Oct 12, 2022 Cap Metro

3.3% OF $2,800 IS NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO FORTY.

AND IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU WOULD JUST, UH, SIGN IN OVER AT THE TABLE, PLEASE.

COME FORWARD, SIR.

UH, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

YOU MIGHT WANNA PUSH, PUT YOUR, OKAY.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUSH YOUR BUTTONS.

, UH, GOOD DAY.

UM, MY NAME IS MICHAEL HALLIBURTON.

AND ADD TO WHAT I, UM, WHAT I SAID LAST TIME, LAST MEETING.

HALLIBURTON ENTERPRISES GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, TEXAS ARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE, AND ITS PARTNERS ARE ASKING FOR A PERMANENT MONTHLY REPLENISHABLE BUS PASS FOR THE HOMELESS.

AND WE WILL HELP CAPITAL, HELP CAPITAL METRO SHORTLY BY INVESTING IN CAPITAL PROJECTS TO INCREASE CAPITAL METROS REVENUE STREAM PARTNERSHIPS, PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE, REDUCTION IN POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS.

FOR EXAMPLE, 100 YEAR LEASE OF CAPITAL METROS AIRSPACE OVER BUS AND RAIL YARDS TO BUILD 300 TO 400 LUXURY APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THIS SCENARIO, TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVE GOES LIKE THIS, A HOMELESS PERSON BECOMES A CLIENT OF HALLIBURTON ENTERPRISES GLOBAL INVESTMENT.

THE CLIENT CAN ONLY AFFORD TO PAY $800 PER MONTH SUBSIDIZE, OR THE PERSON IS CONSIDERED THE WORK IN POOR PROPERTY VALUE IS 400 TO $500,000 WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

THE GOAL OF THE, THE GOAL OF THE CLIENT IS TO PAY OFF THEIR AGREED VALUE OF THE APARTMENT OR HOUSE THROUGH RENTAL PAYMENTS.

THE CLIENT CLIENT PAYING PAYMENT REQUIRES REQUIREMENT FOR RENT OR LEASE IS $2,800 PER MONTH.

THE $2,000 DIFFERENCE WILL BE PAID BY A SPONSOR.

2000 PER MONTH ISN'T A LOAN BY THE SPONSORS, THEREFORE, THE SPONSOR OR SPONSORS WILL NOT RECEIVE INTEREST PAYMENTS.

THE SCENARIO, THIS PROPOSAL BREAKS DOWN AS FOLLOWS, $2,800 PER MONTH, TWO THIRDS OR SIX 6.7%, WHICH IS 1000 EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN SIXTY IS SAVINGS GOES TO THE CLIENT IN THE FORM OF CREDITS, NOT DOLLARS.

TWO THIRDS OR THIRD.

OUR NON-REFUNDABLE FEES PER MONTH, THE CLIENT SAVINGS OF CREDITS IS 1,870.

60 TIMES 60 MONTHS EQUALS 112,066 IN CREDITS.

TIMES A THOUSAND UNITS OF HOUSING IN 60 MONTHS.

GIVE US 1,000,012, 112 MILLION.

SO $56,000.

EXCUSE ME, MR. HALLIBURTON.

NOT, I YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

ED EASTON, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS IT SO THAT WE CAN HEAR, UH, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US.

AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION.

RIGHT.

UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY, UH, PRETTY FOCUSED.

IF, I THINK IF YOU SHARE YOUR PROPOSAL WITH

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IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD WRAP UP FOR US, SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'RE MAKING.

WELL, HALLIBURTON GLOBAL INVESTMENT AND, UM, TEXAS HARMS ALLIANCE, THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HELP HELP THE HOMELESS NOW WITH A BUS PASS, REPLENISHABLE, AND WE ARE IN THE FUTURE, GOING TO GET INVOLVED WITH, UM, IT WON'T BE PERMANENT.

IT'LL BE TEMPORARY IN THE SENSE THAT AT SOME POINT WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS ON OUR OWN.

WE WILL NEED SUBSIDIZE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU A WAY OF ACCOMPLISHING THIS SYSTEM.

I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT, BUT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE A, A, UH, POLICY DISCUSSION AND DECISION FROM THE BOARD.

