[0:00] yes I will just I'll just comment we did

[0:03] go through this in quite detail at APC

[0:06] and uh thank Brian for as usual his very

[0:10] diligent and very thorough uh budget

[0:13] report so we did ask quite a lot of

[0:15] questions then and

[0:17] answers all satisfactory so

[0:19] um I'll be happy at the time to move the

[0:22] item okay

[0:24] commissioner enrich I I was just to Echo

[0:28] of that being on APC and what Brian was

[0:31] explaining

[0:33] um you know we all caught that we're not

[0:35] spending money on the call to cut a

[0:36] tunnel but it's because of our

[0:38] allocation for me of how we assign costs

[0:41] and things like that so it's not going

[0:43] call the cut tunnel

[0:45] um that project is done and over this is

[0:49] really complex if you're if you're here

[0:51] for the first time none of us have a

[0:53] budget like this and the reason why is

[0:55] if you really want to look at year over

[0:57] year you just look at our staff

[0:59] Administration cost everything else is

[1:01] Project driven there's lots of projects

[1:03] those costs go up and they're all

[1:05] proportional and they all have a source

[1:07] of funding

[1:08] our biggest key factor is staying for

[1:11] all that Administration essentially our

[1:13] own operating cost although some of our

[1:15] staff are also assigned to outside

[1:17] projects because they're working on the

[1:19] project but we have that one percent

[1:21] limitation and we were right around the

[1:24] 0.83 so I think we'll add to second that

[1:27] and thank Brian and staff for modifying

[1:31] your presentation for the comments that

[1:33] we had too thank you okay member

[1:35] Fidelity yes

[1:38] um great job I was just wondering on the

[1:40] state revenue side if in fact the

[1:42] governor signs the budget with the

[1:44] transit deal

[1:45] in it might there be additional revenues

[1:48] that come in any way shape or form

[1:51] yeah there was there was

[1:53] um a comment Hisham had come to my

[1:56] office earlier this earlier this

[1:57] afternoon and talked about maybe Sunday

[1:59] I think there was the I-80 project San

[2:03] Pablo Dam I believe might be in that we

[2:06] would go out and do an RFP on that so it

[2:08] would be a time frame of maybe six

[2:10] months and and we will add that at the

[2:12] mid-year so we'll we'll make sure that

[2:15] we

[2:15] keep an eye out for those additional

[2:17] revenues and with any other project that

[2:19] comes along the lines we'll we'll budget

[2:22] forward at mid-year great thank you

[2:25] okay see another board members who will

[2:28] go out to the I will

[2:32] um invite members of the

[2:35] room here to have public comments

[2:39] if there are any

[2:42] okay we will go out to the public do we

[2:44] have any written or verbal public

[2:47] comments

[2:50] no written or verbal public comment

[2:53] okay thank you we will close the public

[2:55] hearing and we will look to commissioner

[2:58] noet

[3:01] the item again second

[3:04] okay we have a motion by Noah X second

[3:07] by enrich

[3:09] terryanne can we do a roll call

[3:12] commissioner Carlson

[3:14] hi

[3:15] commissioner fideli hi

[3:18] commissioner Haskew aye

[3:21] commissioner Kelly

[3:23] aye commissioner Meadows

[3:25] uh commissioner Nowak yes commissioner

[3:28] sauce yes commissioner stopper yes

[3:31] commissioner Thorpe aye Vice chair

[3:34] arnrich aye chair Glover yes motion

[3:37] passes unanimously okay thank you all

[3:41] uh next item on our agenda is a will be

[3:45] presented by Terry Ann

[3:47] to adopt changes to physical year

[3:51] 2023-24 publicly available pay schedule

[3:55] and the authority salaries the benefits

[3:59] and Compensation Plan for

[4:02] June July 1st 2021 through 2024.

[4:09] good evening chair and Commissioners

[4:12] in June 2021 The Authority board

[4:15] approved resolution 2135a sorry let me

[4:18] turn my video on

[4:23] Okay resolution 2135a adopting the

[4:27] Authority's salaries benefits and

[4:28] Compensation Plan for July 1st 2021

[4:31] through June 30th 2024 in April 2022 The

[4:35] Authority board approved for revision

[4:37] one

[4:38] in March 2023 The Authority board

[4:40] approved revision two this was to

[4:42] support the accessible Transportation

[4:44] strategic plan office of accessibility

[4:46] and equity and creation of the

[4:48] coordinating entity

[4:50] actions consisted of adding a programs

[4:52] manager and a contracts manager

[4:54] classification

[4:55] reclassifying one FTE from the director

[4:58] of programs classification to the

[4:59] program's manager classification

[5:01] adding two ftes for the contracts

[5:04] manager and one for the administrative

[5:06] assistant classification and this

[5:08] resulted in an increase of FTE positions

[5:10] from 21 to 23. this item is brought

[5:13] forth today to consider a further

[5:15] revision to remove the 3.5 CPI cap

[5:19] Consumer Price Index adjust the salary

[5:21] ranges by 4.9 per percent for inflation

[5:25] by the average 12-month December ended

[5:27] percent change in the CPI add one FTE

[5:30] position to the associate engineer

[5:32] classification add one FD position to

[5:35] the senior engineer classification and

[5:37] this will result in an increase of FTE

[5:39] positions from 23 to 25 for this fiscal

[5:43] upcoming fiscal year further it

[5:45] recognizes Juneteenth as a holiday and

[5:47] reassigns the floating holiday in

[5:49] February that is the holiday that is for

[5:53] Washington and Lincoln's birthday we

[5:55] still have the president's holiday and

[5:57] that will be reassigned to the

[5:58] Juneteenth holiday as a result of

[6:00] assembly bill 1655.

[6:02] we're doing a change to the bereavement

[6:04] leave from three to five days and this

[6:06] was a result of a b assembly Bill 1949

[6:09] and there's other administrative changes

[6:11] such as adding a Mill and rest period

[6:13] for all non-exempt employees and then

[6:15] updating the authority stipend from 65

[6:17] to 100 dollars

[6:18] these revisions align with the authority

[6:20] of being an employer of choice we have a

[6:22] high performing team of 20 people

[6:24] eventually here will be 25. these

[6:27] changes are approved annually by the

[6:29] board as part of those approvals the

[6:31] board makes the decision annually on the

[6:32] CPI increases for staff so to be clear

[6:35] regardless of what the CPI is in

[6:37] December the board will still make the

[6:39] decision on an annual basis basis as to

[6:42] what percentage staff will receive

[6:44] the proposed changes to salaries and

[6:46] benefits are included in the fiscal year

[6:48] budget it will account for 19 field

[6:50] positions and six unfilled positions for

[6:53] a total cost of 6.5 million which has

[6:56] increased the budget by 478 388 by

[7:00] adding the two new positions

[7:02] the new positions will be funded by

[7:04] grants and Regional funds like our like

[7:06] Regional Measure 3 we will remain under

[7:08] the one percent administrative cap and

[7:10] we have no unfunded liability these

[7:13] positions will be funded by projects and

[7:14] will have minimal increases to the cost

[7:16] under the one percent administrative cap

[7:19] adding these positions will support the

[7:21] projects Department with additional

[7:23] Grant funded projects Regional Measure 3

[7:25] Grant funded projects and local agency

[7:27] support and allows for succession

[7:29] planning planning for funding and

[7:31] programming requirements we will have

[7:34] the capacity to take on additional

[7:35] support for local agencies such as the

[7:37] San Pablo multimodal Corridor project

[7:41] if approved recruitments will be

[7:42] conducted internally with the intent to

[7:44] fill them this fall

[7:45] staff seeks approval of resolution 2135a

[7:48] revision 3 which will amend the

[7:51] Authority's salaries benefits and

[7:52] Compensation Plan for July 1st 2021

[7:55] through June 30th 2024 to remove the 3.5

[7:58] CPI cap adjust the salary ranges

[8:01] effective July 1st by 4.9 percent add

[8:05] one ft position to the associate

[8:07] engineer classification add one FTE

[8:09] position to the senior engineer

[8:11] classification this will result in

[8:13] increase of Ft positions from 23 to 25

[8:16] recognized Juneteenth as a holiday and

[8:19] reassign the floating holiday in

[8:20] February to Juneteenth change the

[8:22] bereavement leave from three to five

[8:23] days for eligible employees and approve

[8:26] other administrative changes as noted in

[8:27] the compensation plan that concludes my

[8:30] presentation I'll answer any questions

[8:31] that you may have thank you thank you

[8:33] Terry

[8:35] First Look to our boards see if there's

[8:38] any comments or questions

[8:41] I just made comment that again this was

[8:44] at ABC

[8:46] and just again historically there was

[8:49] this cap that some we thought we were

[8:51] wise in the past this agency doesn't do

[8:54] colos

[8:55] right most of the other agencies the

[8:57] county it's automatic this is a year by

[9:00] year basis obviously in the last year

[9:02] was a unique year

[9:04] and we wanted to have the board

[9:07] consciously make the decision it also in

[9:10] years of very low it creates a false

[9:12] expectation that well oh it says three

[9:14] and a half so this way it's up to us to

[9:17] make that decision each year and I'd be

[9:19] glad to make a recommendation to move

[9:21] this forward and the two positions are

[9:24] really needed we have so much on our

[9:27] plate and the everything we're doing on

[9:29] on 680 and even what now we might be

[9:32] back on 80 for the next round

[9:35] staff needs to help and and the fact is

[9:37] the financial plan is solid it's Project

[9:40] based so

[9:42] yeah it's uh great when we as Project

[9:45] based and as Grant

[9:47] the dollar any other

[9:50] comments members will now go out for

[9:53] public comment is there anyone in

[9:56] Rome today that wishes to address

[9:59] okay uh Terry Ann do we have any

[10:03] remote

[10:05] public commenters

[10:09] no public comment written or verbal

[10:12] okay thank you

[10:13] we will I will turn to

[10:16] commission I'm rich I understand yeah

[10:19] I'd be glad to make a motion and just a

[10:20] big thanks to tarian to you

[10:22] um your work with Brian on this and

[10:24] particularly to Tim on the vision that's

[10:27] built into this so this isn't just a

[10:28] financial solution this is a vision of

[10:30] our future so uh pleased to make a

[10:33] motion as it's been presented tonight oh

[10:37] okay I'd like to Second it and I just

[10:39] want to say um no I completely agree

[10:41] with you you know CCTA often acts um and

[10:45] works like a a private firm and uh

[10:47] having a cola for the this increase I

[10:51] think is warranted

[10:53] okay we have a motion by Andre second by

[10:58] um

[10:59] my colleague over here

[11:01] [Laughter]

