[0:00] Okay, it is 9 o'clock. In fact, it's

[0:02] 9:02 a.m. It is November tw 12th, 2025,

[0:07] and this is a meeting of the Camino Rial

[0:10] Regional Mobility Authority Board of

[0:11] Directors.

[0:13] Um, so I'm officially calling the

[0:15] meeting to order. Raymond, would you do

[0:16] roll call, please, to confirm a quorum?

[0:19] » Yes, ma'am. Miss Wilson,

[0:21] » Here.

[0:21] » Miss Masters,

[0:22] » Here.

[0:23] » Mr. Mroy,

[0:24] » Here.

[0:24] » Mr. Palasios,

[0:25] » Here.

[0:26] » Mr. Linder,

[0:27] » Miss Perez

[0:28] » Here,

[0:29] » And uh currently Miss Ortega is out, but

[0:33] she should be joining virtually here

[0:35] shortly. Do we do have a quorum?

[0:39] » Okay. Thank you. Are there any public

[0:40] comments?

[0:41] » No, ma'am.

[0:44] » Then I'll move to item three. Um item

[0:46] two, introduction of Christopher Linder,

[0:49] our new RMA board member. Uh welcome,

[0:52] Chris.

[0:54] Um

[0:56] um Chris and I know each other from um

[0:59] another board relationship. He is on the

[1:01] Roycom

[1:02] um board of managers which is a

[1:04] subsidiary of Ready One Industries. Um

[1:07] he also um has a very distinguished

[1:09] career in the military and was at Fort

[1:12] Bliss for a substantial period of time.

[1:15] I'm going to let you um introduce

[1:16] yourself and talk about your background.

[1:19] Um, but I'm excited to have him on the

[1:21] RMA board um because he does bring to

[1:24] the table a really important um

[1:26] connection with Fort Bliss that we um

[1:29] have had with previous long-term board

[1:31] members who have termed out um but which

[1:34] we don't have now. So that's he's going

[1:36] to be a really valuable addition. So

[1:38] thank you for agreeing to serve and

[1:39] welcome and

[1:51] Good morning. Uh, so I've lived in El

[1:53] Paso now I think about nine and a half

[1:56] years. I came here in 2016. I was the

[1:58] chief of staff at William Bowmont, the

[2:01] old hospital. Had to oversee the uh

[2:04] movement to the new hospital and some of

[2:06] the construction there. Of course, the

[2:09] uh core of engineers oversaw all the

[2:12] construction projects, but for me, it

[2:14] was more so, you know, what uh where

[2:17] things were going to go inside the

[2:18] hospital. Um and then the movement from

[2:22] the old hospital to the new hospital. Uh

[2:24] since then, uh I when I retired in 2020,

[2:28] I worked at the MCA for a couple of

[2:31] years, which saw oversaw some of the uh

[2:34] COVID response here in El Paso. uh

[2:37] bringing in some partners from outside

[2:39] of the region to help with uh the

[2:41] response plan. Um and then worked a

[2:45] little bit uh in the commercial sector

[2:46] after that and now I work uh with a

[2:50] Alaskan Native American company with

[2:52] some government contracting in the

[2:54] healthcare industry. So um glad to be a

[2:57] part of the board, glad to be helping

[3:00] out as much as I can here in the region

[3:02] and in El Paso. Thank you.

[3:13] Um, good morning. Monica Perez is u we

[3:16] met this morning. Welcome to have you

[3:19] here. Um, I'm an attorney in town at

[3:21] Mounts Green Meyers and I've been on the

[3:23] board for about three years, I believe.

[3:28] » I'm Leah Masters, retired now. I was in

[3:30] banking for all of my career and um just

[3:34] welcome to our board.

[3:37] » Matthew Malroy, we met earlier. Um

[3:39] welcome. [clears throat] And I've

[3:41] bounced around doing transportation

[3:43] stuff throughout my professional career.

[3:45] So glad to have you here.

[3:47] » I'm Robert Palasio. Nice to meet you.

[3:48] I'm in real estate development. I'm also

[3:50] fairly new to the board. Joined earlier

[3:52] this year. Uh just moved back to El Paso

[3:54] from Chicago where I was in real estate

[3:56] development for several years. and um

[3:58] yeah, looking forward to working with

[3:59] you on the board.

[4:05] » Do you want to introduce yourself even

[4:08] though you don't need an introduction?

[4:15] » Miss Ortega, can you hear us?

[4:17] » Yes. Good morning. My name's Lee. I'm an

[4:21] attorney and I started serving on the

[4:25] board the same time Robert did. And I'm

[4:27] sorry I'm not there to personally greet

[4:29] you, but I promise to do so at the next

[4:31] board meeting. Welcome.

[4:33] » Thank you.

[4:36] » And um now that you're here and we have

[4:39] a full compliment on the board, I

[4:42] believe we have um a void on the

[4:44] planning committee. Is that the one or

[4:46] the finance committee?

[4:47] » Finance.

[4:48] » Finance. So I for for the balance of um

[4:53] this year until we like readjust

[4:56] committee assignments um we'll go ahead

[4:58] and put you uh with the finance

[5:00] committee. Uh Leah is um the chair of

[5:04] that committee and so um it'll be really

[5:09] interesting um and it'll be a good way

[5:11] to learn kind of about all the sources

[5:12] of funding and um the different projects

[5:15] and things we're working on.

[5:17] Okay. So, with that, we'll go to item um

[5:19] three, which is adoption of the minutes

[5:21] of the board meeting of September 10th,

[5:24] 2025.

[5:27] » No changes. Move to approve.

[5:29] » I have a motion.

[5:31] » Second.

[5:31] » I have a motion and second. Any

[5:33] discussion? All in favor?

[5:36] » I

[5:36] » I Any opposed?

[5:38] » Motion passes.

[5:40] Item four, presentation, discussion, and

[5:43] action on a board resolution to select

[5:46] one or more firms pursuant to the RMA's

[5:48] request for qualifications

[5:50] for indefinite deliverable contracts

[5:52] dated September 9, 2025 and to authorize

[5:56] the executive director to begin contract

[5:58] negotiations with the selected firms.

[6:02] » Good morning. Ray Mateus, executive

[6:04] director of the Camino Rail Regional

[6:05] Mobility Authority. And today we've got

[6:07] a a PowerPoint for you to walk you

[6:09] through this procurement that we've

[6:11] talked about a couple of times. Uh so as

[6:14] read into the record, this is a

[6:15] procurement for indefinite deliverable

[6:17] contracts.

[6:24] Ah, there we go. Okay. So here's our

[6:26] agenda. This is included as part of your

[6:28] backup. So I'll I'll breeze through this

[6:29] pretty quickly, but I'm happy to slow

[6:31] down if you have any questions along the

[6:32] way.

