Jul 21, 2021 Austin Transit Partnership Board Meeting

THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS SIGN UP TO SPEAK? NO MORE.

GOING TOWARDS A ZERO EMISSION PROGRAM, AND THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE PROJECT CONNECT LONG-TERM VISION WHILE, WHILE THAT FUNDED THROUGH AN A TP MECHANISM, BUT CERTAINLY PART OF THE OVERALL VALUE AND GOAL SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH PROJECT CONNECT.

UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UM, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT.

UM, RANDY CLARK.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

APPRECIATE IT.

UH, THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

AND WE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A, A GOOD CROWD, UH, UH, ATTENDING.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

GREAT FOR SO MUCH INTEREST IN, UH, THE, THE PROGRAM AND THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

I HAVE, UH, A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO START OFF WITH.

SO, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS, AND I KNOW DAVE COUCH HAS, HAS UPDATED THE BOARD, UH, AND, AND HE'LL TALK ABOUT THROUGH THE TECHNICAL UPDATE, BUT I WANNA PUT A LITTLE FINER, UH, POINT ON HOW WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS.

SO, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU MAY SEE COMMENTS PUBLICLY OR EVEN ARTICLES, AND I WANNA ALWAYS JUST GROUND EVERYONE IN THE PROCESS, AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS.

THESE ARE ALL NEW IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO I'M NOT SURE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED AND, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THAT THERE IS A PROCESS.

UH, WE ARE DOING THE PROCESS AS INTENDED.

WE'RE FEELING VERY GOOD WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS.

A GOOD EXAMPLE, THAT WOULD BE OUR EXPO IN PLEASANT VALLEY METRO RAPID LINES.

SO TWO BOARD MEETINGS AGO WE MENTIONED TO YOU, WE WERE IN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PROPOSED BUDGET JUST LAST WEEK.

THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, FY 22 BUDGET PROPOSAL HAD US LISTED AS WELL.

SO BOTH REALLY GREAT SIGNS THAT FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE AND THE CONGRESSIONAL SIDE, THAT OUR PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN BUDGET.

NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL OBVIOUSLY WATCHING DC RELATIVELY CLOSELY.

THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY APPROVE A BUDGET AT SOME POINT VERSUS A CONTINUING RESOLUTION GET ALONE INFRASTRUCTURE BILLS.

BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE, UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE NECESSARILY, UH, THE MECHANISMS AND FUND FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND I WANNA REEMPHASIZE THAT EACH PROJECT INSIDE THE PROGRAM IS ITS OWN PROJECT, AND THEREFORE IT HAS ITS OWN PROJECT FUNDING SCHEME AND THEREFORE MAYBE DIFFERENT FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO THEM.

SO NOTHING IS MONOLITHIC IN THE PROGRAM, AND IT'S NOT ONE, AND IT'S NOT ONE ACTUAL PROJECT.

WE LITERALLY HAVE DOZENS OF PROJECTS, AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA GO THROUGH DIFFERENT FUNDING PROCESSES.

SO, AND THIS IS THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS, SMALL STARTS PRO, UM, FUNDING SOURCE.

SO WE ARE LISTED, WE'RE FEELING VERY GOOD.

DAVE MIGHT TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THAT, BUT I WANT TO REASSURE EVERYONE.

WE ARE, WE ARE FEELING VERY CONFIDENT THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS ON OUR FIRST PROJECTS OUT OF THE GATE.

UH, CAP METRO, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS BOARD WAS AWARE.

CAP METRO ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD THE OTHER DAY, $2.88 MILLION FROM THE FDA ON THE LOW AND NO, NO EMISSIONS VEHICLE PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UH, FANTASTIC.

THIS IS TO HELP US REPLACE OUR VEHICLE FLEET TO GO TO ELECTRIFICATION, ALSO CHARGING EQUIPMENT AND WORKFORCE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RELATED TO THAT.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THREE YEARS STRAIGHT.

CAP METRO HAS WON, UH, FTA LOW OR NO, NO EMISSIONS PROGRAM.

AND WE ARE, UH, PLUS SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE WE, REGARDING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. SO WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY

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WE, WE MET WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, EMPHASIZING AGAIN, THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSIT, TRANSIT FUNDING WHILE THEY ARE, UH, KIND OF DOING THE SAUSAGE MAKING IN DC RIGHT NOW, I, I THINK IT IS LITERALLY CHANGING BY, WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOT CHANGING BY THE HOUR, IT'S CHANGING BY THE TWEET.

AND SO WE'RE ALL KIND OF WITH BETA BREATH WATCHING, UH, WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

BUT WE, WE WERE THERE, UH, EXPLAINING THE VALUE OF PROJECT CONNECT, GETTING THEM UPDATED ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROGRAM AND, AND ASKING FOR AS MUCH FEDERAL TRANSIT FUNDING AS POSSIBLE FOR THESE PROGRAMS. WE ALSO HAD SOME REALLY GOOD MEETINGS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.

UM, JUST, JUST GENERALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO GET INTO EITHER EVERY OTHER MONTH OR QUARTERLY UPDATES WITH FDA LEADERSHIP, PRETTY STANDARD IN OUR INDUSTRY JUST AS SAY, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT THE PROGRAM, KIND OF SEEING IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF RED FLAGS EARLY OR THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON.

UH, BUT VERY GOOD POSITIVE MEETINGS, UH, THAT PEOPLE, AND, AND I WILL TELL YOU OVERALL, PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AND DC ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, THE NEXUS BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT HAS PEOPLE EXCITED.

THE ZERO EMISSION PIECE HAS PEOPLE EXCITED.

THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, THE INNOVATION OF AN A TP BOARD THAT IS SEPARATELY DESIGNED JUST FOR THIS.

SO ALL OF THOSE LAYERS ARE, ARE GETTING, UH, GREAT RECEPTION WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

UH, THE OTHER TOPIC I WANTED TO BRING UP TODAY, UH, IN A REALLY POSITIVE WAY, WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IS RELATED TO, AND THE TITLE IS CELEBRATING THE TRANS, TRANS PROFESSIONALS AND LEADERS OF TOMORROW.

AND SO I USE THE PHRASE A LOT, CRAWL, WALK, RUN, AND WE, WE, WE WANT TO DIP OUR, OUR TOE EARLY INTO KIND OF WORKING, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THINKING THROUGH INTERN AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE KIND OF IDEAS PERCOLATING, AND WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF WORK TO, TO BUILD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LARGE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY FOR EITHER CONSTRUCTION LABOR WORKFORCE, OR SOME ENGINEERING WORKFORCE.

UH, THAT WILL HAPPEN OVER MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD.

BUT THE FIRST, UH, DIP IN THE WATER, IF YOU WILL, WAS HAVING 10 HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS PARTICIPATING IN AN ORANGE LINE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

AND WE DID THIS WITH, UH, PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP BY AECOM, WHO IS, UH, RUNNING THE ORANGE LINE DESIGN AND, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR US.

AND SO WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS, I THINK MOST OF 'EM, IF NOT ALL, HAVE JOINED US TODAY.

I'VE HAD SOME CHANCE TO, TO MEET WITH THEM.

THEY DID A A A A, YOU KNOW, WHILE, WHILE GOING TO OUR BUS GARAGES AND RAIL FACILITIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID WAS WORK ON KIND OF THE TRADE-OFFS OF, IF YOU WILL, URBAN PLANNING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRA AND KIND OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING, UH, ON CORRIDORS.

AND THE TEAM WAS KIND OF GIVEN SOUTH CONGRESS AND THE DRAG.

SO THE TWO MOST COMPLICATED PLACES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE FOR 20 YEARS, WE SAID, HEY, STUDENTS.

AND WHAT I LOVED THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM WAS ABOUT WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT, WELL, WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS? AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I ALSO ENCOURAGE 'EM, WHICH IS THE FREEDOM OF VISIONING AND THE FREEDOM OF NOT BEING CONSTRAINED.

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE GONNA EXPERIENCE THE CITY WAY MORE THAN I'LL EXPERIENCE THE CITY JUST BASED ON AGE.

AND SO I THINK IT'S SO EXCITING TO HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE HELPING GET INVOLVED IN A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE SO IMPACTFUL FOR THEIR FUTURE.

UM, SO WITH THAT, IF, UH, BOTH, UM, KIMMY AND JACKIE, IF YOU DON'T MIND BOTH COMING UP, MAYBE YOU'D MAKE A COUPLE REMARKS ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND JUST YOUR THOUGHTS.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, CHAIR, WE HAVE A CAKE, UH, AND WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO A LITTLE CELEBRATION, A COUPLE PICTURES WITH THE BOARD, AND A CA A LITTLE CAKE BREAK JUST TO CELEBRATE THE GRADUATION OF THE STUDENTS FROM THEIR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL HIT IT OFF TO, UH, JACKIE AND KIMMY WELCOME MEMBERS, IS MY PLEASURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS.

MADAM CHAIR, I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING US TODAY.

UM, LIKE JACKIE SAID, MY NAME IS KIMMY FELBA.

UM, I SERVE AS THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE ORANGE LINE DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, UM, AND SPENT THE SUMMER, UM, DOING A REAL FUN PART OF MY JOB AND, UH, HOSTING, UH, THIS IS SIX OF OUR 10 BRILLIANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WE RECRUITED FROM, UH, ALONG THE ORANGE LINE CORRIDOR.

WE WORKED WITH A ISD TO IDENTIFY SCHOOLS WITHIN A, A ONE MILE BUFFER OF THE ORANGE LINE CORRIDOR SO THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY YOUTH THAT COULD IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT, UM, AND INFLUENCE THE OUTCOMES IN A WAY THAT MYSELF, UM, AND OTHER TECHNICAL EXPERTS ON THE PROGRAM MAY NOT HAVE, UM, UH, THE SAME VANTAGE

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POINTS.

AND SO ALSO WITH THAT, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, UM, ADVANCE STEM CAREERS, UM, IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND REALLY CREATE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT PIPELINE FOR, UH, TO TAKE OUR JOBS ESSENTIALLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

AND, AND REALLY THIS IS ABOUT THEM, SO WE WANNA CELEBRATE THEM.

UM, THEY DID, LIKE RANDY SAID, SPENT SIX, SIX WEEKS WITH US.

UM, THEY CAME IN EVERY THURSDAY FOR REALLY LONG DAYS.

UM, WE DID EVERYTHING FROM VISITING DOTTIE WATKINS AND HER TEAM UP AT THE NORTH OPERATIONS CENTER.

UM, WE WORKED ON, UH, UH, WENT TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, ANIQUE BODE HOSTED US, WHERE WE MET WITH CITY MANAGER CRONK, AND UNDERSTANDING THE, UM, THE, THE CRITICAL, UH, PARTNERSHIP THAT IT TAKES FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, UM, AND THEN ALSO TAUGHT THEM MICROSTATION AND OTHER WAYS TO, UH, UNDERSTAND HOW WE DESIGN PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

AND LIKE RANDY SAID, UH, THEY SOLVED ALL THE PROBLEMS ON THE DRAG AND, UH, SOUTH CONGRESS, SO NO WORRIES, ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND YEAH, SO I'M REALLY SAD IT'S OVER, BUT REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS WAS OUR, OUR, OUR KICKOFF, UM, FOR HOPEFULLY MANY SUMMERS MORE TO COME, UH, PROJECT CONNECT INTERNSHIPS.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

AND, UH, IF THE STUDENTS WANNA COME UP AND BE RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD, PLEASE JOIN US UP HERE.

YOU WANNA JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU TO.

UH, HELLO.

I AM JOLLY GIOIA, IF ANYONE WANTS MY FULL NAME.

ANYWAY, UM, I AM FROM WESTSIDE SCHOOLS AND YEAH, I'M GOING INTO MY JUNIOR YEAR.

HELLO, I AM HANNAH OLSON.

I GO TO ANNE RICHARDS HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M GOING INTO MY JUNIOR YEAR.

HI, MY NAME IS MIRANDA AND I'M ALSO GOING TO ANNE RICHARDS INTO MY JUNIOR YEAR.

HI, MY NAME IS RIA OR ALI, AND I'M GOING TO MY SOPHOMORE YEAR AT WAYSIDE SCHOOLS.

HELLO EVERYONE.

I'M JAMIE.

I'M GOING TO BE GOING TO MY SENIOR YEAR AT WAYSIDE SCHOOLS.

HI, MY NAME'S AUGUST.

I'M GOING TO MY SENIOR YEAR AT AUSTIN HIGH, AND I'M REALLY GLAD I DID THIS PROGRAM, AND I HOPE I CAN COME MORE.

WELCOME EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENERGY IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS NEW ERA OF AUSTIN WHERE YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE WRITING ON THIS SYSTEM AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND YOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

SO, , AND I KNOW DR. BURNETT, YOU HAD A QUESTION.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN , UM, I COMMEND YOU FOR SPENDING YOUR TIME IN THE SUMMER DOING THIS.

I'M CURIOUS, DID ANYONE CHANGE THEIR CAREER GOALS AS A RESULT OF THE EXPERIENCE? ? THEY MUST ALL CAME IN WANTING TO BE FRIENDS.

I THINK SOMEONE HAS AN ANSWER.

GOOD.

UM, I DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE, I JUST KIND OF GOT A WIDER SPECT ON THE IDEA OF TAKING WHAT YOU LEARN FROM DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES IN LIFE AND USING THAT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE IN WHAT EXACTLY YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE.

MM-HMM, .

SO IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

THAT EVEN BEING IN BE IN TRANSIT, BE IN WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO IN LIFE, YOU COULD ALWAYS TAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT LIFE, THOSE PEOPLE YOU MEET AND USE THEM TO ADV TO YOUR ADVANTAGE OR TO THE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR PURPOSE.

SO THAT WAS NICE.

VERY WELL SAID.

I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU STARTING YOUR RESUME NOW.

SO YOU WANNA CAPTURE THIS AND PUT IT ON YOUR RESUME BECAUSE INTERN EXPERIENCES ARE NOTHING, AND WE WANT TO GIVE JOHN A. LITTLE BIT OF COMPETITION, SO IN THE VERY FUTURE.

SO, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND AS, UH, DR. BURNETT SAID, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS YOUR AGE, I PROBABLY WANNA BE PLAYING XBOX OR, YOU KNOW, HANGING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS, NOT SITTING AROUND DOING BORING TRANSIT.

BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT, THAT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO GET, UH, STUDENTS LIKE YOURSELVES THAT LIVE ON THE CORRIDOR TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE.

I'VE DONE A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OF THE COUNTRY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I ONLY WISH THAT WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND, UH, AS, AS DR. BURNETT SAID, I HOPE SOME OF YOU THINK THAT TRANSPORTATION COULD BE INTERESTING, AND, AND WHEN YOU COME TIME TO PICK A CAREER, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THANKS AGAIN.

SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME, UH, PHOTOS AND TAKE A QUICK

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BREAK FOR CAKE.

SO THANK YOU.

SOME PHOTOS IN THE FRONT.

TO COME UP AND DO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATE.

SHOULD WE OKAY.

S GET IN THERE.

LET'S MAKE A COUPLE OF, YEAH.

KIM, MIKE PHONE.

AND ARE YOU THE PHONE? OKAY.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL WRAP UP MY, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT.

SO THE WAY WE KIND OF RESTRUCTURED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT A LITTLE BIT WAS WE HAD THESE TECHNICAL UPDATES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATES AT THE FRONT END AND ED AT THE BACK.

UM, GOOD SUGGESTION BY BOARD MEMBER ELKINS, WHICH IS KIND OF COMBINE THEM ALL TOGETHER.

SO, UH, NOW WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS CALL UP JUST WITH INSIDE THE FRAME OF THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UPDATE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS GIVES A GOOD CHANCE TO DIFFERENT, UH, STAFF MEMBERS TO, TO, TO BRING TOPICS TO THE BOARD IS WE'LL ASK JACKIE, UH,

[Il.a. Community Engagement and Involvement Monthly Update]

THERE'S BEEN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY, UH, AND JACKIE AND ALL OF HER TEAM CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK IN THIS AREA.

GET OUT .

IT'S NOT ADVANCING.

NOT ADVANCING.

IS IT ON? YEAH, IT'S ON.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

THERE WE GO.

UH, MY NAME IS JACKIE ERENBERG.

I'M DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, AND WE'VE BEEN QUITE BUSY THIS MONTH.

UH, SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

SO THIS PAST MONTH WE HAD A NUMBER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

WE'VE BEEN AMASSING THESE, THESE ADVISORY COMMITTEES, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

SO ON JULY 22ND, WE HAD OUR PROJECT CONNECT AMBASSADOR NETWORK MEETING, UH, THE PECAN, AND WE HAD A, AN ORANGE LINE, NORTH AND SOUTH ALIGNMENT WALKTHROUGH.

THEN ON JULY 30TH, WE HAD THE PROJECT CONNECT, UH, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CAC, UM, AND WE HAD A, A DISCUSSION ABOUT INTERNAL GOVERNANCE.

UM, AND THEN WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TODAY OF THE CAC SO THAT THEY CAN ADOPT THEIR BYLAWS AND ELECT OFFICERS.

ON, UH, JULY 7TH, WE HAD OUR FIRST PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY AND DBE COMMITTEE, THE PSEC.

AND WE PROPOSED, WE PRESENTED THE PROPOSED, UM, A TP DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION POLICY, AND GOT FEEDBACK, REALLY VALUABLE FEEDBACK FROM THE GROUP.

UM, AND THEN ON JULY 12TH, WE HAD OUR JOINT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORIENT EVERYBODY ON THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THESE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND GIVE THEM A RUNDOWN ON THE PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM.

AND THEN JULY 19TH, WE, UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION MEETING, AND BASICALLY A GET TO KNOW YOU MEETING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ONBOARDING AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S GONNA BE DOING.

UH, WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE ANOTHER JOINT, UH, T COMMITTEE MEETING SO THAT WE CAN WALK THROUGH THE ALIGNMENTS WITH ALL THREE GROUPS AND INVITE THE CAC AS WELL.

AND THEN FINALLY ON AUGUST 19TH, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FIRST FINANCE AND RISK COMMITTEE MEETING.

LOTS AND LOTS OF MEETINGS GOING ON.

UM, UPCOMING.

WE HAVE A SERIES OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS HAPPENING, UH, STARTING NEXT WEEK.

UH, REALLY EXCITED TO

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DO THESE, TO TALK ABOUT THE 15% DESIGN AND START TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO PUT THESE PROJECTS ON THE GROUND AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ORGANIZE THE CORRIDORS WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE RUNNING.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO INCLUDE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO MAKE IT A COMPLETE STREET.

UH, AND SO IT'S A, IT'S A CHANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SORT OF ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES, TALK TO TECHNICAL FOLKS, AND GIVE US SOME INPUT ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.

UM, AND TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRADE-OFFS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN THE STREET, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT BE AS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE.

AND THIS WILL GIVE US, UM, SOME GOOD INFORMATION TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT PHASE OF DESIGN.

UH, SO WE'LL BE HAVING TWO BLUE LINE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, UM, WITH WORKING GROUP BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND FOUR ORANGE LINE MEETINGS MAY MOSTLY BECAUSE THE ORANGE LINE IS SO LONG, WE'RE SPLITTING UP INTO NORTH AND SOUTH.

UM, AND THEN AS ALWAYS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ONLINE SELF-GUIDED VERSION OF THE MEETING ON PROJECT CONNECT.COM.

THAT'LL BE LIVE JULY 27TH THROUGH AUGUST 27TH.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE HAD PLANNED TO DO OUR VERY FIRST IN PERSON OPEN HOUSE MEETING, UH, THE 31ST AT THE LIBRARY.

AND, UM, DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH COVID AND AN IMMINENT STAGE FOUR ANNOUNCEMENT, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO POSTPONE THAT.

SO UNFORTUNATE.

BUT, UH, WE WILL BE BACK, FOLKS.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE.

AND JUST WANTED TO RECAP, WHEN WE BREAK OUT INTO OUR, UH, DISCUSSION GROUPS AT THESE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THEY WILL BE BROKEN OUT INTO SMALLER SECTIONS OF EACH OF THE CORRIDORS.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET DOWN TO THE REAL GRANULAR LEVEL AND LET PEOPLE SPEAK TO US ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM AND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT RELATES TO THESE PROJECTS.

UM, AND SO THESE ARE, THESE REFLECT WORKING GROUPS THAT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.

AND WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS JOIN THESE WORKING GROUPS.

THESE ARE GONNA BE GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WE'RE GONNA GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER VERY, VERY WELL OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

SO WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN A PARTICULAR AREA OF A WORKING GROUP.

YOU CAN HAVE JUST AN INTEREST IN IT AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT SPECIFIC GROUP AS WELL.

AND THEN UPCOMING IN THE FALL, WE'VE GOT MORE THINGS ON THE HORIZON.

WE'VE GOT, UM, SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE'LL BE HELD FOR THE METRO RAPID GOLD LINE AND THE DOMAIN SOUTH LAMAR ROUTES.

UM, AND WE'LL PROBABLY DO AN OUTREACH, UH, UH, A SERIES OF OUTREACH MEETINGS ON THE METRO RAPID STATION DESIGN AS WELL.

MORE ON THAT TO COME.

UM, WITH PICKUP, WE WILL BE DOING NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH FOR A NEW SOUTH AUSTIN SERVICE ZONE IN THE FALL.

AND THEN FINALLY THERE WILL, THERE WILL BE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH ON THE NEW METRO RAIL STATIONS AT MCCULLOUGH AND BROAD BOARD.

AND THAT IS IT FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATE.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS BEFORE I PASS IT ALONG TO THE TECHNICAL UPDATE.

JACKIE, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES.

BOARD KINS.

UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE, UH, UPDATE, JACKIE.

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT COMMUNICATION AND, UH, COMMUNICATION GOING ON.

JUST ONE SUGGESTION GOING FORWARD FOR THE THREE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA THAT THE THREE HEADS, WHEN THEY HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE BOARD, DO A TWO MINUTE UPDATE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES.

SO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, DR. BURNETT, AND MYSELF, I THINK THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY A GOOD PRACTICE.

YES, IT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT PREVIOUSLY.

I THINK THAT WILL, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO MOVING FORWARD.

SO, GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT, THAT THAT CAP METRO AND, AND A TP HAS DONE BEST IS REALLY INVOLVED THE COMMUNITY IN, IN THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE, UH, WHEN'S THE COMMUNITY GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE, THE JPA DRAFTS? IN WHAT FORM? WILL THAT TAKE JUST THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW? OR IS IT DIFFERENT TIME? TWO, WE'RE GONNA DO A TECHNICAL UPDATE AND THEN THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE INSIDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.

I'M GONNA HAVE A COUPLE STAFF MEMBERS TALK ABOUT THE JPA PROCESS, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SCHEDULE IN THERE RELATED TO THAT.

UH, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING IN OUR OFFICE RELATE TO, UM, UH, PLANS TO, TO MITIGATE THE HARM TO BUSINESSES.

SHOULD I ASK THAT NOW OR SHOULD I ASK THAT QUESTION LATER? I WOULD, IF YOU CAN DEFER TO THE JPA UPDATE, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST TIMING.

UH, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I WAS SENT HERE BY MY CONSTITUENTS TO ASK, UH, RELATED TO, UH, THE, THE BEST TOOLS OR PRACTICES TO ENSURE THE, THE EQUITY AND THE HIRING OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS.

SHOULD WE COVER THAT THEN TOO? OR SHOULD WE COVER THAT, THAT, THAT WILL BE COVERED AS WELL? SOUNDS GOOD.

NOW HOLD ON TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS.

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I, I JUST HAD JUST A MINOR COMMENT.

I THINK WE STARTED WITH JULY AND THEN CONTINUED IN JULY.

IT'S JUST THOSE OTHER MEETINGS STARTED IN JUNE.

JUST A MINOR UPDATE ON THE TIME WARP ON OUR SCHEDULES.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND GETTING ALL THIS MEETING STARTED AND TO THE STAFF THAT ORGANIZED EVERYONE'S SCHEDULE TO MAKE SURE WE LAUNCH THIS MEETING.

SO THANK YOU, JACKIE.

OH, OUR PLEASURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO NEXT UP CHAIR, UH, I ASK IN INSIDE THE UPDATE HERE FOR TECO UPDATE, DAVE COUCH COULD COME UP.

UH, I WANNA PUT A COUPLE NOTES AS DAVE'S COMING UP.

ONE THING WOULD BE, UH, DAVE WILL MENTION IT, BUT KIND OF FINE POINT ON THE SOUTH MAN CHECK PICKUP ZONE IS

[Il.b. Project Connect Monthly Technical Update]

GONNA LAUNCH JULY 27TH.

