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WILL YOU TAKE ROLL PLEASE?[CALL TO ORDER]
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENT.DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
ALRIGHT, I'M OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT AND UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T BROUGHT YOUR SPEAKER CARD TO THE CLERK, PLEASE DO SO.
UM, AND BEFORE WE COME TO THE ROOM, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ONLINE? NO, WE DIDN'T.
UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE THIS BE A MONTHLY THING, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, SO I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE REALLY CRAZY BUSY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH A NEW, BIGGER PROSPECT OF OUR BUS SYSTEM.
BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING.
THAT'S OCTOBER THE FIRST THROUGH THE EIGHTH.
SO YOU'LL JUST BE DONE WITH THE PROCESS OF RE REVAMPING THE WHOLE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
SO I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT AS AN AIM.
OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH EIGHTH IS THE WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING.
AND OCTOBER ONE IS THE SCHOOL DAY, YOU KNOW, THE ROCK AND ROLL SCHOOL DAY OF.
SO I JUST WANNA SORT OF JUST MAKE YOU BE OVERWHELMED WITH YOUR FUTURE.
SORRY, LA LA LA I'M CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM IS APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES AND UH, WE HAVE MINUTES FROM BOTH MARCH 17TH AND MAY 19TH.WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING IN APRIL AND THE MARCH MEETING RAN SO LONG THAT WE PUSHED MEETING, UH, APPROVAL MINUTES APPROVAL TO TODAY.
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES, UH, TO MAKE TO THE MINUTES? NOT CHANGES, BUT I WILL HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON BOTH.
I HAD ONE, UM, IN THE MINUTES FOR MAY 19TH.
FRED, YOU'LL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK THEY MISS, UH, REPRESENTED YOU 'CAUSE YOU WERE ASKING THEM TO NOT REPEAT INFORMA THE MINUTES.
SAY THAT YOU WANTED THEM TO NOT REPEAT INFORMATION, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING WAS THAT WE HAVE FEWER MEETINGS
SO I THINK WE SHOULD CORRECT THE, THE MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I GUESS WE CAN APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THAT CHANGE THERE.
OH, YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE? I HAD ONE ITEM AND I THINK IT WAS THAT MEETING.
I CAN'T FIND THE ME MINUTES RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WERE VOTING AND THE GAME OUT SHOWED SIX TO ONE, UH, WAS WRITTEN AS SIX TO ONE VOTE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ONE WAS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NAMES, EVERYONE WAS ON THE POSITIVE.
I THINK DAVID MAY HAVE BEEN ABSENT THAT PARTICULAR MEETING, BUT I, I, I WAS CONFUSED THERE.
AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THE MEETING.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ONE, THE RESOLUTION, UH, UH, ITEM I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD ON THAT AGENDA, OR AM I, AM I THINKING OF THE WRONG MEETING? CARRIED? SIX TO ZERO IS ON MARCH 17TH.
I MEAN, IS, UH, ON THE MARCH MEETING? HMM HMM.
WELL IF YOU DON'T SEE IT AND I WON'T PUSH IT,
ALRIGHT, LET ME PULL IT UP RIGHT UP.
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NO, FIRST, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DON'T HAVE MINUTES.AND THEN ON THE OTHER AND ON THE BOAT.
AND IT DOES, IT DOES SAY THAT THE NOS WERE NOT APPLICABLE, BUT THE ONE WAS THE ABSENT, WHICH WAS ALDEN AS IN DAVE, FIVE TO ONE.
THEN WE MISSED AVO VOTE IN THERE 'CAUSE IT WAS SIX PEOPLE IN THE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
OKAY, SO IT, IT SHOULD SAY NO.
IT SHOULD SAY CARRIED SIX TO ONE.
DOES IT REALLY SAY SIX TO ONE IF SOMEBODY'S ABSENT? I DUNNO IF YOU DON'T, SHOULDN'T IT BE SIX TO ZERO, SIX TO CORRECT AND THEN ABSENT MM-HMM
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE CHANGES TO BOTH THE MARCH AND THE WHATEVER THE LAST MAY, UH, MEETING MINUTES.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
ON TO, TO COMMITTEE COMMENT.DURING COMMITTEE COMMENT, MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO BRIEFLY SHARE UPDATES RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE, INCLUDING LIAISON REPORTS FROM OTHER CITY BODIES AND MAKE REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL UM, GO DOWN THE ROAD THEN STARTING WITH YOU.
ERIC, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.
UM, I GOT AN, UH, AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF MY TRANSIT ALERT TYPE MAILING LISTS ABOUT THE, UM, CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD, UH, VOTING TO CHANGE THE, UM, CAP INVEST NUMBERS WITH, UH, AN LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE SAYING THAT THE QUARTERLY REVENUE FROM THIS WOULD PROBABLY DROP 50% FROM 4 BILLION TO 2 BILLION.
UM, AND THAT'S OF INTEREST TO US BECAUSE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT MONEY FUNDS IS THE LOW CARBON TRANSIT, UM, OPS PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE LC TOP, WHICH WE'VE USED THE MONEY INCLUDING FOR, UM, FAIR FREE.
UM, AND IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
THE, UM, PEOPLE ON THE SIDE OF MAKING THE CHANGE OR SAYING THAT, UH, IT'S GOOD FOR CALIFORNIA AND THAT THE BRAKES WILL ONLY BE GIVEN TO THE PETROLEUM COMPANIES THAT ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING IN TERMS OF WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING.
AND THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE, UM, ARE SAYING THAT IT'S A GIVEAWAY TO THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, BUT WHICHEVER SIDE TURNS OUT TO BE RIGHT, IT IS A REDUCTION IN REVENUE.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
AND IT'S, IT'S ALSO A SIGN OF THE TIMES THAT THE, WHAT'S BEEN THE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR TRANSIT ARE GOING DOWN.
THIS IS A MUCH MORE, THIS IS AN OFF THE CLIFF DOWN AS OPPOSED TO THE MORE GRADUAL DOWN THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM OUR OTHER STATE FUNDINGS.
SO WE SHOULD ALL BE, UM, WRITING, THIS IS TO US, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AND ANYBODY THAT LISTENS TO, UM, WE SHOULD BE CONTACTING OUR ASSEMBLY PEOPLE AND SENATORS IN THE STATE TO SAY, NOT JUST WHETHER THIS IS RIGHT OR WRONG, BUT LET'S LOOK AT FUNDING FOR TRANSIT.
SO THAT'S, AND JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE IN OF INTEREST, UH, LINDA HOPKINS, WHO IS ONE OF THE SONOMA COUNTY, UM, SUPERVISORS DID VOTE AGAINST IT AND SHE SPOKE RATHER ELOQUENTLY THAT IT WAS A BAD IDEA.
BUT EITHER WAY, IF IT'S LOSING MONEY FOR TRANSIT.
I'VE WRITTEN STUFF DOWN HERE, BUT I THINK I'M CONFUSED ANYWAY, SO I WON'T WORK.
UH, ONE I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THE LAST TWO MEETINGS.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D MISS TWO IN A ROW, BUT THE FIR OTHER ONE WAS CANCELED SO YOU DIDN'T NO, I MISSED, I MISSED MARCH.
OH, MARCH AND THEN MAY, APRIL IT COULD HAVE MADE AND YOU CANCELED IT.
WHAT CAN I SAY? ANYWAY, UH, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS I'VE GOT A WHOLE LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR MARIA, ADDED SOME OTHER CONVERSATION.
BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP TODAY WAS RESERVE POLICY.
IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE RESERVE POLICY IS.
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A, IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? I DON'T THINK THERE WAS CONFUSION, BUT THE CITY HAS ONE AND THEN MTC OR GOVERNING BY HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE.SO WE ARE KIND OF FIGURING OUT WHICH, WELL, OKAY.
BUT YEAH, THIS COMMITTEE ADOPTED A RESERVE POLICY.
AND THEN YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS OR PLEASE.
IT, I ACTUALLY WAS THE AUTHOR OF IT ORIGINALLY.
IT WAS RESERVE MINIMUM RESERVE SHOULD BE ONE HALF OF THE ANNUAL T-D-A-S-T-A, UM, ALLOWANCE MINUS THE GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT TRANSFER.
IF I REWRITE IT TODAY, I'D PROBABLY SAY HALF OF THE COORDINATED CLAIM, BUT, AND WE CAN DO THAT IF NECESSARY.
IF YOU NEED DOCUMENTATION ON THAT, I PROBABLY HAVE THOSE OLD MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING.
IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADD AS ONE OF THE TOPICS FOR FUTURE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TDA CHANGE AND THE STA CHANGES COMING.
WOULD YOU SAY AGAIN, WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT WAS? MINIMUM AND IT WAS, IT WAS A TARGET.
WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS GONNA GO BELOW IT AT TIMES, BUT IT WAS GONNA BE AS WRITTEN THEN THE TOTAL S-D-A-T-D-A ALLOTMENT AS DETERMINED BY, I GUESS IT'D BE MTC MINUS THE AMOUNT THAT WENT TO GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT.
THAT DIFFERENCE OF THAT, UH, REMAINDER OH, OKAY.
THE, THE ARGUMENT WAS THAT IN A SEVERE ECONOMIC TIME, THE PANDEMIC QUALIFIED, WE MIGHT ONLY GET THREE QUARTERS OF OUR T-D-A-S-D-A FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.
AND THAT, THAT'S HOW THE MATH WORKS OUT AND THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT THE PANDEMIC WAS.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY YOU SAID THE COORDINATE.
I, I MISSED THE SUBTRACTION PART, SO, YEAH.
OKAY, I AM CLOSING A COMMITTEE COMMENT AND WE ARE MOVING
[STAFF COMMENT]
ON TO STAFF COMMENT.SO, UM, MARIA, I KNOW YOU HAVE A TRANSIT MANAGER'S REPORT AND, UM, DURING THE STAFF COMMENT, STAFF WILL PROVIDE BRIEF UPDATES RELEVANT TO THE COMMITTEE.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS AND STAFF SHOULD BE LIMITED TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND THERE SHOULD BE NO DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS AND THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
UM, MARIA RSI, INTERIM TRANSIT MANAGER.
