHERN TIP THERE AGAIN, THE, UH, THE YELLOW CIRCLES INDICATING THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR, THIS, ALTHOUGH IT'S VERY SMALL, UH, APOLOGIZE, THIS IS IN YOUR BOARD PACKETS, BUT THESE ARE THE SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BASE PERIOD FOR THE EXPO AND PLEASANT VALLEY LINE.
SO THE CITY AND CAPITAL METRO HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THESE SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS AT EACH LOCATION.
THEY GENERALLY TEND TO BE PEDESTRIAN OR BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS OR, OR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO INTERSECTIONS.
AND THEN THIS IS THE KIND OF FLOW OF FUNDS IF YOU WILL, BETWEEN THE AGENCIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE WITH EACH FISCAL YEAR, THE TOTAL AMOUNTS THAT WILL BE CONTRIBUTED BY EACH ENTITY TOTALING UP TO THAT $5,590,000.
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AND WITH THAT, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THE SPECIFIC INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT.HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS, UM, GO AHEAD.
OH, I WAS, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND I APPRECIATE THE ILA HAPPY TO, TO MOVE ADOPTION.
I WAS JUST PROUD THAT YOU HAD A PICTURE OF PEOPLE LOOKING LIKE THEY WERE ACTUALLY WORKING, YOU KNOW, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD TRICK RIGHT THERE.
IS THERE, UM, WELL MAYBE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
SAME SIGN HEARING, NONE ON THE CHAIR.
[VII.4. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with 22nd Century Technologies for temporary staffing services for a two-year base period and three (3), one-year options for a cumulative amount not to exceed $14,945,765. ]
MUCH.UH, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENTS TO INTER-LOCAL LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITIES OF MAYNOR LAGO VISTA JONESTOWN POINT VENTURE AND, UH, AND SAN LEANNA FOR THE F Y UH, 2020 TO BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM.
CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND CEO CLARK, UH, SAM SERGEANT DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CAP METRO.
UM, TODAY THE BOARD WILL, UH, WE'LL CONSIDER ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION, UH, FOR INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH SOME OF OUR, UH, SMALLER MEMBER COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN, UM, NOT ONLY EXPAND THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXTS PROGRAM, BUT FIND, UH, ANOTHER AVENUE TO PROVIDE SOME CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS BACK TO OUR MEMBER CITIES, UM, THAT I WILL SPEAK TO IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, JUST TO START AT THE 40,000 FOOT LEVEL, UH, I THINK MOST FOLKS HERE CERTAINLY ON THE BOARD, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, CAP METRO HAS SEVEN MEMBER CITIES, EACH PAYING 1 CENT OF SALES TAX FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
UH, THERE IS OF COURSE, AUSTIN, WHICH MAKES UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF POPULATION AND THE SALES TAX, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SIX OTHER FULL MEMBER CITIES, INCLUDING IN ORDER OF POPULATION LEANDER, LAGO VISTA, JONESTOWN, SORRY, LEANDER MAYNOR LAVISTA JONESTOWN POINT VENTURE AND SAN LEANNA TO THE SOUTH.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE PORTIONS OF TRAVIS COUNTY WILLIAMSON COUNTY THAT ARE MEMBERS, UH, WHO ALSO JOINED SEPARATELY AS PRECINCTS BACK IN 1985 AS CAPITAL METRO GROWS, SALES TAX CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE TO GROW IN EACH OF OUR SUBURBAN MEMBER COMMUNITIES.
AND OVER TIME, CAPITAL METRO, UH, HAS DEVELOPED PROGRAMS FOR CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS BACK TO OUR MEMBER CITIES.
AND THE IDEA HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THERE IS SOME KIND OF DELTA BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE RECEIVED AND THE ONE CENTER OF SALES TAX THAT IS CONTRIBUTED BY THAT CITY.
IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE THE CITY WHOLE SO TO SPEAK? ALTHOUGH WE DO KNOW THAT THAT ONE PENNY OF SALES TAX IS NOT ALWAYS SPENT ENTIRELY IN THAT COMMUNITY.
IT IS MEMBERSHIP IN THE BROADER SYSTEM.
IT IS STILL IMPORTANT TO THESE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THAT WE FIND OTHER WAYS TO GIVE BACK ON TOP OF BUS AND PARATRANSIT AND RAIL SERVICES.
SO FOR SOME TIME IN THE NINETIES, THERE WAS A BUILD GREATER AUSTIN PROGRAM, UH, LATER TURNED INTO BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS BECAUSE AUSTIN, UH, RECEIVED THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE SERVICE.
SO THE NEED FOR THAT CONTRIBUTION, UH, WASN'T THE SAME.
UM, AND IT IS DEVELOPED EVEN FURTHER.
NOW THAT LEANDER HAS BEEN ADDED BACK INTO BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS FOLLOWING MARCH OF THIS YEAR, UH, BOARD ACTION.
SO LEANDER NOT ONLY HAS RAIL SERVICE, WHICH HAD LONG MEANT THAT IT HAD RECEIVED MORE IN METRO EXPRESS PICKUP, METRO RAIL SERVICE THAN IT PAID IN SALES TAX.
WELL, NOW THAT LANDER HAS GROWN SO SIGNIFICANTLY IT'S SALES TAX IS ECLIPSING THAT NUMBER.
SO WE BROUGHT LANDER BACK INTO THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION PROGRAM.
SO THERE ARE NEW CAPITAL METRO ILETS WITH FIVE OF OUR SUBURBAN MEMBER CITIES, UM, THAT YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING TODAY, EACH OF OUR SUBURBAN MEMBER, UH, CITIES AMONG THOSE FIVE WILL RECEIVE A PORTION OF THE $10 MILLION TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN MARCH.
UH, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE BASED ON SALES TAX CONTRIBUTIONS RELATIVE TO THE OTHER SMALL MEMBER CITIES.
SO LEANDER, UH, WILL MAKE UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT $10 MILLION, UH, AND THEN MAINER AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THE ANNUAL, UH, BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS FUNDING THAT, UH, OUR SMALLER COMMUNITIES ALREADY RECEIVE ARE USED, UH, FOR TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO NOTE.
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TRYING TO HIT THAT DELTA BETWEEN THE SALES TAX AND THE TOTAL COST OF SERVICE, UH, BUT THE WAY THAT, UH, YOU WILL SEE IN THE ILA AND THE WAY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS MANAGED THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM IS THAT TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IS A RELATIVELY BROAD DEFINITION, BUT IT IS VERY CRITICAL THAT WHATEVER THE IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT BE, WHETHER THEY BE LIGHTING OR CURB CUTS, SIDEWALKS ROAD RESURFACING, THAT THEY HAVE SOME NEXUS WITH TRANSIT.SO WHEN WE'D RUN OUR VEHICLES OUT LA VISTA, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT NICELY IMPROVED ROADS TO, TO REDUCE THE WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR VEHICLES, BUT ALSO MAKE IT A MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE FOR SOMEBODY ON THE BUS OR SOMEBODY WAITING AT A BUS STOP IN THAT COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE UPDATED THE GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING AND FUNDING, TRANSIT, SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES CAPITAL METRO STAFF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, SO THAT WE CAN GO TO OUR SMALL, UH, SMALLER SUBURBAN MEMBER CITIES AND PROVIDE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE EXPERTISE ON THINGS LIKE SAFETY.
ACCESSIBILITY IS A HUGE ONE, UM, BUT ALSO ASSISTANCE WITH, UH, PLANNING AND GRANTS AND THEN CAPITOL METRO'S AUDIT RIGHTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF CAP METRO'S MONEY.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN, UH, WITH THE UPDATED BUILT CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM.
SO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THAT $10 MILLION FY 22 CAPITAL FUND, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE UPDATED BUILT CENTRAL TEXAS AMOUNT FOR
AND THEN JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, YOU CAN SEE THE FYI 21 SALES TAX AND SERVICE COSTS FOR EACH OF THE CITIES IMPORTANT THAT IT'S FYI 21, NOT 22, BECAUSE THAT GIVES US A FULL FISCAL YEAR LOOK.
UH, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ASSESS THE, UH, THE DELTA THAT WAY.
UM, AND I WILL BE, UH, GOING OUT TO EACH OF THESE CITIES FOLLOWING, UH, THE BOARD'S ACTION TODAY, ALTHOUGH I WAS AT LA VISTA CITY COUNCIL LAST THURSDAY, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN NOT ONLY TAKE THEIR OWN ACTION ON THESE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST A GOOD CHANCE FOR THE CAPITAL METRO GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS GROUP TO CHECK IN WITH OUR SMALL MEMBER CITIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE LEANDER MAINER OF, TO JONESTOWN EACH HAVE TRANSIT SERVICES.
SOME OF THEM HAVE RAIL, SOME FIXED ROUTES, SOME PICKUPS, SOME EXPRESS POINT VENTURE IN SAN LEANNA.
UM, DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, ANY SERVICE, BUT THEY ARE STILL MEMBER CITIES.
SO, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, A SMALLER AMOUNT, BUT IT'S STILL GOOD TO GET OUT THERE AND EXPLAIN WHAT CAP METRO DOES AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO WITH THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.
AND WITH THAT, UH, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT THE LONG, THE SHORT OF IT IS THAT WE'VE HAD BUILT CENTRAL TEXAS FOR SOME TIME, AND NOW IT HAS BEEN EXPANDED SO THAT WE CAN BETTER ACCOUNT FOR GROWING SALES TAX NUMBERS IN OUR SUBURBAN MEMBER CITIES.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.
SO THE, SO SLIDE NUMBER 83, THE NEW $10 MILLION FUND THAT WE CREATED IS THAT SECOND COLUMN, THE FYI 2022 CAPITAL PHONE.
AND, UM, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP ON PAGE 80, JUST SO WE CAN ALL GET THIS IN OUR HEADS? SO THIS IS THE CURRENT, UM, CURRENT SERVICE AREA, RIGHT.
SO, UH, TALK TO US ABOUT THE, THE PARTS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED WELL, WELL, FIRST OFF, MY FIRST QUESTION IS JUST REMIND US ABOUT HOW TRAVIS COUNTY AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY PARTICIPATE.
SO IN 1985, WHEN CAP METRO FIRST STARTED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CITIES, INCLUDING THE CITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY MEMBERS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED THE CITIES OF A WESTLAKE HILLS ROLLINGWOOD, UM, VALENTA AND CEDAR PARK AND ROLLING WOOD AND WESTLAKE HILLS LEFT IN 1989, PFLUGERVILLE AND CEDAR PARK LEFT IN 1999 AND 2000 RESPECTFULLY.
AND VALENTA EXITED MAY OF 2016, UM, IN 1985, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH.
AND WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER SHAY'S OFFICE A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, UH, AND OTHER FOLKS AT THE COUNTY, UM, WAS THAT THERE WERE ALSO PRECINCTS, UH, WITHIN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY THAT JOINED AS WELL.
AND SO THEY ALSO ARE CONTRIBUTING 1 CENT OF SALES TAX, UH, TO CAP METRO.
AND SO IN THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY EXAMPLE OF THAT WAS PRINCIPALLY ANDERSON MILL, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, PORTIONS IN, UM, KIND OF A BROWNISH COLOR THAT IS THE FORMER PRECINCT TWO.
SO THE PRECINCT TWO THAT VOTED IN TO, UM, THE CAP METRO SERVICE AREA IN 1985, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE PRECINCT TO HAVE TODAY, BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, SOME OF THOSE SHADED AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF PFLUGERVILLE AND HEADING OFF TOWARDS THE BALCONIES CANYON LANDS.
SO THEY, THEY DO, UM, PAY IN SALES TAX.
WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UH, ABOUT HOW TO FIND WAYS TO SERVE THOSE AREAS.
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IS TO BE HONEST, IT'S BEEN PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO SINCE WE'VE HAD ANY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT THAT.SO IN THAT, I'M SURE THAT BORMAN STRATTON'S FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT, UM, SO THAT'S TELLING ME THAT THERE'S A PORTION OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN RED UP THERE THAT CONTRIBUTES THE 1 CENT RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND, BUT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING SERVICED AT THE MOMENT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ANY FIXED ROUTE SERVICES IN THAT AREA.
AND I WOULD HAVE TO CONFER WITH A PARATRANSIT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD ANY PARATRANSIT CLIENTS.
AND IS THAT, UH, THE ANDERSON MILL AREA? I'M SORRY, I'M JUST NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.
THE WAY THAT I'VE ALWAYS SEEN IT DESCRIBED, UH, WHEN WE HAVE, UM, AND THIS MAY BE DURING OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SERVICE AREA, WE MENTIONED OUR MEMBER CITIES, AND THEN IT HAS LONG INCLUDED OR A WHILE BACK INCLUDED, UH, PRECINCTS WITHIN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
AND THEN IT HAD A DESCRIPTOR OF ANDERSON MILL.
AND SO I'VE, I'VE SEEN THIS MAP CLOSER UP AND IT IS GENERALLY SPEAKING THE ANDERSON MILL AREA, BUT I'D, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE.
AND ANDERSON MILL IS, IS ACTUALLY, IT'S GOT A COMPLICATED HISTORY, BOTH WITH US, AND THEN WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TOO, BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WAS A, IT WAS A MUD THAT CONVERTED TO A LIMITED UTILITY DISTRICT AND THEN VOTED TO JOIN TO ACTUALLY JOIN THE CITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M A, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THAT WITH ANDERSON MILL ANDERSON MILL, AND ACTUALLY I THOUGHT I UNDERSTAND MEL MOSTLY WAS NOW IN THE CITY.
MAYBE THAT'S SOME OF THE UNINCORPORATED, LIKE MORE OF THE UNINCORPORATED SECTION.
I, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE LINES GET VERY, YOU'RE KIND OF VERY COMPLICATED UP THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A PLACE WHERE THE CITY SERVICES AND IT'S CONSIDERED STILL ETJ THAT IT IS STILL CONSIDERED PART OF THE ANDERSON MILL LIMITED UTILITY DISTRICT.
AND THAT MAY BE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE, BUT THEN THIS GETS INTO A LOT OF THE OLD HISTORY THAT, THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COGNIZANT OF, AND PROBABLY NEED TO TALK THROUGH OFFLINE WITH, WITH SOME FOLKS TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT.
