* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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          DAR, THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE MUTE AND UNMUTE BUTTON. 
          I THINK. 
          I JUST WANNA TAKE A DEEP BREATH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON 
          [Call to Order]
EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR VERY FIRST IN-PERSON A TP BOARD MEETING. 
          FOR MANY OF US, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE SEE EACH OTHER FACE TO FACE. 
          UM, AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, JUST A VERY SPECIAL DAY. 
          SO, UH, THE TIME IS TWO 10 AND I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          NOW WE HAVE A ACTUAL GAVEL THAT I DIDN'T HAVE AT THE, SO, UM, SO TODAY IS THE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS, UH, IN LIVE PERSON MEETING, NOT REMOTE MEETING ANYMORE OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. 
          I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          AND THE TIME IS AGAIN, TWO 11 MAY 19TH, 2021. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS TODAY FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT THOUGH, WE HAVE NO SPEAKER SIGNED UP. 
          SO WE 
          [II.1. Community Engagement and Involvement Update]
HAVE OUR FIRST MONTHLY PROGRAM UPDATE FROM, UM, JACKIE NUREMBERG. 
          WELCOME JACKIE. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON. 
          WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL IN PERSON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT, SAM. 
          OH, YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW. 
          UH, WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SOME GROUPS. 
          WE'RE DEVELOPING THESE WORKING GROUPS ALONG BOTH THE ORANGE LINE AND THE BLUE LINE, AND THE LINES HAVE BEEN SPLIT UP INTO GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC SECTIONS OR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING GROUPS. 
          UM, AND WE INVITE EVERYBODY LIVING, WORKING ALONG THE CORRIDORS, OR EVEN PEOPLE WHO JUST HAVE A SPECIFIC INTEREST IN AN AREA ALONG THE CORRIDOR, UM, TO SORT OF ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO, UM, COME ALONG WITH DEVELOPING THESE, THESE RAIL LINES. 
          WE HAVE OUR FIRST ONE FOR THE BLUE LINE NEXT WEEK. 
          WE DID AN EVERY DOOR DIRECT POSTCARD TO, UM, RESIDENTS WITHIN HALF MILE OF THE CORRIDOR. 
          AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INTERESTS ALREADY, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET STARTED AND, AND BRING THE GROUP ALONG WITH US ON THIS JOURNEY. 
          UM, SO THE ORANGE LINE IS SPLIT UP INTO THE NORTH LINE, WHICH IS THE TOP SECTION BETWEEN TECH RIDGE AND, UH, THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER. 
          THAT IS THE SECTION THAT WILL BE DE DEVELOPED LATER. 
          UM, THEN WE HAVE THE NORTH LAMAR, NORTH GUADALUPE, THE DRAG SOCO ST. 
          EDWARDS TO STANE, AND THEN THE SOUTH LINE, WHICH IS THAT, THAT LAST SECTION TO SLAUGHTER. 
          UM, AND THEN WITH THE BLUE LINE, WE HAVE THE SOUTH SHORE WORKING GROUP, EAST RIVERSIDE, UH, GROUP, THE METRO CENTER AND AIRPORT GROUP. 
          AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL HAVE A DOWNTOWN WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF BOTH THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINES DOWNTOWN. 
          AND A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          WE HAD OUR FIRST COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ON APRIL 26TH. 
          WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK ON MAY 26TH. 
          AND OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF WONDERFUL APPLICATIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING TO WORK WITH OUR BOARD. 
          UM, AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE SELECTIONS, UM, FOR YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 
          AND THAT'S MY REPORT. 
          IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER? ANY QUESTIONS FOR JACKIE? NO, I JUST, UH, I PARTICIPATED IN THE KICKOFF MEETING OF THE CAC THE FIRST MEETING, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO GET TO KNOW THE GROUP THAT WAS ELECTED. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE CITY AND EVERYBODY THAT PUT TOGETHER THAT COMMITTEE. 
          SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE DIVERSITY, THE ENTHUSIASM THAT EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES, AND HOW 
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WE REACH WITH OUR AMBASSADORS, A BIGGER NETWORK FOR OUR CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU, JACKIE. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, JACKIE. 
          OUR SECOND DISCUSSION 
          [II.2. Project Connect Technical Update]
ITEM IS THE MONTHLY PROJECT CONNECT TECHNICAL UPDATE. 
          MR. DAVE COUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GREAT TO BE HERE IN PERSON. 
          UH, WANNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE MONTHLY UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF PROJECT CONNECT. 
          ARE YOU CONTROLLING IT? OKAY, UH, AS WE GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, PRINCIPALLY FOCUSING RIGHT NOW ON THE BLUE AND THE ORANGE LINE, WE'VE ACHIEVED THE 15% DESIGN, UH, ON THE BLUE LINE. 
          UH, AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS, UH, THAT INCLUDES THE CITY AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, UH, REVIEWED WITH TDOT THE OTHER DAY. 
          FOR AREAS THAT ARE THERE, UH, WE'RE FINALIZING THE ORANGE LINE THAT COMES OUT NEXT. 
          THAT'LL BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND WE'LL SET UP THE SAME KIND OF COORDINATION, UH, AND REVIEW AND COMMENTS ON THAT. 
          WE CONTINUE TO DO BORINGS, UH, TO ENSURE WHAT THE GEOTECH IS FOR, THE ALIGNMENT FOR THE TUNNEL, UH, AND AS WE GO THROUGH AN ADVANCE TO THE 15% POINT. 
          AND THEN BEYOND, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE RIGHT OF WAY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE. 
          UH, WHAT TYPE OF IMPACTS COULD BE, UH, AND WHAT AMOUNT OF REAL ESTATE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING PIECES IN ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, UH, IS UTILITIES. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE UTILITIES RIGHT NOW, GOING AHEAD AND COORDINATING WITH ALL THE UTILITY SECTIONS WITHIN, UH, BASICALLY THE CITY. 
          UH, AND SO THAT'LL GET US TO A POINT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SEW WORK THAT WILL HAVE A VERY GOOD PICTURE OF WHAT'S THERE AND WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE RELOCATED OR ADJUSTED. 
          UH, COMPLETED THE WORK ON THE HERITAGE TREES ARCHEOLOGICAL AND SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          UH, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF THE GUIDEWAY, UH, THE WIDTHS, THE REQUIREMENTS, EVERYTHING FROM, UH, THE LANES TO THE STREET, UH, WIDTHS AND THE SIDEWALKS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, AS WE GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD, UH, WITH THE, BASICALLY THE EXPO IN PLEASANT VALLEY, UH, WE RECEIVE THE CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR THOSE TWO. 
          SO THAT COMPLETES THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS ON THOSE, UH, THAT IS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THOSE TWO LINES. 
          UH, SO WE'RE NOW READY TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, THE 30% DESIGN WILL START SHORTLY FOR THE OTHER TWO LINES. 
          IT'LL BE THIS SUMMER FOR THE GOLD LINE AND ALSO THE EXTENSION OF SOUTH LAMAR TO MANCHACA, UH, AND DOWN TO OAK HILL. 
          UH, AND WE ALSO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING READY TO FINALIZE AND SEND THE REQUEST TO FTA FOR ENTRY INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE LINE. 
          THE FIRST STEP IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, IF YOU WILL, UH, TO GO FORWARD IN THE CIG PROCESS, UH, IN THE PROCESS NOW OF FINISHING OFF THE AGREEMENT THAT'S THERE, UH, FOR THE STADIUM, UH, THE SOCCER STADIUM, THE STATION ADJACENT TO IT, UH, AND LOOK TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD IN MAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SHOWS THE BIG CHECK MARK, UH, OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          THIS IS THE DIAGRAM THAT WE'VE USED PREVIOUSLY, UH, FOR THE ORANGE LINE, UH, EXCUSE ME, PLEASANT VALLEY AND EXPO. 
          UH, IT'LL BE THE SAME THING AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE ACHIEVED THAT CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE REMAINDER, UH, OF THE SUMMER, UH, AND GET INTO THE WINTER, UH, PUTTING A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND BEFORE WE GET TO THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER 'EM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. COUCH. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? EXECUTIVE, UH, MEMBER BRANDY. 
          HI. 
          THANKS, CHAIR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT AND, UH, REALLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT DAVE MENTIONED FOR THE CATEGORY EXCLUSION, GETTING THE FTA APPROVAL, THAT IS A, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE. 
          I KNOW DAVE MENTIONED THE ORANGE LINE, AND HE'S A COUPLE YEARS AHEAD THERE, UH, ON THAT ONE, AND I KNOW HE'D LOVE THAT. 
          BUT, UM, I, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT TO THE BOARD HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UH, DAVE IS DAVE, UH, SOME MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM AND SOME OF OUR CONSULTING TEAM HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THAT, THAT STARTED, UH, ACTUALLY BEFORE THE A TP BOARD EVEN EXISTED. 
          AND I WANNA PERSONALLY, UH, DO A SHOUT OUT TO THE FTA. 
          THEY, THEY, THEY REALLY MOVED THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS IN A REALLY DELIBERATIVE WAY, UH, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP. 
          I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE REGIONAL OFFICE HERE IN, IN TEXAS THAT WORKS IN THE FT A. 
          SO THAT IS A BIG MILESTONE 'CAUSE WE'RE REALLY WORKING WITH URGENCY TO, TO DRIVE GREAT SERVICE, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST AND THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THOSE FIRST TWO UH, LINES. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE DAVE AND HIS TEAM FOR HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH THEY DID. 
          SO, THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE TO THAT. 
          UH, WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH 
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THE CITY. 
          UH, WITH EVERYTHING THAT ANIQUE HAS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, UH, IN HER GROUP THAT'S RAPIDLY EXPANDING. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GETTING DONE IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          UM, YOU SOUNDED SO MUCH BETTER WHEN YOU TOOK OFF YOUR MASK WHEN YOU TALKED , SO, YOU KNOW, I, UM, SHOULD I BE TAKING OFF MY MASK JUST SO IF PEOPLE CAN READ MY LIPS AS, AS WE CONNECT THROUGH OR SURE. 
          UM, AND THEN I'LL PUT IT BACK ON, BUT I KNOW WE'RE ALL KIND OF JUST FIGURING THINGS OUT TOGETHER. 
          UH, NEXT 
          [II.3. Administrative Update]
WE HAVE, UH, MR. GREG CANAL, AND HE'S GONNA GIVE US SOME ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES, AS WITH JULIANA HARRIS. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. 
          MADAM VICE CHAIR, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'M GREG CANAL, CFO, AND CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR A TP. 
          SO, REALLY JUST WANTED TO DO A, A CHECK IN. 
          UH, I KNOW IT SEEMS ONLY YESTERDAY WE WERE DOING THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR WE'RE IN, BUT WE ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO TODAY WAS REALLY JUST LAY OUT THE TOP LINE, UH, SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FY UH, 2022 BUDGET. 
          UM, SO TODAY, JUST GOING OVER THE CALENDAR, UM, NEXT MONTH IN, AND SORRY, IN, IN, IN JUNE, WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS AROUND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES TO LAY A FRAMEWORK OUT FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          THIS IS GENERALLY A, A, A KIND OF A TYPICAL BEST PRACTICE IN, IN A GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO GO FORWARD AND LAY OUT KIND OF A LOG A A BIG PICTURE, UH, PROCESS AROUND BOTH OF THOSE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ASSUMPTIONS. 
          WE'LL THEN KIND OF SCURRY BACK TO OUR OFFICES AND KEEP WORKING ON BUDGET. 
          UM, AND IN AUGUST, WE WOULD BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR A PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND AT THIS. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE TO SCHEDULE A TIME TO BE IN FRONT OF THE FINANCE AND RISK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, ONCE THAT IS ESTABLISHED. 
          UM, AND THEN BETWEEN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, UM, AFTER THAT PROPOSED PRESENTATION, WE WOULD BACK IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE FORMAL ADOPTION, UH, BY THE BOARD, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THE BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND AS A REMINDER, OUR FISCAL YEAR, UH, STARTS ON OCTOBER 1ST FOR THE FOLLOWING 12 MONTHS. 
          SO AGAIN, TODAY I JUST WANTED TO LAY OUT, UM, THIS IS A KEY COMPONENT OF, OF, OF THE BOARD. 
          AND, UH, AS WE LOOK AHEAD AND, AND WANTED TO DO A, 'CAUSE A QUICK CHECK-IN WITH THE BOARD, UH, HERE IN MAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JULIANA. 
          OH, AND I CAN INTRODUCE JULIANA. 
          UM, UH, JULIANA IS OUR, UM, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND BUSINESS PARTNER, AND SHE IS GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE STAFFING UPDATES THAT WE HAVE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CASTRO BOARD MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK. 
          AGAIN, MY NAME IS JULIANA HARRIS. 
          I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CAPITAL METRO FAMILY FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS, WHICH HAVE BEEN, WHICH INCLUDE EIGHT YEARS AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE WITH CAPITAL METRO. 