TODAY I'M PROVIDING AN UPDATE ABOUT THE AUGUST SERVICE MODIFICATIONS TO BEGIN WITH.
AS USUAL, I HAVE STAFF HERE AS I TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK OR LAST INTAC MEETING.
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE STAFF THAT CAN SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT CERTAIN AREAS, BUT WE'LL GO OVER IT.
UM, I WANNA START WITH TALKING ABOUT THE SERVICE CHANGES.
OUR SERVICE CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR AUGUST 10TH.
THAT IS THE SERVICE CHANGE DATE AS DISCUSSED LAST, THAT LAST HACK.
IT'S IN COORDINATION WITH THE OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT PROVIDERS.
THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE, THEY'VE SET THEIR SCHEDULE CHANGE.
UM, THIS SCHEDULE CHANGE IS PART OF OUR STABILIZATION PLAN AS I TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST WHERE FROM AUGUST TO JANUARY WE'RE GONNA BE COLLECTING MORE DATA IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF THESE REDUCTIONS THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE.
AND I'LL RE I'LL GO OVER THOSE REDUCTIONS AGAIN, UM, HERE AS I HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR YOU AS WELL.
UH, MOST SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY WILL BE HOW LUMA GO WILL BE PART OF THAT SERVICE.
STEPHANIE OR ELLI, CAN YOU BRING THIS UP? 'CAUSE I'M GONNA PASS THIS OUT, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT FOR THEM.
YOU'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN ELECTRONIC COPY TOO, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS.
BUT I, AND FOR THOSE WHO DO WANT IT, THIS, WHAT I'M PASSING AROUND TO NOW IS IT'S BASICALLY A QUICK GUIDE TO THE REDUCTIONS AND THE MODIFICATIONS.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE AT A GLANCE IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HERE'S WHAT, WHAT WE'RE CHANGING AND WHAT WE'RE MODIFYING.
SO WE'LL GET, BRING IT UP SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE AS WELL.
SO DOES EVERYBODY HAVE ONE OR THAT NEEDS ONE? SO I'M GONNA SHOW THIS SIDE FIRST.
UM, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT THIS CORE SERVICE STABILIZATION PLAN IS.
SO IN AUGUST, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FIXED ROUTE AND PARATRANSIT SERVICE WILL END AT 6:00 PM AND IT'LL ONLY OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE NEXT ONE WE WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE LUGO.
AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WROTE ABOUT IN OUR MANAGER REPORT, BUT AT THAT POINT DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.
SO AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE'VE HAD A LUGO PILOT THAT IS NOW COMING TO ITS END THAT LUGO PILOT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
TO RECAP, ACE WILL BE DOING OUTREACH AS THAT, AS THAT PILOT COMES TO A CLOSE.
BUT AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE STILL HAVE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH MICRO TRANSIT AND WITH ALL THESE REDUCTIONS, IT MADE SENSE FOR THE STAFF TO LOOK AT MICROT TRANSIT AS AN OPTION.
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BE ENDING AS OF JUNE, 2027 FOR ANY MICROT TRANSIT SERVICE TO UTILIZE WHAT MONEY WE LEFT HA IN THE GRANT FOR GHOST SONOMA AND USING MICRO TRANSIT NOW MORE AS A SAFETY NET SERVICE FOR THAT FIXED ROUTE AND PARATRANSIT SERVICE.WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY HOLDING THE, THE MONEY, WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT IF WE NEED TO IN TERMS OF BUDGET.
WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT FOR SURE.
BUT I WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAD OR WE HAD ORIGINALLY SHARED BECAUSE AS I SAID, WITH THE SAFETY NET SERVICE, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR PROJECTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT WILL THE SERVICE BE, ET CETERA.
SO WE NOW HAVE THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THIS SERVICE COULD LOOK LIKE.
A WORKING NAME RIGHT NOW IS CALLED ACCESS BY LUMA GO.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE REALLY WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME IS BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GONNA BE A HUGE LIKE BRAND LIFT, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE TO SET EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR PASSENGERS, RIGHT? LUMA GO IS A VERY SPECIFIC PILOT THAT'S MORE LIKE A, UH, ALMOST UBER LYFT WHERE YOU'RE GETTING 15 MINUTE RIDES.
THIS WILL NOT BE THAT SERVICE.
THIS WILL CHANGE THE MICRO TRANSITS PLATFORM AND IT'LL, IT'LL BE FOCUSED ON THOSE MOST VULNERABLE.
AND THE WAY WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PARATRANSIT PASSENGERS, WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRE-BOOK INTO LUGO.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WHEN IT'S NOT DOING A PARATRANSIT TRIP, IT WILL DO MICRO TRANSIT IN BETWEEN.
THERE'S THE DATES THE SERVICE WILL USE THE EXISTING LUMA GO APP AND PLATFORM.
WE OPTED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE WORKLOAD OF GETTING A NEW APP
UM, BUT IT WILL OPERATE DIFFERENTLY THAN ALUMA GO PILOT AND HAVE VERY LIMITED AVAILABILITY ABILITY FOR GENERAL WRITERS.
AND AOL'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MESSAGING TODAY, BUT I WANNA BE CLEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME ROBUST MESSAGING OUT THERE.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WHEN SOMEBODY GOES TO BOOK THAT APP, THAT'LL GET A POPUP LETTING 'EM KNOW ABOUT THOSE CHANGES.
THAT BEING SAID, WE DO EXPECT THOUGH THE, THE COMMUNITY WILL STILL BE LIKE, OH WAIT, THIS ISN'T HOW IT USED TO BE.
SO WE'RE STILL ANTICIPATING GETTING QUITE A FEW COMMENTS.
AND THIS WILL BE PART OF, AGAIN, AEROSOL MARKETING'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE ALL THOSE COMMENTS IN.
BECAUSE WE STILL WANT THAT INFORMATION.
UM, THE OTHER CHANGES IS IT WILL BE CITYWIDE AND SO THAT IS A GREAT ADVANTAGE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S MORE FOR THOSE MOST VULNERABLE RIDERS, RIGHT? AND IN BETWEEN IT WILL BE FOR THE, FOR THE REMAINDER.
AND RE AS A REMINDER, LUGO VEHICLES DO HAVE A BIKE RACK.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT HAVE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEHICLES OUT THERE.
THIS IS KIND OF IN THE WEEDS, BUT THE, SOME WILL HAVE A BIKE RACK, SOME WILL NOT.
AND SO WHEN YOU BOOK, YOU'LL KNOW WHICH ONE'S WHICH FOR THE BIKE RIDERS IN THE ROOM.
SO I JUST WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR 'CAUSE YOU'LL SEE SOME NEW, NEW, NEW VEHICLES ON THE STREET WITH THIS AS WE'LL BE USING OUR ELECTRIC CUTAWAYS THAT ARE COMING SOON.
UM, A DA REPAIR TRANSIT RIDERS MAY PRE PRE-BOOK TRIPS.
GENERAL RIDERS MAY EXPERIENCE LONGER WAIT AND RIDE TIMES BECAUSE IT'S A LIMITED SHARED RIDE SERVICE.
AND IT'S FUNDED THROUGH OUR GHOST SONOMA THROUGH JUNE, 2027.
SO THE HOURS FOR THE LUMA GO SERVICE WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S REALLY THINKING ABOUT AFTER 6:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THIS WILL BE THE ONLY THING ON THE STREET, RIGHT? SO AFTER 6:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THESE LUGO IS ALL THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE STREET AND ON WEEKENDS ACCESS BY LUGO IS GONNA BE THE ONLY THING ON THE STREETS.
SO WE'LL HAVE A DISPATCHER, WE'LL WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RIDES, BUT I WANNA MAKE REALLY CLEAR, WE WILL NOT HAVE FIXED ROUTE IN PARA DO OUTREACH IN COMMUNITIES.
SO ARIS LEADER WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUTREACH, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW ON THE BACK OF IT, THIS WAS JUST 'CAUSE IT GOT KIND OF CONFUSING AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AT LEAST YOU HAVE THIS SIDE.
UM, THIS IS JUST A QUICK FOR EVERYBODY HERE.
GO AHEAD AND SCROLL UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THIS WON'T REALLY BE NECESSARILY PUBLIC FACING, ALTHOUGH WE'RE GOING TO USE IT, BUT IT'S MORE SO THAT OUR TAC COUNCIL CITY STAFF KNOW WHAT IT IS AUGUST 10TH IS GONNA LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT.
SO YOU SEE WE HAVE OUR FIXED ROUTE SERVICE HOURS, PARATRANSIT SERVICE HOURS, REESTABLISHING THAT.
THIS IS THE PRIMARY WORK WEEKDAY SERVICE MODEL DURING THE STABILIZATION PERIOD THAT IS OUR CORE SERVICE IN THAT BLUE BOX.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
THE ACCESS BY LUMA GO WILL BE AVAILABLE, BUT AS YOU SEE, IT'S GONNA HAVE REALLY LIMITED AVAILABILITY.
UM, TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO CAN ACCESS, AGAIN, THIS ISN'T A PUB NECESSARILY LIKE A, WE WON'T BE PUSHING THIS PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE OUT, BUT FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT IT'LL BE A LITTLE MORE BITE SIZE.
UM, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT, GO AHEAD AND GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE, WE'RE LISTENING, SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW, AND THIS WILL BE PART OF THE MASSIVE CAMPAIGN, IS WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THEIR INPUT ON THIS.
UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THEN WE CAN ALSO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THE RIDERSHIP IS.
SO A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE, IT'S A, IT'S THE WAY I ALWAYS LOOK AT CHALLENGES AS OPPORTUNITIES.
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REALLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY, ALTHOUGH WE ORIGINALLY GONNA GET RID OF LUMA GO A HUNDRED PERCENT DUE TO FUNDING, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOW, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA USE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS FUNDING MODEL.WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT COMMINGLING COULD LOOK LIKE WITH MICROT TRANSIT.
SO IT'S USING THESE DOLLARS NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE THE SAFETY NET, BUT TO SAY, WELL WHAT IF WE COULD GET SOME MORE DATA FOR OUR TRANSIT PARTNERS? BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THE AREA IS VERY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT COMMINGLING WOULD LOOK LIKE.
