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Thank you. Emily, will you please
conduct the roll call?

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Commissioner Arnerich? Here.
Commissioner Alt Here. Commissioner Gee?

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Here. Vice Chair Kelly? Here. Chair
Noack? Here. All right, we do have a

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quorum. Great. First item on the agenda
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Are there any members of the public that
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We have no public comments written or
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Uh that concludes our public comment.
The next item on the agenda of chair and

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vice chair for 2026.
Do I have any nominations for chair and

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vice chair?
Darlene? Yes, I would like to nominate

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Chris Kelly as chair and Newell Arnerich
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I'll second that.
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I guess I wasn't supposed to do that,
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Are there any comments or additional
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Okay.
Have we written received any written or

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any member of the public wishing to
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comments. Okay. We have a motion and a
second. Can we

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please conduct the roll call vote?
Commissioner Arnerich? Aye. Commissioner

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Alt Bernal? Yes. Commissioner Gee? Aye.
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All right, motion passes unanimously.

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I think you're up. I guess I guess so.
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Okay. Uh so, the next item is the
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No. Um Emily, do we have anyone who
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consent items?
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virtual. Okay, so bringing it back to
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motion?
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there a second?
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further discussion. Roll call vote,
please. Commissioner Alt Bernal?

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Yes. Commissioner Gee?
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» Thank you. So, now we're on to our
regular agenda items, and the first one

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is the legislative update to be
introduced by Lindy Johnson.

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Good morning, Chair Kelly and
commissioners. It is my pleasure to

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introduce Mr. Mark Watts, who will start
us off with a state legislative update.

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We'll then turn to the federal update.
Thank you, Mark.

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Hey, thank you. Good morning, and I
apologize for the somewhat informal

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appearance here, but uh
I'm in a different time zone, and it's

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all great.
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so, the budget has been
kind of a confounding item for the last

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couple weeks since it was introduced.
I think the early action item that took

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care of
the um

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the loan legislation has been cleared
and behind us. And overall, the the the

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budget for transportation was left
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Uh the governor remained committed to
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promises that have been made generally
over the last couple years with the one

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exception for zero emission um
electric um

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vehicle funding. And there's a lot of
work going on behind the scenes to

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address that. Um I don't have a lot more
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um
Technically, I think there's a couple

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bills I wanted to brought bring your
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congratulate staff and and others on the
work that they did to get the bill

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launched that does what deals with your
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Uh 1408 by Mr. Arkin is in motion and
has been introduced, and that's all I'll

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say for now.
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but it it took a lot of work to get to
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The other measure I want to highlight is
very confusing, and a lot of folks are

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are zeroing in on it.
And it's by new Senator Cabaldon, SB

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1087, and it deals with the um
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SB1, and it would condition the
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housing items, and it's not clear
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forward. So, it's been marked as one of
the ones one of the bills that have come

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along in the last couple years that try
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changes in housing policy to SB1, and I
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been very very effective on pushing back
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Uh in terms of the
I have nothing to report in terms of

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legislative appointments or changes in
leadership at this point. Uh we're

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watching that very carefully. I will
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you that the
late date of late February was February

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20th, I think,
the date to introduce bills, and as a

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consequence, when the the bills that
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have 30 days, so late March will be the
earliest some of these bills will be

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assigned to committees and set for
hearing. So, we've got a very very um

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tenuous next week uh month or two as we

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see the bills come through the process
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So, that would be my presentation for
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Thank you, Mark. Um are there any
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Yes, Sue.
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I'll be meeting with Senator Cabaldon on
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19th.
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other elected officials to talk about
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hopefully I can bring back some clarity
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Um
And do we have an outline on the bill

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that
I have not prepared one for staff yet. I

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know our bill for the bill that
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Are you referring to the fact sheet?
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We're working with the senator's office
to, you know, dot some eyes and cross

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some Ts, but we should have one
hopefully by the end of the week. Okay.

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Okay, any other questions or comments?
Yes, Stu. Yeah, I would just add to what

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Sue said. I think for the bill that um
Jose Aguilar is carrying, I think it's

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good that we all make sure that we reach
out as board members and thank him for

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his efforts.
And it's a big lift, but he seems to be

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very pleased in doing so. Um the the
other bill I would ask that maybe we

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weigh in. It's um
it's about bicycles, but it's e-bikes.

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And, you know, we we help promote
complete streets. RBK has her bill

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It's about licensing. And I was remember
I was telling her a story that I

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remember back in the
late 1950s, I grew up out in the Central

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Valley. I had to have a license, a metal
license that the police department had

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to crimp on.
And if you didn't have it and you rode

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it to school,
a police officer occasionally show up,

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and they'd take all the bikes without
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um licenses and kind of corral them up,
and you couldn't you couldn't get out of

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school and ride home cuz your bike was
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So, she's proposed this for the class
two, class three bikes. And our police

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departments
throughout California are are starting

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to get together that they would also do
the license plates in colors, different

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colors, one for a class two, one for a
class three. And the reason why there's

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no way right now to do any kind of
enforcement. You don't know if it's

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electric motorcycle or that.
They have to spend all those times, so

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maybe there might be a way we could
weigh in to help support her. She's from

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our jurisdiction, and I think it would
be good that we could and and

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thoughtfully add any comments to that,
too. Thank you.

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Yeah, that's that's a great suggestion
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license plates because people and school
officials and police, they have no idea

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which class it is sometimes. And e-bikes
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issues.
Okay, any other questions or comments

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for Mark? Chair Kelly, just Yes. one
little comment. So, at planning

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committee today, we're actually going to
be considering an item to put out an RFP

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for a county-wide micro-mobility model
ordinance and and basically like a

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toolkit for cities to deal with these
e-bike issues and and micro-mobility

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issues. So,
um we're trying to just develop some

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best practices cuz we know this is a big
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That's great.
Great. Thank you.

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Okay, I think we'll
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Yes.
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I'm remiss. I did not mention something
that's been very important to me and I

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think it's going to be very beneficial
for the authority and that is the fact

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that on January 1st, I merged with a
firm with a led by Senator Bill Dodd.

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Yes, we noticed.
You may Okay, that's We pay it.

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» wanted to acknowledge that and it's it's
very helpful for me in doing the work

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for you guys, as well as his reach is
really really good for the

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transportation arena. So, I'm very happy
to move forward working together with

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him on your behalf.
Great. Great. And thank you very much,

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Mark.
Thank you.

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» Okay.
All right. So, Mark, thank you for your

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comments and Lindy.
Thank you, Mr. Watts. I will now

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introduce Mr. Jason Tai to provide us a
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Mr. Tai?

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Morning.
How's everyone doing?

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Uh looks like a beautiful sunny day once
again in California, so I'm very very

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jealous. We've had a full week of
cloudiness and rain. So, as always, I'm

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just kind of moping around here now. Um
but we have been um

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continuing to monitor and aggressively
pursue a number of different

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initiatives. Um
but first off, uh wanted to say thank

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you for the opportunity to speak here at
once again. Uh chair, vice chair,

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members, um wanted to give a quick
snapshot in terms of what is going on

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this session um outside of what we are
reading in the news.

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Um I think one of the first things that
we should probably uh provide a little

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perspective on is the uh more rapidly
decreasing um kind of thin margins in

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the House of Representatives between the
Rs and the Ds. Um this does mean that uh

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this year the razor-thin majority will
result in a lot of challenges in passing

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legislative initiatives in the House.
Um so, with that in mind, I think there

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are probably some expectations that
there are will only be a few large items

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of note that are will be on the
priority. One of them will be the FY

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2027
appropriations package. As you may have

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seen uh and read and heard from us and
from our monthly reports, just within

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the last uh month or two, uh Congress
finally passed the FY 2026

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appropriations bills, uh which includes
a number of um allocations, CDPs, CDSs,

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or as I still continue to call them cuz
I'm older, uh earmarks,

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uh within uh all of these various
appropriation bills. Um I have to give a

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uh spectacular uh shout-out to our
amazing congressional delegation.