          AND IN FEBRUARY, I JOINED THE A TP FAMILY. 
          AS YOU, IF YOU TAKE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR HIRING AND RECRUITMENT EX HAS EXTENSIVE AND DIVERSE EXPERIENCE IN MIND. 
          WE HAVE BEEN RECRUITING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE LOCATIONS, AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE HIRED AND ARE CONTINUING TO HIRE ENCOMPASSES OVER 561 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT NON-PROFIT AND PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE THAT COMES OUT OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE OUTLINED THERE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THESE SAME HIRES HAVE OVER 280 YEARS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT EXPERIENCE. 
          WE ARE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE DIVERSITY. 
          YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR MOST RECENT HIRES. 
          AND NOT ONLY DO THEY REPRESENT DIVERSITY, THEY REPRESENT AND ARE PART OF THAT EXPERIENCE THAT I SPOKE OF THE, UH, WITH THE TRANSIT EXPERIENCE. 
          AND I WILL ALLOW YOU TO THERE. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          AND THESE ARE FOUR OTHERS. 
          WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE OUTLINED HERE THAT HAVE BEEN SECONDED FROM CAPITAL METRO TO A TP. 
          AND I AM A FOURTH . 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE I OUTLINED HERE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE JULY START DATES, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AND CONTINUING TO RECRUIT. 
          AND AT THAT POINT, I AM FINISHED WITH MY SLIDES. 
          THANK YOU, MS. HARRIS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, FOR MEMBER ELKINS. 
          UH, JULIANA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          JUST TO COMMENT, UM, IT'S REALLY REFRESHING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS HIRING UPDATE. 
          I, I KNOW AND THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT HIRING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST RISKS THAT THE A TP HAS. 
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AND TO SEE SUCH GREAT PROGRESS, THE DIVERSITY OF THE EXPERIENCE AROUND THE COUNTRY IS, I THINK TERRIFIC. 
          AND IT, IT HELPS MOVE THIS PROGRAM ALONG. 
          SO I THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. BURNETT. 
          TONY WAS FASTER ON THE RED BUTTON THAN I WAS. 
          UM, I, UM, TRULY COMMEND, I KNOW A LOT OF WORK AND EFFORT HAD TO GO IN THIS, AND I REALLY COMMEND THE STAFF ON THAT. 
          UM, IT'S REFLECTED, I'M IMPRESSED BY THE 561 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT AND 280 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          SO THAT, UM, SHOWS DIVERSITY IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
          THOUGHT, GENDER, RACE, EVERYTHING. 
          SO, UM, LET'S JUST KEEP THAT AS OUR MANTRA AS WE CONTINUE. 
          LET'S NOT REST, KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL AND KEEP IT, IT GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION WITH THAT SAME AMOUNT OF EFFORT. 
          BECAUSE CASEY AND I HAD TALKED, WHEN YOU HAVE THE WHEEL, YOU'LL FIND THE WAY. 
          SO I REALLY COMMEND THE STAFF ON FINDING THE WHEEL. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M GONNA BE FASTER THAN TONY NEXT TIME. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE JUDGE BURNETT AND CHAIR, I, I JUST WANT TO, TO COMPLIMENT AS WELL AND JUST, JUST KIND OF DOVETAIL ON THAT. 
          I, I AM IMPRESSED BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE HERE, I, AND, AND KUDOS TO, TO THE TEAM FOR, UM, SHALL I SAY, STEALING AWAY SOME OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IT LOOKS LIKE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE. 
          WHICH, WHICH I BELIEVE WE ARE BUILDING OUR, OUR INTENT AT LEAST. 
          I, I WANT US TO SEE, AND I'VE HEARD ALL OF US SAY THIS BEFORE, BUT BUILDING THE, THE NEXT GENERATION, UH, TRANSIT SYSTEM SECOND TO NONE. 
          THAT, THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, A, A BEACON OF LIGHT AND A MODEL, NOT JUST NATIONALLY, BUT INTERNATIONALLY. 
          IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PULL TALENT FROM, FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT IS ALSO A NO SMALL PART TO, TO, UH, AND A CREDIT TO OUR LEADERSHIP, UH, THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT, THAT WE HAVE ALSO WITH, WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
          I, I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO RANDY TOO. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW HE'S GOT A FAIRLY, SOME FAIRLY DEEP CONTACTS ALL ACROSS THE INDUSTRY, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED SPEAKING FROM THE CAP METRO PERSPECTIVE AS A CAP METRO BOARD MEMBER, UH, WITH, WITH HIS EXPERIENCE THERE AND THE CONTACTS THAT HE'S HAD. 
          UH, AND ALSO JUST, JUST WANNA SAY TOO THAT, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE GOT FOLKS LIKE YOU WHO ARE, UH, COMING FROM, UH, THAT ARE COMING LOCALLY. 
          SO, UH, I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT WE'RE GOING TO, TO LOSE THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT MAKES THIS SO UNIQUE. 
          THAT IS WHAT IS AUSTIN. 
          AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS DIVERSE BENCH OF REALLY EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH 280 YEARS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT EXPERIENCE, BUT NOT LOSING WHAT IS GOING TO BE AND HAS BEEN WHAT IS SO UNIQUE AND SPECIAL ABOUT AUSTIN. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO PUT INTO THIS AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOOD THINGS FROM IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, UM, MAYOR LER, I THINK IT IS GREAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          I DO NOTICE YOU'RE TAKING A LOT OF THE SUPERSTARS FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN , JUST SAYING YOU NEED TO LEAVE US A FEW PEOPLE TO RUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL. 
          , ARE YOU COUNTING YOURSELF, MR. MAYOR? NO, I KNOW I NOT SAY ANYTHING. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MS. HARRIS. 
          UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IN, IN FILLING SOME OF THE POSITIONS? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO HELP OR DO YOU NEED TO, UH, WE NEED TO ASK THE BOARD FOR YOUR, AS YOU NEED OUR ASSISTANCE? ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I AM EXPERIENCING IS THAT IT IS A VERY TIGHT MARKET OKAY. 
          AND HAVE, UH, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES. 
          WE HAVE VERY SENIOR TYPE ROLES. 
          WE HAVE EXPERIENCE LEVELS THAT WE WANT. 
          AND SO THAT IS ONE, I CAN SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO ADDITIONAL SOURCING, AND THE CAPITAL METRO TEAM WILL BE ASSISTING WITH THAT. 
          THE PEOPLE AND CULTURE TEAM WILL BE ASSISTING WITH SOME OF THAT. 
          I WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO USE MY NETWORK AND WHERE I COULD USE YOUR ASSISTANCE WOULD BE ANY PART OF YOUR NETWORK THAT YOU HAVE AND CONTEXT THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH ME OKAY. 
          SO THAT I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          AND I SECOND EVERYTHING THAT THE, MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID. 
          I THINK IT'S A COMMENDABLE EFFORT AND IT, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN SEAMLESS PROGRAM COME TO LIFE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? COMMENTS? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          I, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO NOW 
          [III.1. Approval of the minutes from the April 21, 2021 board meeting.]
WE'RE MOVING TO THE THIRD PART OF OUR AGENDA. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO OUR, THROUGH OUR ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST ACTION ITEM TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR 
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APRIL 21ST MEETING, 19 20, 20 21. 
          EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MEETING MINUTES, AND IF SO, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ACTION. 
          ITEM NUMBER ONE. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOTION BY DR. BURNETT, SECOND BY MAYOR ADLER. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL NOW. 
          AND, UM, AGAIN, VICE CHAIR DR. BURNETT. 
          YAY. 
          BOARD MEMBER STRATHAM A FEELING SHOULD ABSTAIN SINCE I WASN'T ACTUALLY PRESENT AT THAT MEETING. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          UH, MAYOR RADLER. 
          YES. 
          AND BOARD MEMBER ELKINS? YES. 
          UH, THE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED, UH, AND MY BOARD, UH, MY VOTE AS WELL IS AYE. 
          AND SO IT PASSES, UH, FOUR WITH PUBLIC BOARD MEMBER, UH, STRATTON, UM, EXCUSING. 
          WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO WE SAY? ABSTAIN. 
          ABSTAIN. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          SO THE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 
          UM, SO 
          [III.2. Approval of the Austin Transit Partnership Board Procedures Policy.]
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE APPROVAL OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES POLICY. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, CASEY BORAK, UH, OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, SHE WILL PROVIDE US WITH SOME BACKGROUND ON OUR POLICY AND, UM, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          AND IT'S EXCITING TO BE HERE IN PERSON. 
          UM, MY FIRST OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING IN PERSON, UM,  EVER. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, ESSENTIALLY THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, UM, KIND OF ROLL A FEW DIFFERENT ITEMS INTO ONE DOCUMENT JUST FOR EASE OF USE AND INCLUDING GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES, HOW WE CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, BOARD SERVICE, THOSE THINGS THAT REALLY ARE REFLECTIVE OF, UM, THE BYLAWS AND THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, TEXAS LAW REQUIREMENTS AND HOW THE BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR APPOINTED SECRETARY, UM, MEETING PROCEDURES. 
          AND, UM, AND THEN SECOND IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURES, WHICH ARE ALSO IN THIS DOCUMENT, UM, THAT, THAT COMPLIMENT THE, I MEAN, THEY REFLECT REALLY THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING TO DATE AND, AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PHONE IN, TO MAKE COMMENTS EVEN AS WE GO INTO PERSON, UH, MEETINGS IN PERSON. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY THE BOARD TRAVEL POLICIES, WHICH IS REALLY JUST KIND OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF HOW, UM, AS OPPORTUNITIES DO COME UP, UM, AS WE OPEN BACK UP AS A SOCIETY TO GO TO CONFERENCES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN HELP FUND THOSE FOR, FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS AND JUST THE PO PROCEDURES FOR HOW TO GET THAT APPROVAL. 
          AND THAT'S IT, ESSENTIALLY. 
          THANK YOU, MS. UH, BORAK, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OH, BOARD MEMBER BURKIN, JUST ONE QUESTION. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, DO YOU ENVISION THAT THESE, UM, POLICIES WOULD BE, UH, UPDATED PERIODICALLY? WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCEDURE FOR UPDATING THEM AS THINGS CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM? YEAH, SURE. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE IN COMMUNICATION IF, IF THE PROCEDURES AREN'T WORKING AS WE ACTUALLY PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADOPT REVISIONS AS A BOARD, OR YOU ALL WILL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO MORE QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO LET'S, UM, IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION FOR ADOPTING ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          SO MOVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBER STRATTON. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBER ELKINS SECONDS. 
          UM, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          UH, VICE CHAIR, DR. BURNETT, OR A, OR NAY AYE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR ADLER. 
          AYE, UH, BOARD MEMBER ELKINS. 
          YES. 
          BOARD MEMBER STRATTON AYE. 
          AND MY VOTE IS ALSO, AYE. 
          SO ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          MOVING ON TO 
          [IV.1. Project Connect Blue Line Alignment Review]
DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HEAR, UH, FROM OUR TEAMMATES ABOUT THE, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE BLUE LINE ALIGNMENT WITH MR. JOHN RONE AND PETER MULLEN, AND, UH, AS WE ENTER THIS IMPORTANT PHASE OF THE PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 
          UM, WE HEAD TOWARD COMPLETION OF THE 15% ASSIGNED THIS SUMMER, SO WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND DIRECTORS. 
          UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU IN PERSON. 
          MY NAME'S JOHN ROWAN. 
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I'M THE PROGRAM, UH, OFF DEPUTY PROGRAM OFFICER FOR AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND TODAY I HAVE PETER MULLEN, OUR CHIEF OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN THAT WILL PROVIDE A REVIEW OF THE BLUE LINE, UH, PROJECT FOR YOU. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS A PROGRAM SCHEDULE THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SEEING THAT OUTLINES THE OVERALL PROGRAM FOR PROJECT CONNECT. 
          AT THE TOP ARE THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE LINE ALIGNMENTS THAT SHOW THE PLANNING PHASES FINAL DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE PROJECTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE ALIGNMENT BRIEFING SEQUENCE, UH, THAT WE WILL PROVIDE TO YOU CONSISTS TODAY FOR THE BLUE LINE ONLY FROM THE AIRPORT TO LADY BIRD LAKE. 
          NEXT MONTH WE WILL BRING TO YOU A, A REVIEW OF THE ORANGE LINE, AND IN JULY WE WILL BRIEF YOU AND A REVIEW OF THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE FROM GOVERNMENT CENTER TO DOWNTOWN AND SOCO. 