BUT TO, TO YOUR QUESTION, BOARD MEMBER, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, MY UNDERSTANDING IS YET YES, THERE, THERE IS THE 3 83 THAT SERVICES, UM, THE, THE, UH, 180 3 IN THAT AREA UP THERE.
BUT TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT DOES NOT HAVE SERVICE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THERE'VE BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS OFFLINE, UH, RECENTLY HERE WITH, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND HER TEAM ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO TRY TO, TO, TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING, TO BRING SOME EXTRA SERVICES TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA UP THERE, IF WE CAN.
SO THE COUNTY ITSELF HAS A WHOLE WILLIAMSON COUNTY AS A WHOLE, AND TRAVIS COUNTY AS A WHOLE ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING.
THEY DON'T, IT'S NOT, THEY DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO SALES TAXES TO CITIES, NOT, NOT AS A WHOLE, UH, IT IS STUDIES, BUT WHEN WE WERE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE BUILDS CENTRAL TEXAS ALLOCATIONS, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS SALES TAX BEING COLLECTED IN THE TRAVIS COUNTY PORTION AND ASSUMED THAT IT WAS ALSO BEING REMITTED ON THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY PORTION.
BUT I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND, AND COLLECT ALL MY NOTES AND WE FUNDED A TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT.
I WAS GOING UP UPLOAD ALL OF THE 2 33, THE 2 37 GOING OUT TOWARDS WEBER VILLE AS WELL.
SO, UH, SO THERE, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE MADE UP, UH, WHERE WE'VE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL.
WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE, UM, THE, THE, THE FUNDS FLOW, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED EARLIER IN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, I THINK ABOUT HOW REALLY DIGGING INTO THIS, THIS KIND OF INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL SO THAT WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, BRAINSTORM AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEST BE A REGIONAL PARTNER AND BE HELPFUL TO, TO THESE CITIES.
SO, SO THIS, THIS IS A GOOD STEP.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A BIT MORE ABOUT ALL THE RELATIONSHIPS WE CAN DO THAT.
AND MY TAKEAWAY IS THIS, THIS STILL GETS ME BACK TO SOME THINGS THAT I'VE, I'VE HEARD FOLKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY TALK ABOUT, UH, AND, AND OTHER COLLEAGUES OFFLINE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
AND I AGREE WITH TOO, UM, THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH WE'RE, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE SYSTEM OF FUNDING THAT DATES BACK TO 1985, THAT HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS, AS WE'RE DIGGING INTO THIS, THAT, THAT, THAT WE HEAR ON THIS BOARD AS COLLEAGUES MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING, TAKING, UH, DOWN TO THE CAPITOL AND HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, HEY, MAYBE I THINK LARGELY BACK THEN IT WAS VIEWED AS A, AS AN EITHER OR SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WOULD USE YOUR, THAT, THAT 1 CENT OF SALES TAX, EITHER FOR TRANSIT OR FOR OTHER PURPOSES LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PARKLAND.
BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, NEARLY,
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YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS NOW, ALMOST 40 YEARS OF, OF EVIDENCE OUT THERE TO PROVE THAT IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR KIND OF GAME THAT TRANSIT DOES PROVE AND BRING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CAN BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME THAT, THAT WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT HOW WE COULD BECOME MORE INNOVATIVE AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO FUND THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S A LARGER, LONGER CONVERSATION TO, TO, TO GET TO, TO GET THROUGH THIS, TO HELP THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND BE THE REGIONAL PARTNER.
DID YOU SAY THE LEGISLATURE DID GO AHEAD.
SO, SO WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE SORT OF A PET, I HATE TO USE THE WORD PATCHWORK BECAUSE THAT'S NOT EXACTLY RIGHT, BUT WE HAVE, WELL, OKAY.
WE KNOW IT'S A BACHELOR WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE ILS LIKE THESE.
UM, AND, AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE SOME CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS, DON'T WE ON TOP OF THE ILS, UH, WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THOSE ARE, UM, WE HAVE HAD CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND ARE WORKING WITH GEORGETOWN AND THEN HAVE FIXED ROUTE AND AN EXPRESS ROUTE EXTENSION COMING OUT OF ROUND ROCK, UH, PFLUGERVILLE PICKUP, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY IN THE AREAS THAT SORT OF SURROUND, UH, MAINER FOR PART OF THE MAINER PICKUP ZONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE WORKED WITH, OR AT LEAST HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR OUR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OR TDP PROGRAM THAT JULIE MAZER OVERSEES.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE BUDA HUTTOE, UH, KYLE.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT MAP ACTUALLY SHOULD EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ONCE WE GET, UH, SOME MORE CENSUS DATA.
DRIPPING SPRINGS WAS INTERESTED AT ONE POINT TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY FOLLOWED UP ON IT, BUT OKAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A STANDALONE AGREEMENT WITH ACC FOR ONE OF THEIR CAMPUSES AND SEE, OKAY.
WE SHOULD ALSO, PROBABLY, AS WE PUT AN ASSET MAP TOGETHER AND IDENTIFY THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, WE OUGHT TO, UH, TO LOOK AT OUR, UM, OUR RURAL TRANSIT SYSTEM AS WELL, TO SEE WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS ARE AND WHETHER, UH, WHETHER WE MIGHT, UH, EXPAND UPON THEM.
SO CAN WE ASK FOR AN ITEM ON OUR, MAYBE OUR OPS COMMITTEE TO DO THAT? I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT THE CHAIR, I'M LOOKING AT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE CHAIR OF THE COUNTY.
I WOULD VERY MUCH SUPPORT SUCH AN ITEM TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND DELVE INTO THIS FURTHER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN OR THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR.
UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
UH, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE AND SUPPORTIVE ITEM FOR US.
UM, OPPOSED, SAME SIGN HEARING.
THE CHAIR WILL MAKE IT UNANIMOUS, UH, FOR ITEM FOUR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SERGEANT.
[VII.5. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract modification with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. in the amount of $7,000,000 for Orange Line Engineering Design Services including a contingency for any future work needed to complete the Environmental and Preliminary Engineering phase of the program. The contract terms remain consist with the existing contract for a base period of one year with one option period of two years plus one option period of one year. ]
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, AND I THINK TERRY THOMAS WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION.I WILL READ IT INTO THE RECORD APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH 2020 SECOND CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING SERVICES FOR A TWO YEAR BASE PERIOD AND THREE, ONE YEAR OPTIONS, UH, FOR A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $14,945,765.
MY NAME IS JERRY THOMAS, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE HERE.
SPEAK ON BEHALF ABOUT ONSITE TEMPORARY STAFFING FOR US, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
WE'VE BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIRD PARTY STAFFING FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
THE GOAL OF TEMPORARY STAFFING IS TO FILL GAPS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS AS WELL AS STAFFING NEEDS THROUGHOUT OUR TIME.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT THE LABOR MARKET FOR AUSTIN IS DRAMATICALLY CHANGING.
THE STATE OF TEXAS ALONE IS 4.4% UNEMPLOYMENT IN AN AUSTIN ALONE IS 2% MUCH LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE AVERAGE WAGE HAS GONE UP 5% DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'VE HAD THE TEMPORARY STAFFING.
SOME OF OUR USAGE TYPICAL USAGE HAS COME FROM BACK-FILLING CONSTRUCTION, PROJECT MANAGERS, CUSTOMER SERVICE, REPRESENTATIVE TECHNOLOGY, PROGRAM MANAGER, AS WELL AS SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE BACK-FILLED WITH
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SAYING THAT CURRENTLY UNDER THE DAY.SO RELATIONSHIP, WE HAVE EIGHT VENDORS WE'RE PROPOSING TO GO DOWN TO A SINGLE SOURCE VENDOR.
AND THERE'S MANY BENEFITS THAT WE LIKE TO POINT OUT BY DOING JUST THAT ONE IT'S ONSITE STAFFING COORDINATOR FOR REPRESENTING 21ST, 22ND CENTURY, AND DOING THAT IT'S RELATIONSHIP DIRECT RELATIONSHIP FOR THE HIRING MANAGER THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY.
IT ENHANCES THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE AND MOMENT, OR WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET THAT IS VERY LOW 2.2 IN CITY OF AUSTIN IN THE AREA.
SO IT ENHANCES THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THE HIRING MANAGER EXPERIENCE BY HAVING DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ONSITE COORDINATOR AND WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
21ST, 22ND CENTURY IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
WE BENEFIT BY THEIR REACH FOR BEING ABLE TO FIND TALENT, NOT JUST IN AUSTIN AND TEXAS AREA, BUT ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
WE REALIZED THIS RELATIONSHIP IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE REALIZE SOME OF THE CANDIDATES WE POTENTIALLY COULD HIRE FROM ALREADY, CURRENTLY HERE, BUT ON OTHER ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH.
SO THERE'S A HUGE BENEFIT BY USING A NATIONAL FIRM TO HELP US IN THESE FILLING THESE OPPORTUNITIES A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 22ND CENTURY, THERE ARE 24 YEARS IN STAFFING INDUSTRY, THEY THEMSELVES, OR MINORITY REPRESENTATIVE FIRM WITH THIS CONTRACT THAT COMES WITH A AGREEMENT FOR WORKING WITH AN SBE.
THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH PRICE SANCHEZ, LLC, WHICH IS ALSO A MINORITY REPRESENTATIVE FOR ASIAN FEMALE OWNED BUSINESS.
22ND CENTURY IS HEADQUARTERED IN VIRGINIA, BUT THEY WILL HAVE, THEY HAVE A LOCAL OFFICE ON LAVACA.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY PREPARED TO MEDIALLY GO INTO ACTION FOR CAP METRO, THE CONTRACTORS BUILT A 0.2 YEAR CONTRACT WITH THREE ONE-YEAR OPTIONAL NOT TO EXCEED AS SAID BEFORE 14 MILLION, NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE, FORTY $5,762.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HERE HISTORICALLY OUT OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM, OUR AVERAGE MARKUP IS 27% AND THAT'S SPREAD THROUGH EIGHT CONTRACTS BY FOCUSING ON ONE.
YOU CAN SEE OUR AVERAGE MARKUP GOES DOWN ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF ONE VENDOR.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING HERE, BUT WE'RE NOT SAVING AT A COST THAT HURTS THE EMPLOYEE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND, THE BENEFIT OF 22ND CENTURY, THEY ALREADY ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD FORCE, HELPING RECRUIT FOR DIVERSITY.
HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE OUTREACHES IN WHICH THEY CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THAT THEY HAVE HELPED THEM IN TERMS OF INCREASING THE DIVERSITY POOL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT THEY ALSO WORK WITH UNDER-REPRESENTATIVE COLLEGE UNIVERSITIES TO HELP RECRUIT FROM THEM.
THEY PARTICIPATE IN DIVERSITY WORK JOB FAIRS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, NOT JUST HERE IN AUSTIN.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT RECRUITING, ONE OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RECRUITING.
22ND CENTURY HAS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS, WHICH MAKES THEM A STRONG RECOMMENDATION FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE AN INTERNAL MENTORING PROGRAM WITHIN THEMSELVES TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES.
THEY ALSO SPENT, THEY HAVE 4,000 HOURS AVAILABLE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE TO LEARN, ENHANCE THEIR SKILLSETS, WHICH ALL GOES INTO RETENTION FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE A VERY RICH 401K PACKAGE.
THEY OFFER THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDICAL PLANS TO PICK FROM ALLOWING THEIR EMPLOYEES A CHOICE OF A PROGRAM VERSUS ONE.
NOT ONLY DO THEY OFFER WELLNESS PROGRAMS. SO DOES CAPITAL METRO VERY COMPLIMENTARY TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER OUR EMPLOYEES EXAMPLE, THEY OFFER SICK, SICK TIME AND PTO.
I WOULD LIKE TO STOP AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT HOW WOULD THEY TRANSITION OUR EMPLOYEES TO THEM, THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY NYSE OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES OR WITH THE OTHER EIGHT VENDORS.
SO AS TO ALLOW THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY WITH US TO TRANSITION ONTO THEIR VACATION POOL WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT SO IMMEDIATELY FOCUSING ON RETENTION FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEY OFFER CONTINUING EDUCATION.
ONCE AGAIN, ALL SUPPORTING THE RETENTION PART FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES HERE WHEN WE DO A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON BETWEEN 22ND AND CAP METRO, THEY LINE UP VERY NICELY.
YOU CAN SEE VERY FOCUSED, JUST LIKE CAPITAL METRO IS ON DIVERSITY.
THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED UPON THE BENEFITS PROGRAM.
THEIR BENEFITS PROGRAM IS VERY RICH FOR A STAFFING AGENCY.
THEY PROVIDE ONGOING RECOGNITION AND REWARDS PROGRAM AS WELL AS WELLNESS PROGRAM, YEARLY PERFORMANCE REVIEWS.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THE YEARLY PERFORMANCE REVIEWS IS THEY'RE WORKING BACK TO CAPITOL METRO AND ASKING FOR ONGOING FEEDBACK THAT ONLY STRENGTHENS THE RELATIONSHIP FOR RETENTION.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ABOUT RETENTION.
IT'S ABOUT DEVELOPING THEIR PEOPLE.
THEY'RE VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HIRING AND TRANSITIONING MORE CAP METRO, BUT IT'S ABOUT THAT
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ONGOING RELATIONSHIP.THEY HAVE VERY LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYEE BASE, UH, AVERAGING A YEAR PLUS FOR RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH IS NOT USUAL FOR A TEMPORARY AGENCY, BUT THAT SPEAKS VOLUME FOR THE QUALITY OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS MOTION MOVES STRATTON.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE TOUCHED ON THIS A FEW TIMES HERE AT THE BOARD LEVEL, BUT JUST TO VERIFY ARE THESE, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME THAT, THAT WE TYPICALLY WOULD ENGAGE WITH A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE? OUR CURRENT POLICY IS WE SET FOR SIX MONTHS.
IF THE INDIVIDUAL GOES BEYOND SIX MONTHS, WE HAD GRANTED ANOTHER SIX MONTHS EXTENSION.
OUR AVERAGE TIME RIGHT NOW IS NINE TO 12 MONTHS.
NINE TO 12, NINE TO 12 MONTHS YOU SAID? YES.
UM, OUT OF CURIOSITY, WOULD WE LOOK AT WHY, WHY DO WE LOOK AT NOT, WHY WOULD WE NOT LOOK AT BRINGING THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN HOUSE IN THE FIRST PLACE? ARE THESE MORE SPECIAL PROJECT RELATED POSITIONS? THEY ARE, SIR.