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Um Congressman DeSaulnier simply being a
fantastic advocate across the board.

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Uh Congressman Garamendi, and I know
with Prop 50, there will be some shifts

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in in the map. Uh we recently had a
meeting, I think, with Congressman Josh

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Harder, who winds up picking up um some
parts of Contra Costa on the

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northeastern side, I believe, along the
Delta, northern side. Uh he is a member

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of the Appropriations Committee. So, I
think he's well positioned to um provide

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a lot of support uh for CCTA. So,
building back into this FY 2027

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appropriations process has begun in
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Uh that will be an initiative that
hopefully uh will result in a full year

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spending package sometime by the end of
this year, uh probably during lame-duck

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Congress following in November
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Um just met with a senior Democratic
member on the House Transportation

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Appropriations Subcommittee.
Very very inspired that they were able

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to work in a bipartisan fashion, the
Appropriations Committee, to finalize a

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final budget for FY 2026. So, there's an
expectation and a hope and a desire that

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that will continue to happen through the
course of this year. Currently, the

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portals have opened for programmatic and
various other funding requests. So, that

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is moving on a very very quick clip in
the House. Uh the Senate has also, I

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think, as of tomorrow will close their
portals, at least for the two California

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senators. So, all of these things that
are moving in a much more aggressive

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clip than in previous years. So, I'll
take a pause there for the

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appropriations process
um and answer any questions that may be

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out there. Um
Okay, any questions here?

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No.
I'm sorry, I thought Sue was Sue. Um I

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just left. And Jason, maybe this might
not be for you, but to Tim one of the

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other. Um do we have an update on the
mega grant process? I could see you were

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jumping.
Yeah, I mean, really positive news. I

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mean, I I give all the credit to
Stephanie. I mean, she's been really

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staying on top of this and making sure
we are being very responsible along the

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way. Um
but we got a really positive email last

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week that basically says they're loading
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execution. Yes. So, we're we're getting
closer. We're getting closer. Thank you

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all.
Great. Any other questions or comments

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about appropriations?
No? Okay, Jason, do you have more?

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Um just a quick snapshot on another
large legislative package. Um there is a

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desire to pass this by the end of this
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transportation reauthorization bill,
which as you may remember passed in the

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earlier part of this decade, which I'm a
little concerned that this decade's

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moving so quickly for me. Uh but IIJA,
which was $1.2 trillion,

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uh which included a large number of
discretionary programs, all the formula

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programs that are pushed out the states
and um large urbanized areas through

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federal highways, as well as the FTA
formula funds, and all of the large

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discretionary programs such as BUILD, uh
what was previously called TIGER, MEGA,

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all of the large discretionary grants
that uh CCTA under the leadership of the

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board and uh Tim and the rest of the
great team and Lindy have been so

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successful in winning, including the
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Um
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Congress, um there is an expectation
now, and they've been telegraphing it as

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much, that the top lines for funding
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IIJA.
Um the House has not yet moved in terms

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of the Transportation Committee, in
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of the discretionary grant programs.
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negotiations between the Republicans and
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Committee, of which Mr. DeSaulnier is a
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Garamendi. Um the Senate may actually be
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Um it is and I won't bore too much on
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split amongst multiple different
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transit, who handles rail, who handles
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coming out, including from the
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Senate Environment and Public Works
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the numbers will be lower, and what that
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many other uh local units of government
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probably plan to push out most of their
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which means states will probably get the
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discretionary grants, especially the
large discretionary grants that local

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units of government and others have so
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expectation that that the the
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reduced, or folded into the formula
programs. So, that is something to keep

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an eye out for. Um and certainly under
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current makeup of Congress, things that
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perceived as left-of-center, um will
probably take a lower priority and or

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result in some level of cuts. So, um
that is more of a makeup of the the the

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composition of Congress and this
administration, and something we will

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continue to work uh to push our
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that there is a certain level of uh the
composition will drive a lot of the

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policies.
So, we'll take a pause here. Um the only

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thing I would add is that the current
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fiscal year, which also means that
they're all trying to get a bill done

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before September 30th. The expectation
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then is probably very very unlikely.
There's never been a surface

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transportation reauthorization package
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probably since 1982.
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So, we'll happy to answer any questions.
Thank you. Any questions here from the

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commission?
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No. Any comments? No.
Emily, do we have any public comment on

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this or on state?
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Okay. Well, Jason, thank you very much
for your report and thanks for watching

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out for us.
>> Great to see you and great to see the

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sunshine outside.

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Wonderful. And I want to thank both Mark
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reports. Okay, so moving on the next
agenda item will be the countywide smart

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signal project update here and Andy
Dillard is going to present this.

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Good morning, Chair Kelly and
Commissioners.

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So, the item before you is
seeking approval of resolution 2609P

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to authorize approval of construction
advertisement for the countywide smart

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signals project.
So, with final PS&E largely complete for

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this project, staff is preparing to
submit a request for authorization to

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Caltrans to proceed to construction
pending issuance of the authorized

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authorization to proceed. Staff is
prepared to release the project for

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construction advertisement anticipated
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So, in summary, as you all know, the the
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involves all 19 cities in the county.
It's a $30.8 million project

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funded with 26.5 million in one barrier
grant cycle three funds as well as

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approximately 3.6 million in local match
measure J funds as well as SB1 formulaic

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local partnership program funds.
So, the project will upgrade now 365

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traffic signals across the again all 19
cities in the county. It's going to

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enhance the sharing of real-time traffic
signal operations information between

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the agencies
and it's going to also provide a unified

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technology communication systems in the
form of a countywide center-to-center

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advanced traffic management system
that'll be hosted here at CCTA.

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And this is going to enable the Contra
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integrate emerging technologies
and smart city initiatives going

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forward.
So, just to review some of the elements

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of the project, very similar to some of
the earmark projects you've heard

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recently. Of course, this is a little
more intensive project, but this also

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includes implementation implementation
of local advanced traffic management

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systems as well as the aforementioned
countywide center-to-center system.

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It includes advanced traffic signal
controllers at the cabinets, video radar

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detection systems, battery backup
systems, communications infrastructure

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and cloud-based transit signal priority
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As with the signal earmark, CCTA will be
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the equipment and providing that as
agency furnished materials to the

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contractor. Contractor will be tasked
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integration of of all the equipment.
Just to go back a little bit of

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background. So, beginning in 2022, this
project started with coordination of all

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the the agencies in Contra Costa County.
We developed stakeholder working groups

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developed a concept of operations
procured consultant teams. There's two

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consultant teams working on this project
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region and the West and South region of
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We've been researching and evaluating
all the various technologies out there,

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hardware and software solutions and all
those associated costs and then finally

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reviewing and developing
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In addition, over the last month and
over the next few weeks, authority staff

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along with the consultant teams
and the equipment vendors have been

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visiting the individual agencies one for
one-on-one meetings to go over their

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systems, make sure they understand them,
meet with their IT folks to understand

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the the system requirements
answer any questions they may have and

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we intend to do this uh
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all throughout construction as needed
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So, the schedule. So, we're
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beginning, to go
advertise for construction in April with

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anticipated award in May.
We can begin contract execution and then

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equipment procurement in June. Equipment
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3 months depending on the equipment. So,
for example, traffic signal

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controllers and video detection systems,
those are probably a little bit more

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readily available, whereas items like
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there aren't many, but those have longer
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So, start of construction is anticipated
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take about 11 months to complete the
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We've had a lot of questions about
phasing, how's it going to work? A lot

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of it's going to be prescribed by the
contractor, but we anticipate that it's

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going to be a city by city for
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Although some of that's going to be
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availability of the equipment as it
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So, with that, staff is seeking approval
of resolution 2609P. It will authorize

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the executive director or designee to
approve the project plans, design and

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coordinate in accordance with government
code section 830.6 to preserve design

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immunity.
Two, it to publicly advertise the

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construction contract at the executive
director designee's discretion. Three,

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to approve changes and issue addenda to
the bidding documents during the