          ALSO, AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, WE WILL HAVE, UH, THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WILL BE AT THE END OF JULY, UH, THAT WE WILL CONDUCT AS A PART OF OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE PROJECTS OVERALL TIMELINE, AS SHOWN WALKS YOU THROUGH A PROCESS OF WHERE WE HAVE A POINT FROM THE REFERENDUM THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS, AS WELL AS WHEN WE WOULD PROJECT TO RECEIVE ENTRY INTO ENGINEERING OUR DESIGN AND CONTRACTING PROCUREMENT AWARDS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING FOR THE VEHICLE. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, EXECUTED FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT AS WELL AS THEN THE STAFFING AND TRAINING COMMISSIONING THAT'S NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM FOR REVENUE SERVICE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY MILESTONES FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE. 
          CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE IS, IS REVIEWING, UH, THE 15% FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. 
          SO WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND COMPLETE THAT IN THE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR. 
          WE WILL ALSO SUBMIT THE LETTERS FOR ENTRY, UH, FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TO THE FTA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE SPRING, UH, FOR 30% DESIGN AND COMPLETE, UH, OUR PROCESS FOR THE DRAFT, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT IN THE SPRING THROUGH THE SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          THEN WE WILL RECEIVE OUR INITIAL FTA RATING, AND WE WILL COMPLETE OUR 30% DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE FOR BOTH THE ORANGE AND A BLUE LINE IN SUMMER OF 2022. 
          THEN WE WILL END, UH, THE EIS AND THE 30% DESIGN COMMENT PHASE AND WINTER OF 2022. 
          WE ANTICIPATE THE COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, AS WELL AS RECEIPT OF THE RECORD OF DECISION FROM THE FTA, THE BLUE LINE ALIGNMENT OVERVIEW MAP THAT WE SHOW TO YOU WILL BE WHAT WE WILL WALK THROUGH, UH, TODAY, BEGINNING FROM THE AIRPORT. 
          AND, UH, PETER, UH, WILL TRANSITION TO BEGIN A PROCESS WHERE WE WALK THROUGH, UH, SOME INITIAL ELEMENTS OF WHAT THE STATION CONCEPTS WILL BE, DIFFERENT AMENITIES AT THE, UH, STATIONS, THE THINGS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER FOR ROADWAYS FOR BIKE AND PED, UH, AND, UH, TREES AND LANDSCAPING. 
          SO, PETER, THANK YOU JOHN. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBERS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 
          UM, SO I'M GONNA, AS JOHN SAID, I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY BLUE LINE ALIGNMENT, UM, FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE LAKE. 
          UM, THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY, RIGHT? SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST PASS AT DESCRIBING WHAT THE BLUE LINE, UM, WILL LOOK LIKE AS IT MOVES TO THE CITY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING, WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO THE PUBLIC NOW, UM, IN ORDER TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          AND SO THAT WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND WE CAN LOOP THAT BACK INTO THE DESIGN AS THE DESIGN MOVES FORWARD. 
          UM, I WANT TO JUST, THIS SLIDE IS AN IMPORTANT FRAME, I THINK WITH, WITH WHICH, UH, TO SEE THE BLUE LINE ALIGNMENT AND WE WILL APPLY TO THE ORANGE LINE AS WELL, UM, BUT REALLY INFORMS HOW WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH OUR WORK, RIGHT? THIS IS A, THIS IS REALLY A HOLISTIC DESIGN PROCESS. 
          UM, PART OF IT IS ABOUT, AND AN IMPORTANT PART OBVIOUSLY IS ABOUT LAYING OUT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE TRACKS AND THE GUIDEWAY FOR THE, FOR THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM. 
          UM, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO REIMAGINING THE STREET, UM, ALONG THIS SORT OF IDEA ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, A SMP. 
          UH, IT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, SPACES FOR TREES, UM, SPACES FOR PEDESTRIANS, SPACES FOR BICYCLES, UM, INTEGRATED, UM, MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC LANES. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT HOW TO INTEGRATE THIS SYSTEM, AND THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT. 
          THIS IS A SYSTEM 
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INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY IN A SEAMLESS WAY SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SEAMLESS ACCESS TO MOBILITY. 
          AND THAT'S THE REALLY THE GOAL THAT WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, PURSUING THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS. 
          NEXT, UM, A COUPLE OF PRINCIPLES THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT INFORM, UM, HOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED STATION LOCATIONS ALONG THE ALIGNMENT. 
          WE HAVE EIGHT STATIONS BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND THE LAKE. 
          UM, AND THESE ARE THREE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT. 
          UM, ONE IS JUST MAXIMIZING CONNECTIVITY TO THE REST OF THE MOBILITY AND TRANSIT NETWORK. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A SYSTEM WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL WORKING TOGETHER AS A SYSTEM. 
          UM, THE SECOND IS BALANCING SPEED OF THE SYSTEM WITH THE CONVENIENCE OF STATION LOCATIONS. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE SORT OF LOCATING STATIONS BETWEEN A HALF MILE AND A MILE APART FROM ONE ANOTHER SO THAT WE ACHIEVE THAT, AGAIN, DESIRED ACCESS TO STATIONS, BUT ALSO THEY'RE AT THE, THE RIGHT FREQUENCY TO ALLOW FOR THE OVERALL SYSTEM TO, TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY. 
          UM, AND THOSE HALF THOSE CIRCLES THAT YOU SEE ARE ESSENTIALLY 10 MINUTE WALKING RADII WITHIN THAT, THOSE HALF MINUTE CIRCLES, UM, TO SHOW HOW THOSE STATIONS CAN BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND WE'LL SEE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND THEN THE THIRD IS IDENTIFYING PLACES WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE, RIGHT? WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AS ACCESSIBLE AND MEANINGFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO LOOKING AT HIGH DENSITY, UM, HIGH ACTIVITY CORRIDORS, UM, AND LOCATIONS WHERE IT MAKES MOST SENSE TO HAVE, UM, TRANSIT NODES AND, AND MULTIMODAL NODES. 
          NODES. 
          OKAY, NEXT. 
          UM, THIS IS ALSO ABOUT CONSTRAINTS, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN IS NOT A FLAT CITY. 
          UH, AND AS A RESULT, MOST OF OUR ROADS ARE, ARE, MANY OF THEM ARE NOT STRAIGHT, AND THAT CERTAINLY APPLIES TO RIVERSIDE. 
          SO THAT DOES IMPOSE SOME CONSTRAINTS ON WHERE WE CAN, UH, LOCATE STATIONS. 
          UM, STATIONS WANT TO BE FLAT, UM, FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BUT ACCESSIBILITY BEING A BIG ONE OF THOSE. 
          AND THEY ALSO WANT TO BE ON STRAIGHT SECTIONS OF ROAD. 
          UM, IF YOU'RE ON A CURVED ROAD, THEN YOU HAVE LOTS OF PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF HOW TO MANAGE THAT CURVE RELATIVE TO DOOR ACCESS, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UM, STRAIGHT AND FLAT, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES AS WE LOCATE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ALIGNMENT. 
          NEXT. 
          UH, AND THE OTHER THING TO TO POINT OUT IS THAT, UH, I THINK THIS IS A SYSTEM, RIGHT? AND IT, AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CITY, UM, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW DO WE ADAPT IT TO THE SPECIFIC CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITES THAT THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS AERIAL PHOTO, THE OVERALL ALIGNMENT FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE LAKE, HOW VARIED IT IS FROM THE LARGE SCALE CONTEXT OF THE AIRPORT, UM, TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, LARGELY NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRAVIS HEIGHTS. 
          AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING KIND OF IN BETWEEN. 
          SO I THINK THE, THE SYSTEM AND THE LOCATION OF STATIONS, ET CETERA, IS AS WE LAY IT OUT, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, RESPOND TO THOSE CONTEXTS AS WE MOVE THROUGH NEXT. 
          OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH, THERE ARE SORT OF THREE BASIC SECTIONS, ACTUALLY, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE, SORRY. 
          THREE BASIC AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT THE, THE ALIGNMENT BREAKS DOWN INTO. 
          ONE IS THE, THE SECTION BETWEEN AIRPORT AND SH 71. 
          UM, THE NEXT IS FROM 71 TO THE INTERSECTION WITH PLEASANT VALLEY, AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT NODE, UH, AND THEN PLEASANT VALLEY TO THE LAKE. 
          SO NEXT, OKAY, SO THE FIRST ONE, THIS IS JUST A DIAGRAM. 
          WE HAVE TWO STATIONS IN THIS SECTION. 
          ONE AT THE AIRPORT AND ONE IN THE, UM, WHAT WE'RE CALLING METRO CENTER, BUT BASICALLY IN THE AREA, UM, BETWEEN 70 OR AROUND, UH, 71 AND 180 3 NEXT. 
          AND THIS IS AN ARROW OF VIEW TO SEE THAT CONTEXT. 
          ONE THING TO POINT OUT, UM, WHERE YOU SEE THE ALIGNMENT IN ORANGE, UM, THAT REFLECTS AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE, UH, WHERE YOU SEE THEM BLUE, THAT'S AN ACT GRADE STRUCTURE. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THAT REPEATING THROUGH THE ALIGNMENT. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE, THE LINE, STARTING WITH THE AIRPORT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF YOUR SLIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, UM, BASICALLY TERMINATES THE BLUE LINE TERMINATES AT THE AIRPORT TERMINAL, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. 
          RUNS, UM, AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE AIRPORT ALONG 71, UM, CUTS BACK TO CROSS 180 3. 
          AND THEN, UM, HEADS DOWN RIVERSIDE STARTING TO THE, GOING TO THE WEST NEXT. 
          UM, SOME DETAILED, UH, LAYOUTS OF THE ALIGNMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE ARE VERY PRELIMINARY, I JUST WANT TO KEEP POINTING THAT OUT. 
          UM, THE, THE TWO COLOR LINES THAT YOU SEE REPRESENT ESSENTIALLY THE CENTER OF THE TWO TRACKS THAT WE'LL BE LAYING OUT. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BLUE RECTANGLE IS ESSENTIALLY THE, THE LOCATION, PROPOSED LOCATION RIGHT NOW OF THE AIRPORT STATION. 
          UM, IN BETWEEN THE TWO EXISTING, UH, PARKING GARAGES, REALLY VERY CLOSE TO THE TERMINAL. 
          SO REALLY EXCITING, UM, OPPORTUNITY, I THINK TO HAVE A SINGLE RIDE FROM THE AIRPORT ALL THE WAY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE AGAIN, IT CONNECTS TO THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. 
          UM, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THERE YOU CAN SEE A, A RENDERING OF HOW THAT STATION MIGHT LOOK. 
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UH, AGAIN, ELEVATED STRUCTURE COMING IN AT A LEVEL BASICALLY TO PROVIDE THE, THE MOST SEAMLESS ACCESS TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT TERMINAL. 
          I SHOULD SAY THAT THIS IS BOTH FOR TOURISTS, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANTLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE AIRPORT. 
          THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE AIRPORT FOR WHOM THIS NEW MOBILITY CORRIDOR WILL BE, UM, REALLY A, A DAILY LIFELINE NEXT. 
          OKAY, SO MOVING WEST, WE, UH, CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE AIRPORT AND, UM, REMEMBER IT STARTS ELEVATED, COMES BACK DOWN MOSTLY TO BASICALLY GET UNDERNEATH THE AIRPORT, UH, SORT OF FLY CORRIDOR. 
          UH, AND THEN WHEN IT APPROACHES, 180 3 BECOMES, UH, RISES UP ELEVATED STRUCTURE TO GET ACROSS 180 3 AND THEN COMES BACK DOWN, UM, IN THAT SECTION BETWEEN 180 3 AND 71. 
          AND IN THIS LOCATION WE HAVE, WE ARE PLANNING FOR A STATION. 
          UM, WE ARE CONSIDERING THREE OPTIONS FOR THE LOCATION OF THE STATION. 
          UM, ONE IS AGAIN TO THE SORT OF THE EASTERN OPTION. 
          THIS IS DESIGN OPTION ONE, WHICH IS CLOSER TO 180 3, GO TO THE NEXT, UM, ONE, WHICH IS THE, THE MIDDLE OPTION, WHICH IS STILL BETWEEN 71 AND 180 3, BUT CLOSER TO 71. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF 71. 
          UM, GO TO THE NEXT, UM, 71 IS JUST OFF THE SCREEN TO THE, TO THE RIGHT. 
          UM, AND SO MORE LOCATED IN THE, UM, EMERGING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD JUST WEST OF 71. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING ALL THREE OPTIONS. 
          AND THIS IS AN AREA, OBVIOUSLY WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO GET FEEDBACK AND, AND TO, UM, MEASURE THE VARIOUS CONSTRAINTS AND, AND OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE OPTIONS. 
          SO MOVING WEST, UH, TO THE SECTIONS IS REALLY THE HEART OF, OF EAST RIVERSIDE BETWEEN, UH, PLEASANT VALLEY AND 71. 
          AND WE PASSED THROUGH THE, THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND HAVE THE PHARAOH STATION. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE'RE, WE'VE PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE RIVERSIDE STATION AT THE INTERSECTION WITH PLEASANT VALLEY. 
          UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE STATION NAMES ARE PRELIMINARY AND DRAFT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL NAMES ARE I THINK, SUBJECT TO, UM, COMMUNITY INPUT AND CHANGE. 
          NEXT, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE, THE PHYSICAL CONTEXT OF THIS STRETCH OF RIVERSIDE. 
          YOU CAN SEE IT'S A MIX OF, UM, SINGLE FAMILY, SOME COMMERCIAL, UM, AND THEN A GROWING NUMBER OF, OF MULTIFAMILY, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE WALK ALONG THAT THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE CORRIDOR IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I THINK, UM, IS, WILL BE SERVED WELL SERVED BY THE, THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR RUNNING ALONG RIVERSIDE. 
          UH, NEXT, UM, OKAY, SO MOVING WEST, UM, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY GET FROM, UH, 71, UH, WE PASS THROUGH, UM, A COUPLE OF STREETS. 
          WHAT ARE THE STREETS THERE? UM, BASICALLY WE, WE CROSS, SORRY, LET ME CATCH, OH, WE APPROACH, UH, SORRY ABOUT THAT, UH, LAWRENCE AND VARGAS. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. 
          UM, AND THEN MOVING WEST, WE ARRIVE AT THE, THE NEXT STATION, WHICH IS THE MONTOPOLIS STATION. 
          UM, AND THIS IS CURRENTLY IMAGINED AS A CENTER PLATFORM STATION. 
          JOHN, DO YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ALIGNMENT? THANK YOU, PETER. 
          SURE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THI THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THERE'S CENTER PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT. 
          IT'S A TYPICAL LAYOUT FOR A CENTER PLATFORM. 
          THIS IS OUR PREFERRED, UH, LAYOUT, UH, FOR THE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ALIGNMENT. 
          IT DOES ALLOW FOR THE, UH, CUSTOMER INTERFACE AND, AND ACCESS TO THE STATION FROM THE STREET WITH THE ROADWAYS ON EITHER SIDE. 
          IN THESE CASES, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ARE ACCESS, ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS IN, IN CASES LIKE THIS, THROUGHOUT THE ALIGNMENT WE HAVE, UH, THE, THE REAL ESTATE, UH, THAT, THAT COULD BE IMPACTED. 
          AND SO WE WORK TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THOSE. 
          IN THIS CASE, WHAT YOU COULD SEE IS THE TRACKS HAVE TO WIDEN TO GO AROUND, UH, THE CENTER PLATFORM AND WHAT WE SHOW YOU EARLIER IN THE CONCEPT SHOWED A, UH, A SIDE PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT THAT WAS A SPLIT PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT. 
          AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          THIS ALSO ALLOWS FOR US TO SAVE COST AS FAR AS AMENITIES, TICKET, VENDING MACHINES, WINDSCREENS, CANOPIES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL, PETER. 
          GREAT, THANKS. 
          OKAY, SO CONTINUING WEST FROM THE MONTOPOLIS, UH, STATION, UM, WE, IN ABOUT HALF A MILE, THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE REACH THE PHARAOH STATION, UM, WHICH HAS, YOU KNOW, GREAT ACCESS TO A NUMBER OF FACILITIES. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING IT, BUT ALSO IN BAY ELEMENTARY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS A BLOCK AWAY. 
          UM, KEEP IT GOING WEST. 
          UM, WE PASS CROSSING PLACE AND APPROACH, UH, WICKERSHAM. 
          UM, AND THEN NEXT, UH, WE GET TO THE VERY IMPORTANT INTERSECTION WITH PLEASANT VALLEY. 
          UM, 
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WE ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING HERE, UH, A REALIGNMENT OF THE TRAFFIC LANES TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS LARGE MEDIAN, UM, AT THE INTERSECTION, UM, WITH THE TRANSIT WAY AND THE GUIDEWAY ON THE, UH, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MEDIAN. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE GONNA WANT A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S SUCH, IT'S REALLY A CRITICAL NODE, UM, WITHIN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY CONNECTING WITH THE, UM, THE PLEASANT VALLEY METRO RAPID LINE, UH, CURRENTLY PLANNED. 
          I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE TRANSIT TO REALLY DEFINE A PLACE, UM, PROXIMITY TO, TO SOME OTHER MAJOR COMMUNITY HUBS IS, IS IMPORTANT HERE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS LARGE MEDIA IN THE CENTER, I THINK WE CAN CREATE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE SIGNATURE MOMENTS ALONG THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. 
          NEXT. 
          OKAY, MOVING, CONTINUING WEST, WE MOVE INTO THE, UM, SORT OF THE, THE LAKESHORE TO, TO LADY BIRD LAKE SECTION. 
          UM, AGAIN, AS WE GET CLOSER TO, UH, DOWNTOWN, WE START TO SEE THE, THE PHYSICAL FABRIC, UH, EVOLVING A BIT. 
          UM, NEXT, UM, AGAIN, YOU SEE THE PLEASANT VALLEY, UH, INTERSECTION, THE STATION LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE ARE THREE ADDITIONAL STATIONS ALONG THIS SECTION. 
          AGAIN, EACH ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE APART FROM ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO THE SPACING IS WORKING OUT NICELY THERE. 
          UM, MOVING WEST, UH, YOU KNOW, WE PASS OUT OF THE, THE PLEASANT VALLEY INTERSECTION AND WE DO HAVE A, A CROSSING THERE CONTINUING WEST TO, UH, THE INTERSECTION WITH LAKESHORE. 
          OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENED HERE RECENTLY, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. 
          WE'RE SEEING THAT CONTINUING. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT'S GONNA GET A LOT OF USAGE. 
          UM, JOHN, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT, THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE SIDE PLATFORM CONFIGURATIONS, MAYBE JOHN, YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH THAT. 
          THANK YOU, PETER. 
          UH, THIS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE TYPICAL LAYOUT OF A SIDE PLATFORM. 
          UH, THE SAME TYPE OF FOCUS AS FAR AS ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCESS TO AND FROM, UH, THE PLATFORM. 
          THE KEY ELEMENT HERE IS THAT THE TRACKS REMAIN CLOSE TOGETHER. 
          UH, THE FOOTPRINT, UH, ACTUALLY IS LARGER, UH, TYPICALLY THAN THE CENTER PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT. 
          SO WHAT WE LOOK AT IS THE, UM, THE ALIGNMENT AND WHERE WE MAY HAVE SOME BENEFITS, UH, FROM HAVING TO WIDEN THE TRACKS FOR CENTER PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT. 
          THIS ALLOWS YOU, UH, TO KEEP THOSE TRACKS TOGETHER. 
          TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE, UH, FOR, FOR BOTH CENTER INSIDE PLATFORMS, THE LENGTH IS APPROXIMATELY 400 FOOT. 
          UH, THE WIDTH OF THE CENTER PLATFORM IS APPROXIMATELY 20 FOOT. 
          FOR THE SIDE PLATFORMS, EACH OF THOSE RANGE FROM APPROXIMATELY 13 FEET TO 16 FEET. 
          SO, SO YOU HAVE A LARGER FOOTPRINT, BUT YOU ARE ALSO COORDINATING THE ROADWAYS, THE NUMBER OF LANES, LEFT TURN LANES, AND THEN HOW YOU CONTROL THE PEDE, PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE, UM, FLOW AROUND THE STATION. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          SO YOU CAN GET, YOU CAN BEGIN TO GET A SENSE OF THE, THE CONSTRAINTS INVOLVED AND, AND HOW WE ADAPT THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON, ON THE CONTEXT. 
          UM, MOVING WEST, UH, AS WE GET CLOSER TO I 35, UM, AGAIN, INCREASING DENSITY OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. 
          CO CONTINUING WEST, WE CROSS I 35. 
          UM, THIS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION TO THE FUTURE. 
          I 35 AND WE HAVE A, A STATION JUST TO THE WEST, UM, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TRAVIS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD. 
          UM, THE TRAVIS HEIGHTS STATION. 
          UM, THIS, YOU'LL SEE SECTION OF RIVERSIDE IS PARTICULARLY CURVY, BOTH HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY. 
          UM, SO PARTICULAR CHALLENGE TO WEAVE THE, UM, THE, THE GUIDEWAY THROUGH. 
          UM, BUT THE TEAM IS, IS, IS FIGURE OUT WHAT THE, IS GONNA BE REQUIRED TO DO THAT NEXT. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE CURVES AS IT AS IT APPROACHES, UH, DOWNTOWN NEXT, UM, CONTINUING WEST PAST, UH, THE RIVERWALK CONDOS AND THEN THE NEWER WATERMARK, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NEXT. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO, UM, ESSENTIALLY NEAR THE, THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN SITE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UM, THE GUIDEWAY MAKES A RIGHT TURN, UM, TO BASICALLY START, ITS, ITS, UM, APPROACH TO THE LAKE, UM, AND THE CROSSING OF THE LAKE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A, A STATION, UM, ON THAT AFTER THAT RIGHT TURN, WHICH IS IMAGINED RIGHT NOW AS A, UH, SPLIT PLATFORM STATION SIDE, PLATFORM STATION. 
          UM, AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AROUND THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A COORDINATED, UH, SYSTEM BOTH FOR TRANSIT AND FOR, UM, PUBLIC USE. 
          NEXT. 
          SO AT THIS LOCATION, AS WE APPROACH THE WATER, UM, THE GUIDEWAY WILL ELEVATE, UM, ONTO A BRIDGE. 
          AND, UM, THIS I THINK IS A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY, UM, BOTH, UH, TO CREATE SOME MEANINGFUL ARCHITECTURE. 
          UH, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE ARE IMAGINING THAT THIS BRIDGE WILL NOT JUST CARRY, UH, 
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THE, THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, BUT ALSO HAVE FACILITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES. 
          UH, AND SO THIS WILL BE A, A REALLY A VITAL, UM, MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR CROSSING THE LAKE. 
          UM, AND THEN AS IT APPROACHES, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE WILL THEN ENTER INTO THE PORTAL FOR THE DOWNTOWN SUBWAY AND THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL SYSTEM. 
          UM, SO THAT'S THE ALIGNMENT, UM, AS WE SEE IT. 
          AND, UM, JUST TO COME BACK TO THE SCHEDULE AGAIN, WE ARE IN A DRAFT 15% DESIGN PHASE, SO THIS IS PRELIMINARY, BUT, UM, WE'RE STAYING ON SCHEDULE TO MEET OUR, OUR OVERALL PROJECT DEADLINES. 
          SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ROWAN AND MR. MULLEN, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES, MS. VCA, UM, WELL FIRST THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE BLUE LINE IS VERY EXCITING TO ME. 
          UM, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BOSTON AND I LIVED ON THE BLUE LINE IN BOSTON. 
          UM, IT WAS REALLY JUST AN ESSENTIAL CONNECTION FOR OUR CITY, NOT ONLY TO THE AIRPORT AND TO AVIATION, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          UM, I'M, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM OUR, UH, AIRPORT DIRECTOR LAST WEEK ABOUT THE RECOVERY OF THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, THIS IS JUST REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, MS. VCA. 
          ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENT? KINS? I THINK MY GLASSES BLEW OFF. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I TOO, GREW UP IN BOSTON AND WENT ON THE BLUE LINE AS WELL. 
          WHAT IS IT ABOUT BLUE LINES IN AIRPORTS? BUT, UH, I USED TO GO TO THE AIRPORT. 
          UH, FORTUNATELY I DIDN'T GO TO SUFFOLK DOWNS, WHICH WAS THE RACETRACK. 
          I WAS TOO YOUNG TO DO THAT, . 
          BUT, UM, ANYHOW, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION FROM BOTH OF YOU. 
          IT REALLY IS GREAT TO SEE THESE SLIDES. 
          IT MAKES THIS PROJECT, THIS PROGRAM LOOK REAL. 
          UM, SO IT, UM, IT IS A GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS. 
          MY QUESTION JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE STATION LOCATION PRINCIPLES, WHICH, WHICH I THOUGHT MADE A LOT OF SENSE, BUT KIND OF A BROAD QUESTION, NOT SO MUCH JUST FOR THIS LINE, BUT ALL THE LINES. 
          WHAT IS THE KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT LAST MILE? YOU KNOW, UH, UH, BIKES, UBERS SCOOTERS IN TERMS OF STATIONS, AND ALSO THE CONCEPT OF PARK AND RIDES. 
          AND I KNOW PARK RIDES ARE CHALLENGING 'CAUSE YOU GOTTA GET RIGHT AWAY. 
          I LIVE IN CRESTVIEW. 
          I LOVE TO USE THE RED LINE. 
          IT'S JUST CHALLENGING. 
          THERE'S NO WAY TO GET THERE. 
