[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
[1:27:30] foreign
[1:28:59] thank you
[1:38:48] foreign
[1:42:20] now yeah
[1:42:46] because
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[1:45:23] thank you
[1:46:02] all right see you later
[2:06:36] foreign
[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
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