UHHUH.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK THROUGH THOROUGHLY AND HAVE OUR FINANCIAL TEAM LOOK THROUGH AND, AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND ENOUGH TO ANALYZE AND ASK QUESTIONS AND, AND, AND SEE WHAT THE BEST METHOD IS OR, OR WHAT, WHAT, UM, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE WANNA LOOK AT IT THOROUGHLY.

WE UNDERSTAND.

YES, SIR.

UM, AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A POLICY DECISION TODAY.

NO.

YOU'RE PRESENTING AN IDEA.

AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION SO WE CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND AND INVESTIGATE THE IDEA, RIGHT.

TALK ABOUT IT.

YES.

SO IT, LIKE I SAID, IT WOULDN'T BE CHARITY FOREVER.

IT'S, IT'S CHARITY NOW.

AND EVENTUALLY, UM, WE'LL BE ON OUR OWN.

SO IT'S YOUR HELP.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO PRESENT.

AND YES, I WOULD DEFINITELY HAND OUT, UH, IN DETAIL WHAT, WHAT I'M PROPOSING.

I UNDERSTAND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE FIDUCIARIES FOR, FOR THE COMPANY, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE IF ANDS BUTTS AND SOULS, RIGHT? YES.

SO IF YOU WOULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION, THEN WE WILL SEND IT TO THE, UH, PROPER, UH, TEAM MEMBERS.

DEFINITELY.

AND, AND I'M SURE WE WILL BE, UH, TALKING IN THE FUTURE.

WE, WE ARE HERE.

SAME TIME, SAME STATION.

EVERYBODY .

THIS IS ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPOSED NON, UH, NON-PAR TAKING OF APPROXIMATELY EIGHT ACRES OF PARK LAND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

ALL THANK YOU.

IS THERE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO ADDRESS THE BOARD WHO'S NOT SIGNED UP YET? ANYONE ELSE? I'LL ASK A THIRD TIME.

ANYONE ELSE? HEARING NONE? OKAY.

WE WILL MOVE, UH, MOVE FROM PUBLIC COMMENT TO OUR ONE ACTION ITEM FOR THE DAY.

AND, UH, MR. CARTWRIGHT, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD, I WILL READ THE ACTION ITEM AS YOU COME FORWARD.

UM,

[III.1. Approval of a resolution authorizing the proposed non-park taking of approximately 8 acres of parkland located at Walter E. Long Park, 6614 Blue Bluff Road, Austin, Texas 78724, also known as 7001 Decker Lane, Austin, Texas 78724, pursuant to Chapter 26 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, and authorizing all acts and proceedings done or initiated by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, its employees, agents and attorneys for the acquisition of the fee simple title interest in the referenced property by the process of eminent domain for the public purpose of the development and construction of the Expo Center Park and Ride to serve the MetroRapid Expo Center line.]

LOCATED AT WALTER ELONG PARK, 66 14 BLUE BLUFF ROAD, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78 7 24, ALSO KNOWN AS 7,001 DECKER LANE, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78,724.

UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE AND AUTHORIZING ALL ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS DONE ARE INITIATED BY THE CAP, UH, CAPITAL METRO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND ATTORNEYS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE FEE.

SIMPLE TITLE, INTEREST IN REFERENCED PROPERTY BY THE PROCESS OF IMMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXPO, CENTER, PARK AND RIDE TO SERVE THE METRO RAPID EXPO CENTER LINE.

TAKE IT AWAY, MR. GAR.

RIGHT.

GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU, UH, CHAIR PAVILION FOR INTRODUCING THAT ITEM.

GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CEO WATKINS.

I'M KEN CAR VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES, AND THIS IS A, UH, FOLLOW UP TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING THAT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 29TH ON THIS SAME TOPIC.

AS, AS YOU ARE AWARE, AND I'LL SHARE THESE SAME SLIDES FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, DEVELOPING THE, UH, EXPO CENTER RAPID LINE AS PART OF A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT.