[6:35] Is that okay? Thanks. So the the purpose

[6:38] of this particular uh procurement

[6:40] relates to the way that this

[6:41] organization operates. We have as you

[6:44] know um a a rotation of engineering

[6:47] firms that we pull from whenever we have

[6:49] design or or other activities that we

[6:51] need uh to be completed. So what we do

[6:54] is we'll put out a uh a request for

[6:56] qualifications for indefinite

[6:58] deliverable contracts and we receive

[7:00] submittals from those firms looking for

[7:02] the types of services that you see there

[7:04] and these are just examples but

[7:05] surveying right away mapping everything

[7:07] that you see there uh is included in the

[7:09] type of procurement that we're looking

[7:10] for. So next

[7:13] here's the timeline that that we've had

[7:16] uh on this particular procurement. Back

[7:17] in August, the board established the

[7:20] scoring criteria that we use for this

[7:21] procurement. The RFQ was issued in

[7:24] September. We had a question and answer

[7:27] process that was completed uh there in

[7:29] September as well. And at the end of

[7:31] September, we received submitts, 15 in

[7:34] total. That's the most we've received uh

[7:36] on any prior IDC program. So, it was

[7:39] quite a few uh submitts. We uh also had

[7:42] an evaluation committee, which we'll

[7:44] talk about here in a moment, that met on

[7:46] November 6th to finalize the scoring.

[7:48] And so today we have a recommendation

[7:51] for you uh in terms of the the proposed

[7:53] teams that we're that we want to move

[7:55] forward with. It's a bit of a short

[7:56] list. And then uh we'll be back for

[7:59] approval of individual agreements with

[8:01] those firms if if you so approve. These

[8:04] are the submitts that that were

[8:05] received. And again, this is part of

[8:06] your backup, so I won't read through all

[8:08] of them, but these are all of the firms

[8:09] that we received submittals for. Uh, and

[8:12] this will be posted online after after

[8:14] the the board meeting as well for the

[8:15] public. This is the the scoring criteria

[8:18] that the board authorized back in

[8:19] August. 35% of the score went to team

[8:22] organization staffing and approach to

[8:24] DBE. 25% was uh related to uh past

[8:29] project experience. And we also had a

[8:31] sample project that was included and we

[8:33] asked them to put together a sample uh

[8:35] uh procedure for uh that project and

[8:38] that was 40% of of the maximum score.

[8:42] I mentioned the evaluation committee. So

[8:44] we reached out to El Paso County, the

[8:46] city of El Paso and the and Texot. Those

[8:48] are our three primary u partners that we

[8:51] work with regularly. So we thought it

[8:53] would be useful to have some engineers

[8:55] from those organizations help us make

[8:57] the selection. So from the county we had

[9:00] Roxan Medina who uh we work with

[9:02] regularly, Ismael Sepa from the city of

[9:05] El Paso and Sheetal Patel from Text. So

[9:08] I want to thank them uh for their work.

[9:10] They were uh you could tell during our

[9:12] discussions last week that that they

[9:14] spent quite a bit of time on on each of

[9:16] these and I really appreciate their

[9:17] their work. This is the ranking. So the

[9:20] of the uh total submitts CA engineering

[9:24] group was ranked number one. HDR was

[9:26] next with GFT third and Consor

[9:29] Engineering fourth. And what we're

[9:30] recommending to you today is to move

[9:32] forward with these four shortlisted

[9:34] firms. Uh we would ask in fact on the

[9:37] next slide there's the motion that we'd

[9:40] be asking a motion to approve the exe

[9:42] evaluation committees rankings and

[9:44] authorize the executive director to

[9:45] begin negotiations with the top four

[9:47] ranked firms provided that the resulting

[9:49] master agreements and subsequent work

[9:51] authorizations will be returned to the

[9:52] board for review and approval. So, as a

[9:54] reminder, uh we would negotiate master

[9:57] agreements with these four firms. They'd

[9:59] be on the shelf. When a when a project

[10:00] comes up, then we would issue a an

[10:02] individual work authorization. Both the

[10:04] master agreement and the subsequent work

[10:06] authorizations would come back for board

[10:08] review and approval. Happy to answer any

[10:10] questions, but that would be our

[10:11] recommendation today.

[10:13] » Two small ones. When you put

[10:15] [clears throat] out the original RFQ,

[10:16] did you specify the number of firms that

[10:17] would be selected?

[10:18] » We did not. We left it open. And then

[10:22] when you scored them, I saw the ranking.

[10:24] Um, how how did they stack up in terms

[10:27] of points one, two, three, four, five?

[10:29] Was there some big gap where you cut it

[10:31] off out into four? There was a gap. If

[10:34] you'll um allow me

[10:38] uh to pull that up or maybe Robert, you

[10:40] could get to it quicker.

[10:44] I should have had that ready. I

[10:46] apologize.

[10:51] And I'll I'll share, in fact, I'll send

[10:53] an email out to the full board with the

[10:55] with the scores and the and the full

[10:57] rankings if you're interested.

[11:03] » Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm not finding it.

[11:04] Robert, can you

[11:11] » Ah, thank you.

[11:16] So I'll I'll give you the the scores for

[11:19] the top four. The the top was 81.67.

[11:22] The second was 79 and then it dropped

[11:25] down to 77.75

[11:27] and 74.75.

[11:29] » And then after that what was next?

[11:31] » Uh 73.42

[11:34] 71.33 down to 70 and 68.

[11:37] » Okay. Um

[11:40] are four sufficient?

[11:42] » Yes, we we believe so. So in in our past

[11:45] the one time we had we selected five but

[11:49] that was actually based on the scoring

[11:51] the the fourth and fifth were very

[11:53] close. So normally we have three or four

[11:56] um historically four actually and then

[11:58] one time five

[11:59] » And in terms of anticipated work these

[12:02] four firms would represent the skills

[12:04] that you would need. Well, so that's

[12:07] that's the tough part in prior the the

[12:10] uh instance where we selected five that

[12:12] was based on the fact that we were

[12:13] heading into the vehicle registration

[12:15] fee program. So we knew we had a quite a

[12:17] bit of sufficient quite a bit of

[12:18] funding. That's not the case this time.

[12:20] So we don't exactly know what the work

[12:22] will look like. So there's no work

[12:24] guaranteed to any of these firms. Now

[12:26] hopefully we'll be able to continue to

[12:27] to generate work uh for them. But at

[12:30] this point we don't know what the

[12:31] program looks like.

[12:32] » Okay. I have no question. I move to

[12:35] approve.

[12:37] » Okay. No other questions from anyone

[12:39] else.

[12:40] » All right. I have a motion to accept the

[12:42] recommendation as submitted.