COULD YOU DO PARA WITH MICRO TRANSIT? AND IS THAT A, AN EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE WAY TO DO MICROT TRANSIT IN THE REGION? ONLY NAPA VALLEY VINE, I BELIEVE IS CURRENTLY CO-MINGLING.
I VISITED THAT PROCESS AND THEY HAD GREAT ADOPTION AND GREAT SERVICE FOR THEIR MOST VULNERABLE RIDERS.
BUT WITH THEIR MICRO TRANSIT RIDERS IT WASN'T AS GREAT OF A RIDE.
'CAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO PUSH PUT PEOPLE ON THE FIXED ROUTE ANYWAY.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THE VIA APP WILL HAVE IN IT PUSHING PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH THE APP WILL BE EXISTING AS ACCESS LUMA GO, IT WILL STILL HAVE AN OPTION WHERE IT CAN, WE CAN PUSH MESSAGES, WE CAN LET THEM KNOW AND WE'RE GONNA LET THEM KNOW WHAT FIXED ROUTE AVAILABLE IS AVAILABLE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA CONSTANTLY, WHEN THEY COMPLAIN OR WHEN THEY HAVE FEEDBACK, WE'RE GONNA SAY, WELL, LET'S MAKE OUR FIXED ROUTE SERVICE MORE ROBUST.
THEN HOW CAN WE DO THAT? UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A PAUSE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I, THAT'S A PAUSE ON THE LUMA GO.
AND I JUST WANNA SEE IF THERE'S ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON ACCESS BY LUMA AGO OR THE TRANSITION.
UM, I TALK ON PAGE TWO IN THE MANAGEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MANAGER'S REPORT ABOUT KIND OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANNA GET TOO IN THE WEEDS WITH YOU.
UM, I HAVE, OH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
AND IT, IT'S REGARDING THE FUNDING BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO LEARNING IF IT'S EFFICIENT, I'M THINKING THAT THAT COULD LEAD TO APPLYING FOR OTHER GRANTS THAT WE SHOULDN'T JUST SAY IT'S DONE DONE.
BUT, BUT WE CAN USE THAT DATA NOT JUST FOR OUR TRANSIT PARTNERS, BUT FOR OURSELVES.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT OPTION.
WE JUST, AGAIN, I THINK THE MAIN THING IS DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO IT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THE DATA SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE IF MORE FUNDING ARRIVES.
THIS IS A LITTLE CONFUSING MM-HMM
SO LET ME SEE IF I GET THIS STRAIGHT.
IF I, UM, LET'S SAY I WANT TO USE LUMA GO, IT'S LIKE I AM REALLY WANNA USE LUMA GO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING THE DAY.
I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T REALLY COUNT ON IT BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE PARATRANSIT WILL BE PRIORITIZED AND I'LL NEVER KNOW WHEN, WHEN THAT IS.
BUT IN THE EVENING WHEN THERE'S LESS PARATRANSIT BASED ON NUMBERS YOU GAVE US THE LAST TIME, THEN IT MIGHT BE A BETTER OPTION OR A FEASIBLE OPTION.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS CORRECT.
HOWEVER, WHAT I WILL JUST A CLARIFIER IS WE'LL SAY WITH A SYSTEM LIKE THIS, IT'S UM, IT'S LIKE A HABIT SYSTEM, RIGHT? SO A PERSON RE REALIZES, 'CAUSE NO ONE'S GONNA KNOW THAT DURING THE DAY RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT NUANCE OF KNOWING AND THEY MAY HAVE A NO RIGHT.
AVAILABLE A GENERAL RIDER IN THE EVENING.
I MEAN, IT COULD HAPPEN, RIGHT? BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW RIGHT NOW IS OUR PARATRANSIT RIDER DON'T RIDE PAST 6:00 PM AND THEY THEN THERE'S ONLY 17 ON AVERAGE ON SUNDAY AND 22 ON SATURDAY.
HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WE'RE ALSO REDUCING ALL OF OUR FIXED ROUTE.
SO ALL THOSE FIXED ROUTE PASSENGERS.
SO A GENERAL WORLD THUMB WON'T BE TO SAY IT'S A SAFETY NET SERVICE THAT WILL PROBABLY AT THIS POINT, NOT PROBABLY, UNLESS YOU CAN PRE-BOOK, I WOULD NOT USE ACCESS BY LUMA.
YOU HAVE TO BE AT AS A GENERAL RIDER BECAUSE YOU, YOU MAY OPEN IT AND GET AN HOUR, YOU MAY OPEN AND GET NO RIDE AVAILABLE.
WHERE I THINK BEFORE WE HAD MORE CONSISTENCY AND I THINK PASSENGERS WILL KIND OF, AS THEY DID WITH THE PREVIOUS, FIGURE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, AND SEE WHAT, WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
BUT IT WON'T BE MARKETED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC ANYMORE.
BUT I ALSO THINK YOU, I MEAN, AND YOU'RE, I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THE EXPECTATIONS OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY PARENTS WHO WERE USED TO PUTTING THEIR KIDS ON LUMA GO DURING THE DAY, WELL, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE, YOU GOTTA BE IFFY.
AND SO, AND THAT'S A, JUST A MANAGING EXPECTATION FOR THE, FOR THE CHANGE SO THAT THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED.
MOST DEFINITELY ACE WILL SPEAK TO SOME OF THE NOTICING SHE'S DONE.
NOW, AGAIN, THE NICE THING ABOUT THE LUME GO APP
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IS PEOPLE WHO USE IT, WE CAN DIRECTLY TALK TO THEM VERSUS OUR FIXED ROUTE WHERE AEROSOL'S BEEN PUTTING 'EM ON THE BUS AND WE HOPE THEY SEE THEM.THEY'LL GET SOME, A BUNCH OF MESSAGES STARTING IN JULY.
WE JUST DIDN'T WANNA START IT IN JUNE.
BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
AND I THINK, YEAH, EXPECTATIONS BE TRICKY.
UM, COULD YOU CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE, UM, I SEE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OVERLAPPING HOURS BETWEEN ACCESS BY LUGO AND THE FIXED DROUGHT.
WHAT DOES THAT KIND OF LOOK LIKE? DO THEY OPERATE IN THE SAME AREA OR IS IT JUST OUTSIDE OF THE FIXED DROUGHT AREA? YES, IDEALLY WHAT I WOULD'VE DONE IS TAKEN IT OUT OF FIXED ROUTE.
I THINK THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE BETTER CHOICE AT THIS POINT THOUGH, WITH THE FUNDING ENDING RIGHT NOW AND WITH THE MESSAGING THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO THAT, WE OPTED TO HAVE THE REDUNDANCY.
SO THERE WILL BE REDUNDANCY IN TERMS OF WHERE THE SERVICES.
HOWEVER, OUR HOPE, AND THIS MAY NOT BE ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, SO I WILL HAVE A CLEAR, MY HOPE IS WHEN I'M SITTING, FOR EXAMPLE, AT SMART AND ASKING FOR A RIDE DOWNTOWN, WHICH I'M SITTING REALLY CLOSE TO THE COPELAND RIGHT MALL, IT'S GOING TO SAY AN HOUR WAIT FOR LUMA GO OR GO OVER THERE BECAUSE ONE OF THE CLARIFIERS, AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO RIDE AVAILABLE AT SOMETHING LIKE A WAIT TIME OF 15 MINUTES.
WE DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO WAIT LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES.
IT, THEY GET AN OR 20 OR I FORGET THE PARAMETERS.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE PARAMETERS? IS IT REALLY, IF THE RIDE THINKS IT WILL BE 15, IT CAN BE LONGER.
GAIL'S SAYING NO, I'VE GOTTEN MESSAGES THAT YOUR RIDE WILL BE HERE IN 45 MINUTES.
AND I'VE ALSO GOTTEN MESSAGES THAT SAYS YOUR RIDE WILL BE HERE IN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
SO, UM, CARLY AND ACE WILL BE HEADING THAT UP BECAUSE IT WILL BE A TRANSITION, BUT YES.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GET THOSE MESSAGES, BUT WE WILL EXTEND THE PARAMETERS FOR IT.
SO WE'LL LOOK INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT.
SO IT WAS DEFINITELY A DECISION WHEN IT CAME TO THAT.
BUT IS THAT A, IS THAT HELP? YEAH, SO IT'S MORE ABOUT THE CONCERN OF, YOU KNOW, ABRUPTLY HALTING THE SERVICE AND SO IT, AND SO IS THAT SORT OF EXTENDED INDEFINITELY OR IS THAT JUST UNTIL LIKE THERE'S A BUFFER PERIOD OF GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT IT'S NOT GONNA I GET YEAH, SO THE BUFFER, I THINK WHAT, WHAT, LET ME REPEAT THE QUESTION.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE FEELING IS, RATHER THAN AUGUST 10TH, WHICH IS WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN IS LUMA GO, JUST GOES DARK, RIGHT? OR IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.
NOW THIS BUFFER PERIOD WILL BE, THEY'LL STILL HAVE ACCESS BY LUMA GO, BUT IT WILL BE A, A LESS EFFICIENT SYSTEM HELP HOPING TO KIND OF PULL THOSE GENERAL WRITERS TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS NOT THE SERVICE FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.
AND ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND MAYBE THIS, IF THIS IS O OFF TOPIC THAT WE CAN SAVE IT FOR LATER, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MENTIONING THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN APP FOR THE FIXED ROUTE, UM, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO, TO HAVE THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUR FIXED ROUTE WRITERS? THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE TRANSIT APP AND THAT'S OUR FIXED ROUTE BASED APP.
AND THE REASON WE AS A, AN AGENCY HAVE OPTED FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S AGNOSTIC.
ALL OF OUR PARTNERS USE IT S-C-T-C-A, BUT IT'S A PLANNING TOOL.
SO ALTHOUGH I HAVE, WE HAVE COMMUNICATION OPTIONS, IT'S MORE OF A BANNER, IT'S MORE LIKE I CAN PUT A NOTICE ON A ROUTE WHERE WITH, WITH LUMA GO, I CAN DO, WE CAN DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE THEM A URL, WE CAN GIVE THEM A LOT MORE.
