okay I'll call the Central okoma Transportation and parking authority February 2nd meeting to order uh there are no items from the chairman except happy Groundhog Day and I understand everybody can start planning their Spring plantings because the uh groundhog saw a shadow or didn't see a shadow so it's an early spring so uh are there any residents to be heard there are not uh then we'll move on to item four which is approval of the minutes of the January 5th Copa board meeting is there a motion to approve it's been moved and seconded if you don't would vote electronically motion passes the second set of minutes is the January 18th special meeting of the cop to board or uh Transportation committee meeting uh is there a motion to approve it's been moved and seconded please vote electronically motion passes there are four or three items on the consent docket um the first two have to do with uh renewal of uh software agreements with uh trapes software uh Jason did you want to comment on on maybe the scope of those two as they large items yeah sure Mr chairman these are uh renewal items which we you know typically uh renewals we have on the consent doc but but I I agree I think it's a good idea to mention just due to the significance of the renewal amounts um item a um let me grab it here item um a is actually our uh Second Amendment and renewal for a soul Source system Supply uh agreement with tra e software uh DBA trip spark Technologies um this is for this renewal is for the ongoing uh support of the software that we use for really our our AVL technology uh this is what allows us to identify U you know buses while they're um providing service throughout the city um and as you'll recall we actually um implemented this uh software uh back around the 2012 2013 time frame we've had that in place since then and um and have annual renewals so uh the estimated cost here is $100,000 for this particular renewal and it will provide ongoing support of that AVL technology uh whereas Item B uh is a is amendment nine in renewal with trapes DBA trip Spar for really a different Suite of software uh this software we've actually had in place since um around 2003 so we've had this ongoing um um software for that that amount of time this is the software that we use primarily for uh scheduling our transit services uh we're able to develop customer schedules um it also allows us to build um schedules for employees work you know to cover the the hours that we're operating Transit service and then also has a uh module for scheduling and um uh delivering our pair Transit service so that's little bit uh confusing to some if you're not familiar with that software why we have two different agreements with essentially the same vendor tra DBA trip spark but that is the reason for that so happy to answer any other questions are there any questions about these first two items on the consent docket if not are there any other uh comments on the consent docket if not is there a motion to approve it's been moved and seconded all favor or please vote electronically motion passes okay uh item six is items for individual consideration the first one is uh a is to receive preliminary engineering plans from C for project for the parking lot at 2ou uh 2000 South May Avenue and authorized preparation for final plans and specifications Jessie morning chair Vice chair trustees every's having a great day um before we get started I know this is a parking item don't let your eyes deceive you I am not Corey but we'll we'll be talking about parking at South May um before we do I wanted to talk about why we're talking about parking at South May right so many of you have been here longer than I have you've seen Embark continue to grow it's a kind of our common theme that we're constantly growing right um I did a a little bit of a pulse check on our um basically the amount of Staffing that we have at South may talk to Tracy mlin who's been with Embark since 1981 and also with Chris back here in the corner he's been with Embark since 1981 also and so back in 1981 we had a total of about 150 employees total and uh you can see from this graph here we continue to grow uh currently as of this morning we're sitting at 378 employees total so continued growth uh we have nine new employees starting on Monday so again continuing that path of growth right uh and then obviously with the launch of the brt there's our brt operators 21 brand new brt operators uh but with that also we hired 16 maintenance employees and then the uh also the appropriate admin staff to support the the launch of the brt so again the common theme Here is growth right so that's why we're here to talk about parking at South May uh so this is uh 30% design so just kind of help us get oriented so obviously the big gray box in the middle of the screen there is the the admin headquarters uh to the bottom is uh South May right and North is to the left uh so if you've been out to South May lately you've noticed that we've added gravel parking right so that is a temporary solution to expand our parking this gets us that more permanent solution to concrete parking and so in the green on the right side of the screen that's the added concrete parking and then kind of in the middle of the screen there that green shaded area that is where we'll be removing the monument sign out in front of Embark now with that fence you can't really see it that well anyway so we're want to relocate that but this frees up um was that five additional parking spaces there and then we took a look at the rest of the parking lot to see any areas where we can maximize parking so there's going to be some restriping done just to really maximize the parking so at the top of the screen there you can kind of see uh our what our status as far as parking stalls go so right now we have 160 Standard Parking stalls 10 adaa 10 motorcycle for a total of 180 when we're complete with this construction will'll have a total of 220 or yeah 229 so an additional nearly 50 parking