[11:05] um is there

[11:08] roll call vote please

[11:10] commissioner Carlson yes commissioner

[11:13] fideli aye commissioner Haskew yes

[11:15] commissioner Kelly yes commissioner

[11:18] Meadows aye commissioner Nowak yes

[11:20] commissioner sauce yes commissioner

[11:22] stuffer yes commissioner Thorpe aye Vice

[11:26] chair arnrich hi

[11:27] chair Glover yes motion passes

[11:30] unanimously

[11:31] hey thank you good job

[11:34] um next item on our agenda today is

[11:36] three-part action item

[11:39] that will be presented by then Ramirez

[11:43] on the State Route 4 my Colony bike

[11:46] trail pedestrian overcrossing project

[11:50] the first item is the uh and request to

[11:55] increase the construction

[11:57] allotment for the project

[12:00] I've

[12:04] [Applause]

[12:06] it's good good evening chair

[12:07] Commissioners Ivan Ramirez director of

[12:10] construction

[12:11] and these three items that I'm going to

[12:13] talk about are all action items

[12:16] but before

[12:19] I do that I wanted to give you a little

[12:21] a brief update of where the project is

[12:24] right now when I came over here a couple

[12:26] of months ago to talk about this project

[12:29] even update it's progress was kind of

[12:31] limited there was a lot of issues that

[12:33] related to construction they're going to

[12:35] talk about actually I gave you a

[12:37] presentation about at that time but

[12:40] since then given that the weather has

[12:43] cleared up for us and a lot of the

[12:45] issues have been put behind behind us

[12:47] with the contractor progress has been uh

[12:50] actually remarkable and I just wanted to

[12:53] give you a couple of pictures that you

[12:54] might

[12:56] um so you can see by yourself so

[12:57] everything that you see there that is

[13:00] white that's concrete the contractor

[13:02] went ahead in the last couple of months

[13:04] uh form and poor what we call this the

[13:07] stem and soffit and then on top of that

[13:09] they went ahead and poured the deck so

[13:12] progress is is very good I know some of

[13:15] you if not all of you get a notice that

[13:17] we're going to be closing Highway four

[13:18] and uh that's actually a safety measure

[13:21] the contractors doing they don't

[13:23] necessarily have to close it but when

[13:25] they're going to pour concrete did you

[13:26] say let's let us shut the freeway down

[13:28] and let's do it in the safest way

[13:29] possible and as you can see I I

[13:33] mentioned briefly last time about the

[13:35] challenges coming up ahead and I talked

[13:37] to you about that kind of like a hairpin

[13:40] turn that they that we have to achieve

[13:42] where it has a lot of tolerances in both

[13:45] slopes going down and sideways in the

[13:47] contractor is actually working on that

[13:50] right now it Still Remains a challenge

[13:52] but they're making progress

[13:53] and I just want to say that you know

[13:57] we're working very well with the

[13:59] contractor now they're advancing the

[14:01] project they're keeping a safe

[14:03] environment and a clean site

[14:06] so we are we have turned appears that we

[14:09] have turned the corner as far as this

[14:11] project is concerned so with that I'm

[14:14] going to talk about the first action

[14:16] item where we

[14:19] assuming remember there was a little no

[14:22] Prejudice they originally funded the

[14:24] project by 11 million dollars and when I

[14:26] came to you last time we knew we were

[14:29] going to need additional money to finish

[14:30] the project and we requested authority

[14:32] to get an additional two million dollars

[14:36] of letter not Prejudice from MTC we went

[14:39] ahead and proceeded with that and they

[14:41] actually gave us the two million dollars

[14:44] so that that occurred last month there

[14:46] was an action that it took like this

[14:48] month so with that we're coming back to

[14:50] you to today and asking you to increase

[14:53] the construction allotment of the

[14:55] project to 10 202 000 270 originally the

[15:02] allotment that you approved

[15:05] was 8 million 626

[15:08] 589 in 23 cents

[15:11] so um

[15:13] so that's the action that we're

[15:15] requesting that you approve the

[15:16] construction alignment increase

[15:18] thank you Ivan and it's great to see

[15:20] that that

[15:21] the outlet cement now

[15:25] um is there any Ford comments or

[15:28] questions on this

[15:30] and just make a clarification

[15:32] just so it's really clear

[15:34] we already sought for 2 million so the

[15:37] MTC gave us that so the

[15:39] 1.57 is out of that 2 million that we

[15:42] already did because we anticipated that

[15:45] that's it thank you

[15:48] okay uh

[15:50] any remote

[15:54] communists

[16:00] no public comment written or verbal okay

[16:03] and I think I did open it up to the

[16:07] boardroom here

[16:09] okay see none um

[16:11] the entertain a motion

[16:13] most interproof

[16:16] suck it

[16:18] [Applause]

[16:19] okay was that fidelity

[16:21] okay who who is that for okay motion by

[16:25] Thorpe second by medals

[16:30] [Laughter]

[16:34] okay uh we'll have a roll call vote

[16:38] commissioner Carlson yes commissioner

[16:41] fideli aye commissioner hascu aye

[16:43] commissioner Kelly hi commissioner

[16:46] Meadows aye commissioner Nowak yes

[16:48] commissioner thoughts yes commissioner

[16:50] stuffer yes commissioner Thorpe aye Vice

[16:54] chair arnrich aye chair Glover yes

[16:56] motion passes unanimously

[16:59] okay thank you we'll go to the second

[17:01] item which is a request to approve the

[17:04] change order for the project Ivan please

[17:07] present

[17:09] I thank you chair uh you some of you

[17:12] might remember the projects that we

[17:13] encountered included a bird nesting to

[17:15] get in the way of work included some

[17:18] constructionist mess because the farmer

[17:20] went ahead and formed the garlic and

[17:22] they got wet we also had a issue with

[17:24] conference getting the link losses

[17:26] approved and more importantly than that

[17:28] we had an issue with the actual

[17:29] structure that really cost us a lot of

[17:31] pain to get over so in we got together

[17:34] with the contractor we knew we had

[17:35] exposure we knew we had that we're

[17:37] incurring additional costs for newer

[17:39] Runway High schedule so we were able to

[17:42] negotiate a change over 19 with a

[17:45] contractor for one million 575

[17:48] 000 681 dollars as you say sorry and

[17:52] um

[17:53] the the this you know overall I think I

[17:57] think this is the right move to get this

[17:59] changer approved since since we're going

[18:01] to be paying I think the contract was

[18:03] going to be May hold again and that's

[18:05] what we strive to do here to pay the

[18:07] contractor where we owe them so uh the

[18:10] amount that we're requesting is exactly

[18:11] the amount that we're asking for that we

[18:13] just approved for the construction allow

[18:15] me so the increasing the allotment that

[18:17] you just approved was directly to pay

[18:19] the contractor for this change order so

[18:21] with that um

[18:23] the staff report has a summary of the

[18:26] breakdown of the costs

[18:27] and so you have an idea how we came up

[18:29] with this cost

[18:30] and uh so with that I'll be happy to

[18:32] answer any questions

[18:35] okay thank you are there any

[18:37] commissioner questions

[18:41] okay

[18:42] um anyone in the chambers from the

[18:44] public

[18:47] Tyrion do we have any raised hands

[18:51] no public comment verbal or written

[18:54] okay

[18:55] bring this back to the body for a

[18:58] decision

[19:02] promotion to prove second

[19:04] okay

[19:06] move by Third second by stepper roll

[19:09] column please

[19:10] commissioner Carlson yes commissioner

[19:12] fideli aye commissioner Haskew yes

[19:15] commissioner Kelly yes commissioner

[19:17] Meadows aye commissioner Noah yes

[19:19] commissioner stalls yes commissioner

[19:22] stepper yes commissioner Thorpe

[19:25] aye Feister arnrich

[19:27] aye chair Glover yes motion passes

[19:30] unanimously Okay the third item is a

[19:34] request to approve an amendment for

[19:37] additional program and project

[19:39] management service for the project Ivan

[19:43] will be present thank you chair so uh we

[19:47] we hire goal management and Engineering

[19:49] to help us manage the project do with

[19:50] the construction management and

[19:51] inspection and given the number of

[19:54] issues that we have encounter and a lot

[19:56] of

[19:57] back and forth with the contractor

[19:58] regarding submaros request for

[20:00] information schedules

[20:02] it has increased their cost

[20:05] in addition to that there's more

[20:07] overtime in addition to that we have

[20:08] increased the length of the project so

[20:11] all of that has also increased their

[20:13] cost to get this project to completion

[20:16] and we're asking the board to approve an

[20:19] amendment with home management

[20:21] engineering for an amount an increased

[20:24] amount of 897

[20:26] 000 30.72 cents for a new Total

[20:30] agreement value of 5 million 346.

