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MEANING IT'S 502503 PM WE ARE IN THE MEETING OF THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT BOARD.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO 22 NORTH TESTY STREET. CAN YOU TEXT US? AT THIS TIME WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. UH PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 55100 TO A QUARTER OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS PRESENT. UM AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
THE FIRST ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE? WE'LL PUT ANOTHER SHEET SO WE CAN ALL KIND OF BE TOGETHER.
YEAH COME UP HERE WITH JOIN, JOIN HUGE. THE SHERIFF GOT ANOTHER CHAIR TO CHAIR COMING BACK. SO I'M NOT MOVING, SO WE'RE GOOD. WE'LL INCLUDE YOU INCLUSIVE HERE KIDDING WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE. RIGHT ON TELEVISION. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT IT IS WHAT YOU WANT. I'M
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SURE SO WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT ITEMS THAT PORTION OF THE GENIC SYSTEM NONCONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND THEN YOU'D BE CONSIDERED. INDIVIDUALLY ACTUALLY, THERE'S ONLY ONE ITEM, SO IT'S A MEETINGS OF THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT BOARD. JUNE 20TH 2022 22 DAYS 0796. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES. SECOND MOTION BY MARY FULLER SECOND BY COUNCIL, INCLUDING DO WE HANDLE IT OR WHAT DO WE DO? OKAY ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR. HIGH NUMBER. MINUTES PASS. EXPRESS OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. 22 0797 SERVICE UPDATE FROM DART. BEFORE[Service Update from DART]
WE GOT STARTED. JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY WE ARE LIMITED TO AN HOUR BECAUSE OF THE NEXT MEETING, SO WE? WE WON'T NEED AN HOUR IN THE AGENDA. WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. I'M JUST KIDDING. YOU PRESENTATION. YEAH. GO FOR IT. GOOD AFTERNOON . MY NAME IS RYAN MCCUTCHEON ON A PROJECT MANAGER IN THE SERVICE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT DART AND I SERVE AT YOUR DISTINCTION AND PLEASURE TO MANAGE THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT SHARED RIDE MICRO TRANSIT PROGRAM TALKING ABOUT THE AGENDA TODAY. FIRST WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. A LOT OF GREAT NEWS THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH REGARDS TO RIDERSHIP AND WHERE THINGS ARE GOING WELL, ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT THE LIFT SERVICE AND ALSO THE GO PAST INTEGRATION. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES THERE AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TODAY AND HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE YEAR. ONE BUDGET GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT ON WHERE WE ARE, HOW IT RELATES TO SERVICE AND HOW WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT THINGS FOR THE FUTURE. FIRST TALKING ABOUT THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WILL START OFF WITH THE RIDERSHIP IN JULY. I AM GLAD TO REPORT THAT WE DID SEE A MODEST INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP TO JUST SHY OF 2400 AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION WITH THE JULY RIDERSHIP IS THAT ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT I MANAGED FOR DART WE SAW A DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP, AND THAT'S TYPICAL WITH THE SEASONAL VARIATION WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER, THEY'RE TAKING THEIR VACATIONS AND THERE GETTING READY TO BASICALLY GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN AUGUST. SO TYPICALLY, WHAT WE SEE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A FLUCTUATION A LITTLE BIT OF AN EBB BUT AGAIN FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE CONTINUE TO RISE AND BEAT OUR LAST MONTH'S PROJECTIONS. SO ALSO LOOKING AT THE WAIT TIME. IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND AGAIN. THIS IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LIFT AS A VALUED PARTNER AND PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SO BEING ABLE TO SERVE SUCH A LARGE AREA THAT COLLIN COUNTY IS HAVING LIFT, ECHO TRANSPORTATION AND ALSO IRVING HOLDINGS AS THE SERVICE PROVIDERS HAS BEEN ABLE TO ALLOW US TO KEEP THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME REALLY DOWN AND AGAIN JUST POINTING OUT THAT OUR THRESHOLD FOR THE AVERAGE WAIT. TIME IS 30 MINUTES. SO AGAIN BEING AT 13 MINUTES, WE SEE THAT AS A VERY POSITIVE INDICATION ON THE SERVICE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING. SO LOOKING AT THE DISTANCE THAT PEOPLE TRAVEL IT HAS HELD STEADY JUST ROUGHLY ABOUT SEVEN MILES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. LOOKING AT THE DURATION OR THE TIME THAT IS SPENT IN THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS THE FIRST MONTH WHERE IT'S COME DOWN TO 15 MINUTES. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME INDICATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING SHORTER DISTANCE TRIPS, BUT THAT COULD ALSO BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ENROLLING IN THE PROGRAM ARE TYPICALLY MCKINNEY RESIDENTS AND ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT I WILL SHOW LATER ON, IS BASICALLY THE TRIP PATTERNS THAT WE SEE FROM A MUNICIPAL. PEOPLE ARE COMING. FROM AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING.[00:05:02]
