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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SLIGHT HAS A BREAKDOWN OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIPS BY EACH CITY SINCE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM THROUGH NOVEMBER, 2020. A TOTAL NUMBER OF 26,791 TRIPS TAKEN IN THE SERVICE OF FAR BY BOTH TAXI AND DEMAND RESPONSE. BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE BEING IN THE. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS CHART IS THE OVERVIEW OF TOTAL RIDERSHIP FOR THE SERVICE.
AS WE LOOK AT RIDERSHIP WEAKEN, SEE STUDY GROWTH UNTIL MID MARCH OF 2020, AND THAT'S WHERE THE IMPACTS OF COVE IN 19 HIT. THEN FROM THERE, WE'VE HAD SOME OVERALL STEADY INCREASES SINCE THAT INITIAL DROP. MOST RECENTLY. THERE WERE 845 TOTAL TRIPS TAKEN IN OCTOBER AND 697 TOTAL TRIPS TAKEN IN NOVEMBER. SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES WILL BREAK THAT OUT BY DEMAND RESPONSE IN TAXI SERVICE. THIS SHOWS THE DEMAND RESPONSE BUS SERVICE, WHICH HAS BEEN MOST IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. THE NUMBERS HERE. WE'VE LIKE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS MADE BY THE BUS IS IN THAT CURRENT. THEY'RE TYPICALLY ABOUT 3 TO 4 WRITERS ON EACH ONE OF THESE TRIPS, AND THIS IS ALLOWED FOR PASSENGERS TO MAINTAIN SAFE SOCIAL DISTANCING WHILE TRAVELING ON THE BUS'S. THIS NEXT CHART IS SPECIFIC TO TAXI RIDER SHIPMENTS SERVICE, WHICH HAS BEEN PREDOMINANTLY TRENDING UPWARD SINCE DECLINES OF MARCH OF 2020. OCTOBER OF 2020 INCREASED 816 TAXI TRIPS AND NOVEMBER 2020 HAD 680 TAXI TRIPS. OVERALL WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE ACTIVE WRITER'S IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MORE ATTRACTED TO THE TAXI SERVICE OVER THE BUS SERVICE DURING THE PANDEMIC. DURING THIS LAST YEAR, THE AVERAGE COST OF TAXI TRIPS DROPPED AS PEOPLE WERE TAKING MUCH SHORTER TRIPS ON LEE FOR THEIR ESSENTIAL NEEDS. BUT THAT COST HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY RISING RECENTLY AS WRITERS ARE BEGINNING TO VENTURE OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. THE AVERAGE TAXI COST PER TRIP WAS $15.51.
THIS TABLE SHOWS THE TOLL THE NUMBER OF TAXI TRIPS TAKEN BY LOW INCOME PARTICIPANTS IN COMPARISON TO TOTAL TAXI TRIPS. THAT IN THAT LAST COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF TAXI TRIPS THAT WERE TAKEN BY THE LOW INCOME PARTICIPANTS. AND THAT INCREASE THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS. UM RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING LAST WELL, MONTHS. A GOOD JUMP. WE'RE OVER 10% ARE BEING TAKEN BY LOW INCOME WRITERS. AND THEN THIS LAST TABLE SHOWS HOW MANY OF THE TAXI TRIPS ARE BEING TAKEN BY THOSE TRAVELING TO AND FROM WORK. THE PERCENTAGE OF WORK RELATED TRIPS HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING. AND YOU CAN SEE FOR OCTOBER IN NOVEMBER OVER 22% OF THE TRIPS TAKEN ON TAXI WAR WORK RELATED. THE RECENT DATA THAT WE'VE SEEN HAS REFLECTED THAT THERE'S A COMBINATION OF EXISTING WRITERS RETURNING TO WORK AS WELL AS NEW WRITERS ENTERING THEIR PROGRAM TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE TO TRAVEL TO THEIR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT.
AT THIS TIME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON RIDERSHIP. QUESTIONS. TERRIBLY.
DON'T REALLY QUESTION MR CHAIRMAN, BUT THAT LAST LINE WAS MY FAVORITE LINE OF THE ENTIRE SLIDE DECK. YOU KNOW, WE HAD SPECULATED THAT HO AND HOPED THAT, YOU KNOW, DECREASING THE FAIR. YOU ARE A SHARE WITH WOOD WOULD CREATE. EXTRA DEMAND FOR WORK TRIP, SO IT'S NOT A TON, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NO, I THINK YOU'RE.