[20:34] 912.90 so with that I'll be happy to

[20:37] answer any questions

[20:39] okay thank you uh board member comments

[20:42] the vice chair yes Ivan um this is I'm

[20:46] fine with this but behind this um there

[20:48] were design errors on this so recall

[20:51] particularly on the three-dimensional

[20:52] curvature they had all the elevations

[20:54] wrong it got missed so do we expect to

[20:57] see something come back um

[20:59] on claim um for that do we expect some

[21:03] resolution compensation or how is that

[21:06] going to work out

[21:08] the commissioner we have the the

[21:10] executive director and I have had

[21:12] discussions for the designer about the

[21:16] issues that we have encounter I think

[21:19] I'm gonna let the secret director talk

[21:21] to it but I think they have acknowledged

[21:22] some responsibility

[21:24] so as we begin to close this project out

[21:27] we're going to be continuing those

[21:29] conversations with the designer see if

[21:32] we can get some way to compensate us for

[21:34] the additional cost because you're

[21:36] absolutely right especially that deck

[21:37] that's the most costly one that we have

[21:39] all the issues and that's directly

[21:42] attributable designer right and the way

[21:45] it works I mean just to be clear

[21:46] that if um if you're trying to figure

[21:49] out what the cost difference is if you

[21:50] designed it correctly

[21:52] there's no extra cost they can design it

[21:54] incorrectly and there's extra cost it's

[21:57] pretty clear what that difference is

[21:59] so while it's a small project the

[22:01] implication on this for their design fee

[22:03] it's actually pretty substantial as a

[22:05] percentage so you know it's the cost of

[22:08] doing business but in the the technology

[22:12] that we have and the computer generation

[22:15] they didn't do this in 3D them or

[22:18] anything because this can't happen in

[22:20] that system

[22:21] so um you know maybe it's something for

[22:24] us to require a little bit higher

[22:26] standard

[22:28] um in since they're doing all

[22:29] computer-aid computer-aided drafting

[22:31] Design Systems those systems alone would

[22:34] prevent this if it was done as a 3D

[22:36] modeling

[22:37] so I would hope that maybe in the future

[22:39] we can take this lesson apply it but um

[22:43] you know I hope to see this come back to

[22:45] us and see what resolution we'll have so

[22:47] thank you

[22:48] another common if you don't mind so

[22:50] regarding the faces one two a and four

[22:53] the work is currently on the design

[22:54] there I think I mentioned also that in

[22:56] that April we're actually going to come

[22:58] back to you and ask for additional

[23:00] budget because we're implementing bam

[23:02] and and Bim is you know you spend money

[23:05] up front it's a great investment up

[23:06] front but hopefully like commission

[23:09] honors was saying you you kind of

[23:12] minimize uh any impacts in the field

[23:14] because you're able to catch a lot of

[23:15] things up front so we're actually

[23:17] working on that right now for our future

[23:19] projects it's part of the qap that we

[23:22] you approved a couple years ago or so so

[23:25] we're very much focused on specifically

[23:27] avoiding these kind of issues in the

[23:29] future

[23:30] Ivan you're always on it thank you

[23:33] thank you no other commissioners

[23:36] okay we will ask that uh public that's

[23:40] in the chamber if there's any comments

[23:44] seeing that do we have any remote

[23:49] no public comment written or verbal

[23:52] okay bring it back to the board

[23:55] it wasn't to approve and I'll second

[23:58] okay we have a motion by Thorpe second

[24:02] by Kelly

[24:03] broke our vote please

[24:08] commissioner Carlson yes commissioner

[24:10] fideli aye commissioner Haskew yes

[24:13] commissioner Kelly yes commissioner

[24:15] Meadows

[24:17] aye commissioner Nowak yes commissioner

[24:19] sauce yes commissioner supper yes

[24:22] commissioner Thorpe

[24:25] aye Vice chair arnrich aye chair Glover

[24:28] yes motion passes unanimously

[24:31] okay thank you we'll move to our next

[24:34] item which is an informational update

[24:36] that will be be provided by Stephanie

[24:40] who on the East County Dynamic personal

[24:45] microtransit project

[24:50] welcome Stephanie

[24:57] you can see okay perfect

[25:00] um good evening chair and Commissioners

[25:01] my name is Stephanie who director of

[25:02] projects at CCTA this is an

[25:05] informational item to provide you an

[25:07] update on the dynamic personal

[25:09] microtransit or dpmt project

[25:14] um the dpmt project is a closed micro

[25:16] transit system consisting of a small a

[25:20] fleet of small personal driverless

[25:22] electric Vehicles operating on demand in

[25:25] a dedicated guideway either elevated or

[25:28] at grade each ride is to be ordered per

[25:31] party so there's no ride sharing the

[25:33] writer will order the ride via an app or

[25:36] at a kiosk that will take them where

[25:38] they need to go without any intermediate

[25:40] stops

[25:41] we aim to have the system to be run on a

[25:44] financially sustainable model so the

[25:46] cost of each ride would be comparable to

[25:48] what people pay for Transit today

[25:51] the project aims to tackle these Transit

[25:54] priorities in East County improving

[25:56] Transit experience for the users

[25:58] providing transit services that are that

[26:01] have Equitable access supporting

[26:03] economic development in East County by

[26:05] increasing Mobility preparing the future

[26:07] in of transit connect Transit technology

[26:11] showing the public the benefits of

[26:13] transit to encourage most shift and

[26:15] Transit use and improving connection to

[26:19] some advantages of dpmt are that the

[26:22] potential to generate economic

[26:24] development in the East County the dpmt

[26:26] vehicles are to be zero emission

[26:28] Vehicles so that supports the climate

[26:30] goals that the state has to reduce ghg

[26:33] emissions it will provide greater

[26:35] Transit accessibility and for the

[26:38] disadvantage disadvantaged communities

[26:40] in East County and it complements fixed

[26:42] route Transit as a potential first mile

[26:45] Last Mile connection it can be

[26:47] constructed costs effectively given its

[26:50] small footprint and each ride is on

[26:52] demand and it's a private ride so the

[26:54] ride experience is personalized and safe

[26:57] for the users

[26:59] in 2021 the East County cities and the

[27:02] county collaborated and conducted a

[27:04] feasibility study to assess the

[27:06] viability of a dpmt project in East

[27:09] County the study assumed glideways

[27:11] technology but we know there are other

[27:13] technology vendors that can Implement a

[27:15] dpmt project the study develop a

[27:18] conceptual routing plan and also

[27:19] evaluated the feasibility of of

[27:21] attracting private financing and Public

[27:24] Funding to deliver the project and the

[27:27] study determined that public-private

[27:29] partnership or P3 would be or could be

[27:32] feasible

[27:34] some key parameters that we're looking

[27:35] for for the dpmt project are that the

[27:38] system be operated On Demand with short

[27:40] waiting times and that dpmt is a

[27:43] personal ride so each ride is for one

[27:45] party to get them from point A to point

[27:47] B and then there may be potential of

[27:50] having the flexibility for the users to

[27:52] choose to pick up other Riders if

[27:53] desired the system is to be fully

[27:55] autonomous and operated with zero

[27:57] emission Vehicles since we'll be

[27:59] pursuing Federal funding the elements in

[28:02] the system will need to comply with

[28:03] Federal made America rules and also Ada

[28:06] accessible we're looking for a system

[28:08] with smaller vehicles that are fully

[28:10] separated from traffic with dedicated

[28:13] space and it would need to be operating

[28:16] in both directions separately and it can

[28:18] be operated at grade or grade separated

[28:20] the technology can be different than

[28:22] what was assumed in the feasibility

[28:24] study

[28:26] in terms of delivery since the

[28:28] completion of the study try Delta

[28:31] Transit and CCTA staff have been

[28:33] collaborating on how to deliver the dpmt

[28:35] project using design Bill Finance

[28:38] operate and maintain P3 model we

[28:40] conducted an industry Outreach Day in

[28:43] February of last year which had really

[28:45] good turnout and we received some useful

[28:46] feedback from the industry with the

[28:49] feedback Authority and try Delta staff

[28:51] we find our delivery strategy using P3

[28:53] model that includes procuring a

[28:56] developer team

[28:57] and last July the authority board and

[28:59] tried Delta Transit executed at mou that

[29:02] defined roles and responsibilities of

[29:04] the two agencies including collaborating

[29:06] to advance the project using P3 if it's

[29:09] financially feasible develop procurement

[29:11] documents and joining negotiate contract

[29:14] and contract with a P3 developer team

[29:18] so the dpmt project is part of the new

[29:22] ccj 4.0 Vision that our executive

[29:24] director had laid out a few months ago

[29:26] the vision builds upon the Innovative

[29:29] framework that our agency has already

[29:31] established and aims to expand ccta's

[29:34] role to include operations and

[29:36] maintenance county-wide similar to the

[29:40] Presto shuttle and innovate 680 the dpmt

[29:43] implementation will expand CT ccta's

[29:45] role in in the O M world or in

[29:48] partnership with Tri Delta Transit for

[29:50] this project

[29:52] the authority and try Delta will be

[29:54] managing entities and partners on

[29:56] Project implementation both CCTA and try

[29:59] Delta will work with a P3 developer team

[30:01] on the project development construction

[30:03] and operations

[30:06] so CCT and try Delta release an RFP in

[30:10] November to procure a developer team

[30:12] consisting of a P3 developer and a

[30:14] technology partner to perform three

[30:16] initial phases of work and this team

[30:19] would be formed with designated roles

[30:21] that can access a range of funding

[30:22] opportunities and to navigate the

[30:24] funding and P3 constraints the initial

[30:27] three phases of work will be the scope

[30:29] of work under the system pre-development

[30:31] agreement or spda which CCTA and try

[30:34] Delta Transit will jointly enter into

[30:36] with the developer team

[30:39] the spta spda will cover three phases

[30:43] and it's a first step of our delivery

[30:46] approach the first and second phases

[30:48] will be at no cost to the authorities

[30:51] both CCTA and the development Tri Delta

[30:54] the developer team is to do this work in

[30:57] phases one and two at their own risk

[30:59] without payments from us phase one will

[31:02] include identifying a viable initial

[31:05] segment where the design construction

[31:07] and the long-term o m can be funded

[31:09] through a combination of grant funding

[31:11] and revenues they would identify a

[31:13] technology solution that can operate the

[31:16] dpmt system they would review the

[31:19] assumptions made in the feasibility

[31:20] study and the team will propose to CCTA

[31:23] and try Delta in an approach and a cost

[31:25] estimate for completing the

[31:26] environmental review for this first

[31:28] segment and the programmatic approval

[31:31] for future segments of dpmt

[31:33] phase two will include beginning

[31:35] environmental scoping of the initial

[31:37] segment and applying and obtaining funds

[31:40] needed to proceed to the phase three and

