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CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND KENNY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING.
IT IS TUESDAY, APRIL 19TH, YEAR 2022.
WE ARE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 2 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET.
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CCT SERVICE UPDATE FROM DARK GOOD AFTERNOON, MCKINNEY ARVIN TRANSIT DISTRICT MORE.AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER AT DARK.
HAVE THE PLEASURE TODAY OF SPEAKING ABOUT THE COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT PROGRAM.
SO TODAY WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A SERVICE UPDATE AND THEN THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, UM, FOR THE LAST, UH, FOR THE LAST QUARTER.
SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO TALKING ABOUT KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING MARKETING, UH, THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
WE'LL ALSO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE ELIGIBILITY PORTAL.
I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THAT IS OPERATIONAL, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE WITH REGARDS TO THE LIFT SERVICE AND THE GO PASS INTEGRATION.
SO FIRST WE LOOKED COVERED THE COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT RIDERSHIP.
UM, AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS FROM THE BEGINNING OR THE INCEPTION OF SERVICE, WE HAVE SEEN A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF GROWTH WITH THE MONTH OF MARCH SEEING OUR LARGEST AMOUNT OF RIDERS AT 1,449.
UM, I DID SEE, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, THOSE NUMBERS ARE CURRENT THROUGH APRIL 11TH.
I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE AT, UH, JUST UNDER 800 THROUGH THE END OF LAST WEEK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE LOOKING AT THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME.
UM, I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT FOR THE LAST MONTH OR FOR, UM, THE MONTH OF MARCH AND ALSO APRIL.
UM, WE ARE BENEATH THE 30 MINUTE THRESHOLD, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN STRIVING TO ACHIEVE FOR THE SERVICE AND ALSO WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTHS AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS ALSO TO WHAT WE SAW IN THE MONTH OF MARCH WAS A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH THE NUMBER OF WRITERS, SEEING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AVERAGE WAIT TIME, BUT STILL AT THAT 30 MINUTE THRESHOLD.
SO ONE, WHY, WHY WAS THE, WHY WAS IT INCREASED BY EIGHT MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH? I WOULD SAY IT'S JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF WRITERS THAT WE HAD.
I THINK THE PREVIOUS MONTH IN FEBRUARY, I THINK WE HAD SOMEWHERE TO THE TUNE OF A RIDERS.
AND THEN IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, IT WAS 1,449.
SO WHEN YOU ADD ANOTHER 400 RIDERS TO THE SERVICE, IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE ELIGIBILITY PROCESS COMING ONLINE, SO WE HAVE MORE UNIQUE RIDERS AS WELL.
WE DID ADD A VEHICLE IN SERVICE.
SO CURRENTLY WE ARE OPERATING WITH FIVE DEDICATED VEHICLES.
WE HAVE TWO AND UTD BUSES, WHICH CAN SERVE EIGHT TO 10 RIDERS PER TRIP.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE USING THREE MINIVANS AT THIS TIME.
I'M ALSO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SNEAK PEEK.
WE HAVE STARTED TESTING LYFT SERVICE AS WELL, SO THAT WILL BE COMING ONLINE NEXT MONTH.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH THE NUMBER OF RIDERS AND JUST THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE WHEN YOU SAY LYFT SERVICE, THAT'S IT, THAT'S THE RIGHT CHAIR PROGRAM THAT THAT'S THE COMMERCIAL RIDESHARE PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S THE NON-DEDICATED SERVICE THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE DEDICATED SERVICE.
SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE M UTD VEHICLES AND THE IRVING HOLDINGS MINIVANS, THAT'S WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR DEDICATED SERVICE, THE VEHICLES THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR SPECIFIC DUTIES OR PERIODS OF TIME OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY.
WHEREAS LYFT BEING THE NON-DEDICATED SERVICE PROVIDER, THEY WILL JUST COME ON AS AN AD HOC OR WHEN TRIPS ARE NEEDED OR BOOKING OVERFLOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE AND ALSO REDUCE WAIT TIMES.
SO LOOKING AT THE DISTANCE OF TRIPS, UH, MADE, UH, WE SAW THE PEAK OF IT IN THE MONTH OF MARCH AT 7.4 MILES.
UM, JUST THIS MONTH ALONE, UM, IT'S AT 7.3 MILES.
SO LOOKING AT THE DURATION OR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE WRITERS ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING IN THE VEHICLE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS A, THE NO-SHOW CANCELLATION
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SIDE.AND WHAT I WANT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT IS THIS IS, UH, IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE RIDER DOES NOT SHOW UP TO MAKE THE TRIP.
THEY HAVE A TRIP SCHEDULED, BUT THEN FOR SOME REASON THEY DO NOT SHOW.
AND SO OUR OPERATORS MARK THEM AS A NO SHOW.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED IN THE VERY FIRST MONTH OF SERVICE WAS THAT IT CREEPED UP TO ABOUT 10%, BUT WE REALLY FELT THAT THAT TRULY WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE GETTING FAMILIAR WITH OUR SERVICE, ALBEIT NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM DCTA.
UM, THERE WERE SOME SUBTLE DIFFERENCES JUST IN THE FREQUENCY OF VEHICLES AND ALSO THE TIME OF DAY THAT THE, UH, SERVICE WAS OPERATED.
BUT WHAT I CAN, UH, BE PLEASED TO REPORT IS THAT, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE ONLY SAW A 3.5% OF TRIPS THAT WERE CANCELED, UM, BY OUR OPERATORS BECAUSE THE RIDER'S NOT SHOWING UP.
SO THIS IS TYPICALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WOULD THINK WE WOULD SEE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
IS THERE A PENALTY FOR A NO-SHOW FOR THE CUSTOMER, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE REPEAT VENDOR, IF THEY ARE A REPAINT.
WE MARK THEM IN THE SPARE PLATFORM, WHICH IS OUR ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM.
AND WE TRY TO EDUCATE THE RIDERS.
SO WE'LL SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT THE, OUR POLICIES, BUT IF IT GETS TO A CERTAIN POINT WHERE THEY'VE JUST NO SHOWED US, UM, NUMEROUS TIMES, THEN WE DO HAVE THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO REVOKE THEIR SERVICE, BUT IT HASN'T COME TO THAT POINT YET WITH ANY OF OUR WRITERS.
