* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] HI. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL TODAY FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE. UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA GET RIGHT INTO IT AND GET STARTED WITH OUR MEETING. WE WILL START WITH APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 17TH, 2020 TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING. CAN I PLEASE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE. SECOND MADAM CHAIR. SHALL WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND TAKE ROLL? I THOUGHT WE COULD DO IT AFTER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. YES, MA'AM. THANK. OKAY. UM, SO, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE ROLL FIRST. SO, UM, CAN WE JUST HOLD THAT FOR A SECOND AND WE'LL GO BACK AND TAKE ROLL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER VEDA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. AND CHAIR GONZALEZ HERE. MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. THEN WE'LL, [1. 20-6998 Approval of the Minutes for the February 17, 2020 Transportation and Mobility Committee Meeting. ] UH, GO AHEAD AND START AGAIN. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER, I'M SORRY, FROM FEBRUARY 17TH, 2020. SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY AYE. THANK YOU. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION CARRIES. AND NOW WE [Public Comment ] WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE HAVE MICHAEL KANE KEEN. MR. KING, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE PROCEED. CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? UH, HI, THIS IS MICHAEL KING, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. PLEASE PROCEED, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, CHAIRWOMAN GONZALEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. MY NAME IS MICHAEL KEEN. I'M THE C E O OF BLUEDUCK, UH, UH, MICRO MOBILITY WITH ME TODAY. I ALSO HAVE WITH ME MEGAN MCNAMARA, WHO'S THE, THE COMPANY SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS. AND JEFF MANGOLD, A CO-FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS. UH, BLUE DUCK WAS FOUNDED IN SAN ANTONIO IN THE SPRING OF 2018. UH, WE WERE AT THE DAWN OF CREATION OF THIS REVOLUTIONARY MICRO MOBILITY INDUSTRY, WHICH WAS A NEW LOW COST CLEAN TECH, UH, LAST MILE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION THAT HAS BECOME EXTREMELY POPULAR THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. UH, AT THAT TIME IT WAS SCOTERS AND NOW THAT'S BROADENED INTO DIFFERENT DEVICES, INCLUDING E-BIKES AS WELL TOO. WE REMAINED THE ONLY TEXAS-BASED COMPANY IN THE MICRO MOBILITY SPACE, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE WERE FOUNDED ON THREE CORE PRINCIPLES. FIRST, WE WERE ALWAYS CIVIC-MINDED AND COMMUNITY-MINDED. WE REJECTED THE HYPER AGGRESSIVE GROWTH OF, UH, THE, UH, OTHER COMPETITORS IN THE SPACE. WE, SECONDLY, WE ALWAYS HIRED OUR OWN EMPLOYEES BECAUSE SAFETY, TRAINING, MAINTENANCE OF OUR DEVICES WAS AT THE KEY, UH, OF, OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IN THIS, IN THIS BRAND NEW INDUSTRY. SO WE WANTED TO HIRE AND TRAIN OUR OWN EMPLOYEES TO DO THAT. AND THE THIRD FOCUS OF THE COMPANY WAS TO BE FOCUSED ON THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THREE YEARS LATER, WE'VE BEEN A VERY SICK LO WE'VE BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL LOCAL SAN ANTONIO SUCCESS STORY. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE'VE EXPANDED TO A NUMBER OF CITIES WITHIN TEXAS, INCLUDING LAREDO, CORPUS CHRISTI, EL PASO, WACO, AND WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE GOTTEN TREMENDOUS RECEPTION IN ALL THOSE, IN ALL THOSE LOCATIONS. WE'VE ALSO WILL, WE'LL HAVE, WE'VE EXPANDED INTO A NUMBER OF OTHER STATES AND WE'LL SOON HAVE BEEN EXPANDING INTO SIX NEW STATES, INCLUDING NORTH CAROLINA, MISSISSIPPI. WE'RE THE FIRST SCOOTER COMPANY TO OPERATE IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, LOUISIANA. AND WE'VE ALSO RAISED $20 MILLION OF CAPITAL. UH, AND A BIG CHUNK OF THAT'S BEEN SPENT LOCALLY. SO FOR US TO HAVE BEEN KIND OF STARTED A NEW INDUSTRY, RAISED THAT MUCH CAPITAL, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND WE NOW OPERATE 4,000 DEVICES, INCLUDING E-BIKES. OUR OBJECTIVE IS, UH, AND THE REASON WE WANTED TO SPEAK WITH IN FRONT OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TODAY IS BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO [00:05:01] HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND REQUEST THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE LOCALLY IN SAN ANTONIO. WE THINK THE CITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM A LOCAL OPERATOR. WE BELIEVE WE PROVIDE SUPERIOR ASSETS VERSUS WHAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. RIGHT NOW. WE THINK OUR SAFETY AND TRACK RECORD AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR OWN, UH, DEVICES PROVIDES ANOTHER BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS. AND WE WOULD COMMIT TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO OUR NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER FOR THE ENTIRE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS, UH, IF WE CAN OPERATE HERE LOCALLY IN SAN ANTONIO. WE ALSO DO BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL R F P THAT THE CITY HAD PUT OUT FOR MICRO MOBILITY PROVIDES THE MECHANISM AND CITY COUNCIL WITH DISCRETION TO ALLOW FOR ANOTHER OPERATOR. THE R F P HAD ALWAYS, ORIGIN, HAD ALWAYS ENVISIONED THREE OPERATORS AND THEIR ONLY TWO IN THE MARKETPLACE RIGHT NOW. UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY REMARKS. AND WITH THAT, I, I'D LIKE TO PASS THE BATON IF POSSIBLE TO MEGAN MCNAMARA. UM, OKAY, THANK YOU. GO AHEAD AND PROCEED. UM, THANK YOU MEGAN. AND IF CLERK, IF WE COULD MAKE SURE, UH, EACH PERSON GETS THREE MINUTES. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. GO AHEAD, MEGAN. HI THERE. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES. YES. OKAY, GREAT. UM, SO AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, I'M . I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS FOR BLUE DUCK. I'VE BEEN IN THE MICRO MOBILITY INDUSTRY FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW. AND, UH, BLUED DUCK RECRUITED ME LAST YEAR AND I ACTUALLY RELOCATED TO SAN ANTONIO TO WORK HERE AT OUR HEADQUARTERS AND JOIN THE TEAM AND HELP THEM STRATEGICALLY SCALE AND GROW. UM, THE MAJORITY OF MY EXPERIENCE IS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH GOVERNMENT, UM, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON EQUITY AND STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS AND MOVE COMMUNITIES AROUND, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON KIND OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS. UM, AND I'LL GIVE A KIND OF BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT I DO, WHICH I DO THINK IS A, IS A KEY DIFFERENTIATOR FOR BLUE DUCK. BUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO OPERATE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, MYSELF AND MY TEAM WOULD SERVE AS KIND OF YOUR MAIN LIAISON TO INTERACT WITH THE CITY. THAT INCLUDES MONTHLY CHECK-INS, UH, MONTHLY DATA REPORTS, ACCESS TO AN INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD WHERE THE CITY CAN TRACK FOR ALL THE DEVICES ARE GOING IN REAL TIME. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE REALLY FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. SO WE WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITH VIA, OR THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM OR ANY OTHER KIND OF, UM, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AS APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT SOME EQUITABLE STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE ACCESS AND BE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE AROUND APPROPRIATELY. UM, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING IN A LOT OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE WORK IN, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN OUR BACKYARD. SINCE WE'RE HEADQUARTERED HERE, WE DO OFFER A 50% DISCOUNT FOR ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT QUALIFY AS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS. AND I HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN SECURING GRANT FUNDING AS WELL AS, UM, INITIATING ANY KIND OF PROJECTS IN WHICH WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITY OR CHURCHES OR HOMELESS SHELTERS IN ORDER TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT LEVEL OF ACCESS. SO, AGAIN, IT, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IF WE TO DO SO, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE IS MANAGING THE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT ALSO ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY LOCALLY AND MAKING SURE WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE AROUND AND THAT THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. AND THEN THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEGAN. JEFFREY, MR. MANEL, ARE YOU ON THE LOCKER? HI GUYS, THIS IS JEFF MANEL. I'M A CO-FOUNDER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS WITH BLUE DUCK SCOOTERS. UH, I'LL KIND OF JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW. I WAS, UH, RAISED HERE SINCE I WAS THREE. SO I'M A LOCAL FROM SAN ANTONIO. UH, WENT TO SCHOOL AT STON STATE IN EAST TEXAS. LIVED IN DALLAS FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN COULDN'T GET BACK TO SAN ANTONIO FAST ENOUGH. UH, AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THE, THE LAST THREE YEARS AFTER, UH, A A LITTLE FENT IN DALLAS, SO DEFINITELY A LOCAL GUY. LOVE MY SPURS. UM, SO I'LL KIND OF DIVE INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD, UH, LOVE TO DO IF WE WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO OPERATE, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO. UM, LIKE MICHAEL MENTIONED, WE'D LOVE TO BRING OUR TRAINING HEADQUARTER HERE. THIS WOULD, UH, BE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST, UH, MARKETS IN TERMS OF SCOOTER COUNT. UH, SO IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRING ALL INCOMING EMPLOYEES, UH, TO TRAIN IN THIS HEADQUARTER. UH, IT'D BE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INTERNSHIPS FOR POSSIBLE UNIVERSITIES OR ALSO ANY OTHER CONTINUING EDUCATION, UH, KIND OF IN THE ENGINEERING, UH, MECHANICS FIELD. UH, WE, WE'VE TOUCHED [00:10:01] ON MULTIPLE KIND OF ASPECTS OF THAT ALONG WITH LOGISTICS. UM, AND OFF, OFF ON TOP OF BRINGING, UH, THAT TRAINING HEADQUARTERS HERE THAT WOULD BRING ABOUT 20 TO 60 EMPLOYEES, UH, WORKING OUT OF OUR LOCAL WAREHOUSE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO THAT JUST KIND OF INCREASED THAT LOCAL, UH, WORKFORCE THAT WE HAVE. WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD, UH, GOING INTO HOW WE'RE KIND OF OPERATING CURRENTLY IN THIS COVID SITUATION. UH, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR HEIGHTENED CLEANING PROCEDURES, UH, THAT ARE STRICTLY ENFORCED ALONG WITH WE'VE, UH, GONE INTO A PHASE REDEPLOYMENT WHEN WE RELAUNCHED AFTER COVID. UH, JUST ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE UNITS OUT THERE THAT ARE DISINFECTED, UM, AND THAT ARE RIGHT NOW BEING A, A, A PREFERRED CHOICE, UH, OTHER THAN RIDE SHARE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO TOUCH CONTACT TRANSPORTATION MODE. THAT'S HOW WE'RE, UH, ADDRESSING COVID. UM, I'M GONNA JUMP INTO OUR TECH CAPABILITIES. SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT DIFFERENTIATES US FROM, UH, OTHER COMPETITORS, IS WE USE A IN-HOUSE EMPLOYEES, LIKE MICHAEL MENTIONED, WE RUN A FLEET MANAGEMENT MINDED SYSTEM. UH, SO THIS ALLOWS US TO, TO USE GEO FENCES TO CONTROL THE RIDE ZONES, SLOW ZONES, PARKING ZONES, UM, AND THEN WE OFFER A REAL TIME DASHBOARD ACCESS TO OUR, UH, CITY PARTNERS SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHERE THE SCOOTERS ARE MOVING AROUND AND, AND WHAT STATE THEY'RE IN. UH, ON TOP OF THAT, WE USE THAT TECH TO PROVIDE A FIRST AND LAST MILE SOLUTION. UH, WE'RE NOT HERE JUST FOR THE TOURISTS. WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE COLLECTED DATA, UH, AND DEPLOY UNITS IN AREAS WITH, UH, LAST AND FIRST MILE BOTTLENECKS. UM, AND THEN WE LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT DATA TO THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT TO, TO PROVIDE BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE, TO USE THAT TO, TO MAKE BIKE PATHS OR BIKE RAMPS OR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS, UH, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET AROUND. UH, SO WRAPPING UP ON THAT, UH, WE'D BE HONORED TO PROVIDE A, A LOCAL ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, JEFFREY MANEL FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, [2. 20-6996 A briefing on docked bike share services, including a proposed assignment of the agreement between the City and San Antonio Bike Share to BCycle. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center City Development and Operations] ] SO WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL DOCK BIKE SHARE SERVICES, INCLUDING A PROPOSED ASSIGNMENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE TO BE CYCLE. SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA GIVE THIS ONE. LORI OR JOHN? JACK. GOOD. A GOOD MORNING. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE. UM, WE ARE GONNA BE DOING A PRESENTATION ON OUR BIKE SHARE PROGRAM AND OUR NEXT STEPS, I'VE ASKED JOHN STEVENS WHO'S LEADING THIS INITIATIVE TO DO THE PRESENTATION AND BRIEFING, AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO JOHN. OKAY, GREAT. THANKS, JOHN. GO AHEAD. GREAT. UH, ROBERT IS THE PRESENTATION UP? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE, UH, SOME VERY POSITIVE NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TODAY. UM, THERE ARE, WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF SAN ANTONIO BIKE CHAIR TODAY, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME WORK OF THE WORKING GROUP AND SOME FINDINGS THAT THEY MADE, AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT, UM, BCYCLE HAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY. UM, I'M GONNA JUST JUMP INTO A, A QUICK, UH, IF YOU COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ROBERT, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE AND OUR LOCAL, UH, SYSTEM. SO, SAN ANTONIO BIKESHARE IS A NON-PROFIT PARTNER THAT THE CITY PARTNERS WITH. WE HAVE AN OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE TO RUN OUR LOCAL SYSTEM. UH, THE BIKES AND THE STATIONS, UH, BELONG TO THE CITY, AND THEY'RE HELD IN TRUST BY SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. UH, WE WERE THE FIRST BIKE SHARE NETWORK IN TEXAS WITH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 59 STATIONS AND ROUGHLY 426 BIKES. AND THEN LAST YEAR, SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE INTRODUCED 189 PEDAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, UH, WHICH IS A BIG DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SYSTEM. UH, IT'S BEEN A, A REAL POSITIVE, UH, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO. UM, YOU CAN SEE IF YOU CAN GO BACK, ROBERT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT RIDERSHIP OVER TIME. UH, IN THIS TABLE, WE HAVE SEEN THERE HAD BEEN A 40% DECREASE IN RIDERSHIP FROM 2016 TO 2019. UH, SIMILARLY, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN REVENUES. UM, AND THE, SOME OF THE VERY POSITIVE NEWS WE HAVE TO SHARE IS THAT RIDERSHIP IS UP DRAMATICALLY, UH, FROM 2019. UM, SOME OF THAT WE BELIEVE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT FAMILIES ARE GETTING OUT TO DO THINGS DURING THE PANDEMIC. THIS IS A FAIRLY SAFE ACTIVITY TO DO, AND IT'S REALLY PUSHING THE OVERALL RIDERSHIP. UH, AND IT'S ALSO PUSHING THE NUM THE UTILIZATION OF RESIDENT, UH, BY RESIDENTS. TYPICALLY, UH, THE SYSTEM SEES AROUND 40% USAGE BY RESIDENTS. UH, THIS YEAR IT'S NORTH OF 75%, UH, WITH INCREASED RIDERSHIP AND, AND SOME CORRESPONDING [00:15:01] REVENUES, WHICH IS REALLY POSITIVE. UH, ROBERT, COULD YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE? SO YOU CAN SEE WITH THE DECLINING RI UH, RIDERSHIP, UH, IN REVENUES, THAT BIKE SHARE WAS STRUGGLING LOCALLY. UM, WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. WE HAVE MULTIPLE SEATS ON THEIR BOARD. UM, AND THEY HAD COMMUNICATED THAT THEY HAD, UH, FUNDING ISSUES THAT, UM, THEY NEEDED ASSISTANCE. THEY NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO CLOSE SOME SIGNIFICANT FUNDING GAPS. UH, IN RESPONSE, UH, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE FORMED A BIKE SHARE WORKING GROUP, UH, WITH A GROUP OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MEMBERS, UM, WITH A LOT OF, UH, COMPETENCIES IN THIS AREA. UM, SO WE HAVE BIKE SHARE ADVOCATES, UH, AND, AND JUST, JUST GENERALLY BIKE ADVOCATES. WE HAVE INNOVATION, UM, AND WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, COMPETENCIES. UM, WE HAVE JUST SOME PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF BUSINESS ACUMEN AND MARKETING EXPERIENCE. AND THIS GROUP MET, UH, CONSISTENTLY THROUGH THE SPRING, UH, TO REVIEW BIKE SHARE'S FINANCIALS, TO REVIEW THEIR OPERATING MODEL, UM, AND THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW BIKE SHARE COULD BE MOVED FORWARD AND SUSTAINED IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, SEVERAL OF THEM ARE, ARE PARTICIPATING TODAY ON THE CALL, UH, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS. UH, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ROBERT. SO THIS IS KIND OF A, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE BIKE SHARE WORKING GROUP, UM, IDENTIFIED, UH, THROUGH THEIR MEETINGS. UH, AND, AND THIS WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. UM, BUT THAT MEETING WAS CANCELED DUE TO COVID. SO I NOTED THE 40% REDUCTION IN RIDERSHIP. UH, THEY HAD SEEN A THIRD OVER 30% REDUCTION IN MEMBERSHIP. THEY HAD LOST THEIR TITLE SPONSOR IN DECEMBER OF 2019 WHEN SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL, UM, CANCELED THEIR ONGOING SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT. UM, THEY WERE ONLY ANTICIPATING THEY WOULD COVER THEIR FORECAST, AND THEY ONLY COVER A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THEIR EXPENSES WITH PROJECTED REVENUES FOR THIS YEAR. UM, AND THEY HAD COMMUNICATED AT THE TIME THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT THEY MIGHT NEED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS EARLY AS APRIL OF THIS YEAR. NOW, THANKFULLY, DUE TO THAT INCREASED, UH, RIDERSHIP, UM, AND SOME COST CONTROLLING, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO, UH, SUSTAIN THROUGH NOW, UM, AND WITH IMPROVED FINANCIALS, UH, AND HIGHER RIDERSHIP. BUT THEY STILL DO PROJECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUNDING, UH, IN SPRING OF THIS YEAR. UH, SO IF YOU COULD ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ROBERT. SO I'M GONNA QUICKLY TOUCH ON A FEW OF THE FINDINGS OF THE WORKING GROUP, UH, WHICH ARE THE, UH, REALLY THE SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY LOSING BETWEEN $450,600,000 ANNUALLY. THEY HAVE, THAT IS THE, THE ROUGH HOLE IN THEIR BUDGET. UM, THAT IS TAKING IN ACCOUNT THEIR, UH, IMPROVED FINANCIAL STATUS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL QUARTERS. UH, PREVIOUSLY IT LIKELY WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT. UH, THERE'S ALSO A FEW GAPS THERE IN THAT THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS OR BUDGET ON MARKETING, UH, AND THEY HAVE NO BUDGET, UM, BUILT INTO THEIR OPERATING BUDGET TO REPLACE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND TO INTRODUCE NEW PRODUCTS. UH, IN ADDITION, THE WORKING GROUP FOUND THAT THE, THE PRICING MODEL, UH, IS NOT VERY COMPETITIVE, UH, IS COMPARED TO THE PURCHASE OF A NORMAL BICYCLE, UH, FOR A RESIDENT. UM, SO THEIR PRICING MODEL IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP OR A MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP THAT, UH, EQUATES TO ABOUT $234 A YEAR. UM, AND FOR A TYPICAL PEDAL BIKE, THE WORKING GROUP DIDN'T FIND THAT THAT WAS VERY COMPETITIVE OR A VERY ATTRACTIVE MODEL. HOWEVER, THEY DID IDENTIFY THAT, UM, THE PEDAL ASSISTED BICYCLES REALLY CHANGED THAT VALUE EQUATION. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BORNE OUT THIS YEAR AND THAT 70% OF THE SYSTEMS USAGE IN 2020, UH, HAS BEEN ON THE 189 PEDAL ASSISTED BIKES. THAT MEANS ABOUT 40% OF THE BIKES IN THE FLEET ARE, UM, ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN 70% OF THE U OF THE UTILIZATION. UH, AND NATIONALLY, THIS IS REALLY THE TREND. UM, BIKESHARE SYSTEMS NATIONALLY ARE CONVERTING TO PEDAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, UM, AND THEY VIEW THAT AS KIND OF THE, THE COMPETITIVE POSITION THAT THEY CAN TAKE, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE INTRODUCTION OF DOC OF DOCKLESS VEHICLES. UH, ROBERT, COULD YOU ADVANCE? SO ANOTHER KEY FINDING IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY SYSTEM AT THE STREET, OR EXCUSE ME, AT THE ALONG THE MISSIONS. UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A VERY HEALTHY SYSTEM AT STREET LEVEL. UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF STRUGGLING STATIONS, UM, AT STREET LEVEL [00:20:01] VERSUS NINE OF THE TOP 10 STATIONS ARE EITHER A BLUE STAR OR THEY ARE DIRECTLY BETWEEN MISSIONS. UM, AND SO REALLY ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THAT THE, THE SYSTEM BE REVIEWED AND MORE TOTAL, MORE OF A TOTALITY TO SEE, UH, DO ARE THERE BUSINESS DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE RELATED TO THE LOCATIONS IN SOME OF THESE STATIONS? UM, THERE'S A TON OF COSTS BEING POURED INTO STATIONS THAT ARE NOT PERFORMING. UH, AND REALLY THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, AN ANALYSIS DONE, UH, OF WHAT MAKES SENSE AND HOW THIS CAN BE SUSTAINED. UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT FUNDING GAP AND THEY NEED TO FIND EFFICIENCIES. UH, IF YOU COULD MOVE ON, ROBERT. SO IN, IN ADDITION, I MENTIONED THAT THIS HAS CHANGED SOME THIS YEAR, UH, BUT THE SYSTEM HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN USED BY VISITORS. UH, THAT'S NOT A NEGATIVE THING, IT'S JUST THE, ONE OF THE THINGS TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE CURRENT SYSTEM, UH, IS THAT IN 2019 AND PRETTY CONSISTENTLY BEFORE THAT, AROUND 60% OF RIDERSHIP OR MORE, UH, HAS BEEN VISITORS. UM, AND LOCALS GENERALLY HAVE NOT JOINED AS MEMBERS. THEY'VE GENERALLY USED IT AS DAY TRIPS OR, OR, UH, DAY PASSES. UM, AND LOCAL MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 10,000 RIDES IN 2019. UM, THE WORKING GROUP, UH, DETERMINED THAT THE SYSTEM IS PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE AS A RECREATIONAL, UM, USE, UH, WHICH IS NOT, ALSO NOT A BAD THING, BUT IT'S NOT GENERALLY GOING TO BE A COMMUTING, UH, PLATFORM FOR THE TIME BEING. UH, HOWEVER, THEY DID RECOMMEND THAT, UH, THE SYSTEM LOOK TO SEE IF THEY CAN INSTALL SMALLER FORMAT STATIONS IN CORRIDORS THAT WILL HAVE GROWING POPULATION DENSITY AND BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, SO AS FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS COME UP, UM, THAT WAS A, A CLEAR RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORKING GROUP. UM, AND THEY ALSO MADE CL IT'S ALSO VERY CLEAR THAT THIS MODEL HAS STRUGGLED NATIONALLY. UH, SO SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE IS NOT ALONE IN THIS. UM, DENVER AND SEATTLE HAD BOTH RECENTLY WOUND DOWN THEIR BIKE SHARE, UM, NETWORKS, THEIR DOCK BIKE SHARE NETWORKS. UM, DENVER WAS SUBSIDIZING, THEIR SYSTEM IS AROUND $800,000 ANNUALLY, AND IT STILL COULD NOT SUSTAIN. THAT SYSTEM HAD ABOUT FIVE OR ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE RIDERSHIP OF, OF OUR LOCAL SYSTEM. UM, AND SO THIS IS A, A TIGHT MARKET, UH, WITH A LOT OF NEW COMPETITION. UM, AND SO SEEING HOW WE COULD, UH, CLOSE THIS GAP WAS REALLY ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE, THE WORKING GROUP. INITIALLY, THEY HAD DEVELOPED SOME INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, ROBERT, IF YOU COULD ADVANCE, UH, HOWEVER, A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HAS COME UP SINCE MARCH AND NOW, UH, IN THE B CYCLE NATIONAL, WHICH IS OWNED BY TREK, UH, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL PROVIDER OF BIKE SHARE SYSTEMS. UH, THERE'S ONLY A FEW SUCH COMPANIES, UH, NATIONALLY, UM, HAS APPROACHED THE CITY AND SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE OR THROUGH SAN ANTONIO BIKESHARE ABOUT TAKING OVER THE CONTRACT, UH, IN STEPPING INTO SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE'S SHOES. SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD, SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE WOULD ASSIGN THEIR CONTRACT TO BCYCLE, AND BCYCLE WOULD OPERATE IT DIRECTLY. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS, UH, FROM THIS ASSIGNMENT. UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETENCY AT BCYCLE NATIONAL. THEY HAVE A LOT MORE BUSINESS ACUMEN. THEY HAVE, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO MORE FORECASTING. UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BRING A STRONGER, UH, FOCUS TO OPERATING THE SYSTEM FROM KIND OF A, THE FINANCIAL, UH, FOCUS THAT'S NEEDED. UM, THEY WILL INVEST CAPITAL INTO THE SYSTEM. SO THEY PLAN TO CONVERT ALL OR TO ALL PEDAL ASSISTED BICYCLES WITHIN SIX MONTHS. UM, WHICH IS TRULY THE, THE WAY THAT THE SYSTEM MAY REMAIN VIABLE. UM, THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FUTURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. THEY'LL RETAIN A LOCAL MANAGEMENT TEAM HERE. UM, AND REALLY THEY'RE THE MOST NATURAL PARTNER, UM, IN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE B CYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, AND ALL OF THE SYSTEM RELIES UPON THEIR PRODUCT, UM, WHICH WOULD MAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, GOING OUT TO DO AN R F P, UM, TO, FOR AN ALTERNATIVE VENDOR COMPLICATED. UM, IT WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN INTERRUPTIONS IN SERVICE IN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT IS IN PLACE TODAY IS THEIR PRODUCT. UM, AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO A WHOLESALE REPLACEMENT OR FIND ANOTHER ENTITY TO, TO RUN THE SYSTEM. SO IT PREVENTS, UH, DELAYS OR INTERRUPTIONS IN SERVICE. UM, IT BRINGS US A COMPETENT PARTNER THAT'S GOING TO, UM, REALLY OVERSEE THE, THE PROGRAM, UM, AND WILL RETAIN SIGNIFICANT, [00:25:01] UH, CONTROL OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY. UM, LEE JONES WITH BCYCLE IS ON THE, UH, THE CALL, AND I'VE ASKED HIM TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF, UH, BRIEFLY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. THANK YOU, JOHN. UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. UH, AS JOHN SAID, I'M LEE JONES. UH, I HAVE BEEN WITH BCYCLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. AND, UH, OUR FUNCTION AS THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ORGANIZATION, THE ENTIRE BCYCLE ORGANIZATION IS VERY EXCITED TO, UM, BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING ALL OF THE LEARNINGS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND CONTINUING THE MISSION OF THE B CYCLE PROGRAM IN SAN ANTONIO. UM, VERY, VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN FEEDBACK AND WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE, THE FEEDBACK AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME OUT OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU, LEE. UH, ROBERT, IF YOU COULD ADVANCE, SO THIS WOULD BASICALLY CONVERT TO, INSTEAD OF US CONTRACTING WITH A NONPROFIT ENTITY THAT WILL THEN CONTRACT WITH BCYCLE, THAT NONPROFIT HAD BEEN OPERATING THE SYSTEM, IT WILL NOW BE A MORE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND BCYCLE. UM, SO B, WE WILL EFFECTIVELY JUST MANAGE THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT LIKE WE DO OTHERS. UM, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY COMMON FOR THE CITY. UM, AND WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPROVE ANY CHANGES IN STATION LOCATIONS, UM, OR NEW LOCATION OR NEW STATIONS TO BE ADDED, UM, AND CHANGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND FEE STRUCTURE. UH, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THOSE ITEMS WITH V CYCLE, UH, AND THAT, UH, THAT WILL CONTINUE. WE'LL HAVE THAT A ABILITY TO, UH, DEAL WITH ISSUES AROUND THE, UH, THOSE TWO ISSUES. I'M SORRY, DEAL WITH THOSE TWO ISSUES. AND THEN ALSO WE WILL REQUIRE, UH, AN ANNUAL BRIEFING TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AS WELL, AND AS AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF USERS AND RESIDENTS. UH, AND WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW THAT SURVEY AND ADD SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS AS WE, WE FEEL NECESSARY. UM, WE FEEL V CYCLE IS GOING TO BE A STRONG PARTNER, UH, IN THIS. AND, AND REALLY THE BEST PARTNER, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE, THE BIKE SHARE WORKING GROUP RECONVENED TO REVIEW THIS. UH, AND IT WAS CON AND IT WAS, THEY STRONGLY ENDORSED IT. UH, IT HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY BEEN PRESENT WHEN WE WERE MEETING, UH, IN THE SPRING, UH, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, ABSOLUTELY THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORKING GROUP. UH, AND THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION. UM, WE WOULD BE, I'M SORRY, WE WOULD BE ADVANCING THIS TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. AND I DO HAVE TWO MORE POINTS. I APOLOGIZE. WE'LL BE ADVANCING THIS TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN JANUARY, UH, SHOULD THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ENDORSE THE ITEM. AND THEN AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT I, I MEANT TO TOUCH ON IS THAT THE BIKE SHARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UM, OVERSEES THE SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. THE CITY HAS THREE SEAT, OR EXCUSE ME, FOUR SEATS ON THAT BOARD, THREE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL. UH, AND IT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED THAT THAT BOARD DISSOLVE AS THEY ARE ASSIGNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES TO A THIRD PARTY ENTITY. UM, THEY WOULD NO LONGER HAVE ANY OVERSIGHT OVER BIKESHARE. UM, AND IT WOULD BE MORE DIRECTLY REPORTING TO THE CITY AND TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A, A NATURAL ACTION OF, OF THIS ASSIGNMENT. UM, AND WE'LL BRING THIS FORWARD PENDING YOUR ENDORSEMENT. UH, THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, UM, I'LL JUST, I'LL START WITH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS A BIG FAN OF SPIKE SHARE AND SO PROUD OF US AS A CITY WHEN WE WERE THE FIRST TO ADOPT THIS KIND OF, UH, PROGRAM THAT I'VE SEEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT NEVER IN THE UNITED STATES. AND SO I, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY EXCITING, UM, THAT IT HAS PROVEN TO BE A BIT CUMBERSOME, UM, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE LARGE, UH, BICYCLE STATIONS. UM, AND THEN WHAT APPEARED TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE OVERHEAD. UM, SO I GUESS IT, THE, THE, THE PERSON WHO'S GONNA TAKE OVER. COULD YOU, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AGAIN, LEE JONES? UM, I JUST, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT EVEN THE FUTURE OF THE, OF THE STATIONS THEMSELVES, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT WE, YOU MOVE TO A DOCKLESS, UM, UH, PROGRAM AND THEN DON'T NEED THOSE STATIONS ANYMORE. SO, TH THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. UM, BCYCLE ENVISIONS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY MAINTAINING THE PROGRAM AS IT EXISTS TODAY WITH ONE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, AND THAT IS CONVERTING THE FLEET, UH, TO A 100% E-BIKE, UH, PLATFORM. I THINK SOME OF THE, [00:30:01] UM, SLIDES THAT JOHN SHARED KIND OF INDICATES THE INCREASED RIDERSHIP THAT WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH, WITH E-BIKES. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF PHASE ONE. UM, SECONDARY TO THAT, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN DOCKLESS. HOWEVER, THE CHALLENGES THAT COME FROM DOCKLESS, UH, PARTICULARLY PERTAIN TO, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET MORE THAN ONE BIKE, SOMETIMES THAT THAT SECOND BIKE MAY BE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING ACROSS ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS INCREASE RIDERSHIP AND GREATER ADOPTION BY CONSUMERS BECAUSE OF THE PREDICTABILITY AND CONVENIENCE THE STATIONS DO BRING. NOW, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT STATIONS DO TAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SPACE. WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INTRODUCING WHAT IS CALLED A CONNECTED DOCK, WHERE EACH DOCK BECOMES, UH, IN, IN, IN ESSENCE A STATION BY ITSELF. IT HAS A MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT. IT CAN BE VERY, VERY, IT CAN BE PLACED VERY CREATIVELY, UH, IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP IN SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THIS MIGHT BE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT LA VITA IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE SPACE THERE. WE HAD A VERY PROMINENT STATION RIGHT OUT IN FRONT. UM, BUT OUR NEW 3.0 DOCS WILL GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO STILL HAVE PREDICTABILITY OF STATIONS, BUT TO TAKE UP A MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT AND TO ALSO CONFIGURE THOSE STATIONS IN A MUCH MORE CREATIVE WAY. SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. IT DOES, AND I KNOW THAT OVER THE YEARS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, FOR EXAMPLE, BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WANTED TO HAVE DOCKING STATIONS, BUT THEY WERE TOO EXPENSIVE, UM, AND ALSO TOOK UP TOO LARGE OF A FOOTPRINT. SO THEN IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME PEDAL ASSIST BIKES, AND THERE'S REALLY JUST NO COMPARISON OF THE USE OF RIDING A PEDAL ASSIST BIKE VERSUS THE OTHERS. AND THE EXISTING BIKES WERE EXTREMELY HEAVY. AND SO, UH, I KNOW THAT THE PEDAL ASSIST IS JUST, THEY'RE JUST EASIER TO RIDE MM-HMM. . SO ANYBODY, UH, IT GIVES MORE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, JUST DON'T TYPICALLY RIDE A BIKE. EXACTLY. AND THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN. UM, SO I KNOW I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE, UM, SORT OF A TRANSITION AND A SOLUTION, UM, TO CONTINUE THE, THE PROGRAM, UH, BUT MAYBE NOT, UM, HAVE THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. SO, JUST SO I'M CLEAR, WE DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. THAT, THAT IS CORRECT. UH, OKAY. UH, OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'M JUST GONNA GO AROUND THE HORN TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS STARTING, UH, WITH COUNCIL, UH, DISTRICT ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER . UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE, THE, THE FUNDING THAT THAT IS REQUIRED, UH, I THINK DO, DO WE NOT GET FEDERAL, FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING FOR THIS? WE RECEIVE FUNDING FOR, WE IN THE PAST HAVE RECEIVED GRANTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF ROUNDS OF GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR, UH, FOR STATIONS AND BICYCLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE CITY. UH, WE DO NOT RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OPERATIONAL DOLLARS TO, UH, SUPPORT THE SYSTEM. SO, OKAY. THIS IS, THEY'RE NOT OPERATING DOLLARS THAT TO BE CONTRIBUTED THROUGH FEDERAL GRANTS. AND THAT'S, THAT'S SOLELY ON THE CITY'S PART. UM, THE CITY IS NOT SUPPORTED. SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE'S OPERATING BUDGET. THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THEIR PROFITS AND LOSSES. OKAY. SO THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE GENERATING THEIR OWN ENTERPRISE FUNDS? YES, YES. THEY, THEY ARE. AND THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD GREATER SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS, UH, AND, UH, SOME GREATER PROGRAM REVENUES. UH, AND AS I NOTED, THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, AND CURRENTLY THEY HAVE, UH, THEY'RE LOSING MONEY EACH QUARTER, UH, AND THEIR BALANCE IS, IS ABOUT TO, UM, GO NEGATIVE. OKAY. SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING ANY, ANY, UH, CITY FUNDS TO BE RECYCLED OUT? CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TINO. COUNCIL MEMBER JEZ, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL [00:35:01] MEMBER SANDOVAL, UM, THANK YOU. I, I DO HAVE A, A FEW QUESTIONS. I WANNA THANK, UM, C C D O FOR THE BRIEFING THAT THEY GAVE ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. UH, I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DIRECTION TO, TO GO IN. UH, SO, SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT, BUT I JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON, ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PRESENTED, UH, TODAY. UM, YOU GAVE US SOME, JOHN, YOU GAVE US SOME STATISTICS, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE DIDN'T REALLY GET A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS, IS THE, THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR, UM, SAN ANTONIO BIKES. UH, HOW MANY ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS DO THEY HAVE? HOW MANY ANNUAL RIDES? SO WE GOT A 70% HERE, A 10,000 THERE. IS THAT A SUMMARY THAT, THAT YOU HAVE? MAYBE I HAVE A BACKUP SLIDE THAT YOU CAN SHOW US. I, I DON'T HAVE IT AS A BACKUP SLIDE. I CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU AFTER THIS MEETING. UH, AS FOLLOW UP, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, WE DO HAVE THEIR, THE NUMBERS OF MEMBERS AND THE, AND THE, UM, THE RIDERSHIP OVER TIME, UH, IN UTILIZATION. UM, WE'RE KEEPING THIS AT A, A HIGH LEVEL, BUT I CAN PROVIDE THAT. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. UM, AND WHEN YOU SAY PEDAL ASSISTED BIKE, THAT'S AN, A BIKE WITH A MOTOR OR AN ELECTRONIC BIKE? I, CAN YOU EXPLAIN SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY PLEASE? IT'S BASICALLY AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE. UM, SO THE BIKE DOES NOT, UH, IT IS NOT POWERED LIKE A, FOR AN EXAMPLE, LIKE A MOPED WOULD BE. UM, SO IT DOES NOT, UM, YOU CAN'T THROTTLE IT INDEPENDENT OF, OF PEDALING. UM, IT TAKES, UM, REDUCES BASICALLY THE LOAD OF, OF THE BIKE. OKAY. SO IT ASSISTS YOU UPHILL. IT, IT, IT BASICALLY ALLOWS YOU, UM, TO RIDE AT A FASTER PACE WITH LESS EFFORT. OKAY. WELL, WE NEED AN ORDINANCE TO DISSOLVE THE BOARD. SO DISSOLVING THE BOARD IS AN ISSUE. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO, THE BIKE SHARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I, IT IS, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL RESULT IN AN ORDINANCE. UM, I BELIEVE THE BOARD WILL DISSOLVE ITSELF. UM, BUT THAT IS AN ISSUE WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH OVER THE NEXT MONTH. UH, OKAY. WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON, IN, IN THIS COMMITTEE AND IN, I'M NOT SURE IF IT EVER GOT TO GOVERNANCE, UH, A REVAMPING OF THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY MADE UP OF, UM, YOU KNOW, GROUND TRANSPORTATION FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. AND WE WERE GOING TO, UM, BASICALLY TRANSFORM THAT INTO MORE OF AN ACTUAL ADVISORY BOARD ON, ON DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION MODES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO IT, UH, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THE WORK OF, OF THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM OR BCYCLE WOULD REPORT TO, TO THIS COMMITTEE, BUT IT, IF WE EVER FORM THAT OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, HELPFUL TO INTEGRATE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE WORK THERE OR SOME OF THEIR INPUT THERE. OKAY. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY DOABLE. OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE A MAYBE OFFLINE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GONZALEZ AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THE STATUS OF, OF THAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, THERE'S ALSO, I GUESS, UH, AND, AND JOHN MENTIONED IT THAT WE WERE GOING TO REVIEW THE MASTER BIKE PLAN AT SOME POINT AT THIS COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, GREAT. AND ALSO IN, IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS, AND THEN HOW, HOW WILL WE MEASURE WHETHER THIS IS SUCCESSFUL OR, OR NOT? WHAT, WHAT SORT OF METRICS WILL THE CYCLE HAVE TO MEET? SO I, I THINK THERE ARE SOME PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT NEED TO BE BUILT OUT OF THIS NEXT MONTH. UH, AND WE'LL BRIEF YOU BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL. I, I THINK IN GENERAL, THE GOAL HERE IS TO SUSTAIN BIKE SHARE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A SIGNIFICANT, UH, OPERATING GAP. SO I, I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPING PLANS FOR BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND TO PROVIDE THIS PRODUCT TO RESIDENTS AND AND VISITORS. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST LEVEL SETTING THAT, THAT IS THE PRIMARY GOAL. UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE HAVE GOALS AROUND LOCAL UTILIZATION OR UTILIZATION BY RESIDENTS. UM, WE HAVE THOSE AROUND THE AMOUNT OF RIDERSHIP, SO WE WILL GET REGULAR REPORTING FROM THEM. UH, AND IT WOULD BE A PART OF THAT PRESENTATION TO THE, EITHER THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OR THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE YOU JUST REFERENCED. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT WE WILL REMAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE, UH, TERMS FOR BEING ABLE TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT SHOULD WE DECIDE THAT THEY'RE [00:40:01] NOT MEETING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY. UM, SO I THINK IN GENERAL, I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THE, THE PRIMARY GOAL AND REALLY WHAT THE WORKING GROUP LOOKED TO, WAS ENSURING THAT THIS REMAINS AN OPTION FOR RESIDENTS. UM, AND, AND THERE'S NOT A TON OF PROFIT IN THIS INDUSTRY, AS WE'VE SEEN WITH OTHER SYSTEMS FAILING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE PROVIDE A METHOD IN WHICH, UH, THIS JUST REMAINS AN ASSET FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET REGULAR REPORTING ON USAGE UTILIZATION, RIDERSHIP, NUMBER OF MILES TRAVELED, THE STATIONS THAT ARE BEING USED, UH, AND WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE, WITH THE COMMITTEE OVER TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UH, OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND, UM, I KNOW THANK YOU FOR A LOT OF THOSE REMINDERS. WE HAVEN'T MET IN A WHILE, SO NOW WE HAVE SO MUCH, UH, CATCH UP WORK TO DO. AND SO, UM, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I, I PUT THAT ON OUR FUTURE AGENDAS. WE DID HAVE THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, I THINK SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TIME. SO, UM, ROB, UH, I KNOW WE COULD ALSO USE AN UPDATE ON THE, UM, THAT NEW COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT, UM, HAS REMAINED DORMANT FOR A WHILE. SO, UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. UH, JOHN, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, NO CITY, UH, GENERAL FUNDS OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF TYPES OF FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. CORRECT. COUNCILMAN, IN RECENT YEARS, NO OPERATING DOLLARS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO SUPPORT SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. UM, I WILL NEED TO GO BACK AND CONFIRM WHETHER ANY FUNDING TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATING, UM, FUND WAS USED EARLY IN THEIR HISTORY. UH, I, I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME FUNDING AROUND 2009, UM, AND EARLY IN THEIR, IN THE, UH, SYSTEM'S HISTORY. UM, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS. OKAY. BUT, SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT IF ANY CITY FUNDS HAS BEEN EXPENDED FOR THIS PROGRAM. UM, AND, AND WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY REVENUE FROM THE CURRENT, CURRENT CONTRACT AT ALL. WE DO NOT. OKAY. WE RECEIVE, NO, NO REVENUES RELATED FROM THE SYSTEM, AND WE NEVER WENT BACK TO TRY TO RECOUP THOSE FUNDS THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY PAID INTO THE SYSTEM ORIGINALLY. NO. THE, THE, THE, ANY CITY CONTRIBUTION WAS FOR THE, THE PURPOSE OF SETTING UP THE NETWORK. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS REALLY BUILDING OUT AN AMENITY, UH, THAT WAS A COUNCIL PRIORITY FOR, UM, ADDING A BIKE SHARE SYSTEM. UH, SO WE WERE VERY INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THE NONPROFIT. WE SUPPORTED THE CI THE SYSTEM, UH, THIS IS REALLY A C A CITY INITIATED EFFORT. UM, SO THAT WAS, THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT INCONSISTENT WITH THE, THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN, UM, TO ESTABLISH THE SYSTEM. OKAY. YEAH, I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE CITY ACTUALLY PUT INTO THIS WHEN IT ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, SINCE INCEPTION TILL, TILL NOW, UH, HOW MUCH REVENUE WAS PUT IN AND WHERE THAT MONEY CAME FROM. I'M ASSUMING THAT CAME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND IF THERE WAS MONEY AVAILABLE OUT THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE OVERALL SYSTEM, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY GENERAL FUNDS IN OR ANY FUNDS INTO THIS SYSTEM. THEY'RE THEIR OWN, UH, ENTERPRISE, THEIR, THEIR OWN FUNDING, THEIR OWN TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK. AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT HASN'T WORKED UP TO THIS POINT. AND, UH, OTHER CITIES HAVE, UH, ABANDONED THE, UH, THE PROJECT ALTOGETHER. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MOVING TO THIS NEXT STEP, UM, TO SEE IF IT'LL WORK WITH THIS NEW, NEW, UH, REALIGNMENT AND TAKING THE MIDDLEMAN OUT, IF YOU WILL, AND GOING DIRECTLY WITH THE, UH, UH, NATIONAL COMPANY. UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL TURN AROUND, BUT, UH, UH, I GUESS TIME WILL TELL. UM, AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IT, UH, OCCASIONALLY, SOME KIND OF METRICS ON, IS THE RIDERSHIP GOING UP? IS IT GOING DOWN? UH, HOW, HOW'S THE REVENUE STREAM? ARE THEY LOSING MONEY, MAKING MONEY, UH, ARE THEY CONTINUE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR OPERATIONS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? UM, I SAW THAT ONE SLIDE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS. I, I THINK IT WAS DOWN TO THE MISSION REACH OF WHERE THE STATIONS WERE AND WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, CAN WE GET SOME KIND OF FEEL FOR WHAT THE FUTURE WILL, WILL HOLD, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY BE LOCATED AT AS WELL, UM, WITH THIS NEW, NEW, UM, WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. SO THEY WILL BE DOING AN ANALYSIS OF ALL SYSTEM, OF ALL STATIONS AND, UH, THE DEPLOYMENT OF [00:45:01] THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES PER STATION, UM, AS THEIR FIRST STEP. UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND PROVIDE THAT, THAT DETAIL. UM, I THINK WE ARE ASKING THEM AS AN ENTITY TO REALLY LOOK AT THE SYSTEM FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, BOTH A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE AND A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK PERSPECTIVE. AND, AND SO AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE NOT AT A POINT WHERE THEY HAVE THAT. UM, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT, UH, WHEN THEY'RE READY TO, UH, TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. OKAY. AND WE'LL UL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO APPROVE THOSE DECISIONS. OKAY. GREAT. AND DO WE HAVE ANY INPUT INTO THAT ON WHERE THESE SHOULD BE LOCATED AT OR WHERE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE? YES. OKAY. YES, WE WILL. SO WE, I MEAN, IT IS OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND WE'LL HAVE TO APPROVE ANY CHANGE CHANGES IN THE LOCATIONS, UH, IN THE STATIONS. YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME STATIONS, A LIMITED NUMBER ON PRIVATE, UH, PROPERTY, UM, THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNER AND, UH, BCYCLE. UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT INPUT AND THE ABILITY TO APPROVE, UH, CHANGES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GREAT. UM, WELL, UH, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH, UM, MAKING THIS SWITCH, YOU KNOW, BEST OF LUCK TO 'EM. UM, I, YOU KNOW, I GUESS HISTORY, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME WILL TELL WHETHER THIS WILL, WHETHER THIS WILL BE A SURVIVING ENTITY WITH, WITH THE PRODUCTS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING AND WHETHER PEOPLE WILL TAKE 'EM UP ON THAT OFFER. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. UH, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ACTION TODAY. SO COULD I GET A MOTION, UM, TO MOTION TO MR. FULL COUNCIL? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE IT TO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION. AND CAN WE GET A SECOND? OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO FULL COUNSEL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE THIS ON TO THE FULL COUNSEL. UH, THANK [3. 20-6972 Briefing by Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) on the AAMPO Transportation Policy Board, including an overview of its current structure and appointment process. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]] YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM NUMBER THREE, BRIEFING BY ALAMO AREA PLANNING ORGANIZATION, TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD. SO, UM, I THINK, DO WE HAVE GOOD WITH THIS? WITH WE DO. OKAY. HI, SSD. UM, AND SINCE, UH, WE JUST ARE LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HEARD, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, ITEMS AT THE M P O. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, UH, SIDD YOU, AND THEN IN FACT, ALL OF US ARE ON THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, UM, ARE ON THE N P O. SO, UH, WE'LL JUST LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION. THANKS, SID. WELL, THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN GONZALEZ. I REALLY APPRECIATE. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT IS BY ACCIDENT THAT ALL OF YOU ARE ON, ON THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO POLICY BOARD, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO HAS ALSO BEEN ON THE M P O BEFORE IN THE PAST. SO, UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, BUT I DO WANNA GIVE YOU A FEW SLIDES BACKGROUND ON, ON THAT INFORMATION JUST IN CASE THERE'S FOLKS ON THE CALL OR ON THE, ON THE MEETING WHO, WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE M P O. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL GO INTO SOME OF THE CHANGES TO, UH, THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE RECENTLY TO OUR TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD IN THIS LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE. SO, JUST SOME QUICK BACKGROUND. UM, CONGRESS CREATED MPOS BACK IN THE 1970S TO GIVE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS A SAY IN WHERE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS WERE BEING INVESTED WITHIN METROPOLITAN AREAS. UH, PRIOR TO THAT TIME, THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION WERE VERY, WERE VERY HEAVY HANDED AND WERE JUST COMING IN AND BUILDING ROADS WHEREVER THEY WANTED. AND SO, UM, CONGRESS SAW THAT AND, AND SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRING LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TOGETHER TO GIVE THEM A SAY ON WHERE THOSE DOLLARS AND PROJECTS SHOULD BE BUILT. AND SO NPOS ACT AS A REGIONAL FORUM TO ENSURE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REGARDING SERVICE TRANSPORTATION. UH, AND WE DEVELOP, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLANS, SELECT AND IMPROVE PROJECTS OR FEDERAL FUNDING BASED ON REGIONAL PRIORITIES AND ADMINISTER PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE MOBILITY OPTIONS. AND . NEXT SLIDE. UH, THERE ARE OVER 25 MPOS IN TEXAS AND OVER 400 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND WE ARE ALL SO DIFFERENT IN SIZE AND COMPLEXITY TO . UH, HOWEVER, UH, WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE REFER TO AS A THREE C PLANNING PROCESS. THE FIRST, UH, C STANDING FOR PROPERTY, MEANING THAT NO SINGLE AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. UH, COMPREHENSIVE MEANING THAT WE ENCOMPASS ALL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION MODES, AS WELL AS, UH, LOCAL LAND USE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS. AND OUR PLANNING PROCESS IS CONTINUOUS. IT'S ONGOING TO ADDRESS SHORT, MID, AND LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION VISION AND NEEDS. AS SOON AS WE ARE DONE WITH ONE SHORT LONG RANGE PLAN, WE'RE RIGHT IN [00:50:01] THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN, STARTING ANEW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST UPTODATE INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. THIS MAP SHOWS OUR CURRENT M P O STUDY AREA. IT CONSISTS OF THREE AND A HALF COUNTIES, INCLUDING CALLED BEAR AMMAL GUADALUPE, A PORTION OF KENDALL COUNTY. UH, M P O BOUNDARIES ARE DRIVEN BY CENSUS DESIGNATED URBANIZED AREA BOUNDARIES. THOSE URBANIZED AREA BOUNDARIES ARE NORMALLY RELEASED BY CENSUS TWO YEARS AFTER THE CENSUS IS COMPLETE. SO IN 2022, WE MAY NEED TO BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER BOUNDARY EXPANSION, DEPENDING ON WHERE THOSE, UH, CENSUS, UH, URBANIZED AREA BOUNDARIES ARE. BUT FOR NOW, THIS REGION CONSISTS OF 2.2 MILLION RESIDENTS THAT DRIVE ON 10,000 LANE MILES OF ROADWAY AND LOG APPROXIMATELY 51 BILLION, 51 MILLION VEHICLE MILES PER DAY. NEXT SLIDE. UH, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR VARIOUS, UH, PLANNING PROCESSES THAT, UH, ARE EITHER DIRECTLY TIED TO TRANSPORTATION OR THAT AFFECT TRANSPORTATION IN SOME WAY. THESE INCLUDE AIR QUALITY PLANNING, BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PLANNING, UH, THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS, DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL PLANNING, UM, ROADWAY PLANNING, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, AND OUTREACH TRANSIT TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING. SO THIS IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE. UH, BUT THE IMPORTANT PART TO NOTE HERE IS THAT WE DON'T OPERATE IN A VACUUM. WE RELY ON ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS TO COME THE TABLE TO HELP US, UH, MEET THE NEEDS OF THE REGION WHEN IT COMES TO THE POSITIONING. THIS NEXT SLIDE, UH, SHOWS OUR, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BOARD OF COMMITTEES. WE HAVE A 17 MEMBER STAFF THAT IS OVERSEEN BY OUR TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD, UH, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF 21 VOTING MEMBERS REPRESENTING LOCAL CITIES, COUNTIES, TRANSIT, AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES. THAT BOARD IS SUPPORTED BY A NINE MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHO LEADS AS NEEDED TO HELP MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONAL REGIONAL ISSUES. UH, THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY A TECHNICAL ADVISOR COMMITTEE THAT'S COMPOSED OF LOCAL ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS THAT MIRROR THE AGENCIES THAT ARE ON THE BOARD AND HELP MAKE TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AS WELL. THEN WE HAVE A BICYCLE MOBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH OF COURSE IS, IS SHARED BY CHAIRED BY COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMITTEE. UH, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL. THOSE TWO COMMITTEES ARE MADE UP OF, UH, PLANNERS, BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN ADVOCACY GROUPS, AND CITIZENS WHO HELP MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN RELATED ISSUES. AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS CHART, UH, THAT WE COULD USE AS NEEDED TO TACKLE IMPORTANT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, SUCH AS LAND USE, FREIGHT, RAIL AND TRANSIT, UH, TRAFFIC, INCIDENT MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT. NEXT SLIDE SHOWS, UH, THE 21 MEMBERS ON OUR TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD. THE CURRENT, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THAT BOARD IS, UH, BEX COUNTY COMMISSIONER KEVIN WOLF. OUR CHAIR LEFT IS COMAL COUNTY COMMISSIONER KEVIN WEBB. AND OUR M P O FIRST VICE CHAIR IS COUNCIL AMMAN, MELISSA, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FORCE. UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 14 ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THIS BOARD. SEVEN OF THE, THE REMAINING SEVEN ARE APPOINTED OFFICIALS, UH, FROM THE AGENCIES THAT ARE, UM, ON THE BOARD FOR THE, FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WE HAVE SIX TOTAL SEATS ON, ON THE 21 MEMBER BOARD. ALL OF THOSE ARE TAKEN UP BY CITY COUNCIL AND TO OUR CITY STAFF. UM, I JUST NOTED THAT WE HAVE, UH, THREE LEADERSHIP ROLES, THE M P O CHAIR, THE CHAIR OF ACT, AND THE FIRST VICE CHAIR. THESE THREE LEADERSHIP ROLES ARE SOMEWHAT NEW TO THE M P O. UH, IN THE PAST WE'VE ONLY HAD A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR POSITION. HOWEVER, IN THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS, BOTH IN 2017 AND 2019, UH, THOSE ELECTIONS WERE VERY CONTENTIOUS, TO SAY THE LEAST. UH, IT'S ATTEMPT TO CREATE SOME TENSION BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEAR COUNTY, AND THE RURAL AREAS. SO, AFTER THE LAST ELECTION IN JUNE OF 2019, THE BOARD DID TASK, OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAS MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO, UH, UH, HOW TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO LEADERSHIP ROLES ON THE BOARD, UH, BY EXPANDING THEM AND BY GIVING EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THOSE ROLES. BUT TO THAT END, UH, OUR BOARD DID ADOPT CHANGES TO ITS BYLAWS IN JUNE OF 2020. UH, THOSE BYLAWS IDENTIFIED THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD AS A CHAIR, TERRY LACK, AND THE FIRST VICE CHAIR. ALL OF THESE OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THE BYLAWS ALSO REQUIRE THAT THE THREE OFFICER POSITIONS ROTATE BETWEEN, UH, THREE NEWLY ESTABLISHED CONS CONSTITUENCIES. AND THESE CONSTITUENCIES ARE DEFINED AS ONE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS BY ITSELF, UH, IN A BUCKET. THE SECOND BUCKET WOULD BE URBAN COUNTY AND SUBURBAN CITIES. THIS WOULD INCLUDE BEAR COUNTY, WHO HAS FOUR SEATS ON THE BOARD, AND THEN THE GREATER BEXAR COUNTY COUNCIL OF CITIES WHO HAS ONE SEAT, AND THE NORTHEAST PARTNERSHIP WHO HAS ONE SEAT AS WELL. AND THEN THE RURAL COUNTIES AND RURAL CITIES, UM, WHO ARE MADE UP OF KAMAL COUNTY, ADA LUPE COUNTY, KENDALL COUNTY, GEOGRAPHIC AREA, THE CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS, AND THE CITY OF INE EACH WHO HAVE ONE SEAT ON THE BOARD. SO THEY'RE PRETTY EVENLY DIVIDED, [00:55:01] UH, IN EACH OF THESE BUCKETS, UH, IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD, UH, BETWEEN THESE ENTITIES. SO THE PURPOSE OF, OF THIS NEW STRUCTURE IS THAT EACH OF THESE CONSTITUENCIES WILL ALWAYS BE IN ONE OF THE THREE LEADERSHIP ROLES. SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL EITHER BE THE CHAIR, CHAIR ELECT, OR THE FIRST VICE CHAIR, AND VICE VERSA FOR THE OTHER TWO CONSTITUENCIES AS WELL. UM, BASICALLY EVERY TWO YEARS OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WILL CONFIRM THAT THE CHAIR ELECT AND THE FIRST VICE CHAIR SHOULD MOVE TO THE POSITION OF CHAIR, CHAIR ELECT. THAT SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC. UM, THERE ARE SOME CONTINGENCIES IN THE BYLAWS THAT DO ALLOW CHANGES TO BE MADE IN CASE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG. BUT MOST OF THE TIME THOSE SHOULD BE FORMALITIES. SO REALLY WE'LL BE ELECTING AN A FIRST VICE CHAIR EVERY TWO YEARS. THAT'LL COME FROM WHOEVER, WHATEVER CONSTITUENCY IS NEXT IN LINE FOR THAT ROLE. SO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF OFFICERS, AND THAT RECOMMENDATION HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD NOMINATIONS FOR THE FLOOR, FOR OFFICERS WILL BE ALLOWED, UH, IN ORDER TO GIVE EACH CONSTITUENCY, UH, OR THE MEMBERS OF EACH CONSTITUENCY AND OPPORTUNITY TO RUN. THE TERM OF OFFICE IS ONE TWO YEAR TURN, UH, FOR EACH, UH, OF THOSE POSITIONS. AND ELECTIONS WILL OCCUR IN JUNE OF EVERY AUDIO BEGINNING IN JUNE OF 20 20, 21. UH, BUT THE BYLAWS ALREADY ARE ALREADY EFFECTIVE, AND THE THREE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED, AS I NOTED EARLIER. SO AGAIN, OUR CURRENT CHAIR IS COMMISSIONER KEVIN WOLF. OUR CHAIR ELECT IS, UM, COMMISSIONER KEVIN WEBB, AND OUR FIRST VICE CHAIR IS COUNCILWOMAN. UH, MELISSA. THE BYLAWS DO ALSO INCLUDE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THE CREATION OF A PAST CHAIR POSITION. HOWEVER, I SEE THIS, UM, AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST ENTITIES, UH, THAT THIS WILL LIKELY BE MORE OF A CEREMONIAL AND TRANSITIONAL POSITION, UH, IF A PERSON IS NO LONGER ON THE BOARD ONCE THEY'VE VACATE THE CHAIR'S ROLE. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING TODAY, OR, OR NOW IN OUR EXAMPLE BECAUSE, UH, COMMISSIONER KEVIN WEBB, AS YOU ALL KNOW, DID NOT RUN FOR ELECTION. SO HE WILL BE COMING OFF OF OUR BOARD FORMALLY IN JANUARY. SO HE WILL NO LONGER BE SERVING AS, AS A BOARD CHAIR, THEREFORE, HE WILL BECOME THE PAST CHAIR SINCE HE'S NO LONGER AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE WON'T BE SERVING AS A VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD. HE'LL JUST BE AN EX-OFFICIAL NON-VOTING MEMBER WITH THE BOARD AND OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, IF SOMEBODY'S STILL AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, UM, IN THE FUTURE, ONCE THEY COME OFF AS CHAIR, HE'LL BE THE, THE, THE PAST CHAIR AS WELL. AND THEY'LL STILL HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THEY WOULD HAVE, UH, OF ANY BOARD MEMBER. UH, THE PAST CHAIR'S TERM SHALL BE FOR TWO YEARS, OR UPON THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD BECOMING THE PAST CHAIR. THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, JUST A FEW MORE ITEMS, UH, THAT, THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. AND ELECTED OFFICIAL MAY SERVE AS THE CHAIR, CHAIR ELECT, OR FIRST VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF ONE TO YOUR TERM OR UP TO SIX CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN ALL THREE POSITIONS. THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SAME PERSON MOVING IN FROM FIRST VICE CHAIR TO CHAIR, ELECT TO CHAIR. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THINGS HAPPEN. UM, IF SOMEBODY DOES COMPLETE ALL SIX, UH, OF THOSE YEARS CONSECUTIVELY, UH, UPON COMPLETION OF THE SIX YEAR ROTATION, THEY ARE NOT PROHIBITED FROM SERVING AGAIN. SO THIS PROBABLY WOULDN'T REALLY APPLY TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE TERM LIMITS, BUT OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS STAY IN OFFICE FOR A VERY LONG TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TERM LIMITED. AND SO TECHNICALLY SOMEBODY EXAMPLE, ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE, KEVIN WEBB IS GOING TO BECOME THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD HERE SOON. UM, ONCE HE'S DONE, UH, WITH HIS TWO YEAR TERM AS CHAIR, HE CAN COME BACK AND BECOME THE FIRST VICE CHAIR AGAIN. IS THAT LIKELY GONNA HAPPEN? I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S PROBABLY MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED FROM THAT BUCKET OF CONSTITUENCY THAT MAY WANNA SERVE. BUT IF NOT, THEN HE COULD, UH, STEP INTO THAT ROLE OVER, UM, WHEN THERE'S A VACANCY IN THE CHAIR, WHETHER IT'S CREATED BY RESIGNATION OR OTHERWISE, IT SHOULD BE FILLED BY THE CHAIR ELECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM AND ALSO FOR THE CHAIR TO YOUR TERM. SO AGAIN, ANOTHER PERFECT EXAMPLE THAT'S HAPPENING NOW. UM, TECHNICALLY COMMISSIONER, UH, WOLF'S POSITION, UH, AS A CHAIR SHOULD LAST UNTIL JUNE OF 2021. HOWEVER, SINCE HE DIDN'T RUN FOR REELECTION, HE'S NO LONGER THE, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THE BOARD, BUT THE CHAIRMAN, SO THEREFORE, UH, THE CHAIR ELECT WILL STEP INTO THE CHAIR'S ROLE FOR THE UNFULFILLED TERM, WHICH IS SIX MONTHS. AND THEN, UH, HE'LL STILL HAVE HIS TWO YEAR TERM AFTER THAT TO SERVE AS THE CHAIRMAN AS WELL. NOW, THERE'S A VACANCY IN THE OTHER POSITIONS AND THE CHAIR LEFT, OR IN THE FIRST VICE CHAIR, THAT'S WHERE IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE THOSE VACANCIES WILL BE FILLED BY THE SAME CONSTITUENCY. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF COUNCILWOMAN, UM, MELISSA [01:00:01] ILDA DECIDES TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN TWO YEARS, UM, AND SHE DECIDES TO LEAVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT WOULD LEAVE A VACANCY IN HER SPOT, UH, IN THE CHAIR ELECT'S POSITION, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL STILL BE, UM, ENTITLED TO THAT CHAIR ELECT POSITION. SO SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD HAVE TO STEP IN, UM, AND SERVE IN THAT CHAIR ELECT ROLE, AND THEN WILL BECOME THE VICE OF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD TWO YEARS LATER. SO THE CONSTITUENCIES WILL CARRY THOSE POSITIONS WHEN WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE ROTATIONS. UM, AND THEN THE BYLAWS DO ADDRESS A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER ISSUES WITH THE NOMINATING PROCESS. UM, AND IT TRIES TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MAY OCCUR, THAT MAY COME UP. BUT I JUST REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MAIN ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRUCTURE, UH, IN THE LIMITED TIME THAT I HAD TODAY. BUT I AM HOWEVER WE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I'M THROWING AT YOU, BUT, UM, I'M HOPING THAT, THAT THIS MAKES SENSE. UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'S GONNA WORK. I , I'VE BEEN HERE AT THE M P O FOR 15 YEARS. THIS IS FIRST TIME THAT WE INSTITUTE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY ORGANIZATIONS THAT I KNOW THAT, THAT HAVE GONE IN THIS DIRECTION. HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT IT, IT CAN WORK AND THAT WE CAN REALLY GIVE IT A GOOD TRY HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND AT, AT SOME POINT, IF IT'S NOT WORKING, WE COULD ALWAYS GO BACK AND, AND AMEND THE BYLAWS AGAIN IF NEEDED. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN, OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. UH, OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SIDD FOR THAT, UM, UH, PRESENTATION JUST ON SOME BYLAW CHANGES TO UPDATE, UH, THE COMMITTEE ON WHAT, UH, IS GOING ON AT THE M P O. UH, IT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED, UM, BYLAW CHANGE. UM, I DIDN'T SIT ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL WAS THE ONE WHO HELPED ME NAVIGATE THROUGH A LOT OF THIS STUFF. AND I THINK SHE WAS ALSO, UH, HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THE BYLAWS. SO, UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, UH, IN CASE THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS STARTING, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, AND WE'LL GO DOWN, UH, NOPE. DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THANK YOU, SIDD, FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I KNOW YOU SAT PATIENTLY THROUGH OUR FIRST, UH, DISCUSSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I DO HAVE, UH, ONE, UH, ONE QUESTION. YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THE TWO ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THE BMAC C AND P M A C, UH, ARE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY REPORT OR THEY FALL UNDER THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I, I'VE NEVER REALLY GOTTEN A CHANCE TO DELVE INTO THAT, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS THAT REPORTING STRUCTURE LIKE? LIKE DO THEY GIVE REPORTS TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR COMMITTEE? DO THEY COME WITH RECOMMENDATIONS? COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF EACH OF THE COMMITTEES, UM, SIT ON THE TAC. SO THEY HAVE A SEAT ON THE TAC EACH, UM, AND THEY DON'T REPORT NORMALLY LIKE ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR LIKE THAT. HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OR OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION, THEN THAT DOES FORMALLY GO TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ACTION, UH, BEFORE IT GOES TO THE BOARD OR BEFORE IT GOES OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION. THAT MAKES SENSE. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, UH, ONE THING. SO WE HAD THIS NEW, UH, BYLAWS CHANGED, UH, COUNCIL WOMAN'S RIGHT. I WAS THERE FOR ALL OF THE MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE BYLAWS, CHANGED AND, AND REPRESENTED THE CITY IN, IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AND CAME TO, UM, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE RURAL COUNTIES AS WELL AS, AS BEAR COUNTY ON THAT WHAT WASN'T, WHAT WE DIDN'T REALLY IDENTIFY WAS WHEN EACH JURISDICTION BRINGS FORWARD THEIR, THEIR PERSON FOR THE ROTATION. UH, IS THAT A FORMAL PROCESS OR IS IT AN INFORMAL PROCESS IN THE PAST, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BASICALLY THE M P O MEMBERS AGREED AMONG THE THEMSELVES WHO THEY WOULD SEND FORWARD, BUT THIS PAST TIME I WAS ASKED BY SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMMITTEE IF, IF THE MAYOR HAD WRITTEN A LETTER OR IF WE HAD TAKEN COUNCIL ACTION ON IT. AND I, I GUESS I DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT WAS, UH, EXPECTED. SO CAN YOU ADVISE WHAT, UM, WHAT WAS THE INTENTION OF THAT? YEAH, SO, UM, THE BYLAW STATE THAT THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE WILL REACH OUT TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF EACH CONSTITUENCY WHEN IT'S THEIR TURN, UH, TO COME INTO THE FIRST VICE CHAIR ROLE, RIGHT? UM, AND SO WE DID THAT THIS TIME AROUND. WE REACHED OUT TO ALL FOUR OF [01:05:01] THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY AND JUST SAID, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THIS ROLE, PLEASE LET THE CHAIRMAN KNOW BY SUCH AND SUCH DATE. UM, AND SO I THINK IF I'M NOT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK ALL OF YOU MAY HAVE REPLIED, OR MOST OF YOU HAVE REPLIED. AND BECAUSE EVERYBODY REPLIED THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED, I THINK AT THAT POINT, UM, WHAT, WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS WERE SAYING WAS THAT IT MIGHT'VE BEEN NICE FOR THERE TO BE SOME TYPE OF COORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY, EITHER THROUGH A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR, MAYBE EVEN THIS COMMITTEE COULD WEIGH IN AND SAY WHO THEY FEEL SHOULD BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT, FOR THAT POSITION IN THE FUTURE. UM, BUT I THINK IT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS INTERESTED THAT IT KIND OF CREATED THAT ISSUE OF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE THIS DECISION ON OUR OWN, WHICH THEY CAN, THE BOARD, THE BOARD HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? EVEN IF SOMEBODY WRITES A LETTER, UM, SAYING THAT THIS IS THE PERSON WE WANT, THE BOARDS DON'T CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE, BUT I THINK THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF MAYBE THE CITY GOT TOGETHER JOINTLY AND COORDINATED ON WHO THEY FELT SHOULD BE THAT INDIVIDUAL. AND I THINK THAT THE CITY'S VERY LUCKY THAT YOU'RE IN A CONSTITUENCY BY YOURSELF. SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COORDINATE MORE SO THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS. UH, I THINK THE MESSY PART IS PROBABLY GONNA HAPPEN IN SOME OF THESE OTHER CONSTITUENCIES WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CITIES, MULTIPLE COUNTIES, THAT MAY NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER EVERY DAY. UM, THAT'S WHERE IT MIGHT GET A LITTLE TRICKIER ON HOW RECOMMENDATIONS PAID. BUT YES, I THINK THAT THAT IF, IF, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT WRITTEN INTO THE BYLAWS, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE CITY WOULD COME, COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF INTERNAL PROCESS AT ANY TIME THERE'S A VACANCY FOR YOU THAT YOU, YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF COORDINATION EFFORT, AGAIN, WHETHER IT THIS COMMITTEE THROUGH THE MAYOR, SOMEHOW OF RECOMMENDING ONE PERSON, UH, EVEN THE MULTIPLE FOLKS MAY WANT, AND YOU GUYS DECIDE WHO THAT PERSON SHOULD BE AND SUBMIT THAT NAME TO THE BOARD SO THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN BLESS THAT PERSON AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ALL OF YOU, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE AT ALL. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND IT, THAT THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH, I WOULD RECOMMEND IT. AND I THINK, AGAIN, IT'S EASIER FOR YOU THAN ANY OF THE OTHER ENTITIES. THE OTHER ENTITIES ARE JUST PROBABLY GONNA SAY, WHO WANTS IT? THEY, THEY, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE . I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF THE OPPOSITE, WHERE LIKE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN IDENTIFY AS FOLKS THAT WOULD WANT THE POSITION, AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE BROUGHT PAPER SCISSOR, AND SOME PEOPLE GET IT. I, I THINK THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GONNA WORK IT OUT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I THINK THAT IT, THE, THE ISSUE'S GONNA BE WHEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE WANT IT FROM ONE OF THESE BUCKETS OR CONSTITUENCIES, AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMEBODY WITHOUT KNOWING FROM THE ENTITY OR, OR THE CONSTITUENCY WHO IT SHOULD BE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CDA. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UM, THANK YOU, SID, AND I APPRECIATE THAT RECOMMENDATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE M P O THOUGHT IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE, BUT YOU MENTIONED IT'S NOT AN EXPECTATION AND IT'S NOT IN THE BYLAWS. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. AND I, I IMAGINE THAT THE M P O AS A, AS AN ORGANIZATION STILL WANTS TO RETAIN THEIR INDEPENDENT DECISION MAKING PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR, UH, THEIR APPOINTEES, RIGHT? YES. SO, YES. AND SO I DON'T THAT THAT, JUST BECAUSE A LETTER SENT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S THE WAY THEY'RE GONNA GO. I THINK SOME OF 'EM LOOK TO THAT THOUGH, UH, AND, AND WANT THAT KIND OF RECOMMENDATION, BUT YES, YOU ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. UH, THE BOARD AT THE END OF THE DAY IS PROBABLY GONNA VOTE HOWEVER THEY FEEL, UM, IS IMPORTANT FOR THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE AND FOR THE FUTURE OF THAT, OF THAT BOARD. SO, OKAY. THANKS, SID. I, I'LL SUBMIT TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE THAT WE, I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD MAKE ANY KIND OF PROCESSES. IT LEADS TOO MUCH TO POLITICS. I MEAN, WHO FROM THE CITY WOULD BE CHOOSING? WOULD IT BE THE MAYOR? WOULD IT BE THE COUNCIL? I DON'T, I THINK A PROCESS LIKE THIS WOULD, WOULD CREATE AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD, ESPECIALLY FOR ANY NEWCOMERS OR THOSE WITH ANY, UM, WITHOUT BUILTIN RELATIONSHIPS AT THE CITY, WE SHOULDN'T BRING MORE, UH, POLITICS INTO WHAT SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT PROCESS OF THE M P O. AND I, I ALSO SUBMIT, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ABOUT THE CURRENT PROCESS ISN'T WORKING. I, I MAYBE ONE OF YOU HAVE A, HAS AN OPINION ON THAT. I THINK OUR PREDECESSOR, RAY LOPEZ, UM, ELEVATED TO LEADERSHIP UNDER THE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS UNDER THE CURRENT PROCESS AND SAW INCREDIBLE PROJECTS THROUGH. SO WHY ARE WE TRYING TO FIX SOMETHING THAT ISN'T BROKEN? THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I MEAN, IT REALLY IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT POSITION, UM, BECAUSE, UH, THE CITY DOES REPRESENT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE M P O WHERE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE REGION AND, UM, THEREFORE, UH, HOPEFULLY GET THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS. UM, UH, SO, AND, AND, AND THAT LEADS US TO OUR, UH, THE NEXT UPDATE. UH, SO THAT WAS JUST FOR BRIEFING, UH, TO GIVE EVERYBODY A, A UPDATE ON THE, UM, THE NEW BYLAWS, BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED. SO IT'S HARD TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THE PROCESS IS WORKING. [01:10:01] IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE DONE THIS, AND, UH, THE FIRST TIME, UM, THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT, UH, AT THE CITY LEVEL, UM, IN A COMMITTEE. SO I THINK IT WAS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION, BUT WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, THE PROJECTS. UM, SURE. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I DON'T THINK COUNCILMAN VIN HAD A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTION. YOU'RE SO RIGHT. UM, UH, GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN VINNO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I, UM, IN, IN THE, IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I DID GET TO SIT ON THE M P O I, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO, UH, ALSO JUST, UH, SUBMIT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, ABOUT THAT PROCESS. AND, AND, UM, WE'VE, WE DO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE ADJUST OUR PROCESS, UH, TO NOT CREATE, UH, MORE POLITICS WITHIN, UM, WITHIN THAT SYSTEM. SO, UM, MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN GET A, A, A BRIEFING OFFLINE, UH, TO, TO LEARN SOME MORE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS, UH, BEING PROPOSED AND, UM, HOW WE CAN, HOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND THIS A LOT BETTER. BUT THANK YOU, CHAIR. SORRY ABOUT THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER. I WAS SO ANXIOUS TO MOVE ON TO THE, UH, CALL FOR PROJECTS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY, UH, WHERE, UM, HOPEFULLY WE GET A GREATER, UH, INFUSEMENT OF FUNDS, UH, FOR THE PROJECTS. UH, I KNOW THAT I WORKED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO GET A PROJECT, UH, OVER, UM, A GREAT SEPARATION FOR RAILROADS OVER ON THE SOUTH SIDE. UH, AND IT WAS REALLY BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF, UH, THE M P O THROUGH OUR CITY, AND, AND OF COURSE, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, TO PRIORITIZE THAT PROJECT BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS, UH, IN THE MAKING. AND, UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, THIS WILL, UM, ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO START PLANNING FOR THE 2022 BOND, UH, AND SOME POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE M P O. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE'LL MOVE ON [4. 20-6973 Briefing on the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) call for projects process for the FY 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works] ] TO THIS ITEM, AND I THINK IT IS, UH, ROSIE OR BIANCA'S GONNA GIVE US A PRESENTATION. MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. BIANCA TORP IS GOING TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ON N P O CALL FOR PROJECT, AND I WILL FOLLOW UP AFTER SHE'S DONE HER PRESENTATION REGARDING 2022 BOND PROGRAM TIMELINE. BLANCA, GOOD MORNING. YES. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE CITY SIDE OF THE M P O CALL FOR PROJECTS. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE WITH MY MICROPHONE THIS MORNING, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY, PERFECT. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, CAN WE MOVE TO THE SECOND SLIDE? UM, I STARTED WITH A SLIDE OF THE N P A REGION, AND, UM, MR. MARTINEZ SHOWED YOU THIS AS WELL, JUST TO REMEMBER THAT WITHIN THE PROGRAM CALL THE COUNTIES OF BEXAR COUNTY, OMA, GUADALUPE, AND A PORTION OF KENDALL ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN, UM, FUNDING AS FAR AS THE M P O REGION IN THIS UPCOMING PROGRAM CALL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, THE PROGRAM CALL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST THAT WE'VE SEEN TO DATE. IT IS THREE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AS FAR AS THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT, THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM, AND CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY. USUALLY THEY HAPPEN SEPARATELY, BUT THIS TIME IT IS THE LARGEST WE'VE SEEN, AND IT WILL REPRESENT FISCAL YEARS 2023 THROUGH 2026, BECAUSE WE PLAN AHEAD AND THE CALL FOR PROJECTS OPENED ON OCTOBER 1ST, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH AND GIVE YOU SOME HIGH LEVEL DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH TYPE OF FUNDING. NEXT SLIDE. SO FIRST I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IN GENERAL PROJECT REQUIREMENTS. UM, AS WE'VE DONE THIS, BECAUSE THE CITY AND, AND MANY ENTITIES HAVE DONE THIS OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS THE MINIMUM FUNDING REALLY FOR A PROJECT THAT WE LOOK FOR. AND, UM, WE KIND OF, THE M P O AS A WHOLE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT, A MILLION DOLLARS IS KIND OF THE MINIMUM, UM, VALUE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR. THERE'S A, A LOT OF OVERSIGHT, A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS, AND IT, IT, IT FELT LIKE A, A GOOD VALUE. SO FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. ANYTHING THAT'S A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OR DESIGN OR RIGHT OF WAY, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE HAS TO BE, UM, TAKEN CARE OF BY THE LOCAL ENTITY, AS WELL AS THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT FOR MAINTENANCE OR REHABILITATION. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF SOME GENERAL, [01:15:01] UM, IDEAS THAT, THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT AND, AND ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROJECTS. I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT BREAKDOWN IN COST IS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. SO WE STUCK WITH JUST THE MILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION, AS WE MENTIONED, 80% OF THAT, OR $800,000 IS WHAT THE FEDERAL MATCH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT. THERE IS ALSO A 20% THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO FUND AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT A PROJECT OF A MILLION DOLLARS, THE OTHER COSTS AS FAR AS DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHT AWAY, ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UM, OVERSIGHT BY TXDOT IS ANOTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT THE LOCAL HAS TO PROVIDE. AND THAT CAN RANGE, YOU KNOW, UP TO ALMOST $400,000. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TOTAL PROJECT COSTS, IT'S MUCH LARGER THAN JUST THE MILLION. AND THE TOTAL THAT, LET'S SAY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE, COULD BE NEARLY $600,000 ON A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT LOCAL MATCH AND WHERE THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO COME FROM. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO THE FIRST, UM, GROUPING OF, OF FUNDING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT WE CALL THE S T V G FOR SHORT. THIS IS, UM, THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE MOST FAMILIAR WITH. IT ALLOWS FOR CONSTRUCTION, IT ALLOWS FOR STUDIES, IT ALLOWS FOR PROGRAMS. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE OVERALL, UM, PROGRAM CALL HAS THE THREE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF UP TO $300 MILLION IN THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING SOURCE. UM, SOME OF THE YEARS RANGE, IT WILL INCREASE EACH YEAR WHAT AMOUNT IS AVAILABLE, BUT IT WILL RANGE FROM 14 MILLION TO POSSIBLY 49.9 MILLION. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, UM, AS THE YEARS INCREASE, THIS IS USUALLY THE LARGEST, UM, FUNDING IN THE PAST. UM, WE REFER TO IT AS S T P M M, UM, AS USUAL, THIS IS A FUNDS REIMBURSEMENT, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE START OUR PROJECTS AS A LOCAL ENTITY, THEN WE GO THROUGH TXDOT IN THE AGREEMENT PROCESS AND ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE SPENDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT ALLOWS, UM, CONGESTION REDUCTION AND FLOW IMPROVEMENTS, ADDED CAPACITY AS WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT, UM, AT SOMETIMES FREIGHT AND INTERMODAL POSSIBILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING STUDIES, TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES. IT ALLOWS PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE EVER DONE IN THE PAST. AND, UM, AGAIN, HAS THE LARGEST, UH, FUNDING BECAUSE IT, IT HAS SUCH A VARIETY INVOLVED. UM, NEXT SLIDE. SO THE NEXT ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK THROUGH IS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN A FEW YEARS. UM, IT, I THINK IT HAS ADAPTED O OVER THE YEARS THROUGH THE PROCESSES. AT ONE POINT IT WAS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. IT STILL EMBODIES SOME OF THAT, BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS THOSE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION MODES AND WHAT'S POSSIBLE. UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION FUNDS AND IT WILL USUALLY HAVE AROUND 3.18 MILLION PER YEAR, AND IT IS ALSO A FUNDS REIMBURSEMENT. NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING HERE ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, SAFE ROUTES USED TO BE IN THAT AND IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER AS THE CITY AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE THIRD IS THE CONGESTION, MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY, WHICH IS CMAC, WHICH WE DID SEE ONE OF THESE RECENTLY IN 2019. AND IT'S BACK AGAIN. UM, THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING ALLOWS FOR PROGRAMS AND CONSTRUCTION AND IT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 21 AND $22 MILLION PER YEAR. AND IT IS ALSO A FUNDS REIMBURSEMENT. NEXT SLIDE. I ALSO WANNA CLARIFY THAT THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS ARE FOR BAYER COUNTY ONLY BECAUSE BEXAR COUNTY IS THE ONE COUNTY IN OUR M P O THAT IS NON ATTAINMENT AT THIS TIME. UM, WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY SEE IS THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT, RIGHT, AND INTERMODAL TRANSIT AND BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, WHICH WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW AS THE CITY AND IMPLEMENTING. AND NEXT SLIDE. SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT BRIEFLY ABOUT THE SCORING. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT, UM, DEPENDING [01:20:01] ON THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SUBMIT, THEY WILL BE, UM, SCORED, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE AT A CAPACITY OR OPERATIONAL IN TRANSIT. THERE IS A MULTI-AGENCY WORK GROUP THAT WILL LOOK AT THESE AND SCORE THESE, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE SCORED ON SEVERAL THINGS. THE TECHNICAL SCORE THAT YOU WILL SEE, AGENCY PRIORITY. WE AS THE CITY WILL HAVE TO DEFINE, WHICH IS OUR, OUR AGENCY PUBLIC INPUT. THE M P O GOES THROUGH A PROCESS AND PROJECT READINESS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO BRING DIRECTLY FROM THE M P O PRESENTATION SO THAT IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC. NEXT SLIDE. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BONUS POINTS. IF THE PROJECT HAS AN OVERMATCH, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME SCORING THERE THAT'S AVAILABLE. AND YOU HAVE UP TO A HUNDRED POINTS FOR ADDRESSING TRANSPORTATION EQUITY, WHICH THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TOO ABOUT WHAT IS OUR INTERNAL COSA TIMELINE THAT MY STAFF AND I ARE DOING TO PREPARE THIS. SO THE PROGRAM CALL OPENED IN OCTOBER, AND IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE'VE BEEN PREPARING PROJECT LISTS BASED UPON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, PLANS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, WHETHER IT'S THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, OUR VISION ZERO PLANS, THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION MULTIMODAL PLAN THAT WE'VE DONE, AND KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP THROUGH THE PROCESSES THAT WE DO IN OUR DEPARTMENTS. UM, 'CAUSE WE CONSTANTLY KEEP A LIST OF PROJECTS AND, AND WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AND KIND OF NARROWING THAT LIST, LISTON PREPPING AND KIND OF DETERMINING WHAT FUNDING SOURCES THAT OUR LOCAL COULD ASSIST US WITH THIS, UM, WE'RE DOING IN DECEMBER, SOME STAFF COORDINATION AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING PROBABLY IN DECEMBER THAT YOU WILL SEE US PROBABLY REQUEST WHAT PROJECTS, UM, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS. AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT IN THROUGH JANUARY SO THAT WE CAN NARROW DOWN THOSE LISTS. WE WOULD LIKE TO FINALIZE THOSE LISTS IN FEBRUARY OF 2021 AND PREPARE FOR COUNCIL ACTION, BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT, WE MUST GO, UM, TO COUNCIL AND WE WILL PREPARE OUR APPLICATIONS IN MARCH AND GO FOR THAT COUNCIL ACTION IN MARCH SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT OUR PROJECTS BY APRIL OF 2021, WHICH IS THE DEADLINE THROUGH THE M P O. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE TIMELINE FOR THIS, AS I MENTIONED, CITY COUNCIL IN MARCH, WE WILL APPLY IN APRIL AND PROJECTS WILL BE APPROVED AND AWARDED THROUGH THE M P O IN AUGUST OF 2021. THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERALL AWARD TIMELINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. NEXT SLIDE. SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER NOW TO RAZZIE, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO TALK ABOUT THE BOND TIMELINE BECAUSE THERE IS A CORRELATION HERE FOR SURE. THANK YOU. BIANCA 2022 BOND PROGRAM TIMELINE FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 2020, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. LAST MONTH WE MET WITH ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND DISCUSSED ABOUT OUR PROPOSED 2022 BOND PROGRAM AND TIMELINE. THIS MONTH WE ARE MEETING WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AND ASKING THEIR REALLY PROJECT NEED OCTOBER AND JANUARY, 2020 AND 2021. WE ARE PLANNING TO SELECT THREE CONSULTING TEAMS TO ASSIST US ON SCOPING AND COST ESTIMATING. AFTER COUNCIL PROVES OUR RECOMMEND STAFF RECOMMENDATION FROM JANUARY TO JUNE OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL START SCOPING AND COST ESTIMATING ALL OF THE PROJECT WE WILL BE COLLECTING FROM COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENT. IN JUNE AND JULY OF NEXT YEAR, COUNCIL AND MAYOR WILL BE APPOINTING COMMITTEE TO TAKE THIS PROJECT LIST TO PUBLIC AND GET PUBLIC INPUT. AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING THE RECOMMENDED LIST TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL. OCTOBER FALL OF NEXT YEAR, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 2021 COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING AND BASICALLY GETTING RESPONSE AND COMMENT FROM PUBLIC. LAST TIME WE HAD A SIX PROPOSITION, WE HAD FIVE MEETING FOR EACH PROPOSITION WAS USUALLY IN CENTRAL LIBRARY. HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON AND PRESENT OUR PROJECT AND GET INPUT FROM PUBLIC. JANUARY, FEBRUARY, 2022. COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE CALLING FOR THE ELECTION. FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY, 2022 WILL BE THE ELECTION FOR OUR 2022 BOND. THIS IS IN PRESENTATION. [01:25:01] BIANCA AND I IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. UH, GREAT, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND UM, I KNOW, UH, FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE'LL STILL BE HERE IN 2022. UM, I, I REALLY WANTED Y'ALL TO SEE THE BRIEFING, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN START PLANNING FOR 20, UH, 22 BOND PROJECTS AND, UM, UH, RAZZIE DO, OR I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY ON THE CALL, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE ROD OR RAZZIE, IS THERE ANY IDEA, UH, AT THIS POINT WHAT THAT BOND PACKAGE MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF, UH, FINANCIAL COUNCIL? WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM BEN, IT MAY BE SMALLER THAN WHAT WE HAD LAST TIME, WHICH LAST TIME WAS 850 MILLION. BUT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW, HOW MUCH WE'LL BE UNTIL COMES SPRING OR SUMMER, SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. OKAY. UH, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I KNOW THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING A SMALLER BOND, BUT, BUT HOW, SO JUST BEYONCE, FOR PURPOSES OF AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THE, THE, THE, UH, UM, BRIDGE PROJECT OVER RIO CITY ROAD, BUT, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS, THIS PACKAGE THAT'S, AS YOU MENTIONED, ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR BEAR COUNTY, WHICH IS THE CONGESTION RELIEF, UH, CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY. UM, AND THEN YOU HEAR HAVE YOUR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. SO, UM, WOULD, WOULD A PROJECT, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, GENERAL MCMULLEN IN MY DISTRICT HAS BEEN A HIGH CRASH CORRIDOR AND WE'VE BEEN, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THAT ROAD ROADWAY. UM, WOULD THAT BE AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT BECAUSE IT BEING HIGH CRASH, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT PERHAPS IS NOT, UM, DOESN'T FALL INTO THE OTHER ONES, MAYBE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS. SO I THINK IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SPECIFIC SCOPE OF YOUR IMPROVEMENT IS. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, RECONSTRUCTING IT AND ADDING CAPACITY OR CHANGING IT IN A PARTICULAR WAY, THAT GOES AGAINST WHAT THE CMAC IS TRYING TO TO FOCUS ON. BECAUSE RECALL THE CMAC PROJECTS, YOU HAVE TO DO A CALCULATION OF AIR QUALITY TO SHOW THAT YOUR PROJECT IS, YOU KNOW, ENHANCING AIR QUALITY. SO IF THE SPECIFIC WORK DOESN'T REDUCE THAT, IT CAN'T BE IN THAT CATEGORY. BUT THAT ISN'T TO SAY THAT IT CAN'T BE IN THE S T P G CATEGORY AND YOU MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY ADD CAPACITY, BUT YOU'RE RECONSTRUCTING IT'S A POSSIBILITY THERE. YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC SCOPE AND DESIGN OF HOW YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU WANT AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IT FITS BEST IN AS FAR AS FUNDING. AND MY TEAM IS HAPPY TO ASSIST WITH THAT. OKAY, GREAT. BUT THIS CONGESTION MITIGATION IS ONLY FOR BEXAR COUNTY? YES. SO IS IT ASSUMED THAT, AND IT, THAT WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST THE 2120 2 MILLION, UM, THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY FOR TO OUR REGION? TO, TO US HERE. I MEAN, OF COURSE, I KNOW THERE'S PARTS OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE, UM, NOT IN THE CITY, BUT, UM, OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND. BUT, UM, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE HAD AT LEAST COULD PRIORITIZE THAT 22 MILLION, UM, FOR, FOR PROJECTS, UH, IN, IN OUR AREA. UH, AND I KNOW I HAVE A WHOLE LONG LIST, UM, THAT I HOPE, UH, WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR ANY OF THIS FUNDS, BUT I, I, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GOOD, UM, ALMOST GUARANTEED THAT WOULD COME TO OUR AREA. SO, UM, UH, I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND WE'LL JUST START SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CAB BERDA. THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, CAN, CAN Y'ALL TELL ME WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF SAN ANTONIO AREA PROJECTS ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE M P O PROCESS? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. UM, I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE AND LOOK WITH THE M P O TO SEE WHAT THAT ACTUAL PERCENTAGE IS. I HAVE A LIST I CAN SHOW YOU WHICH ONES, UM, WERE DONE. YOU CAN LOOK AT THE TIP ITSELF AND KIND OF SEE THE DISTRIBUTION, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT ACTUAL PERCENTAGE IS. SYD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT I DO NOT. I DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I WOULD JUST WARN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS, SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SUB ALLOCATE DOLLARS BASED ON POPULATION TO ANY ENTITY. IT REALLY HAS TO BE BASED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. I WILL SAY THAT A MAJORITY OF THE DOLLARS ARE GONNA BE SPENT IN BEXAR COUNTY. UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S WITH SOME OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY ITSELF, YOU KNOW, U T S A HAS APPLIED FOR SOME OF THESE DOLLAR TO BE OF COURSE. SO ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE GOING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, [01:30:01] A MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE SPENT IN BEAR COUNTY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE NEEDS ARE. UM, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, TO TO, YOU KNOW, TO SAY, OKAY, WELL THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL GET THIS MUCH, BEXAR COUNTY WILL GET THIS MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, MONT COUNTY WILL GET THIS MUCH BASED ON POPULATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I, I, I DO WANNA CLARIFY THAT. IT, IT IS COMPETITIVE. IT'S REQUIRED TO BE COMPETITIVE. UM, I APPRECIATE THAT. I I I WOULD, I, I UNDERSTAND GOING INTO THE FUNDING, OF COURSE YOU CAN'T ALLOCATE IT THAT WAY, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE END RESULT. UM, AND, AND ACTUALLY YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT. SO WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE SAN ANTONIO PROJECTS? AND THEN, UH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BEXAR COUNTY, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND. SO I'LL GET, UH, I'LL WAIT FOR, UM, YOU TO GATHER THAT, BIANCA. BUT, UM, THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS TO, UM, IS THERE A PERCENTAGE OF SAN HOME ANTONIO PROJECTS THAT IS MAINTAINED THROUGH THE OPEN CALL PROCESS? UM, I THINK WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS, ARE ANY PROJECTS THE FUNDS USED TO MAINTAIN AS IN MAINTENANCE FUNDS? IS THAT THE QUESTION? YES. NO. SO THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING IS NOT ALLOWED FOR MAINTENANCE FUNDS AT THIS TIME. OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU'LL GET BACK WITH ME ON THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION THEN? YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I'LL GO THROUGH OUR, THE LISTING OF PROJECTS AND, AND COME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE FOR YOU JUST TO CLARIFY IN THE END WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE WAS. OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, BIANCA. THAT'S ALL CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU, UM, FOR, UH, THE QUESTIONS. AND, UM, BUT ALSO, SID OR, OR BIANCA, DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT THE CONGESTION MITIGATION AIR QUALITY WAS ONLY FOR BEAR COUNTY? IT IS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE FUNDS. SO THESE ARE FOUR AREAS THAT ARE IN NON-ATTAINMENT FOR FAILING TO MEET AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. SO, UH, I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD ONE PREVIOUS CALL. UM, THIS IS GONNA BE OUR SECOND CALL FOR PROJECTS, FOR THESE DOLLARS OFFER. AND BECAUSE ONLY BEAR COUNTY IS NON ATTAINMENT IN THIS REGION, ONLY BEXAR COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE DOLLARS. SO THE WHOLE POINT OF THOSE DOLLARS IS TRYING TO PROVE AIR QUALITY AND NOT ATTAINMENT AREAS. OKAY. OKAY. SO I GUESS JUST FOR CLARITY THEN, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE NMM P FUNDING IS IN A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, BUT NOT THAT FUNDING THAT'S JUST FOR BEXAR COUNTY. YEAH, IT'LL BE COMPETITIVE IN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, VIA, COULD SUBMIT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO COMMIT, SUBMIT BEAR COUNTY SUBURBAN CITIES. SO IT'LL BE COMPETITIVE IN THAT WAY, BUT IT WON'T, IT, YEAH, IT'LL BE A, A SMALLER, UH, POOL THAN THE OTHER FUNDS WHICH ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL THREE AND A HALF. YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SANDOVAL, THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU BIANCA RAZZI, UH, AND AND SID FOR BEING HERE FOR THIS AND FOR THE CHAIR FOR PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA. I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR US TO, TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE FOR OUR BOND CYCLE AND, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIZING WHERE WE NEED TO DO THE, THE OVER MATCHING TO, TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS CALL FOR PROJECTS AS WELL AS OUR, AS OUR NEXT BOND. UM, A COUPLE QUESTIONS. LAST TIME WHEN WE DID THE CMA CALL FOR PROJECTS, WE, I ENDED UP MEETING WITH, I THINK IT WAS ART REINHARDT AT THE TIME, AND ASKING, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL BICYCLE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN TRY TO PUSH THROUGH HERE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BICYCLE PROJECTS ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT COMPETITIVE IN MANY OF THE OTHER, UH, CATEGORIES YET WHEN IT COMES TO CMAC, THAT'S WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE MORE OF AN ADVANTAGE. SO I, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, ROZY TO REVIEW THE BIKE MASTER PLAN AND MAYBE LINE UP SOME PROJECTS THERE FOR, TO, TO APPLY FOR, FOR CMAC FUNDS, OR I, I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DISCUSS THAT AT, AT COMMITTEE, AT A FUTURE DATE. YES, COUNCILOR ROMAN, WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE REVIEW THAT SIDS STAFF DID, UH, AT THE BSS OF THE, OF THE BOARD, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS GIVING 'EM A HARD TIME ABOUT, UH, HOW THEY SELECTED THEIR PROJECTS AND THE GUIDELINES AND THEY CAME BACK. UH, I THINK IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN, THAN I, I DON'T WANNA SAY MORE THAN I EXPECTED, BUT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU CAME BACK WITH SAID, AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH EQUITY CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROJECTS. AND I DON'T BELIEVE AT, AT THE TIME WE APPROVED THOSE GUIDELINES, THE, THE, THE OVERALL PROJECT CALL. I MEAN, WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE GUIDELINES WOULD LOOK LIKE, SO I WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE YOU HAD AN UPDATE ON, ON HOW THAT THEY WOULD BE SCORED IN TERMS OF EQUITY. NO, UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT YET. WE'RE STILL WAITING. I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WAIT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS WE GET. AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT I MEAN, WE, WE REALLY WANNA SEE WHAT WE GET AND THEN FROM THERE, DECIDE HOW WE WANNA [01:35:01] ALLOCATE POINTS BASED ON THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST HOW WE NORMALLY HANDLE IT. IT MIGHT BE A FEW MONTHS BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY SHOW, UM, HOW THE SCORING WOULD ACTUALLY, WE, AGAIN, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE OUTLINED THE MAJOR SCORING COMPONENTS, BUT BEFORE WE DIG INTO HOW SOME OF THAT INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED AND, AND, AND THAT MICRO SCORING WILL WORK, WE REALLY WANNA SEE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT COME IN FIRST. UH, SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE A FEW MONTHS BEFORE WE CAN GET TO THAT. OKAY, GREAT. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, AND I'LL JUST PICK UP ON THAT. WHAT, IN, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DO GET TO THAT SCORING, UH, IS THERE GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME, UH, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, UH, AND GET OUT TO SOME OF THESE ADVOCACY GROUPS? UH, ESPECIALLY REGARDING AROUND, AROUND, UH, UH, BIKE MOBILITY AND PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY? 'CAUSE UH, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, IT'D BE VERY INTERESTING TO GET SOME OF THEIR INPUT REGARDING, UH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF COMPARING THE, THEIR THOUGHTS TO THE DATA THAT, THAT, THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING. UH, WITH REGARD TO THE SCORING, YES, IN THE NORMAL PROCESS, WE WOULD HAVE A, A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS WHERE WE CAN SHOW, UM, HOW THE PROJECT'S SCORED AND RANKED, AND THEN ASK THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR INPUT ON THOSE PROJECTS. UM, WE STILL PLAN ON DOING SOMETHING PRETTY ROBUST THIS TIME AROUND. OBVIOUSLY, DEPENDING ON THE WHOLE COVID SITUATION, IT MAY ALL NEED TO BE ONLINE. UM, 'CAUSE NORMALLY WE DO A COMBINATION OF ONLINE AND IN-PERSON, UM, MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE REGION WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, DO MULTIPLE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO GARNER THAT PUBLIC INPUT. BUT YES, WE WILL BE DOING SOMETHING WE ALWAYS HAVE, AND WE ALWAYS WILL. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE INVITE ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO, TO COMMENT ON THOSE PROJECTS. AND SO THEY CAN SEE TOO HOW THEY WERE ALL SCORED AND HOW THEY RANKED AND KIND OF HOW TO SHOOK OUT. I THINK OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT THEIR PROJECT'S GONNA BE THE BEST ONE, IT'S GONNA RANK THE BEST, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. SO THERE'S ALWAYS DISAPPOINTMENT. UH, BUT, UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SHARE THE INFORMATION AND BE TRANSPARENT, AND WE SHOW IT, WE SHOW THEM EVERYTHING, EVERY COMPONENT OF THE SCORE AND EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF, OF, OF SCORE THAT WE COLLECT, UH, AND THAT WE CALCULATE. SO YES, WHAT WE DO. OKAY. WELL, GOOD. UH, AND THEN, AND ONE OTHER THING, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE, THE GEOGRAPHY OF OUR CITY, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, AREAS WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS MUCH OLDER THAN OTHER AREAS AND, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS PARTICULARLY, UH, AN ISSUE IN THE INNER CITY WHERE WE KNOW, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S BEEN BUILT OUT OVER, OVER, UH, THE LIFESPAN OF, OF THE CITY. UH, THERE'S AREAS THAT, THAT REALLY HAVE, HAVE BEEN, HAVE ESSENTIALLY BEEN WITHOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS, IS OLD AND DILAPIDATED. UM, HOW WILL YOU BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THAT? WELL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, A LOT OF THAT WOULD PROBABLY FALL UNDER REHABILITATION. AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THE BOARD DECIDED A, A FEW CALLS AGO THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND SOME OF THIS MONEY ON REHABILITATION. THEY REALLY WANTED TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION. UM, BUT THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WHERE REHABILITATION CAN BE LOOKED AT. SO I CAN, I CAN LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU AND, AND SEE IF I CAN PASS SOME OF THAT INFORMATION OFF TO YOU, BUT FOR THIS CALL, YEAH, YEAH. AND I'M GONNA, AND I, AND I'M GONNA JUST STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE, MAKE THE PUSH FOR, YOU KNOW, REHABILITATION OR, OR, YOU KNOW, IN A, WITH REGARDS TO EXISTING, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT SOME HAVE CALLED MAINTENANCE IS ALSO CONSTRUCTION. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, THIS, THIS IS WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS THAT WE WILL LOOK AT AREAS THAT HAVE NEEDED, UH, MAINTENANCE, WHAT WE CALL MAINTENANCE OR EVEN REHABILITATION. THEY, THEY NEED CONSTRUCTION TOO. AND, UH, AND WE TEND TO SORT OF, UH, UH, KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, UH, ASSUMING THAT IT IS, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT THING, BUT IT, THEY REALLY ARE THE SAME. AND IN FACT, THIS YEAR, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK OUT WITH OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UH, SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT WITH REGARDS TO OUR SIDEWALK REPAIR, WHICH IS, UH, TO, TO NOT EVEN CALL IT THAT BECAUSE BY CALLING IT SIDEWALK REPAIR, WE'RE MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT IT'S NOT CONSTRUCTION. UH, BUT IT IS. AND SO WE, WE JUST SIMPLY CALL IT SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE UNLOCKED THE, THE KEY OR UNLOCKED THE, THE, THE, THE DOOR TO, UH, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ALLOW US TO, TO, UH, TO FIX ALL THIS BROKEN SIDEWALK, WHICH IS EITHER BROKEN SIDEWALK. IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT AS WELL JUST BE NO SIDEWALK. UH, SO I, I'D ASK YOU TO, TO PLEASE PASS THAT MESSAGE [01:40:01] A, A ALONG AND, AND, AND, UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE, THE INNER CITY NEEDS TO BE, UH, LOOKED AT A, A LITTLE MORE, UH, UH, THOROUGHLY. AND, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, UH, THEY, THEY NEED TO BE THOUGHT OF JUST LIKE OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AS WELL. YEAH. AND I THINK YOUR, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS CAN BE VERY CREATIVE HERE. OBVIOUSLY, RECONSTRUCTION IS ALLOWED. AND SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE RECONSTRUCTING THE, THE, THE FACILITY, YOU'RE ADDING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, DOING SOMETHING NEW, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY BE ADDING BIKE LANES, WIDER SIDEWALKS, UM, YOU KNOW, SMALLER TRAVEL LANES. THOSE KIND OF, I MEAN, THOSE THINGS ARE ALLOWED. AND SO I THINK THAT YOU, IF YOU WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UH, AND THEY COULD COME UP WITH A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO YOU AND THE COMMUNITY, AND, UM, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED, I GUESS WHEN I SAY REHAB, I MEAN JUST BASICALLY GETTING THE SAME FOOTPRINT ON THE GROUND AND DOING MORE OF A MAINTENANCE JOB ON, ON THE FACILITY. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S RECONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THAT CORRIDOR. UH, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN YES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROBABLY WORK. COUNCILMAN, THIS IS RESI. WE ARE LOOKING TO CERTAIN ROADWAY MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK, MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE BIKE LANE. AND WE COULD DO THAT ONE TO INCLUDE PART OF OUR SUBMITTAL. GOOD EXAMPLE IS A COLLIBRA ROAD. WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE EXISTING CROSS SECTION TO MAKE A, A BIKE LANE AND A MORE WIDER SIDEWALK, MORE LANDSCAPING. AND THAT WILL BE A QUALIFY FOR SUBMITTAL FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY. RIGHT. WELL, GREAT. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. AGAIN. AND, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. I WANT TO THANK RAZZIE AND HIS TEAM, UH, 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN, UH, ESSENTIAL IN THIS, INCLUDING ROD SANCHEZ IN HELPING US, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND WAYS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE PROJECTS, UH, IN THE SAME, IN THE SAME LIGHT. UH, 'CAUSE AGAIN, I, I, I THINK, UH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DISTRICT ONE OR DISTRICT FIVE FOR, FOR THE CHAIR, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME AREAS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, WHETHER THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE 'EM OR DO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, IF IT'S, IF IT'S BROKEN, UH, CAN BE NEGLECTED FOR, FOR, FOR A LONG TIME. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK, UH, PUBLIC WORKS FOR, FOR HELPING ME, UH, GET THROUGH THAT. AND, UH, I AGREE. I THINK THAT THERE'S WAYS TO, TO, TO, UH, CREATE ROAD DIETS AND, UH, ALLOW FOR THIS, THIS NEW TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THESE MECHANISMS. SO I, I'LL I'LL JUST ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS AT THE, THE INNER CITY, UH, HAVE A, HAVE A, UH, THAT CONSIDERATION. DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. OH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RAVINO, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. UM, I, I WASN'T ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OVERLAY THE TIMELINES ON THIS RAZZI, BUT, UH, HOW DO WE GET, HOW DO WE MARRY UP WITH OUR 2022 BONDS TO THE M P O ON THE TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, HELP, HELP EXPLAIN THAT, HOW THAT HAPPENS AND HOW, HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM HERE? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. THEY, THEY ARE, WE NEED TO FINALIZE OUR SUBMITTAL FOR M P O COMES FOR APRIL OF NEXT YEAR, AND WE ARE, OF COURSE, WE MET WITH ALL OF THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE. WE ARE WORKING BY THAT TIME IDENTIFY WHICH PROJECT WE ARE GOING TO SUBMIT FOR M P O, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR OWN FUNDING, WHICH IS MORE LIKELY BOND IS GOING TO FUND THOSE. AND THAT WE HAVE THOSE PROJECT IN TWO FUNDING SOURCE. ONE IS PROPOSED 2022 BOND, AND THE OTHER ONE IS N P O. EVEN THEY ARE PAYING 80% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT COUNCILMEN MOST OF THE TIME END UP BEING REALLY 50 50 BECAUSE WE PAY FOR THE DESIGN COSTS ROUGHLY 10%. WE PAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT, WE PAY FOR RIGHT AWAY ENVIRONMENTAL, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE OUR OWN FUNDING SOURCE WHEN WE SUBMIT THIS PROJECT FOR M P O. SO, UM, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO RUN THESE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AND ALL THAT, THAT, ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING THROUGH TO THE M P O. THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE COMMITTEE WILL BE DONE FOLLOW UP NEXT YEAR. BY THIS TIME WE WILL BE SUBMITTING THIS PROJECT. SO BASICALLY, WHO'S GOING TO BE THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY TO, I I I'M ASSUMING THAT ALL OF THAT WILL COME NEXT TO THE, TO THIS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE'LL SUBMIT THAT TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT TO THE M P O? THAT'S CORRECT. WHEN WE HAVE THE LIST OF, OF COURSE, WE WILL WORK WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL'S OFFICE, THEN WE BRING THE PROJECT LIST FOR THIS COMMITTEE, AND AFTER COMMITTEE [01:45:01] APPROVES, WE TAKE THIS ONE TO FULL COUNCIL, BECAUSE COUNCIL HAS TO PASS ORDINANCE FOR US TO SUBMIT FOR M P O. OKAY. AND THAT'S GONNA BE BASED ON, UH, SOME INITIAL ESTIMATES AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT YOU'LL BE PUTTING AGAINST THOSE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CITY'S PORTION IS AND WHATEVER THE M P'S PORTION IS. UM, BUT, UM, WHO DETERMINES THAT UPPER LIMIT? HOW, HOW MUCH, WHAT'S THE UPPER LIMIT OF HOW MANY DO WE SUBMIT TO THE M P O OR WHAT UPPER LIMIT OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ARE WE GONNA SUBMIT TO THE M P O? I THINK WE HAVE TO WORK WITH SET AND SEE WHAT WILL BE OUR CAPACITY. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SUBMIT MORE THAN WE ARE GOING TO GET FUNDING. I'D RATHER SUBMIT MORE THAN REALLY NOT ENOUGH. MAYBE SID CAN ADD ON THAT ONE TOO. YEAH, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUBMIT MORE THAN WHAT YOU, UM, ARE HOPING TO GET. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I HATE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO THIS DIRECTION, BUT ONE YEAR TEXT THAT SUBMITTED, YOU KNOW, WAY MORE THAN WHAT WAS EVEN ELIGIBLE. SO I THINK THEY, IF IT WAS 300 MILLION THAT WAS ELIGIBLE, THEY SUBMITTED 500 MILLION, WHICH I WOULDN'T DO, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SCORING ALL OF THAT PROJECT INFORMATION, KNOWING THEY WEREN'T GONNA GET THAT BECAUSE IT WAS MORE THAN WHAT, WHAT WAS, WAS AVAILABLE. AND KNOWING THAT OTHER ENTITIES WERE GONNA GET PROJECTS TOO. UM, SO THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE THERE, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING TO GET, UM, AT THE SAME TIME KNOWING THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET EVERYTHING. SO I, I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS PROBABLY COULD CONFIGURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT RANGE SHOULD BE ONCE THEY KIND OF LOOK AT THINGS MORE CLOSELY. YEP. WELL, I, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP HERE TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WHAT ARE THOSE UPPER LIMITS? I, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THOSE DOLLAR LIMITATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT IS OUR EXPECTATION TO GET THROUGH THE M P O AND THEN WHAT, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THROUGH THE BOND PROCESS AND MARRY UP THE TWO SO THAT WE CAN HELP PRIORITIZE ON WHAT ACTUALLY GETS SENT TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR, FOR A FINAL VOTE ON THAT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AVAILABLE TO THIS COMMITTEE SO THAT WE'RE, WE KNOW WHAT MAGNITUDE WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, UH, BECAUSE I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S STILL TALK UP AT THE, UH, UP AT, UH, THE FEDERAL LEVEL ABOUT, UH, ADDITIONAL STIMULUS PACKAGES, ADDITIONAL STIM, UH, ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, UH, TO, UH, BRING MORE WORK OUT THERE FOR, FOR, UH, FOLKS. AND I DON'T WANNA BE CAUGHT SHORTHANDED ON NOT HAVING A BIG HEALTHY PROGRAM DEVELOPED HERE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE READY. YOU KNOW, SEND IT TO US. WE'RE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY GOT 'EM IN THE HOPPER. THEY'RE READY TO GO. THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN DESIGN, THAT KIND OF THING. SO I I, I REALLY HATE TO MISS OUT ON ANY OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITING OURSELVES TO A CERTAIN NUMBER, UH, BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE. YOU GET WHAT I MEAN, SSID YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE NOT GONNA GET, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET UPSET. OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU SUBMIT A FULL $300 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS, I MEAN, IF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU NOT SURPASS THAT , UH, WHICH OTHERS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. I THINK IF YOU WANNA SUBMIT $300 MILLION WORTH IT, YOU WANNA SUBMIT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ON YOU. I, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT, I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT YOU SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T SUBMIT. OKAY. YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET APPROVED FOR THAT, YOU, YOU HAVE A, THEN YOU HAVE A HOPPER OR A, A BACKUP LIST OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED IN SOME OTHER WAY. IF OTHER FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE EITHER THROUGH STIMULUS FUNDING OR, OR SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE, HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW YEARS, SOME FUNDING THAT COMES AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. UM, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME DOWN THE PIPE. SO IF YOU WANNA PUT A LIST TOGETHER LARGER AND YOU NORMALLY WOULD, UH, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. WE, WE DO HAVE TO SCORE THOSE PROJECTS. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE WORK FOR OUR STAFF, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S OKAY. IF YOU GUYS SUBMIT THAT $300, 300 MILLION WORTH, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. WELL, I, I'M, I'M GONNA SAY 300 PLUS. SO RAZZY, TAKE NOTE OF THAT AND, UH, LET'S FILL IT, LET'S FILL THAT BASKET UP. OKAY. YES, SIR. YEAH, AND I, I THINK, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, US AS A TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, THE, THE ACTUAL PROJECTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, SO THAT, UH, WE'RE WELL VERSED ON IT TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, WHEN WE TAKE IT TO FULL COUNSEL AND, UH, GET THAT TO THE, TO THE M P O SINCE IT'S NOT GONNA BE GOING THROUGH OUR NORMAL BOND PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PUBLIC COMMITTEES AND REVIEWS AND APPROVALS, THAT KIND OF THING. SO, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I I HAVE IS JUST THAT WE DO ASK THAT [01:50:01] YOU PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECT POINTS SUBMIT TO US, AND THAT MIGHT BE THE HARDEST PART OF YOU SUBMIT A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST OF PROJECTS, HAVING TO THEN PRIORITIZE THAT LIST. UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS OBVIOUSLY, UM, THAT, THAT HAVE TO WEIGH IN ON IT. SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CAVEAT. IT MIGHT BE HARDER WITH THE MORE YOU SUBMIT, BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS YOU GUYS NEED TO HAVE. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE ALL PLAY VERY NICE IN THE SANDBOX TOGETHER. GOOD. ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MA'AM. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. AND I THINK IT IS A GOOD POINT, AND AT SOME POINT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, PERHAPS WE COULD, UM, UH, THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE, UH, PERHAPS CREATE SOME CRITERIA ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE THE PRIORITY PROJECTS. UH, I WAS VERY GRATEFUL THAT WHEN WE, UM, WHEN I WAS AWARDED THE, THE BRIDGE OF FREE OR CITY ROAD PROJECT, IT WAS LISTED AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, AND WE GOT $19 MILLION AS A RESULT, UH, FOR THAT GREAT SEPARATION AND AN ADDITION, $10 MILLION IN THE BOND. SO IT'S IN A $30 MILLION PROJECT. UH, AND THEN I HAD PUT ASIDE SOME OTHER FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, AND SOME TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS. SO, UM, AND, UH, AND SO PERHAPS WE COULD GO THROUGH THE, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT EXERCISE, PRIORITIZING WHETHER IT'S EQUITY OR WHETHER IT'S CONGESTION RELIEF OR WHETHER IT'S, UH, VISION ZERO INITIATIVES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO THAT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A LIST, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WHAT OUR COLLEAGUES WANNA SEE IN THE BOND, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, PERHAPS HAVE A HIGHER, UH, PROBABILITY OF, OF GETTING FUNDED, UH, IN THIS PROJECT. SO WE'LL DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT I DID WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE, UM, THE, HOW THE N P O PROJECTS WORK, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ALL START PREPARING, UH, FOR WHAT IS MAYBE NOT GONNA BE AS BIG OF A BOND, BUT STILL REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS AND, AND ALSO WHAT THE CRITERIA IS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AND, UH, FOR HANGING IN THERE FOR TWO PLUS HOURS. UM, I, I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO KEEP MY MEETINGS LESS THAN AN HOUR. THAT'S LIKE JUST NOT HAPPENING THESE DAYS. SO WE'LL TRY AND BE MORE EFFICIENT NEXT TIME. SO, UM, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HANGING IN THERE AND UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL NEXT TIME. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * 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.