[31:42] future implementation phase

[31:45] if you're successful in obtaining grant

[31:47] funding in Phase 2 the developer team

[31:49] will proceed to phase three under the

[31:52] spda phase 3 will be Grant funded and

[31:55] the work includes advancing the design

[31:57] of the initial segment to 30 percent

[31:59] including system engineering of the

[32:01] technology that will be used and

[32:03] identifying right-of-way needs

[32:05] completing SQL NEPA clearance for the

[32:07] first segment or initial segment and

[32:09] conducting investment grade ridership

[32:11] and revenue analysis the work in the

[32:14] first three these three phases again is

[32:16] covered under the system pre-development

[32:18] agreement or spda and that will be

[32:21] executed by ccca Tri Delta with the

[32:25] selected team

[32:27] at the end of phase three that's covered

[32:29] by the spda and if the initial segment

[32:32] is still determined to be financially

[32:34] feeable feasible we will enter into a

[32:37] second step where the authority and try

[32:39] Delta will negotiate with the developer

[32:41] team and execute a system development

[32:44] agreement or SDA

[32:46] the implementation phase will include

[32:49] the completion of final design for the

[32:51] five the first segment obtaining any

[32:54] right-of-way permits or approval and

[32:56] then constructing this initial segment

[32:58] and the negotiation of the SDA may

[33:01] include future segments of the dpmt

[33:03] system

[33:05] so because

[33:07] this is very specialized work and this

[33:10] is alternative delivery with P3 we've

[33:12] had several rounds of one-on-one

[33:14] meetings or negotiations that were held

[33:16] with prospective developer teams after

[33:19] we released the RFP between November and

[33:22] may where we sought input from the uh

[33:26] the prospective teams about our delivery

[33:28] structure phasing and also get comments

[33:31] from them on the draft RFP and SPD

[33:34] some major discussion points were first

[33:37] developing a work plan that outlines the

[33:39] responsibilities for the authority staff

[33:41] and also the developer team and also who

[33:44] will take lead on some Key activities

[33:47] um there are also discussions about the

[33:49] no payments to developer team for phases

[33:51] one and two work both CCTA and try Delta

[33:55] were very firm on this because we do not

[33:57] have any funding for the project at this

[33:59] time and so to be clear again phase one

[34:01] phase two does not cost the authorities

[34:03] um anything

[34:04] um the developer team will be taking

[34:06] those tasks on at their own risk and

[34:09] even if we are successful in getting

[34:11] grants to advance to phase three the

[34:14] authorities will not be paying work done

[34:16] in Phase One and phase two first because

[34:19] grant funding that we would hopefully

[34:21] get in four phase three work would be

[34:23] for phase three work and then also grant

[34:25] funding isn't normally doesn't allow us

[34:27] to pay for work that's already been done

[34:30] prior to Grant award and also if the

[34:34] authorities terminate the agreement

[34:35] there will also be no payments for phase

[34:38] one and phase two

[34:40] another topic that we discussed was the

[34:42] request for exclusivity by the

[34:44] prospective teams to mitigate the risk

[34:47] this request was not a huge one a huge

[34:50] risk for the authorities so the

[34:52] authority ends the Contra for any reason

[34:54] we will not undertake another dpmt

[34:57] project in East County for 12 months

[34:59] this lowers the risks for the developer

[35:02] team and then also signals to the

[35:04] proposals that the authorities are

[35:06] committed and serious about advancing

[35:08] the project with the selected team

[35:10] lastly there are discussions and

[35:12] confirmations about the Authority's

[35:14] commitment of staff's time on the

[35:15] project again because the developer team

[35:18] is working at risk for the first two

[35:19] phases they want to be insured that our

[35:22] staff CCT staff and try Delta staff are

[35:25] going to be actively engaged on the

[35:27] project so with the comments we received

[35:29] through these one-on-one meetings we

[35:31] were able to find our procurement

[35:32] documents and then we issued refinements

[35:36] to our documents through several addenda

[35:39] so moving forward looking forward in

[35:41] terms of timeline the proposals were due

[35:43] June 2nd we're wrapping up our major

[35:45] procurement activities this week so I

[35:47] will not go into the details of the

[35:49] selection of the team today we will be

[35:52] seeking concurrence and approval of the

[35:54] spda from the Tri Delta board next week

[35:57] staff will come back to this board for

[36:00] execution of the spda in July and the CC

[36:03] the Tri Delta board will execute the

[36:06] contract after we execute next month

[36:10] and with that be happy to take any

[36:12] questions I wanted to acknowledge Branch

[36:15] butson he is our P3 attorney from

[36:18] Kathleen Kirsch and Rockwell he's on the

[36:19] call in case there are questions that he

[36:21] may be able to answer with that that

[36:23] concludes my presentation

[36:25] hey thank you Stephanie this is really

[36:27] exciting stuff

[36:30] um so I'll turn to my

[36:32] colleagues

[36:34] board member is supper all right

[36:37] um thank you is it as exciting everybody

[36:39] at the conference wanted to get in that

[36:42] car and see how they looked in it and

[36:44] how they would ride and so I'm just

[36:46] going to limit it to that overall view

[36:48] so I know that um you know I'm kind of

[36:51] representing San Ramon here too and that

[36:53] they had a little delay in the bird

[36:55] project because they were the scooters

[36:57] weren't where they needed to be and how

[36:59] many you needed to have at one point in

[37:01] time so what happens with these cars

[37:03] you've got Danville with 45 000 people

[37:06] how many of those do you have to have

[37:08] around to be able to have 10 people five

[37:12] people go to the doctor or school at 10

[37:14] o'clock in the morning do they have

[37:16] several of these because it's a personal

[37:17] vehicle right yeah I think that depends

[37:20] on the segment the initial segment that

[37:22] we'll be tackling

[37:24] um and I'm sure through the analysis

[37:26] they will provide the adequate vehicles

[37:29] to support the ridership for that

[37:32] segment which is not yet known at this

[37:34] time that's all work that will be done

[37:37] in this initial phase or sorry phase one

[37:39] is San Jose experiencing this right now

[37:42] they're they're also in the development

[37:45] stage right yeah it's familiar with the

[37:48] San Jose project and where they are at

[37:50] um I'm just looking for somebody maybe

[37:53] that's tried it yet or are we first yeah

[37:55] what do you say first whoa

[37:58] yeah all right I think that project is

[38:00] the airport

[38:02] it's not quite as having enough

[38:04] disservice so that people want to keep

[38:07] taking this yeah so I think that's part

[38:09] of the analysis and as they study that

[38:12] first segment who of course have enough

[38:14] vehicles to serve the ridership Tim

[38:17] thank you maybe I can just add so what

[38:20] the the way the system's preliminary

[38:22] development where we laid out is based

[38:24] on user requirements and quality of

[38:26] service so basically what will happen is

[38:29] the system provider or the operator

[38:30] would have to provide whatever number of

[38:32] vehicles are required to meet them the

[38:34] the user requirements so for example you

[38:37] know as we go through our analysis and

[38:39] this will determine on how to how it'll

[38:40] actually pencil out from a funding and

[38:42] revenue standpoint cost the revenue

[38:43] standpoint but let's say for example we

[38:46] want to make sure we have headways of

[38:48] you know every 10 minutes you know in

[38:50] the system right so based on analysis

[38:53] and based on demand they would have to

[38:55] provide whatever number of vehicles

[38:56] whether that be 100 vehicles or 200

[38:58] Vehicles right and that'll all be

[39:00] determined on how you pencil out the

[39:02] operating cost versus the revenue when

[39:04] we go through this kind of initial phase

[39:05] to make sure it's to make sure it's a

[39:08] feasible project in phase one before we

[39:10] actually move to subsequent phases

[39:14] picks number robots yeah oh okay thank

[39:18] you thank you

[39:20] thank you

[39:23] uh board member know it I I just had a

[39:25] question I I heard the concern on not

[39:28] funding for phase one and two were we

[39:30] happy with the number of proposals that

[39:32] we received from Developers

[39:38] we're still in the I I'm hesitant to say

[39:42] because we're still we haven't wrapped

[39:44] it all up so that's why we were hoping

[39:46] this was informational item to prepare

[39:48] you all for the next month's action I I

[39:51] thought they were due by June 2nd yeah

[39:54] they were due in June 2nd we met to

[39:56] panel and evaluation so yeah so you're

[39:59] not quite cool yeah otherwise today for

[40:02] Action so if I could answer that

[40:05] question next month okay maybe public

[40:07] information this time laughs

[40:10] but I've asked about the deadline was

[40:12] over I just didn't want to get ahead

[40:13] just in case I will remember your

[40:16] question and we'll answer it ask again

[40:18] otherwise

[40:21] I just want to run in trouble with any

[40:22] laws

[40:24] okay member of fidelity and then um

[40:27] Kelly so personal means one

[40:32] singular party like I can get a ride

[40:35] with two people I'm a single party sorry

[40:38] family of four yes yes yes what about a

[40:41] bike yeah there will be room right yeah

[40:43] I've seen pictures one black bike not a

[40:47] cohort and I saw the East County is

[40:49] there a proposed route this time or is

[40:52] this just a general yeah the map that

[40:54] you saw was from the feasibility study

[40:56] along where

[40:58] um it was to connect any of the keys

[41:00] right by your house okay sure

[41:03] commissioner yeah

[41:05] um it was conducting major activity

[41:06] centers and um schools but they have not

[41:09] it was a concept so parallel following

[41:13] Bart too

[41:14] um I

[41:16] um they canned there's no there is no

[41:19] definite defined route right now this

[41:21] could be a first one okay okay great

[41:23] thank you

[41:26] remember Kelly

[41:28] um Stephanie thank you for your

[41:29] presentation and this is very very

[41:31] um very exciting

[41:33] um and these um little dpmts they'll run

[41:37] on their own track so to speak right

[41:39] yeah their own pavement

[41:41] um designated a dedicated space not

[41:43] share not share with mixed flow traffic

[41:46] or right and then there won't be traffic

[41:48] crossing over there they would need to

[41:50] either find a way to go over or under

[41:53] okay and I know we're just in the

[41:55] beginning stages right now but do we

[41:56] have any idea how long phase one and

[41:58] phase two might take you mean in time

[42:01] yeah yeah

[42:02] um yeah we anticipate to be six to nine

[42:04] months understanding that developers are

[42:07] doing this for free at risk we couldn't

[42:09] go on forever so okay so not five years

[42:12] right no I mean I don't know

[42:14] sooner rather than later so yes of

[42:17] course I think we also need to in that

[42:19] time assess Financial

[42:22] feasibility of course but yeah we don't

[42:24] anticipate one phases one and two to be