WE TO WHERE WHEREBY THAT PROJECT, YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT AFTER THAT SIX MONTHS TO ONE YEAR OR IN YOUR, AS YOU'RE SAYING NINE TO 12 MONTH PERIOD, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A COMMON GO IT'S THE, AFTER THAT NINE TO 12 MONTH PERIOD, THEY COME AND THEY WORK ON THAT SPECIAL PROJECT AND THEN THEY'RE OFF.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE A NEED FOR THEM IN HOUSE ANY FURTHER.
HOWEVER, IN RECENT TIME, SIR, WE HAVE CONVERTED IN THIS, IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, STARTING AT THE BEGINNING PART, WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION ABOUT 15 OF THOSE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZED WE HAD A LONG-TERM NEED FOR THE CHALLENGE.
UM, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW 15 OF THOSE EMPLOYEES OUT OF HOW MANY AT BALLPARK, ROUGHLY, UH, THAT, THAT ARE UNDER OUR CURRENT, UH, TEMP ONSITE, TEMPORARY STAFFING CONTRACTS.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 26, UH, TEMPORARIES ON STAFF TODAY.
BUT THOSE, THOSE 26 ARE SPREAD OUT OVER EIGHT DIFFERENT CONTRACTS, CONTRACTING AGENCIES.
SO, SO WHAT THIS IS DOING, THIS WOULD THAT BY BRINGING THIS ALL UNDER THIS ONE VENDOR, THE 22ND CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES, THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US, UH, UH, SAVINGS OVERALL AND STILL THE FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW FOR THESE PROJECTS.
AND YET THESE PEOPLE WOULD STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERT TO PERMANENT.
IF A PROJECT WERE TO BECOME MORE LONG-TERM OR LOOK LIKE THAT WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE NEED.
ONE OF THE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT ABOUT GOING FROM EIGHT TO ONE PEOPLE AND CULTURE TYPICALLY SPENDS FIVE TO EIGHT HOURS ALONG SUPPORTING THOSE EIGHT CONTRACTS.
WE WILL WIND UP GETTING OUT OF THAT EXTRA LABOR COSTS BY HAVING AN ONSITE REPRESENTATIVE TO PICK UP THAT WE ACTUALLY, WHEN WE REQUEST FOR DATA, WE'RE ASKED FOR REQUESTING FROM EIGHT AND SUBSEQUENTLY, WE WERE TRYING TO MERGE THAT INTO ONE PRESENTATION WHERE IT'S GOING WITH ONE, WE WILL NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT BURDEN TO TRY TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF DIFFERENT DATA POINTS.
WE'LL HAVE TO COME IN FROM ONE SINGLE SOURCE.
AT FIRST, WHEN I SAW THE PRICE TAG ON HERE, I WAS A LITTLE, I HAD A LITTLE STICKER SHOCK, BUT WHEN YOU LAY IT OUT LIKE THIS, TO ME, THAT MAKES A HECK OF A LOT OF SENSE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONSOLIDATING DOWN THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET, UH, SAVINGS FROM THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
AND IT'S NOT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING OUR BUSINESS PRACTICES, IF ANYTHING, IT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WE'RE MAKING OURSELVES MORE EFFICIENT FROM WHAT YOU'RE INDICATING HERE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU LAYING IT OUT TO US LIKE THAT AND ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
UM, I SEE THE TYPES OF JOBS, UM, ARE THESE GENERALLY FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME OR ARE THEY THEY'RE ALL FULL TIME? THEY'RE ALL FULL-TIME OKAY.
AND THEN, UM, THE BENEFITS, THE MEDICAL BENEFITS, ARE THEY, UM, ARE THEY PAY, ARE THE PREMIUMS PAID? THEY OFFER PACKAGES FOR ANYWHERE FROM A 70 TO 90% PER, UH, DISTRIBUTION WITH THE COMPANY PAINT ANYWHERE FROM 70, 80 OR 90, DEPENDING ON THE PLAN IN WHICH THE EMPLOYEE CHOOSES FROM.
AND WHAT'S THE AVERAGE PAY LEVEL? IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THESE ARE, WELL, JUST TELL ME WHAT THE AVERAGE PAY IS FOR THESE COMPANIES.
IT WILL VARY BASED UPON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE, IT, IT TENDS TO BE THE HIGHER, HIGHER JOBS, WHICH HAS OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS AN HOUR, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE GOING TO CUSTOMER SERVICE WILL BE AT THE $28 RANGE.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE MOST OF THEM FALL ON THAT RANGE OR THE MAJORITY OF OUR, OUR PLOYS COME FROM THE IT, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
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ON THAT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP A TRACK BY EEL C CLASSIFICATION, JUST SO WE KNOW THE PERCENTAGE OF NUMBERS IN EACH CATEGORY AND, AND HOW THOSE CATEGORIES ARE EMBEDDED.AND THAT MAKES IT EASIER GOING TO ONE VENDOR VERSUS HAVING TO PULL FROM DIFFERENT VENDORS AS THEY COME AND GO.
SO IT'S UM, SO TALK TO ME AGAIN ABOUT WHY WE CAN'T CATEGORIZE SOME OF THESE AS TEMPORARY, I MEAN, OR WHY WE'RE USING A TEMPORARY AGENCY.
DON'T DON'T WE GENERALLY PAY MORE IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH AN AGENCY.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SHORTER TERM, YOU KNOW, JOBS, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GO OUT AND HIRE SOMEONE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, BUT IF THEY'RE OVER A YEAR AND WOULDN'T, WE KNOW THAT AT THE BEGINNING, HOW LONG THEY ARE, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE LONGER TERM.
SO EXAMPLE, MAN, WE'RE ROLLING OUT AN ERP SYSTEM TODAY, WHICH IS ABOUT A YEARS LONG PROCESS, BUT WE KNOW AT THE END OF THAT YEAR'S PROCESS, WE WON'T HAVE THAT KNEE.
SO THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION OF AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN IT STILL MAKES SENSE JUST TO GO BEYOND THE YEAR, ONCE THAT PROJECT IS OVER WITH, WE WON'T HAVE THAT NEED ANYMORE, BUT WE DO, AS WE MENTIONED, A MOMENT, WE CONVERTED ABOUT 15 POSITIONS OVER BECAUSE WE SAW A CONTINUOUS NEED AT THAT TIME TO CONVERT IT.
WELL, MAYBE I'M, MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL THE, ALL THE, UM, ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS IT WOULD YOU, DO YOU PAY ABOUT THE SAME FOR A TEMPORARY STAFFING AGENCY, AS OPPOSED TO, IF YOU JUST HAVE TEMPORARY POSITIONS, THE ACTUAL TEMP PERSON, TYPICALLY MAY'S A FEW DOLLARS MORE THAN WHAT AN ACTUAL CAPITAL METRO PAYS ONE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET THE FULL BENEFITS THAT CAP METRO EMPLOYEES DO RECEIVE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I'LL, I'LL BE INTERESTED IN, IN LOOKING, UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE, AS WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT FORMULA WE USE FOR STAFF AUGMENTATION VERSUS HOW WE, HOW WE WORK IN A CAREER PROGRESSION TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THINGS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT INTERNALLY AND GROW PEOPLE.
AND THEN THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME THINGS WHERE WE JUST NEED TO AUGMENT STAFF BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET SOMEONE TO THE, OF PERFORMANCE THAT WE NEED THEM PROBABLY MIGHT BE EASIER FOR US TO FIND THAT OUTSIDE, COMPLETE THE TASK AND, AND START AGAIN.
SO I'D JUST BE INTERESTED IN AND, AND, UH, OUR APPROACH TOWARDS CAREER PROGRESSION VERSUS OUR APPROACH, UH, TO STAFF AUGMENTATION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
THE CHAIR WILL MAKE THAT UNANIMOUS APPROVED ITEM.
NUMBER SIX, A NUMBER NUMBER FIVE.
[Items VII.6. & VII.7.]
[VII.6. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract modification with HNTB Technical Services, Inc. in the amount of $6,000,000 for Blue Line Engineering Design Services including a contingency for any future work needed to complete the Environmental and Preliminary Engineering phase of the program. The contract terms remain consist with the existing contract for a base period of eleven months with two option periods of one year. ]
[VII.7. Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute an agreement with Sundby LLC - Series C, a Texas Series Limited Liability Company for the purchase of approximately 0.8285 acre of land located at 10612 Delta Drive, Austin, Texas 78758, Travis County Texas for the construction of the new McKalla Rail Station in an amount not to exceed $1,579,000. ]
READ ITEM NUMBER SIX INTO THE RECORD.I THINK THAT THAT, UH, DADDY WATKINS WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION HERE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT MODIFICATION WITH A E-COM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $7 MILLION FOR ORANGE LINE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES, INCLUDING A CONTINGENCY FOR ANY FUTURE WORK NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PHASE OF THE PROGRAM.
TREVELYAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT CEO, CLARK I'M DOTTIE WATKINS, DEPUTY CEO.
UM, AND, UM, IF YOU, IF I MAY ITEMS NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN ARE ACTUALLY VERY SIMILARLY.
SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND, UM, THEY BOTH WORK THE SAME WAY.
SO LET ME READ SEVEN INTO THE RECORDS.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN SAYS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AN EXECUTE A CONTRACT MODIFICATION WITH H V TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $6 MILLION FOR THE BLUE LINE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES, INCLUDING A CONTINGENCY
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FOR ANY FUTURE WORK NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PHASE OF THE PROGRAM.UM, SO THESE TWO CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE CAP METRO CONTRACTS WITH A E-COMM AND AGENT TB WHO ARE OUR ORANGE LINE AND BLUE LINE DENS DESIGN CONSULTANTS, RESPECTIVELY.
UM, THESE MIGHT, THESE CONTRACTS WERE ENTERED INTO BY CAPITAL METRO, THE E-COMM CONTRACT IN MARCH OF 2019 AND THE AGENCY B CONTRACT IN APRIL OF 2019 AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM.
SO BEFORE WE EVEN HAD A REFERENDUM BEFORE THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP EXISTED, CAPITAL METRO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO FURTHER TO THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF WHAT WE WERE ENVISIONING AS THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINES AND ENTER IT INTO THESE TWO CONTRACTS.
UM, THESE CONTRACTS ARE, ARE FUNDED TODAY, UM, THROUGH, UM, THE MECHANISMS PUT IN PLACE, UM, BY THE 2021 SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN CAP, METRO AND ATP.
AND UNDER THAT AGREEMENT, UM, ATP FUNDS, UH, CAPITAL METRO EXPENSES, EXPENSE, EXCUSE ME, EXPENSES THAT CAPITAL METRO INCURS ON ITS BEHALF.
UM, AND SO ATP HAS CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE FUNDS IN THEIR EXISTING, UM, APPROVED BUDGET, UM, AND THAT THEY, THEY WILL BE REIMBURSING US KIND OF THROUGH THAT SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT.
UM, THE E-COMM CONTRACT HAS BEEN, IS BEING ASKED TO BE INCREASED BY A TOTAL OF $7 MILLION, UM, FOR, UM, A HANDFUL OF THINGS.
UM, PLACEMENT OF UTILITIES IS ABOUT $2 MILLION OF THAT.
UM, CONFIGURATION OF CHALLENGING LOCATIONS, SUCH AS THE DRAG IS 2 MILLION.
UM, NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL MILLION AND THE UNDERGROUND HUB, SUBWAY TUNNEL, STATE SEGMENTS ALSO IN ADDITIONAL MILLION AS WELL AS A CONTINGENCY FOR UNKNOWN ITEMS, UM, FOR A MILLION THERE AS WELL.
UM, THE AGENCY B CONTRACT IS ASKING FOR A MODIFICATION OF $6 MILLION, UM, WHICH BREAKS DOWN, UH, FOR $4 MILLION TO FURTHER THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF THE CENTRAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS TO ACCOMPLISH THE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS WE'RE DEALING WITH AT THE PLEASANT VALLEY AND RIVERSIDE INTERSECTION, AS WELL AS A CONTINGENCY OF $1 MILLION.
UM, BOTH OF THESE CONTRACTS COLLECTIVELY ENCOMPASS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ADDITIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION AND ENGINEERING EFFORT THAT ARE NEEDED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DESIGN PROGRESSION AND ASSURE THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THE UPCOMING NEPA PROCESS, UM, AND EVENTUAL GRANT AWARD WITHOUT PAUSE.
UM, SO BOTH EACH OF THESE FIRMS ARE CONTRACTED TO GET US THROUGH THE 30% DESIGN PHASE, AS WELL AS GETTING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS, UM, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO, TO GET US THROUGH EARLY NEXT YEAR.
UM, BOTH CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS WILL ALLOW THEM, UM, TO, TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT SCHEDULE, UM, AND DO NOT REPRESENT DESIGN CHANGES, BUT REALLY OUR PROGRESSION OF THE DESIGN.
UM, WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS I'M BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN? UM, YES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DOLLARS.
I DIDN'T SEE THAT EXPLANATION IN THE BACKUP.
UM, AND IT WENT A LITTLE FAST FOR ME.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN GO THROUGH MORE SLOWLY AND ALSO, IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN GET IN WRITING? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH IT MORE SLOWLY TODAY.
IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT CONNECT MEMO TO THE BOARD SENT LAST TUESDAY BY MOLLY KING, UM, GIVING KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM FROM OUR LENS.
UM, LET ME JUST STOP YOU THERE FOR A SECOND.
ONE OF THE REASONS I'M ASKING THAT IS JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES.
SO THE PUBLIC WOULD KNOW WHERE TO LOOK IF THEY WERE INTERESTED.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THEM OUT AGAIN.
I'VE GOT THE MEMO, BUT I, UH, I WANTED TO CLARIFY IT BECAUSE IF SOME, IF SOMEONE WAS INTERESTED AND THEY WERE JUST LOOKING AT IN THE, IN THE BACKUP, THEY WOULDN'T SEE IT.
SO THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT.
SO THAT, THAT MEMO IS IT'S PUBLIC.
AND WHERE, WHERE CAN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FIND IT? IT'S AN A NUMBER I'M SURE IT'S ON A WEBSITE SOMEWHERE, BUT I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY.