SO THAT WILL BE NOW COMPLIMENTING THE DE DESKTOP PICKUP ZONE THAT WE'VE ALREADY LAUNCHED.

SO THAT'LL BE TWO PROJECT CONNECT PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY NOW BEEN ON THE GROUND, UH, MEETING THE KIND OF COMMITMENT FOR THE VOTERS AND RELATED TO, UH, THE OVERALL PROGRAM.

SO THE TEAM HAS WORKED HARD TO TO, TO GET READY FOR THAT ONE.

THE THIRD PICKUP ZONE WILL COME IN IN AUGUST.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO JUST, UH, AND I KNOW DAVE WILL NATURALLY DO THIS, BUT I WANNA REALLY REITERATE, UH, MY THANKS TO THE CITY STAFF AS WELL ON THE 15% DESIGN.

UH, THEY ARE WORKING HAND IN GLOVE WITH DAVE, UH, PETER AND JOHN AND THE TEAMS. AND, UH, THIS IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM, MEGA TWO MEGA PROJECTS INSIDE THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE IN THE REGION BEFORE.

AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, THESE ARE NEW TOPICS, BUT I JUST WANNA COMPLIMENT BOTH, NOT ONLY OUR STAFF, BUT THE CITY STAFF OF BEING JUST THIS WILLING GOOD PARTNER TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ALL GONNA WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE.

SO JUST THANK YOU TO GINA ANIQUE AND, AND HER TEAM, UH, AS DAVE KICKS THAT OFF.

READY TO GO AHEAD AND START WORK ON THAT.

MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT CLARK, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE MONTHLY UPDATE ON PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING ON PROJECT CONNECT.

I WANNA START WITH THE BLUE AND ORANGE LINES.

UH, AS PRESIDENT CLARK JUST SAID, THE 15% DESIGN IS IN, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A REVIEW, UH, WITH THE CITY, UH, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.

AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF WORKING THROUGH THE COMMENTS THAT ARE THERE TO RESOLVE ANY, AND THEN TO GET OTHERS INCORPORATED.

SO WE TAKE 'EM FORWARD INTO THE 30% DESIGN.

WE'RE STILL OUT IN THE FIELD DOING SOIL BORING LOOKING TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOR THE TUNNEL SO THAT WE CAN ADVANCE THAT DESIGN.

AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA START SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE MORE ADVANCEMENT ON THE SEW WORK, THE UTILITIES IN EACH INTERSECTION.

SO WE'RE GONNA START, AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH PROBABLY THREE CONTRACTS TO GO, GO AHEAD AND START TO DO THAT WORK AT EACH INTERSECTION.

THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE INTERFERENCES WILL BE.

UH, SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH THAT SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE CAN GET STARTED, UH, WITH UTILITY RELOCATION, WE'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION, WE'LL KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR, UH, THE, THAT WILL ALL TIE INTO THE 30%.

WE CONTINUE THE OTHER NORMAL ANALYSES THAT ARE THERE.

EVERYTHING FROM LOOKING AT FEMA DRAINAGE ANALYSIS, UH, AND, AND AS MR. COG JUST SAID, THE COORDINATION HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS WITH THE CITY.

UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW, UH, THAT'S GONNA GO FOR ABOUT FIVE HOURS, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GO AHEAD AND START TO SORT THROUGH THE PERMITS AND THE UTILITIES.

UH, THE PERMITS ARE A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS.

UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ANIQUE AND I HAVE PUT TOGETHER.

AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THROUGH THAT IN DETAIL, UH, TOMORROW.

UM, WITH PROTECT, WITH RESPECT TO THE NEPA PROCESS, UH, IN THE FIRST STEP OF EACH ONE OF THE NEW STARTS PROGRAMS. IF YOU RECALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY, THE FIRST THING YOU GET INTO IS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE'VE REQUESTED ENTRY INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THAT APPROVAL SOMETIME DURING THE EARLY PART OF AUGUST.

UH, SO LET US GET ON THAT FIRST TWO YEAR CYCLE, 24 MONTH CYCLE TO GO AHEAD AND GET TO THE END OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND READY TO ENTER INTO ENGINEERING.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE OTHER PORTIONS THAT WE NEED, UH, WHETHER IT'S ARCHEOLOGICAL NOISE, VIBRATION, ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.

METRO RAPID, UH, ON EXPO IN PLEASANT VALLEY, UH, THAT'S GOING ALONG VERY, VERY WELL.

UH, FTA HAS ASSIGNED A PMO, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND SHEPHERD US THROUGH AND REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET TO A FUNDING AGREEMENT.

UH, WITH THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING THE READINESS DOCUMENTS THAT WE NEED AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON LOCATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL STOPS, WHETHER THEY'RE FAR STOP, NEAR STOP, AND ALL THE DETAILS THAT GO WITH IT.

WE'VE ALSO GOT THE VEHICLE PROCUREMENT UNDERWAY.

UH, IT'S EXPECTED THE VEHICLE PROCUREMENT, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE CAP METRO BOARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS THAT CONTAINS OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE BUSES FOR, UH, ALL OF THE METRO EXPRESS ROUTES.

UH, THE GOAL LINE, UH, WE'RE JUST SCRATCHING THE PROVERBIAL SURFACE, GETTING

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UH, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THAT WITH FTA, UH, AND DO AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE RIDERSHIP IS LOOKING AT.

NOT ONLY THE GOLD LINE, BUT ALSO THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF 8 0 3 TO MANEKA AND OAK HILL ON THE RED LINE AND PICKUP SERVICE.

UH, MR. CLARK ALREADY STOLE THE THUNDER, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATORS.

UH, SO THEY'RE PROGRESSING VERY WELL, UH, AS THE LEAD INTO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT IN PROJECT CONNECT, UH, MCCULLOUGH NEXT TO THE SOCCER STADIUM, UH, IS GOING WELL.

WE'VE GOT A CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION REQUEST THAT'S IN FOR FTA FOR A SMALL PIECE OF LAND THAT WE HAVE TO ACQUIRE AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

UH, 30% DESIGN WILL BE FINISHED IN JULY, AND WE'RE DEVELOPING WHAT'S REQUIRED TO ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE.

IT'S CALLED A RAMP REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE PLACE AND WE'LL USE IT NOT ONLY FOR THIS, BUT ALSO THE FEDERAL PROCESS.

UH, BROADMOOR STATION COORDINATION IS ONGOING, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO WITH BASICALLY THE TRAIL FOUNDATION, LOOKING AT HOW WE GET TO WHICH POINT.

AND, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT THE LAKELAND LEANDER, UH, SECOND TRACK THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THE MONTH, AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

BOARD MEMBER ELKINS.

UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

UH, THANKS VERY MUCH DAVE.

LOTS GOING ON IN YOUR WORLD.

I CAN SEE.

JUST, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ON, UM, THE EXPO PLEASANT VALLEY.

YOU MENTIONED VEHICLE PROCUREMENTS UNDERWAY.

COULD YOU COMMENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING INTO ELECTRICAL VEHICLES, ELECTRIC BUSES VERSUS CONVENTIONAL? YEAH, IT DID EVERYTHING THERE.

IT'S A, WHEN THE PROCUREMENT WAS PUT TOGETHER, UH, IT'S A CAPITAL METRO PROCUREMENT TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR BUSES AS THE BASE PORTION OF THAT CONTRACT.

IN TRYING TO ADVANCE QUICKER WITH WHAT WOULD BE THERE FOR EXPO AND PLEASANT VALLEY, WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS ADVERTISED, WE PUT AN OPTION IN THAT CONTRACT SO THAT WE COULD EXERCISE IT, DEPENDING UPON THE TIMING OF WHERE WE WERE WITH EXPO IN PLEASANT VALLEY, IT IS AN ENTIRE ELECTRIC FLEET.

INCLUDED IN THERE ALSO IS THE OPTION FOR CHARGERS.

UH, WE'LL NEED CHARGERS THAT ARE GONNA BE AT THE END OF LINE, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL CHARGING EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT WILL BE AT THE BUS GARAGES.

YEAH, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

ON THE ELECTRIC BUSES.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD START THINKING ABOUT, AND I'M SURE YOU ALREADY ARE, AS WE DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM, AND I USE THAT TERM 'CAUSE RANDY LIKES THAT WORD, AND IT'S THE RIGHT WORD, IT'S PROGRAM NOT PROJECTS, IS HOW DO WE MEASURE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT IN THIS WHOLE PROGRAM? YOU KNOW? AND ELECTRIC BUSES ARE GONNA BE A KEY COMPONENT TO LOWERING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.

AND THE, THE FIRST STEP TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOWERING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT IS YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE IT.

AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM OVER THE NEXT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS, THAT'S SOMETHING I'M SURE WE'RE ALL GONNA BE FOCUSED ON.

AND THERE, THERE I THINK WE CAN BE A LEADER IN, IN NATIONWIDE TRANSIT TO HAVING, YOU KNOW, A GOOD CARBON FOOTPRINT.

I THINK THE BASIS BEHIND THE PROGRAM OF EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT'S BUS OR WHETHER IT'S LIGHT RAIL, OR WHETHER IT'S EVENTUALLY THE COMMUTER RAIL, UH, AND PICKUP SERVICE, EVERYTHING BEING ELECTRIC VEHICLES, I THINK THAT'S GONNA MAKE A TREMENDOUS EFFECT.

UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED TO PUT SOME INITIAL NUMBERS TOGETHER AT THE VERY DURING, I GUESS ABOUT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, BUT I AGREE IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TRACK AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A BIG BENEFIT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, THE $2.8 MILLION GRANT, IS THAT USED TOWARDS THESE VEHICLES? VEHICLES OR SOMETHING ELSE? 2.8.

I CAN ANSWER THAT FOR YOU, DAVE.

UH, THO THOSE ARE A GRANT.

THE WAY, THE WAY THE, THE LOW AND ZERO EMISSION PROGRAM FDA WORKS, IT'S BASICALLY REPLACING A FLEET.

SO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO RETIRE OUT KIND OF THE COST DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN A DIESEL AND ELECTRIC BUS ON.

I THINK THAT GRANT WAS FOR FIVE.

AND PLUS SOME TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR STAFF AND SOME, UH, UM, DEPOT CHARGING THAT IS NOT CONNECTED TO FUNDING RELATED TO THESE.

THAT'S, THAT'S JUST REGULAR, IF YOU WILL.

CAPITAL METRO.

OF TRADITIONAL, UH, FUEL SOURCE.

STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.

FLEET MANAGEMENT JUST SAYS, LIKE TO BOARD MEMBER ELKINS MENTIONED CAPITAL METRO HAS A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT'S WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW ON A LOT OF CARBON GOALS.

AND THOSE WILL FEED IN ULTIMATELY TO, AND WHEN THE TEAM COMES UP TO TALK ABOUT THE JOINT, UH, PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, THEY KIND OF BLEND TOGETHER IN THE SENSE OF HOW THIS PART DOES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN RELATION TO LONG, HOW CAPITAL METRO OPERATES THE SYSTEM, WHICH THAT'S THAT KIND OF HAND AND GLOVE RELATIONSHIP.

MY QUESTION REFERS MORE TO THE PICKUP SERVICE.

ARE ANY OF THOSE VEHICLES ALSO GOING TO BE ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT FLEET TO ALSO BE ELECTRIFIED? WANT ME TO TAKE THIS DAVE AS WELL? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

, , THIS IS NOT GENERALLY DAVE'S WHEELHOUSE ON THIS ONE.

UH, UH, UH, SO THOSE ARE NOT ELECTRIC.

THEY, UH, BUT THEY'RE VERY LOW, LOW EMISSION IN THE SENSE

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BUT WE, OUR INDUSTRY IS KIND OF WORKING TOWARDS VEHICLES OF THAT SIZE BEING CONSISTENT FOR ELECTRIFICATION.

SO WE ACTUALLY PILOTED ONE VEHICLE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UH, ONE THAT IS BEING USED IN KIND OF AIRPORT CAR RENTAL KIND OF CIRCULATION OPERATIONS.

UH, THAT IS THE NEXT KIND OF VEHICLE, KIND OF IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY.

WE'RE WAITING TO SEE SOME ELECTRIFICATION, ZERO EMISSIONS PROCESS.

SO THERE'S A FEW MANUFACTURERS OUT THERE.

I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME YET.

'CAUSE THE WAY THOSE VEHICLES ARE USED IS A LOT MORE LIKE A REGULAR CAR.

UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY IDLE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE, UH, OF TYPES OF SYSTEMS ON BOARD.

AND THEN YOU HAVE SPECIALIZED LIFTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO AGAIN, THE GOAL CAP METRO IS MORE OR LESS SAID, UH, OUT OF ALL OF OUR FLEET, THE GOAL IS TO GO TO FULL ZERO EMISSION.

SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S ELECTRIFICATION, BUT THERE MIGHT BE A TIME IN THE FUTURE WHERE THAT'S, UH, KIND OF HYDROGEN, UH, THAT, THAT'S PART OF OUR INDUSTRY IS MOVING THAT WAY AS WELL.

SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING IN THE PROGRAM WE ARE GOING TO DO IS HOW DO WE MAKE EVERYTHING AS, AS LOW TO ZERO EMISSION AS POSSIBLE THAT THAT ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS THOUGH, RIGHT? SO LIKE WE COULD PROBABLY BUY A COUPLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT ARE VANS LIKE THAT, BUT THEY WOULD NEVER FUNCTION TO THE PERFORMANCE WE NEED FOR THE SERVICE TODAY.

UM, BUT THE GOOD THING IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A VEHICLE LIKE THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN A FIXED ROBUST THAT ONCE YOU BUY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REALLY WITH THAT ASSET FOR, YOU KNOW, BORDERLINE 14 YEARS.

THANK YOU, RANDY.

UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T NEGLECT MS. FCA IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU CAN SEE US, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YES, COUPLE QUESTIONS.

UH, JUST AN UPDATE, UM, MR. COUCH, THE, UH, FIRST ON THE RED LINE, UH, JUST REMIND ME AGAIN WHAT THE TARGET TIMEFRAME IS FOR THE MACAL STATION, BROADMOOR STATION AND THE LAKE LINE TO LEANDER, UH, UPGRADES, UH, TRACK UPGRADES.

THE PORTION FOR THE MCCULLOUGH STATION, UH, IS A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS OUT.

UM, THE ONE FOR MCCULLOUGH, I DO NOT HAVE, UH, OR FOR BROAD MAR I DO NOT KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.

SO, SO LIKE FOR THE, FOR MACAL IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE, I, I THOUGHT I WAS HEARING SPRING OF 23, BASICALLY PROBABLY THEREABOUT SOMETIME IN 23.

THAT, THAT COULD ENTIRELY BE IT.

I, LET ME GET BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT I'VE GOT THE RIGHT DATES FOR BOTH OF THOSE AND I'LL GET THOSE BACK TO YOU.

UM, AND THEN, UM, BACK TO SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY WITHIN YOUR WHEELHOUSE.

GIMME ONE RICHARD, PLEASE.

, UH, THE BACK TO THE BLUE AND THE ORANGE LINE AND THE, UH, THE, UH, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOW AT THE 15%, UH, DESIGN BILL WHERE WE'RE, OR EXCUSE ME, 15%, UM, UH, 15% DESIGN WHERE WE SUBMIT AND SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE KIND OF THINK WE ARE.

UM, AS WE'RE GONNA PRESENT OFFICIALLY TODAY AS Y'ALL ARE GONNA PRESENT TO US AND WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH AND IS ALREADY POSTED ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THING, THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE.

THINGS HAPPEN.

, WE, WE, WE MAY HAVE ONE IDEA WHEN WE GET STARTED AND WE GO ALONG AND WE FIND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COME ACROSS THE, THE, YOU KNOW, ANCIENT INDIAN BURIAL GROUND OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

SOMETHING THAT MM-HMM.

THAT, THAT CAUSES US, OR, OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRACK, UM, ESCALATIONS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, UH, ELEVATIONS INTERNALLY THAT, THAT WILL CAUSE ISSUES.

WHAT DOES THAT FUNDAMENTALLY DO WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS? I MEAN, HOW MUCH VARIATION, UM, ARE WE GONNA BE ALLOWED TO HAVE AS WE GO FROM A 15% UP TO A 30%? DO, DO THEY, I I GUESS FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC, IS WE ARE MAKING KIND OF CHANGES.

DO THEY LOOK BACK AND DO THEY GO, OH, WELL AT 15% YOU SAID YOU WANTED, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THAT YOU WERE GONNA HAVE THIS MANY THINGS, YOU KNOW, ABOVE GROUND VERSUS THIS MANY THINGS UNDERGROUND.

OH.

BUT AT 30%, YOU'VE, YOU'VE KIND OF FLIPPED IT A LITTLE BIT.

DO THEY GO BACK AND, AND HOLD SOME THINGS LIKE, LIKE PUT X MARKS OR WE CHANGE THINGS OR, OR HOLD THINGS AGAINST US WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT AND TURN IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, SUBMISSION FOR OUR PLANS? OKAY, LET ME, LEMME KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THE 15% DOES NOT GET REVIEWED BY FEDERAL TRENDS AND ADMINISTRATION.

WE GO AHEAD AND USE THE 15% THAT WE DEVELOP WITH THE COMMENTS TO REALLY GET MORE DETAILED.

WE'LL GO INTO 30%.

WHEN WE GET TO 30%, WE'LL DO THE SAME REVIEW, THE SAME PROCESS, AND WE GET THAT DONE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT WE GET OUT OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT THAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER.

AND THAT WE GO AHEAD AND GET OUT OF THE NEPA PROCESS.

THE NEXT STEP IN THAT IS TO GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED ENGINEERING.

AND WHEN YOU GO INTO ENGINEERING, IT'S THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE, WHAT THE COST OF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET LOCKED INTO WHAT THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE AND WHAT THE SCOPE WILL BE.

UH, EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF WE SAY AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT WE'RE GONNA BUY, YOU KNOW, 30 RAIL CARS, UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THE PROJECT, THEY WILL LOOK TO MAKE SURE WE BOUGHT 30

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RAIL CARS.

UH, WE HAVE TO DELIVER WITH WHAT THAT SCOPE IS THAT'S COMMITTED.

UH, AND IT'S, IT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE GET AT THAT POINT.

SO TO TO, TO STICK WITH YOUR EXAMPLE THERE WITH THE RAIL CARS, IF, IF WE, RIGHT NOW, IF WE'RE AT 15%, WE'RE LIKE, WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE 20 RAIL CARS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO THE 30% WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY SUBMITTING FOR THE, THE, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PHASE.

WE FOR THE ENGINEERING PHASE.

AND WE SAY, OKAY, ACTUALLY WE, WE REALIZE AFTER REVIEWING THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND, AND LOOKING AT OUR, OUR, OUR SPECS AND OUR DESIGN AND EVERYTHING, WE THINK WE NEED TO BUMP THAT UP TO 30 CARS.

THAT THE, THE FEDS ARE GONNA SAY, OKAY, COOL, BUT IT'S IT NO PROBLEM.

IT'S THAT POINT AT WHICH THEY SAY, OKAY, BOOM, NOW WE'RE LOCKING IT IN AND THEN NOW WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOU TO RIGHT WHAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING AT THAT POINT.

RIGHT? WE LOCK IT IN WHEN WE GO INTO ENTRY INTO ENGINEERING, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THAT'S WHAT WE COME UP WITH FOR THE FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT AT THE END OF THE WHOLE PROCESS.

AND THAT IS, AND HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE TO HAVE? IS THAT, IS THAT AT THE 100% DESIGN OR IS THAT THAT'S AT THE 30% THAT, THAT'S ALL IN HOW WE DO THE CONTRACTING.

THAT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO THE CONTRACTING.

THAT IT'S, IT'S, WE MAY DO SOME CONTRACTING THAT IS BASED ON 30%, DEPENDING UPON THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT WE CHOOSE.

WE MAY DO SOME CONTRACTING THAT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IN A RISK ASSESSMENT LATER THIS FALL TO DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST METHODOLOGY IS FOR DOING THE CONTRACTING.

IT, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO FOR THE FTA PROCESS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROJECT, THAT YOU LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES FOR CONTRACTING, AND THAT YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT SAYS THESE ARE THE RIGHT ONES TO USE.

UH, THAT MINIMIZES THE RISK.

SO WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME HERE TO GO ABOUT GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT, LOOKING AT OUR OPTIONS, TAKING THE SOIL BEAR, UH, BORINGS, LOOKING AT THE GEOLOGY, THE GEOGRAPHY, LOOKING AT AT COSTS, LOOKING AT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND INPUT TO TAKE WHAT WE ESSENTIALLY PROVED AS A MAP.

SAYING THE, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT GETTING US THERE LONG BEFORE WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT THE FINAL DOCUMENTS AND SAY, HEY, FEDERAL PARTNERS, UM, THIS IS WHAT THE, WHAT WE BELIEVE IT'S GONNA COST AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU HOPEFULLY TO THEN, YOU KNOW, COME BACK WITH THE, THE MATCHING FUNCTION.

WELL, IN TERMS OF A LONG TIME TO DO IT, UH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S A LOT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH TO GET THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S THERE ON PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IS ONCE YOU GET INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, IT IS A 24 MONTH CLOCK.

SO YOU'VE GOTTA GET THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT IS THERE TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS DONE, EVERYTHING THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO GET APPROVAL, TO GET OUT OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT THAT GETS YOU INTO ENGINEERING.

SO IT'S, IT'S TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO GET AS MUCH DONE DURING THAT TIMEFRAME AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, THE EIS DONE, UH, SOMETIME VERY LATE NEXT YEAR OR EARLY IN THE SPRING BECAUSE THERE ARE A WHOLE SERIES OF GOALS THAT YOU'VE SEEN AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH WHAT WE'VE NICKNAMED THE SNAKE CHART, UH, THAT PUT US INTO DIFFERENT TIMEFRAMES THAT GET US ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TIME TO GET THE FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE PATH THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW.

IT'S SHOWN AS, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR IT'S SHOWN AS A QUARTER.

SO THAT'S THE VARIATION.

AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'LL BE GETTING MORE FINITE DATES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.

BUT ALONG THE WAY WE HAVE THIS FLEXIBILITY TO, TO MAKE THE, TO, TO MAKE THESE DECISION POINTS AND MAKE THESE CHANGES AS WE SEE WHAT EITHER THE COMMUNITY SAYS OR WHAT WE FIND THE, THE SCIENCE IN THE ENGINEERING ARE SHOWING US AS WE GO ALONG THE WAY AND IT WILL NOT PENALIZE US AS WE DO.

ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GONNA SEE WHEN, UH, JOHN AND PETER COME UP AND DO THE PRESENTATION FOR DOWNTOWN ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE THERE.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOTTA WORK OUR WAY THROUGH AS WE GET THROUGH AND DEVELOP THE NEXT PORTION OF THE DESIGN.

MAY BE DESIGN, BID BUILD COULD BE A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THANK YOU SIR.

I JUST WANNA PUT A LITTLE PIN UH, ON, ON A LITTLE PART OF THAT TOO TO EMPHASIZE, UH, A COMPONENT.

'CAUSE I THINK BOARD MEMBER, YOU GOT TO AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

SO AS DAVE MENTIONED, WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO KICKOFF, UH, A WHOLE RISK RISK PROCESS.

UH, THERE'LL BE A FORMAL FDA RISK PROCESS PER PROJECT ON THE, ON THE MEGA PROJECTS.

THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS THEY'LL REQUIRE.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO, UH, INITIATE A RISK PROCESS INTERNALLY TO BRING TO THE BOARD ULTIMATE INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL TO MOVE FORWARD ON CONTRACT DECISIONS.

AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE, AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO, WE'LL TRY TO WORK THROUGH THIS SLOWLY.

AND I KNOW THIS IS HARD BECAUSE IT'S LINES ON A MAP AND THEN INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS. BUT WE'LL WANT TO GET, UH, WALK THROUGH THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

ULTIMATELY THE BOARD IN THE COMMUNITY.

LOOK, THE ORANGE LINE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.

THE ORANGE LINE IS LIKELY NOT TO BE A, A CONTRACT.

THE ORANGE LINE COULD BE TWO CONTRACTS, IT COULD BE SEVEN CONTRACTS.

THE BLUE LINE COULD BE THREE CONTRACTS.

THE, THE, THE CENTRAL ALIGNMENT AND TUNNEL COULD BE ONE CONTRACT OR TWO CONTRACTS.

THE VEHICLES COULD BE ONE CONTRACT AND THE SIGNALS AND POWER SYSTEM.

ANOTHER CONTRACT.

WE NEED TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE RISK ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE RIGHT DELIVERY METHODOLOGY IS.

