* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. THE DAY TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH, AND I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER TWO OH SEVEN. UM, AS A REMINDER, THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES BOTH AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND OTHER INTERPRETER SERVICES. WE PLEASE REQUEST THAT YOU LET US KNOW 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO CHLOE MAXWELL, WHOSE INFORMATION IS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA. UM, WE'RE GONNA START THIS MEETING, FIRST OFF, WE'LL WITH A, WITH AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY. SO WE THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE COMPLETE THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU. SO, I, I DID FORGOT TO MENTION ONE THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, SO, RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? AND NOBODY HAS CALLED . OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. SO WE THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UM, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECONVENING AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND THE FO THE TIME IS 5:11 PM UM, AS I STATED EARLIER, THERE WERE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY AT TODAY'S MEETING. SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. OUR FIRST ITEM [2. Technical Advisory Committee Reports] TODAY IS THE TECHNICAL ADVISOR COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND I WILL START BY READING THE ONE FROM ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND LET ME FLIP TO THAT AT, SO WE HAD, UM, WE MET ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2022. WE HAD 25 PEOPLE ATTENDING AS WE COMBINED BOTH THE EAC AND THE FAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. OUR PRIMARY AGENDA ITEMS WERE THE MAP REVIEW, THE BLUE LINE BRIDGE UPDATE, AS WELL AS THE ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION PRESENTATION. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS, THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE PROJECT TIMELINE THROUGH THE FALL OF 2022. THE COMMITTEE INQUIRED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS IN RELATION TO THE PROJECT'S TIMELINE. MR. COUCH EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE TO DELIVER THE PROGRAM WITHIN THIS 8.75 PENNY STACKS. HE DESCRIBED THAT MOVING FORWARD, DESCRIBED THAT MOVING FORWARD, THE TEAM WILL DESCRIBE BETTER THE FACING PORTION ASPECT OF LAUNCHING A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM IN PHASES WITHIN THE VOTER APPROVED SEQUENCE PLAN. OTHER ATTENDEES ALSO POINTED OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE COST ESTIMATES AS THEY RELATED TO THE OPENING OF SEGMENTS AND THE OVERALL TIMING. MR. COUCH MENTIONED THE RECENT AWARD OF THE RISK ANALYSIS CONTRACT AND THAT THEY WILL LOOK AT THE SEQUENCING AS WELL. THEY HAD A KICKOFF MEETING ON FEBRUARY 2ND ON REGARDS TO COST. A FAR COMMITTEE MEMBER DISCUSSED THE HIGHER COST OF ELEVATED AND SUBTERRANEAN STATIONS INITIALLY, AS WELL AS IN LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE COSTS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS, AND SUCH IN STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. THE CAC REPRESENTATIVE ECHOED THAT CONCERN AS WELL FROM AN ACCESSIBILITY PERSPECTIVE AND WANTED TO ENSURE THE DESIGN TEAMS ARE ALSO THINKING OF REDUNDANCIES. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED OPTIONS FOR ROUTING THROUGH THE DRAG, AND MR. MULLEN DESCRIBED THE SPACE AS A TRANSIT MALL AND THE CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH UT THAT'S UNDERGOING. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE INQUIRED ABOUT IMPACTS TO EXISTING BUSINESSES, AND MR. MULLEN DESCRIBED THAT THERE WILL BE A CONSULTANT BROUGHT ON BOARD TO HELP ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE BUSINESS, THE BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIGHT CORRIDORS. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE TO HAVE AN ART IN TRANSIT PROGRAM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY MISSING FROM THE LIST PRESENTED BY THE TEAM. THE COMMITTEE INQUIRED THAT THERE'S A COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED TO SELECT THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER. AND MR. COUCH MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE DISCUSSIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED ON A ONE-ON-ONE WITH HITACHI, BOMBARDIER, STALER, SIEMENS, AND OTHERS. HE DESCRIBED THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA THAT IS OPERATING ON FULL BATTERY POWER. THAT IS, THAT THE TEAM IS CURRENTLY STUDYING, AND THAT THE VEHICLE BASIS OF DESIGN TO [00:05:01] BE INCLUDED IN THE 30% DESIGN. REGARDING TO THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE COMMITTEE, RISK ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE GOVERNANCE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH THE ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR WHICH ENO DID FOUR ELEMENTS. FIRST THEY DESCRIBED ENO'S REPRESENTATIVES, GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION HISTORY AND HOW THE RESEARCH HAS INFLUENCED THE DELIVERY OF TRANSIT AND MEGA PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS. ENO DISCUSSED THE TOWN HALLS AND INVITED MEMBERS OF THE TA CS TO PARTICIPATE. THEY DISCUSSED THE PROCESS TRANSPARENCY ASPECTS AND INVITED QUESTIONS FROM THE EAC AND FAR MEMBERS PRESENT ASCENT. AND THEY DESCRIBED THE DEADLINE FOR INPUT WAS SET FOR FEBRUARY 14TH, WHICH WAS TWO DAYS AGO. OUR FUTURE MEETING TOPICS, OUR UPDATE ON VEHICLE DESIGN DISCUSSIONS AND ADVANCEMENT, AND AN UPDATE ON THE LADY BIRD LAKE BRIDGE STUDY, AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON THE METRO RAPID BUS SHELTER, DESIGN, EVOLUTION, AND PROCUREMENT. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORT. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO QUESTIONS. NO. NO. OKAY. DR. BURNETT AND MEMBER ELKINS. NO QUESTIONS. OKAY, GREAT. UM, MOVING ON TO THE PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY AND DBE COMMITTEE. DR. BURNETT, I THINK YOU'RE MUTED. DR. BURNETT. ONE SECOND. WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THIS. HEY, TONY, IS YOUR SOUND WORKING? CHLOE, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, COULD VERONICA GIVE OUR REPORTS OR SOMEONE WE HEAR YOU NOW, NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU, DR. BURNETT. OKAY, GREAT. YES. UM, THANK YOU. UH, SO, UM, THE PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY AND DVE COMMITTEE, UM, MET ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2022. WE WERE, UM, UH, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE FAR, UH, COMMITTEE, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT PRESENT AT THAT MEETING. OUR AGENDA ITEMS WERE THE BLUE LINE BRIDGE UPDATE, A SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN, UPDATE, A ROADMAP REVIEW, AND WE HAD A Q AND A WITH, UH, REPRESENTATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ENO. WE DIS, UH, ROB BROWSKI FROM CAP METRO AND INTRODUCED THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE CAP METRO SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN. UM, WE HAD A, A GOOD CONVERSATION ON THE TOPIC AND WE ASKED IF WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT TOPIC TO FOLLOW AT OUR MARCH MEETING. AS A NEXT STEP, THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE STAFF TO EXPLORE LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. WE, THERE WAS SOME VERY SPECIFIC ONES NAMED SUCH AS A ISD, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN TO MAXIMIZE OVERALL COMMUNITY IMPACT AND TO HEAR AS MANY VOICES AS POSSIBLE. UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT ASPECTS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY VISION PLAN, AS WELL AS REQUESTING A DEBRIEF ON THE E AND O TOWN HALL MEETINGS. AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, AT, ON THE APRIL AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION ON THE EQUITY GOALS AND METRICS. POSSIBLY ON THAT AGENDA IF WE COULD WORK OUT SCHEDULES. THAT WAS THE REQUEST FROM THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR BURNETT, UH, BOARD MEMBER ELKINS FINANCE AND RISK. OKAY, GREAT. CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL? ALRIGHT, WE CAN. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO THE, UH, FINANCE AND RISK COMMITTEE MET ON FEBRUARY 8TH. WE HAD A PACKED AGENDA. WE HAD SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE FAR COMMITTEE PLUS, UH, A TB STAFF ATTENDING. SO THE AGENDA ITEMS WERE THE, UH, FISCAL 21 PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 21. SO DIANE UHLER PRESENTED THAT WE ALSO HAD AN UPDATE ON ANTI DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENT FUNDING STATUS AND PROCESS. SO DIANE PRESENTED THAT AS WELL. UH, BRIAN RIVERA HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE, UH, STATUS OF ATP'S CASH INVESTMENTS AND WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO INVESTING OUR CASH. HE ALSO WENT INTO A DISCUSSION ON THE PLANET FINANCING, A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ON PLANET FINANCING. AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, UH, IN FUTURE FAR MEETINGS WILL BE HAVING MORE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS AS THE PLAN OF FINANCING GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, SOLID. AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE MORE PRESENTATIONS ON THAT. UH, SAM SERGEANT DID A PRESENTATION ON THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE [00:10:01] BILL. WHAT HIGHLIGHTS THAT WERE FOR A TP? UH, SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION. UH, VICKI HAD A DISCUSSION ON THE, UM, FINANCIAL, UH, RISK ADVISORY CONTRACT THAT WE AWARDED LAST MONTH TO ERNST AND YOUNG. SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING, THE SCOPE OF WORK. AND THEN I GAVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO HIRING, UH, AN INTERNAL AUDITOR FOR THE BOARD. SO THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO BE FOLLOWED UP WITH IN THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE IN MAY. UM, A TP NEEDS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY MESSAGING ABOUT PROJECT CONNECT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TECHNOLOGY STATION UP, UM, UPGRADES THAT WILL IMPACT EXISTING BID BUS RIDERSHIP. SO I THINK SPECIFICALLY THIS IS, UM, A REQUEST TO STAFF WHAT IMPACTS TO EXISTING BUS RIDERSHIP WILL RESULT, UH, AS A, AS A RESULT OF ATP'S WORK ON PROJECT CONNECT. SO IF WE ARE CHANGING LANE CONFIGURATIONS, WILL THAT SLOW BUSES DOWN OR, OR, SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE FAR COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE ON. UM, ALSO THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON ROUNDABOUTS. IF ADDING ROUNDABOUTS THAT HAVE WORKED IN SOME CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD, UH, HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENT, UM, PRIOR, PRIOR TO, UH, ISSUING THE RFP FOR AN EXTERNAL INVESTMENT ADVISOR, UH, A TP NEEDS TO HAVE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT THE COMPENSATION VERSUS INVESTMENT RETURNS TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT BE MORE EFFECTIVE TO, UH, INVEST IN-HOUSE OR HIRE A CONSULTANT TO IN, IN INVEST THROUGH, UH, THE CONSULTANT, UM, ERNST AND YOUNG SHOULD INCORPORATE THE FAR RISK LIST THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE NOVEMBER MEETING. I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT 10 OR 11 RISKS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN SCENARIO PLANNING AND EVALUATE THOSE RISKS ACROSS A TP, INCLUDING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. UM, THERE WAS, WERE ALSO TWO REQUESTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON A BRIEFING FROM THE CITY HOUSING, UH, DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE NEFERTITI REGARDING ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDING GRANT PROCESS. SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TEE THAT UP IN MAY, UH, THROUGH NEFERTITI OR OR HER DEPARTMENT. AND THEN A BRIEFING ON VARIOUS DEBT MECHANISMS AND FEDERAL FINANCING GRANTS AVAILABLE TO A TP. SO NEXT STEPS, ERNST AND YOUNG WILL CONDUCT RISK WORKSHOPS AND PRESENT TO THE FAR COMMITTEE THIS SUMMER. AND RSM OUR AUDITOR WILL PRESENT THE FINAL AUDIT TO THE FAR AT THE MAY MEETING. UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU, MEMBER. CAN ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MEMBER ELKINS. I THINK, DID WE LOSE YOU? NO, YOU GUYS ARE STILL THERE. IT WENT TO THE SLIDES. UM, SO [3. Executive Director Report] NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. OKAY. THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, TWO VERY QUICK ITEMS HERE. UH, FIRST ONE, IF YOU CAN BRING THAT UP, CHLOE, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE THERE. IT'S, THANK YOU. UH, WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT GROUNDBREAKING WE HAD TODAY? UH, THE MAYOR WAS ON THE, UH, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TP AND OBVIOUSLY THIS HIS ROLE AS THE MAYOR. UH, WE HAD, UH, CONGRESSMAN DOGGETT, LOTS OF OTHER COMMUNITY OFFICIALS, UH, WITH US TODAY. SO THIS IS GROUNDBREAKING ON THE PLEASANT VALLEY, UH, ROUTE. AND IT'LL SERVE FROM GOODNIGHT RANCH ALL THE WAY UP TO MUELLER OR MILLER, I GUESS, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PRONOUNCE THAT. AND IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD SERVICE. UH, ANOTHER GOOD, UH, REALLY GOOD EQUITABLE INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF AUSTIN. SO, UH, ALTO ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES. SO THAT GOES BACK TO OUR WHOLE SUSTAINABILITY VALUES AND HOW WE'RE MOVING OUR PROGRAM FORWARD. SO, JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS INCREDIBLE STAFF EFFORT ON MOVING THIS PROGRAM FORWARD. UH, APPRECIATE THE CITY STAFF, UH, GINA AND HER WHOLE TEAM, UH, GETTING US TO THIS POINT. UH, THIS, THIS ACTUALLY I THINK IS GONNA LEAD TO FUTURE COLLABORATION ON BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, OTHER THINGS, UH, UH, KIND OF JOINTLY AS WELL. UH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY GOOD. UH, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WE'RE HOPING TO GET OUR SMALL STARTS GRANTS PROBABLY BY THE MAY TIMEFRAME, UH, ON THIS PROJECT WITH FTA. SO WE'RE WORKING VERY COLLABORATIVE WITH FTA. NO HICCUPS, NO ISSUES. IT'S JUST PROCESS. AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN JUST FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH. SO, UH, WANT TO GIVE, MAKE SURE PUBLIC WILL ACKNOWLEDGE TODAY'S EVENT. UH, THE OTHER, UH, QUICK INFORMATION IS JUST A REMINDER. ON MARCH 2ND, WE'LL BE HAVING A TRI-PARTY WORK SESSION THAT'S BETWEEN THIS BOARD, THE CAP METRO BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THE IDEA IS TO GO THROUGH REALLY THIS, THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND THE DESIGN AND THE PROCESS TO REACH, UH, KIND OF CONSENSUS ON 30% DESIGN, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, UH, OUR SEGMENT [00:15:01] PHASING. HOW DO WE ACTUALLY THEN, UH, MOVE INTO 23 AND START IN PUTTING OUR PLAN IN PLACE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND LETTING CONTRACTS IN THAT NATURE. SO, UH, REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS. UH, AGAIN, APPRECIATE GINA ANIQUE AND THEIR TEAM. UH, DOTTIE HAS BEEN REALLY THE LEAD ON THE CABINET METRO SIDE, AND DAVE ON, ON THE A TP SIDE. UM, I THINK ALL THREE STAFFS ARE ALIGNED REALLY WELL TO TRY TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THINGS THAT THE STAFF HAS REALLY FOUND A LOT OF CONSENSUS ON FROM A TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW, AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT ON A VIEW. AND THEN THERE'S A FEW ITEMS LEFT THAT, UH, ARE NOT ABOUT TO BE RESOLVED ON, UM, MARCH 2ND, BUT REALLY ABOUT IDENTIFYING AND DAYLIGHTING THOSE TOPICS AND THE PROCESS OVER THE NEXT COMING MONTHS TO GET TO RESOLUTION ON THOSE. UH, AND IDEALLY THEN WE COULD BRING, UH, UH, A, A TRI-PARTY STAFF PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE DE AND I PROCESS THAT WILL LEAD TO A FINAL STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO THE THREE BODIES, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT HAPPENS KIND OF IN THE LATE FALL TIMEFRAME. SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR MIGHT EVEN HAVE SOME, UH, CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT LATER AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. ANY QUESTIONS? [4.1. Community Engagement and Involvement Update] SO, MOVING ON TO OUR MONTHLY PROGRAM UPDATES. FIRST WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT UPDATE FROM ATP'S, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT. MS. JACKIE BERG, ARE YOU HERE? YES, I AM. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY PLEASURE TO BRING YOU THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATE FOR THIS MONTH. SO WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WE HAD A METRO RAPID COMMUNITY UPDATE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 7TH WITH 32 PARTICIPANTS. WE HAD AN ORANGE LINE NORTH GUADALUPE WORKING GROUP ON FEBRUARY 10TH WITH 64 PARTICIPANTS. AND LAST NIGHT WE HAD AN ORANGE LINE ST. EDWARDS TO STANE WORKING GROUP MEETING, UH, WITH 67 PARTICIPANTS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR ADVISORY GROUPS MET THIS MONTH. UM, WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THOSE IN THE REPORT, SO I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE IS OUR LOOK AHEAD, UM, FOR THE CAC. OUR NEXT MEETING IS NEXT WEEK ON FEBRUARY 23RD. OUR EAC WILL BE MARCH 2ND, EEC MARCH THE THIRD. THEN WE'RE HAVING A JOINT CAC AND TAX MEET AND GREET OPPORTUNITY ON MARCH THE SEVENTH. THAT WILL BE AT PLAZA SALTILLO. WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER. AND ALSO MEET AND GREET OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH A TP. UM, WE HAVE A BLUE LINE METRO CENTER WORKING GROUP SCHEDULED FOR MARCH THE EIGHTH. UM, AND THEN OUR MARCH CAC MEETING IS ON THE 23RD. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. IT'S OUR LET'S TALK PROJECT CONNECT VIRTUAL COMMUNITY CONVERSATION. THOSE ARE HAPPENING MARCH 29TH AND 31ST. AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THESE IS TO, UH, ALLOW FOR A DEEP DIVE CONVERSATIONS ON SUBJECT MATTERS THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON OVER THE YEAR OF GIVING, UH, PEOPLE OF, OF HAVING MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY DIG DOWN INTO THOSE SUBJECTS. SO WE'LL BE BREAKING OUT INTO, UM, DISCUSSION GROUPS. ONE WILL BE ON TRAFFIC ISSUES, ANOTHER WILL BE ON CONNECTIVITY, UM, WHETHER IT BE BIKE HEAD OR, UM, BUS CONNECTIVITY. IT, IT COULD ALSO BE THE PICKUP SERVICE. IT CAN BE, UM, PARK AND RIDE. SO ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH CONNECTIVITY, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER WORK, ANOTHER DISCUSSION GROUP FOR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S HOUSING, UH, PLANNING AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL DO A BREAKOUT SESSION FOR FOLKS TO DIG DEEP INTO THE, UM, ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND THE EQUITY TOOL. UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE. AND LIKE WE, WITH ANY MAJOR COMMUNITY MEETING, WE ALWAYS ACCOMPANY IT WITH A, AN ONLINE MONTH LONG, UH, VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE WITH THE SAME MATERIALS THAT ARE DISCUSSED IN THE MEETINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT LIVE FROM MARCH 29TH THROUGH APRIL THE EIGHTH. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A SLEW OF SPRING WORKING GROUP MEETINGS FOR OTHER AREAS ALONG THE TWO, UH, CORRIDORS, THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINES, UM, INCLUDING NORTH LAMAR CRESTVIEW, UM, WHICH WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LESLIE POOLS OFFICE AS A TOWN HALL. UM, THE BLUE LINE BRIDGE, NORTHLINE, SOUTHLINE, EAST RIVERSIDE, DOWNTOWN SOUTH CONGRESS, AND MORE. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE QUITE BUSY GETTING THOSE SCHEDULED, UH, PROBABLY FROM APRIL THROUGH MAY, UM, AND MAYBE INTO JUNE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ISSUES. I ALSO WANTED TO DISCUSS THINGS THAT WE'VE [00:20:01] BEEN WORKING ON. ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'VE BEEN ASKED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, HOW CAN WE BETTER COMMUNICATE, CLOSING THE FEEDBACK LOOP AND DEMONSTRATING THAT FEEDBACK ON OUR PROJECT DESIGN IS ACTUALLY BEING INCORPORATED. AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT UP ON THE WEBSITE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, POINT OUT SOME EXAMPLES OF WAYS THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK HAS BEEN INCORPORATED OVER THE LAST YEAR. UM, THE VERY FIRST THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS, OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, THE CAC, AND THAT WAS, UH, IN, IN, UH, RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND COMMUNITY REQUESTS. UM, THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD OUR JPA, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRINCIPLES INCLUDED IN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. MANY WERE ADOPTED FROM RECOMMENDATIONS BY, UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE PUMA AND AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION. UM, AND, UH, THOSE WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE JPA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SECTION. UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE, MUCH MORE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE ON THE BLUE LINE, UM, IN OUR TALKS WITH THE COMMUNITY, IT, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE RIVERWALK CONDOS, WHICH WERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THE BLUE LINE, WERE A COMMUNITY OF MIXED INCOME RESIDENTS. UM, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT DISPLACEMENT THERE. AND OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY TO MITIGATE THAT IMPACT. UM, AND THAT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. UM, WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK, UH, FROM OUR DISABILITY COMMUNITY, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOPS. ONE EXAMPLE WAS AT THE PLEASANT VALLEY COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOP. UM, AND SO A LOT OF THOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, UM, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IN PARTICULAR, UM, HAVING TO GO UNDER, UH, FORESTATION OR THE SUBWAY THAT ELEVATORS ARE AN, IS AN ISSUE OF CONCERN FOR, UH, THE, THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY OFTEN, UM, DON'T WORK. THEY GET BROKEN. UM, AND SO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS OUR STATIONS. UM, THERE WERE ALSO LOTS OF, LOTS OF, THERE WAS ALSO LOTS OF FEEDBACK FROM, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ABOUT CONNECTIVITY. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS WHERE THOSE CONCERNS AND COMMENTS WERE INCORPORATED INTO DESIGN. THE BLUE LINE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH WILL CROSS ABOVE, UH, US 180 3 TO INCORPORATE A NEW SHARED USE PATH BRIDGE ALONG WITH THE LIGHT RAIL, UH, TO PROVIDE BETTER BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION, UM, TO THE USE THE SHARED USE PATH THAT IS BEING PLANNED BY, UH, TXDOT ALONG, UH, 71 ALSO FRONTAGE ROAD GOING TOWARD THE AIRPORT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, UM, INPUT FROM OUR, OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST COMMUNITY. SIMILARLY, WE ADDED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ACROSS THE TRANSIT WAY IN PLACES ALONG THE CORRIDORS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNALIZE CROSSING, BECAUSE THERE WERE LOTS OF CONCERNS THAT SOME OF THOSE SIGNALIZE CROSSINGS MIGHT NOT BE AS CONVENIENT OR EASY TO GET TO. UM, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CONCERNS IN THE CRESTVIEW AREA LED TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN AERIAL OPTION FOR THE ORANGE LINE AT CRESTVIEW STATION TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONFLICTS AND DELAYS. UM, THE PROPOSAL TO LEVERAGE THE AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE NORTH GUADALUPE SECTION RATHER THAN IMPACT BUSINESSES ON THE EAST SIDE, WAS ALSO DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY INPUT. SO THAT'S JUST A SAMPLING OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT INPUT HAS BEEN INCLUDED. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DAYLIGHTING THAT, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS VIA OUR WEBSITE AS, AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE MECHANISM DEVELOPED. UM, THE OTHER THING I DID WANNA MENTION WHILE I HAVE THE FLOOR IS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AN EXCITING NEW, UM, UH, INITIATIVE TO CONNECT BETTER WITH WHAT WE CALL OUR PRIORITY COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITIES. BASICALLY, THESE ARE COMMUNITIES WHO NEED OUR SERVICES THE MOST. UM, AND SADLY WE DON'T CONNECT WITH THEM AS OFTEN OR WELL AS WE SHOULD. AND IF WE LOOK AT THE DATA FROM OUR, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE VIRTUAL OPTION HAS ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE A SILVER LINING IN THE SENSE THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING, BUT WE'RE STILL MISSING THE MARK WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY, WHICH USUALLY GET, UM, MORE ATTENTION WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO BE OUT AND ABOUT. WE'RE STARTING TO DO MORE OF THAT, BUT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO BETTER, UH, WHEN WE DO AT, AT STOP OUTREACH OR WHEN WE, UM, UH, PIGGYBACK ON EXISTING MEETINGS. WE DON'T REALLY GET THE TIME THAT WE, UM, HAVE DURING OUR OWN MEETINGS TO REALLY ENGAGE AND GET SOME DEEP FEEDBACK FROM, FROM, UH, THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN [00:25:01] NOW TO ACTUALLY COMPENSATE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAN BE OUR CONNECTORS. AND WE TOOK THAT QUEUE FROM BOTH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY WHO DID THAT SO WELL WITH OUR, UH, WITH DEVELOPING THE EQUITY TOOL AND ALSO FROM OUR, UH, CAP METRO, UH, UH, EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT TEAM, OUR EOG TEAM, WHO IS, UM, PUTTING THAT TO, TO WORK RIGHT NOW. SO WE REALIZE THAT PEOPLE'S LIVED EXPERIENCE IS VALUABLE AND THEY SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR IT. AND THAT THE ONLY WAY TO, UH, START REBUILDING TRUST IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES IS TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE TRUSTED INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND CAN HELP US CONNECT. SO MORE ON THAT AS IT DEVELOPS, BUT JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S IN THE WORKS. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT TODAY. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE, YES, DR. BURNETT. THANK YOU, JACKIE. THANK YOU, JACKIE, FOR THAT REPORT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DAYLIGHTING. UM, AND ALSO I ENCOURAGE US TO FIND, CONTINUE TO CHISEL AWAY AT FIGURING OUT THE, THE SPACES WHERE WE'RE MISSING, UH, UM, THAT PRIORITY POPULATION. IS THERE A TIME ON THE MARCH 7TH MEETING? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT IF POSSIBLE? YES. I BELIEVE IT IS SCHEDULED AT FOUR 30 TO SIX 30 IN THE AFTERNOON. OKAY. AND WE WILL SEND OUT INFORMATION ON THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. NIERENBERG. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK. THANK YOU, . MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. [4.2. Technical Program Update] UM, MOVING ON TO, UM, THE MONTHLY PROGRAM UPDATE FROM ATP'S CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER, MR. COUCH. WELCOME, WELCOME, UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK. UH, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE WITH ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES. WE'VE HIT A COUPLE OF MILESTONES. WE'VE GOT THE 30% DESIGN SUBMITTAL, UH, THAT HAS COME IN FOR COMMENT ON THE ORANGE LINE. AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SORTING THROUGH 6,500 COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM EVERYTHING FROM TDO TO ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO WE GOT GOOD RESPONSE AND GOOD SERIES OF COMMENTS ON THAT. UH, AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TAKING THE TIME AND MAKING THE TIME. UH, GINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT THE CITY HAS DONE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT. UH, THE 30% BLUE LINE IS RIGHT BEHIND US. IT'S COMING IN ON THE 11TH OF MARCH, AND WE WILL GO THROUGH EXACTLY THE SAME PROCESS WITH GETTING COMMENTS, UH, AND THEN GOING AHEAD AND RESOLVING THOSE TO PUT 'EM INTO THE FINAL 30% DESIGN, WORKING ON TRAFFIC ANALYSIS DATA FOR STATE HIGHWAY 71 WITH TDOT, UH, AND THEN THE LADY BIRD BRIDGE, AS YOU'VE HEARD ON SEVERAL OTHER PIECES. UH, AND THEN THE TUNNEL METHODOLOGY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ON THE NEPA FRONT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO GET GREAT SUPPORT AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH FTA, UH, AND BY US PROVIDING THE SUPPORT UNDER 1 39 J THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY ON OUR PROJECTED SCHEDULE WITH THE REVIEWS, UH, AND ALL THE REPORTS THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, ALL THE DRAFT TECHNICAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND ARE BEING REVIEWED, AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK, UH, THIS COORDINATION WITH THE TEXAS PARKS, WITH THE WILDLIFE, UH, AND ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT IT TAKES TO GO AHEAD AND GET TO THE POINT THAT WE WILL HAVE, UH, THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE PUBLIC MEETING. UH, AND THEN GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD FROM THERE. NEXT SLIDE. UH, METRO RAPID UPDATES, UH, YOU HEARD A FEW MINUTES AGO FROM EXECUTIVE , UH, ABOUT THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR PLEASANT VALLEY. UH, SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU DIDN'T PUT IT IN. UH, BASICALLY THERE WAS A, WE HAD A, WE HAD A PHOTO THAT WAS GONNA GET INSERTED IN HERE THAT BASICALLY WAS, UH, THE DEMOLITION OF ONE OF THE EXISTING BUS SHELTERS, UH, ON BASICALLY EXPO LINE, UH, AND BASICALLY, UH, A LOCATION THAT WE'RE NOW READY TO GO AHEAD, UH, AND GET STARTED FOR THE EXCAVATION TO DO THE SHELTER FOUNDATION. UH, SO NOW IN THE FIELD AND WORKING TOWARDS, UH, THAT FIRST SERIES OF INSTALLATIONS ON THAT PROJECT, UH, DESIGNED FOR GOAL LINE AND ALSO FOR SOUTH LAMAR, UH, THOSE ARE GETTING KICKED OFF AND GETTING STARTED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND ON THE RED LINE, UH, THE MCCULLOUGH [00:30:01] STATION, UH, THAT DESIGN HAS PROGRESSED FROM 60 TO 90, LOOKING AT THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. UH, GOT THEIR PROPOSALS IN FOR THE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT FOR THE STATION AREA ON THE 27TH OF JANUARY. AND THEY CURRENTLY ARE BEING, UH, EVALUATED, UH, WORK ON THE TRACK BETWEEN LEANDER AND LAKELINE CONTINUES. UH, AND BROADMOOR STATION WAS THE GROUNDBREAKING THAT WAS HELD, UH, THIS PAST JANUARY THE 18TH. UH, AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO ALSO GO AHEAD AND GET A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND, UH, AND START WORK THERE. THAT CONCLUDES, UH, MY MONTHLY REPORT, MADAM CHAIR. UH, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. COUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I DO HAVE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE, THE UPDATE. AND MAYBE THE ONE OF YOU COULD ANSWER THERE WAS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE BUSES ON THE BLUE LINE BRIDGE HAS NOW BEEN, IS STARTING TO BE STUDIED. AND I DIDN'T SEE THE CONTRACT UPDATE AMOUNT ON YOUR MEMO FOR THAT. WHO WAS IT AWARDED TO OR WHO'S, WHOSE SCOPE HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO STUDY THAT WORK? UM, WELL, I GUESS I WOULD ANSWER IT THIS WAY, CHAIR, WHICH IS, THERE WAS STUDY DONE. WE'RE GONNA DO MORE STUDY. AND A LOT OF THE STUDY IS, UM, LIKE CAP METRO SERVICE PLANNING IS GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK, I BELIEVE DAVE, I CAN'T BELIEVE REMEMBER IT'S AECOM I THINK IS HELPING ON THE BUS BACKGROUND NETWORK. YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I GOT THE WRONG FIRM ON THAT PIECE. MM-HMM. , UH, THANK YOU. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME CITY STAFF INVOLVED AND OTHER PARTS OF CAP METRO FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW AND, UH, CERTAIN VULNERABILITIES, THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND AN A TP DESIGN STAFF. SO, UH, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY AN EXTRA CONTRACT AS MUCH AS, UH, MORE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE THREE ENTITIES, PLUS YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA ON, UH, BACKGROUND BUS NETWORK PLANNING THAT THE SERVICE PLANNING TEAM AT CAP METRO NEEDS TO, UH, BRING MORE TO BEAR. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S LIKE AN EXTRA TASK FOR PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK. IT'S JUST DEEPER COORDINATION BETWEEN THE THREE ENTITIES ON KIND OF THE ENGINEERING SERVICE PLANNING SAFETY ELEMENTS OF, OF DIFFERENT OPTIONALITY. OKAY, GREAT. BECAUSE I SAW THAT IN THE, IN THE KUT REPORT THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A, A CONTRACT BEING AWARDED TO STUDY IT FURTHER, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH CONSULTANT HAD BEEN YEAH, NO, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACT SUPPORT ON A, A VARIETY OF THESE CONSULTING ELEMENTS. AND I THINK WE JUST CONFIRMED, I THINK IT'S ACON THAT'S HELPING US ON THE, ON THE, UH, BUS SERVICE NETWORK BACKGROUND, LIKE THE BASE MODEL. UH, AND THAT'LL BE A COMPONENT OF THAT. AND HNTB IS HELPING US, UH, BECAUSE THAT BRIDGE IS PART OF THEIR CONTRACT FOR THE NEPA PROCESS. UH, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT RESEARCH THAT'S BEING DONE, UH, BY HDR, UH, OF OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE, UH, IT HAS BEEN BASIC A A COMBINED BUS AND RAIL BRIDGE. UH, SO THOSE ARE ALL, IT'S ALL OUR EXIST. IT'S NOT A NEW CONSULTANT. UH, IT'S ALL, AS MR. CLARK SAID, UH, FOLKS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER EXISTING CONTRACTS. IT'S NOT A NEW CONTRACT. YEAH. I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE MEMO IF THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN A SPECIFIC TASK ORDER. SO IF, IF SOME DETAIL WAS MISSING ON THAT SEPARATE MEMO, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M INQUIRING ABOUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ELSE? NO. UM, SO I KNOW WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE FOR ANOTHER MEETING, THE FACILITIES EXPANSION FROM MR. CLARK. UH, MR. KEN CARTWRIGHT, AS WELL AS THE DISCUSSION ON SYSTEM WIDE ACCESSIBILITY, PLEASE. ADMINISTRATIVE, [4.3. Administrative Program Update] ADMINISTRATIVE. OH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE. HOW DID I SKIP THAT? GO AHEAD, MR. BAK. , I APOLOGIZE. NO PROBLEM. UM, AND I THINK YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE TOO AFTER THAT, BEFORE WE MOVE TO DISCUSSION ANYWAY. YEAH. BUT, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU. I'M, UM, WE'RE GONNA WEAR MY GENERAL COUNSEL HAT TO GIVE THIS ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. IT'S, UM, IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, CHLOE. IT'S JUST KIND OF A RECAP OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS, UM, THAT THE A TP BOARD IS COMMISSIONED WITH THE ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS, UM, JUST OVERALL THE SCHEDULE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. AND THEN I'LL GO INTO SOME MORE DETAIL. BUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED IN DECEMBER WITH A RESOLUTION WITH THE PROCESS LAID OUT. UM, WE ENGAGED THE ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN WE HAD, UM, THE PRELIMINARY REPORT POSTED WITH NOTICE OF THE TOWN HALLS IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY. WE'VE CONDUCTED, OR ENO IS CONDUCTED, I SHOULD SAY, INTERVIEWS INTO VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS. AND NEXT MONTH THEY WILL GIVE THE PRESENTATION OF THEIR ANALYSIS TO THE A TP BOARD ON MARCH 23RD, POST THE FINAL REPORT BY MARCH 31ST, AND THEN DECISION IN APRIL. SO THIS KIND OF IS JUST A VISUAL OF WHAT THAT RESOLUTION STATES. SO IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL, I'LL JUST GET INTO IT. SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE, [00:35:01] WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, SO I JUST WANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE WE WE'RE IN DECEMBER, WE HAD A NOVEMBER VOTE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, UM, TO ENTER INTO THE JPA OR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. AND, UM, SECTION 4.2 0.2 OF THAT AGREEMENT REQUIRED THE A TP BOARD TO CONDUCT THIS INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS. AND THAT LED TO THE DECEMBER RESOLUTION. THE NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST TO RECAP, WHICH IS, UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, THE ENO GROUP IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOARD HAS CONDUCTED SOME REALLY FANTASTIC, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WAS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT UNDER SECTION 4.2 0.2 OF THE JPA. UM, THERE WAS THREE FOLKS FROM ENO STAFF, ACTUALLY IN TOWN IN AUSTIN. UM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO INTERVIEW EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON, APPROXIMATELY 43 INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN ALSO MET WITH, OF COURSE, THE T THE TAX AND THE CAC, UM, TO GET THEIR INPUT. AND, AND THEN ALSO THEY HOSTED TWO VIRTUAL COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS, ONE IN THE EVENING ON A TUESDAY AND ONE ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AND WE HAD, UM, 258 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. SO A LOT OF INTEREST, UM, IN THIS TOPIC. AND NEXT SLIDE. UM, AND THEN JUST A LOOK AHEAD IN MARCH, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A MEETING IS ACTUALLY ON THE 23RD, SO A LITTLE LATER IN THE MONTH. UM, AND THE ENO CENTER BETWEEN, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE TALKING TO SISTER ORGANIZATIONS, OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES, AND KIND OF TAKING THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, AND SHAPING SOME QUESTIONS FOR THEM AROUND TO GET THEIR ADVICE ON WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST PRACTICE FOR HERE IN AUSTIN, UM, IN TERMS OF OUR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE. AND THEY'LL PRESENT THOSE FINDINGS TO THE A TP BOARD ON MARCH 23RD. AND THEN, UM, AS REQUIRED IN THE JPA POST THEIR, UM, REPORT TO OUR WEBSITE BY MARCH 31ST, NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECEMBER RESOLUTION, UM, BY THE APRIL 20 20TH, UM, A TP BOARD MEETING, THE A TP BOARD WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP MODEL FOR THE ORGANIZATION. AND I JUST WANNA, NEXT SLIDE, TURN IT OVER FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS, UM, ABOUT THIS PROCESS. YEAH. THANK YOU, MS. BARAK. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? DID WE LOSE DR. BURNETT AND BOARD MEMBER ELKINS? I DON'T SEE THEM. ARE THEY STILL HERE? I'M HERE. WE'RE HERE. OKAY, GOOD. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE YOU YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE THE SLIDES IF YOU GUYS HAVE NO QUESTIONS HERE. OKAY. YEAH. AND, UM, I WILL BE PRESENTING A VERY SIMILAR SLIDE DECK TO THE CAC JUST FOR, TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE THIS MONTH. SO THANK YOU. AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE AND REALLY NOT JUST SO MUCH CONGRATULATE, BUT GIVE EVERYONE THANKS FOR MAKING THEIR SCHEDULES AVAILABLE AS WE HAD, YOU KNOW, IN TOWN AND THEY HAD TO JUGGLE SO MANY SCHEDULES. SO I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S COOPERATION AND EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING SEAMLESSLY ON, ON THIS, ON THIS EFFORT. SO THANK YOU MS. BARAK, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF THE A TP BOARD TO ANNOUNCE OUR OWN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. I DON'T THINK THE BOARD HAS EVER GIVEN ONE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE, BUT OUR TOP CANDIDATE FOR INTERNAL AUDITOR, MS. KATIE HOUSTON, HAS ACCEPTED OUR EMPLOYMENT OFFER AND JOINS A TP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. UM, I LIKE TO READ A LITTLE BIT, A BRIEF BIO ABOUT HER. JUST, UM, MS. HOUSTON COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHERE SHE SERVED FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS. FIRST A SUPERVISING SENIOR AUDITOR, AND THEN AS AN AS AS AN ASSISTANT CITY AUDITOR. BEFORE JOINING THE CITY, MS. HOUSTON WORKED AS A SENIOR AUDITOR AT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND AS A SENIOR AUDITOR AT THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, MS. HOUSTON IS A LICENSED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, A CERTIFIED INTERNAL AUDITOR, AND A CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINER. SHE'S ALSO THE LEAD EDITOR OF THE ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUDITORS, A LGA AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE AUSTIN CHAPTER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS. MS. HOUSTON WILL BE REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE MS. HOUSTON JOIN THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. AND AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR HELPING CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS FOR HELP SHEPHERD THIS PROCESS THROUGH TOGETHER. SO THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR, FOR YOUR HARD WORK. AND, UM, AND NOW MOVING ON TO [00:40:02] OUR ACTION ITEMS TODAY. THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE REALLY IS YEAH, NO ACTION ITEMS. JUST A, JUST THE APPROVAL MADE A MEETING, SORRY, BOARD FOR DISCUSSION ITEM CHAIR. I THINK WE MADE A, UM, WE INCLUDED THE BOARD MINUTES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NEGLECTED TO POST THAT ACTION ITEM, SO WE'LL JUST ROLL IT INTO NEXT MONTH. OH, PERFECT. SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT OF ORDER. UM, SO I, SO I THINK WE'RE DONE RIGHT WITH OUR MEETING THE MAYOR'S, UH OH, NO, [6.1. Discussion of Agenda for March 2, 2022 Tri-Party Workshop with the Capital Metro Board and City Council] YOU ARE, I WANTED TO COMPLETELY SKIP YOU ON THE THING THAT WE WAS CO-SPONSORED. NO, THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY. I MEAN, TO A LARGE DEGREE. I THINK RANDY, UH, RANDY, UH, UH, UH, ALREADY, UH, ADDRESSED THIS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, UH, THE, THE, THE WORKSHOP ON THE, ON THE SECOND, WHICH IS GONNA HAVE ALL THREE BOARDS TOGETHER. UM, AGAIN, KIND OF THE STRUCTURE FOR THAT, UH, IS, IS ASKING, UH, THE THREE, THE THREE STAFFS OF A TP AND CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO, TO GET TOGETHER AND REALLY PRESENT TO THE THREE BOARDS AND TO THE COMMUNITY. I'M NOT SURE THERE'S REALLY GONNA BE THAT MUCH FOR THE BOARDS TO BE DOING OR THE COUNCIL TO BE DOING THAT DAY OTHER THAN RECEIVING INFORMATION. BUT THE, THE, THE QUESTIONS I THINK THAT, THAT HAVE REALLY RISEN ARE, UH, I MEAN, GETTING INTO THE REAL NITTY GRITTY, HOW DO WE GET FROM HERE TO THERE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE 30% DRAWINGS, WHICH TO A LARGE DEGREE, WHEN THEY'RE DONE AND, AND FINALIZE, WE'RE REALLY SET OUT WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE. BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE LOTS OF CHOICES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE BETWEEN DOW AND THEN AS A COMMUNITY OR AS A BODY OR AS A THREE BODIES OR WHOEVER IT IS. A LOT OF CHOICES THAT GET PUT INTO THAT. AND SOME WILL PROBABLY COST MORE MONEY, SOME WILL COST LESS MONEY. SOME WILL EXTEND THE, THE TIME TO COMPLETE IT. SOME COULD CONCEIVABLY SHORTEN THE TIME TO COMPLETE IT, BUT WE HAVE TO GET TO THAT PLACE. AND I THINK FOR A LOT OF US IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S STILL A LITTLE HAZY ON EXACTLY HOW WE GET FROM HERE TO THERE AND HOW THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS ARE MADE. WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THAT ONE ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED IS ARE THERE, ARE, IS ARE THERE BUSES ON THE BRIDGE THAT CROSSES, UH, UH, THE, UH, UH, LAKE AUSTIN TOWN LAKE, UH, IS, AND, AND, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED A MEMO THAT TELLS US THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION BY THE 31ST OF MAY IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE 30% DRAWINGS, WHICH GIVES RISE TO THE QUESTION IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION BY MAY 31ST. WHEN DO WE HAVE TO START HEARING THE PROS AND CONS OR WHAT THE DIFFERENT CHOICES ARE AS WE BACK UP FROM FROM THAT? UH, I WOULD IMAGINE WE'VE SET OUT, UH, A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, SCHEDULE. UM, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SCHEDULE THAT IS RELATED TO THOSE KINDS OF DECISION THINGS WE NEED TO MAKE. PERHAPS IT IS, AND PERHAPS WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE NEED, UH, BUT FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT ARE ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DECIDE BY WHAT TIMES AND LAYERING THEM ONTO A CALENDAR AND THEN BACKING UP FOR THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. WHOEVER IT IS THAT MAKES THEM, UH, I THINK IS, IS THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY'S ASKING FOR AT THIS POINT, SO THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT HAS TO BE DONE BY, BY, BY, BY WHEN. UH, I APPRECIATE THE, THE SUGGESTION TO, TO KIND OF LIKE DIVIDE IT INTO BUCKETS, UH, TO, TO IDENTIFY ALL THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, ARE TOUGH CHOICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT, THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT RESOLVED YET BECAUSE THE STAFFS HAVEN'T GOTTEN ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, OR BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE AMONG THE STAFF, WHATEVER IT IS. WHAT ARE THE BIG DECISIONS THAT, THAT ARE STILL KIND OF NEEDING TO BE RESOLVED? ANOTHER BUCKET WOULD BE ALL THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RESOLVED, UH, BY STAFFS WHERE THERE'S CONSENSUS. UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN 10,000 OF THOSE. SO IT'S REALLY JUST THOSE DECISIONS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. BUT, UH, WE KNOW FROM OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PEOPLE, UH, THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN THAT DECISION OR A DIFFERENCE, UH, IN THAT. SO WE CAN, WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WHEN 30% DRAWINGS COME OUT IN WHATEVER THAT IS, NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE QUESTION WE'RE ASKING TO, TO, TO, TO LEARN ON A SECOND. BUT WHATEVER THAT IS, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT SEEING THAT DECISIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'RE SEEING THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS MUCH EARLIER. SO THAT WHEN, WHEN THE 30% DESIGN COME OUT, THERE'S NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY. 'CAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS EFFECTIVELY WHAT [00:45:01] ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE CHOICES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE? SOME OF THOSE CHOICES, UH, MIGHT INVOLVE US, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING SCOPE. SOME OF THOSE CHOICES MIGHT BE RESOLVING, YOU KNOW, CONFLICTS ON RIGHT OF WAY OR DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. WE JUST NEED TO ELEVATE THOSE THINGS AND WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS. SO THOSE TWO BUCKETS, THE FIRST ONE, THE THINGS THAT NEED, STILL NEED TO BE RESOLVED. THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RESOLVED, BUT WERE OF MATERIAL INTEREST, UH, TO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE. AND THEN A THIRD BUCKET, KIND OF LIKE NON-DESIGN ISSUES. UH, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CONSIDER THINGS LIKE EXPRESSING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S NOT THE INTENTIONS WE MAKE CHOICES TO, TO EVER RAISE TAXES OR GO BACK FOR MORE MONEY, THAT WE'LL DO IT WITHIN THE ENVELOPE THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED. UH, AND IF WE WANTED TO, AS A COMMUNITY, MAKE A CHOICE AND INCREASE COPE OR SEQUENCING, WE COULD ENLARGE THE DELIVERY TIME. UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, AS I SIT HERE RIGHT NOW, UH, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT INCREASING THE, THE, THE LEVY ON PEOPLE. AND I, I THINK THAT PEOPLE EXPECT US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT WITHIN THE, THE AUTHORIZATION GIVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD SAY OUT LOUD AND THE THREE BODIES SHOULD SAY OUT LOUD. AND IF THERE'S DISAGREEMENT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, RISE, GIVE RISE TO THAT. BUT ALL THE OTHER KINDS OF DECISIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT NON DESIGN DECISIONS THAT WE ALSO NEED TO ELEVATE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING THAT. AND THEN TO TAKE ALL THOSE THREE BUCKETS AND THEN LAYER THEM ONTO A CALENDAR SO THAT WE GET A, A FEEL FOR THAT. AND THAT MAY VERY WELL DIRECT WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS WE HAVE OR WHAT THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL'S BEING ASKED TO DEAL ON TO THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. UH, THE, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE THREE BUCKETS IN A DOCUMENT I'VE HANDED OUT HERE TODAY ON THE DAY, I'VE ALSO GIVEN IT TO THE, TO TO, TO OUR STAFF. AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF STAFF WOULD POST THIS, UH, WITH THE AGENDA SO THAT, UH, SOMEONE GOES INTO PUBLIC, THEY CAN FIND THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL. UH, IN ADDITION, I'LL UPDATE THE POSTING. GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MEETING. I, YOU KNOW, I GET ASKED A LOT OF TIMES A QUESTION, WELL, WHO'S GONNA DECIDE WHICH ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS? AND MY ANSWER TO THAT IS, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE QUESTION IS. AND MY, MY HOPE IS NUMBER ONE, THAT THAT THIS PROCESS, WHICH I THINK IS NOT TOO DISSIMILAR TO THE ONE WE USED LEADING UP TO THE VOTE, UH, WILL, WILL DEMONSTRATE FOR US AGAIN, THAT OUR VARIOUS STAFFS CAN REACH CONSENSUS ON WHAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER ALMOST ALL THE TIME, IF NOT ALL OF THE TIME. THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE'RE, KIND OF, WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I'M SURE THE STAFF IS HOPING TO DO THAT TOO. UNLESS THEY HAVE TO COME TO US TO BREAK TIES, WHICH, UH, THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT. AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK THE BOARDS WANT THAT. THE COUNCILS WANT THAT EITHER. UH, BUT IF THERE'S A HARD DECISION, UH, I THINK ON ITS FACE, MY SENSE IS IT'LL BE APPARENT IF IT'S A RIGHT OF WAY DECISION ON USE. PROBABLY THAT'S THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 'CAUSE THEY OWN THOSE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME DECISIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THE DEBATE OF CAP METRO IF THEY IMPACT THE BUDGET AND SEQUENCING. IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WEIGH IN ON. BUT WITHOUT HAVING A THEORETICAL CONVERSATION, 'CAUSE WE COULD BE SPINNING OUR WHEELS AND AROUND EACH OTHER FOR HOURS WITHOUT RESOLVING THOSE, LET'S JUST LAY OUT WHAT IT IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE AND, AND, AND FIGURE OUT, UH, THE PARTICULARS ON ANYTHING. THAT'S GONNA BE A HARD THING TO DECIDE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE HARD CHOICES AS WE KNOW IN THIS. THERE ARE GONNA BE THINGS WE WANT WE CAN'T HAVE. THERE ARE GONNA BE RESOLUTIONS TO DESIGN QUESTIONS OR OPERATION QUESTIONS OR SEQUENCING QUESTIONS THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO LIKE, ALL THOSE THINGS WE KNOW. BUT WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS COMMUNITY TO DELIVER AN EQUITABLE PROJECT. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THIS COMMUNITY TO DELIVER A PROJECT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. UH, AND, AND I THINK THIS IS JUST PART OF THAT. SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. RANDY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, AND GINA, THAT THE STAFFS GOT TOGETHER YESTERDAY AND THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO PREPARE FOR THIS ON THE SECOND. DID THOSE MEETINGS WENT WELL YESTERDAY? YEAH, I VERY, I THINK MAYOR, WE'RE VERY IN ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID. SO, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE GINA ANIQUE, THEIR TEAM, UH, DOTTIE AND THE CAPTAIN METRO SIDE, DAVE ON THE, ON THE A TP SIDE. SO, UM, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T ADD ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT YOU SAID. I THINK IF THE MEETING ITSELF IS GONNA HELP, UM, DAYLIGHT MORE AND MORE PROCESS AND WE WERE TRYING TO DO THAT, BUT WITH THREE BOARDS, IT'S, IT KIND OF GETS CONVOLUTED SOMETIMES AND IT'S HARDER FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S THREE BOARDS. UM, SO STAFF HAS BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE [00:50:01] I, I, I WILL REALLY EMPHASIZE THIS POINT, AND I THINK THIS IS CRITICAL. UH, I SAY THIS A LOT UP HERE. THE PARTNERSHIP ON THE STAFF LEVEL IS FANTASTIC. OF COURSE WE HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENTS THAT, I MEAN, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY, IT'D BE UNHEALTHY IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS. BUT IT'S VERY PROFESSIONAL AND WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS CONSENSUS. AND CONSENSUS MEANS EVERYONE GIVES AND TAKES A LITTLE BIT. 'CAUSE THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME IS FOR THE, THE BETTERMENT OF THE, OF THE, THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR FOREVER. UM, WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CONSENSUS AROUND, UH, A LOT OF TOPICS AND, YOU KNOW, FROM, AND IT REALLY STARTED TWO YEARS. I THINK THE WAY YOU SAID AM MAYOR IS THE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, THIS STARTED LONG BEFORE THE ELECTION GROUNDING, GROUNDING US AS A TEAM ABOUT A SMP AND PROJECT CONNECT, UNIFICATION CENTER, RUNNING TRANSIT MODE, CORRIDORS. THAT PROCESS HAS LED TO BETTER WORK ABOUT UTILITIES, BIKE INTERFACE, BUS RAIL INTERFACE STATION DESIGN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO I MEAN THAT, THAT, THAT CONTINUUM JUST KEEPS HAPPENING. SO I THINK A LOT OF WAYS THIS IS GONNA BRING THAT NEXT LEVEL OF CLARITY AFTER THAT MEETING. WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. A LOT OF COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOPS THAT PETER, DAVE, AN NICK, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING. THERE'S THIS NEXT ROUND OF THEM THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT NEXT LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT'S GONNA LAND US INTO THAT KIND OF DRAFT EIS PROCESS. THAT STAFF WILL HAVE A PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION. I DO ALL THREE STAFF PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, PROBABLY REALISTICALLY, UM, GIVE OR TAKE. AND THEN THAT'S GONNA ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A 45 DAY NEPA WINDOW WITH A PUBLIC HEARING, THAT REGULAR KIND OF PROCESS, GET THAT LAST KIND OF ROUND OF FEEDBACK TO THAT LEVEL OF THE PROGRAM STAFF THEN UNIFIES IN A FINAL RECOMMENDATION. AND WHAT STAFF REALLY THINKS IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS BRINGING IT TO ALL THREE BODIES FOR THAT EITHER CONCURRENCE OR YOUR CONSIDERATION APPROVAL, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THAT, THOSE WORD CHOICES. AND THAT LOCKS ALL THE PARTNERS TOGETHER. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MOST OF IT AT THAT POINT, ATPS OFF TO THE RACES OF DOING THE CONTRACTS TO REALLY EFFECTUATE WHAT WE ALL DECIDED THIS YEAR, WHAT WE ALL AGREE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. SO, UH, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE HEALTHY FOR THE PROCESS, UH, FOR THIS MEETING. SO, UH, G DUNNO IF YOU WANNA ADD ANY MORE, BUT, UM, I, I DO AND THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK FROM ALL, ALL THE STAFF REALLY, UM, I THINK THAT THERE, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR AND A HALF REALLY SINCE, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, I THINK EVERYONE WILL BE IMPRESSED. UM, AND I THINK THAT THIS FORMAT IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STAFF TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE BOARDS DIRECTLY. UM, AND I LOVE THIS STYLE. IT'S CONVERSATIONAL. UM, WITHOUT ANY UM, UH, OUTSIDE FACILITATOR OR LEADING THE DISCUSSION, I'VE EMPOWERED MY STAFF TO FILL THESE BUCKETS AS, AS THEY SEE FIT AND THE, THE ISSUES AND THE, UH, CONCEPTS THAT THEY WANT TO PRESENT. BUT REALLY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE STAFF GET THE RECOGNITION FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THIS. SOUNDS GOOD. AND THEN I WOULD REITERATE JUST AT THE END, WE'RE NOT GONNA ACTUALLY BE DECIDING ANY OF THOSE ISSUES. UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DAYLIGHT AS MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN IN THE UNIVERSE SO WE HAVE A REAL CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT KINDS OF DECISIONS MORE THAN THAT, WHAT DECISIONS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE MAKING OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. GREAT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR DR. BURNETT AND BOARD MEMBER ELKINS. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NONE HERE. I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT OVERVIEW AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, WORKSHOP NEXT MONTH. I APPRECIATE IT. I, I'M SADDENED THAT I WON'T MAKE IT. I HAVE A CONFLICT. I WON'T BE IN TOWN ON THAT DAY. I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, UM, IN DC SO I WON'T BE HERE. I'LL BE, I'LL MISS IT. SO I'M SAD ABOUT THAT. SOUNDS LIKE A, A GREAT MOVE FORWARD BOARD MEMBER. WE'LL GET YOU, UH, A NICE COPY OF THE MEETINGS FOR, FOR YOU TO REVIEW. I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE, WE MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OTHERS OF THE 17 THAT CAN'T, BUT WHOEVER IS NOT THERE, WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE YOU GET A, A FULL FULL RECAP OF EVERYTHING. AND THEN STAFF COULD ALSO SIT DOWN WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND, AND DO AND DO SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. GREAT. AND UM, SO I THINK, I MEAN, ONE, BEFORE WE POST THIS TO THE PUBLIC, I JUST WANNA SAY JUST LET'S CORRECT THE FEBRUARY DATE AND JUST PUT MARCH HERE SINCE THAT'S, IT'S GONNA BE MARCH 2ND, RIGHT? YES. RIGHT. OKAY. AND SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE DELIGHTING ISSUES, I KNOW WE'RE BEING OPERATING WITH THE 2% DESIGN COST SO FAR, THE, THE 7.1 BILLION WOULD ALL, WOULD THAT ALSO BE LIGHTED AT THIS MEETING? THE 15% DESIGN COST ESTIMATES? UH, THAT WAS THE PLAN AGAIN, WAS NOT TO THAT. 'CAUSE THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VERY EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES. SO, UH, 30% DESIGN COST ESTIMATES WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON. [00:55:01] AND I THINK DAVE MENTIONED, UH, MAYBE HE DID ON THAT PRESENTATION. NO, IT WAS THE ONE BEFORE. I APOLOGIZE. THEY'LL BE READY WITH THE 30% DESIGN. SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GO EVOLUTIONARY THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHEN WE GET TO 30% DESIGN, A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DAYLIGHT AT THE SECOND MEETING, AND WHEN I SAY DAYLIGHT, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN LIGHTING 'EM IN THE COMMUNITY TO BRING MORE DAYLIGHT TO THEM, COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO HOW WE WANT TO, I THINK THE MAYOR SAID IT BEST DECISIONS ON KIND OF SCOPE SCHEDULE COSTS. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE START GROUNDING THOSE DECISIONS AND THAT ALLOWS US TO MOVE NUMBERS OUT IN A REALLY GOOD, TRANSPARENT WAY ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THOSE OPTIONALITIES ARE VERSUS JUST HYPOTHETICALS. AND I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK EVEN THE THIRD BUCKET OF THE NON-DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, GET OUT FOR US TO SEE FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WILL BE COSTS, COST OF CHOICES WE'RE MAKING, COST OF CONSTRUCTION, HOW THEY'VE CHANGED OR SUPPLIES. SO IN THE THIRD BUCKET WE'LL IDENTIFY THE ISSUES OF COST. AND SO FAR AS THERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN ELEMENTS IN BUCKETS A AND B. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT MAYOR. I THINK THAT THE WAY WE WOULD FRAME IT UP IS THE FINANCIAL MODEL AND KIND OF THE SEGMENT PHASING PLAN, HOW THOSE WORK TOGETHER. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE DECIDE AS A GROUP THAT IT'S MORE OF X, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT COULD HAVE COST IMPLICATIONS. AND THEN IF THE DECISION IS UP, NO MORE REVENUE, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT COULD IMPACT SCHEDULE AND HOW THOSE THINGS KIND OF FIT TOGETHER, RIGHT? BUT IN THAT BUCKET, CI THINK, UH, MATERIAL COSTS RIGHT OF WAY COSTS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS WILL ALL BE THINGS THAT AMONG THE OTHERS ARE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN THAT BUCKET. C AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT THOSE THINGS ON THE CALENDAR SO THAT WE KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE, WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON THOSE THINGS. OKAY. 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE CONS, I MEAN MORE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY FROM THE BOARD. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH COST, ESPECIALLY BEFORE WE START MAKING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRADE OFFS. BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS AN ASSOCIATION OF WHAT'S THE PRICE TAG WITH SOMETHING AND SCHEDULE. SO LET'S ALL BE, LET'S ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE. ABSOLUTELY. BUT NO, NO CHOICES ON THE SECOND WE'RE JUST IDENTIFY ISSUES. OKAY. AND IF YOU COULD ON THAT DOCUMENT THAT THEY GAVE TO YOU SHOULD CROSS OUT FEBRUARY, PUT IN MARCH 2ND AND THEN PEOPLE WILL KNOW. EXACTLY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I THINK THIS, IF THERE'S NO OTHER FURTHER COMMENT OR QUESTIONS, UM, MA MADAM CHAIR, YES. D DOES THIS MEAN WE'RE GONNA, DOES THIS MEAN A TP NOW HAS ITS OWN BUCKET LIST? NO, WE WILL. SURE. SO, OKAY. I WAS JUST, JUST WONDERING. SO THIS CONCLUDES, UM, THE FEBRUARY A TP BOARD MEETING. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD, THE STAFF, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SO PATIENT WITH US. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ENERGY TO EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 6:07 PM MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEE YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.