stalls with the construction of the additional parking South May so that that will help alleviate some of the constraints that we're having right now with h folks being able to find parking stalls so if you're ever come to South May on a Wednesday that's when we have a lot of overlap uh you may not find a parking stall so if you do just holler at us we'll we'll valet park your car for you so with that take any questions are there any questions for Jesse good job thank you one more question sorry oh um are there is there additional parking in the back of the building as well and yeah so as far as like employee parking there's not so what we try to do is we try to um separate like automobiles kind of like you see it like a truck stop or something right so we try to separate automobiles from the our Fleet so our buses right it's a little bit harder to see when you're driving bus uh however we are uh in the process of adding some additional gravel in the far back of the facility and there's there's gate access off of Miller which is that street that runs along the east side of South Main so what we're going to do is we're uh to help alleviate this because it's going to take us probably you know three months to wrap up the engineering and then you know two months three months for construction and we're we're at capacity right now so we're going to be adding some gravel to the uh the far east side of our lot there and uh doing some compaction with that gravel making it safe for our maintenance employees it's closer to the maintenance shop anyway so that that will help alleviate some of the the stream now all right thank you okay if there aren't any other questions or comments thank you Jesse we'll go ahead and uh ask for a motion it's been moved secondly please vote electronically motion passes Item B is the final acception acceptance of the Transit Center lighting renovation at 420 Northwest fth Street and placing maintenance Bond into effect Jason yes sir pretty straightforward item as you mentioned um final acceptance for the lighting project um we keep in mind we still have have some things that we uh need to wrap up in order to complete the transit center Renovations in their entirety uh but if you recall we had a contract for the lighting improvements the lighting improvements are complete and uh we look forward to bringing a final acceptance for the rest of the project to the board in the very near uh future um you'll notice uh for the final inspection we had um our contractor um our architect we had staff there so um really really this project if you haven't been by there in the evenings and I think uh staff has has shown pictures before but it it's really a dramatic uh difference much much brighter environment much safer uh feeling if you will for all that use it there any uh questions or comments if not uh is there a motion to accept it's been moved and seconded please vote electronically motion passes item C is a resolution ratifying and approving agendas number 1 through five and ratifying the administrator's acceptance and approval of a pre-award certific certifications from gillig and new flyer and awarding and approving the Professional Services agreement with gillig and new flyer for the procurement of 25 CNG buses with an option to P purchase an additional 25 4ot CG buses estimated initial cost of $7 million and to authorize the chairman to fully execute the Professional Services agreements upon receipt of the signed agreements and cert certificates of insurance Jason well Mr chairman I don't know if I have a whole lot to add after that extrem we tried to make that as as succinct as we could but it just couldn't get to it uh so I appreciate you uh bearing with us on that one but uh yeah really this is a this is a a a a uh an item where we're asking the trust to really really do several things um one uh ratifying our agendas which we typically will send that to a trust with send that to the trust with various rfps and bids there's agendas that are issued issued throughout that process um two is uh ratifying uh my acceptance of the um pre-award by America certifications and so as we purchase Rolling Stock uh because we're using federal funds to purchase that Rolling Stock it's very important that they meet the federal the federal government's by America requirements so certain amount of the components have to be made in America so we have uh reviewed and accepted the the percentage and list of of parts that are by America and also reviewed the ones that are not um and then um we do have a uh a Professional Services agreement or contract with both gillig and new flyer and that contract um or those contracts were under review for a considerable amount of time they're obviously lengthy contracts uh we received um um the okay if you will from the FTA we asked them to review those contracts and they're now uh in the hands of the vendors so we just got those contracts to the vendors I think this week so although our legal team FTA has reviewed those they are in the vendor hands now so what we are bringing to the the board really is the final piece of this which is not only approving the agreement but authorizing the chair once we receive those agreements back from the vendor to go ahead and sign those and that's really just a matter of trying to move for forward with our next bus order without having to wait an additional month to bring that back to the board um so two other things to mention quickly about this item um one is um we had two uh proposers uh gillig and new flyer those are really the the only remaining two for the most part heavy duty Transit bus manufactures that we can award contracts to that meet by America requirements both of them proposed and uh gilligs uh price was $678,500 difference so a little bit different approach normally we will pick a uh manufacturer and award the contract but because the pricing was so close close like you know $8,200 difference we are asking the board to actually authorize agreements with