ABSOLUTELY INCREASE THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING HAS. DEFINITELY WHEN I'M SEEING MORE PEOPLE APPLY AND COME INTO THE PROGRAM'S A LOT IS RIDERSHIP IS OUR NEW WRITERS COMING IN THAT WE'RE ATTRACTED TO THE PROGRAM. NEXT IS 21 106, OR BUDGET UPDATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 21 YEAR TODAY
[Budget Update]
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BUDGET. YOU ALL SEE MY BUDGET UPDATE. IS IT TRUE? AND NO, NO. OKAY. SORRY. STOP SHARE START AGAIN. OKAY, SO WITH THIS DOCUMENT, I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, SO WE HAVE FUNDS AND CATEGORIES FOR LOCAL FUNDS ARE REGULAR TECH STOP SMALL URBAN ALLOTMENT. OUR FDA 53 07 ALLOTMENT, AND THEN OUR ALLOTMENT FOR FDA CARES, BUT BECAUSE ALL OF THESE HAVE DIFFERENT RULES ASSOCIATED WITH HOW THEY CAN BE SPENT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR DRAW DOWN ON THE LOCAL AND TEXT OUTSIDE. ABOUT $433,000 AND ABOUT THE SAME IN OUR FDA MATCH. OUR DARK BUDGET IS A SEPARATE BUDGET THAT WE GET THROUGH TEXT DOT WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SORRY IS GONNA GIVE HIM SOMETHING ELSE. ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE 433,000 WORK WITH FOR OUR LOCAL AND STATE FUNDS AND THE SAME AMOUNT IN OUR FDA FUNDS BECAUSE WE MATCH THEM. 50 50 WITH OPERATING. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. QUESTIONS. NO, I THINK, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS OUTSTANDINGS SPECIALLY ON THE FDA SIDE. SORRY TO BE DUMB ON THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR POTENTIAL DRAW THEM? S SO WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE LOCAL MATCH MORE LOCAL MATTER MORE IN THAT TEXT OPT LOCAL CATEGORY. THERE HAS TO BE MORE FUNDS FOR US TO HAVE IN ORDER TO DRAW DOWN ON THAT FDA AMOUNT. THE FDA AMOUNT ALSO LOOKS LIKE A SUPER HIGH NUMBER BECAUSE THE FDA CARES DOLLARS DON'T HAVE A MATCH AND THEY DON'T EXPIRE. THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SEPARATE CATEGORY FROM 53, OR SEVEN FUNDS. YEAH, HERE'S TO SPEND 53 07 FUNDS. HMM. AT THIS RATE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE. OH, WE WILL BE MOVING AT A MUCH DIFFERENT RATE. HOPEFULLY, UM.LATER ON IN THE DISCUSSION, YOU'LL SEE YES, YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. YEAH. SO WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. YES. TRANSIT SERVICE PROCUREMENT UPDATE. 21 001107 TRANSIT SERVICE
[Transit Service Procurement Update]
PROCUREMENT UPDATE. MM HMM. OKAY SO I ATTENDED THE DART BOARD MEETING ON THE EIGHTH, WHERE THEY ESSENTIALLY TALKED TO THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ABOUT THE JOINT PROPOSAL THAT THE. MCKINNEY HAS BEEN DISCUSSING. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AT THIS POINT WITH DARK PLANNERS AND WITH DC TODAY PLANNERS IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SERVICE MODEL WITH FOUR DEDICATED VEHICLES. ON BEN OVERFLOW OR SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE WOULD BE PROVIDED BY A T AND C B THAT UBER LIFT OR ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, FEDERALLY OR. ANOTHER COMPANY THAT WE COULD USE FOR THAT FEDERAL COMPLIANCE. PEACE SO. TNC IS YOU KNOW THAT DIGITAL APPLICATION THAT MATCHES THE WRITERS WITH THE DRIVERS? THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF OUR LARGE SERVICE AREA. WE HAVE 840 SOME ODD SQUARE MILES OF COLLIN COUNTY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN INCREDIBLY HIGH DEADHEAD RATE, WHICH IS WHEN DRIVERS AIR GOING BACK FROM THEIR INTENDED DESTINATION. THEY CALL THAT DEADHEAD SO TO REDUCE DEADHEAD, WE NEED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE VEHICLES. THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT, OR THE BEST, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY TO DO THAT HERE WOULD BE WITH TEA AND SEATS. THE USE OF TNC S IS FEDERALLY COMPLIANT IN THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE THEY WOULD THE WRITERS WOULD HAVE A CHOICE. IN WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR DEDICATED VEHICLES OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TNC SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT CHOICE, THAT CHOICE IN THE MODEL IS REALLY IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE, WHICH DARN ALREADY HAS A FEDERALLY COMPLIANT TNC CONTRACT. DC, TO HAS FEDERALLY COMPLIANT CONTRACTS AND WELL SO USING THEM USING THEIR CONTRACTS WOULD HELP LEVERAGE US LEVERAGE OUR RELATIONSHIP. IN THE[00:10:05]