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advertisement period and finally to
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So, with that, I'd be happy to answer
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Thank you. Any questions here or
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Thank you, Andy.
This is stating the obvious, I hope, but

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can you share a little bit I assume all
of this is completely compatible and

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integrated with what we're doing in
Danville and Concord and Lamorinda. Can

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you talk about that a little bit in
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interfacing with each other?
Absolutely. So, the signal earmarks

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you've heard to this point, the Danville
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projects,
it's all the similar nature as far as

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the signal controllers, the video
detection systems and the advanced

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traffic management system. So, those
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those earmark projects, it's all the
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type of equipment and vendors that's
included in the countywide signal

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project. So, it's it's all compatible.
Okay. Noelle. Just a comment. I just

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sort of on
it's impressive

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how how quickly this project's moving
forward. It seems incredibly well

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organized
and it's actually really crucial not

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just for
some of the things that we just heard

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and that's in the report, but also for
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our our countywide evacuation plans.
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You know, earthquakes, you're not moving
people as much. It's pretty much getting

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people into support. But in case of
catastrophic fires, we have to move

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people. This project is a key solution.
We've seen Houston and other places

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around the country. So, impressive. We
get this done even 11 months, that's

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that's pretty good. So, well done.
Thanks, Andrew.

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Okay. Any other comments here?
Yes. Chair Kelly, I just want to mention

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so, Daniel Elkins, our deputy executive
director of planning, she's actually

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participating right now in a countywide
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You know, to and and basically you know,
flushing out those things that you just

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very much said. And then I think I just
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Andy's really the one that kind of
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he got here and really made this project
happen. So, I really appreciate Andy and

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all his effort. I mean, this guy's
working 12 hours a day trying to get

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this thing out the door and all the work
and all the hours. And so, just really

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appreciate everything you've been doing
for these projects and all the work that

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you're doing, Andy.
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And
I have a comment. I think this is a

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really important project particularly
for emergency services, but just also

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for you know, helping transit and move
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Richmond Parkway is not part of this. Is
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It's not included in this countywide
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not. So, the Richmond Parkway is kind of
like an abandoned child. You know, it's

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like part of it is in Richmond, part of
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when staff initially went and asked
about, you know, what are the important

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routes that we might, you know, apply
the signals project, nobody brought that

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up. And at WICTAC, you know, had we
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been allowed to kind of comment on that,
we would have added it on because right

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now the traffic in the after going
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just jam-packed. And if the signals were
more reasonably timed, we could save

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like, you know, 13 to 14 minutes in
traffic and it's getting worse and worse

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and worse. The Richmond Parkway is a
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So, going forward, I think just just
highlight sort of, you know, regional

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coordination and consultation. So, I
just want to point that out. And

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hopefully at some point we can get smart
signals project on that uh abandoned

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child.
Thank you. Actually, I'd just add a

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comment. I was just there yesterday and
I've been keeping track over the past 12

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months. So, I end up going through there
particularly during rush hours. There's

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actually only one signal that's
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It takes I don't care if there's four
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It takes three signal cycles to get
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» Which one is that? Do you recall? I I
It's if you're coming if you're heading

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east, I guess you'd call it.
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580.
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the fourth signal. I think I know what
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» always the same. Yeah. It's it's
disconnected from everything else and I

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don't know who owns that what what
jurisdiction, but there can be no cars

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Yeah. trying to get through from the
other way and this timing device just

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stalls.
And it it took us exactly I told my wife

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just wait, it'll be three complete
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through there. Yeah, so that just just
highlights one of those. Like I said,

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the Richmond Parkway is an abandoned
child. At one point, you know, we tried

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to get Caltrans take it over and they
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in the future um something can be done
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Sure Kelly, just really quick. I mean, I
was I met with um Shasha Curl from the

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city manager Richmond and and she also
brought this to my attention, you know,

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and so we're I think we're we're we'll
be looking at that in terms of like a

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tap and all these things. I think to
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important critical link in our network
and I think it's really important that

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we you know, prioritize it. The one
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This is good information. We'll take
this back and and see how we can

423
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:38,720
potentially look at how we address the
signal sync synchronization on the

424
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:42,400
corridor. I mean, one just me and Ryan
were just talking one potential option

425
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:45,400
would be to a congressional earmark um
and just put in a congressional earmark

426
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:48,400
just for rich just for Richmond Parkway.
So,

427
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:52,760
um so let's we'll take it back and see
if we can make things happen. Okay, that

428
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:55,880
that would be great.
Okay, any other comments?

429
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:59,120
Yes, Andy.
>> Uh yeah, I'd just like to add to I I

430
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:03,160
appreciate the kudos, but I also want to
give a shout-out to our stakeholder

431
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:07,920
working group. So, we just to add a
little bit more to that, we had a core

432
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:11,360
working group uh which was uh a select
group of mostly traffic engineers uh

433
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:15,679
throughout the cities as well as a
larger stakeholder working group.

434
00:32:13,679 --> 00:32:19,760
And then the two consultant teams I I
mentioned in the AMG staff. There's been

435
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:24,440
a lot of folks involved in this project
including our new executive deputy

436
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:27,840
director projects. So, um it's been a
really uh

437
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:31,040
a huge team effort. So, and it's going
to be to get this to the finish line.

438
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:35,600
So, I just wanted to make sure that we
acknowledge them too as well. So,

439
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:40,200
Great. Great. Thank you. Thank you.
Um Emily, are there any public comment

440
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:43,840
on this item? No public comment written
or virtual.

441
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:48,400
Okay, so before us I believe we have a
resolution. I would move the item um as

442
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:51,280
presented here today. Thank you.
>> Okay, so motion by Arnerich and is is

443
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:56,320
there a second?
>> I'll second. Uh seconded by Bernal.

444
00:32:54,400 --> 00:33:01,600
No more discussion. Okay, roll call
vote, please. Commissioner Bernal.

445
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:03,640
Yes. Commissioner Gee. Yes. Commissioner
Noack.

446
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:08,400
» Yes. Vice Chair Arnerich.
>> Yes. Chair Kelly. Yes. The motion passes

447
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:11,400
unanimously. Great. Thank you. And Andy,
thank you for all your work on this.

448
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:17,800
It's wonderful.
Okay, so our next item is the approval

449
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:21,560
of the fiscal year 25-26 mid-year budget
uh for the authority and the congestion

450
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:26,640
management agency and this will be
presented by Ru- Yuli Chang.

451
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:39,200
Thank you. Good morning, Chair and
Commissioners. I'm Yuli Chang, finance

452
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:43,679
manager for CCTA.
I'm pleased to present the fiscal year

453
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:48,960
25-26 mid-year budget for both the
authority the authority and um the CMA.

454
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:53,400
This morning, I'll briefly walk through
what has changed since the budget was

455
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:58,160
last adopted in June,
uh what has remained the same, and what

456
00:33:55,360 --> 00:34:01,040
those updates mean for uh the the rest
of the fiscal year.

457
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:11,640
Overall, the authority's financial
position remains stable. Most of the

458
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:11,640
adjustment you'll see today are uh

459
00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:18,760
us an opportunity to review how revenues
and and expenditures are tracking at the

460
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:24,240
midpoint of the fiscal year. And third,
it uh aligns project and program budget

461
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:29,359
uh with their current implementation
timeline. Program allocations continue

462
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:35,080
to follow the voter approved Measure J
sales tax percentages and the program uh

463
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:40,840
the uh capital commitments remains
consistent with prior board approved uh

464
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:46,840
funding resolutions. So, overall, this
update simply helps ensure the project

465
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:50,000
to reflect how projects are actually uh
progressing this year.

466
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:59,280
So, I'll start with the main take
takeaway. We're proposing a 32.2 million

467
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:04,920
reductions to the overall budget,
bringing it from 203.2 million down to

468
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:09,640
171 million.
I'd like to emphasize a point an

469
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:15,200
important point here. This uh reduction
reflects uh timing, not cuts. There are

470
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:19,520
no program eliminations, no policy
changes, no changes to the Measure J

471
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:23,840
funding allocations.
Most of the adjustments are related to

472
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:28,720
construction schedule shift between
fiscal year and reimbursement timing

473
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:33,359
from partner agencies.
So, while the total annual number uh

474
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:36,920
decreases, the actual project
commitments remain the same.