AND THE, UH, NORTHERN TERMINUS OF THIS, UH, THIS LINE IS IN THE TRAVIS COUNTY EXPO PROPERTY, A PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND OUR GOAL REALLY HERE IS TO EXPAND OUR SERVICE TO THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF OUR SERVICE AREA, TO PROVIDE THAT AREA WITH FREQUENT 10 MINUTE SERVICE, UH, TO DOWNTOWN, CONNECTING MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES, UH, CENTERS ON THE WAY, INCLUDING THE MILLER DEVELOPMENT DECO ACTIVITY CENTER, UM, THE UT AND THE CAPITAL, AS WELL AS PROVIDING THAT CONNECTION OUT TO THE TRAVIS COUNTY EXPO CENTER.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO NOTE THAT, UH, THIS IS AN AREA, IF YOU'RE GOING UP, UH, LOYOLA, THE 2 33 OR THE 2 37, THOSE ARE PLACES THAT HAVE AN HOUR HEADWAY.

SO AN HOUR BETWEEN BUSES, UH, THIS WOULD, UH, HAVE A, UH, A BUS LEAVING A METRO RAPID, LEAVING EVERY 15 MINUTES COMING TOWARDS, UH,

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THE CITY.

CORRECT? RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT OUT.

QUITE BETTER.

VERY IMPORTANT POINT.

YES.

HUH.

THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SITE, UH, DECKER LANE IN THE FOREGROUND WITH COLONY LOOP DRIVE TO THE LEFT CARNIVAL, UH, DRIVE INTO THE EXPO PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT.

AND THE TRACK WE'RE SPEAKING OF IS RIGHT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION.

YOU CAN SEE THE TRAVIS COUNTY EXPO CENTER IN THE BACKGROUND THERE.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THAT SAME SITE, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT ACRES, JUST OVER EIGHT ACRES.

AND, UH, IT IS, UH, AS I MENTIONED, OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND LEAST A PORTION OF THE LEASE TO TRAVIS COUNTY FOR THE EXPO CENTER.

UM, THE, UH, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY FOR MANY MONTHS ON THIS PROPOSED PARK AND RIDE, AND ARE BOTH, ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS A, UH, SUITABLE USE FOR THAT PORTION OF THE TRACT AS WELL.

AND SO THE CITY HAS CONCURRED THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW CHAPTER 26 IN ORDER TO, UH, ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY THROUGH THE IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS.

AND OUR TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT.

UH, WE WILL FOLLOW THE UNIFORM, THE FEDERAL UNIFORM ACT ON THIS LAND ACQUISITION.

WE DID PROVIDE A FINAL OFFER TO THIS CITY BACK IN AUGUST, AND, UH, THEY HAVE IT FOR THEIR REVIEW.

UM, WE WILL BE USING PROJECT CONNECT LOCAL FUNDING TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY.

AND THE, UH, CITY, UH, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS ALREADY, UH, UH, AUTHORIZED THE REZONING OF THIS SITE.

CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THAT SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH, ZONING THIS PROPERTY NOW FOR PUBLIC USE.

SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE.

HERE'S SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE PLAN, UH, FOR THIS FACILITY.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE CENTER THERE, UH, BUS LOOP, EIGHT BUS BAYS WITH ELECTRIC CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR ELECTRIC FLEET.

INITIALLY 150 PARKING SPACES THAT WE COULD EXPAND.

UM, EVEN FURTHER BEYOND THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL HAVE CAMERAS, DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS, SHELTER FOR OUR PASSENGERS, AND, UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, THE CHARGING A AS WELL, AS I MENTIONED, THE, UH, CITY IS WORKING WITH US TO DESIGN A SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION THERE AT DECKER LANE.

AND, UH, SO IT'LL MAKE, UH, FOR SAFE AUTO AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS WITH THE, UH, SURROUNDING AREA HERE.

SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THIS.

WE'VE HAD THE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH ON BOTH THE EXPO LINE AS WELL AS THIS, UH, PARK AND RIGHTS, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING MEETING WITH THE, UH, UH, COLONY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AND, UH, OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 29TH WAS TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE SECTION 4 51 RELATED TO IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UH, CHAPTER 26 FOR PROTECTION OF PUBLIC PARKS AND REC RECREATIONAL LAND.

SINCE, UH, THIS LAND IS DESIGNATED AS PARK LAND BY THE CITY.

AND TODAY BEFORE YOU, IS THE RESOLUTION REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS, UM, AUTHORIZING US TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND, UH, OFFER THE, UH, FAIR MARKET VALUE, UM, IN THOSE OF NATION PROCEEDINGS.

AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY, MAY HAVE REGARDING THE PROJECT OR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ACQUISITION BOARD MEMBERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBER? COOPER, UH, KEN, JUST, UH, UH, TO CLARIFY, IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS THAT WOULD PREVENT US DOWN THE ROAD? JUST CURIOUS OF ENTERING AN AGREEMENT WITH SOMEBODY TO BUILD APARTMENTS ON TOP OF THAT PARKING GARAGE? UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLANNING ON SERVICE PARKING, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

UH, ASSUMING THAT WE WOULD, UH, GET THE CITY'S AUTHORIZATION FOR THAT NEED TO BE REZONED.

BUT YES, JUST IN TERMS OF THE WAY WE WOULD ACQUIRE IT THROUGH IMMINENT DOMAIN WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PRECLUDE US FROM ASSUMING WE GOT THE APPROPRIATE ZONING TO FIND A WAY TO DO A P THREE OR SOMETHING THERE TO, NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

UNLESS OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HAS A ALTERNATE OPINION REGARDING THAT, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR ON OUR TOES.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

, .

UM, I'D WANNA TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT THAT.

UM, THERE'S SOME CASE LAW OUT THERE THAT COULD IMPACT THAT.

IT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW FAR IN THE FUTURE I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND MY DISTANT LAWYER PASSED.

I KNOW THERE'S A PRIVATE, IF YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING, YOU'S GOTTA BE FOR A PUBLIC, NOT A PRIVATE PURPOSE, I THINK.

AND SO, YEAH, THE, THE NUANCES IN THE PRIMARILY PART OF, OF A PUBLIC PURPOSE, AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I LOOKED AT THE CASE LAW AND MY ASSUMPTION IS IT HAS CHANGED SINCE I LOOKED AT IT.

I JUST CURIOUS THAT IF YOU HAVE GOOD TRANSPORTATION TO DOWNTOWN AND LAND THAT'S NOT CRAZY EXPENSIVE, PERHAPS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING GROUP OR EVEN A PRIVATE GROUP TO, AND, AND I JUST WANT US TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT NOT FORECLOSING

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THAT OPTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES ANY SENSE, WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT IT? BUT, UM, HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS SITUATION, OUR ONLY OPTION, ITS CONDEMNATION BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS PARKLAND, SO IT'S RIGHT.

WE COULDN'T DO IT ANY OTHER WAY.

SO IT, IT'S POSSIBLE.

I'M JUST RAISING THE QUESTION.

SURE.

THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT IN CASE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.

CAUSE IT'D BE COOL TO HAVE HOUSES.

MM-HMM.

SURE.

MM-HMM.

, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I WOULD ALSO KNOW THERE ARE VACANT, UH, TRACKS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS SITE AS WELL.

PRIVATELY OWNED TRACKS, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.

YES.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, IN INTO THE FUTURE THERE MAY BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHANGES TO THE ETAT ORDINANCE ON THE CITY SIDE ARE IN PROCESS.

THEY HAVEN'T COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL YET, SO THAT'LL COME BACK SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.

SO ZONING AROUND THESE, UM, PARKING RIDES AND OTHER, UH, TODDS, YOU KNOW, OTHER, UM, STATIONS FOR THE RAIL IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, UH, FRONT AND CENTER FOR THE COUNCIL.

SO.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN SLIDE SIX, UH, WHICH IS THE PICTURE OF US ARE DOING, UH, YOU WANNA SHOW THAT SLIDE SIX.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SHOVEL TECHNIQUE HERE, YOUR CHAIR IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HIS, IS SHOVEL IN THE DIRT.

SO JUST, JUST WON'T POINT THAT OUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING.

SO, UM, ALRIGHT.

GETTING A JOB NOW.

I WAS JUST SAYING, UH, IS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE? UH, HEARING NONE, UH, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, TO, UM, GUESS WE, WE WOULD IS THIS, IS THIS ELIGIBLE FOR LET'S SAY, I GUESS THIS IS THE FINAL ACTION, SO THIS IS OUR FINAL ACTION.