SO WITH REGIONAL EFFORTS, WE WANNA ALWAYS TRY TO STAY WITH THE REGION'S DOING SO THAT PETALUMA IS NOT DOING SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH VIA, WE'VE LOOKED AT MODELS FOR THAT, WHERE IT IS PART OF THE SERVICE.
SO ALWAYS SOMETHING WE'RE CONSIDERING IF THERE'S AN EFFICIENCY THERE AND, AND ANY PLANS TO CO-MINGLE OUR, UM, OUR FIXED DROUGHT APP WITH THE SMART AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
SO SMART DOES, SO SMART APPEARS ON, UH, TRANSIT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, THEY ARE PART OF OTHER TRANSIT APPS.
SO SCTC, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW EITHER.
SO S-C-T-C-A BOUGHT INTO TRANSIT APP FOR ALL SONOMA COUNTY RESIDENTS.
SMART RECENTLY ADOPTED IT AS THEIR TRIP PLANNING TOOL AS WELL.
SO WHEN YOU GO ON IT, YOU'LL SEE ALL OF US.
IF I COULD, UM, PROBABLY MORE OF A SUGGESTION THAN A QUESTION, BUT I, I WAS EQUALLY, OR I WAS ON THE SAME PATH THAT, UM, THE LAST SPEAKER WAS BETWEEN LUMA GO DURING MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND PARATRANSIT, I MEAN, IT IT, IT GETS CONFUSING TO READ THE TEXT HERE.
I WAS BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT MAYBE INTENDED TO BE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, BUT IF IT EVER BECOMES A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, I WOULD TRULY RECOMMEND A GRAPHICAL CALENDAR.
I THINK IT WOULD REALLY CLARIFY.
JUST A SUGGESTION AND THANK YOU.
I HAVE A, A ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE SAYING, YOU KNOW,
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COPELAND TRANSIT MALL IS JUST UP THE WAY OR IF YOU'RE GOING DOWNTOWN, THE 11 STOP IS RIGHT THERE.AND THAT WAS A CONCEPT DURING THE PILOT THAT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION.
AND DO WE HAVE THE, THE MONEY AND THE PEOPLE POWER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN NOW IN THIS TIME? IT'S A, IT'S A PHENOMENAL QUESTION.
SO WHEN WE WERE INTENDING TO DO THIS, OUR FLEET WAS IN PRETTY BAD DISREPAIR, SO IT WAS REALLY TRICKY TO PUSH PEOPLE ONTO THAT SERVICE.
SO CLARIFIER, WHEN GAIL'S ASKING OR CHAIR, SORRY, UM, IS ASKING, WE NEVER PUT THE PUSH TO FIXED ROUTE BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, FIXED ROUTE WASN'T, IT WASN'T ACTUALLY TRACKING.
AND SO NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND YOU SEE WE HAVE THESE NEW ELECTRIC BUSES, SO WE HAVE THIS SERVICE THAT IS, IS VERY SUSTAINABLE.
PLUS PART OF THE EFFORT, AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, IS THAT WE HAVE FUNDING TO MAKE TWO AND 11 OUR ROBUST, RIGHT? AND SO PART OF THAT CORE SERVICE IS TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MAKE TWO AND 11.
AMAZING, RIGHT? THESE ARE OUR BIG WORKHORSES.
AND SO YES, WE HAVE FUNDING AND MIMI'S ALREADY PULLED QUITE A BIT OF IT TO, SO THAT WHAT I HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF HAVE TO WORK WITH IT, IT HOLDS FUNDING FOR FOR KEEPING THOSE SYSTEMS ROBUST.
THOSE, THOSE ROUTES REALLY ROBUST.
IN ADDITION, ALTHOUGH YOU DIDN'T ASK, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL ALONG OUR MOST TRAVELED ROUTES.
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE REDUCING SERVICE DOESN'T MEAN ALL SERVICE GOES DOWN.
IT MEANS THAT WE PUT OUR FOCUS ON OUR MOST NEEDED SERVICE AND OUR MOST NEEDED SERVICE IS OUR MOST VULNERABLE ROUTES TO AN 11 WHICH CONNECT OUR COMMUNITIES.
AGAIN, IN CASE WE DON'T GET TO IT IN JULY, YOU'LL SEE THAT MESSAGING COMING OUT.
AND SO IN TERMS OF THE TRANSITION TO ACCESS, UM, I'LL MOVE ON TO REGIONAL COORDINATION AND THEN WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA TOUCH BRIEFLY ON BUDGET AND GRANTS.
MIMI MIGHT CHIME IN, BUT THEN WE'LL MOVE TO RIDERSHIP AS WELL AS I REALLY WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS ACE'S BEEN DOING.
AND WE HAVE BILL MIDDLETON FROM GM AND UM, FROM MV IN CASE WE HAVE QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT SECTION, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REGIONAL COORDINATION WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE COMING IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
SO YOU'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT MASCOTS AND PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP BROUGHT THAT, THAT TO YOU.
UM, THERE ARE NOW OTHER STUDIES THAT ARE GOING ON THAT WE'RE GOING TO, I'M GONNA BE BRINGING TO THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW IN THE AREA WE HAVE.
UM, WELL LET ME ACTUALLY BACK UP BECAUSE THIS TALKS ABOUT COVID AND TRANSIT.
SO LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
THE FIRST ONE, 'CAUSE YOU SPOKE ABOUT IT, WAS THE COORDINATED CLAIM.
I KNOW WE'VE TOUCHED ON IT ALREADY, SO I'M JUST GONNA REITERATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THE COORDINATED CLAIM IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR.
I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT PROCESS.
UM, AND REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE SERVICE FOR PETALUMA.
IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED WITH THE, WITH THESE ADJUSTMENTS IS COPELAND TRANSIT MALL AS OF JULY 1ST, BECOMES UNDER THE, UH, MANAGEMENT OF PETALUMA TRANSIT.
UM, WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THAT IS IT IS OUR LOCAL TRANSIT MALL, RIGHT? AND THIS JUST FOR THE HISTORY, SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT WAS THE ONE TO PUT THAT TRANSIT MALL INTO PLACE MANY MOONS AGO.
AND IN 2026 IT WAS WRITTEN MANY MOONS AGO THAT PETALUMA TRANSIT WOULD BE TAKING IT OVER IN 2026.
SO THIS WAS A WELL ESTABLISHED DOCUMENT.
UM, TRUST ME, I ASKED AND I FOUND IT
SO, UM, BUT WITH THE COPELAND TRANSIT MALL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES TO ADVERTISE THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE AND THOSE WHERE OUR PASSENGERS ARE, AND NOW THAT IT'S KIND OF UNDER OUR MANAGEMENT, WE MAY FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THAT SPACE AND MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY.
IN ADDITION, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT BJORN'S TITLE IS, BUT I KNOW
SO IT'S NEAT TO HAVE US ALL WORKING TOGETHER, TRANSIT MALL, DONE.
NOW I'LL GO TO THOSE OTHER REGIONAL, UM, REGIONAL PLANNING CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MASCOTS IN THE PAST, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SONOMA SYNC, WHICH IS KICKING OFF.
SONOMA SYN IS A PROGRAM, UM, OR A STUDY THROUGH S-C-T-C-A AND I'M HAPPY TO BRING MORE INFORMATION BACK.
YOU WILL BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, A POWERPOINT, GIVE YOU THE IDEA OF WHAT IT IS.
BUT IN SHORT, WHAT IT IS IS IT'S A STUDY TO LOOK AT ALL THREE BUS OPERATORS IN SONOMA COUNTY TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO MORE INTEGRATIVE WORK AND HOW WE CAN HAVE A MORE CONSISTENT FRONT FACING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR TRANSIT RIDERS.
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AND SO THIS IS, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THREE YEARS.IT MIGHT BE EVEN LONGER ACTUALLY.
I'LL HAVE TO LOOK, BUT IT'S A VERY LONG STUDY.
DURING THAT TIME I'LL BE WORKING WITH THE OTHER BUS OPERATORS TO PROVIDE THEM DATA, DATA THAT WE WERE ALREADY WORKING ON COLLECTING FOR, FOR OUR OWN SERVICES.
SO IT'LL BE REALLY NICE BECAUSE IT'LL MAKE THAT EVEN MORE ROBUST.
SO WHILE OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON TODAY, SONOMA SYNC IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
THE OTHER ONE WILL BE THE SONOMA COUNTY IS DOING A STRATEGIC, UH, TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN RIGHT NOW.
UM, I WILL BE SENDING OUT INFORMATION, UM, A IF MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME REMEMBER BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOME OUTREACH.
SO IT MIGHT BE SOME FOLKS THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PASSING THAT ALONG TO.
I GOT THE SURVEY FROM SONOMA TRANSIT.
UM, SO THEY SENT SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT, SENT OUT A SURVEY ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE INTEND TO DO FOR WHEN WE GET TO OUR AUGUST TO JANUARY.
SO WE'LL SEND THAT UP TO YOU IN CASE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.
SANTA ROSA CITY BUS HAS THEIR OWN PLAN AS WELL, UM, THAT THAT SHOULDN'T IMPACT US TOO MUCH.
THE PETALUMA NOW THIS IS THE NEW ONE AND IT'S EXCITING.
MIMI SULLIVAN, OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, UM, GOT US A GRANT AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S OVER $400,000 TO DO A LONG RANGE TRANSIT PLAN.
I'M EXCITED, I'M GONNA SAY IT A THOUSAND TIMES.
SO THIS PLAN WILL ALLOW US TO HIRE A CONSULTANT AND DO OUR PLAN FOR PETALUMA.
SO WHERE SONOMA SINK'S GONNA LOOK AT ALL THREE BUS OPERATORS, WE CAN UTILIZE THIS PLAN TO DO WHAT THAT WON'T.
NOW THAT BEING SAID, IT'S A LOT OF PLANS, RIGHT? AND WE WANNA BE CAREFUL FOR REDUNDANCY BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL MONIES THAT SONOMA'S PAYING IN.