TO. SO THE RATE AT WHICH PEOPLE ARE NO SHOWING AND WHAT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT IS THAT THIS NUMBER CONTINUALLY GOES DOWN, ALBEIT A MODEST PERCENTAGE, BUT ANYTIME WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE TO CANCEL TRIPS BEFORE VEHICLE ACTUALLY SHOWS UP, ALLOWS THAT VEHICLE TO ACTUALLY BE DEPLOYED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT SERVICE. SO I FEEL THAT THIS IS A GOOD BAROMETER OF OUR RIDERS, REALLY BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE STYLE OF SERVICE THAT WE OFFER AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THEY NEED TO CANCEL THEIR TRIP. LEAST TWO HOURS IN ADVANCE, ONE TO NOT INCUR YOU KNOW THAT FAIR CHARGE, BUT ALSO THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE COMMON GOOD OF THE OTHER WRITERS OF THE SERVICE THAT VEHICLE CAN ONCE IT'S CANCELED CAN NOW BE ALLOCATED TO OTHERS THAT MIGHT NEED THAT SERVICE. LOOKING AT THE NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN VERY NEGLIGIBLE.OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. I THINK LAST MONTH WE HAD SIX CASES WHERE THERE WERE NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE. NOW YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ME TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET SLIDE WITH REGARDS TO SERVICE, WHICH COULD HAVE A VERY SMALL IMPACT ON THE NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, BUT I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL I GET TO THAT SLIDE. SO LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF WRITERS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THE SERVICE, IT'S BEEN HOLDING QUITE STEADY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WITH JUST OVER 30 PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THE SERVICE AND BEING APPROVED, SO THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY STOP IN PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THE SERVICE AND AGAIN. THIS IS WITHOUT US DOING ANY LARGE MARKETING EFFORTS THAT AGAIN THAT WE JUST KEEP SIGNING UP PEOPLE AND I JUST WANT TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION THAT THE REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY MAJOR MARKETING CAMPAIGNS. IS THAT WE WANT TO WAIT FOR WHEN WE HAVE THE LIFT SERVICE INTEGRATED WITH GO PASS. AND SO THAT WE CAN START BOOKING TRIPS THROUGH THE GO PASS APP BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT ONCE WE HAVE REALLY JUST ONE SHOT TO REALLY MAKE IT, UH, MEANINGFUL AND LASTING WITH OUR NEW PERSPECTIVE WRITERS ON HOW TO USE THAT SERVICE. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT IS NEW TO THIS PRESENTATION THAT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS . AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE MUNICIPALITY TRAVEL PATTERNS. AND SO WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT TRAVEL PATTERNS, WHAT I'M REFERRING TO IS THE ORIGIN AND THE DESTINATION. SO WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING SCHEDULING THEIR PICKUP AND WHERE THEY'RE BEING DROPPED OFF , AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT THE LION'S SHARE OF TRIPS ARE OCCURRING IN THE MCKINNEY AREA, SO YOU'LL SEE OVERWHELMINGLY 64% OF TRADE. HAVE AN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION. THAT OCCUR IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AND THEN WHEN WE ADD UP ALL THE OTHER PERCENTAGES, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO ALMOST 90% OF THE AT LEAST ONE ORIGIN OR A DESTINATION COMING OR COMING FROM OR GOING TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. FOR INSTANCE, SO THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I SHARED WITH YOU. IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION AGAIN. IT JUST REALLY SHOWS THE FLOW OF SCREENS THAT WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR A VERY SEAMLESS PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO BOOKING TRIPS THROUGH THE GO PASS APP. SO MISS P. SEAN AND MYSELF MET WITH OUR BUSINESS INNOVATION TEAM ARE ALSO OUR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT IS OUTSIDE OF DART. UM THAT IS SPARE LABS AND ALSO UNWIRED, AND SO WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO ACTUALLY HAVING SOMETHING TO TEST. WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO INTEGRATE ALL OF THE LOGOS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ACTUAL APP. THOSE ARE BEING INCLUDED THIS WEEK AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO START TESTING BOTH IN A SIMULATION FORMAT. LIKE WHERE I'M AT MY DESK AND I'M DOING SOME NUMBERS ARE TRYING TO BOOK TRIPS THROUGH THE GO PASS OUT.