SOME MAY BE DESIGNED BUILD, SOME MAY BE POTENTIALLY PROGRESSING DESIGN BUILD.

SOME

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UH, HOW WE DO FACILITIES VERSUS OUR GUIDEWAY COMPONENTS.

UH, WE HAVE TO MAXIMIZE HOW DO WE GET THE BEST VALUE PER DOLLAR FOR OBVIOUSLY THE AUTHORITY.

HOW DO WE CREATE, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, DBE OPPORTUNITIES.

IF WE PUT THE ORANGE IN ONE CONTRACT, YOU'D PROBABLY LIMIT DBE OPPORTUNITIES 'CAUSE IT'S ONE BIG CONTRACT WHERE IF YOU SPLIT THEM, YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABILITY, UH, AVAILABLE LABOR WORKFORCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE, WE, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT A RAIL CULTURE IN AUSTIN, SO RIGHT.

WE'RE NOT A CHICAGO OR SOME CITY LIKE THAT THAT HAS JUST GENERATIONS OF SAY RAIL CAPACITY.

SO WE HAVE TO DO OUR MARKET SOUNDINGS AND WORK WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO SEE HOW WE CAN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS BUILD A WORKFORCE TO EVEN DELIVER THESE PROGRAMS. UH, WE WANT TO CREATE, UH, THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, UH, I 35 IS GONNA HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME, UH, SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.

UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WILL ASK A RISK CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE DONE THIS FOR MEGA PROJECTS, UH, PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY OR INTERNATIONALLY TO COME BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, STAFF HAS TO TAKE TO THIS BOARD, HERE ARE THE BEST OPTIONS IN OUR TECHNICAL OPINION FOR YOU ALL TO AUTHORIZE US TO DO CONTRACTS.

UM, UM, AND THEN THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE.

THE OTHER PART THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT WILL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY IS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS IS, YOU KNOW, DAVE'S TALKING ABOUT THE FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT THAT'S MULTIPLE YEARS AWAY FOR THE TWO BIG, BIG, BIG PROJECTS.

WE WILL DEFINITELY BE DOING, WE'LL BE BRINGING TO THIS BOARD CONTRACTS TO START WORK LONG BEFORE, OR CERTAINLY BEFORE, DEPENDING ON LONG BEFORE WE'LL EVER GET A FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT.

SO WE, WE WILL, WE WILL BE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MONEY BEFORE WE GET THE ACTUAL FEDERAL CONTRACT LOCKED IN.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE FEDERAL CONTRACT, IT'S JUST THE WAY THE FEDERAL PROCESS WORKS.

AND WE'LL NEVER GET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SIGN THE DOTTED LINE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY DO OUR PIECE.

AND ONE OF OUR PIECES IS STARTING THE PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU HEAR DIFFERENT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE FEDERAL PROCESS, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT HAD TO HAPPEN TO MOVE US IN THE FEDERAL PROCESS WAS A LOCAL VOTE TO SECURE THAT FUNDING.

THAT IS LITERALLY THE ANCHOR OF EVERY MAJOR TRANSIT PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM TO TALK ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO ROLL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROGRAM OUT OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE EXTRA ON THAT.

SO APPRECIATE THAT.

THIS IS, UH, IF WE COULD HAVE, I GUESS DAVE, YOU'RE STILL UP, UH, I THINK I'M TOLD, UH, ANIQUE BODE WITH THE CITY AND SHAMILA MCCARTY, UH, YOU KNOW, WILL COME UP.

ALTHOUGH IF WE DO RUN INTO BURIAL MOUNDS, WE KNOW WHOSE FAULT IT'S .

THAT'S IT.

CHAIR.

I'LL, I'LL ASK THE, THE THIRD STAFF UPDATE.

AND

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I, I'M NOT SURE HOW THE THREE OF YOU ARE GONNA DO THIS EXACTLY WITH THE THREE, BUT, UM, BUT UH, AND REALLY THE THREE IN A LOT OF WAYS LEADS ON, UH, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE, THE JOINT, WHAT ORIGINALLY WAS CALLED THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.

BUT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TRY TO TRANSITION THAT TO A JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

WE THINK THAT IS MUCH MORE ACCURATE OF A TERM.

UH, I THINK WE ENDED UP WITH JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT JUST 'CAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE AUTHORITIES IN CALIFORNIA, QUITE FRANKLY TO USE THAT TERM.

AND THAT WE WERE, DAVID AND I ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THAT IN THE TRANS INDUSTRY.

SO WE JUST DID THAT.

BUT JPA AS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, I THINK REALLY SIM SYMBOLIZES WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AND THE PARTNERSHIP HAS JUST BEEN FANTASTIC.

SO, UM, AS THEY'RE GONNA GET INTO THEIR COMMENTS, ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANT TO MENTION IS WE'LL BE SENDING A MEMO, IT MIGHT ACTUALLY ALREADY WENT OUT FROM STAFF, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.

UH, GINA AND MYSELF HAVE AUTHORED A MEMO TO BOTH CAP METRO BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL WITH THIS EXACT INFORMATION.

SO THEY ARE ALL IN THE LOOP ON EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

SO ALL THREE PARTIES HAVE SIMILAR INFORMATION.

'CAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, AS WE WORK TOWARDS THESE WORK SESSIONS AND, UH, ULTIMATELY, UH, APPROVALS, UM, OR ACTION ITEM IN LATE OCTOBER THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHAT THE JPA IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT.

AND I THINK MAYOR, THAT GOES TO KINDA YOUR COMMENT.

UM, AND SO THE TEAM WILL KIND OF GO THROUGH THE SCHEDULE, THE DIFFERENT TOPICS IN THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

I WANNA HIGHLIGHT JUST ONE THING THOUGH, AS, AS YOU AS WE TEE THIS UP, IS WE'VE ALREADY DONE, AND THIS BOARD, I I COMMEND THIS BOARD, BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND CAP METRO BOARD HAVE ALREADY DONE, UH, SEVEN TOTAL ACTIONS RELATED TO THE PARTNERSHIP.

AND THOSE ARE, UH, CAP METRO AND THE CITY COUNCIL FORMED THE A TP TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, CREATED THE, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE TAX CAP METRO AND THE A TP FUNDED THE CAP METRO STAFF AND THE CAP METRO PROJECTS THAT CAP METRO IS DOING ON BEHALF OF A TP, THE RUBBER TIRE PROJECTS, AS AN EXAMPLE, A TP AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ALSO DID AN ILA TO FUND ANIQUE AND HER AND HER TEAM FROM THE SUPPORT OFFICE FOR THE, FOR THE PROGRAM A TP.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO ALREADY HAVE DONE AN ILA

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ON THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING THAT YOU ALL APPROVED A TP AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, ARE FINALIZING, UH, THE FUNDING PROCEDURES ILA, WHICH YOU ALL APPROVED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA NEXT WEEK, WHICH WE, UH, ASSUME WILL BE APPROVED AND THEN THAT WILL FINALIZE ALL OF THOSE ILAS.

THE JPA ITSELF WILL REFERENCE ALL OF THOSE ILAS BECAUSE THAT IS GOOD WORK THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE.

AND, AND THE JPA WILL KIND OF REFERENCE AND BRING TOGETHER ALL THESE OTHER TOPICS.

SO WE'LL HAVE THE TOPICS THAT ARE DONE PLUS THESE OTHER MOSTLY TECHNICAL TOPICS, UH, PUT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE LARGE PARTNERSHIP DOCUMENT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO FRAME THAT UP.

SO AM I HANDING THIS OFF TO DAVE? DAVE? OKAY.

DID YOU TURN YOUR MICROPHONE? SORRY.

UH, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT, THAT WAS FORMED TO GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.

AND, AND THIS PORTRAYS BASICALLY THE WAY THAT EACH PART OF IT IS BEING DONE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

UH, WE'VE GOT THE ORANGE LINE, THE BLUE LINE, THE TUNNEL, UH, AND THEN THE GREEN LINE WHEN WE GET TO THE GREEN LINE.

AND IN ALL THE FACILITIES THAT WILL BE DONE UNDER THE DELIVERY MODEL THAT'S THERE UNDER A TP.

SO WHEN WE GET TO THE OTHER SECTIONS, WHICH IS THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE DONE BY CAP METRO THAT WE'VE NICKNAMED THE RUBBER TIRE PROJECTS, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE THERE.

THAT'S THE METRO RAPID.

IT'S THE METRO EXPRESS, IT'S THE, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ONES.

THE PICKUP SERVICE, THE CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE.

ALL OF THOSE PARTS OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE DONE UNDER THE PORTION THAT IS THERE FOR CAP METRO.

THE CITY, UH, HAS GOT THE PORTION THAT IS THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM, LOOKING AT WHAT'S THERE WITH INVESTMENTS, UH, LOOKING AT UTILITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS FIGURING OUT WHAT THOSE RELOCATIONS ARE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT WELL IN ADVANCE.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION, LIKE I SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE PERMIT PROCESS.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS THIS IS A LINEAR PROJECT.

IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE CITY BEFORE.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOTTA WORK THROUGH.

WHAT PERMIT METHODOLOGY IS THERE THAT IS THE RIGHT ONE TO GO AHEAD AND USE? AND THEN WE GET START THROUGH THE RIGHT OF WAY.

NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A DETAILED LOOK AT SOME OF THE AREAS AND WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO DO AND WHAT AMOUNT OF RIGHT AWAY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ACQUIRING.

SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO ANIQUE.

THANKS DAVE.

UM, CAN YOU ADVANCE THE SLIDE, CHLOE? YEAH.

OH, I'VE GOT THE ADVANCER.

SORRY.

I, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANT TO, TO, UH, INTRODUCE GINA FCA, UM, TO INTRODUCE THIS PORTION, UM, UH, IF SHE IS AVAILABLE, UM, ON THE TEAMS TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE, UM, BEFORE I GET INTO THE DETAILS ON THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP FROM THE CITY'S POINT OF VIEW.

THANK, THANK YOU ANIQUE.

AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT STAFF HAS HAS DONE AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP.

AND PARTNERSHIP REALLY DOES GET TO THE HEART OF, OF THE WORK THAT, THAT WE'RE TAKING UNDERTAKING HERE.

UM, IT, IT'S, UH, OUR ROLE, YOU KNOW, RANDY AND I, AND, AND HE STATED IT PERFECTLY THAT WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING TO OUR POLICY MAKERS, UM, THAT ALL OF THIS BEHIND THE SCENES WORK IS TAKING PLACE.

AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SHORT TIME, BUT A YEAR AGO, UH, WE WERE JUST ENVISIONING WHAT PROJECT CONNECT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.

AND HERE WE ARE, UH, WITH ALL THE WORK TAKING PLACE ON THIS JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

IT WAS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, BUT PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.

UM, THANKS TO ANIQUE, THANKS TO DAVE, THANKS TO SHARMILA AND ALL OF THE TEAMS AT A TP, THE CITY AND CAPITAL METRO.

AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO ANIQUE BODE.

THANK YOU, GINA.

SO I'M HERE TO REPRESENT, UH, AS GINA SAID, THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

PUTTING THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT TOGETHER.

UM, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP STAFF AND CAPITAL METRO STAFF WHO REALLY DID GET SOMETHING STARTED GETTING STARTED IS WHAT I FIND SOMETIMES THE HARDEST PART OF A REALLY BIG PROJECT.

AND SO THEY HAD, THEY STARTED WITH A DRAFT AND WE'VE BEEN CIRCULATING THAT DRAFT AND GOING BACK AND FORTH.

AND WE'VE COME UP WITH A REALLY, UH, GREAT METHODOLOGY IN ALL THREE AGENCIES WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE TOPICS OF ALL OF THE ISSUES AND MATTERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE JPA CAN ROLL UP TO THESE, IT LOOKS LIKE 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

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PERHAPS.

CATEGORIES FROM C COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, THROUGH DESIGN, PERMITTING, UTILITIES, CONSTRUCTION, WORKFORCE ON DOWN TO SAFETY AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.

SO FROM THE CITY'S POINT OF VIEW, WE HAVE WORK GROUPS FROM VARIOUS FOLKS FROM ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT IN OUR CITY.

MY BIGGEST JOKE RIGHT NOW IS THAT I'M GONNA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO INVOLVE ANIMAL SERVICES AND PROJECT CONNECT.

THEY'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN INVOLVED, BUT I'LL FIND A WAY.

DEAD ANIMALS ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION WHO ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND EXCITED TO BE INVITED TO WORK THROUGH THESE REALLY, REALLY HARD ISSUES.

UM, AND SO THAT, THAT IS HAPPENING.

AND, UH, I WILL SAY IN RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTIONS, WITH REGARDS TO, UM, WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE'RE GONNA SOCIALIZE THIS, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC, WE'RE, WE'RE WANTING TO USE THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, OTHER VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AS WELL AS THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES OF THIS BOARD IN, UH, LATE SEPTEMBER, LIKELY OCTOBER, WHEN WE DO HAVE A GOOD ROBUST DRAFT TO SHARE AND PROVIDE THAT AS A, AS A WAY TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE JPA.

THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PLANNING, UH, RIGHT NOW.

AND SO, UH, WE ALSO PLAN TO HAVE, UM, A GENERAL MEETING IN OCTOBER WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN COME AND JUST ASK US ANYTHING ABOUT THE JPA, IT WILL BE OUT THERE FOR REVIEW.

UH, AND THAT IS ANOTHER LINE OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR, AND HAPPY TO TAKE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON THAT.

BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, UH, YESTERDAY.

AND, UH, SO WITH THAT, I DUNNO IF CAP METRO SIDE WANTS TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON, UM, OUR INVOLVEMENT.

UM, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TWO, YOU KNOW, SECTIONS OF THE JPA, YOU KNOW, JACKIE IS TAKING A LEAD ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALONG WITH THE CITY.

AND THEN, UM, THE DESIGN PERMITING UTILITIES, OF COURSE IS, IS, IS VERY HEAVY CITY ORIENTED ALONG WITH, UM, A TP.

AND THEN YOU, AND THEN YOU HAVE A LOT THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT HAS A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT, UM, FROM SHARMILA AND, AND CAPITAL METRO.

I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE COMMENT ON TOP OF ANIQUE AND THANK YOU ANIQUE FOR, FOR DOING THAT.

TO, I JUST WANNA BE RESPONSIVE TO THE MAYOR'S, UH, COMMENT.

THE, BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE YOU MENTIONED WAS THE, UH, THE DBE PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS SUMMER OF 2021.

AND YOU'LL SEE MAYOR THAT'S IN THE FINANCE BUDGET PROCUREMENT SECTION.

SO THAT WILL LAY OUT THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE A-T-P-D-B-E PROGRAM.

'CAUSE ULTIMATELY, AGAIN, THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP HAS TO HAVE A DBE PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU ALL WILL BE THE ONES ACTUALLY ISSUING CONTRACTS AND APPROVING CONTRACTS.

SO, UH, THE WAY WE'RE BASICALLY A QUICK SUMMARY, BUT THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE DETAIL IN, IN THE, IN THE, THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS RIGHT NOW, AND WE WERE BRINGING TO YOU VICKI AND COURTNEY ARE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, IS THE USE OF THE CAP METRO DBE GOALS.

NOW, BECAUSE THAT IS A FEDERALLY CERTIFIED GOAL, SO A TB BOARD HAS TO USE SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY DO ANY CONTRACTS.

THAT IS THE ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY CERTIFIED.

UM, AND THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD BE REALLY USED, UH, AND THAT CAN GET ASSIGNED.

AND THEN THE IDEA IS THE CAP METRO BOARD JUST APPROVED A NEW, WHAT'S CALLED AVAILABILITY STUDY FOR THE FEDERAL SIDE AND DISPARITY STUDY FOR THE LOCAL SIDE.

AND THAT JUST GOT APPROVED A MONDAY AT THE CAP METRO BOARD.

THE SAME INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS DOING THAT JUST ACTUALLY DID THE CITY'S, UM, DISPARITY STUDY AND THE COUNTIES.

AND THE IDEA IS THEN WHEN THAT IS FINISHED, THOSE NEW GOALS WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR FY 23 THAT THEN THIS BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO USE BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE NEW, UH, AVAILABILITY AND DISPARITY STUDIES THAT WENT THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS.

SO, UM, WAY MORE DETAIL OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE, UH, BUT THAT'S THE QUICK SUMMARY RELATED TO MAYOR, THAT, THAT THAT POINT THAT YOU MADE.

AND I JUST WANNA BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, I'M SURE MEL MUJI, UM, EVP PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AT CAP METRO.

I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSCORE WHAT, UM, ANIQUE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF PARTNERSHIP AND EXTENSIVE PROCESS THAT LED TO THIS.

I WANTED TO THANK, UM, ASHLEY GLAZER IN, UH, CHEYENNE KRAUSE, UH, FROM CAP METRO, WHO HAVE BEEN LEADING THE OVERALL PROCESS IN EACH OF THE SUBSECTIONS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH INVOLVEMENT FROM SMES ON ALL OF THESE, UM, UH, THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS, UM, UH, THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY GO OVER THE NEXT STEPS, THIS SCHEDULE FOR THE, UH, JPA.

I THINK, UM, THE MAYOR HAD ASKED ABOUT THAT AS WELL, AND RANDY ALREADY GONE OVER SOME OF THE, UH, TIMELINE STEPS.

BUT WE, UM, HERE WE ARE SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

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UM, WE ARE COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER WHERE POLICYMAKER STAKEHOLDER BRIEFINGS ON JPA PROCESS WOULD TAKE PLACE.

AND IN OCTOBER, ETP CAPITAL METRO BOARD, CITY COUNCIL JPA WORK SESSION WOULD TAKE TAKE PLACE ON, UM, OCTOBER 4TH WITH OCTOBER 29TH, IS WHERE IT WOULD, UH, MOVE FOR ACTION.

AND YOU HAVE BEEN, UH, FOLLOWING THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROCESS AUGUST 7TH AND NOVEMBER 3RD, WHERE THE TWO KEY MILESTONES THAT LED US ALL HERE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THIS DEVELOPMENT TODAY.

QUESTIONS ANY, ELIA, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR, ANSWER JUST TO, TO FOLLOW UP QUICKLY, I APPRECIATE THE, THE ANSWERS.

UH, IF THE INITIAL WAY YOU'RE SOCIALIZING THE JPA IS THROUGH THE, THE COMMITTEES, IS THERE GOING TO BE A WAY FOR, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT NOT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY OR GET RESPONSES FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, IF THERE'S, I THINK THAT THE JPA IS SIGNIFICANT IN PART BECAUSE OF THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, BOTH FOR WHAT IT DOES, BUT ALSO WHAT IT'S NOT INTENDED OR SUPPOSED TO DO, THAT PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THIS IS THE PLACE TO DO THAT.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE BOTH DOING WHAT IS PART OF THAT, BUT ALSO FINDING THE, THE RIGHT AND IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT AVENUES TO BE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT MIGHT NOT BE PART OF THE JPA.

SO BEING ABLE TO GET THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT ANTICIPATE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE JPA WILL BE IMPORTANT.

SO IF THERE'S A WAY OR A PLACE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE OR SOMETHING SO THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU QUESTIONS SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE SOCIALIZING IN FRONT OF THE CAC OR IN FRONT OF THE, THE, THE, THE TASK FORCES, UH, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO ADDRESS THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE THOUGHT OF TO ADDRESS.

AND THAT WOULD GIVE THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND THAT WAS THE ONE THING I LEFT OUT OF MY, OF MY SPIEL OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CREATING, AS YOU SAID, UH, PERHAPS, UH, UH, THE WAY THAT WE, WE'VE DONE ON MANY BIG PROJECTS.

UM, A PLACE ON THE WEBSITE WHERE SOMEONE CAN SEND AN EMAIL, IT WILL GO TO A DEPOSITORY AND RELATIVE STAFF ON ALL THREE CAN VET IT.

UM, I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS THINKING, A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING PROJECT CONNECT ARE THINKING ABOUT THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT OR JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THEY MAY THINK IS RELATED TO THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, BUT REALLY THEY CAN, THEY CAN BE ANSWERED IN OTHER WAYS.

AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE THE PROGRAM FORWARD.

SO, UM, YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE'LL WORK ON WAYS TO DO THAT, UM, THROUGH, UH, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE CREATING THE JPA.

IT SOUNDS GOOD.

I'VE SEEN YOU DO THAT BEFORE AND THAT WORKED REALLY WELL, AND I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WERE ALREADY PLANNING TO DO IT.

THE OTHER QUESTION THAT YOU ANSWERED, DBA HELPED, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I WAS SUPPOSED TO ASK, TELL ME IF I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK IT NOW OR NOT, IS WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE NOW THAT THEY SEE THE DRAWINGS COME OUT, THAT THAT SHOW SOME MEASURE OF DISRUPTION.

YOU CAN'T MAKE AN OMELET WITHOUT SCRAMBLING THE EGGS A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT ARE WE TELLING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MITIGATION ISSUES? WE, WE'VE STARTED, NOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DETAILS, UH, AND BRINGING THEM OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR, UH, THE OUTER PARSONS OF THE ORANGE LINE IN THE BLUE LINE, UH, AND THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL HEAR LATER, UH, IS GONNA TAKE THE CENTER OF THE CITY.

UH, WE WERE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT LIVE, UH, MEETING NEXT SATURDAY.

UH, WE'RE GONNA DO IT VIRTUALLY THE SAME WAY THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE OTHER MEETINGS.

UH, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD MORE PARTICIPATION, UH, ON THE VIRTUAL SIDE THAN WE DID WITH A LOT OF TIMES WITH IN PERSON.

UH, AND WE'LL ALSO BE GOING TO THE COMMUNITY GROUPS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS THERE THAT, UH, JACKIE SHOWED EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION WAS THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE ALONG THE ALIGNMENT.

UH, SO WE WILL BE GETTING THOSE TECHNICAL PIECES OUT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO VET THOSE.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

AND IF THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS TO HEAR ABOUT CONSTRUCTION INTER MITIGATION, MAKE SURE PLEASE, THAT YOU ADVERTISE THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THAT SPECIFIC THING IT MIGHT, SO PEOPLE KNOW IN ADDITION TO JUST LEARNING ABOUT THE LINE.

I'M GONNA HEAR ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

SET GOALS? OR IS IT MORE JUST TO DELINEATE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES? UM, JUST I CAN GREAT.

YES, I KNOW I, BOTH OF YOU WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? , THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU MONIQUE.

I JUST, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE JPA.

IS, IS THE GOAL OF THE JAPA WITH RESPECT TO, SAY DBE TO

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SINCE I GAVE THE LITTLE BIT OF ANSWER IT, IT'S GOING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS FOR THE A TP TO SET THE GOALS.

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN'T SET A GOAL NOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE, UH, WE GOTTA, RIGHT NOW THE, THE A TP WILL USE CAP METRO'S GOAL BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY FEDERAL CERTIFIED TRANSIT GOAL TO BE ASSIGNED.

AND THEN, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE CAP METRO BOARD JUST APPROVED A NEW CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT TO DO THE AVAILABILITY AND DISPARITY STUDY, WHICH WILL TAKE BOTH SAY A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.

THAT INFORMATION IT'S BEING DONE IN THAT SCOPE TO HELP CAP METRO AND THE A TP TO BE BROUGHT BACK HERE BY OUR PROCUREMENT AND OUR DBE TEAM FOR YOU ALL TO SAY HERE IS BECAUSE THE BOARD WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO APPROVE A DBE GOAL, BUT IT HAS TO BE DRIVEN THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S THERE, BUT THEN THERE MAY BE LANGUAGE THAT YOU CAN INCENTIVIZE ABOVE GOALS, UH, BASED ON MEETING FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

SO, UH, THAT THE J THE JP IS GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS, AND THERE'S GONNA BE MULTIPLE THINGS IN JP THAT JUST TALK ABOUT PROCESS BECAUSE THINGS ARE NOT DONE RIGHT.

THERE'S GONNA BE SAFETY PROGRAM THINGS.

OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE SAFETY PROGRAMS DONE ON PROJECTS THAT WON'T START FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT IT'S TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THERE'LL BE PROCESS ON, UM, UH, THE DBE COMPONENT.

THERE'S A PROCESS WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT A PROCESS TO STATE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, WHICH THAT'S PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS, BUT ALSO PART OF THE COSTING PROCESS.

AND SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE A TP MUST SET UP A PROCESS FOR GOTCHA.

BECAUSE ULTIMATELY YOU ALL ARE STAFF SUPPORTING YOU ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTRACTS THAT EFFECTUATE WHATEVER THE PROCESSES ARE.

OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT REALLY THAT DAVID AND NICK ARE WORKING ON, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ARE THE, THE REALLY, SO MOST OF THE DOCUMENT WE REALLY, REALLY TECHNICALLY FOCUSED ON THINGS LIKE, UM, UTILITY RELOCATION, UH, THINGS LIKE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, PERMITTING, UM, THINGS LIKE, UM, UH, EASEMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, INCREDIBLY DETAILED THAT, UH, ANIQUE AUSTIN ENERGY, AUSTIN WATER, PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE WORKING WITH DAVE'S TEAM ON.

GOTCHA.

THANKS.

SO I WAS GONNA ASK THAT SIMILAR QUESTION TO, UM, TONY, BUT HAVE ANOTHER PART OF THAT.

WHERE DOES THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT FIT IN HERE UNDER THE TOPICS? SO WE HAVE OUR HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT THE, EXCUSE ME, AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHO IS POINT ON THE 300 MILLION, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, 23 MILLION OF, OF THE 300 MILLION.

UH, AND WE ARE STILL FIGURING OUT IS THERE A PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SECTION, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT IS CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETED AND HOW THAT MIGHT, UH, AND HOW THAT MIGHT WORK IN THE JPA FOR TRANSPARENCY.

BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, UH, WHERE THAT CAN BE SPOKEN TO AND WHAT IS THE RIGHT LEVEL OF INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE THERE RELATED TO THE 300, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROGRAM, THE 300 MILLION, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, I THINK YOU'LL SEE IT ALSO IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTION.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS, AND AGAIN, THERE'LL BE REFERENCES BACK TO THE ILA THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

, BECAUSE IT'LL BE CLEAR THAT THE CITY'S HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS THE RESPONSIBLE STAFF WING TO DO THAT PART OF THE PROGRAM VERSUS OTHER PARTS.

SO I THINK ANIQUE HIT THE NAIL AHEAD.

IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WEAVE THE KIND OF EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL IN THE CE SECTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTION THERE, WE REFERENCE THIS TO AN ILA THAT'S ALREADY DONE THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

SO THERE WOULD BE CROSS-REFERENCED.

SO THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT ARE CROSS-REFERENCING OR HOW WE'RE GONNA AWARD THE GRANTS FOR THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WILL BE PART OF THIS JPA.

SO THE JPA WILL HAVE A BUNCH OF INFORMATION ON TOPICS THAT YOU ALL HAVE NOT DONE ANY AGREEMENTS ON.

AND THERE'LL BE SECTIONS THAT JUST REFERENCED ON ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.

BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

LIKE AN ILA THAT YOU PASSED THREE MONTHS AGO IS AN ILA.

SO THOSE WILL BE REFERENCED IN SECTIONS AND THEN THERE'LL BE A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN TO YET.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WE NEED TO HAVE IT IN WRITING EVERY TIME WE, EVERYWHERE WE CAN, EVERYWHERE WE CAN ADDRESS IT IN ALL AGREEMENTS, ALL DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING.

AND NOT JUST THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT, BUT JUST IN GENERAL.

UM, BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU START SKIPPING OVER THINGS AND THEN WE'LL BE RUNNING TO TRY AND CATCH UP.

THE, THE LAST QUESTION I HAD IS WHEN WILL A DRAFT BE OUT SO THAT WE DON'T ASK THE PUBLIC TO READ A 500 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT'S ALREADY PRETTY DONE.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

AND I, AND I WILL SAY YOU LIKE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THAT'S GOOD.

, THAT WHAT I SAID, YOU LIKE ALL MY QUESTIONS?

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I DO.

UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO COMMENT ON THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY, AS WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH ALL OF THE SECTIONS OF, OF ALL THOSE TOPICS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ON THE SLIDE, AND AS THEY BECOME READY AND AGREED UPON BY THE THREE PARTNERS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BEST RELEASE THOSE.

UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S BY A SEARCHABLE SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE THAT'S SEARCHABLE.

SO IF SOMEONE IS REALLY INTERESTED IN THE DBE OR WORKFORCE PROGRAM, THEY CAN JUST CLICK THERE TO SEE IT WHEN WE'RE READY IN OCTOBER FOR THAT, UM, TO BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC AND TO TAKE THOSE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR TAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS THROUGH THE EMAIL PORTAL OR HOWEVER, ALL THE WAYS, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IT, OUR PUBLIC MEETING.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S HOW I, YOU KNOW, IN, IN HAVING MANAGED THESE BIG PROJECTS BEFORE, LIKE THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, WE HAD IT BY CHAPTER.

SO PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST INTERESTED IN CHAPTER SIX, WHICH WAS THE EQUITY CHAPTER, THEY COULD JUST GO THERE AND FOCUS IN AND SEND US DISCREET COMMENTS.

SO WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE BITES AT THE ELEPHANT AT ONE BITE AT A TIME.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, CONSIDER USING THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN THE PROCESS.

SURE.

BECAUSE THEY'RE ALMOST DELINEATED BY THE TOPICS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED TRUE AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

UM, THE, UM, DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION POLICY THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, THE PS A C COMMITTEE, GAVE SOME VERY THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS THAT THE STAFF NOR I THOUGHT OF OR NOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT LOOKED AT.

SO IT WAS, IT SHOWED THE BEAUTY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EARLY ON AS OPPOSED TO GIVING THEM SOMETHING THAT'S ALMOST DONE.

'CAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU BAKE THINGS IN THE DOUGH.

UM, AND THEN IT'S HARD TO GET IT OUT.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO USE THOSE COMMITTEES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO USE THOSE COMMITTEES FOR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

PROCEDURES, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE RULEMAKING, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE JUST STATING BASICALLY WHO'S ON FIRST? IT, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE DEEP DETAIL ON SOME OF IT.

THANK YOU DR. BURNETT.

AND I KNOW YOU, YOU, UM, TO YOUR, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS IN WRITING AND, AND ALSO MAYOR ADLER, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE QUESTION ABOUT ANTI DISPLACEMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE EFFECTS IT HAS ON BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING AS WELL AS DISPLACEMENT OF THE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES, WHAT GIVES AUSTINS SO MUCH OF HIS CHARACTER AS WELL.

SO WE'RE THINKING BROADLY ABOUT ANTI DISPLACEMENT FOR BOTH HOUSING AND BUSINESSES AND HOW THEY GET IMPACTED BY, BY THE DISRUPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO, UM, THANK YOU ANIQUE FOR, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND SHARMILA FOR EVERYTHING.

AND MR. COUCH, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YES.

BOARD MEMBER STRATTON.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY THEN, I, AND I THINK I REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE WERE FIRST TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST SUMMER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT, THAT THIS WOULD BE A YES, MASSIVE DOCUMENT.

WE'RE TALKING, GETTING INTO THE, THE WEEDS AND THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS IN SOME CASES, AND THIS COULD BE YES, A 350, 400, 500 PAGE DOCUMENT AS WE'RE BREAKING IT UP BY SECTION.

UM, BUT JUST KIND OF STICKING WITH THIS THEME, KIND OF LOOKING AT AS AN EXAMPLE OF, OF A SMALL PIECE OF THE BIGGER PUZZLE HERE.

UM, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ISSUES WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, POTENTIALLY EITHER DIS TEMPORARY DISRUPTION AS WE'RE, UM, TEMPORARILY GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, CLOSE BUSINESS ACCESS, OR WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THE PATHWAYS OF VARIOUS, UM, UTILITIES AND THAT KIND OF THING.

UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEN WITHIN THIS AGREEMENT THAT IT'S GOING TO, OR IS IT, IS IT GOING TO GET INTO THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THE CITY'S ROLE WILL BE THUS IN TERMS OF, UH, HELPING WITH THE, UM, PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE WILL DO THIS KIND OF THING FOR THESE SORT OF, OF ISSUES AND THE, THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S ROLE WILL BE THUS FOR, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT THE, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FLOW IS SOMETHING VERSUS WHAT ATP'S ROLE IS.

AND I IMAGINE IN THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, TAP METRO'S ROLE AS THE THIRD PARTY IS KIND OF NIL IN THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE, THE EXISTING, UH, BUS AND TRANSIT SYSTEM.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE, THE, THE CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY'S ROLE WITH WHAT A TP IS DOING, IS IS THAT KIND OF, ARE WE REALLY GETTING INTO THAT LEVEL OF WEEDIES OR IS IT SIMPLY THAT IT'S STATING THAT, UM, THAT FOR ALL OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS, THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TAKING THE LEAD AND THEN IT GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY TO CITY STAFF TO WORK THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S CONTRACTING POLICY,

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LIKE I'VE SAID, WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE PERMITTING AND UTILITIES, THE BEAUTY OF THE WAY THIS PROGRAM IS SET UP WITH THE OVERALL PROGRAM OFFICE, IT WILL BE AN E AND I AND ADJACENT CUBICLES OR OFFICES WITH STAFF FROM THE CITY, FROM EACH ONE OF THE DIFFERENT UTILITY SECTIONS WITH THE ABILITY TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE REVIEWS, THE APPROVALS, AND THEN ISSUE PERMITS.

SO IT'S, IT'S ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

IT'S ALL OF US LIVING TOGETHER.

IT'S ALL OF US WORKING JOINTLY TO GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE THE PROGRAM.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY A PROGRAM LIKE THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.

UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE HICCUPS THAT HAPPEN AS IT GOES ALONG, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH WE TRY TO GET EVERYTHING IN THE JPA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK OUT AS WE GO FORWARD.

SOME OF THOSE ARE GONNA COME UP AT THREE IN THE MORNING, UH, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WIND UP DOING.

UH, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S THE EFFORT AND IT'S THE TIME THAT EVERYBODY IS SPENDING RIGHT NOW TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

UH, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECTS.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH UTILITIES? WHAT DO YOU DO WITH PERMITS? HOW DO YOU DO WHAT WITH TRAFFIC STAGING SO THAT YOU HAVE THE LEAST EFFECT.

UH, SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

I I WILL, I'LL JUST SAY I, THIS IS AMAZING.

THIS IS TRULY, UM, I, I LIKE USING THIS WORD FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN COVID UNPRECEDENTED IN ITS NATURE.

UM, I, I WILL JUST, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE DRAFTING THAT, JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, SERVING BOTH ON THE CAP METRO BOARD AND ON, UH, THIS, THIS BOARD HERE, I, I DON'T WANT US GETTING INTO THE, INTO THE TOO MUCH, INTO THE WEEDS WITH THIS.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS POLICYMAKING BODY, UM, BECOMING A, UM, UH, GETTING INTO THE BUSINESS OF, OF EITHER HELICOPTER PARENTING OR MICROMANAGING THE WAY THAT, THAT THE STAFF IS, IS TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.

BECAUSE MY FEAR IS, IS THAT IF WE LAY OUT TOO MUCH IN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, THEN THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME, THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LITERALLY, STAFF WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY TO A TP AND TO CAP METRO, LITERALLY, POTENTIALLY, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MOVE TRAFFIC CONE.

THAT'S, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.

I KNOW THAT'S NOBODY'S INTENT, BUT I, I JUST, I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT I REALIZE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO WANNA SEE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN.

AND CONSEQUENTLY, A LOT OF THINGS NOT HAPPEN AS WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER ON PAPER.

I JUST THINK WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY AS AN A TP BOARD TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE AND GIVE THE STAFF WHAT THEY NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE WITHOUT, UM, TRIPPING OVER OURSELVES IN WHAT COULD BECOME POTENTIALLY TOO MUCH TAPE.

AND LET'S JUST USE THAT TO BE UNPRECEDENTED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AS WELL.

THERE IS A MIDDLE, THERE IS A WAY TO DO BOTH.

SO I JUST AGREED WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

WE SAY WE GOTTA GET THIS DONE AND IT GETS DONE FOR THOSE WITH THE VOICE.

SO THERE IS A MIDDLE.

SO LET'S FIND THAT MIDDLE.

I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT THAT AS, AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE SECTIONS, WE ARE THINKING EXACTLY IN THOSE WAYS.

WE ARE, WE ARE THINKING THROUGH AS WE SHOULD BE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT, HOW DOES THIS NEED TO HAPPEN CONSTRUCTION WISE OR WHATEVER.

OKAY, NOW LET'S, LET'S GO BACK.

WHAT IS THE DIRECTION IN THE JPA THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO ENABLE THAT WORK? AND THEN, UH, TO YOUR POINT, DR. BARNETT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DETAIL ARE WE COMFORTABLE PUTTING IN HERE BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND SO THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE TAKING.

UM, AND IT'S A GOOD PROCESS.

UH, SO I HOPE THAT, THAT YOU ALL WILL BE PLEASED WITH WHAT YOU SEE WHEN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SEE THOSE SECTIONS IN OCTOBER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN ON THIS.

'CAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS HUGE.

ONE THING I LIKE TO ALSO ENCOURAGE IS WE, AS WE IMPLEMENT NEW WAYS OF DOING THINGS THAT ARE SEAMLESS AND MORE EFFICIENT, THAT WE ARE HELPING THE CITY OVERALL, NOT JUST MAKING THESE EFFICIENCIES FOR PROJECT CONNECT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF HAVING DONE PERMITTING IN FIVE JURISDICTIONS IS CHALLENGING TO PERMIT ANYTHING IN AUSTIN.

SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP FACILITATE AND CREATE NEW WAYS OF DOING THINGS BETTER FOR EVERYONE WOULD BE A HUGE, HUGE GAIN FOR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR FUTURE.

SO, UM, AS WE DOCUMENT THESE BEST PRACTICES, I REALLY WANT US TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT ARE, ARE WE REMOVING BARRIERS TO GETTING THINGS DONE BETTER? ABSOLUTELY.

AND, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW, AS DAVE POINTED OUT, UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST OF OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF.

STAFF, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, PILOTING A NEW TEAM AT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPART SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR LONG LINEAR CIP CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

AND OUR PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE

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WHICH ARE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AS, AS YOU WELL KNOW, UH, IS, IS NOT, IT'S, IT'S DEVELOPED AROUND VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND OUR CIPS ARE DIFFERENT, ESPECIALLY OUR TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, ARE THERE ANY CODE AMENDMENTS, ARE THERE, WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT, NOT ONLY FOR PROJECT CONNECT, BUT TO HELP THE 2016 CORRIDOR PROGRAM AS WELL, AND OTHER TYPES OF LOCAL MOBILITY, BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, OTHER PROJECTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO, UM, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME AND WE'RE GONNA BE SOLVING FOR PROJECT CONNECT, BUT IT, AS YOU SAID, IT'S GOING TO HELP ALL OF OUR OTHER, UH, TO BE EFFICIENT IN ALL OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WITH THAT CHAIR, THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT.

I APOLOGIZE THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, GREAT CONVERSATION.

APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.

UH, AND I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

UM, I THINK I LOST MY PLACE IN THE AGENDA NOW, SO THE MEETING.

SO YEAH, WE ARE HERE.

ACTION ITEMS. PERFECT.

SO I KNOW, UM, WE HAD A DISCUSSION BEFORE THIS MEETING ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF OUR MEETING MINUTES.

I DON'T THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN UPDATED YET.

SO, UH, WITH EVERYONE'S APPROVAL, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US.

A MORE POSITIVE DIRECTION.

UM, THE, I KNOW WE'VE READ THE MINUTES, SO WE'RE NOT READY TO APPROVE THESE YET BECAUSE THE AMENDMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN DONE.

HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED WITH THE, WITH THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS THAT WERE NOTED? WE CAN JUST TO THE NEXT MEETING? YEAH, SO I, I LIKE TO, TO, UM, POSTPONE THE ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE OF THE MEETING MINUTES UNTIL WE CAN, UH, READ THE, THE UPDATES THAT WE PRESENTED AS, AS MINE.

THERE WERE MINOR CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO BE MORE DETAILED.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO

[IlI.b. Adoption of the ATP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Policy]

ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO.

AND, UM, SO THE ADOPTION OF THE A TP, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION DEI POLICY, OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, CASEY ACK, SHE WILL GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND, CASEY.

SURE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

A TP BOARD, UM, IN YOUR PACKETS, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED A TP DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH YOU ALL FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND AS JACKIE NUREMBERG MENTIONED, ALSO OUR PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY AND DVE COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THAT AND DISCUSS IT AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK ON, UM, AT THEIR MEETING ON JULY 7TH AND, AND SUBSEQUENT, UM, EMAILS.

SO, UM, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW, UM, EQUITY AND DVE DIRECTOR COURTNEY CHAVEZ.

UM, SHE HAS A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS THAN I DO.

UM, SHE, SHE ACTUALLY JOINED US AFTER WE HAD STARTED DRAFTING IT, BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO GIVE SOME GOOD INPUT, UM, AND ALSO JOIN OUR PSEC C MEETING.

AND, UM, WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE HER.

SHE COMES TO US FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WHERE SHE SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION.

AND AT TXDOT SHE SUPPORTED IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION OF TITLE VI AND A DA POLICIES, THE DBE AND HUB PROGRAMS THAT'S HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES AND ALSO DEVELOPED COMMUNITY FOCUSED AND COMMUNITY-BASED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

SO SHE'S, UM, LIKE I SAID, JOINED A LITTLE AFTER WE STARTED THE POLICY, BUT SHE'S GOT GREAT INPUT AND SHE'S GOING TO, UM, SHE KNOWS THE POLICY AND OR STATEMENT INSIDE AND OUT AND WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO I'LL LET, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO HER.

THANK YOU CASEY.

AND HELLO BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT CLARK.

NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.

I I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER AND REALLY BUILDING THIS RELATIONSHIP AS WE EMBED EQUITY ACROSS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND MAKE IT BAKED INTO THE DOUGH OF WHAT WE NEED FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

UM, YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DEI POLICY STATEMENT.

IT IS, IT IS EMBLEMATIC OF ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES OF WHAT WE WANNA BUILD INTO PROJECT CONNECT.

I MEAN, IT IS BUILT ACROSS EVERYTHING THAT WE WANNA WANNA DO HERE.

UH, CASEY DID MENTION MY FIRST DAY WAS JULY 6TH, AND THE PSEC MEETING WAS JULY 7TH.

SO I, I HAD A FIRST TASK ITEM OF MAKING SURE THAT WE LOOKED AT THE, UM, POLICY STATEMENT, THAT EVERYTHING IN THERE LOOKED GREAT.

I MADE SOME, SOME NECESSARY RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT REALLY, THE P THAT COMMUNITY, THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS, UH, REVIEWING THE, HAD SOME GREAT COMMENTS THAT ENDED UP CHANGING AND REFLECTING ON WHAT THE STATEMENT IS.

SO WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT WE'VE REMOVED AN ENTIRE COMPLAINT SECTION FROM THE POLICY STATEMENT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO REALLY EXEMPLIFY THE INTENT OF THE STATEMENT AS

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SO THE COMPLAINTS PIECE WAS PULLED OUT.

IN ADDITION, THEY SUGGESTED A LOT MORE INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE HAD MISSED.

AND SO IT WAS GREAT FEEDBACK TO GET FROM THEM.

UM, AS WE LOOK FORWARD, WE'RE VIEWING THIS STATEMENT REALLY AS A STARTING POINT, RIGHT? THIS IS OUR BASELINE OF WHAT WE WANNA BUILD INTO PROJECT CONNECT AND THE PROGRAM ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW FROM HERE TO UPDATE THE POLICY AS NEEDED TO BUILD IN ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS WHERE WE NEED TO, SO WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT NOT ONLY WITH THE BOARD, BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

AND SO, AS WE GROW AS A TEAM AND COMMUNITY, THE POLICY STATEMENT WILL GROW AS WELL.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATEMENT.

I KNOW, UH, IT WAS PART OF OUR BACKUP, UM, THAT I WAS ABLE TO READ THAT, WHAT WAS POSTED.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO, TO SEE IT.

YOU DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE BACKUP? I, I, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GET IT AND DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS.

OH, OKAY.

I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE THREE PAGES LONG.

AND, AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, UM, AS WE WENT BACK AND FORTH IN THIS, UM, THANK YOU, CHLOE, IN THE REVIEW OF, OF THE POLICY WAS THE SOMETHING THAT DR. BURNETT HAD POINTED OUT IN THE PAST ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES AND WHAT WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW ARE WE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE POLICY CORRECTLY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.

BUT, UM, THIS WAS GONNA BE A SEPARATE ELEMENT.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IN CONJUNCTION TO SUPPORT THIS POLICY.

AND SO AS WE DEVELOP THE ADDITIONAL POLICIES THAT WE NEED, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO DEVELOP OUR OWN TITLE SIX PLANS.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, HOW OUR COMPLAINTS PROCEDURES WORK, A LOT OF THE COMPLIANCE PIECES THAT BUILD INTO IT, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD FROM THERE AS AN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM OF METRICS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING ALL THE EQUITY NEEDS AND REPORTING THE NECESSARY THINGS GOING FORWARD.

SO IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN PROBABLY ADD IN SOME ITEMS INTO THE POLICY ITSELF, BUT REALLY IT'LL BE SITTING SEPARATE.

SO HOW DOES THE, THE BOARD FEEL ABOUT, UM, ADOPTING THIS POLICY VOTING NOW? DO Y'ALL FEEL READY? DO YOU NEED MORE TIME? THANKS.

BOARD MEMBER OF THIS.

JUST A COMMENT.

SO I'VE GONE THROUGH IT A COUPLE TIMES.

I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE IT.

I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THIS IS GONNA BE A LIVING DOCUMENT.

, THIS IS A 10 YEAR PROGRAM.

THIS WILL CHANGE.

WE WILL ADD THINGS TO IT.

WE WILL MODIFY IT.

SO IT MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT MY 2 CENTS WOULD BE LET'S GET SOMETHING ADOPTED.

WE HAVE IT IN PLACE.

UM, SO I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THE FACT THAT IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT.

THE OTHER THING, I THINK THIS IS CRITICAL, AND I THINK I SAW LANGUAGE ABOUT WE NEED TO HAVE REGULAR REPORTING TO THE BOARD ON HOW WE ARE ADHERING TO THIS POLICY STATEMENT THAT THEIR VIOLATIONS ARE, ARE WE IN GOOD FORM? SO, UH, REGULAR REPORTING TO THE BOARD ON THIS, I THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

UM, BOARD MEMBER STRATA.

MY COLLEAGUES AT CAP METRO WOULD APPRECIATE ME ABSTAINING OVER SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT.

I'M 110% COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.

I SERVED AS A MEMBER OF, UM, MAYOR, MAYOR ADLER'S, ONE OF HIS, UH, ON THE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE FOR YOUR, UM, UH, TASK FORCE.

TASK FORCE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, MY CONCERN AND FRUSTRATION IS MORE A MATTER OF PROCESS THAN IT IS POLICY.

BECAUSE WE AS A BOARD LOOKED AT THIS AND MADE THE DECISION EARLY ON THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS BACK INTO DRY DOCK AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME AND FEEDBACK.

AND, UH, AND I, I APPLAUD THAT WE DID THAT.

AND I APPLAUD, YOU KNOW, DR. BURNETT IN IN YOUR WORK.

MY CONCERN IS, I, I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WAS NOT GRANTED ENOUGH OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT.

I DIDN'T GET TO SEE A RED LINE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

AND AS MY COLLEAGUES AND CAP METRO KNOW, I WAS REALLY BIG ABOUT RED LINES, ABOUT SEEING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT ONCE WAS AND WHAT IS NOW BEING PROPOSED.

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW, I WAS LITERALLY JUST HANDED THIS REVISED COPY RIGHT NOW AS TO WHAT WE'VE GOT THAT THE FIRST TIME I'M BEING ABLE TO SEE IT.

UM, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE OR CONFIDENT BEING PUT IN A POSITION WHERE I'D HAVE TO, UM, QUITE FRANKLY ABSTAIN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE INFORMATION AT HAND.

I DON'T THINK THAT SENDS A GOOD MESS.

I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT

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I DON'T THINK IT SENDS A GOOD MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO LET ME JUST INTERJECT.

'CAUSE UM, I JUST TALKED, ASK CASEY, I THINK THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON THE STAFF'S PART THAT SHE DIDN'T GET A COPY, BECAUSE I THINK YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.

DON'T, I DON'T WANT, AND THAT'S THE, I DON'T WANNA HOLD THIS UP, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA MUDDLE PROCESS.

RIGHT.

I DON'T WANNA MUDDLE AN OVERSIGHT ON THE STAFF YEAH.

WITH WHAT THE BOARD PERCEIVES AS A POLICY.

EXACTLY.

SO IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT.

EXACTLY.

SO THERE'S A PERIOD THERE.

SO I SUGGEST MADAM CHAIR THAT WE MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT, JUST LIKE WE DID THE MINUTES.

I I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH.