AND OBVIOUSLY BEFORE WE WOULD DO ANYTHING, WE WOULD BE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH A KEY ENGINEER TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE WERE TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT WE HAVE THEIR APPROVAL, BUT IT HASN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING WRITERS, WRITERS, WHO BOOK TRIPS, GETTING THEM TO THEIR, UH, ORIGINS, PEDESTRIAN DESTINATIONS.
SO JUST LOOKING AT THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN APRIL, WE ONLY SAW 2.1% WHERE WE HAD NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE.
AND I THINK THAT IS ALSO A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH US TESTING LYFT.
WE HAVE BEEN SHIFTING SOME TRIPS OVER TO LYFT, BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WITH LYFT, NOT EVERYBODY CAN USE THE SERVICE BECAUSE LYFT DOES NOT HAVE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES.
SO IF IT IS A RIDER THAT NEEDS THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE, WE NEED TO HAVE THEM IN ONE OF OUR DEDICATED VEHICLES.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I LOOKED AT OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR IS LOOKING AT THE NDA TRIPS TO SEE IF THERE IS A PATTERN THAT COULD BE DETECTED.
AND WHAT I NOTICED WAS THAT ABOUT 20% OF THE NDA TRIPS WERE BASICALLY TRIPS THAT WERE BEING BOOKED WITH LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
NOW, WHILE WE WANT OUR SERVICE TO BE VERY REACTIVE AND BE ABLE TO PICK PEOPLE UP, YOU KNOW, WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS, IF THEY NEED TO BOOK A TRIP LAST MINUTE, WE FEEL THAT ONCE WE GET LIFT ON 'EM FULLY OPERATIONAL, THEN THAT WILL NOT ONLY DECREASE NDAS, BUT ALSO BE MORE REACTIVE TO THE NE THE LAST MINUTE NATURE OF BOOKING FOR SOME WRITERS AS WELL.
BUT WHAT IS THE PROCESS, UM, SOMEONE CALLS IN AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, IN REAL TIME AND THERE'S NOT A DRIVER AVAILABLE, ARE THEY NOTIFIED? WHAT DO THEY, WHAT, WHAT DO THEY, UH, EXPERIENCE? SO IN THIS SITUATION THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, BASICALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS OUR CALL CENTER WOULD LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO TRIPS AVAILABLE AND THEY WOULD TRY TO BE FLEXIBLE AND TRY TO FIND OTHER TIMES TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY.
ALBEIT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
NOW WHAT WE ARE INSTITUTING THESE DAYS IS LYFT.
AND IF THERE IS, UM, IF THEY OPT IN TO THE LYFT PROCESS, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BOOK A TRIP THROUGH THEM, UH, THROUGH THE LYFT CONCIERGE PANEL.
AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TEST FOR US BECAUSE THE WAY I SEE IT AS THIS HAS ALMOST BEEN LIKE A PILOT TEST TO SEE THAT SPARES TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING IN UNISON WITH THE LYFT CONCIERGE TO BOOK A TRIP AND MAKE IT A SEAMLESS PROCESS.
AND THIS IS ALL TAKING PLACE THROUGH THE CALL CENTER.
IF I, IF I BOOK A TRIP ON FOUR O'CLOCK MONDAY FOR TUESDAY DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, UH, I GUESS AT THAT POINT, THERE'S NO, THERE, I'M NOT NOTIFIED THAT THERE'S NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF COURSE, IT'S THE NEXT DAY FOR, WHEN DO I KNOW, WHEN AM I MADE AWARE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A DRIVER AVAILABLE FOR YOU AT THE TIME OF BOOKING.
SO WHEN YOU KNOW THAT 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, SO THEY KNOW, SO THEY'RE NEVER BOOKING SOMETHING EXPECTING AND COUNTING ON IT, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE SET UP, THAT IS TRUE.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BASED ON THE FACT THAT ALL OF THE BOOKING TODAY
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IS STILL DONE A HUNDRED PERCENT THROUGH THE CALL CENTER.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL BE ILLUSTRATING A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION IS THE GO PASS INTEGRATION.
AND SO AT THAT POINT, IF WE WERE IN THE GO PASS ENVIRONMENT, THAT SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN WHERE THEY WOULD BE NOTIFIED THAT THERE IS NO TRIP AVAILABLE, BUT AGAIN, ONCE WE HAVE LIFT, THEN THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO COVER SOME OF THE MARKETING ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, SO, UH, BOTH IN AKIA, UH, MS. PENN, SEAN AND I PRESENTED TO THE MCKINNEY SENIOR CENTER EVENT, UH, UH, SATURDAY AND MARCH, I BELIEVE, UM, WHERE BASICALLY WE SAT UP A TABLE AND, UH, WE DISCUSS, DISCUSS THE PROGRAM WITH, UH, SENIORS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH THE CENTER.
AND ALSO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CITY AND REALLY TRY TO PROMULGATE OUR MESSAGE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER WITH REGARDS TO COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT.
UM, JUST WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE QUANTIS CLUB, UM, AND THEY WERE VERY WELCOMING AND VERY, UH, ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HEARING OUR MESSAGE AND THE, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO PRESENT WITH REGARDS TO COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE OVER HERE IS, UH, WHAT WE CALL OUR RACK CARD.
SO THIS IS BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, WHICH IS JUST A HIGH OVERVIEW OF THE COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT PROGRAM.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ALL THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE DROPPED OFF THESE RACK CARDS.
SO THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE MCKINNEY SENIOR CENTER, THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, UM, AND THEN THE THREE VARIOUS LIBRARIES HERE IN THE MCKINNEY REGION.
NEXT SLIDE, I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT OUR ELIGIBILITY PORTAL IS OPERATIONAL.
UM, SINCE MARCH 1ST, WE HAVE HAD 53 NEW WRITERS APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM AND BE APPROVED.
YOU WILL SEE THE WEBSITE, UM, THAT WE HAVE, IT'S HOSTED ON OUR DARK WEBSITE.