SO S-C-T-C-A HAS ALREADY SCHEDULED A MEETING FOR US AND ALL THE PLAN PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER AND WE'RE GONNA CUT THROUGH AND FIND OUT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE DUPLICATIVE WORK BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE THESE PLANS WORK FOR SOME ACTIONABLE ITEMS. AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR THE PETALUMA VISION PLAN, WE WILL HAVE A SHORT RANGE AND LONG RANGE TRANSIT PLAN BY THE END OF THIS.
IT INCLUDES A LOT OF ROBUST MARKETING, IT'S JUST, IT'S WONDERFUL.
AND I DON'T WANNA GO IN THE WEEDS HERE 'CAUSE WE JUST GOT THE CALIFORNIA JUST AWARDED IT.
WE JUST HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING.
OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE TO PREPARE TO GO OUT TO BID FOR THAT CONSULTANT, WHICH I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU AND WE'LL NEED, UM, POTENTIALLY SOME VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST WITH THAT PROCESS OF SELECTING, UM, THE CONSULTANT.
SO BE READY IF YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.
I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT IN TERMS OF THE GRANTS.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO PAUSE THERE IN BUDGET BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT LAST WEEK.
SO WE, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRANT OR BUDGET, ME AND MIMI ARE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE.
OTHERWISE WE'LL MOVE ON TO RIDERSHIP BRIEFLY AND FOCUS ON AND THEN GO TO ELLI.
OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD TO PLANNING AND RIDERSHIP.
UM, CARLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT KIND OF ANY TRENDS YOU SAW SPECIFIC, IF ANYTHING IN BUTTER AND EGGS AS WE DID
UM, YEAH, I CAN JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON BUTTER AND EGGS.
ALL THE SYSTEMS STATS I PUT IN HERE ARE PRETTY REGULAR, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY FROM WHAT YOU GUYS SEE EVERY MONTH FROM ME.
UM, BUT I DID WANNA UPDATE ON BUTTER AND EGGS.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE PROVIDE A FREE SHUTTLE.
WE'RE RUNNING 15 MINUTE SERVICE DOWNTOWN DURING BUTTER AND EGGS.
AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT WE DID SEE A DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR OF 17%, BUT THAT RIDERSHIP WAS GOING ON SMART.
SO PEOPLE ARE STILL TAKING WHATEVER TRANSPORTATION INSTEAD OF THEIR CARS, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT 'CAUSE IT LOOKED A LITTLE CONCERNING AND WE WERE LIKE, WHERE'D THOSE PEOPLE GO? THEY WERE PACKED INTO SMART.
I WAS ON THAT TRAIN, ALMOST DIDN'T GET ON IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IS WHAT YOU GUYS SEE EVERY MONTH, SO IT'S ALL GOOD.
UM, AND AGAIN, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FUTURE TOPICS, AS I'VE SAID, UM, IF THERE'S A WAY YOU WANNA SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT? IF THERE'S INFORMATION YOU'RE WANTING, WE WANNA PROVIDE THAT TO TAC SO JUST LET US KNOW AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FORMULATE THINGS IN THE FUTURE TO, FOR WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, I'M WONDERING HOW YOU GET THE AGE DEMOGRAPHICS WITHOUT UH, FAIR CARDS BECAUSE WE ARE SAYING HERE THAT YOUTH ARE 45% ADULTS, 44 AND SENIORS, 11 OF ALL PASSENGER TROOPS.
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IDENTIFY, UM, ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE AGE.SO IT'S, WE CAN'T TAKE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS COMPLETELY ACCURATE.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T LIKE DIRECTLY A ASK EVERYONE WHAT THEIR AGE IS.
UM, I MEAN, SORRY, IF I WERE A BUS DRIVER AND YOU TOLD ME I HAD TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT ON MY BUS, YOU KNOW, BY AGE I WOULD QUIT.
SO, UM, BUT THEN I, I'M NOT WELL SUITED TO BEING A BUS DRIVER.
UH, IT, THESE SEEMS LIKE YOU SHOULD ONLY USE ONE SIGNIFICANT DIG.
I MEAN IT SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT YOU'RE GETTING ACCURATE DATA.
H HOW ARE YOU? DO THEY HAVE LITTLE CLICKERS THAT THEY PUNCH? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD DO IT.
UM, THEY HAVE A SHEET THAT THEY FILL OUT UHHUH.
UM, TO, TO THAT POINT THOUGH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING WITH OUR GMV SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAVE GOTTEN ON THE BUS.
THE ISSUE IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CLIPPER CARD OR ANY FARES AS YOU KNOW, IT BECOMES REALLY CHALLENGING.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA DISCUSS IN TERMS OF RIGHT NOW DRIVERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE A GUESS A ROUGH GUESS AND THE SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, THE TABLET HAS A PLACE FOR THOSE THINGS TO GO.
SO THEY CAN JUST TAP, TAP, TAP.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, FOR A SCHOOL TRIPPER, IT CAN BE FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS ON OUR LIST TO BE WORKING THROUGH IN AUGUST AND JANUARY IS IMPROVING THAT ANY WAY WE CAN.
BUT UNLESS WE HAVE FARES OR SOME KIND OF CARD, WE WILL NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THAT.
SO I JUST THINK WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT REPORTING IT SINCE IT'S HIT OR TO NOBODY'S FAULT.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT WE LOSE SOME DATA.
BUT THIS IS FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE DON'T HAVE THIS LEVEL OF, WE DON'T HAVE 45 OR 11.
SO I THINK WHEN YOU REPORTED YOU, YOU SHOULD SAY ESTIMATED AT THE WRITER DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHICS ARE ESTIMATED AS THIS.
SOME AGENCIES IN IN ADDITION WILL RUN SPOT CHECKS, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO KIND OF COMPARE.
SO SOMEBODY WILL ACTUALLY RIDE COUNT AND DO THOSE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, WE ARE RIDING THE BUS THAT WE CAN ALSO DO.
AND I'M NOT CRITICIZING THE, THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA.
I'M JUST SAYING LET'S NOT REPORT LIKE WE DO.
QUESTION, UH, ON THE CLIPPER CARD, IS THERE A CITY A CHARGE? THE CITY HAS TO PAY THE COMPANY AND IF IT'S, IF WE'RE NOT USING THEM, DO WE STILL PAY 'EM? YES.
BECAUSE WE ARE, AGAIN, IT'S A REGIONAL AGREEMENT AND AS THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM, WE WANNA MAINTAIN ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF CLIPPER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT CURRENTLY ON OUR VEHICLES.
THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER TOPIC IN THAT SMART TRAIN FOR SENIORS.
THERE'S NO FA I'LL GET ON 'CAUSE I'M ADDICTED TO PUTTING CO CARDS IN MACHINES AND I'LL GET ON AND PUT IT IN THERE AND THEN MY WIFE SAYS, WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? WE'RE ON FOR FREE.
WELL IS THERE ANY PROBLEM USING A CARD IN AND OUT WITHOUT CHARGING JUST TO KEEP TRACK OF KEY PEOPLE.
ACTUALLY I TALKED WITH UH, EMILY BETS WHEN SHE WAS STILL THE LEAD PLANNER FOR SMART, UH, AND SHE PREFERRED YOU DO THAT AND I DO IT MYSELF 'CAUSE IT GIVES HER BETTER DATA.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S MAYBE WITH US TOO, THIS IS ALL VERY USEFUL BECAUSE AS WE'RE DOING MESSAGING, YOU KNOW, AND THIS COMMUNITY IS EAGER TO OFFER THIS, YOU KNOW, SO THERE MAY BE WAYS WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF NOT HAVING THE FAIR IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE LINEUP OF PEOPLE PULLING OUT THEIR CARD AND OH, WHERE'S MY CARD? YOU KNOW, SO, SO WE'RE SPEEDING UP THE TRAIN OR THE BUS? THE BUS IS MORE SPEEDS UP MORE BECAUSE THE TICKING ON AND OFF FOR THE TRAIN.
THERE'S MU MULTIPLES AND IT'S NOT AS YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ON THE DOOR.
ALRIGHT, WELL THIS SEEMS LIKE A WONDERFUL TIME TO MOVE TO MARKETING OUTREACH WHILE ARACELLI GETS UP SOME OF THE THINGS SHE WANTED TO SHOW YOU.
UM, YOU WILL SEE WE DIDN'T TOUCH ON IT, BUT YOU WILL SEE A FEW DIFFERENT, UM, UH, SHELTERS OUT AND I JUST LIKE YOU TO ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THAT'S IN, IN THE REPORT
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AS WELL.WE WILL BE HAVING SOME NEW SHELTERS WITH A GRANT THAT WE PROCURED AND WE PUT THAT ORDER IN.
AND NOW LET'S MOVE TO MARKETING AND OUTREACH.
AND I'LL LET ELLI EXPLAIN WHAT SHE'S DONE SO FAR.
WELL, I'LL TRY TO BE DEBRIEF AS MUCH AS I CAN.
UM, I'LL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
UH, BUT BEFORE I GET INTO IT, MY NAME IS QUEZ.
I'M THE TRANSIT SPECIALIST FOR PALOMA TRANSIT.
UM, SO INITIALLY I STARTED WITH LIKE TRYING TO FIT ALL OF THE CHANGES INTO ONE THING AND WORKING ALONGSIDE MARIA, I WAS ABLE TO PARE IT DOWN TO THE SAMPLES THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UM, SORRY, MY COMPUTER'S A BIT SLOW.
SO THE, THIS IS A SAMPLE OF, UM, A FLYER EVENTUALLY, IF MY COMPUTER WORKS, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, THAT THIS VERSION WILL BE POSTED ON BUS STOP, SO I'M GONNA HAVE IT BLOWN UP BIGGER.
UM, THE WAY YOU'RE SEEING IT NOW, IT'S, IT'LL FIT FOR AN EIGHT AND A HALF BY 11, UM, SIMPLE FLYER.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN PRINT AND ALSO DISTRIBUTE TO OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
I PLAN TO HAVE COPIES OF THIS AT THE LIBRARY, FOR INSTANCE, AT, UM, WITH THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER.
I CAN SHARE IT WITH, UM, CAFE
UM, IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH.
UM, AND THEN THE QR CODE THAT YOU SEE LISTED ON THERE GOES TO A LANDING PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WILL HAVE THESE CHANGES.