I MEAN, I, I KNOW THAT AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED, I WAS ABLE TO READ IT ON THE, ON THE BACKUP PACKAGE.

AND, UH, BUT TO YOUR POINT, JUST TO MAKE SURE I CAPTURE THIS CORRECTLY, WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IS THE RED LINE TO, TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE, THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS PROPOSED AND THEN THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, CORRECT? THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.

AND, AND I, I, I'VE EXPRESSED THAT TO STAFF AND THEN I, I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING UNTIL I, I SAT DOWN AND, AND SAW THIS HERE RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK THAT, AGAIN, I THINK THAT IT WAS A HICCUP AND A LITTLE BIT OF A JUST GROWING PAINS ISSUES IS WE'RE JUST, WE'RE WE'RE BUILDING THINGS OUT.

BUT, UM, I THINK THAT, THAT IF WE COULD JUST A LOGISTICAL ISSUE AND I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF I COULD SEE IT BEFORE I COULD VOTE ON IT.

I WANNA KNOW WHAT'S IN IT BEFORE I, YOU KNOW, CAST A VOTE ON IT.

UNDERSTOOD.

I THINK YOU PROBABLY GOT AN EARLIER VERSION.

UNFORTUNATELY, I TOOK A VACATION, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL ON ME.

UM, BUT I DON'T, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T, UM, GIVE IT ANOTHER MONTH AND DISCUSS IT IN AUGUST.

YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELL TAKEN AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR? I WOULD SAY, JUST AS A GENERAL RULE, IF ONE OF US COMES TO THE DA AND DIDN'T GET A DOCUMENTED TIME TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT, AND THERE'S NOT A REASON THAT THAT IS COMPELLING FOR US TO DO IT, WE SHOULD JUST ACCOMMODATE THAT.

AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT WILLINGNESS AND THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO AS WELL.

NO, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY GOOD CALL.

AND I KNOW THIS IS REALLY ONE OF OUR MOST, UM, IMPORTANT PIECES OF, OF A NEW ORGANIZATION AS WELL.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME WE POSTPONED THIS ITEM WAS SO THAT DR. BURNETT WITH HER TEAM COULD LAUNCH IT TO, WHO COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

AND I, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT TIME THAT YOU GUYS HAVE INVESTED IN IT.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AND, AND WELCOME TO THE TEAM.

THANK YOU, .

THIS IS A WARM WELCOME, RIGHT? .

THAT'S RIGHT.

NO, IT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN GOING FORWARD.

I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK 'CAUSE IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT AND THIS POLICY IS IMPORTANT.

IT WILL BE THE UMBRELLA TO EVERYTHING THAT WE INTEND TO DO.

SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPROVAL OF RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH EACH OF THE US GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION TO REGION EIGHT EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER.

AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE A NEW HIRE THAT DOESN'T COME FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN STATE .

AND ON THAT NOTE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE

[III.c. Approval of resolutions authorizing the Executive Director, or his designee, to enter into interlocal agreements with each of the (i) U.S. General Services Administration; (ii) Region 8 Education Service Center; and (iii) State of Texas for purposes of participating in certain of their cooperative procurement programs.]

ITEM THREE, THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR PURPOSES OF PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN OF, IN OF THEIR COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS. AND WE HAVE VICKY RODERICK, OUR DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT, WHO HAS SOME BACKGROUND FOR US.

MS. REDICK.

HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR BOARD.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK.

UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT WE ARE GONNA, UH, VOTE ON, UH, IN A BLOCK, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE PROJECT CONNECT FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, SO AS WE TALK, I'M SORRY, AS WE TALK THROUGH THE CO-OP AGREEMENTS, UH, JUST TO GIVE A GENERAL OVERVIEW, THE BENEFITS OF USING A CO-OP IS ONE THAT IT CREATES PROCUREMENT EFFICIENCIES.

THE, UH, SOLICITATIONS OR PROCUREMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF, UH, COMPETITION.

SO IT'S A STREAMLINED PROCESS, SAVING BOTH TIME AND MONEY.

UH, THE BENEFIT TO US IS THAT THERE'S NO COST FOR A TP TO JOIN THESE COOPERATIVES AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM.

NEITHER DO WE HAVE ANY PURCHASING OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY.

THERE'S NO MINIMUM OR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, MEET IN ORDER TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CO-OPS.

BUT AS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME

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RESPONSIBILITIES.

ONE, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES FOR ALL PURCHASES, WHICH I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PARTICIPATION RULES OF EACH CO-OP AND THEN FOLLOW THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF EACH CO-OP, WHICH ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ALREADY DO AS FAR AS ALL OF THE, UH, CHAPTER 4 51 OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODES OR ANY, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL REGULATIONS OR CFRS 200.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IF WE ARE GONNA USE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THESE IS AS WE IMPLEMENT THESE CO-OPS, IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE APPLICABLE FEDERAL CLAUSES IN THOSE PRIOR TO EXECUTION.

AND IF WE HAVE ANY MWBE GOALS OR ANY TYPE OF PARTICIPATION GOALS THAT WE INCLUDE THOSE IN OUR PORTION PRIOR TO EXECUTION AND ANY APPLICABLE INSURANCE GOALS OR ANYTHING ELSE APPLICABLE TO A TP THAT IS NOT ALREADY INCLUDED IN THOSE PARTICULAR CO-OP AGREEMENTS.

SO, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE, UH, GENERAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION OR THE GSA ADVANTAGE.

THE, UH, WHAT ALLOWS A TP TO JOIN THIS IS, UH, WE ARE DEFINED AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, UNDER 40 US CODE 5 0 2, AND THE SECTION OF THE E-GOVERNMENT ACT OF 2002 THAT GIVES US AUTHORIZATION IS PUBLIC LAW 1 0 7 3 47 AND PUBLIC LAW ONE TEN TWO FORTY EIGHT.

THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO JOIN GSA IS THAT WE REGISTER OUR DOMAIN, SO WE'LL HAVE TO USE WHEN WE GO, WE'LL USE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.ORG RIGHT NOW.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SHORTENING THAT, BUT WE REGISTER THE DOMAIN AND WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE, UH, GSA FOR THEIR PURCHASING.

AND WHAT WE'RE USING THIS FOR IMMEDIATELY IS FOR E-BILL, WHICH IS OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM USES TO MANAGE PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD.

NOW, THE NEXT CO-OP IS WHAT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS TIPS OR THE TEXAS INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM.

AGAIN, UH, WE ARE DEFINED AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY UNDER 7 91, UH, 0 0 3.

THE AUTHORIZATION IS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 7 91, WHICH IS THE, UH, INTER LOCAL CORPORATION CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 8 0 0 2, WHICH IS THE REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICES CONTRACTS.

IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO THIS PARTICULAR CO-OP, UH, WE JUST, IT JUST ALLOWS US A LICENSE TO PURCHASE AND WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE BOARD AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THE CO-OP.

AND I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT WHAT THIS ONE WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS TO USE PLANET BIDS SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO PROCUREMENTS UNDER THE A TP UMBRELLA VERSUS THE CAP METRO UMBRELLA.

IT'S THE ESOURCING.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION ARE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS DIR.

AGAIN, OUR ELIGIBILITY IS THAT WE'RE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE INTERLOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, CORPORATION ACT.

AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ONE IS WE, UH, ENTER INTO WHAT'S CALLED AN INTERSTATE CORPORATION CONTRACT, WHICH IF WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION, WE JUST SIGN IT, WE SEND THE INFORMATION IN.

AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO OUR BUILDING, IS TO PURCHASE IT, UH, TECHNOLOGIES IF WE NEED THEM.

SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THOSE, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. RODERICK.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO.

WELCOME TO THE BOARD, .

I THINK THIS WAS THE EASIEST ONE TODAY, SO THANK YOU.

WELL, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ACTION.

ITEM NUMBER THREE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU DR. BURNETT.

AND SECOND BOARD MEMBER ELKIN.

SECOND.

EVERYONE WHO APPROVES SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ON THE CENTRAL ALIGNMENT FROM THE ORANGE AND, UH, AND THE BLUE LINES FROM US.

UM, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE AN UPDATE

[IV.a. Project Connect Central Alignment Review]

MR. JOHN R, DEPUTY PROGRAM OFFICER, AND MR. PETER MULLAN, MULLAN, UM, CHIEF OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN AND OFFICER OF THE AUSTIN PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE.

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MS. ANIT BODETT.

MR. ROH.

GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK.

UH, TODAY, UH, WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU THE CENTRAL ALIGNMENT, UH, FOR, UM, THE 15%, UH, DESIGN.

AND, AND I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU, IT'S, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO BE TO THIS POINT.

WE'VE TRANSITIONED THROUGH, UH, THE ALIGNMENT, AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHTS, UH, A MAJOR PIECE OF THE PROGRAM.

THE CENTRAL ALIGNMENT IS, IS THE CORE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

IT'S AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO REALLY DEVELOP THE AREA FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

UH, AND WHAT THIS CITY REALLY HAS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME AN OUTSTANDING GROWING GREAT CITY THAT IS DEFINITELY A, A SHINING STAR ON THE MAP.

AND SO, UH, TODAY, UH, I LIKE TO, TO START WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT SEQUENCE PLAN.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE CORE OF WHERE WE BEGAN AND WHAT THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF.

AND I, I TOUCH ON THAT WORD PROGRAM AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT TODAY, THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE PROJECTS AS PART OF THE PROGRAM OF WHERE, WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO BRIEF YOU ON, AND IT SHOWS THE OUTLINE OF THE YEARS THAT WE GO THROUGH OUR PLANNING PHASE, THE DESIGN, THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING.

UH, OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS AS WELL LISTED ARE THE METRO RAIL PROJECTS, THE METRO, RAPID METRO EXPRESS AND PARKING RIDES, THE METRO BUS, THE COMMUTER TECH SYSTEMS, AND THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENTS.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE KEY MILESTONES IN, IN THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE.

UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND BEEN ABLE TO PUT THE CHECK MARK THERE FOR THE NOTICE OF INTENT FOR THE, UH, NEPA PROCESS.

WE HAVE COMPLETED, UH, THE 15% DESIGN SUBMITTAL, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THAT REVIEW, UH, PROCESS.

AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR LETTERS REQUESTING ENTRY INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TO THE FTA.

AND WE ANTICIPATE TO RECEIVE APPROVAL FOR THAT PROCESS IN AUGUST, UH, NEXT MONTH AS WELL, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, UH, THE SCHEDULE AND THE KEY MILESTONES MOVING FORWARD.

AS WE TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, WE DO HAVE THE PROJECT THAT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS FROM 15% DESIGN LEVEL TWO 30% DESIGN LEVEL.

THAT WOULD BE THIS TIME, UH, NEXT YEAR, THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO FULLY COMPLETE THAT PROCESS AND ALLOW, UH, THE COMPLETION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PHASE.

SO THIS WALKS YOU THROUGH SPRING OF 22, THAT DRAFT BEING SUBMITTED, THE DEIS BEING SUBMITTED WITH DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATES, AS WELL AS IN SPRING OF 22, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD GET OUR INITIAL FTA RATING AND THEN COMPLETION OF THE 30% DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATES AND COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH WILL LEAD US TOWARDS THAT MAJOR MILESTONE OF RECEIVING THE FINAL, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, AS WELL AS THE RECORD OF DECISION IN DECEMBER OF 2022.

SO AGAIN, THE ALIGNMENT BRIEF AND SEQUENCE, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS IN MAY WITH THE BLUE LINE.

WE CONTINUED LAST MONTH IN JUNE WITH THE ORANGE LINE NORTH AND SOUTH.

AND NOW OUR FOCUS TODAY WILL BE, UH, ON THE CENTRAL ALIGNMENT DOWNTOWN TO SOCO.

SO TODAY WE WANT TO ACTUALLY TAKE YOU BACK IN TIME A LITTLE BIT AND SHOW YOU THE PROCESSES THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH AS A CITY, UH, TO DEVELOP TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO THIS NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S LOCKED UP.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE OVERALL PROGRAM IN THE CENTRAL ALIGNMENT.

AND WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ARE THE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THIS AREA.

YOU CAN SEE THE STATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED, THE TRANSIT HUB THAT'S IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE AREA, THE CONNECTIONS FOR THE RED AND THE BLUE LINE.

AND AS WELL YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH THE, THE PURPLE LINES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED, THE BUS ROUTES THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE, THE AREA.

AND SO, UM, I'LL START, UH, A, A PROCESS WHERE I HAND THIS OFF TO PETER MULLEN, OUR CHIEF OF URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, AND HE'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH AND TAKE US THROUGH A PROCESS A LITTLE BIT BACK IN TIME IN 1839.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

UM, YEAH, WE, WE LIKE TO, TO PUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, WITH PROJECT CONNECT IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

SO GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING, WELL, I'LL STOP THE RECORDING HERE.

DO AND YES, IN THE FUTURE, I WILL HAVE TO NOT STATE AT THE BEGINNING.

SO WE LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE, THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF AUSTIN FROM 1839.

AND BECAUSE MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CENTRAL ALIGNMENT REFLECTS, UM, THE ORIGINAL INHERENT STRUCTURE OF THE CITY AND ITS

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ORIGINAL PLAN, AND IN PARTICULAR, UM, THE FOUR HISTORIC SQUARES, UH, REPUBLIC SQUARE, UM, BRUSH SQUARE, WOOLDRIDGE SQUARE, AND NOW LOST, UH, HAMILTON SQUARE IN THE NORTHEAST.

BUT THE TWO IN THE SOUTH, UH, REPUBLIC AND BRUSH SQUARE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF, UM, THE CENTRAL ALIGNMENT AS WE START TO WEAVE THIS NEW TRANSIT SYSTEM THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE CITY.

UM, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT TRANSIT IN THE, IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY IS NOT NEW.

UM, IN THE 19TH CENTURY, WE ACTUALLY HAD INNER CITY RAIL THAT CAME RIGHT INTO THE CENTER OF DOWNTOWN, AND WE HAD TWO TRAIN STATIONS ACTUALLY AT THE CORNER OF THIRD IN CONGRESS.

UM, THOSE BOTH WERE LOST, UH, IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT THAT WASN'T, THEY WERE AN IMPORTANT PART OF, OF THE CITY'S GROWTH AT ITS AT ITS EARLIEST IN ITS EARLIEST DAYS.

UM, AND SO IT'S AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT I THINK CAN BE REFLECTED AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, UM, MOVING FORWARD.

WE ALSO HAD A ROBUST STREETCAR SYSTEM, UM, DOWNTOWN, AND THIS, YOU KNOW, WAS VERY ACTIVE INTO THE, AGAIN, THROUGH THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

UM, AGAIN, LOST FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I THINK AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THIS, THIS TRANSIT SYSTEM WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY FABRIC FOR MUCH OF ITS HISTORY.

I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE, THE LESS POSITIVE EPISODES IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY AND, AND THE HISTORY OF CITY PLANNING IN AUSTIN.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE EXAMPLE, THE MOST NOTABLE EXAMPLE OF 1928, UH, AUSTIN MASTER PLAN, WHICH, UM, REDLINED PARTS OF THE CITY AND REALLY AND SEGREGATED THE CITY RACIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, UH, WE'RE STILL GRAPPLING WITH THE IMPACTS OF, OF THAT SEGREGATION.

UM, I THINK WE, WE FEEL LIKE PART OF OUR ROLE WITH PROJECT CONNECT IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STITCH THE CITY BACK TOGETHER TO THE BEST WE CAN, UM, AND REALLY BUILD A, A, A CONNECTED CITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY THAT HEALS SOME OF THESE WOUNDS.

UH, AND WE'RE ALSO BUILDING ON THE, THE POLICIES OF THE RECENT PAST.

AND I WANT TO LET, UH, ANIQUE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE AND HOW THEY INFORM WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

THANKS, PETER.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ELABORATE A BIT ON THESE THREE POLICY DOCUMENTS, UM, TO TAKE A MOMENT BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO PROVIDE OVERARCHING DIRECTION FOR THIS PROGRAM.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO HELP GUIDE THE, THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE THAT WE'RE IN NOW.

THE VISION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE IT.

SO, AND WE STILL NEED TO BE GUIDED BY, UH, THE POLICY, UM, DIRECTIVES IN, IN THESE THREE DOCUMENTS.

SO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN ADOPTED IN, UH, 2011 AS A TRANSPORTATION GOAL.

IT'S, IT STATES THAT IT SHOULD DEVELOP DOWNTOWN AS A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT IMPROVES ACCESS TO AND, UH, MOBILITY WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN.

THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ACHIEVING WITH PROJECT CONNECT.

AND THAT DOWNTOWN STREETS SHOULD BE REBALANCED TO PROVIDE MORE EQUITABLE ACCOMMODATION OF, AND FOR PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, TRANSIT, SCOOTER USERS, I'LL ADD THAT IN.

THAT WASN'T IN THE PLAN 'CAUSE IT WASN'T A THING WHEN IT WAS DONE.

UM, AND VEHICULAR MOBILITY.

AND, AND AS, AS WE GET INTO THE A SMP POLICY, YOU KNOW, WE, IN CHAPTER THREE OF THE A SMP, WE DEVELOPED THE VISION FOR ALL OF THE MODES THAT, THAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR GOAL WITH THE A SMP IS A 50 50 MO SHARE, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN THAT HAD US LOOK TO THE FUTURE WITH DATA TO SAY, IF 50 OF US, IF 50% OF US STILL NEED TO DRIVE ALONE, THAT'S OKAY IF THE OTHER 50%, EVEN AS WE DOUBLE OUR POPULATION, CAN WALK, BECAUSE LAND USE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, CAN, CAN BICYCLE.

WE'RE TAKING LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH OUR BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

I RODE MY BIKE, MY ELECTRIC BIKE HERE TODAY, SO I DIDN'T GET TOO SWEATY.

UM, OUR PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT TRANSIT IS KEY.

AND AS YOU KNOW, TELEWORK HAS BEEN KEY BECAUSE OF THE UNPRECEDENTED, I'LL USE IT FOR COVID, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON, UM, YOU KNOW, THE UNPRECEDENTED SILVER LINING OF, IF THERE'S ANY AT ALL, IF YOU EVEN WANNA CALL IT THAT, OF COVID, OF TELEWORK, RIGHT? IF, IF 50% OF US CAN DO DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE QUADRUPLE TRANSIT USE, THAT'S THE KEY TO THAT 50%.

AND SO JUST REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW WE DO THAT AND CREATING PLACE AND CREATING RIDERSHIP, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE TO RESPECT OUR PAST, OUR CURRENT

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AND OUR FUTURE PEOPLE AND WRITERS AS WE CREATE, UM, ONE OF THE ECONOMIC GOALS IN IMAGINE AUSTIN AND THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, WHICH IS CREATING CULTURAL CENTERS.

RIGHT? AND SO PETER'S GONNA TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT THE STATIONS MEAN TO THIS PLAN AS, AS I HAND THE, THE PRESENTATION BACK TO HIM.

UM, AND SO FINALLY, I WANNA REITERATE THAT WHILE WE HAVE REALLY FANTASTIC POLICY DIRECTION, WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION THAT WAS DONE IN THE PLANNING PHASE OF PROJECT CONNECT WITH THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND CONTINUE THAT THROUGH PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE ONLY THEN ARE WE GOING TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT BALANCE OF THE TRADE-OFFS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO, THAT ARE GONNA NEED TO HAPPEN AS WE RETROFIT PROJECT CONNECT INTO OUR URBAN FABRIC.

SO, GREAT POLICY GUIDANCE, UM, CONTINUED COLLABORATION.

UH, AND NOW PETER'S GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, THE GREEN SPINES.

HOW DO WE MAKE THIS SYSTEM RIGHT, ESPECIALLY AN UNDERGRAD SUBWAY SYSTEM, WHICH IS NEW FOR AUSTIN AND NEW FOR AUSTINITES AS INTUITIVE AND AS EASY.

THANKS SNIC.

UM, YEAH, SO, UH, LOOKING AHEAD AT PROJECT CONNECT AND, AND THE ALIGNMENTS DOWNTOWN IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CITY, UM, REALLY I THINK THAT THE, WHAT ANIT TOUCHED ON ABOUT THAT THIS IS, HAS TO BE A SYSTEM THAT IS BOTH ABOUT TRANSIT, BUT ALSO ABOUT OTHER MODES AS WELL.

IT'S ALL ABOUT CONNECTIVITY.

THIS IS A PROGRAM, IT'S A SYSTEM.

ALL OF THESE MODES HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

SO WE ARE TAKING THAT, WHAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS THIS HUMAN CENTRIC AND HOLISTIC DESIGN APPROACH TO THE ALIGNMENT, UM, AND ITS DEVELOPMENT.

UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA, REALLY FOURTH STREET HAS EMERGED.

AND AS WE'VE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPED THE DESIGN AND ADVANCED THE DESIGN, UM, FOURTH STREET HAS EMERGED AS THE KEY, RIGHT? UM, AND I THINK GOES BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL HISTORIC PLAN OF AUSTIN.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REIMAGINE FOURTH STREET IN A WAY, UM, THAT IS EXCITING FOR ITSELF, BUT ALSO HELPS TO REINFORCE THE TWO HISTORIC SQUARES THAT IT CONNECTS.

BRUSH SQUARE AND REPUBLIC SQUARE.

UM, YOU'LL SEE HOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LINES THAT COME INTO THE, INTO THE CENTER BASICALLY ALL CONVERGE ONTO FOURTH STREET.

WE HAVE THE EXISTING RED LINE COMING IN FROM THE EAST.

UM, THAT PROPOSED ORANGE LINE ALIGNMENT, BASICALLY ALIGNED WITH GUADALUPE STREET ON THE WEST SIDE.

UM, THE BLUE LINE COMING IN FROM THE EAST, UH, ALONG TRINITY STREET, AND THEN CUTTING ACROSS FOURTH STREET AND THEN INTERLINING WITH THE ORANGE LINE GOING UP TO THE NORTH.

UM, IN THE FUTURE OF THE GREEN LINE COMING IN, UH, NEW COMMUTER LINE THAT WILL CONNECT US TO, UM, CONLEY PARK AND, AND HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY MAINOR, UM, COMING IN ON THE, ON THE RED LINE ALIGNMENT AS IT COMES INTO THE CENTER OF THE CITY AND THE FUTURE GOLD LINE.

UM, UH, AGAIN, INTERLINING WITH THE ORANGE LINE CUTTING ACROSS FOURTH STREET AND THEN CONTINUING UP, UH, NORTH, ALL ALONG THE TRINITY STREET ALIGNMENT UP TO HIGHLAND MALL.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW ALL OF THIS IS COMING TOGETHER, UM, ON FOURTH STREET, INCLUDING THE NEW METRO RAPID LINES AS WELL.

AND THERE ARE OTHER BUS LINES THAT KIND OF CONVERGE IN THIS AREA.

UM, SO WE HAVE, WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS IT'S REALLY ABOUT KIND OF INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE LINES AND HOW DO WE DESIGN THE SYSTEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND LEVERAGE THAT TO PROVIDE US AS MUCH ACCESS AS WE CAN.

SO, UM, ALONG THAT CONVERGING ALIGNMENT OF THE VARIOUS LINES, WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UM, FIVE POTENTIAL STATIONS, UM, GOVERNMENT CENTER CAPITAL WEST TO THE NORTH, UH, AND THEN FOUR STATIONS ROUGHLY ALIGNED ALONG FOURTH STREET.

WE'VE GOT REPUBLIC SQUARE ON THE WEST, UM, A CONGRESS AVENUE STATION AT CONGRESS AVENUE, UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER, BRUSH SQUARE STATION, UM, ON THE EAST, WHICH IS SORT OF A COMBINATION OF THE EXISTING DOWNTOWN STATION ON THE RED LINE.

AND THEN ACCESS TO THE NEW LINES, UM, THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED AND THE RAINY MAX STATION, UM, DOWN AT THE SOUTH.

UM, AND ALL OF THOSE, FOUR OF THOSE FIVE STATIONS WOULD BE CONNECTED BY A DOWNTOWN TRANSIT HUB, WHICH WOULD BE A MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEM, BASICALLY CONNECTING ALL THOSE THROUGH THE SUBWAY RIGHT IN THIS AREA.

SO REMEMBER A LOT OF THESE LINES, AND WE'LL SHOW HOW THIS WORKS, ARE TRAVELING UNDERGROUND, UM, IN A NEW SUBWAY SYSTEM, UM, IN THIS AREA.

SO HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF, OF THAT DOWNTOWN TRANSIT HUB, UM, THE, THE YELLOW AREA, BASICALLY OUTLINING THE EXTENTS OF THAT INTERCONNECTED, UM, UNDERGROUND SYSTEM CONNECTING THOSE FOUR STATIONS.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY I'LL GO THROUGH IN DETAIL HOW THEY ALL WORK.

