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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS UNIT, THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, OR FIRST SAY, I APPRECIATE THE BOARD AND STAFF WERE ABLE TO JOIN US HERE IN THIS VIRTUAL MEETING ROOM.
WE'RE STREAMING THIS MEETING LINE ON THE CAP METRO WEBSITE.
UM, PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH US AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS, UH, TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK REMINDERS TO EVERYBODY THAT EVERYONE CAN BE HEARD AND SO THAT WE DON'T GET AN ECHO.
I'D ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE PUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON MUTE WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING.
ALSO, BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE WILL BE VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES AS WE DID LAST TIME.
I'LL BE ASKING EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR A VERBAL VOTE OF YAY OR NAY WHEN THE TIME COMES.
WE'VE GOT A LOT TO GET THROUGH TODAY, SO I'LL GET OUR MEETING STARTED.
IT IS FRIDAY, MAY THE 22ND AND OUR TIME IS 1203.
UH, LET ME JUST SAY INITIALLY, I HOPE EVERYBODY OUT THERE AS WELL.
AND, UH, UH, DOING THIS THE BEST YOU CAN DURING THIS, UH, UH, PANDEMIC.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY A DIFFICULT TIME AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE, ARE REALLY CHALLENGED AND HAVING A HARD TIME WITH IT.
SO OUR BEST WISHES GO OUT TO EVERYBODY IN THAT REGARD.
UH, LIKEWISE, I WANT TO SAY IS ALONG WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNTY JUDGE AND EVERY, UH, ALL OF US HOPE EACH OF US ARE DOING OUR PART AND HOPE YOU'RE DOING YOUR PART, UH, TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.
SO IT'S A TIME FOR US ALL TO STILL PULL TOGETHER.
UH, THE VIRUSES ARE STILL OUT THERE, UH, AND UH, WE NEED TO BE DOING OUR PART.
AND THEN, UH, UH, I WANT TO ALSO PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZE AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AT CAP METRO WHO HAVE, UH, UH, BEEN OUT THERE PROVIDING SERVICE TO FOLKS WHO NEED IT IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR FRONTLINE FOLKS, UH, WHO ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY, UM, AND PROVIDE A NECESSARY SERVICE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOUR STEADFASTNESS AND, UH, TO EVERYBODY AT THE CAP METRO STAFF.
I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU ALL.
YOU'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB IN THIS, UH, DIFFICULT TIME, SO KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, NORMALLY AT THIS TIME WE WOULD BE RECOGNIZED IN OUR LONGTIME EMPLOYEES, BUT I THINK THE LOGISTICS HAVE GOTTEN TO US TODAY.
UH, SO WE WON'T, UH, BE FEATURED IN ANY RECORD FEATURED IN ANY RECOGNITION.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO DO THAT SOON AND, UH, IT'LL BE NICE WHEN WE'RE BACK TOGETHER TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO'VE BUILT CAP, METRO, UH, AND UH, BEEN PART OF IT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
UH, WE'RE NO LESS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND NO LESS APPRECIATIVE, UH, FOR, UH, YOUR LONG TENURE AT THE FIRM AT THE, AT CAP METRO AND ALL YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE US WHAT WE ARE TODAY.
SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE YOUR TENURE, UH, AND MEETINGS TO COME.
UH, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, OUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT I THINK MS. JOSEPH INDICATED THAT SHE WANTS TO SPEAK ON TWO ITEMS AND NOT UNTIL THOSE ITEMS ARE PRESENTED.
UM, UH, MS. JOSEPH, I THINK WE HAVE YOU ON THE LINE AND THE MEETING ROOM IF THAT'S CORRECT.
I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS ARE GIVEN ON EACH OF THOSE TWO ITEMS. AND ED, UH, IF YOU'LL, UH, TEXT ME OR LET ME KNOW IF, UH, IF THAT'S NOT CORRECT, LIKE, UH, NEXT OUR ADVISORY
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COMMITTEE UPDATES.UM, MR. BANKS, ARE YOU ON THE LINE WITH US? YES SIR.
UH, WE WILL START WITH C SEC FIRST, UH, PROCEEDS TO ACT.
WE DID B THE TEAMS, UH, WHICH HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS, BUT I THINK IT STILL WAS A PRETTY GOOD MEETING OVERALL.
UM, THEY GOT AN UPDATE FROM, FROM UH, OH I SHOULD SAY GOOD AFTERNOON.
FIRST CHAIR COOPER, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CLARK, UM, YACHT AS BEING AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FORECASTS, METRO DOING C SEC, UH, UPDATE.
THEY GOT A BRIEFING FROM DOTTIE WALK-INS, UM, ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF METRO, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, THE CLEANING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, AND JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
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UH, KEVIN CONDON GAVE HIM A FINANCIAL UPDATE, UH, THAT CHILD GET, I GUESS IT WAS LAST AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.UM, JUST SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW, ONCE AGAIN, THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF CAP METRO, WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED.
UM, CHAD THAT IN TURN GAVE HIM A UPDATE ON A GROCERY PROGRAM.
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING AS WELL AS PICKUP, UH, THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD APPLE AND OTHER PARTNERS.
UH, AND THEN THERE WAS A PROJECT CONNECT WHERE, UH, OF COURSE DAVE COUCH WAS THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE HAD SINCE THE LAST UPDATE THEY HAD BACK IN MARCH AFTER THE BOARD MEETING WHERE PRESIDENT CLARK GAVE THEM THAT UPDATE.
UH, AND SO WITH THAT BEING, YOU KNOW, TO GO LINE NOW BEING, UM, A LIGHT RAIL PREFERENCE INSTEAD OF THE BRT WHEN THEY HAD ORIGINALLY MET.
UM, AND THEN THE, I DID AN LPA, UH, STATEMENT, UH, TO, UH, DO A RESOLUTION ABOUT THE LBA ABOUT WHAT THEY PREFER TO SEE.
AND WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A FIRM HERE WHO WILL TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT IT, EVEN FROM THE COURSES, THE CHAIR OF, OF C SAC.
UH, AND SO I WILL LET HIM EAT FROM TAYLOR.
I'LL LET HIM GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE RESOLUTION WELCOMING FROM MANYANA.
SO COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR JACKET TODAY.
I ONLY WISH I COULD SEE THAT IN PERSON.
I HAVE TO BRING IT IN FOR ANOTHER BOARD MEETING.
I KNOW IT WAS ONE OF A DAVID COUCHES FAVORITE JACKETS.
SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST AWKWARD TODAY.
UM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, EAT FROM TAYLOR, UH, UH, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR, UM, FOR CAP METRO.
UM, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION, UM, WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
UM, UH, IN SUPPORT OF PROJECT CONNECT AND LOOK A LITTLE BIT FOR AN ALTERNATIVES AND YOU KNOW, WHERE WE SEE OUR PREFERENCES BEING FOR THAT.
UM, AND SO IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE, I UM, APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING IT TO Y'ALL NOW PLEASE.
WHEREAS THE POPULATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2040 WHILE ROAD CAPACITY IS PROJECTED TO GROW BY ONLY 15% AS OF CAP, YOU CAN'T PUT A 2040 REGIONAL PLAN PAGE 50 WHEREAS THE GOAL TO INCREASE REGIONAL TRANSIT MODE SHARE FROM 4% WHICH IS CURRENT RATE TO 16% BY 2039 TARGETS AND NECESSITATES AN EIGHT FOLD INCREASE IN TRANSIT RIDE WITH YOUR SHIP WHILE COUNTING FOR REGIONAL POPULATION GROWTH.
THAT'S FROM THE 2019 AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
WHEREAS AUSTIN MUST ADDRESS THIS GROWING TRAFFIC CHALLENGES, WHEREAS COMPREHENSIVE CITYWIDE TRANSIT WILL IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY, TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHEREAS EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MUST INCLUDE DEDICATED SEPARATE PATHWAYS FOR DIFFERENT TRANSIT MODES INSTEAD OF ALMOST SHARING A SINGLE PATHWAY.
WHEREAS TRANSIT SHOULD PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO THAT, TAKE PEOPLE WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, WHEN THEY WANT TO GET THERE SAFELY AND AFFORDABLY.
WHEREAS TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BENEFIT ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES FOR PEOPLE LIVING LONG SERVICE ROUTES, THEREBY REDUCING CONGESTION FOR PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE OF TRANSIT SERVICE CORRIDORS.
WHEREAS THE PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES FOR PROJECT CONNECT ORANGE AND BLUE LINES PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 20 SERVICE YEARS BEFORE PEAK DEMAND MEETS TRANSIT CAPACITY WHEN COMPARED TO THE PROPOSED BUS RAPID TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES.
THAT'S FROM PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, DAVID COUCH AND THE NOVEMBER, 2019 CCOC MEETING.
WHEREAS THE GOAL OF PROJECT CONNECT SHOULD BE TO TRANSFORM MOBILITY IN A MANNER THAT IS LONGTERM AND GENERATIONAL AND SCOPE.
WHEREAS THE DESIGN OF PROJECT CONNECT SHOULD OPTIMIZE CAPACITY AND INTERCONNECTIVITY, IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSMIT, MINIMIZE TRANSIT TIMES FOR RIDERS AND TO PROVIDE THE LONGEST SERVICE EFFECTIVE SERVICE LIFESPAN.
WHEREAS THE DEVICE LINE FOR PROJECT CONNECT SHOULD CONSIDER FUTURE LAND USE AND AVAILABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND RIGHT OF WAY NEEDS.
WHEREAS TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD IMPROVE CITY APPEAL, WHEREAS TRANSIT SHOULD COME BACK CLIMATE CHANGE LOCALLY.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY AT CAP METRO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT PREFERRED LIGHT RAIL ALTERNATIVES FOR BLUE AND ORANGE LINES DUE TO EXTENDED LIFESPAN AND GREATER RADIC CAPACITY.
PREFERRED TUNNEL THROUGH DOWNTOWN QUARTER FOR BLUE AND ORANGE LINES WHICH PROVIDES FALLING BENEFITS.
GREAT SEPARATION RESULTS IN IMPROVED RELIABILITY AND SAFETY WHILE REDUCING TRANSIT MODE CONFLICTS PROVIDES PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RETAIL AND COMMUNITY SPACE.
MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT STREET LEVEL CAPACITY FOR OTHER TRANSIT MODES.
ALLOWS FOR CAPACITY TO EXPAND FOR FUTURE RIDERSHIP GROWTH, EXTENDING SERVICE LIFETIMES, BUT FOR ALIGNMENT OF BLUE AND ORANGE LINES BETWEEN REPUBLIC SQUARE AND NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER PROVIDING FOR INCREASED SERVICE FREQUENCY WITHIN A HIGH USE SEGMENT OF TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
PREFER BLUE LINE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN REPUBLIC SQUARE AND DOWNTOWN STATION PROVIDING RAPID HIGH CAPACITY CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN COMMUTER RAIL LINES, THE RED AND GREEN LINES AND THE REST OF THE SYSTEM.
PREFERRED GOLD LINE IMPLEMENTATION DESIGNED FOR FUTURE CONVERSION TO LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT.
PREFERRED GRADE SEPARATED TRANSIT LINES WHERE POSSIBLE.
PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN AS INTEGRATED TRANSIT SYSTEM.
THE SCREENING RESOLUTIONS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY ATTENDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS DURING THE MONTHLY CAP METRIC OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MAY 13TH OF 2020 THIS YEAR.
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AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE.THANK YOU MR. TAYLOR FOR BRINGING THAT TO US AND FOR YOUR GOOD WORK ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE IN THAT REGARD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TAYLOR? UH, MR CHAIRMAN.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, STRATTON HERE.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU MR. TAYLOR.
UM, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO, UM, FEEDBACK THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE TO US.
AND, AND THIS IS, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE THE ONES WHO, WHO WOULD KIND OF HAVE A PULSE ON THINGS IN TERMS OF OF THE, THE, OUR ACTUAL, UM, THE RIDERS, THE CUSTOMER BASE.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR THAT, THAT Y'ALL ARE RIGHT ALONG BEING THE ONES IN THE TRENCHES THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THE PLAN AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN.
AND, AND ON A SIDE NOTE, I, I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE WHEN YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION TO TRY TO GET EVERYBODY IN YOUR COMMITTEE, ANY COMMITTEE IN THAT MATTER, ON ONE PAGE, GETTING THE LANGUAGE JUST SO IN JUST RIGHT TO THEN GET IT TO GET IT PASSED AND THEN TO DO SO UNANIMOUSLY, UH, THAT, THAT'S A BIG PROJECT AND A BIG LIFT FOR YOU GUYS.
UH, I GUESS THIS MIGHT BE TO, UH, TO PRESIDENT CLARK.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD GO, THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE USED AS PART OF THE, THE PACKAGE TO THE FTA THEN TO SHOW THEM AGAIN, SORT OF ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
HOW, HOW DOES, HOW WOULD A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS FROM THE SEA SAC FIT INTO THE OVERALL, UH, COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND DIALOGUE FOR THIS PLAN IS AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
UH, ONE, REMEMBER STRATTON AND UH, I'LL THANK MR. TAYLOR WAS, WELL, UM, I I HAD THE CHANCE TO ADDRESS THAT GROUP MAYBE, I DUNNO, MAYBE VERY EARLY MARCH, MAYBE LATE FEBRUARY TIME IS ALL A BLUR TO ALL OF US NOW.
SO I APPRECIATE AGAIN, YOUR COMMENTS, GETTING EVERYONE TO ACTUALLY AGREE ON ONE THING.
ESPECIALLY TRANSIT IN AUSTIN HAS HISTORICALLY NOT BEEN EASY.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A 20 YEAR JOURNEY.
WE'RE REALLY GOOD ABOUT OUR PLAN.
AND THAT IN THE SEASIDE HORSEMAN IS I THINK A REALLY POWERFUL ENDORSEMENT.
UM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHECK A TECHNICAL BOX INSIDE OF FTA, BUT IF FURTHER, UM, KITS, THE NEPA PROCESS OF A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THAT WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT AND IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS THAT WE TAKE IN INFORMATION AND INPUT AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE PROGRAM.
UM, IT WILL ALSO, WE ASSUME, GO INTO THE RESOLUTION ON JUNE 10TH FOR YOU ALL WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE AN ACTION ON THE SYSTEM PLAN, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT OUR, OUR COMMITTEES, OUR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY COMMITTEES ALSO HAVE ENDORSED THIS.
SO WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE YOUR ACTION, THAT IS CLEARLY MEMORIALIZED IN ONE JOINT KIND OF STATE.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIRMAN TAYLOR, APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR SUPPORT AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO US.
ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, THIS IS AN, UH, YES, I WANT TO, UM, ECHO BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON'S COMMENTS AND, UM, ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE TO, UM, TO BE INVOLVED WITH OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I, UM, AM HOPING THAT YOU ALL ARE MEMBERS OF THE, UM, UH, THE, UH, COMMITTEE THAT KEPT METRO HAS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND ALSO JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO BE TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND, AND, UH, WORK WITH THE CAP METRO STAFF ON WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN HELP YOU, CAN HELP US AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND UM, AND, AND RANDY, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, HELPFUL FOR US TO, TO THINK OF A WAY, UM, AND THIS MAY ALREADY BE HAPPENING, UH, TO CONNECT THE MEMBERS OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, COMMITTEES, UH, TO THE OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT WE'RE ENGAGING IN.
ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS DONE.
ALL RIGHT, I WILL THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, UH, CHAIRMAN, UH, TAYLOR, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
WE APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK HERE AND, UH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH SEASICK AND YOU, UM, WITH REGARD TO THIS, UH, PROJECT CONNECT.
UH, YANNIS, UH, YOU ALSO HAVE, UH, ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE.
UH, THEY MET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.
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UH, AND LEO TEAMS AS WELL.UH, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM, UH, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR NEXT MONTH, UH, WE TO KNOW THAT THEY TEND TO BE, I HAVE MORE OF THE ISSUES AND SO EVEN AS METRO MAY BE STARTING TO OPEN BACK UP, WE MAY STILL DO SOME VIRTUAL ACCESS MEETINGS, UM, MOVING FORWARD FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL IT'S DEEMED SAFE FOR THAT.
UM, THEY RECEIVE A PROJECT UPDATE FROM DAVE COUCH AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY GOT BRIEFED ON THE OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, UM, FOR FIXED ROUTE, UH, AS WELL AS, AS METRO ACCESS.
UH, THEY WERE UPDATED ON THE GYM SERVICE CHANGE, UM, BY LAWRENCE DEALER, WHICH I THINK Y'ALL WERE UPDATED ON MAYBE TWO MEETINGS AGO, MIGHT'VE BEEN MARCH, APRIL.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ONCE AGAIN THEY WERE UPDATED WITH THE GROCERY AND PICKUP UPDATE AS WELL FROM CHAD VALENTINE AND UH, SO THEY CAN BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT METRO ACCESS TO GREAT WORK BEEN GOING ON WITH METRO ACCESS, UH, AND OUR PARTNERS.
UM, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR, UH, FOR METRO ACCESS.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO AN IN PERSON MEETING NEXT OR KEEP IT VIRTUAL AND I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT VIRTUAL, UM, FOR THE TIME BEING JUST UNTIL THINGS GET SAFER AND BETTER FOR THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS ON? YES, CORRECT.
MR CHAIRMAN, UH, QUESTION YON IS, UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST THE ACCESS COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABOUT SOME SORT OF SIMILAR RESOLUTION, UH, OR, OR, UH, SOME SORT OF PUBLIC STATEMENT FROM THAT COMMITTEE IN REGARDS TO PROJECT CONNECT AT ALL? HE CAN, THAT'S THE EMAIL IS GOING OUT TO THEM NOW TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO DO A SIMILAR RESOLUTION.
I SENT A COPY OF, OF C'S RESOLUTION, UH, TO MARTIN CARISSA WHO TALKS TO THE BOARD CHAIR A LITTLE BIT MORE FREQUENT THAN I DO.
SO HE WAS GOING TO GET THAT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, UH, SIMILAR.
UH, MAYBE MORE ACCESS FOCUSED.
AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE A, THAT FIRST WEDNESDAY IN JUNE, WHICH WOULD BE BEFORE THE JOINT MEETING THAT Y'ALL HAVING JUNE 3RD, UH, IS WHEN ACCESS WOULD MEET.
SO WE'LL SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AS WELL.
REMEMBER A STRATEGY ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO BE HEARD ON THIS? QUESTIONS, MR MIKE'S.
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COMMITTEE UPDATES A CHAIR.TREVELYAN WOULD YOU LIKE TO START US OFF WITH THE OPERATIONS UPDATE? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
UM, WE MET VIRTUALLY AS WELL ON THE 15TH AND OUR QUORUM INCLUDED OUR BOARD MEMBERS, KITCHEN, GAZA AND STRATTON.
AND UM, LET'S SEE, AFTER WE PASSED OUR MINUTES, I THINK THERE WERE TWO ITEMS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I THINK THERE'LL BE REFLECTED TODAY.
AND, UM, AND LET'S SEE, MY, MY NOTES ARE IN DISARRAY, BUT THOSE WERE THE PRIMARY ISSUES THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD GO ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND, UM, AND UM, I THINK THAT'S, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE ARE THE BUSINESS THAT WE CONDUCTED THAT DAY.
UH, CHAIR TREVELYAN UH, CHAIR MITCHELL, FINANCE, AUDIT AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE GOING TO HEAR ME.
CHAIRMAN, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YEAH, I CANNOT HEAR YOU VERY WELL.
YOU MIGHT NEED TO UNMUTE ON IT.
WE'RE STANDING BY MR CHAIRMAN.
I'M ALSO HEARING LIKE A SLIGHT ECHO.
LIKE IT'S COMING THROUGH SOMEBODY'S PHONE.
DO YOU HEAR THAT? IT'S COMING THROUGH.
THAT MAY BE AROUND AND OR A CHAIR.
MITCHELL, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, WE CAN SKIP THIS AND COME BACK.
I'M ADVISED BY CHAIRMAN MITCHELL, HE LOST POWER BUBBLY BACK UP SHORTLY.
WHY DON'T WE, UH, CONTINUE DOWN THE AGENDA
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AND UH, WE'LL COME BACK.REMIND ME TO PICK UP THAT REPORT AND THE CAMPO, UH, REPORT AS WELL.
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WE'LL TAKE UP OUR CONSENT AGENDA.UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOR THE APPROVAL OF MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENTS WITH TEX.
THAT STAFF IS ASKED TO PULL FROM CONSENT BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LIGHT CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT AND WE'LL MOVE THAT ITEM.
UH, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO BECOME AN ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE AND THEN TAKE UP THE REST OF OUR CONSENT ITEMS, WHICH I'LL NOW READ.
UH, NUMBER ONE IS A CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 20.
2020 A BOARD MEETING TO APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW OR NET HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT AND IT'S NOT FRENCH TO THE ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
NUMBER THREE, APPOINTMENT OF OTMAR FAINTER TO THE ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, NUMBER, UH, NOW, NOW NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH SIRIUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS INC FOR THE PURCHASE OF NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY.
NOW NUMBER FIVE, APPROVAL OF AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THE NEW MOVERS PROGRAM.
AND NOW NUMBER SIX, APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF 89 CAMERAS AT METRO RAPID STATIONS.
UH, SO WE NOW HAVE THE SIX UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT MOVE.
MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
A BOARD MEMBER FOR A SECOND BOARD MEMBER.
IT WAS SECOND BY BOARD MEMBERS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
I JUST, IF I MAY, MR CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SPECIAL SECOND HERE TO NOTE THAT WE ARE APPROVING A COUPLE OF MEMBERS TO OUR, UH, ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND, UM, JUST WANT TO THANK ONE OF THEM IS MINE.
UM, MR FENNER AND I WANTED US TO THANK HIM FOR HIS, UH, WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND SERVE ON THAT IMPORTANT COMMITTEE.
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH HIM AND SPEAK ON THE PHONE WITH HIM.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS, UH, SERVICE FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND FOR THE POPULATION IN WHICH, UH, IT WORKS WITH AND, UH, AND, AND GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM HIM AND THE COMMITTEE IN THE FUTURE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE VOTE? ALRIGHT, VERY WELL.
UH, AS I INDICATED EARLIER, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE BECAUSE, UH, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE IN THIS, UH, UNIQUE, UH, SETTING, UH, BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE FIRST OF MY LIST IS THE VICE CHAIR GARDNER PATH.
I GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK DOOR MEMBER.
UH, TREVELYAN I UH, BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBER INTO RHEA.
BOARD MEMBER HILL A VERY WELL AND I'M A YES AS WELL.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
UH, I'M S SEVEN, SEVEN IN FAVOR, UH, ONE NOT VOTING.
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ACTION ITEMS TODAY.ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CAP METRO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN, OUR STEAM COLLEAGUE, UH, GARDENER TABLE ON THIS HERE TO WALK US THROUGH THAT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN COOPER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND CEO CLARK.
I SERVE AS CAPITOL METRO'S VICE PRESIDENT OF SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT AND ACCESSIBLE SERVICES MANAGEMENT TODAY BEFORE YOU TO SEEK THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CAPITAL METRO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN.
AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO TO APPROVE THE PLAN AND SETTING A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE RELEVANT AND USEFUL INFORMATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, SINCE I'VE PROVIDED NEARLY ALL OF YOU A DETAILED PRESENTATION REGARDING THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS PLAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC JUST A FEW SLIDES, UH, THAT WILL GIVE THEM ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KNOW, UH, WHAT IT IS WE ARE EMBARKING ON.
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2018 THE MTA PROMULGATED ITS FINAL RULE REGARDING THE P TASK, MAKING IT EFFECTIVE ON JULY, 1920 19 REQUIRING PUBLIC AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT IT BY OR BEFORE JULY, 2020 20.AND THAT BRINGS US HERE TODAY.