SO WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

WHICH REALLY ONLY REQUIRES NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION, THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF PASSES REQUIRED, INTENDED RECIPIENTS, AND POST REPORTING ON PASSES DISTRIBUTED AND UNIQUE RECIPIENTS.

UM, MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, SARAH SECOND.

AND DID THAT OTHER GUY ASKING QUESTIONS.

HAVE HIM OKAY.

UH, BOARD MEMBER RENTER.

UH, ALRIGHT.

UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, UH UH, LET IT BE KNOWN YOUR SUPPORT BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

POSE.

SAME SIGN.

HEARING NONE, UH, THE CHAIR WILL MAKE THAT UNANIMOUS.

[IV.1. CapMetro & Transit Empowerment Fund Update]

RIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM, A SINGLE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.

IT'S AN UPDATE ON OUR TRANSIT EMPOWERMENT FUND AND, UH, AND SAM ALEXANDER IS HERE TO, UH, ENLIGHTEN US, RIGHT? PLEASE GO AHEAD.

GOOD.

ALMOST AFTERNOON, CHAIR TRAVION, VICE CHAIR, KITCHEN ACTING PRESIDENT, CEO WALK-INS.

I'M SAM ALEXANDER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXPERIENCE ENGAGEMENT FOR CAP METRO.

SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO GIVE Y'ALL AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE WITH THE TRANSIT EMPOWERMENT FUND.

SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK THROUGH OUR PROCESS WITH THE TRANSIT EMPOWERMENT FUND, NOT ONLY FOR THE LONG TERM PERMANENT SOLUTION THAT WILL HAPPEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AMP ACCOUNT BASED SYSTEM, BUT WHAT DO WE DO RIGHT NOW? SO WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR AN INTERIM SOLUTION FOR SOMETHING THAT GETS US KIND OF A GAP SOLUTION UNTIL WE GET TO EARLY NEXT YEAR.

SO THE TRANSIT EMPOWERMENT FUND HAS DEVELOPED AN EMERGENCY ABBREVIATED REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS.

I'D LIKE TO RUN Y'ALL THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHAT WE'RE ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS LOOK LIKE.

SO FIRST OF ALL, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A BRIDGE SOLUTION THAT WOULD GET US TO, UM, THE END OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS WHEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE BEGINNING OF THE AMP ACCOUNT BASED SYSTEM.

THE APPLICANTS THAT CAN APPLY FOR THIS EMERGENCY ABBREVIATED REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS ARE EITHER CURRENT OR FORMER TE RECIPIENTS.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT A TIMELINE MAPPED OUT HERE.

SO LAST WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, TE HOSTED A MEETING WITH ALL OF THE FORMER, UM, AND CURRENT RECIPIENTS.

THEY WERE ALL INVITED TO ATTEND A MEETING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THIS EMERGENCY ALLOTMENT LOOK LIKE, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? UM, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETING, THE EMERGENCY AND ABBREVIATED RFA OPENED.

UM, SO AGENCIES ARE ALREADY ABLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE PASSES NOW IT WILL CLOSE ON OCTOBER 20TH AND BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH, TE WILL CONFIRM PASS ALLOTMENTS WITH THE APPLICANTS.

UM, AND WE PLAN TO DO THOSE ALLOTMENTS WITH TEF AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.

SOMETHING YOU HEARD FROM A LOT OF OUR PROVIDERS WERE, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ABOUT HOW WE COULD IMPROVE THAT PROCESS, HOW WE COULD APPROVE IT IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IMMEDIATELY AS WELL.

UM, SINCE THESE ARE ALREADY, UH, SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE ENROLLED WITH TEF, WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PROVIDERS.

AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO AN ABBREVIATED APPLICATION WITH TEF,

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SO SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANNA POINT OUT IS THERE IS, THERE IS ANOTHER SERVICE THAT THIS WILL PROVIDE.

SO NOT ONLY ARE WE HELPING OUR SOCIAL SERVICE ENTITIES AND PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED ACCESS TO TRANSIT INTO TRANSPORTATION, WE WERE ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE UNMET NEED? AND THAT'S A BIG QUESTION.

AND RIGHT NOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, WE NEED MORE DATA.

SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT A LOT MORE DATA THAT WILL HELP TO ANSWER WHAT IS THE UNMET NEED.