UM, AND WHAT YOU SEE THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS A, UH, A BRIEF SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE, THE WRITER OR THE PERSPECTIVE WRITER WOULD SEE.
UM, SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE JUST COLLECTING SOME BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, NAME, PHONE NUMBER, ADDRESS, DATE OF BIRTH.
AND THEN WHAT YOU'LL SEE, UH, TOWARDS THE LOWER MIDDLE PORTION OF THE SCREEN IS A BLUE BUTTON.
AND SO THAT'S THE AD ATTACHMENT FEATURE WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO COLLECT THEIR PROOF OF RESIDENCY, UM, OR ANY OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION WITH REGARDS TO BEING A SENIOR, A LOW INCOME RIDER OR A RIDER WITH DISABILITY.
NOW, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS WEBSITE IS THAT IT IS COMPLETELY ENCRYPTED.
UM, OUR DART, IT DID A, AN EXHAUSTIVE JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT ANY PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION WOULD NOT BE COMPROMISED.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS ELIGIBILITY PORTAL FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE.
SO, UH, THE LAST PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH REGARDS TO THE LIFT INTEGRATION, AND ALSO THE GO PASS INTEGRATION.
SO FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT LIFT.
UM, SO FAR WE HAVE PILOTED, I BELIEVE IT'S 10 TO 12 TRIPS THAT HAVE ALL WORKED SEAMLESSLY JUST AS WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD USING THE LYFT CONCIERGE TO BOOK THE TRIPS.
AND THIS IS BEING DONE BY SPARE.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZED TESTING, UM, FOR THAT LIFT PIECE.
AND THEN SPARE WE'LL ACTUALLY TRAIN TELELINK WHO SERVES AS OUR CALL CENTER SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY BOOK TRIPS WITH LYFT GOING FORWARD.
UM, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT BASED ON THE FTA GUIDELINES THAT FALLS UNDER THE TAXI CAB SERVICE, BECAUSE THE LIFT OPERATORS DO NOT GO THROUGH THE SAME LEVEL OF SCREENING WITH REGARDS REGARDS TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREENING.
WE NEED TO TALK TO THE WRITERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THEIR CONSENT TO OPT TO THE LYFT SERVICE.
AND IF SOMEBODY DOES NOT WANT TO OPT INTO THE SERVICE, THEN WE MARK THAT IN OUR PLATFORM, THE SPARE PLATFORM, SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THESE RIDERS WILL ONLY BE BOOKING TRIPS THROUGH OUR DEDICATED SERVICE, WHICH AGAIN IS OPERATED BY ECHO TRANSPORTATION AND IRVING HOLDINGS.
IS THERE A PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL ROUTE FOR THE AND BEING TRANSPORTED? SO IN TERMS OF WHAT THE RIDER SEES, NO, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN COSTS.
THEY'RE STILL PAYING THE THREE OR $5.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUBSIDY PER PASSENGER, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN COST.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY WITH USING THE MODEL IS THAT WHEN USING UBER OR LYFT, THE SUBSIDY PER PASSENGER WILL COME DOWN AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.
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ONCE WE GET SOME DATA AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT FINANCIALS FROM THAT SIDE, BUT WE DO SEE THAT AS A VALUABLE ELEMENT TO ADDING COST CONSTRAINTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SERVICE OR THE OPERATION OF SERVICE.AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE BOOKING TRIPS THROUGH THE LYFT CONCIERGE TOOL.
THIS IS A SPECIALIZED TOOL THAT LYFT USES FOR A TRANSIT AGENCIES OR PARTNERS LIKE OURSELVES.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A VERY SEAMLESS PROCESS.
WE CAN SEE, UM, THROUGH THEIR PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMS WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL ARRIVE SO THAT AS WE'RE BOOKING THESE TRIPS, WE CAN, AGAIN, COMMUNICATE WITH THE RIDER, ALL OF THE REAL REAL-TIME INFORMATION THAT WE KNOW WITH REGARDS TO THE TRIP ATTRIBUTES, PRIMARILY WHAT TIME IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP AND WHAT TIME WE ANTICIPATE DROPPING THEM OFF.
SO THE LAST MAJOR HURDLE THAT WE HAVE AT DARK IS TO FINALIZE THE GO PASS INTEGRATION.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES, UM, WITH OUR VARIOUS SOFTWARE PROVIDERS, UM, OVER IN EUROPE AND ALSO ABROAD, UH, IN CANADA AND IN THE UNITED STATES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GO PASS IS BEING TESTED AND IT WILL HAVE FUNCTIONALITY IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT WE ARE TESTING, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, LYFT HAS BEEN A VERY, UH, GREAT PARTNER WITH REGARDS TO THIS PROGRAM AND BEEN VERY OPEN, UM, TO OUR IDEAS, UM, WITH THE MAIN THOUGHT OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND RELIABLE TRIP ONCE THEY ARE OPERATIONAL AND USING THAT THROUGH THE GO PASS INTEGRATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT ON THEIR APP IN REAL TIME, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK A LOT OF OUR WRITERS WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO SEE NEXT SLIDE, UM, ON LYFT, THEY I'M SURE I'VE NEVER BEEN A LYFT DRIVER, BUT I'M GUESSING THAT TIPS ARE IMPORTANT TO LYFT DRIVER, HALF OF WHAT HAPPENS.
NUMBER ONE, ARE THEY TIPPED OUTSIDE? THE ASSUMING THE RIDER PROBABLY IS NOT TOO THEN MAYBE SAY THAT, BUT, UM, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED, THERE'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY THEY'RE NOT, ARE, IS THERE A TIP ASSOCIATED? AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, DOES LYFT KNOW THAT IT'S OUR SERVICE THAT'S CONTACTED THEM AND WOULD THAT ULTIMATELY THEN START DISSUADING THEM FROM WANTING TO PICK UP THAT RIDER BECAUSE THAT RIDE HAS NO TIP DOES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THOUGHT AND BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH LYFT ABOUT.
UM, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, THERE ARE NO CHIPS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSACTION, BUT WHAT WE SEE IS BY HAVING, UH, UH, GENERATING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRIPS THAT WILL BE A HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO THE LYFT DRIVER TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO COME TO THE AREA AND MAKE THE TRIPS.