THE PETE AS FINAL RULE, INTENDS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BY GUIDING TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES TO MANAGE SAFETY RISKS MORE EFFECTIVELY AND PROACTIVELY IN THEIR SYSTEMS. IT REQUIRES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT SAFETY PLANS THAT ESTABLISHES THAT ESTABLISHED PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SMS OR SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. SMS IS A COMPREHENSIVE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO MANAGING SAFETY.
IT BRINGS MANAGEMENT AND LABOR TOGETHER, CONTROLLING RISKS, UH, CONTROLLING RISK, BETTER DETECTING AND CORRECTING SAFETY PROBLEMS EARLIER WHERE WE SHARE AND ANALYZE SAFETY DATA MORE EFFECTIVELY AND MEASURE SAFETY PERFORMANCE MORE PRECISELY.
NOW TO WHOM DOES THIS APPLY AS FOR PLOT, THIS APPLIES TO RECIPIENTS OR SOME RECIPIENTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER 49 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 53 OH SEVEN THAT OPERATE A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
NEXT BULLET AND LARGE BUS OPERATORS LIKE CAPITAL METRO.
MEXICANS AND RAIL TRANSIT AGENCIES, WHICH WE ARE NOT CONSIDERED A RAIL TRANSIT AGENCY, UH, THAT IS GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
CHECK GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OPERATOR.
SO EACH PLAN MUST INCLUDE EDDIE MINIMUM APPROVAL BY THE AGENCIES, ACCOUNTABLE EXECUTIVE, WHICH WOULD BE OUR CEO AND PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
DESIGNATION OF A CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER LIKE MYSELF, THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DOCUMENTED PROCESSES OF THE AGENCIES, SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, EMPLOYEE SAFETY REPORTING SYSTEM PROGRAM, RIGHT.
SAFETY RELATED PERFORMANCE TARGETS BASED ON MEASURES ESTABLISHED IN THE FTAS NATIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PLAN.
THAT WAS SMITH AND DOCTORATE AND A PROCESS AND TIMELINE AS I CLEAR BY MY MONITOR.
SO I HAVE TO SEE IT AT THE LAST, UH, UH, PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL REVIEW AND UPDATE OF THE PLAN.
SO WHAT IS SMS SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS? SAY? A SMS IS A FORMAL TOM DOWN ORGANIZATION-WIDE APPROACH TO MANAGING SAFETY RISKS AND ASSURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAFETY RISK MITIGATION.
SMS HELPS THE TRANSIT TRANSIT AGENCY LIKE OURS FOCUS ITS SAFETY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS BY ENSURING THAT SENIOR MANAGEMENT HAS ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO STRATEGICALLY ALLOCATE RESOURCES BASED ON THE UNIQUE SAFETY PRIORITIES OF THIS AGENCY.
AT THE LINES OF SAFETY DECISION MAKING, ACCOUNTABILITY ARE ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION OF SAFETY CONCERNS AND THUS PROMOTE A PROACTIVE SAFETY CULTURE.
TRANSIT AGENCIES THAT ADDRESS ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS THAT MAY LEAD TO SAFETY BREAKDOWNS, IDENTIFY SYSTEM-WIDE TRENDS AND SAFETY AND MANAGE HAZARDS BEFORE THEY RESULT IN ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS.
SO THERE WERE FOUR MAIN PRINCIPLES, SAFETY MANAGEMENT POLICY, WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN SIGNING OFF ON TODAY.
WHY TRUST SAFETY ASSURANCE IN SAFETY.
AND I'LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THESE.
I HAVE JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES TO GO.
SO THERE ARE SIX CRUCIAL ELEMENTS OF SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE HIGHEST EXECUTIVE IN THE AGENCY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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CLEAR STATEMENT ABOUT THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY NECESSARY FOR SERVICE DELIVERY, SAFETY REPORTING, PROCEDURE CONDITIONS THAN TO WHICH EXEMPTIONS FROM DISCIPLINARY ACTION WOULD BE APPLICABLE.UNACCEPTABLE OPERATIONAL BEHAVIOR, COMMUNICATION WITH VISIBLE ENDORSEMENT THROUGHOUT THE TRANSIT AGENCY.
SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT IS WHERE WE IDENTIFY HAZARDS, ASSESS THE HAZARDS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS, MITIGATE HAZARDS TO REDUCE RISK, SAFETY ASSURANCE, MONITOR AND MEASURE SAFETY PERFORMANCE, MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY PROMOTION, COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY TRAINING, PROGRAM SAFETY COMMUNICATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AT THIS TIME.
I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
PARTNER NUMBER, STRATTON, UH, GARNER.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRIEFING BEFORE THE MEETING AND UM, I ALSO TOOK THE TIME TO READ THROUGH THE, UH, THE, THE ENTIRE POLICY THAT THAT WAS PROVIDING OUR BRIEFING BOOK ONLINE AND JUST BLOWN AWAY AT THAT.
JUST THE, THE LEVEL OF THOROUGHNESS THAT YOU PUT INTO TO THE SAFETY MANAGEMENT POLICY AND THE PLAN ITSELF.
UM, QUESTION, I'VE GOT, UM, REMIND ME AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME UNDER THE FTA THAT WE'VE HAD TO ACTUALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER AND DONE AN ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE SMS. AND AM I CORRECT IN THAT? YES, SIR.
SO IN THE PAST, UH, AGENCIES WERE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE WHAT WAS CALLED A, UM, A SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM PLAN, BUT IT WAS NOT NEARLY AS, UH, COMPREHENSIVE AND NOT NEARLY AS, UM, REQUIRING IT, UH, FOR AGENCIES TO BE AS STRUCTURED, UH, FOR AGENCIES TO BE AS ORGANIZED AND IT'S, UM, APPROACH TO SAFETY.
AND SO AN VERY FIRST TIME, UH, A BOARD AND CEO WOULD HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON OKAY.
THAT, THAT IS, THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.
I THINK THIS IS FABULOUS AND I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO KIND OF GIVE AN EXAMPLE AND TIE A COUPLE PIECES TOGETHER JUST TO GIVE CONTEXT ABOUT THIS.
UM, SO WHEN WE DID CAP REMAP A FEW YEARS BACK, UM, THERE WERE, WE, WE, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
WE, WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WE ALIGN THINGS, REMOVE SOME, SOME BUS STOPS.
WE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WE, WE MOVED SOME BUS STOPS CAUSE WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO, TO MOVE THEM TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
UM, AT AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE.
WE WERE UNDER THE OLD, THE OLD REGIMEN.
UM, AS WE NOW ADOPTED THIS, UM, CAN, CAN YOU MAYBE BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH, UH, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT EVALUATING, UM, INFORMATION THAT COMES IN FROM THE SAFETY PERSPECTIVE? CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS EITHER BROUGHT FORTH BY, UH, BY, UH, BY OPERATORS FROM, FROM INDIVIDUAL RIDERS ABOUT SOME SAFETY INSTANCES, CONCERNS, WHETHER IT BE LIGHTING OR THE PARTICULAR LOCATION OF A BUS STOP.
HOW DO, HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT LOOKING AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THIS PLAN NOW EVALUATING SOME OF THOSE FACTORS AS IT LOOKS TO, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE TEAM AND THIS BEING A WHOLE SYSTEM WIDE.
AND STAFF WIDE PLAN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM TO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND MAKE US FIGURE OUT, OKAY, DO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME TWEAKS? DO WE NEED TO PUT UP SOME LIGHTING? DO WE NEED MAYBE LOOK AT ME TO CONSIDERING WORKING WITH THE CITY AND BUILDING A SIDEWALK OR MOVING THE STOP, YOU KNOW, A FEW HUNDRED FEET, ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ANSWERS, REALLY GOOD ANSWERS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU.
UM, SO AS IT, AS IT PERTAINS TO CAN REMAP, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD HAVE DONE IS TO ASSIST IN DOING A PRELIMINARY HAZARD ANALYSIS AND OF THE BUS STOPS THAT WERE MOVED OR POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE MOVED JUST TO ENSURE THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE SAFE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS OR THE SAFEST POSSIBLE ROUTES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO TAKE, UH, MAYBE IMPLEMENT SOME SIDEWALKS,
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THOSE AREAS, ET CETERA.NOW FOR THE, UH, THE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO US BY BUS OPERATORS, ENGINEERS, CONDUCTORS, OTHER PERSONNEL.
WHAT WE DO IS WITH SOME OF THAT INFORMATION GOES INTO WHAT'S CALLED A HAZARD BLOG WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO REVIEW, UM, AND TAKE ACTION, ASSIGN, UH, ACT TOURS TO GO TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
MAYBE THEY MAY INTERVIEW THE PERSON WHO HAS, UM, SUBMITTED, UH, THE HAZARD SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT IT IS, UH, IS TROUBLING ABOUT IT OR HOW WE CAN INVEST MITIGATED BECAUSE THAT PERSON ACTUALLY MAY HAVE A BETTER INSIGHT ON HOW WE CAN CORRECTLY ITEM.
SO WE ALSO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE JOINT HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, BUS PARA-TRANSIT, AND EQUALLY FOR RAIL IN PLACE.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE, WE BRING TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS FROM, UH, AROUND OUR ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, EACH AND EVERY MONTH.
AND THEY BRING TO THE TABLE THEIR EXPERTISE, THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS PLACE A SAFER PLACE, NOT JUST FOR THEM, BUT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS BY GOING THROUGH, UH, HAZARD LOGS, CORRECTIVE ACTION MONITORING LOGS, MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, MITIGATION ACTIONS THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE ARE ACTUALLY STICKING AND THAT THEY'RE WORKING, UH, AS INTENDED.
SO, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU'D BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CUSTOMERS, OF OUR EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, VISITORS TO OUR FACILITIES.
UM, EARLIER YOU GAVE ME THANKS FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB ON THE, ON THE PLANT.
WELL, I HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF THINGS TO, UH, NOT EVERYONE WHO'S IN MY DEPARTMENT, HE LED THE EFFORT, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE PLAY MAJOR ROLES IN, IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN.
AND SO I GOT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN OPERATIONS, MARKETING, PROCUREMENT, UH, AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEN HERE, BUT, UH, EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS AND SOMEONE ELSE WHO JUST PUMPED UP ON THE SCREEN, MY PRESIDENCY, UH, WHO HAS BEEN A HUGE CHAMPION FOR US AS IT PERTAINS TO SAFETY.
AND I'M STOPPING NOW BECAUSE I THINK THE CLOCK IS WINDING DOWN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GARDNER OR COMMENTS, SIR? SO JUST, JUST TO FOLLOW UP AND JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS REALLY KIND OF FORMALIZING SOMETHING THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE REALLY ALREADY BEEN CULTURALLY DOING, BUILDING, WORKING THROUGH OVER THE YEARS TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CULTURE OF SAFETY WORKING TO BUILD THIS WHEN, WHEN THINGS COME UP THROUGH THE LINES, WHETHER IT BE FROM OUR, FROM OUR OPERATORS, OUR EMPLOYEES, OR FROM, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER CONCERNS THAT ARE BROUGHT FORTH TO US THROUGH FORMAL OR INFORMAL CHANNELS.
WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM GET RIGHT IN ON TOP OF THAT STUFF AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS.
BUT, BUT THIS NOW GIVES US THAT MORE FORMALIZED STRUCTURE THAT, THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING MORE INFORMALLY.
THIS NOW YOU CAN POINT TO IT AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS IN PLACE.
WE GOT IT IN PLACE, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT.
BUT NOW THAT IT'S OFFICIALLY ON PAPER NOW THAN AS OF TODAY, IT WILL BE ASSUMING WE PASS THIS BOARD, BLESSED AND THEN, AND THEN PRESIDENT AND CEO CLARK, UH, IS NOW, UH, NOW IS, IS, UM, CHARGED WITH, WITH OFFICIALLY, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING IT AND GIVING YOU THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
IS THAT FAIR, FAIR STATEMENT? THAT IS, THAT IS A FAIR STATEMENT.
UM, I ALSO, UH, WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE CULTURE THAT'S BEING CREATED IN SAFETY.
UH, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT GET MEASURED ACTUALLY GET DONE.
AND, UH, TO BUILD A CULTURE OF SAFETY.
I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DOCUMENT WHERE IT'S TRAINED, HOW IT'S EVALUATED, THAT IT IS CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVED, THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE EVERYONE, UH, FROM, FROM THE CEO OF THE ORGANIZATION, UH, TO, UH, TO THE FOLKS WHO LET YOU IN THE DOOR, UH, FIND OUT THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED, UH, TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OPERATING IN THE SAFE, SAFEST ENVIRONMENT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN SO THAT WE ARE MOVING TO, UH, TO MORE STRUCTURED.
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TO A PROCESS THAT WE CAN MONITOR IS SIGNIFICANT AND YOU SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THAT.UM, SO I WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN JOINT COMMITTEES BEFORE.
UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY, I WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT, UM, SOME OF OUR BUS STOPS, PARTICULARLY SOME THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND UH, HOW WE ARE RELATING TO THE CITY'S SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, UH, THE CITY HAS SET ASIDE SOME FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS COMMUNITIES DEVELOP, AS COMMUNITIES EXPAND, THAT THEIR SIDEWALK PROGRAM EXPANDS ALSO.
AND IN THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE MOVED BUS STOPS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADA COMPLIANT.
UM, BUS STOPS IN THE SIDEWALKS, IN THE AREAS OF THOSE BUS STOPS, WHEREVER, WHEREVER THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED.
UM, I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME BUS STOPS IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN WHERE, UM, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE ARE MOVING ON SIDEWALKS THAT ARE NOT ADA COMPLIANT AND THEREFORE DANGEROUS TO THEM.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DOCUMENT WHERE THOSE ARE AND THAT WE, AND THAT WE DOCUMENT, UH, HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OR WHOMEVER TO GET THAT ADDRESSED.
UH, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE ALONG A DESSARO BETWEEN BREAKER AND PALMER AND THOSE BUS ROUTES IN THAT GENERAL AREA.
AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LARGE EMPLOYERS ALONG PARMER LANE, UH, WHETHER IT'S A SAMSUNG OR ALL THE WAY OUT TO APPLE, SO THAT IF WE'VE GOT, IF WE'VE GOT, UH, BUSES AND ROUTES IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE GAPS IN THE SIDEWALKS THAT EXISTED IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
SO AS WE PUT THE SAFETY PROGRAM TOGETHER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE, THOSE AREAS IN PARTICULAR.
YES, A BOARD MEMBER TREVELYAN YOU MAKE SOME VERY GOOD POINTS AND, AND I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE SOME COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT, UM, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH VISION ZERO'S, LEADERSHIP, UH, WHO'S BEEN VERY OPEN AS A MATTER OF FACT, VERY ENGAGING WITH, UH, MYSELF, CAPITAL METRO STAFF AND PLANNING, UM, UH, PRISONS FROM MY DIVISION OF SAFETY, UH, TO GET THINGS IN PLACE.
AS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS, UH, QUITE A LONG WAY TO GO WHEN IT COMES TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SIDEWALKS.
AND, AND SO, UH, WHAT I DO KNOW IS IT'S IN PLACE AND IT IS MOVING PERHAPS NOT AS QUICKLY AS WE'D ALL LIKE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT, UH, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES THEN I MEET WITH, UH, THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THEY ARE USING DATA TO GUIDE THEM, UH, WHETHER THAT'S ACCIDENT DATA, WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS, ET CETERA.
UH, THERE ARE PLENTY OF FOLKS INCLUDING MYSELF WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO, UH, MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT AS SAFE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN FOR ALL.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT I MENTIONED THOSE PRIORITY AREAS AS WE, AS WE CONTINUE TO PULL DOWN OUR SAFETY PLAN.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY ALSO THAT, UM, FOR BOARD MEMBER 2 MILLION, UM, THAT THE CITY, THE CITY HAS A PRIORITY, UM, MATRIX OF FOUR, WHICH YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH FOR, UH, FOR SIDEWALKS AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN, UH, WITH TRANSIT IS, IS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES.
SO, UM, AND, AND I WOULD JUST, UM, UH, I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, THAT ALL OF THESE PLACES SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IN TERMS OF SIDEWALKS IF THEY'RE NOT OR IF YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY, UM, GETTING THEM TO THE TOP OF THE LIST, I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND I'M SURE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WOULD ALSO, UH, TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE PRIORITIZED.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS MOMENT.
OKAY, GO AHEAD PRESIDENT CLARK.
I JUST WANT TO THANK GARDNER FOR THIS EFFORT AND ALL OF YOU, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS.
UH, THIS IS A BIG STEP FOR OUR AGENCY.
I WAS THE FORMER CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER UP AT THE, IN BOSTON FOR AWHILE AND I REALIZED HOW DIFFICULT GARDNER'S POSITION IS TO TRY TO PUT ALL THESE
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PIECES TOGETHER.UM, AND I'LL JUST ASK GARDENER, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT GARDNER, CAN YOU REMIND ME? WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST AGENCIES, I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE THIS OFFICIALLY SIGNED OFF.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT? THAT IS TRUE.
WE WON A FEW SO THAT THE LEGACY AGENCIES, THE LARGER ONES ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SO MANY CATS WRANGLE.
UH, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY AHEAD OF THE DEADLINE MONTHS AHEAD.
AND, UH, HERE IN TEXAS, I THINK, UH, HOUSTON METRO HAS ALREADY SIGNED THEIRS AND THIS WEEK DART WAS SUPPOSED TO SIGN THERE, BUT SO, BUT WE'RE RIGHT IN THERE, RIGHT AT THE FRONT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, KNOW THAT POINT TOO, THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND LEADING IN THE INDUSTRY.
IT'S SAFETY BEING OUR TOP PRIORITY.
SO, UM, THANKS FOR THE EFFORT AND THANKS FOR THE, UH, MOMENT OF COMMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? BOARD MEMBERS? UH, VERY WELL.
THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE RESOLUTION.
LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU AS WELL FOR A GARDENER AND PRESIDENT CLARK AND THE EMPHASIS ON SAFETY HERE, THAT THE BUILDING OF A CULTURE IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE OPERATE IN A DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT AND OPERATE LARGE VEHICLES AND, UH, HAVE, UH, WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, THEY GO, UH, THEY, THEY CAN, UH, HURT FOLKS.
AND SO WE NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FROM THE TOP DOWN THAT WE APPRECIATE THIS CULTURE OF SAFETY AND DO EVERYTHING WE AT THE BOARD CAN DO AND EVERYTHING THAT, UH, STARTING FROM THE PRESIDENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE MOTION THEN, WHICH IS RESOLVED BY THE CAP, METRO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN IS APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED AS THE PRESIDENT CEO TO APPROVE THE PLAN.
SO IT'S A PROGRAM ABOUT RELEVANT, USEFUL INFORMATION.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED THAT WOULD BE MEMBER STRATTON, I THINK WITH THE MOTION.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY, UH, COMMENT OR DISCUSSION NON VERY WELL.
UH, LET ME CALL ROLL ON THE VOTE AGAIN AS WELL.
UH, I THINK A NUMBER OF VICE CHAIR GARTH IS ABSENT TODAY.
MEMBER STRATTON, HOWEVER YOU VOTE.
YOU REMEMBER MITCHELL AND THEN METAL.
REMEMBER TREVELYAN I REMEMBER ITCHING.
I REMEMBER RENTERIA, REMEMBER HILL, I AND COOPERS AND I AS WELL.
I REMEMBER MITCHELL, UH, WITH NO PROBLEMS WITH MY MUTE BUTTON AND POWER BUTTON TODAY.
I HAVE THOSE SORTS OF ISSUES EVERYDAY WHETHER OR NOT I'M ON A BROADCAST OR NOT.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN VOTES IN FAVOR.
ONE MEMBER NOT VOTING TODAY, NOT PRESENT TODAY.
OUR SECOND ITEM, THANK YOU GARNER FOR ALL THAT GOOD WORK AND UH, UH, FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
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IS APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOR TRANSIT SERVICE.UH, UH, WATKINS IS WITH US TO PRESENT THIS MATERIAL.
DANI, ARE YOU THERE? I SURE AM.
THANK YOU TO YOUR COOPER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.
AND THIS ITEM IS FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNATE A FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
THAT INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT COVERS BOTH OUR YOUTH, THESE SHUTTLE SERVICES AS WELL AS, UM, THE RISE ON OUR SERVICES, UM, BY STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF, UM, WHO RIDE USING THEIR ID CARD INSTEAD OF PAYING A FAIR.
UM, WE, UM, MUTUALLY AGREED WITH THE UNIVERSITY ON MARCH 13TH, UM, TO SUSPEND UT SHUTTLE SERVICES.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST DAY THAT CAMPUS WAS CLOSED.
UM, WE GOT A, AN EARLY MORNING NOTIFICATION THAT THE CAMPUS WAS CLOSING AND SUSPENDED SERVICE MID DAY ON THAT AFTERNOON, UM, AROUND NOON AND THEN, UM, FOLLOWING THE SPRING BREAK CLOSURE OF THE CAMPUS, WHICH WAS ALREADY SCHEDULED.
THE UNIVERSITY CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR CAMPUS CLOSED AND WE HAVE NOT OPERATED UT SHUTTLE SERVICES SINCE
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THE MORNING OF MARCH 13.UM, SO THIS AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT REALLY JUST ADDRESSES, UM, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE MADE WITH THE STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY ON HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE THIS INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT.
UM, THE UNIVERSITY HAS AGREED TO PAY FOR THE FULL MONTH OF MARCH, UM, RECOGNIZING THE SUDDEN BUT NECESSARY SUSPENSION OF THE SERVICE.
UM, THE FOR THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND MAY WHEN WE WERE NOT, UM, HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGING FARES FOR ANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
UM, WE WILL NOT CHARGE THE UNIVERSITY AND FOR EVERY MONTH GOING FORWARD, UM, THE UNIVERSITY THAT THE UNIVERSITY REMAINS ON REMOTE STAFF AND THEY WILL PAY US 20% OF THEIR STANDARD FEE TO COVER THE FAIRS FOR THEIR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF, UTILIZING OUR SERVICES.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL REVERT TO OUR NORMAL AGREEMENT WHEN WE RESUME SERVICES.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE FALL.
UM, AND SO, UM, THIS AMENDMENT REALLY IS JUST NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, CLEAN UP ADMINISTRATIVELY, UM, THE ISSUES THAT WERE CAUSED BY THIS, UM, THE SON CURTAILMENT OF SERVICES.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS FOR MS. WATKINS.
COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN REMEMBER TREVELYAN NO QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY WITH A QUESTION OR COMMENT? VERY WELL.
WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, THIS ACTION ITEM, UH, THE MOTION IS DRAFTED, READS, RESOLVED BY CAPTAIN ON METRO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, THAT THE PRESIDENT, CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE IS AUTHORIZED TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN FOR SHUTTLE SERVICE AND RISE ON CAP METRO SERVICES TO ADDRESS SERVICE REDUCTIONS AND FAIR CHANGES REQUIRED DURING THE CURRENT PANDEMIC RESULTING IN A CORRESPONDING REDUCTION IN REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY 1,540,000.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? I MOVED TO APPROVE IT.
REMEMBER MITCHELL, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? NO DISCUSSION THEN VERY WELL, UH, I'LL CALL ROLL ON IT.
UM, I THINK MEMBER GARCIA IS STILL, UH, ABSENT FOR THE MEETING.
UM, REMEMBER STRATTON, THAT'S AN EYE.
IT WOULD HELP IF I UNMUTED MYSELF.
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER TREVELYAN I REMEMBER KITCHEN.
I LIKE YOU REMEMBER RENTER MARIA.
I LIKE NEW MEMBER HILL AND COOPER'S AND EYES.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES, UH, SEVEN, FOUR NINE AGAINST HIM, ONE NOT VOTING.
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ACTION ITEM IS A NUMBER THREE APPROVAL OF A MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENTS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN CARP, RIGHT WITH US TO PRESENT THIS MATERIAL.I'M KEN CARBIDE, VICE PRESIDENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO WHO IS DESIGNATED TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENTS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF FUTURE CAPITAL.