          AND, AND YEAH, IF WE HAD LOTS OF MONEY AND LOTS OF RIGHT AWAY, WE'D PUT PARK AND RIDES EVERYWHERE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE REAL TRUE TEST OF A TRANSIT SYSTEM IS RIDERSHIP, RIGHT? WE'RE BUILDING THIS 'CAUSE WE WANT RIDERSHIP AND WE WANNA GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS SO THAT WE DON'T CLOG THE STREETS AND GET 'EM USING OUR TERRIFIC ORANGE AND BLUE LINES. 
          WHAT'S THE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? SO, SO THAT, THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH AND WORKING WITH THE CITY, IDENTIFYING THE EXISTING TRAILS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT LAST MILE CONNECTION FOR THE, UH, CYCLISTS AS WELL AS FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT'S LOOKING AT THAT, THAT, UM, MILE TO HALF MILE AREA, UH, THAT, THAT SURROUNDS THE STATION, NOT ONLY FROM A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, SO YOU THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT, UH, DESTINATIONS THAT OUR CUSTOMERS WILL BE WANTING TO GET TO AND COMING FROM. 
          AND SO YOU CONSIDER THE AMENITIES THAT ARE LOCATED ALONG THE STATION AS WELL FOR THAT, FOR PARKING, UH, ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT WOULD BE NOT ONLY FOR OUR BUSES, UH, TO, UM, UH, TO, TO ALLOW THE PASS PASSENGERS TO REALLY, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND MAKE THAT CONNECTION TIMELY. 
          AND WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A DIFFERENT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, OR WHETHER IT IS FOR, UH, A PEDESTRIAN THAT'S WALKING ON FOOT, UH, THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT MAKES, UH, IT ACCESSIBLE AND CONVENIENT FOR THEM. 
          WE WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY FITS INTO THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWS SOMEONE THAT'S EITHER WALKING UP TO A STATION, CYCLING, UH, BEING DROPPED OFF BY A VEHICLE OR A BUS, UH, TO GET TO AND FROM EASILY. 
          SO WE DON'T WANT THAT GAP, RIGHT, UH, OF A SIDEWALK, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE THERE, UH, FOR OUR STATION. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE COORDINATE WITH THE CITY, WITH THE DEVELOPERS, UH, THROUGHOUT, FOR EACH OF THE STATION LOCATIONS TO ENSURE WE HAVE THOSE AMENITIES THAT ARE THERE. 
          YEAH, I, I THINK IT'S, UH, ON THE SUBJECT OF PARK AND RIDES, UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM PLAN IMAGINES A PARK AND RIDE IN THAT SORT OF METRO CENTER VICINITY, YOU KNOW, 70, 71, 180 3, I'M SORRY, I KIND OF ZOOMED OVER THAT. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL AND MAY ALSO INFLUENCE THE STATION LOCATION IN THAT LOCATION. 
          SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GREAT POINT BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS ONE COMPONENT OF A FULL SYSTEM AND THE 
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SYSTEM HAS TO WORK AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST IN PART. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF I CAN, I, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE THOUGHTS THAT STAFF POINT OF VIEW, WHICH SHOULD BE, UM, HOLISTICALLY THE BUS SYSTEM WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO GET REANALYZED AND TWEAKED AS THESE NEW LINES COME INTO PLACE. 
          SO A GOOD EXAMPLE, THE 8 0 1 BUS OF TODAY WILL NOT BE THE 8 0 1 BUS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THE ORANGE LINE AND THE 20 ROUTE THAT RUNS ON RIVERSIDE WILL NOT BE THE 20 'CAUSE IT'S THE BLUE LINE. 
          SO WE'LL BE REORGANIZE IN THE BUS SYSTEM TO CREATE MORE OF THOSE NETWORK KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS. 
          SECONDARILY, WE HAVE OUR METRO BIKE PROGRAM THAT WE DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO ELECTRIFY THAT AND TURN THAT INTO A MUCH LARGER FOOTPRINT ACROSS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT PROVIDES MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EVERYONE, AGAIN, TO PETER SAID THE SYSTEM APPROACH. 
          BUT LASTLY, I THINK, I THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS AS WE GROW AS A CITY IS, UH, WHILE PARK AND RIDES ARE GONNA BE REALLY VALUABLE IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, TERM I, OR, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL JUNCTURES, AS PETER SAID OVER BY EXCESS 71 AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, UM, BOARD MEMBER GROWING UP IN BOSTON, MOST STATIONS ACTUALLY HAVE NO PARKING BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE STATIONS ARE KIND OF THE TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITY FOCUS, RIGHT? SO THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE INTEGRATED TO THE COMMUNITY, SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT STATION, SO THE BUS NETWORK OR THE RAIL SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK JOHN MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN WITH THE CITY PARTNERS, BUT ALSO DEVELOPERS SO WE CAN GET AS MANY PEOPLE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEMS THEMSELVES THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MR. CLARK AND NOW BOARD MEMBER COLLETTE, UHHUH. 
          . 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATED THE PRESENTATION. 
          I COULD, AND ESPECIALLY THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WENT INTO IT. 
          IT'S VERY CLEAR AND EVIDENT IN THINKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE BLUE LINE. 
          I LIVED IN DC FOR A LONG TIME, THAT GOES INTO THE AIRPORT IN WASHINGTON DC AS WELL. 
          I'M ALMOST SURE OF THAT. 
          UM, IN NATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE AIRPORT. 
          ARE WE FAIRLY SURE, I REALIZE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS, THAT'S THE LOCATION AND HOW FAR WALKING IS THAT IS A PERSON THAT LOWS, THAT UBER IS 10 MILES AWAY WITH LUGGAGE. 
          LIKE IS IT A TWO MINUTE WALK, A THREE MINUTE WALK OR SO? SO, UM, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STATE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY NOW WALK THROUGH ACROSS THAT CONCOURSE THROUGH THE OLD PARKING GARAGES MM-HMM . 
          AND YOU GO TO THE NEW PARKING GARAGES WHERE YOU NOW PICK UP AN UBER LYFT, RIGHT? THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE THE STATION WILL BE LOCATED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S LIKE THREE FIVE MINUTE WALK AND, AND THEN THE, AND THE LONG RANGE MASTER PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT, THE IDEA IS TO ACTUALLY DEMOLISH THAT THE OLDER PARKING GARAGE AND EXTEND THE TERMINAL CLOSER TO THOSE PARKING GARAGES. 
          SO OVER TIME, THE TERMINAL ACTUALLY WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE STATION. 
          I MEAN, THEY'LL MOVE TOGETHER, SO, OKAY. 
          YEAH, AND I, I, I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE, AND A TIME HAS PASSED SINCE THAT TIME, JUST TO BE SURE TIME HAS PASSED SINCE THAT TIME, TIME HAS PASSED SINCE I ASKED THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, ARE WE IN CONCERT WITH TDOT WITH THE I 35, LIKE WITH THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THINGS GO BOOM VERY EASILY. 
          UH, I CAN SAY YES, WE ARE, UH, WE MET WITH THEM YESTERDAY, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON ALL OF THE AREAS THAT WE INTERFACE, UH, WITH TI 35 IS ONE THAT, THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT. 
          AND, AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE, THE LANES, UH, AND THE IMPACT TO ANY OF THE LANES IS WHAT WE FOCUS ON. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, DR. BURNETT. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBER, UM, STRATA ARE WE, UH, THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE, AGAIN, APPRECIATE THIS. 
          I WAS WAITING FOR THE, I I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO US GETTING THE VIRTUAL REALITY TOUR WHEN WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG ON ALL OF THIS. 
          UM, UH, BOARD MEMBER ELKINS KIND OF HIT ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, STOLE MY THUNDER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS KIND OF, UH, WANTING TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT IS, UH, FUNDAMENTALLY, LIKE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT METRO CENTER, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE MIGHT BE THREE POTENTIAL SITING LOCATIONS AND YOU'RE STILL KIND OF NOODLING AROUND THE IDEA OF, OF WHERE THAT MIGHT SIT VERSUS AS WE'RE GOING ALONG DOWN THAT LINE, YOU'RE, YOU, YOU SEEM PRETTY CERTAIN ABOUT, UH, THAT YOU KNOW, WHERE EACH POTENTIAL STATION IS GOING TO BE BEYOND THAT POINT. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, THE AIRPORT, IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE, MAYBE FLESH OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT SORT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE PRINCIPLES AS WE'RE GOING ALONG, SORT OF WHAT, WHAT MAKES, WHAT MAKES Y'ALL AS STAFF AS YOU'RE STUDYING THIS? UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, I GUESS MORE CERTAIN ABOUT THE DESIGN AND LOCATION SIGHTING OF CERTAIN STATIONS NOW IN THIS PROCESS VERSUS, UH, OTHER ONES 
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AND HOW THAT'S GONNA KIND OF FLESH OUT AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG THE PROCESS, REALIZING WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY FIF WE'RE NOT EVEN OFFICIALLY 15% INTO THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, COUPLE THINGS. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU ZOOM OUT TO THE MAP THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE VOTERS APPROVED STATION LOCATIONS REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED FROM WHAT, FROM THAT MAP. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FULFILL THE MAP AND JUST DRILL DOWN TO A GREATER LEVEL OF DETAIL. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT THOSE, THOSE THREE PRINCIPLES THAT WE SHOWED, YOU KNOW, THEY TEND TO BE THE CONTROLLING THINGS AS WELL AS I WILL REALLY THIS CURVED AND FLAT ISSUE, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY ON RIVERSIDE. 
          THERE AREN'T THAT MANY LOCATIONS THAT FIT, THAT ARE BOTH CURVE STRAIGHT, FLAT AND FIT THAT SPACING CRITERIA. 
          SO IT KIND OF ALMOST JUST IS SELF-EVIDENT WHERE THE STATIONS WANT TO BE. 
          UM, THEY ALSO HAPPEN TO BE, I MEAN, THEY'RE SORT OF CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE A STATION. 
          LIKE WE KNOW WE'VE GOTTA HAVE ONE AT THAT INTERSECTION WITH PLEASANT VALLEY BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT NODE AND BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION TO THE METRO RABBIT LINE. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF, YOU KIND OF PUT ALL THOSE FACTORS INTO THE, INTO THE STEW. 
          AND I WILL SAY IN, IN MANY CASES THE ANSWER IS KIND OF SELF-EVIDENT. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THE EXCEPTIONS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WE POINT OUT WITH WHERE WE HAVE THESE OPTIONS, LIKE AT THE METRO CENTER AREA, WHERE I THINK BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH AT PLAY THERE AND BECAUSE OF SOMETHING LIKE WANTING TO LOCATE A PARK AND RIDE IN THAT VICINITY, THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME, SOME VARIABLES TO STUDY AND THAT WOULD INFLUENCE THE, UM, THE LOCATION OF THE, OF A STATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ONE THING I'LL NOTE JUST KIND OF DRILLING DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO, TO THE LINE ITSELF AND TO THE LOCATION IJI JUST DID WAS SITTING HERE KIND OF DOING A QUICK CALCULATION, UM, A CC RIVERSIDE BEING A A A, A LARGE, UH, A HIGHER EDUCATION AREA. 
          AND IN GENERAL, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT ALONG THAT RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR, A HUGE, UH, A SECTION OF, UM, UH, RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS. 
          A LOT OF THEM ARE CO THEY TEND TO BE YOUNGER IN COLLEGE, COLLEGE AGE, UH, FOLK THAT ARE DOWN THERE. 
          UM, IT, IT, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE YOU'VE, AT LEAST FROM, FROM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT, THAT, AT LEAST LOOKING AT MY, MY MATH ON MY PHONE, THAT A CC RIVERSIDE IS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE TO THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF BOTH THE MONTOPOLIS AND THE PHARAOH STATION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IS NOT, IS NOT BAD. 
          I MEAN, THAT, THAT, THAT'S, IT'S NOT NEXT DOOR TO IT. 
          YOU DON'T HOP RIGHT OUT AND GET THERE, BUT THAT WAS NEVER WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          AND BACK TO, TO, UM, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK'S POINT, I, I THINK THAT WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF CLOSE THAT IN SOME WAYS WITH SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, BY, BY LOOKING AT CAP METRO, LOOKING AT THE BUS ROUTES, AND ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE LAST MILE OPTIONS SUCH AS THE, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE E-BIKES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THAT'S, SO I, I FOR ONE, LIKE REALLY LOVE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING HERE AND, AND, AND LIKE WHAT THE, THE TIME, ENERGY AND EFFORT AND, AND HONESTLY AM, AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT YOU ALREADY ARE THIS FAR ALONG THIS QUICKLY. 
          I, I I, I THINK THAT KIND OF, IT, IT KIND OF GETS LOST ON SOME PEOPLE HOW BIG THIS IS. 
          BUT JUST TO SEE, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT TIMELINE, IT SEEMS SO ABSTRACT. 
          AND THEN YOU'RE SITTING HERE PRESENTING, WELL, LOOK, THIS IS IT, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND Y Y'ALL, AND, AND YOU GOT, HOW LONG HAVE Y'ALL BEEN HERE NOW? WHEN DID YOU GET HIRED ON AND OFFICIALLY START? MARCH. 