BUT THEN, ALSO LATER IN SEPTEMBER. GETTING OUT IN R N RV VEHICLES ARE NONREVENUE VEHICLES AND WILL HAVE DART STAFF IN MY COLLEAGUES DRIVE AROUND AND BASICALLY PICK UP GHOSTS OF TRIPS, BUT BASICALLY SO WE CAN HAVE SORT OF A REAL WORLD APPLICATION OF WHAT THE APP LOOKS LIKE, NOT ONLY FROM THE INTERFACE OF THE RIDERS BUT ALSO FROM THE DRIVER PERSPECTIVE IN US GOING TO SPECIFIC PLACES IN MCKINNEY TO RANDOMLY PICK UP PEOPLE AND AGAIN. WE'RE NOT PICKING UP PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE JUST DOING THE SIMULATION FROM NOT ONLY THE COMPUTER STANDPOINT BUT ALSO IN THE VEHICLES AS WELL. SO I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO USE THE GO PASS APP WITH THE UTD PROGRAM IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. SO NOW I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE YEAR ONE BUDGET. AND AS YOU RECALL, THERE ARE WE'VE HAD SOME BRIEF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, SOME SMALL SOME COST OVERRUNS THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD EARLY ON IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SERVICE
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AND WE LIMITED THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT FALL IN THE NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE. WE WANTED TO MINIMIZE THOSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IS A COLOR CODED EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT HAS THE TOP AND BLUE AND THAT IS THE OPERATION SIDE OF COSTS. SO YOUR VEHICLES AND ALSO THE SPARE SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FUNCTIONALITY. THE YELLOW SECTION IS GOING TO BE THE CALL CENTER, AND WE'LL TALK IN GREAT DEALS ABOUT THE CALL CENTER.NEXT THE GREEN SECTION IS THE DARK FIXED COSTS. THESE ARE THE ONLY COSTS THAT ARE NOT VARIABLE . THEY ARE FIXED. SO WE ARE EXPECTING THOSE TO BE VERY CONSISTENT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE FARE BOX REVENUE, SO LET ME GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL WITH THE FARE BOX REVENUE. SO WITH THE FARE BOX REVENUE THAT TOP LINE ITEM IS BASICALLY THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE ARE PULLING IN FROM THE WRITERS. IF I COULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, WE HAVE THREE FAIRS.
WE HAVE A $1 FAIR, THE $1 FARES FOR THE WALMART SENIOR CENTER TRIPS. SO WHEN THEY'RE USING THAT BOTH WAYS IT AMOUNTS TO $2 FARE. WE HAVE A $3 FARE ONE WAY , WHICH IS TRAVEL AMONGST THE CITIES OF MCKINNEY, MELISSA PRINCETON, PROSPER, SELENA AND LOWRY CROSSING, AND THEN WE HAVE A $5 FAIR. ALL THESE FARES ARE ONE WAY AND THE $5 FARE IS FOR TRAVELING ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF ANY OF THE M UTD CITIES. SO THESE FARES ARE COLLECTED BY DART THROUGH OUR STRIPE ACCOUNT , AND THEN THOSE FUNDS ARE DEDUCTED FROM THE PROGRAM COSTS. SO THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A TRANSFER OF MONEY. WE JUST DEDUCT WHAT WE COLLECT FROM THE FAIR SIDE OF REVENUE. AND THEN WE JUST DEDUCT THAT FROM THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF COSTS NOW THE PROMO REVENUE THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE IT'S SORT OF. IT'S A CARRYOVER FROM THE D. C. T A PROGRAM FOR COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT. IF YOU RECALL D C T A HAD ISSUED A DEBIT CARD FOR WRITERS AND WRITERS WOULD PUT MONEY ONTO THIS DEBIT CARD. AND SO WHAT WE DID AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM IS ANYBODY THAT HAD AN OUTSTANDING MONEY IN THEIR ACCOUNT. WE BASICALLY CARRIED THAT OVER INTO THE SPARE PLATFORM SO THAT WHEN THEY BOOKED TRIPS THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM.
THEY'RE JUST USING FUNDS THAT THEY HAD ALREADY CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROGRAM. AND SO THOSE FARES ARE BEING BUILT BACK TO THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT . AT THIS TIME SINCE AGAIN THEY WERE FROM OUR PREDECESSOR IN DC, TO SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THINGS BECAUSE I DO WANT TO BREAK THIS DOWN INTO OPERATIONS AND CALL CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE WE SEE THE TWO BIGGEST COSTS IN TERMS OF OPERATING THIS PROGRAM, SO IF I COULD TAKE YOU BACK TO THE PROCUREMENT OF THIS PROGRAM, IT WAS ANTICIPATE THAT WE ARE ONLY GOING TO VEHICLES. OPERATION.
AND THEN ALSO USED LIFT. IN A NON DEDICATE SO, TOO. THEIR OF THE OVER. THE EXCESS. SUPPLY.
MEET. FOR THE MUTV VEHICLE. ORIGINALLY WE HAD BUDGETED TO SPEND. I BELIEVE IT WAS $52 PER HOUR TO OPERATE THAT VEHICLE, BUT WE HAD SOME THINGS WITH REGARDS TO THE GARAGE KEEPERS, CLAWS AND INSURANCE CLAUSE THAT WAS PLACED INTO THE PROGRAM AFTER WE HAD DONE THE PROCUREMENT SO THAT CAUSED THAT CREATED AN ESCALATION AND COST. SO NOW WE PAY ECHO TRANSPORTATION $72.93 WHEN ORIGINALLY WE HAD BUDGETED $52 AN HOUR ANOTHER ITEM WITH REGARDS TO OPERATIONS IS AGAIN WE PLAN TO USE TWO VEHICLES. WELL, IN THE BEGINNING OF SERVICE, WE RAMPED UP TO FIVE VEHICLES TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE RIDERSHIP. AND WE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE LIFT ON DAY ONE SO LIFT BEGAN AT THE END OF APRIL OF I BELIEVE APRIL 26 TO BE EXACT, AND THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER FOR US. SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SUBSIDY PER PASSENGER. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ECHO TRANSPORTATION, THE SUBSIDY PER PASSENGER IS $71.41 SETS.