METRO BUS STOPS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF US.
ONE 83 US TWO 90 STATE HIGHWAY 71 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 NORTH LAMAR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TEXAS TWO 75 SOUTH CONGRESS, ALSO KNOWN AS TEXAS TWO 75 BURNETT ROAD, WHICH IS FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1325 AND PARMER LANE, WHICH IS FARM TO MARKET ROAD SEVEN 34 AND AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, A CHAIR COOPER, THERE WERE MODIFICATIONS TO THIS RESOLUTION.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED RECENTLY TO THE BOARD OF OPERATIONS PLANNING AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
AND DURING THAT DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS ASKED ABOUT THE ADDITION OF SOME ROADWAY SEGMENTS AND THE TEXTILE JURISDICTION AND THE CAPITAL METRO SERVICE AREA.
ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, IT INCLUDED ONLY THE FIRST FOUR ROADWAYS THAT BEING ONE 83 TO BE 90 71 AND 35 AND BOARD MEMBERS WERE AWARE THAT CAPITAL METRO HAS A BUS STOP TO METRO RAPID STATIONS IN
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THESE OTHER ROAD SEGMENTS.SO BENSON BALL WITH OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO TEXT, UH, SPEAK WITH TEXTILE AND THEY WERE AGREEABLE TO ADDING THESE ADDITIONAL ROADWAY SEGMENTS AS THE BOARD MEMBERS REQUESTED.
SO WE QUICKLY MODIFIED THIS RESOLUTION AND ARE BRINGING IT TO YOU NOW AS AN ACTION ITEM.
SO BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF BUS STOPS WITHIN A STATE HIGHWAY RIGHT AWAY AND WE TYPICALLY GET APPROVAL FOR THOSE ON AN INDIVIDUAL LOCATION BASIS.
SOMETIMES IN SMALL GROUPS AS WELL.
BUT GENERALLY IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL LOCATION BASIS.
THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH TEXTS AND OUR REAL ESTATE LEGAL LAND CAPITAL PROJECTS GROUPS, WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO PUT IN PLACE THESE MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENTS.
SO THEN ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE BLANKET AGREEMENTS FOR THE TEXTILE ROADWAYS WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.
AND SO AS WE ADD NEW BUS STOPS, WE SIMPLY WORK WITH THEM ON THE SPECIFIC LOCATION AND THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE PREEXISTING SO IT GREATLY STREAMLINES THE PROCESS AND SPEEDS IT UP FOR BOTH AGENTS.
AND SO IF THE BOARD IS IN FAVOR OF THESE AGREEMENTS MOVING FORWARD, THEN THEY WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL AS WELL.
AND I'LL PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE AGREEMENTS.
CAN YOU JUST REMIND US WHICH ROADS WERE ADDED? I MEAN, I KNOW THE DETAILS.
THE NEW ONES THAT WERE ADDED WERE THE, UH, THE SECTION OF NORTH LAMAR, UH, SOUTH CONGRESS BURNET ROAD AND PARMER LANE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING, FOR GETTING THAT DONE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE QUICK ACTION AND GOING BACK TO TEX.TO MAKE THE INQUIRY ABOUT THAT.
WELL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MOST WELCOME.
AND AS WE MENTIONED IN THE ALPS COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH TEX.
AND VINCENT SANDOVALL IS, HAS WORKS VERY WELL WITH THEIR LEGAL AND REAL ESTATE GROUPS AND WE APPRECIATE HIS WORK ON THIS.
UH, DID OWN A BOARD MEMBER KITCHENS, UH, COMMENTS.
THANK YOU MR CARTWRIGHT FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID AND FOR MOVING SO QUICKLY TO GET THOSE EXTRA SECTIONS OF ROADWAY ADDED.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR KEN? VERY WELL.
UM, AND DO WE HAVE, UH, MS JOSEPH'S ON THE LINE TO COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
UH, LET ME JUST, UH, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR HER TO REACH OUT IF SHE'S TRYING TO GET IN OR DOES SHE HAVE THAT INFO? OKAY.
WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, UM, LET ME JUST SUSPEND THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM AND ASK CHAIR MITCHELL TO GIVE US A QUICK
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REPORT ON THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WITH A CAMPO UPDATE.UH, THE FINANCE AUDIT ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEET MET WITH A FULL CONTINGENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UH, THERE WERE OUTSIDE OF THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THAT WAS ONLY ONE ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THE NEW MOVERS PROGRAM THAT WE APPROVED TODAY.
UH, WE HAD SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS FROM THE, UH, AUDIT, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, JUST ON AUDIT PLAN STAFF AS STATUS AND IT POINT MANAGEMENT AND THE ORB CAD INCIDENT ACCIDENT REVIEW.
AS FAR AS CAMPO, UH, UH, THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT ACTION WE, UH, THAT THE CAMPO BOARD TOOK ON MAY 4TH WAS TO REAPPOINT, UH, CHAIRMAN COOPER TO THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, TOOK APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AMENDMENT TWO TO 2019 TWO THROUGH 2022 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THEN PROBABLY THE BIGGEST WAS THAT THE UH, CAMPO BOARD APPROVED THE ADOPTION OF THE, UH, 2045
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REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS A $42 BILLION PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT ADD.
DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? STANDBY.
WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR BACK FROM IT.
WE'RE STANDING BY, I'M SORRY, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE ON THIS ACTION ITEM THREE NOW OR
AND WE CAN LET HER MAKE THAT COMMENT AT THE END OF THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT SHE WANTED TO SPEAK ON.
MR. CHAIR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, YOU CAN PEND THIS ITEM UNTIL THE END AND THE HEAR YOUR DISCUSSION ITEMS.
CAUSE WE, WE, I KNOW SHE INDICATED SOMEWHAT OF WHAT SHE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, BUT WE WON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHEN COLLAPSED WITH HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER THAT.
TOMMY'S, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS. LET'S CIRCLE BACK TO THIS ITEM WITH THE HOPE THAT IT CAN GET HER CONNECTED.
SO DON'T LET ME FORGET, UH, ANY OF YOU, UH, MS BUTCHER OR MR STRATTON, UH, NOT TO COME BACK TO THE SILENCE.
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ITEMS, UH, NUMBER ONE IS UH, FISCAL YEAR OF 2020 FINANCIAL REPORT AND SPECIFICALLY MARCH OF 2020, UH, MR CONLIN THAT YOU'RE WITH US.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN COOPER, BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT AND CEO CLARK.
I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR CAPITAL METRO AND TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 2020 THROUGH MARCH AND AD IF YOU COULD DISPLAY MY PRESENTATION.
UM, FOR THIS SLIDE WE'LL BE COVERING ALL THESE POINTS IN COMING SLIDES.
HERE'S THE UPDATE FOR REVENUE THROUGH MARCH OF 2020.
THE FIRST COLUMN REPORTS YEAR TO DATE REVENUE FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO THIS FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO THE FULL YEAR BUDGET.
AND THEN THE PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET OF CHEAP ACHIEVED THROUGH MARCH BEING SIX MONTHS THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR TARGET WOULD BE 50%
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FOR THE FIRST LINE ITEM IN SALES TAX.I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT SALES TAX AND THE NEXT SLIDE.
OUR MARCH PASSENGER FARES WILL HOLD ON.
OKAY, SO MARCH PASSENGER FARES.
ACTUALLY WHEN THE
UM, WITH THE CHRIST IS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE MONTH FOR MARCH.
FREIGHT REVENUE'S TRACKING ABOVE BUDGET.
WE HAD AN UNBUDGETED RECEIPT OF ONE POINT $1 MILLION FOR A SHORTLINE TAX CREDIT THAT WAS ACTUALLY PASSED BY, UM, THAT THE LEGISLATION, OTHER REVENUES TRACKING ABOVE BUDGET DUE TO INVESTMENT INCOME TRACKING ABOVE BUDGET WITH FAVORABLE RATES IN THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR, RATES HAVE STARTED TO DECLINE.
OF COURSE SINCE THEN OPERATING CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS ARE RIGHT ON TARGET AND THEN CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS THEY'RE TRACKING BELOW BUDGET, MAINLY TIMING DUE TO DELAYED THE EXPENSES IN SUBMITTAL FOR CAPITAL PROJECT SPENDING THAT IS GRANT ELIGIBLE.
OUR OVERALL, UM, PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET ACHIEVED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR IS 47.2%.
FOR THE NEXT SLIDE IN SALES TAX.
IF WE LOOK AT OUR SALES TAX, NEXT SLIDE.
LOOKING AT SALES TAX, OUR MARCH RECEIPT OF 22 MILLION, THAT WAS DOWN 4.2% COMPARED TO MARCH IN 2019.
UM, THIS IS WHEN COVITZ STARTED TO AFFECT THE AREA AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL.
THIS WAS THE FIRST NEGATIVE YEAR OVER YEAR RECEIPTS SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2018 WHERE WE HAD UM, A NEGATIVE RECEIPT.
UM, YEAR OVER YEAR WE RECEIVE OUR SALES TAX DISTRIBUTION FROM THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER TWO MONTHS IN ARREARS AND WE'RE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING OUR APRIL SALES TAX RECEIPT IN THE FIRST PART OF JUNE.
CURRENTLY WE'RE STILL 6.8% ABOVE OUR YEAR TO DATE RECEIPTS THROUGH MARCH, 2020 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
BUT EXPECT THAT NUMBER WILL SHARPLY DECLINE AND COMING MONTHS DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS.
THIS SLIDE IS A HISTORICAL SIX MONTH ROLLING TREND OF SALES TAX SINCE JANUARY OF 2007 AND WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE GONE THAT FAR BACK TO SHOW THE OH EIGHT OH NINE RECESSION AND UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMING MONTHS AND HOW THE CURVE GOES DOWN ON THAT SLIDE AS WELL.
THE NEXT SLIDE, HERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR MONTHLY LOSS REVENUE THAT OUR CFO DISPLAYED IN LAST MONTH'S BOARD MEETING AND IT SHOWS OUR AVERAGE FARE REVENUE OF ONE POINT $9 MILLION PER MONTH.
AS I JUST STATED, THIS WAS IMPACTED IN MARCH BY 30%.
AND OF COURSE, UM, FAIR REVENUE HAS GONE AWAY COMPLETELY IN APRIL AND MAY WITH NO FAIR COLLECTION.
THE BOTTOM BAR SHOWS THE MONTHLY IMPACT OF DIFFERENT SALES TAX PERCENTAGE DECLINES TO OUR AVERAGE SALES TAX OF 22 POINT $6 MILLION.
UM, WE HAVE CARES ACT FUNDING DEPENDING UPON WHAT HAPPENS FOR APRIL, MAY IN THE COMING MONTHS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR OPERATING EXPENSES IN THE SAME FORMAT AS REVENUES WE'VE FIXED FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED VACANCY SAVINGS FOR THIS FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAVE TIMING AND PROFESSIONAL FEES, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, UTILITIES AND INSURANCE EXPENSES.
OF COURSE SOME OF THESE, UM, SOME OF THE LOWER SPENDING TO BUDGET WILL ALSO RESULT IN SAVINGS DUE TO THE CUT BACK IN EXPENSES THAT OUR CFO TOLD THE BOARD ABOUT IN APRIL AS WELL.
WE HAVE SITE SAVINGS AND PURCHASE, TRANSPORTATION, FUEL AND FLUIDS, UM, DUE TO MODIFIED SERVICE AND RESPONSE TO COVE AT 19 AND MARCH, BUT WE'RE TRACKING VERY CLOSE TO BUDGET AND THEN OTHER EXPENSES FAVORABLE MAINLY DUE TO UNSPENT CONTINGENCY.
SO OVERALL WE'RE AT 45.7% SPENDING OF OUR FULL YEAR BUDGET.
AND AS I SAID, SOME OF THESE SAVINGS IS DUE TO TIMINGS.
SOME WILL RESULT IN PERMANENT SAVINGS DUE TO TIGHTENING OF THE BUDGETS WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS.
SO THIS SLIDE, JUST HIGH LEVEL RECAP, SOME OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS, UM, DUE TO COVERT 19 WHICH INITIALLY WAS SHARED AT LAST MONTH, APRIL MEETING AND UPDATE ON THE CARES ZACK, WE'VE SECURED OUR AWARD AND WE'VE EXECUTED THE GRANT FOR
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THE 102 POINT MILLION DOLLARS.WE'RE CURRENTLY IN PROCESS OF PERFORMING OUR FIRST STRAW.
WE SHOULD RECEIVE THAT FIRST DRAW INTO THE $102.99 NEXT WEEK.
OF COURSE, WE'RE EXPECTING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS TO HAVE A LARGE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON HER SALES TAX AND FAIR REVENUES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE CARES ACT IS INTENDED TO DO, IS COVERED LOSS REVENUE AND ADDITIONAL EXPENSES DUE TO THE COVERT CRISIS.
THE AGENCY'S ALSO EXPERIENCING, UM, ADDITIONAL EXPENSES RELATED TO COVEN 19 SUCH AS PANDEMICS THAT CAN LEAVE TO EMPLOYEES AND SERVICE PROVIDER EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE GOING TO REFURBISH, UM, ALL BUSES WITH VINYL SEATS AND INSTALL OPERATOR PLEXIGLASS SHIELDS WITH PARTY INSTITUTED BACK IN MARCH.
ENHANCED CLEANING AND UM, ADDITIONAL PPE FOR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE FRONTLINE STAFF BONUSES ALSO.
SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT ANY BUDGET TRANSFERS THAT EXCEED $150,000 TO THE BOARD.
IN THE SECOND QUARTER WE HAD SIX TRANSFERS REPORT, FIVE OF THE SIX TRANSFERS WOULD A TRANSFER FUNDS BETWEEN CAPITAL BUDGETS, CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR BUDGET REALIGNMENT.
ONE TRANSFER, WHICH WAS THE SECOND TRANSFER WAS TO TRANSFER OUT OF CAPITAL CONTINGENCY FOR A NON BUDGETED TRANSIT HUB AND PARK AND RIDE RELOCATION.
OUR NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A LOOK AT OUR RESERVE ALLOCATED AND RESTRICTED FUNDS AT THE END OF MARCH.
UM, AS OUR CFO PRESENTED IN LAST MONTH'S BOARD MEETING WHERE IN A VERY STRONG RESERVE POSITION, THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, IT SHOULD REALLY BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR WORK IN THE PAST AND GETTING US TO THIS POSITION BECAUSE WE'RE FACED, WE'RE FACING THE CRISIS AND THAT THAT WAS THE IDEA FROM THE BOARD AND LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE POSITIONED AS WE GO INTO AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
AND AS YOU SEE, WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, A STRONG POSITION OF 102 POINT $7 MILLION THROUGH A TWO MONTHS STATUTORY OPERATING RESERVE OR ONE MORE MONTH, ONE MONTH BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE, SELF-INSURANCE RESERVE.
AND THEN OF COURSE OUR CAPITAL EXPANSION FUND, WHICH IS FUNDED AT $40 MILLION AT THE MOMENT.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WE HAVE OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS FOR THE REMAINING DOWNTOWN STATION FUNDS, OUR REMAINING QUARTER CENT FUNDS WITH THE CITY AND THEN FUTURE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
SO THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY JUST PUTS ALL THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES THAT ARE COVERED INTO ONE FORMAT.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS THROUGH THAT.
AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE OUR OPERATING EXPENSES BUT FURTHER BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS SPENDING IN VARIANCES.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS IT THAT SLIDE, BUT IT STILL REPRESENTS THE 45% THAT WE'RE AT.
AND THEN FINALLY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS WE HAVE EXPENDED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, IT'S ACTUALLY LAID OUT.
UM, FIRST COLUMN WOULD BE EXPENDITURES.
SECOND COLUMN WOULD BE PURCHASE ORDERS AND COMMITMENTS TOWARDS EACH AREA OF PROJECTS COMPARED TO THE FULL YEAR BUDGET OF 111 POINT $8 MILLION.
AND THEN SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF EXPANDED AND COMMITTED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS 59.2% OF BUDGET.
MAJOR SPENDING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS NOTED TO THE RIGHT OF EACH AREA OF THE AGENCY IN COMMUTER RAIL.
OUR MAIN SPENDING HAS BEEN IN UM, PTC AND TRACK UNDERCUTTING FOR VEHICLES.
WE'VE ALREADY RECEDED IN 23 TRANSIT BUSES FOR BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE MORE BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES ON THE WAY DURING THE SUMMER.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE PAPER DYNAMIC SIGNS FOR FACILITIES.
OF COURSE, THE CONTINUING DOWNTOWN STATION CONSTRUCTION, THE NORTH OPS, UM, BUS YARD PAVING FOR OUR ELECTRIFICATION.
AND THEN BUS STOP ENHANCEMENTS.
PROPERTY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT IS PLAZA SALTY OR REVITALIZATION CROSSINGS SIGNALS.
AND THEN, UH, PURCHASE OF SOME BUS LIFTS FOR OUR EXPRESS BUSES.
SECURITY WAS PROJECT PERIMETER HARDING AND SECURITY CAMERAS IN HER POLICE VEHICLES.
AND THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION, BUT I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL.
QUESTIONS TO ORD MEMBERS FOR MR CONLON.
KEVIN, I HAVE ONE WHICH IS DO WE ANTICIPATE WITH THE RECEIPT OF THE FEDERAL
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FUNDS, THE CARES ACT FUNDS HAVING TO TAP INTO ANY OF OUR RESERVES THIS YEAR.UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND REAFFIRM WHAT OUR CFO MARMA WICK, UM, STATED TO THE APRIL BOARD WERE UM, WELL POSITIONED WITH THE $102 MILLION CARE ZACK FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING TO TAP INTO ANY RESERVE AMOUNTS AT THE MOMENT.
I'M JUST NOT REMEMBERING IF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY BEFORE, BUT UM, DO, ARE WE ALSO ABLE TO TAP INTO FEMA FOR ANY OF OUR CODE RELATED EXPENSES FOR FEMA? NO, WE DON'T.
UM, THAT'S PART OF THE FTA CARES ACT GRANT WAS TO COVER ALL AGENCIES JUST ON THAT SIDE.
SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ABILITY AT THE MOMENT TO TAP INTO ANY FEMA FUNDS.
IS THAT, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD WE NORMALLY HAVE THAT AND THE CARES ACT SUPPLANTS IT OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST NOT AVAILABLE TO A TRANSIT AGENCY? UM, I MIGHT NEED SOME HELP ON THAT, BUT WE DID EXPLORE THAT POSSIBILITY AND IT JUST WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO CAPITAL METRO AND TRANSIT AGENCY.
I CAN, I CAN, I CAN GIVE A LITTLE EXTRA ON THAT.
SO, UM, WE ARE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN BEING ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE FEMA PROCESS.
SO THE CARES ACT MONEY WAS A DESIGNATION JUST FOR TRANSIT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE A BIG TRANSIT, UH, ALLOCATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WOULDN'T CONNECT IF YOU WILL, UH, GO INTO THE MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY STATE, THE WHOLE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS.
SO THEY SET IT UP, IT'S REIMBURSEMENT, REIMBURSEMENT REIMBURSEMENT IF YOU WILL, BUT THEY SET IT UP IN A WAY TO GO THROUGH FTA CAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A STRUCTURE PROGRAM TO DO THAT.
SO WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE CARES ACT PROGRAM AND HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTERED IT AND WAY THAT WE CAN THEN ACCESS IT AS A TRANSIT AGENCY.
WELL THE REASON I'M ASKING IS THE CITY CAN DO BOTH.
THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO OUR ALLOCATED CARES FUND, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO FEMA AND WE'RE PURSUING BOTH, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S REQUIREMENTS UNDER.
SO MY QUESTION REALLY WAS JUST TRANSIT.
DOES DO TRANSIT AGENCIES HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH OR ARE WE PRECLUDED FROM ACCESSING FEMA? MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASED ON, UH, ON THIS TYPE OF EMERGENCY CARES ACT IS OUR ABILITY TO ACCESS FUNDS.
UM, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PACKAGE THAT THE CONGRESS IS LOOKING AT THAT MAY PROVIDE A DIFFERENT AVENUE AS WELL.
BUT THAT IS OUR GENERAL UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT THAT TRANSIT GOES THROUGH THIS COLUMN AND NOT THROUGH THE FEMA COLUMN.
WE ARE DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING.
SO IF SOMEHOW THERE IS AN INTERPRETATION CHANGE OR ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WE COULD ACCESS, THEN WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN A FEDERALIZED WAY THAT COULD DO THAT.
BUT THAT IS OUR CURRENT, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT WORKS.
WELL IF, IF YOU COULD JUST GET ME SOME MORE DETAIL, CAUSE I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY WHY IT WORKS THAT WAY.
UM, IN OTHER WORDS, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, IS IT, IS IT PART OF THE LEGISLATION AROUND CARES FOR TRANSIT OR IS IT WRITTEN INTO THE SCOPE OF FEMA? UM, I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY HOW THAT WORKS AND SO Y'ALL CAN GET THAT TO ME LATER.
BOARD MEMBER KITCHEN, BUT WE DO HAVE A NOTE FROM SHARON COATS AT DDOT AND HER QUOTE WAS PLEASED NO PER EXISTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN FDA AND FEMA.
IF FDA EMERGENCY FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, TRANSIT GRANTEES WILL WORK WITH FTA AND NOT FEMA FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR EMERGENCY RELATED TRANSIT EXPENSES.
AND THAT'S BASED ON THE AGREEMENT FOR FDA AS EMERGENCY FUNDING PROGRAM.
SO IT'S WRITTEN, IT'S WRITTEN INTO A, A AGREEMENT BETWEEN FEMA AND THE FTA.
WELL, THAT'S, UM, I, THE CARE'S FUNDING IS MUCH BETTER OF COURSE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PARAMETERS AROUND IT.
BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE CITY HAS.
THE CITY RECEIVED THAT CHUNK OF MONEY AS A, AS A LARGE CITY.
BUT WE'RE, WE ALSO CONTINUE TO BE, HAVE A FAME OF FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE, AND FEMA FUNDING OF COURSE IS A LIMITED TYPES OF, UM, UH, LIMITED TYPES OF REIMBURSEMENT.
SO, UM, I'M, UH, I'M, THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT THEY CHOSE TO DO IT THAT WAY.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR CONLON? IF I COULDN'T SHARE, I JUST, UH, ONE, ONE QUICK COMMENT.
UH, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK UH, KA.
KEVIN AND RANANA HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, BUT THEIR STAFF SPECIFICALLY ALEX AND MELANIE HAVE JUST BEEN FANTASTIC ON THIS.
UH, AND I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY PUBLICLY TO THANK THE FTA, THE FTA AS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FASTEST PARTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT RESPONDED TO THE CRISIS AND GOT ALL OF THEIR SYSTEMS SET UP FOR PROCESSING AND HELPING US.
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UH, IT'S A LIFELINE.WITHOUT THE CARES ACT TRANSIT AS AN INDUSTRY WOULD BE JUST BEYOND DEVASTATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND THE FTA REGIONAL TEAM AND THE TEAM IN DC HAVE DONE JUST A BEYOND A FANTASTIC JOB.
PROBABLY THE BEST EXECUTED PART OF THE ENTIRE CARE ZAC PROGRAM.
AND THEY SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR HOW MUCH THEY DID.
AD LET ME JUST REACH OUT AND SEE IF WE'RE READY TO GO BACK TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE OR IF WE SHOULD KEEP KEVIN ON THE HOOK HERE.
WELL KEVIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND THEN WE'LL GO TO DISCUSSION ITEM
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NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR.AGAIN, I'M KEVIN COLLIN, BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR CAPITAL METRO AND I'M HERE TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE BUDGET PROCESS AND IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES IN THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH THE BOARD.
SO WE BEGAN THE BUDGET PROCESS BACK IN FEBRUARY WITH OUR KICKOFF MEETING IN APRIL.