SO FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO, TO PUT THAT KIND OF INFORMATION IN OUR BACKUP, JUST SO IT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW THAT, UM, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.
PEOPLE MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING REALLY HARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TRANSPARENCY AND THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION OUT THERE ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHY IS PROJECT CONNECT COSTING MORE? AND, YOU KNOW, SO I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE WHAT THE CHOLESTEROL, AS WE DOCUMENT THE CONTENTS OF THIS MEETING, WE
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CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMPLAINT MEMORANDUM GETS INCLUDED IN THE RECORD.SO, UH, SO I'LL ASK YOU ONE MORE TIME.
I'M SORRY, JUST TO GO OVER IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT.
SO FOR THE ORANGE LINE, WHICH IS THE E-COMM CONTRACT, UM, THERE'S $2 MILLION RELATED TO UTILITY REPLACEMENT OR THE PLACEMENT OF UTILITIES, UH, $2 MILLION RELATED TO THE DRAG, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS RELATED TO NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER, A MILLION FOR THE UNDERGROUND SEGMENTS OF THE TUNNEL.
UM, AS WELL AS AN CONTINGENCY FOR UNKNOWN ITEMS OF A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, FOR H AND TB, WHICH IS, UH, UH, THE BLUE LINE CONTRACT, UM, THERE IS $4 MILLION FOR THE CENTRAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
UM, $1 MILLION FOR THE PLEASANT VALLEY AND RIVERSIDE INTERSECTION, AND SIMILARLY, A $1 MILLION CONTINGENCY FOR UNKNOWN ITEMS. IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THESE CONTRACTS ARE TASK ORDER TYPE CONTRACTS.
SO THESE FUNDS AREN'T GUARANTEED TO THE FIRMS. THEY'RE ONLY PAID IF WE ACTUALLY AUTHORIZE THE WORK.
SO THESE ARE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL.
AND I THINK I ALSO HEARD YOU SAY THAT THIS WAS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE DESIGN, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GET, YES, THIS IS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRESSION, UM, TO GET US THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL SCOPE, WHICH INCLUDED BOTH 30% OF DESIGN, AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS.
MY LAST QUESTION IS SO, UH, SO THIS IS, UM, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH ATP, RIGHT? THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON THESE DOLLARS, RIGHT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO SIGN OR DO THEY, WHAT'S THE FORM THAT THEY NEED TO, TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN OR, UH, DOES THEIR BOARD NEED TO VOTE ON AN AGREEMENT OR DO THEY PUT IT IN THEIR BUDGET OR HOW DO THEY, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO? THE AGREEMENT IS ALREADY APPROVED BY BOTH BOARDS.
IT WAS A 20, 21 SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENTS.
UM, ATP HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE WITHIN THEIR EXISTING BOARD APPROVED BUDGET.
SO THEY DO NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL BOARD ACTION, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN I REPORTED TO YOU AT THE OUTSET, BECAUSE I WAS UNCLEAR, UM, THE, UM, STAFF HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN, UM, CONFIRMATION OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM ATP STAFF THAT IT'S WITHIN THEIR BUDGET AND THAT IT IS INDEED FUNDING THAT THEY REQUEST AND THAT IT WILL BE REIMBURSED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO THEIR BOARD.
IT DOES NOT NEED TO GO TO THEIR BOARD.
UM, TO DOVETAIL OFF OF WHAT A BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN WAS SAYING, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED TO GET, AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND CIRCLE BACK WITH ATP STAFF AS WELL.
UM, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATED MS. KING'S, UH, MEMO THAT HAD ALL THIS GREAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO FOR ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND EFFICIENCY.
I REALLY APPRECIATED WHAT A PRESIDENT AND CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RANDY CLARK WAS DOING THE TRI-PARTY MEMOS THAT HE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHICH WENT TO ALL THREE BODIES SO THAT EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ATP HAVE A REPOSITORY PUTTING THAT ON THEIR WEBSITE SO THAT IT IS MADE VERY CLEAR.
AND BECAUSE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT, TH THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES INTO THIS, THAT WE CAN'T CLEARLY, WE CAN'T COVER EVERYTHING FROM THE DIOCESE, BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF MONTHLY IS THAT PART OF THAT UPDATE THAT WE RECEIVE, IF THEY CAN, IF WE CAN START PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
SO THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO SEE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO, IF THEY, IF THEY REALLY WANT TO DIG DOWN INTO THE WEEDS THAT WE GET AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD KIND OF BE HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT BECAUSE YES, TO YOUR POINT BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, THAT INFORMATION WAS P WAS PROVIDED IN THAT, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SENT TO AMONG US.
AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE KIND OF, THERE'S A LOT OF BELLS AND WHISTLES AND CLICKS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND PLUS ONE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WHICH WEBSITE YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO.
IS IT ATP? IS IT CAP METRO? IS IT CITY OF AUSTIN? UM, AS ANOTHER FOLLOW ON POINT, I JUST WANTED TO LET THIS BOARD KNOW THAT, UH, THE ATP BOARD DID RECEIVE AN UPDATE AND BRIEFING ON THEIR, ON, ON THE ATP BUDGET FROM ATP BUDGET STAFF.
AND AS PART OF THAT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOW INCLUDED HAS A MONTHLY, AND WE'VE GOT MONTHLY UPDATES ON THE STATUS OF THE CONTRACTS THAT THAT ATP IS FOLLOWING.
THEN NOW ALSO INCLUDES CHANGE ORDERS THAT ARE A PART OF THAT.
AND THERE WAS AN ACTUAL DISCUSSION THAT WENT ON AND, AND, AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THIS MOST RECENT MONTH, MAYBE IT WAS, IT WAS APRIL.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN MARCH, BUT THIS VERY ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP AND WAS MENTIONED.
AND WE DISCUSSED IT FROM THE DIOCESE AND BASICALLY THE DISCUSSION AROUND IT WAS YES, THAT THIS IS THE, THESE ARE THE EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH A E-COMM AND
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WITH H AND TB THAT THE CAP METRO IS IN CHARGE OF BECAUSE THEY WERE THESE, THIS WAS PART OF HOW WE SET THIS ALL UP.THE FUNDS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM ATP BACK OVER AS PART OF THE, THE SEPARATE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT OR SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT.
SO WE, WE TALKED IT ALL THROUGH.
AND SO STAFF DID BRIEF THE ATP BOARD THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THE STATUS IS, IS RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE INCREASED COSTS.
AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT PART OF THIS GOES INTO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS WERE KIND OF THE, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHERE WE WERE AT 5% AND 15%.
AND NOW THAT WE'RE DIGGING, LITERALLY DIGGING DOWN MORE INTO THE GROUND AND STARTING TO DO SOME MORE, UH, ENGINEERING AND, AND MORE, UH, MORE RESEARCH WE'RE FINDING THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW, AND THAT'S DRIVING SOME OF THE COSTS UP HERE.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST THE OVERALL, UH, INFLATIONARY COSTS AS WELL.
AND SO THEY BUILT THAT INTO THAT AND THE BOARD WAS BRIEFED ON IT.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING ON THE ATP SIDE THAT THE BOARD IS NOT AWARE OF.
IT JUST HOW WE'RE DOING IT ON OUR END IS KIND OF BAKING THAT INTO A MONTHLY PRESENTATION AND CADENCE OF, HEY, WHERE ARE WE WITH THESE VARIOUS CONTRACTS WHAT'S HAPPENING? ARE THERE CHANGE ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED TO PUT INTO THOSE, AND HOW ARE WE DOING ON THAT? AND KNOWING NOW THAT OVER HERE, ULTIMATELY CAP, IT IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN CAP METRO AND A E-COM A, THE ATP BOARD IS AT LEAST BEING LOOPED IN AND BRIEFED IN ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
I THINK THAT, AND, AND I, RANDY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, BUT I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO HAVE A STANDARD BRIEFING PROCESS SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME TYPES OF INFORMATION ON A MONTHLY BASIS, IF YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL THAT WE NEED AND NOTHING THAT WE DON'T YEAH.
CHA I THINK VERY COMMON I WOULD MAKE IS, UH, I WOULD A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE AND I THINK DOTTIE AND, AND, UH, SENIOR SATTVIC EPHEDRA DEGREE AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO TRYING TO FACILITATE THAT PROCESS TO HAVE A TRI-PARTY MONTHLY MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING DOCUMENTED, UH, WITH JOINT BRIEFINGS.
AND I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE GONE SOON THAT I THINK THAT THE MORE PEOPLE ARE BRIEFED TOGETHER, THE MORE PEOPLE ARE SHARING MEMOS, THE, UH, UM, LIKE A BETTER FORCE COLLABORATION IS THE BEST THING FOR, UH, ALL THE PARTIES IN THE PROGRAM AND HEARD THAT ONE FORCED COLLABORATION.
UM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UM, GO AHEAD.
UM, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT TO BE CLEAR, UH, THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTS IS NOT BEING CHANGED EITHER IN THE DURATION OR THE, THE ACTUAL SCOPE, CORRECT.
IT'S JUST MORE HOURS, MORE DOLLARS ARE NEEDED TO GET WHERE WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO GO.
I THINK AS MEMBER STRATTON EXPLAINED, GOT INTO MORE GRANULARITY AND EXPERIENCE INFLATION THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT IS CORRECT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
UH, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS, CAUSE THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I TALKED ABOUT THESE CONTRACTS.
UM, I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A SPECIAL, IF I CAN PRIVILEGE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT A E-COM AND AGENT TB ON THESE TWO CONTRACTS.
HDR IS NOT A CONTRACT, BUT THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT.
I CAN'T OVERSTATE HOW FANTASTIC THE WORK HAS BEEN BY THESE FIRMS, UH, FOR THIS AGENCY OVER THE LAST PERIOD OF YEARS.
UM, JUST REGROUNDING EVERYONE QUICKLY.
WHEN WE STARTED THESE CONTRACTS, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO BUILD LIGHT RAIL OR BUS, RAPID TRANSIT, AND EXACTLY WHAT CORRIDORS AND THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY FLEXIBLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO THAT PROCESS WITH US.
UM, I'M NEVER SEEN IN ALL MY YEARS IN TRANSIT THREE CONSULTING FIRMS AND A STAFF TEAM WORK FEELING LIKE IT'S ONE TEAM, UH, NORMALLY IN THE BUSINESS, THEY, THEY WORK COLLABORATIVELY, BUT THERE'S STILL LIKE I GOT, GOT THIS CONTRACT VERSUS THAT ONE.
UM, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL THE AM, THE CONSULTANTS AND THE TEAM HAS JUST BEEN FANTASTIC.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE, OH, IT'S CONSULTANTS, THE CONSULTANTS, UH, EVERYONE THAT CONSULTANTS WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM FEELS VERY PASSIONATE AND PERSONALLY A LOT OF OWNERSHIP OF THE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, I COMMEND THEM FOR JUST THE AMAZING WORK THEY'VE DONE.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A JOINED ITEMS, NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN.
SO, UM, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN JOINTLY.
THAT'S GAY AND BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, AND A BOARD MEMBER COOPER.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED, UH, THAT, UH, ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN BE APPROVED.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION
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HEARING? NONE.ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
SAME SIGN CHAIR WILL MAKE IT UNANIMOUS.
NOW WE'VE, WE'VE GOT, UH, ONE REMAINING ACTION ITEM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT UP AFTER WE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[VIII.1. Discussion of the Proposed Amendment to the CapMetro Bylaws ]
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS PROCEED WITH OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS AND WE'LL START WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CAP METRO BYLAWS FROM, FROM OUR LEAD COUNSEL, MS. LADY, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AT PAVILION VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN, BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESIDENT CLARK.I'M VICKY LADY, I'M CHIEF COUNSEL AT CAPITAL METRO.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CAP, METRO BYLAWS.
I'M SURE THE MOST SCINTILLATING TOPIC OF THE DAY, UM, BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THIS IS DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY.
UH, NO ACTION IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME, UH, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE OPS COMMITTEE, UH, THE BYLAWS WERE LAST AMENDED IN DECEMBER, 2017.
YOU HAVE A COPY IN YOUR MATERIALS.
THE BYLAWS ARE SUBJECT TO PERIODIC REVIEW, SECTION 8.6 OF THE BYLAWS REQUIRES A REVIEW OF POLICIES EVERY FIVE YEARS.
THE BYLAWS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THOSE POLICIES.
AND ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT BYLAWS ARE IN GOOD ORDER, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD CONFORM THEM TO EXISTING BOARD PRACTICES AND ALSO TO REFLECT THE ADDITION OF, UM, BEST PRACTICES FOR GOVERNANCE.
AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT THEY'VE BEEN REFORMATTED FOR EASIER REFERENCE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NUMBERING HAS CHANGED.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THIS PROCESS FROM A PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT, IT'S A TWO PART PROCESS.
THE FIRST PART IS WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING TODAY.
UH, THE OPS COMMITTEE TOOK A LOOK AT THE, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT BACK ON MAY 11TH.
AND, UH, THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING THIS TODAY, SIMPLY FOR DISCUSSION.
IT'S GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CONSIDER THE AMENDMENTS AND JUST KIND OF REVIEW THEM.
IT'S A PART OF THE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS.
THE SECOND PART OF THE PROCESS WILL BE THAT THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION.
PRESUMABLY NEXT MONTH, THE BYLAWS ACTUALLY IN FACT, REQUIRE THAT THE BYLAWS BE CONSIDERED FOR DISCUSSION ONE MONTH AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT MONTH BE TAKEN UP FOR ACTION.
SO EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE ACTION TODAY, YOU COULDN'T, IT'S PART OF THE BYLAWS PROCESS, AND THAT IS ARTICLE NINE OF THE, OF THE BYLAWS.
AND IT WILL REQUIRE A TWO THIRDS VOTE FOR AMENDMENT.
YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE COPIES OF THE RED LINE AND CLEAN, UM, VERSIONS, UH, AVAILABLE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND TURNING TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN THE ADDITION OF RELEVANT STATUTORY REFERENCES.
AND AGAIN, THE NUMBERING CHANGES, BUT THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
AND I SAY THAT KIND OF IN QUOTES, ARTICLE TWO IS BASICALLY, UH, HAS BEEN ADDED AS A HOUSEKEEPING BEST PRACTICE.
WE HAVE THE ADDITION TO THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE, ADDITIONAL OFFICES, DOMICILES, AND SERVICE TO PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN ADDED SECTION 3.3 0.8.
THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE THE LANGUAGE, BUT THERE IS A CLARIFICATION IN THE CAPTION, UH, THAT CAP METRO WILL DEFER, DEFEND ITS BOARD MEMBERS RATHER THAN INDEMNIFY.
THE CAPTION SAYS INDEMNIFICATION AND CAP.
METRO IS LEGALLY PROHIBITED FROM INDEMNIFYING.
AGAIN, IT'S SIMPLY A CAPTION AND NO CHANGE TO THE ACTUAL, A DUTY TO DEFEND.
THEN MOVING ON TO SECTION 5.3, THERE'S BEEN NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO ANY CONTENT, BUT FOR THE EASE OF REFERENCE AND ORGANIZATION THERE, THE IDENTIFIER, THERE HAS BEEN AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE THREE TYPES OF STATUTORY MEETINGS, WHICH CAN BE CALLED BY THE BOARD, REGULAR SPECIAL AND EMERGENCY.
THE SPECIAL MEETINGS WERE REFERENCED IN THE BYLAWS PREVIOUSLY, BUT THEY'VE BEEN MOVED TO THIS SECTION FOR EASIER REFERENCE.
AND THEN SECTION 5.8, THERE'S BEEN THE ADDITION.
THIS IS KIND OF THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN THE BYLAWS.
IT'S THE ADDITION OF THE SECTION RELATED TO THE SEVEN DAY ADVANCED MEETING MATERIALS.
AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS WAS A TOPIC THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY THAT THE BOARD HAD WANTED TO HAVE THE MATERIALS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND HOPEFULLY BY SEVEN DAYS, OF COURSE, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS CAN NOT BE MADE, UH, THAT EARLY.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, COMMENTS FROM VICE CHAIR KITCHEN, THAT THE OPERATIONS PLANNING AND SAFETY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 11TH, UM, WERE INCORPORATED INTO THIS DRAFT.
AND BASICALLY THERE WAS, WE HAVE REINCORPORATED IT'S NEW SECTION 4.3 PREVIOUSLY, SECTION 3.3 ON OFFICE TO REMOVAL, WHICH HAD BEEN INADVERTENTLY DELETED IN THE ORIGINAL DRAFT FOR THE OPS COMMITTEE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE KENAI VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL EDITS OR OTHER SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO INCORPORATE THEM FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING THE KITCHEN JUST REAL QUICK.
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UM, AND MAYBE YOU COULD SEND IT WELL, I GUESS I CAN LOOK IT UP, BUT IT JUST TELL ME REAL QUICKLY.IS IT PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD? 3.2 0.3 ON FARES THAT'S REFERENCING SECTION FOUR OR FIVE, 1.06.
IS THAT JUST, IS THAT JUST TO SAY THAT WE IMPOSE THESE FAIRS, THERE'S NO PARAMETERS AROUND WHAT KIND OF FAIRS WE SET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? NO, THAT WAS SIMPLY A STATUTORY REFERENCE TO LIKE WHERE, WHERE THE AUTHORITY COMES FROM INSURANCE, THE FAIR SETTING.
[VIII.2. FY2023 Proposed Budget Calendar ]
UH, LET'S SEE.WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, UNDER DISCUSSION ITEMS, FYI 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET CALENDAR.
CHAIR TREVELYAN BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MY NAME IS KEVIN CONLIN.
I'M THE DEPUTY CFO FOR CAP METRO.
AND TODAY I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK ANOTHER YEAR TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET.
AND I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION ABOUT THE BUDGET CALENDAR AND JUST SOME IMPORTANT DATES THAT WE'LL HAVE OVER THE CYCLE OVER THE SUMMER.
SO WE BEGAN THE BUDGET PROCESS IN FEBRUARY WITH OUR BUDGET KICKOFF.
WE RECEIVED ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL REQUESTS IN APRIL.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH NUMEROUS REVIEWS, UM, BOTH WITH THE DEPARTMENTS WITH DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ON OUR BUDGET TO DATE SO FAR.
UM, IN JUNE WE'LL ACTUALLY ENGAGE THE ACCESS ADVISORY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEES WITH AN INITIAL REVIEW OF OUR BUDGET IN JUNE, WE'LL BE BACK TO THE COMMITTEES FOR THE SAME INITIAL REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF OUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
JUST TO NOTE, OUR FISCAL YEAR 2023 STARTS IN OCTOBER OF 22, AND THEN IT SPANS ALL THE WAY UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 23.
SO IN A REALLY IMPORTANT DATE DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS IS JULY 13TH.
WE'LL BRING A DETAILED BUDGET PROPOSAL TO THE BOTH BOARD COMMITTEES, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND THEN OFFER A SUMMARIZE VERSION OF THAT BUDGET PROPOSAL AS WELL TO THE BOARD.
UM, BEGINNING IN AUGUST, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH A BUDGET PROPOSAL TO ACCESS ADVISORY AND TO THE C SAC.
UM, BY OCTOBER 24TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR BUDGET DOCUMENTATION POSTED ONLINE ON THE CAP METRO WEBSITE.
AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, WE'LL BE BACK TO THE BOARD COMMITTEES AS WELL WITH ANY BUDGET UPDATES AT THE COMMITTEE DATE.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING AT NOON ON THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK TO THE SEPTEMBER FULL BOARD FOR AN APPROVAL AND ACTUALLY, UM, ADOPTION OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN EARLY OCTOBER AFTER APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD, WE'LL POST OUR APPROVED BUDGET DOCUMENT ONLINE.
AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WE'LL SUBMIT FOR THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD THAT ACTUALLY SPEAKS TO THE COMPLETENESS AND TRANSPARENCY OF OUR BUDGET DOCUMENTATION.
WE'VE RECEIVED THAT AWARD EVERY YEAR SINCE 1999, AND ACTUALLY ASKING TO REVIEW IN MY REVIEW OF THE CALENDAR FOR THE BUDGET PROCESSES YEAR.
BUT I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS THOUGH.
ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS, NO QUESTION, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED THAT THIS MAKES YOU EXCITED.
IT'S WHAT I DO, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
JUST, JUST ONE I DO HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION IS, IS HOW HAS THIS PROCESS GOING TO RELATE TO WHAT ATP IS DOING WITH THEIR BUDGETARY CYCLE AND FORMATTING AND PLANNING? WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING HAND-IN-HAND.
AND WE HAVE SINCE FEBRUARY WITH ADP, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOTTIE JUST DISCUSSED WITH THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE KEPT METRO HELD, BUT ATP FUNDED.
SO, YOU KNOW, CAP METRO ACTUALLY HAS A RATHER LARGE SHARED SERVICE PORTION ON THE OPERATING SIDE THAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO ATP ARE READY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
UM, THE, OF COURSE THE CAPITAL PLAN ALSO CONTAINS A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WITHIN THE PROGRAM.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY CAP METRO HELD CONTRACTS.
SO WE'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE COSTS BOTH DEVELOPED ON THE ATP SIDE AND THE CAP METRO SIDE REVIEWED,
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APPROVED, AND THEN SUBMITTED INTO THE BUDGET.UM, REMEMBER JUST A QUICK FOLLOWUP.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR ATPS BUDGET? IS IT THE SAME AS THIS ONE OR WHEN, WHEN IS THE ADOPTION AT THE ATP LEVEL? THEY BASICALLY, AND ESPECIALLY IN PAST YEAR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22, BASICALLY WORKED HAND IN HAND AS FAR AS THEIR CALENDAR GOES, AS FAR AS PRESENTING TO THEIR BOARD AS WELL.
SO THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE PLANNED ALSO TO START PRESENTING TO THEIR BOARD AS FAR AS BUDGET GOES AND THEN THEY HAVE TO OF COURSE BE ADOPTED BY SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
SO, SO IT'S THE SAME, IT'D BE GREAT TO GET THE DATES, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COMPARABLE DATES.
HOWEVER, THERE IS, THERE'S ONE THING TO BE AWARE OF TOO.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR THE JPA THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PRESENT THEIR BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO CAP METRO IN ADVANCE.
SO WE GOT, YEAH, WE GOT A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS.
WE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT, I GUESS.
BUT ANYWAY, SO WHEN, YEAH, WHEN THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD LAST YEAR, THEY ACTUALLY ADOPTED IN AUGUST FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.
SO THAT WOULD BE A MONTH AHEAD OF US.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT SO THAT WE CAN FIT IT INTO THE TIMELINE.
SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR DOING THAT? WELL, WE CAN REACH OUT TO, YOU KNOW, THE INTERIM CFO FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AND SEE IF THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE A POWERPOINT PUT TOGETHER AND THEN FORWARDED ONTO BOARD MEMBERS.
AND SO BOARD MEMBERS THREATENED IT.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY HAVE TO PRESENT IT BEFORE ATP VOTES ON IT? RIGHT.
IS THAT WHAT IT IS OR IS IT THAT I, DO YOU REMEMBER AGAIN, WHAT IT SAYS IN THE CONTRACT VOTERS IS IT SAYS THAT THEY WILL BRING IT TO FOR APPROVAL PRESENTATION APPROVAL FOR THIS BODY AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, IT'S NEVER BEEN KIND OF DOCUMENTED OF THE CYCLE, BUT I, I GUESS MY THOUGHT PROCESS WOULD BE, I THINK LIKE
BUT I THINK WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS, UH, THE DEPUTY DEPUTY CEO, WALK-INS COORDINATE WITH INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT ATP TO WORK THROUGH AN ACTUAL SCHEDULE TO, UH, BRING BACK TO THIS BOARD.
AND SO ALL THREE BODIES KNOW HOW THAT SEQUENCE WOULD WORK.
THAT, THAT ACTUALLY HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP YET.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CONVERSATION WITH IT AT THE BOARD LEVEL, BUT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
WE NEED TO PROBABLY FLY AGAIN.
I THINK THIS IS PART OF IT IS, IS THE GROWING PAINS AND FLUSHING OUT THE PROCESSES AND THE PROCEDURES BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS YET.
SO, SO COULD WE, UH, COULD WE HAVE THAT TIMELINE? I'M LOOKING, I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT.
DADDY, DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD GET THAT TIMELINE PRETTY SOON? SO, AND, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR WHAT IT IS.
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE FIT IN WITH OUR TIME, OUR BUDGET TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE THING.
SO OF COURSE THE CITY'S ON A FASTER TRACK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE BECAUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE, BUT, UH, BUT, UM, YEAH, IF YOU COULD DO THAT FOR US.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR.
[VIII.3. Operations Update ]
UH, NEXT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION OPERATIONS UPDATE FROM N DCHAIRS ARE A MILLION CAP, METRO BOARD MEMBERS AND CEO.
MY NAME IS ANDY
TODAY, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ONE OF THIS YEAR'S AGENCY'S STRATEGIC FOCUSES, BUS OPERATIONS, TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT SERVICE AS PROBABLY YOU'VE BEEN MADE AWARE HAS NOT BEEN AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF LATE, UM, AS PEOPLE ARE RETURNING OR CUSTOMERS RETURNING POST PANDEMIC, UM, THE IMPACT IS STARTING TO BE FELT.
YOU SEE THAT IN SPEAKERS, APPROACHING A BOARD, YOU SEE THAT IN PEOPLE RAISING CONCERN, UH, AS I MENTIONED IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, THE ISSUES CAN BE BOILED DOWN TO THREE MAIN THINGS.
UM, PEOPLE, PARTS AND PROCESSES, THEY'RE ALL TIED TOGETHER AND YOU ALL NEED TO BE, UM, TO BE THERE FOR, TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER BUS SERVICE.
THINGS LIKE THE NUMBER OF MECHANICS, NUMBER OF BUS OPERATORS, PARTS, SUPPLY SHORTAGES, TRAINING NEEDS, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE OLD TIE BACK TO PERFORMANCE OPERATORS AND MECHANICS, UM, GETTING OPERATORS AND MECHANICS
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IS AN INDUSTRY WIDE ISSUE.THERE'S NOT AN AGENCY OUT THERE WHICH IS HAVING A CONVERSATION LIKE THIS AT THEIR BOARD LEVEL ABOUT FINDING MECHANICS AND FINDING BUS OPERATORS.
UM, BACK IN JANUARY, AS AN AGENCY WHERE WE WERE, WE WERE IN A HOLE, UM, WE'VE RE WE'VE RECOVERED SINCE THEN, SINCE JANUARY, WE'VE HIRED A BUNCH OF OPERATORS, WE'VE HIRED A NUMBER OF MECHANICS, UM, IN THAT TIMEFRAME IN JANUARY CAP, METRO STARTED MANAGING YOUR RECRUITING AND TRAINING OF HOURLY EMPLOYEES.
AND, UM, I WANT TO GIVE, UM, ON PNC PEOPLE AND CULTURE, UH, KUDOS FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE SO FAR IN GETTING US TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE REASONABLY CAUGHT UP WITH THE NUMBER OF OPERATORS WE HAVE AT THIS POINT.
UM, THERE'S AN, UM, ALSO WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IN THE JANUARY TIMEFRAME THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS HELPED BECAUSE IT'S RAISED, UM, UM, UH, UH, PAYROLL IT'S RAISED THE WAGE RATES OF THE OPERATORS AND MECHANICS WANTING CAP.
METRO DID IS THEY NEVER STOPPED HIRING OR THEIR AGENCIES.
THE LAST AGENCY I WAS AT, WE ACTUALLY DID AT A POINT STOP HIRING, BUT CAP METRO WOULD ALWAYS PUSH FORWARD AND, AND, AND, UH, GIVE, UM, DEPUTY CEO DOTTIE WALK-INS TO CREDIT FOR THAT TO KEEP HIRING, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE IN NOW IS WE'RE ACTUALLY MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN OTHER PLACES.
UM, BUT ALSO WE'RE IN A GROWTH MODE.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING MOVING FORWARD IS, IS A DESIRE TO INCREASE OUR SERVICES, NOT A DESIRE TO JUST CATCH UP TO WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
UM, IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT TO CHART, YOU CAN SEE IT ACTUALLY, THE OPERATORS STAFFING RIGHT NOW AS OF JUNE AND SERVICE CHANGE, WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED FOR OPERATORS TO MAKE THE LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE'RE TRAILING A LITTLE BIT ON THE MECHANIC SIDE, BUT, UM, UH, WE ARE, WE HAVE MADE IT AT LEAST FOR NOW WITH OPERATORS.