FOR IRVING HOLDINGS. IT'S $45 AND THEN FOR LIFT ITS $14.54 SO YOU CAN SEE THE BENEFIT THAT LIFT ADDS TO THIS AND US BEING ABLE TO SHIFT DEMAND TO LIFT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS BUDGET IN A VERY, UM, SHEPHERDED A STEWARD. BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF THOSE FUNDS.
FACILITATED BY LIFT, SO WE'VE ALREADY SURPASSED WHAT WE ANTICIPATED IN YEAR, ONE OF WHAT
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WE WANTED TO IN TERMS OF THE DEDICATED FLEET, PROVIDING SERVICE VERSUS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FLEET, SO WE SEE THAT LIFT IS CATCHING ON. QUITE RAPIDLY, AND WE ANTICIPATE THOSE NUMBERS, TOO. TO GO UP. SO NEXT TIME TO SHIFT TO THE CALL CENTER SO WITH THE CALL CENTER, UM WE WERE NOT ANTICIPATING SPENDING NEARLY AS MUCH MONEY AS WHAT WE HAVE DURING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF SERVICE IN WHAT YOU CAN SEE BASED ON WHAT WE BUDGETED WERE ARE AT A WORD. AT NEGATIVE, 100.OF WHAT WE. TO. OUTSIDE OF THE REOCCURRING TRIPS . SO WHEN I SAY REOCCURRING TRIPS THAT'S REALLY FOR THOSE THAT ARE USING THE SERVICE FOR DIALYSIS OR REGULAR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS OR PHYSICAL THERAPY , SO IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO USE THE GO PASS APP WE REALLY WANT GET A SEAT. OF THE. ARE GOING TO BE MAKING TRIPS AND THEY ARE, THEN WE CAN GET THEM SET. UP INTO THIS. REOCCUR. TRIPS. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL. CALL. SO. PEOPLE. FOR ARE FOR WORKS. NOW. THE WORK TRIP. THESE ARE TYPICALLY UM I FEEL THAT THE WORK TRIPS COULD WE COULD SEE AN EXPANSION OF THOSE REOCCURRING TRIPS, ESPECIALLY AS WE SIGN UP MORE LOW INCOME RIDERS NOW THE WRITERS WITH DISABILITY. OR THE INTO COGNITIVELY. DISABLE.
RIGHT? WHO DO HAVE. DO. UP FOR THEM. BECAUSE MOST IN THEY HAVE THAT SET. SCHEDULE. SO WE DO HAVE THAT BENNETT. TRIPS GOING TO DIVVY TO AND FOR SENIORS IS WHERE WE SEE THOSE REOCCURRING TRIPS HAPPENING. NOW WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THE GO PAST INTEGRATION THAT THE CALLS IT, THE DEMAND ON THE CALL CENTER WILL GO DOWN. NOW WE DON'T KNOW TO WHAT DEGREE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE WILL BE DOING AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN BOTH MYSELF AND SPARE TO EDUCATE WRITERS ON HOW TO ACTUALLY USE THE GO PASS APP. DURING THE PROCESS OF ME ON BOARD RIDER. I ALWAYS MENTIONED TO THEM TO GAUGE THEIR LEVEL OF INTEREST JUST TO GET SOME ANECDOTAL INFORMATION LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE ACTUALLY THINK ARE GOING TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS USING LIFT SO THAT WE CAN ESSENTIALLY WEAN THEM OFF OF THE CALL CENTER AND THEN BASICALLY HAVE THAT COST SAVINGS TO NOT BE SPENDING AS MUCH MONEY AS WE ARE ON A MONTHLY BASIS? BECAUSE OUR CALL CENTER? I THINK, ON AVERAGE, WE'RE SPENDING IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 10 $12,000 A MONTH FOR THE CALL CENTER, ALSO WITH A CALL CENTER. WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM THAT WE TRY TO INFORM OUR RIDERS THAT IF THIS IS A CALL CENTER, YOU KNOW IF THIS IS TO BOOK A TRIP, THAT'S WHAT THE CALL CENTRE'S MAIN FOCUS IS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM THE CALL CENTER DIRECTS THEM TO MYSELF OR THE SPARE TEAM. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT DESPAIR TEAM HAS HIRED A LOCAL EMPLOYEES TO ACTUALLY HELP WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE FILLED ON A DAILY BASIS TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STRAIN ON THE CALL CENTER SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE TIMES DOWN ON THE CALL CENTER AND NOT ENCOURAGE MANY CHARGES AND THE UTD WILL RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF NOT BEING CHARGED FOR THIS. ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES SPARES TAKING IT ON THEIR OWN, THAT THEY WILL BASICALLY BE PAYING THIS INDIVIDUAL OUT OF DESPAIR. THE SPARE PLATFORM PRIMARY AND THE SPARE TURNKEY MANAGEMENT FEE. THOSE LINE ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED. SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE JUST TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN FEEL FOR YOU. TALKED ABOUT THE SUBSIDIZATION. FOR THE YOU KNOW? THAT BEING $14. VERSUS THE. BECAUSE IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT WAS 70 SOMETHING DOLLARS. ON THE HIGH SIDE. I DON'T HAVE IT IN THE PRESENTATION. I WAS JUST SAYING, SAY THOSE STATS AGAIN.