PROPOSAL THAT WOULD BE A MARKETING COMPONENT. DARK HAS ALSO SPECIFIED THAT THEY WOULD IDENTIFY A PROJECT MANAGER TOE WORK WITHIN UTD. UM. LEGAL MECHANISM FOR THAT WOULD BE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MUTV DART, THE DARK LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION AND WITH D. C. T. A. OPPOSED. CONTRACT TERM IS THREE YEARS WITH OPTIONS TO EXTEND AGAIN. THIS IS ALL HAPPEN. THE PROPOSED PROPOSAL. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT CONCRETE YET, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE GO PASS APP WITH DARK, BUT DART HAS MADE THAT PRETTY CLEAR THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A. SEPARATE EXPENSE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO LET US KNOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR OUR RIDERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE GO PAST APP. UM. BUT THAT YOU KNOW IT'S A SEPARATE PRICE COMPONENT SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THAT AT A LATER DATE. SO FOR THE FEDERALLY COMPLIANT OR. SORRY ON MY WORDS THERE FOR THE DEDICATED VEHICLES. DART HAS BEEN REVIEWING OUR VEHICLE DATA FOR THE VEHICLES THAT WE OWN AND ARE GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN USE THOSE. WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD USE THOSE AS DEDICATED VEHICLES. AND THEN DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO LEASE OR PURCHASE THE ADDITIONAL FOURTH VEHICLE AND FROM WHO? YOU KNOW THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE IN DISCUSSIONS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. YOU KNOW THE SERVICE HAVING THE SAME SCHEDULE SO STILL RUNNING MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, STILL BEING AVAILABLE FOR THE SAME CLASS OF PARTICIPANTS, RESIDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 65 RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THOSE WHO NEED THE FEDERAL LOW INCOME GUIDELINES. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE CAPACITY TO EXPAND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT TO START YOU KNOW, KEEPING IT WITH THE EXISTING USER BASE. WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED OR WHAT WE HAVEN'T FINISHED DISCUSSING IS THE FAIR MODEL AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE SO DARK, PROPOSED A $3 IN ZONE $5 OUT OF ZONE PRICING MODEL SO THAT IF YOU'RE GOING FROM MUTTS CITY TOO, AND MUTTS CITY YOU'D ONLY PAY $3 VERSUS. GOING TO OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE NOT IN THE GT THAT BE A $5 CHARGE. UHM, THERE'S ALSO A POTENTIAL HAVE REGIONAL FAIR. THIS WAS NOT, UM. YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED. IN DEPTH, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SORT OF A. REGIONAL FAIR WITH DARK SO THAT PEOPLE COULD PAY A SET AMOUNT AND THAT WOULD GET THEM, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO MUTTS AS WELL AS THE DALLAS SERVICE AREA, SO DARK AND D C T A. YOU'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SOLICITATION OF THE LOGISTICS FIRM. THEY IDENTIFIED TWO. FROM THE INNOVATIVE SERVICE PROCUREMENT LIST, AND THEY'RE GOING TO JUST SELECT ONE ON GLEE ANTICIPATE COMPLETION OF THIS STEP PRIOR TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE THEM. QUESTIONS. JUST REAL QUICKLY HERE. THAT'S SO THE FAIR PRICING MODEL IS DIFFERENT BETWEEN DART IN D. C T. A. HOW DO WE RECONCILE THAT OR DO WE LINED THEM UP OR HOW'S THAT WORK? I'M SORRY. YOU MEAN THAT THE EXISTING FAIR MODEL THAT WE HAVE NOW IS NOT THE SAME AS RIGHT? I MEAN, UH, JUST MY AM EXPECTED TO CHANGE. I AM. SO THE LITTLE LINED UP BETWEEN THE 22 ORGANIZATIONS. DE MI. I'M SORRY. IT'S SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU HAVEN'T A JOINT AGREEMENT RIGHT BETWEEN THE C T A DARK SO. ONE IS $3.5 DOLLARS. THE OTHER ONES MAYBE. 