UM, BUT THE IDEA IS AGAIN, THAT THE, THE, THE CONVENTION CENTER OF BRUSH SQUARE STATION IS BOTH THE ABOVE GROUND STATION FOR THE RED LINE, BUT ALSO PROVIDING ACCESS INTO THE SUBWAY SYSTEM.

UM, THE OTHER THREE STATIONS, UH, REPUBLIC SQUARE, CONGRESS AVENUE, RAINY MAC, WOULD BE UNDERGROUND STATIONS SERVING A VARIETY OF LINES AS THEY COME THROUGH THIS AREA.

UM, ONE THING THAT INFORMS THE, THE WAY THAT WE'RE EVOL ADVANCING THE DESIGN IS, IS ABOUT

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AND, UH, BASICALLY IS PLEASURABLE TO ACCESS AND TO NAVIGATE AS POSSIBLE, AND PARTICULARLY FOR ALL USERS, RIGHT? IF WE DESIGN FOR, UM, USERS WHO MIGHT BE, UH, WHO HAVE THE HARDEST TIME MOVING AROUND, THEN WE WILL BE DESIGNING FOR EVERYONE.

UM, AND SO A LOT OF THE, THE SORT OF THE ORIENTATIONAL LINE OF THE CONCOURSE IS REALLY DESIGNED ABOUT DESIGN IN THE CITY.

SO THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.

AND THIS IS A CROSS SECTION THROUGH FOURTH STREET.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SECTION ABOVE.

AND THEN THERE'S THIS SORT OF PLAN DIAGRAM AT THE BOTTOM SHOWING HOW THE LINES COME INTO THAT FOURTH STREET CORRIDOR.

WE'RE SEEING FOURTH STREET REALLY AS A, AS A MULTI-LEVEL, MULTI-LEVEL, MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR, UM, CONNECTING STREET LEVEL, UH, AN INTERMEDIATE CONCOURSE LEVEL, AND THEN THE, UM, THE PLATFORM AND TRAIN LEVEL BELOW.

UM, AND SO THERE WOULD BE A KIND OF CONTINUOUS CONCOURSE AT THAT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, BASICALLY CONNECTING THE STREET TO THE TRAINS TO A NUMBER OF ALL THE LINES THAT CONVERGE IN THIS AREA WITH REPUBLIC SQUARE STATION ON THE LEFT, ON THE WEST CONGRESS AVENUE STATION IN THE MIDDLE.

AND THEN CONVENTION CENTER, BRUSH SQUARE STATION ON THE RIGHT.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ABOVE GRADE TRAINS THE RED AND THE GREEN LINE COMING IN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, CONNECT DOWN INTO THAT, UM, INTO THAT, THAT ENTRANCE AND THAT TRANSIT NODE.

UM, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DETAIL ABOUT HOW IT WOULD WORK, UM, BETWEEN THOSE THREE LEVELS.

AND I THINK THE KEY WITH, WITH DESIGN, WITH DESIGNING A MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEM IS TO MAKE IT, AGAIN, AS, AS EASY AND INTUITIVE TO UNDERSTAND AS POSSIBLE.

UM, SO WE WOULD HAVE STAIRS, ESCALATORS, AND ELEVATORS CONNECTING ALL THREE LEVELS.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE ELEVATORS, UH, IN COLORED IN BLUE.

AGAIN, THIS IS A DIAGRAM, THIS IS NOT A DESIGN PER SE, BUT IT'S SHOWING HOW WE MAKE THIS REALLY SIMPLE AND INTUITIVE AND PROVIDING UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UM, THROUGHOUT.

UM, AND, AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOOKING AT PRECEDENTS.

I WANNA JUST POINT OUT SOME OF THE, THE, THE ELEMENTS THAT MAKE THESE MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEMS WORK BEST FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE.

UM, SO, AND THIS IS THIS EXAMPLE.

UM, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AROUND THE GLOBE FOR BEST IN CLASS SOLUTIONS HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT ACCESS TO NATURAL LIGHT, RIGHT? SO YOU'VE GOT A CONNECTION TO THE OUTDOORS AND TO, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS WHERE WE FEEL, UM, MOST FAMILIAR AND MOST AND BEST ORIENTED.

WE HAVE GENEROUS, UH, SIDEWALKS AND ESCALATORS.

UM, WE ANTICIPATE LOTS OF PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THESE STATIONS, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.

UH, LONG SIGHT LINES, CONNECTING THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW YOU CAN SEE DOWN INTO THE PLATFORM LEVEL.

THIS IS BOTH FOR EASE OF NAVIGATION, BUT ALSO FOR SAFETY.

UM, AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DESIGNING INTO OUR STATIONS DESIGN.

AGAIN, WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DESIGN THE ALIGNMENTS TO ALLOW FOR THESE CONDITIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEM IS THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACES, RIGHT? SO THE PLATFORM ENVIRONMENTS THEMSELVES ARE NOT CRAMPED AND YOU DON'T FEEL CONSTRAINED AND, UM, COMPRESSED.

BUT THESE ARE ACTUALLY GENEROUS SPACES THAT, UM, CAN BE, UM, UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY ENNOBLING SOUNDS AN ESOTERIC WORD, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT CREATING BEAUTIFUL SPACES, AND THIS IS ONE WAY WE CAN DO THEM.

UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT, UH, SORRY, IT'S STUCK.

THERE WE GO.

UM, MATERIALS, YOU KNOW, USING, MAKING SURE WE'VE, WE'RE PUTTING GLASS IN THE RIGHT PLACES SO THAT WE HAVE LONG SIGHT LINES AND VISIBILITY.

UM, THIS IS BOTH ABOUT, UH, AGAIN, EASE OF NAVIGATION AND SAFETY.

AND THEN SOME OF THE SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGICAL AMENITIES THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING ON THE PLATFORM LEVEL, UM, ARE PLATFORM SCREEN DOORS, RIGHT? SO THESE WERE DOORS THAT BASICALLY SECURE THE PLATFORM FROM THE TRACKS.

UM, THIS IS BOTH FOR SAFETY SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING INTO THE TRACKS, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE IMAGINING THAT THE PLATFORMS WOULD BE CONDITIONED SPACES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PLATFORM DOORS ALLOW US TO, TO CONTROL THAT CONDITION ENVIRONMENT MORE EFFICIENTLY.

UH, IT ALSO GIVES US OPPORTUNITY FOR SIGNAGE AND WAVE FINDING.

AGAIN, VERY CRITICAL ASPECT OF, OF THIS SYSTEM.

SO AGAIN, MAKING IT AS EASY INTUITIVE TO NAVIGATE AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN THINKING ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF THE WAY WE'RE IMAGINING THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW ON FOURTH STREET, IS THAT WE CAN REALLY DESIGN THE SYSTEM FROM THE STREET DOWN, RIGHT? THIS IS ABOUT, UH, ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IS HERE, HOW DO WE USE THIS NEW TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACTUALLY ENHANCE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STREET BY FOURTH STREET ITSELF, UM, AND CREATE THIS NEW REALLY SIGNATURE GREEN SPINE, ONE OF THE GREAT STREETS OF AUSTIN, UM, IN THIS LOCATION.

UM, I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK TO, UH, TO ANIT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF THE, THE TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND, AND FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE.

THANKS,

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PETER.

THE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S, UH, STANDS READY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING IN THIS PRELIMINARY STAGE DOES SUPPORT, AS PETER SAID, THE, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING FOR US TO CREATE A PLACE TO KEEP AND CREATE PLACE, UM, ALONG FOURTH STREET AND ALONG OTHER AREAS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT THE DESIGN TO BE GUIDED, UH, BY THE VALUES OF AUSTIN, AND ALSO GUIDED IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT BY, LIKE I SAID, CONTINUED COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION WITH RESIDENTS, UH, THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS, AND OF COURSE, GUIDED BY OUR POLICIES.

UH, WE STAND READY TO COLLABORATE.

WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT RESULTS WITH REGARDS, UM, TO FOURTH STREET, UH, AND HOW IT CONNECTS THE PROPOSED STATIONS.

SO THERE'S ASPIRATIONS, AND I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS.

THIS IS TODAY , AND I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.

WE CAN HAVE A, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONNECT THE, THE STATIONS DOWNTOWN AND HAVE A MORE VIBRANT URBAN ENVIRONMENT, UM, THAT MAKES IT SAFER FOR EVERYBODY AS WE, AS WE CONNECT, UM, ON THE, ON THE LIGHT RAIL UNDERNEATH US, BUT ALSO ON FOOT BY CAR, BY BIKE IN OTHER PLACES.

SO, UH, THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY STANDS BEHIND THESE ASPIRATIONS AS WE, UH, LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF THE ALIGNMENT, BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT, UH, OUR ABILITY TO CREATE SPACES LIKE THIS, UM, AS WE MOVE THE PROGRAM FORWARD.

SO, BACK TO PETER.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

UM, SO ALONG FOURTH STREET, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE MAJOR STATIONS.

THESE WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY ENTRANCES INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT THREE MAJOR HUBS, TWO AT THE END, AND THEN ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF CONGRESS AVENUE.

UM, THE TWO AT THE END REALLY FUNCTION AS KIND OF THE BOOKENDS OF THIS NEW NEWLY REIMAGINED FOURTH STREET CORRIDOR, UM, ADJACENT TO THE HISTORIC SQUARES AT REPUBLIC SQUARE AND BRUSH SQUARE, UM, WITH, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE VIEW LOOKING WEST ON FOURTH STREET, UM, AT BRUSH SQUARE.

SO BRUSH SQUARE IS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT, UH, AND THE CONVENTION CENTER IS DIRECTLY TO THE LEFT.

AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS IS A LARGE PLAZA AREA THAT WAS, UH, BUILT AS PART OF THE RENOVATION OF THE DOWNTOWN STATION FOR THE RED LINE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

UM, AND WHEN, SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO CREATE A REALLY GENEROUS ENTRANCE INTO THE TRANSIT HUB WITH A SIGNATURE PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE THAT, AGAIN, SIGNALS, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING BELOW, BUT ALSO SERVES AS A KIND OF ARCHITECTURAL BOOKEND TO FOURTH STREET.

UM, AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT PRECEDENTS, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GLAZED, UH, TRANSPARENT STRUCTURES THAT ARE BOTH GENEROUS AND INVITING, UM, TO THE PUBLIC TO DOWN INTO THE TRANSIT SYSTEM BELOW.

UM, YOU KNOW, THESE, THERE ARE LOTS OF GREAT EXAMPLES, UH, OF THIS AROUND THE WORLD, UM, IN DIFFERENT SCALES AND SIZES AND FORMS. UM, I THINK, OBVIOUSLY WE'D WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN AUSTIN THAT'S DISTINCTLY AUSTIN.

SO THIS IS NOT DESIGNED PER SE, BUT I THINK JUST, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST AN IDEA ABOUT HOW WE CREATE THESE STRUCTURES THAT INVITE PEOPLE DOWN INTO THE SYSTEM.

UM, THIS IS A, A SMALLER SCALED ONE IN PHILADELPHIA.

AGAIN, I THINK YOU CAN SEE HOW THERE ARE WAYS TO INCORPORATE THIS WITH HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF HOW WE'LL DEVELOP THIS, UM, GOING FORWARD.

UM, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE, REPUBLIC SQUARE WOULD BE THE OTHER BOOKEND.

UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REPUBLIC SQUARE.

UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLAN, THE ALIGNMENT, UM, WE HAD BEEN SEEKING A, A BILL THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW US TO BUILD PART OF THE REPUBLIC SQUARE STATION UNDERNEATH REPUBLIC SQUARE, UM, THAT DID NOT GET PICKED UP.

AND SO WE ARE HAVE ADJUSTED THE ALIGNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC SQUARE STATION BY PUSHING THE PLATFORMS A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH.

THIS SLIDE NORTH IS TO YOUR RIGHT, UM, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, AND SO THE PLATFORMS WOULD BE CENTERED BASICALLY BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH STREETS.

UM, AND, AND PART OF THE STATION UNDERGROUND.

REMEMBER, THIS IS ALL UNDERGROUND, STILL, WE'RE UNDERGROUND STATION.

UM, AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD COLLABORATE WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF GUADALUPE, UM, TO PROVIDE STATION ENTRANCES AS WELL AS, UM, THE NECESSARY, UM, SERVICE AND BACK OF HOUSE SPACE FOR THAT STATION.

BUT IT ALLOWS US TO BASICALLY CONTINUE THE ALIGNMENT AND CONTINUE BUILDING A STATION IN THIS LOCATION WITHOUT TOUCHING REPUBLIC SQUARE PROPER.

UM, UH, WE WOULD SEEK

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TO BUILD A, AN ENTRANCE ON THE, YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, UM, AT THE END OF FOURTH STREET, AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE, THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THE CONCOURSE, UM, AND, UH, TO THE TRANSIT HUB.

SO IN THE CENTER, UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS ACTUALLY A, A SORT OF A NEW EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.

UM, THE IDEA OF BUILDING A STATION AT THE CORNER OF FOURTH IN CONGRESS.

UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECALL THAT WE ONCE HAD A TRAIN STATION ON THE CORNER OF THIRD IN CONGRESS.

UM, I, IT'S INTERESTING, I'VE FOUND THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE REMEMBER THIS, RIGHT? THIS IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UM, AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL WE GOT INTO THIS PROCESS TOO.

SO IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO DISCOVER, UM, WAS A WHILE AGO, .

WELL, IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE, WE TEND TO HAVE SHORT MEMORIES, RIGHT? AND WE NEED TO HAVE LONGER MEMORIES.

UM, BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A, A HUB, UM, IN THE FORM OF A PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE, A BUILDING IN THIS LOCATION IN A WAY THAT WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, IN THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE CITY.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, THERE IS A, A PARKING LOT AT, CURRENTLY AT THE CORNER OF, OF FOURTH IN CONGRESS.

THAT'S BEEN A PARKING LOT FOR 50 YEARS.

UM, AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, CREATE A NEW TRANSIT HUB THAT REALLY IS, COULD BE A PIECE OF CIVIC ARCHITECTURE.

UM, ALL GREAT CITIES HAVE GREAT TRA TRAIN STATIONS.

UM, APOLOGIES TO THE AMTRAK STATION, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A GREAT TRAIN STATION IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS BIGGER THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO ON THE CORNER OF FOURTH IN CONGRESS, BUT IT, AGAIN, SYMBOLICALLY, IT'S AN IMPORTANT IDEA THAT I THINK WE NEED TO PURSUE.

UM, AND SO RED TERMINAL MARKET, WHICH IS A PUBLIC MARKET, UM, IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE IN PHILADELPHIA, UM, AND THIS IS A MORE CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLE, UM, LOWER MANHATTAN.

THIS IS THE FULTON CENTER WHERE ALL OF THE SUBWAY LINES COME TOGETHER, AND THERE'S A GREAT BIG INTERIOR SPACE HERE, BUT ALSO PUBLIC PRESENCE ON THE STREET, RIGHT, TO SIGNAL THAT THIS IS A, THIS IS A PUBLIC BUILDING, RIGHT? THIS IS A CIVIC BUILDING, UM, THAT'S DIFFERENT POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, THAN, THAN JUST A, A PART OF THE COMMERCIAL FABRIC OF THE CITY.

AND WE NEED THOSE, THOSE PUBLIC NODES.

SO THIS IS A EARLY CONCEPT DIAGRAM.

THIS IS NOT A DESIGN, JUST TO BE CLEAR, UM, BUT JUST SHOWING HOW WE COULD INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

NATURAL LIGHT, UM, EASY ACCESS, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN MULTIPLE LEVELS WITH LONG SITE LINES, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, POTENTIALLY OFFICE FLOORS ABOVE, RIGHT? THAT'S A VERY, YOU KNOW, CON UH, TYPICAL CONDITION.

BUT CREATING A, ESSENTIALLY A NEW LANDMARK AT THE CORNER OF, OF FOURTH IN CONGRESS WITH ACCESS DOWN TO THE SYSTEM BELOW AT THE CENTER OF THIS, THIS UNDERGROUND TRANSIT HUB.

UM, OKAY.

AND THEN THE EAST SIDE OF, OF THE TRANSIT HUB, WE HAVE THE, THE CONVENTION CENTER BRUSH SQUARE STATION.

UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, BASICALLY THE, THE EXISTING DOWNTOWN STATION ON THE RED LINE, WHICH WILL ALSO IN THE FUTURE SERVE THE GREEN LINE.

UM, WITH, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE ENTRANCE INTO THE TRU HUB IN THE, IN THE BACKGROUND, THAT KIND OF PINK SQUARE THAT'S, UM, HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

UM, AND THEN GOING TO THE SOUTH, UM, WE ARE IMAGINING A NEW STATION AT, UH, UH, THE RAINY MAX STATION.

SO ON THE BLUE LINE THAT WOULD, UH, HAVE ENTRANCES SOUTH OF CAESAR CHAVEZ.

UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTRANCES, UM, SOUTH OF CAESAR CHAVEZ, ONE TO THE EAST, WHICH WOULD BE ADJACENT TO WATERLOO, GREENWAY AND WALLER CREEK.

UM, AND ONE THAT'S SLIGHTLY TO THE SOUTH, JUST AT THE END OF TRINITY STREET.

UM, REALLY VERY CLOSELY ADJACENT TO THE BUTLER HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE, WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE, THE, THE PEDESTRIAN PATHS FROM THOSE STATION ENTRANCES TO RAINY STREET INTO THE MAC.

UM, AGAIN, RAINY STREET WOULD BE A FOUR MINUTE WALK.

THE MAC WOULD BE A SIX MINUTE WALK.

SO THIS IS REALLY CLOSE.

UM, YOU KNOW, GREAT PROXIMATE ACCESS TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY GROWING SO INTENSELY, UM, THESE DAYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OTHER MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

UM, WATER GREENWAY WILL WILL BE BUILDING NEW BRIDGES OVER WALLER CREEK IN THIS LOCATION, UM, THAT WILL FACILITATE THAT PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT FROM THE TRANSIT STATIONS TO THE RAINY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE MAC.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO PULL ALL OF THESE CITY COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS TOGETHER SO THAT THE WHOLE REALLY WORKS BETTER THAN SOME OF THEIR PARTS.

UH, AND THEN THOSE, AGAIN, THAT PART OF THE PLAN FOR THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE LAKE IS TO HAVE A PEDESTRIAN CYCLING COMPONENT, UM, TO IT, A REALLY GENEROUS ONE, IMPORTANT ONE, UM, SO THAT, THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW ALL THOSE PEDESTRIAN PATHS KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE, THE STATION ENTRANCES, UM,

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A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH.

SO, UM, THAT'S THE KIND OF THE, THE DOWNTOWN TRANSIT HUB.

I WANT TO COVER TWO OTHER AREAS.

THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, CAPITAL WEST STATION, UM, TO THE NORTH AND ALSO SOUTH CONGRESS.

UM, SO LOOKING TO THE NORTH, UH, THE NEXT STATION ON THE ORANGE LINE NORTH FROM REPUBLIC SQUARE, YOU CAN SEE THIS MAP IS SHOWING THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

UM, REPUBLIC SQUARES AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE, OF THE DIAGRAM.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE OPTIONS FOR THE LOCATION OF THE, OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, CAPITAL WEST STATION.

UM, AND WE'RE EVALUATING THOSE OPTIONS FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

UM, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF THE PORTAL WHERE THE UNDERGROUND SYSTEM COMES OUT OF THE GROUND AND BASICALLY THEN GOES BACK ONTO THE SURFACE.

SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, BASICALLY THE ORANGE LINE IS COMING NORTH ALONG GUADALUPE OR UNDERNEATH GUADALUPE, UM, UNDERGROUND.

AND THEN AT SOME POINT, IT'S GOTTA RISE UP TO THE SURFACE AGAIN.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THAT.

ONE IS WHERE THE PORTAL, WHICH IS THAT SORT OF BLACK CHEVRON, UM, ONE WOULD BE BETWEEN 16TH AND 18TH STREETS.

AND THE OTHER OPTIONS WOULD HAVE THE PORTAL LOCATED JUST NORTH OF MLK, UH, BOULEVARD.

SO HERE'S A, JUST A DETAIL ON THAT.

YOU CAN SEE THE AQUA COLOR IS THE LOCATION OF THE PORTAL.

UM, ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE PORTAL IS THAT BECAUSE BASICALLY THE TRAIN IS GONNA BE IN BETWEEN THE UNDERGROUND AND THE SURFACE, IT DOES CUT OFF VEHICULAR ACCESS OR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ACROSS THE GUIDEWAY IN THAT LOCATION.

SO IN THIS CASE, 17TH STREET WOULD BE BLOCKED FROM TRAFFIC IN PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION ACROSS GUADALUPE.

UM, UH, THE OTHER OPTION IS TO TAKE THE UNDERGROUND, UM, UH, TUNNEL NORTH OF MLK.

YOU CAN SEE THAT'S IN THE, IN THE, UH, THE PURPLE, THE ORANGE COLOR.

UM, AND THEN THE AQUA, AGAIN IS THE PORTAL.

SO THE TRAIN WOULD RISE UP, AND THEN YOU'D BE ABOVE GROUND BY THE TIME YOU GET TO 21ST STREET.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT THIS OPTION, THE ROADWAY IS MUCH MORE CONSTRAINED IN THIS LOCATION.

SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A KIND OF A TOUGH FIT.

UM, THIS, UH, MOVING THE, THE PORTAL NORTH OF MLK, UM, HAS SOME ADVANTAGES, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE WIDTH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO BASICALLY MANAGE THE INTERSECTION OF MLKA LITTLE BIT MORE EASILY.

UM, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, I THINK ALSO ANOTHER IMPORTANT CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, RIDERSHIP AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE DENSITY NORTH OF THE CAPITAL WITH THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPITAL COMPLEX.

PHASE ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALMOST COMPLETE.

UM, THEY'RE ALREADY IN, IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING PHASE TWO.

UM, YOU CAN SEE A MAP OF THAT, UH, MASTER PLAN FOR THE CAPITAL COMPLEX ON THE LEFT.

SO WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF RIDERS IN THAT AREA.

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THE STATION IS, IS CLOSE TO THOSE RIDERS IS AS CAN BE.

UM, THE OTHER CRITERIA REALLY ARE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE STATION'S KIND OF HALFWAY BETWEEN REPUBLIC SQUARE, UM, AND THE UT STATION.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE DIMENSIONS THERE WITH THESE TWO OPTIONS.

UM, THE OTHER ONE I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT WE ARE SEEKING, WE ARE LOOKING RIGHT, AS WE ALWAYS DO, TRY TO MAXIMIZE INTERCONNECTIVITY OF DIFFERENT MODES.

UM, A PLACE WHERE BUSES, WHETHER THEY'RE INTERCITY BUSES OR, OR METRO EXPRESS, COULD TERMINATE IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND CONNECT DIRECTLY TO, UH, THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY REAL ESTATE OPTIONS FOR THAT ARE LIMITED.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERS TO, TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTIES THAT WE THINK MAY BE PROMISING.

AGAIN, LOTS MORE STUDY TO COME THERE, BUT, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER CRITERIA THAT WE NEED TO EVALUATE.

AND AS WE EVALUATE THESE OPTIONS, UM, AND WE'LL, WE WILL BE TAKING ALL THESE OPTIONS TO THE PUBLIC AND GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL.

SO THIS IS JUST HOW A QUALITATIVE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE MEASURE THOSE OPTIONS ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL, UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS IS HOW WE APPROACH THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

WE'LL BE SHARING THIS WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UM, HERE'S SOME DETAILS ON, ON HOW THOSE STATION, THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WOULD BE CONFIGURED RELATIVE TO THE ACTUAL STATION.

I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO DETAIL HERE.

UM, SOME OF THEM ARE MORE COMPACT THAN OTHERS, I WILL SAY, BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA ACCOMMODATE VENT SHAFTS AND, AND, UH, VENTILATION SYSTEMS AND, AND EMERGENCY ACCESS, ET CETERA.

SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE, THE RELATIVE COST OF THESE STATIONS IS, IS PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AS WELL.

TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE CROSS THE RIVER.

UH, MOVING ON TO SOUTH CONGRESS.

UM, AGAIN, HERE'S THE AREA MAP SHOWING, UH, THE AUDITORIUM SHORES STATION AND THE SOCO STATION, UH, AND THOSE 10 MINUTE WALK SHEDS, UM, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE STATIONS.

UH, SO REMEMBER WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UNDERGROUND ON THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND I WANNA

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SO, IN THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS PHASE, UM, WE HAD, UH, ANTICIPATED THAT THE CROSSING OF THE ORANGE LINE OVER THE LAKE WOULD BE ON A BRIDGE.