[12:44] » I'll second.

[12:46] » We have a second. All in favor?

[12:49] » I

[12:50] » I.

[12:51] » Any opposed? Motion passes. Okay. Good

[12:53] work, everyone.

[12:56] » Can I assume all these firms have a

[12:58] presence here in the community?

[13:00] » Yes, ma'am.

[13:01] » Okay.

[13:02] » The for sure. Some of them actually

[13:06] » Okay.

[13:08] » Okay. Good.

[13:11] Um number item number five, discussion

[13:14] and action on board resolutions

[13:16] authorizing the execution of work

[13:18] authorization number seven with H&TB

[13:21] Corporation and interlocal agreements

[13:23] with the following entities in relation

[13:26] to the medical center of the America's

[13:28] placemaking guidelines project. A city

[13:31] of El Paso. B. El Paso County. C. Texas

[13:34] Tech University Health Sciences Center

[13:36] at El Paso. D. El Paso Children's

[13:39] Hospital. And E, El Paso County Hospital

[13:42] District.

[13:44] » Okay, we've got another PowerPoint for

[13:46] you. We don't have a lot of PowerPoints

[13:48] today, I should mention, just to prepare

[13:50] you, but this one I think is is useful.

[13:52] This is an interesting project that came

[13:53] to us uh from an initiative that came

[13:56] out of the El Paso uh Mobility

[13:58] Coalition, which is part of the El Paso

[14:00] Chamber. Next slide. So the intent here

[14:03] uh and I I'll skip this. This is part of

[14:05] your backup as well. Uh so the intent

[14:08] behind the initiative uh El Paso

[14:10] Mobility Coalition's initiative was to

[14:13] focus in on the medical center of the

[14:16] Amedicas and the the ways in and out of

[14:18] the of the system, excuse me, of the of

[14:21] the center. So they felt that um

[14:26] sorry

[14:30] well so apologies. So they felt that um

[14:34] it was not the the ways in and out of

[14:37] the medical center were not uh

[14:38] representative of of the amount of

[14:40] investment that our community has made

[14:42] in the medical center. So you see there

[14:43] a list and I should mention the first

[14:45] six slides come from uh the chamber.

[14:48] This one shows the the significant

[14:50] investments that this community has made

[14:52] in in the medical center. So, next

[14:54] slide. Uh these are some of the comments

[14:56] made by by folks over the years noting

[14:58] that there's not a a a positive way to

[15:01] enter um the the medical center. That

[15:04] last one is is normally highlighted by

[15:06] the chamber as [clears throat] it comes

[15:08] from a a dental student uh who notes

[15:11] that it's just not inviting. You want uh

[15:13] you want quality when you want to have

[15:16] the presence and the feeling of quality

[15:17] as you're entering uh into into this uh

[15:21] medical center. So, next slide.

[15:23] And here's some examples of of prior

[15:25] wayfinding plans that have been

[15:26] developed in the area. So, next slide.

[15:30] And some example of examples of

[15:33] noticeable notable uh public entrances.

[15:36] So, next slide. Let me speak more

[15:37] generally. So again, the idea then was

[15:40] that the chamber wanted to make some

[15:42] improvements to the medical center area.

[15:44] They wanted to create a major gateway

[15:47] entrance along Reynolds. But as uh they

[15:50] put stakeholders together, including

[15:52] Texas Tech, UMC, all of the major

[15:54] stakeholders in the MCA, the

[15:56] conversation [clears throat] was

[15:57] broadened into developing more of an

[16:00] aesthetic for the area. Not only do they

[16:02] want to have a major gateway entrance,

[16:03] but they also wanted a a unified

[16:06] aesthetic throughout to to show the

[16:07] unified coordination of the medical

[16:10] center. So that's where the RMA came in.

[16:12] Uh we were asked if we could assist with

[16:14] that exercise. So we met with the group

[16:16] and and essentially agreed to to pursue

[16:19] this. Next slide.

[16:21] So we agreed to develop a placemaking

[16:23] plan. Uh so there are five partners that

[16:26] that will will help us uh develop this

[16:29] this guide and that's what you see as as

[16:31] that first bullet. The city, the county,

[16:32] Texas Tech, UMC and the Children's

[16:35] Hospital will fund this placemaking

[16:37] plan. The RMA will uh bring on H&TB

[16:41] which is one of our general engineering

[16:42] consultant teams and they will actually

[16:43] do the work. However, we use a project

[16:45] committee uh composed primarily of the

[16:48] five uh project partners but also major

[16:51] stakeholders throughout the the MCA area

[16:53] and they'll guide the development of

[16:55] this plan. Next slide.

[16:58] Uh so there are the steps and and I

[17:00] won't I won't go through all of them but

[17:01] the the gist is that we will review all

[17:04] of the prior developed documentation for

[17:07] the area. all of the master plans that

[17:08] the MCA has developed, all of those uh

[17:11] documents that each of the stakeholders

[17:13] have developed and use that as a

[17:15] starting point. We'll we'll bring all of

[17:16] that and present that to the committee

[17:18] and and receive guidance from them on

[17:19] developing the plan and going forward. I

[17:21] would mention there's not only the the

[17:23] placemaking plan, but one also one

[17:26] really important addition was um what

[17:29] we're referring to as grant application

[17:31] support. So at the end of this exercise,

[17:33] not only will we have a a placemaking

[17:35] guideline document that each of the

[17:37] stakeholders will utilize when they're

[17:39] making in improvements to their

[17:40] individual facilities, but we will also

[17:42] actually have some initial grant uh

[17:45] documentation that we could submit for a

[17:47] joint project that we can pursue

[17:48] together or individually with one of the

[17:51] stakeholders. Uh next slide.

[17:54] The here are some of the highlights. We

[17:56] think it'll take about 12 months from uh

[17:58] issuance of the notice to proceed. Uh we

[18:00] have meetings with the committee as I

[18:01] mentioned and and those are some of the

[18:03] deliverables that that we've kind of

[18:05] glanced over. Next slide.

[18:09] Uh we have signed agreements from Texas

[18:11] Tech, the University Medical Center and

[18:13] Children's Hospital. Uh the city of El

[18:15] Paso has approved their agreement as

[18:16] well. So four out of the five are

[18:18] approved if not signed. And El Paso

[18:21] County took this to commissioner's court

[18:22] last week and we presented there uh and

[18:24] they have authorized staff to negotiate

[18:26] the interlocal agreement with the RMA

[18:28] and to identify the funding source. So

[18:30] we will have to go back one more time to

[18:31] the commissioner's court for

[18:32] authorization to execute and to pull the

[18:35] funding for that. But I should note we

[18:37] are very close to to advancing. Once we

[18:39] get the county's approval then we'll be

[18:41] able to sign all five and issue the

[18:43] notice to proceed.