WE RECEIVED OPERATING AND CAPITAL REQUESTS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH NUMEROUS REVIEWS IN THE CAPITAL OF PROJECTS AND OPERATING EXPENSE FOR COMING YEAR.
OF COURSE, THE CURRENT COVERT FINANCIAL CRISIS PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLANNING OF NEXT YEARS OPERATING BUDGET OR FIVE-YEAR CIP AND OUR 20 YEAR LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN.
NEXT IN JUNE, WE'LL ENGAGE THE ACCESS ADVISORY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UM, AND GIVE THEM AN INITIAL REVIEW OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE'LL ALSO SHARE WITH THE JUNE BOARD COMMITTEES, KEY OPERATING BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND THOSE WILL BE DEVELOPED AS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RE WE RECEIVED IN APRIL AND MAY SALES TAX AS WELL AND SEE HOW HARD THE AGENCY HAS HIT WITH THIS CRISIS, DIFFERENT SERVICE LEVELS AND FUNDING AND ANY SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATES ON JULY 15TH.
THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT DATES IN THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING A DETAILED BUDGET PROPOSAL WITH THE BOARD COMMITTEES AND THEN AT THE BOARD MEETING IN JULY, WE'LL PRESENT A BUDGET PROPOSAL IN SUMMARY AS WELL.
SO IN AUGUST IT'LL LEAD INTO OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET.
OF COURSE THE BUDGET STARTS IN OCTOBER, SO 2021 DOES BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1ST OR PRESENT THE BUDGET PROPOSAL TO THE AUGUST, UM, ACCESS ADVISORY AND SEE SAC WILL HAVE THE BUDGET BUT DOCUMENT PUBLISHED ONLINE ON AUGUST 24TH AND THEN AT THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST WE STILL PLAN TO PROBABLY DO IT SOCIAL DISTANCE, UM, TO HAVE OUTREACH AT OUR BUSIEST TRANSIT CENTERS AND RAIL STATIONS.
THAT WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, GOING FROM OUTREACH OF 20 TO 30 PEOPLE TO MORE THAN FIVE TO 600 PEOPLE LAST YEAR.
AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER WHERE WE'LL PROVIDE ANY UPDATES TO THE BOARD COMMITTEES, IF WE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE BUDGET, OUR MAJOR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 16TH WE'LL HOLD A BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN WE'LL OF COURSE HAS THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 28TH TO APPROVE THE FYI 2021 BUDGET AT THAT BOARD MEETING.
AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, AFTER APPROVAL IN EARLY OCTOBER, WE'LL POST THE APPROVED BUDGET ONLINE.
AND THEN IN EARLY DECEMBER WE'LL APPLY TO THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD.
WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED THIS AWARD SINCE 1999 AND IT'S JUST SPEAKS TO THE QUALITY OF HER BUDGET DOCUMENTATION.
AND THEN FINALLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE BUDGET STAFF.
THEY'VE BEEN JUST GREAT THROUGH ALL OF THIS DEPARTMENTAL AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING AND WORKING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFICULTIES OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
JUST A HUGE EFFORTS BEEN PUT IN TO KEEP THE PROCESS ON TRACK AND RUNNING SMOOTH OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND KEEP ON TRACK.
BUT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD NOW THOUGH FROM MR CHAIRMAN.
JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO THROW OUT THERE THAT'S UH, AT FOUR STILL IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE WERE FACING, UH, COBIN 19 AND WE'VE STILL GOT TO DO SOME SOCIAL DISTANCING.
UM, HAS THE, UH, THE BUDGET TEAM AND THE OUTREACH TEAM CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THE SAME KIND OF THING WE'RE DOING FOR A PROJECT CONNECT ONLINE
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TOWN HALL MEETINGS PERHAPS DURING THAT AUGUST TIME PERIOD TO, UH, ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.I KNOW WE'VE, AT LEAST IT APPEARS WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL WITH PROJECT CONNECT, UH, HAVING SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE, UH, ENGAGED SO FAR, AT LEAST WITH, WITH EACH OF THE TOWN HALLS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN IN, UH, PUTTING ONLINE AT THIS POINT.
BOARD MEMBERS SIDE WITH, WE'VE ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN WITH JACKIE'S GROUP AND DO THAT.
WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE IN YEARS PAST WEBINARS BEFORE THAT WE CAN LIVE, INTERACT WITH ANY PARTICIPANTS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THAT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE TO REPLACE THAT AUGUST 24TH THROUGH AUGUST 28TH DATE THOUGH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OKAY, GREAT.
I'M SURE THEY'VE BEEN, UH, HAVEN'T REALLY ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES WITH ALL THIS BEEN GOING ON.
SO PLEASE PASS ALONG OUR GRATITUDE.
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ITEM WILL BE MR BALLANTINE WITH, UH, INNOVATIVE MOBILITY PARTNERSHIPS.UM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CHAIR COOPER, PRESIDENT CLARK.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DEMAND RESPONSE AND INNOVATIVE MOBILITY.
AND TODAY I'M BRINGING FORTH AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT, UM, TO BUILD A BIKE SHARE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAPITAL METRO.
UH, WE DON'T NEED ANY ACTION TODAY ON THIS, BUT, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS FORTH TO YOU AND PRESENT IT TO YOU.
UM, SO THAT YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIKE SHARE CONCEPT.
THE BIKE SHARE CONCEPT IS UM, CALLED METRO BIKE.
IT TAKES THE EXISTING B CYCLE SYSTEM AND BEGINS TO MAXIMIZE ITS POTENTIAL TO WHAT IT CAN BE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS WORKING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON THIS.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ALREADY A STRONG LINK BETWEEN BIKES AND TRANSIT.
AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THEN EXPAND UPON IT.
ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THIS IS, UM, THE VISION TO SUPPORT AN EXPANSION OF E-BIKES, THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE BIKES.
ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT IS THE SERVICE AREA.
THE SERVICER IS CURRENTLY LIMITED TO THE CORE OF THE CITY AND WE REALLY WANT TO EXPAND THAT.
SO WE ENVISION EXPANDING IT TO NEW AREAS WHERE BIKE SHARE CAN EXTEND THE REACH OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER MAJOR ELEMENT IS THE PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP.
IT FITS WELL WITHIN THE GOALS OF THE ASM P THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN AS WELL AS PROJECT CONNECT.
SO I'M SPEAKING OF THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
UM, IN JUNE OF 2018 CAP METRO OBVIOUSLY IMPLEMENTED CAPRI MAP, UM, OUR LARGEST SYSTEM OVERHAUL IN OUR HISTORY.
AFTER THE NEW SYSTEM WAS SUCCESSFULLY ROLLED OUT, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO ANALYZE THE MICRO MOBILITY TRIPS NEAR CAP METRO TRANSIT STOPS.
WE STARTED TO DIVE INTO THE DATA AND A PICTURE REALLY BEGAN TO EMERGE OF MICRO MOBILITY SYSTEMS THAT FEED TRANSIT, PARTICULARLY BIKES.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE A REALLY STRONG NEXUS OF TRIPS STARTING AND ENDING WITHIN 50 FEET OF TRANSIT STOPS.
SO WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH TRANSIT AND BIKES IS A REALLY GOOD THING FOR ALL OF US.
SO THE HIGH LEVEL VISION FOR METRO BIKE IS ONE THAT FIRST ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN BIKES AND TRANSIT.
UM, BY BRINGING THE AUSTIN BIKE SHARE PROGRAM INTO THE CAPITAL METRO FAMILY.
WE DO THIS BY REBRANDING THE PROGRAM METRO BIKE.
WE ALSO LOOK TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO UPGRADE THE BIKE SHARE AND WITH THE BIKES AS WELL AS THE STATIONS, UM, AND THEN ALSO LOCATE THOSE STATIONS NEAR TRANSIT.
AND THEN THIRD, WE FULLY WANT TO INTEGRATE METRO BIKE INTO OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM.
SO IT REALLY BECOMES A PIECE OF CAPITAL METRO.
IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE CAPITAL METRO, UM, AS THE MOBILITY PROVIDER IN THE REGION, WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THAT SEAMLESS LOOK AND FEEL AND FUNCTION.
SO PART OF THAT IS BUNDLING BIKE AND TRANSIT PASSES ON OUR APP AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THAT MIGHT WORK UP THERE.
UM, IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WHERE YOU CAN PAY ONCE FOR A FAIR AND YOU WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE BUS AND A BIKE SYSTEM ONE TRANSACTION.
SO HERE'S A RUNDOWN OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM.
UM, FOR B CYCLE AS IT IS TODAY, WE HAVE 700 TOTAL BIKES IN THE CITY, 200 OF WHICH ARE ON LOAN.
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THEY'RE ON LOAN FROM TREK, THE MANUFACTURER OF THE BIKES AND THEN 500 BIKES THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD ON IN THE CITY.UM, THOSE ARE REGULAR PEDAL BIKES AND THEN THERE ARE 75 STATIONS.
ALL THE ASSETS ARE OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN EXCEPT FOR OBVIOUSLY THE 200 BIKES ON LOAN TO US.
THE DAILY OPERATIONS ARE RUN BY BIKE SHARE OF AUSTIN.
IT'S A NONPROFIT THAT WAS DEVELOPED TO OPERATE AND MANAGE THE SYSTEM ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS DOING THE MAINTENANCE, CLEANING, LOAD BALANCING, THAT KIND OF THING.
THAT RELATIONSHIP WOULD STILL STAY IN PLACE WITH THIS.
THIS WOULD NOT IMPACT THAT RELATIONSHIP.
THEY WOULD STILL DO THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL PIECE.
SO, UM, SPEAKING OF THE 200 BIKES, THESE ARE THE ONES OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT.
THESE ARE THE ACTUALLY BIKES WE HAVE IN TOWN.
SO YOU WOULD NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE OF THOSE VERSUS THE RED ONES THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE AROUND TOWN.
UM, I SUGGEST YOU, YOU TRY TO USE THEM IF YOU HAVEN'T YET.
BUT, UM, SO BEFORE COBIT, THE OBESE CYCLE SYSTEM, WE GOT THESE 200 BIKES AS A PILOT AND, UM, WITH THE IDEA THAT, UM, WE WOULD SHOWCASE THEM FOR SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST THIS YEAR.
UM, THE TREK, THE SUPPLIER, THE MANUFACTURER OF THE BIKES IS THE ONE WHO HAS GIVEN THOSE TO US ON LOAN.
AND, UM, WHEN WE GOT THOSE ON THE STREET, LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH, RIDERSHIP EXPLODED ON THE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
I MEAN, ON THE EBIKES SYSTEM, THE RIDERSHIP WAS UP 73% HIGHER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
JUST WITH THE ADDITION OF THOSE BIKES, WE'VE NOTICED THAT NOTICE THAT THOSE HEAT BIKES ACTUALLY GET ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE USAGE OF THE REGULAR BIKES.
SO WE WERE PRETTY EXCITED TO SEE THAT.
UM, AND THEN COVERT THE CORONA VIRUSES AND A RIDERSHIP JUST SAYING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, WE LOOKED AT WAS THAT, AND WE'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON AND SINCE THE WEEKS AFTER COVIN WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN IT GROW AND GROW AND GROW AND CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND IN FACT, THE, UH, BIKE SHARE SYSTEM IS NOW UP TO
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT 66% OF THOSE TRIPS ARE ON THESE E-BIKES, EVEN THOUGH THE BIKES REALLY ONLY ACCOUNT FOR A LESS THAN 30% OF THE FLEET, THEY'RE GETTING THE BULK OF THE TRIPS.
SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THE BIKES.
THEY'RE GREAT FOR SOCIALLY DISTANCE TRANSPORTATION AND SO WE WERE PRETTY EXCITED TO SEE THOSE RESULTS.
SO THE METRO BIKE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS A BIG DEAL.
UM, I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S MORE THAN REBRANDING OF THE EXISTING, THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM.
IT REALLY GOES TO CREATING A HIGHLY VISIBLE PROGRAM THAT REALLY MAKES A BIG CHANGE TO HOW PEOPLE TRAVEL AROUND COMMUNITY.
UM, WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE LOCALS AND TOURISTS ALIKE A BIKE SHARE SYSTEM THAT'S INTUITIVE.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S EASY TO USE AND IT SEAMLESSLY WORKS WITH TRANSIT.
UM, WE REALLY WANT TO BE SEEN AS COORDINATE IT TOGETHER.
SO, UM, AGAIN, A SAMPLE OF HOW IT WOULD WORK.
ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE THE GRAPHIC AGAIN, WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS PERSON'S PHONE IS ACTUALLY THE TRIP PLANNING ELEMENT.
SO WE'RE WORKING ALREADY ON IMPLEMENTING A TRIP PLAN WHERE YOU CAN, UM, GO ONTO OUR CAP METRO APP, PLAY ON YOUR TRIP.
IT'LL PLAN FROM THE BIKE STATION TO THE TRANSIT ON THE TRANSIT, AND THEN ONCE YOU GET OFF THE TRANSIT BIKE TO YOUR FINAL LOCATION.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXPANDING THE REACH OF OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM.
AND THEN, UM, ONCE YOU, UH, SELECT YOUR TRIP, YOU CAN AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, PAY AND IT WILL, UM, ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE A TICKET ON TRANSIT AND BIKE SHARE WITH ONE TRANSACTION.
WE PLAN TO START WITH A DAY PASS AND THEN ALSO A 31 DAY PASS.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE INITIAL PIECE THAT WE'VE PLANNED TO ROLL OUT SO THAT YOU WOULD BUY ESSENTIALLY A DAY PASS AND YOU COULD RIDE OUR BUSES ALL DAY FOR, UM, ONE FAIR AND, AND FOR THE SAME FAIR, YOU COULD ALSO ACCESS THE BIKES.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW WELL THAT WILL ROLL OUT.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WANNA MENTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE BIKE SHARE.
IT'S, UM, IT'S REALLY A COMPREHENSIVE SORT OF PROGRAM CAUSE WE'RE LOOKING WITH THE CITY, WE'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH THEM TO LOOK AT AMENITIES, WAYFINDING, SUPPORTING BIKE PATHS, EDUCATION WORKSHOPS, SAFETY AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
SO IT'S A PRETTY EXCITING PROGRAM.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN THE FUTURE, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS
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A, UM, TAKING THE FORMAT OF AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT.MOST LIKELY, THE MAIN, THE MAIN ELEMENTS WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THIS AGREEMENT IS UM, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM EXPANSION PLANS, OVERALL LONG RANGE, SHORT RANGE PLANNING, OVERSIGHT AND INVESTMENTS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY WANT TO, UM, IDENTIFY SHARED CAPITAL INVESTMENTS SO THAT UM, BETWEEN CAPITAL METRO AND CITY OF AUSTIN TO CONVERT TO EBIKES, IDEALLY WE COULD AT LEAST START WITH THE, UH, KEEPING THOSE 200 BIKES WE HAVE ON LOAN.
THEY'VE BEEN SERVING US VERY WELL.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO TRY TO GET THAT INITIAL INVESTMENT AND THEN ALSO SOME ONGOING CAPITAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND FUTURE CONVERSION OF THE FLEET.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING TO UM, COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY ON SOME ANNUAL OPERATIONAL FUNDING TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT AND THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM.
AND UM, OPERATIONALLY, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, BIKE SHARE OF AUSTIN WILL STILL RUN THE SYSTEM.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE, THE MAIN ELEMENTS.
CAPITAL METRO WILL RETAIN THE BRAND OF METRO BIKE.
WE'LL INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR SYSTEM PLANNING PROGRAM, OVERSIGHT AND TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION WOULD BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
CITY OF AUSTIN WILL STILL OWN THE PHYSICAL ASSETS AND THEN ALSO ASSIST WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND THEN BIKE SHARE OF AUSTIN TO DO THE DATA DAY NEXT.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, UM, WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION THIS WEEK FOR AN AIM GRANT THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
THE AIM GRANT IS ACCELERATING INNOVATIVE MOBILITY.
UH, THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE PARTNER WITH, WITH THE CITY ON FILINGS BEFORE APPLYING FOR THIS WOULD, IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE IT WOULD FUND THE FULL ELECTRIFICATION OF THE B CYCLE FLEET.
UM, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY AWESOME.
IT WOULD REALLY SUPERCHARGE THE ROLLOUT OF METRO BIKE AND, AND, UH, REALLY BRING US FAR ALONG IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE LIKELY WON'T FIND OUT ABOUT THAT UNTIL AUGUST, BUT WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON IT.
IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT RELYING ON IT.
IT'S JUST A REALLY, IT WOULD BE A REALLY AWESOME THING TO HAVE.
SO WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD.
WE WANT TO IDENTIFY AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAPITAL METRO, THE, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
FOLKS WILL BE GOING TO THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK AT THE CITY AND PRESENTING A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION TO THIS, UM, OUTLINING SORT OF THESE IDEAS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEN WE LOOK TO HOPEFULLY COME BACK TO THE BOARD, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR AN ACTUAL ILA FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND APPROVE, UM, IN THE SUMMER.
AND THEN THIS FALL WE, UH, PLAN ON HAVING OUR APP PAYMENT INTEGRATIONS DONE.
SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT WITH BITE MARK, OUR VENDOR FOR OUR CAPITAL METRO APP.
THAT'S THE INTEGRATION OF BIKES AND UH, TRANSIT PASSES.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING TOWARDS A REBRANDING OF THE PROGRAM TO GO FROM B CYCLE TO METRO BIKE.
AND THEN LATER IN THE FALL WE WOULD HAVE HOPED TO HAVE A LARGE UNVEILING OF METRO BIKE.
AND THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS, CHAD.
MR. UM, SO, UH, CHAD, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I WE STOPPED, WE GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
BUT FIRST THE UM, I SAW WE, WE SAW PICTURES THERE OF, OF UH, UH, FOLKS IN MASKS AND WITH CLEANING SUPPLIES.
UM, CLEARLY KOBE IS, IS CHANGED THE WAY WE APPROACH THINGS.
HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WITH US FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 10, 15, 20 YEARS.
WALK US THROUGH, YOU DID MENTION THAT, THAT WE'RE NOW SEEING SOME SPIKES BACK UP OF USAGE OF THESE BIKES, BUT CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT, UM, SAFETY OR WHAT, WHAT SANITIZING HEALTH SAFETY PRECAUTIONS RIGHT NOW ARE BEING TAKEN, ARE, ARE BEING, UH, PROTOCOLS WERE BEING PUT IN PLACE, HAVING PUT IN PLACE AND UM, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? IS IT, IS IT, IS IT, UH, THE, THE NONPROFIT BIKE SHARE? IS IT THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR IS IT CAP METRO AT THIS TIME? SO, YEAH.
UM, SO THE, THE OPERATIONS ARE DONE BY A BIKE SHARE BOSTON.
SO THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SANITIZING AND CLEANING OF THE BIKES.
THEY DO A THOROUGH WIPE DOWN OF EVERY BIKE AS THEY BRING THEM IN AND PUT THEM BACK OUT ON THE STREET AS WELL AS WHEN THEY LOAD BALANCED THE BIKES THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE BIKES FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.
AND THEN ALSO WHEN THEY'RE LOAD BALANCING, THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND WIPE DOWN ALL OF THE, THE OTHER BIKE, UH, USING A DISINFECTANT.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S GENERALLY THE APPROACH AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO WILL WE BE THEN UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, WOULD TAP METRO BE TAKING ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY? WE WOULD NOT BE TAKING
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ON THE DIRECT OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WE WOULD BE SUPPORTING THAT AND WE WOULD BE WORKING THROUGH WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR SANITIZING AND WE WOULD ALSO POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO ENGAGE OUR CREWS ON THE STREET WHO DO CLEANINGS OF OUR BUS STOPS AND HAVE THEM DO AN ADDITIONAL CLEANING AS WELL.UM, OTHER QUESTION I HAD BACK WHEN WE CREATED PICKUP, UM, PRIOR TO CREATING THE PICKUP BUS SERVICE, UM, WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF TRIAL AND TESTING THAT DETERMINED BEFORE WE DETERMINED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT BRINGING IT IN HOUSE AND DOING IT OURSELVES WAS THE BEST ANSWER.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD AT ONE POINT A PILOT PROJECT WITH A THIRD PARTY, UH, COMPANY, AN ORGANIZATION SIMILAR TO AN UBER OR A LYFT WHERE WE WERE PARTNERING THEM TO DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.
AND THEN Y'ALL CAME BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING RIGHT.
THERE'S TOO MANY UNCERTAINTIES.
IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST NOT, IT DIDN'T PAN OUT.
AND SO WE DECIDED TO BRING IT IN HOUSE.
SO AM I, IS THAT PRETTY MUCH THE WAY THE PICKUP WORKED IN THAT REGARD? IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO THAT.
SO GIVEN THAT, HAVE WE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH, WITH THIS PROGRAM? CAUSE WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS, AND I REALIZE AGAIN, COVITZ CHANGED THINGS A BIT, BUT THERE WERE, YOU LITERALLY, IF YOU DIDN'T GET RUN OVER BY, YOU WERE TRIPPING OVER A SCOOTER OR A BICYCLE FROM SOME THIRD PARTY VENDOR, WHETHER IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, AN UBER AND E-BIKE.
I MEAN, TH TH THEY, I RAN OUT OF NATE, I RAN OUT OF NAMES OF THE COMPANIES THAT WERE OUT THERE, UH, FLY CYCLE, WHATEVER THEY WERE.
THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, DID WE LOOK INTO THIS, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND WHY WE'RE PURSUING IT THIS WAY.
DID WE LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES THAT ARE ALREADY PART OF THE FREE MARKET THAT ARE PURSUING THIS AND HAVE BEEN DOING THIS IN THE CITY ALREADY? YEAH, THERE'S ARE A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS AND SO YES, WE DID LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
UM, THESE ARE ASSETS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY, SO THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO IT.
WHEREAS THE CITY DOES DIDN'T OWN ANY OF THE OTHER ASSETS OF ANY OF THESE OTHER COMPANIES.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THAT MOST OF THESE COMPANIES ARE HEAVILY FUNDED BY VENTURE CAPITAL.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE, UM, MAKING MONEY.
WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK AFTER COBIT.
UM, THE BIKES HAVE ALWAYS HAD A REALLY STRONG RIDERSHIP.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LOT LONGER.
THEY WILL BE THERE FOR A LOT LONGER BEYOND THIS.
AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO WORK WITH THE CITY AS WELL BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE, UH, THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE WAY TO COORDINATE THE TRANSIT STOPS AND MAKE THEM SORT OF MOBILITY HUBS AS WELL.
UM, AND WITH THE CITY HAVING RIGHT OF WAY ACCESS THAT THAT CHANGES THINGS A LOT.
THAT HELPS US HAVE NOT JUST A BUS STOP BUT IT NOW HAS THE MOBILITY HUBS TO KNOW YOU CAN GET OFF THE BUS, YOU HAVE A BIKE THERE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WITH THE CITY WE HAVE A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER.
AND THEN, UM, THE FINAL QUESTION FROM ME, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE UH, THE, THE APP WE'RE GOING TO DO APP INTEGRATION.
I BELIEVE I PURSUED THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING WITH YOU GUYS LAST, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR OR LAST FALL.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT THERE YET WITH THE PICKUP SERVICE.
UM, IS THERE, HAVE WE MADE ANY FURTHER ADVANCEMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MAKING PICKUP PART OF OR BRINGING IT INTO THE APP SO THAT WE TRULY HAVE A COMPLETELY COHESIVE, INNOVATIVE ALL IN ONE COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY, UH, APPLICATION THAT YOU CAN RIDE YOU, YOU CAN, YOU CAN CALL PICKUP FROM CASE IN POINT.
YOU CAN CALL PICKUP AND LEANDER, TAKE THE AND TAKE THE PICKUP TO LEANDER STATION.