YES, SIR. IT'S 71 41 FOR ECO TRANSPORTATION AND ECO TRANSPORTATION OPERATES THE M
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UTD VEHICLES. SO IS THERE IS THAT HIGHER ELEVATED COSTS WITH THAT? IRVING HOLDINGS, WHICH OPERATES THE WE USED TO HAVE FOUR MINIVANS. NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THREE MINIVANS WERE AT $45 AND THEN LIFT IS $14.54. THAT'S PER PASSENGER SUBSIDIZATION THAT IS CORRECT ON THE 71 50. I THOUGHT THE COST PER HOUR WAS SOMEWHERE IN THAT SAME AMOUNT YOU ARE CORRECT. AND SO WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS BASICALLY THEY'RE TRANSPORTING ONE WRITER PER HOUR IS ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, THE M UTD VEHICLE WHERE WE SEE POOLING EXISTS IN POOLING AGAIN IS WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY CAN HOLD 8 TO 10, INDIVIDUALS OR CUSTOMERS. WE REALLY SEE THAT DURING THE WALMART TRIPS, WHICH HAPPENED UM , TWICE ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AND THEN ONCE ON WEDNESDAYS, SO AGAIN WHEN YOU WE DO HAVE SOME WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING WITH OUR DEDICATED FLEET IS THAT THERE IS THE COST OF WHAT I WOULD CALL UNPRODUCTIVE TIME SO TIME AT WHICH THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE IDLE BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THEIR NEXT TRIP AGAIN WITH LIFT. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY UNPRODUCTIVE TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY PAYING FOR WHEN THAT SERVICE IS ACTUALLY BEING USED. THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN DISTINCTIONS. AND SO WE ALSO SEE THAT WITH IRVING HOLDINGS IS THAT THERE IS ALMOST A 1 TO 1 RECIPROCAL RATE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING US HOURLY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ARE TRANSPORTING. NOW WE COULD SEE SOME COST SAVINGS IN THE FUTURE AS MORE TRIPS BECOME PULLED, AS WE SORT OF PUT THE PANDEMIC IN OUR REAR VIEW MIRROR AND WE START TO SEE MORE INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT TO USE THE SERVICE. WE HAVE ALSO HAD THE IDEA. OF REACHING OUT. TO THE DIALYSIS. CLINICS. TO SEE.THERE IS A WHERE MAYBE. IN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY OF ONE ANOTHER . CAN WE RESHUFFLE THEIR TIMES IN THE CHAIR SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE MORE UTILIZATION ON OUR VEHICLES? THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TRICKY CONVERSATION. UM WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT WITH THEM YET, BUT IT IS. THERE ARE SUBTLE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO INSTITUTE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. BRING SOME OF THESE COSTS DOWN. QUESTIONS. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION LIKE I SAID EARLIER AUGUST 15TH WAS THE FIRST DAY UH, THE FIRST DAY IN WHICH WE CLAWED ONE OF THE VEHICLES BACK, SO WE WENT FROM OPERATING FOR IRVING HOLDINGS MINIVANS TO THREE AND SO WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY MONITORING ANY TRIPS THAT WOULD FALL INTO THAT ENDIA CATEGORY.
SPARE HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN MONITORING THOSE TRIPS AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE RIDERS TO SEE IF THERE'S THE OPPORTUNE UNITY. 21 EITHER ENTICE THEM INTO THE LIFT SO THAT THEY COULD TRY OUT THE LIFT PROGRAM AND SEE IF IT BEATS THEIR NEEDS. IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE CAN ALWAYS SWITCH IT BACK TO THE DEDICATED SERVICE. WE WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY FLEXIBILITY WITH TIMES NOW, JUST TO BE HONEST, WE HAVE HAD A FEW MORE NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE THIS MONTH THAT I WILL BE SHOWING IN THE NEXT REPORT THAT I PROVIDE TO THE CITY OF BEGINNING. WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A FEW MORE AND WE ARE DOING AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LEAVE THEM STRANDED. THAT IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME COST CONTAINMENT THAT WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM BE SUSTAINABLE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND ALSO AGAIN BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT YOU RECEIVED THROUGH THE CARES ACT. SO. SO THAT BRINGS ME TO THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION AND AGAIN IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS , HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM AT THIS POINT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS . YOU TAKE ME THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET A LOW INCOME.