          MARCH. 
          AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY PUT THIS TOGETHER. 
          SO GREAT JOB IN SIX KUDOS ROUND THE WAY IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT AND, AND, AND DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO MR. CLARK, MR. COUCH AND, AND FOR LEADING THE TEAMS THAT WERE ON BOARD PRIOR TO US IN, IN GETTING TO THIS POINT. 
          A LOT OF WORK HAS OCCURRED, YOU KNOW, SINCE MARCH. 
          UH, SINCE NOVEMBER, RIGHT. 
          BUT, BUT REALLY THE, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. 
          AND, AND YES, WHILE IT, IT SEEMS VERY, UH, FAST PACED, ACTUALLY, THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD THIS IS, THIS IS THE NORMAL PACE FOR THEM, UH, GOING THROUGH THIS NEPA PROCESS. 
          AND, AND I'LL SAY, THERE'S PLENTY LEFT TO DO, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE LOTS OF PROGRESS AND WE KNOW SOME THINGS, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WHICH, WE'LL, MORE THAN 85% AT THIS POINT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, , THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR ATLER, YOU HAVE A QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT REPORT TOO, AND SEEING THE PICTURES OF IT DOES MAKE IT SEEM MORE REAL. 
          UH, AND, AND, AND THAT PART GETS, GETS, GETS REAL EXCITING. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE BRIDGE GOING ACROSS THE RIVER, UH, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT. 
          I'M NOT SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ICONIC VISUAL PART OF THIS PROJECT. 
          IT WILL BE A SIGNATURE MORE THAN THAT, UH, BEING DOWNTOWN. 
          AND I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THIS AND SHARE THIS AND HAVE THE EXCITEMENT RISE, BECAUSE GOODNESS KNOWS WHEN WE ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET IT DONE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT KIND OF CAPITAL IN THE, IN THE, IN 
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THE BANK. 
          BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE IT HAPPENING AND HAPPENING FAST. 
          UH, TWO REAL QUICK THOUGHTS. 
          FIRST IS I'M MISSING SOME OF THE MORE DRAMATIC SCREENSHOT, UH, SCREEN BACKGROUNDS THAT WE HAD IN, IN, IN ZOOM ON OUR PRIOR MEETINGS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE PLACES I'M ALREADY GETTING PHONE CALLS, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, FROM PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ABOUT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT, AS WE WILL HAVE LATER. 
          BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE THAT SPEAKS TO THAT ISSUE, EVEN AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL SO THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT, KNOW THAT IT'S A BIG PART OF, OF WHAT WE'LL BE DEALING WITH IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION. 
          EVEN IF, JUST TO HAVE THAT MENTION TO SAY, WE'RE AWARE IT'S GONNA BE REALLY DISRUPTIVE AND WE'RE REALLY GONNA FOCUS ON MITIGATION. 
          UH, THAT WOULD AT LEAST GIVE ME AND MY OFFICE SOMEPLACE TO SEND PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. 
          I THINK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST TO ADD IN RESPONSE TO THAT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD IN, IN, UH, JACKIE'S REPORT ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THE WORKING GROUPS. 
          UM, AND THE GOAL, PART OF THE REASON WHY WE, THOSE ARE SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE ALSO A FOCAL POINT WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, ON SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS. 
          SO ESTABLISHING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS NOW, BUILDING THAT TRUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME IN ANTICIPATION OF THOSE IMPACTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD DR. BURNETT NEXT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE GINA MAYOR ALER MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING, BUT ALSO I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE I WAS GOING ON THE TRAIN RIDE WITH YOU, PETER. 
          UM, AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT WE STOPPED IN BETWEEN WATERFRONT AND RAINY, LIKE WE DIDN'T FINISH THE RIDE. 
          SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING ANIMATED ON THE WEBSITE, MAKE SOMETHING REALLY FUN, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE AWARE OF HOW DISRUPTIVE IT WOULD, THAT WOULD GIVE SOMETHING, SOMETHING VERY VISUAL FOR PEOPLE TO ATTACH THEMSELVES TO. 
          AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY ACROSS THE, THE ENTERPRISE, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE MOBILITY OUTCOME. 
          UM, AND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT HOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT INTEGRATING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WITH THE AIRPORT, BUT ALSO ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. 
          SO I WANT JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBER ELKINS. 
          I, I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT. 
          THE MAYOR, MAYOR ADLER MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK IS, IS RELEVANT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AS WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE VERY DISRUPTIVE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, AND I THINK A LITTLE BIT MAYBE MORE ON THE ORANGE LINE THAN BLUE LINE, IS RETAIL, RIGHT? PARTICULARLY AS WE GO DOWN SOUTH CONGRESS. 
          SO I KNOW THAT'S IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MITIGATE THE IMPACT TO RETAIL AS WE DO THIS CONSTRUCTION? WE DON'T NEED AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND MAYBE PUT ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT I WILL ALSO SAY, I THINK WE'RE ALREADY SEEING HOW THE SYSTEM CAN ACTUALLY MAYBE BE AN ENHANCEMENT, RIGHT? TO GROUND FLOOR RETAIL AROUND SOME OF THESE STATION NODES. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T DUNNO WHO MENTIONED ABOUT TOTALLY, I'M, I'M REFERRING TO CONSTRUCTION. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT TOTALLY AGREE. 
          TOTALLY AGREE. 
          GOT GREAT. 
          GOOD POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY MORE THOUGHTS? UM, I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT TO SHARE ABOUT, UM, THE CENTER PLATFORM VERSUS THE SIDE PLATFORMS. IN BOTH OF THOSE CASES, WE ARE ASKING THE USERS TO CROSS TRAFFIC, RIGHT? SO MY, MY CONCERN HERE AND SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT IS GONNA GET INTO MORE DEPTH IS WHAT DO WE DO TO ELEVATE THAT, UH, THE PRESENCE OF THE PEDESTRIAN OR THE MOST VULNERABLE AS THEY ACCESS THE STATIONS? AND TO LOOK FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY COMMUNICATE TO THE CARS THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO ENTER SPECIAL SPACE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS A, A VERY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOW USED TO SEEING THE RED LINE, WHICH IS COMMUTER RAIL, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE LIGHT RAIL. 
          SO THESE ARE, THIS IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S VERY PRESENT IN THE STREETS THAT THIS REAL ESTATE HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN BY THE CAR FOR THE, FOR, YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO, UM, BRING FORWARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ELEVATE THE, THE NODES AS THE, AS THE MOST SAFE, MOST COMFORTABLE, MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES TO ACCESS THE STATIONS. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          AND I REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THE FIRST ZOOMED IN WITH THE CONTEXT OF THE AERIAL IN THE BACKGROUND THAT, OH, I RECOGNIZE THAT CORNER. 
          IT'S LIKE, OH, I GET IT. 
          . 
          SO IT'S GETTING REAL. 
          SO THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          CHAIR. 
          I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE. 
          I MEAN, A A TERM THAT WE USE A LOT IS HUMAN-CENTRIC, 
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RIGHT? THIS HAS TO BE A HUMAN-CENTRIC SYSTEM. 
          UM, AND SO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, TO, YOU KNOW, LIVE AND EMBODY THAT EVERY THROUGH AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DOES NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY MORE COMMENTS? NO. 
          OF, OF COURSE. 
          I JUST WANT ADD ANOTHER COMMENT TO THAT. 
          IT'S, UM, AND SOME OF US, YOU KNOW, UH, BOARD MEMBER ALKINS MENTIONED HE LIVED IN BOSTON, BOARD MEMBER BURNETT MENTIONED SHE LIVED IN DC I KNOW MAYOR ADLER LIVED IN DC ACTUALLY, FORMER MEMBER STRATTON LIVED, HAS LIVED IN DC. 
          YOU'VE LIVED, UH, LOTS OF PARTS AND VISITED LOTS OF PARTS OF THE WORLD. 
          UM, PETER, NEW YORK CITY, JOHN DALLAS, DAVE, MULTIPLE CITIES, UH, BOSTON AND DC AND OTHERS. 
          UH, GINA OBVIOUSLY EXTENSIVE BOSTON. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER IS THAT DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. 
          'CAUSE 'CAUSE WHILE THE TEAM WE'RE FULL OF EXPERTS OF ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS AND FINANCIAL PEOPLE, THOSE ARE TACTICAL SKILLS. 
          WHAT WE'RE REALLY BUILDING THOUGH, IS A TEAM OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE THAT WANNA MAKE A BETTER COMMUNITY. 
          AND THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF THAT. 
          'CAUSE EVERYTHING WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS THAT HUMAN-CENTRIC ELEMENT. 
          SO PETER AND I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A PERSON THAT USES TRANSIT EVERY DAY FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 15, 20 YEARS AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? AND SO I, I REALLY LOOK AT THINGS FROM THE CUSTOMER POINT OF VIEW ON EVERYTHING WE DO, BECAUSE I NEVER, I DON'T DRIVE TO WORK, RIGHT? AND SO THAT BRINGS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN SOMEONE THAT MAYBE DRIVES AND THEN SAYS, WELL, WHY NOT THIS? AND THEN WE WALK 'EM THROUGH IT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT, PETER MENTIONED WE'RE EARLY IN THE PROCESS, TONS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION. 
          BUT THE OUTCOME, TO ME, THE GOAL SHOULD BE THAT 50 YEARS FROM NOW, NO ONE KNOWS WHO ANY OF US ARE. 
          BUT, UM, BUT JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED HOW GREAT THE SYSTEM CONNECTS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S OUR GOAL. 
          WHETHER YOU MENTIONED THE BRIDGE AND, OR THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE BRIDGE. 
          JUST THIS BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE THAT IS, PEOPLE ARE TAKING PHOTOS EVERY NIGHT WITH SUNSET AND THE TRAIN GOING BY, AND THEY JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT IT'S ALL, IT EXISTED FOREVER. 
          AND THAT'S OUR REAL GOAL OF THAT CONNECTIVITY PIECE. 
          UH, AND I, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU FROM THE COMMITMENT OF THE STAFF, THAT IS OUR GOAL. 
          UH, I'LL ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          GINA MENTIONED HOW GREAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH HER TEAM. 
          I CAN'T OVERSTATE THIS. 
          I DO THIS A LOT PUBLICLY. 
          THE CITY STAFF HAS JUST BEEN GREAT ON EVERYTHING. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM. 
          IT IS GOING FANTASTIC, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. 
          SOME DISAGREE, OF COURSE, THIS IS A GIGANTIC PROGRAM, BUT I CAN'T COMPLIMENT THE CITY STAFF ENOUGH BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THEY ENGAGED, SOME PEOPLE ARE LEARNING. 
          SOME PEOPLE BRING IN THEIR PERSPECTIVES. 
          SOME PEOPLE ON OUR TEAM ARE BRINGING IN THEIR PERSPECTIVES. 
          UH, IT'S REALLY HEALTHY AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON THE PROGRAM. 
          SO, THANKS, JEFF, FOR LET ME MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. 
          UM, I THINK THIS CONCLUDES OUR STATEMENTS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          SO THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO NOW 
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WE MOVE ON TO YOU, UH, MR. CLARK, FOR YOUR EXECUTIVE REPORT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, SO TWO THINGS I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THIS MONTH. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY JULIANA MENTIONED OUR, OUR EXTENSIVE HIRING, AND I'M GLAD THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO, UH, UH, BE AT THE BOARD MEETING TODAY TO, UH, THAT, AND YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS HERE, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP INTRODUCING STAFF MEMBERS AS WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE ON BOARD. 
          YOU DID MENTION ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE'RE HAVING ACTUALLY WITH NEW STAFF. 
          OVERWHELMINGLY, EVERY STAFF MEMBER SAYS, I CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO LIVE. 
          , UH, UNIVERSALLY, UH, THEY'RE ALL BIDDING AGAINST EACH OTHER AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, UM, BUT IT IS A, IT IS A BIG CHALLENGE AS FOR OUR COMMUNITY RECRUITING. 
          UM, OUR, OUR RECRUITER I DID TALK TO TOLD ME, UH, HE'S BEEN DOING RECRUITING ON, ON THESE TYPES OF JOBS FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WE'VE HIRED, IN HIS OPINION, MORE PEOPLE, UH, FOR THIS DURATION OF TIME THAN ANY PROGRAM HE'S EVER HEARD OF, EVER IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          UM, AND WHEN HE MENTIONED THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL TAKE, UH, PRIDE IN LIKE I AM IS HE SAID PEOPLE THAT HE'S CALLED FOR JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER YEARS THAT REFUSE TO EVEN PICK UP THE PHONE OR EVEN THINK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES, ARE NOW TOTALLY INTERESTED IN OUR PROGRAM. 