SO AGAIN, THE WAY THAT THE LYFT SERVICE WORKS IS THE DRIVERS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO KNOW THAT THIS IS LYFT OR THIS IS, YOU KNOW, FOR AN UTD.
UM, SO THEY'LL JUST ACCEPT THE TRIP AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE ROUTED TO THE CORRECT LOCATION IN THE COLLIN COUNTY AREA, RYAN, WE HAVE FIVE DEDICATED VEHICLES, HE SAID, UM, AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY IN THOSE TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS.
WHAT ARE THOSE VEHICLES THAT WE CAN USE TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS? AND DOES THE RIDER IDENTIFY HIM OR HERSELF AS BEING A WHEELCHAIR USER SO THAT WE KNOW TO SEND A CERTAIN VEHICLE OUT TO PICK HIM OR HER UP? SO LET ME ADDRESS YOUR FIRST QUESTION.
SO THE TWO VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT ARE, I BELIEVE THERE ARE BLOCK PLUS 30.
SO YES, WE HAVE THREE ARBOR BUSES, UM, FROM
BOTH OF THOSE CAN HOLD, I THINK UP TO TWO, UH, WHEELCHAIR RIDERS PER TRIP, UM, WITH REGARDS TO IRVING HOLDINGS, THEY OPERATE, UH, 2018 OR, UH, NEWER, UH, MINIVANS.
THOSE MINIVANS ARE TYPICALLY CHRYSLER PACIFICAS OR TOYOTA SIENNAS.
AND THOSE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ONE WHEELCHAIR ACCESS.
MY NOTES SAID THAT WE HAD FIVE DEDICATED VEHICLES, PLUS TWO M U T T BUSES TO BE TOTAL OF SEVEN.
AM I WRONG ON THAT? UH, SO I MISSPOKE.
I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE ONE SPARE AND UTD BUS.
SO CURRENT, THE WAY OUR US SERVICE WORKS IS WE HAVE TWO AND UTD BUSES OUT ON ANY GIVEN DAY AND THREE IRVING HOLDINGS, MINIVANS MAKING A TOTAL OF FIVE.
SO THERE ARE SIX TOTAL VEHICLES IN OUR CAPACITY AT THIS TIME.
SO THERE ARE NO PRIESTS IS RUNNING AROUND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S ALL KIND OF THE BIGGER VEHICLES YOU ARE CORRECT.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND UPON YOUR ONE, UH, QUESTION THAT YOU HAD WITH REGARDS TO WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER THE RIDER PROFILE.
SO BASICALLY INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM DCTA AT
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THE VERY BEGINNING OF THEIR PROGRAM, IF THEY WERE MARKED AS SOMEBODY THAT NEEDED A MOBILITY DEVICE, WHETHER THAT BE A WHEELCHAIR OR WALKER, EVEN DOWN TO A CANE, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION STORED IN THE RIDER PROFILE AND DURING THE ELIGIBILITY PROCESS, THAT IS ONE OF THE SCREENING QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK SO THAT WE KNOW AT ANY GIVEN TIME WHO OUR RIDERSHIP IS AND WHAT ATTRIBUTES ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF MORE SPECIFICALLY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY SO IS THE, UM, THE COST OF THE RIDER $5? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? SO WE HAVE TWO FAIRS.WE HAVE THREE FAIRS, THE FIRST FAIRS AT $3 FARE AND THAT'S FOR ANY TRANSPORTATION AMONGST THE SIX N U T D S UH, SERVICE AREA CITIES.
SO SELENA LOWERY, CROSSING MCKINNEY, MELISSA, AND PRINCETON OR PROSPER RIDERS CAN TRAVEL EITHER, UM, TO ANY OF THOSE CITIES IN BETWEEN THOSE CITIES OR INTER CITY FOR $3.
IF THEY'RE TRAVELING ANYWHERE ELSE IN COLLIN COUNTY, POPULAR PLACES WOULD BE FRISCO ALLEN OR PLANO.
THAT WOULD BE A $5, ONE WAY FARE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SPECIALIZED FAIRS FOR OUR SENIOR CENTERS WHERE THERE'S TRIPS THAT THEY MAKE TO WALMART A FEW TIMES A WEEK.
AND SO THAT IS A $2 ROUND TRIP FARE THAT WE OFFER TO THOSE SENIORS.
THE ONE THING THAT I, I WAS ALSO THINKING, UM, DO, DOES THE HOMELESS SHELTER IN MCKENNEY, DOES IT, DO THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? YES.
I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH REGARDS TO ELIGIBILITY, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A TOPIC THAT BOTH MS PINK, SEAN AND I HAVE DISCUSSED AS WELL.
AND WE'VE BROUGHT SPARE INTO THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY WRITERS THAT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
CAUSE, CAUSE I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN TO, TO GET THE WORD OUT, I MEAN, CHURCHES ARE A BIG PART OF HELPING THE POOR AND HELPING THE NEEDY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THE WORD OUT TO THE CHURCHES TO, TO HELP THEIR CONGREGATION UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE, UM, TO THEIR MEMBERS AS W EVEN THE JOB CORPS THAT IS OUT THERE.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO, UH, FOR THE JOB CORPS PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TRAINED OUT THERE TO HAVE ACCESS.
CAUSE MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE CITY.
SO THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF IDEAS.
AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.
AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WHILE, UM, WE HAVE DONE SOME MINIMAL, UM, MARKETING, IT IS OUR INTENT THAT WE WANTED TO GET BOTH LYFT AND THE GO PASS INTEGRATION COMPLETELY, UM, FINALIZE SO THAT WHEN WE GO OUT TO REALLY MARKET THIS PROGRAM WITH THE VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT YOU JUST LISTED AND ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES, THAT WE CAN BASICALLY HAVE A FULLY OPERATIONAL SYSTEM AS IT WAS INTENDED, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT WHEN WE'RE MARKETING, UM, IN SOME INSTANCES WE ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO REALLY RESONATE WITH THOSE RIDERS.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE IT'S TESTED AND THAT IT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL.