475
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:47,440
This slide gives a high-level snapshot
of the adjustments that make up that

476
00:36:43,359 --> 00:36:52,480
32.2 net reductions. The staff report
includes the full details, but overall,

477
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:56,120
the changes are largely driven by
project schedule shifts and

478
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:59,080
reimbursement timing.
Over the next few slides, I'll walk

479
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:03,880
through the major revenue and
expenditure categories behind those

480
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,880
changes.

481
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:15,480
Uh let me start with the revenues. Sales
tax uh revenues steady at about 120

482
00:37:13,359 --> 00:37:19,920
million based on the
uh the latest projections from our

483
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:25,800
consultant HDL and our current
collections, sales tax performance has

484
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:30,440
been essentially flat year over year.
So, we're not recommending any change to

485
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:34,960
the forecast at this time.
Investment income uh

486
00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:41,920
on the other hand is performing slightly
better than expected. We're increasing

487
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:46,240
the investment income by about 988,000,
bringing to the revised total to 5.9

488
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:51,200
million.
This mainly reflects stronger investment

489
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:58,080
earnings on reserve balances and debt
service funds, which continue to support

490
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:58,080
the authority's financial position.

491
00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:06,440
Sales tax uh This actually this chart
gives us a visual view of sales tax

492
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:13,400
performance. As you can see, revenues
has been uh have been fairly steady. Um

493
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:18,400
Last fiscal year, we closed at about 120
million, just a little over 20 120

494
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:22,720
million. And we're projecting about the
same level this year. So, there's uh at

495
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:25,960
this point, there's no change at the
adopted forecast.

496
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:36,600
Next are the grant revenues tied to
capital projects. We're increasing grant

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00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:43,480
revenues to about 1.2 million, bringing
the revised total to 30.5 millions.

498
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:49,720
Many of these grants are uh they operate
on a reimbursement timing. So, the uh

499
00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:55,680
timing of project activity can affect
when uh those revenues show up in a

500
00:38:52,680 --> 00:39:00,080
given fiscal year. Example this year
include adjustments related to

501
00:38:57,359 --> 00:39:06,520
right-of-way work for the I-80
uh SR 4 interchange project, uh schedule

502
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:10,920
updates for the I-80 I-80 San Pablo Dam
Road improvements, and final billings

503
00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:18,080
for the Iron Horse Trail overcrossing
project. Again, these are schedule

504
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:18,080
adjustments rather than funding changes.

505
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:26,160
On the planning and CMS side, we
continue to receive surface

506
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:30,960
transportation program and PPM funds
uh along with other reimbursements for

507
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:34,320
projects such as the uh San Pablo
multimodal

508
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:39,120
um effort and street light data
analysis.

509
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:45,000
We're receiving uh 1.6 million in
transportation fund uh

510
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:50,600
for clean air and along with uh about
5.8 million in local contributions to

511
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:55,280
support initiatives like safe street for
all county wide smart signal and other

512
00:39:52,880 --> 00:40:00,480
partner supported projects.
This funds help leverage local resources

513
00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:04,440
to support planning and mobility
initiatives across the county.

514
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:13,800
Turning to
Sorry, I think I skipped one. All right.

515
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:19,880
So, turning to project expenditures,
we are decreasing the project

516
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:25,640
expenditures by 11.3 million bringing
the revised total to roughly about 20

517
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:30,560
32.2 million.
The largest adjustments are related to

518
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:35,760
construction schedule updates including
the SR 239 schedule refinement,

519
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:41,880
environmental phase timing for the
I-80's SR4 interchange project, right of

520
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:48,720
way timing for the I-80 projects, and
several components of the innovate 680

521
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:54,440
shifting into fiscal year 27.
Several non-Measure J projects are also

522
00:40:51,240 --> 00:41:00,280
shifting into fiscal year 27 including
county smart signals, the Antioch bike

523
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:05,880
garden, Lamorinda signal improvements,
and SS4A corridor planning work.

524
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:09,800
Again, these changes mainly reflect
timing between fiscal years.

525
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:21,320
Program expenditures decreased slightly
by about 1.8 million bringing the

526
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:24,920
revised total to 76.6 million.
Program

527
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:29,440
This program includes the bus services,
ferry service, TLC, pet by commute

528
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:35,040
alternatives, and
paratransit all funded according to the

529
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:39,680
Measure J expenditure plan.
The adjustments mainly reflect

530
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:44,040
updated spending schedules and
reimbursement timing.

531
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:49,360
One item worth highlighting is return to
source funding for local and subregional

532
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:52,960
street maintenance which remains fully
funded.

533
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:58,400
That allocation continues at the about
at 20.09%

534
00:41:55,440 --> 00:42:02,800
of sales tax revenues totaling about
24.1 million this year.

535
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:12,560
Planning expenditures decreased by about
2.3 million bringing the revised total

536
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:17,840
to 4.7 million.
These changes simply aligns the planning

537
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:23,080
budget with the
contracts and work that are actively

538
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:29,200
underway this year.
Major efforts including CMA support and

539
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:34,560
county wide transportation plan update,
big data initiatives, San Pablo Avenue

540
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:38,600
multimodal of effort and county wide
emergency evacuation study.

541
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:48,720
So, administrative expenses also
decreased but it's really slightly to

542
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:55,440
about 4 million. Salaries and benefits
represent about 0.91% of sales tax

543
00:42:52,360 --> 00:43:01,000
revenue which remains comfortably below
the 1% administrative

544
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:06,680
cap on under Measure J.
Professional services costs are also

545
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:10,760
trending lower than originally
projected.

546
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:17,400
Debt service funds
remains unchanged at 42.9 million

547
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:23,680
including 28.5 million for principal and
14.5 million for uh

548
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:26,560
interest. All obligations remain fully
on schedule.

549
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:36,600
In term of staffing, the authority
currently has 27.5

550
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:42,280
authorized positions with 27.4
full-time equivalents filled.

551
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:47,920
Uh pension contribution rates remain
stable at 11.94%

552
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:52,000
for classic and 7.96% for PEPRA members
or employees.

553
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:56,680
Our other post-employment benefits
obligations remain fully funded and

554
00:43:54,920 --> 00:44:00,760
overall we
continue to

555
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:03,480
maintain a strong long-term financial
position.

556
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:12,359
So, to summarize, sales tax revenues
remain stable. Investment income is

557
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:17,600
performing slightly above projections.
Grant revenues reflect normal

558
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:21,840
reimbursement timing. Most expenditure
adjustments are tied to project schedule

559
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:26,320
shifts between fiscal years.
Administrative costs remain below the

560
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:31,520
Measure J cap and debt service
obligations remain fully on track.

561
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:39,040
So, overall the proposed
budget adjustments reduce the budget by

562
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:45,480
32.2 million from 203.2 million to 171
million primarily due to project timing.

563
00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:50,720
And importantly, no policy changes are
included in this update.

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00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:56,840
Staff recommends adoption resolution
25-12-A

565
00:44:53,560 --> 00:45:02,920
revision one to approve the fiscal year
25-26 Measure budget. And Chair, that

566
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:08,720
concludes my presentation. I'll be happy
to answer any questions. Great. Thank

567
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:11,920
you. Any questions here? No? Uh Yuli,
thank you for that. Brian?

568
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:17,600
» Thank you. This is always fascinating.
It is always complicated because

569
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:21,320
we give away everything we do in the end
and the timing is very complex.

570
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:26,000
Um
just as a small suggestion, we always

571
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:28,800
list because we're cash basis.
Um you know, how much is going to

572
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:33,800
principal, how much is going to
interest. I want to see the declining

573
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:38,080
number just as And by the way, our
outstanding total debt is X because that

574
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:42,760
way the next time I see I'll go, "Wow,
we dropped 40 million."

