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[ATD 1. Call to Order]
IT IS, UH, ABOUT 5:06 PM HOW ARE YOU? UH, I AM BOARD CHAIR FEREZ.I'D LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER OF THE MAY 28TH, A TT BOARD MEETING.
UH, LET'S BEGIN WITH THE ROLL CALL.
SHE'LL PROBABLY WALK IN A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UH, TRUSTEE PEREZ? I THINK HE'S OUT.
AT THIS TIME, LET'S PLEASE STAND
[ATD 2. Moment of Reflection, Pledge of Allegiance, Announcements]
FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
OKAY, NEXT, UH, WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.
MR. ART, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I DO NOT HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE A TD MEETING.
UH, WE HAVE NOW REACHED THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? THERE ARE NO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD FOR THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT MEETING.
OKAY, I'M GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
[ATD 4. Consent Agenda]
NUMBER FOUR.TRUSTEES, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT, MAY HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AS PRESENTED.
ANY OPPOSED? NAY CONSENT ITEM IS APPROVED.
MS. ELDERS, DO WE HAVE A LEGAL BRIEFING? NO, SIR.
WE DO NOT HAVE A LEGAL BRIEFING THIS EVENING.
WE'LL REACH THE END OF OUR MEETING.
I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THE A TD MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
[1. Call to Order]
NOW 5:09 PM AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER THE MAY 20TH VIA A BOARD MEETING.ITEM TWO, WHICH WAS THE, UH, UH, THE A TDI MEAN, I'M SORRY, ITEM TWO WAS THE PLEDGE THAT WE DID THAT ON ITEM, UH, TWO ITEM.
YEAH, ITEM TWO WAS ADDRESSED AT THE A TD MEETING.
[3. President/CEO Report]
NUMBER THREE, UH, PRESIDENT, CEO REPORT.SO I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR STAR MAINTAINER FOR THIS MONTH AND FOR THIS QUARTER IS MATERIAL HANDING CLERK JOHN MARTINEZ.
JOHN HAS BEEN WITH VIA FOR 30 YEARS, PROVIDING EXCELLENT SUPPORT TO FLEET TO OPERATIONS.
HIS RECENT ROLE IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A REVISED STOREROOM INVENTORY PROCEDURE HAS STREAMLINED THE MATERIAL REQUISITIONING PROCESS FOR THE FLEET.
JOHN'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY WILL ALSO PROVE INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SUCCESS OF MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION'S NEW EAM SYSTEM WHEN IT IS IMPLEMENTED.
CAN JOHN, CAN YOU STAND? THERE WE GO.
SO YOU HAVE TO STAND AGAIN, BUT YOU GOTTA COME UP FRONT.
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NEXT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.CONGRATULATIONS ON AN ORDER FOR WEBSITE AND DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER RALPH FLORES, WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM THE LEAD SOUTH PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE SOUTH TEXAS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP.
DURING THE EIGHT MONTH PROGRAM, LEAD SOUTH PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPOSED TO A WIDE ARRAY OF VENUES, KNOWLEDGEABLE SPEAKERS, AND EDUCATIONAL TOURS.
PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP GREATER PERSONAL, UH, PERSONAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO USE AND TAKE BACK TO THEIR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM BACK, ROEL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN ALSO RECOGNIZING SENIOR SERVICE PLANNER JESS JESSICA FUENTES.
SHE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED TO THE SAN ANTONIO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S, PRESTIGIOUS ALEX ZENIO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS THE A-B-L-D-P.
IF YOU CAN REMEMBER THOSE LETTERS.
SO THAT PROGRAM IS A SEVENTH MONTH PROGRAM THAT HELPS ITS PARTICIPANTS ENHANCE THEIR SKILLS TO SUCCEED IN TODAY'S WORKING ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES NETWORKING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WITH EXISTING AND EMERGING CIVIC AND CORPORATE LEADERS IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA.
LET'S NOW, UH, RECOGNIZE SANDEEP, WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR OF SERVICE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING, WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM THE TEXAS TRANSIT LEADERSHIP SEMINAR ESTABLISHED IN 2010.
THE TEXAS TRANSIT LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE EXISTS TO ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT HAS VALUE TO THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY.
THIS SIX MONTH TRANSIT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WAS COACHED BY DISTINGUISHED TRANSIT EXECUTIVES FROM ALL OVER THE NATION TO FOSTER LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY AND ACROSS AMERICA.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT, UM, BACK IN 2010, I, I WAS ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE PROGRAM.
LORRAINE POLITO, OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR BEING SELECTED AS THE 2024 DELL AUTO COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD WINNER.