          THEY WANNA BE INVOLVED IN AUSTIN. 
          THEY THINK AUSTIN'S, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN IS KIND OF THE IT CITY OF AMERICA RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND OUR PROGRAM VALUES ARE SO STRONG ABOUT EQUITY, ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL, ABOUT USE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LEFT REALLY SENIOR JOBS AT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO BE PART OF THIS. 
          AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS A LOT TO WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED AND WHAT WE CAN HAVE THE CHANCE TO, TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION THAT PIECE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ENGAGE, UH, VARIOUS BOARD MEMBERS ON, ON THIS FIRST TOPIC IS, UM, STAKEHOLDER WISE, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME VERY, I WOULD SAY, SPECIALIZED STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, AND WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, HAVE UNIQUE ELEMENTS. 
          THEY'LL PLAY AT THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY'RE LISTED UP THERE. 
          AND ONE GOOD EXAMPLE IS LABOR COORDINATION. 
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SO WHILE YOU MENTIONED TECH STOCK COORDINATION, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. 
          IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR WORKFORCE. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO BE EMPLOYING, YOU KNOW, A TOTAL ESTIMATE WAS ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND JOBS OVER 10 YEARS. 
          NOW, SOME OF THOSE ARE NOT EXACTLY LOCAL AND SOME ARE INDIRECT, BUT WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICIAN, ET CETERA, TYPES OF JOBS THAT WE WILL NEED OVER THE PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO EARLY IN THE PROCESS, AND WE HAVE REALLY GOOD RELATIONS ALREADY, UH, WITH OUR LOCAL LABOR PARTNERS, IS START ACTIVATING THAT AT A DEEPER LEVEL. 
          AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE WANNA BRING TOGETHER IS A FORM OR WORKSHOP. 
          AND WE WANNA DO CONSISTENT SERIES OF THOSE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING IN THE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL TO GET ONE WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS. 
          CASEY IS ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A JOB DESCRIPTION. 
          UH, SO WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON, UH, OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LABOR AND HOW WE BUILD THAT, UH, WORKFORCE FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE IDEAS THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD AT THE RIGHT TIME ABOUT APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING AND HOW WE CAN INVEST MAYBE WITH A CC OR A ISD AND DELL VALLEY AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO DO ON THOSE, BUT, UH, WE WANNA BRING THAT TO YOU ALL. 
          UH, WE WANNA START, WE DO, WE DO WORKSHOPS AND, UH, FORMS ALL THE TIME ON OUR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM. 
          JOHN ACTUALLY DID ONE, UM, WITH SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM JUST LAST WEEK. 
          BUT WE WANNA BRING ONE TOGETHER IN THE LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL THAT WILL REALLY START HIGHLIGHTING THE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS PROGRAM AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY BRING EXAMPLES FROM OTHER CITIES OR SOME, UH, AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAYBE EVEN BUILD A MENTORING PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE THAT DO DBE WORK FOR US NOW COULD ACTUALLY HELP GROW THE DBE BUSINESS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TEACH THEM THAT PROCESS. 
          HOW WE COULD TRY CREATE AN ACCELERATOR TO GET MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO BDB AND CREATE MORE CAPACITY IN THE MARKET. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IS A BIG COMPONENT OF WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO. 
          UH, LOTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS THEME, IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF PROJECT CONNECT. 
          BUT WE WANT TO REALLY GET DEEPER ON HOW WE DO THINGS LIKE THE, THE TYPES OF BUILDINGS WE BUILD AND THE LEVEL OF KIND OF, WHETHER IT'S LEAD OR A DIFFERENT VERSION, AND HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MANAGE WATER ON THE RIGHT OF WAY? HOW DO WE MANAGE ELECTRICITY? HOW DO WE DO RENEWABLES? HOW DO YOU KNOW THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? HOW DO WE DECARBONIZE OUR CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE? INTERFACING WITH PARKS, ET CETERA, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          UH, REAL ESTATE IS GONNA BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED CONFLICTS AND, YOU KNOW, DISRUPTIONS, BUT SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES AROUND OUR TRANSIT STATIONS. 
          WE HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE, UH, OR, OR OUR, OR PEOPLE WITH OUR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS IN MIND. 
          THEY'RE COMING TO US IN DROVES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN COORDINATE WITH THE OVERALL PROGRAM. 
          AND WE WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN, AGAIN, MAKE THE MOST ACCESS FOR THE MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, IS THAT INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY PIECE. 
          HOW DO WE ENGAGE THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY OF TECH INNOVATION AND BRING THINGS TO BEAR IN THIS PROGRAM? AND THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WE WANNA LEAN IN ON THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE, MAKE THE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO BE ON A TRAINER BOSS IN 10 YEARS? HOW INTERACTIVE IS THAT EXPERIENCE? UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE TRYING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, COMING UP IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          YOU ALL MAY HAVE PARTICULAR INTERESTS, UH, ON SOME OF THESE. 
          UM, WE DON'T HAVE IT TOTALLY SCOPED OUT HOW THESE WOULD ALL LOOK AND FEEL, YET THEY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF GROUP. 
          UH, THEY MIGHT MEET A COUPLE TIMES DURING THE YEAR OR ONCE A YEAR. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, WE GOTTA WORK WITH THE PARTNERS ON THAT, BUT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE OUR PARTNERS, GET THEM REALLY INVESTED IN, FOR US TO HEAR FROM THEM ON THEIR NEEDS, THEIR ABILITIES, UH, AND REALLY CREATE, AGAIN, EVERYTHING. 
          WE'RE FOCUSED ON THIS LARGER COMMUNITY PROGRAM. 
          SO I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT THEME, TELL YOU THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO US AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          SECONDARILY, I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE, JUST QUICKLY, I KNOW BOARD MEMBER ELKINS HAS MENTIONED A LOT THAT, UM, HEY, WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT FEDERAL UPDATES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, I WISH I HAD THE, UH, THE, UH, I WAS NOSTRADAMUS AND I COULD PREDICT WHAT EXACTLY WILL HAPPEN IN DC RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE BILLS, . 
          BUT, BUT IT IS, WE'RE IN THE SAUSAGE MAKING TIME IN DC VERY HEAVILY. 
          SO, UM, THE HOUSE NOW BELIEVES THAT IN, BY, I THINK JUNE 9TH IS THE NEW DATE THAT THEY WILL BE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD ON A BILL. 
          THEY, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA SEE A BILL PASSED BY, UH, BY THE JULY 4TH RECESS. 
          WE'LL SEE IF THAT HAPPENS. 
          UM, UH, JUST EARLIER TODAY, UH, CONGRESSMAN GRAVES, WHO IS THE RANKING MEMBER FOR THE REPUBLICANS ON TNI TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS THE MAIN COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE SIDE THAT LOOKS AFTER RELEASED THEIR PACKAGE CALLED THE STARTER. 
          THAT WOULD BE, IF YOU WILL, A COUNTER PROPOSAL TO CHAIR DEFAZIO, WHO IS THE DEMOCRAT THAT LEADS T AND I, HE'S THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE. 
          SO THEY ARE MEETING, UH, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MEET WITH MEMBERS, TRY TO PUSH HOW IMPORTANT OUR PROGRAM IS AND HOW MUCH WE WANT FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP. 
          JUST EARLIER TODAY, I WAS ON 
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A COUPLE CALLS, ONE WITH, UH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE DOGGETT'S OFFICE, ONE WITH THE CONGRESSMAN SESSIONS. 
          UH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH SENATOR CORNYN. 
          TODAY IS APTAS, UH, FLY IN VIR VIRTUAL FLY IN DAY WHERE OUR INDUSTRY IS HITTING THE HILL VERY HARD, TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE. 
          UM, WE ALSO WILL BE TRYING TO MAYBE SET UP SOME MEETINGS NOW IN DC NOW THAT DC IS KIND OF OPENING BACK UP. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ENCOURAGING MEMBERS TO TRY TO VISIT AUSTIN AND SEE OUR PROGRAM FIRSTHAND. 
          UH, I WILL KEEP YOU, UH, APPRISED OF ALL THOSE OP DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SOME PEOPLE MAY BE, THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THOSE, UH, AS YOUR TIME AND INTEREST AND, UH, UH, AND PLAY OUT. 
          BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE REALLY TRANSITIONING HERE IN THE PROGRAM WHERE I'M GONNA SPEND EVEN MORE TIME ON THE FEDERAL PIECE. 
          'CAUSE THE, THE FEDERAL PIECE IS SO CRITICAL TO WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO. 
          WE, WE, WE NEED THAT PARTNERSHIP FUNDING. 
          I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC WITH THE, UH, CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR FAVORABILITY TOWARDS TRANSIT. 
          UH, JUST YESTERDAY AT THE, AT THE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE, THE FT, A ADMINISTRATOR CALLED OUT CAP METRO'S, UH, INDUSTRY LEADING ELECTRIC BUS PROGRAM. 
          SO WE, WE ARE, THERE'S RECOGNITION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE LOCALLY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. 
          SECRETARY OF BUTTIGIEG, I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO ON A PRETTY BIG, UH, PODCAST, UH, MENTIONED PROJECT CONNECT HERE. 
          AND, UH, MENTIONED ACTUALLY, MAYOR HADLER'S LEADERSHIP AND THE, AND THE VOTER TURNOUT, UH, AND SUPPORT. 
          SO WE ARE RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION THAT THERE'S CONTINUOUS, UH, ARRAY OF OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE NOT THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM. 
          CAP METRO, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, UH, NOT A TP, BUT CAP METRO IS AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR WE CAN GET OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND, UH, THE TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT. 
          SO, UH, THAT IS MY UPDATE, UH, FOR THIS MONTH. 
          I'LL JUST TAKE AGAIN A SECOND TO, UH, JUST THANK THE STAFF. 
          I, I, I, UH, I KIND OF PINCH MYSELF EVERY DAY TO SAY HOW LUCKY I AM TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS BIG PROGRAM, BUT ALSO HOW GREAT THE, UH, THE WOMEN AND MEN THAT WE BROUGHT ON BOARD, UH, WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH THE CAP METRO STAFF AND THE CITY STAFF. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST ALL REALLY COMMITTED AND DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          SO, WITH THAT CHAIR, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS OR, UH, OR REQUESTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBER ELKINS? UH, THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK. 
          THAT WAS REALLY, UH, COMPREHENSIVE AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. 
          CLEARLY THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE SAW HERE, THE PICTURES, THE HIRING, IT'S, IT'S REALLY PLEASING TO SEE SO MUCH ACTIVITY AND, AND THIS THING THAT WAS A CONCEPT START TO MOVE TO REALITY. 
          UM, YOU, YOU MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT FORMS AND WORKSHOPS, WHICH I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH. 
          I JUST, JUST ONE COMMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF IDEAS CAN COME FROM US IN THE KIND OF PUBLIC SECTOR, BUT A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS ARE GONNA COME FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          AND, AND I KNOW IT'S, HERE'S THIS ELKINS GUY TALKING AGAIN ABOUT MARKET SOUNDINGS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INSIGHT OUT THERE IN THE ENGINEERING WORLD. 
          THEY'VE IN CONSTRUCTION WORLD, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS. 
          AND, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO, TO GO OUT AND GET THOSE IDEAS, UH, TO HELP MOVE THE PROGRAM ALONG TO HELP GET THAT INNOVATION THAT WE ALL WANT. 
          UH, BECAUSE IDEAS ARE GONNA COME FROM EVERYWHERE THAT'S GONNA COME FROM THIS BODY. 
          THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM STAFF, THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM ALL OVER, AND WE WANNA HARNESS AS MUCH IDEAS AS WE CAN GET. 
          UM, AND I JUST APPLAUD WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBER. 
          AND, AND I'M REMISS OBVIOUSLY THERE, THERE'LL BE SOME OTHER ONES TOO. 
          SO WE HAVE HAD OUR VE UH, FIRST VEHICLE DAY WHERE STAFF HAS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY, UH, ROLLING STOCK MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THAT HAPPENED, UH, SAY FIVE, SIX WEEKS AGO. 
          UH, WE WILL BE FRAMING UP ONE WITH OUR CONTRACTING COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD, IT'S KIND OF A HOW TO COORDINATE THAT WITH LABOR. 
          AND THEN A, I GUESS, INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. 
          WE KINDA LOOKED AT THE INNOVATION SIDE, SO THAT'D BE LIKE THE BIG, UH, CONTRACTORS, THE BIG FIRMS, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THOSE THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO SAY, WHAT INNOVATIVE IDEAS DO YOU HAVE? IT COULD BE PROGRESSIVE DESIGN, BUILD CONCEPTS, OTHER ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHODOLOGY. 
          HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT RISK SHARING? ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 
          UH, THE TEAM IS ALSO STARTING THE WHOLE MARKET SOUNDING APPROACH, WHICH IS A, WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING OUR OVERALL JOBS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CREATE, IF YOU WILL, GETTING IT A LOT MORE IZED. 