WRITER SIGNED UP LIKE WHAT IS A TYPICAL TIME FRAME. WHAT ARE THEY? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY MAY BE CLEAR? YOU CAN ANSWER THAT. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY CONTACTED THEM? AT WHAT POINT ARE THEY GETTING RIDES? CAN YOU WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS? YES I WOULD SAY THAT JUST ANECDOTALLY . THE LOW INCOME WRITER APPLICATION IS THE MOST CHALLENGING APPLICATION TO FILL OUT BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING FOR SOME SENSITIVE INFORMATION, WHETHER IT BE TAX FORMS, WHETHER IT BE BANK STATEMENTS OR WORK PAY STUBS BECAUSE WHAT WE ASKED FOR BASED ON THE PREVIOUS
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PROGRAM. FOR WORK, STOP A STABS OR BANK STATEMENTS IS THAT WE NEED FROM THE BANK STATEMENTS THE MOST RECENT THREE MONTHS AND THEN FROM WORK PAY STUBS. THE LAST THREE PAY STUBS BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT, BUT LET ME GET TO YOU ON THE PAY STEPS, SO I FEEL THAT JUST IN ONBOARDING PEOPLE IN REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS I FIND THAT THERE IS MORE BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT PERSPECTIVE WRITER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION THAT DEEMS THEM ELIGIBLE AND AGAIN FROM THE LOW INCOME WRITER PERSPECTIVE. WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO OBVIOUSLY BE A RESIDENT OF THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT CITIES, BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO FALL BELOW 100 50% BENEATH THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES, SO THAT'S INFLUENCED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD. BUT THE EASIEST WAY TO ONBOARD SOMEBODY FROM THE LOW INCOME PROGRAM IS IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO SNAP OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL APPROVED PROGRAMS, AND SO THOSE GENERALLY HAPPENED WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND WE ASKED THEM TO REDACT CERTAIN SENSITIVE INFORMATION LIKE ACCOUNT INFORMATION OF THAT NATURE. IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER BACK AND FORTH AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE WRITERS TO GET THAT INFORMATION. ALSO WE TRY AS BEST AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE THEM GO THROUGH OUR PORTAL. WE DO NOT WANT THEM TO EMAIL US THOSE SENSITIVE INFORMATION OR THOSE DOCUMENTS BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT EMAIL IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING COMPROMISED BY SOME NEFARIOUS INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE SO IT MIGHT REQUIRE THEM TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AGAIN. SO THAT THEY CAN ATTACH THE FORMS TO OUR PORTAL. AND SO WE CREATED THIS. IT PORTAL TO BASICALLY ADD LAYERS OF SECURITY FOR THOSE ATTACHMENTS AND THOSE PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE PARTICIPANT IN SNAP. YOU SAY THEY CALL APPLY? THEY CAN BE BOOKING RIDES WITHIN 24 48 HOURS. YES NOT. IT'S DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY THAT INFORMATION RECEIVED. WHAT IS A TYPICAL TIME FRAME FOR I WOULD SAY IT'S ANY. IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY APPLICATIONS COME THROUGH AND JUST THE BACK AND FORTH PROCESS AND ALSO ONE ELEMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IN THE ELIGIBILITY PIECE IS THE ONBOARDING. SO YOU KNOW NOT TO DIVERGE FROM YOUR QUESTION TOO MUCH, BUT THE ON BOARDING OF PEOPLE CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 15 MINUTES TO 45 MINUTES JUST TO GO OVER THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROGRAM. I THINK TO GET BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION WITH THE LOW INCOME RIDERS IT COULD TAKE UP TO A BUSINESS WEEK. UM AND I WILL ADMIT THAT I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN LONGER THAN A BUSINESS WEEK. BUT THAT'S GENERALLY BECAUSE THERE'S BACK AND FORTH COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE PERSPECTIVE WRITER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OVER OUR EYES DOTTED AND T IS CROSSED. HMM.THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN. IT'S JUST
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INFORMATION. NEXT TIME IS 22 OH 798 BUDGET DISCUSSION. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES ONLY USE ONE MINUTE, SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. IT IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM. IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM. BUT AS YOU COULD TELL FROM RYAN'S PRESENTATION AND JUST LISTENING TO WHAT THE RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN SINCE THE DARK PROGRAM STARTED IN JANUARY. WE HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT RIDERSHIP WOULD BE IN THE FIRST YEAR. WE DO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE. AND MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER WHERE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS CONTRIBUTE LOCAL MATCH. THAT LOCAL MATCH HAS NOT BEEN ASKED FOR FROM THE CITY OF MCKINNEY OR THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS SINCE 2020. THE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE WE GOT CARES, ACT FUNDING THE I BELIEVE IT'S UH, $8.3 MILLION SO THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT WILL WE WILL BRING BACK PROBABLY IN DECEMBER TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO REINSTATE THE LOCAL MATCH FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED? WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND HAVE SOME BUDGET PROJECTIONS. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE LOCAL MATCH IS THAT BASICALLY HAVE AS MUCH AS CONTRIBUTED BY THE MEMBER CITIES IS DOUBLE BECAUSE THAT MONEY CAN BE USED TO DRAW DOWN THE FT. TO THE FEDERAL 53 07 FUNDS. SO JUST ALL OF THAT TO FRAME THE CONVERSATION. ALSO THE CARES ACT FUNDS WERE A ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCE. SO EVENTUALLY THOSE WILL BE DEPLETED. SO THAT'S KIND OF A LARGER CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST WANTED TO SORT OF START FRAMING[00:30:06]