both so that we as staff and the trust have more flexibility when it comes to availability so for example our first call will obviously be to gillig they're the lowest price but if for some reason there's an unforeseen delay or it takes us a long time to get these buses we have an second option that we can utilize so that's really the idea of trying to award both the contracts uh or I'm sorry two contracts for um for buses and we currently have both gilligs and uh new flyers in our Fleet now so U wouldn't be really any change to our our maintenance department so happy to answer any other questions and we have a need to replace some buses this year 2024 yes we do and in fact I appreciate the question because our um estimated this estimated initial cost of 7 million of course is just for that that first order of buses that we really really need to get underway okay are there any other questions or or comments exciting times to to replacing our Fleet this is a step in that process so is there a motion to adopt it's been moved and seconded please vote electronically motion passes item D is to enter into executive session uh to receive confidential Communications from its attorneys concerning the claim of Craig Sanders versus the central Oklahoma transportation and parking authority DBA Embark um and uh I think we have to take a uh individual vote on this and we will consider it at the heel of the of the agenda yes okay uh is there a vote around the table yes yes yes yes yes yes okay uh then we will enter into executive session after we receive the uh program reports and items from the trustee so moving on to item seven is ratification of claims and payroll for a period of January 3rd through January 30th is there a motion to ratify it's been moved in seconded please vote electronically motion passes item eight is to receive our financial reports item a is the copta annual financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30th 2023 in 2022 and we have Lindsay nun who is going to uh help us with that presentation and all of you should have received the the heavy packet of information which is our annual audit Mr chair you don't mind I'd like to say a couple of comments is um ahead of ahead of Lindsay um so as the chair mentioned uh we have a report in front of you um you'll find um a couple of letters in there from um our auditor Ag and wanted to just point out a couple things um Lindsay's to certainly hit the highlights of the annual financial report um on page six uh Begins the management discussion and Analysis so if you kind of want to you know get a summary of what's in the report and kind of the status of of the the financials that's a really good place to start um but again commenting back on the letters from our auditor ag ag um there is a uh a letter that um indicates essentially that um the it's a clean audit right so uh and that's at the front of the financial report um there's also um some correspondence towards the back of the report from AG so you AG comes in they do uh their their typical audit um again we received a a clean opinion if you will however also part of what they look at is just the overarching financial controls that we have as an organization and I just take an opportunity to remind uh the trust that not only do we have the um the um trust financials uh but we also have a c pension right that is you know part of the overall trust activities and as the auditor was reviewing some of the uh pension controls um they actually identified um there is a finding where they identified um two uh benefit distributions or payments um that that one one of them was um actually calculated uh incorrectly the other one U I believe when they tested the file there was an adequate backup um so we since addressed that um it's obviously a good learning experience anytime you have somebody come in and review we can always do those things better point is um the the finding itself was not determined to be material uh so again we still have a a clean audit but I wanted to just mention that to the trust in case you peruse the report you'll see a finding in the back that's been addressed and um probably not anything else to say about it but uh Lindsay you want to take it from here thank you Lindsay nun accounting services division thank you for having me this morning as they said I'm here to report on the financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30th 2023 as Mr Farber said our external Auditors were Ag and they again issued an unmodified and clean opinion and determined that all of our financial statements comply with all relevant Accounting Standards set forth by the governmental Accounting Standards Board the single audit is still in process for this year and the single audit is a separate report that is required for any non-federal entity that expends more than 750,000 in in awarded funds during the during a fiscal year uh we anticipate that should be wrapped up by the end of March the Authority's net position for the fiscal year 23 ended I'm sorry increased 10.1 million to 117.5 million our net capital assets increased 5.7 million or 5.8% uh this was primarily due to an increase in construction and progress of 8.9 million uh offset by a decrease in our depreciable assets due to retirements our bonds payable decreased 425,000 just due to regularly scheduled uh Debt Service payments and again our bond ratings at June 30th continue to be of high quality uh subject to low credit risk U we get those both from Moody's and our standard and pores our operating revenues increased 1.4 million for a total of 13.8 million for the fiscal year 23 uh this was due to increased ridership and increased parking revenues our increase in transportation revenues from the city of Norman also contributed to that increase in revenues our operating expenses also increased 6.9 million for a total of 59.8 million uh this was due to an increase in maintenance expenses primarily due to contracts related to street car and parking operations