SO THE PASSES WILL BE VALUED BY USAGE VERSUS PASS TYPE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT ACCOUNT BASED SYSTEM, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR CARD AND YOU'RE GONNA BE CHARGED AS YOU USE IT.

RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT ACTIVE.

SO WE ARE BEING CREATIVE AND WE'RE USING THE PASSES THAT WE DO HAVE IN EXISTENCE, ALMOST LIKE A PAY AS YOU GO CARD THROUGH THIS ALLOTMENT.

WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS THE TE FUNDS THAT TEF IS, UM, THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AS PART OF OUR BUDGET AND THAT THEY HAVE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS WELL.

IT'LL HELP THOSE FUNDS GO FURTHER BECAUSE INSTEAD OF BEING CHARGED UP FRONT FOR A 31 DAY PASS, IF THEY HAVE A RECIPIENT WHO GETS THAT 31 DAY PASS AND USES IT AS PAY AS YOU GO, LET'S SAY THEY USE IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES, WE'RE ACTUALLY ONLY CHARGING THE THREE OR FOUR TIME RATE, THE USAGE RATE VERSUS THE FULL COST OF THAT 31 DAY PASS.

IN TURN.

WHAT THAT TELLS US IS HOW OFTEN PEOPLE ARE REALLY USING THE PASSES.

AND THEN THAT WILL INFORM THE MORE LONG TERM DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE ABOUT HOW DO WE STRUCTURE TRANSIT EMPOWERMENT FUND, WHAT DOES THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE FUNDING LOOK LIKE? UM, CAP METRO WILL DO AN ASSESSMENT ON THE PAST SERIAL NUMBERS.

SO THROUGH THIS ALLOTMENT, ALL OF THOSE PASSES WILL HAVE A SERIAL NUMBER THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, SO THROUGH THIS ALLOTMENT X, Y, OR Z AGENCY HANDED OUT THIS MANY PASSES THAT WERE USED ON AVERAGE THIS MANY TIMES AND THAT WILL HELP INFORM, OKAY, WHAT WE CAN PLAN FOR FOR THE PERMANENT TEF PROGRAM AS WE INCORPORATE THE ACCOUNT BASED SOLUTION IS THAT PROBABLY THIS AGENCY'S GONNA SERVE A POPULATION THAT WILL USE IT THIS MANY TIMES, WHICH EQUATES TO OOPS TO THIS MUCH FUNDING.

UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE, THERE WOULDN'T BE FURTHER BOARD ACTION REQUIRED.

I THINK THAT WAS A, A QUESTION TOO.

AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THIS SOLUTION, UM, THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DO IT.

UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY KATHLEEN BERU WITH THE TRANSIT EMPOWERMENT FUND.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE HER UP HERE TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS FROM TRANSIT EMPOWERMENT FUND AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL.

UM, THANK YOU SAM AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE TRANSIT EMPOWERMENT FUND.

I'M THE CURRENT VICE CHAIR AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THE MEETINGS LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE PRIMARILY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING OF COURSE WITH THE CAT METRO TEAM, UM, AS WELL AS WITH THE NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THEIR NEEDS AND THAT ANY OF OUR PROVISION OF SERVICES IS ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT WORKS FOR THEM.

SO I THINK THIS HAS BEEN REALLY EDUCATIONAL FOR US ACROSS THE BOARD.

I'M REALLY GLAD TO, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND I'M DEFINITELY HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO CAT METRO'S GOALS AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

UH, ANY FURTHER, ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, FIRST OFF, LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU BOTH, UM, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED VERY, VERY QUICKLY, I MUST SAY IN WORKING TOWARDS A SOLUTION.

SO I KNOW I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M SURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH, UM, THE ADVOCATES ARE, ARE, ARE APPRECIATING IT ALSO.

SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS WORKS CUZ UH, BUT I JUST WANNA VERIFY THAT.

SO WE, CUZ WHAT WE, THE QUESTION WE HAD RAISED PREVIOUSLY WAS, WAS THERE GONNA BE A NEED FOR THE BOARD TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, A GAP? BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THE WAY THAT YOU ALL ARE HANDLING THIS NOW, THERE ISN'T A GAP.

UM, SO AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? YES, YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A GAP, UM, AND THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE OKAY.

TO MEET THE NEED.