          UH, SO YOU CAN KNOW ABOUT LIKE BOTH YEAR AND MONTH AND, AND KIND OF, IF YOU WILL, A LABOR FLOW VERSUS CASH FLOW ACROSS A PROGRAM. 
          SO WE CAN GAUGE LABOR, BUT IN SECONDARILY, HOW THOSE LARGER CONTRACTORS CAN KNOW THAT DATA THAN THEN THEY CAN HELP THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN DELIVER THE PROGRAM. 
          SO YOUR POINT IS, UH, DAVE, LITERALLY, AND, UH, JOHN HAVE TALKED ABOUT YOUR POINT MANY TIMES AND, UH, SO SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC BULLET, BUT, UH, WHEN READY, I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO YOU PARTICIPATING IN THAT ONE . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR RADLER, JUST TO, TO ECHO 
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WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING IN TERMS OF THE ACTIVITY, IT'S GREAT TO SEE. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU IDENTIFYING THE WORKSHOPS AND THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD ON. 
          YOU, YOU, YOU SOLICITED, UH, WHERE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO, TO PERHAPS FILL IN. 
          UH, I REALLY DO THINK THAT THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE BIGGEST JOBS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE. 
          I'M CONCERNED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE DOING HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME THAT I 35 IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME AS I LOOK AT TALL BUILDINGS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNED IN OUR CITY MAY ALSO BE HAPPENING. 
          SO THE, THE, THE ABSENCE OF A WORKFORCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S GOING TO NEED, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GONNA END UP HAVING TO OUTSOURCE A LOT OF THAT, WHICH IS GONNA CREATE ITS OWN, I MEAN, BRING PEOPLE IN, UH, PROBLEMS. SO ANYTHING I CAN DO TO PUT MY SHOULDER TO THE WORK THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS OR A CC OR HOUSTON TILLS IN OR OTHERS TO TRY AND CHAIN TRAIN, UH, AS MUCH OF THAT SKILLED WORKFORCE AS WE CAN HERE LOCALLY, I'D LOVE TO HELP. 
          THANK YOU, YOU, MAYOR. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I, MAYOR, CHAIR, UH, I KNOW THAT THE STAFF IS SITTING AROUND DOING NOTHING, SO I'M ABOUT TO BE THE BOARD MEMBERS TO GIVE YOU AN ASSIGNMENT. 
          UM, SAM IT WILL BE HELPFUL IN OUR BOARD BOOK NEXT TIME IF WE HAD LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WORKSHOPS AND FORUMS THAT ARE GOING ON SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK IT'S THE BOTTOM LINE , SO WE HAVE ONE CERTAIN PLACE TO GO. 
          I ATTENDED THE DBE ONE AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH IT. 
          UM, I LOOKED FOR THAT ONE BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT IT'D BE NICE TO, LIKE WITH THE, UM, TECHNICAL COMMITTEES THAT ARE COMING UP, THE CAC, ET CETERA, WE JUST HAVE ONE COMPREHENSIVE LIST. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SORRY TO ADD WORK, BUT THAT'D BE HELPFUL. 
          YEAH, I'LL DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TOO, BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT BACK TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT EVEN MARKET SOUNDING BOARD MEMBER ELKINS AND REGARDING TO THE, THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO OBTAIN FROM DIFFERENT CORNERS OF EXPERTISE AND FIRMS THAT ARE SEEKING TO HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ANXIOUSLY LOOKING FOR OUR PARTICIPATION. 
          AND I KNOW AS EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULE IS BUSY, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT AS, AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, TO HAVE SUMMITS, TO HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSULTANTS TO BRING FORWARD IDEAS, AND THAT WE CAN ALL BE MORE ORGANIZED IN THIS EFFORT. 
          SO THEY WANT TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO US. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH US AS WELL. 
          SO ALL THESE ARE GREAT IDEAS. 
          I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT THEY'RE, UH, THE, OUR PHONES ARE NEVER QUIET FOR PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY THAT WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MEETINGS OCCURRING, . 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, AND I WANNA THANK ALSO SAM BECAUSE HE'S BEEN, UM, ORGANIZING A LOT OF THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          UM, YES, BOARD MEMBER, UM, STRATTON, UH, I'LL JUST ADD THAT I THINK ONCE WE GET OUR, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES ONLINE, THAT THEY WILL ALSO PROVE TO BE AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE, UH, AT, AT AT LEAST, UM, IN, IN HELPING TO, UH, TO, TO, TO BRING FORTH, UH, OTHER, UH, LEVELS OF EXPERTISE AND CONNECTIONS INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          UH, AND, AND CAN HELP PROVIDE, I THINK SOME OF THE, UH, THE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, AFTER ALL, THERE ARE ONLY FIVE OF US HERE THAT ARE ON THE, THAT SIT ON THIS BOARD. 
          BUT, UH, IF WE LEVERAGE THAT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING ON BOARD WHAT, UH, BRINGING ONLINE WHAT, LIKE, UM, IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS, UM, WHAT IS IT LIKE, UH, 20, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 20 SOMETHING LIKE THAT AROUND THERE, UH, THAT, THAT WE CAN TAP INTO AS WELL. 
          AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING, OF COURSE, THE, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE AS WELL. 
          AND, AND ANY INDIVIDUALS THERE THAT, THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPERTISE OR ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE ISSUES THAT THEY THEMSELVES KNOW. 
          UH, IT, IT'S, I I VIEW IT AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. 
          YOU KNOW, THE MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE THAT KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT, THAT WE CAN TURN TO, THAT IT CAN, THAT CAN BE PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP THAT CAN THEN IN TURN HELP GET THE WORD OUT AND CAN THAT, THAT WE CAN HELP LEAN ON, UM, THAT CAN BE KIND OF, UM, UH, THAT CAN, THAT CAN ASSIST US AND WORK WITH US, THAT WE CAN HELP, UH, THAT CAN HELP CONTINUE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT AND, AND WORK WITH THE STAFF AND WITH US TO, TO, UH, CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT RANDY HAS HIGHLIGHTED. 
          I THINK THAT WILL BE, UH, HELPFUL FOR US AS WELL. 
          AND, AND LIKE I SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH WHEN WE APPROVE THE LIST FOR THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ANY MORE FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I KNOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO OUR MEETING, ADJOURN. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO, UM, 
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TO SHARE BEFORE WE CONCLUDE, UM, OUR MEETING. 
          BUT, UM, FIRST I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE CAPITAL METRO STAFF AND CITY OF AUSTIN AND, AND REALLY RESPECT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE LOVED. 
          I THINK THIS IS REALLY A VERY, UM, MOMENTOUS MEETING THAT WE'RE TOGETHER IN PERSON, BUT IT DOES NOT GO NOTICE THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TIRELESS WORK OF SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES. 
          AND, UM, SO IT'S REALLY, I SAY IT AGAIN, I SAID IT AT THE OPENING MEETING THAT THIS IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PROGRAM IN OUR CITY. 
          BUT I DID WANNA SHARE SOMETHING ON A, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, SPIRIT, BUT THERE'S A, I HAVE A STORY TO SHARE ABOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN COLLABORATING WITH CAPITAL METRO IN THIS PARTICULAR DAAS. 
          AND, UM, THIS PARTICULAR STORY, I WAS TALKING TO BOARD MEMBER STRATTON EARLIER. 
          HE'S LIKE, YOU GOTTA SHARE THAT STORY. 
          I WAS LIKE, . 
          BUT I THINK IT'S KIND OF, UH, A SWEET STORY OF, OF SUSTAINABILITY, OF RECYCLING, OF COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE, UH, WITH MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYER WITH MWM, WE WERE TASKED TO DO THE RENOVATIONS OF THE CONVENTIONAL CENTER SIDEWALKS TO MAKE THEM A DA COMPLIANT. 
          AND, UM, SO THAT PRO, THAT BUILDING HAD ALREADY RECEIVED LEAD FOR EXISTING BUILDING CERTIFICATION. 
          SO WE HAD TO DIVERT ALL THE WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL, WHICH WAS A GREAT CHALLENGE. 
          AND, UM, ALL OF THE PAVERS WERE PALED AND SENT TO THE STATE SURPLUS FOR FREE SALE. 
          THEY WERE ALL SOLD. 
          UM, NOTHING WAS REALLY THROWN AWAY. 
          ALL THE STEEL WAS REUSED ON SITE. 
          AND AS WE CAME TOGETHER FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS CANOPY? THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE CAN'T THROW IT AWAY. 
          AND IT'S A HANDSOME CANOPY, BUT IT NEEDED A LOT OF REPAIR. 
          AND AS WE WENT THROUGH ANALYZING PROS AND CONS OF THE COST ANALYSIS OF WHAT DO WE DO, WE SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T WE CREATE AS AN OUTDOOR SPACE THAT COULD BE RENTED AS A MORE HOSPITABLE SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS ALONG C SIR CHAVEZ. 
          AND IT HAD A LOT OF CRACKED GLASS. 
          SO, UH, WE LOOKED AT THE COMPOSITION OF THIS PARTICULAR GLASS. 
          IT HAD POLYCARBONATE AND GLASS SANDWICH, SO WE COULDN'T RECYCLE IT. 
          AND BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY CRACKED, I SAID, WELL, WE'RE DOING THE RENOVATION OF THE BOARDROOM AT CAP METRO. 
          LET'S SEE IF WE CAN USE IT TO REPHRASE THE DAAS, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE 1982. 
          AND SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS GLASS OVER HERE IS THE REMNANTS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER,  CANOPY. 
          UM, AND I, I CALLED, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WORKING WITH ELAINE TIMS AND MARCUS GUERRERO. 
          AND UM, AND AT THAT POINT WE HAD THE CEO LINDA WATSON, AND I SAID, HEY GUYS, DO YOU GUYS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE GLASS FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER? I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CRACK, BUT WE CAN CUT OUT THE CRACKED PIECES AND KIND OF MAKE THEM FIT. 
          AND THEY'RE LIKE, YES. 
          WHAT CAN WE DO THAT, WOULD THEY GIVE IT TO US? I SAY, YEAH, WE JUST, WE'LL ASK THEM TO WRITE YOU A LETTER THAT THEY'RE DONATING IT AND WE'RE DIVERTING IT FROM THE LANDFILL. 
          AND, AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL TAKE IT . 
          SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A COMING TOGETHER AS A FULL CIRCLE. 
          BUT WHAT I, BUT THE BEST PART OF THE STORY ACTUALLY, IS THAT THE FAMILY THAT WORKED ON THE ORIGINAL CONVENTION CENTER WAS HIRED TO HELP US WITH THE GLA GLAZING. 
          IT WAS TEXAS GLASS. 
          AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT WORKED WITH US ON THIS PROJECT WAS THE SON. 
          HE WAS WORKING WITH HIS FATHER WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS GOING ON. 
          SO HE RECOGNIZED THE PROJECT, HE REMEMBERED THE PROJECT, AND SO HE TOOK A LOT OF GREAT PRIDE IN CLEANING THE GLASS AND RESTORING IT. 
          AND THEN WHEN I TOLD HIM, HEY, UM, CAN YOU HELP US GIVE US A QUOTE FOR HOW CAPITAL METRO'S GONNA DO THE DAES? HE SAYS, SURE. 
          WITH WHAT? WITH THE REMNANTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HE COMES OVER, HE LOOKS AT IT, AND AS HE'S PLACING THOSE ON THE FRONT, HE SAID, THIS IS A THIRD TIME I'VE TOUCHED THIS PIECE OF GLASS IN MY LIFETIME OVER THREE GENERATIONS. 
          AND HE SAID, I MEAN, I JUST THINK SO MUCH OF HOW THIS SPEAKS OF COMMUNITY AND THE OWNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH EACH OF OUR PROJECTS, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH PROJECT CONNECT, I MEAN, I FIND THIS VERY, VERY SYMBOLIC, BUT I KNOW WITH PROJECT CONNECT, UM, IT'S GONNA TOUCH THE LIVES OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT IS A PIECE OF THAT WE ALL OWN THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE ALL OWN THESE PROJECTS, AND I WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF IN MANY GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          AS, AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TODAY. 
          SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE IT'S OUR FIRST MEETING, TOUCHING THIS DIET, AND NEVER DID I IMAGINE THAT THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING. 
          SO, GREAT STORY, , SUSTAINABILITY, WE DIVERTED, YOU KNOW, WAYS FROM THE LANDFILL. 
          SO ANYWAY, WITH THIS, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS TO SHARE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION. 
          YEAH, NO. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, 
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THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THE BOARD AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE WATCHED AND TUNED INTO THIS MEETING. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE IMPORTANT WORK AHEAD AND, UM, THIS MEETING OF THE A TP BOARD STANDS ADJOURNED. 
          THE TIME IS THREE 40. 
          AND THANK YOU . 
          GOOD MEETING.
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