our Personnel Services also increased just due to increases and salaries and wages our net non-operating revenues increased 7.2 million for a total of 55.8 million and this was due to an increase in the city general fund subsidy an increase in our interest income and offset by a decrease in our grants the net position for the Copa retirement um restricted for pension benefits increased 1.9 million and the plan's fiduciary net position as a percentage of the total pension liability is 86.5 percent and this is as of July 1st 22 based on the Actuarial valuation that we received and those are always received one year behind and like Mr Fair brush said any additional information can be found in our managements discussion and Analysis in the in the books you were provided and that's on pages 6 to 11 I'll be happy to answer any questions thank you are there any questions or or comments sounds like we're in good Financial shape good shape thank you thank you so moving back to the computer side uh is there a motion to receive our annual financial report it's been moved and seconded please vote electronically motion passes second item on our financial reports is uh uh to review the schedule of Revenue and expenses budget actual for the month ending December 31st Jason yes so regarding our uh budget to actual report um I'll keep my comments to uh the transportation operations parking operations and we'll uh finish up with street cars so if I could direct your attention to page two this is the uh Transportation operations um and this is for 6 months uh ending uh December 31st so this is a good uh snapshot if you will of kind of where we're at with our budget versus actuals halfway through the year um so starting on the revenues um as you can see our total revenue is 19 a little over 19 million uh but I wanted to just point out that if you look at our our first two Revenue sources there Fair boox revenue and fair media S Sales um you can see that we're about 127,000 under budget on what we had projected to collect Through the Fair boox however uh Our Fair media sales are 34,000 above what we had projected um uh through the budget so overall if you think about you know our Fair Revenue in general we're about 93,000 under uh what we had anticipated or estimated when we put the budget together um the other thing I wanted to mention is if you look at the federal uh Grant Revenue you'll notice we have a total of 88.5 million budgeted for the entire year however as we set the uh budget up you'll notice that through six months of the fiscal year we had only anticipated drawing about 2.7 million of that Revenue uh so really about 32% of our overall Grant Revenue we had plan to draw through six months of the fiscal year um even though we're halfway through the year in terms of expenses and so forth and the reason we did that is we wanted to extend our current formula grant as long as we we could um because we always know during our fiscal year we get between grants and so we're in a position right now where we're now applying for our next uh formula grant and that is the source of funds that will make up the remaining balance that we had originally budgeted of 8.5 so all that said to say is that you know we were pretty intentional about basically backloading if you will most of the Revenue we expect to see receive through federal grants um and we will be seeing that come to fruition in fact um we had 1.7 million um in federal reimbursements um just uh just this week for our draw we received in January um so anyway all that said to say is that um when you follow the the actual year to dates all the way down to the bottom line operating loss and income you'll see that uh expenses actually exceed revenues by 2.5 million halfway through the year you'll recall when we met last month I think we were about 950,000 um were exp expenses and excessive revenues um so my comments today are really just to reassure the trustees that um we will by the end of the year um collect the majority of the anticipated revenues so we'll start seeing significant uh amounts larger amounts of Grant draws you'll notice we're we're still uh anticipating receiving over a million dollars from the state by the way that paperwork is in process so hopefully by the time we meet uh next month we'll have received at least the first uh payment of that state subsidy so we have a lot of revenues that are coming in at the back half of the fiscal year is really my main Point um but we'll continue to monitor that um as far as expenditures go I also wanted to point out that our personal services expenditures are 1.3 million over budget uh through halfway through the fiscal year um the primary reason for that variance is we actually had three payrolls in December as we were putting the budget together and forecasting um we actually only budgeted if you will for or it only projected for two so that will catch up and even out as we go throughout the year um and then finally my last comment and this is probably something we'll be talking about the rest of the the fiscal year is our supplies budget so you can see we're 800,000 over on our supplies budget through six months of the fiscal year which is pretty significant this is primarily due to increases in the price for bus parts uh we've been looking at this very closely as staff uh we will continue to look at it closely um the uh payments to the city transportation fund and the savings we're having for fuel are offsetting a big portion of that overage and supplies but again we will continue to monitor that and uh without a doubt the budget will be tight by the end of end of the year um on our expenditures um I think that'll wrap up my comments um um and I'll move on to parking uh parking uh page four of your budget to actual um again I'll just mention the bottom line here you can see that so far halfway through the year our um revenues exceed our expenses by almost 1.4 million so parking is uh in really uh good shape this fiscal year in terms of uh revenues