AND SO DOES THAT MEAN, WELL WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS OFFLINE IF IT'S TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT, UM, I, I HAD EXPRESSED TO BE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT A 31 DAY PASS VERSUS A SEVEN DAY PASS VERSUS A ONE DAY PASS MM-HMM.

SO DOES THAT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THIS SCENARIO? IT DOES FOR OUR PROVIDERS.

SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR PROVIDERS, AND PLEASE IF YOU ADD ANY ADDITIONAL TO THIS AFTERWARDS, BUT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR PROVIDERS IS THEY STILL DO WANT, SOME OF THE PROVIDERS PREFER TO GET A SEVEN DAY PASS.

UM, CUZ IT ALSO ACTS AS A WAY TO BRING YOUR CLIENTS BACK TO YOU OKAY.

TO GET ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

SO, OKAY.

THERE IS STILL A WANT FOR SOME SEVEN DAY PASSES AND FOR SOME 31 DAY PASSES.

UM, SO WE'RE MAKING THAT OPTION AVAILABLE.

UM, TO HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AS WELL.

BUT THE WAY THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THEIR USAGE IS VERY SIMILAR

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ON THE BACK END.

SO IT'S IT'S BASICALLY IN, IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASKING YOU FOR.

CORRECT.

BUT, AND IT'S, AND IT WOULD NOT FUNCTION AS A LIMIT ON HOW MANY RIDES A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL COULD HAVE, RIGHT? YES.

BECAUSE I I I ASSUME THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, IF THEY ASK FOR SEVEN DAY PASSES, ARE GONNA ASK FOR ASK FOR SEVEN, ASK FOR ENOUGH SEVEN DAY PASSES TO GIVE IT EVERY SEVEN DAYS.

CORRECT? YES.

I JUST WANTED, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE TELLING ANY OF THE FOLKS THAT NEED A RIDE THAT WE'VE RUN OUT.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SURE.

BOARD MEMBER WITH, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.

I'M, I'M REALLY JUST, UM, IMPRESSED WITH THE SPEED THAT YOU WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE.

I, IT JUST REALLY AMAZES ME AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT ESPECIALLY THE BOARD'S DOING.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, UH, GARDNER, UH, TABBAN, UH, LED A AN EQUITY DISCUSSION, UH, YESTERDAY AND IT WAS, IT WAS DEALING WITH, UH, SOME OF THE TRANSITIONAL ISSUES MM-HMM.

SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, EACH OUR OUTREACH ISSUES FROM CHICAGO AND FROM NEW ORLEANS.

AND IF WE CAN GET A COPY OF THAT, I UNDERSTAND THEY TAPE THEM AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE.

NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE PERTINENT TO THIS CONVERSATION CAME UP IN THAT CONVERSATION.

SO YOU MIGHT, UM, USE THAT INFORMATION, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, AS ALWAYS.

IT'S OUTSTANDING AND, AND, UM, AND, UH, WE EXPECT A LOT OF YOU GUYS, SO, UH, AND, AND YOU ALWAYS DELIVERED QUESTION.

I'M SORRY, ONE LAST QUESTION.

SO GOING FORWARD, UM, WHAT DOES THE WORK OR THE PROCESS LOOK LIKE WITH THE GROUPS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON? IN OTHER WORDS, UH, IS IT, ARE, WILL YOU BE CONTINUING REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM AS YOU WORK ON THE LONGER TERM SOLUTION? OR DO YOU KNOW YET HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE STRUCTURED? YES.

SO LANDING ON THIS INTERIM SOLUTION, WHAT THAT REALLY PROVIDES IS SPACE AND TIME TO REALLY NAIL THE DETAILS FOR THAT LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

MM-HMM.

, YOU NOTICED WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED LIKE HMISS OR SOME OF THOSE BIGGER SOLUTIONS WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE PERMANENT PROGRAM.

WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO BRIDGE THAT GAP AND THEN FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON WHAT DOES THAT LONG-TERM PROGRAM LOOK LIKE, HOW DOES IT WORK WITH OUR PROVIDERS? AND REALLY TO LEARN FROM TF TOO, YOU KNOW, T'S HAD OBSERVATIONS MM-HMM.