575
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:48,960
It just be nice to know. We are on a a
vent horizon out to 2034. It's just kind

576
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:52,640
of nice to see that. And I think we
ought to be

577
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:57,480
you know, highlighting it because it's
important in our process, renewals, and

578
00:45:55,640 --> 00:46:01,400
everything where we're at. So,
just a small suggestion. Otherwise, this

579
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:04,760
is fantastic news. Thank you. Thank you.
And that would also just show that, you

580
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:08,640
know, we're responsible in in paying for
everything on the time schedule. That'd

581
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:12,240
be great. Any other questions here or
comments?

582
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:17,000
» Ron, yes. Yeah, thank you, Yuli. On the
sales tax

583
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:22,520
revenue projections, it shows 63.99
million for the first 6 months and then

584
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:27,320
120 million for the whole year. Does
that Does it drop down in the second

585
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:32,240
half of the year as far as it's not
50/50, obviously, correct? Yes, thank

586
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:35,920
you for your questions.
When when it comes to budgeting

587
00:46:34,359 --> 00:46:42,000
revenues, we always try to be
conservative. So, currently, as as you

588
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:47,800
mentioned, we we already at the midpoint
of the fiscal year and it shows a little

589
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:52,320
above the half of the 120 which is 63
which is a little over.

590
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:56,320
So, I think we're projecting we might be
a little over, you know, like 1 or 2%

591
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:59,680
this year
than our projected and that'd be good

592
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:04,920
because
we try to build up our reserve at the

593
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:09,520
same time for any, you know, financial
issues or any anything that might come

594
00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:13,280
up later.
All right. Thank you. Yes, Brian? Just

595
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:18,120
really quick.
When you think about sales tax, sales

596
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:22,600
tax in the holiday season, in the second
quarter of the fiscal year, it'll always

597
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:27,320
be higher because of the extra expenses.
Gas prices go up, consumer spending goes

598
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:32,080
up, those type of things. And then so,
that's always our biggest quarter of the

599
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:36,600
year. So. Okay. And then also noticing
that the the um

600
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:40,520
the
investment income is up about a million

601
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:44,560
dollars which is good. Do we see that
trend continuing as well

602
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:48,080
or is it hard to is it hard to tell
right now with

603
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:52,840
all the uncertainty around the world?
Our consultant investment consultant

604
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:57,200
PTM,
in the beginning, we heard that they're

605
00:47:55,160 --> 00:48:02,240
projecting there will be interest rate
reductions. And that's why from the

606
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:09,240
beginning we tried to like slow down the
investment income. But

607
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:14,400
as we we are now, we don't see that many
decrease in term of the reduced

608
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:19,040
reduction of interest and
rate. So,

609
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:23,880
we will just keep it this way for now
and then as we continue meet with our

610
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:28,400
consultant, we will update again, you
know, whether it should be higher or

611
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:31,480
will stay the same or yeah. Yeah, I
mean, it's not it's not a lot but a

612
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:35,200
million dollars is a million dollars.
So, it's always nice to get a little

613
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:39,359
more money. So, thank you. It's
significant. Yes.

614
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:43,240
Okay. Any other questions here?
Um I have one small one and maybe this

615
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:47,680
is too much in the weeds. On slide nine,
your gross expenditures, under the

616
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:52,160
subregional projects, what is the
subregional Marner Martinez railroad, I

617
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:57,040
guess, improvements?
Um increased expenses of 532,000. What

618
00:48:55,040 --> 00:49:01,880
is that project?
Ishaan?

619
00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:05,080
Yeah, that's that's actually uh
the

620
00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:08,720
expansion of the parking lot as well as
the pedestrian bridge that were

621
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:14,760
completed
many years ago. However, we just

622
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:19,000
got the final bill. Uh Oh, wow.
Uh

623
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:23,760
Because of a legal there is litigation
on the project. So, we just got the bill

624
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:26,560
from the city. That's why it's showing
up.

625
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:30,920
Okay. All right. So, nothing more is
going to be happening there. It seems to

626
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:34,520
work now. Okay, thank you.
Any others? Uh

627
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:38,000
Emily, do we have any public comment on
this item? No public comment written or

628
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:43,240
virtual.
Okay, so we do have a resolution before

629
00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:47,840
us for the mid-year budget.
So moved. Okay, motion by Noack. Is

630
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:53,720
there a second? I'll second it. Seconded
by G. Any further discussion? No. Roll

631
00:49:51,240 --> 00:49:56,480
call vote, please. Commissioner Arbronn?
Yes. Commissioner G? Yes. Commissioner

632
00:49:55,920 --> 00:50:00,520
Noack?
>> Yes. Vice Chair Arnerich?

633
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:06,680
» Yes. Chair Kelly? Yes. And motion passes
unanimously. Thank you.

634
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:10,960
Okay, so our last um item for today
uh is the overview of consultant costs

635
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:16,040
for fiscal year 24-25,
and Ryan McLane is going to present this

636
00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:16,040
one.

637
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:33,160
Thank you, Chair Kelly. Good morning,
commissioners.

638
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:42,680
All right, so uh this is following up on
Julie's report on the mid-year budget.

639
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:47,440
We thought this would be a good time to
kind of take a deeper dive into some of

640
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:51,000
our our consultant costs that we have
every year.

641
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:55,640
Uh this is jumping back to fiscal year
24-25 just cuz that was the last

642
00:50:53,200 --> 00:51:00,080
complete year, and with invoices coming
in it's tough at different times it's

643
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:05,320
tough to do sort of a mid-year snapshot.
So, this is the full 1-year snapshot

644
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:09,040
from 24-25.
Uh and our intention here is that we

645
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:13,320
would actually come back every year that
we do the mid-year budget and go through

646
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:17,760
these numbers cuz again, since this is a
snapshot it's it's not this is going to

647
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:20,640
evolve over time in terms of where these
costs are going.

648
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:30,720
So, CCTA uses staff for a variety or
consultants for a variety of reasons. Uh

649
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:34,720
this is for staff augmentation,
uh it's to bring in expertise and

650
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:38,440
outside perspectives that we may not
have internally.

651
00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:42,360
Uh it's to accommodate the fluctuations
in workload, and also reduce fiscal

652
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:49,880
liability in terms of taking on
additional staff internally that we are

653
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:49,880
then having pensions and etc. for.

654
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:57,800
And I hope you like pie charts. There's
a lot of pie charts. That's not a pie

655
00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:00,400
chart.
It will be.

656
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:06,000
I just want
Uh so, I thought I'd start with our

657
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:11,000
revenue from 24-25.
Uh this is uh

658
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:14,720
172 million in change spread across
several different areas. Obviously, most

659
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:21,080
of this is coming from our sales tax
that has remained around 120 million as

660
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:27,040
discussed earlier. Uh and then we've got
income coming from local in the form

661
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:31,920
mostly of of match for grants that we've
gone after uh especially on the smart

662
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:36,360
signal side. Um we've got some state
grants in there,

663
00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:40,040
uh federal grants, and then investment
income, that sort of thing.

664
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:48,120
So then, where does the money
go out of?

665
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:58,840
I'm not sure why those other labels
aren't showing up.

666
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:58,840
Let me pull that up on here.

667
00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:08,240
Yeah, the labels aren't coming up. So,
I'm going to describe the labels to you.

668
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:12,040
Uh so,
uh

669
00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:17,240
uh this is a pretty well split out pie
chart and kind of spread evenly across

670
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:23,120
several different areas. Uh the local
street maintenance is on there as the

671
00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:29,600
orange. Uh other programs like bus
services, paratransit is the green.

672
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:36,480
Project expenditures, so that's direct
expenditures onto various projects is

673
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:43,400
the lighter blue uh 42 million.
We had uh 26 million or excuse me, 44

674
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:49,840
million in debt services, and about 26
million in other expenses, and that was

675
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:56,000
things such as as uh administration and
uh CMA, and

676
00:53:53,480 --> 00:54:00,040
the fur fund, go momentum station
accounts, those types of things.