YOU CAN THEN GET ON THE TRAIN AND TAKE IT DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN YOU CAN GET, YOU CAN PULL UP AN, YOU CAN PULL UP AN EBI COMMAND AND THEN GET ON IT AND RIDE IT TO WHAT YOUR FINAL DESTINATION IS AND THEN, AND THEN GO BACK AND THE WAY YOU CAME OR ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING IN BETWEEN TO TRULY BE COHESIVELY AND COLLABORATIVELY PUT TOGETHER INTO ONE.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THE UH, PICKUP INTEGRATED INTO OUR APP AND THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
YOU CAN ALREADY USE OUR APP TO PAY FOR PICKUP.
AND SO THE WHOLE PLAN OF EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IS, IS KIND OF OUR VISION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, TRANSIT'S OBVIOUSLY THE BIG PIECE THAT IS THE CENTERPIECE OF EVERYTHING.
BUT THEN WE'VE GOT BIKES AND THEN WE'VE GOT PICKUP, WHICH ARE SORT OF OUR SMALLER TOOLS FOR EXPANDING THE CORE OF THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN JUST SENDING A BUS EVERYWHERE.
NOW WE HAVE ALL THESE REALLY COOL TOOLS WHERE A BIKE IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD FIT IN SOME AREAS WHERE A BUS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND EVEN A PICKUP DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
SO THEN THE MAIN KEY IS TO INTEGRATE THEM ALL INTO ONE APP WHERE YOU HAVE PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE PLANNING ALL IN ONE AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING FURTHER UPDATES ABOUT THIS.
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HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.UM, YES, I'M, I'M UH, UH, I'M VERY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN A LONGTERM B CYCLE RIDER.
UM, IT IS, UM, SO, SO ERIC, THOSE WERE THE, THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION ABOUT OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT THIS IS FASTLY DIFFERENT.
IT'S BEEN AROUND A LONG, LONG BEFORE ANY OF THESE OTHER, OTHER COME AND GO KINDS OF COMPANIES.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY STABLE AND VERY WELL LOVED BY THE FOLKS THAT RIDE IT.
SO, UM, SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, IT'S REALLY A VERY COOL PARTNERSHIP.
UM, SO, UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEA OF TAKING IT IN HOUSE, MAYBE SOMETHING MAYBE THAT WOULD, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE WORK TOWARDS.
I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT NOW IS WE ARE, THAT'S THE EXISTING NONPROFIT WITH THINGS THIS EXISTING EMPLOYEES CONTINUES TO OPERATE.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO DISRUPT THOSE EMPLOYEES, SO, UH, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO THINK OVER TIME WHETHER IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO BRING IN HOUSE JUST LIKE ERIC IS SUGGESTING.
UM, I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE B CYCLE NONPROFIT WOULD BENEFIT FROM, UM, FROM THE STRUCTURE THAT KEPT METRO HAS TO OFFER.
SO THAT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
UM, THEN, UM, I WANTED TO ASK ONE OF THE, A COUPLE OF DETAILS ABOUT HOW YOU'RE THINKING TO OPERATE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY NICELY FOR B CYCLE IS THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY A, UM, A SWIPE CARD THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR KEY RING THAT YOU, THAT YOU CAN, THAT YOU PAY THEM.
UM, UH, UM, AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR, AND THEN YOU CAN JUST SWIPE AND CHECK OUT A BIKE.
SO, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT KIND, THAT KIND OF FUNCTIONALITY IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
SOME PEOPLE WILL USE THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUS.
SOMETIMES THEY'LL JUST BE RIDING THE BIKE.
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF FUNCTIONALITY THAT MAKES IT AS EASY AS THAT.
UM, IF IF B CYCLE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP THOSE SWIPES AT LEAST FOR AWHILE UNTIL YOU HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO INTEGRATE IT.
UH, BECAUSE THE BIKES THEMSELVES ARE NOT SET UP TO TO, I MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE A UM, QUEUE MECHANISM OR WHATEVER ON IT.
BUT ANYWAY, WHATEVER, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL USE THE BIKES ONLY AT SOME POINTS IN TIME.
SO, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CHAIN THAT YOU, THAT YOU END UP CHANGING HOW SOMEONE ACCESSES IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE JUST AS USER FRIENDLY AS IT IS CURRENTLY.
SO I HAVE WHERE YOU WORK THEN AND HOWEVER YOU END UP WORKING THAT OUT.
WE DO ANTICIPATE, UM, STILL RETAINING THE YOUTH AS IT IS NOW.
I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANT TO COMPLETELY OVERHAUL THE FUNDAMENTAL WORKINGS OF IT.
WE ARE JUST SIMPLY WANTING TO ENHANCE IT.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF USERS WHO WILL USE THE KIOSK, ESPECIALLY VISITORS IN TOWN, UH, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEY, THEY JUST MIGHT ONLY USE IT FOR A BIKE.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO STOP THAT USAGE AND THE MONTHLY PASSES.
THERE'S SOME EQUITY THINGS AS WELL AS FAR AS HAVING A NON DIGITAL VERSION.
SO, UM, WE'RE PLANNING ON KEEPING A LOT OF THINGS IN PLACE AND JUST ENHANCING IT.
THEN, UM, IN TERMS OF THE, THE STATIONS, UM, SO I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY TALKING ABOUT ADDING STATIONS, UM, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MOVING STATIONS, RIGHT? MOST OF THE STATIONS THAT I'M AWARE OF OR ARE LOCATED NEAR BUS STOPS, BUT SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT BE.
SO, UM, SO YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF ANY SAFE STATIONS, RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT ADDING TO THEM? WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT A CONFERENCE OF PLAN OF ALL THE STATIONS AND HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING.
UH, MOSTLY WE WOULD LOOK, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD STATIONS.
UM, IF WE WERE TO REMOVE A STATION, IT WOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERFORMING AT ALL.
UM, BUT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO AGAIN, LOOK AT EQUITY BECAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE PARTS OF TOWN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE UNDERPERFORMING STATIONS AND WE'RE GONNA TO BE OKAY WITH THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT A COMPREHENSIVE OVERALL PLAN FOR THE STATION SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SORT OF PUTTING THEM DOWN ONE BY ONE.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW IT, HOW IT'S, HOW IT WORKS WITH THE WHOLE TRANSIT NETWORK.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THAT THAT'S REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL IS ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS AROUND V CYCLE IS, AS YOU SAID BEFORE, IT'S BEEN MORE CENTRAL, ACTUALLY HAS BEEN TOTALLY CENTRAL
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AND, UM, AND CENTRAL AND EAST.SO THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT THEY'VE DONE SOMEWHAT OF A GOOD JOB.
I DON'T KNOW HOW EXTENSIVE IN, IN SPREADING MORE ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT UM, BUT THAT'S IT.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE CORE, YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM.
SO, UM, SO EXPANDING IT, UH, ALONG OUR TRANSIT LINES THAT GO DEEPER OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY I THINK IS JUST GOING TO BE A HUGE PLUS.
AND IN SOME PLACES YOU CAN THINK OF THOSE AS NEIGHBORHOODS CIRCULATORS ALMOST.
UH, YEAH, CAUSE IN SOME PLACES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ELECTRIC BIKES.
UM, SO IT, I THINK IT GIVES AN EVEN FURTHER REACH.
I WOULD JUST CAUTION YOU IN TERMS OF MOVING, UH, AGAIN THIS, JUST SPEAKING AS A LONGTERM B CYCLE PERSON, THERE'S A COMMUNITY OF FOLKS.
SO IF YOU'RE THINKING OF MOVING SOMETHING, THERE'S A COMMUNITY OF FOLKS AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE BCYCLE WEBSITE THEY'VE GOT A MAP WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND, AND SAY WHERE THEY WANT THE NEXT B CYCLE STOP TO BE.
AND SO THERE'S THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY OUTREACH KIND OF THING THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PART OF BE CYCLE FOR, FOR YEARS.
SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANY THINKING ABOUT IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE SOMETHING OR CHANGE IT OR TAKE IT AWAY, DON'T DO THAT AND DON'T DO THAT WITHOUT A REAL THOROUGH CONVERSATION WITH THE B CYCLE USERS.
I WOULD JUST CAUTION AGAINST THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS, UM, ON THE BRANDING, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CALLING IT METRO BIKE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT KEEPING THE B CYCLE NAME AT LEAST FOR A WHILE IN SOME WAY.
AGAIN, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS, BUT BE CYCLE STARTED AS A NONPROFIT A LONG TIME AGO IN AUSTIN.
AND, UM, AND IT IS A KNOWN NAME.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRAND FOR CAP METRO.
SO I LIKE THE METRO WIDE BRANDING, BUT YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT METRO BIKE B CYCLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR AT LEAST INITIALLY BECAUSE IT IS, IT DOES CARRY THAT.
NOW, THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OBVIOUSLY, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF USERS, UH, AND THE, AND THE BICYCLE COMMUNITY, UM, AT LEAST IN SOME QUARTERS THAT HAS THAT KIND OF, OF TECH, THAT KIND OF GRAVITAS.
SO YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO TRANSITION THAT BRANDING OR SOME WAY TO KEEP IT AS A SUB BRANDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY, EXCEPT I'LL JUST SAY I'M VERY ABOUT THIS.
I THINK IT HAS A LOT, A LOT OF PROMISE.
I THINK IT TAKES BE CYCLED TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND I THINK IT, UM, I THINK IT GIVES, GIVES CAP METRO A WHOLE NOTHER TOOL FOR THAT, UH, FOR, UH, THAT FIRST, LAST MILE AND FOR THAT CONNECTIONS.
SO CHAIR MEMBER RENTERIA, THIS IS A EXCELLENT PROGRAM.
IT'S, UH, I WROTE ON, I TRIED THEM OUT AND THEY, THEY WORK REAL GREAT AND, AND I DON'T THINK THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE ANY OF OUR STATIONS THAT WE HAVE SET UP THEIR DOCKING STATION.
WE NEED TO DO WITH WORK WITH, UH, CHAD ON HOW TO, WE COULD GET SMALLER DOCKING STATION TO THE BUS STOP SO PEOPLE CAN USE THEM AND THAT DOCK UP THERE.
SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE WAY WE WORK ARE EAT BY TO BEAT BY DOCKING STATIONS, YOU HAVE TO BREAK IT BACK TO A DOCKING STATION AND, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE LAYING ON THE STREETS.
I CAN GUARANTEE THAT BECAUSE YOU DO NOT LAY ONE DOWN ON THE STREET, A TWO, TWO TO $3,000 BIKE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THROWN OFF THE STREETS.
SO, UH, BUT UH, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT'S EXCITING, YOU KNOW, AND I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND, AND, AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS ON HOW TO GET THESE LITTLE SMALLER DOCKING STATION.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
UM, ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT THEY'RE ROLLING OUT IS, UM, A REVISED A DOCKING STATION THEY ADD, THEY HAVE A NEW VERSION COMING OUT VERY SOON THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET HERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY, IT CAN GO DOWN TO A SINGLE STATION, A SINGLE DOCK.
AND SO THAT ALLOWS US FLEXIBILITY TO PUT THEM EVEN FURTHER OUT WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMIT TO A HUGE, HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO IT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF PEPPER THEM THROUGH AREAS WHERE YOU DON'T REALLY NEED THE VOLUME.
AND THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO SCALE UP AND DOWN.
IF YOU NEED MORE, YOU CAN JUST BOLT THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER, SORT OF LIKE A REGULAR BIKE RACK THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE CITY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S A LIFESAVER.
I MEAN, ONCE YOU GET ON THOSE BIKES AND YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW ME AS A SENIOR WITH
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BAD KNEES, YOU CAN REALLY RIDE BIKES AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE STRESSFUL ON YOUR BODY.AND ALSO YOU'RE GETTING YOUR EXERCISE.
I, I LIVE ON ONE OF THOSE STREETS THAT WAS JUST CLOSED AS OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY THROUGH THE CITY.
AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY AWESOME, I HAVE TO SAY.
AND I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE BIKING, WALKING AND HOW MANY, UH, E-BIKES AND HOW MANY B CYCLES.
I WAS SAYING JUST RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU MEMBER MITCHELL, ARE YOU TRYING TO GET IN? NO.
YOU'RE JUST BLANKING ON MY SCREEN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR CHAD? THERE WERE LOTS OF EXCITEMENT.
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HAVE A UPDATE ON PROJECT CONNECT FROM, UH, MR COUCH.DAVE, ARE YOU THERE? I'M HERE, YES.
CHAIR COOPER, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESIDENT CLARK.
UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS WE'VE BEEN MAKING, UH, ON PROJECT CONNECT AS WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND GOING FORWARD.
W WE'VE MOVED FORWARD SINCE OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD, UH, IN MARCH, UH, AND ARE NOW AT THE POINT THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR OUR JUNE MEETING WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF PUTTING FORWARD AN OVERALL SYSTEM PLAN AND ALSO A SERIES OF LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES, WHICH WOULD BRING THE TECHNICAL PORTION OF THE PROGRAM TO CLOSE AND FRUITION.
THE FOCUS WILL BE ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE SO THAT WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE APPROVED FOR THAT LONG TERM PLAN THAT WOULD, THAT TYPE OF A PLAN AND THE BREADTH OF IT TAKES MULTIPLE YEARS TO GO AHEAD AND GET IMPLEMENTED.
WE'LL BE ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE.
UM, WELL REMEMBER, STRATTON BROUGHT UP A FEW MINUTES AGO, UH, WHEN MR CONLIN WAS GIVING HIS PRESENTATION, UH, ON THE BUDGET, UH, THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAD BEEN HAVING WITH THE MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
WE'VE MOVED TO A SERIES OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS, UH, AND WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF SIX OF THEM SO FAR WITH FOUR MORE THAT ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD.
WE'VE HAD AN EXCESS OF 500 PARTICIPANTS ON THOSE MEETINGS AND ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT HAVE REALLY LIKED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE MEETING.
THAT WAS LAST NIGHT, UH, THAT WAS ON UNIVISION.
UH, THERE WERE 73 PEOPLE THAT WERE ON BOARD.
THERE WERE 27 SHARES THAT RESULTED IN 2,600 VIEWS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE WAS REALLY TREMENDOUS.
UH, SO IT GIVES THAT OUTREACH AND IT GIVES A DIFFERENT WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
UH, AND WITH THAT IN PARTICULAR WITH UH, SPANISH SPEAKING, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO REACH THAT OTHER PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE OTHER ONES WILL GO ON OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF MAY, WE'LL HAVE THE CONCLUSION OF EACH ONE OF THOSE.
AS I'M ON THE SERIES OF MEETINGS, WE ALSO HAVE GONE WITH THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE, THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE, UH, SINCE THAT HAS BEEN STARTED.
UH, WE'VE HAD OVER 1100 INDIVIDUAL VIEWS.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND COME BACK AGAIN, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THINGS AGAIN.
AND YOU THEN HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 1700 VIEWS.
SO ABOUT 50% HAVE GONE BACK FOR A SECOND LOOK.
UH, AND WE'RE GETTING A WHOLE SERIES OF DIFFERENT SURVEY INFORMATION AND DATA FOR EACH ONE OF THE POTENTIAL HIGH-CAPACITY LINES AND THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM.
IT JUST TAKES US TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE, UH, GETTING TO THAT HIGH FREQUENCY, HIGH CAPACITY FOR THE SYSTEM.
REALLY WHAT IS THERE TODAY ON THE LOCAL SYSTEM THAT OUT AND INTO THE FUTURE, UH, WAS BASICALLY ABOUT A TRIPLING OF RIDERSHIP, UH, WOULD PROVIDE THAT TRUE HIGH CAPACITY FEED, THAT TRUE HIGH-CAPACITY SYSTEM, UH, FOR THE REGION TRAFFIC CAN BE OVERWHELMING.
AND WITH THE CITY'S PROJECTED GROWTH, WE NEED MORE OPTIONS.
PROJECT CONNECT CREATES AN EXPANDED REGIONAL TRANSIT NETWORK TO BENEFIT US ALL AND IT'S BUILT WITH THE FUTURE IN MIND.
WE'RE EXPANDING CURRENT TRANSIT SERVICES AND MAKING THEM MORE.
CAN YOU GIVE THEM A NEAR AND DEAR TO YOU? THAT MEANS, AND DAVE, ARE YOU ABLE TO QUEUE UP FOR YOUR FIRST VIDEO AGAIN AND LET THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW THAT THESE ARE TWO NEW VIDEOS FOR, SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE SEEN THEM, BUT SOME OF THEM MAY NOT HAVE.
THE WAY THAT WE GET THIS SET UP, RANDY, BECAUSE
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OF THE WAY THE VIDEOS ARE, UH, ED WAS CUING THEM.WE'VE LOOKED AT IT ORIGINALLY, UH, WITH DISCREET LINES AND THAT WE'VE GOT IT SO THAT IT IS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES THOSE CONNECTIONS.
THE SYMBOL AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE, UH, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER STATION WHERE IT WOULD SHOW AT THAT POINT THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH BOTH OF THE COMMUTER RAIL LINES, WHETHER IT'S THE RED OR IN THE FUTURE, THE GREEN, UH, WHETHER WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD.
YOU COULD GET TO, UH, THE BLUE LINE.
YOU COULD GET TO ANY OF THE METRO RAPID LINES.
EACH ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE AT THAT POINT.
SO THAT, AND REPUBLIC SQUARE WOULD BE THE TWO KEY LOCATIONS AND STATIONS.
UH, AFTER THE MARCH 9TH MEETING, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A SERIES OF THINGS TO LOOK AT AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AND SUGGESTIONS.
AT THAT POINT, WE HAD ALWAYS RUN EVERYTHING BASED UPON THE 20, 40 CAMPO MODEL.
UH, THAT'S THE DATA THAT WAS AVAILABLE AND HAD BEEN APPROVED.
SO AS WE'VE GONE FORWARD TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WOULD BE, WE'VE USED THE PRELIMINARY CAMPO 20, 45 DATA FOR THE DEMOGRAPHICS TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT WHAT THAT WOULD RESULT IN, UH, AS YOU START TO RUN THOSE DIFFERENCES.
THE RESULT OF THAT ANALYSIS IS THAT THERE IS A SUFFICIENT RIDERSHIP, UH, ON THE GOLD LINE, UH, FROM ACC HIGHLAND, UH, DOWN THROUGH THE CAMPUS AND DOWN TRINITY AND ACROSS, UH, FOURTH STREET TO JUSTIFY THAT TO BE A GOLD LINE AS AN LRT.
SO AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT, THAT WOULD THEN GIVE US THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE GOLD LINE REALLY OPERATE THE SAME WAY AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BLUE LINE WHERE THE BLUE LINE WOULD COME IN FROM THE AIRPORT ACROSS TO REPUBLIC SQUARE AND UP TO NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER.
IT COULD BE THE SAME OPERATION.
NOW WITH A GOLD LINE, IT WOULD GO FROM ACC HIGHLAND DOWN ACROSS THE REPUBLIC SQUARE AND THEN SOUTH TO SOUTH CONGRESS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE LONGTERM PIECE WOULD BE FOR THE GOLD LINE WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S THERE FOR THE RED LINE AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF DOING WHAT WILL BE PHASE ONE, UH, THAT
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WILL BE THE ADDITION OF PASSING TRACKS.IT WILL BE THE ADDITION OF STATIONS.
UH, AND WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WHEN THE ORANGE LINE IS BUILT, UH, THERE WILL BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSFER MORE INTO THE AREA.
IF SOMEONE CAME DOWN THE ORANGE LINE INTO THE REPUBLIC SQUARE AREA, WE EXPECT THERE WOULD BE A NUMBER OF TRANSFERS THERE.
UH, AND THE REST OF IT WOULD GO AHEAD AND RUN AROUND INTO THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO IT GIVES YOU ACCESS POINTS INTO TWO POINTS INTO DOWNTOWN.
BASED UPON THAT AND LOOKING AT WHAT THE RIDERSHIP IS AT THIS POINT, IT DOESN'T JUSTIFY GOING FORWARD WITH PHASE TWO.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE, THE DISTANT FUTURE.
SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED, UH, FROM THE PROGRAM.
IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE DONE IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN THE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM, UH, DOLLAR WISE AT THIS POINT OR WORK-WISE.
THAT'S FINE PLEASE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IF YOU START TO LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, IF WE WERE TO GO WITH THE LRT ON THE GOLD LINE VERSUS BRT AND THE REDUCTION AS A RESULT OF THE CAPITAL COST DECREASE FOR THE RED LINE PHASE TWO, THE SYSTEM COST DIFFERENCE IS $120 MILLION AND ANTICIPATING A 50% FEDERAL SHARE, IT AMOUNTS TO $60 MILLION IN DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THERE WOULD BE FOR THE GOLD LINE, UH, THE OFFSETS FOR THE RT AND FOR THE RED LINE ON THE OPERATING SIDE, UH, THE GOLD LINE WOULD HAVE A PROJECTED OP EX OF 18 POINT $7 MILLION.
THE OFFSET FROM WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BRT SECTION FOR GOLD LINE OF 10.8 AND THEN THE CORRESPONDING REDUCTION BY NOT DOING THE RED LINE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL SAVINGS OF 8 MILLION.
SO WHAT YOU WIND UP WITH REALLY IS A NET BY GOING AHEAD AND LOOKING AT THE GOLD LINE AS LRT, UH, VERSUS BRT AND EXPLODING WHAT'S NOT NECESSARY AT THIS POINT FOR THE RED LINE.
UH, IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE OPERATING LIPPING AND WHEN I GET BACK TO THE CAPITOL, IT'S A $60 MILLION LOCAL IMPACT.
AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE GOLD LINE, UH, AND THIS IS A PROGRESSION THAT STARTED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2018, UH, WHEN WE BROUGHT THAT TO THE BOARD AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT AND WHAT WE REQUESTED WAS WHAT STARTED AS A BRT LINE, THE ORIGINAL GOLD LINE, UH, THAT WOULD GO FROM ACC HIGHLAND DOWN INTO DOWNTOWN AND BACKED UP TO THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER.
UH, IN FACT, THIS ONE WOULD GO UP TO CRESTVIEW, WAS THE INITIAL, UH, SECTION THAT WAS LOOKED AT AND AS I SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, WHEN WE GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AND LOOK AT THE 2045 DEMOGRAPHICS, THAT THEN TAKES US TO A POINT THAT BY UTILIZING THIS WITH THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTED RIDERSHIP WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND JUSTIFY THIS TO BE USED AS LRT IN LIEU OF BRT.
AND THE ALIGNMENT WOULD BE BASICALLY THE SAME COMING DOWN FROM ACC HIGHLAND AND ACROSS THE REPUBLIC SQUARE.
BUT YOU GET THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF THE INTERLINING, THE ABILITY TO RUN BOTH THE GOLD LINE AND THE ORANGE LINE TO THE SOUTH FROM A PUBLIC SQUARE DOWN TO THE NORTH, TO THE SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER.
THE BLUE LINE ALREADY WOULD BE RUNNING TO THE NORTH UP TO THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER.
SO, IN ESSENCE, WHAT THAT GIVES YOU IS IN THE CORE OF THE CORE, BASICALLY BETWEEN THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER AND SOUTH CONGRESS, IT GIVES US THE CAPABILITY TO BE ON A FIVE MINUTE FREQUENCY INSTEAD OF A, INSTEAD OF A 10 MINUTE FREQUENCY, WHICH VERY MUCH IMPROVES WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE IN TERMS OF SERVICE LEVEL.
AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, UH, AND COMING UP ON THE JUNE MEETING ON THE 10TH WITH A JOINT SESSION TO GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM PLAN ADOPTION, UH, AND ALSO THE WORK THAT WOULD BE THERE FOR THE LPAS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD WITH THE FEDERAL PROCESS.
UH, THAT TAKES US INTO JULY, UH, WITH IN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS, LOOKING AT THE PROCESS AND THE CAP METRO, UH, BUDGET THAT KIND OF TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
UH, IT TAKES US INTO AUGUST WITH THE POTENTIAL ACTION, UH, TO ADD A REFERENDUM ONTO THE BALLOT, UH, IN NOVEMBER TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE THE LOCAL FUNDING, UH, FOR BOTH THE CAPITAL AND THE OPERATING EXPENSES.