SO NOW THAT I'VE GOTTEN INFORMATION ABOUT ACCESS BY LUMEN GO, I PLAN TO GO BACK AND ADD THAT INFORMATION TO THAT LANDING PAGE.
SO THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE NEWS SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE ALERTS ON OUR WEBSITE.
I DESIGNATED A, A SEPARATE TAB ON THE HOME SCREEN JUST FOR SERVICE UPDATES.
AND I KEPT IT VAGUE IN GENERAL RIGHT NOW, I DIDN'T CALL IT AUGUST
I WANTED IT TO BE, IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE DOING THAT TO WORK FOR FUTURE SERVICE CHANGES.
SO A VERSION OF THIS EXISTS ON THERE AS WELL, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP.
SO, LIKE I SAID, WITH THIS, WE WANTED TO PARE IT DOWN.
WE WANTED THE MAIN, UM, CHANGES TO BE HIGHLIGHTED SUCH AS FIXED ROUTE AND PARATRANSIT.
UM, BEING AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6:00 AM TO 6:00 PM WE WANTED, UH, EMPHASIZE THAT, UM, THE WEEKEND SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WITH GO SONOMA FUNDS AND ALSO THAT WE'RE KEEPING, UM, THE FAIR FREE PILOT PROGRAM OR WE'VE EXTENDED THAT.
AND I'LL GO BACK TO THIS SO THAT I CAN SHOW YOU GUYS SAMPLES OF WHAT THE VERSIONS, VERSIONS OF THIS LOOKS LIKE ON THE BUS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL TIED TOGETHER.
UM, AND WE PURPOSELY DIDN'T INCLUDE LINKS TO, UH, THE CUSTOMER COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR FORM.
I WAS GONNA HAVE TOO MANY QR CODES ON IT OR TOO MANY LINKS.
I'M CHOOSING TO PUT THAT STUFF ON THE WEBSITE AND I'LL HAVE DIFFERENT VERSION, LIKE THE PRINTED VERSIONS THAT GO ON THE BUS STOP WILL HAVE MORE OF THAT INFORMATION SO THAT FOLKS CAN STILL GET THAT INFORMATION.
UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ABOUT THESE FLYERS IS THAT WE'RE, AND YOU DON'T SEE IT ON HERE, BUT, UM, MY PRINTED PHYSICAL PRINTED FLYERS WILL HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER TO THE FEEDBACK LINE SO THAT FOLKS CAN ALSO CALL IN AND GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK THAT WAY.
UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST FILLING OUT A FORM ON THE WEBSITE.
ALSO, IT'S ALL ANONYMOUS SO FOLKS DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF REPERCUSSIONS OF ANY KIND.
UM, THE SAMPLE HERE ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE PHYSICAL PRINTED BUS SCHEDULES.
SO IT'S GONNA GO AS AN INSERT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED TO SAVE US MONEY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD DONE SCHEDULE, WE PRINTED NEW SCHEDULES BACK IN JANUARY.
SO RATHER THAN HAVING TO REPRINT JUST TO MAKE THE CHANGES OF THE SERVICING HOURS, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE GONNA DO THE INSERT AND JUST PUT IT IN THAT.
UM, AND THEN ON THE COVER WE'LL HAVE A YELLOW, A STICKER
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THAT WILL IMPLICATE, YOU KNOW, CHANGES ARE COMING, LOOK INTO THE INSERT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE DONE IS TO CREATE A PUBLIC UPDATE SIGNUP FORM THAT I HAVE A LINK ON THE WEBSITE.
SO FOLKS, IF FOLKS REALLY WANT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM US OR IF THEY WANT ME TO SEND INFORMATION TO THEIR EMAIL, THEY CAN ALSO SIGN UP WITH THAT FORM AND I MIGHT MAKE IT A HABIT OF SENDING THAT EMAIL OUT TO FOLKS.
UM, I'M GONNA CLICK HERE SO I CAN TAKE YOU TO WHAT THE LANDING PAGE LOOKS LIKE ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TAB RIGHT HERE THAT SAYS LATEST UPDATES.
UM, EVERYTHING I DO, I'M TRYING TO DO BILINGUAL IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
SO THERE'S THIS LITTLE, UM, NOTICE HERE TO, TO MAKE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN FOR THE SPANISH.
WILL YOU CLICK ON THE SIGN UP? OR ACTUALLY YOU MIGHT HAVE AN EI I'M GETTING A, CREATING A LOGIN FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA WHEN I CLICK ON THAT.
OH, AND YOU MIGHT ALREADY HAVE ONE SO IT DOESN'T, OKAY, I'LL, I'LL TO YOU.
I'LL MAKE A POINT, UM, FOR THAT.
BUT I CAN SHOW YOU HERE WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE.
IT'S MEANT TO LOOK LIKE THIS, UM, SO THAT FOLKS CAN, AND IT'S A VERY SIMPLE FORM.
UM, I'M CHOOSING TO DO THINGS THROUGH MONDAY.COM BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE TOOLS I HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY.
AND ONE OF THE FEATURES THAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, UM, PLATFORM IS THAT IT GIVES ME THIS TRANSLATE THROUGH, IT'S THROUGH AI, BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT IT GIVES US ACCESS TO MORE THAN JUST ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
I KNOW THERE'S FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND THAT DON'T SPEAK SPANISH.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO GIVE THOSE FOLKS ACCESSIBILITY TO THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE FEATURES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ABOUT THAT.
UM, CURRENTLY ON OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK FORM.
UM, WHAT I WAS AM HOPING TO DO, AND I'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON CREATING IT, IS TO COMBINE THAT WITH OUR CURRENT CRM SYSTEM.
WHEN WE HAVE COMPLAINTS, FOR INSTANCE, OR COMMENDATIONS, I WANT IT ALL TO BE UNDER ONE SYSTEM AND USING LOGIC, UM, FEATURES WITHIN THE, UM, FORM TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO HIDE AND UNHIDE CERTAIN QUESTIONS.
SO DEPENDING ON HOW THE, THE WRITER IS ANSWERING QUESTIONS, DIFFERENT THINGS WILL COME UP.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A WAY OF US SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH THE CHANGES, BUT ALSO JUST GETTING GENERAL FEEDBACK, SUGGESTIONS, ET CETERA.
SO I'M TRYING TO COMBINE IT ALL INTO ONE SO THAT IT'S EASIER ON ME, IT'S EASIER ON OUR TEAM, AND HOPEFULLY THAT ALLOWS US TO MANAGE THINGS BETTER AND BE MORE EFFICIENT.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I PERSONALLY AM ENCOUNTERING AS I'M TRYING TO LEARN THIS, UH, ROLE AND NAVIGATE THESE CHANGES.
UM, IT'S, EVERYTHING'S IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
WE HAVE THE COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEBSITE, WHICH IS WORDPRESS.
WE HAVE C AND THEN I HAVE VOICEMAILS THAT ARE COMING INTO MY INBOX.
I HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I'M GETTING THE INFORMATION AND IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S CAUSING THINGS TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
AND THEN I HAVE TO GO AND PUT EVERYTHING INTO CRM AND ASSIGN IT TO OPERATIONS OR ASSIGN IT TO CITY STAFF.
SO IT'S, IT GETS A LITTLE COMPLEX AND IT COULD BE OVERWHELMING AT TIMES.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST AVENUE TO KIND OF CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THAT.
ANYTHING I'M FORGETTING? YEAH, LET ME DO A LITTLE CLARIFYING.
AND, AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE STAFF, RIGHT? WE, WE STARTED WITH ONE PLAN IN APRIL AND NOW THEY'VE HAD A NEW MANAGER WHO NOW SAID, TAKE ALL THAT AWAY
AND SO ALSO GETTING UP TO SPEED.
SO I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HER ABILITY TO BE PIVOTING CONSTANTLY.
I GO IN HER OFFICE ALMOST EVERY DAY, NO CHANGE THIS, NO CHANGE THAT.
AND SO SHE'S NOT ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING FINALIZED FOR YOU TODAY.
HOWEVER, WITH WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY, SHE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO CREATE, AS YOU HEAR HER THOUGHT PROCESS, A FINALIZED PACKET SO THAT WE WILL EMAIL THAT TO YOU.
HERE IS THE BASICS AND THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
WE JUST WANTED TO, WE NEEDED TO TALK WITH Y'ALL BEFORE WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL KNOWS AND THEN WE GO OUT TO DOING MORE MESSAGING.
BUT I THINK, UM, I WANTED TO JUST ALSO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GREAT WORK ACE'S DONE.
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WITH, YOU KNOW, SR S WE TALKED TO SRJC, DEFINITELY CAFE PUENTE.UM, THERE ARE QUITE, BUT SHE DID PHENOMENAL.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE QUITE A FEW THINGS AND, AND ON OUR, ON OUR LIPS AS ALWAYS, HERE ARE THE CHANGES AND NOW THAT THAT MESSAGE WILL JUST GET MORE AND MORE REFINED MM-HMM
AND SO WE, WE FORESEE THAT BY JULY 1ST.
THIS MESSAGING IS JUST, HERE IT IS.
AND THIS IS KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF THAT PACKET FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, IN ADDITION, UM, ARACELY WILL BE HOLDING, I THINK THREE OUTREACH EVENTS.
UM, ONCE THE NEW SCHEDULE IS OUT, THOSE OUTREACH EVENTS, WE KINDA LIKE COMMUNITY EVENTS PEOPLE CAN COME TO, TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK.
ONE WILL BE A WEB BASED AT THE END.
SO ANYBODY WHO COULDN'T COME TO THE FIRST TWO, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON HOSTING.
SO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, MCDOWELL MAY RE REHOST ONE FOR US.
UM, REBUILDING, REBUILDING, REBUILDING IS BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH A LOT OF, UM, DAY LABORERS OR LABORERS FOR THEIR TRAINING, AND THAT'S THE EXACT STAFF THAT'S GONNA GET HIT REALLY HARD.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE GOING TO MOBILE SHOWERS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE.
WHAT THESE MEETINGS HAVE DONE IS SHOWN US WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE LEAVING BEHIND.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN IS TO THINK ABOUT THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY GONNA GO ON THE WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR DON'T HAVE TIME TO EVEN SUBMIT THE FORM ON THE WEBSITE.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO THOSE THINGS.