UM, BUT WE'RE IN A GROWTH MODE AND WE HAVE A LARGE KNEE COMING NEXT JUNE, UH, WITH THE PLAN START OF PIVO AND EXPO.
AND SO BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE OF 2023, WE HAVE TO HIRE 275 OPERATORS, TWENTY-FIVE MECHANICS AND 15 SUPERVISORS TO MEET OUR GROWTH.
UM, AND WORKING WITH PNC AND OPERATIONS.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT DONE.
ANOTHER THING I MENTIONED, PEOPLE THEN PARTS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES CREATED BY THE PANDEMIC HAD AFFECTED US ALL.
IT'S HARDER TO GET ANYTHING THESE DAYS FROM VENDORS, NOT HAVING POTS TO WHAT'S WORSE, ACTUALLY LIMIT HOW MANY YOU CAN BUY FROM THEM.
SO NORMALLY YOU WOULD PLACE AN ORDER FOR 10 NOW, AND I TELL HIM, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN GET TO, UM, IN MAY WE SAW A 2% NOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT, UM, THE PARTS TEAM AND THE PROCUREMENT TEAM.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING DIFFERENT ANGLES, TRYING TO FIND ALTERNATE SOURCES FOR SUPPLY AND OVER THE COURSE OF, UM, UM, ALL THAT WORK THROUGH MAY, MARCH AND APRIL IN MAY, WE ACTUALLY SAW A 2% DROP IN SOMETHING CALLED, UM, HOW MANY BUSES ARE ON HOLD OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR FLEET IS ON HOLD DUE TO POTS? UM, 2% COMES OUT TO ABOUT EIGHT BUSES.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT IT CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING SERVICE AND NOT MAKING SERVICE THAT DAY.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO INSTITUTE A COUPLE OF KPIS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK.
ONE IS THAT PERCENTAGE OF BUSES OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO PARTS, AND IT SHOULD BE AROUND TWO OR 3%, NOT FIVE OR HIGHER, TYPICAL, AND THEN AVAILABILITY WHEN NEEDED.
MEANING WHEN YOU GO TO THE WINDOW, WAS THAT PART THERE WHEN YOU ASKED FOR NEXT THING, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME RECENT SUCCESS ON HIS VEHICLE AVAILABILITY, IT'S CALLED MAKING A LINE.
THERE'S NOT A TRANSIT AGENCY, UNITED STATES THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT MAKING A LINE MEANS.
MAKING A LINE IS, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH VEHICLES TO PUT SERVICE OUT THAT DAY? UM, THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR CAP, METRO WAS NOT MAKING A LINE.
UM, WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH BUSES TO DO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO THAT CHANGE IN EARLY MAY TO THE HARD WORK OF THE MAINTENANCE TEAM AND OUR COOPERATION WITH ATU.
WE DID MAKE THE LINE IN MAY AND YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE CIRCLE OFF TO THE RIGHT IS US ACTUALLY MAKING THE LINE, HAVING ENOUGH BUSES TO PUT OUT THERE.
WE DO HAVE A BACKLOG OF WORK, UM, AND WE'RE WORKING THAT BACKLOG THROUGH OVER TIME AND ALSO ACTUALLY UTILIZING SOME THIRD-PARTY VENDORS TO HELP ASSIST US.
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING THAT BACKLOG DOWN AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BUSES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR USE.
THIS IS WHAT THE CUSTOMER FEELS IS SOMETHING CALLED LOSS TIME.
IT'S THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE PERCENTAGE WISE WE DID NOT PUT OUT, OR FOR SOME REASON FELL DOWN ON THE STREET WHEN IT WAS OUT THERE.
UM, LAURA SIME IS, UM, OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE VEHICLE AVAILABILITY ISSUES AND PARTS OF PEOPLE ISSUES.
WE DID SEE, UM, LOST TIME REACH ON SUNDAYS IN JANUARY UP TO 15% OF OUR SERVICE.
UM, IN MAY, WE WERE ATTRACTING TO BE HOPEFULLY UNDER 5%.
UM, SAME DAY WE'VE SEEN IT ACTUALLY UNDER 1%.
SO WE JUST GET PEOPLE AND WE GET VEHICLES AND WE GET SOME MORE POTS WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ON LAST TIME WE HAVE IN SERVICE.
UM, EVERY 1% IS ABOUT 1200 HOURS MONTHLY OR ABOUT 40 HOURS A WEEK, EVERY WEEKDAY.
AND WE ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WE RUN ABOUT 120,000 HOURS OF SERVICE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RIDERSHIP WE'D SAW AFTER A SEASONAL DROP DURING THE WINTER RIDERSHIP IS BACK ON THE RISE.
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HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY FLAT AS, UM, INDUSTRY-WIDE, UH, LOCAL SERVICES GROWING SLOWLY.AND I'LL PICK UP SERVICE IS ABOUT 160% OVER PRE COVID LEVEL.
SO I'LL PICK UP SERVICES DOING GREAT.
UM, DAILY RIDERSHIP HAS, IS, IS APPROACHING 70 K OR 65% OF PRE COVID LEVELS.
UM, BUT WE WILL SEE ANOTHER SEASONAL DROP AS WE GET INTO SUMMER AND UT IS OUT FOR THE SUMMER.
UH, BUT WHAT SUMMER RIDERSHIP AND THAT DROP GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IS KEEP WORKING THE POTS, KEEP WORKING, HIRING PEOPLE AND KEEP WORKING THAT BACKLOG OF, OF WORK WE HAVE IN MAINTENANCE.
UH, WHERE ARE WE GOING? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE STRESS AND, AND DOTTY STRESS AND WE'RE WORKING FORWARD WITH THE WORKFORCE IS SHOW THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OF CAP.
METRO, HOW EVERYTHING, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE EMPLOYED BY MV, HOW IT TIES BACK TO WHAT WE ALL ARE HERE TO DO FOR CAP METRO.
ONE OF THE MESSAGES WE'RE GIVING A WORKFORCE IS YOU'RE EMPLOYED BY MV MTM, HERZOG, WHATEVER, OR CAP METRO, BUT THE WORK WE ALL DO IS TO PROVIDE KAT METRO SERVICES.
WE ALL HERE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER.
ONE CAP, METRO FAMILY, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WHAT DO WE GOT TO DO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS? WELL, HIRE, HIRE, HIRE, TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN, AND BUY, BUY BUY.
WE GOT TO HIRE HIRE OPERATORS, MECHANICS, AND WE'VE GOT TO TRAIN THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS, UM, AND USE THE SUMMER PERIOD OF TIME NOW IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS TO CATCH UP AS MUCH AS WE CAN POSSIBLY CATCH UP.
AND WITH THAT, I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE UM, WE ARE, I THINK THIS IS AWESOME, ANDY, THAT WE'VE, WE'VE GOT YOU, THAT YOU WERE WILLING TO LEAVE THE, UH, THE, THE COLD FROZEN TUNDRA OF NEW YORK TO COME DOWN HERE, HOUSTON LIST.
SO I'M STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU SAYING Y'ALL THOUGH IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND, BUT, UH, TH THIS IS I, I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT HIRE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT YOU'RE REALLY HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING.
THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT, UH, CON REALLY DIFFICULT TIME TO BE HERE AND DIFFICULT WORK.
BUT AS I'VE SAID, TIME, AND AGAIN FROM THE PODIUM, HELP IS ON THE WAY.
AND I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT, THAT YOU'RE THE MAN TO GET THE JOB DONE AND GET OUT THERE AND GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY AND GET US WHAT WE NEED, THE PEOPLE, THE PARTS AND THE, AND THE VEHICLES TO, TO, TO GET US BACK UP AND ON TOP OF THINGS.
SO I, I HOPE FOLKS KNOW ONCE AGAIN, THAT THE CAP METRO SEES IT, WE KNOW IT, AND WE'RE WORKING AT IT AND HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOUR MAN TO GET IT, TO GET US THERE.
UM, BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION,
[IX.1. President & CEO Monthly Update ]
WE ARE PREPARING TO HEAR OUR FINAL MONTHLY UPDATE FROM MY PRESIDENT AND CEO, UH, RANDY CLARK.SO AFTER THAT REPORT, SOME OF US WILL SAY NICE THINGS.
SOME OF US MIGHT SAY THAT WE HAVE TO NOSE.
UH, WELL, THAT'S QUITE A SET UP CHAIR.
SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY SOMEWHAT EMOTIONAL TO HAVE MY LAST, UH, PRESENCE REPORT HERE AT CAPITAL METRO.
UM, BUT, UM, REALLY, REALLY, UH, ANOTHER GREAT MEETING.
I THINK YOU SH HOPEFULLY SHOWING BOTH THIS BOARD AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, UH, THE FANTASTIC WORK THIS TEAM IS DOING FOR THIS COMMUNITY EVERY DAY, AND WHETHER IT'S A NEW METRO BIKE PARTNERSHIP OR OUR FI UH, OUR BUDGET PROCESS TO, AS ANDY JUST MENTIONED, REALLY GETTING SERVICE BACK TO WHERE, UH, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, JUST SO MANY THINGS GOING ON HERE.
AND I'M JUST SO, SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM.
UH, I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH A COUPLE UPDATES THAT, AND THEN, UM, IF, UH, FOR THE ADULTS, IF THE BOARD WOULD, LET ME, I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE, UH, A FEW MOMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO, I DO A FEW THANK YOUS, BUT A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT, AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE GREAT THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT AS YOUR, AS YOUR LAST PRESIDENT'S REPORT AS WELL.
WHICH AGAIN, I JUST GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE AND TALK ABOUT HOW THE GOOD THIS TEAM IS.
SO FTA, THERE'S A PROCESS AND FTA, FEDERAL TRENDS, MINISTRATION CALLED A TRIENNIAL REVIEW.
AND NORMALLY THAT'S EVERY THREE YEARS, BUT IN COVID, UH, WE ACTUALLY GET THE LADY A YEAR, SO THEY DID, UH, A TRIENNIAL REVIEW, BUT OVER A FOUR YEAR CYCLE, 28 TOPICS, INCLUDING A BUNCH OF COVID RESPONSE, THIS IS EVERYTHING FROM FINANCIALS TO PROCUREMENT TO DBE SAY, YOU NAME IT, HOW THEY GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
I AM INCREDIBLY, REALLY HAPPY TO REPORT, NOT ONE FINDING FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, UH, NOT EVEN A SMALL TECHNICAL ERROR THAT IS INADVERTENT.
SO JUST KUDOS, KUDOS, KUDOS TO THIS GREAT TEAM.
I KNOW MUHAMMAD AND THE BACK'S PROBABLY THE HAPPIEST PERSON, ALL OF CAP METRO.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT I'LL GO THROUGH IT, BUT PROCUREMENT SPECIFICALLY REALLY GETS RIPPED APART, UH, PRETTY HEAVILY.
AND, UH, FDA SET UP VERY, A REALLY NICE EMAIL, JUST, JUST THE CONGRATULATIONS OF HOW GREAT THE STAFF WAS NOT ONLY PREPARED COLLABORATING, BUT THE WORK
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THEY DO EVERY DAY AND BEING VALIDATED BY THAT FEDERAL AUDIT, THAT KIND OF AUDIT IS REALLY VALUABLE TOO, AS WE GO FORWARD, THESE LARGER GRANTS, IT'S PART OF THAT 10 OF TECHNICAL CAPACITY THAT WE'RE IN, GOOD STANDING WITH THE FTA.UM, SO EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS ARE BUILDING BLOCKS.
UH, THE NEXT THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, A MAYOR PRO TEM ROSS, UH, KIND OF WAS THE LEAD ON THIS, UP IN THE LATER AREA, BUT, UH, AND THEN BOARD MEMBER, UH, STRATTON WAS, WAS OBVIOUSLY HEAVILY INVOLVED AS WELL, BUT LEANDER VOTERS, UH, HAD THEIR ELECTION, I GUESS IT'S TWO WEEKENDS AGO AT THIS POINT.
UH, BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY TO REPORT, UH, LEANDER VOTERS VOTED.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY, OVERWHELMINGLY A TO B B CAP.
METRO IS PARTNER FOR THE LONG TERM, AND I THINK BETWEEN THE BCT PROGRAM AND THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING THAT THIS BOARD SHOWING A GREAT SENSE OF REGIONALISM, UH, IS REALLY SHOWING THAT TH THE, THE, THE FUTURE IS REALLY BRIGHT HERE FOR ALL OF US WORKING TO BE A MUCH BIGGER REGION.
SO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE RESIDENTS OF LEANDER FOR VOTING FOR THEIR FUTURE.
AND I KNOW THE STAFF LOOKS FORWARD TO ENGAGING THE LEANDER, UM, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS ON EXPANDED SERVICE.
I THINK THE PICKUP ZONE ALONE UP THERE IS JUST, UH, ALMOST HITTING RECORDS EVERY WEEK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE, ARE USING THAT SERVICE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO REALLY POSITIVES ON THE LAST, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVE A LITTLE, THANK YOU.
I PUT A COUPLE PICTURES WITH MY HELP OF HERE OF, UH, CHEYENNE.
UH, WHO'S ALWAYS ACTUALLY, UH, MA TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE ME LOOK GOOD, CAUSE I REALLY DON'T DO TOO MUCH OF IT.
UH, JUST SOME OF THE GREAT HIGHLIGHTS THAT, UM, UH, SHOWING OUR GREAT STAFF AND EVERYONE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, FOR HARD TO BELIEVE OVER OVER FOUR YEARS.
THIS SIGN THOUGH TO ME, IS THE SIGN THAT EVERY DAY I COME IN AND OUT OF THE OFFICE, UH, WE PUT THIS UP, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER I STARTED.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANTED TO DO HERE, WHICH IS WE LET'S NOT LIVE IN THE PAST THEN KNOW, AND THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS FOR US TO CREATE IT.
IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO.
AND BESIDES THIS SIGN, WE PUT TWO OTHER SIGNS, NOT ONE OTHER SIGN.
AND IT WAS, WE HAD TWO GOALS IN AGENCY, ONE TO BE, UH, TO BUILD A COMMUNITY SUPPORTIVE PLAN THAT GOT APPROVAL FOR LONG-TERM SYSTEM EXPANSION AND FUNDING.