AND THEN WITH A SUCCESSFUL VOTE IN NOVEMBER, UH, IT GIVES US A PATH TO
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GO FORWARD, UH, TO TAKE THE NEXT SERIES OF STEPS, UH, IN THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ALSO INTO DESIGN AND ULTIMATELY TO INSTRUCTION.UH, MR CHAIRMAN, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
I'D BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ONE I HAVE THE CHANGE TO THE RED LINE IN THIS ITERATION IS JUST THE ELIMINATION OF PHASE TWO OR THE DEFERRAL OF PHASE TWO, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND PHASE TWO, IN ESSENCE, WOULD BE A MORE, IT WOULD BE DOUBLE TRACKING, UH, AND IT WOULD BE EXTENSION OF THE LINKS OF THE PLATFORMS. THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY THINGS THAT WOULD BE THERE.
UH, BUT WITH THE CURRENT PROJECTED RIDERSHIP, UH, OUT INTO THE FUTURE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IT'S WAY OUT INTO THE DISTANT FUTURE BEYOND WHAT THE LIMIT OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE.
SO, AND I GUESS THE CHANGE TO WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORANGE LINE AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE GOLD LINE, SOMEBODY COMING FROM LEANDER INTO DOWNTOWN WOULD HAVE THE OPTION OF TRANSFERRING IT, THE ORANGE LINE, TRANSFERRING IT THE GOLD LINE OR COMING ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE STATION, THE DOWNTOWN STATION.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WOULD BE IF SOMEBODY WAS COMING IN FROM LEANDER AND THEY WERE WORKING NEXT TO REPUBLIC SQUARE.
UH, IT WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT TO GO AHEAD, UH, AT CRESTVIEW AND TRANSFER TO THE ORANGE LINE AND COME RIGHT INTO REPUBLIC SQUARE AS OPPOSED TO STAYING ON THE RED LINE AND WINDING UP A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO IT GETS PEOPLE TO A CLOSER DESTINATION, UH, BY GOING AHEAD AND MAKING THAT SWITCH, UH, ON THE GOAL LINE.
IT ALSO GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO GO AHEAD AND GET TO, UH, THE EAST SIDE OF THE UT CAMPUS.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT, UH, UH, SYSTEM FUNCTION.
UH, AND HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO, ONCE YOU START LOOKING AT ALL THE LINES TOGETHER, UH, TO SEE HOW SOMETHING TRULY FUNCTIONS AT A SYSTEM, UH, YOU'RE ABLE TO INTERLINE HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE DESTINATIONS AROUND THE SYSTEM.
WELL, PRESUMABLY THE REASON THAT PEOPLE, WE WOULD NEED THE PHASE TWO WORK ON THE RED LINE IS THE RIDERSHIP TO THE EAST PRESUMABLY OF WHERE IT INTERSECTS.
THE ORANGE LINE WOULD GO DOWN.
AND LIKEWISE THE GOLD LINE INTERSECTION, EACH ONE OF THEM DRAWS RIDERSHIP.
UH, AND IT ALSO, IT'S COMBINATION OF BEING ABLE TO DRAW RIDERSHIP.
IT'S ALSO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FROM PEOPLE COMING IN, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET TO DIFFERENT DESTINATION POINTS IN DOWNTOWN.
UH, AS I SAID, IF SOMEBODY WORKS AT REPUBLIC SQUARE, UH, IT WOULD BE A CONVENIENT TRANSFER TO THE ORANGE LINE IS JUST WHAT'S THE DESTINATION AND WHAT IS THE MOST CONVENIENT WAY AND THE SHORTEST WAY TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND GET TO THAT DESTINATION.
AND THEN, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE A BIT ON, UM, THE, THE DECISION THAT WILL BE MADE BY OUR BOARD AT THE JUNE 10 A JOINT MEETING OR THE DECISION THAT WILL BE PUT IN FRONT OF US, I SHOULD SAY.
UH, SO THAT PEOPLE, OUR MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD ARE PREPARED FOR WHAT, WHAT'S COMING AND UH, AND THE NATURE OF THAT VOTE.
THE FIRST PIECE OF THE VOTE WOULD BE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE EURO'S ALL SYSTEM PLAN.
UH, BASICALLY THE ENTIRETY OF THE MAP THAT WOULD GIVE THAT LONGTERM 20 OR 30 YEAR VISION SO THAT YOU HAVE IN ESSENCE SOMETHING THAT IS A SYSTEM THAT EXPANDS OVER TIME AND GETS BUILT OUT OVER TIME IN DIFFERENT PHASES AND DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
AND THEN AS YOU GO TO INDIVIDUAL LINES, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING WHAT THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS WILL BE TO ENSURE THAT WE WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO GET THAT 40 TO 50% FEDERAL FUNDING WOULD, THAT IS SOMETHING CALLED LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR THE ORANGE LINE, WHICH WOULD BE LIGHT RAIL FROM TECH RIDGE TO SLAUGHTER THE APPROVAL OF THE BLUE LINE.
UH, THAT WOULD BE FROM THE AIRPORT INTO REPUBLIC SQUARE, THE APPROVAL OF THE GOLD LINE.
THAT WOULD BE FROM, UH, ACC HIGHLAND AGAIN TO REPUBLIC SQUARE.
SO THOSE THREE HIGH CAPACITY, WHICH WOULD BE ELIGIBLE UNDER A NEW STARCH PORTION OF THE GRANT PROCESS FOR FTA.
WE WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES, UH, FOR THE METRO RAPID LINES, THE SEVEN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON THE MAP WITH A FOCUS OF STARTING WITH THE FIRST THREE, UH, AND GOING FORWARD IN THE CIG
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PROGRAM UNDER SMALL STARTS, UH, AND THEN APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD, UH, AS THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH FEDERAL MONEY PRESENT, UH, FOR THINGS THAT WOULD BE THERE FOR THE OTHER COMPONENTS OR OTHER SYSTEMS ELEMENTS THAT WE CALL THEM.UH, ALSO WITHIN THAT, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS IN THE SYSTEMS ELEMENTS, UH, IS $300 MILLION.
THAT WOULD BE FOR, UH, THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, UH, WITH LIGHT RAIL.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE FACILITY THAT'S IDENTIFIED WITHIN THOSE SYSTEM ELEMENTS.
UH, SO AS EACH ONE OF THESE GO FORWARD, THE SYSTEM ELEMENTS WITH THE ARC AND RIDES WITH THE EXPRESS SERVICE AND WITH THE INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF METRO RAPID LINES, THOSE COULD BE PHASED IN AS WE GO FORWARD.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT BECAUSE THAT, THAT MEETING IS, UH, NINE 19 DAYS AWAY AND IT WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MEETINGS AND ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL VOTES THIS BOARD HAS TAKEN AND ITS HISTORY.
AND SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE FOCUSED ON WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE AND MMM.
WANT US TO BE IN A POSITION TO HELP EACH OF YOU ON THE BOARD GET PREPARED FOR THAT MEETING IN THE INTERVENING TIME PERIOD.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL RESPOND AFTER A BOARD MEMBER OF KITCHEN.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY, BUT OBVIOUSLY BOARD MODIFICATION.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD OR REMEMBER KITCHEN? OKAY.
SO, UM, UH, THE TWO QUESTIONS REALLY.
AND, UM, RANDY MAY, MAYBE YOU WERE GOING TO SPEAK TO THESE, BUT, UH, TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, IS I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THAT WILL BE POSTED SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THE MAP, SO I HAVE AN IDEA THAT, BUT MY THOUGHT IS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF TEXT, A RESOLUTION OR SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAP.
SO, UM, WE WILL NEED SOME TIME TO, TO READ THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT THINKING IS ON THE TIMELINE TO PUT THAT OUT.
SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHEN WE'RE BALKING ON THE LPA, DO WE HAVE TO, DO WE VOTE THIS, DO WE BUILD NOW ON ALL OF THE LPAS? ARE WE ONLY VOTING FOR THEM THAT WE'RE DOING FIRST AND THEN LATER WE COME BACK AND VOTE LPA ON OTHERS? IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? YOU WOULD GO TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
AT THIS POINT YOU WOULD VOTE FOR THE ORANGE, THE BLUE, UH, AND ALSO THE GOLD.
AND THEN FOR THE METRO RAPID LINES THAT LETS US BE ABLE TO START THE NEXT STEP IN THE FEDERAL PROCESS, WHICH IS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IN AN ORDER TO GET INTO THAT PART THAT THAT'S WHERE WE, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD GO NEXT.
SO WE ARE VOTING ON THE LPA FOR ALL OF THEM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO TIME WHEN WE ACTUALLY PRODUCE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ACTUALLY, AND THERE WAS VOTING ON AN LPA FOR ALL OF THE BRT LINES, RIGHT? YEAH.
LET, I'D SAY THIS THE BEST WAY, BUT LET ME, LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK.
THE VOTE IN JUNE IS NOT COMMITTING ANY FUNDING AND HOW THE INVESTMENTS ARE HAPPENING.
RIGHT? SO THE VOTE IN JUNE IS FINALLY AS A COMMUNITY, WE'VE AGREED, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO BUILD? AND YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE'LL BE A RESOLUTION AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED SOME LANGUAGE AND WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU AND OTHERS AND OBVIOUSLY AND WORKING THROUGH THAT LANGUAGE, UH, BUT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING TO MAKE SURE IT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES ALL THE TECHNICAL ELEMENTS WE NEED FROM FTA BUT ALSO THEMATICALLY CATCHES ALL OF THE DIRECTION THE BOARD HAS GIVEN US OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND CONNECTS WITH THE CITY GOALS, THINGS LIKE ASM, P CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND ET CETERA.
SO THE VOTE ON THE 10TH, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON ALL THE COMMUNITY, UM, KIND OF SUMMATION OF THE COMMITTEE PROCESS TODAY AND ALL THE TECHNICAL PROCESS TODAY.
IT WAS JUST HIGHLIGHTING A COUPLE OF LITTLE UPDATES TODAY.
THEN WE HAVE TO DISCUSS, UM, SOME OF THE FUNDING ELEMENTS.
AND SO WE ENVISIONED, UH, RYNETTE ALONG WITH BRIGHT CANALY, THE DEPUTY, UH, A CFO WITH THE CITY PLUS PFM, WHO IS OUR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT THAT IS BUILD A LOT OF FDA COMPLIANT MODELS.
THEY WILL GO THROUGH SOME FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.
AGAIN, POST COBIT, HOW DO WE LOOK AT THE WORLD, ARE WE ALL SET, ET CETERA.
PLUS HOW A TAX RATE ELECTION REALLY THE DIFFERENT FTA BOXES AND HOW ALL THAT WORKS.
THEN THAT WILL FLOW INTO, AGAIN, THIS OVERSIGHT PART THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AND THAT IS BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP WHO YOU'VE ALL MET WITH AND A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS ARE MET WITH THE FRAME UP WHAT THIS JOINT BOARD GOVERNANCE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION BOARD WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THAT FLOWS INTO THE ACTION ITEMS. THE ACTION INDUSTRY ONE IS THAT SLIDE SHOWED A CAP METRO BOARD DECIDING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ULTIMATELY LOOKING FOR APPROVAL BE THIS SYSTEM PLAN AND THEN THE LANGUAGE IS DAVE MENTIONED TO CLARIFY THE FTA
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BOXES TO MOVE US TO THE NEXT STEP.IT'S NOT PRIORITIZING THIS ONE VERSUS THAT ONE.
IT'S SAYING WE'VE AGREED ON THE STUFF WE WANT TO BUILD.
THE NEXT ACTION SINCE IT'S A JOINT MEETING IDEALLY WOULD BE THE CITY COUNCIL UPDATING THE TRANSIT SECTION OF THE ASM P THE SWAP OUT WHAT WAS DONE TWO YEARS AGO WITH THIS NEW MAP THAT'S BEEN DEFINED.
THEN WE GO THROUGH THE JULY PROCESS, WHICH IS BOTH OUR FINANCIAL LIKE BUDGET PROCESS, UH, WHICH OURS IS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE CONNECTED TO PROJECT AND EQUITY BECAUSE OUR LONG RANGE PLAN ACTUALLY DETERMINES HOW MUCH MONEY COULD GO INTO THE PROGRAM.
A CITY WILL HAVE ITS BUDGET PROGRAM, A BUDGET PROCESS AT THE SAME TIME THAT LEADS ULTIMATELY TO UH, AUGUST.
I BELIEVE THE DATES ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
I THINK IT'S THE 12TH, 13TH, 14TH ARE SET ON THE CALENDAR FOR THE CITY TO DO AN ELECTION ORDINANCE, WHICH IS YOUR NORMAL ELECTION ORDINANCE.
AND THE IDEA IS IF ONE OF THOSE DECISIONS THIS YEAR IS TO DO A TRANSIT REFERENDUM, THE VOTES ON THAT FORWARD WOULD BE BASICALLY FOR TWO FOR EACH ORGANIZATION.
THE NUMBER ONE WOULD BE THE FORMATION OF THIS OVERSIGHT BOARD.
SO CAP METRO WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, VOTING IN AN ILA THAT FORMS THIS PARTNERSHIP BOARD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BOARD THAT WE ALL, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN IT HAS TO, HAS TO LEGALLY HAPPEN TO BRING OUR MONIES TOGETHER.
THE CITY WOULD THEN DO THE SAME.
THEN FROM A FUNDING POINT OF VIEW, AND THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL AND I THINK THE CHAIR BROUGHT THIS UP IN A GOOD WAY AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, IF WE WALK THROUGH THIS, IT'S IT'S THE CITY WOULD MAKE A DECISION IF IT WANTS TO INVEST IN COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT CONNECT PLAN AND THAT IS WHAT YOU APPROVED ON.
IF YOU APPROVE ON JUNE 10TH SO WHAT IS IT YOU WANT TO DO THE WHOLE THING, DO YOU WANT TO DO PARTS OF IT ET CETERA.
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A TRANSIT REFERENDUM ON THAT? THE NEXT VOTE AFTER THAT WOULD BE BASED ON THAT DECISION.
WHAT DOES THE CAP METRO BOARD WANT TO APPROVE FOR ALL THE FUTURE? I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT EXCESS SALES TAX BECAUSE THAT'S NOT PROBABLY WORD, BUT ALL SALES TAX ABOVE WHAT IS NEEDED IN OUR LONG RANGE PLAN FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE IN OUR LONG RANGE PLAN PLUS OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENT ACCOUNT PLUS THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR PROJECT CONNECT NEPA AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY HAVE TO INTERACT PERFECTLY TOGETHER, HAND IN GLOVE.
SO THE CITY WOULD SAY THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD BEING HAVING THAT FUNDING PARTNER AND THEN THE C AND THEN CONTINENTAL WOULD SAY BASED ON THAT WE ARE COMMITTING OUR FUTURE MONIES TO GO INTO PROJECT CONNECT BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PARTS OF THE PROGRAM, ALL OR PARTS OF THE PROGRAM WE WANT TO DO, WE WANT TO FACILITATE AND BUILD.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE TAKE THAT ACTION AND ADVANCE THE FEDERAL PROCESS.
IS THAT WHAT I HOPE, SORRY, THAT PROBABLY TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT I NO, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
SO WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? SO THE MEETING IS ON JUNE 10TH.
DO WE KNOW, DO YOU GUYS KNOW YET WHEN YOU WOULD EXPECT TO, TO, UH, PUT OUT THE RESOLUTION THAT WE CAN LOOK AT? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN EXACT DATE YET, BUT I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
UH, UH, MAYBE IT'S EVEN AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK ON, ON, UH, WHAT, WHAT DATE THAT IS.
WELL, I KNOW CARRIE AND OTHERS HAVE ALREADY STARTED.
DAVID HAD BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT EVEN SOME BASIC STUFF MIGHT NEED TO BE MY WORK PILE THIS WEEKEND.
UM, SO, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO GET ALL THOSE COMPONENTS CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF LEGAL EASE ON THE FDA STUFF WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE IN THERE IS THAT AS THE BASELINE OF MOVING THE WHOLE PROGRAM FORWARD.
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS RESOLUTION CAPTURES ALL THE DIRECTION YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN US OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND REFLECTS THE SMP THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THE OTHER QUICK QUESTION, UM, JUST JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THERE IS NO LPA ON ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE RED LINE GREEN LINE OR EVEN THE BRTS AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE NOT THAT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ACT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY VOTING ON THE PART OF ALL THIS.
WHEN WE APPROVE A MATH, THE REVISED THE REVISED MAP, THE, THE, THE UM, THE, THE, THE LPAS ARE REALLY WHAT, WHAT UH, DAVE COUCH POINTED OUT, WHICH IS THE YELLOW LINE OR EXCUSE ME.
YEAH, THE ORANGE LINE, THE BLUE LINE, THE GOLD MINE IS THAT, BUT PLUS THE METRO RAPID LINES.
UH, WE ASKED TO HAVE LPAS ON THOSE ALSO.
SO THE LINE, THE LINE THAT COMES IN THE EXPO LINE IN THE PLEASANT VALLEY, EACH ONE OF THOSE, BUT THERE IS NOT A NEED AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO DO ANYTHING WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RED LINE, THE RED LINE IS AN EXISTING LINE.
ONE OF THE CIG PROGRAMS THAT FDA HAS IS SOMETHING CALLED FOR CAPACITY SO THAT THERE COULD BE THE ABILITY
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TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT TYPE OF FUNDING, UH, CAUSE CORE CAPACITY IS WHEN YOU HIT A CAPACITY AND YOU'VE GOT AN ABILITY TO GET FUNDING, BUT THERE WOULD NOT BE AN LPA REQUIRED AT THAT POINT.AND THE SAME THING GOES WITH THE GREEN LINE TOO BECAUSE IT IS AN EXISTING TRACK THAT WE JUST BE FLIPPING A SWITCH ON THE TRACK TO JUST PUT A, A UM, UH, TO PUT A PASSENGER TRAIN ON.
AT THAT POINT WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, BUT SINCE IT IS THE EXISTING, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN LPA.
UH, I DON'T CONCEIVE OF WHY IT WOULD BE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN BACKTRACK WITH FTA, BUT I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO.
BUT WHAT, WHAT WE'VE GOT WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THIS, EVERYTHING WE'VE LOOKED AT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE PRICE TAG, THAT PRICE TAG AND THEN THE PROPOSED MATCH IS FOR THE WHOLE ENCHILADA.
IT'S FOR BASICALLY THIS ENTIRE FOOTPRINT.
AND MAP FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, UM, PHASE, AT LEAST PHASE ONE OF THE RED LINE, THE GREEN LINE IN THERE, THE YET THE ORANGE, THE BLUE, THE GOLD, ALL THE PURPLES, WHICH ARE ALL THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT, UH, DEDICATED PATHWAYS THERE.
BUT THE METRO EXPRESS RAP, UH, METRO, EXCUSE ME, METRO RAPID LINES AS OR ALL OF THAT, THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT PRICE TAG IS FOR AND WHAT WE WOULD BE, UH, BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING AND WHEN WE GO BACK, THAT'S WHEN THE CITY GETS INVOLVED IN, IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO, TO, TO GET THE TAX INVOLVED WITH THE TAX PIECE INVOLVED AND PUT IT ON THE REFERENDUM FOR THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER.
THAT ULTIMATELY IT'S THIS WHOLE MAP.
IT'S THE MAP AND IT'S, IT, IT, YOU MENTIONED EACH ONE OF THE DIFFERENT LINES AND DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WAY.
IT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT THAT FUNDING AMOUNT WOULD INCLUDE THINGS FOR THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
IT WOULD INCLUDE MONEY FOR THE FARE COLLECTION UPGRADE.
IT'S ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE CALLED THE SYSTEM ELEMENTS FROM THE BEGINNING.
NO, I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, I GOT TO WANT TO JUST REITERATE THIS POINT INCREDIBLY CLEARLY.
SO NOLAN WALKS OUT OF HERE CONFUSED, DISCONNECT MONEY FROM ANYTHING TO DO WITH JUNE 10TH THERE IS ZERO MONEY CONNECTED WITH ANY DECISION ON JUNE 10TH JUNE 10TH IS AFTER ALL THIS YEARS OF PROCESS, TECHNICAL PROCESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THIS IS WHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY WANT TO BUILD ON THESE CORRIDORS AND THESE MODES WITH THIS ALIGNMENT.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE MONEY PART.
ABSOLUTELY ALL WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT OF WHAT THAT IS, BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTION.
ON JUNE 10TH THE ACTION IS CONFIRMING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS MADE A DECISION ON THIS ROAD.
HERE'S THE WAY WE WANTED IT ON THIS.
SO THE GREEN LINE IS GOING TO BE COMMUTER RAIL AND THE ORANGE LINE IS GOING TO BE LIGHT RAIL AND THE PURPLE IS BRT.
THEN AGAIN, THE DECISION OF WHAT TO FUND, WHETHER ALL OR PART WILL BE THE DECISION THAT YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IN AUGUST.
ALL IS KIND OF WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY SAY YOUR YOUR ULTIMATE YET WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN JUNE 10TH IF YOU ALL WANT TO APPROVE THAT MAP THAT ALLOWS US TO LOCK IN AND THEN START THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PIECE TO SAY WE NOW AS A COMMUNITY ARE READY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A SERIOUS PARTNERSHIP FOR MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
I THINK IF WE, IF WE ALL PROBABLY LANGUAGE THAT'S THE MAP THAT YOU SEE AND WHAT WE CALL PROJECT CONNECT AND LET'S BE KIND OF PROJECT CONNECT IS ONLY A TRANSIT PLAN.
THERE'S ALL THESE ANCILLARY THINGS THAT THAT TRANSIT TOUCHES.
THE PROJECT CONNECT IS ITSELF WHAT IT'S PROJECT.
WE SHOULD CALL IT PROJECT CONNECT A PROGRAM BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS IS A PROJECT.
THE PROJECT CONNECT IS NOT A PROJECT AND WE DON'T SUBMIT PROJECT CONNECT TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
WE ARE GOING TO PASS A PROGRAM OF PROJECTS WHICH POSTED.
MOST CITIES HAVE NEVER DONE BECAUSE BOTH CITIES HAD DO ONE AT A TIME BUT WE ARE SO FAR ACTUALLY BE FINE.
WE ARE TRYING TO ADVANCE A WHOLE PROGRAM AND LIKE A LOT OF CITIES ARE JUST DOING ONE BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE TWO OR THREE PINES.
SO WE ARE PASSING A PROGRAM TO WHICH THEN YOU ALL WILL DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS YOU WANT TO FUND AND MAYBE YOU'LL DECIDE TO FUND THE WHOLE PROGRAM OR MAYBE YOU'LL DECIDE THE PROGRAM OF PROJECTS OR YOU'LL DECIDE TO JUST FUND SOME APARTMENTS.
THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION RANDY.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THEIR HEAD WRAPPED AROUND, UH, WHAT IS GOING TO BE ASKED OF US AND UH, IN 19 DAYS AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED MORE BACKUP ON ANY OF THE PROJECTS OR THE PROGRAM AT THE LARGER PROGRAM, WHICH IS SORT OF THE BUNDLE, UM, NOW'S THE TIME TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND UH, AND
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GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RIGHT UP ON THOSE.SO, WAIT, WAIT, I HAVE A QUESTION.
I WANT TO BRING TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT WILL BE IN THE RESOLUTION IS, AND THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S THE, UM, THE BURKE'S FROM SPUR.
UM, IT IS THE BURKE'S FROM SPERM AND PO IS, UM, BOARD MEMBER RENTERIA IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
UM, AND WE'VE, WE'VE MENTIONED IT OFF AND ON OVER THE YEARS.
SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THAT, BUT THIS IS THE, UM, THE ABANDONED RAIL LINE THAT GOES FROM CONGRESS OUT TO THE AIRPORT.