go um we're about 160,000 over on what we h budgeted that's primarily um more event and Transit parking a lot of that has to do with uh Thunder activity and the you know great season the Thunder is having um on expenditures you'll notice that our parking garage operations and our other services and fees which is uh a lot of passrs related to parking operations are both slightly under budget and then finally uh wrapping up with street car um again looking at kind of the bottom line our revenues are in excess of our expenditures by 446000 through uh six months of the fiscal year um revenues are virtually On Target slightly under by 28,000 but we are seeing some savings um on our expenditure side so we're about 80,000 Less in expenses than what we had projected um and that's due primarily to um uh pass through services and uh parts coming in less than anticipated so that is one thing though that um we probably won't hold out for for the rest of the year uh the street car parts kind of they are they they can get expensive and um and we'll just see where where we go but we're in good shape through six months of the fiscal year happy to answer any questions any questions and comments on our financial report so what you're saying on the uh Transit side is that our fund balance uh dipping down to 1.3 million is we're in good shape uh to not uh see that continue to decline yeah actually yeah and and you may or we may see that continue you know to decline a a bit keeping in mind that um you know here it is February we're reviewing December's financials so we'll bring januaries to you but eventually we we will catch up um but I think as a good opportunity ju to just um I guess State why it is so important that we keep that fund balance of you know approximately four million because we generally will see these um uses of fund balance as we're between grants waiting on revenue and so forth yes okay that's good okay is there is there a motion to excuse me is there a motion to receive our financial report it's been moved and seconded please vote electronically motion passes moving on into our program reports the first one is uh presentation on the rapid Northwest and the transit system report Jesse morning I'm back um hopefully everyone had a chance to see the wonderful new news article or news story that came out yesterday uh news9 went out and took a look at our system interviewed several of our writers and our customers and uh all good news so it was good stuff all right so first we'll be talking about the rapid uh so just kind of make sure that we're on the same page here so showing December writers ship here all right so you you've seen this writers ship data this is the same writers ship data that we shared uh last month uh but trying to get this information in line with our Transit report or the rest of our Transit report is December information so just making sure we're in alignment there so for December we carried 31,725 to 850 Riders per day so this you know this is our highest performing route at this point again caveat or footnote this is December so this was the first month of operation however we are monitoring January's wrers ship and we're pretty on par with where we were with December so was pretty good news obviously with the with the ice storm that we had we saw a slight dip there where we dipped down to about 420 Riders again 420 customers in an ice storm is pretty pretty good um and then taking a look at our average right so for December our average weekday was about 1100 Riders and and then our average weekend was about 939 customers so again folks are using this system just like we anticipated right to get to where they're going where they're trying to go and really this kind of goes back to uh we I think we talked about it last board meeting it goes back to that frequency right that's what our customers are wanting that you know 12 to 15 minute frequency um and also really opportunity to give a shout out to our planning staff right with chip Nolan making sure that we're making sure that our routes are going where people need to go and so this rapid Northwest is exactly doing that and then also with OKC moves uh realigning route three right so route three connects with the with the rapid Northwest getting folks where they need to go and getting them there quickly all right so kind of the way this thing goes is I'm I'm working through all the different modes so if any point you want to stop and talk talk about rapid be happy to do that otherwise I'll be moving on to fix drout all right so kind of want to uh take take a moment to pause here so on January 22nd we had winter weather ice storm hit Oklahoma City all right uh and then our our staff went into that winter weather mode so what does that look like so specifically for our utility maintenance staff they they go into 12-hour ships right making sure that they're covering uh all of our service and making sure that in the morning whenever our uh bus operators arrive at the transit center and our customers arrive at the transit center that is safe for travel right making sure that the sidewalks are clear there's no eye spots or anything like that and really just uh Glenn Nolan he's he's our he's over our utility uh folks there and he's got a fantastic staff again working 12-hour shifts working overnight coming in and making sure that our facilities are safe I go out and salt and clear our platforms and then also making sure that our facility at South May is safe right so I I got to admit that this is the best it's ever looked so they they put in a lot of hard work a lot of hours this is just an example of what our Transit Center looked like right so if you were out and about during that storm and were in parking lots it was uh hazardous right so there was a lot of ice out there this is what our Transit Center looked at looked like at six o'clock in the morning perfectly clear perfect and safe for everybody to to get around and get where they needed to be so I really just really