UP TODAY AND LET YOU KNOW SORT OF WHERE WE ARE. THE PROGRAM IS GOING REALLY WELL. RIDERSHIP IS OBVIOUSLY DOING WELL. ONCE WE START. WE HAVE HAD SOME COST OVERRUNS. BUT AS RYAN WAS SAYING , THE DART P, UH, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND GETTING THE PROGRAM OUT THEY HAVEN'T SPENT AS MUCH MONEY DOING THAT RIDERSHIP IS STILL GOOD, SO WE'RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SOME COST SAVINGS FROM THAT AND PUT THAT INTO OPERATION, SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. NEEDS TO MAKE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR ALSO HAVE SOME SAD NEWS TO SHARE THAT KIA WILL BE LEAVING US. SO SHE HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. YOU KNOW AS TRANSIT ADMINISTRATOR ASKED FOR PERMISSION SHE DID NOT BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED, BUT SHE'S DONE SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB AND SHE HAD A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO SHE'S SHE'S GOING TO BE LEAVING US AND WE WILL DO OUR VERY BEST TO FIND SOMEONE THAT CAN FILL HER SHOES AT THE CITY MANAGER.YEAH YOU CAN TELL US STRAIGHT WITH STRAIGHT WITH THAT WE THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. THIS IS YOUR SONG SWAN SONG. THIS IS MY SWAN SONG. UM I WANT TO START WITH, UM, ESSENTIALLY JUST A REALLY INTERESTING CHART. I THINK IT'S REALLY EASY TO SEE HERE. HOW MUCH CARES? ACT IS REALLY PAYING FOR STUFF CARES. ACT IS THAT BIG RED LINE OR AT THE VERY TOP OF THAT CHART, SO IT'S TAKING A MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO NEED A SIGNIFICANT FUNDING SOURCE IN ORDER TO REPLACE IT. UM AND WE'VE JUST STARTED USING THE CARES ACT THIS YEAR WITH THIS MOST RECENT DARK CONTRACT, SO THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY UNTOUCHED, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS WILL BE RUN THROUGH WITH THIS PROCESS. SO, UM SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. WITH THIS CURRENT COST ALLOCATION PLAN.
68% OF ALL TRIPS ARE MCKINNEY. UM AND THEN THE REST OF THE TRIPS ARE KIND OF BROKEN OUT ALONGSIDE THAT. SO IF WE USE THE FORMULA THAT WAS PROVIDED BY COG IN 2017, WHICH IS THAT LITTLE BLURB MINIMAL COST. LOCAL CONTRIBUTION. THAT'S THE FORMULA , BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT GETS DOWN TO IS MCKINNEY WOULD PAY ABOUT 120 K AND, UM THE CITIES THERE ARE UNDERNEATH. I THINK IT'S UM. TO MEET INTERESTING THAT PROSPER HAS SUCH A HIGH USAGE OF THE PROGRAM. IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT THAT'S KIND OF BALLOONED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO UM THIS IS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL COST OF SERVICE FUNDS. AS BUDGETED RYAN WENT OVER THIS ENTIRE SLIDE. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS PREGNANT ENOUGH FOR YOU ALL TO SEE AGAIN. IF WE DID THE ACTUAL USE OF SERVICE IF THERE WERE NO STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS HERE, AND IF TRANSIT SERVICE WAS BUDGETED, IF YOU KNOW AS ONLY ALONG THE ACTUAL COST OF USE, MCKINNEY WOULD PAY ABOUT $960,000 FOR THE SERVICE. UM WITH 80 PER 6% OF THE TRIPS ORIGINATING THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT. CLEARLY WE ABSOLUTELY USE EVERY DOLLAR OF OUR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT THERE IS GOING TO COME A TIME WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS OF THAT AVAILABLE. SO WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE GET THERE? ESSENTIALLY THIS CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION QUESTION SLIDE. UM, CONSIDERING CARES ACT MADE THIS EXPANSION POSSIBLE. WHAT DO WE DO AFTER CARES? ACT FUNDING IS GONE. UM AND SHOULD THE BOARD UPDATE ITS SHARED COST ALLOCATION PLAN BECAUSE UM. AS YOU CAN SEE, $120,000 FROM MCKINNEY IS A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM $960,000 WORTH OF USE. SO, UM OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE, BUT TO THINK ABOUT IT WITHOUT THEM, I THINK MAY IMPACT THE CONVERSATION HERE. HOW MANY YEARS DO WE HAVE LEFT? OF THE CARES ACT FUND. EXACT FUNDING HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE. UM THERE PRESENTLY SLATED TO BE USED. I THINK UNTIL 2025 IS THE LIFE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THESE ARE KIND OF OUR BURN, RIGHT IS HOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT. UM OH, I'M SORRY. THERE WAS FIVE POINT. FIVE MILLION THAT'S ALLOCATED PRESENTLY TO OPERATIONS. SO WE HAVE SOME FUNDS IN ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT WE CAN MOVE OVER. BUT AGAIN, THOSE FUNDS WILL EVENTUALLY RUN OUT. AND WHAT HAPPENS PAST THERE IS ENTIRELY UP TO THE BOARD. SO JUST FROM THE GOING BACK TO THAT BUDGET. HE PRESENTED MHM.