OF WHAT'S WORKING BETTER FOR SOME PROVIDERS AND NOT, SO WE'LL HAVE TIME TO REALLY BUILD THAT OUT.

SO, SO YOU'LL CONTINUE WITH MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WERE, THAT RAISED THE CONCERN IN THE FIRST PLACE? YES.

ALL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? VP ALEXANDER, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

UH, THIS IS NOT GONNA REQUIRE A VOTE TODAY.

UH, BUT UM, I AM CERTAIN THAT WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS TOPIC AGAIN.

HAVE ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE WILL.

AND THANK Y'ALL FOR THE SUPPORT AND TO OUR TEAMS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM, THE TRANSIT EMPOWERMENT FUNDS, ALL THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO HAVE REALLY GIVEN US A LOT OF THEIR TIME AND RAW FEEDBACK.

UM, WE GOT HERE QUICKLY CUZ EVERYONE CAME TO THE TABLE.

UM, AND EDNA PARRA AND OUR TEAM WHO I KNOW IS SITTING IN THE BACK HERE, HAS REALLY BEEN MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE PULLED EVERYONE TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE, UM, WE, BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE

[II. Public Comment (Part 2 of 2)]

JESUS PENA GONZALEZ.

GOT THREE MINUTES, SIR.

GOOD DAY.

MY NAME IS JESUS KOPE PENA GONZALEZ.

I DIDN'T HAVE THAT ONE.

AND I'M A VOLUNTEER AT ONE OF OUR MANY CHURCHES AND I'M, I'VE BEEN HOMELESS FOR ABOUT A DECADE.

I AM NOW HOUSED AND I SEE SOME PROS.

I DO SEE SOME CONS AND I WANNA TALK TO THE PROS.

UH, RIGHT NOW INDIVIDUALS ARE GETTING IN LINE AT 6 45 JUST FOR BUS PASSES AND THEY DON'T START PASSING OUT BUS PASSES UNTIL EIGHT.

SO THEY'RE WAITING HOURS.

SO IN MY EXPERIENCE AS A VOLUNTEER WORKING, UH, OPENING THE GATES FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, THEY'RE GRUMPY AND VERY AGITATED AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR THEM SOMETIMES.

AND IT'S BEEN A RISK WHERE THERE'S BEEN FIGHTS AND SOMETIMES, UH, THE VOLUNTEERS GET, I GUESS

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SCARED OR HAVE YEAH.

SO THE PROS OF, UH, DOING THIS WILL BE MAKING IT SAFE FOR OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, UH, GIVE INDIVIDUALS, UM, A SENSE OF EASE KNOWING THAT THERE IS GONNA BE ENOUGH.

CUZ BEFORE THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH.

AND THE CONS, CUZ THERE ARE CONS, THEY MIGHT START USING THE BUSES TO SLEEP IN, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT ALREADY AND THEY GOT AN UNDERSTANDING.

WHEN YOU GET TO THAT IN THE LINE, YOU JUST HAVE TO GET OFF.

AND MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN I USED TO SLEEP ON THE BUS, I WAS GRUMPY, BUT NOW WHEN I FIGURED OUT IT WAS, UH, POLICY, I JUST WENT WITH IT.

AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND PRESENTING.

[V. Executive Session of Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code]

SO AT THIS POINT, UM, THE BOARD'S GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER CHAPTER 5 5 1 0.072 FOR DISCUSSION OF REAL ESTATE MATTERS REGARDING THE MACALA PLACE, LAND ACQUISITION AND FUTURE PROPERTY LEASES.

UH, THE TIME IS 1204 AND, UM, LET'S SEE, WE DON'T EXPECT TO CONDUCT ANY MORE BUSINESS WHEN WE COME BACK OUT, SO, UH, WE'LL REPORT WHAT WE DID WHEN WE WERE IN SESSION, BUT I DON'T EXPECT TO VOTE ON ANYTHING COMING OUT OF SESSION.

SO, UH, WE'LL STAND ADJOURN.

UM, SO WE ADJOURNED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AT 1240.

1240.

SO ARE WE WAITING ON HOW MANY WE NEED ONE MORE.

WELL, WE MIGHT NOT BE HAVING THIS MEETING AFTER.

YEAH, HE WAS, UH, HE WAS HERE ONE YET TO BE.