677
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:06,560
So, I wanted to break out the chunk of
this that is going towards consultants.

678
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:10,640
And initially, I'm going to talk about
consultants in kind of a broad term, and

679
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:15,840
that's going to include construction
contractors, that's going to include

680
00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:19,480
public agencies who were paying to
support projects such as City of

681
00:54:17,720 --> 00:54:24,480
Richmond helping us deliver the I-80
Central project. So, that's included in

682
00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:28,359
this 41 million. Uh we pay the county to
do a lot of our right-of-way work,

683
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:33,920
that's included in this. Uh it's also
including vendors, so Beep and May

684
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:39,440
Mobility that are running our that we're
running our ADS programs are also

685
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:39,440
included in this 41 million.

686
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:48,520
So, in terms of type of of consultants
and costs that this is going to, the

687
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:52,640
biggest chunk is going to the
engineering and planning work, and

688
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:56,800
that's to push both our plans and our
and our projects forward uh with

689
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:59,520
consultants.
Uh

690
00:54:57,520 --> 00:55:05,000
you see that big chunk of public agency
cost, that's what I was talking about in

691
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:08,240
terms of having public agencies support
us on projects.

692
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:12,600
Uh vendors,
um communications is basically all the

693
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:16,400
different outreach efforts that we've
done.

694
00:55:13,720 --> 00:55:21,000
Uh office expenses and for this year was
primarily the remodel that we did. So, a

695
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:25,359
lot of that shows up here, that's why
that cost is a bit higher than usual. Um

696
00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:29,000
university, that's our partnership with
UC Berkeley and their support on

697
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:32,480
projects.
Uh

698
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:37,880
and then construction contractor is
actually that's primarily the Bollinger

699
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:37,880
Overcrossing is where that was going.

700
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:47,600
So, this gets into the actual
consultants that were on this. Uh one

701
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:53,520
thing to note on this, this does include
subconsultant costs within the prime

702
00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:56,960
consultant. So, uh Myers Schimek had a
bunch of subcontractors that was that

703
00:55:55,760 --> 00:56:00,480
were working on the Bollinger
Overcrossing. AMG has a lot of

704
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:05,280
subconsultants that work under their
contract, that's all grouped into this

705
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:10,680
total cost that is shown for each
consultant.

706
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:17,400
This graph is the uh and I should say we
had around 100 payees for that year. So,

707
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:23,560
this is basically the top 10 or so for
contracts that were over 900,000

708
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:26,440
combined. So, this also doesn't break
out individual agreements, this is the

709
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:30,960
total agreements for each of those
consultants.

710
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:36,600
So, uh we have Myers Schimek that was
working on the Bollinger Overcrossing.

711
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:42,560
AMG uh does this is for our PMO work,
but also direct project support, it's

712
00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:48,680
also including 511, uh and also a lot of
pass-throughs to their to consultants or

713
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:53,560
subconsultants that they have on board.
Uh

714
00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:59,560
WSP is on Innovate 680. AECOM is
supporting on San Pablo Dam Road

715
00:56:56,200 --> 00:57:03,920
interchange. WMH is on the 684
interchange. Uh Fair & Piers, this was

716
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:08,280
primarily working on the countywide
transportation plan.

717
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:12,560
Uh Beep was for the
ADS for the SAV

718
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:18,280
grants.
And Kimley-Horn working uh on the smart

719
00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:23,040
signals and I believe the safety action
plans, and it goes on from there. So,

720
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:27,160
these are kind of our biggest expenses
that we had back in 2024-2025.

721
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:34,800
So, I wanted to kind of break out just
that engineering and planning piece so

722
00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:40,720
we can kind of get a little bit more
down into the details of the consultants

723
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:40,720
helping us deliver projects.

724
00:57:41,359 --> 00:57:46,440
So, that brings that total to 22 million

725
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:55,200
where we're dividing that up into a pie
on there is uh

726
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:58,800
well, that orange cost is the is AMG.
I'll figure out why these labels are not

727
00:57:56,680 --> 00:58:01,320
showing up on this on the presentation,
but uh

728
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:05,120
so, that's
they're the the biggest piece of that,

729
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:09,480
and then again,
you'll see this has removed the

730
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:16,840
contractor costs, so Schimek is no
longer showing up on here, and also

731
00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:22,440
removes the vendors, and removes the uh
the public agencies as well. So, that

732
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:27,800
takes us down to 22 million total, and
added a couple more uh consultants on

733
00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:33,920
there at the bottom to kind of show
everything that's down to 300 contracts

734
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:37,000
that are 350,000 or above.
So, that's what this is showing.

735
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:46,960
I also wanted to just show an example of
a project that we're working on. This is

736
00:58:45,359 --> 00:58:51,040
both kind of wrapping up some of the
construction of the earlier phases and

737
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:55,560
moving towards the construction of the
next phase, so a lot of expenditures

738
00:58:53,800 --> 00:59:00,120
going on on this one.
And so, the largest chunk of this is WMH

739
00:58:58,359 --> 00:59:05,280
who's leading the design for this
project. Uh the next cost is actually

740
00:59:02,520 --> 00:59:08,240
the sanitary district because due to
them designing their relocations and

741
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:13,359
actually started to do some of the
relocations that are required for this

742
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:17,840
project. Uh AMG is next, they're
providing the PMO support on this

743
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:22,400
project, but also this was around
100,000 that was spent to go after

744
00:59:20,040 --> 00:59:27,720
grants which resulted in 58 million
dollars awarded to this project, so AMG

745
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:33,760
led those efforts as well.
And uh let's see, Parsons is working on

746
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:38,160
the trail connector that's part of the
mitigation for this project looking at

747
00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:41,840
the Iron Horse Trail to Canal Trail
connector. So, that's what the cost is

748
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:44,800
for Parsons.
Um Fehr & Peers has been working on the

749
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:49,880
traffic.
And so, those are really how a typical

750
00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:53,720
project gearing up for construction.
This is how we see this layout.

751
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:57,800
I think we're going to see a a big
change in all of this as we move into

752
00:59:55,720 --> 01:00:01,920
the next couple years as we enter into
you know, we've got $600 million of

753
00:59:59,800 --> 01:00:05,480
construction coming up. So, it's going
to change a lot of how this all lays

754
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:10,440
out. But, this is the type of
fluctuations

755
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:14,360
from design or environmental into design
into construction where those

756
01:00:12,120 --> 01:00:20,480
fluctuations it's really important to
have these consultants come to help kind

757
01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:20,480
of smooth that workflow out.

758
01:00:21,560 --> 01:00:27,200
So, that's the end of the presentation.
Happy to revisit any of that. Also, just

759
01:00:25,720 --> 01:00:30,520
want to thank Brian and Yuli for all
their support on helping me put this

760
01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:34,320
together.
Great. Great. Thank you. Any questions

761
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:37,400
here? Yeah, Darlene.
Thank you very much, Ryan.

762
01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:44,480
If you can, can you and Tim explain a
little more about how you balance? I

763
01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:48,640
mean, I think we all understand if you
have a a significant size discrete

764
01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:54,240
project that's going to design or
construction or whatever you're doing a

765
01:00:50,760 --> 01:01:00,040
standalone RFP for that. But, um I'm
curious how you're deciding to balance

766
01:00:56,880 --> 01:01:05,720
what AMG is doing versus some of those
other consultants that have overlapping

767
01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:09,680
skills like Fehr & Peers and Kimley-Horn
and things like that in terms of

768
01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:14,680
balancing the efficiency of what you're
getting out of AMG's contract versus

769
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:18,760
um some of those other consultants. I'm
just curious how that thought process

770
01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:23,720
goes.
Yeah, thanks for that question. Uh so, I

771
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:29,680
do want to point out that around 1.2
million of that 5 million uh plus was

772
01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:33,280
going towards consultants with direct
path through to subconsultants.