AND SO I DO ANTICIPATE THE NEXT TIME I COME TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD THAT WE WILL HAVE A MUCH MORE, UH, FULL-THROATED MARKETING CAMPAIGN GOING ON.
SO, UH, YOU SAID, YOU SAID MARCH WAS AROUND 1400, UH, WRITERS.
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PER MONTH NOW AS, AS, AS YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR, IS THAT LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND PER MONTH? IS THAT YES.
I WOULD SAY IT'S EVEN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN THAT.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT AVERAGE WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP, WE SEE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 45, 50 RIDERS PER WEEKDAY, WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE WEEKENDS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SLOWER SERVICE.
SO JUST LOOKING AT IT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, IT'S USUALLY ABOUT 35 RIDES PER DAY.
SO IF WE EXPAND THAT OUT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE MONTH, I WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD BE AVERAGING, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET APRIL'S NUMBERS IN, I'M THINKING PROBABLY ABOUT 1200 RIDERS PER MONTH, LOOKING AT THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
SO AT WHAT POINT WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD WHERE YOU THINK, OH, WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER VAN.
WE NEED TO, I MEAN, WHAT, IS THERE A THRESHOLD THAT YOU LOOK AT TO HELP BRING THOSE, YOU KNOW, WAIT TIMES DOWN AND STUFF LIKE THAT? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT THRESHOLD LOOK LIKE? WELL, THE FIRST THRESHOLD WOULD BE THE WAIT TIMES.
AND WHEN WE SET UP THIS PROGRAM, WE SET UP A 30 MINUTE WAIT TIME BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSIVE SIZE OF THE REGION.
SO IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TO HAVE A SMALLER RADIUS OR A SMALLER, UH, SERVICE AREA, WHICH IS TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY SEVEN SQUARE MILES.
UM, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A MUCH LOWER WAIT TIMES,
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BUT BECAUSE WE ARE OPERATING IN ALL OF COLLIN COUNTY, UM, THESE ARE REALISTIC NUMBERS.NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, ADDING MORE SERVICE, WE HAVE BEEN IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO US ADDING ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID, UM, DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH.
SO WE ARE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I THINK OUR NEXT CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL BE HAVING AND REALLY POURING OVER THE DATA IS WHEN WE GET LIFT INVOLVED, HOW CAN WE START, UM, REDUCING SOME OF THESE DEDICATED VEHICLES? AND SO THAT WILL BE ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT WE WILL NEED TO BE, UM, HIGHLY AWARE OF AS WE MOVE FORWARD SO THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE AN INCREASE IN NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE.
SO AS I'M A LYFT RIDE ABOUT THE SAME, A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A BUS RIDE TO, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST A, UH, A VAN RIDE, WHAT W W WHERE'S IS THE VAN RIDE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE LYFT OR OTHERWISE IT IS.
AND IT'S PRIMARILY FOR THE REASON THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THERE IS, UM, THAT SERVICES AND BEING UTILIZED, IT'S JUST STATIONARY.
AND SO THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT'S A REALLY GREAT, UM, UH, ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT LYFT IS THAT YOU'RE ONLY PAYING FOR THE SERVICE WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY BEING USED.
SO THERE ARE TIMES OR LOLS WITHIN THE DAY WHERE THAT DEDICATED VEHICLE OR DEDICATED VEHICLES AREN'T BEING USED.
BUT, BUT WE, AS THE, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATORS OF THE SERVICE, WE HAVE THE PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT THAT VEHICLE CAN BE DEPLOYED AT ANY TIME, SHOULD A TRIP BE BOOKED.
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THIS SERVICE IS VERY, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY POPULAR.
WE'VE, UH, REACHED OUT TO AS MANY WRITERS AS WE COULD TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE BOOKING PROCESS.
AND I THINK WHAT WE SEE IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE A BOOKING A WINDOW OF SEVEN DAYS.
SO RIDER CAN BOOK A TRIP SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF WRITERS DO THAT.
THEY KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO GET THE TIMES THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IT'S BEST FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND BOOK SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, ARE THERE WRITERS THAT BOOK EACH DAY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD, LIKE TO COME TO AND FROM WORK OR THE WRITERS LIKE THAT? SO I WOULD SAY WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE WAY THAT WRITERS BOOK, WE HAVE REOCCURRING TRIPS.
SO WRITERS THAT POTENTIALLY, UM, HAVE REHABILITATION SOME MEDICAL APPOINTMENT OR DIALYSIS, AND IT'S THE SAME TIME MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE SET UP REOCCURRING TRIPS SO THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO CALL THE CALL CENTER FOR EVERY SINGLE TRIP IT'S, IT'S ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER TYPE OF WRITER WHOSE ONE THAT BOOKS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MAYBE THEY MAKE MORE SPORADIC TYPE TRIPS.
THEY'RE NOT ON SUCH A REGIMENTED, UM, TRAVEL PATTERNS.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE WRITERS THAT WE HAVE.
DOES LYFT HAVE, UM, OR IS THERE AN ABILITY FOR DRIVERS TO REGISTER THEIR VEHICLES AS ADA ASSESSABLE VEHICLES, OR IS THAT NOT REALLY AN OPTION RIGHT NOW WITH THAT? THEY WOULD, LET ME THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE I ANSWER THIS.
SO I FEEL THAT A MAJORITY OF OUR VEHICLES THAT WE WILL BE USING FOR LYFT WILL BE MORE OF THE SEDAN STYLE VEHICLE, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE, IT'S THE LOWER IT'S ON THE LOWEST RUNG OF THE LIFT, UM, VEHICLE FLEETS.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE XL STYLE VEHICLES OR THE LARGER VEHICLES.
UM, SO I CAN ASK LYFT THE NEXT TIME I MEET WITH THEM.
IF THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY REGISTER THEIR VEHICLE AS AN ADA, I WOULD NEED TO CHECK INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, UM, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL CARE COVERAGE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
BUT, UM, THESE ARE, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND I CAN FIND THAT ANSWER OUT FOR YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST FOUR YEARS AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE MOST ORGANIZED.
