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GAVEL IN GAVEL. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. IT'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST. THE TIME IS 504. AND WE'RE STARTING THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 26083 ZERO MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING OF JULY. OH YEAH, I FORGOT THAT.
BEFORE WE START, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT? SEEING NO COMMENTS, WE WILL MOVE OVER TO THE FIRST OF TWO AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. FIRST IS 260830 ■MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS FROM JULY 7TH, 2026.
BEFORE WE GET A MOTION ON THAT. WE HAVE A SLIGHT CORRECTION. I WAS LOOKING AT THE MINUTES HERE.
IT SAYS EIGHT PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE. THERE WAS ACTUALLY 55 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE. AND SO WITH THAT CORRECTION ANY DISCUSSION OR CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR COX AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM RICK FRANKLIN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. NEXT WE HAVE 260831. CONSIDER DISCUSS DIRECTION ON TRANSIT OPERATION PROCUREMENT. AND WE HAVE JASMINE OR JESS JASMINE TUCKER HERE. I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. BOARD. MY NAME IS JASMINE TUCKER. I'M THE TRANSIT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND I WORK ON THE COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT PROGRAM. TODAY WE WILL BE DISCUSSING OUR TRANSIT OPERATIONS, PROCUREMENT DIRECTION AND STARTING OFF WITH A RECAP FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
WE DISCUSSED OUR CURRENT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS AREA RAPID. THANK YOU.
RAPID TRANSIT, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST OF 2026 AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE DISCUSSED TWO OPTIONS A THREE YEAR PLUS TWO OPTION YEAR AGREEMENT WITH DART UNDER A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT JUSTIFICATION. WE ALSO DISCUSSED A ONE YEAR PLUS ONE OPTION YEAR AGREEMENT. WITH DART TO PROVIDE MORE LEEWAY FOR A PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS, DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD WAS TO FURTHER EXPLORE THESE OPTIONS AND TO UNDERSTAND THE COST IMPLICATIONS FOR BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS AND OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL. SO TODAY I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THESE OPTIONS THAT STAFF HAS EVALUATED TO CONTINUE WITH OUR CURRENT PARTNER. A RENEGOTIATED SERVICE TERM WOULD BE NEEDED. IT WOULD BE A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT JUSTIFICATION UNDER A SHORTER TIMELINE WITH POTENTIAL SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS. ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO REQUEST PROPOSALS. THIS WOULD BE A FORMAL COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES. THIS REQUIRES HEAVY FEDERAL COMPLIANCE THAT WOULD FALL ON MTD STAFF. THIS IS A LONGER TIMELINE. AND AS A NOTE HERE, PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCIES SUCH AS DART TYPICALLY DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE SORTS OF RFP. NEXT, WE HAVE A CALL FOR PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. THIS IS AN INFORMAL, COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT IS DESIGNED TO HAVE THE AGENCIES PRESENT DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD. FEDERAL COMPLIANCE IS USUALLY ABSORBED BY THE TRANSIT AGENCY.
ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THE JULY MEETING, STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCIES TO GAUGE INTEREST IN IN SERVING THE PUBLIC. I'M SORRY. IN SERVING THE COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE DISCUSSED A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT ILA WITH DART STAFF. WITH THE BUDGET NOT TO INCREASE BY MORE THAN 5%. TODAY, WE ARE SEEKING BOARD CONCURRENCE WITH THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME TO COORDINATE WITH OUR TRANSIT PARTNERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING THIS PROGRAM. AND FINALLY, TO REITERATE, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DART.
THE NEW EXPIRATION DATE WOULD BE DECEMBER 31ST OF 2027. THE COST IMPLICATIONS IS THAT THE BUDGET IS NOT TO EXCEED A 5% INCREASE, WITH FORMAL APPROVAL COMING BACK TO THE BOARD IN OCTOBER, AND THEN IT WOULD MOVE ON TO DART BOARD APPROVAL THEREAFTER. AND IN SPRING OF 2027, STAFF PLANS TO REENGAGE WITH OUR LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCIES TO GAUGE INTEREST IN
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SERVING THIS PROGRAM. I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR GO BACK IF I NEED TO. I'D SAY GO BACK TO SLIDE TWO IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE. JASMINE. SO IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT I THINK, FORGIVE ME, THE ONE BEFORE THAT YOU'RE JUST ON IT WITH THE THREE OPTIONS. THERE YOU GO. PAUSE THERE. IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE SMART WAY FORWARD IS TO CALL FOR PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS WITH THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION. IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? YES.OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ARE WE NEED ANY ACTION TODAY OR ARE WE JUST GIVING DIRECTION? JUST DIRECTION. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, MR. CHAIR, I LIKE THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION WITH DART AND THEN THE OPTION THREE THERE THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT. I'M SORRY.
I'M OKAY WITH THAT. YEAH, I AGREE. OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION. THANK YOU. THAT IS THAT IS THE DIRECTION. WE PLAN TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN OCTOBER TO FORMALIZE THIS. AND THEN IT WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE DART BOARD TO THEN BE FORMALIZED WITH THEIR BOARD. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JASMINE.
ALL RIGHT. ANY BOARD OR MANAGER COMMENTS? ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL. NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY NAMES? MEETING'S ADJOURNED. CITY COUNCIL WILL BE STARTING AT 6 P.M. WE'LL GIVE HIM FOR SOME TIME HERE. BUT WE GOT
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