773
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:38,000
And so,
that is providing us

774
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:41,920
somewhat of a mechanism to get broader
uh

775
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:46,480
resources from that contract. So, that
does take that number down a bit. Um

776
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:55,800
but, otherwise I think you know, this is
a lot of direct project support and then

777
01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:58,520
a fair amount of 511 CCTA. So, these are
these aren't necessarily giving

778
01:01:57,040 --> 01:02:02,080
additional
it just takes a lot to run those

779
01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:05,960
projects and manage the consultants that
are working on those projects. So,

780
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:10,520
that's really the role that AMG is
taking on with those. I wouldn't say

781
01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:16,960
that they're getting um
a a lot of extra work that isn't kind of

782
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,960
those core roles.

783
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:23,280
No?
Yeah, just maybe maybe just to quickly

784
01:02:20,520 --> 01:02:27,640
add. I think it just to build on what
Ryan was saying. I think the the key for

785
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:31,640
us is just using AMG as an extension of
staff. I mean, they're basically helping

786
01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:35,360
us like review these consultant
invoices, you know, processing and

787
01:02:33,720 --> 01:02:41,000
contracts and agreements, you know,
working with stakeholders, you know,

788
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:45,680
attending Caltrans PDT meetings. I mean,
it's it's really an extension of staff

789
01:02:43,880 --> 01:02:49,120
that they're that they're serving, you
know, for CCTA because

790
01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:54,960
as you can tell by the project
portfolio, I mean, it's this is this is

791
01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:59,080
more work than like, you know, Stephanie
and and all of us here, you know,

792
01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:01,880
Hisham, all of us here can can handle on
our own in terms of all the meetings,

793
01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:06,880
the contracts, the agreements, the
invoices, all these things and you know,

794
01:03:04,080 --> 01:03:10,800
and so we're a small team and so I think
managing a large portfolio of projects

795
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:15,320
and so we're trying to really balance
like, you know, making sure that you

796
01:03:13,560 --> 01:03:18,280
know, what we have done in the past is
that, you know, when we hire these

797
01:03:16,840 --> 01:03:22,560
consultants do the work, I mean, they're
doing the core the core work, you know,

798
01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:27,120
based on scope, you know, they're doing
the design, the right-of-way, the PAED,

799
01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:31,200
the planning, the I mean, they're really
doing the deliverables, right? And I

800
01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:34,640
think that's probably the balance is
really comparing it to like the actual

801
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:38,360
deliverables versus like the
administration. And so, I think what AMG

802
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:42,000
is helping us with is that
administration, you know, in terms of

803
01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:45,720
like I mentioned earlier like, you know,
the the invoices, the contracts, the

804
01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:48,400
agreements, the you know,
um the meetings and preparing for

805
01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:52,320
meetings and all those things. And then
CCTA staff, depending on how big the

806
01:03:50,720 --> 01:03:55,840
project is cuz there are I mean, there's
a lot of us here that actually manage

807
01:03:53,840 --> 01:04:00,960
projects on our own without AMG support,
too. But, it depends on the nature of

808
01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:04,200
the project. And so, we we rely on them
to kind of organize, you know, the

809
01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:07,880
project and kind of keep everyone on
task, you know, particularly the

810
01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:11,960
consultant, you know, and so so that's
how we use, you know, AMG in that and

811
01:04:09,840 --> 01:04:16,240
then I think Ryan also mentioned it. The
other key component I think AMG serves

812
01:04:13,880 --> 01:04:21,320
is on the grant side of things. And so,
so that's another big component of this

813
01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:24,200
is really focusing on like, you know,
you know, the TCIF grant and all these

814
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:28,040
other things. I mean, they do have a
provide a core function to help us

815
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:31,680
secure additional funding for all of
these projects.

816
01:04:30,080 --> 01:04:36,080
Hopefully that's helpful.
Yeah, I guess I would

817
01:04:33,080 --> 01:04:40,760
and so, um given that they have so many
subconsultants, too, like um I'm just

818
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:45,560
curious if you have like if you have a
really small need like like let's say

819
01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:51,520
you need $30,000 worth of traffic
engineering. Um is that going to one of

820
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:56,320
AMG's subconsultants that or AMG, you're
not you're not doing a standalone RFP

821
01:04:53,520 --> 01:05:00,080
for something that small, right?
Yeah, that's correct. And that's exactly

822
01:04:58,120 --> 01:05:04,840
kind of the team that AMG pulled
together for this contract is to

823
01:05:02,320 --> 01:05:08,320
basically serve a wide variety of needs
that could come up for exactly that

824
01:05:06,560 --> 01:05:14,120
reason. I think the the grant
application for uh 684 is a good example

825
01:05:12,040 --> 01:05:18,040
where we needed to do a benefit cost
analysis that

826
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:20,960
really the the consultant on board and
and

827
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:24,160
uh even AMG couldn't do on their own.
So, we're able to have Fehr & Peers work

828
01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:27,720
on that.
It Yeah, maybe just just to add really

829
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:32,120
quick. I mean, in that 5 million there's
a there's a lot there, right? There's

830
01:05:29,240 --> 01:05:36,359
there's the PMO, there's 511, there's
support for innovate 680. They also have

831
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:39,640
con they actually have project
agreements contract project agreements

832
01:05:37,960 --> 01:05:43,480
to deliver the ADS, the automated
driving system in the mod grant. So, the

833
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:47,720
PMO of that 5 million is actually
roughly about 3.6 million. It's it's

834
01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:50,440
it's not the entire 5 million. And then
roughly about 3.6 of that million, I

835
01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:53,760
mean,
a good portion of that is going to

836
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:59,280
subconsultants. And and so, like for
example, um on right-of-way like ARWS,

837
01:05:57,280 --> 01:06:04,640
that's a sub to AMG. They're supporting
us on you know, um

838
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:08,760
on the 684 project, you know, in terms
of the dealing and and taking on that

839
01:06:06,359 --> 01:06:11,520
owner the owner responsibility CCTA's
owner responsibility around the

840
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:15,560
right-of-way. So, that's being handled
under AMG's contract. So, so yeah, I

841
01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:19,480
mean, the the purpose of the contract is
just to give us a wide variety of

842
01:06:17,840 --> 01:06:23,359
support to be able to deal with any
issues that are arising as we're moving

843
01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:26,960
through any of the, you know, planning
program and project delivery.

844
01:06:25,600 --> 01:06:29,880
Yeah.
Thanks. Noel.

845
01:06:28,200 --> 01:06:32,160
Uh yeah, I just had a little bit on
that. You know, that's one of the

846
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:36,480
reasons why we do these on-call
agreements so we can pick up these

847
01:06:34,359 --> 01:06:40,400
things as come. And and I have to admit
the one thing that was most impressive,

848
01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:44,920
nobody's as good as AMG as getting
grants. I mean, they've helped us on

849
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:48,120
every major grant that we have.
And um you know, it's something that

850
01:06:46,680 --> 01:06:52,960
most of us cities I wish we could
afford. But, the fact is their track

851
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:56,000
record uh speaks for itself. But, I just
have to say I think this is actually one

852
01:06:54,560 --> 01:07:00,080
of the best presentations that we've
seen on this.

853
01:06:57,240 --> 01:07:05,000
It's very simple. It's straightforward.
And I think we ought to um

854
01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:08,359
institutionalize this. Make it an annual
touch base. You know, it I mean, other

855
01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:12,000
than the questions cuz it's the first
time we've really seen this.

856
01:07:10,080 --> 01:07:15,800
It's a 10-minute presentation. I think
we all need to see this.

857
01:07:13,720 --> 01:07:19,480
And I think it kind of makes us as
transparent as possible. I think this is

858
01:07:17,800 --> 01:07:23,240
really well done.
So, thank you.