I THINK THESE GUYS, I THINK WHAT WE HAD BEFORE PRE COVID, UH, I, WE NEVER HEARD THIS KIND OF TRANSPARENCY.
WE NEVER GOT THIS KIND OF OPTIMISM.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO FIGURE OUT IS THE COUNCIL ON HIS BOARD HELPING EXPAND THE PROGRAM, BUT THIS IS THE BEST I'VE SEEN IT IN YEARS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT.
AND, UH, AND I'VE SAID HERE TO HEAR THIS FOR FOUR YEARS, SO I BELIEVE THAT.
GREAT, GREAT REPORT, MR. MERRILL CEYLON, ADD THAT.
APPRECIATE YOU AND AKIA COMING OUT TO THE QUANTAS CLUB LAST MONTH OR EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHENEVER IT WAS DO YOUR PROGRAM ALSO.
[Budget Update]
BUDGET UPDATE, LIKE YEAH,[00:30:01]
EVERYBODY.SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET IS UNCHANGED, UM, FROM WHAT WE WERE, UH, GIVEN BY DART INITIALLY, UH, WE HAVE INCREASED THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET TO INCLUDE THE GRANT COORDINATOR POSITION SO THAT, UH, FIGURES INCREASED TO 158,334.
UM, JANINE, CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR ME PLEASE? THIS FIGURE HERE OR THIS, UH, CHART HERE IS REALLY JUST SHOWING OUR SOURCE FUNDING, UM, OUR FTA FUNDING AND OUR TXDOT FUNDING, HOW MUCH WE'VE DRAWN DOWN OF EACH AND, UM, WHAT THOSE CATEGORIES ARE.
EACH OF THESE HAVE DIFFERENT RULES ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR, UM, FUNDING USE.
SO THAT'S REALLY FUN FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT, BUT, UM, ESSENTIALLY TO KNOW, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT AN OBLIGATED FUNDING AND OUR STATE FUNDING, YOU SEE THERE IS ABOUT $247,000.
UM, THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S THE BUDGET UPDATE? SO THIS IS ALL, I THINK THIS IS BUGS EVERYBODY.
SO WE'VE GOT $10 MILLION, BUT ARE THOSE ALL, UM, ARE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE? ARE THEY THERE FOR MATCHING OR THEY'RE THERE FOR PROJECT? I MEAN, WHERE YOU WERE THERE IN FIRST DOLLAR.
UH, SO IF YOU SEE
THERE'S NO REAL RULE FOR THAT, THAT OTHER FUNDING, THAT 2.1 MILLION, THOSE HAVE LOTS OF RULES ASSOCIATED.
UH, CAN ONLY BE CERTAIN THINGS YOU CAN'T DO.
ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, MAINTENANCE IS ONLY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I, I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE IDEAS.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE, BUT TO JUST SAY, OKAY, WE'VE GOT $8 MILLION.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE.
HOW CAN WE USE THIS MONEY? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, AS W AS IT SHOWN RIGHT HERE, WE'RE GOING TO START GIVING IT BACK.
AND SO HOW DO WE USE THIS FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE IN MCKINNEY AND THE SURROUNDING CITIES TO, TO HELP THEM OTHER THAN JUST WRITING A CHECK BACK BECAUSE WE DIDN'T USE IT AGREED.
SO THIS 8.8 MILLION IS INTENDED TO BE USED ENTIRELY FOR OUR CURRENT SERVICE.
IT WILL KEEP OUR, UH, SERVICE ALIVE FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Return of Unobligated FY18 FTA 5307 Funds]
SURE.FOR WHICH THIS IS THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THREE TO NINE UPDATE ON.
JUMP, JUMP AROUND TO WHERE SARAH SAY TO WHERE IT HELPS US CONVERSATION.
SO THIS IS FOR THE ITEM FOR THE RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE FTA, UH, 53 0 7 FISCAL YEAR 18 FUNDS.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES THAT FUND THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT, OR CALLING COUNTY TRANSIT, WE GET FTA 53 0 7 MONEY.
THAT MONEY REQUIRES A 50% MATCH TO DRAW DOWN.
WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH 50% NON-FEDERAL FUNDS TO MATCH THAT.
WE GET A TECHSTAR ANNUAL ALLOCATION.
IT'S MORE TYPICALLY AROUND FOUR 70.
WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR ADMIN.
THAT IS THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE CAN USE FOR ADMINISTRATION.
SO WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS WE GET THAT ALLOCATION.
WE TAKE OFF WHATEVER OUR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS FOR THE YEAR WILL BE.
THAT'S OUR STAFF, THAT'S LEGAL FEES, YOU KNOW, PRINTING ALL OF THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.
WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER IS WHAT WE USE TO DRAW DOWN THE 53 0 7 FUNDS.
CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT? SO YOU CAN SEE FOR FY 23, WE AFFORDED $77,778.
WE TAKE OFF THE 180 7, 1 74 THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE OUT OF THAT FUNDING FOR CHECK STOCK.
WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO DRAW DOWN THAT FTA FUNDING OF 2 9604.
SO THAT GIVES US ROUGHLY $600,000, BUT OUR COST OF SERVICE IS A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WHERE DOES THAT GAP COME FROM? THE REASON THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND OUR CCT SERVICE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHY WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRACT WITH DART AND, AND OFFER ALL OF THESE EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES IS BECAUSE WE RECEIVED CARES, ACT FUNDING, AND THAT FUNDING, WE CAN'T USE THAT TO MATCH THE FTA FUNDING, BUT WE CAN USE IT TO FILL IN THE GAP.
SO FOR FYI 23, THAT GAP IS $451,000.
[00:35:02]
NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER $8 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUNDING.SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT NINE YEARS.
IF YOU KNOW, THE COST STAYED THE SAME.
WE HAVE ABOUT NINE YEARS WHERE WE CAN MAINTAIN THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE WITH OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING.
WE WON'T HAVE ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED TO DRAW DOWN THE FTA FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR NINE YEARS.
NOW, AFTER NINE YEARS, WE NEED TO START HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS OR BEFORE NINE YEARS, WE NEED TO HAVE, START HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE BRING IN OTHER PRIVATE FUNDING.
