* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY, [00:00:01] I WILL CALL, OR THIS WILL CALL TOGETHER [CALL TO ORDER] THE, THIS WILL CONVENE THE MARCH 14TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CAP TRANSIT CAP ADVISORY CAP COMMITTEE. IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL TAKEN, PLEASE. ABRAMS. ALDEN. HERE. KOHL ROSS. HERE. HERE. HEEL. OOPS. HERE. . KAGEN. QUINT HERE. POST K. SO WE HAVE A QUORUM, BUT BARELY. UH, WELL, WELL OBVIOUSLY WITH NOBODY IN THE ROOM. WE HAVE NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, DESPITE WHAT THE AGENDA SAYS, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MINUTES AVAILABLE TO REVIEW TODAY. SO THAT MOVES US VERY QUICKLY TO THE MATTER [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] OF CONSIDERATION, RESOLUTION OF SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE L-C-T-P-L-C TOP PROGRAM. UH, MR. HALL, I ASSUME YOU KICKED THAT OFF. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UH, JARED HALL TRANSIT MANAGER. UM, REGARDING THE MINUTES REALLY QUICK. WE ONLY HAVE THOSE AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 8TH AND FEBRUARY 22ND MEETINGS IN ADDITION TO THIS ONE. UH, SO THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS ONE YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SIMILAR PREVIOUSLY. IT'S ONE WHERE EVERY YEAR WE APPLY TO THE LC O GRANT PROGRAM. UM, LOW CARBON TRANSITS. I'M FORGETTING THE L AT THE MOMENT. OH, SHOOT. PROGRAM. . I USE TOO MANY ACRONYMS IN TRANSIT. I USE THE ACRONYM SO OFTEN. YES, I'LL GET IT. THANK YOU . BUT IN ANY CASE, UM, THIS YEAR WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR, SORRY, BOTH CARBON TRANSIT OPERATIONS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. SO THIS YEAR WITH THE UM, LC O PROGRAM, WE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR AN APPLICATION OF A HUNDRED SIXTY SIX, FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY $5,000. WE APPLIED FOR THIS ANNUALLY. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAM PARAMETERS THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE LC TOP PROGRAM. UH, ONE OF WHICH IS, UM, EXPENDITURES THAT DIRECTLY ENHANCE TRANSIT SERVICE, UH, BY EXPANDING BUS SERVICE OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES AT INCREASED TRANSIT MODE SHARE, OR IN THIS CASE A THIRD ONE, WE'RE APPLYING FOR EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF ZERO EMISSION BUSES. AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE RECENTLY APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF FOUR ELECTRIC BUSES THAT WENT TO COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE BUILD OF THOSE LATER THIS MONTH ON THE 25TH WITH NEW FLYER. ANTICIPATE TAKING DELIVERY OF THOSE IN FEBRUARY, 2025. BUT WHAT WE DO GENERALLY IS WE PURCHASE A GROUP OF BUSES EVERY SEVERAL YEARS. IN THIS CASE, OUR NEXT GROUP WAS LIKELY GONNA BE THREE FIXED DROP BUSES. AND WHAT WE USUALLY DO IS APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDS IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR TO START BUILDING UP THE MONEY PIGGY BANK IT AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENTS WHEN YOU DO THOSE GRANTS AND PURCHASE THOSE VEHICLES. AND SO SIMILARLY, WE ARE APPLYING FOR PARTIAL FUNDING TO PURCHASE AN ELECTRIC BUS. THE BUS WOULD BE PURCHASED IN FY 25 IS THE ANTICIPATION. IT WOULD BE PAID FOR A COMBINATION OF FTA 53 0 7 FEDERAL FUNDS, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. OF COURSE, THAT'S THE BIGGEST FUNDING COMPONENT WHERE WE BUY VEHICLES. WE'RE A ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT OF THOSE FUNDS, BUT THAT DOESN'T COVER THE ENTIRE PORTION OF IT. WE HAVE TO COVER LOCAL MATCH PORTIONS, WHICH WOULD BE MADE UP OF THE COMBINATION OF THESE LCO GRANT FUNDS, TDA FUNDS, TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT, AND ANY OTHER GRANTS WE RECEIVE. OUR TDA FUNDS, OF COURSE, ARE OUR MOST FLEXIBLE FUNDS THAT WE LIKE TO PIGGY BANK. SO ANY GRANT FUND WE GET, GENERALLY WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE MORE OF THAT TDA FUNDING TO PUT IT TOWARDS OTHER CAPITAL OR OPERATIONS. UM, SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT WITHOUT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE QUESTIONS. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT VICE CHAIR KAGE JOINED US ABOUT 4 0 5. NOW, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I'M NOT SEEING ANY. IS THAT TRULY THE CASE? OKAY. DOES THAT MEAN I, WE ARE READY TO HEAR A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION IF WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION IF WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? WHAT'S THAT? DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? I DO IT FOR VOTE NO. DO A PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER WE HAVE DISCUSSION. UH, YEAH. UH, , YOU'RE KIDDING ME. OBVIOUSLY GIVEN THE FACT THERE'S NO ONE IN THE CHAMBERS, WE ARE GONNA ASSUME THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW I CAN ACCEPT A MOTION. GOOD QUESTION. BUT ALL MOTION. YOU MOTION? THANK YOU. IF I CHAIR KAGEN MOTIONS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. UH, ACCOUNT COMMITTEE MEMBER QUINT SECONDS. UH, ROLL CALL VOTE ALDEN. [00:05:02] AYE. COLE ROSS? AYE. HEEL. AYE. KAGEN. AYE. QUINT. AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MINUS THE TWO ABSENCES. OKAY, WITH THAT WE MOVE ON. OH, HOLD ON. COMMITTEE COMMENT. ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS TO MAKE ON MATTERS OF TRANSIT BUSINESS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE AGENDA? I'LL START ON MY FAR RIGHT. COMMITTEE MEMBER OR VICE, VICE CHAIR? KAGEN SHOOK HIS HEAD AT ME. NOPE. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS. COMMITTEE MEMBER RO NOTHING. COMMITTEE MEMBER. QUINT NOTHING. COMMITTEE MEMBER HILL. AND I HAVE NOTHING. MR. HALL, [STAFF COMMENT] IT'S BACK TO YOU VERY QUICKLY FOR MANAGER'S REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, MR. CHAIR. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO WANNA KEEP AN EYE ON THAT, UM, PRIOR LCO ITEM, THAT WILL BE ON THE APRIL 8TH COUNCIL AGENDA. SO THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO SEE THAT. SO FOR OUR MANAGER'S REPORTS, OUR, UH, FIXED ROUTE RIDERSHIP AND PARATRANSIT CONTINUE TO INCREASE COMPARED TO JANUARY, 2023. THE JANUARY, 2024 RIDERSHIP IS UP 39% ON FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM AND 32% ON THE PARATRANSIT. UH, WE ALSO INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT THE K THROUGH 12 RIDERSHIP. AS YOU MAY RECALL, CARLY GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE RIDERSHIP, ESPECIALLY THAT PROGRAM THAT CONTINUES TO KIND OF FUEL A LOT OF THE GROWTH ON TRANSIT. BUT OVERALL, STILL RECOVERING FROM RIDERSHIP, GETTING CLOSE TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS, ABOUT 80 TO 85% OF THOSE PRE PANDEMIC RIDERSHIP LEVELS, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS. UM, AS MENTIONED, OUR ELECTRIC BUSES, WE HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE BUILD OF THOSE ON MARCH 25TH. SO PROCEEDING WITH THAT, WHICH WOULD BE OUR FIRST ELECTRIC BUSES, WE WOULD RECEIVE OUR ELECTRIFICATION IMPROVEMENTS. UH, WE ARE STILL AT ABOUT 30%, UH, DESIGN PLAN APPROXIMATELY WITH THOSE HOPING TO HAVE THAT PROJECT BID AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND THEN COMPLETED IDEALLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED AND INSTALLED A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTRIC BUSES POTENTIALLY ARRIVE. UH, MARIA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS PARATRANSIT, UM, MICRO, FAIR, FREE MARKETING, , ALL OF THOSE IN ONE. UM, VERY COOL . UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND GO WITH, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT DO I WANNA DO FIRST? SO, PARATRANSIT IS GOING WELL. WE RECENTLY, I RECENTLY DID A PRESENTATION AT THE PETALUMA STATES MOBILE HOME PARK. ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY ALL PARATRANSIT USERS, IT KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND. YOU WANNA DO TRAVEL TRAINING, AND IT WAS REALLY FUN TO GET TO SHOW THEM THEY HAD THIS GREAT ROUTE, ROUTE TWO AS WELL AS 11. AND WE DID SOME TRIP PLANNING. SO IF YOU'RE RUNNING WHAT TRAVEL TRAINING MEANS, WHEN I SAY THAT, IT'S ME GOING INTO A SPACE KIND OF FIGURING OUT HERE HOW, HERE'S HOW YOU READ A SCHEDULE. HERE, ARE THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOU. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK PARATRANSIT IS THE ONE THEY SHOULD PICK, BUT SOMETIMES FIXED ROUTE IS ACTUALLY A BETTER SOLUTION FOR THEM. SO THEY, THEY GO TOGETHER. WE, WE TEACH THEM HAND IN HAND. UM, IN TERMS OF MICRO TRANSIT STAFF IS WORKING RIGHT NOW. WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A MEETING EARLIER WITH VIA, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE PROVIDER. AND WE ARE EXECUTING THE CONTRACT SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN MOVING ON, GETTING THAT. UM, I WILL BE REACHING OUT BACK TO THE AD HOC TO UPDATE THEM, UM, IN THE COMING WEEKS ABOUT OUR PROGRESS. FAIR FREE. UM, WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ANOTHER MEDIA GRANT TODAY WITH, WITH, UM, AN AGENCY THAT'S GONNA HELP US DO THE BRANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE BUSES. SO THE BUSES WILL BE A BIG ADVERTISEMENT FOR OUR FAIR FREE SERVICE. SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, WHAT'S THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR BEST ADVERTISING AND, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THOSE FAIR BOXES. SO, UM, SINCE NO ONE'S GONNA BE PUTTING MONEY IN THEM ANYMORE. SO LOTS OF FUN CREATIVE THINGS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. UH, A FEW OTHER REALLY EXCITING MARKETING ITEMS THAT I WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO. UH, MARKETING IS NOW STARTING TO DO SOME COORDINATED MEETINGS. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS COORDINATION WITH OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES. SO I'VE JUST STARTED ATTENDING ONE THAT IS LED, LED BY ALICIA TROSS. SHE'S THE, THE, THIS ROLE, BUT FOR BART. SO SHE OVERSEES A MEETING THAT CONNECTS ALL OF THE BAY AREA MARKETING PEOPLE TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN GET A MORE COORDINATED APPROACH, RIGHT? MM-HMM. TO TRANSIT BECAUSE FOLKS TEND TO NOT CARE WHICH BUS THEY'RE RIDING, THEY JUST WANNA RIDE A BUS, RIGHT? . AND WE DON'T COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER. SO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER. WE ALSO JOINED ANOTHER MEETING. THIS IS FAIRLY NEW WITH, UH, JULIA GONZALEZ. AGAIN, THE MARKETING ROLE, BUT FOR SMART. AND THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A SONOMA FOCUSED. SO WE'RE ALL REALLY EXCITED TO BEGIN TO WORK TOGETHER, WORK ON MAYBE THE SAME MARKETING ASSETS, MAKING SURE WE LOOK LIKE ONE UNIFIED FRONT TO, TO, TO TRANSIT RIDERS. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AGAIN, IN COORDINATION IS TRANSIT APP ROYALE. SO TRANSIT APP IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUSHING FOLKS TO FOR THEIR TRIP PLANNING. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE APP IN COORDINATION. THAT'S JUST FOR LIKE, IF YOU'RE GONNA PLAN YOUR TRIP, ANY [00:10:01] TRANSIT TRIP, I CAN, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A QUESTION. I TRY TO DOWNLOAD THE APP. OKAY. SO IS IT JUST TRANSIT APP IN THE SEARCH? MM-HMM. TRANSIT APP AND OR SOMETHING ELSE. SO WHEN I DOWNLOAD THE APP, PUT IN THE GEOGRAPHIC, NOT AT ALL. SO TRANSIT APP IS, UM, AGNOSTIC TO WHATEVER, WHEREVER YOU ARE, IT'S GONNA FIND YOUR CLOSEST, UM, SERVICE. SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO HELP YOU AFTER. BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY USED TRANSIT, UM, NAVIGATIONAL TOOLS. SO IN PARTNERSHIP, NOT ONLY WITH OUR NEIGHBORING TRANSIT AGENCIES BE OUR SETA, WE HAVE ALSO OPTIONED TO HAVE THAT ROYALE SERVICE, SO YOU GET A LITTLE MORE BELLS AND WHISTLES WHEN YOU GO ONTO IT IF YOU'RE TRAVELING WITHIN SONOMA. SO, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE A LINK TO HOW TO DOWNLOAD THAT AS WELL. AND, UH, REALLY QUICK ON THAT, IF I CAN INTERJECT, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THAT'S UP AND RUNNING, WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL THOSE PARTNER AGENCIES TO KIND OF RAMP UP THE PROMOTION OF IT AND DO A MARKETING CAMPAIGN. SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL BE SEEING IN THE FUTURE TOO, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY A BIT MORE. YEAH. AND IN THE MARKETING REPORT THERE, THE LINK IS LIVE FOR UNDER TRANSIT APP. SO IT IS A HYPERLINK. IT'LL CLICK YOU TO, TO GO THERE TO DOWNLOAD THAT APP AS WELL. MARCH 18TH IS NATIONAL TRANSIT EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY. UM, AND IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS BECAUSE ACROSS THE NATION WE CELEBRATE, UM, IT STARTED AS DRIVERS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL THE TRANSIT STAFF. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD, KIND OF GETTING SOME PACKAGES TOGETHER. UM, WE'RE GONNA DELIVER THEM AND HAND THEM OUT TO OUR DRIVERS, OUR DISPATCHERS, OUR STAFF. I HOPE TO GROW THIS EVENT MORE IN THE FUTURE. AND I'M SAYING IT TO YOU 'CAUSE I WOULD LOVE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN FUTURE TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION TO OUR DRIVERS AND TRANSIT STAFF. SO, UM, WE HAD A LOT, LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SO IF YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE THE LINKS. IF YOU SEE THEM, I'VE PUT ONE OF THE, WHAT WE CALL CAR CARD, WHICH IS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE BUS WITH, WITH A QR CODE. SO IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SUBMIT COMPLIMENTS ABOUT THEIR DRIVER. SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE HOPING TO GROW, BUT IF YOU LOOK ON SOCIAL OR IN GENERAL ON MONDAY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF AGENCIES CELEBRATING THEIR DRIVERS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR DRIVERS AND STAFF FEEL CELEBRATED AS WELL. UH, LAST THING IS BUTTER AND EGGS. WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO WHAT, WHAT WE, I THINK HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING TRADITION, WHICH IS OFFERING SHUTTLE SERVICE TO BUTTER AND EGGS. UM, WE'LL HAVE EVERY 15 MINUTES WE'LL HAVE A SHUTTLE GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM SAFEWAY, ETC TO COPELAND FOR, IT'LL BE MY FIRST ONE. SO I'M, I'M STILL LEARNING IT AS I GO. UM, BUT IT'S A, I'M TOLD IT'S A HUGE EVENT. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE, UM, OUR SHUTTLE SERVICE IS THERE AS WELL AS HAVING, WE'RE GONNA ALSO OPERATE WEEKDAY, I AM GONNA SAY IT RIGHT, NON-SCHOOL SERVICE. MAYBE JARED, YOU CAN SAY IT BETTER THAN ME. YEAH. ALL THE WEEKDAY SERVICE THAT USUALLY RUNS, MINUS THE SCHOOL TRIPPERS WILL RUN THAT DAY PLUS ANOTHER BUS ON ROUTE 11 TO BRING THAT SERVICE UP TO RUNNING EVERY 15 MINUTES FOR THOSE ON WASHINGTON GOING FROM THE EAST SIDE TRANSIT CENTER DOWNTOWN. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WE, IT'S OUR HIGHEST RIDERSHIP DAY OF THE YEAR, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEVER OR SELDOM RIDE TRANSIT, THEY'LL COME OUT AND RIDE THAT DAY . SO I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, EVEN ON THE TACK YEAR TO GET OUT THERE AND, UM, RIDE TRANSIT BECAUSE IT IS REALLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST DAYS OF THE YEAR. AND LET ME MAKE SURE, BUT I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A BUS IN THE PARADE TOO, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR AS WELL. , JUST, UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I, THIS IS, I MEAN, IT IS SO ENCOURAGING. I KEEP SAYING THIS, BUT IT'S, IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO, UM, CONTINUE TO UPGRADE PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF TRANSIT AND GETTING ONTO THE BUS AND SO ON. UM, AND I WOULD UNDERSTAND THE, THE AGENCY CONNECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AND SO ON. BUT I'M, AND UM, YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT HAVING THE ADVERTISING ON THE SIDES OF THE BUS. IT'S JUST THAT WHEN I'M ON THE BUSES, UM, UH, ALMOST, UM, EVERY TIME THERE'S A FAMILY, UH, UH, A LOT OF TIMES GOING TO THE PUBLIC, THE HEALTH CENTER OR, UM, UP TO, UM, UM, THE MALLS OR WHATEVER. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UM, THE, THE TRANSFER STATION ON THE EAST SIDE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE ONE BY SAFEWAY. IT'S VERY CLOSE TO SOME, UM, MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL, UH, COMMUNITIES. AND I KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR INTERNAL, UM, COMMUNICATION AND ALSO, I MEAN, THERE'S SOME DOWN ON BAYWOOD AS WELL. UM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, IF, IF, UM, THERE'S A WAY TO GET INTO THESE COMMUNITIES THAT MIGHT, THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE TOUCHING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR, UM, AGENCIES THAT YOU CONNECT WITH. AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE BAY AREA COORDINATION. I THINK THAT MATTERS FOR FAMILIES AS WELL. YEAH. [00:15:01] AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CHANNELS PEOPLE ARE OPEN TO, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO START WORKING MORE WITH EITHER IF IT'S A HOMEOWNERS OR IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A CENTER TO EACH AREA, BUT I DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THOSE CONTACTS. SURE. I'M WORKING TOWARDS IT. YEAH, SURE. SO AS MY USUAL ASK YEAH, PLEASE CONNECT ME WITH AN EMAIL BECAUSE THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. YEAH, WE WILL DO SOME, UM, INSERT MAILERS IN THE UTILITY BILL. MM-HMM. , WHICH I HOPE WILL BEGIN TO TOUCH A LOT MORE PEOPLE. UM, WITH MICROT TRANSIT, WE'LL DO SOME GEO-TARGETED ADVERTISING. YEAH, THAT'S, BUT STILLS, THAT'S A GREAT, YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO IT. I APPRECIATE IT THOUGH. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, YOUR INPUT. YEAH, WELL IT'S, UM, I MEAN, I HOPE YOU HEAR THESE AS SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY COVERING A LOT OF TERRITORY HERE ALREADY, AND IT'S JUST, OKAY, WHERE CAN WE GO NEXT? I LOVE IT. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE, UM, LAST SIDE OF IN THE REPORT IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SURPRISE FOR PEOPLE. WE HAVE A NEW DEMO BUS OUTSIDE THAT WE RECEIVED ON MONDAY THIS WEEK. WE HAVE IT FOR A WEEK. IT'S CALLED A CARON EES. IT'S A SMALLER MICROBUS. IT'S ONE OF SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT CONSIDERING THE MICRO TRANSIT SERVICE. WE'LL BE STARTING UP AND RUNNING SOON. SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE THAT AFTER THE MEETING, WE CAN GO OUTSIDE AND TAKE A LOOK AND EVEN DO A RIDE ON THAT VEHICLE. IT'S ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT AMONGST SEVERAL OPTIONS, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF INVESTIGATING THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OUT THERE FOR VEHICLES, SEE WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. WE, SO WE'D ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE TO, UM, STOP BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AFTER THE MAYOR. GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. HALL. MS. RAZ, YOU HAD A QUESTION. THANK YOU. UM, SO UNDER THE PARATRANSIT EVALUATION PROGRAM SECTION, IT TALKS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR JANUARY, BUT IT SAYS 2023, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS NOT CORRECT. SORRY, THAT IS A TYPO. SHOULD BE JANUARY, 2024. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEN, UM, UNDER THE FREE FARE UPDATE, UM, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE CONTINUING TO COORDINATE AND COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THEIR RESPONSE TO THE FREE FARE PROGRAM? OR IS IT STILL ONGOING? YEAH, I MEAN, I EVEN THIS WEEK, STILL HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING NEW, YOU FIND IT'S LIKE LIFTING ROCKS, RIGHT? YOU FIND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D HAVE TO CONSIDER, SUCH AS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY, IF THEY HAPPEN TO TAG ON OUR BUS WITH A CLIPPER CARD, IT'LL BE A ZERO FARE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GET A DISCOUNT ON POTENTIALLY GOLDEN GATE, POTENTIALLY SMART. UH, SO I HAD, WE HAD TO REACH OUT TO THOSE AGENCIES AND SIT DOWN AND SAY, WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO ABOUT THIS? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS IS HAPPENING. SO TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW IS WHAT WE'VE, THE WAY WE'RE APPROACHING THIS IS IT'S A PILOT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. LET'S NOT MAKE HUGE CHANGES BASED ON WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE LETTING YOU KNOW, THIS IS A POTENTIAL CONCERN, OR THIS MIGHT BE, AND THIS IS THE SAME CASE WITH, WITH PD, WITH THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE SAFE TEAM, WITH, UM, THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. UM, SO I THINK WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE'RE EDUCATING OURSELVES AND THEN OTHERS AT THE SAME TIME. MM-HMM. . BUT I FEEL LIKE, AND YOU KNOW, JARED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD ON TO THIS. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE PASSED ALL THE CONVERSATIONS NOW. THAT'S HOW I FEEL. EVERYONE KNOWS. THEY'VE HEARD ME NOW TALKING ABOUT ENOUGH IN TERMS OF TRANSIT AGENCIES, IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF N-T-C-S-C-T-A, THE, THE ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK WITH, WE ARE DOING THIS. UM, AND THEY NOW KNOW WE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE AN OPEN DOOR IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS. AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT DIALOGUE IS OPEN AND WE'RE TRYING TO, WE HAVE ADDRESSED, I THINK ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US SO FAR. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EXCITING, BUT LIKE ANYTHING NEW, SCARY AS WELL AT TIMES. , ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I GOT A QUICK ONE. UM, YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE DOING TRIP TRAINING, UH, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY WAY, UH, THAT WE MEASURE A SUCCESS RATE WITH THAT, UM, IF WE SEE INCREASED RIDERSHIP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND IF YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, YOU, YOU ALL ALWAYS GIVE ME GREAT IDEAS, LIKE THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. . UM, I WILL SAY, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, TRAVEL TRAINING HAS BEEN MORE OF A, IF IT'S REALLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT BOLSTERING IT AS MUCH. ALTHOUGH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF AGE, THIS WILL ANSWER QUESTION, I PROMISE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF AGE FRIENDLY, UM, WHICH IS ANOTHER MOVEMENT IN ORDER FOR AGE, I, I'LL HAVE TO DO A LINK OR SOMETHING FOR AGE FRIENDLY PETALUMA, IS TO HAVE WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY CALLING THE ELDER BRIGADE. I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE CALLED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT, UM, TO HAVE LIKE SENIORS WHO KNOW HOW TO RIDE TRANSIT, BE KIND OF MY HELPERS OUT THERE SO THAT I CAN TEACH THEM, THEN THEY CAN GO TO THESE SPACES [00:20:01] AND THEN TRAIN. AND I THINK WHEN WE GET TO THAT LEVEL, IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING FOR, FOR US TO MAYBE DO SOME KIND OF SURVEY OF THOSE WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE AND LIKE, DID YOU ACTUALLY TRY IT? OFTENTIMES WHEN I'M IN A TRAVEL TRAINING SPACE, THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WHO'S RIDDEN THE BUS? WHO'S RIDDEN, UM, THE TRAIN? AND THEN THEY RAISE THEIR HAND. I'M LIKE, WELL IDENTIFY, THESE ARE YOUR TRANSIT EXPERTS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ME, IT'S YOU. SO IT'S, IT'S THAT EMPOWERMENT PIECE. BUT I LIKE, I LIKE THE IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. ARE THEY ACTUALLY GONNA TRANSITION SO WELL, 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS, IT'S SUPER GREAT AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO USE THE NETWORK WE HAVE. YEAH. BUT I THINK THAT, UM, ONE OF THE APPEALS OF THE MICRO TRANSIT IS EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE BUS RIGHT THERE, LIKE I COULD JUST PULL IT UP ON MY PHONE AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN EASIER WAY FOR PEOPLE. SO I, I, I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE, BUT OBVIOUSLY I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER STUFF GOING ON RIGHT NOW. NOPE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING JUST TO ADD TO THE PILE THERE, . ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN ALSO MARCH 18TH, UM, HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED? WHAT DO WE DO? I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED . YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT YOU ASKED, SO IF YOU WANNA USE THE QR CODE AND ACTUALLY SUBMIT, OR IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL ME DIRECTLY WITH ANY KIND WORDS YOU HAVE FOR OUR DRIVERS, THEN I WILL, I WILL SHARE THOSE WITH THEM BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE STATIONS WHERE WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM GIFTS AND IT WILL MEAN A LOT. AND, AND IN FUTURE, I, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IF POSSIBLE, UM, IF IT'S SIGNING A LETTER OR SOMETHING OF THAT. BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU, YOU ALL KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT THEY GO THROUGH AND THE EXPERIENCES, SO YOU, IT MEANS A BIT MORE WHEN YOU ALL SUBMIT A COMMENT. SO YES, PLEASE WILL DO. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? UH, THEN AT THAT POINT I BELIEVE WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA. UH, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 4:23 PM THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 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