859
01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:26,440
Yeah, just really quick sorry, Chair
Kelley. I think just on that point and

860
01:07:25,240 --> 01:07:29,000
Ryan and I have talked a lot about that.
This is the first time we've ever done

861
01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:31,840
this.
This is the first time we And then we

862
01:07:30,120 --> 01:07:37,040
did this in response, you know, to some
of the comments that we've gotten from

863
01:07:33,120 --> 01:07:42,200
APC in the board. And so, um and I think
this is really helpful. And I think our

864
01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:46,080
plan, um Commissioner Arnrich, is that
it was we would do this presentation

865
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:49,520
every year at the same time as the
midyear budget. That's that's that's the

866
01:07:48,200 --> 01:07:52,400
goal. That's that's kind of what we're
planning on doing, you know, and so

867
01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:55,320
every year we do the midyear budget and
then we have this presentation to kind

868
01:07:53,880 --> 01:07:59,520
of share where kind of where the
consultant costs are at. I think that's

869
01:07:56,720 --> 01:08:04,920
good timing, you know, relative to
um this content in the presentation.

870
01:08:02,920 --> 01:08:09,240
Yeah, I I I would agree. It it it really
is good because when we see all of these

871
01:08:06,720 --> 01:08:13,800
consultant agreements come one by one
throughout the year as Sue has said,

872
01:08:10,840 --> 01:08:18,040
it's just very very confusing. So, um
this is really great. And then on the

873
01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:24,359
large dollar amounts when you can break
them down a bit into who's working on

874
01:08:20,719 --> 01:08:27,759
what exactly that is also helpful, too.
Thank you.

875
01:08:25,719 --> 01:08:30,880
Okay. Uh yes, Ryan.
>> Yeah, thank you, Ryan. It's excellent. I

876
01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:34,319
agree with everybody that, you know,
this is something we want to continue

877
01:08:32,480 --> 01:08:38,200
with. Um and I like the way it drills
down, you know, it starts big and then

878
01:08:36,200 --> 01:08:42,560
it gets smaller, see examples. The only
question I would have is, you know, this

879
01:08:40,480 --> 01:08:47,400
is from this is the last fiscal year,
right? And we're already 7 8 months into

880
01:08:45,280 --> 01:08:52,359
the new fiscal year. Is there is there a
way to show the first 6 months of the

881
01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:55,319
new year somehow without complicating
this? Because, you know, it's really

882
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:59,719
we're really always looking forward,
right? And so, we're just a a few months

883
01:08:58,080 --> 01:09:03,319
behind on what's really happening for
this year.

884
01:09:00,839 --> 01:09:09,120
Yeah, we did look at basically
year-to-date fiscal year-to-date data.

885
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:11,839
The challenge is that we make a big push
to make sure everybody gets their

886
01:09:10,319 --> 01:09:15,520
invoices in at the end of the fiscal
year and make sure that we get our

887
01:09:13,600 --> 01:09:20,000
reimbursements done through the through
the grants. And so,

888
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:27,240
looking at the data for the first half
of the 25 26 fiscal year, it just

889
01:09:24,680 --> 01:09:33,120
it wasn't very reflective of halfway
through the budget. So, I think that's

890
01:09:30,839 --> 01:09:37,000
the challenge with it is that we just
don't do this big mid-year push to get

891
01:09:35,440 --> 01:09:40,600
all the everybody to make sure their
invoices are all in. So, that's where I

892
01:09:39,279 --> 01:09:45,200
just be a little bit concerned about it
not kind of providing

893
01:09:42,839 --> 01:09:49,799
the the full picture on that.
I mean, we could do this presentation

894
01:09:47,440 --> 01:09:53,560
earlier and kind of decouple it from the
mid-year budget. I mean, I I think yes,

895
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:57,240
I think it's fine with the mid-year.
It's just uh I was just curious. I know

896
01:09:55,960 --> 01:10:00,800
if it doesn't if it doesn't serve any
purpose, then it isn't worth the brain

897
01:09:58,800 --> 01:10:04,680
damage, but you know, if if it does,
then um that's fine. So, this is this is

898
01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:09,400
great though. Thank you. Darlene.
Darlene. Um yeah, the only other um I I

899
01:10:07,800 --> 01:10:14,080
agree with everyone. This is this is
great and I think this is important and

900
01:10:11,440 --> 01:10:18,120
good for us to see. Um I think going
forward as um

901
01:10:15,840 --> 01:10:22,960
my suggestion would be given how much
construction contracting we've got

902
01:10:19,960 --> 01:10:28,520
coming up, it would be nice to you know,
break that out, split the consultant um

903
01:10:25,520 --> 01:10:32,280
part from the contracting part so that
we can see it a little bit more clearly.

904
01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:35,520
Yeah, makes sense.
>> And so, I would just say so, this is all

905
01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:41,120
based on the invoices that have been
paid rather than just the amounts that

906
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:45,320
were appropriated in the resolutions.
And if we wanted to look forward as Ron

907
01:10:43,480 --> 01:10:49,680
was possibly suggesting, we would just
be looking at the approved amount

908
01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:53,240
agreement amounts even though the
invoices had not come in.

909
01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:56,680
True. Yeah, and we could use that
mid-year budgets. It I mean, we could

910
01:10:55,360 --> 01:11:00,040
look at how much is budgeted and how
much we expect to see each consultant.

911
01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:03,720
Yeah.
>> Uh that could be a second part of this.

912
01:11:01,720 --> 01:11:07,760
But, basically It's a little hard to do
because one of those contracts is

913
01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:12,440
you know, they have to on on-call
contract. It's there in case you need

914
01:11:09,960 --> 01:11:16,280
it. So, trying that
I just don't know how you would do that.

915
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:20,120
Yeah, I I think
keep it simple.

916
01:11:18,040 --> 01:11:26,320
Let's kiss each other here and keep it
simple because it gives us the point in

917
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:30,000
time 8 weeks after the end of the first
6 months. I think it's a perfect window.

918
01:11:29,040 --> 01:11:31,640
Um
you know,

919
01:11:30,920 --> 01:11:35,800
um
and it's a good first step. So, let's

920
01:11:33,160 --> 01:11:40,920
not, you know,
add too much I was going to suggest at

921
01:11:37,560 --> 01:11:45,880
this point because I think we have some
you know, newer members here who have no

922
01:11:43,840 --> 01:11:49,640
background. So, I think the way you
presented it is very simple for people

923
01:11:47,760 --> 01:11:53,360
to see. I think I'd start here. And if
people ask more questions as we go along

924
01:11:51,840 --> 01:11:56,520
after a couple of these, great. We can
expand it.

925
01:11:55,240 --> 01:12:00,040
All right.
Okay, so we'll see how it goes over at

926
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:03,640
the full authority board meeting. See
what kind of questions we've got. Sounds

927
01:12:01,640 --> 01:12:07,320
good. Thank you, Ryan. Appreciate it. Is
there any public comment, Emily, on any

928
01:12:05,480 --> 01:12:12,520
of these? No public comment written or
virtual. Okay, great.

929
01:12:09,600 --> 01:12:15,640
Okay, thank you, everyone. Um so, that's
the last of our regular items.

930
01:12:14,080 --> 01:12:19,000
Correspondence communications, I don't
think we have any.

931
01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:22,640
Uh commissioner and staff comments, I
don't have any. Other commissioner

932
01:12:20,680 --> 01:12:26,200
comments? I just want to say, but she
left. I just want to make sure we said

933
01:12:24,600 --> 01:12:31,600
thank you to Sue.
Given how busy that woman is on MTC, um

934
01:12:29,920 --> 01:12:36,240
which is a 2-year commitment, it's
almost a full-time job, and the mayor,

935
01:12:34,120 --> 01:12:41,160
uh just to say thank you for ABC. And I
think she left so fast cuz she was good

936
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:45,160
to have to not to run into anything.
Yeah, yeah, and she had to get to

937
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:49,880
another um event. Okay. So, thank you.
Um any executive staff comments? No

938
01:12:47,480 --> 01:12:54,360
executive executive staff comment. Okay,
thank you. So, we will now adjourn and

939
01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:57,640
our next meeting is on April 2nd at 8:30
a.m. Thank you, everyone.