WE HAVE, UH, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY HAS PLEDGED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE HAVE A MATCH PROGRAM WITH THE, THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, SINCE WE'VE RECEIVED THE CARES ACT FUNDING.
WE HAVEN'T REQUESTED AN ALLOCATION FROM ANY OF THE MEMBER CITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN NEEDED.
WE HAVE THE CARES ACT FUNDING, BUT DO WE WANT TO START ASKING FOR THOSE FUNDS, DO WE WANT TO START BANKING THOSE FUNDS? DO WE WANT TO START GETTING, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH CORPORATIONS, GETTING PUBLIC FUNDING ALL THE ABOVE TO START, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THOSE FUNDS UP SO THAT WE HAVE A CUSHION WHEN THE CARES ACT FUNDING GOES AWAY, OR, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS, WE BECOME A LARGE URBAN, THEY CHANGED THE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, UH, PERCENTAGES OR SPECIFICATION, AND THE CARES ACT FUNDING.
THE 8 MILLION DOES NOT HAVE A CLAWBACK ON IT.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE WERE COMFORTABLE THAT WE COULD KEEP THAT AS LONG AS WE WANT SLASH NEED TO THAT.
THERE IS NO EXPIRATION ON THOSE FUNDS.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S A GREAT EXPLANATION.
AND THANK YOU, MS. LONG FOR THE CHARGE.
SO WE CAN, IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT EACH OF THE WALMART LOCATIONS HERE IN MCKINNEY SHOULD BE PUTTING UP SOME SORT OF MATCHING FUNDS, BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT A LOT OF THESE WRITERS GOING THERE TO PURCHASE THEIR GOODS AND NOT JUST THE ONES IN MCKINNEY, COUNCILMAN, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT OTHER CITIES IN HERE TOO THAT HAVE THE SAME SITUATION.
SO, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT WALMART PROGRAM IS SMART AND IT COULD POSSIBLY BE EXPANDED TO FAMILIES THAT NEED FOOD TOO.
AND THERE IS A CALLING COUNTY HAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE A SEAT ON THIS BOARD.
UM, THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN THAT SEAT.
THEY HAVE FUNDING THROUGH DIFFERENT MECHANISMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM THAT COULD ALSO BE USED TO DRAW DOWN THE FTA FUND.
SO, JENNY, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THIS BODY TO, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD ON, ON PURSUIT OF ALL OF THOSE FUNDING OPTIONS? WELL, ON SPECIFICS, UH, AS IN BRINGING, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO COLEMAN COUNTY TO SEE IF THEY'D LIKE TO TAKE THEIR SEAT ON THE BOARD, AND THAT WOULD BE M UTD, UH, DIRECTION, AS FAR AS DOING THE REACHING OUT TO THE, YOU KNOW, TOYOTA'S AND THE CORPORATION'S WALMARTS.
I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WANTS, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE GET THE, THE OTHER STAFF MEMBER THAT WILL HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO SO, IS THERE, IS THERE A CONSENSUS HERE OR THAT, UM, TO PURSUE EVERYTHING THAT SHE DESCRIBED, SO YOU HAVE DIRECTION.
SO, UH, THE, THE, THAT I JUST GAVE FOR THE LAST AGENDA ITEM WAS, UH, CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACT ON RETURNING A FISCAL YEAR 18, UM, FTA FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION, $944 AND 200 WOMEN, 2 MILLION, $944,216 BACK TO, UM, FTA TO DE OBLIGATE THOSE FUNDS AS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEM.
YOU HAVE NO OPTION, THERE'S NO OPTION TO USE THEM.
THERE'S NO OTHER, IT DOESN'T LOOK REALISTIC THAT WE'LL HAVE THE MATCHING FUNDS WITHIN THIS YEAR TO DRAW THOSE DOWN.
AND THEY HAVE ASKED FOR THE RETURN, THEN THEY, THEY SPREAD THOSE AROUND THE REGION.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, GOOD PARTNERSHIP.
WE'RE GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO, YES, YOU ARE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS
[Update on Use of FTA Funded Capital - Buses]
THE UPDATE ON THE USE OF FTA FUNDED CAPITAL.[00:40:01]
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO US TO DISCUSS A SENIOR TRANSIT PROJECT THAT THEY WANTED TO COMPLETE.UH, THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAD ANY FLEET THAT WE COULD GET THEM, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE FLEET AND RYAN HAS TOLD YOU THAT, UH, OUR FLEET IS WORKING VERY HARD, OR WE HAVE VERY BUSY BUSES.
THESE, UM, TWO OF THE THREE VEHICLES ARE PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE AS TERMED BY FTA IT'S FOUR YEARS OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES, WHICHEVER FIRST.
UM, SO THOSE TWO VEHICLES THAT ARE PAST, BUT, UH, THEY'RE PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE, BUT ARE STILL VERY WELL-MAINTAINED VEHICLES.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE PARKS GO OUT AND LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE FOR THEIR PROJECT.
UH, WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT A FTA APPROVAL OR INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE THESE VEHICLES ARE PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE, BUT THE FDA WILL KEEP THEIR, UH, PERCENTAGE BECAUSE IT'S OVER A $5,000 THE ASSETS.
SO, SO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, MCKINNEY PARTS DEPARTMENT WANTS TO TAKE CONTROL OF, OR JUST BORROW ONE OF OUR VEHICLES FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON WITH SENIORS.
IT WOULD BE THEM TAKING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD BE A CITY OF MCKINNEY IS THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO IT WOULD BE A, UH, TRANSFER WITHIN THE SAME AGENT.
AND WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THEY HOPING TO USE IT FOR 70, FOR SENIOR CENTER OR SOMETHING ELSE? UH, AS A CIRCULAR, CIRCULAR ROUTE FOR ALL THE SENIOR CENTERS IN THE AREA.
W WHAT DOES THAT, UM, WOULD WE REPLACE THAT VEHICLE? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT PART.
SO THERE'S A, UH, PFIZER HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBLIGATED TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE.
AND WE ARE IN, UM, IN TALKS TO ACTUALLY GET THAT VEHICLE OUT ON THE ROAD.