[42:26] years right and as I understand it if

[42:29] this actually gets produced um that

[42:32] people will be paying for these rides

[42:34] right it's not going to be free it's not

[42:36] like Disneyland

[42:37] oh Disneyland

[42:40] I mean once you get on the ride okay

[42:43] thank you very different definitions for

[42:46] free

[42:49] yeah

[42:51] okay

[42:53] um

[42:54] any member any public members in the

[42:56] board chamber

[42:58] Mr Olsen

[43:01] thank you

[43:03] Bruce Olson East Contra Costa's Mr

[43:06] bicycle I have two concerns number one

[43:09] we don't want to lose any existing bike

[43:13] Lanes to the dedicated glideway and

[43:16] number two

[43:18] um there aren't that many utility

[43:20] corridors out there and we have paths on

[43:24] many of them these paths are used by

[43:27] mother

[43:36] um

[43:36] but I kind of want to say right now we

[43:39] don't want to share it until

[43:41] I cannot see that but the more the

[43:45] faster these

[43:49] and they could shut off Darion

[43:51] it Terry don't it shut off

[43:57] it was on and it just stopped batteries

[44:06] yeah use this yeah

[44:10] so

[44:12] where should I start over

[44:15] all right just shut up

[44:17] you don't want to share

[44:18] well it's on okay

[44:23] um not not wanting to share is a little

[44:26] strong

[44:28] expression of concern

[44:32] um

[44:33] utility corridors are in limited Supply

[44:37] out there we have bike paths and

[44:40] pedestrian paths on these corridors uh

[44:45] parents pushing baby carriages uh

[44:49] parents trying to teach their

[44:51] five-year-old how to ride a bicycle if

[44:54] we have one of these

[44:57] autonomous vehicles racing down our

[45:01] utility Corridor the uh those parents

[45:05] and young children might just evaporate

[45:08] because they're afraid I'm I am

[45:12] expressing concern here another thing to

[45:16] be concerned about would be are we going

[45:18] to share our new bridge over the highway

[45:23] 4 this one we're spending more than 13

[45:26] million dollars on

[45:29] um it wasn't designed to have autonomous

[45:32] vehicles on it we'll share maybe when

[45:36] they go over this uh our our new our

[45:40] lovely new wonderful Bridge uh they

[45:43] could go at the pace of a uh walking

[45:47] person

[45:48] it is a nice utility Corridor and uh I I

[45:54] think I'll stop there thanks very much I

[45:56] too am very interested and uh think this

[46:01] is a great idea and it should be pursued

[46:03] thank you very much

[46:07] any other public members and board

[46:11] Chambers

[46:13] okay

[46:15] Tyrion do we have any public remote

[46:25] no public comment verbal or written

[46:28] okay thanks again Stephanie this is a

[46:31] informational item so there's no action

[46:35] we'll move to the next item on the

[46:37] agenda which is also an informational

[46:40] item from the planning committee

[46:43] to be introduced by Matt Kelly

[46:45] on the San Pablo Avenue

[46:49] multimodal Corridor study phase two

[46:53] Welcome Matt and I think you have some

[46:56] guests I do thank you chair Glover good

[46:59] evening uh Authority board members Matt

[47:02] Kelly senior Transportation planner with

[47:04] CCTA I'm very happy to be here tonight

[47:07] to present uh findings from the San

[47:11] Pablo Avenue multimodal Corridor study

[47:13] specifically phase two but I wanted to

[47:16] give you a little background before I

[47:18] turn it over to our presenter on the

[47:21] phase one uh which started back in 2017

[47:26] CCTA and WIC Tac are our regional

[47:30] transportation planning committee out in

[47:31] West County decided to partner with

[47:34] Alameda County Transportation Commission

[47:37] in order to conduct a study of all modes

[47:41] on San Pablo Avenue it's kind of the

[47:44] main street through West Contra Costa

[47:47] and Western Alameda County

[47:49] and look at how we could best facilitate

[47:53] as many modes as possible but really

[47:56] focusing on active Transportation bikes

[47:59] and pedestrians as well as Transit and

[48:02] how we could provide better access to

[48:05] those modes as well as move them uh you

[48:08] know where they want to be in the court

[48:09] or a little easier and faster hopefully

[48:13] so the phase one work

[48:16] was led by Kimberly horn I have Adam

[48:19] dankford from Kimberly horn here today

[48:22] they they did all the work for both

[48:24] counties

[48:26] once we did that initial look at the

[48:30] corridor looking at existing conditions

[48:32] what does it look like today what is it

[48:34] going to look like in 2040 and then how

[48:37] can we improve those 20 40 conditions so

[48:41] once we kind of took that initial look

[48:45] um

[48:45] we decided that we needed to do some

[48:48] more work in Contra Costa County really

[48:50] because

[48:52] uh San Pablo Avenue in in in Contra

[48:55] Costa County varies uh in width as you

[48:59] go down the corridor it may be uh 78

[49:02] feet or 72 feet in one spot and then 88

[49:06] feet uh you know a couple blocks down so

[49:09] that really affects what you can do with

[49:11] that right-of-way when you're talking

[49:12] about trying to accommodate these

[49:14] different modes so we decided to use

[49:16] phase two to really look at uh different

[49:19] uh segments of the corridor and really

[49:21] see what might be possible in the Contra

[49:23] Costa segment

[49:25] and so we've now completed phase two uh

[49:29] We've uh we've presented this to the WIC

[49:33] attack board in January and what we're

[49:36] going to do here today is present the

[49:38] findings from phase two and really what

[49:40] we presented to the whiptack board and

[49:42] what they approved in January we don't

[49:45] have a action for you tonight we really

[49:47] just want to Daylight this study and the

[49:49] findings from it because uh we think

[49:51] it's it's pretty exciting stuff so I'm

[49:54] going to turn it over to Adam dankberg

[49:55] and have him uh you through

[49:59] our findings here

[50:07] share my screen here

[50:27] we go let's go ahead welcome Adam

[50:30] thank you very much good evening I'm

[50:33] Adam denkberg with Kimberly horn the

[50:35] project manager for this project it's a

[50:37] pleasure to be here tonight speaking

[50:39] with you all

[50:41] um

[50:43] there we go okay I'll cover some

[50:45] background on the study some key

[50:47] findings and then some options on where

[50:50] to proceed next

[50:53] so back when we started the study

[50:55] several years ago there's a effort and

[50:58] process to identify the goals and

[51:00] purpose of the effort so some of the key

[51:02] items include accommodating growth and

[51:05] supporting Economic Development the

[51:06] corridor improving the quality and

[51:08] comfort of trips and particularly safety

[51:10] for all users in the corridor

[51:12] and promoting Equity an equitable

[51:14] Transportation options in the corridor

[51:17] so we started this effort back actually

[51:20] in 2017 the corridor study extended all

[51:23] the way from the southern limits of San

[51:24] Pablo Avenue in Oakland to Hilltop Mall

[51:27] in Richmond

[51:29] um it was led by Alameda CTC but there

[51:31] was close partnership with Wake Tech and

[51:33] CCTA throughout that process it was a

[51:36] multi-year effort where we did existing

[51:38] conditions analysis concept developments

[51:40] modeling and we actually had a couple

[51:41] rounds of public engagement and surveys

[51:45] at the conclusion of that effort Alameda

[51:48] CTC felt like they had some clear

[51:50] Direction understanding of where Alameda

[51:52] County wanted to proceed but as Matt

[51:54] mentioned there is less Clarity in

[51:56] Contra Costa County because of the

[51:58] variety and conditions in the corridor

[52:01] both in travel Behavior as well as

[52:03] geometric conditions I mean so this

[52:05] effort was developed to really focus

[52:07] more on the Contra Costa County portion

[52:10] before deciding what to proceed with

[52:12] next

[52:13] so some of the elements we looked at in

[52:15] phase two include the geometric

[52:16] feasibility of different options looking

[52:19] at parking and bike lane implications a

[52:22] particular focus on safety and

[52:23] identifying near-term Solutions we

[52:26] looked at traffic implications and we

[52:28] had several presentations with the WIC

[52:30] attack board as well as the various City

[52:32] councils along this Corridor um it

[52:35] covers the cities of San Pablo Richmond

[52:37] and El Cerrito

[52:40] so a brief background for those not as

[52:43] familiar with the corridor there

[52:44] actually is quite a frequent bus service

[52:46] today so south of McDonald there's buses

[52:49] every seven minutes in this Corridor so

[52:51] quite a bit of bus service

[52:53] um there are some bike Lanes but only in

[52:55] short stretches of the corridor but one

[52:57] of the challenges is for pedestrian

[52:59] circulation there's some long gaps

[53:01] between safe and comfortable Crossings

[53:03] this Coral particularly in El Cerrito

[53:05] and one thing that we found actually

[53:07] early on in the project is that a lot of

[53:09] the people using San Pablo Avenue don't

[53:11] have a destination or a trip origin on

[53:13] San Pablo they're just passing through

[53:14] 80s busy and they choose to get on San

[53:17] Pablo Avenue because they think it'll be

[53:19] faster and so there are some

[53:21] opportunities then in terms of how to

[53:23] reuse the space Maybe to discourage them

[53:25] that pass through and and also to try

[53:27] and convert some of those Auto trips to

[53:29] Transit

[53:32] some of the challenges in the corridor

[53:33] are associated with that congestion so

[53:36] in that chart on the right um the red

[53:38] portion of the bar chart and it shows

[53:40] total travel time for the bus the red

[53:42] portion is the time the bus spends in

[53:44] congestion and you can see it actually

[53:45] spends more than half of its time stuck

[53:48] in congestion and not even moving or it

[53:50] stops and what we found is if you do

[53:52] nothing on this Corridor that amount of

[53:54] traffic delay will increase by 69

[53:55] percent by 2035 and so conditions for

[53:59] the bus will worsen as well the other

[54:02] major issue is safety so there are 293

[54:06] injuries or fatalities in a recent

[54:08] five-year period 73 of those involve

[54:10] pedestrians or cyclists including three

[54:12] fatalities on this Corridor and so that

[54:14] really underscores the need for looking

[54:16] at solutions to enhance safety

[54:17] particularly for those most vulnerable

[54:19] users

[54:21] the bus system is well utilized today a

[54:24] total of 12 500 daily bus riders this

[54:27] was a pretty pandemic about half of

[54:29] those are in Contra Costa County so

[54:32] um sort of the adage of you know maybe

[54:33] it's just the Oakland people or the

[54:34] Berkeley people on the bus actually

[54:35] there is quite a bit of bus ridership in

[54:37] Contra Costa County in this Corridor uh

[54:39] there are more Riders on the 72 series

[54:41] that operates on this Corridor than any

[54:43] other AC transit route and about 14 in

[54:46] the tire system ridership we wanted to

[54:48] underscore some of the key Equity

[54:50] components of this Corridor

[54:52] um over three cores of the passengers

[54:53] are non-white over half make less than

[54:56] 50 000 per year and almost 100 93 of the

[55:00] study areas within a quarter mile of MTC

[55:03] designated Equity priority community so

[55:06] a lot of considerations for that in this

[55:08] corridor

[55:10] so we looked at a variety of options of

[55:12] how we could improve Transit on San