WE CHECKED THAT BOX BIGGER THAN MANY OF US EVER IMAGINED TO CHECK.
AND THE OTHER WAS THE WAY AN AGENCY OF THE YEAR AT APTA TO REFLECT ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT SECOND ONE HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT A LOT OF US FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE.
AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING THIS YEAR, WHEN CAP METRO WINS, MAYBE ALL, LET ME COME AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE FANTASTIC.
AND, AND THIS AGENCY DESERVES IT MORE THAN ANY OTHER IN THE COUNTRY.
I JUST, IF I CAN SHARE NOT TO TAKE TOO LONG, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, UH, TAKE A MOMENT AS I MENTIONED, IT'S REALLY? YEAH.
UM, AND PEOPLE SAID I CAN TALK.
Y'ALL UH, SO LIKE I DID MENTION IT'S A BITTERSWEET KIND OF AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A CEO AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER, I SAT RIGHT OVER.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE SAYING, IS THAT COME WITH MY WIFE AND, UH, WHEN THE BOARD APPROVED A CONTRACT AND THERE ARE STILL MANY MEMBERS ON THIS DIOCESE THAT WERE THE BOARD THAT ACTUALLY APPROVED THAT CONTRACT.
SO, UM, I WILL ALWAYS BE APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I WAS GIVEN HERE.
UH, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE AGENCY WITH INCREDIBLE PEOPLE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK.
UM, I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST FOUR AND A THIRD YEAR, HOW TIME FLIES FOR FOUR AND A THIRD YEARS, IT REALLY GOES FAST.
UM, BUT WHETHER IT'S ZERO EMISSION BUS PROGRAM, OUR DEI PROGRAM, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STUFF, UH, THAT WE'RE DOING THE CAPITAL EXPANSION PROGRAM, YOU NAME IT, WE ARE KIND OF LEADING THE INDUSTRY ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF THINGS.
AND, UH, THE FUTURE HERE IS VERY BRIGHT FUNDING, SOLID.
THE COMMUNITY IS BEHIND THIS ORGANIZATION.
UH, AND, UH, THE CHALLENGE NOW IS DOING SO MUCH STUFF SO RAPIDLY, BUT WE'VE KIND OF BEEN DOING THAT NONSTOP FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO I GOT A LOT OF TRUST THAT YOU'LL KEEP UP THE, UH, THE CADENCE AS STAFF KNOWS, AS I LIKE TO SAY.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK A FEW PEOPLE.
UM, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST THANK EVERYONE.
WHO'S MADE THIS COMMUNITY, UH, REALLY WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE FOR MY FAMILY, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE WORK, IT'S JUST, THIS IS A LOVELY COMMUNITY.
UM, THE PEOPLE HERE ARE WHAT MAKE THIS PLACE SPECIAL.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF SPECIAL THINGS, BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE IT'S THE, UH, THE FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE, I THINK MAYBE IN AMERICA, I LIVE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
UM, UH, MAYBE EVEN TO OUR DETRIMENT WERE SO FRIENDLY, LIKE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST, IT'S JUST SUCH A NICE PLACE AND PEOPLE ARE, UM, GENUINE HERE AND, UH, AUTHENTIC, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
UM, I WANNA THANK, UM, THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE ADVOCATES, UM, GOT TO KNOW MANY OF YOU, YOU HELP PUSH US, UH, HELP HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE
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AND YOU HELP, UH, PUSH, PUSH, ESPECIALLY THE PROGRAM, UH, PROJECT CONNECT OVER THE FINISH LINE.AND FINALLY GETTING SOMETHING DONE THAT A LOT OF ADVOCATES BEEN WORKING ON FOR 20 YEARS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE GOT IT DONE, UM, WANT TO THANK THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BOTH ON THE COUNCILS AND THE, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL DELEGATION.
EVERYONE'S BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE, UH, PARTNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH TRANSIT PARTNERS OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR HOUSING, OR YOU NAME IT.
THERE'S SO MANY PARTNERS THAT KIND OF WORK ALL THIS TOGETHER.
I MENTIONED OUR CONSULTANTS EARLIER, BUT ALSO OUR CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS, THIS BUSINESS IS SUPER COMPLEX.
AND I THINK YOU ALL NOW ON THE BOARD REALLY APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENT PARTS AND PIECES THAT HAVE TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK.
AND OUR VENDOR, COMMUNITY AND CONSULTANTS DON'T, YOU KNOW, USUALLY SIT AT THE DIOCESE OR, OR PRESENT TO THE DIOCESE AND GET RECOGNITION, BUT THEY ARE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT TO MAKE ALL OF THIS WORK EVERY DAY.
THANK SPECIFICALLY, THE CUSTOMERS FOR THE ONLY PURPOSE THAT WE COME IN EVERY DAY IS ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS.
AND, UM, SOME DAYS WE'VE DELIVERED AMAZING STUFF FOR YOU AND OTHER DAYS WE HAVEN'T, BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN HONEST ABOUT IT, AND WE KEEP TRYING TO GET BETTER FOR YOU.
AND I THINK THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR YOU, OUR CITY, THE CITY STAFF, ATP, STAFF, TEXTILE, EACH RMA, YOU NAME IT, UH, JUST GREAT PARTNERSHIPS HERE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M THE MOST PROUD OF IS, UH, OUR PAST CHAIR.
UH, WHEN I, WHEN I GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY MENTIONED TO ME, WE REALLY GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK A LOT BETTER WITH THE CITY.
AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF HOW THE CAP METRO CITY RELATIONSHIP IS TODAY VERSUS EVEN WHEN I STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND THAT GOES A LOT TO THE, TO THE TEAM OVER THERE IT REALLY, IT IT'S JUST FANTASTIC.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE CAP, METRO STAFF.
YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE JUST GREAT PEOPLE.
AND, UH, I KNOW I PUSHED, PUSHED YOU REALLY HARD AND UH, SOME DAYS PROBABLY, UH, BUT, UM, YOU'RE JUST A PASSIONATE, ENERGIZED, CARING GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND I'VE NEVER WORKED IN AN ENVIRONMENT MORE COLLEGIAL THAN THIS ORGANIZATION.
I HAVEN'T IN FOUR YEARS SEEN ONE INSTANCE OF AN EMPLOYEE KIND OF GOING AGAINST SOMEONE BEHIND THE SCENES, BACKSTABBING FOR POSITIONING.
THIS IS THE HEALTHIEST, COLLEGIAL ENVIRONMENT I'VE EVER WORKED IN.
I KNOW SOME OF US FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY THAT ARE HERE NOW WILL SAY THE SAME THING.
I'M LOOKING AT GARDNER AND OTHERS THAT HAVE NOT HAD AS HEALTHY AS ENVIRONMENT.
YOU TRUST EACH OTHER, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S WORKED SO WELL HERE.
I WANT TO THANK THIS BOARD, INCLUDING SOME PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS THAT, UH, HAVE, UH, ROTATED OFF THE BOARD.
UM, AND WITH A SPECIAL CALL OUT TO FORMER BOARD MEMBER, UH, BOARD CHAIR COOPER, AND NOW BOARD MEMBER TREVELYAN WHO HAVE GOTTEN MORE PHONE CALLS FROM ME.
UH, I KNOW BOCEK, UH, TRILLIONS, LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW.
I SIGNED UP FOR LIKE THE EXTRA 50 PHONE CALLS A WEEK AND BOARD MEMBER COOPER REMINDS THEM EVERY TIME I'M THIS IS WHY I'M NO LONGER CHECKS BECAUSE I DON'T GET THE 50 PHONE CALLS A WEEK.
UH, BUT THE LEADERSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE YOU NO, WAIT, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A PERSONAL MOMENT.
YOU, YOU HELPED ME A LOT GROW, MENTOR ME TO BECOME A BETTER LEADER.
AND, UM, YOU KEPT ME IN THE GUARDRAILS, UH, WHEN I NEEDED TO BE.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, I WANNA THANK THE CAP, METRO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, BUT I WANT TO CALL IT A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE JUST LITERALLY BEEN AT MY HIP FOR FOUR YEARS.
AND I PUSHED TO A LIMIT WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE I CAN STILL COME IN EVERY MONDAY, BUT THEY'RE JUST THE BEST PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S DOTTIE CARRIE, UH, DONNA, UH, SAM CHEYENNE, AND THE ONE AND ONLY CHRIS BRANDT, WHO I HAVE NO IDEA HOW CHRIS BRYANT HAS MANAGED ME FOR FOUR PLUS YEARS.
UH, MY WIFE SAYS, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE MANAGES YOU EITHER.
UM, BUT YOU'RE ALL JUST, UM, UNBELIEVABLE PEOPLE, THE WHOLE TEAM, BUT YOU, YOU FOUR OR FIVE WHO JUST EVERY DAY TOGETHER AND THEN JUST THANK MY WIFE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO TEXAS AND, UH, HAD THIS GREAT PRIVILEGE.
SO AGAIN, I, I WILL BE CHEERING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION, THE REST OF MY CAREER.
AND, UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
LET'S TRY NOT TO BE TOO UNORTHODOX.
LET'S START WITH BOARD MEMBER ROSS.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO THIS GUY? I'LL BE IN THE NEWEST MEMBER ON THE BOARD AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF, DO YOU NEED ANY, UH, NO, THANK YOU.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE LAST, I GUESS, EIGHT OR 10 MONTHS, AND IT STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRE HOSE, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE ON, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.
UM, BOARD MEMBER POOL, I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER SENIORITY AND ALL THAT.
YEAH, WELL, I, I DON'T HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY OTHERS HAVE SAID SO.
UM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS, RANDY, ON YOUR, YOUR NEW CHALLENGE, UH, I HAD, THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING FOR YOU.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, I THINK IS NEXT, BUT AGAIN,
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I'M SHOCKED IN DISMAY.UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU, RANDY.
UM, I REMEMBER THAT PROBABLY ONE OF MY F MY FIRST ACTUAL REAL, LIKE NOT SPECIAL CALL, BUT REAL BOARD MEETING WAS TO APPROVE THE, WAS TO APPROVE THE PROJECT CONNECT MAP AND THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND REVIEW YOU PSYCHIATRIST UN WHAT AM I DOING HERE? BUT, UM, UH, YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN AN, UH, AN AMAZING LEADER AND INSPIRATION.
UM, I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU PERSONALLY, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE, UM, EVEN THOUGH PART OF ME SECRETLY WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, BAND TOGETHER, A BUNCH OF THESE FOLKS TO, TO NOW GO, GO TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WILMATA MEETING AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE TELL THEM TO NOT APPROVE YOUR CONTRACT SO THAT MAYBE WE CAN KEEP YOU HERE.
UM, DANG IT, SORRY TOO LATE FOR THAT.
UM, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY, WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I'M CONVINCED YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE LAID A VERY STRONG FOUNDATION AND LEFT THIS PLACE.
I BELIEVE THAT THE MARK, THE MARK OF A LEADER IS IF, IF A LEADER CAN LEAVE TRULY SOMEONE WHO IS A LEADER WILL LEAVE A PLACE BETTER THAN WHEN THEY STARTED AND WHERE THEY STARTED IT.
AND I TRULY BELIEVE YOU HAVE DONE THAT, AND YOU'VE LEFT US AN AMAZING TEAM AND YOU LEFT US IN AN AMAZING PLACE, UM, THAT THAT CAN GO ON TO CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
I KNOW THAT THIS, THAT THIS NEXT JOB FOR YOU IS, IS THE NFL IS THE NFL COACHING CAREER JOB OF, UH, FOR TRANSIT NERDS.
SO I WISH YOU THE BEST WITH THAT.
AND AS I SAY TO MY, UM, TO MY STUDENTS, UH, NURSING STUDENTS, AND ALSO TO MY, TO MY OWN CHILDREN AS WELL, UM, HAVE FUN AND DO GOOD THINGS, MAN, YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT HERE, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME FOR OUR NATION'S CAPITAL AND FOLKS UP THERE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING AND VISITING YOU AND SEEING WHAT YOU'RE DOING UP THERE.
NEXT TIME, I HAVE A CHANCE TO GET UP TO DC.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, MORE MEMBER RENTERIA.
AND, UH, I, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, UH, INTERVIEWED US, I, I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT YOU WERE THE PERSON THAT WE NEEDED HERE IN AUSTIN AND, AND YOU HAVE DELIBERATELY, LET ME TELL YOU, UH, UH, I HAD A LOT OF YEARS AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE PREVIOUS BOARD AND MEETINGS HERE AT METRO.
AND, UH, IT, WASN'T PRETTY, YOU KNOW, THE STATE HAD TO NEVER BE, BUT WHEN YOU CAME, I SAID, OH MY GOD, DOES THIS GUY EVER REST? HE JUST GOING FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER END AND WAS YOU WERE JUST GOING, AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PASS THE BOND.
IF YOU WEREN'T A BOARD IN AND YOU HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT, UH, THAT I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT SAID, HEY, WE NEED THIS GUY HERE.
AND WE, BECAUSE HE HAS ALL THE TALENT THAT WE NEED HERE IN AUSTIN TO, TO TURN AROUND OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM AND YOU HAVE TO DELIVER, LET ME TELL YOU, AND I, WHEN I'VE TALKED TO OTHER LEADERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, THEY'RE JUST SO IMPRESSED ABOUT YOUR WORKUP, THAT THEY JUST, UH, THEY'RE AMAZED, AND I KNOW WHEREVER YOU LAND, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO, AND THE VEGETARIAN FOOD WAS REALLY GOOD ALSO.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT VEGETARIAN FOR, OH, I DON'T KNOW.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE THAT, UM, I'M LOOKING TO YOU TO, TO YOUR STAFF.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, AND ACTUALLY, I DON'T NEED TO SAY MUCH BECAUSE I THINK THIS SAYS IT ALL.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER YOU SAYING THAT WHEN WE INTERVIEWED YOU, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HIRED YOU.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU PUT UP.
WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HIRED YOU.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT.
AND, UM, AND THAT REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES WITH REGARD TO, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO PROJECT CONNECT.
SO, UM, HORRIBLY IMPOSSIBLE STAT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY WE WOULD'VE SAID NO FOUR YEARS AGO, UPHILL BATTLE TO TRY TO GET THAT PASSED AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND IT PASSED DURING A PANDEMIC.