5 15 APOLOGIZE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LINES UP FOR THAT WORKS. UM SO I'M ALMOST SURE THAT FOR DEMAND RESPONSE IT IS A 3 TO $5 FAIR AND TAXI. IT'S JUST GOING TO CHANGE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ANSWER OTHER THAN IT IS GOING TO CHANGE.THIS IS GINNY. I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES AS WELL. THE REASON THAT WE HAD TO DO THE 85 15 SPLIT WAS BECAUSE OF IRVING HOLDINGS AND THEIR SOFTWARE WITH THIS NEW PRICING MODEL AND THE NEW AGREEMENT, WE WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO USING THEIR SOFTWARE. SO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE THE FLAT FARE THAT THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AFTER FOR A WHILE. AWESOME. THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOUR NAME. YEAH. NOBODY ELSE. YEAH. SIX IS A REGULAR JENNA ITEMS 20 DESH
[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Extension of Transit Fare Subsidy]
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1108 CONCERN DISGUST ACT ON EXTENSION OF TRANSIT FARES SUBSIDY YEAH. THIS ONE. WE WILL NEED TAKE ACTION ON. OKAY, SO BORED. YOU ARE ALL APPROVED THE INCREASE OF THE FAIR SUBSIDY IN AUGUST. IT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN SEPTEMBER, AND IT IS CURRENTLY SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF DECEMBER. AS WE'VE SEEN WITH D. C T A'S UPDATE. THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RIDERS ADDING FUNDS TO THEIR PAYMENT CARDS, WHICH INDICATES AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF USERS AS WELL AS THE USE OF THE SERVICE. BECAUSE OF THIS ON THE FACT THAT THERE'S STILL A PARENT NEED FOR AN EXTENDED TRANSFER SUBSIDY IN THE COMMUNITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IN AN EXTENSION OF THIS FAIR SUBSIDY THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2021. TO MATCH THE EXTENSION OF CONTRACT WITH THE C T. A. UM, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO THOSE THAT THAT MAYBE WATCHING ONLINE THAT THERE IS THERE IS A MISTAKE ON THE SLIDE. IT SAYS JUNE 30 2020 THAT SHOULD READ YOU IN 30TH 2021 APOLOGIZE. FOR A NUMBER OF US HAD LOOKED HAVE LOOKED AT THAT AND NO ONE CAUGHT IT. SO MY APOLOGIES. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. EARLY.WELL, I THINK IF THE STAFFER RECOMMENDS IT, WE SHOULD APPROVE IT. OKAY, WELL, IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS WEAKEN, CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DO THAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE PROVED THE ATOM AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, OKAY? SECOND BY CRAIG. YEP.
THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT ON FAVOR, SAY AYE. UH, ANY OPPOSED. YEAH, THAT MOTION PASSED. AND WE SHOULD BE DOWN TO THE. UH HUH. YOU KNOW, STUDYING COMPUTER? WE HAVE. WE SHOULD BE UP ABOVE THAT. HE'S NERVOUS. ANOTHER SYSTEM PROMINENT? YEAH. THERE WE GO. SO CITIZEN COMMENTS. ANYBODY OUT THERE IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD THAT WANTS TO TALK TO THIS BOARD. I DO NOT HAVE ANY PARTICIPANTS. OKAY? ANY BORDER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. I CERTAINLY WANT TO
[BOARD OR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR BECAUSE THEN WE WILL SEE WILL BE EACH OTHER WILL BE IN 2021, MAYBE HOPEFULLY IN VERSES. BE NICE. GOD WILLING. ABSOLUTELY I LIKE THAT OPTIMISM. MR. CHAIRMAN. YEAH. I THINK WE'LL GET THERE. WE DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION CORRECT. CORRECT. AND SO WITH THAT AT THE MAYBE OUR FASTEST MEETING EVER. UH HUH. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 6:25 P.M. SO MOVEMENTS REPAIRMAN SECOND AGAIN. OKAY. WEII HAVE EMOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND MEETING'S ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. BEEN HAPPY. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANKS MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY. CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY. MERRY CHRISTMAS. SORRY I'M GOING TO DIFFERENT MEETINGS.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.