appreciate all the hard work that they put into it to making sure that our service was safe um and then uh our Embark Mobility management team they participated in the the ward 7 Town Hall uh on January 23rd right they had a booth set up uh there to be able to share information about the mobility Management Services that they provide uh and just friendly faces right they're out there sharing what we do and and really proud of the team there coming in after hours to be at that w s town hall and then also we participated in the uh the MLK Junior holiday parade the 40 years worth January 27th we had a bus in the parade and uh fantastic turnout even though the the weather was a little Chile still had fantastic turnout appreciate staff participating in that so now we'll talk a little bit about our uh fixed route ridership right so our our monthly total for December was 231,000 again we're seeing increases over previous year so we saw a 10% increase over 2022 and uh almost 23% over 2021 so folks are coming back to the systems and looking good our average weekday ridership uh for December was was 8,800 this again increase over the previous two years 26% increase over 2022 a nearly 63% increase over 2021 and then our week night ridership increases here as well so uh 366 for December 36% increase over December of last year and nearly or 83% increase over 2021 and then our weekend ridership uh 3,800 uh C customers used our services over the weekends again folks got to get where they need to go get to those jobs and our weekend service provides that for them increase over or 40% increase over 2022 62% increase over 2021 and then for our par transit services uh so we saw uh 3,800 Riders use our services par transit services in December this is a 10% increase over 2022 slight decrease over 2021 uh that's when folks were coming back from Co using our system our parat transit services uh again but again like we've talked about before a lot of uh we learned a lot through covid right folks are using the telea health and things like that so we're seeing this start to to steady out all right we moving to our street car so OKC street car uh saw one of its best months uh in a long time actually in almost two years right so December 2023 we saw 25,000 writers ERS use our services um we attribute this to the fact that downtown December was going on and part of our agreement uh is that we provide complimentary rides uh through the end of December through all the way through December I'm sorry end of November all the way through December on Friday Saturday and Sunday getting folks to those events downtown and this just goes to to prove when there are events and folks uh downtown out and about the street car is a a perfect example of how to get around and and using that service exactly as we intend uh so this was a 14% increase over 2022 and uh almost a 5% increase over 2021 our average weekday ridership is uh right around close to 600 for 2023 this is a 24% increase over last year and just a tiny bit decrease over 2021 our average weekend ridership this is of course when most folks are using our system uh the OKC street car system about 1300 Riders on average all right let's talk spoky so spoky ridership is up um we in December we had 229 customers use our spoky system this is a 33% increase over last year and almost a 30% increase over the pre 2021 again we're we're rolling out those uh ebikes and we're converting our uh old Fleet to the the new system and getting those uh those bikes out there too and then we talked about uh last Transit report we're also in the process of we received a a clean air grant from ACOG to install bike racks and we've got uh about 70 of those bike racks to to be installed and we're anticipating those going being installed in March and then for our River Cruises uh again Mark is back there in the back and he provides our our River cruises with HMS fairies uh just again just pointing out that we're not in service right now so this is the time that when we pull those vessels out of the water and make sure that we maintain that Bristol condition that Mark and his team have been able to do since uh they've taken over since they started service again that Bristol condition is basically the highest level of condition that you can have for a water vessel so really appreciate Mark and his staff making that happen we go back into service in April and so we're we're getting all of our uh Services ready to go getting getting prepped for that to happen uh so but did want to take an opportunity to show our uh ridership in November so we had about 138 customers use our River Services slight increase over the previous year and slight decrease over 2021 and then uh we we also provide those Charters and those special events right so we had uh we had two boats carrying approximately 48 passenges and they participated in the holiday River Parade and this is a a photo of what our boat looks like when it's out during that parade we uh uh outfitted with the Christmas lights really get into that Christmas spirit right but we also had six private charters in December carrying 110 customers on our on our River vessels again making sure that folks are able to use those Services even in December uh and then I did want to point out one thing here also just really a shout out to Mark and his team so during those winter weather events right we had some pretty substantial cold weather you know I think we got down to negative windshields but we were down into like the the teens right so his team goes out and to help protect that equipment those vessels they install heaters in the boats then they also install agitators right so it's basically you think about like these buoys in the water that sit there and agitate the water to prevent ice from building up around the boat potentially damaging the equipment or the boat itself so again we a lot of effort goes into making sure that we're protecting our equipment and providing safe travel for our customers during those