[55:14] Pablo Avenue and there's a wide Suite of

[55:17] options ranging up to bus Rapid Transit

[55:19] which is sort of the catch-all for many

[55:21] of these enhancements we did several

[55:23] presentations the wig tech board about

[55:25] some of the different options and

[55:26] configurations I won't go into all that

[55:28] here tonight but there are a variety of

[55:30] strategies and solutions for improving

[55:32] trains in this corridor

[55:34] if you were to proceed to uh what would

[55:37] be considered bus Rapid Transit there

[55:38] are a couple different options to do so

[55:40] one is Center running bus lanes picture

[55:43] on the left is Van Ness in San Francisco

[55:44] so that may look familiar a picture on

[55:47] the right is actually the recently open

[55:48] Tempo uh brt in Downtown Oakland in

[55:52] order to place uh dedicated trains at

[55:54] Lanes on San Pablo Avenue there would be

[55:56] a need to convert one of the auto Lanes

[55:58] to bus only there's also an opportunity

[56:01] to provide bike Lanes on the corridor

[56:03] and in order to do so you need to

[56:04] convert the existing parking to bike

[56:06] Lanes so you could put the buses in the

[56:09] middle of the street you can put the

[56:10] buses on the side there's a lot of

[56:11] trade-offs between those options but

[56:13] either way it would need to require

[56:15] converting a travel Lane

[56:18] so a couple of the key findings that

[56:20] we've found as part of the studies first

[56:22] first focusing on Transit we found that

[56:25] providing these dedicated Transit Lanes

[56:26] would provide very significant benefit

[56:28] to travel time so 30 to 45 percent

[56:30] benefit and travel time for the bus and

[56:32] bus riders

[56:34] um Center running does perform a little

[56:35] better than side running about 10 faster

[56:37] however side running is easier to

[56:39] implement just fewer implementation

[56:41] challenges easier faster to implement

[56:44] can be used by a wider variety of bus

[56:46] routes but Center running does provide

[56:49] some additional benefit for providing

[56:50] both bus and bike on this Corridor

[56:52] because it's a bit more efficient use of

[56:55] space

[56:56] so what we heard when we gave this

[56:57] presentation went through all the

[56:59] trade-offs with the Wake Tech board and

[57:00] the various cities is there was

[57:02] widespread support for enhancing Transit

[57:03] the concept of enhancing Transit but

[57:06] there was mixed feedback and reaction in

[57:09] terms of do we go big Center running big

[57:12] large-scale project or something smaller

[57:15] more near-term and there's also some

[57:18] concerns about the impacts of us on my

[57:20] way and whether it be on traffic or

[57:21] access

[57:23] so definitely it's a mixed reaction

[57:25] in terms of bikes we found the bike

[57:27] lanes are feasible to be implemented but

[57:29] it would require parking removal as I

[57:31] had noted parking is currently very

[57:33] plentiful and not particularly well

[57:34] utilized in most of the corridor but the

[57:37] nature of the corridor is changing over

[57:38] time is more dense development comes in

[57:41] one thing we've flagged though is

[57:43] providing a protective bike facility

[57:44] here would still result in high level of

[57:46] traffic stress because there's so many

[57:48] right turns there's so many driveways so

[57:50] many intersections on this corridor so

[57:52] what we heard on the bike topic is a uh

[57:55] also mixed reaction but more so on

[57:58] whether bikes facilities should be on

[57:59] San Pablo Avenue itself and dedicate the

[58:01] space on the Avenue for it or a bicycle

[58:04] facilities should be on parallel streets

[58:06] portions of the corridor have good

[58:08] parallel streets that could be used

[58:10] portions do not and there was some

[58:12] concern about the removal of the bike

[58:14] the parking for the bike facilities

[58:18] um and then finally uh pedestrians

[58:20] um there is a lot of concern that we

[58:23] heard around the safety conditions on

[58:24] the corridor there is some particular

[58:26] concern raised for elderly and Mobility

[58:28] impaired pedestrians on the corridor we

[58:31] had identified some specific safety

[58:33] Improvement opportunities and those were

[58:36] really well received there's a lot of

[58:38] support we heard from all the cities and

[58:40] the board in terms of the need to

[58:42] improve pedestrian safety on this

[58:44] corridor

[58:47] so in terms of Next Step options

[58:50] first before diving into what uh what

[58:53] can be feasible in Contra Costa County

[58:55] many as as we've gone through these

[58:57] presentations found it to be helpful to

[58:58] understand what Alameda County is doing

[58:59] on San Pablo Avenue just south of the

[59:02] County border

[59:04] um so Alameda County is currently

[59:05] advancing Alameda County Transportation

[59:07] Commission is currently advancing three

[59:09] projects on San Pablo Avenue one is a

[59:12] series of safety enhancements in

[59:13] Berkeley and Albany that are focused on

[59:16] pedestrian safety spot improvements to

[59:18] improve Crossings of the corridor and

[59:20] overall pedestrian and bike safety

[59:22] conditions

[59:24] the second is to provide bus and bike

[59:26] Lanes on San Pablo Avenue so the lane

[59:28] conversion that I talked about earlier

[59:31] and that would be in Oakland Emeryville

[59:33] and South Berkeley that includes uh also

[59:36] safety improvements in another Crossing

[59:39] improvements and then thirdly in in

[59:42] Albany and Berkeley where there would

[59:44] not be the bike project on San Pablo

[59:46] Avenue there will be improvements on the

[59:48] parallel Network that doesn't close the

[59:50] door on continuing the bus lane and bike

[59:52] lane on San Pablo to the County border

[59:54] but the immediate Focus was on these

[59:56] near term parallel Network improvements

[1:00:01] so that said the a couple elements or

[1:00:04] options were presented to the WIC Tac

[1:00:06] board element one or these are kind of

[1:00:09] packages of projects are ways to proceed

[1:00:10] element one is multimodal safety

[1:00:13] improvements and so these would be a

[1:00:15] series of spot improvements to improve

[1:00:17] pedestrian safety on the corridor

[1:00:20] um some work would still be needed to

[1:00:22] figure out exactly what those projects

[1:00:24] would be and the WIC Tac board and with

[1:00:27] tech staff has requested CCTA to serve

[1:00:30] as a design and implementation lead for

[1:00:33] that effort given the additional history

[1:00:35] and experience with implementation for

[1:00:37] CCTA relative to Wake Tech

[1:00:40] money is still needed for outreach

[1:00:42] design construction of these facilities

[1:00:44] but there is a clear and present need

[1:00:47] that the board and various cities have

[1:00:50] identified for these safety improvements

[1:00:52] element two is uh was the providing a

[1:00:56] bus lane demonstration project on a

[1:00:58] portion of the corridor and the board

[1:01:00] felt that continued discussion was

[1:01:01] needed in order to further flesh out

[1:01:04] this type of project and understand the

[1:01:07] level of support for this type of

[1:01:08] project

[1:01:09] so diving into each of these a little

[1:01:11] bit greater detail

[1:01:13] so element one is the priority safety

[1:01:15] improvements there will be a wide

[1:01:17] variety of pedestrian safety

[1:01:18] improvements we have a map that was in

[1:01:20] the presentation we gave to the WIC

[1:01:21] attack board that showed potential

[1:01:22] locations for these but things like

[1:01:24] signalized Crossings New median beacons

[1:01:27] better striping better lighting

[1:01:28] accessibility upgrades curb ramps and

[1:01:31] accessibility improvements bulb outs

[1:01:33] improved safety and improving the bus

[1:01:36] stops on bus stop access from the

[1:01:38] corridor

[1:01:40] um so we've identified over 70

[1:01:42] improvements that 40 to 45 intersections

[1:01:44] for safety improvements

[1:01:46] um and these kind of each have their own

[1:01:48] independent utility so implementation

[1:01:50] can be phased and prioritized as money

[1:01:52] and uh and resources allow

[1:01:55] CCTA and whitak have talked about

[1:01:57] partnering to identify funding and

[1:01:59] conduct Outreach we're very very very

[1:02:01] very early in terms of identifying

[1:02:03] specific projects but we have some

[1:02:05] initial thoughts about rough funding

[1:02:07] estimate for that and as I said funding

[1:02:10] is not currently allocated to this

[1:02:12] project

[1:02:13] and we will need partnership from local

[1:02:14] jurisdictions to to move this forward

[1:02:19] for element two this is as I noted would

[1:02:22] be contingent on further support and

[1:02:24] discussions at the city level and with

[1:02:26] AC transit AC transit's currently doing

[1:02:28] an operational analysis and reassessment

[1:02:30] of its system I think the findings of

[1:02:32] that could influence the the future

[1:02:35] operations of bus service in this

[1:02:36] Corridor which would be good to fold

[1:02:38] into this type of project so we've

[1:02:40] identified that maybe it makes sense for

[1:02:42] a one to two mile initial bus lane

[1:02:44] segment but a lot further discussion is

[1:02:46] needed before that can advance one of

[1:02:48] those elements of discussion prior to

[1:02:50] move forward is really that public

[1:02:52] engagement part it's been a bit since

[1:02:54] we've done public engagement for this

[1:02:56] specific part of the corridor and so for

[1:02:58] their public engagement would be

[1:03:00] beneficial to identify the the exact

[1:03:03] nature of the project to advance

[1:03:06] and uh that actually concludes the

[1:03:09] presentation happy to answer any

[1:03:11] questions thank you

[1:03:13] thank you

[1:03:14] do we have any Commissioners hey I see

[1:03:17] fideli and Kelly

[1:03:21] yes thank you I just want to concur with

[1:03:25] the presentation uh tonight because it

[1:03:28] it truly is a classic example of urban

[1:03:31] transformation in every respect every

[1:03:34] city is different every mile is

[1:03:36] different the widths are different there

[1:03:38] are two BART stations we have parallel

[1:03:40] bike Lanes so the needs are complex in

[1:03:44] every way we can imagine go bold is one

[1:03:46] thing do many safety projects was

[1:03:49] another but one thing everyone could

[1:03:52] agree with that Wick tack was on safety

[1:03:54] so we appreciate the safety priority

[1:03:57] here first and I want to thank CCTA

[1:03:59] because on Friday WIC attack will be

[1:04:01] approving its work plan which includes

[1:04:04] continued discussions with CCT on how we

[1:04:06] can work together to make safety In Our

[1:04:09] Lifetime better on San Pablo Avenue

[1:04:11] because for El Cerrito it's our downtown

[1:04:14] and that's not a dance so taking away

[1:04:16] parking is detrimental to our businesses

[1:04:19] every city has a different concept so

[1:04:21] thank you for continuing this and thanks

[1:04:23] for the effort of CCTA appreciate that

[1:04:25] okay well remember Kelly

[1:04:28] um yes Mr dankford nice to see you in

[1:04:31] person

[1:04:32] um I've seen Ed WIC Tech I've seen your

[1:04:33] presentation several times and I want to

[1:04:35] congratulate you for all this work I

[1:04:37] mean this quarter is kind of a monster

[1:04:39] you know in terms of everybody wants

[1:04:42] everything on San Pablo Avenue it's a

[1:04:44] major arterial AC Transit runs their

[1:04:47] rapid bus up and down it's used quite a

[1:04:49] lot safety is a big concern and so I