[18:45] So I'm happy to answer any questions.

[18:46] Otherwise we've got several action items

[18:48] for you. The first one would be uh

[18:51] authorizing and these are all through

[18:52] board resolutions authorizing the

[18:53] execution of work authorization number

[18:55] seven with H&TB and then the subsequent

[18:58] uh interlocal agreements with the city,

[19:00] the county, Texas Tech, Children's

[19:02] Hospital and uh the county hospital

[19:05] district. So happy to answer any

[19:07] questions.

[19:08] » Yes, ma'am. One action.

[19:11] » Are there any discussions? Matthew,

[19:13] » Just a question. [clears throat]

[19:14] And this advanced warning, it's going to

[19:17] get in the weeds a little bit.

[19:18] [clears throat] Placem is really broad

[19:22] definition. Um

[19:25] the placem that you imagine get getting

[19:28] into is sounds like it's going to cover

[19:31] potentially everything from

[19:32] architectural standards to building

[19:34] placement, building massing because

[19:36] you're answering listed all of that

[19:38] stuff. Is that going to be in the final

[19:40] product that's provided

[19:42] » Potentially? So it it really is going to

[19:44] be dependent upon where the committee

[19:45] takes this. So we've included quite a

[19:47] large uh scope and in fact actually

[19:49] Kelvin is here should you have any

[19:51] questions on the individual scope items.

[19:53] » Um and in fact actually the scope is

[19:55] included as as the backup for uh the the

[19:59] underlying item. Um but I think

[20:02] primarily the focus will be wayfinding

[20:04] aesthetic improvements uh aesthetic

[20:06] treatments along the corridors and that

[20:08] sort of thing.

[20:08] » So for public properties only not

[20:11] necessarily private. No, actually so

[20:13] some of these the well the guidelines we

[20:17] can't force them onto the private

[20:19] properties, right?

[20:20] » You could

[20:21] » Well,

[20:24] right? So So we'll we'll develop the

[20:26] guidelines. Now if the city and the

[20:28] county want to do something with them,

[20:30] uh that's they certainly could.

[20:31] » Okay. So all of that yet to come from

[20:34] the committee.

[20:35] » Correct.

[20:35] » Okay. I'll move to approve.

[20:38] » Any other discussion? I just have a

[20:40] question about funding again.

[20:42] » Um, so we have funding for the group to

[20:46] get together and decide on what they

[20:48] want to do. Is that correct? But we

[20:50] don't have funding for the actual

[20:52] placement.

[20:53] » That's correct. So the the funding so

[20:55] the five partners shared it shared

[20:58] equally the the total cost of 340,000.

[21:00] Okay.

[21:01] » So roughly $68,000 per partner. That

[21:03] funding will be used to pay H&TB to

[21:06] develop the guideline document to to for

[21:08] the committee meetings and and to walk

[21:10] us through this process and develop that

[21:11] document. Okay.

[21:12] » But it also creates the grant

[21:14] application at the back end. So as part

[21:16] of the process through the through the

[21:17] planning document, we'll also as a the

[21:20] committee will identify one particular

[21:22] project that they're most interested in

[21:23] that they would like to to pursue first.

[21:25] Okay?

[21:25] » And we'll create some grant application

[21:27] documents for that. So that will end up

[21:29] with a document that we could actually

[21:31] submit through whatever funding source

[21:33] we're pursuing. So those are the two

[21:35] primary deliverables. But at the end of

[21:37] it, you're you're right, there won't be

[21:39] funds for the building of the a thing or

[21:42] or that sort of thing. It's really the

[21:44] guidance documents and the grant

[21:46] application.

[21:47] » Okay. And the placement you you're

[21:49] trying to get grants for the actual item

[21:53] that or whatever is going to be built

[21:56] » Potentially, right?

[21:57] » Yeah. If the committee identifies um the

[22:01] Reynolds gateway as as the primary

[22:03] project, then that would be the grant

[22:06] application that we develop and then and

[22:07] then either collectively or one of the

[22:09] individual partners could then take that

[22:10] and and pursue funding.

[22:12] » Okay. Yes,

[22:12] » Ma'am. That's what I understand.

[22:13] » And it does it doesn't preclude any of

[22:16] the partners from using their funds to

[22:18] fund it should they desire to. Right.

[22:20] » That's correct. That's correct.

[22:21] » Okay. It would it would become then a a

[22:24] project.

[22:24] » Yes, ma'am.

[22:25] » Capital project. So does so

[22:28] um because we have a representative from

[22:30] the no here given the nature of this

[22:33] type of work are there still fun

[22:36] categories available for sort of like

[22:40] you know street activities that short of

[22:45] the constructing the road but the

[22:47] aesthetic standards and treatments there

[22:49] used to be some alternative categories.

[22:53] » Yes ma'am.

[22:55] Sorry for putting on the spot, but

[22:57] » That's all right.

[22:57] » That's what happens when you come to a

[22:58] meeting.

[22:59] » I'm used to it. Sorry. My name is

[23:01] Eduardo Calvin. I'm executive director

[23:03] of the El Paso MO. Uh yes, there are

[23:06] some some programs that are available

[23:08] precisely for this type of of projects

[23:10] like the it's called the TA uh

[23:13] transportation alternative whatever it's

[23:15] called. Um but it's uh there are two

[23:17] opportunities there. one at the local

[23:19] level where the some funding comes to

[23:21] the no then we do a call for projects

[23:23] and we select projects those tend to be

[23:26] smaller you know dollar amounts and then

[23:28] there's a second opportunity at the

[23:30] state level that the that text manages

[23:33] that there's more funding available but

[23:35] of course the competition is is uh

[23:37] bigger because it's open at at the state

[23:39] level and then locally yes we we've you

[23:42] know bounced off some ideas with with

[23:43] Raymond about uh maybe we could some of

[23:46] the depending on the scope of the actual

[23:48] project that is that is uh determined.

[23:51] We could perhaps use maybe CME category

[23:54] five which is congestion mitigation and

[23:56] and air quality if we can justify um for

[23:59] example you know part of the project it

[24:01] makes you know walking more more

[24:04] attractive um and the super flexible

[24:09] category is seven which is what we use

[24:11] for ops system projects and and so on.

[24:13] So there there's some opportunities but

[24:15] of course you know the funding is

[24:16] » Well they're competitive and I know it's

[24:18] limited. That's good to know. Okay. So,

[24:21] I do have a motion. Do I have a second?

[24:23] » I'll second.

[24:24] » So, I have a motion and second. Any

[24:26] further discussion? Call for the vote.

[24:28] All in favor?

[24:30] » I

[24:31] » I.

[24:31] » Any opposed? Motion passes. All right.