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RUNNING ABOUT A MILLION RIGHT NOW. THROUGH SEVEN MONTHS. WELL, YOU SEE IT? YES, YES. NO. THE TOTAL LINE THERE. THE MILLION. THE TOTAL LINE ITEM IS 1,000,001 0.1, AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TOTAL IS ABOUT ONE LITTLE OVER THAT. AND THEN SOME OF THESE COSTS WERE ONE TIME COSTS, THOUGH, RIGHT? YES THERE IS A ONE TIME COST OF $200,000 PER GO PASS. UM THAT'S THE ONLY ONE TIME COSTS. CORRECT? YEAH THAT'S THE ONLY ONE TIME COSTS ARE GOING OUR COSTS WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN AS WE AS WE SUBSIDIZE WOULD LIFT CORRECT. DRAMATICALLY 4.5 TIMES IF I RUN RIGHT RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $400,000 OF CARES MONEY. FROM THIS YEAR. SO FAR 200,000 OF THAT IS. ONE TIME EXPENSE. WE'VE SPENT $200,000 TO 7 MONTHS. NO. AND I CAN GET YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SPENT IN CARES. ACT. UM DID I IS IT HERE? OKAY I DON'T THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN THIS CHART I HAVE IN A SPREADSHEET 18,000. SO 200 IS ONE IS A ONE TIME CHARGE AND ABOUT 200. LITTLE IS ABOUT 218. IN ONGOING COSTS OVER SEVEN MONTHS. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 3 50, A YEAR THAT WERE OVER. WE'VE GOT 5.5 MILLION TO GET THROUGH. ALRIGHT I'M NOT QUITE SURE OF YOUR QUESTION. LET ME SEE IF I CAN TAKE A CRACK AT IT SO WE CAN TRANSFER THAT $3 MILLION FROM FROM THE MAINTENANCE TO OPERATIONS SO WE TRULY DO HAVE $8 MILLION. SO FAR . WE'VE USED THE 400,000 YOU TAKE THE 200,000 OFF. THAT'S ABOUT 200,000 TODAY, BUT WE HAVE A COST OVERRUN. PROJECTED OF ABOUT $300,000 SO THAT THAT'S ABOUT HALF A MILLION. I THINK FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THE CAVEAT IS, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW RIDERSHIP IS INCREASING MONTH OVER MONTH. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING IF IT'S $500,000 A YEAR FOR THE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM THAN WE HAVE ABOUT 16 YEARS OF CARES, ACT FUNDING AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. BUT WE FEEL THAT WE WOULD NOT BE YOU KNOW, WOULD NOT BE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITHOUT BRINGING THIS BEFORE THE BOARD TO SAY WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. WE MAY WANT TO START TALKING TO CORPORATIONS ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO LEVERAGE THAT F T A FUNDING BECAUSE WHATEVER WE CAN GET WE GET TO DRIVE DOWN THE FDA FUNDING, SO WE'RE BASICALLY DOUBLING OUR FUNDING SOURCE. THE DATE YOU SAID THEY CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD AS WE'RE OUT OF IT BY 2025 . THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S GOTTA RUN, RIGHT? YOU SAID IF NOTHING INCREASES AT 16 YEARS, AND IF WE INCREASE IT'S STILL MAYBE 10 YEARS CORRECT. AND AT PRESENT, THE CARES ACT FUNDING HAS FOR TRANSIT HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE FOR F T. A SO THAT'S AT PRESENT.YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY MAY COME BACK AND GO. OKAY? IT'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA PULL THIS MONEY BACK AND FOUR YEARS WE HAVE A GOOD SPEND RATE. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. BUT I DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING BRING FORTH THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CONTINUATION OF FUNDING AND HOW THE BOARD WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
FINISH IT. OOPS. SO. AND I'M STILL AROUND. THAT'S BAD AS THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY HOPE SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL DONE ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT SO NEXT WEEK.
NEW JOB. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE YOUR STAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ASYLUM. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY GOODBYE? YEAH, THE BLUE YEAH.
HMM. NO I APOLOGIZE TO THAT GUY. HE WAS AT EVERY INTERVIEW, AND HE NEVER GOT INTERVIEWED FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND JUST WANTED TASTER. COME BACK NEXT YEAR, PLEASE. MAYBE WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO A BOARD CAN GET ON. AH. OKAY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS. GOOD
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ALRIGHT, GOOD LUCK TO YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE SESSION CORRECT CORRECT. HMM ENTERTAINING MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE ARE ADJOURNED.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.