AND AS WE GOT INTO THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND STUDYING ALL OF THE PARAMETERS THAT WOULD, UM, WOULD AFFECT OR THE ALIGNMENT OF, OF THE ORANGE LINE IN THIS LOCATION, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POTENTIAL CONFLICTS, UM, WITH A BRIDGE IN THIS LOCATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THEM.

ONE IS THE, THE LOCATION OF THE PORTAL, OR AGAIN, THE PORTAL IS WHERE THE, THE SURFACE LEVEL TRAINS GO UNDERGROUND.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT BLACK CHEVRON, AGAIN, IN THIS SCHEME, THE PORTAL WAS GONNA BE LOCATED BETWEEN CESAR CHAVEZ AND THIRD STREET.

AND AS WE LOOKED AT THIS IN MORE DETAIL, REALIZING THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE CLOSING OF SECOND STREET.

UM, SO WHICH WAS, I THINK GONNA BE NOT, NOT IDEAL.

UM, ALSO THERE ARE A WHOLE SERIES OF UTILITY CONFLICTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE, UM, RIGHT IN WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO GO UNDERGROUND, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT MORE COMPLICATED, UM, AND EXPENSIVE TO MOVE.

UM, WE'RE ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THE, THE AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAKE AT AUDITORIUM SHORES IS, UM, IS A BIG FLOODPLAIN, RIGHT? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE THAT WITH THE ALIGNMENT WAS PROVIDING A CHALLENGE.

SO, AS A RESULT, UM, OUR CURRENT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE, FROM THE DESIGN TEAM IS THAT WE EXTEND THE TUNNEL, UM, FROM DOWNTOWN FOR THE ORANGE LINE UNDERNEATH THE LAKE AND CONTINUE IT TO THE SOUTH SIDE.

SO THAT AUDITORIUM SHORES WOULD BE A, UM, AN UNDERGROUND STATION.

UM, AND WE WOULD BASICALLY CROSS THE LAKE UNDERGROUND AS OPPOSED TO BEING ABOVE GROUND.

UH, THE AUDITORIUM SHORE STATION, UM, IS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THREADING A NEEDLE.

UM, THERE ARE LOTS OF UTILITIES ON RIVERSIDE, WHERE ACTUALLY YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE AREA, THE BIG BLUE AREAS, BASICALLY THE STATION BOX, INCLUDING SOME BACK OF HOUSE SPACES, UM, THAT WOULD BE UNDERGROUND UNDER TWO SITES THAT ARE, ARE LIKELY TO BE UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER DEVELOPER COORDINATION EFFORT.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO, BUT STILL ANTICIPATING A CONCOURSE GOING BACK TO, UM, AUDITORIUM SHORES AND THE, THE CORNER OF THE LONG CENTER AND THE PALMER EVENTS CENTER.

SO HAVING A STATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH FIRST STREET TO CONNECT TO ALL THOSE PUBLIC FACILITIES OVER THERE, AS WELL AS SOME ENTRANCES, UM, CLOSER TO THE STATION BOX AS WELL AS TO THE EAST.

SO, UM, THAT'S HOW THAT WOULD BE CONFIGURED.

SO WE'RE UNDERGROUND COMING UNDERNEATH THE RIVER.

AND THEN THE QUESTION IS, WELL, WHERE DO WE GET UP BACK UP TO THE SURFACE AS WE MOVE SOUTH? AND AGAIN, SERIES OF CONFLICTS, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THESE IN DETAIL, BUT THE MOST, I THINK THE SIGNIFICANT ONE IS BOLDEN CREEK, RIGHT? WHAT WE, WHAT WE REALIZED IS THAT WE COULDN'T GET ABOVE UP TO GROUND TO GET OVER BOLDEN CREEK IN TIME AND ABOVE THE GOLDEN CREEK FLOOD ZONE.

UM, SO BASICALLY THAT PUSHES EXTENSIVE TUNNEL TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF BOLDEN CREEK.

UM, AND THEN THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE GET UP TO, TO THE SURFACE? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO OPTIONS, UM, FOR WHERE TO COME OUT OF THE, WHERE TO GET TO THE SURFACE ON, ON SOUTH CONGRESS, UM, OPTION A, OPTION B, WHICH WE'RE COLLECT COLLOQUIALLY CALLING THE SHORT TUNNEL AND THE LONG TUNNEL.

UM, SO THE SHORT TUNNEL BASICALLY GETS TO THE SURFACE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THE, THE LOCATION FOR THE PORTAL WOULD BE AROUND NELLY AND ACADEMY STREETS.

YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THAT BLACK CHEVRON WHERE, UM, THE TRAIN WOULD COME OUTTA THE GROUND AND GET ONTO THE SURFACE.

AND THEN IN THIS SCENARIO, THE LO THE STATION LOCATION WOULD BE AT, UM, NEAR THE LIVELY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT FARTHER TO THE SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE BLUE BOX ON THE DIAGRAM.

UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE UNDERGROUND AND THEN WE COME BASICALLY MIDWAY THROUGH SOUTH CONGRESS THROUGH THAT RETAIL DISTRICT.

WE COME UP TO THE SURFACE IN THE LONG TUNNEL.

WE STAY UNDERGROUND LONGER.

UM, THE SOCO STATION WOULD ACTUALLY BE ANOTHER UNDERGROUND STATION.

UM, AND WE DO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ABOUT WHERE TO LOCATE THAT, GIVEN THAT IT IS UNDERGROUND, GIVEN OUR FOOTPRINT ABOVE OF THE STREET WOULD BE MINIMIZED.

UM, AND THEN THE PORTAL IS BASICALLY DOWN FURTHER TO THE SOUTH, AGAIN, JUST SOUTH OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEAR LELAND STREET.

UM, UH, SORRY, MY SLIDE IS STUCK.

IT DOESN'T WANNA SEE THE CRITERIA.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, OH, YEAH.

SO HERE'S, SORRY.

HERE'S, UH, JUST A SUMMARY OF THE TWO OPTIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE, THE SHORT TUNNEL, THE LONG TUNNEL.

UM, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE, OF THE LONG TUNNEL IS THAT DOES GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE, THE ROADWAY AND HOW THAT GETS RECONFIGURED FOR BIKES, PEDESTRIANS, TRAFFIC, PARKING, ET CETERA.

UM, WITH THE SHORT TUNNEL WE HAVE IN THE INCLUSION OF THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM IN THE STATION, IT'S A LITTLE MORE CONSTRAINED.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF, UH, OTHER

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CRITERIA AS WELL THAT WE HAVE TO, TO MEASURE.

UM, THERE WE GO.

UM, YEAH, A WHOLE SERIES OF, OF OTHER CRITERIA, UM, CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS, PROPERTY IMPACTS, COST, UM, WILL BE A BIG ONE.

UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING, AND WE'LL BE REVIEWING THIS ALL WITH THE PUBLIC.

AGAIN, THERE'S SOME DETAIL ON EACH OF THE STATION LOCATIONS.

I WON'T GO INTO THIS IN MUCH DETAIL.

THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE SHARING WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, UM, GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S THE CENTRAL ALIGNMENT.

UM, WE ARE IN THIS MOMENT WHERE WE'RE PUTTING ALL THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK.

THIS IS, UM, IN RESPONSE TO BOARD MEMBER STRATTON'S QUESTION BEFORE I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN DOES ALL THIS GET FIXED? WE REALLY WANT TO USE THIS TIME TO GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE CAN AND FOLD THAT INTO THE MIX.

'CAUSE IT MAY RESULT IN CHANGES.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THAT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC.

SO WE ARE HOLDING A WHOLE SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, AS JACKIE SAID EARLIER, UM, IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

UM, THE, THE OPEN HOUSE ON JULY 31ST.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE, WE ARE, UM, WE HAVE CANCELED, JUST GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH COVID RIGHT NOW, JUST TO BE, YOU KNOW, CAUTIOUS.

UM, WE HOPE WE CAN FIND ANOTHER DATE FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE IF THINGS GET BETTER.

UM, AND THEN THERE IS, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH, UM, ONLINE SELF-GUIDED TOURS.

UM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE COLLECTING LOTS OF, UH, OF COMMENTS, UM, DURING THAT PERIOD.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE REFLECTING ON THOSE AND THEN FOLDING THEM INTO THE PROCESS.

SO, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

I KNOW THAT'S A LOT.

PETER AND I, I WORE OUT THE BOARD.

THEY'RE ALREADY, THEY'RE DROPPING LIKE FLIES, , RIGHT? AND I, I KNOW THE MAYOR MAY HAVE TO LEAVE, SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE FLOOR.

MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? HAPPY, REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST INCREDIBLY EXCITING TO, TO SEE.

AND IT JUST FEELS MORE REAL AND MORE TRANSFORMATIVE WHEN YOU SEE THE, THE PICTURES.

UH, AS WITH THE DISCUSSION EARLIER, I HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO EXTEND THE DISTANCES TO, TO MAKE THEM WORK.

UH, AND AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THAT, THAT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, INVOLVES COST ISSUES AND SCOPE ISSUES AND THE LIKE, BUT I HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT STUFF OUT.

THE, UH, ACTIVITY ON FOURTH STREET PROBABLY IS, IS SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING IN TERMS OF REALLY TRANSFORMING URBAN AREAS AND OUR DOWNTOWN.

CREATING A A MALL LIKE THAT WOULD BE JUST AN INCREDIBLE STEP, I THINK FOR OUR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND FOR, FOR OUR, FOR OUR CITY.

UH, UH, PROBABLY LEAPFROG US PAST MANY OTHER CITIES IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF THAT KIND OF, UH, URBAN MOMENT AND PLANNING.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TO SEE THAT.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE REPUBLIC STATION BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LEGISLATURE? YEAH, SO, UM, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO SHIFT THE REPUBLIC STATION PLATFORM, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH, HALF A BLOCK, THREE QUARTER OF A BLOCK NORTH.

SO I WOULD SAY THE, THE DISADVANTAGES ARE, I THINK WE, WE SEE REPUBLIC SQUARE OBVIOUSLY AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A MAJOR PUBLIC HUB.

UM, AND WE WANT TO HAVE AN ENTRANCE AT REPUBLIC SQUARE.

WE STILL WILL HAVE AN ENTRANCE AT REPUBLIC SQUARE, BUT YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT REMOVED FROM IT, FROM THE, FROM FOURTH STREET, WHICH IS THAT MAIN HUB.

UM, THERE WILL BE POTENTIALLY DON'T KNOW YET SOME ADDITIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE CAN WORK OUT WITH OUR DEVELOPER PARTNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE, UH, SO, BUT WE'RE MAKING IT WORK.

I WILL SAY THAT THE, THE DISADVANTAGES ARE NOT CATEGORICAL OR ENORMOUS.

I MEAN, AND THIS IS DISADVANTAGE, I THINK IT'S A GOOD LESSON FOR ALL OF US.

THE DISADVANTAGES ARE POTENTIAL COST IMPACT.

FLEXIBILITY AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND, AND LOSS OF THE DIRECT ACCESS A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT.

WELL, IT'S STILL, WE'LL STILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTANCE, YOU KNOW.

NOW YOU COULD ALSO SEE THAT AS AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE NOW THE STATION'S CLOSER TO SIXTH STREET, RIGHT? WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR HUB AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE ARE TRADE OFFS IN BOTH, IN BOTH WAYS.

I, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS I THINK THAT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MUSCLE FOR US TO HAVE TO WORK IN A WAY, RIGHT? THERE ARE GONNA BE CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, RIGHT? THINGS THAT COME UP, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK AROUND THEM AND SOLVE FOR THEM.

AND I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THAT.

I JUST WANT TO ADD, MAYOR, I, I, I THINK WHAT I WOULD FRAME UP THAT, THAT THE TERM I WOULD USE THE MOST IS IT'S, UH, IT'S A LOT.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY COST LOSS, RIGHT? UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, PETER AND I, DAVE, A FEW OTHERS HAVE REALLY SPENT TIME WITH, WHICH IS IT TOOK AN OPTION OFF THE TABLE VERSUS ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE MORE

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AND, AND SO WE DON'T KNOW YET ABOUT COSTS AND VENTILATION AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT JUST TAKES ONE, IT TAKES MAYBE INSTEAD OF A TWO BLOCK STATION UNDERGROUND TO ONE BLOCK, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TRACK GEOMETRY WISE, WE CAN MAKE THE TURN AND WE KNOW WE'RE BUILDING THE STATION.

SO THERE, THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE TO THE CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE A REPUBLIC SQUARE STATION AND WE CAN MAKE ALL THE GEOMETRY WORK, WHICH IS VERY COMPLICATED IN THE GRADINGS BETWEEN NORTH, SOUTHEAST WEST.

IT WOULD JUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY COST THAT, UM, WE'LL HAVE, THE COMMUNITY CAN'T GET THE FULL EFFECT PROBABLY OF WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE OF THAT.

THE PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO ALL OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE PROGRAM, WITHIN THE FUNDING THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED, UM, AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE CAN FIND, RIGHT? NOT, NOT FROM LOCAL TAXPAYERS, JUST TO BE CLEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS, ET CETERA.

AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M GONNA NEED TO, TO, TO, TO LEAVE.

THERE'S, UM, UM, A MEETING OF THE, KIND OF THE LEADERSHIP IN THE AREA ABOUT COVID.

OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBERS ARE JUST, UH, UH, SCREAMING LARGER, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

IT APPEARS AS IF, WHILE THE, UH, VACCINATION IS REALLY GOOD TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM GETTING AS SERIOUS, UH, ILLNESS AND WILL KEEP THEM GENERALLY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND OUT OF ICUS, IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED ARE ABLE TO PASS ON THE VIRUS, EVEN IF THEY JUST HAVE IT ASYMPTOMATICALLY.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING TO A PLACE HERE CONSISTENT WITH YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT WHERE WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I DON'T SEE A LIMITATION IN WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO OR OCCUPANCIES OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

JUST, UH, A LOT MORE FOCUS ON, ON, ON WEARING MASKS, CERTAINLY INDOORS, AND IF YOU'RE UNVACCINATED WHEN YOU'RE AROUND, WHEN YOU'RE AROUND OTHER PEOPLE.

SO I'M GONNA LEAVE AND PICK UP THAT CALL.

BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND, UH, BOARD MEMBER ELKINS.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH PETER AND JOHN AND INC.

UM, CERTAINLY LOVE THE VISION OF WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING.

I'VE, I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN DENVER SEEING THE, UM, 16TH STREET MALL, SPENT SOME TIME THERE AT FULTON STREET TIMES SQUARE, WHICH HE DIDN'T SHOW.

SO IT'S, IT'S A GREAT VISION AND IT WOULD LOOK TREMENDOUS ON FOURTH STREET.

UM, I, I KNOW THAT RANDY TALKS A LOT ABOUT THIS, AND, AND, AND THIS IS KIND OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF, OF SCOPE, COSTS AND SCHEDULE.

WHEN YOU MOVE ONE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER TWO HAVE TO MOVE AS WELL.

AND I THINK YOU SAID THE RIGHT WORD, WHICH IS, THIS IS ALL ABOUT TRADE-OFFS.

SO IF WE ADD THINGS HERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO SCHEDULE, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO COST? AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE ALL ARE AWARE OF AND WE NEED TO KIND OF FOCUS ON IS KIND OF THIS TERM SCOPE CREEP, RIGHT? AND WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE THAT AS WE ADD FEATURES, HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR IT? SO I, I THINK THIS IS GREAT, THE PRESENTATION, I LOVE THE VISION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL PICTURE YET.

WE DON'T HAVE THE COST, WE DON'T HAVE THE SCHEDULE IMPACT.

AND THAT WILL COME AT THE RIGHT TIME AND WE'LL REVIEW THAT.

MY OTHER BIG CONCERN IS THAT COST OVERRUNS ON PHASE ONE ARE GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO DO PHASE TWO.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT PHASE TWO.

AND I KNOW WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT GOT CUT OUT OF THE PLAN BACK IN JUNE OR JULY OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD TO SKINNY THIS DOWN TO MAKE IT KIND OF AFFORDABLE.

AND, AND PHASE TWO IS TAKING THE ORANGE LINE UP TO, UM, TO RUNDBERG AND, UH, TECH RIDGE, TECH RIDGE TAKING IT SOUTH, THE CONVERSION OF THE BRT ON THE GOLD LINE TO LIGHT RAIL AND, AND GREEN LINE.

SO THAT WAS SOMEWHERE, I THINK ABOUT 3 BILLION, 2.7.

SO IF WE KEEP ADDING THINGS TO PHASE ONE THAT ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE NICE TO HAVES AND NOT CRITICAL, WE IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO DO PHASE TWO, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

SO WHEN I TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THIS, AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPANDING THE UNDERGROUND TUNNEL PROBABLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 1.5, 1.7 MILES.

SOME OF THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.

WE GOTTA DO IT THROUGH THE GEOTECH AND FLOODING.

SOME OF IT IS YOU MENTIONED IS THE NICE TO HAVES, WHICH IS THE LONG AND THE SHORT TUNNEL.

AND THERE WERE TWO OF THOSE.

AND WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND, ANYTIME WE, WE GO UNDERGROUND, I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW IT, COSTS GO UP EXPONENTIALLY.

YOU KNOW, TUNNELS ARE POTENTIALLY 700 MILLION TO A BILLION A MILE.

AND IF WE'RE IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S 2 BILLION A MILE , AND THERE'S HIGHER O AND M COSTS, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ON TUNNELS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF UNDERGROUND STATIONS.

I MAY BE OFF FROM FIVE TO SEVEN, I DON'T KNOW.

AND WE'RE GOING EVEN DEEPER.

SO WE'RE GOING TWO LEVELS TO THREE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS, BUT THAT HAS THE COST IMPACT.

AND UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE JUST NEED.

AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS HOPEFULLY AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN YOU HAVE 'EM, WILL BE PRESENTED.

SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THOSE TRADE OFFS.

YEAH, A HUNDRED PERCENT.

OBVIOUSLY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO MANAGE

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BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK.

UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE AN ITERATIVE PROCESS, RIGHT? TO FIGURE OUT.

AND WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC AND PRESENT TO THE BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE TRADE-OFFS ARE AND, AND HOW WE RECOMMEND MANAGING THEM.

ABSOLUTELY.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, ADD A LITTLE TO THAT 'CAUSE BOARD MEMBER, 'CAUSE I THINK, I MEAN THAT'S GOING TO BE THE, THE, THE WHOLE JUST OF THIS WHOLE BOARD AND MOVING THROUGH CONTRACTS.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MIGHT BE ALMOST TO THE SECOND INNING, BUT WE'RE I, WE'RE STILL IN THE FIRST INNING.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE PUT THESE, THESE TO DO THE DILIGENCE, GET THE INFORMATION, UH, WE WANNA BRING THE BOARD INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN VALIDATED, BEEN QA, QC MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, 'CAUSE WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING PUBLICLY, WE HAVE TO STAND BEHIND THAT INFORMATION.

WE HAVE TO GET OUR RISK ANALYSIS KICKED OFF AND UNDERWAY.

SO THERE'S A, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AS YOU WELL APPRECIATE 'CAUSE YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, UH, KIND OF, UH, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, WORLD.

I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, I PUT UH, A NOTE ON WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT WHAT YOU LABELED PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, JUST SO YOU, AND THERE'S NO CHANCE OF CONFUSION IN THE PUBLIC, ALL PROJECTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED FUTURE EXTENSIONS, SO SAY NORTHLAND MERCHANT CENTER TO TECH RIDGE OR STANE TO SLAUGHTER, THEY ARE NOT FUNDED AND IN NO WAY, WHATEVER WE DO ON QUOTE UNQUOTE PHASE ONE WOULD IMPACT A PHASE TWO.

PHASE TWO WILL HAVE TO GO GET DIFFERENT MONEY TO DO PHASE TWO.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF MENTION THAT THE GOLD LINE AND THOSE TWO ORANGE LINE EXTENSIONS ARE NOT ENVISIONED IN ANY FUNDING SCENARIO AT ALL.

UH, ON THE TUNNEL PART, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT, UH, CONSTRUCTION CERTAINLY WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT.

UH, WHILE THERE ARE SOME O AND M ASPECTS OF TUNNELS THAT ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, THERE ARE ASPECTS THOUGH THAT ARE, UM, CHEAPER TO RUN.

SO WE CAN RUN SERVICE FASTER.

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH LESS FLEET.

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE FASTER TRIP TIMES, THEREFORE GENERATE MORE RIDERSHIP, GENERATE, UM, UH, PERK TRAP PASSENGER COSTS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENTLY.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THAT WORK THAT WE HAVE TO GET INTO TOO.

SO WHAT'S THE BALANCE BETWEEN RUNNING PUMPS AND CLEANING THIS STATION VERSUS AND AIR CONDITIONING VERSUS, YOU KNOW, UH, ULTIMATELY TRAVEL TIME AND SAFETY BENEFITS OF PEOPLE CAN'T GET ON THE TRACKS AND DELAYS WITH OTHER VEHICLES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO ALL THOSE POINTS YOU BRING ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND WE JUST, THE VOLUME OF WORK AHEAD OF US TO ENGAGE THIS BOARD OVER THE NEXT, REALLY IT'S THE NEXT YEAR BY NEXT SUMMER, WE REALLY, THAT'S WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE GONNA MATTER THE MOST WHEN WE HAVE 30% COST ESTIMATES FOR THE MEGA PROJECTS AND HAVE SOME OF OUR RISK ANALYSIS DONE AND THEN START TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA PACKAGE THINGS AS A GROUP.

UH, AND THE BEST WAY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM, AND I THINK, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY END UP AROUND SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS TO TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION TO THIS BOARD REGARDING SOME COST ESTIMATES STRUCTURE.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEPARATE BUDGET FROM COST ESTIMATES.

'CAUSE THOSE ARE DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THINGS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO EMPHASIZE AS BEST WE CAN, THAT THE BUDGET IS REALLY THE 8.75 CENTS.

THAT IS WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED.

AND WE HAVE TO, AS PETER MENTIONED, FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE PRO PROGRAM OF PROJECTS DONE WITHIN THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

BUT WE REALLY HAVE A TRIANGLE, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THEIR SCOPE AND THEIR SCHEDULE AND THERE'S COSTS AND ANY PART OF THAT TRIANGLE THAT MOVES, THE OTHER PARTS HAVE TO CORRESPONDINGLY MOVE.

AND AS A COMMUNITY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ADJUST WITH THAT, UH, RIGHT OF AWAY.

WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE RIGHT AWAY ESCALATION COSTS BECAUSE EVERYONE'S PROPERTY VALUE IN THE CITY HAS GONE UP 30% SINCE JANUARY WHILE THE PROPERTY WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING TO ACQUIRE IS PART OF THAT PROPERTY.

EVERYONE KNOWS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

WE ARE OBVIOUSLY PART OF THAT AS WELL, BUT THEN SOME OF THAT MAY BE TRANSITORY AND MAY COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'D BE A LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS THERE.

BUT I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND THAT'S THE STUFF THE TEAM IS, UH, INCREDIBLY FOCUSED ON.

AND, UH, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING THE BOARD AS MUCH OPEN, TRANSPARENT INFORMATION AS WE GET IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

THANK YOU, PETER.

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR THIS INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION.

DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT FROM YES, YES, GO AHEAD.

IT GONNA BE LRT? YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER? AND THE ONE THING WE DID ULTIMATELY DECIDE WAS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANTED IT TO BE LIGHT RAIL, BUT, AND, AND NOT, AND NOT BUS.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW WHEN WE STARTED THIS OUT, UM, IT, IT WAS REALLY A BUNCH OF IT.

IT WAS, WE APPROVED A MAP, WE APPROVED LINES ON, IT REALLY LINES ON A MAP TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.

WE, WE KNEW AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE PROVING THE LINES THAT WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE WERE GONNA GET THERE.

THE, THE, THE, THE, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION AMONG, UH, IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND ACROSS THE CITY ABOUT, WELL, IS IT GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS IT GONNA BE BRT? IS

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BUT BEYOND THAT, I, I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE, THE, THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT.

AND WE HAD THESE KIND OF PRELIMINARY IDEAS AND WE HAD A A AND WE HAD A PRICE TAG.

THAT'S WHAT GOT US TO THE EIGHT POINTS, THE THE 8.75 CENTS.

AND, AND HERE'S WHERE WE WANT TO FUNDAMENTALLY GO.

AND I, AND I GET THAT, UM, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST SAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I ALWAYS PERSONALLY, UNTIL I SAW THE BRIEFING, I'D ALWAYS THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE SINGULAR BRIDGE.