[24:34] Moving on to item six, discussion and

[24:36] action on board resolutions authorizing

[24:39] execution of the following instruments

[24:41] as they relate to the Wilder Aerial

[24:43] Tramway Project. Item A, amendment to

[24:46] the project development agreement with

[24:48] the Texas Park and Wildlife Department

[24:50] and B, work authorization number 46.2

[24:54] with Atkins Realis USA.

[24:57] » Okay, this is a another good good news

[24:59] item. Uh, item 6A is the amendment with

[25:02] Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. We

[25:04] have an an uh an agreement with them

[25:06] where we are designing and constructing

[25:08] the the WER project for them. Uh this

[25:11] amendment adds another $7 million from

[25:13] the most recent legislative session.

[25:15] That $7 million will be focused on the

[25:17] design and the construction of the

[25:19] tramway itself. So as a reminder, we've

[25:21] got three pieces to this project. Phase

[25:22] one, which is has been designed and is

[25:25] currently under construction and should

[25:26] be done within about a year. Phase two

[25:28] then is the design which is complete uh

[25:32] of the visitor center at the base

[25:34] station and the aerial station as well.

[25:36] And that is unfunded currently. And then

[25:38] the third piece is the tram itself. And

[25:40] so this 7 million will go towards the

[25:41] tram. So item 6A is for the amendment

[25:44] with parks to to provide those funds to

[25:47] us. And then 6B uh is the work

[25:49] authorization with Atkins Realis who

[25:52] will uh support us in pursuit of a tram

[25:54] provider.

[25:56] So would recommend approval on this item

[25:58] as well.

[25:59] » Any questions?

[26:01] Um if not, I'll call for a motion.

[26:05] » So move.

[26:06] » Second.

[26:06] » We have a motion and a second. All in

[26:09] favor?

[26:10] » I

[26:10] » I.

[26:11] » Any opposed? Motion passes. And

[26:14] actually, there was a really good

[26:15] article with Paul Foster bringing the um

[26:18] his committee here and um doing a big

[26:21] promotion for us. So, that was exciting

[26:22] to see. Yes,

[26:24] » Um item seven, discussion and action on

[26:27] a board resolution authorizing those

[26:30] actions necessary to submit a grant

[26:32] application for a proposed pedestrian

[26:35] crossing at the medical center of the

[26:37] Americas as part of the text dot

[26:38] offsystem rail grade separation state

[26:41] fund program.

[26:45] » Okay, this is another interesting

[26:46] project as well. This one came to us

[26:48] from the medical center of the Americas

[26:50] Foundation. the the chairman of that

[26:52] organization reached out asking if we

[26:55] could support uh the pursuit of some

[26:57] grant funds. So in the last legislative

[26:59] session, the legislature approved what's

[27:01] referred to as the Texas offsystem

[27:03] railgrade separation state fund program.

[27:06] So that's $250 million that were set

[27:09] aside to help communities uh deal with

[27:12] atgrade crossings of railroad uh

[27:15] crossings throughout the throughout the

[27:16] state. These are specifically for

[27:18] off-state, which means non- techtop

[27:20] facilities. So, city, local, county

[27:23] roadways, that sort of thing. Um, the

[27:26] MCA Foundation has identified Rick Rick

[27:28] Francis, the crossing at Rick Francis to

[27:32] be uh a major um concern for them. Uh

[27:37] this is this is the main roadway that

[27:39] runs parallel to Reynolds. And on either

[27:41] side, you've got uh a lot of the the

[27:44] main facilities. You've got the dental

[27:45] school, the medical school, um the

[27:48] nursing school. So, you've got quite a

[27:50] few major uh activities there and I

[27:52] think the cancer center will be uh

[27:55] located there as well. So, a lot of

[27:57] activity. In fact, um I've seen video of

[28:00] uh there are three rail cross three uh

[28:03] rail lines there that cross at Rick

[28:06] Francis. One of them I believe is a spur

[28:08] and and is not used, but the other two

[28:10] you've got video of two trains stalled

[28:13] out on those tracks and you've got folks

[28:15] uh students and and employees of the of

[28:18] the MCA area uh crossing those trains.

[28:21] So, very dangerous, not ideal. So,

[28:24] they've asked if we could assist. Um the

[28:26] program itself has a two-step

[28:28] application process and uh I think we're

[28:31] ready to go on the submittal in the

[28:33] preliminary applications. The

[28:35] applications themselves uh will be due

[28:37] November 14th. So I'm asking for

[28:39] authorization to pursue this grant

[28:41] application uh um

[28:44] with your support.

[28:46] » So is this the training you went to?

[28:49] » Was this in relation to the training you

[28:51] said you were going to to learn more

[28:52] about the program and the grant process?

[28:54] » Yes, ma'am. There was a webinar that Tex

[28:56] put together and there was a question at

[28:57] that time whether RMAs could were

[28:59] eligible entities to to apply. They've

[29:02] since answered that we can.

[29:03] » Okay, great. All right, ma'am.

[29:05] » Um, any questions or discussion? I'll

[29:08] call for a motion.

[29:10] » Move to approve.

[29:12] » Second.

[29:12] » I have a motion and second. All in

[29:14] favor?

[29:15] » I.

[29:16] » Any opposed? Motion passes.

[29:20] Um item eight, discussion and action on

[29:22] board resolutions to authorize execution

[29:24] of amendments to the following

[29:26] instruments as they relate to the I10

[29:28] frontage road extension project phase

[29:31] one. A advanced funding agreement with

[29:33] the Texas Department of Transportation

[29:36] and B work authorization number two with

[29:38] Consort Engineers LLC.

[29:41] » Okay, this is the project that we are

[29:43] designing for Texot. This adds uh

[29:45] westbound frontage lanes from Executive

[29:48] over to Sullman Park. Um we've been

[29:50] working with them for quite some time on

[29:51] this project. These amendments um add

[29:54] additional funding from Texot to add to

[29:57] geotechnical services that need to be

[29:59] added for some of the columns that are

[30:00] out there. We need to go deeper to

[30:02] identify the soil conditions and in

[30:04] addition to that uh additional design

[30:06] activities to account for u uh streets

[30:11] that are tying into this facility in the

[30:14] in the uh developed area uh near this.

[30:17] So that's what you see before you u

[30:18] under 8A it's a an amendment with text

[30:21] to provide the additional funding and

[30:23] then under 8B you've got the work

[30:25] authorization with console who's

[30:27] providing the design services for us to

[30:28] actually add those additional services.

[30:30] So, I would recommend approval.

[30:32] » Move to approve.

[30:34] » I have a motion.

[30:35] » I'll second.

[30:36] » I have a motion and a second. Any

[30:38] discussion?

[30:39] All in favor?