winter weather events that wraps up the transer report we have you take any questions so are the private Charters uh available through these closed months of February and March also that's right let me let me double check with Mark yes yeah okay absolutely so we do that all year round that's right on the private Charters that's good are there other questions or comments do we have an estimate of when the new land Landing will be open at the resort oh I think uh so you're talking about the Okana the property there I'd have to double check but I think it's looking to I mean they're moving pretty fast I think they're looking to get that wrapped up this year any other questions or comments other than the last page of the program report always shows the total number of riders for the first six months of this year versus last month we're only up 200,000 riders in our total system that's over 10% that's great yeah it's going well it's really you know our staff out there providing the the service that they do providing it really really well that's you thank you okay the second program report is our uh excuse me let me get back to the the screen is Kristen's going to talk about uh our Capital Improvement project yes good morning um I have some good news to share with you all so we opened part of the TC back in November and we are opening the rest of it next Monday so very excited about that so I will walk you through the transit center remodel um what you're looking at was the existing operator Brake Area so it's very tiny there was only a mini fridge available um there was like a table and maybe two or three chairs so very limited space this is the new operator break area and Lisa and her team are working on additional furniture for here I know they're getting some soft Furniture um but you can see the cafe tables and chairs are here there's a large fridge um as well as two vending machines that the operators can access the paper coverings on the windows are temporary and Lisa's team is also working on window covering so a lot more space to spread out excuse me this is the additional mill work that was put in um this is looking opposite of what we just saw so there's a digital cabinet Space Storage Space uh places for coffee pots microwaves Etc and then Lisa and her team have done a great job of labeling everything a love a good label maker moment so it's all very organized and then this is looking towards the South so this is the portion that I'll reopen on Monday morning so you can see the exterior of the restrooms and then the rest of the the building here this is also also looking over to the South so this is the entrance to the women's restroom I'm going to show you a before photo just as a comparison it wasn't like a a very full before photo I will do better about that next time but you can see kind of how like kind of dingy uh dreary it is and now it's much brighter so there's the changing station upgrad in sinks there's a hand dryer and the women's restroom we were also able to have a utility closet in there and then we have the three stalls so upgrade and lighting you know paint the wall coverings all of that the floor is a sturdy epoxy floor um that mimics the tazzo look but you know easy to clean and maintain and then this is looking opposite at the men's restroom you know bringing that wall covering the decton outside as well this was the before men's restroom so again brightened it all up with the same amenities we we also have a changing station in the men's restroom and then we have these pull down uh doors for our maintenance staff for when they clean so they can pull them down lock them from the inside get their job done and then reopen them so safety measure for them this is um the new information area where we have all of our schedules um all of the changes that we made for OKC moves you can see the big wall map there so it's easy to find easy to read and then we have the rapid uh map off to the side there and then we reopened the bubble in November so you can see Paula in there helping customers they have all of their equipment set up it's ready to go so and then does anybody have any Transit Center questions before I move on okay I do yes thanks great work on that project uh what is the cleaning frequency for these lovely new restrooms we have constructed like how often is it twice a day every hour okay every hour sorry was very wrong on that I I just mention it as someone who uh when I my road trips are very intentional about where I stop because of the frequency that people clean their restrooms in term well I won't even name the places but you know what I mean that you know you have your places but so it's I think this is important uh for probably um a lot of folk who have actually reached out to me about uh restrooms in the transit center so yeah Monday's the day um and then for the brt we have we have four punch list items uh to get done and then just a couple of open items we have things like um the there are three platforms that have the one ramp and so we're going to be adding a little concrete pad for people who are accessing their bicycles on the front of the bus we're also adding that um sidewalk con section to pens Square Mall um so that's also an open item and then the intersection evaluation for additional improvements I know council person Cooper had asked for that so we'll be looking at things like improving the crosswalks to make things safer this will also be part of the vision zero like you had asked and then our last brt stakeholder meeting is February the 13th um our last meeting that we had was in November and then obviously we launched in in December so this will be kind of a you know what are you hearing from people who are writing the system also a huge thank you to everybody who was a part of this I know Mr SAR was council person Cooper as well we really appreciate all of your help with that and then we will basically just kind of disband until we move on to the next two brt systems and then get