[1:04:52] concur with commissioner fideli that

[1:04:54] safety is of the most important thing to

[1:04:57] do right now absolutely

[1:04:59] um as as I have said at the WIC tech

[1:05:01] board as far as element number two and

[1:05:04] what might come after that I think we

[1:05:06] have to really listen to what AC Transit

[1:05:09] wants and is willing to do and I think

[1:05:11] we also have to pay attention to Alameda

[1:05:13] County Transit and see if they want to

[1:05:16] run some kind of brt side or Center

[1:05:19] um you know whatever they decide because

[1:05:21] we can't do something that's completely

[1:05:23] different from what they do it would

[1:05:25] just be too difficult and I must say I

[1:05:28] do have some concerns and I've expressed

[1:05:30] this before about

[1:05:32] um bike Lanes on San Pablo Avenue if we

[1:05:35] have a whole lot of these other elements

[1:05:37] put in I'm really concerned about safety

[1:05:39] so um

[1:05:42] we'll see what happens but thank you for

[1:05:43] your work on this and trying to to make

[1:05:46] it clear to all of us

[1:05:49] remember South thank you Mr chair uh

[1:05:52] Adam thanks for the presentation this uh

[1:05:54] this is my first whack at this project

[1:05:56] so I am impressed by the scope and

[1:05:59] complexity of this and the number of

[1:06:01] agencies that are involved so

[1:06:03] congratulations on hurting the cats

[1:06:06] um I I have um a couple questions one is

[1:06:09] I want to Echo that the safety issues

[1:06:12] seem Paramount because the statistics

[1:06:14] that were collected as part of the study

[1:06:16] are a little bit horrifying and I think

[1:06:19] if we mean what we say with vision zero

[1:06:22] we really should go after uh the safety

[1:06:24] improvements my second question goes to

[1:06:28] um when were what does current

[1:06:30] conditions mean when were they assessed

[1:06:33] because with covid and with the changing

[1:06:36] in people's commuting and travel habits

[1:06:39] uh you know it begs the question well

[1:06:42] are the the statistics on the cars

[1:06:44] current are the statistics on the need

[1:06:46] for uh on-street parking current

[1:06:49] um can you just help me understand when

[1:06:52] that snapshot was taken yeah so we have

[1:06:55] data from a variety of periods a lot of

[1:06:57] it was pre-pandemic in terms of some of

[1:07:00] the bus uh information and the vehicle

[1:07:04] volume information was a lot of that was

[1:07:06] pre-pandemic parking information was

[1:07:07] pre-pandemic the bulk this study was

[1:07:10] done kind of law well patterns are still

[1:07:12] evolving but while recovery from the

[1:07:15] pandemic was still occurring so some of

[1:07:17] the safety data is more recent in terms

[1:07:19] of collision history and whatnot but a

[1:07:21] lot of the kind of parking vehicle

[1:07:23] information was pre-pandemic and yeah we

[1:07:25] do recognize you you raise a good point

[1:07:26] that patterns have changed out of the

[1:07:28] quarterback and and does does this sort

[1:07:31] of incremental approach that appears to

[1:07:32] be being taken kind of address that that

[1:07:35] will be getting data in real time

[1:07:38] yeah and you know I think we're still

[1:07:40] early on in this project and so um as

[1:07:43] part of that next phase you know we

[1:07:45] would recommend is we're prioritizing

[1:07:47] certain spot improvements to do a deeper

[1:07:49] and refresh dive into some of the data

[1:07:51] to make sure that we're focusing on the

[1:07:53] areas of greatest need but there's

[1:07:55] really an opportunity to do that as part

[1:07:56] of development and then if I may just

[1:07:59] ask one more question and following up

[1:08:00] on commissioner Kelly's Point um uh the

[1:08:04] the issue of bike Lanes I mean what I I

[1:08:06] didn't see and I might have missed it uh

[1:08:09] what the data is on the use of whatever

[1:08:12] bike Lanes there are now what the

[1:08:15] anticipated use would be because I would

[1:08:16] think that that would go to the question

[1:08:18] of does one even consider putting it

[1:08:21] right on putting them on San Pablo or

[1:08:23] thinking about a a parallel path which

[1:08:26] which from a stress standpoint seems

[1:08:29] Seems more desirable

[1:08:31] yeah so the the bike Lanes on the

[1:08:33] corridor today are very discontinuous

[1:08:34] and many ones that exist uh would not be

[1:08:37] comfortable except for the most Fearless

[1:08:39] of cyclists

[1:08:41] um and so I wouldn't uh suggest reading

[1:08:43] too much into existing usage of the bike

[1:08:44] Lanes today

[1:08:46] um city of San Pablo has a project that

[1:08:48] they're hoping to advance to improve

[1:08:50] their bike bike Lanes in their City El

[1:08:53] Cerrito has put in some new facilities

[1:08:54] but it's it's a bit hot hodgepodge and

[1:08:57] different location by location

[1:08:59] um we found that

[1:09:01] um really set the southern half in

[1:09:02] Contra Costa County has a really good

[1:09:04] parallel facility in the East Bay

[1:09:06] Greenway or some of the other parallel

[1:09:07] streets do provide a parallel facility

[1:09:10] but then once you get to the northern

[1:09:12] portion in San Pablo and up by Hilltop

[1:09:15] Mall there really is no parallel Street

[1:09:17] at all and so I think the bike solution

[1:09:20] is going to really warrant a segment by

[1:09:23] segment look to figure out the best

[1:09:24] solution there okay thank you

[1:09:30] um

[1:09:31] I'm not from West County but I'm old

[1:09:35] enough to have actually seen the key

[1:09:37] Training System still run on the Bay

[1:09:40] Bridge I'm not old enough because it

[1:09:42] stopped in 1948 on San Pablo but the

[1:09:45] tracks are still being removed when I

[1:09:46] was a kid

[1:09:48] um and it's like we're trying to rebuild

[1:09:49] that system

[1:09:51] the reason why it works so well is dead

[1:09:52] center fixed tracks

[1:09:54] you know Richmond to Downtown Oakland

[1:09:57] you could go to Berkeley take University

[1:09:59] Avenue you can either go to the campus

[1:10:01] or you went out on the pier caught the

[1:10:04] like my uncle did didn't catch the pier

[1:10:06] and go teach College in San Francisco as

[1:10:08] you rode the ferry cross

[1:10:10] um I I would just make one

[1:10:11] recommendation and and the reason why I

[1:10:13] preface it what was there

[1:10:16] and and for those of you that live there

[1:10:18] and work there

[1:10:19] your challenge and you've said it as a

[1:10:22] as a consultant you need to have one

[1:10:23] system that goes point A to point B

[1:10:25] right now there is a hodgepodge

[1:10:28] everybody has their own idea and if you

[1:10:29] don't come up with one solution

[1:10:31] you're just going to make it worse it's

[1:10:33] a mess you can't use that road for much

[1:10:36] of anything because it's everything

[1:10:38] changes as you go along and what used to

[1:10:41] make it work it was so consistently

[1:10:43] designed it was one idea one Theory

[1:10:46] and I think we all know in

[1:10:47] transportation

[1:10:49] whether it be multimodal the more

[1:10:51] consistent is the more successful it is

[1:10:53] you've had a lot of street with there

[1:10:55] was this huge median that was put in

[1:10:57] which is where the tracks used to be and

[1:10:59] there's a lot of trees in there you know

[1:11:00] don't forget as you redo this one of the

[1:11:03] things that hurts

[1:11:04] that Corridor it's the visual beauty of

[1:11:09] it is missing in a lot of places because

[1:11:10] there's no Street trees and the street

[1:11:12] trees can fit in all of these plans so

[1:11:15] consistent plan from point A to point B

[1:11:18] and and yeah you got to deal with bikes

[1:11:21] but if it's a if it's to make safety

[1:11:23] improvements

[1:11:24] make safety improvements and it may or

[1:11:26] may not include bikes all the way

[1:11:28] then that's how I would look at it and

[1:11:30] put the trees in please and put them

[1:11:32] back

[1:11:34] okay

[1:11:37] thank you I was just going to add what

[1:11:40] complicates it even more is the two big

[1:11:43] projects at the BART station one is

[1:11:45] complete streets that we're working

[1:11:46] through and getting money from a variety

[1:11:48] of sources and the huge Tod project at

[1:11:51] the plaza where there's a different

[1:11:52] planning so a lot of different plans a

[1:11:55] lot of investment already so that adds

[1:11:57] to the confusion of how do we be

[1:11:58] consistent all the way down so it's

[1:12:00] going to be difficult to ask but safety

[1:12:03] we can do

[1:12:07] nurse anyone in the board Chambers

[1:12:11] from the public

[1:12:13] seeing none do we have any remote

[1:12:17] no public comment written or verbal

[1:12:20] okay again this was the informational

[1:12:23] item

[1:12:25] want to thank Matt and Adam for their

[1:12:27] presentation tonight

[1:12:32] hey that concludes our regular agenda

[1:12:36] items and we have no correspondence that

[1:12:39] are in the package next is associated

[1:12:42] committee reports

[1:12:45] and those reports are from trans plan

[1:12:49] transpac westcat and a consolation

[1:12:53] notice from SWAT that are provided in

[1:12:56] your packet

[1:12:59] now we will have board comments if there

[1:13:02] are any members of the board I have none

[1:13:04] tonight is there any other member

[1:13:09] KC none we will move to

[1:13:12] um

[1:13:14] staff

[1:13:15] comments

[1:13:17] thank you thank you for running a very

[1:13:20] efficient meeting this evening

[1:13:22] we're one hour and 37 minutes so in the

[1:13:25] spirit of CCTA under promise and over

[1:13:27] deliver

[1:13:29] Ed

[1:13:33] now I have more time for my executive

[1:13:36] director report

[1:13:39] um well I'm going to start off with some

[1:13:41] some good news I just want to quickly

[1:13:43] recognize our CFO Brian Keller he

[1:13:46] celebrated last week his 10-year

[1:13:47] anniversary with CCTA so as you all know

[1:13:51] he's very valuable to the team

[1:13:52] congratulations we're very happy to have

[1:13:55] him here and hope that he'll stay for

[1:13:57] many years to come

[1:13:59] um and the sad news is we're losing one

[1:14:03] of our team members Lindsey Willis our

[1:14:05] director General Affairs this will be

[1:14:06] her last board meeting with us so she is

[1:14:09] moving on to Tiger construction

[1:14:12] um and so we'll be looking for good low

[1:14:14] bids from tiger in the future

[1:14:16] and be very she'll be very moving very

[1:14:20] close to family so which is really good

[1:14:22] for her and Noah and everyone so we're

[1:14:24] really excited for her so we're really

[1:14:27] actually very very sad to see her go so

[1:14:30] um and then to kind of help fill the Gap

[1:14:33] until we find a new candidate which we

[1:14:36] just a quick update we already flew an

[1:14:38] advertisement for the position last week

[1:14:41] so we've been getting a lot of great

[1:14:43] interest into the position thank you to

[1:14:46] Lindsay for all the great marketing

[1:14:47] there

[1:14:49] um and so Luna saliver is going to be

[1:14:51] kind of stepping in and you may some of

[1:14:53] you may know her she actually helped

[1:14:55] during Lindsay's maternity leave so she

[1:15:00] was stepping in during that time to kind

[1:15:02] of fill in the gap of Lindsay and so

[1:15:04] she'll be stepping in front by for the

[1:15:05] next three to four months just to help

[1:15:08] guide and oversee all our our wonderful

[1:15:10] public Outreach consultants and work

[1:15:12] with staff on a daily basis so we're

[1:15:14] excited and grateful to have Luna back

[1:15:16] as part of the team

[1:15:19] um and then some other