[30:40] » I

[30:41] » I

[30:42] » I.

[30:42] » Any opposed? Motion passes.

[30:45] Um, number nine, discussion and action

[30:48] on a board resolution authorizing the

[30:50] execution of an amendment to the

[30:52] interlocal agreement with El Paso County

[30:54] for the Canot Roads and Sidewalks

[30:57] Project Colonial Border Grant.

[31:00] » This item is actually a bit of a cleanup

[31:03] item there. Um, some time ago, you

[31:05] remember, you may recall the county

[31:07] auditor f auditor team asked for more

[31:10] explicit language within our interlocal

[31:11] agreements that would authorize the use

[31:13] of project funds for RMA administrative

[31:16] expenses. So, what you see under this

[31:18] item is just an amendment to our

[31:19] interlocal that allows for that

[31:20] explicitly. So, I would recommend

[31:22] approval.

[31:25] » I have a motion.

[31:26] » Second.

[31:26] » I have a motion and a second. All in

[31:28] favor?

[31:29] » I

[31:30] » I.

[31:31] » Any opposed? Motion passes.

[31:33] Um item 10, discussion and action on

[31:36] board resolutions authorizing the

[31:38] execution of amendments to the following

[31:41] instruments as they relate to the val um

[31:44] valley chili road project. A interlocal

[31:47] agreement with the village of Venton and

[31:49] B work authorization number two with

[31:51] Huelet Solers Inc.

[31:55] » Okay. Uh item 10A then this is a project

[31:58] that we're developing on behalf of W of

[32:00] the village of Vinton. Item 10A

[32:02] recognizes a change in the way that the

[32:05] village of Inon was originally funding

[32:06] this project. So it allows us to use

[32:08] different funding sources. That's 10A.

[32:10] 10B then uh is an amendment to the Huitt

[32:15] Zer's work authorization. They're the

[32:16] folks that did the design work on the

[32:18] roadway as let me take a step back. This

[32:20] project uh includes two distinct

[32:22] components. the roadway which we

[32:23] designed and will construct using normal

[32:26] MO federal funding and then there's a

[32:28] water component that is being funded

[32:30] through Congresswoman Escobar's u

[32:33] office. Uh the water component was

[32:36] designed by the village of Vinton

[32:38] directly with a firm by the name of Park

[32:40] Hill. Uh we need Park Hill to be able to

[32:43] provide design services during

[32:44] construction while we're managing the

[32:46] entire construction. So we're bringing

[32:48] Parkhill in through this work

[32:50] authorization uh amendment with you. to

[32:52] its dollars. So that's what you see

[32:53] under item 10B. So I would recommend the

[32:55] approval of both of these items.

[32:58] » No questions. I'll move to approve.

[33:00] » We have a motion.

[33:02] » Second.

[33:02] » We have a motion and second. Any

[33:04] discussion?

[33:06] All in favor?

[33:07] » I.

[33:08] » I.

[33:09] » Any opposed? Motion passes.

[33:12] Um item 11, discussion and action on a

[33:16] board resolution authorizing the

[33:18] execution of an amendment to work

[33:20] authorization number 24.1 with Atkins

[33:23] Realis USA for the Darington Roadway

[33:26] improvement project.

[33:29] » This is a project where we are among

[33:31] other things we're doing rightway

[33:32] acquisitions for the county of El Paso.

[33:34] This project is at the end the east end

[33:36] of Pelicano and we are doing rightway

[33:38] acquisitions but we need survey services

[33:40] as well. So that's what you're seeing

[33:42] being added here under item 11, $4,800

[33:45] for survey services under Atkins. So

[33:47] would recommend approval.

[33:49] » Move to approve.

[33:50] » I have a motion.

[33:51] » Second.

[33:52] » I have a motion and a second. Any

[33:54] discussion?

[33:56] All in favor?

[33:57] » I

[33:58] » I.

[33:58] » Any opposed? Motion passes.

[34:01] Um item 12, discussion and action on

[34:05] board resolutions authorizing the

[34:07] execution of amendments to the following

[34:10] work authorizations with H&TB

[34:12] Corporation to extend at the time of

[34:15] performance for A number three for the

[34:18] automated weather observing system

[34:20] project. B number six for Homestead

[34:22] Meadows shared use path project. C

[34:26] number eight for the Howard Low project

[34:29] and num and D number 10 for the Alamo

[34:32] Alto phase 4 project.

[34:35] This one is also a bit of house uh

[34:37] keeping. Uh these particular work

[34:39] authorizations had explicit uh schedules

[34:42] tied to them within the work

[34:43] authorization. So we've expanded those

[34:45] those timelines because each of these

[34:46] require additional time uh to be

[34:48] completed. They do not increase the the

[34:50] fees. They just extend the time. We've

[34:53] also added some language in these and

[34:54] will include additional language in

[34:56] future work authorizations to allow for

[34:57] an administrative uh uh uh fix of of

[35:01] this issue. So I would recommend

[35:03] approval of this item as well.

[35:07] » So any discussion?

[35:12] » I have a motion.

[35:13] » Second.

[35:14] » I have a motion and second. All in

[35:16] favor? I

[35:17] » I Any any opposed? Motion passes.

[35:22] Um, number 13, presentation and

[35:25] discussion on change orders recently

[35:27] approved by the executive director for

[35:29] the Fabins airport hangar expansion

[35:31] project.

[35:33] We've got a quick PowerPoint for you on

[35:35] this one. Um, as a reminder and for the

[35:38] benefit of Mr. Lindner, we've uh the the

[35:41] board some time ago approved a board

[35:42] resolution that authorized the executive

[35:44] director ex to execute u change orders

[35:48] um under a certain amount. So, next

[35:50] slide.

[35:52] So you'll see here we have two change

[35:53] orders that were approved u since the

[35:56] last time we met. Go ahead. And it deals

[35:58] with the Fabins airport hanger expansion

[36:00] project. So if you'll skip skip that

[36:02] this is part of your backup. So you can

[36:04] spend some time with it or give me a

[36:06] call if you have any questions. U since

[36:08] our last board meeting we I've approved

[36:10] two two separate change orders number 17

[36:13] which added temporary electric

[36:15] generators at the hangers. This these

[36:17] were required because the U electrical

[36:19] lines had not been connected yet, but we

[36:21] needed to test the the hanger doors. So,

[36:24] we brought in those electric generators.

[36:25] Didn't want to slow the project. That uh

[36:27] cost uh just shy of $5,000. Uh

[36:31] incidentally, as with all change orders

[36:32] with the county projects, the county

[36:34] reviews and approves the change orders

[36:35] before I execute. So, that was approved

[36:37] by the county before. And number 18 as

[36:40] well, which uh added heaters to the

[36:42] project, which were not originally

[36:43] included. Uh the county did want those

[36:45] added. So that added another $10,000. So

[36:48] both of these were approved. There's no

[36:49] action required. This is just required

[36:51] of me to to brief you on it.