people who are also in those areas to help um set up a new stakeholder group for both the North and the South Northeast and South so that is all I have any questions for me are there any questions or comments for Kristen if not thank you very much yes okay is there uh a motion to receive our uh program reports it's been moved and seconded please vote electronically motion passes items from our trustees James yes um just wanted to say thank you uh Dr Dylan uh Becky um whose last name I'm not sure so forgive me and then uh Jason Fair brush my mother is quite grateful that we were able to um utilize uh the mobility Management Services um to connect to her first physical therapy appointment after she fell uh the week of Christmas so this week she was able to utilize that service and um I spoke with her I think a couple nights ago on the phone uh on her birthday that's right why why would I forget that uh but we were on the phone for about an hour and I I will tell you she dedicated a solid half hour to singing the Praises of Embark I I I just can't chess this enough she turned 80 and she that fall more than she had L on to me had really sent her into Despair and it reminded me when uh we did Maps 4 and we were talking about the possibility of a fifth senior Wellness Center there was a woman who came up to the podium and she just described how many people as they age the way loneliness will set will settle in and hearing my mother you know articulate that and new um you know just reminded me how important uh that Mobility management work is and and connecting seniors to to the senior wellness centers uh let alone their doctor appointments and their grocery shopping and it actually just reminded me you know why in the first place um I wanted to get involved in all this is I think that um in this work with CA you know when when you H when we have such a sprawling City uh and it relies on the car to get you to sometimes uh your closest neighbor but to Recreation and to community Gathering um I think there's probably more people than we would care to admit who feel very disconnected from uh community and there's um a lot of loneliness out there that I think that K CA has the ability to start chipping away at and I can just tell you from my own family that's what happened and so I'm just really really grateful that that that level of Despair I heard my mother articulate I hope I never hear again not just from her but from anybody so I just really am grateful to everybody body who uh got her to the road to recovery so thank you very much thank you Robert Meg Jason yeah just a quick comment to again um thank uh really um our uh bus operator uh Pam that helped us with the Martin Luther King Day parade uh she did a great job uh operating the bus as we would expect and appreciate trustee Cooper uh joining us on the bus and um the other thing I wanted to mention was um thank you very much for the comments truste Cooper about um those transportation services um I think um you know that's a really good example of you know Jesse was talking earlier about the growth that we've seen as an organization um you know at one time uh we had two employees basically managing all that Mobility Management Services if you will obviously reporting to Maryland and you saw a picture of at least five right so um so those kind of Transportation Services um yeah there's continuing to be a demand for that and and again recalling just I think a board meeting or two ago with the the board authorizing additional agreements with depart Department of Human Services and such to expand those Services we'll hopefully be able to continue to try to chip away at filling that Gap like you described and then uh finally um you know as far as winter weather goes uh really appreciate Jesse mentioning um our maintenance staff and all the work that they do um we also have demands on our operations of course just because the additional challenges but I thought it was also a good opportunity to um just mention to the trust um you know that we we also uh activate additional Service A lot of times during those type of conditions primarily to get uh folks that are experiencing uh the need for a a night shelter to the day shelter and then vice versa when the day shelter closes back to the night shelter so there's also some demands um on our operators and sometimes we have to be pretty Nimble about when we get those Services out so again uh really just recognizing the operation staff supervisors and operators for making that happen and sometimes it's on a pretty short notice okay good thank you I I had two things I wanted to bring up one of them was at our transportation committee meeting earlier uh in in January uh the rapid Maps 4 uh recommended alternative Roots were discussed and it was exciting to see that uh after our uh exciting launch of the rapid Northwest that we have two future routes uh one going to the South and one going to the Northeast that are uh solidifying and and the planning process continues to churn and one of these days will have additional rapid roots and that's exciting the other one was that uh uh shout out to Michael and his group on the apps that they have brought out they it reminded me I needed to go on my phone and look at the apps that I had and I downloaded two new ones uh this week that uh root planners and uh uh that went along with the Embark and the and the uh I forget the toll uh uh token Transit token Transit uh ones but uh it was already planning a route because it knew my location uh in the closest bus to uh to where I was and uh so those apps are are very helpful and uh a very good uh and not creepy at all and not creepy at all that's right so anyway thank you um so at this point we'll go ahead and move into executive session that we've already voted on so uh thank you all we'll be back in a minute think we're required to sit down no I don't think so I'll go ahead and adjourn the cop the meeting thank you
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