[1:15:21] um maybe kind of start with some good

[1:15:22] news

[1:15:24] um I know you've heard me talk about the

[1:15:25] on the patio podcast so that has been

[1:15:28] officially launched so we are now doing

[1:15:30] a campaign so you can actually go to

[1:15:32] anywhere you want to get your podcast

[1:15:35] um Apple podcast anywhere and download

[1:15:37] the podcast there's four episodes now

[1:15:39] and lots of good information in there

[1:15:42] about CCTA and it's been it's actually

[1:15:44] been a really good tool for for me and

[1:15:46] for us to really kind of promote CCTA to

[1:15:48] the general public and I know it's been

[1:15:51] getting a lot of likes and followings

[1:15:52] already so really excited about that

[1:15:55] um and then other good news uh I sent an

[1:15:58] email on this but we did receive another

[1:16:01] Grant so a couple weeks ago

[1:16:04] the award announcements came out for a

[1:16:06] trade quarter enhancement programs we

[1:16:07] got 19.7 million dollars for the San

[1:16:10] Pablo Avenue or San Pablo San Pablo Dam

[1:16:13] Road and

[1:16:16] and so we're excited about that because

[1:16:17] they can move that project forward and

[1:16:19] it's really critical

[1:16:21] um and it's a really clear safety issue

[1:16:23] with the low vertical clearance with the

[1:16:26] trucks as well as some major safety

[1:16:28] concerns around the interchange with the

[1:16:30] very closed abutments at the shoulder

[1:16:32] and so it's very narrow through there

[1:16:34] and so we're excited to move that

[1:16:36] project forward the other thing that

[1:16:37] also happened is we worked closely with

[1:16:40] UC Berkeley to submit on a center of

[1:16:42] excellence Federal highways Grant so

[1:16:45] we're really excited about the

[1:16:46] opportunity there with UC Berkeley some

[1:16:49] project updates we um

[1:16:52] just in your packet you may have glanced

[1:16:55] through them but there's some there's a

[1:16:56] couple of really good presentations in

[1:16:58] the consent the consent items on on

[1:17:01] innovate 680 and also Highway 4 Vision I

[1:17:04] know we were trying to kind of keep

[1:17:05] today's shortest part you know it saves

[1:17:07] time so we've moved those to consent but

[1:17:09] there's some really good information in

[1:17:10] there about some of those some of the

[1:17:12] work plan items for the next two to

[1:17:14] three years on innovate 680 very very

[1:17:18] succinct and then also the work we're

[1:17:20] doing on on the highway for vision and

[1:17:22] Corridor study and then as part of

[1:17:24] innovate 680

[1:17:27] um Stephanie and Stephanie who and I are

[1:17:29] director of projects

[1:17:30] um last week actually went to Australia

[1:17:32] to um visit four different states

[1:17:36] um in in three different department of

[1:17:39] transportations

[1:17:40] um and we were there to basically look

[1:17:42] at their smart freeway program if they

[1:17:44] have a very robust program in terms of

[1:17:47] really leveraging data and Technology to

[1:17:50] really optimize their existing corridors

[1:17:53] and so through this technology they've

[1:17:55] been able to realize anywhere from 20 to

[1:17:58] 30 percent more efficiency in their

[1:17:59] corridors I actually got to drive in one

[1:18:03] of the corridors in Melbourne on the M1

[1:18:05] it has the same level of traffic that

[1:18:07] i-680 does and the only place that we

[1:18:10] actually stopped was actually a freeway

[1:18:12] to freeway connector rant meter and

[1:18:14] everything else was free-flowing at 45

[1:18:16] miles an hour during peak hour traffic

[1:18:18] and so it was really exciting to see how

[1:18:21] they're really leveraging technology and

[1:18:23] and optimizing their freeway system was

[1:18:25] also exciting their offer creation

[1:18:27] centers they literally had one person

[1:18:30] looking and managing their smart freeway

[1:18:33] components of their of the of the of the

[1:18:34] system and so not only is if it's

[1:18:37] efficient

[1:18:39] um but it's also

[1:18:40] um efficient from a staff and resource

[1:18:42] perspective and so I could geek out on

[1:18:45] this for hours

[1:18:46] um so I will stop there but it was a

[1:18:48] very very helpful trip to really think

[1:18:51] about how we are bringing that

[1:18:52] technology we're already implementing

[1:18:53] some of that technology in the innovate

[1:18:55] 680 program as part of the Cooperative

[1:18:57] adaptive rant metering project and so it

[1:18:59] was good to see firsthand the vision the

[1:19:02] implementation the best practices as

[1:19:04] it's been expanded and adopted across

[1:19:06] throughout the entire country and how

[1:19:08] we're being we're going to bring all

[1:19:09] that information back and apply it into

[1:19:10] the 680 Corridor

[1:19:12] um also quickly I know some of you are

[1:19:14] interested in the fairy study so on the

[1:19:16] ferry study we've we've kicked off

[1:19:18] McDonald on that

[1:19:20] um it's going to be about nine months to

[1:19:22] complete the ferry study we're targeting

[1:19:24] to have it done early next year

[1:19:26] um Ying Smith our director of programs

[1:19:27] is leading the effort on that and so we

[1:19:30] actually just had a big kickoff meeting

[1:19:32] with the transit operators and all the

[1:19:34] stakeholders to start going into a data

[1:19:37] collection mode for each of the

[1:19:39] individual potential stops in locations

[1:19:42] and so we can start assessing the ferry

[1:19:44] service for all those locations

[1:19:46] the other thing that we have is

[1:19:50] um the operations update so now we're

[1:19:52] kind of in the operations game so I

[1:19:54] wanted to kind of maybe provide a quick

[1:19:55] update on the Presto shuttle so Presto

[1:19:58] continues to receive a lot of media

[1:20:01] coverage

[1:20:02] um this during this last month I was

[1:20:04] able to provide two more interviews with

[1:20:06] uh news stations and then also there's

[1:20:10] been over 165 media pieces as well as 9

[1:20:14] 000 hits on social media relative to

[1:20:16] presto and our Presto social media

[1:20:19] um we've been in the first seven weeks

[1:20:22] of service we've got about 300 Riders

[1:20:24] which averages about 45 Riders per week

[1:20:27] and just yesterday we just had an

[1:20:29] official kind of open house for all the

[1:20:32] tenants in Bishop ranch so we're

[1:20:33] expecting that ridership to go up as

[1:20:35] well and with operations there always

[1:20:38] comes technical issues I'm not gonna lie

[1:20:40] so we've been having some technical

[1:20:42] issues with some of the antenna

[1:20:43] communication but also with some of the

[1:20:46] Staggering of the vehicles with the

[1:20:47] schedule so they're you know we're

[1:20:49] definitely keeping track and working

[1:20:50] with beep to continue to optimize the

[1:20:52] service we're also looking about adding

[1:20:55] another stop because of the demand and

[1:20:57] so we're looking at adding another stop

[1:20:58] at the GE Building and so so as we're

[1:21:01] kind of looking and evaluating the team

[1:21:03] has been really focused on how we can

[1:21:05] make that improve the quality of service

[1:21:07] there and then also something I wanted

[1:21:10] to mention in terms of operations we've

[1:21:13] been piloting piloting this Transit

[1:21:16] signal priority project so hisham's been

[1:21:18] leading it and so we've been we just

[1:21:21] actually finished a test of that in uh

[1:21:24] two corridors in Concord and Walnut

[1:21:27] Creek and so we were able to

[1:21:28] successfully

[1:21:30] um prioritize the bus through an entire

[1:21:33] Corridor and all the traffic signals and

[1:21:35] that was using a cloud-based system that

[1:21:39] was communicating to the buses and their

[1:21:40] CAD AVL systems and then directly to the

[1:21:44] software platforms that were controlling

[1:21:46] the traffic signals and so by using a

[1:21:49] software approach it's a cost-effective

[1:21:51] approach we don't have to add Hardware

[1:21:53] to the buses or Hardware to the traffic

[1:21:55] signal controllers at every intersection

[1:21:57] and so we're doing that as a pilot right

[1:21:59] now and I think

[1:22:01] um I believe how many intersections has

[1:22:03] shown total for that project

[1:22:05] 66 intersections total that we're

[1:22:07] looking at for part of that project and

[1:22:09] that's going to be part of our broader

[1:22:11] smart signal program in terms of you

[1:22:13] know learning how to prioritize transit

[1:22:16] buses through these traffic signals

[1:22:18] um and then lastly a couple

[1:22:20] administrative items

[1:22:22] um I'm thinking about having a board

[1:22:24] Workshop in late September early October

[1:22:28] um that'll be just board only

[1:22:30] um I know the last board workshop last

[1:22:32] September we invited the city managers

[1:22:34] the trans operators this will actually

[1:22:36] be kind of a board-only invite Workshop

[1:22:39] to kind of address some of the things

[1:22:40] that are coming up

[1:22:42] um and so I'll tarrianne and Emily will

[1:22:44] be reaching out to you in terms of

[1:22:46] starting to kind of securing some

[1:22:47] availability and dates in late September

[1:22:49] early October and then also Emily was

[1:22:53] the guinea pig she went to Walnut Creek

[1:22:55] and tested out this new headshot

[1:22:57] headshot vendor and so I know there was

[1:22:59] an email that went out so if you've got

[1:23:01] a blank face on our website I encourage

[1:23:04] you to go get your head shot and that

[1:23:06] way we can get your smiling faces all on

[1:23:09] our websites so

[1:23:11] um so that's it includes my report and

[1:23:13] thank you for the opportunity

[1:23:15] okay thank you Tim

[1:23:19] at this time I just want to have you out

[1:23:23] join me and congratulating Lindsay and

[1:23:27] thanking her for service outstanding

[1:23:29] service here at CCTA

[1:23:31] [Applause]

[1:23:37] and in that same vein we want to welcome

[1:23:40] Luna back

[1:23:42] yeah yeah

[1:23:47] and I do want to go back because I did

[1:23:50] not offer opportunity for

[1:23:52] representatives to make any comments no

[1:23:56] okay

[1:23:58] thank you so

[1:24:02] now I guess where we're at is closed

[1:24:05] session

[1:24:10] so we will be going into closed session

[1:24:13] a journeying into closed session and

[1:24:17] it's going to be right across the hall

[1:24:19] at the conference room

[1:24:23] so we will be a journey to that and

[1:24:26] reconvening back with any report out

[1:24:29] that we have if we have at the closed

[1:24:33] session

[1:24:34] okay all right

[1:24:38] well done

[1:24:46] thank you

[1:24:48] huh

[1:25:06] what was the dinner tonight oh it was

[1:25:09] like rice and beans

[1:25:15] okay

[1:25:21] so I just FYI tomorrow morning

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[1:27:28] thank you

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[1:28:59] thank you

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[1:46:02] all right see you later

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[2:14:46] right here

[2:14:49] okay I'm gonna have Amber report okay

[2:14:53] okay no problem

[2:15:06] that's a good time to roll

[2:15:09] okay

[2:15:14] the board as reconvening we have been

[2:15:17] meeting in closed session Council yes

[2:15:20] the board took no reportable action on

[2:15:22] either closed session item okay thank

[2:15:25] you all for your time this evening we

[2:15:27] are adjourned thank you

[2:15:30] [Applause]

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Authority Board Meeting - 06/21/2023

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