[36:59] Okay. Any questions?

[37:02] If not, then I'll move on to item 14.

[37:06] Discussion and action on the following

[37:08] reports for the fourth quarter of the

[37:10] fiscal year 2025.

[37:13] operating budget, investment report, El

[37:15] Paso Bike Share, Sun Cycle Program, and

[37:18] the use of local resources from

[37:20] engineering consultant teams. Good

[37:23] morning. Robert Stutter, director of

[37:24] finance. For the record, yes, the

[37:25] finance committee met back on October

[37:27] 21st to review these items in depth. Um,

[37:30] as we've done previously, we're going to

[37:31] ask for the board's approval, but don't

[37:33] plan to go over them in detail. Um,

[37:36] we'll have Mr. Lindner at our meeting in

[37:38] January. he'll get to jump right into it

[37:40] with the audit and I'll talk about more

[37:41] uh more of that in item 15A but do

[37:44] recommend approval of the items.

[37:46] » Do you have any comments? No.

[37:47] » Um we just had a Monica and I had a

[37:50] questions about some line items which uh

[37:52] Robert and uh Raymond were able to

[37:56] expand on and explain what what they

[37:58] were. We did talk about uh what on the

[38:02] bike share program um the the bikes that

[38:05] are being um retired what we they were

[38:08] going to do with it. In fact, they had

[38:09] had some interest in another community

[38:12] purchasing those or uh taking those over

[38:16] for us. I don't know if you all want to

[38:17] know about that, but other than that, we

[38:20] approved everything.

[38:21] » Okay.

[38:22] » Uh so the the other community is still

[38:24] in development. We'll see if it happens

[38:26] or not, but we had some initial

[38:27] discussions, but we're still a little

[38:29] ways off from something concrete.

[38:32] » So, typically, if the committee has

[38:33] vetted them and looked at them in detail

[38:36] and approved them, we don't go through

[38:38] the presentations unless there's

[38:40] questions or concerns about any of the

[38:42] reports. Um, so if there's no other

[38:44] discussion, I'll entertain a motion to

[38:46] accept the reports.

[38:49] » I'll move to accept the reports.

[38:51] » Okay.

[38:52] » Second.

[38:52] » I have a motion and second. All in

[38:54] favor?

[38:55] » I

[38:56] » I.

[38:57] » Any opposed? Motion passes. Then moving

[39:00] to the last item, number 15, staff

[39:03] reports.

[39:05] A status of the 2025 annual audit. B,

[39:09] CRRMA project manager job posting. And

[39:13] C, status of the Pelicano Drive widening

[39:15] project.

[39:16] » Okay. So, Robert Sudter, again, I'll be

[39:18] giving you the update on a uh so we've

[39:20] not begun the audit yet. uh we knew it

[39:22] was going to be a late start based on

[39:23] our uh audit

[39:26] uh auditing firm and uh and where we

[39:29] stand, but we we should be in good

[39:30] shape. Almost every single PBC is ready

[39:33] to go. So, we should hit the ground

[39:34] running. Um Miss Wilson, we talked about

[39:37] needing to reschedu the January board

[39:39] meeting and that we would do so at the

[39:41] December board meeting. So, uh if you

[39:43] can come with your calendars prepared to

[39:44] look at dates probably the last week of

[39:46] January. And that again is to help that

[39:48] we meet the city's timelines for turning

[39:51] our audit into them because we're a

[39:52] component unit o of the city. So if we

[39:55] wait till February, it really squeezes

[39:56] the city because then they only have a

[39:58] couple of weeks before their deadline is

[40:00] the end of February. So it helps them a

[40:02] lot if we can move up our our uh push

[40:04] back our our January board meeting. Um

[40:06] and so we'll schedule that at the

[40:08] December board meeting.

[40:12] » Then I I'll take the last two items. 15B

[40:14] relates to the project manager job

[40:16] posting. So you you each received a copy

[40:18] of that. It's also part of your backup.

[40:20] Uh we have closed that that application

[40:23] period and we received 26 resumes. So

[40:25] we're we're happy with that number. Uh

[40:26] so Robert and I will start uh going

[40:28] through those very soon. Uh 15C then is

[40:31] the status of the Pelicano Drive

[40:33] widening project. So we haven't talked

[40:34] about this one in a little while. Uh as

[40:36] a reminder um we have an agreement, we

[40:40] have come to an agreement between the

[40:42] county, the RMA and the Shy company.

[40:44] We've uh they have executed their

[40:46] construction contract with the the

[40:48] takeover firm which is a group by the

[40:49] name of hot construction which we use on

[40:51] other projects. We're very happy to have

[40:52] them on board. They have started work.

[40:54] They've installed their their

[40:55] construction office on site. Uh they've

[40:58] replaced all of the traffic control

[41:00] devices um and uh and they've done

[41:03] cleanup as well which helped that

[41:04] community out there. The weeds had

[41:06] gotten quite out of control. So that was

[41:08] very helpful. Um in fact they've taken

[41:10] over control of the site. So there was a

[41:13] an accident out there that knocked down

[41:14] the one of the street lights and so they

[41:17] took control of that as well. They are

[41:19] currently working on survey uh for the

[41:22] entire roadway for this phase one. So

[41:25] that's underway now. They believe that

[41:26] they should begin construction uh

[41:28] activities on the roadway in December,

[41:31] but currently they're working on the

[41:32] ponds. First is the one by the school

[41:35] and that's a safety issue for those

[41:36] students out there. So, we're happy to

[41:37] see them working on that now and then

[41:39] they'll move over to a pond that is

[41:41] further down the road. Uh, that would be

[41:43] next. But again, roadway activities

[41:45] start in December. And then one other

[41:47] note, the county asked that we notify

[41:50] the community of of the the restart of

[41:53] work. So, we've sent out a postcard to

[41:56] approximately 2,000 folks within half a

[41:58] mile of Pelicano itself. So, those

[42:01] should be hitting mailboxes today if

[42:03] they haven't already. So, that should be

[42:05] out there and we direct them to our

[42:07] website which has been updated and and

[42:09] we've actually brought on um an outreach

[42:13] group that will help us retool the web

[42:15] page so we can have regular construction

[42:17] updates on on the project. So, that that

[42:19] will be much more uh updated much more

[42:21] frequently. So, that's all I have. I

[42:23] just wanted to give you a bit of an

[42:24] update on on what's happened with with

[42:26] that project. Oh, I should mention too.