AND WE FOUND THOSE THINGS THROUGH, UM, THESE MEETINGS.
SO WHEN WE MET WITH REAL BUILDING TOGETHER, FOR INSTANCE, WE LEARNED THEY USE OUR SERVICES TO GET TO AND FROM WORK, BUT SO THEY DON'T, THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO POSSIBLY GO TO THESE WORKSHOPS THAT WE WERE THINKING OR PLANNING ON DOING.
HOWEVER, THEY WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH US.
THEY SAID, LISTEN, WE HAVE A MEETING EVERY WIN EVERY WEEK, YOU CAN COME TO THOSE MEETINGS SO THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED A TIME AND PLACE OF WHEN WE CAN REACH THOSE FOLKS.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE IN-PERSON COMPONENT IS COMING INTO PLAY.
UM, THIS IS ALSO BUILDING ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH OUTREACH AND MY PRIOR, UM, JOB THAT I HAD.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THAT IS COMING FROM.
THAT WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT WE CARE ABOUT THEM, THAT WE'RE GONNA LISTEN TO THEM.
SO WE'RE MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE.
SO WE'RE GONNA PLAN THESE WORKSHOPS WITH A VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
UM, SO THAT THEY CAN COME, WE'RE GONNA SAY, LISTEN, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE ON THIS DAY AND TIME COME.
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ASK US ANY QUESTIONS.
RIGHT? LIKE IT'S, WE HAVE TACK EVERY MONTH, BUT WE KNOW, AND AS YOU CAN, AS WE CAN SEE, NOT EVERYBODY COMES.
AND THAT'S ALSO FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM FOLKS, UM, THAT ARE TALKING TO ME, OR WHEN I CALL THEM BACK BECAUSE THEY LEFT A VOICEMAIL BECAUSE THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT THE MUGO GOING AWAY.
SO AS WE, AS I TALKED TO THEM, I'VE IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY, THEY WANNA HEAR FROM US, THEY WANNA TALK TO US.
AND, UM, I ACTUALLY WENT TO OUR DISPATCHERS MEETING LAST WEEK AND THAT WAS ONE THING THAT THEY, THEY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO, UM, FOLKS, RIGHT? THEY'RE ANSWERING THE CALLS AND THEY SAY, HEY, I'M GONNA TRANSFER YOU TO SO-AND-SO.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHY WOULD I, WHY DO I, WHY DO I WANNA BE TRANSFERRED TO SO-AND-SO IF I ALREADY HAVE YOU ON THE LINE? SO THAT'S WHERE THAT IDEA AND THAT, UM, THINKING'S COMING, UM, FOR THESE EVENTS.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT, IT'S ANOTHER TECHNICAL THING, THE CONTACT US PAGE.
SINCE I HAVE THIS VENUE, I'VE NEVER USED IT BEFORE, BUT IS THAT NEW? NO, THAT'S BEEN ON THERE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S THERE, PEOPLE KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THERE.
I THOUGHT GIVEN YOUR VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT THE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE CONSOLIDATED AND NOT BE COMING IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS.
I THOUGHT ALL THESE SUGGESTIONS THAT I KEEP THROWING IT, MARIA, I'LL GO TO THE, I'LL GO TO THE CONTACT PAGE AND I DID.
AND SO EITHER YOU HAVE IT FOR ME ABOUT SEVEN TIMES OR YOU DON'T HAVE IT AT ALL.
BECAUSE AFTER, I HAVEN'T SEEN NEW SUBMISSIONS COME IN AFTER I SUBMIT NOTHING.
SO I JUST HIT, SO THEN I REFRESH MY SCREEN.
SO IT'S, IT'S EITHER SEVEN OR NONE.
'CAUSE I CHECKED TODAY AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY NEW SUBMISSIONS, SO THERE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE THERE.
UM, BUT I'M FINDING THAT CONTACT US FORM ON THE WORDPRESS A LITTLE INEFFICIENT.
UM, SO YOU, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IS IT'S NOT BILINGUAL.
IT, THE FORM IS CREATED WITHIN A WORDPRESS.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO ADD FEATURES OR REALLY HAVE
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THE FORM HOW I WOULD WANT IT TO BE IN THAT SYSTEM.I'M HAPPY TO USE WHATEVER SYSTEM, BUT WHATEVER SYSTEM I DO CREATE, I WOULD, I, MY IDEAL PLAN WOULD BE THAT IT IS EMBEDDED ON THE WEBSITE.
SO TO THE PUBLIC NOTHING WOULD CHANGE.
IT'S JUST MORE INTERNAL AND HOW IT WORKS ON THE BACKEND SIDE OF THINGS.
I'M COMPLAINING THAT, THAT'S ONE OF MY COMPLAINT IS I COULDN'T SUBMIT MY SUGGESTION.
THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA COME BACK, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT GONNA JUST SEE THIS ONCE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HEAVILY RELY ON TAC
UM, AND SO, UM, THE RE UH, THE REVISED, UH, ACCESS BY LUMA GO IS GOING TO BE CITYWIDE.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE NEW TO SOME PEOPLE.
AND UM, I MEAN SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE VERY, VERY PLEASED BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IS PEOPLE WERE LIKE, I IT IS NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHY ISN'T IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? AT THE SAME TIME IT'S A LIMITED SERVICE AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE WAY WE MESSAGE IT.
THE NICE THING IS BECAUSE OF THE OUTREACH WE DID PREVIOUSLY, WE KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE AND WE CAN DIRECTLY MESSAGE THEM.
SO VERSUS SOMETHING LIKE YOU SAW WITH LUMA GO, RIGHT WHERE I WAS SCREAMING IT WHEN I WAS IN HER ROLE FROM THE ROOFTOPS.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SCREAMING FROM ANY ROOFTOPS.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED SHOULD BE NOTIFIED BECAUSE IF I WANTED TO KNOW I'D, I'D WANNA KNOW IF IT WAS ENDING IN A YEAR, I WOULD WANT TO USE IT FOR THAT YEAR.
AND, AND SO I THINK, UM, WE HAVE THAT LISTING.
WE, WE'VE KEPT TRACK AND OF THOSE COMMENTS OVER 200 REQUESTS FOR OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT SERVICE ZONE.
SO, AND WE HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE.
ARE YOU ABLE TO DO A, JUST A BLAST TO THOSE 200 PEOPLE? YEAH, WITHIN, WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT V AGAIN, VIA IS IT HAS AN OPTION TO DO A MASS MAILING SIMILAR TO A CONSTANT CONTACT IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE KIND.
UM, BUT IT'S ALREADY EMBEDDED IN THE SYSTEM.
SO WE JUST, WE HAVE THEIR INFORMATION, WE JUST PUT IT OUT AND IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A CERTAIN MESSAGING FOR THOSE WHO'VE NEVER RIDDEN MESSAGING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT GETS SO NUANCED IN THE APP THAT WE CAN PUSH IT.
IF YOU'VE TAKEN THREE RIDES TODAY, WE CAN PUSH A CERTAIN MESSAGE.
YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCE WE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WITH VIA AS A PARTNER.
I, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MARKETING SO FAR? SO I THINK WITH THAT WE DON'T, UM, WE'LL MOVE INTO RULE OPERATIONS, WHICH IS THE LIST OF THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE STILL HOW WE'RE GONNA BREAK THIS UP, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT'S NOW, RIGHT NOW ALL UNDER THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
BUT IT'S BECAUSE OFTENTIMES YOU DON'T NEED A PRESENTATION FROM EACH.
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE FEEDBACK IF THIS IS CONFUSING.
ANYWAY, BILL, UM, SO IF BILL MIDDLETON, OUR GENERAL MANAGER WHO GETS UP AT PROBABLY 3:00 AM AND IS THE ONE CLEANING BUSES RIGHT NOW, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING ONE OF OUR BUS CLEANERS AS WELL AS OUR GENERAL MANAGER, DO YOU MIND JUST COMING UP? YOU CAN GIVE US A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE.
BUT ANYTHING ADDITIONAL OR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, UH, FROM THE CITY STAFF SIDE, MV HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN MAKING THESE CHANGES, RIGHT? THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY OPERATE THE SERVICE.
IN ADDITION, AS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO REDUCE OUR SERVICE, RIGHT? SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT WHEN WE REDUCE OUR SERVICE, THAT MEANS WE REDUCE OUR DRIVERS.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THE HELP OF MV.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THEM LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULE TO POTENTIALLY OPTIMIZE SOME OF THE, THE BIDDED WORK FOR THOSE WHO ARE FAMILIAR SO THAT THERE ARE MORE PIECES THAN WE'D ORIGINALLY, UM, THOUGHT WE'D HAVE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
UM, AND THAT IS ONLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MV, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR STAFF HERE.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, IN ANY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, IT REALLY HELPS TO TALK TO ANOTHER AGENCY.
AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY EAGER TO HELP US.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE GIVEN US A LOT OF RESOURCES EVEN TODAY WE HAD COME UP.
SO I CANNOT SAY THINGS, ALL THESE THINGS, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW YOUR BOSS'S TITLE, BUT, UM, YOU CAN TELL 'EM ABOUT OUR VISITORS TODAY BRIEFLY AND ANYTHING ELSE.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH BILL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING PLEASE.AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S ROUGH TO BE CUTTING STAFF AND I WISH IT WASN'T SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US.
AND IT'S LOOKING BETTER THAN
SO THAT, THAT FINISHES THE, UM, THE TRANSIT MANAGER'S REPORT.
THE ONLY, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THINGS I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU THAT DIDN'T GET IN THERE.
IS IT, DID IT FINISH IT, I BELIEVE? IS THERE SOMETHING MORE? TELL ME.
I THINK WE KIND OF SKIPPED OVER THE BUDGET AND GRANTS PART.
IT IT, AND IT'S JUST A A, MM-HMM
A THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET ON AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FUTURE.
'CAUSE THERE'S THE, THE ONE ITEM ABOUT, UM, THE ANNUAL FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION GRANT APPLICATION AND INCLUDING, UH, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION TOWARDS THE PHASE THREE ELECTRIC BUS PURCHASE.