I WOULD NOT TAKE AWAY A VEHICLE BEFORE, UH, GETTING THE NEW ONE ONLINE.
SO THE USEFUL LIFE IS FOUR YEARS OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES.
THESE DIESEL ENGINES IT'S BEEN HOLDING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY ARE EXTREMELY WELL-MAINTAINED.
ARE THEY DIESEL ENGINES, JUST PHILLIPS BAD NEWS ON YOUR TRUCK? 26 YEAR OLD TRUCK IS BEYOND ITS USEFUL LIFE.
IT APPEARS HOW MUCH ONE, A ONE YEAR OLD TRUCKS SHE'S GETTING BROKEN IN AT 338,000.
IT WAS STOLEN DIFFERENT 70 TRUCKS, JOHN, LIKE USEFUL, LIKE, I'M SORRY.
DID YOU SAY YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CAR, ONE VEHICLE THAT IS PAST ITS USEFUL LIFE OR WERE THERE TWO, THERE ARE TWO VEHICLES THAT ARE PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND ONE VEHICLE THAT IS STILL WITHIN ITS USEFUL LIFE PERIOD.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER ONE? THE ONE IT'LL STILL BE USED ALL THE SAME, FRANKLY, UH, THE SAME VEHICLES THAT WE ARE USING, WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE IF PARKS CHOOSES TO TAKE A VEHICLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WOULDN'T REALLY JUST GIVE THEM THE OPTION TO TAKE ONE OF THE TWO VEHICLES THAT ARE PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE, BUT ALL THE VEHICLES WOULD STAY ON.
SO PAST USEFUL LIFE IS A SUGGESTION, NOT NECESSARILY A DEAD STOP, RIGHT.
IT'S JUST THAT, WHAT ARE THE WINDS SAY? AND THEY SAY THIS AND CHECK OIL LIGHT.
WELL, SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT, AND ONE IS THE COST TO REPLACE THEM.
UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE COST OF THE VEHICLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUY.
THE VEHICLE THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 55 K.
AND WE ACTUALLY CAN TALK, TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT.
UM, I WAS HOPING NOT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE, BUT, UH, THIS IS A FTA 53 39 FUND.
UM, THIS IS A FUND THAT WAS INITIALLY, UH, FEDERAL, BUT IT'S NOW CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.
SO TEXTILE IS ESSENTIALLY GIVING ME FEDERAL MONEY FOR US TO PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE.
AND IT'S ONLY FOR, UH, BUSES AND BUS FACILITIES, AND IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDING.
AND THEN ANYTHING THAT'S NOT COVERED, WE DID HAVE DEVELOPMENT CREDITS PROVIDE THE PATCH AND IT IS, UM, IT'S AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION THAT WE GET AND WE CAN LUMP THEM TOGETHER.
SO SAYING IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS, IF WE NEED ANOTHER GLASS THAT WE USE THAT SAVES OUR REGULAR TEXTSTOP FUNDING, WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE MATCH ON THE FGA FUNDING, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO BUY CAPITAL VEHICLES.
THIS IS JUST IN A WAY AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
THANK YOU AT ONE MORE ITEM, CORRECT?
[Update on Non-Profit Partnership Pilot]
YES.UH, JUST DISCUSSING THE NONPROFIT, NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP PILOT.
SO, UH, WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO, UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SOFTWARE PEOPLE AND WITH RYAN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY THIS CAN LOOK LIKE.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHENEVER YOU WANT.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FURTHER THE MTD GOAL TO PROVIDE TRANSIT SERVICE TO THOSE WITH LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
[00:45:01]
UH, WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO SAY IT.WE'RE REQUESTING THAT, UH, AGENCIES THAT ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE HAVE AN ACTIVE NONPROFIT STATUS WITH THE FEDERAL, FEDERAL REGULATORY ENTITY AND THAT THEY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS, UH, BECAUSE WE CAN'T MATCH FEDERAL DOLLARS WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO IF THEY'RE USING FEDERAL DOLLARS, WE NEED TO KNOW.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY THE AGENCIES ARE GOING TO DO INTAKE, ELIGIBILITY CHECKS AND, UM, CASE MANAGEMENT.
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US ALL THE DOCUMENTATION.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE FUNDS EVERY MONTH FOR THOSE CLIENTS.
UM, IT'S UP TO THE AGENCY, HOW MUCH FUNDING THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE BASED ON THEIR OWN RESOURCES, UM, SHOULD AN INDIVIDUAL NO LONGER BE A PART OF THEIR PROGRAM.
WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND CREDIT THOSE FUNDS BACK TO THE NONPROFIT AGENCIES.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A SIX MONTH TIMELINE FOR THIS PILOT, SO WE'D BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL.
UM, AFTER THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD WITH LESSONS LEARNED QUESTIONS.
WELL, WE'VE ALREADY THE ACTION ITEM AS WELL ON THE REGULAR AGENDA THING REMINDED YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO YOU.
SO PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THERE'S NO ONE REGISTERED SPEAK.
[BOARD OR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
UNLESS THERE'S ANY BOARD OF COMMISSION COMMENTS, THE LIKES WE'VE MADE.FIRST OF ALL, I THINKS OUR S OUR, UH, OTHER CITIES FROM SHOWING UP AND HELPING US MAKE A QUORUM, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND, AND, UH, INTEREST IN MAKING SURE WE ALL HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
AND HE HE'S, AND I THINK WE SHOULD, HE MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, RIGHT? AND ON THAT, PURSUING THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO START WITH THESE CITIES.
THEY'VE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED, ENGAGED, I THINK START THERE AND WORK YOUR WAY BACK TO MCKINNEY, BUT LONG WAY, I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOLLOW UP ON RAINEY'S COMMENTS OF IDEAS, OF HOW WE CAN PUT THIS TO BETTER USE, RATHER THAN HE'S SENDING CHECKS BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN MCKINNEY, UH, AND IT'S MUCH NEEDED AND LONG PAST DUE.
SO ANYTHING COULD COME BACK WITH, I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE OUR SUPPORT.
THANKS FOR THE GOOD WORK YOU'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.