IT IS CURRENTLY BEING STUDIED AT THE PRELIMINARY LEVEL BY CAMPO.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT ON OUR RADAR SCREEN AS POTENTIAL FOR INCLUSION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ANY KIND OF TRANSIT OR RAIL.
UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP ON THE RADAR SCREEN.
AND SO I'VE MENTIONED TO RANDY THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO INCLUDE IT IN THE RESOLUTION TO JUST DIRECT FOR DIRECT CAP, CAP METRO AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THE, TO DO THE NEXT LEVEL OF, OF STUDY OF THAT LINE, UH, CAMPOS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR STUDY.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE'LL BE DONE PRETTY SOON.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF, OF UM, UH, BIKE PAD AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR TRANSIT IN THE FUTURE.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A RAIL LINE OR A BRT OR AN LRT NECESSARILY, BUT JUST TO KEEP IT ON THE RADAR SCREEN.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THE RESOLUTION, NOT ON THE MAP BUT IN THE RESOLUTION.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE A HEADS UP ON THAT AND HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT FOLKS IN SOUTH AUSTIN HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND PO OF COURSE IS IT'S IN POS, POS AREA.
AND OF COURSE IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING PO WELL, I JUST, I'LL JUMP IN IF, IF I CAN.
UM, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO SIT DOWN WITH, WITH UH, DAVE AND WITH STAFF AGAIN SOON AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WE SIT DOWN AND, AND, UM, AND TALK ABOUT THE PLANS.
I'VE, I'VE HEARD FROM TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR DEALING WITH IT, DEAL WITH THE DISCUSSION ITEMS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.
THEY'LL WANT TO SEE AN EQUITY ANALYSIS AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW COMMUNITIES ARE IMPACTED.
THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT TRANSIT ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
SO, UM, OUR, OUR, I PUT TOGETHER A FEW MEETINGS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BUT GETTING WITH COLONY PARK AND, AND LET'S TALK IN THE NEAR FUTURE BEFORE WE HAVE OUR MEETING IN 19 DAYS.
JEFF, DO WE DID, DO YOU THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION TO THE IMPACTS TO SPEAK TO EQUITY? I THINK IT WILL ABSOLUTELY MAKE A HUGE DEAL BECAUSE YOUR EX EQUITY HAS AS LONG BEEN AN ISSUE IN TRANSIT IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, WE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT HAVE ADDRESSED, UH, EQUITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NORWOOD, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PICKUP SITES, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY, THAT WE TALK DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITIES, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE LAY OUT THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, THAT WE TALK ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR OUR SIDEWALK DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS OF THAT, THAT I NEED TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES ADDRESSED.
AND I THINK WHEN WE DO THOSE THINGS AND WE DEMONSTRATE WHERE COMMUNITIES ARE ON OUR SCHEDULE, UH, THAT, THAT WE CAN WIN THEIR SUPPORT.
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HEAR HER BOTH.
WE'RE BOTH A BOARD MEMBER, KITCHEN AND BOARD MEMBER FOR BILLION ARE COMING.
THE, THE ONE THING I WOULD JUST CAUTION ON IS WE, I, I DON'T WANT US TO END UP PUTTING TOO MUCH STUFF IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT IT DETRACTS FROM WHAT THE ACTUAL MAJOR PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION IS, WHICH IS TO SHOW THAT AFTER, GOSH, YOU KNOW, AFTER TWO YEARS AND, AND, AND LITERALLY, I MEAN I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOUR MR COUCHES NUMBERS ARE, BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD LIKE 30,000 PEOPLE ENGAGED WITH PROJECT CONNECT OR OVER 30,040 50,000 IN OUR DATABASE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 500 MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD.
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AND, AND THIS BEING A PART OF SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS IT IS ALSO A CHECK BOX FOR THE FEDERAL PROCESS THAT WE END UP KIND OF POTENTIALLY THROWING CURVE BALLS ON IT THAT THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAY IN DANGER OR CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF OUR FUNDING ENTITIES OR PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL DOWN THE ROAD.I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM WITH THIS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE DON'T PUT TOO MUCH EXTRA IN THERE.
THAT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE, THE ACTUAL MISSION.
UM, THE, IN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE WORK THAT WE WORKED SO HARD ON FOR THE LAST, THE LAST, WELL I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I KEEP SAYING, I'VE SAID THIS FROM DAY ONE THAT THAT, THAT THIS RANDY KEEPS SAYING 2018 I SAY IT GOES BEYOND 2018 I SAW PROJECT CONNECT PRELIMINARY PLAN IN 2016 WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR, FOR FOUR YEARS OR EVEN LONGER FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND THAT'S ALL I'D THROW IN, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, STRATA.
I UNDERSTAND, UH, YOUR STATEMENT AND WHERE AND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I, I LOOK AT THIS AS INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THERE'S SOME PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY INVESTED IN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE CONTINUOUSLY NOT BEEN INVESTED IN AND, AND, AND ALL I'M SAYING IS THE PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GET TO WORK, NEED TO GET TO THE DOCTOR, NEED TO GET TO OTHER PLACES, AND THE BUS IS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSIT.
AND I, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THIS FROM A HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND THROUGH AN EQUITY LANDS.
AND, AND I THINK WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE SEEK TO BE INCLUSIVE AND WE SEEK TO BE FAIR, THAT WILL BE OBVIOUS TO THE LARGE, TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT THEM TO SEE US WORKING IN FRONT OF THEM AND INCLUDING THEIR INTERESTS AS WE CRAFT THIS.
I THINK THE KEY HERE IS AS SOON AS WE GET THE RESOLUTION, AND MY POINT IN THE BEGINNING WAS WE HAVE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THREE WEEKS TO ACCOMPLISH REALLY MAJOR LIFT HERE.
SO WE'LL ALL NEED TO DO GOOD WORK AND STAY FOCUSED OVER THOSE THREE WEEKS, NOT QUITE THREE WEEKS.
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? VERY WELL.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED, UH, HAVING A CHANCE TO, TO, UM, TO, TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE ON THOSE, UH, PROJECT CONNECT, UM, UH, WORKSHOPS OR WEBINARS.
UM, CAUSE I THINK I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO, TO, UH, TO MOST OF YOU.
UH, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T ALL HAD OURS YET, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY, UM, INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE AND I THINK IT'S, UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN HELPFUL.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE REALLY, UM, GETTING INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THESE, BUT, UM, UH, THEY'RE ALSO RECORDED SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET THEM OUT THERE AND SEND THEM AROUND AND STUFF.
JUST WANTED TO SAY APPRECIATE THAT AND I, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
YEAH, IT WAS AN INTERESTING PROCESS, BUT IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO ACCESS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SOME TOOL THAT WE'LL WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE AND DEVELOP.
UH, UNLESS WE HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THAT, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION.
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ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE BROADMORE STATION UPDATE BY SHARMILA.MUKERJI SHARMILA YOU WITH US? YES, I AM.
UM, PRESIDENT CLARK AND THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, UH, THIS IS THIS, A SPECIFIC ITEM, UH, WOULD NOT NEED AN ACTION TODAY, WILL NOT NEED AN ACTION TODAY.
UM, IT'S AN UPDATE ON AN ONGOING PROJECT THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ON NEXT SLIDE, ED.
SO THIS IS A LOCATION MAP THAT'S UM, MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, WERE PROBABLY BROUGHT MORE, UM, THE LINE STATION WOULD BE, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SENSE OF WHERE PHYSICALLY IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED.
IT'S CLOSE TO DOMAIN AND ABOUT HALF A MILE NORTH OF, UH, CURRENT CRAMER EXISTING KRAMER STATION AND ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF, UH, PROPOSED, UM, THE AUSTIN FC STADIUM.
UM, THE PROJECT IS, UH, JOINED, UH, IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BRANDYWINE REALISTIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND CAP METRO.
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AND WE'RE CALLING, UH, CALLING THIS PROJECT A NEW MULTIMODAL TRANSIT HUB.AND THE REASON WE SAY THAT IS BECAUSE LOCATED IN NORTH AUSTIN, WHICH HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN REFERRED AS AUSTIN'S THRIVING SECOND DOWNTOWN, THE BROADMORE STATION IS PROJECTED TO UM, TRIPLE OR, AND WITH PROJECT CONNECT, PROBABLY EVEN EXCEED, QUADRUPLING THE RIDERSHIP ON REDLINE.
AND, UH, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT THAT WOULD MAKE MOBILITY AND CONNECTIONS IN THAT, UH, AREA UP.
IT WILL IMPROVE IT SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND, UM, IN THE NEXT SLIDE I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT.
BUT BEFORE I GO THERE, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF A LARGE $2 BILLION MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICE RETAIL RESIDENTIAL AT THE OLD IBM CAMPUS.
IT WOULD HAVE AN ACTIVATED CENTRAL PLAZA SUPPORTED BY TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE BUSINESSES AND A 16,000 EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE HOUSED THERE.
THEIR IMPROVED CONNECTIONS PLANS FOR UM, EIGHT OH THREE, FOUR 66 AND TWO 40 AT NORTH BARNETT ROAD AND DIRECT ACCESS TO, UM, WALNUT CREEK TRAIL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THE STATION IS IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF CHARLES SCHWAB CAMPUS AND IT'S ACTUALLY SURROUNDED BY, UH, A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT NEXT SLIDER.
SO HERE, UM, SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT, UH, IT WOULD INCREASE AS I MENTIONED THAT THE POTENTIAL IS TO INCREASE, HAVE INCREASED RED LINE RIDERSHIP BY UH, THREE OR FOUR TIMES, PROVIDES A FAR IMPROVED, UH, MULTIMODAL TRANSIT CONNECTION TO NORTH AUSTIN AND IT'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTED BY HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY WALKABLE STREET GRID.
UH, IT LEVERAGES PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND I THINK THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THIS, IT'S THE TIMING OF THAT, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF COBIT 19.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT IS UM, TREMENDOUS.
UH, IT SIGNALS MARKET SUPPORT AND UM, IT SIGNALS THAT FUTURE OF TRANSIT IS BRIGHT IN THE FUTURE OF TRANSIT AND AUSTIN IS QUITE BRIGHT AND THIS WOULD REDLINE VIABILITY IN FUTURE, UM, WAIT FOR THE NEXT LIFE.
HERE WE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE AMENITIES.
UM, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT EXISTING KRAMER STATION DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING, UM, AROUND IN THAT, UH, THE PARKING SPILLS OVER TO THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS SURROUNDING THAT.
UM, THIS EXISTING RAIL STATION.
SO THIS ROD MOORE'S GOING REPLACE FRAME OUR STATION.
AND AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THIS IS AN ARCHITECT'S VISION OF, OF THE PROJECT AS THE DESIGN AND IT'S DEPICT ACCURATE DEPICTION OF THE DESIGN, BUT IT IS TO CHANGE AS WE GO THROUGH VALUE ENGINEERING.
AND IN SOME MIND NEW TOYS, THE REAL STATION WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE LENGTH COVERED THEIR FORM AND YOU SEE THE CANOPY OVERHANG.
UM, UM, BEING FULLY LIGHTED THIS, WE WOULD HAVE OVER A HALF MILE OF A NEW DOUBLETRACK AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
MORE THAN 400 SHARED PARKING, UM, PARKING THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO TRANS OF USERS, WHICH I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG BENEFIT.
UM, AND IT'S GOING TO BOOST OUR RIDERSHIP.
UM, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE FRIENDLY AMENITIES AT THIS PATIENT AS WELL.
AND AS CHAD TALKED ABOUT WITH THE METRO BIKES PROGRAM, THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE INITIAL PILOT OF NEW LOCATION WHERE WE COULD, UM, ACTUALLY TEST OUT SOME OF THESE IDEAS.
SO AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE NO ACTION NEEDED FROM THE BOARD TODAY, BUT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE PROJECT IS, IT'S GONE THROUGH ALMOST A DESIGN IS COMPLETE.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN.
WE ARE GOING TO FINALIZE THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS OR ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF CAPITAL METRO TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR, UH, ALL OF FTA AND ALL OF OUR CAP METRO DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE AND SAFETY AND SECURITY, UM, REQUIREMENTS ARE INCORPORATED IN THE DESIGN DOCUMENT BEFORE THEY BID OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING OUR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN, UH, CAPITAL METRO AND BRANDYWINE IS BEING FINALIZED AND WE, WE, WE EXPECT THAT WE WOULD FINALIZE THAT AND PRESENT THE AGREEMENT TO BOARD SUE FOR APPROVAL.
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TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YES, MR CHAIRMAN.
I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH.
UM, FOLKS IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS HAVE BEEN ASKING ME, DARE I SAY PESTERING ME ABOUT THIS SINCE BEFORE I GOT ON THE TAP MEANT FOR A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UM, THIS IS, THIS HAS MAJOR, THE, THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD COME OUT OF PEOPLE'S MOUTH THAT THEY WANTED TO GET OUT OF CAP METRO WAS GET ME TO THE AIRPORT AND GET ME TO THE DOMAIN.
AND THIS IS GOING ALONG WAY PROJECT CONNECT WILL GET US TO THE AIRPORT.
THIS WILL GET US TO, UH, TO THE DOMAIN WHERE I'M, I'M ECSTATIC.
AND, AND TO KNOW THAT IT IS COMING THROUGH A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IS, IS VERY EXCITING.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO SEE HOW THIS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AS TIME PROGRESSES AND LOOKING FORWARD VERY MUCH TO IT COMING ONLINE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, I ACTUALLY, UH, I JUST WANT TO, I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO THINK, UM, OUR, THE PROJECT MANAGER, JULIE BARK, WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD WORKING WITH BRANDYWINE AND PUTTING IN ENORMOUS EFFORT TO GET THIS TO THE POINT THAT IT HAS GOTTEN.
SO I COULDN'T REALLY, UH, ACCEPT YOUR THINGS, ERIC.
I MEAN, ON BEHALF OF CAPTAIN FOR TEAM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED, BUT I NEEDED TO MENTION HEART EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SURE.
THIS IS A, UH, MEMBER MITCHELL.
JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, DOING THINGS LIKE BROADMORE WHERE IT PUTS THE STATION AT WHERE THERE'S HOUSING AND JOBS.
UH, MOST OF YOU MAY ARE FAMILIAR, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT JUST, THERE WAS A STUDY DONE BY THE DENVER TRANSIT FOLKS A FEW YEARS AGO AND I WANTED TO SAY, UH, THE HIGHEST CAPTURE OF RIDERSHIP WAS WHEN YOU PUT OFFICE NEAR A RAIL STATION OR A TRANSIT STATION.
UH, IT WAS AS HIGH AS 61% WITHIN A QUARTER MILE.
WOULD YOU USE THE, WOULD YOU USE THE, UH, 61% OF THE OFFICE USERS? WITHIN A QUARTER MILE, THE OFFICER'S A QUARTER MILE WOULD USE THE TRANSIT.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LESS FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUT IF WE AS A, UH, IN OUR RESPECTIVE, UH, GOVERNMENTS WILL CONSIDER WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD OFFICE AND ADD HOUSING AT OUR STATIONS ALONG THE RED LINE.
WE WILL GREATLY INCREASE THAT RIDERSHIP.
SO JUST, JUST AS A THOUGHT, IT'S UH, IT'S GOOD PLANNING.
WE CAN INCREASE THE RIDERSHIP ON THE RED LINE THROUGH OUR PLANNING ACTIVITIES.
REMEMBER MITCHELL OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SHARMILA WHEN, UH, DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE ASKED TO VOTE ON THAT PROJECT? UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE PROGRESSING WELL AND WITH THE, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS IT'S READY AND EMBEDDED.
UM, OUR TARGET IS JUNE, BUT IT'S LIKELY GOING TO BE JULY.
WELL, UH, I ECHO THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT THIS IS LIKE THE SECOND DOWNTOWN STATION OR THE LITTLE COUSIN OF THE DOWNTOWN STATION AND BE HUGELY IMPORTANT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
AND UH, WE'LL ENERGIZE THE RED LINE AND DEAL WITH AN EXISTING PROBLEM WHICH HAS TRAFFIC AROUND THE DOMAIN.
THERE'S HUGE PLANS TO CONTINUE GROWTH IN THAT AREA WITHOUT A LOT OF STREET CAPABILITY.
SO THINK GREAT PROJECTS, UM, FOR OUR CITY AND PARTICULARLY THE RED LINE WORKER FOR NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM
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NUMBER SIX, WHICH WAS A COBIT 19 RECOVERY TASK FORCE UPDATE.AND I THINK SHARMILA AND DOTTIE AT THIS ONE.
I AM SHARING MY SCREEN ON THIS, SO.
AND MY, THE TOPIC, THIS TOPIC IS COBIN 19 RECOVERY AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UH, AN EFFORT THAT'S UM, IS GUIDED BY OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO, RANDY CLARK.
AND I'M HELPING, UM, KEP METRO LEAD THAT EFFORT, BUT IT'S UH, JUST WANTING TO TALK TODAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK WE HAVE DONE
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AND OUR PLAN TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU, UM, WITH MONTHLY UPDATES.SO TASKFORCE, UM, THIS SLIDE I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND TIMEFRAMES TASKFORCE WAS FORMED IN EARLY APRIL AND IT INCLUDES EXECUTIVE STAFF.
I CANNOT SPEAK MORE OF, UH, OUR, OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM THAT'S BEEN FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THIS AS WE ARE WORKING ON THE PULPIT.
19 CRISIS RESPONSE ITEMS AS WELL.
AND, UH, THIS, THIS PLANNING PROCESS HAS BEEN AN AGILE PROCESS.
WE ARE KEEPING SAFETY AND SECURITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL OF OUR ACTIONS.
UM, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE APRIL BOARD MEETING, WE ALREADY, AS WE WERE WORKING ON THIS PLAN, LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING THE PLAN WERE BEING IMPLEMENTED THROUGH MODIFIED SERVICE.
UM, OUR IMPROVED PROTECTION LAYERS FOR OUR OPERATORS, ENHANCE CLEANING AND SO FORTH.
PLAN PART OF THE PLAN, CAPTURE SOME OF THE GOOD WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE AND CREATES, UH, KIND OF MOVES US FROM THE AD HOC SOLUTIONS TO MORE WELL-PLANNED PATH RECOVERY AND BE BUILDING AND THEN LEADING TO A FAR BETTER FUTURE OF TRANSIT AND AUSTIN.
UH, THE THREE PLANNING TIMEFRAMES THAT WE ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT IT AGAIN, KEEPING IN MIND THAT THESE TIMEFRAMES ARE, THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON.
IMMEDIATE TERM ESSENTIALLY CAPTURED A LOT OF THE CRISIS RESPONSE ITEMS, UM, FROM MID MARCH, UH, THROUGH MAY.
THE REASON WE KIND OF CUT THAT OFF AT MAY AND THE INTERMEDIATE TERM STARTS IN JUNE.
THAT HAS MORE TO DO WITH UH, THE REOPENING, THE SLOW AND PHASE REOPENING OF TEXAS ECONOMY AND KIND OF TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THIS VIRUS IS NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON AND WE NEED TO BE AGILE AND THINKING AHEAD IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO KIND OF STABILIZE AND THEN RESTORE REST SERVICE WITH THIS VIRUS IN THE BACKDROP.
AND THEN INTERMEDIATE TERM TERM IS JUNE THROUGH AUGUST OF 2020 AND THE LONGER TERM IS AUGUST, 2020 THROUGH 2021.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A PLANNING TIMEFRAME WE WILL ADJUST AS WE GO ALONG.
I WANTED TO TALK AND SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS, ON THIS SLIDE.
THIS IS THE RECOVERY PHILOSOPHY AND UM, THERE I WOULD SAY HERE THAT THE, OUR CORE VALUES ARE REFLECTED IN THIS, THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE ALREADY CONDUCTED WITH CRISIS RESPONSE WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY WITH EQUITY.
THESE ARE REFLECTED IN THIS SORT OF MESSAGING THAT WE CREATED.
AND WE, THESE ARE SORT OF DISTRICT FLEX, THE FOUNDATIONAL CORNERSTONES OF, OF OUR WORK, UM, IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.
IN INTEREST OF TIME, I'M NOT SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON EACH ONE OF THEM.
AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF BLENDED IN THE THEME OF OUR PRESENTATION.
SO CREATING SAFE PLACES, UM, IT STARTED IN OUR CORPORATE RESPONSE AND WE ARE ONLY IMPROVING OUR RESPONSE THROUGH THE INTERMEDIATE PHASE AND INCORPORATING SOME OF THEM IN OUR BEST PRACTICES.
SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL ENHANCED, UH, VEHICLE AND FACILITY CLEANING PROCEDURES, MASKS TO, UH, CUSTOMERS AND STAFF AND UM, OUR OPERATOR SAFETY SHIELDS ARE GETTING INSTALLED.
AND ALL OF THESE HAVE TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER ACTIONS THAT WOULD RELATE TO THAT.
I WOULD TALK ABOUT IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE.
THIS IS MORE ABOUT, UM, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
I MAY GO BACK FOR A MINUTE, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BUT THIS LIGHT IS FOCUSED BOTH FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIENCE ALMOST.
AND THIS IS MORE DIRECTED TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND PREPARATION OF OUR FACILITIES, UM, WITH KIND OF IMPROVED CLEANINGS, CIRCULATION PLAN WITH PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE ARE, UH, MOVING FROM SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE NEVER WORKED FROM HOME THAT OUR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES, WE'RE DELIVERING CRITICAL SERVICE DURING THIS TIMEFRAME AND WE'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS SERVICE RECOGNITION BONUS AND SOME OF THESE ARE OUR ATTEMPT TO SORT OF LIKE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK FROM HOME, WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A PHASED MODIFIED FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULE TO BRING THEM BACK.
UM, AND IN A, IN A PLAN THAT'S HAS ENHANCED CLEANING PREPARATION OF FACILITIES
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AND SO FORTH, APPLYING RESOURCES WISELY.INEQUITABLY THIS IS THIS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF THIS RECOVERY PLAN AND UM, SUPPLEMENTAL SICK AND EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION BONUS.
YOU WERE AWARE OF BOTH OF THAT.
KEVIN COLEMAN MENTIONED THAT DURING THE BUDGET PRESENTATION AS WELL, BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SERVICE FOR TRANSIT DEPENDENT WRITERS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
I THINK DURING COBIT 19 WE REALIZED THAT TRANSIT IN AUSTIN IS INADEQUATE.
I MEAN THE, THE, OUR RIDERSHIP HAS GONE DOWN BUT HAS NOT GONE DOWN AT THE SAME LEVEL.
SOME OF THE LARGER METRO AREAS EXPERIENCED IN THEIR DECLINE.
AND I THINK IT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT TRANSIT DEPENDENT RIDERS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS DEPEND.
THIS IS THEIR MOBILITY LIFELINE.
THEY DEPEND ON THIS TO GO TO JOB, GO TO THEIR JOBS TO BE ABLE TO GO GET THEIR GROCERIES.
AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT HERE'S ACT FUNDING COMING THROUGH AND HELPING US THROUGH THIS PHASE AS AN AGENCY, I THINK WE'RE PUTTING OUR VALUE IN OUR TRANSIT DEPENDENT RIDERS.
HERE WE ARE, OUR PRESIDENT CLARK HAS MENTIONED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES THAT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO REFOCUS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR TRANSIT DEPENDENT WRITERS AND OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE COVERED IN OUR MODIFIED SERVICE DELIVERY PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE GREATEST NEED EXISTS.
SO SAFETY AND EQUITY ARE ESSENTIALLY ARE, AGAIN, I MENTIONED CORNERSTONE MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THESE ARE THE FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR RECOVERY PLAN AND OUR FEAR STRATEGY ALSO REFLECTS THAT CARES ACT FUNDING STRATEGY AND ARE VERY SOUND OPERATIONAL AND CAPITAL EXPENSE FORECAST FOR CURRENT YEAR AS WELL AS IF BY 2021 WE'RE DONE.