AND I GUESS IT'S GOTTA BE SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS AGO.
UM, JARED HAD ALERTED US THAT THE FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE FEDS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'D APPROVED OUR GRANT, BUT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT THE PURCHASE ORDER WE NEEDED ANOTHER AND THAT WAS, WAS HELD UP AND IT WAS BEING HELD UP.
THIS WAS A STANDARD NOW AND THEN WE FELL DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF THE, THE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
SO WE NEVER, WE NEVER GOT AN ANSWER ON IF THAT EVER CAME THROUGH.
AND I'M ALSO INTERESTED TO KNOW BASED ESPECIALLY WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT, HOW DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT PORTEND FOR OUR FUTURE ELECTRIC BUS PURCHASES? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO THAT THAT CAN BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, BUT IT WAS IN THE REPORT.
SO I JUST, IT MADE ME THINK BACK.
OH YEAH,
THIS WAS BACK IN JANUARY BACK WHEN, UM, THE FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS WERE UM, IF YOU REMEMBER THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UH, TRANSIT IS ALSO IN THE SAME GROUPING AS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
UM, AND SO THAT SPECIFIC GROUPING WAS HELD UP, UH, BACK IN MARCH WE GOT THE, OKAY, AND THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY DURING THE TIME WE WERE TALKING ALL THE SERVICE CHANGES TOO.
SO EVERYTHING'S HAPPENING ALL AT ONCE.
UM, BUT THE, WE GOT NOTIFICATION THAT THE FY 26, SO THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES ABOUT A HUNDRED K TOWARDS A DA PARATRANSIT OPERATIONS, UM, THAT WE CAN MOVE AHEAD WITH OUR GRANT APPLICATION.
SO I WAS ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT GRANT APPLICATION, WHICH INCLUDED A HUNDRED KI THINK IT'S LIKE 103, I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST THREE NUMBERS.
UM, BUT 103 TOWARDS A DA PARATRANSIT OPERATIONS.
SO IT'S PRE-CALCULATED FOR US ALONG WITH 5 MILLION, TOWARDS UM, FOUR TO FIVE VEHICLES.
UM, SPECIFICALLY FOUR VEHICLES FUNDED THROUGH THE FTA AND THEN ONE VEHICLE WE GOT, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REST OF CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SMART, THE A HSC GRANT THAT AFFORDS US ONE EXTRA BUS PURCHASE
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TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PURCHASING.WE'RE ALL LUMPING IT INTO ONE PURCHASE.
THE PURCHASE, UM, APPROVAL WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 3RD.
UM, AND IT WILL HAVE ALL THE FUNDING BREAKDOWN INCLUDED IN THERE.
SO IF YOU WANNA LOOK FOR THAT, THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH ON AUGUST 3RD.
UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDS, IT'S ALL FORMULA F.
SO IT GOES THROUGH M-T-C-M-T-C SAYS, YOU KNOW, FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 YOU HAVE THIS MUCH TOWARDS BUSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 YOU HAVE THIS MUCH TOWARDS BUSES.
AND THEN WE JUST KIND OF BANK IT UNTIL WE HAVE ENOUGH TO PURCHASE IN BATCHES.
UM, AND SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR BUSES AND THE SPECS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED AND THE GRANT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND FINALLY ALL THAT FUNDING HAS COME THROUGH.
SO THAT'S THE, THE GOOD NEWS ON THE TIMELINE.
NOW TIMELINE FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT RIGHT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR AGING FLEET, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON GRANT APPLICATIONS, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR OAG, THE ONE BAY AREA GRANT.
UM, IN PARTNERSHIP OR HOPEFULLY THROUGH RECOMMENDATION OF S-C-T-C-A, THAT'S PART OF OUR CYCLE TWO, UH, GRANT APPLICATION.
THAT'S LIKE THE MATCHMAKER THING THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
THE APPLICATIONS, THEY SAID ONE OF US, ONE OF OUR BUS PURCHASES MIGHT QUALIFY.
SO THAT GIVES US SOME ADDITIONAL POTENTIALLY IF WE GET AWARDED THAT.
UM, AND THEN AS THE NEW MTC UM, TIP, SO THAT'S THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, WE CAN WORK ON PROGRAMMING FUTURE BUS PURCHASES WHERE THEY DO THAT FEDERAL SET ASIDE FOR BUSES IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL PART OF LIKE THE FUTURE PLANNING PROCESS.
BUT ALL OF IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, SOME YEARS WE'RE LIKE, WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THIS MUCH AND THEN WE REALIZED THAT THIS FUND MIGHT COME IN A LITTLE BIT LESS.
WE DID NOTICE THAT OF THE 5 MILLION A LITTLE BIT DID COME IN LESS.
BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING THAT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PURCHASES.
THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I GET CONFUSED BY THE LANGUAGE WHERE WE STAFF HAS SUBMITTED A GRANT APPLICATION, WHICH MAKES ME THINK IT'S NEW AND THAT WE DON'T KNOW THE OUTCOME YET.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY IT'S A PROCEDURAL.
UM, SO THE MONEY IS OURS, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE FEDERAL FUNDS, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO SHOW THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION, THE PROPER USAGE.
SO THEY CALL IT A GRANT APPLICATION.
IT GETS FEDERALLY APPROVED EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY IS ESSENTIALLY EARMARKED FOR US.
IN ORDER TO PUT IT IN OUR POCKETS, I NEED TO DO WHAT THEY CALL IS A GRANT APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, IT'S A NON-COMPETITIVE, THE MONEY'S EARMARKED TOWARDS US, BUT FOR, UH, DOCUMENT DOCUMENTING POLICIES, TRANSPARENCY, ALL OF THAT, THAT'S WHERE I DO THE APPLICATION.
AND I HAVE TO DO THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BECAUSE OF THE FTA SET ASIDE FOR A DA PARATRANSIT OPERATIONS.
AND THEN SOME YEARS I'M ABLE TO TACK ON CAPITAL ITEMS DEPENDING ON WHAT HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR US.
IS THAT THE FINAL STEP IN THE HANDSHAKE OR DO THEY HAVE TO BLESS THAT YOU'VE FILED THIS PAPERWORK? THEY SEND US A LETTER SAYING WE'VE ACCEPTED AND AWARDED.
HAVE THEY DONE THAT? NO, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THAT.
HOWEVER, THE GRANT ALLOWS FOR PRE-AWARD AUTHORITY.
SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH WITH THE PROCESS, THEY LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, VARIOUS AGENCIES LOOK AT OUR GRANT AHEAD OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO RED FLAG ISSUES.
AND SO I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR FTA AWARD MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.
SO GREEN LIGHT FROM THEM, I HAD MTC GO THROUGH IT AS WELL, GREEN LIGHT FROM THEM.
UM, SO THERE'S VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT HAVE THEIR EYES ON IT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF AN AGENCY CHOOSES TO USE PRE-AWARD AUTHORITY, UM, THAT IT'S NOT GONNA FALL THROUGH ANY PROBLEMS. BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO COUNCIL, SO NOT EVEN BEFORE WE ISSUE THE PO BY THE TIME WE GET TO COUNCIL IS BY THE TIME WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THE LETTER.
SO THIS GRANT APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BUSES THAT WERE HELD UP, CORRECT? THIS IS, SO THAT WAS PHASE THREE? YEAH.
IS THERE A PHASE FOUR EVENTUALLY? YES.
YEAH, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT YET.
YEAH, SO I HAD A, I HAD A QUESTION NOT ON THIS, BUT JUST ON GRANTS.
UM, MARIA, YOU SAID THAT MIMI, YOU SECURED US 400,000 IN, IN A GRANT.
HOW WAS THAT PROCESS LIKE? LIKE WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE ANTICIPATED FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR? YEAH, UM, BACK IN JANUARY, I THINK WE BRIEFLY MENTIONED IT, LIKE THE POSSIBILITY, I THINK THERE WAS LIKE A PENDING, RIGHT? LIKE I HAD GRANTS THAT BEEN AWARDED GRANTS SO THAT WE'RE NOT AWARDED AND PENDING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PENDING ONES.
WE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT BACK IN JANUARY OF 2025.
WE WERE NOT AWARDED AFTERWARDS.
CALTRANS OFFERED TO ME TO PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK AND I WAS LIKE, YES, I'LL TAKE A
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MEETING FOR FEEDBACK.UM, AND SO WHEN THE NEXT CYCLE OPENED UP AND I APPLIED FOR THIS BACK IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, SOMETHING IN THAT TIMELINE, I HAD INCORPORATED CALTRANS FEEDBACK.
UM, SO DEFINITELY WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE OUR, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT SPECIFICALLY IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE LAST GRANT WE APPLIED FOR, UM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY LONG-TERM VISION PLAN.
UM, AND IT'S LIKE TAKES SIX MONTHS OR SO FOR THEM TO REVIEW AND THEN PROVIDE US NOTICE.
SO, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UM, BUDGET WORKSHOP PROCESS, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AS A PENDING ITEM.
AND THIS IS LIKE BRAND NEW HOT OFF THE PRESS NEWS THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN AWARDED THIS.
SO THIS WILL ALSO BE GOING TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST EIGHT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AWARD.
WE'RE TRYING TO PACK EVERYTHING INTO ONE MEETING FOR COUNCIL
NO, THANK YOU FOR SOURCING THAT.
AND I'LL JUST WRAP UP THE TRANSIT MANAGERS REPORT WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON HERE, WHICH IS THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE FAIR, UH, JUNE 18TH OF THE PETALUMA AFFAIR, JUNE 18TH OF JUNE 21ST.
UH, LUMA GO WILL BE OPERATING THE SHUTTLE SERVICE FOR THAT UNTIL 11:00 PM ON FAIR NIGHTS.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS A RIDE, UM, LET US KNOW.
AND WE HAVE BEEN, AND, AND I WON'T GO INTO THE FUNDING OF THAT, BUT IT IS COVERED AND I MAKE SURE WE GOT MONEY FOR IT.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED ANY MORE COMMENTS, BUT DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS?
IT'S JUST THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE SO LONG THIS TIME.
IN THAT CASE, WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:17 PM.