* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:10] HEY, MADAM CHAIR, YOUR SHOW. YES. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. THE, THE ROOM IS GETTING FULLER NOW. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. AND TISSUE DOWN. MASKS ARE OFF, SO I WILL WAIT FOR THE SIGNAL UNTIL YOU TELL ME. MR. E EASTON, LET'S JUST FEEL LIKE IT JUST, I JUST SAYING THAT COLETTE JUST SEEING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, LIKE IT FEELS GREAT. YES, IT DOES. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD GET LIKE A BEACH BALL OR SOMETHING, OR DO AWAY YOU TELL ME WHEN OR YEAH. UH, WE'RE KIND OF ON THE FLY WITH OUR PUBLIC COMMENTER. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HEAR HER OVER THE SPEAKERS. OKAY. TAKE A SHOT AT, YOU CAN START WHEN YOU'RE READY. OKAY. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM, WELCOME TO THE LIVE MEETING. EVERYBODY'S HERE IN PERSON. THIS TIME FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. UH, MY NAME IS VERONICA CASTA AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RANDY CLARK. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16TH, AND THE TIME IS TWO 15. SO, UM, WE HAVE OUR FIRST SPEAKER FOR, [I. Public Comment] UM, TODAY. I DON'T KNOW IF HE, UH, IF MS. ANOVIA JOSEPH IS AVAILABLE. CAN WE HEAR HER? MS. JUSTICE? I CAN HEAR AN ECHO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENT, MS. UH, ENOVIA. UM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I HEAR AN ECHO ON THIS END. ARE YOU WANTING ME TO SPEAK NOW? YES, AND WE CAN HEAR YOU FINE. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS, I'M ENOVIA JOSEPH. MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO YOUR DISCUSSION ITEM ABOUT THE ORANGE LINE ALIGNMENT REVIEW. I JUST WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT, UH, THE LANGUAGE IN THE BOARD PACKET ON PAGE 61 1, IT TALKS ABOUT THE METRO RAPID ENHANCED, METRO RAPID FOR NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER. I THINK IT'S DISINGENUOUS FOR THAT LANGUAGE TO SPECIFY THAT THE INITIAL INVESTMENT BEGINS AND ENDS AT NORTH LAMORE TRANSIT CENTER, BECAUSE AS YOU ARE AWARE, THAT IS TEXT TDOT'S RIGHT AWAY. AND WHILE I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT TXDOT IS A COOPERATING AGENCY, WHEN CAPITAL METRO APPROVED THE LONG RANGE VISION MAP FOR PROJECT CONNECT ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2018, IT WAS SOUTH OF US 180 3 BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT JUST LIKE THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAPITOL METRO DON'T OWN THE AREA IN THE PARK SPACE FOR REPUBLIC SQUARE AND BRUSH SQUARE, AND THEY NEEDED A BILL TO PASS IN ORDER TO GET APPROVAL FOR THAT SPACE, THEY DON'T OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY NORTH OF US 180 3. SO, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S COOKING THE BOOKS. WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT HOUSE BILL 3 8 9 3 DIDN'T PASS. AND IN LARGE PART, I HAVE THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO THANK PAXTON FINANCE CHAIR NELSON, EDUCATION CHAIR TAYLOR, AND MANY REPUBLICAN SENATORS, UH, THEIR STAFFERS ACTUALLY LOOKED AT CAPITOL METRO SYSTEM MAP, AND IT DIDN'T TAKE 'EM LONG TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S DISCRIMINATORY. IT'S 60 MINUTES FOR BLACKS. IT'S SIX MINUTES SOUTH OF US, 180 3. THAT MEANS THAT BLACK PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN WAIT 10 TIMES LONGER FOR THE BUS. I JUST WANNA CALL YOUR ATTENTION BACK TO THE AREA NORTH OF US. 180 3. TONIGHT IS THE SOCCER GAME. THE AREA THAT IS AT BREAKER AND BURNETT ALL THE WAY TO GREAT HILLS IS WHERE ROUTE 3 92 OPERATES. THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE GINA HENA HOSTESS AREA. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I MET WITH RANDY CLARK ON MARCH 20TH, 2018, AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THAT ROUTE AND HE IGNORED US. BUT TODAY, AND EVERY TIME THERE'S A SOCCER GAME, THE BUS [00:05:01] WILL RUN EVERY 20 MINUTES. PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO WORK THE MINORITIES, IT'S 45 MINUTES PLUS A 30 MINUTE TRANSFER TO GO TWO MILES. SO PLEASE STOP WITH THE EQUITY RHETORIC. WE KNOW THE PAINS, THE DISPARATE IMPACTS WERE ACKNOWLEDGED BY CHAIR COOPER ON JANUARY 28TH, 2019. AND I WOULD ASK THIS BOARD TO RECOGNIZE IT AS WELL. LASTLY, I JUST WANNA CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO RESTORE THE SERVICE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN PROJECT CONNECT FOR PARMA LANE. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT CORRIDOR. IT WAS STATED IN THE CAMPO BOARD MEETING THIS PAST MONDAY BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE. THE NORTH CORRIDOR LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE PROJECT CONNECT STUDY ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT THE GROWTH THROUGH 2035. I HEAR THE BEEPER, I REALIZE MY TIME HAS EXPIRED. I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE GROWTH IS IN TRAVIS COUNTY AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN THE ROUND ROCK AREA, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BUS NEEDS TO GO. AND THE PICKUP IS NOT THE LEAST DISCRIMINATORY ALTERNATIVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME AND APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO MAKE REMOTE COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. JOSEPH. UM, I YOU'RE WELCOME. APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS, CORRECT? THIS IS OUR ONLY SPEAKER SIGNED UP TODAY. OKAY. UM, OUR FIRST DISCUSSION [Il.1. Community Engagement and Involvement Update] ITEM TODAY IS A MONTHLY UPDATE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT FROM MS. JACKIE BERG. WELCOME, JACKIE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, CEO CLARK AND, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS JACKIE NIRENBERG. I'M DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU OUR MONTHLY UPDATE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE HAVE BEEN BUSY, UM, OUR LAST ROUND OF, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS TOOK PLACE IN LATE APRIL, BUT THE VIRTUAL VERSION OF THAT, THE SELF-GUIDED VERSION OF THAT JUST WRAPPED UP MAY 21ST. AND YOU CAN SEE THE STATISTICS THERE OF OUR PARTICIPATION. WE ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 26TH, UH, PROJECT CONNECT AMBASSADOR NETWORK MEETING ON MAY 27TH. AND WE KICKED OFF WHAT WAS REALLY EXCITING IS OUR BLUE LINE AND ORANGE LINE WORKING GROUPS. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE TO REALLY ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND TALK TO OUR PROJECT TEAMS ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, ABOUT THEIR GOALS, UM, AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND WANT US TO RESPECT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE HAD THOSE MEETINGS. UH, WE DID THE BLUE LINE GROUP MEETINGS ON MAY 24TH. THE ORANGE LINE WORKING GROUPS TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO TELL YOU A FEW THINGS THAT WE HEARD IN THOSE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED THEM AT THE VERY BEGINNING WAS, WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY? AND THAT MAY SEEM LIKE A REALLY BROAD QUESTION, BUT ASKING A QUESTION LIKE THAT GETS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR SO THAT WE CO-CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WAS, I LOVE THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. ALL OF RETAIL ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE AT THE STREET LEVEL TO CREATE VIBRANCY AND MAKE THE CITY COME ALIVE THROUGH ITS NATURAL AMENITIES. WE ALSO ASKED THEM WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED AROUND STATIONS TO MAKE GETTING TO AND FROM THOSE STATIONS, SAFE AND CONVENIENT. PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE WAS ONE EXAMPLE. UM, ANOTHER WAS PARKING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WHAT FEATURES DO YOU ENVISION WHEN IMAGINING YOUR EXPERIENCE AT A STATION? UM, SOME PEOPLE SAID NICE ARCHITECTURE, SHADE, BENCHES, TREES, IDEALLY A SCREEN THAT DISPLAYS WHEN TRADES ARRIVE RATHER THAN ANNOYING ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE LOUDSPEAKER . UM, PLEASE SHARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HEARD LOTS OF INTERESTING THINGS. UM, ONE THING WE HEARD WAS VARIOUS MOCKUPS HAVE BEEN SHOWN FOR THE AIRPORT STATION, TEEING IT TO THE TERMINAL, TEEING IT TO THE TERMINAL. HOWEVER, DESIGNING THE STATION SO THAT IT RUNS ALONGSIDE THE TERMINAL WOULD BE BETTER TO ACCOMMODATE POTENTIAL AND FUTURE EXTENSIONS OF THE BLUE LINE FURTHER EAST. SO THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES. UM, THIS KIND OF RICH DATA IS THE KIND OF, UM, OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE WITH THESE WORKING GROUPS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE, AND THAT'S GONNA HELP US CREATE THE SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO OUR UPCOMING ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE OUR NEXT ROUND OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS OR GROUP OR COMMUNITY MEETINGS PLANNED FOR JULY 26TH THROUGH THE 31ST. THIS WILL BE OUR 15% DESIGN MARK THAT'S EARLY DESIGN, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE PROCESS. SO WE'RE GONNA BE HOLDING SIX VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND OUR FIRST IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSE MEETING, UH, IN OVER A YEAR. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GONNA HOLD THAT AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. [00:10:01] UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE, OF COURSE, A SELF-GUIDED VIRTUAL VERSION OF THAT, UM, THAT WILL GO LIVE JULY 26TH, AND WE'LL BE LIVE THROUGH AUGUST. WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR NEXT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ON JUNE 30TH. AND OUR PROJECT CONNECT AMBASSADOR NETWORK MEETINGS WILL BE JUNE 23RD AND JULY 22ND. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. NIRENBERG. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO. UM, I DO WANNA MENTION SOMETHING REGARDING ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I THINK IS SALIENT AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A REASON FOR THOSE LOUD SPEAKERS TO ANNOUNCE THE NEXT TRAIN COMING, BUT IT'S AN ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENT THAT WE NEED TO INDICATE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED WHEN THE NEXT TRAIN IS COMING. SO MAYBE WE CAN JUST COME UP WITH A CREATIVE ONE, FOR THAT ONE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THANK YOU CHAIR FOR YOUR WORK. THANKS, JACKIE. THANK YOU JACKIE. UH, AND NEXT [Il.2. Project Connect Technical Update] WE HAVE, UM, OUR SECOND DISCUSSION ITEM IS OUR MONTHLY PROJECT CONNECT TECHNICAL UPDATE FROM MR. DAVID COUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT CLARK, TURNING THE SPEAKER. UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW WE'VE BEEN PROGRESS PROGRESSING ON OVERALL PROJECT CONNECT. FIRST PORTION DEALS WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE RED LINE. UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOT WORK UNDERWAY TO FINISH UP THE COORDINATION ON THE MCCULLOUGH STATION ON BROADMOOR, WHERE ONGOING COORDINATION FOR SOME OF THE DRAINAGE, UH, AND GETTING READY TO GO AHEAD AND START THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TRAIL FOUNDATION TO GO AHEAD AND BE ABLE TO INTERRELATE THAT WITH THE STATION, UH, LAKE LAND LEANDRE SECOND TRACK, UH, THAT IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING PROPOSALS. UH, PARK AND RIDES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE ON NEXT. WE'VE GOT A LIST OF THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND WE'LL START TO GO THROUGH THOSE FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT AND INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATORS, THERE'S THREE OF THOSE INCLUDED IN PROJECT CONNECT. UH, THE FIRST OF THE THREE ZONES, DESSAU IS SCHEDULED TO ROLL OUT. UH, ACTUALLY IT ROLLED OUT THIS WEEK. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT THAT ONE UNDERWAY AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE OTHERS. UH, SPECIFICALLY ON METRO RAPID. UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE PUNCHLINE. IT'S THE BIG ONE. THAT'S THE FIRST BULLET. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, UH, FOR EXPO AND PLEASANT VALLEY. UH, SO THERE'S A COMBINED TOTAL IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET FOR THOSE TWO PROJECTS, WHICH IS 50% OF THE COST OF THE PROJECTS OF SOME $36 MILLION. SO THAT'S REALLY THE FIRST PIECE THAT WE'VE GOT. UH, AND THAT'S THE BIG PORTION THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE TWO LINES. WE'RE, WE'VE NOW GOT A PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT CONTRACTOR ASSIGNED TO US FROM FTA. UH, THEY'LL WORK WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE PROCESS TO GET TO THE POINT THAT WE WILL GET THE GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE FUNDING. WE'RE AT THE 30% DESIGN, AND WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD INTO THE A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT COORDINATION WITH THE CITY AS WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LOCATION OF THE BUS STOPS AND ALL THE TRANSIT PRIORITY TREATMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE GOLD LINE MANCA, UH, AND THE EXTENSIONS THAT ARE THERE ON SOUTH LAMAR INTO OAK HILL. UH, THOSE ARE ONES THAT WILL START TO DEVELOP. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING AND COMING UP WITH A 30% DESIGN SCOPE. UH, AND THAT WILL GO OUT SHORTLY, SPECIFICALLY ON THE BLUE AND ORANGE LINE. UH, WE'VE GOT THE 15% DRAFT DESIGN IN, WE'VE CIRCULATED THAT FOR COMMENTS. UH, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THOSE COMMENTS. SO IT'LL LET US WRAP UP AND HAVE AN APPROVED 15% DESIGN. WE'VE GOT THE SURVEY COMPLETED FOR THE BORINGS AND SEVEN AND 10 OF THE ONES THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE TUNNEL. WE'VE STARTED THE ARCHEOLOGICAL WORK AND WE CONTINUE, AGAIN, TO CONTINUE WITH OUR PARTNERS IN WORKING FORWARD WITH THE ROADWAY, THE PEDESTRIAN, AND ALL THE OTHER PARTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. WE ALSO HAVE GONE ON THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PART AND TAKEN THE FIRST STEP THAT'S THERE. WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND FTA HAS PUBLISHED WHAT'S CALLED A NOTICE OF INTENT, A NOTICE OF INTENT NOTIFIES THAT THERE WILL BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS THAT GOES ON. IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER, SO IT OFFICIALLY KICKS THAT PART OFF. WE ALSO SUBMITTED A LETTER FOR ENTRY INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN THE FUNDING PROCESS WHERE WE SUBMITTED THAT LAST WEEK. WE'VE GOT SOME COMMENTS BACK ACTUALLY THAT CAME THIS MORNING. WE'RE GETTING READY TO RESPOND TO THOSE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN OFFICIALLY GET INTO THAT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PORTION, WHICH LETS US START TO ACCUMULATE COSTS THAT CAN LATER BE USED FOR THE LOCAL MATCH. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S [00:15:01] THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PART OF THE FEDERAL PROCESS. UNDER CIGA LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. THEY'RE A TOTAL OF SEVEN CHAPTERS, AND WE'VE STARTED TO DRAFT THE FIRST TWO, UH, THE INTRODUCTION, THE DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE AND NEED IS THE FIRST LEAD IN CHAPTER AT THE VERY BEGINNING. AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED, WHICH REALLY GOES BACK TO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR TO GO AHEAD AND GET TO THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE, CONCLUDES THE MONTHLY UPDATE. I'D BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. COUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. WELL, FIRST OF CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THAT MATCHING FUND OF BEING ON THE BUDGET OF THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET FOR METRO RAPID. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS, SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF US THAT WE GET TO THAT FIRST STEP. WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM AND A GREAT BOARD, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FUN AS WE MOVE THE PROGRAM FORWARD. I'M REALLY LOOKING TO IT. THANK YOU. YES. MY MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT THERE ARE OFTENTIMES A LOT OF THINGS IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET THAT DON'T SHOW UP IN WHAT EVENTUALLY HAPPENS. HOW PREDICTIVE IS THIS THAT WE'RE, THAT THIS PROJECT IS IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET? I, I THINK WITH THE RATING THAT WE GOT, UH, AND WHAT'S IN THERE AND THE FACT THAT IT IS ONE OF THE FEW SMALL STARTS THAT ARE IN THERE, I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. IT'S, IT'S NOTHING IS EVER GUARANTEED AS YOU KNOW, WHEN TO GO FORWARD WITH IT. UH, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HAVE GOOD SUCCESS WITH IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU MENTIONED THIS IS 50% OF THE BUDGETED COSTS FOR THOSE TWO ALIGNMENTS? YEAH. THE, THE RATIO THAT'S THERE ON SMALL STARTS, WHICH ARE PROJECTS UNDER $300 MILLION. OKAY. UH, IS NORMALLY A 50% SHARE. UH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE GET FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE FOR EXPO AND FOR PLEASANT VALLEY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT 17 ON ONE, UH, AND 16 ON THE OTHER ONE. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. COUCH? YES. YES. UH, RELATED TO THAT IS, UH, WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS ULTIMATELY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT SAME LEVEL OF MATCH, LIKE THE PARK, THE PARKING RIDES, AND, UM, GOLDMAN CHAKA, SOUTH LAMAR KEL, THE OTHER, UH, METRO RAPID LINES WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO THE ANALYSIS. UH, I'M MANCA SEE HOW THAT WOULD FARE. UH, THE GOAL LINE WILL NOT BE GOING FORWARD AS A FEDERAL PROJECT. UH, IT'S ONE THAT WOULD BE ANTICIPATED TO BE LOCALLY FUNDED. UH, BECAUSE OVER TIME, WITH THE INTENTION OF CONVERTING THAT OVER TO LIGHT RAIL, IF YOU DON'T USE THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION AND ASSETS TO THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO GET MONEY BACK. SO IT'S, IT'S THE STARTING POINT FOR THAT ONE. UH, AND YES, WE CAN PURSUE A WHOLE SERIES OF DIFFERENT FUNDING ALTERNATIVES, WHETHER IT'S PARK AND RIDES OR ANY OF THE OTHER SECTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. DAVE, ANYTHING THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER ELKINS. OH, THANKS DAVE. UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, BORINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE, UM, THE, THE SURVEYS AND, AND, UH, AS WELL AS KIND OF WHERE YOU ARE ON THE DESIGN AND ANY SURPRISES, ANY, ANY THINGS THAT, UH, KIND OF HAVE COME UP THAT, THAT CAUSE SOME CONCERN OR JUST THE SURVEY HASN'T FOUND ANYTHING, UH, SUPER MAJOR. WE FOUND A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S SOME INTRUSION ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, THAT HAS BEEN BUILT OVER TIME THAT WE'LL FIND A WAY TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH THE CITY. UH, BUT THERE REALLY IS NOTHING THAT WAS WAY OUT OF NORMAL. MM-HMM. , UH, THE GEOTECH, THE BORINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. UH, AND WE WANNA FINISH THE DEEP ONES FOR THE TUNNEL, UH, SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, THAT GOOD SECTION AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE ROCK STARTS AND WE CAN GET DEEP ENOUGH. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. YES. UM, BOARD MEMBER CHAT, UH, RELATED TO THAT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NEXT MONTH WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, UH, UPDATE ON THAT KIND OF, THAT, THAT, THAT FLYOVER OR THAT RUN THROUGH OF, OF WHAT THAT SEGMENT, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE TUNNEL, UH, IS POTENTIALLY GONNA LOOK LIKE, OR KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AT THIS, THIS INITIAL, UM, I, I GUESS BRAINSTORMING OR, OR FLY OVER THIS KIND OF 15% LIKE WE'RE DOING TODAY. WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR TODAY, UH, FROM PETER AND JOHN, UH, IS THE RUN THROUGH THE ORANGE LINE, JUST LIKE YOU GOT THE RUN THROUGH OF THE BLUE LINE PREVIOUSLY. MM-HMM. , UH, AND NEXT IS THE STATIONS. NEXT IS THE TUNNEL. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, DAVID. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. COUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE [II.3. Administrative Program Updates] THE ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE FROM, UH, MS. JULIANA HARRIS. NO, I BELIEVE I'M GONNA FIRST MR. CANELLI, [00:20:01] OR NO, GO AHEAD. MS. JULIE . WELCOME MS. HARRIS. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARK, SINCE LAST MONTH, I GUESS I SHOULD HIT THIS. SINCE LAST MONTH WITH THE NEW EIGHT ADDITIONAL TEAM MEMBERS, WE HAVE ACTUALLY ADDED 96 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE AREAS OF GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. AND IN THE SMALLER, UH, LOWER AREA THERE, THE PUBLIC TRANSIT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 49 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AS YOU SEE IN THE MAP, WE ARE EMPLOYING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE ORGANIZ ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EXCUSE ME, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR NEW HIRES. YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE ROLES ACROSS, AGAIN, A DIVERSE TEAM OF PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE SOME STARTING ON CROSS THE, YOU HAVE JUNE 14TH, WE HAVE JULY 6TH, JULY 12TH WITH PEOPLE BEING ONBOARDED. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, MR. CARR, UM, COMING ON ON JUNE 21ST, AND MS. COTE, WHO IS SECONDED FROM CAPITAL METRO. AND THEN WE HAVE MS. HAMILTON WHO IS COMING ON IN A TEMPORARY CAPACITY, AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON A PROJECT, UH, WITH THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT. UH, AND SHE'S RETIRED FROM DART. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. HARRIS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB, SIR. YOU'VE BEEN VERY BUSY. YES, SIR. . SO THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NOW WE HAVE MR. GREG CANAL. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR, UH, A TP BOARD, UH, DIRECTOR CLARK. UM, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT JULIANA'S BUSY, IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR US. YOU CAN SEE THE RELIEF ON OUR SHOULDERS AS WE BRING ON MORE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS. UM, SO WE'RE HERE TODAY REAL QUICK TO DO A UPDATE ON, ON THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AS WE MOVE INTO THE BUDGET SCHEDULE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE US A BRIEF MOMENT TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR NEW HIRES, VICKI REDICK, WHO COMES FROM DART. SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT. SO I JUST WANNA GIVE A CHANCE FOR HER TO INTRODUCE HERSELF AND ACTUALLY TALK TO YOU REAL QUICKLY ABOUT A KIND OF A MAJOR EFFORT THAT SHE'S WORKING ON TO BRING BACK TO YOU HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS REVOLVING OUR PROCUREMENT. THANK YOU. WELCOME, MS. RED. RICK, I HOPE I PRONOUNCED IT CORRECTLY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS AND DIRECTOR CLARK. I AM BKI RODERICK, THE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR FOR A TP. ONE OF THE MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON IS TO PUT TOGETHER A PROCUREMENT MANUAL, WHICH I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL, UH, FOR THE AUGUST BOARD. SO THAT'S THE MAJOR INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, , TURNING BACK OVER TO ME. MR. GREG. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICKI. AND NOW I'D LOVE TO INTRODUCE, UH, DIANE SEILER, WHO IS ATP'S BUDGET DIRECTOR. UM, AND SHE'S GONNA SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU WALKING THROUGH SOME SLIDES, AGAIN ABOUT OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AS WE MOVE INTO, UH, THE KIND OF THE CORE OF THE FISCAL 22 PLANNING. UH, DIANE HAS A, JUST A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH VERY LARGE BUDGETS, UH, AND WORKING WITH EVERYONE IN ORGANIZATION TO BRING BUDGETS TO BEAR IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. SO THANK YOU. WELCOME MS. SEILER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, AS GREG SAID, I'M DIANE SEILER. I AM YOUR BUDGET DIRECTOR, AND TODAY I GET THE PLEASURE OF WALKING IN YOU, WALKING YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE, UM, HIGHER LEVEL BUDGET ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE, UM, HELPING US TO, UH, FRAME NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. SO THIS GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATES THE FUNDING MODEL FOR A TP AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. WE HAVE OUR THREE FUNDING SOURCES FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, CAPITAL METRO, AND THE FTA GRANTS. AND THOSE FUNDS WILL COME INTO A TP AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THEM TO OVERSEE AND FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PROJECT CONNECT PROJECTS. UH, NOT ONLY WILL WE BE ABLE TO FUND ITEMS ON A CASH BASIS, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS, WHICH WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO, UM, OFFSET THE GAP IN THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND THE REVENUE RECEIPTS. AND LIKEWISE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, REQUEST FEDERAL LOANS THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING AND INNOVATION ACT. UH, AKA TIA. I THINK THAT'LL BE THE LAST TIME I SAY THAT. UH, TRENDS ALREADY. WOO . UM, AND SO, UH, FINALLY, ONCE PROJECTS COME ONLINE, WE'LL START FLOWING FUNDS BACK TO CAPITAL METRO FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND THE [00:25:01] OPERATIONS OF THOSE TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS. LAST MONTH, YOU WERE PRESENTED THIS BUDGET CALENDAR BY GREG. UM, AND SO TODAY MY PRESENTATION TO YOU ON THE BUDGETING FRAMEWORK WILL MARK THE SECOND ITEM IN OUR, IN OUR CHECKPOINT. UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, STAFF WILL BE CONTINUING THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE COMPLETION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH WE WILL BRING BACK TO YOU ON AUGUST 18TH. ALSO IN AUGUST, WE PLAN ON PRESENTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE, UH, FINANCE AND RISK ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THEN OUR PROCESS WILL CULMINATE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH WHEN YOU'LL BE ASKED TO APPROVE OUR OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH STARTS OCTOBER 1ST. SO, AS I MENTIONED, UM, IN THE FIRST SLIDE, A TP HAS THREE FUNDING SOURCES. UM, FOR THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, WE ARE MAINTAINING, UM, A GROWTH RATE OF THE 3.5% THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL MODEL. AND ALSO THIS IS, UM, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S FORECAST. BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS WE DEVELOP OUR BUDGET FURTHER, WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY CHANGES IN CITY ASSUMPTIONS. UM, FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE'S CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY TAX ROLE THAT WE, THAT WE'RE UNEXPECTED FOR CAPITAL METRO, WE ARE INCLUDING IN THE, UM, BUDGET, THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE, UM, IN THE FINANCIAL MODEL. SO THAT'S AN ALIGNMENT AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR, UH, FINANCIAL ADVISOR ON THE TIMING OF FEDERAL FUNDING. UH, YOU HAVE ALREADY, UH, DAVE WAS ALREADY ABLE TO WALK YOU THROUGH TWO OF OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT HIGHLIGHTS OR, UM, MILESTONES. AND THAT BEING THAT THE TWO METRO, METRO RAPID, UH, PLEASANT VALLEY AND EXPO LINES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AT THE 50% MARK, WHICH IS VERY ENCOURAGING SINCE THAT IS THE ONE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS WE BUILT INTO OUR MODEL. AND THEN THE SECOND IS THAT WE, UM, WE DID OFFICIALLY REQUEST THAT THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE LINES BE, UH, ACCEPTED INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MOVING OVER TO EXPENDITURES. THE FIRST THING I DO WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, IS THAT YESTERDAY MARKED OUR FIRST MAJOR MILESTONE IN PROJECT CONNECT, UM, WITH THE, UH, UH, WITH OUR ON DEMAND SERVICES IN, UM, IN, IN THE DEON NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THOSE PLANS ACTUALLY START COMING TO FRUITION. AND AS WE, UM, PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE WORK INVOLVED IN ADVANCING OUR PROJECTS THROUGH THE ENVI, UH, THROUGH THE ENGINEERING AND THE DESIGN PHASES. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE CONTINUING OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS ON THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE LINES, UM, INCORPORATED INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE EXPO IN THE PLEASANT VALLEY. IT'LL BE, WE'LL ALSO BE BUYING BUSES AND STARTING THE IN, UM, STARTING THE, UH, ENHANCEMENTS ON THE RED LINE. AND FY 22 IS GOING TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF OUR PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS. SO ON THIS FINAL SLIDE THERE, ON THIS FINAL SLIDE, THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO. AND THERE ARE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM ISSUES. SO WE'RE GONNA BE KEEPING AN EYE ON, UM, FEDERAL FUNDING. FOR INSTANCE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IS CONTINUING TO BE DEBATED BACK AND FORTH BY THE REPUBLICANS AND THE DEMOCRATS. I MEAN, I THINK THE LAST THING I SAW WAS THAT THE REPUBLICAN PLAN HAD $98 BILLION FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT. UM, WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE FTA CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS SO THAT, UH, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR ASSUMPTIONS AND OUR MODELS ARE STILL SOUND. UM, NATIONWIDE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE BEEN INCREASING, AND WE ARE, WE ARE MONITORING THAT, THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY A, A CONCERN FOR US YET BECAUSE WE ARE STILL A FEW YEARS OUT FROM ISSUING BIDS. HOWEVER, WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. UM, BUT OF MORE CONCERN IS THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION COSTS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE RISING COSTS IN THE LOCAL AREA. AND THAT, AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE ARE STARTING OUR, UM, OUR BUYS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEN THE FINAL THING THAT WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON IS ANY CHANGES TO DESI DESIGN. UM, ANY CHANGES IN DESIGN DECISIONS CAN ROLL OUT AND HAVE, UH, BIG COST IMPLICATIONS IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. UM, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. HE YES. BOARD MEMBER ATKINS, I WOULDN'T BE DOING MY JOB IF I'M FINANCE GUY ON THE BOARD AND NOT ASKING YOU A QUESTION, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , [00:30:01] , . ANYHOW, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE ON BOARD. UM, I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA KEEP YOU BUSY AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. YEAH. AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU. SO I GUESS A COUPLE THINGS, UM, ON YOUR SLIDE 22 WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT HORIZON ISSUES, I AGREE WITH ALL OF THEM. MM-HMM. , UM, SOME OTHER THINGS I THINK WE MAY WANNA THINK ABOUT, AND I'M SURE IN THE BACK OF EVERYBODY'S MIND IS CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, RIGHT? AS CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE ACCELERATES OR, YOU KNOW, DECELERATES, THAT'S GONNA HAVE A COST IMPLICATION, OF COURSE. MM-HMM. INTEREST RATES. UM, AND THEN JUST BROADLY THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF, OF DE-RISKING, YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN DE-RISK THE PROGRAM OR TRANSFER THOSE RISKS TO THE RIGHT PARTY, THAT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL HELP OUR COSTS. YOU KNOW, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL IS I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUDGET UPDATE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, UH, ONCE A YEAR. BUT I THINK THAT BUDGET UPDATE SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE CAPEX COSTS AND RIGHT. SO ALL THESE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL AS SCHEDULES. SO WE SEE A HOLISTIC PROGRAM BUDGET UPDATE, SO WE GET A SENSE OF WHERE ARE WE, THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO THIS TAX RATE, ASSUME THAT WE'RE ALL IN THE TAX RATE, THAT MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET SURPRISES. SO, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. WONDERFUL. AND ONE OF THE COMMENT, AND THIS IS KIND OF, UM, A BIT OUT THERE, BUT I LIKE TO THINK OF THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL ON, ON 18, WE TALK ABOUT THE THREE SOURCES OF FUNDING, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , CITY OF AUSTIN FUNDING CAP METRO AND FTA GRANTS, I, I'D LIKE JUST TO PLANT A SEED. THINK ABOUT IT. IS THERE A FOURTH BOX, WHICH WOULD BE PERHAPS PRIVATE MONEY CORPORATIONS? WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT ARE MOVING INTO AUSTIN THAT COULD RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF A LINE WAS EXTENDED TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HELPING TO DEFRAY SOME OF THE COST OF, YOU KNOW, PART B OF THE PROGRAM. SURE. AS WE, WE THINK ABOUT THAT, HOW, HOW WE WE COULD MONEY WELL, AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY THINK ABOUT THOSE EXAMPLE FOR, FOR THAT, RIGHT? WITH THE MCAL STATION. SO WE'VE GOT THAT. YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN IT IN, IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER PLACES LIKE THAT WHERE COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE AND OTHER COMPANIES ARE HELPING TO, TO PAY FOR, FOR TRANSIT. AND MAYBE THERE'S A WAY DOWN THE ROAD THAT THAT COULD HELP TO PHRASE SOME OF THE COSTS. SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. DO WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH AUSTIN FC? PERHAPS THERE'S, THAT BOX ALREADY EXISTS. YEAH, GO AHEAD. I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THAT. YEAH. SO ON THE CAP, SO NOT AT P CAP METRO SIDE, THERE IS A, A P THREE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN CAP METRO AND AUSTIN FC. THERE'S ALSO ONE, UH, BETWEEN BRANDY WINE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CAP METRO FOR THE BROADMOOR STATION. SO WE HAVE TWO P THREE STATIONS ACTUALLY IN DEVELOPMENT WORKING TOWARDS, UH, GROUNDBREAKINGS. UH, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK, UH, BOARD MEMBER TO YOUR POINT, AND WE'VE, WE JUST DIDN'T LIST THAT OUT YET. BUT UNDERNEATH ALL THIS WILL BE, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY ON THE STATION DEVELOPMENT SIDE. SO WE DON'T REALLY ENVISION ANYTHING ON THE ALIGNMENT SIDE PER SE, BUT AT A STATION DEVELOPMENT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO HAVE A STATION EMBEDDED, MAYBE IN A TOWER DOWNTOWN? HOW DOES SOME OF THOSE COSTS, YOU KNOW, SHARING POTENTIALLY WORK? UH, SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF TOOLS THAT I THINK WILL EVOLVE, ESPECIALLY KIND OF AFTER 30% DESIGN AND ON ONCE WE REALLY KIND OF HAVE THAT, THE, THE BASELINE DONE AND, AND THEN KIND OF HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES WILL, WILL, OR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THOSE STATIONS. SO IT'S DEFINITELY IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND, UH, OF HOW THAT, OF HOW THAT COULD BE. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN, WHEN WOULD IT BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO START THINKING ABOUT THOSE P THREE POTENTIALS? UM, I WOULD SAY WE, I WOULD SAY WE, WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE CAREFUL WITH THE TERMINOLOGY, I THINK OF P THREE. 'CAUSE P THREE MEANS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO A LOT DIFFERENT PEOPLE. UH, PURE P THREE, THE WAY WE DESCRIBED A, A JOINT, A TRUE PRIVATE PARTNER, UH, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP STATION. MM-HMM. , WE WERE ALREADY THINKING THROUGH THAT. WE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY A YEAR, 18 MONTHS PROBABLY BEFORE WE COULD REALLY START SEEING HOW SOME OF THOSE COULD FRAME UP WITH THE STATION DESIGN. 'CAUSE WE GOTTA GET THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS AND WE GOTTA GET TO OUR 30% DESIGN. AND THEN I THINK SOME OF THOSE WILL UNFOLD. UM, YOU KNOW, ALTER ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHODOLOGY, WHICH SOMETIMES GETS WRAPPED INTO P THREE. THAT IS WHERE WE WILL THINK THROUGH THINGS LIKE, SHOULD WE DO SOME DESIGN, DESIGN, BUILD DESIGN, BID BUILD, PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD, CMC, LIKE, THERE'S A VARIETY OF METHODOLOGIES AND, UH, WE'RE NOT FAR FROM, UH, GREG IS WORKING ON A SCOPE, UH, TO PUT OUT FOR, UM, KIND OF A RISK CONSULTANT THAT WILL COME IN AND HELP REALLY KIND OF HELP DEFINE FOR US CONTRACT DELIVERY METHODOLOGY TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD SOME GREAT OPTIONS TO GET FROM 30% ON, FOR THE, FOR THE MEGA PROJECTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. BOARD MEMBER STRATTON WAS THERE, WERE THERE ANY CONCERNS COMING OUT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT MIGHT IMPACT OUR LONG-TERM FUNDING METHODOLOGY AT THIS POINT, SPECIFICALLY? I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF SESSION RELATING TO, UH, UH, REVENUE BONDS. BUT I, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF THAT MAY HAVE MORE IMPACTED THE MUNICIPAL SIDE OF THE EQUATION. MAYBE [00:35:01] NOT SO MUCH EGCS. YEAH. IT, IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE, UM, THE GEO DEBT. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OF THAT. YEAH. UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BE, I GUESS WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT IN FUTURE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, JUST IN CASE AS WE'RE PROGRESSING. CORRECT. ALWAYS. YEAH. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL SEE YOU IN TWO MONTHS WITH OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME. SO I THINK WE ARE, UM, GREG CANALI BACK AGAIN OR TO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I THINK WE'RE NOW DONE WITH THE, UM, THESE, UH, UPDATES. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE BACK MOVING INTO THE A BOARD AGENDA ACTION ITEMS. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE READY FOR OUR ACTION ITEMS. OKAY. DO YOU WANNA MENTION THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YEAH, SO IT WAS POSTED ON THE AGENDA THAT WE WOULD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THERE'S NO LONGER A NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT, I BELIEVE. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM. SO IT'S THE, UM, [IV.1. Approval of the minutes from the May 19, 2021 board meeting.] ACTUALLY WE FIRST HAVE TO APPROVE OUR MEETING MINUTES. YES. SO, UH, APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 19TH, 2021 OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BOARD MEETING. UM, IF EVERYONE HAS HAD TIME TO REVIEW THOSE LAST MONTH'S MEETING MINUTES, I WILL REQUEST A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE. BOARD MEMBER ELKINS. YEAH. AND A SECOND. I SECOND. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER BURNETT, DO I HAVE A VOTE? EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NOBODY. I SAY AYE AS WELL. THE MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. UM, OUR SECOND [IV.2. Appointment of members to the Austin Transit Partnership Technical Advisory Committees.] ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE INITIAL MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. AND FOR THAT I HAVE MS. BERG. UM, GIVE US AN UPDATE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, SO IF YOU RECALL, WE OPENED UP AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THREE ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD. THESE WERE THE ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE AND RISK COMMITTEE, AND THE PLANNING SUSTAIN SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY AND DBE COMMITTEE. WE HAD LOADS OF APPLICATIONS. AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEWING THOSE AND DELIBERATING ABOUT THOSE. THERE WAS A LOT TO CONSIDER, A LOT OF TALENTED PEOPLE, AND THIS IS THE SLATE THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TODAY. WELL, I KNOW THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT MILESTONE FOR THE GROUP. SO DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY COMMENTS? AND THANK YOU MS. JACKIE FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT AS WELL. UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES? AND A SECOND PLEASE. SECOND. AND YOUR FIRST MAYOR ADLER. THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL HAVE A VOTE. EVERYONE WHO APPROVES THIS, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AS WELL. AND THERE'S NO, UH, NAYS. THANK YOU. SO THE ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE [Items IV.3. & IV.4.] ON TO ACTION ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR. THANK YOU, MR. CANALI. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A TASK QUARTER WITH CBRE, INCORPORATED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED OF $4,750,000 TO PROVIDE CERTAIN OWNER REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO POTENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE. AND TOGETHER WITH THIS ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR HIS EE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A SUBLEASE AGREEMENTS WITH PARSLEY ENERGY LP WITH CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE LOCATED AT 3 0 1 CONGRESS AVENUE AND 2 0 3 COLORADO STREET. MR. CANALI WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OH, BACK HERE. UM, WELL THANK YOU, UM, FOR THESE, THESE TWO ACTION ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU ARE, UH, AS YOU SPELLED OUT ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE NEEDS FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT TEAM, INCLUDING AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP TEAM, THE CAPITAL METRO, UH, STAFF THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE SEAT OF AUSTIN FOLKS AS WELL. AND SO, UM, IN A BIG PICTURE, WE, WE BEGAN OUR, OUR JOURNEY HERE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO. AND RECOGNIZING, AS YOU'VE SEEN JULIANA TALK ABOUT THE STAFF THAT WE'RE HIRING, WE THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AND BE TOGETHER TO START WORKING, UH, KIND OF DAY TO DAY TOGETHER IN SPACE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. UH, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO EVALUATE OUR OVERALL NEEDS, UM, [00:40:01] AS A GROUP AND AS A TEAM. UM, BASICALLY ACQUIRING ABOUT 50,000 SQUARE FEET. UM, WE WANTED TO BE REALLY KEY LOCATED, HAVE LOCATIONS THAT ARE, ARE NEAR TRANSIT SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS THE TEAM. UM, AND WE ALSO KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF MEETINGS, MEETINGS WITH OURSELVES, MEETINGS WITH, UH, THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE JUST, UH, APPROVED. UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SPACE FOR THAT. UH, AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH, WE WANTED TO BE VERY, UM, EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE WITH THE PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO INTO WORK WITH, UH, OUR BROKER TO LOOK AT BELOW MARKET PRICING BY GOING THROUGH SUBLEASES AS THESE ACTION ITEMS ARE FOR WHAT THESE ARE, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE SUBLEASES, THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT, UH, SAVINGS VERSUS THE STANDARD LONG-TERM LEASE THAT YOU WOULD GET. UM, WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE IN THIS SPACE. UM, AND BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF BUILDING THAT ESPECIALLY IS ON 2 0 3 COLORADO, NOT AT TALL OFFICE TOWERS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST LOWER OPERATING EXPENSES. SO OVERALL, WE TRIED TO JUST BE VERY, UH, DILIGENT ABOUT THE USE OF THESE PUBLIC DOLLARS. THESE, THESE WE'RE LOOKING AT A RELEASE FOR THIS, THE 2 0 3, ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, WHICH WE THINK IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO UNDERSTAND OUR LONGER TERM NEEDS BEFORE WE, UH, COMMIT TO A LONG-TERM NEEDS. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THIS SPACE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO NEED SOME, UH, ASSISTANCE TO GET THE SPACE FULLY OCCUPIED THERE NEEDS SOME WORK TO BE DONE. AND THE OTHER ACTION ITEM IS TO HAVE A CBR HELP US REPRESENT OUR, UH, OWNER'S REP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MOVE IN THERE AND BE READY TO START WORKING. THANK YOU. MR. CANAL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO. GREAT SPACE. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THESE ARE PRETTY GREAT FINES. UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL A VOTE. UM, OH YES. FIRST WE NEED A MOTION. THANK YOU. CASEY. . I'LL MAKE A MO WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION BOARD MEMBER STRATTON. MOTION TO APPROVE. I MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. OH. AND ALSO MAYOR RATHER . WE HAVE TWO SECONDS. UM, THANK YOU. UM, SO PLEASE, UH, EVERYONE WHO HAS APPROVED THIS, UH, ACTION ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, PLEASE SAY A, A AYE AYE. AYE. MYSELF AND ANY NAYS? YES, BOTH ITEMS THREE AND FOUR HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MR. CANAL. SO NOW WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE. AND, UH, I HAVE A NOTE THAT MS. JOSEPH HAS, UH, ALSO REQUESTED TO SPEAK AFTER ITEM NUMBER FIVE. SO SHE WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES AFTER STAFF'S PRESENTATION. SO I MEAN, THREE MINUTES. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. DID I SAY FIVE APPROVAL? [IV.5. Approval of the ILA with the City of Austin for terms of the Joint Powers Agreement on transfer of Proposition A property tax revenue.] SO ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR TERMS OF JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT ON TRANSFER OF THE NOVEMBER, 2020 PROPOSITION, A PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. AND AGAIN, I HAVE MR. CANAL WILL NOT DISCUSS THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE EXECUTION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND TRANSFER OF THE PROPER TAX REVENUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, AGAIN, THIS ACTION ITEM IS REALLY A PROCEDURES DOCUMENT TO ALLOW FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. THESE ARE REALLY THE TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BETWEEN THE STAFF, UM, TO LAY OUT THE TIMING OF THE PAYMENTS, UM, HOW THOSE PAYMENTS ARE CALCULATED AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE. UM, THIS WILL ALLOW THOSE FUNDS TO START FLOWING AGAIN, AND THIS IS ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS ABOUT HOW THESE PROCEDURES WOULD BE SET OUT. THANK YOU, MR. CANALI. AND BEFORE WE HAVE BOARD DISCUSSION, WE HAVE MS. JOSEPH. UM, MS. JOSEPH, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? I AM. THREE MINUTES. ARE YOU WANTING ME TO SPEAK NOW? YES, PLEASE. NUMBER FIVE. OH, YES, MADAM CHAIR. I ACTUALLY, THE VIDEO HAS A DELAY, SO MR. CANAL WAS STILL TALKING ON MY, AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS, I'M ENOVIA JOSEPH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AS IT RELATED TO THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH VOTERS. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE'S A PROVISION THAT SPECIFIES THAT PROJECT CONNECT WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND GROCERY STORES. AND IF YOU ARE IN FACT COMMITTED TO THAT, I WOULD ASK YOU TO RESTORE NORTHEAST WEST CONNECTIVITY. MY OTHER COMMENT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FROM AUGUST 7TH, 2020, WHICH [00:45:01] SPECIFIES THAT HOMEOWNERS, RENTERS, AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY'S TAX AND JURISDICTION WILL BEAR THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING PROJECT CONNECT. AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE RENTERS AND ACTUALLY LET THEM KNOW HOW THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS WILL BEAR ON THEM AS YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD. BECAUSE THAT WAS NEVER DISCUSSED, AND IT WAS NEVER IN ANY OF THE LITERATURE, NONE OF THE PROPAGANDA. I WANT YOU TO KNOW AS WELL THAT I, UM, MEANT TO MENTION THIS. I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FEDERAL REGISTER, AND WE HAVE SEVEN DAYS LEFT TO COMMENT ON THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE LINE. AND THAT FEDERAL RE REGISTER IS, UH, ACTUALLY OPEN UNTIL JUNE 23RD, 2021. AND MADAM CHAIR, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, YOU MENTIONED THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED. SO I CALLED THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION ON FRIDAY BECAUSE THE DEAF, UH, COMMUNITY WANTED THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO USE, UM, THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IN ALL THEIR MEETINGS. SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF JACOB CALHOUN OR SOMEONE FROM, UH, THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP WOULD ACTUALLY DISCLOSE HOW BLIND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS CAN ALSO GIVE COMMENTS. I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW AS WELL THAT I DID SPEAK BEFORE COUNSEL WAY BACK ON JANUARY 26TH, 2017, AND I ACTUALLY ASKED MAYOR ADLER, UH, TO ASSIST US WITH OUR ROUTES. AND I HELD 574 PETITION SIGNATURES IN MY HAND, AND WE WERE IGNORED. AND SO I JUST WILL LASTLY SAY THAT MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IN 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN. AND YOU MAY RECALL, CEO CLARK SAID, IF YOU TAKE $1 OF THE FEDERAL MONEY, YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THEIR RULES. AND I'LL JUST LASTLY ASK YOU TO RECORD THE CSAC MEETINGS AND PUT THEM ONLINE AND BE TRANSPARENT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME AND APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU MS. JOSEPH, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MS. JOSEPH, IF YOU'RE STILL HERE, UM, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, BUT IS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION? AND, UM, FOR OUR MEETINGS IN PARTICULAR OR JUST IN GENERAL FOR ALL OF THE OTHER MEETINGS AS WELL? UM, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? YES. SO YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, HAVING ACCESSIBLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE SPEAKING AT THESE MEETINGS. DID I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY? UM, YES. MADAM CHAIR. SO THE MAYOR HAS A COMMITTEE, UH, FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND I WAS JUST, UM, LISTENING TO THEIR PRIOR MEETING TO GIVE THEM, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE FEDERAL REGISTER, BUT I DID NOT. AND THEY, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THEY HAD WAS THAT THEY WERE A LITTLE LOST WITH CORONAVIRUS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY WERE WANTING THE CITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AT ALL OF THEIR MEETINGS SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE. MM-HMM. . AND SO MOVING FORWARD, IF YOU COULD JUST CONSIDER THAT POPULATION, I'M NOT SURE, UH, FOR THE FEDERAL REGISTER, HOW THEY GIVE COMMENTS. UH, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION REFERRED ME TO JACOB CALHOUN BECAUSE HIS NAME WAS ON THE FEDERAL REGISTER AS A CONTACT LOCALLY. UH, BUT IT HAS HIS CAP METRO INFORMATION AND NOT THE A TP INFORMATION. SO, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE ADDRESS HOW THEY WOULD GIVE COMMENTS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND ALSO MOVING FORWARD HOW THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, I GUESS, PARTICIPATE IN YOUR MEETINGS OR AT LEAST KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, IF THERE'S A WAY TO HAVE A SL FOR THEM. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE FOR CLARIFYING. AND WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE AT OUR NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. SO, UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE FROM THE BOARD? SO, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, MR. YEAH. I, UM, MOVE THAT WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT, UH, ACTION ITEM IS NOW EXITING. THANK YOU. SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU DR. BURNETT. SECOND BY, UM, BOARD MEMBER BURNETT. UM, EVERYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE, PLEASE SAY, AYE I AYE AS WELL. AND, UH, NAYS ARE ZERO. SO, ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MR. CANALI. SO NOW [V.1. Project Connect Orange Line Alignment Review] WE MOVE OVER TO, WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE ORANGE LINE ALIGNMENT, MR. JOHN R AND MR. PETER MULLEN WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, AND I BELIEVE ALSO ANIQUE BODE MAY JOIN US. UM, SHE'S WITH THE AUSTIN CITY OF AUSTIN PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE AS WE IMPORT ENTERING THE, AN IMPORTANT PHASE OF THE PROGRAM AS WE HEAD TOWARDS COMPLETION [00:50:01] OF THE 15% DESIGNED THIS SUMMER. MR. RONAN, MR. MULLEN, THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS. YES, TO SHOW THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. WE, WE DO HAVE ANIQUE BIDE THE, UH, MOBILITY OFFICER FOR PROJECT CONNECT, UH, VIRTUALLY ONLINE WITH US. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, THEN SHE'S ON BOARD TO SUPPORT US WITH THAT. WE ALSO HAVE MR. PETER MULLEN, OUR CHIEF OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, AND TODAY WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU THE ORANGE LINE ALIGNMENT, UH, FROM SOUTH SLAUGHTER TO OLTORF AND NORTH TECH RIDGE TO, TO THE DRAG. YOU'VE SEEN THIS, UH, PROGRAM SEQUENCE PLAN PREVIOUSLY. IT SHOWS THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE LINE SEQUENCING THROUGH 2029. IT ALSO SHOWS THE METRO RAIL METRO RAPID, THE METRO EXPRESS PARK, AND RISE METRO BUS, METRO ACCESS THE CUSTOMER TECH SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENTS. OUR FOCUS TODAY, AGAIN, WILL BE ON THE ORANGE LINE. THIS IS, IS A OVERALL SYSTEM MAP, SHOWING YOU THE ORANGE LINE. IT IS ON ITS AXI. UH, THE NORTH WOULD BE TO YOUR RIGHT SHOWING TECH RIDGE STATION AND THE SOUTH WOULD BE AT SLAUGHTER STATION. WE ALSO SHOW IDENTIFICATION OF THE BLUE LINE FROM REPUBLIC SQUARE TO THE AIRPORT. AND TODAY, TODAY WE'LL PRESENT TO YOU THE, AGAIN, THE AREA FROM SOUTH SLAUGHTER TO OLD TORF, NORTH TECH RIDGE TO THE DRAG. AND AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, NEXT MONTH, THEN WE WILL BRING TO YOU THE AREA OF DOWNTOWN AND SOCO AS WELL. UH, AS JACKIE, UH, MENTIONED, WE WILL BEGIN OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THAT POINT, AT THE END OF JULY. THIS IS THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE PROJECT'S OVERALL TIMELINE THAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE, PREVIOUSLY LAST MONTH. UH, AGAIN, JUST AS, AS A NOTE, IT WALKS YOU THROUGH, UH, THE NEPA PROCESS AS WELL. IT IDENTIFIES THE PROJECTED ENTRY INTO ENGINEERING PHASE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, THE BEGINNING OF OUR, UH, LARGER CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND VEHICLE MANUFACTURING. THE, UH, ANTICIPATED TIMEFRAME FOR, UH, THE FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT, STAFFING TRAINING, UH, AND ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS FOR REV REVENUE SERVICE. AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DETAIL MAP TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT, UH, MR. COUCH TOUCHED ON PREVIOUSLY IN HIS BRIEFING. UH, WE DID, UH, SUBMIT, UH, TO THE FTA TO ENTER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE RECEIVED, UH, RECENTLY, UH, COMMENTS FROM THEM. AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH COMPLETING THAT PROCESS FOR APPROVAL. ONE OF THE KEY MILESTONES THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO NOTE IN REGARD TO, UH, THE SCHEDULE AND MILESTONES THAT ARE SHOWN IS IN DECEMBER OF 2022, WE HAVE THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND THE RECORD OF DECISION THAT WE WILL COMPLETE. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT SHOWS YOU HOW WE FIT INTO THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE SHOW, SHOW PREVIOUSLY. IT'S RE-IMAGINING THE RIGHT OF WAY AS YOU SEE IT TODAY. IT IS A RENDERING AND IT, AND IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND ELEMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GUIDEWAY. AND I'LL LET PETER SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, TO THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE. YEAH, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I THINK IT, UM, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVERYWHERE THE, THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM WILL GO AND TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY. UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO, TO, TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, IMPROVE, UH, THE PHYSICAL FABRIC OF THE CITY IN A KIND OF A HOLISTIC WAY. SO WE DO TAKE THIS HOLISTIC HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN APPROACH, UM, TO THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT. SO, SO NEXT, ONE OF THE KEY PRINCIPLES THAT WE LOOK INTO FOR THE STATION LOCATION IS, IS THE, THE BALANCE OF THE, THE SPEED AND THE ACCESS WITH THE STATION SPACE STATION SPACING THAT'S IDENTIFIED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SHOWN YOU BEFORE THAT WE CONSTANTLY CONSIDER IS THAT HALF MILE RADIUS AND A 10 MINUTE WALK AREA BETWEEN THE STATIONS AS WELL. WE LOOK AT A HALF MILE TO A MILE, UH, UH, THAT'S CONSIDERED BETWEEN THE STATIONS AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGHOUT, ENSURING THAT, UH, WE HAVE A FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENTS, THE DESTINATION POINTS FOR THE CUSTOMERS AND THE RIDERS AND, AND HOW WE INTERFACE WITH THEM FOR, UH, ACCESS TO AND FROM THE STATION. UH, WE, WE ESSENTIALLY ALSO FOCUS ON THE CONNECTIVITY WITH BUS AND HOW WE DEVELOP THE BUS NETWORK AS WELL AS THE RAIL SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE INTEGRATED AND WORK WELL TOGETHER. ONE OF THE KEY PIECES AS PART OF THE STATIONS, AS WE IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRADE OF THE STATIONS. THE INCLINE IS SHOWN ON THE TOP LEFT. SO WE WANT TO [00:55:01] ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A LEVEL AREA, UH, FOR THE STATION FOR ITS LOCATION. AND SO THE AREA ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SHOWS THAT STATION ON FLAT LAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO PLACE THAT STATION. FOR THIS STATION AS WELL. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT IN A CURVE. UM, IT CREATES CHALLENGES AS FAR AS ACCESS TO THE STATION, WHERE YOU COULD SEE ON THE SCREEN ON THE TOP RIGHT WITH THE XS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE CHALLENGES IN ACCESSING THE VEHICLE. SO THE STATION, UH, AREA THAT WE LOOK FOR IS THAT IT'S ON A STRAIGHT LINE, A STRAIGHT PORTION OF THE TRACK AND THE GUIDEWAY TO PLACE THAT STATION. SO NOW I'LL BEGIN TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE ALIGNMENT FROM SLAUGHTER, UH, TO OLTORF. AND WE WILL, UH, BEGIN, UH, WITH AN AREA THAT SHOWS YOU REALLY THE WATERSHED AREA OVERLAYING, UH, THE WORK GROUPS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WITH THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE CIRCLES. AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE, ARE FOCUSED ON BY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM. THIS AREA SHOWS YOU FROM SLAUGHTER, UH, TO STANY, AND THERE'S A KEY ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT IDENTIFIES THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THERE BE THE, THE FUTURE, UH, EXTENSION, WHICH YOU ARE SEEING NOW, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, INITIAL INVESTMENT, THE LRT STATIONS, THE, THE FUTURE STATIONS, PARK AND RIDES AND SO FORTH. SO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT, THAT WE, WE WANT YOU TO, TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT WE WILL BE CLEARING ENVIRONMENTALLY, UH, THE AREA FROM SLAUGHTER TO TECH RIDGE. WE WILL DO THIS AS PART OF THE OVERALL FEDERAL PROCESS TO EXPEDITE THE DESIGN AND, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION. ONCE, UH, THE FUNDING IS SECURED, THE INITIAL IN INVESTMENT BEGINS AT STANY AND, AND ENDS AT STANY. AND THEN THAT FUTURE EXTENSION WOULD CONTINUE TO, TO SLAUGHTER. NOW BEGIN TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE, THE ROLE PLOTS OF THE ALIGNMENT. AND SO WE WILL BEGIN AT THE SLAUGHTER TRANSIT CENTER. AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST A REMINDER, THERE'S A KEY TO THE TOP RIGHT THAT IDENTIFIES KEY ELEMENTS THROUGHOUT AS I WALK THROUGH, UH, THE ALIGNMENT, UH, GREEN, SHOWING THE TREE ZONE, UH, RED WITH THE BIKEWAY. THE GRAY AREA IS THE ROADWAY AND THE, UH, ORANGE AREA IDENTIFIES THE SIDEWALKS AND WHERE WE HAVE SOME SHARED USE PASSES PA UH, AREAS FOR, FOR BIKE AND PED. AND SO AS YOU SEE HERE, UH, WE, WE HAVE THE SLAUGHTER TRANSIT CENTER THAT'S IDENTIFIED. AND ALSO AS A REMINDER, THE NAMES AND THE LOCATIONS OF THE STA THE NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF THE STATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED. WE WILL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO FINALIZE THEM. AND SO AS WE CONTINUE OFF THE ALIGNMENT, UH, WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH THE BUSES, UH, AND ACCESS TO AND FROM THE SLAUGHTER TRANSIT CENTER FOR BUS TO THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM. AND WE WILL, UH, ALSO, UH, START TO HAVE A FOCUS ON HOW, HOW THE ALIGNMENT TRANSITIONS TO THE ROADWAY. AT THIS POINT. UH, THEY'RE IDENTIFIED, UH, AREAS WHERE WE HAVE APARTMENTS, WE HAVE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, THE STORAGE UNITS, THE SALVAGE YARD, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE, THE, UM, AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC LANES AND THE TRANSITION OF THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM INTO THE ROADWAY. SO YOU SEE THE, UH, LIGHT BLUE LINES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED, THAT IDENT THAT ARE FOR, UH, THE TRAFFIC LANES. SO AS WE TRANSITION, UH, ONTO THE GUIDEWAY FROM SLAUGHTER, UH, TRANSIT CENTER, THEN YOU'LL SEE AS WE PROGRESS THAT WE WILL GO ACROSS A BRIDGE. THE CREEK THERE THAT'S LOCATED, UH, JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE RETAIL COMMERCIAL BUILDING. WE CROSS DIPMAR ROAD, UH, AND THEN WE IDENTIFY THE APARTMENTS. THIS IS THAT IN-BETWEEN AREA, BETWEEN STATIONS. AND THE KEY, THE KEY HERE IS, IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE IN THIS AREA WE ARE AT GRADE, WHERE WE HAVE THOSE INTERFACES WITH THE GRADE CROSSINGS AND THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS WE CONTINUE. SOUTH CONGRESS AT WILLIAM CANNON STATION IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN TO YOUR RIGHT. THIS IS A TYPE OF A SPLIT, UH, PLATFORM STATION. IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE STA UH, STATIONS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED BASED ON THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF THE GUIDEWAY THAT IDENTIFIES, UH, THE, UM, THE, THE SOUTH AND THE NORTHBOUND, UH, PLATFORMS. IT ALSO IDENTIFIES THE LOCAL BUS CONNECTIONS THAT WOULD BE IN THIS AREA. AND YOU CAN START TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENTS, THE APARTMENTS, THE BUSINESSES, THE WALGREENS THAT ARE, UH, IDENTIFIED THAT REALLY MADE THIS LOCATION THE BEST FIT AT THIS TIME, WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, THE, UH, WILLIAM CANNON STATION. AS WE MOVE ALONG, WE SHOW, UH, MORE MIXED USE RETAIL. WE SHOW THE PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, [01:00:01] MORE APARTMENTS, MORE GRAY CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROGRESS, UH, AT GRADE. ALONG THE ALIGNMENT, WE GO FROM STANE TO OLTORF, AND AGAIN, IDENTIFIED ARE THE WORKING GROUP, UH, AREAS IDENTIFIED IN BY THE CIRCLES. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, LOCATION OF STANE STATION. THAT'S, UH, JUST TO THE, THE NORTH OF THE, UM, STANE LANE. WE HAVE THE GAS STATION, THE CVS THAT'S LOCATED IN THIS AREA. AS, AS WELL AS, UH, AS YOU PROGRESS, UH, THROUGH THE, THE SLIDE YOU SHOW, UH, AND SEE THE LOCAL BUS CONNECTIONS AS STANE, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A FOCUS ON AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT, UH, PROPER CONNECTION AND, AND ACCESS TO AND FROM THE STATION. THE AUTO SALVAGE YARD AND WILLIAMS CREEK ARE AREAS THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT WE ARE OFF THE, UH, ALIGNMENT AS FAR AS THE ROADWAY, AND WE ARE TRAVELING, UH, ACROSS THE WILLIAMS CREEK. AND THEN WE START TO BEGIN A TRANSITION THAT PUTS US BACK ONTO THE GUIDEWAY AS WE TRANSITION FROM THE TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY TO, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, RIGHT OF WAY. SO, JUST ONE NOTE AS TO WHY WE'RE OFF THE ALIGNMENT HERE, OFF THE ROADWAY PART IS BECAUSE OF WILLIAMSON CREEK. THIS IS A FLOODPLAIN AREA. AND SO, UM, ACTUALLY SOME OF THE ROADWAY IS ACTUALLY BELOW IN THE FLOODPLAIN, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE, THE GUIDEWAY OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN. SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE PULLING IT OFF OF THE ROADWAY AND ONTO THIS LITTLE STRIP, UM, OF LAND. AND SO YOU COULD SEE THAT THAT SORT OF PINK PORTION OF THE CREEK IS ACTUALLY, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A STRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER THE CREEK AND TO PROTECT THE, THE GUIDEWAY FROM THAT FLOODPLAIN RISK. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO PROGRESS, WE COME ONTO THE GUIDEWAY FOR CITY OF AUSTIN GUIDEWAY. AND THIS TAKES YOU FROM STANE TO SOUTH CONGRESS, UH, TRANSIT CENTER. YOU CAN SEE AS WE TRANSITION FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE WILLIAMS CREEK THAT WE GO OVER, WE TRANSITION ONTO THE GUIDEWAY. THERE'S RETAIL, THERE'S THE PARK FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE AROUND THIS AREA AND THE STREET, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED, THAT ARE REQUIRED. AS WE, AS WE CROSS THE ST. ELMO, UH, GRAY CROSSING, WE WILL START TO GO AERIAL INTO THE SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER AT THIS LOCATION. WE HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE BUS FOR THE EXISTING SOUTH CON CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER, AND THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING, UH, AT THAT LOCATION. ONE OF THE KEY POINTS HERE WITH US BEING AREAS, JUST ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT CUSTOMER INTERFACE AND CONNECTION, UH, AND THAT IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT ACCESSIBILITY, UH, TO AND FROM THE STATION IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN HOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET TO AND FROM, UH, THEIR DESTINATIONS AND TRANSFER FROM EITHER THE BUS OR THE RAIL SYSTEM AS WE CONTINUE, UH, TO PROGRESS TO THE NORTH. THEN YOU SEE, UH, US TWO 90, BEN WHITE, THEN WE WILL GO OVER THOSE AREAS. AND ALSO, THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE REASONS THAT WE STARTED TO, TO CLIMB AND GRADE, IS TO GO OVER, UH, THE US TWO 90. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, A SLIDE HERE THAT SHOWS YOU REALLY A AERIAL CENTER PLATFORM. TYPICALLY, THIS IS OUR, UH, TYPICAL LAYOUT FOR AN AERIAL STATION, UH, THE SAME AS WITH WHETHER IT'S AT GRADE OR AERIAL. IT GIVES US THE BENEFIT OF HAVING LESS AMENITIES THAT ARE, UH, ASSOCIATED ON THE PRO PLATFORM AS WELL AS IT, IT GIVES MORE OF A COMFORT, A, A FEELING FOR CUSTOMERS IF THEY NEED IT TO GO NORTHBOUND OR SOUTHBOUND AS THERE ON THAT PLATFORM. THEY CAN GO IN EITHER DIRECTION. SO NEXT, WE CONTINUE ACROSS, UH, US TWO 90. UH, WE START TO GO BACK DOWN TO GRADE, UH, TO ALIGN WITH THE, THE ROADWAY. WE HAVE, UH, LOTS OF COMMERCIAL, UH, MIXED COMMERCIAL APARTMENTS, UH, LOCATED THROUGH THIS AREA. UH, DEFINITELY, UH, A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA AND A LOT OF, UM, UH, UM, CONNECTIONS, UH, THAT ARE TO THE SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER. NEXT WOULD BE ST. EDWARDS UNIVERSITY. UH, CURRENT. CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS. UH, WE ARE SHOWING HERE THE SPLIT PLATFORM OPTION, UH, LOCATED, UH, AT THE ST. EDWARDS UNIVERSITY. YOU SEE THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE LOCATED AS WELL AT WOODWARD STREET. AND THEN THE MIXED USE, UH, THE DIFFERENT, UH, LANE, UH, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE MADE THROUGHOUT THIS AREA FOR ENTERING, UH, INTO AND OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY. ONE OF THE, THE SECOND OPTIONS FOR, UH, FOR THIS, UH, THAT, THAT WE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE CONSIDERED IN A, UH, SIDE PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT IS BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE GUIDEWAY, THEN [01:05:01] WE, WE CONSIDER, UH, UTILIZING A SPLIT PLATFORM. UH, AND THIS IS OFFSETS, UH, AS WELL FOR, UH, MORE SPACE FOR YOUR LEFT TURN LANES. THE CENTER PLATFORM OPTION AT ST. EDWARDS ALLOWS FOR THE STATION TO BE TO THE NORTH OF WOOD WOODWARD, UH, UH, STREET. ALSO, UH, THIS ALLOWS FOR US TO HAVE, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, FLEXIBILITY IN REGARD TO, UH, INGRESS EGRESS TO, TO THE STATION IN EXCESS, UH, TO THE UNIVERSITY. UH, THE, THE AREA, UM, FOR, UH, THE, THE STATION, UH, IS NOT AS IMPACTED AS FAR AS REAL ESTATE. UH, AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS AN OPTION THAT WE'VE MET WITH THE UNIVERSITY, UH, AS WELL AND DISCUSSED, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FINALIZE THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND THIS SHOWS A TYPICAL LAYOUT FOR A CENTER PLATFORM STATION. AGAIN, THIS OFFERS MORE COMFORTABLE WAITING SPACE FOR THE PASSENGERS, AND ALS ALSO ALLOWS FOR US TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS IN REGARD TO THE AMENITIES THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE PLATFORM. SO NEXT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS FROM SOUTH CONGRESS. UH, AT ALTOR, UH, STATION, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE GARTNER BETS JUVENILE CENTER, THE MIXED RETAIL, THE FORMER TWIN OAK SHOPPING CENTER, THE HEB, UH, IS. AND THROUGHOUT THIS AREA, WE, WE HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WE COULD BUILD OFF OF THAT ALLOWS US ALSO TO WORK WITH THE, THE BUS CONNECTIONS THAT ARE AT, UH, ALTOR ALTOR. AND, AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE MAIN THINGS TO, TO ENSURE NOW WE ARE AT GRADE THIS INTERSECTION, HOW THE, THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WOULD ACCESS THE STATION, UH, TO AND FROM, UH, FOR BUS CONNECTIONS. SO THAT COMPLETES OUR, OUR FIRST TOUR FROM SLAUGHTER TO OLD TURF, UH, FOR THE ORANGE LINE. AND NOW WE'LL TRANSITION TO, UH, WALK YOU THROUGH, UH, THE NORTH SECTION. AND SO I'LL TRANSITION QUICKLY HERE TO SHOW YOU THE AREAS OF THE WORKING GROUPS FROM RUNDBERG TO NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER. AND OF COURSE, THIS, THIS ALSO, UH, AS, AS PART OF THE INITIAL INVESTMENT ENDS AT NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER, UH, THE FUTURE EXTENSION WOULD CONTINUE TO TECH RIDGE. AND THEN, UH, WE WOULD ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE INCLUDING THIS AS PART OF THE NEPA PROCESS, UH, TO, TO GET THAT, UH, APPROVAL TO, UH, EXPEDITE THE DESIGN AND IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION ONCE FUNDING IS SECURED. SO, HERE TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE TECH RIDGE STATION, UH, AT IT IDENTIFIES ON THIS SLIDE, THE EXISTING TAR TECH RIDGE PARKING RIDE. ALSO, THERE'S RETAIL APARTMENTS, UH, THE CARMAX THAT'S LOCATED, UH, TO YOUR TOP LEFT. AND SO WE TRANSITION ACROSS 35, AND WE ARE AERIAL AT THIS POINT. SO THE TRACKS ARE ELEVATED. UH, WE CROSS 35 AND WE START TO TRANSITION INTO THE GUIDEWAY FOR FAR NORTH LAMAR. AND AS WE TRANSITION ONTO THE GUIDEWAY, THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE DIFFERENT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE BE MADE FOR THE ROADWAY AND THE LIGHT. TURQUOISE BLUE SHOWS THE, UH, TRAFFIC LANES FOR THIS AREA. THE ORANGE SHOWS, THE SIDEWALKS. JUST AS A REMINDER AGAIN, UH, AS WE WALK THROUGH THE SLIDES. SO HERE, THIS, THIS AREA IS A HEAVILY POPULATED WITH APARTMENTS AND BUSINESSES. YOU SEE THE WALMART, THE LOWS, UH, IDENTIFIED IN THE CANALI HIGH SCHOOL. SO NEXT, THIS WALKS US TO THE, UH, NORTH LAMAR AT PARER STATION. AT PARER STATION. WE ALSO HAVE LOCAL BUS CONNECTIONS ON PARMER. UH, WE ALSO HAVE FUTURE METRO RAPID, UH, TO CONSIDER FOR CONNECTIONS FOR BUS AND LIGHT RAIL. THERE'S, UH, THE GOLDEN, UH, CORRAL IS IDENTIFIED APARTMENTS IN THE HOTEL IN THIS AREA, BUT THIS IS A, A HIGH, UH, TRAFFIC AREA AND PEDESTRIAN, UH, ACCESS AREA. UH, THE RESTRICTIONS IN THE GUIDEWAY. UM, WE CHOSE TO, UH, PROGRESS TO 15% DESIGN WITH A SPLIT PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT THAT ALLOWED FOR THE TURN LANES THAT YOU SEE LOCATED ON THE MAP AS WE CONTINUE TO TRANSITION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THEN YOU SEE THE AREAS WHERE WE GO THROUGH THE OFFICES, UH, THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THE WALNUT CREEK METROPOLITAN, UH, PARK. AND WE, WE START TO HAVE MORE, UM, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE, UM, ADEQUATE TRAFFIC FLOW. AND AS WE CONTINUE, UH, NORTH LAMAR AT WALNUT CREEK, UH, WE HAVE A BRIDGE. SO WE'LL GO AERIAL OVER THE BRIDGE AND THEN COME BACK DOWN TO GRADE AND CONTINUE IN THE GUIDEWAY. AND THEN NEXT WE GET TO NORTH LAMAR AT BREAKER STATION. AT BREAKER STATION. WE ALSO HAVE BUS CONNECTIONS, UH, THAT WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CONNECTIVITY [01:10:01] FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. AND WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, SPLIT PLATFORM THAT'S SHOWN. YOU HAVE THE ORACLE DATA CENTER, THE MIXED COMMERCIAL, THE CHINATOWN SHOPPING CENTER, A LOT OF, UM, OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR UH, CUSTOMERS TO, TO GET TO THEIR JOBS. WE CONTINUE TO TRANSITION FROM CHINATOWN TO MASTERSON. AND SO FROM WORKING FROM YOUR RIGHT TO, TO THE LEFT, THEN WE CONTINUE TO SHOW THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS AND MIXED COMMERCIAL, UH, THAT'S SHOWN THROUGH THE AREA. AND THEN WE CONTINUE, UM, FURTHER NORTH LAMAR TO RUTLAND DRIVE, IDENTIFYING, UH, THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE INTERSECTIONS, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. UH, WE GET TO RU RUDBERG STATION AT THIS STATION. WE ALSO HAVE BUS CONNECTIONS, UH, THAT WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER CONNECTIVITY TO AND FROM BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS WITH THE GUIDEWAY, WE'RE SHOWING A SPLIT PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT FOR THIS STATION. YOU ALSO COULD SEE THE APARTMENTS, THE RETAIL, SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THE SYSTEM TO GET TO DESTINATIONS THAT ARE LIVING IN THIS AREA, IN THE APARTMENTS, BUT ALSO TO GET TO DIFFERENT JOBS. SO WE CONTINUE AT GRADE, UH, IN, IN THE CENTER OF THE, THE GUIDEWAY, AND WE CROSSED THE LITTLE WALNUT CREEK AREA. UH, WE CONTINUE, UH, WE SHOWED THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE INTERSECTION. UH, WE SHOWED THE RETAIL AND THE STORAGE AND MIXED COMMERCIAL THAT'S LOCATED THROUGHOUT THIS AREA THAT THEN GETS US TO THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER. SO AS WE, UH, PROGRESS THROUGH THE ALIGNMENT AT THIS POINT, WE TRANSITION AND WIDEN THE TRACKS FOR A CENTER PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT STATION, UH, WITH THE LOCATION OF THIS STATION. IT ALSO PUTS US AT, UH, A, A POINT WHERE WE WOULD ENSURE THAT WE FOCUS ON THE CONNECTIVITY AND THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC DUE TO THE EXISTING NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER IN THIS AREA. UH, THIS, THIS IS SHOWING A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW THE PEDESTRIANS TO GET ACROSS, UH, THE, UH, THE GUIDEWAY, UH, IN THIS AREA AND TRANSITION TO THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER. SO THE ORANGE LINE, NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER TO CANAC CONTINUES AT GRADE, AND WE CONTINUE SHOWING, UH, MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADWAY WITH THE LANES. AND THEN WE SHOW THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE MADE TO THE SIDEWALKS AT MURROW STREET. AND THEN WE TRANSITION FROM A, AGAIN, FROM THE TEX RIGHT OF WAY TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN. AND THEN WE CONTINUE, UH, AND, AND WORK OUR WAY TOWARDS CRESTVIEW STATION. AT CRESTVIEW STATION. THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE COMPLEX LOCATIONS, UH, WHERE YOU'LL START TO SEE TO THE FAR LEFT WHERE WE HAVE, UH, AN, AN AERIAL, UH, STRUCTURE THAT BEGINS. THE CURRENT CRESTVIEW LRT STATION IS, IS ELEVATED. AND SO AS WE TRANSITION, THEN WE HAVE A FOCUS ON IMPROVING THIS AREA FOR NOT ONLY FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, SO FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, FOR BICYCLES, FOR, UH, THE, THE VEHICLES, UH, IN THE ROADWAY. WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS AREA TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT PROPER CONNECTION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THE EXISTING RED LINE STATION. YEAH, I THINK IT'S GIVE YOU A, GIVE YOU A BREAK. YOU'VE BEEN, THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN DOING LINE YEOMAN'S WORK. SO, UM, THIS IS, YEAH, AS JOHN MENTIONED, THIS IS I THINK, ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX INTERSECTIONS IN THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. UM, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, EXISTING, UH, AT GRADE FREIGHT RAIL RUNNING PARALLEL TO AIRPORT BOULEVARD, THE EXISTING RED LINE SERVICE, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE TO BE INCREASED IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY. UM, THIS IS A COMPLEX ROADWAY INTERSECTION, AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF NEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY AROUND THIS INTERSECTION, UH, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE BLUE, THE ORANGE LINE, AND THE BLUE LINE INTERLINED WITH IT. UM, ADDING THAT ELEMENT INTO THIS ALREADY COMPLEX REQUIRES THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A GRADE SEPARATION BETWEEN THESE DIFFERENT MODES. UM, THE CURRENT DRAFT PROPOSAL SHOWS US GOING ELEVATED WITH THE ORANGE LINE IN THIS LOCATION TO BASICALLY AVOID THAT INTERSECTION WITH, UM, FREIGHT, AS WELL AS, UH, BEARING THE RED LINE UNDERNEATH LAMAR. SO IT WOULD BE A KIND OF A THREE LEVEL, UH, SYSTEM, UM, AT THIS INTERSECTION TO KIND OF SEPARATE SOME OF THOSE MOATS. UM, I WILL SAY, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE GONNA REALLY BE LEANING ON THE COMMUNITY TO HELP US COME TO AN OPTIMIZED SOLUTION TO INTEGRATE ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS, RIGHT, AS WELL AS THE, THE KIND OF IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AT, AT GRADE, AS WELL AS CONNECTIONS TO THE VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION MODE. SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE IMAGE, IT LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF A SPAGHETTI BOWL, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK COMING, UH, FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS IN JULY, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME, SOME COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOPS WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS SPECIFIC STATION [01:15:01] AREA. IT'S MORE TO COME THERE. THANK YOU, PETER. SO NOW WE CONTINUE FROM NORTH LAMAR TO DENON DRIVE, AND WE CONTINUE TO SHOW WHERE WE'RE AT. GREAT, SHOWING MORE MIXED COMMERCIAL, UH, AND WE START TO GET TO THE AREA IN COORDINATION WITH DPS. UH, THEN WE, THEN WE WORK TO NORTH LAMAR AT, UH, KIX STATION HERE IN THIS LOCATION. UH, WE'VE HAD, UM, MEETINGS WITH, UH, DPS AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, MINIMIZING, UM, THE IMPACTS, UH, TO THE GUIDEWAY IN THIS AREA IS IMPORTANT AS WELL, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THAT INTERFACE WITH THE BUS CONNECTIONS IN THIS AREA. AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADWAY AT, AT KO LANE AS WE CONTINUE FROM, FROM CAIC TO HYDE PARK AT 38TH. UH, THIS SHOWS THE WORKING GROUPS, UH, FOR THIS AREA. AND WE CONTINUE AT GRADE, UH, GOING ACROSS NORTH LOOP, AND THERE'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA. THERE'S APARTMENTS, UH, THERE'S A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UH, UM, AREA AND COMPLEX. AND SO WE CONTINUE, UM, TO TRANSITION AT THIS POINT TO NORTH GUADALUPE. AND AS YOU SEE HERE, THE CENTER PLATFORM FOR THE TRIANGLE STATION, THIS IS ANOTHER AREA THAT, THAT IS COMPLEX. AS WE TRANSITION FROM LAMAR, UH, TO, UH, GUADALUPE, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, LOCATION OF THE BUSINESSES, THE WALGREENS, AND, AND THE APARTMENTS, THE RESIDENCES LOCATED IN THIS AREA THAT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO AND FROM THE STATION. THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS NORTH QUAD LOOKING, UH, NORTH AT 41ST STREET. IT'S THE CURRENT CONDITION, THE EXISTING CONDITION, AND THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO SHOW YOU HOW TIGHT THE RIGHT OF WAY IS IN THIS AREA. AS WE START TO TRANSITION, THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GUIDEWAY STARTS TO NARROW. AND GUADALUPE THEN HAS, UH, IMPACTS THAT WE, UH, ARE, ARE SHOWING THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL ON TO MINIMIZE THE AREA OF, UH, REAL ESTATE IMPACTS TO HYDE PARK. SO THROUGHOUT THIS AREA, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN HAVING DISCUSSIONS AND MEETINGS WITH THE AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL THAT HAS LED TO EXACTLY THAT, UH, TO MEET OUR GOAL, TO MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS, UH, TO, TO REAL ESTATE AT HYDE PARK AS WE CONTINUE TO TRANSITION. NEXT, WE GET TO HYDE PARK STATION AT THE AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL, AGAIN AT GREAT IN THE CENTER OF THE GUIDEWAY. AS, AS YOU COULD TELL, NOT AS MANY TRAFFIC LANES, UH, UH, IN THIS AREA, BUT AT THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT THE PROPER FLOW AND PROPER LANES FOR, UM, ACCESS AT 30 38TH STREET. AND THEN THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE, UM, THIS IS A, UH, SLIDE PLA SIDE PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT. SO NOW YOU'RE ON, UH, THE SOUTH SIDE OF 38TH STREET. UH, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THE STATION THERE THAT ALLOWS, UH, ACCESS TO AND FROM, UH, THE APARTMENTS AND THE BUSINESSES LOCATED IN THIS AREA. AS WE CONTINUE, UH, THROUGH THE ORANGE LINE, WE GET TO HEMPHILL PARK, TO THE DRAG. AND THIS AREA HAS A LOT OF, UH, GROUPS THAT WE'VE, UH, BROKEN THIS INTO TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AS FAR AS LOCATION OF THE STATIONS, NAMING OF THE STATIONS, THE SIDEWALKS, THE BIKE AND PED LOCATIONS. SO AS WE TRANSITION, WE START, WE SHOW THE DRAG AT 29TH STREET TO MLK, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT WE HAVE THE HEMP HILL STATION. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY LOCATION WHERE WE HAD AN AREA WHERE WE HAD TANGENT TRACK, A STRAIGHT TRACK, AND NOT ON A GRADE OR INCLINE. SO GOING BACK TO THOSE STANDARDS THAT, THAT WE SPOKE TO EARLIER. SO WE SHOWED THE STATION OF, OF HEMPHILL PARK LOCATED THERE, YOU SEE THE WEST CAMPUS FOR UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. AND THEN WE TRANSITIONED INTO, UH, THE UT WEST MALL STATION ON GUADALUPE STREET. THIS AREA, UH, OF COURSE IS, THESE ARE CURRENT PHOTOS OF THE AREA. NOW, IT'S ALREADY ONE OF THE MOST CONGESTED AREAS OF, UH, OF THE ALIGNMENT. IT ALSO, IT HAS ITS, UH, RESTRICTIONS DUE TO THE WIDTH OF THE GUIDEWAY AND THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED ALONG IT. BUT WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE VEHICLE TRAFFIC, AS YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, AS WELL AS BUSES THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, THE BOTTOM RIGHT. SO OUR ASPIRATION IS TO ENHANCE THE DRAG THROUGHOUT THIS AREA. THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A FOCUS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ON SAFETY, SAFETY FOR THE STUDENTS, SAFETY FOR ALL OF THE PEDESTRIANS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA, AND THAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. [01:20:01] WE WANT THIS TO BE ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE IMPROVE THAT EXPERIENCE THAT'S THERE TODAY, THAT WE FIT INTO THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT ACTUALLY IT BECOMES AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT. AND SO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN ACCESS AS WELL TO THE LOCAL BUS SERVICE IN ADDITION TO THE LIGHT RAIL SERVICE, AND MAINTAIN THAT NORTH SOUTH VEHICLE THROUGHPUT. UH, FOR THE AREA. THE, UM, THE MAIN IMPORTANT THING, AS THE LAST BULLET INDICATES, IS TO MAINTAIN THAT HISTORIC UT CAMPUS EDGE. SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE CONSIDER AS WE GO THROUGH THE DRAG ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, USES OF SHARED USE FOR THE GUIDEWAY. YOU SEE PHOTOS AT THE TOP RIGHT FOR HOUSTON, THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR DENVER. THE, THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE SHOWN WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE LRT WITH PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES ONLY. YOU'D HAVE LRT AND BUS WITH PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES, LRT, PEDESTRIANS, BUS BIKES, GENERAL PURPOSE USE, AND THEN YOU HAVE HYBRID APPROACHES. I, I FEEL THAT ALL OF THESE AREAS AND OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DRAG, UH, WILL, WILL BE, UM, AREAS THAT WE WILL RECEIVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A, A GREAT EXPERIENCE, UH, FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THIS AREA. THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY SHOW YOU SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN USED THROUGHOUT, UH, THE NATION. TO THE TOP LEFT MINNEAPOLIS. YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE BUSES THAT ARE, UH, TRAVELING TO THE RIGHT. UH, NEXT TO THAT IS AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND. UH, THIS IS, UH, PETER MULLEN'S FAVORITE. IF WE COULD PULL THIS OFF WITH ALL OF THE SPACE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE, THAT WOULD BE OUTSTANDING. UH, THE, UH, LOCATION YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM, UH, LEFT IS DENVER. UH, AND IT SHOWS THE MIXED USE, UH, FOR PHARRELL AS WELL AS A BOTTOM RIGHT, OR DALLAS SHOWS, UH, A HYBRID APPROACH OF WHERE YOU HAVE THE LRT SYSTEM, ALONG WITH, UH, TRAFFIC FOR GENERAL PURPOSE USE AND DELIVERIES. SO NEXT WE GET TO, UH, ANOTHER COMPLEX AREA IN WHICH WE GO FROM HEMP HILL PARK STATION, UH, AND, UH, 29TH STREET. SO HEMPHILL PARK, UH, AGAIN, THIS AREA IS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED. IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY AREAS THAT WE HAD THAT WE COULD FIT THE STATION, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN THIS AREA THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON. YEAH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, SO WE'RE GOOD, ZOOMING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE DRAG. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT THE INTERSECTION OF 29TH STREET IS, UM, REALLY TRYING TO ENCOURAGE TRAFFIC TO, UM, GO OFF OF THE DRAG AND ACTUALLY DOWN SOME OF THE OTHER LOW OTHER STREETS IN THE AREA. SO THAT'S A KIND OF A AREA WIDE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH A TD ON. UH, BUT IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO RETHINK THE INTERSECTION OF 29TH AND GUADALUPE AND TO ACTUALLY CREATE SOME NEW PUBLIC SPACE, KIND OF A PUBLIC PLAZA AREA AT THAT INTERSECTION AS PART OF THIS REALIGNMENT OF SOME OF THE LANES, UM, AND THE INSERTION OF THE, OF THE NEW LIGHT RAIL INTO THIS SYSTEM. THANK YOU, PETER. WE CONTINUE ALONG GUADALUPE AT GRADE, AND THEN WE START TO GET TO THE DEAN KEATON AND WEST CAMPUS LOCATION, UH, AS WELL. HERE YOU CAN SEE AT DEAN KEATON, UH, WE HAVE THE THROUGHPUT THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GET TO SAN ANTONIO STREET, UH, AS A ROAD IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL AS AT NEW ACES, UH, AS WELL, UH, TO, UM, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR, UH, TRAFFIC FLOW IN THESE AREAS. AS WE CONTINUE ON, WE GET TO THE UT WEST MALL STATION. IT'S A CENTER PLATFORM STATION HERE. THE AREA STARTS TO WIDEN, UH, A LITTLE BIT, UH, ALLOW FOR US TO WIDEN THE TRACKS AND LOCATE THE STATION IN THIS AREA. AND, UH, OF COURSE, YOU'RE RIGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, UH, CAMPUS. AND OF COURSE, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, JUST ACCESS, UH, INGRESS, EGRESS TO AND FROM THE STATIONS, UH, IS IMPORTANT, UH, AS WELL AS THE, THE CONNECTIONS IN THIS AREA. YEAH, SO WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF SLIDES IN THE DRAG 'CAUSE IT'S A COMPLEX AREA. I WILL SAY THAT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE BOTH IN THE ONE HAND MANAGING ALL THESE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRAVEL, BUT IN THE PROCESS ALSO TRYING TO MAKE THIS A PLACE OR TO REINFORCE IT AS A PLACE. AND I THINK, UM, THAT'S THE, THE ATTITUDE AND THE MINDSET, THE FRAME THAT WE, WE SEE ALL THIS WORK THROUGH. UM, I WILL SAY WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE THAT APPROACH AND DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. SO WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE DRAG HERE TODAY. BUT THAT APPLIES TO CRESTVIEW, THAT APPLIES TO NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER, IT APPLIES TO OLTORF, IT APPLIES TO ALL OF THESE KIND OF REALLY IMPORTANT NODES OF ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. SO, SO NEXT MONTH IN JULY, THE BRIEFINGS WILL BE FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN AND SOCO AND, UH, [01:25:01] THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, UH, FOR THE ORANGE LINE FOR THE 15% DESIGN, UH, WILL BE THIS MONTH DOWNTOWN AND SOCO AREAS AGAIN, UH, IN JUNE AND JULY, UH, SOLICITING COMMUNITY COMMENT FOR THE 15%, UH, DESIGN FOR THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE LINES, UH, THROUGH THE SUMMER, UH, TO, TO MEET OUR NEPA MILESTONE. AND THEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE 15% DESIGNED TO BE HELD IN JULY. UH, ALSO AS NEXT STEPS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TXDOT, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS WELL AS, UH, ANY OTHER, UH, PARTNER AGENCY STAFF, UH, ON THE PROGRAM FOR COORDINATION. AND THEN WE'LL HOLD OUR, OUR FIRST TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL, UH, THIS MONTH. SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER SLIDE, REMINDER SLIDE OF OUR KEY MILESTONES FOR THE ORANGE AND BLUE LINE. AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, OUR PRESENTATION TODAY. TAKE A DEEP BREATH, . THAT IS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK, GUYS. YES. SO THANK YOU. THIS IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE AND I HOPE Y'ALL HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS. DO Y'ALL HAVE YES. BOARD MEMBER ELKINS. WELL, THANK YOU. I ECHO WHAT, UH, MANAGER CHAIR SAID THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD MEMBER, THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. SEEING THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL IS A GREAT JOB, VERY THOROUGH. UM, AND I DO LIKE, UM, PETER'S OCLAND EXAMPLE, , THAT WOULD BE SO COOL ON THE DRAG, IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION, AND THIS HAS TO DO KIND OF WITH THE LANE CONFIGURATIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, IS MOST OF THESE LANES, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEY'RE FIVE. IT'S, IT'S TWO PLUS ONE PLUS TWO, YOU KNOW, TWO LANES ON EACH SIDE AND A TURNING LANE. THAT TURNING LANE TURNING. SO MY QUESTION IS GENERALLY, WHAT ARE THESE LANES GONNA LOOK LIKE IN, IN A CONFIGURATION? YOU KNOW, I WOULD IMAGINE AT MINIMUM ONE LANE'S GOING THAT, THAT TURNING LANE'S GOING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME AREAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NORTH GUADALUPE WHERE IT'S SO TIGHT THAT IS THE LANE CONFIGURATION GONNA BE ONE PLUS ONE WHERE YOU'RE LOSING THREE LANES 'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR RIGHT OF AWAY. MM-HMM, . SO JUST KIND OF, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, WHICH IS KIND OF PART B OF THAT, ON STREET PARKING AND, YOU KNOW, ARE WE LOSING ON STREET PARKING AND IF SO, YEAH, THE REASONS I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS WE GOTTA BUILD A LINE AND WE GOTTA WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE. SO MY CONCERN HAS TO DO WITH WHAT IS FUTURE TRAFFIC GONNA LOOK LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING FROM FIVE LANES TO TWO OR FIVE LANES TO FOUR, AND WHAT'S IT GONNA DO WITH RESPECT TO ON STREET PARKING AND THE BUSINESS IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? YES, YES. WE, WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON, UM, AREAS WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, UH, WHERE WE CAN HAVE LEFT TURN LANES, UH, SIGNAL SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS, UH, TO CONTROL TRAFFIC, UH, WHERE, WHERE THE ALIGNMENT, UH, IS, UH, REFINED. UH, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THERE WOULD BE ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION. UH, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE AREAS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE, UH, REAL ESTATE, UH, IMPACTS, UH, TO INCLUDE A LEFT TURN LANE. SO THERE ARE THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCENARIOS THROUGHOUT THE ALIGNMENT. YEAH, AND WE SHOULD SAY, SO THAT'S A HUGE PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WANT TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CITY PARTNERS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HAND IN GLOVE ON TRYING TO FIGURE ALL THIS OUT AND MAKE IT ALL WORK. UM, SOUTH OF THE TRIANGLE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA BE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LANES, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, THERE IS A TIGHT STRETCH OF RIGHT OF WAY. UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS, WE PROBABLY WILL BE REDUCING SOME OF THE LEFT HAND TURN LANES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM BECAUSE JUST EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A LEFT HAND TURN LANE, THERE'S A CONFLICT WITH THE GUIDEWAY IN THE CENTER OF THE, OF THE, OF THE STREET. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR SAFETY PURPOSES THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO MANAGE. SO REALLY IT'S A QUESTION OF WHERE ARE THE IMPORTANT NECESSARY PLACES TO MAINTAIN LEFT-HAND TURN LANES, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO AGAIN, MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WISELY, UM, WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY. AND THEN, BUT THAT'S PART OF THIS COMMUNITY PROCESS TOO, IS SHARING THIS INFORMATION. SO WHEN WE COME OUT IN JULY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS IN-PERSON MEETING, WHICH I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHERE WE LAY OUT THESE DRAWINGS LIKE AT BIG SCALE SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GET IN THERE, SEE WHAT THE, THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT LOOKS LIKE. NOW THE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT, THIS IS 15%, RIGHT? IT'S PRELIMINARY, RIGHT? THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO GET IT OUT THERE, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, GET THE FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO REFINE IT. NOW, APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK DOWN THE ROAD WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN YOU DO THESE KIND OF CHARETTES OR WHATEVER, WILL YOU SHOW THE EXISTING AND THE PROPOSED LANE CONFIGURATION AND, AND WHAT TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS ARE GONNA BE AND HOW WE PLAN TO KIND OF MANAGE THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MADAM CHAIR? I HAVE, YES. UM, I, I ALWAYS ENJOY THIS. I FEEL LIKE I'M ON THE TRAIN MOVING . SO THIS, THESE ARE ALWAYS VERY [01:30:01] GOOD. A LOT OF HARD WORK. CLEARLY I REALLY WANNA PUSH US TO HAVE ASPIRATION BRIEFINGS FOR OTHER AREAS. THERE ARE OTHER SPACES THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEM AUSTIN DEFINED PLACES, BECAUSE I KNOW WE MAY BE THINKING IT, BUT I, I, I WANNA SEE IT. SO WHAT THOSE ARE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE USE THOSE TERMS ASPIRATIONS AND, UM, PRECEDENTS JACKIE, WHEN WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, SO WE'RE CONSISTENT SO THAT PEOPLE START THINKING IN THAT WAY SO THAT WE PRESENT IT IN THAT WAY. AND IT, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T NORMALLY HAVE A VOICE, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM A VOICE IN A VERY BIG WAY AND MAKE THEIR SPACES DEFINED, SPACES WHERE IT'S NOT JUST MIXED RETAIL, MCDONALD'S, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. YES. SO I, I REALLY WANNA SEE US PUSH US INTO THAT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YEAH, SURE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JOHN REFERENCED IN HIS WALKTHROUGH IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BROKEN THE ALIGNMENT. 'CAUSE THERE'S, IT'S SO LONG INTO THESE SORT OF SUB AREAS, GEOGRAPHIC SUB AREAS, THESE WORKING GROUPS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JACKIE AND HER TEAM ARE WORKING ON IS TRYING TO REALLY BUILD THAT COMMUNITY WITHIN THAT SMALLER AREA SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD AND REALLY, AND HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND TAKE, BRING THAT ASPIRATIONAL APPROACH TO THOSE AREAS, UM, IN THOSE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. FOR SURE. THAT'S GOOD. SO I, SO I DON'T, I'M NOT IN THOSE MEETINGS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THERE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO THIS BODY SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT IT WHEN WE CAN AND CANNOT, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE'LL BE ACCUSED OF NOT DOING IT IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. AND WE WON'T DO IT IF WE DON'T PUT IT ON PAPER AND MAKE IT REAL. SO, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, THE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA SAY IS NO PEOPLE, NO COMMUNITY, UM, CLINICS OR PEOPLES WITHIN THE 10 MINUTE WALK ALONG THAT WHOLE STRETCH, THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING THERE. YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO A, WE'LL SORT OF DO THAT, A DEEPER DIVE RUN THAT, THAT FILTER OVER THE SYSTEM TO, TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE ARE. OKAY. THAT'S A GREAT, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. THANK YOU. OKAY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE, MAYBE THEY ARE FOOD DESERTS, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HEB IS THE ONLY MARKET, THE ONLY GROCERY, I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT'S WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW SO THAT WE IDENTIFY. 'CAUSE THE, THE, THE THREE KEY THINGS ARE EDUCATION. I KNOW WE HAVE ONE ELEMENTARY, ONE HIGH SCHOOL, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO EDUCATION AND ST. ED'S OF COURSE. AND UT OF COURSE. SO EDUCATION, UM, HEALTHCARE AND FOOD. SO IF WE COULD MAKE THAT A PART OF THE, AND EVEN IF IT'S CONNECTING WITH A BUS THAT'S NOT A 10, I SHOULD NOT TOO BUSY UP THE CHART, BUT MAYBE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THAT. AGAIN, I THINK, I THINK AT THE, WHEN WE GET INTO THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL, WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE ASSETS ARE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TYING AND CONNECTING TO THOSE, THOSE COMMUNITY ASSETS AS WELL. 'CAUSE WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT POINT SOMETHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT IS A FOOD DESERT. I MEAN, THAT WE MAY BE INFORMING SOMETHING ELSE. THANK YOU DR. BURNETT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BOARD MEMBERS STRATTON? UM, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR FIRST TO COMMENT. I, I WILL SAY THAT, THAT OVER THE YEARS I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS WHO'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE DOWN THAT THE DOWNTOWN SECTION HAS BEEN REIMAGINED FOLKS MOSTLY UP IN. I'LL SAY THAT A LOT OF THESE COMMENTS HAVE COME FROM FOLKS MOSTLY UP IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS WHO LIVE IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN, WHO HAD REASON TO DO BUSINESS DOWN IN THE GUADALUPE AREA AND FURTHER DOWN INTO CENTRAL AUSTIN. AND WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OR EXPRESSED, UH, UH, COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE CHANGING OF THE LANES, REDUCTION OF LANES, UM, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, WHICH LARGELY HAD EITHER BEEN, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN DOING, OR EVEN AUSTIN IN CONJUNCTION WITH CAPITAL METRO. BUT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I ALSO HEAR PEOPLE COMMENT ON IS, AND, AND IN FACT, I WILL CONFESS THAT I, YOU KNOW, LATELY HERE, I'M ONE OF THE ONES THAT SAY IT TOO, WHICH IS, I, I JUST DO MY BEST TO STAY AWAY FROM DOWN THERE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES. UH, BECAUSE IT IS SO DAGGUM DIFFICULT TO GET A CAR DOWN INTO THE DRAG AREA, UM, DOWN INTO THE, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN JUST FROM, FROM GUADALUPE AND MLK INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CONSIDER, I GUESS, AND, AND THE, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR FROM THERE BEYOND, UM, IF YOU'VE GOTTA DRIVE ALONG THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA ALONG, UM, GUADALUPE NORTH LAMAR, UM, I, I, I REALIZE THIS IS GONNA BE A, A VERY DIFFICULT PROJECT BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PLUS YEARS. BUT I, I, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU GUYS AS A TEAM THAT I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ONE, STARTING OUT REALLY THINKING VERY INNOVATIVELY, UM, AND DOING YOUR BEST TO [01:35:01] TRY TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE THESE ROADWAYS ARE YES, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THAT, THAT COME IN THAT HAVE BEEN USING IT. BUT, BUT I WOULD SUBMIT THAT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS, AND I THINK I SEE PEOPLE GET SO FRUSTRATED ABOUT THIS, IS BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A PLAN, A BIG, LONG-TERM PLAN, AND THAT WE ARE THE, THE BIG LONG-TERM PLAN, THE PROJECT CONNECT, AND 60% PLUS OF THE VOTERS SAID, YES, WE WANT TO DO THIS, AND WE'RE WILLING TO PUT THE TAX DOLLARS BEHIND IT. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS NOW. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE, OF COURSE, BUT ME PERSONALLY, IF I KNOW THAT I CAN LEAVE MY CAR AT THE LAKE LINE STATION, TAKE THE RED LINE TO CRESTVIEW AND TRANSFER TO THE ORANGE LINE TO GET DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, UT OR TO DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO AVOID USING THE CAR. AND NOW THAT I DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO TIME MY ROUTES TO GET AWAY WAY AND AROUND THE DIFFERENT DOWNTOWN, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER. SO, UM, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LOOKING INTO THIS, THINKING ABOUT IT. I REALIZE THERE'S GONNA BE AN AWFUL LOT OF MODELING THAT YOU'RE GUY, THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE TO DO, UH, BOTH INTERNALLY AND THEN WORKING IN CONJUNCTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF AUSTIN. UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND, THAT, AND I THINK ALSO IT'S GONNA BE, UH, THAT WHAT WE DO UP HERE FROM THIS DAIS AND HOW WE APPROACH THIS AND THE THINGS THAT WE SAY TO THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA MATTER TOO ABOUT, UH, WHAT OUR VIEW OF, OF THIS IS AND, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO, TO CONTINUE TO, TO MOVE THE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MOVE THE, I GUESS TO MOVE THE TRAIN DOWN THE TRACKS ON THAT ONE. MM-HMM, , UM, THE, THE ONE QUESTION I, I GUESS I DID DID HAVE, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE, IT, IT IS, IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, THE INITIAL FUNDING PLAN AND THEN THOSE DOTTED LINES. IT SEEMS VERY CLEAR BECAUSE THE, THE STATE RIGHT OF WAY PRETTY MUCH BEGINS RIGHT THERE, UH, RIGHT, RIGHT PAST THE, UM, UH, THE STANE STANE STATION THERE. AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING OFF GRADE ANYWAY BECAUSE OF WILLIAMSON CREEK. SO THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. WHAT I GUESS I, THIS WAS KIND OF CAME AS A SURPRISE TO ME, IS LOOKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THINGS THAT, UM, I ALWAYS, AND I, I WAS ALWAYS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE TDOT RIGHT OF WAY DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL NORTH OF 180 3 AND OSTENSIBLY THERE AT THE, BASICALLY THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER. BUT WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS THAT IT REALLY BEGINS SOUTH OF THAT AT MORROW STREET. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH BUY-IN CONVERSATION HAVE WE HAD WITH TEXDOT ALONG THIS VERY TINY, I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THE BIG, THE BIG SCOPE OF THIS, THAT TINY LITTLE STRIP BETWEEN MORROW STREET AND 180 3 TO GET TO OUR TRANSIT CENTER TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY FROM WHERE THE CITIES ENDS AND WHERE THEIRS BEGIN. AND DO WE HAVE, HAVE WE BEEN LOOKING INTO OR STARTED FACTORING INTO CONTINGENCY PLAN IF EITHER THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, THEY'RE NOT READY TO, OR, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE TO GET US THAT TINY LITTLE, YOU KNOW, THOSE I GUESS QUARTER MILE, WHATEVER IT IS TO GET FROM MORROW STREET TO THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER? I COULD TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TECH STOCK. UH, WHAT I CAN'T TELL YOU IS IF THERE'S A CONTINGENCY PLAN, UH, THE DISCUSSIONS SO FAR, UH, THAT HASN'T BEEN, UH, A CONCERN THAT HAS GUIDED US TO LOOK FOR A CONTINGENCY PLAN, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU BRING UP. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. WE MAY WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER. OKAY. YEAH. I I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE, IT, IT, IT SHOULD BE ON THE RADAR SCREEN. I REALIZE THAT THE DOTTED LINES ARE YEARS OUT CLEARLY. YEAH. BUT, UM, THE, AND THE PLAN, I THINK WHEN WE ALL WENT INTO THIS WAS THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. WE'D STUDY IT, WE'D LOOK AT IT, WE'D HAVE IT READY IN THE EVENT WE COULD GET THERE. BUT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT LITTLE SEGMENT THERE THAT WE DON'T WANT, WE, WE ALREADY HAD 1, 1, 1 THING HAPPEN WITH THE LEGISLATURE THIS SESSION, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, GETTING, WORKING WITH THE STATE AND TRYING TO BE IN GOOD FAITH EFFORTS WITH PARTNERSHIP. AND I REALIZE THAT'S THE LEGISLATURE ITSELF AND NOT TDOT, BUT I THINK WE'D WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR DUCKS IN A ROW IN A BACKUP PLAN, JUST IN CASE. SO I WOULD JUST ADD IN, UH, BOARD MEMBER, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN VERY EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH TXDOT REGION OFFICE. SO, UH, I, THE BIGGEST THING THAT I THINK THE POINTS TAKE AWAY HERE IS THAT WE'RE 15% DESIGNED. YOUR COMMENTS ARE CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD BY THE, THE TECHNICAL TEAM. AND, UH, I CAN JUST ASSURE THE BOARD THAT WE ARE WORKING, UH, WITH OUR PARTNERS ON, ON THIS TOPIC. DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME, CHATTA? NO. YEAH, [01:40:01] GINA, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA JUST COMMEND YOU ON THIS PRESENTATION. UM, I'VE SEEN IT A FEW TIMES, AND EACH TIME I SEE IT, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH IT. UM, YOU'VE TAKEN, UH, WHAT IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, SUCH A A COM COMPLEX DESIGN ELEMENTS, AND YOU'VE DISTILLED THEM DOWN, UM, TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES OF EACH STATION. UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH, WITH OUR TEAMS, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DO, YOU TALK ABOUT PLACEMAKING, YOU TALK ABOUT SORT OF TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, THE, UH, TRAFFIC MODELS AND THE DIFFERENT USES AROUND EACH STATION, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. UM, I, I KNOW THAT, UH, OUR TEAMS ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH A TD AND THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE, UM, A AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. AND AS WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOUTH CONGRESS PRESENTS ITS OWN CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF LANE CONFIGURATIONS, UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, FURTHER UP, CLOSER TO TECH RIDGE AND IN THE GUAD THAT HAVE THOSE UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES. UM, AND, AND JACKIE TOO, I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE YOU, AS YOU GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND YOU PRESENT THESE DESIGNS, UM, YOU, YOU ARE, ARE SO OPEN TO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, HEARING WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY, BUT, BUT LISTENING TO THEM. AND THAT'S A UNIQUE ATTRIBUTE. AND THESE, AS YOU GO OUT, UM, I'M HEARING NOTHING BUT REALLY, UH, GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE EFFORTS. AND, AND I THINK THAT YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY JUST GOT TO THE HEART OF THE PARTNERSHIP. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE THE DESIGNS, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE NEW ZEALAND AS WELL, BUT I KNOW YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT LOTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A, A TRIP PLANNED SOON AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THOSE THROUGH, THROUGH THE LENS OF WHAT, WHAT ARE THE UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES THAT WE CAN BRING TO MAKE THIS TRULY, UM, AUSTIN TH THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THAT IT'S TRULY A TEAM EFFORT, UH, THAT, UH, THE CITY, UH, STAFF, UH, THE, THE A TP STAFF, CAP METRO STAFF HAVE REALLY, REALLY WORKED VERY HARD ON. UH, THE, THE EXCITING PART IS, IS THAT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SEE THE NEW TEAM MEMBERS THAT WERE INTRODUCED TODAY, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF EACH OF THE DI DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE PARTNERING WITH US AND, AND WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. AND, AND THAT'S EXCITING. AND I KNOW THESE ARE EARLY STAGE, YOU KNOW, DESIGNS, UM, AND THERE ARE SOME EXISTING PLANS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD FOR SOME OF THESE AREAS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE RECOGNIZED THAT AS WELL. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU, MRCA. MAYOR ADLER. THANK YOU. WHAT IS THE, UH, THE, THE DEVICE THAT YOU USE, HOW'S IT GONNA WORK WHEN YOU'RE IN A CENTER LANE AND YOU MOVE FROM THE CENTER LANE TO THE, TO THE SIDE? DOES THAT, IS THAT A SIGNALED OPERATION THAT ALMOST LOOKS MID-BLOCK? HOW DOES THAT WORK? LIKE DOWN SOUTH AS YOU COME TOWARD THE END? YEAH. ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE, TO THE GUIDEWAY, THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM ITSELF, OR THE ROADWAY, OR BOTH? THE GUIDE RAILS AS IT BOOS? MAYBE. MAYBE, UH, MAYOR. MAYOR, MAYBE IT'S, UH, TOWARDS THE STANE EXAMPLE. YES. I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT MAYBE YOU WANNA BRING THAT SLIDE BACK UP FOR THE MAYOR AND WALK THROUGH THE, HOW THE SIGNALIZE OPERATION WOULD WORK THERE. JOHN, LET'S SEE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT SLIDE THAT IS? OH, IT WAS THE VERY FIRST ONE. ALMOST WAY BACK. YOU WERE ALL THE WAY DOWN SOUTH. SORRY, I GOTTA GO BACK TO, TO THE BEGINNING. LET'S SEE HERE. IF I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I WOULD'VE HAD A QUESTION UP NORTH. YEAH. FAST FORWARD TRIP. YEAH. SORRY. HOW FAST THESE TRAINS WILL GO. . THERE WE GO. SO YOU HAD IT, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE, SORRY. YES, YES. SO IN THIS, IN THIS AREA, THE, FOR AS FAR AS THE MOVEMENT FOR THE TRACKS, THIS, THIS IS ALL DONE BY, UH, THE SIGNALING SYSTEM FOR THE LIGHT RAIL TRAIN SYSTEM. SO, UM, WE'LL BE USING A COMMUNICATION BASE, UH, TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM. SO IS THAT LIKE AN AT GRADE CROSSING THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW? YES. THAT, SO, SO THAT'S WHERE THE INTERFACE, UH, WITH THE ROADWAY, THE, UH, GRAY CROSSING, THE GRAY CROSSING, UH, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, YOUR GATES, YOUR BELLS, YOUR WHISTLES, AND THINGS YOU TYPICALLY MAY BE USED TO. BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY DESIGNING THE SYSTEM TO BE, UM, UH, A LITTLE BIT, UH, DIFFERENT AS FAR AS THE CONTROL OF, OF THE SYSTEM TO WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE THOSE, UM, WARNING SYSTEMS. BUT YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE INTERFACE WITH THE SICK TRAFFIC SIGNALING SYSTEM FOR, FOR THE ROADWAY. OKAY. SO AS IT TRANSITIONS, UH, YOU, YOU ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE AN INTERSECTION THAT, UH, FROM A TECHNOLOGY [01:45:01] STANDPOINT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE GATES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU WOULD SEE. WE WOULD TRANSITION BEING CONTROLLED BY, UH, THE SIGNALING SYSTEM AND THE TRAFFIC, UH, SIGNALS. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, THE LOSS OF LANE IS SOMETHING THAT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES. AND WE'VE DONE THAT NOW DOWNTOWN IN LOTS OF PLACES. UH, AND I DON'T KNOW, GINA, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO IT NOW OR SOMETHING THAT COULD COME BACK, BUT IN TERMS OF THE, THE ACTUAL TIMING AS PEOPLE MOVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND THE IMPACT OF THE LOSS OF LANES IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE THINK. UH, IT ACTUALLY, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT STILL MOVES TRAFFIC THROUGH, UH, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE LOST THOSE LANES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU COULD SPEAK TO HERE. IF NOT, I THINK THAT THAT CASE STUDY WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH AND TALK ABOUT. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, MAYOR. UH, WE DO HAVE A TD THAT'S DONE SOME TRAFFIC STUDIES AND SOME TIMING. WE'VE MADE SOME TIMING CHANGES TO SOME OF THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS DOWNTOWN. UM, AND WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT THEY GENERALLY MAKE, MAKE IT SAFER FOR THE PEDESTRIAN, BUT THEY ALSO KIND OF SMOOTH OUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW. SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TOPIC FOR US TO COME BACK TO. I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT, IT'S COUNTERINTUITIVE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. MM-HMM, THAT WHEN YOU LOSE A LANE, IT'S HARD TO GET THROUGH DOWNTOWN, BUT IT'S HARD, IT'S NOT HARD TO GET THROUGH DOWNTOWN BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF LANES THAT ARE RIGHT. AND IT'S HARD TO GET THROUGH DOWNTOWN 'CAUSE EVERYBODY AT FOUR 30 STARTS LEAVING WORK. UH, AND THAT'S WHAT CREATES THAT, THAT ISSUE. SO THAT KIND OF CASE STUDY, I THINK WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING TO COME BACK AND, AND GIVE A KIND OF A PUBLIC AIRING OF THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS, AGAIN, TO THE END OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MOVE PEOPLE'S CHEESE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU MAKE CHANGES, THAT'S ALWAYS HARD. UH, I, I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE DRAG AS A PLACE CAN BE ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU REWORK THAT AREA, I MEAN, THAT, THAT COULD BE SUCH AN INCREDIBLY POPULAR AND PEDESTRIAN AND BIKED TRAFFICKED AREA IN THE CITY. IT'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE IT'S THE MOST CONSTRAINED. BUT MORE THAN ANY OTHER PLACE YOU HAVE SHOWN, SHOWN US THUS FAR, THAT HAS THE GREATEST UPSIDE POTENTIAL FOR ME IN TERMS OF USING THIS TO CREATE AN AMENITY THAT, THAT REALLY DOESN'T EXIST IN THIS CITY RIGHT NOW. UM, THE DRAG HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF TO ME AND, AND, AND AWKWARD AND UNDERUTILIZED PART OF, OF CAMPUS. UH, BUT IT HAS INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL. AND I LIKE THE PICTURE OF AUCKLAND TOO. UM, THE OTHER ONE I WOULD URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD STUDY, IS I, UH, DIANE AND I TRAVELED TO IRELAND AND WE WENT TO, UH, DUBLIN AND DUBLIN RETROFIT THEIR CITY WITH SIMILAR KIND OF DOWNTOWN RAIL. LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THIS. AND THE ONE PART OF THEIR PLAN, WHEN THEY SAT DOWN TO DO THEIR PLAN LIKE THIS, THAT BECAME THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL AND THE MOST BATTLED LEANING INTO IT. SO I'M TOLD, 'CAUSE I TOOK DIANE DOWN TO THEIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER FOR THE AFTERNOON. 'CAUSE I KNOW HOW TO SHOW A GIRL A GOOD TIME, . AND, AND THEN THE AREA THAT THAT WAS MOST FOUGHT AFTER WAS AN AREA WHERE THEY HAD LIKE SIX LANES ALL COMING TOGETHER IN A TRAFFIC CIRCLE. AND IT WAS THE MOST, IT WAS THE MOST CONGESTED SPOT OF THEIR DOWNTOWN AREA. AND, AND THEIR PLAN CALLED FOR THEM TO REMOVE ALL CARS FROM THAT INTERSECTION. AND PEOPLE JUST WENT, SOME PEOPLE WENT APOPLECTIC, UH, AT THE THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT. UM, AND THEN WITHIN TWO, THREE YEARS OF IT HAVING BEEN DONE THE MOST POPULAR PART OF THEIR DOWNTOWN TRANSIT SYSTEM IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S BEEN BUILT OUT WITH, UH, WITH, WITH COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND NOW OPEN UP TO THAT AREA, THEY'RE FINDING THERE'S A LOT MORE TRAFFIC. PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE ACTUALLY BUYING MORE THAN, THAN PEOPLE DID BEFORE. BECAUSE IT'S NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO GO INTO THOSE COMMERCIAL PLACES NOW AND DEAL WITH THE CAR TRAFFIC. I MEAN, YOU JUST CAN'T GET THERE. BUT TO HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE COME AND BE ABLE TO USE THE SHOPS, IT CHANGED THE ORIENTATION OF THE KIND OF SHOPS THEY HAD NO CARS. UH, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO SEEING THAT SOMEDAY IN THE DRUG AREA. VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPENT SOME TIME IN TIMES SQUARE, AND I KNOW PETER, YOU'RE FROM NEW YORK, AND THAT'S AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF WHEN YOU ELIMINATED THE CARS, THAT THAT'S TOTALLY CHANGED [01:50:01] AND, AND PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. NOW, PEOPLE LOVE IT. AND, UH, YOU, YOU COULD SEE WHAT THAT MIGHT DO FOR THE DRAG. JUST JUST ONE KIND OF COMMENT, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION THAT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR ANOTHER YEAR DOWN THE LINE AS WE GET FURTHER ON, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D ASK IT GIVEN THAT WE SEE ALL THESE TRANSIT CENTERS, AND I KNOW NEXT MEETING WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT REPUBLIC SQUARE, WHAT'S KIND OF THE EARLY VISION FOR CUSTOMER AMENITIES, COFFEE SHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON ALL OF THEM, BUT PERHAPS ON THESE TRANSIT CENTERS AND CERTAINLY REPUBLIC SQUARE, YOU KNOW, RETAIL TRANSITORY DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M ALSO SELFISHLY THINKING ABOUT THE REVENUE LINE ITEMS, . YEAH. YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK OBVIOUSLY REAL ESTATE IS, IS LIMITED IN A LOT OF PLACES, BUT WHERE WE HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WE CERTAINLY WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM. UM, IN ADDITION, I WILL SAY, IT MAY NOT BE SO MUCH AS A REVENUE OPPORTUNITY, BUT WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS AND, AND PROPERTY OWNERS ADJACENT TO STATIONS, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ALREADY STARTING, RIGHT? BECAUSE, UM, AND I THINK THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHERS AS WELL IN THOSE AREAS. SO YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THEN, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A LONG ALIGNMENT AND REALLY CROSSING THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY. WHAT, WHAT IS THE CURRENT TIMING THAT WE'RE THINKING AS WE TRANSVERSE THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR? HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE, THE SPEED FROM END TO END OF WHAT IT WOULD BE? THAT IS PART OF THE MODELING, MODELING THAT'S BEING PERFORMED. OKAY. UH, AND AS WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS IN REGARD TO THE ALIGNMENT, SOME OF THOSE, UH, IMPACT THE SPEED, UH, BASED ON THE TYPE OF, UH, SEPARATIONS THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, SO FORTH. UH, SO THOSE, THOSE, UH, THINGS ARE CONTINUING TO BE, UH, MODELED, UH, AND LOOKED AT, UH, FOR, FOR THE, THE SPEED THAT THE, THE VEHICLE WILL BE TRAVELING. SO WE DON'T, SO I THINK JUST AS A BENCHMARK TO HELP US COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC OF HOW LONG IT TAKES RIGHT NOW BY CAR TO TRANSFERS WITH ALL OF THESE UNKNOWN CONDITIONS, UM, AND THEN WHAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ON THE TRAIN AND WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE BASED ON DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS. MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRIORITIZING SIGNALIZATION FOR THE TRAINS OVER CARS. AND THAT'S, THAT SYNCHRONIZATION OF SIGNALING IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT, AT ALL OF THESE INTERSECTIONS. BUT BECAUSE WHAT I CAN SEE FROM, FROM THIS ALIGNMENT, A LOT OF THESE ARE AT GRADE CONDITIONS. SO THAT, THAT INTERFACE OF ALL THOSE INTERSECTIONS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF TIMING? AND I THINK THAT IF WE REALLY START THINKING OF WHAT'S OUR CURRENT SITUATION AND WHAT WE FORESEE, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE, IT, IT'S GOING TO HELP US COMMUNICATE THE VALUE OF THIS PROPOSITION. BUT TO, TO YOU MAYOR ADLER, I DO CON, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE ELIMINATE THE LANES, YOU KNOW, THE, WE THINK OF THE BEST DESCRIPTION I'VE HEARD OF THIS IS THAT CARS WILL TAKE UP AS MUCH SPACE AS YOU GIVE IT. THEY BEHAVE AS A GAS VERSUS PEOPLE THINK THAT IF YOU RE REMAIN, YOU, YOU TAKE AWAY A LANE THAT IT'S GOING TO FLOOD ALL OF THE ADJACENT STREETS AND BEHAVE LIKE LI LIKE A LIQUID. SO THAT IDEA BETWEEN A GAS AND A LIQUID COMPARISON, I THINK IS VERY EFFECTIVE TO HELP COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC HOW SOMETIMES WE TAKE AWAY A LANE, BUT WE IMPROVE MOBILITY, WE MOVE PEOPLE, WE'RE NOT JUST MOVING VEHICLES, WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE. AND I THINK JUST ALL OF THIS IS REALLY EXCITING WORK. AND, UM, AND THE OTHER QUESTION I DO HAVE, BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE THE ASPIRATION OF THAT RENDERING SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE'RE PROTECTING THE BIKE, THE CYCLIST WITH A ROW OF TREES, SEPARATING THEM FROM THE TRAFFIC LANES, PROVIDING SHADE, ALL OF THE BEAUTY THAT THAT CAN COME WITH IT. SO I LOVE THE ASPIRATION ASPECTS OF IT, BUT OF COURSE THEY LOOK REALLY IMPECCABLE BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE ANY ARY CABLES ON THOSE RENDERINGS. AND WE THINKING OF ANY KIND OF ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEM YET, OR YES. WHAT ARE THINKING ABOUT, YES, WE ARE AND, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, WORKING ON, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF A DESIGN THAT WOULD MINIMIZE THE USE OF CATENARY OF OVERHEAD CATENARY THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM SO THAT, THAT USE WOULD BE PRIMARILY, UH, LIKE IN THE TUNNEL AREA. UH, WE WOULD HAVE A, A VEHICLE, UH, THAT WOULD OPERATE THEN OF COURSE AS A HYBRID ON BATTERY. MM-HMM. AS WELL AS ON WIRE. AND, AND SO, UH, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, LOOKING INTO AS PART OF THE DESIGN CURRENTLY, UH, SO THAT YOU DON'T SEE ALL OF THE CATENARY POLES AND THE WIRE AND EVERYTHING IN THE AIR TO CLEAN THAT, THAT AREA UP SO THAT IT, UM, IS LESS IMPACTFUL, UH, TO [01:55:01] THE, THE VISUAL, UH, IMPACT IT HAS, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. AND I'M THINKING ALSO IN TERMS OF ANY KIND OF STORMS. I MEAN, TEXAS, WHEN IT'S STORMS, IT STORMS INCREDIBLY VIOLENTLY. I MEAN, FOR THERE IS WIND OR, OR RECENTLY OUR, OUR ICE STORMS THAT ARE NOT SO COMMON. BUT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE THE, THE IMPACT OF MAINTAINING THE ARIES, ANY OF THESE SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED AND BEING GOOD WORKING ORDER. SO WE ALSO, THINKING OF ELECTRIFICATION LIKE THE THIRD RAIL, WHAT I MEAN JUST REALLY ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT, SO WE'VE CON CONSIDERED, UM, MANY OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, STANDARD ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE OUT THERE, THIRD RAIL OVERHEAD, CATENARY, BATTERY POWER, SO FORTH. UH, ONE OF THE AREAS AND, AND, AND THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO FROM AN INNOVATION PERSPECTIVE IS REALLY, UH, HAVE A SYSTEM THAT OPERATED, UH, WITHOUT CATENARY, UH, AND, AND THAT WAS AUTOMATED. AND SO THOSE ARE THE, THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO SO THAT WE HAVE, UM, A SYSTEM, UH, THAT IS THE, THE LEADER, UH, IN THE NATION WHEN IT COMES TO INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, WHEN WE GO INTO REVENUE SERVICE. SO DO WE HAVE SYSTEMS LIKE THAT ALREADY IN OPERATION THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AT, UH, THERE ARE SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THAT HAVE THIRD RAIL. THERE ARE SYSTEMS THAT OF COURSE ARE, ARE ARY AND, AND THE DIFFERENT, UH, TYPES THAT, THAT I MENTIONED. UH, BUT WE, WE REALLY ARE, ARE WORKING WITH THE, UH, INDUSTRY MM-HMM. , UH, THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT REALLY OPERATES. UM, MORE SO WITHOUT, UH, THE NEED FOR THE CATENARY SYSTEM. WELL, THAT WOULD BE EXCITING. MM-HMM. . SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE, UH, MADAM CHAIR, JUST, JUST TO YOUR, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE TIMING ALONG THE SYSTEM, UM, RANDY, DIDN'T WE PRODUCE THAT DOCUMENTATION EARLY ON, LIKE LA I THINK IT WAS LAST THIS TIME, OR, GOSH, WHENEVER LAST SUMMER, UH, WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING THE, UH, PUTTING PROJECT CONNECT TO THE VOTERS. I, I SEEM TO REMEMBER SOME DOCUMENTATION WHERE WE ACTUALLY DID SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THE STAFF HAD AT CAP METRO HAD DONE THAT. YOU THINK MAYBE IT'D BE POSSIBLE TO PULL THAT BACK OUT FOR THE BOARD OR FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AGAIN? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT, UH, SO WE, WE HAVE TRA TRAVEL TRIP TIME ALL DONE AS PART OF THE, UH, WHEN WE DID THE LPA APPROVAL. AND SO YOUR COMMENT IS, IS, IS, UH, IS IS GREAT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS IS OUR JULY KIND OF MORE PUBLIC MEETING PHASE, SOME OF THOSE OLDER MATERIALS ABOUT TRIP TIME. MM-HMM. AND SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY HAVE TO BE INTEGRATED TO THIS PIECE. SO, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION. SO THE TEAM IS TRYING TO BREAK PIECES APART FOR YOU ALL , BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A, THAT'S A HARD HOUR OF JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, OF DESIGN ELEMENT. BUT YES, THE EXPLAINING THE STORYTELLING OF HOW TRANSIT WORKS AND THE VALUE, SO TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, YOUR POINT, UH, WE HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE, NOT CARS ONLY. DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT MOVING CARS, BUT WE CAN'T BE CAR DEPENDENCY ONLY. AND WE'RE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE MOVING VOLUMES OF PEOPLE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY. THAT ALSO WILL PLAY INTO THE CONVERSATION THAT THE TEAM WILL BRING NEXT MONTH ON. UM, ON TUNNELING, WE ARE GOING TO, I THINK IF I RECALL DAVE COULD CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK, I THINK THE DOWNTOWN CORE, WE MISS SOMETHING LIKE 25% OF ALL THE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS ON THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE TUNNELING THAT WE HAVE. SO AGAIN, EVERY SIGNAL WE CAN AVOID IS GOOD FOR GENUS TEAM ON ALL OTHER MODES. IT'S GREAT FOR OPERATIONS 'CAUSE IT ENHANCES SAFETY AND THROUGHPUT. SO, BUT THEN IT'S BALANCED WITH COSTS AND, AND OTHER TYPES OF ACCESS. SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT THE TEAM IS WORKING ON. BUT YES, UH, BOARD MEMBER, WE, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND WE TOLD STORIES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, E ERIC WAS GOING FROM HERE TO HERE. HERE'S HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE. AND THE TEAM IS UPDATING THOSE. SO WHEN WE ROLL OUT IN JULY, WE TELL THAT STORY OF ACCESS TO THE MAYOR'S POINT AND ASPIRATION. UM, NO, I THINK THE TEAM IS, I'LL BE HONEST, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THE TEAM IS SO EXCITED EVERY DAY. UM, IT'S THE IDEA OF WE ARE CREATING A BETTER CITY AT THE SAME TIME AS JUST TRAINS AND BUSES KIND OF GO THROUGH THE CITY AND GINA'S TEAM HAS BEEN HAND IN GLOVE WITH EVERYONE. SO THE DRAG IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. THE COMMUNITY WANTS THE DRAG TO BE BETTER. OH, UNIVERSALLY, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, EVERYONE WANTS THE DRAG TO BE BETTER. NO, NOT NECESSARILY. EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS YET. OR THEY HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS, BUT THEY WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY. I THINK NEXT MONTH WHEN THE TEAM COMES TOGETHER, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE FOURTH STREET. FOURTH STREET HAS THE CAPABILITY OF BEING POTENTIALLY THE BEST, CERTAINLY THE BEST STREET IN AUSTIN, ONE OF THE BEST STREETS IN AMERICA IF WE DO THAT CORRECTLY. UH, PLEASANT VALLEY AND RIVERSIDE INTERSECTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, THAT RIGHT NOW IS JUST AN INTERSECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE A PLACE WHERE TWO LINES COME THERE. AND SO, CRESTVIEW PETER TALKED ABOUT OLD TOF WHERE HEB IS DOING THEIR NEW DEVELOP. THERE'S, THERE'S ALL OF THESE ACTIVITY CENTERS AND NODES THAT IT'S A CHANCE TO DEFINE THE COMMUNITY FOREVER. UH, AND [02:00:01] I THINK THAT'S, UH, REALLY EXCITING AND QUITE FRANKLY, UH, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG VALUES PETER BRINGS TO THE PROGRAM THAT, UM, HAS THAT ARCHITECTURAL HUMAN-CENTRIC LENS A LITTLE BIT. ALWAYS THE BATTLE BETWEEN ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. UH, AND PETER BRINGS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, UH, EXTRA. WELL, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING GUYS, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON REALLY A LOT OF WORK AND PASS ON THE, THE GRATITUDE TO YOUR TEAMS, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY PROBABLY PULLED A LOT OF ALL-NIGHTERS ON THIS. SO , THIS IS GREAT WORK. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND I THINK THIS IS IT. I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH OUR, I GOTTA DO MY REPORT. OH, YEAH, YOU GOTTA DO YOUR REPORT. YEAH, YEAH. I'M GIVING YOU A, WE'RE GONNA DO EARLY. I'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A HINT, MADAM CHAIR . UH, BUT I WILL, I WILL BE [VI. Executive Director Report] BRIEF. UM, BUT, UH, I DO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE STAFF. I, I WILL SAY, UH, THE STAFF IS, IS, IS, UH, I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE WORKING ALL NIGHTERS, BUT THEY'RE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD. UM, AND I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT, UH, THE CITY STAFF. I KNOW ANIQUE WAS ON BOARD, UH, VIRTUALLY, AND I THINK SHE'LL BE HERE. YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS THIS IS A DESIGN BY A TEAM. THIS ISN'T CAB METRO'S DESIGN. IT'S NOT ATP'S DESIGN, IT'S THE PROJECT CONNECT DESIGN. AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE GINA'S LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY, AND, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, THE, THE CITY STAFF, I THINK, ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM AND REALIZE THE BENEFIT TO ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND, UM, UH, WE'RE ALSO, I, I, I JUST WANNA TAKE A A MOMENT HERE ON MY REPORT. RECOGNIZE JULIANA AND ALL THE HIRING SHE'S DONE. I HOPE, UH, THE BOARD CONTINUES TO GAIN CONFIDENCE IN THE TEAM. UH, THE TEAM IS EXPANDING. UH, WE ARE REALLY BUILDING, QUITE FRANKLY, I KIND OF, THIS IS LIKE THE 19, THIS IS LIKE THE 1992, UH, OLYMPIC, UH, DREAM TEAM. WE'RE PICKING PEOPLE FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT CITIES AND PUTTING, UH, AND THEN PEOPLE LOCALLY, UH, THE BEST OF THE BEST. AND WE ARE CREATING, UH, A TRULY REMARKABLE GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND WE, PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS. AND, AND, AND IT'S GREAT. UM, I TOOK A, I TOOK A MOMENT THE OTHER DAY TO REFLECT, UH, AND MAYOR, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU AND GINA AND PROBABLY ERIC, UH, WERE THE, PROBABLY THE, THE MOST RELEVANT TO THIS WAS WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY A COUPLE DAYS AWAY FROM A YEAR AGO. WE PASSED OUR LPAS LOCAL PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES. THERE'S COMMUNITIES THAT TAKE YEARS AFTER AN LPA TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE, AND WE ARE A YEAR. AND IT IS, UH, DAVE AND I THE OTHER DAY, KIND OF JUST PINCHED OURSELF. WE SAID, LIKE, HOW, HOW ARE WE ALREADY HERE? AND, AND IT IS THE EFFORT. UM, PEOPLE ARE JUST REALLY WORKING HARD. I WILL TELL YOU, IN DC PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING OUR PROGRAM PEOPLE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF OUR PROGRAM NATIONALLY. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT OUR PROGRAM. UM, SO IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING YEAR, AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO REFLECT AS HOW HARD WE'RE WORKING OF HOW MUCH WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WHICH IS GREAT. UH, JUST QUICKLY, I GOT A COUPLE SLIDES TO GO THROUGH. UH, SAM, UH, OH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, I, I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PICTURE OF COMMISSIONER ILIAN CUTTING A, A RIBBON UP IN DECAL, BUT, UH, THE TEAM PUT ME UP THERE, SI SIGNING A LETTER. UM, BUT ANYWAY, I, I DID SIGN THESE LETTERS, . UM, AND THOSE ARE PROJECT ENTRY, UH, TO OUR NEW STARTS, AS DAVE MENTIONED. UM, WE HAVE GOT RESPONSES BACK AND WE, WE HOPE TO GET, UH, APPROVAL INTO PROJECT, UH, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT LATER, LATER THIS SUMMER. AND THAT IS A VERY BIG STEP, UH, REAL CRITICAL MILESTONE IN MAINTAINING THE VOTER APPROVED SCHEDULE AND TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, WHICH REALLY GOES TO HOW WE, UH, MANAGE RISK. UH, BACK TO WHAT I, THE PICTURE THAT, UH, COULD HAVE BEEN, UH, THERE WOULD BE IT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER TAVIAN AND A FEW OTHERS, UH, JOINED, UH, JUST JUST YESTERDAY AND, OR SORRY, MONDAY FOR THE LAUNCH, OFFICIALLY YESTERDAY OF THE OP PICKUP ZONE. AND WHILE THAT IS ONLY A COUPLE VEHICLES FROM A OVERALL EXPENDITURE, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IS THE FIRST PROJECT IN PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM TO OFFICIALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, START, START IN SERVICE. AND THAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SIGNIFICANTLY NEEDS BETTER ACCESS. AND, UH, WE, WE THINK THIS MICRO TRANSIT ZONE IS REALLY GONNA ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONNECT TO MULTIPLE FIXED ROUTE, UH, A BUS, BUS ROUTES. BUT ALSO THERE'S AN HEB DOLLAR GENERAL, A COUPLE SCHOOLS. UH, IT'S A, IT'S A NICE, UH, FIRST PIECE TO GET OUT OF THE GATE. UH, SOUTH MANCHACA AND OAK HILL ARE BOTH, UH, MOVING ALONG PER SCHEDULE AND WE'LL BE READY TO GO OPERATIONAL, UH, THIS SUMMER. THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME NEXT STEPS HERE. UH, WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, WHAT ACTUALLY WE ORIGINALLY CALLED THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, BUT I THINK PHRASE PHRASEOLOGY, WE WILL TURN MORE INTO JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS MUCH MORE ACCURATE OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE. UM, TRUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A TP CAP METRO AND THE CITY STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT. UH, IT IS, I WILL SAY A MAJORITY OF THE DOCUMENT IS GONNA BE VERY TECHNICALLY FOCUSED ON THINGS LIKE RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENTS, UH, UTILITIES, UTILITY RELOCATIONS, IF I'D BE SURPRISED IF IT'S NOT 80% OF A DOCUMENT OF THOSE TOPIC [02:05:01] AREAS. SO VERY TECHNICAL IN NATURE. STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON THOSE IN EARNEST ALL SUMMER. AND WE WILL TRY TO GET INTO MEETINGS WITH YOU ALL IN THE LATE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LATE AUGUST TIMEFRAME TO GET INTO SOME BRIEFINGS WE'RE WORKING ON. IT SHOULD BE IDEALLY ON SOME EVERYONE'S CALENDAR, A WORK SESSION, A TRI-PARTY WORK SESSION IN SEPTEMBER TO KIND OF DO A COMMUNITY OVERVIEW OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS. AFTER THAT, WE WOULD ENGAGE, UH, OUR CCAC, OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON THE CAP METRO SIDE, PROBABLY, UM, THE AC ACCESS AND THE CSAC COMMITTEES TO KIND OF JUST REVIEW ANY COMPONENTS. UH, AGAIN, MOST OF IT IS HIGHLY, QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF IT ABOVE MY HEAD. UH, VERY TECHNICAL NATURE. OTHER PARTS THOUGH, ARE HOLISTIC APPROACHES, AND WE WANT MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS ALL THAT P ALL THOSE PIECES. AND IF ANY COMMENTS ON IT WORK TOWARDS, I THINK IT'S OCTOBER 20TH, BUT I COULD BE OFF BY A COUPLE DAYS THERE, A JOINT WORK SESSION FOR ALL OF US, UH, TO, UH, FINALIZE THE JOINT, UH, PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT AT THAT MEETING AS WELL. UH, ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS, I AM REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A MANAGEMENT REPORT TO THE A TP BOARD, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I'LL BE PRESENTING TO, TO THE, UH, TO THE GROUP AT THAT TIME AS WELL. UH, FEDERAL UPDATE, I WANTED TO JUST REINFORCE HOW CLOSELY WE ARE WATCHING EVERYTHING GOING ON IN DC. IT IS, UM, PURE SAUSAGE MAKING, UH, RIGHT NOW IN DC IS THE, IS TRULY THE TERM THAT IS USED THERE. AND THERE ARE PROPOSALS AND COUNTER PROPOSALS AND AMENDMENTS ON AMENDMENTS RIGHT NOW. UH, SENATE IS ACTUALLY, I JUST GOT WORD. THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF MARKUP NOW. UH, T AND I AND THE HOUSE SIDE DID MARKUP. THEY DID A, ACTUALLY AN ALL-NIGHTER LAST WEEK WITH ALL OF THEIR AMENDMENTS. UH, SO THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING IN DC. WE ARE WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY. WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR DELEGATION, UH, PRETTY EXTENSIVELY. UH, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MORE COMING UP. UM, WE HAD CONGRESSMAN GRAVES, UH, HERE THE OTHER DAY. UH, THANK, THANK YOU CHAIR FOR, FOR JOINING THAT. UH, BOARD MEMBER STRATTON JOINED FOR A LITTLE BIT. HE IS THE, UH, REPUBLICAN RANKING MEMBER OF T AND I. HE SPENT, UH, FOUR AND A HALF HOURS HERE TOURING AUSTIN WITH US, WHICH IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR TO DO RESEARCH ON, ON OUR SYSTEM. UH, SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, UH, PART OF OUR APTA, UH, MEMBERSHIP, UH, UH, TRADE INDUSTRY MEMBERSHIP THERE, PUSHING VERY HARD AS WELL. I WOULD SAY WE'RE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN DC RELATED TO NOT JUST FUNDING LEVELS. THAT'S THE THING EVERYONE GENERALLY GOES TO IS FUNDING LEVELS. BUT THERE'S LOTS OF NUANCES TOO ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAMS WORK, NOT JUST CIG BUT ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY COULD BENEFIT US ON TIMELINE AND, YOU KNOW, USE OF REAL ESTATE AFTER CONSTRUCTION. AND THERE'S JUST A, AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF, OF THINGS THAT LOOK KIND OF TRANSFORMATIONAL FROM TRANSIT AS A COUNTRY THAT WE ARE TIMING WISE, UH, PRETTY POSITIONED WELL. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING BACK ANY INFORMATION WE CAN TO THE BOARD EVERY MONTH ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN DC IF I, UH, WITH THAT SAID, WE MAY HAVE A MEETING LIKE THIS, AND I SAY THE FOLLOWING, AND IN THE NEXT DAY SOMETHING HAPPENS, UM, THAT IS THE NATURE OF DC BUT WE WILL TRY TO KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED AS MUCH AS WE, WE CAN KEEP OUR EAR TO THE GROUND ON WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. UM, AND AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA START NEW ROUNDS OF MEETINGS WITH, UH, DIFFERENT DE UH, DELEGATIONS. AS DC STARTS TO OPEN UP AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR, AND QUITE FRANKLY, MULTIPLE YEARS, WE'LL BE ASKING YOU TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS. THEY MIGHT BE HERE LOCALLY, THEY MAY BE IN DC. THEY MAY BE AT AN APTA CONFERENCE THAT WE MIGHT, UH, ASK A COUPLE OF YOU TO ATTEND TO BE PART OF SOMETHING. UH, AND WE WILL TRY TO GIVE AS MUCH NOTICE AND SEE WHERE, WHICH INTEREST ALL OF YOU MAY HAVE ON THOSE, ON THOSE PIECES. SO THAT IS MY UPDATE. UM, AS ALWAYS, I JUST WANNA THANK THE STAFF. I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM. THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING REALLY GREAT WORK AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD FOR ALL OF YOUR, UH, TIME COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT. IT, IT'S BEEN GREAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. THAT IS A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND IT'S EXCITING. SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE ENERGY AND THE OPTIMISM AND EVERYBODY SO ENERGIZED IN MOVING FORWARD. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, FINAL REMARKS, OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS FOR NEXT MEETING? I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S AMAZING HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING ONLINE AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST THE STARTUP ORGANIZATION. WE'VE GOT TEAMS AND PRESENTATIONS AND THINGS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON, IT'S, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE SO MUCH IN SIX MONTHS. SO EXCITED TO SEE THE NEXT SIX. ME TOO. , THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER ELKINS. ANYBODY ELSE? NO, THAT'S IT. SO I THINK THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. THE TIME IS 4 23 AND THIS MEETING STANDS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. GOOD. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.