[42:28] So, we're talking about phase one, which

[42:29] is the um westbound lanes from Air

[42:33] Coupoop back to 375. That's important

[42:35] because the other piece eastbound from

[42:37] the 375 out to Air Coupoop is

[42:39] essentially done already. So, that will

[42:40] complete that that component. The rest

[42:42] of the work that was not completed by

[42:44] the original contractor or won't be

[42:46] completed by this replacement contractor

[42:47] is considered what we're calling phase

[42:49] two. The phase 2 design plans are

[42:51] currently under underway and we should

[42:53] have those in hand late this month or or

[42:55] sometime into December. Once we have

[42:57] those, we'll share those with the shy

[42:59] company. The shy company will get

[43:01] pricing from hawk and then at that point

[43:03] we will know the full exposure of the

[43:04] shy and we will begin uh full

[43:06] negotiations with them on how to

[43:08] complete the the entire project. So

[43:10] that's coming up as well. Concurrent

[43:12] paths. Happy to answer any questions but

[43:14] uh that's all I have for you. No no no

[43:16] action required.

[43:17] » Any question comment?

[43:19] [clears throat] So the timeline that you

[43:20] laid out, I just want to make sure that

[43:22] our next update isn't in March or April

[43:25] because I'd like to see

[43:28] in some form what the construction

[43:30] estimate comes back at the engineer the

[43:32] engineering estimate and then I'd like

[43:35] to see us give the shity some date

[43:37] certain to respond by as to whether or

[43:39] not they're going to accept that price

[43:41] and then the board at that point can

[43:43] decide if they want to do anything to at

[43:46] that point. But but I just I don't want

[43:48] to wait forever on the shy because of

[43:51] how long it's already been.

[43:52] » Understood. So we can do that. We'll

[43:54] bring once we get the design set

[43:57] finalized, we'll bring you the engineers

[43:59] opinion of probable construction cost

[44:01] and then we'll we'll talk through with

[44:03] you all what kind of a timeline we want

[44:05] to we'll want to provide to the shity

[44:06] company. Happy to do that. Thank you.

[44:08] Yes, sir.

[44:09] » And the other thing is

[44:12] is the shity company still sort of

[44:13] hanging it out there on an appeal? Yes,

[44:16] ma'am.

[44:17] » So, at the time we get all this, maybe

[44:19] we also need to have our attorney so we

[44:22] can find out what's going on with that

[44:23] appeal.

[44:24] » Yes, ma'am. Yeah, we can do that. So,

[44:26] the and I should have mentioned that as

[44:27] well. The the we in the we're in the

[44:31] district court on the appeal. Uh they

[44:33] filed their documents and ours were due

[44:35] I want to say two weeks back. So, we

[44:37] filed our our response. So, now it's

[44:38] it's with the court.

[44:39] » Okay. But but I'll I'll once we get the

[44:42] plan set complete and we have the

[44:43] opinion of probable cost, construction

[44:45] cost from the engineers, uh we'll bring

[44:47] it back with an executive session and

[44:49] provide a full briefing.

[44:50] » That would be really good.

[44:51] » Seek guidance. Yes, ma'am. We can do

[44:52] that.

[44:53] » Okay, good. Thanks. That's very helpful.

[44:55] And then the other thing that's really

[44:57] not on here, but um where are we with

[45:01] our communications group?

[45:05] » Are they are they doing stuff?

[45:07] » Yes, ma'am. So, we've got them on board.

[45:08] Uh, the first task was this postcard cuz

[45:11] that was pretty immediate. And so,

[45:13] that's out the door. We have our

[45:15] newsletter, which is we do quarterly,

[45:16] and that'll be after this board meeting.

[45:18] So, within the next two weeks, that

[45:19] newsletter will go out. Uh, and I

[45:22] believe we have a third item that

[45:23] escapes me that that they are about to

[45:25] start work on. I apologize. I'll I'll

[45:28] send an email followup on that third

[45:30] item. But yes,

[45:31] » Because there's a lot of good stuff in

[45:32] here, particularly with the MCA and the

[45:35] railroad project that are sort of um

[45:38] different from what we've done, plus

[45:40] some of the work we're doing with Tex

[45:42] now.

[45:43] » Yes, ma'am.

[45:43] » Um the the tramways coming to a closure,

[45:46] that's a big success. And then just

[45:48] really highlighting all these like

[45:50] smaller pro well, they're not small

[45:51] projects, but the projects in the

[45:53] smaller communities. So, I really want

[45:55] to make sure that the the newsletter is

[45:57] very meaty and substantive.

[46:00] um really provides a detailed scope and

[46:02] scale of the effort our our work that is

[46:04] in progress coming to closure. I think

[46:07] it'd be a good time to update on

[46:08] Pelicano.

[46:10] » Yes, ma'am.

[46:10] » Give them a little bit of timeline on

[46:12] that um because you know that's a

[46:14] project of interest to a lot of people

[46:17] and um Yeah. So, and the other thing is

[46:20] on the newsletter the stakeholder list.

[46:24] » Um, could you share that with us because

[46:27] maybe we have ideas of people to add to

[46:29] that?

[46:30] » Yes, ma'am.

[46:30] » I just want to make sure it's as I mean

[46:32] since it's an electronic communications,

[46:34] I want to make sure as many like groups

[46:36] out there as possible um interested

[46:39] parties have access to that.

[46:41] » Yes, ma'am. Okay. Not I don't want to

[46:43] micromanage it, but I've not really seen

[46:45] it. And I know every now and then we

[46:47] talk and it's like make sure we're doing

[46:48] this, this, and this. So, I think as we

[46:50] you know, we kind of keep the

[46:52] stakeholder list um updated and fluid.

[46:56] Um then there's opportunities and I

[46:58] think our project um consultants maybe

[47:00] you can look at that too. You may have

[47:02] ideas of because you do a lot of

[47:04] outreach too of like interested parties

[47:06] that we want to make sure like are aware

[47:08] of stuff that we're doing.

[47:11] Okay,

[47:11] » We can do that.

[47:12] » Okay. Um, is there a need for an

[47:14] executive session?

[47:15] » No, ma'am.

[47:16] » Okay, so there's no further business.

[47:18] Um, and so I'll entertain a motion to

[47:21] adjurnn.

[47:22] » I move to adjourn.

[47:24] » I have a motion.

[47:25] » Second.

[47:26] » I have a motion and second. All in

[47:28] favor?

[47:29] » I. Any opposed?

[47:31] Motion passes. It's 9:50 a.m. and the

[47:34] meeting is adjourned. Thank you so much.

[47:36] Thank you all for coming. Um, if you

[47:38] have a moment, um, I'd like for you to,

[47:41] um, meet our newest board member, Mr.

[47:43] Linder. Thank you.

[47:47] Thank you.

CRRMA Board of Directors

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