THE, THE, THE, THE GEMSTONE OF THE PROJECT WAS GONNA BE THE BLUE LINE BRIDGE.

I, I GUESS I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE ALWAYS WERE GONNA GO UNDERWATER.

I MEAN, UN UNDER, UNDER, UH, TUNNEL, UNDER THE, UH, LABORED LAKE FOR THE ORANGE LINE.

I, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS A GIVE AND TAKE THAT WE WERE QUOTE UNQUOTE LOSING A BRIDGE TO GO UNDER UNDERGROUND IN THE FIRST PLACE.

TO ME THAT THAT WASN'T A BIG DEAL.

UM, THE, THE, THE QUESTION I'VE GOT, I GUESS OUT OF THIS, AND PART OF THIS TIES INTO BOTH THE FACT THAT THIS IS, AGAIN, TO WHAT RANDY SAID, WE, WE'VE GOT A PLAN, A A PRELIMINARY IDEA.

WE'VE GOT A POT OF MONEY, WE HAVE SOME, SOME IDEAS HERE ABOUT HOW WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T DUG DOWN TO THE REALITIES.

WE, WE COULDN'T GET INTO THE REALITIES UNTIL THE VOTER SAID, YES, LET'S PROCEED.

SPEND MONEY TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT PHASE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S REALLY GONNA COST TO MOVE IT FURTHER DOWN THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, UH, THE, THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.

I'LL, I'LL CHANGE SPORTS ANALOGIES.

I'LL IT'S THE TRACK.

DESIGN BECAUSE WE WERE AT CONCEPTUAL, RIGHT.

OR, OR DOWN THE TRACK.

GET THE TRAIN, GET THE TRAIN DOWN THE TRACK.

THERE YOU GO.

SO LOOKING AT THIS, THE, THE, THE FOURTH, THE, THE FOURTH STREET CORRIDOR, AS WE TALKING, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT HERE, REMIND ME, PETER, IN THE INITIAL PROJECT, OR I MEAN THE, THE INITIAL THOUGHT PROCESS OF THIS, WAS THERE GOING TO BE THIS, THIS WAS THE INITIAL THOUGHT PROCESS TO HAVE A LONG UNDERGROUND CONCOURSE STRETCHING FROM, UH, DOWN FROM THE DOWNTOWN STATION AS WE WERE PROPOSING TO CALL IT THEN ALL, ALL THE WAY OVER TO REPUBLIC SQUARE, WHERE YOU COULD WALK UNDERNEATH ALL THE WAY ACROSS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.

WAS THAT, WAS THAT PART OF IT? I THINK, I THINK THERE WAS ORIGINALLY, I THINK THERE WAS, UM, I MEAN AS SOON AS I STARTED ON THIS PROJECT, THERE WAS, THAT WAS PART OF THE THINKING FOR SURE.

UM, SO BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS INTERLINE CONNECTIVITY SO SEAMLESS, AND WE USE THAT WORD SEAMLESS A LOT.

UM, I THINK THE THING THAT, THAT HAS EVOLVED IN OUR THINKING MORE, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT TO SAY IT WASN'T THERE AT ALL, BUT JUST RECOGNIZING THE OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE CAN DO AT THE STREET LEVEL, RIGHT? AND THINKING ABOUT TRANSIT, NOT JUST AS THE, AND ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN, NOT JUST AS THE TUBE UNDERGROUND, RIGHT? BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE FULL USER EXPERIENCE FROM THE STREET LEVEL AS THEY MOVE FROM THE STREET IN THEIR DAILY LIVES DOWN INTO THE SYSTEM, RIGHT? AND THEN THAT SORT OF TO STIMULATE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE STREET LEVEL WAS AND TO DEVELOP THAT MORE, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE COMING UP THE STREET ANYWAY.

YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE ELEVATORS AND STAIRS AND BENCH SHAFTS AND ALL THIS STUFF.

SO, YOU KNOW, KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE POKING UP FROM THE TRANSIT HUB INTO THE STREET.

WELL, HOW DO WE INTEGRATE THAT INTO SOMETHING THAT'S MAYBE MORE HOLISTICALLY CONSIDERED INTERCONNECTIVITY, HOLISTIC PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO THAT, THAT WAS AL ALWAYS PART OF IT.

IT, YEAH, IT, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHEN, WITH THE INACTION OF THE LEGISLATION, WHEN THINGS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE LEGISLATIVE FRONT, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THINGS JUST TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT.

'CAUSE THE, THAT CONGRESS AVENUE STATION, AS I LOOK BACK AT THE ORIGINAL MAP, THAT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY PART OF THE PROPOSAL, BUT IT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS INSTEAD OF BUILDING AS IT WERE, MAYBE A TAJ MAHAL KIND OF STATION, WHICH AS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT THE REPUBLIC SQUARE WAS GONNA BE LIKE THE REPUBLIC SQUARE WAS GONNA BE LIKE THIS BIG CROWN JEWEL.

WE'RE KIND OF MAYBE LOOKING AT REALITY HERE IS WE'RE GONNA MAYBE KIND OF SCALE BACK THAT, BUT THEN IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEN BUILD UP THIS, THIS NEW ADDITIONAL STATION USING THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS ALREADY PROPOSED.

SO IT, IT, IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE TO ME, AND WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AS YOU ALL MOVE INTO THIS KIND OF COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND, AND PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, COST ESTIMATES, IS THAT WE'RE STILL SPENDING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS PROPOSED.

WE'RE JUST SHIFTING IT AROUND THAT INSTEAD OF BUILDING THE TAJ MAHAL AT, AT REPUBLIC SQUARE, WE'RE GONNA BUILD, AS IT WERE, TWO NICE MANSIONS IS, IS KIND OF WHAT I WOULD GUESS SORT OF LOOK AT.

I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY TWO VERY, OR INSTEAD OF TWO TRULY DESIGNED.

UM, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF A THREE CAR GARAGE INSTEAD OF A FOUR CAR GARAGE AT, AT REPUBLIC, WE'RE GETTING TWO NICE, TWO CAR GARAGES.

NICE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, YEAH.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RIGHT ANALOGY IS.

THAT'S COMPLICATED.

I I GUESS WE, THAT, I MEAN, AM I GETTING THERE? KIND OF, YEAH, I, I WOULD SAY THIS BOARD MEMBER, UM, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE WERE CONCEPTUAL COST ASSESSMENTS YEAH.

WITH NO SPECIFICITY ON

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SO UNTIL THE VOTERS APPROVED MOVING FORWARD, WE HAD NO MONEY TO ADVANCE DESIGN.

EXACTLY.

SO THAT PART, YOU WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT.

SO I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE HAD ANY VISION OF A, A TAJ MAHAL PER SE AT REPUBLIC SQUARE MORE THAN SAY CONVENTION CENTER IN THE SENSE THAT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE IS WHEREVER MULTIPLE LINES COME TOGETHER, WE NEED A LARGE RIGHT UNDERGROUND URBAN FOOTPRINT RIGHT.

TO CREATE THAT FRICTIONLESS TRANSFER.

SO WE'VE ALWAYS ASSUMED MULTI-FLOOR STATIONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT MULTI-FLOOR TO DO.

I THINK WHAT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I'M A LITTLE SPOILED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I LIVED IN BOSTON, WHICH IS HEAVY, HEAVY UNDERGROUND SUBWAY KIND OF OPERATIONS PEOPLE ARE CONFLATING WHERE A PLATFORM IS VERSUS A STATION.

AND PETER AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THIS AS PETER CAME ON BOARD, WHICH WHERE A PLATFORM IS, IS A PLATFORM'S A COMPONENT OF A STATION.

SO WE MAY HAVE A STATION LIKE REPUBLIC SQUARE THAT ACTUALLY HAS TWO PLATFORMS, BUT IT'S ONE STATION.

SO LET'S SAY, I KNOW YOU LIVE IN DC FOR A WHILE, METRO CENTER IN DC RIGHT? METRO CENTER IN DC HAS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS ON MULTIPLE FLOORS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED METRO CENTER STATION.

PETER, WITH A, WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE FIGURED OUT, I THINK A, A BETTER WAY TO STITCH THE TWO LARGER STATIONS WITH CONGRESS HAVE IN A WAY THAT CAN CONNECT ALL FIVE LINES, A LITTLE MORE FRICTIONLESS FOR EVERYONE.

SMOOTH, SMOOTHLY.

UM, BUT I, I, I DO, I WANT US TO NOT LEAVE THIS MEETING WITH ANY, ANY THOUGHT THAT NOT HAVING THAT ACTION THE LEGISLATURE ACT, I, I JUST, I DON'T WANNA OVER EXAGGERATE THE LACK OF ACTION BEING THAT, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL, BUT IT, I, I DON'T WANNA PERPETUATE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE PEOPLE THINK IT'S A BIGGER DEAL THAN IT WAS.

IT JUST TOOK AWAY OPPORTUNITY COSTS TO DO SOMETHING.

MAYBE INSTEAD OF HAVING WHERE A DEVELOPER IN THIS BLOCK IN THE PARK TWO BLOCKS, NOW IT'S THIS BLOCK AND NOT THIS ONE.

IT, IT, WE, WE JUST WANTED AS MANY OPTIONS UNDERGROUND AS POSSIBLE WITH THE BUTTERS SO WE COULD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR THE BEST DESIGN.

THERE WAS NO IDEA THAT IF WE'RE NOT UNDER THE PARK, THIS IS A PROBLEM VERSUS THE NEXT BLOCK, WE JUST WANTED AS MANY POSSIBLE FOOTPRINTS SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE THE TURNS.

THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING ABOUT TRACK GEOMETRY.

AND FROM THERE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH.

SO WOULD IT BEEN A NICE YES, BUT IT IS NO WAY DETRIMENTAL TO THE, TO THE PROGRAM.

WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND MAYBE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE OPPORTUNITY WILL, UH, PRESENT ITSELF AND WE CAN, UH, ADD, ADD FURTHER FLEXIBILITY INTO THAT STATION DESIGN.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CLASSIFY AS TAJ MAHAL VERSUS THREE MAN AS MUCH AS, AND I KNOW THAT.

BUT, BUT THEY ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN THIS SEAMLESS, FRICTIONLESS WAY WHERE WE WANT SOMEONE TO GO FROM THE ORANGE LINE TO THE BLUE LINE OR THE GOLD LINE TO THE RED LINE WHERE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ULTIMATE TRANSIT SYSTEM.

THEY ALL CONNECT TOGETHER.

WELL, I, I WAS REFERRING TO IN TERMS OF, OF, OF HOW WE BUILD IT AND THE PLACEMAKING ASPECT OF IT, IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE, YEAH, COMING FROM DC THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAY, A METRO CENTER OR A UNION STATION VERSUS SAY, UH, CAPITAL SOUTH, WHICH LITERALLY AT CAPITAL SOUTH, IT WAS ONE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON ONE LINE AND YOU, YOU GO DOWN AN ESCALATOR AND BOOM, THERE IT IS.

AND YOU EITHER GO IT ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER.

THERE WASN'T A LOT INTO IT.

IT WASN'T DESIGNED AS A PLACE MAKING FUNCTION WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER.

AND I'M REFERENCING BACK TO ALL OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DID AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WHERE WE, WE SHOWED THESE BEAUTIFUL RENDITIONS OF HERE'S WHAT REPUBLIC SQUARE COULD BE AS A PLACEMAKING FUNCTION WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT CONCOURSE HAS GOT PLACES FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, RESTAURANTS AND COFFEE SHOPS AND, AND LIVE MUSIC AND ALL THIS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING COMING IN.

I, I GUESS MY THOUGHT, MY THOUGHT TO THAT IS, IS JUST THAT I, I ACTUALLY KIND OF SEE THIS AS AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT IN.

IF WE'RE HAVING TO SHIFT THAT STATION, THE PLATFORM ITSELF FURTHER NORTH TOWARDS CLOSER TO SIXTH STREET, THAT'S NOW OPENED UP EXTRA SPACE TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL PLATFORM, AS IT WERE.

THERE AROUND CONGRESS AND NOW THEN KIND OF SPREAD OUT THINGS.

AND NOW BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE, IF WE DO THIS KIND OF CONGRESS, SORT OF UNION STATION OF SORTS OR CONGRESS STATION AS IT WERE, AND WE CAN BUILD UP THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT BEFORE, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN BE A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THIS PROJECT IF WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE POTENTIALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY RENTING OUT, YOU KNOW, OFFICE SPACE OR POTENTIALLY PARTNERING WITH SOMEBODY.

SO I, I'M JUST, MY POINT IS, IS THAT I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EX THESE ARE EXCELLENT, YOU GUYS ARE BEING VERY INNOVATIVE AND I THINK VERY THOUGHTFUL IN LOOKING AT WAY DIFFERENT WAYS OF, OF BRAINSTORMING THIS.

THAT COULD BE, UH, A, A REAL, IF NOTHING ELSE, COST NEUTRAL TO WHAT WE HAD HAD BEFORE, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

BUT EVEN POTENTIALLY COULD BE A, A, YOU KNOW, A POSITIVE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

IN THIS SCHEME FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU HAD TO MAKE THE TURN AND THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LINES, ET CETERA.

THERE'S CERTAINLY CERTAIN ASPECTS AND HOPEFULLY THIS, THIS WILL CONTINUE AS WE MOVE THE DESIGN PROCESS FORWARD, WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY RATIONALIZING AND STREAMLINING THE DESIGN.

WE'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF PLATFORMS

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SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE BUILDING INTO THIS.

UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WE ADVANCE THE DESIGN.

I THINK THE OTHER THING, UM, TO POINT OUT AND FOR US TO THINK ABOUT IS THERE'S ALSO THE, THE, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEM TO THE IMAGE IN PEOPLE'S MINDS OF THE PUBLIC REALM, RIGHT? AND HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT AS LEGIBLE AND AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE? AND I THINK THAT GETS BACK TO FOURTH STREET WITH THE BOOKENDS OF THE SQUARES AND ENTRANCES INTO A TRANSIT SYSTEM WITH A MAJOR HUB AT CONGRESS AVENUE IS A CRYSTAL CLEAR VISUAL IDEA, RIGHT? THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GET, AND IN SOME WAYS, THE VALUE ADD TO THE USERS OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEM, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO QUANTIFY THAT, BUT IS ENORMOUS, RIGHT? AND SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THAT, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN OF RATIONALIZING THE IMAGE OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC.

GREAT, GREAT JOB.

THIS IS, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE EVOLVING.

IT'S GONNA BE EVER, IT'S GONNA BE EVER CHANGING.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE, AS Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THESE VARIOUS PIECES AS WE GO FURTHER ALONG.

AND THEN, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE ENTRANCE AND THE, THE EXIT, THE TU THE TUNNEL SIDES ON BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDE.

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THOSE, THOSE, THOSE OPTIONS ARE GONNA BE EVOLVING TOO.

AND, AND THE COST ESTIMATES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DO YOU INCLUDE SOUTH CONGRESS UNDERGROUND OR DO YOU PUT IT ABOVE GROUND? I KNOW, AGAIN, SAME DEAL, BUT WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS THERE AND WHAT, WHAT'S IT GONNA DO TO THE OVERALL SYSTEM COST? I, I'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE, DO WE END UP SEEING, TO RANDY'S POINT, IS IT GONNA BE POTENTIALLY CHEAPER ACTUALLY PUTTING A, THE KEEPING A STATION, THE SOUTH CONGRESS STATION UNDERGROUND VERSUS ABOVE GROUND? SOME OF THESE THINGS, I KNOW IT'S MOVING PARTS AND WE, WE'LL SEE IT AS WE GO ALONG, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S JUST GREAT TO KNOW THAT, THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY IS ON THIS, WE'RE ALL ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER ON THIS, ON THIS TRAIN GOING DOWN THIS TRACK, SO THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S CALLED VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION.

BOARD MEMBER CHAT.

I KNOW, KEITH, YOU HAVE A COMMENT.

OH, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE BEFORE WE WRAP UP THAT, UM, MS. ZIA JOSEPH, UM, UNFORTUNATELY GOT DISCONNECTED AND SHE HAD A COMMENT RELATED TO OUR DEI POLICY STATEMENT, AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO HER, IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE THAT COMMENT NOW, KNOWING THAT WE DID DEFER IT TO AUGUST, SO SHE COULD ALSO HOLD OFF, BUT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE SHE HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SURE.

IS MS, MS. JOSEPH, ARE YOU ON THE LINE AND, AND ARE YOU ABLE TO TUNE IN? IF SO, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.

YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO COMMENT.

I JUST WANNA EXPRESS THAT MY FRUSTRATION WITH ITEM TWO REFLECTS HOW MINORITIES GET DISENFRANCHISED.

AND IT IS PRETTY IRONIC THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE DIVERSITY POLICY.

AND HERE YOU HAVE A BOARD LIAISON WHO TELLS ME, JUST COME BACK TO OUR AUGUST, 2021 MEETING.

I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT STATE LAW HOUSE BILL 28 40, REQUIRES YOU TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS.

IT SAYS, DURING THE BODY'S CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM, IT IS NOT UP TO STAFF TO UNILATERALLY DECIDE TO DISMISS SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO PARTICIPATE.

AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO MY COMMENTS, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, IF YOU JUST THINK OF COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND THE FAILED PIECE OF LEGISLATION, THEN YOU MISS THE WHOLE POINT.

THE POINT IS TO COMPLY WITH TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, YOUR BOARD PACKET SPECIFIES THE SECOND WHERE YOU HAVE PERPETUATING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT ANYWHERE IN THE PROPOSED POLICY.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE, BUT TO ALSO COMPLY.

AND I JUST WANNA CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

I KNOW MADAM CHAIR, YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THAT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU WERE BOARD CHAIR, BUT MAY 22ND, 2020 MEMBER STRATFORD ACTUALLY CALLED EQUITY A DISTRACTION.

AND THEN THE SOLUTION WAS FOR COMMISSIONER ILIAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN TO PUT EQUITY IN THE RESOLUTION.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT HIRING BLACK PEOPLE AND HIRING HISPANICS AND PUTTING THE WORDS ON PAPER DOES NOT EQUATE TO COMPLYING WITH TITLE VI.

AND WHILE YOU SIT THERE AND YOU ARE ACTUALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE CHANGES, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT MARIA FERNANDEZ HAS IMPLICIT BIAS.

MR. CLARK TOLD YOU THAT HE HAS KNOWN

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RIA FOR YEARS, AND I I VENTURE TO SAY THAT SHE HAS NO IDEA THAT BLACK PEOPLE SIT AND WAIT 60 MINUTES FOR THE BUS ON THE NEW ROUTE, NEW ROUTE 3, 3 9 TUSCANY.

AND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FORMALLY HOMELESS AT COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE, THAT BUS 2 37 IS IN A LINE WITH THE BLACK PEOPLE ATWOOD, AND THEY WAIT 60 MINUTES TOO.

THEY CAN'T EVEN GET TO DAY LABOR.

SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE USING THE MINORITIES TO GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING, AND I WILL LASTLY CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO BOARD MEMBER DR.

COLETTE PIERCE BURNETT.

SHE WAS THE TREASURER FOR THE MOBILITY PACK THAT ACTUALLY HAD AN AD ON KZI THAT PLAYED 250 TIMES THAT SAID THAT IN THE PAST, TRANSIT PLANS HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO VOTERS THAT LEAVE OUT AUSTINITES WHO RELY ON AFFORDABLE AND EFFICIENT BUS SERVICE.

THE PROJECT CONNECT TRANSIT PLAN IS DIFFERENT, THE PROOF IS IN THE PLAN, AND EQUITY IS IN THIS ONE.

AND THAT IS A LIE.

IT WAS PROPAGANDA AND I HEAR THE BEEPER, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, WE LIVE THE DISPARATE IMPACTS AND TITLE VI, THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION CIRCLE OF 4 7 0 2 0.1 B REQUIRES CAPITAL METRO TO REANALYZE THESE ROUTES AND TO HAVE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESOURCES.

I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS, AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT I REPRESENT THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT WRITERS THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH.

UM, SO BEFORE WE WENT ON TO, UM, TO PUBLIC, UH, TO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT, PETER, I WANTED TO OFFER A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BACK TO THE PRESENTATION AND TO GIVE YOU KUDOS AGAIN FOR SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB TO YOU AND THE STAFF AND WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A REALLY, A GREAT, GREAT JOB.

UM, THREE THINGS THAT I WANTED JUST TO POINT OUT.

ONE WAS THAT I SPECIFICALLY LOVE HOW ASPIRATIONAL IT IS THAT THE, THE LEGIBILITY OF OUR SYSTEM, THE CLARITY OF OUR GRID WITH THE CITY, OFFERS US A GREAT AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT CLARITY.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, WITH THE WAY FINDING AND THE VALUE OF ANXIETY INDUCED MOBILITY, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN GAIN FROM THAT.

BUT ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME IN THIS PARTICULAR, THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS PRESENTED THIS PLAN AS, AS IT RELATES TO DOWNTOWN, AS EVERYONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD, IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WHERE WE ALL BELONG, THAT WITH THEIR TRAIL SYSTEMS, THAT I REALLY THINK THAT THE, PERHAPS WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS DONE A, A GREAT JOB OVER THE DECADES TO BUILD OUR TRAIL SYSTEMS TO REALLY BE AN ASSET OF MOBILITY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SHARED WITH THE STAFF DURING THE BRIEFINGS IS THAT IT WOULD, WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF WE CAN SEE AN OVERLAY OF OUR STATIONS WITH OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AND THAT INTERACTION AS IT BECOMES PART OF, AGAIN, MORE LAYERS OF CONNECTIVITY THROUGH ALL MODES, WHICH I REALLY LOVE SEEING HOW THE WALLER, THE WATER WALL CREEK, UH, UH, IS REFERENCED HERE AS WELL.

AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT WHEN, WHEN WE'RE ADOPTING AND WE REALLY BRING REFERENCE AND DEFERENCE TO THE DOWNTOWN VISION AS WELL AS THE IMAGINE AUSTIN PLAN AND THE, AS THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN IS THAT EACH OF THOSE PLANS ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT THAT HAVE GONE INTO THOSE PLANS.

SO I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND STAFF THAT NONE, NONE OF THESE PLANS STAND IN A VACUUM.

AND THAT BY US CONTINUING TO REFERENCE ALL THOSE PLANS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE, BECAUSE THE FIRST THING THAT I NOTICED WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE ON FOURTH STREET, WHAT I FIND REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THE, SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE IMAGINE AUSTIN PLAN IS OUR ABILITY TO HAVE THE WOO EARTH, RIGHT, THE, THAT IDEA OF A FESTIVAL STREET, AN ACTIVE STREET, A VERY, UH, ORGANIC LIFE, LIFE, UH, UH, STREET WHERE AGAIN, EVERYONE BELONGS.

AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT AS WE DISCUSS WHAT DOWNTOWN MEANS FOR THE CITY, FOR OUR CITIZENS, FOR THE WORLD, I REALLY WANT TO, TO COMMEND YOU GUYS AND TO REALLY CONTINUE ON THIS JOURNEY OF ASPIRATION OF DOING BETTER BECAUSE WE CAN, AS WE BE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL BELONG IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, UM, BOARD MEMBER, UM, ELKINS, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE PRESENTING WITH THIS, UM, IDEAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE COST ANALYSIS, THAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN PUT SOME, ALSO SOME VALUE OR SOME PRICE BECAUSE IT'S THE HARDEST PARTS TO QUANTIFY,

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HONESTLY, IS THAT, THAT HUMAN ASPECT, THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

BECAUSE FOR MANY TIMES AS WE DON'T HAVE METRICS FOR CARBON EMISSIONS OR CARBON CHANGES IN OUR, UM, FLEET OR HOW WE'RE DOING THIS, I, I WANT US TO FIND THOSE METRICS THAT HELP US TELL THE STORY OF WHAT WE VALUE AS A COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE SOME THINGS ARE NOT THERE.

THERE'S A PRICE STACK FOR EVERYTHING.

BUT HOW DO WE PUT A PRICE STACK TO SAFETY AND PRICE STACK TO PEDESTRIANISM PEDESTRIAN, YOU KNOW, PRICE TAG TO WALKABILITY AND, AND CHILDREN, RIGHT? IN OUR CITIES AND EVERYONE BELONGING.

SO I JUST REALLY SEEING HERE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED.

AND, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO, INTO PUTTING THIS, THIS PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER.

I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY OUR LONGEST BOARD MEETING TODAY.

SO EVERYONE, UM, IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THIS, UH, THERE, OUR MEETING.

UM, UM, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE OUR MEETING NOW.

THE TIME IS FIVE 20 AND OUR MEETING STANDS ADJOURNED.