AND I WOULDN'T SAY AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS EFFORT.
SO GOING ALONG THE SAME THEME OF APPLYING RESOURCES WISELY.
INEQUITABLY UM, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FIERCE STRATEGY HERE.
WE WERE FEAR-FREE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL AND IT'S CONTINUING THROUGH ME AND WE'RE REINSTATING FAIRS FROM JUNE AND THAT COINCIDES WITH OUR OPERATOR SAFETY SHIELDS THAT'S BEING PUT IN PLACE.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN SAFETY AND SECURITY AND EQUITABLY AND WISELY EMPLOYING OUR CONSTRAINED RESOURCES.
AND I HAVE TO SAY I'M NEW TO CAPITAL METRO IN NEW YORK TO CAPITAL METRO.
AND I THINK THE WAY THIS ENTIRE COLBY 19 RESPONSE AND THE RECOVERY PROCESS, UH, I SEE THAT UNFOLD.
IT REALLY SHOWS THE CORE VALUE OF THE AGENCY AND I COULDN'T REALLY, UM, I THINK I WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS, AS I DESCRIBED THIS EFFORT AND THEN WE ARE INTRODUCING AND CONSIDERING REDUCED FARES FOR UM, THOSE WHO HAD SUFFERED, UM, IN THIS CRISIS, THE WORST AGAIN AND LOST THEIR JOBS.
SO THAT REDUCED FARES FOR UNEMPLOYED IS ALSO BEING CONSIDERED AND GOING TO BE, UM, IN PLACE.
THE CARE SECTOR FUNDING STRATEGY.
AND THE GRANTS, OUR GRANTS TEAM WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE ABLE TO, UM, FTAS, UM, VERY PROMPT FUNDING APPLICATION FOR THIS.
KEVIN ALREADY GONE OVER THE BUDGET SCENARIOS THAT WE UH, THAT'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CASH FLOW FORECASTS ALSO.
UM, HE TOUCHED UPON IN DETAIL, HE WENT OVER IN DETAIL, SO I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT TEXT RECEIPTS THOUGH, THEY ARE DOWN 4.2% FROM MARCH OF 2019 OUR YEAR TO DATE SALES TEXT RECEIPTS ARE STILL HIGHER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THAT IS CLEARLY BASED ON THE STRONG ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND ALSO APRIL IS THE FULL MONTH WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE TRUE IMPACTS COME IN.
BUT THIS IS A VERY GOOD POSITION FOR AN TRANSIT AGENCY TO BE IN.
AND AS WE ARE APPLYING OUR RESOURCES, FINANCIAL AND SERVICE RESOURCES VERY WISELY AND EQUITABLY.
I WANTED TO MENTION THAT ALL OF THESE IS HAPPENING UNDER SERIOUS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS THAT WE PUT ON OURSELVES.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO DOTTIE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE ARE RELYING ON DATA FOR DECISION MAKING.
UM, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS SERVICE DELIVERY.
CHARMELLA UM, I'M DADDY WATKINS, CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.
UM, THE R IN CARE TALKS ABOUT RELYING ON DATA FOR DECISIONS AND UM, WE ALWAYS RELY ON DATA INSURANCE AND OPERATIONS
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AND WE ARE EXTREMELY RELIANT ON THAT DATA AS OUR, UH, RESPONSE TO THE COVERT CRISIS CONTINUES TO EVOLVE ON A REGULAR BASIS.THE TWO KEY FACTORS FOR US IN TERMS OF RETURNING TO OUR REGULAR SERVICE LEVELS ARE BALANCING OUR TRANSIT DEMAND AND OUR OPERATOR MOBILITY.
UM, WE'RE QUITE PLEASED THAT OUR OPERATOR AVAILABILITY IS CUTTING FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE, UM, ON THE SICK LIST.
MORE PEOPLE MORE THAT ARE COMFORTABLE COMING TO WORK, THAT ARE ABLE TO COME TO WORK, UM, THAT UM, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE BOTH THEIR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THEIR FAMILIES AND THEN MAKING THEMSELVES AVAILABLE FOR WORK.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, BEEN VERY, UM, PROMISING AND VERY ENCOURAGING.
BUT WE'RE CLOSELY WATCHING THE TRANSIT DEMAND.
WE'RE USING THE DATA ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THERE'S A CHART HERE THAT JUST SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THE LOOK AT VEHICLE CAPACITY, OUR GOAL, OUR MAXIMUM IDEAL CAPACITY ON A VEHICLE RIGHT NOW IS 50% IS 50% OF THE SEATED CAPACITY.
SO THAT VARIES BY THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE ON BOARD OUR VEHICLES FOR FOLKS TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES OUT.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING ON A TRIP BY TRIP BASIS.
UM, ANY TIME THAT OUR, UM, AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTERS CAPTURE THAT WE HAVE EXCEEDED 50% OF THE SEEDED CAPACITY OF THAT VEHICLE.
WE'RE CAPTURING THAT DATA AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT DATA EVERY SINGLE DAY TO REALLY INFORM HOW WE PUSH OUT OUR SUB, OUR RESOURCES AND OUR SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SHARE MILA.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE RUNNING OUR ADJUSTED SERVICE LEVELS.
THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SERVICE LEVEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING.
WE'RE RUNNING SUNDAY SCHEDULES ON MOST ROUTES, LIMITED TRIPS ON OUR FLYER ROUTES.
A FEW ROUTES THAT DON'T NORMALLY OPERATE ON SUNDAY HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDED.
AND THEN WE'RE RUNNING A REDUCED SCHEDULE FOR OUR PICKUP SERVICE HOURS.
ON MONDAY WE BEGAN RUNNING SOME EXPRESS BUS SERVICE OUR TO OUR MOST POPULAR CORRIDORS, THE QUARTER NORTHWEST NOW BEING SERVED BY ROUTE NINE 85 AND THE CORRIDOR TO THE NORTHEAST BEING SERVED BY ROUTE NINE 35 OUR COMMUTER QUARTERS TO THE SOUTH HAVE BEEN SERVED BY OUR FLYER ROUTES THIS ENTIRE TIME.
WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE COMMUTER SERVICES OUT THERE SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE COVERAGE FOR COMMUTERS WHO ARE NOW BEING ASKED TO SLOWLY RETURN TO THE WORKPLACE THROUGHOUT OUR REGION.
HOWEVER, AS CHARMELLA MENTIONED, OUR FOCUS IS ON SAFETY AND ON EQUITY AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR LOCAL BUS WRITERS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MANAGE SOCIAL DISTANCE OF OUR ABILITY.
SO WE ARE HOLDING OUT FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN WITH THE REDUCED SCHEDULES BECAUSE THE REDUCED SCHEDULES ALLOW US THE FLEET AND OPERATOR AVAILABILITY TO PUT EXTRA BUSES OUT EVERY DAY TO MANAGE THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SO ON A DAILY BASIS RIGHT NOW, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 BUSES AND BOTH THE MORNINGS AND THE AFTERNOONS ARE BEING DEPLOYED SPECIFICALLY ON ROUTES THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN, MORE RIDERS THAN OTHERS, SO THAT WE CAN INSERT THOSE BUSES AHEAD OF THE TRIPS THAT ARE BEING TYPICALLY OVERCROWDED AND REALLY TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD THE FOLKS OUT.
SO OUR CAPACITY TO DO THAT REALLY RELIES UPON THE FLEET TO BE AVAILABLE AND OUR WORKFORCE TO BE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY THE TRANSIT DEMAND TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR MODIFIED ADJUSTED SERVICE LEVELS CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT WE'RE CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THAT.
THE SAFETY ASPECT AND THE EQUITY ASPECT IS LOOK AT OUR LOCAL BUS WRITERS WHO HAVE REALLY BEEN NEEDING OUR SERVICES TO EITHER GET TO THEIR WORKPLACE OR TO ACCESS ESSENTIAL SERVICES THIS WHOLE TIME.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHARMELLA TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
SO THIS IS THE LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST.
IT'S THE LAST, UH, KEY THEMES OF OUR CARE, THE RECOVERY PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, IT'S TO EVALUATE OUR RESULTS.
I MEAN THIS IS AN UNIQUE SITUATION, UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF KNOWN UNKNOWNS AS WE ARE REFERRING TO THEM.
THERE ARE SCHOOL OPENINGS, UM, SORT OF, UH, THE MARKET REACTION AND UM, TWO DIFFERENT MARKETS REACTION TO COMING BACK TO WORK AND HOW ECONOMY IS GOING TO TURN SLOWLY.
SO WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS AND TRYING TO TRICKLE THEM DOWN INTO A DECISION FRAMEWORK BASED ON A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS.
BUT DOING ALL OF THAT ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE, WE ARE KEEPING OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR OPERATOR, OUR STAFF, CUSTOMER AND COMMUNITY SAFETY.
I CANNOT STRESS THIS MORE THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY, UM, ARE, ARE PROBABLY, WE'RE KEEPING THAT AT OUR FOREFRONT
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IN EQUITABLE, UM, SERVICE DELIVERY AND PUTTING RESOURCES WHERE THERE'S GREATEST NEED IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO THIS INTERMEDIATE PHASE.UM, AGAIN, WE ARE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TECHNICAL ELEMENTS TO THIS THAT WE ARE PREPARING BY IN THE SCENES AND WE EXPECT TO COME BACK AND GIVE MONTHLY UPDATE TO THE BOARD.
UM, SO YOU WILL HEAR MORE FROM, UM, DOTTIE AND I AND OTHERS ON THIS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS TEAM EFFORT ON Y.
SO I JUST CANNOT THANK OUR ENTIRE TEAM, THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS WITH BATHS.
UM, THERE IS A VIDEO, UM, IT'S SORT OF OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU TO OUR FRONTLINE OPERATORS.
IT'S A PERFECT WAY THAT I, UH, I TRIED TO CONVEY THAT, BUT I'M GONNA PLAY IT AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IN MY PRESENTATION TODAY.
AFTER THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE
BASED ON TIME, WHY DON'T WE JUST SEND A LINK OUT TO THE BOARD AND WE'LL PASS IT.
OBVIOUSLY PUBLICLY WE'VE BEEN SHARING THAT ON SOCIAL ANYWAY, BUT WHY DON'T WE, FOR THE SAKE OF THE BOARD'S TIME, WE'LL JUST SEND IT TO ALL THEM DIRECTLY.
UH, CHARMELLA UH, WHAT A HUGE EFFORT TO SORT OF REINVENT OUR SERVICE MODEL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE OVERLAY OF THE PANDEMICS.
SO, UH, UH, REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM HAS DONE FOR THAT.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHARMELLA OR DONNIE OR, I JUST WANT TO, I WANT TO, THERE YOU WERE.
YEAH, I W I REALLY WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT JUD DOING.
YOU KNOW, THE FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CATCHING IT NOW AND ARE PAYING A BIG PRICE FOR IT.
AND, UH, UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING REALLY HARD TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS VIRUS BECAUSE IT'S SUMMER HASN'T DISAPPEARED, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S STILL VERY DEADLY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S STILL BEING SPREAD, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW COLOR.
SO, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUS AND I REALLY WANT TO TAKE YOU FOR PUTTING, PUTTING THAT WORD OUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT, YES, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE BUYERS.
AND IF WE DON'T TAKE THIS SERIOUS IS GOING TO COME IN A SECOND WAVE HARDER THAN WHAT WE HIT.
I GOT HIT BEFORE, BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED.
RACHEL YET OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
HEY THIS JOSEPH'S MAYBE ON THE WHOLE, I DIDN'T WANT TO IT AFTER THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE JOSEPH FIFTH YEAR THERE THAT WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO, THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN.
JOSEPH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MR CHAIRMAN? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD.
YEAH, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SUMMARIZE ALL OF MY COMMENTS BECAUSE THEY RELATED TO MANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO FIRST SAY THAT IT'S COMMISSIONER'S COURT THIS WEEK, COMMISSIONER DOHERTY ACTUALLY ASKED ME WHAT RESPONSE I USUALLY GET FROM CAPITAL METRO AND I SAID BASICALLY THAT I AM IGNORED.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN FOR LISTENING AND FOR TRYING TO GET YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE INEQUITIES THAT STILL EXIST IN THE SYSTEM AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO DEALING WITH THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT RIDERS.
I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, I DID TESTIFY YESTERDAY OVER AT CITY COUNCIL AND THERE IS A PROJECT IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE AND THE DOMAIN, BUT YOU HAVE A BUS THAT GOES THROUGH THE DOMAIN BUT YOU ELIMINATED THE BUS THREE 92 TO THE DOMAIN, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENJOY THESE BENEFITS UNLESS YOU WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND SO IT RELATES TO FM 125 WHICH IS ONE OF THE TEXTILES RIGHT AWAY.
I CAN GIVE YOU A SIMPLE SOLUTION IF YOU WOULD JUST COMBINE THE EIGHT OH THREE WITH THE THREE 92 THAT'S AT BREAKER AND BURN IT.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSIT DEPENDENT CAN GET TO THE DOMAIN TO GET TO THE JOB.
THIS PARTICULAR JOB SITE IS $51,000 TO $98,000 AND THERE ARE MANY MORE THERE, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING, IT'S THREE EIGHT OH THREE TWO ONE THREE 92 AND YOUR OWN BROADMORE EXAMPLE FROM 2016
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SAY IT, THAT KRAMER STATION WAS TOO FAR TO WALK TO THE DOMAIN.I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT APPLIED MATERIAL AND SAMSUNG ARE ALSO ENTERPRISE ZONES, WHICH MEANS THEY GET TAX BREAKS AND THERE'S NO BUS TO THAT AREA.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN ACTUALLY HAS ONE POINT $5 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S COMMUNITY SERVICE DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY COULD USE THAT MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION AND YOU COULD CREATE A PILOT TO GET PEOPLE TO THAT AREA ON PARMER LANE TO SEE HOW IT WORKS IN SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO COMMIT TO MEMBER STRATTON.
I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WHILE YOU MAY THINK OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AS AN EQUITY DISTRACTION TO THE COMMUNITY, I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S LOOKING AT THIS SYSTEM THROUGH A WHITE PRIVILEGE LENS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED AND SO IT WOULD BE WHO'VE THE BOARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREA THAT'S NORTH OF NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER BECAUSE THAT IS PHASED FOR 24 TO 30 YEARS.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT ON FM NINE 69 IT'S 60 MINUTES FOR BLACK WRITERS AND THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN THE SYSTEM THAT IT IS.
SO WHILE YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE RAIL AND THE THINGS IN PROJECT CONNECT FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT PROJECT CONNECT WILL SEGREGATE AUSTIN FOR CENTURIES.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AS FAR AS LOOP TWO 75 THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS ACTUALLY COLLECTING NORTH MEMORIAL TRANSIT DATA NOW AND THAT CORRIDOR, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A FEW NUMBERS.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3,900 CRASHES BETWEEN 2015 AND 2020 OVER 380 INJURIES AND 71 CRASHES.
THERE WERE TWO FATALITIES IN TWO MONTHS IN 2019 AND JOHN MCDONNELL WAS THE ONE THAT WAS KILLED AT FAIRFIELD STATION.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY PLANNING, YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO MOVE THE BUS.
LIKE I'VE ASKED BEFORE, SOUTH OF THE CVS PHARMACY, EIGHT OH ONE CHINATOWN AND OCTOBER 9TH, 2019 TO HER CREDIT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN DREW.
THE SCHEMATIC AND SO I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL THE BUZZ WORDS THAT THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION WILL LOOK AT ON PAPER, BUT MR CHAIRMAN, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT JANUARY 28 2019 YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE DISADVANTAGED BY CAB REMAP AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST DO THE RIGHT THING.
THE LAST THING I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY ON SPRINGDALE, WHICH IS NOT ONE OF THE CORRIDORS THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT ON SPRINGDALE THERE'S AN EMPTY $7,000 SHELTER AND IT'S THERE BECAUSE OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S LITERALLY JUST VACANT LOTS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT TESTIFIED YESTERDAY BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON 3,500 SPRINGDALE AND JUST 0.8 MILES DOWN THE ROAD WHERE THE BLACK PEOPLE LIVE AND THE HAKA PROPERTY, 292 UNITS, YOU REMOVE THE BUS STOP.
SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO RIGHT BY THE COMMUNITY, YOU'VE GOT TO RESTORE THIS SERVICE AND JUST BASICALLY DO WHAT THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING YOU TO DO TO RELOOK AT THESE MAPS AND THE MAPS CHANGES THAT YOU'VE MADE.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT IN 2014 WHEN YOU HAD THE NORTH CORRIDOR LOCALLY FOR FRUIT ALTERNATIVE, YOU ACTUALLY SHOW THE COMMUNITY HOW THE LOCAL BUS SYSTEM AND THE HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT PROJECT CONNECT WORK TOGETHER.
AND NOT ONCE HAS MR DAVE CROUCH DONE THAT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN YOU MEET JUNE 10TH IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SHOW THE MEMBERS ON THE BOARD BEFORE THEY MAKE A BIG VOTE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN REAL TIME.
AND I WOULD JUST LEAVE YOU WITH MED MERITS, A QUOTE FROM YOUR OCTOBER 30TH, 2019 MEETING WHERE SHE SAID, WE BEGIN WITH THE LOCAL BUS SERVICE.
THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL GLUE TO THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
AND SO I KNOW THAT WAS A WHOLE LOT, BUT FM SEVEN THREE FOUR LOOP TWO 75 AND FM ONE THREE TO FIVE ARE ALL WITHIN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE THREE 92 SO YOU COULD HELP US TREMENDOUSLY IF YOU JUST GOT THE BUS TO CONTINUE THAT 1.9 MILES BACK TO THE ARBORETUM AND TO CONNECT THESE TRANSIT DEPENDENT RIDERS TO THE DOMAIN.
UM, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE BUS STILL RUNS EVERY 15 MINUTES BETWEEN MUELLER AND MOPAC EMPTY.
AND THE DRIVER TOLD ME THAT SHE PICKED UP ABOUT SIX PEOPLE IN AN EIGHT HOUR PERIOD AND YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE ON A THREE 92 WAITING TO TRANSFER BECAUSE THE BUS CONNECTS.
HE MISSED THE BUS BY THREE MINUTE LIGHT CYCLE AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT 30 EXTRA MINUTES.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING MY COMMENTS AND UH, TO YOUR KNEE TO THE SLIDES THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE ASK SHARMILA AND DOTTIE WATKINS TO PUT THOSE ONLINE.
AND SHARMILA MENTIONED ROUTE TWO 40 IN HER PRESENTATION.
IT JUST SHOWS RESPECTFULLY THAT SHE'S NEW.
YOU ELIMINATED THAT BUS ROUTE TOO.
AND SO THAT WAS THE NEXT BUS THAT WAS CLOSE TO THE DOMAIN, BUT, AND THAT WENT TO THE SAME DAY.
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YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK SO EXTENSIVELY.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL ANSWER THE MEMPHIS.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS WE'RE MEMBERS WITH PHIL HAVE, UH, TO UH, CONCLUDE ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH WAS APPROVAL OF MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENTS WITH, UH, TEXTILE FOR BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, THE MOTION THAT'S BEEN DRAFTED SAYS BE IT RESOLVED BY CAP METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE PRESENT CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE AS AUTHORIZED TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE THREE MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENTS WITH, UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF FUTURE CAP.
METRO BUS STOPS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF US.
ONE 83 US TWO 90 STATE HIGHWAY 71 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 NORTH LAMAR, TEXAS TWO 75 SOUTH CONGRESS, TEXAS TWO 75 BURNETT ROAD, FM ONE THREE TWO FIVE 1325 AND PARMER LANE.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, THAT WAS A MEMBER, MITCHELL I BELIEVE.
AND THAT SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MEMBER STRATTON.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION MEMBERS
AND I'LL CALL ROLL ON THE SIDE OF, UH, I SHARE CARS.
I THINK IT'S STILL NOT PRESENT.
UM, REMEMBER STRATTON LIKE YOU REMEMBER MITCHELL, I THINK REMEMBER TREVELYAN HAD A HARD STOP AT THREE AND IT'S NOT PRESENT IN HER KITCHEN.
UM, REMEMBER RENTAL MARIA, AMBER RENTERIA.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE IN FAVOR, UH, NON AGAINST, WITH, UH, GARSA, UH, RENTAL MARIA, UM, AND TREVELYAN NOT VOTING.
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UH, OUR PRESIDENTS REPORT.I WILL, UH, GIVE THE BOARD THE, UH, THE FAVOR OF NOT DOING A PRESENCE REPORT AFTER, UH, THREE HOURS AND 20 MINUTE MEETING.
AND I, AND I JUST WANT TO HONESTLY WRAP UP WITH, UH, I KNOW, I KNOW HOW MUCH THE BOARD, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOU REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY.
I APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON A FRIDAY TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE, UH, FOR MEMBER INTO RHEA.
JUST HIGHLIGHT IT REALLY WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF ARE ON THE FRONTLINE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
UM, OUR TEAM HAS REALLY TRIED TO RECOGNIZE THOSE STAFF, UM, BOTH PUBLICLY AND INTERNALLY AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THIS BOARD.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN A LOT OF TIME.
UM, WE'VE ADJUSTED SOME SCHEDULES FOR THIS MEETING ON A FRIDAY BOARD MEETING AS BOARD MEMBERS, AS THE BOARD CHAIR MENTIONED, WE ARE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AWAY FROM AN, I WOULD ARGUE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTES IN THE HISTORY OF CAP METRO, WHICH IS GETTING OUR COMMUNITY TO ALL BASICALLY AGREE ON WHAT TRANS SHOULD LOOK LIKE AS WE BECOME A LARGER CITY.
AND THAT'S BEEN 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
UM, I WASN'T HERE BUT 2014 SOUNDS LIKE IT CERTAINLY DIDN'T GO AS WELL AS SOME PEOPLE WANT IT.
AND I THINK THAT WAS BASED ON DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND DIFFERENT PROCESSES TO DETERMINE ROUTES AND MODES, ET CETERA.
UM, I JUST REALLY AM THANKFUL FOR NOT ONLY OUR TEAM, BUT OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, HOW MUCH THEY'VE DONE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND NOW THIS NEW ROUND OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS AS WELL.
JACKIE'S TEAM IS JUST DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
SO, UM, YOU ALL ARE PUTTING EXTRA TIME IN ON THOSE MEETINGS.
UH, ANY MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT.
UM, AND THEN THAT GIVES A LITTLE RESPECT UNTIL FURTHER IN THE SUMMER AND THEN IDEALLY ABOUT THIS BOARD AND OUR PARTNER AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WILL MAKE A DECISION TO INVEST IN ALL A PART OF THAT PROGRAM THAT THE COMMUNITY CLEARLY IS LOOKING, LOOKING FOR SOME TYPE OF, UH, TRANSIT ACTION.
SO WITH THAT, I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT LONG WEEKEND.
IT'S BEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT UPTIME, AT LEAST HERE AT CAP METRO, I'M SURE WITH ALL OF YOU AS WELL.
AND, UM, JUST UH, STAY SAFE AND, UH, WE'LL SEE.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH WE'VE TASKED EVERYBODY WITH CONCLUDING
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YOU, WHICH IS, UH, REDESIGNING OUR DEPLOYMENT OF TRANSIT IN THE NEAR TERM, UH, COMING UP WITH THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND THE CITY'S EVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT AND THE HISTORY OF CAP METRO.AND THEN, UH, AND ON TOP OF ALL THIS, UH, ADDING A NEW STATION, WHICH WILL BE THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT STATION ON THE RED LINE.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S GOT MUCH GOING ON.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
THANKS FOR YOUR, UH, UH, LONG ATTENTION SPAN TODAY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL A PEDAL FAST AND, UH, WE WILL SEE YOU ALL, UH, ON JUNE THE 10TH, NOT STEINER.
MEANTIME, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
AND, UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING FURTHER OR MAKING A TURN THAT OUR TIME IS THREE 22.