SO, UM, SO YOUR WORK, UH, THE WORK WITH THE CITY WITH, UH, GINA FAN DACA WITH HER SUPPORT, UH, AND, UH, THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE IN NAME, UM, BUT YOUR LEADERSHIP HELPED US GET THERE AND REALLY MADE
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IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET THERE.UM, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS I COULD NAME AND I WILL JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING, AND THAT'S JUST, UM, YOU'RE LEAVING US WITH A VERY, VERY STRONG TEAM, AS YOU JUST SAID A MINUTE AGO.
UM, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE, UH, SUPPORTED AND BUILT AND LIFTED UP THE FOLKS IN THIS, IN THIS, UM, ORGANIZATION.
AND THAT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY ME AS A BOARD MEMBER.
AND I, I EXPECT BY THAT IT IS BY THEM ALSO.
UH, I WANT TO, UH, UH, MAYBE TAKE IT A COUPLE OF EXTENDED MINUTES HERE, UM, AND, UH, START WITH JUST IN BEHALF OF ALL OF US, UH, STAFF, COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS, UH, AND SAY, THANK YOU.
I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS, I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT ONE, NO HUMAN BEING COULD HAVE WORKED ANY HARDER OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UH, WITH A CAMPAIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID AND THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE TOOK ON THE HARD WORK, UH, WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
WE KNEW YOU WERE YOUNG AND ENERGETIC.
UH, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US THOUGHT WE WOULD GET AS MUCH AS WE GOT OUT OF YOU.
AND, UH, I FEEL ONLY BAD FOR KIMBERLY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, WE GOT A LOT MORE OUT OF YOU THAN SHE PROBABLY EXPECTED, AND I WORRY ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT PLACE, BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE ARE ANY CHALLENGES IN WASHINGTON DC, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS, AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS ONE IS YOU CAME IN AND INSTANTLY HAD A VISION FOR CAP METRO BEING A BIGGER, BOLDER, STRONGER PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THE VISION FOR CAP METRO, THE VISION FOR THE ROLE THAT CAP METRO COULD PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY, UH, DELIVERING TRANSIT SERVICE, BUT DELIVERING FOOD, UH, UH, BRINGING ART PROJECTS, UH, AND, AND CULTURE BEING A, HAVING A BROAD IDEA OF WHAT CAP METRO COULD BE IN THIS COMMUNITY, I THINK WAS FABULOUS.
AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, HAVING A STRATEGIC VISION YOU CAME IN WITH ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, I THINK, WAS IT NOT? YEAH, TWO AND A HALF, NOT QUITE TO GET AN ELECTION, UH, PASSED AND CAME IN WITH A PLAN AND EXECUTED ON THAT PLAN A REALLY FAR SURPASSING ANYTHING I THINK ANY OF US COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CULTURE YOU'VE CREATED IN CAP METRO.
AND I'VE BEEN AROUND CAP METRO FOR CLOSE TO 25, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT IN VARIOUS PERMUTATIONS, BUT YOU'VE LIFTED THE CULTURE HERE.
I THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN THE MOST, YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET OUT OF THE TEAM MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES HERE THEY'VE RESPONDED TO HUGE CHALLENGES, ANY NUMBER OF THEM HERE WORKING REALLY TWO JOBS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC AND WITH THE CAMPAIGN AND THEN THE ICE STORM AND, UH, GETTING THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO THEIR JOBS.
SO THEY COULD BE FIRST RESPONDERS, THE WORK ETHIC HERE, THE LABOR RELATIONSHIPS, UH, MANY YEARS OF BUTTING HEADS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE EVER BEEN BETTER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT WE JUST HAD RECENTLY, BUT REALLY, UM, CREATING A CULTURE THAT IN MY MIND WAS EXACTLY WHAT THIS COMMUNITY NEEDED.
AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, ONE OR SOMEBODY ELSE COMMENTED ON ONE, IT WAS EXTREMELY COLLABORATIVE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE IN THE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, I'VE BEEN AROUND SEEING CAP METRO AND THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND CTR AND OUR OUTLINE COMMUNITIES EVER WORKED MORE CLOSELY, UH, TOGETHER.
AND I THINK YOU'VE CREATED GREAT CREDIBILITY FOR CAP METRO.
UM, CULTURALLY, AS OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, THE ONE DOWNSIDE WAS THE LACK OF BARBECUE, UH, THAT WE HAD EARLY ON AND THE CHALLENGES WE HAD AROUND THAT.
BUT YOU EVEN TURNED ME INTO HALF OF A VEGETARIAN.
SO, UH, UH, YOU'VE LEFT ME A BETTER PERSON PERHAPS, AND THEN HIS, UH, AND, AND OTHERS, UH, COMMENTED ON YOU, UH, STRATTON, UH, YOU'VE LEFT US IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE.
I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN, WE HAVE A BOATLOAD OF PROJECTS, UH, TO OCCUPY OUR TIME.
UM, WE HAVE A FUTURE, UH, THAT'S VERY, VERY BRIGHT.
UM, AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU, WELL, I KNOW YOU'LL DO GREAT SERVICE AND OUR NATION'S CAPITAL AND, UH, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL COME BACK AND HELP ME ONTO THE TRAIN AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
BUT MOST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
UH, WELL, A LOT HAS BEEN SAID AND A LOT MORE SHOULD BE SAD.
UM, CERTAINLY I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE MET AND, AND MY OVERWHELMING DISCUSSION AT THE TIME WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW
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DO YOU TALK TO FOLKS THAT DON'T NORMALLY GET TALKED TO? AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE AREAS THAT THEY WEREN'T TALKED TO.AND, AND, UM, AND I CAN SAY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MEETING.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST POISONOUS POLITICAL TIME THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE VIETNAM, BUT IN THE, BUT EVEN IN THIS POISONOUS POLITICAL TIME, WE HAVE MADE FRIENDS, WE HAVE MADE ALLIES IN AN AREA THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT DID NOT FEEL TALK TO AND, AND, AND MADE SURE THAT PREVIOUS ELECTIONS DID NOT PASS.
UH, WE DIDN'T, WE LOST ONE BOX THAT IS INCREDIBLE, UH, THAT WE WOULD GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE WOULD GO INTO SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND WE WERE GOING TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE WOULD BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REALLY SIGNIFICANT.
I COULD TALK FOR ABOUT A WEEK, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
I JUST WANT TO RATTLE DOWN A SMALL LIST OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE TRULY A SPECTACULAR PROJECT CONNECT, STANDING UP ATP, A STREAK OF RIDERSHIP GAMES, 20 OF 21 MONTHS, ALL OF 2019 FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BUS SHELTERS, AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, NORWOOD AND WESTGATE TRANSIT CENTERS, NEW PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM, COMBINED BUS OPERATIONS CONTRACT THE LARGEST IN THE NATION.
UM, METRO RAIL UPGRADES, NEW DOWNTOWN STATION, POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL, TRACK UPGRADES, STRENGTHENING, COMPUTER PARTNERSHIPS, CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, AUSTIN FCC, UH, Q2 STADIUM LAUNCH, AND EXPANSION OF PICKUP FLEET ELECTRIFICATION, LARGEST ELECTRIC, UH, BUS PROCUREMENT, NORTH OPS, ELECTRIC BUS YARD, UH, PANDEMIC RESILIENCE, SERVING OVER A MILLION FAMILIES DURING THE PEN, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND DURING THE WEATHER STORM I GET, AND I, I HAVE ABOUT 25 MORE OF IT.
THAT'S JUST TO GIVE US A FLAVOR OF THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THIS TEAM HAS DONE TOGETHER, THAT, THAT PEOPLE SITTING ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER DECIDED WE COULD DO MORE OF, AND WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP WENT RIGHT THERE AND DID IT, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU'VE GIVEN US THE INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO BECOME ALLIES AND FOR US TO CHOOSE TOGETHER THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO AS AN OPERATION, SPECIAL TIME, SPECIAL SKILLSET.
UH, WE THINK THAT THAT A WASHINGTON IS, IS GOING TO DO WELL IN, HAS MADE A GOOD DECISION IN SELECTING IT.
WE ALSO THINK THAT WE EXPECT DINNER WHEN WE COME UP THERE TO SEE YOU TOO.
SO, UM, SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MOMENT THAT HAS BEEN TOO BIG FOR YOU, AND WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE ON, ON THE TRAJECTORY THAT YOU'RE GOING.
UH, MAYBE WE'LL PUT A MODULE LUNAR MODULE TOGETHER FROM MARS OR SOMETHING, BUT, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE EARNED OUR TRUST.
THE, OF THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOTTEN OUR TRUST, THE OLD FASHIONED WAY YOU'VE EARNED IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND, UH, AND, AND WE HAVE A PRESENT THAT WE WANT TO GIVE YOU.
UH, AND WE GO AND WE'LL GO AND TAKE A PICTURE AND WE CAN EITHER TAKE A PICTURE OR WE CAN KIND OF GET RID OF THEM IF YOU GUYS
WHAT ABOUT THAT CRAWL WALK, RUN.
SO THAT SAID THAT A FEW TIMES, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, SO DANI FOR NEXT MONTH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME NEW SLOGANS OR CUT AND PASTE.
UM, WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYONE.
I JUST, UH, WELL, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.
IS THAT A RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN OUT IN THE FUTURE? LIKE, WHO'S THAT GUY YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR BUS PASS.
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ALL RIGHT.UH, THE OTHER THING, EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM IS INVITED FOR COOKIES IT COOKIES AND BROWNIES.
AND ARE THEY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOUBLE DOORS? OH, THAT ONLY RIGHT HERE.
SO AS I READ THIS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, EVERYBODY CAN, EVERYBODY ELSE CAN GET COOKIES, SO.
LET ME MAKE SURE I'M READING THE RIGHT THING.
[X. Executive Session ]
WE'RE GOING TO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF BREAK AND THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, FOUR TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE PRESIDENT AND CEO SEARCH PROCESS AND NAMING AN INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO, AS WELL AS SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.072 FOR REAL ESTATE MATTERS REGARDING PROPERTY ACQUISITION NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE MCCALLA METRO RAIL STATION, PROJECT, AND DISCUSSION OF, OF THE MCCALLA RAIL SPUR EASEMENT.DO I NEED ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL RECONVENE THE BOARD MEETING CAPITAL METRO BOARD MEETING AT 4 41.
UH, SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD EXECUTIVE SESSION AND, UM, AND, UH, BASICALLY WE'VE GOT ONE FINAL ITEM TO TAKE CARE OF TODAY, AND THAT IS, UH, APPROVAL
[VII.8. Approval of a resolution appointing an Interim President and CEO. ]
OF A RESOLUTION APPOINTING, AN INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO.CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THAT ITEM? OKAY.
UM, SO, UH, YOU DIDN'T TELL US WHO, UH, UH, MR. CHAIR, IT IS MY HONOR, UH, TO MOVE THAT WE APPOINT DONNY WATKINS AS THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF CAP METRO.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, SHE, UM, HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, MEHTA, ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT BOTH THIS COMMUNITY AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND OUR ORGANIZATION HAVE THROWN AT HER.
AND, UH, UH, AND SO, UH, I'D BE VERY PROUD TO HAVE HER AS THE INTERIM.
UH, WE'LL DO OUR DILIGENCE, I'M SURE IN THE CONTEXT OF A SEARCH, BUT, UM, IN THE MEANTIME, UH, I'VE GOT GREAT FAITH IN, UH, DOTTIE AND, UH, I THINK, UH, WE WOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD TO HAVE HER LEAD IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO OFFICIALLY GO WITH THE VICE CHAIR FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
UH, AND SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED, UH, THAT WE APPOINT
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AND COMMENCE A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR A F UH, FORMAL PERMIT? YES.
THAT'S ALSO PART OF, OKAY, NOW I WAS GOING TO DO THAT SEPARATELY, BUT IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE GROUP, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE THEM BOTH TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO A NATIONAL SEARCH AS WELL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, YES.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO DADDY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT HAVING YOU AS OUR INTERIM AND, UM, APPRECIATE, UM, JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
IS THERE ANY, ANYBODY ELSE, ERIC? OKAY.
AND WOULD YOU, LET'S GIVE EVERYBODY, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
DOTTIE, I'VE KNOWN YOU A LOT OVER THE YEARS, DATING FROM KEELING JUNIOR HIGH TO LONGHORN BAND, YOU, YOU IN PARTICULAR, AND YOU'VE LIVED YOUR LIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I'VE WATCHED YOU OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO I, UH, I TRUST THAT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I'VE SEEN YOU GO FROM DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS TO VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS, TO CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER TO NOW
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DEPUTY CEO.I THINK THAT WE ARE IN EXTREMELY GOOD HANDS TAKING THAT DEPUTY TITLE OFF AND PUTTING THAT INTERIM ON THERE, LOOKING FORWARD, HAVE FUN AND DO GOOD THINGS.
SO I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE, BUT A BOARD MEMBER INTO RHEA.
NO, I, I, I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU, UH, I'VE SEEN YOUR HARD WORK AND, AND I REALLY HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO, TO, UH, KEEP KEPT ON METRO UP, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
I JUST WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS ENTIRE BOARD, UH, BELIEVES IN YOU AS A PROFESSIONAL AND BELIEVES IN YOU AS A PERSON WHO CAN RUN THIS ORGANIZATION AND IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY, WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
UH, AND, AND, UM, AS MY COLLEAGUES, UH, I BELIEVE IN YOU AS WELL, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
AND, UH, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN DIFFICULT TIMES.
AND, UH, AND I THINK YOUR BOARD IS UNITED IN WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE AT THE TRAJECTORY, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN MOVING.
SO, UH, SO, UH, THIS, THIS VOTE IS NOT ONLY FOR THE INTERIM POSITION, BUT IT IS ALSO TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE'LL, WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A NATIONAL SEARCH AND, AND, UH, AND THAT WE, UH, WE INTEND TO BE THE STRONGEST AND BEST, UH, OPERATION ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, THIRD TIMES THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
THE CHAIR WILL MAKE IT UNANIMOUS.
MR. CHAIR, IF I HAVE THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THERE'S NO PRECLUSION FROM THE INTERIM, UH, BEING THE CANDIDATE FOR THE, UH, ABSOLUTELY ALWAYS WISE COUNSEL FROM, FROM, UH, THE BOARD MEMBER.
UH, LOOKS LIKE THAT'S ALL OF THAT WE HAVE FOR TODAY.