EACH YEAR, THE SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OF AMERICA PRESENTS THIS AWARD TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, WHILE ALSO GIVING EXCEPTIONAL TIME AND TALENTS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
AND THIS IS WELL DESERVED, AND YOU'LL SEE WHY IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BECAUSE I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT LORRAINE WAS FEATURED IN SAN ANTONIO WOMEN'S MAGAZINE, WHICH THIS MONTH HIGHLIGHTED THE WOMEN OF BROOKS AND LORRAINE SERVES AS BOARD CHAIR.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE FIRST WOMAN BOARD CHAIR.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS LAURA OH, THERE YOU ARE,
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WE'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE VIAS MANAGER OF HRIS AND COMPENSATION ANGELICA MARTIN FOR HER CERTIFICATION BY THE PEOPLE ANALYTIC CERTIFICATION PROGRAM OFFERED THROUGH THE ACADEMY TO INNOVATE HR.THIS PROGRAM TEACHES SKILLS TO START USING DATA TO DRIVE BETTER FACT-BASED PEOPLE, DECISIONS THAT ULTIMATELY BENEFIT BOTH THE ORGANIZATION AND, AND ITS EMPLOYEES.
ARE YOU HERE? THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH AND COLLABORATION WITH THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL HAS AWARDED VIAS THRIVE WELLNESS PROGRAM WITH THE PLATINUM LEVEL RECOGNITION IN THE HEALTHY WORKPLACE RECOGNITION AWARD PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM CALLS ATTENTION TO SAN ANTONIO BUSINESSES THAT WORK TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THEIR EMPLOYEES THROUGH WORK SITE WELLNESS INITIATIVES VIA AS ONE OF 38 LOCAL BUSINESSES WHOSE WELLNESS PROGRAMS WERE RECOGNIZED TO QUALIFY FOR THE PLATINUM LEVEL.
SIX SPECIFIC ELEMENTS MUST BE REPRESENTED IN THE WELLNESS PROGRAM, INCLUDING CULTURE, HEALTH, PROMOTION, AND EDUCATION, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, NUTRITION AND VALUE-BASED BENEFITS AND DESIGN.
AND SO THIS IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE AND IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT, AND ONE WHICH WE HAVE FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY BEEN AWARDED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FOLKS WITH THE THRIVE PROGRAM.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR DEPUTY CEO TRAMELL BROWN HAS BEEN SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO VSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A THREE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JUNE 1ST.
ECONOMIC HEALTH AS OUR REGION RELIES HEAVILY ON REVENUES BROUGHT IN BY TOURISM AND TRAMMELL'S DEDICATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND INSIGHTFUL APPROACH TO ENHANCING SAN ANTONIO'S VISIBILITY AND APPEAL DISTINGUISHED HIM FROM A FIELD OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
HIS EXPERTISE AND PERSPECTIVE WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO SHAPING THE FUTURE OF TOURISM AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES IN SAN ANTONIO.
I BELIEVE YOUR TERM BEGINS JUNE 1ST, SO I'M STILL THERE UNTIL THE 31ST.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING V'S.
CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL FIESTA FLAM BALL PARADE.
THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST ILLUMINATED NIGHT PARADE CROWD ESTIMATES FOR THE 2024 PARADE EXCEEDED 700,000.
AND THEY WERE ALL CHEERING FOR THE VIA TROLLEY THAT WAS DESIGNED AND CREATED BY OUR IN-HOUSE TEAMS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF OUR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS AND FLEET AND FACILITY DEPARTMENTS.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION MUST GO TO THOSE INCREDIBLY TALENTED AND HIGHLY SKILLED MEMBERS.
THE FLEET MAINTENANCE TEAM, WHO ONCE AGAIN TRANSFORMED THE REFU REFURBISHED TROLLEY INTO A REAL SHOWSTOPPER.
AND WHILE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, I I DID WANNA READ OFF THEIR NAMES.
WELL, I'M GONNA READ OFF ALL THE NAMES.
YOU CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR ALL OF 'EM.
INCLUDES RA PEN, RAO PENNON, JR.
PABLO AMAD MONDOR, RICHARD ORTEGON, STEVE MORENO, RICHARD DELEON, EDWARD GUZMAN, ANTHONY SAN RAMON, LORENZO DE LA CRUZ, ANDREW PHILLIPS, JOHN CAL, BERNARDO GARCIA, DENNIS WISE, BRIAN LOPEZ.
RAMIRO RAMOS AND MICHAEL DELEON.
IT TAKES A ARMY, HUH? TO TURN THESE THINGS OUT BECAUSE, AND IT LOOKED INCREDIBLY GREAT AND WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR EVENTS SPECIALIST, JUAN LOZA AND STRATEGIC PLANNING, PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS ADMINISTRATOR LAUREN CHU, WHO HELPED PULL TOGETHER ALL OUR FIESTA AND FLAMMABLE EFFORTS, AND ALWAYS DOES IN AN UNDERSTATED WAY, A MASTERFUL JOB.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE COUNCIL TO KEEP SAN ANTONIO MOVING MET FOR ITS FIRST TIME THEY GENERATED, THEY GATHERED AT THE ART PROJECT OFFICE ON SAN PEDRO AND LEARNED ABOUT THE KS A PLAN.
EACH MEMBER SPOKE ABOUT A MEANINGFUL MOMENT WITH TRANSIT IN THEIR LIVES AND THEN CONCLUDED THE MEETING WITH KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THEIR LEARNING.
AND YOU SEE A WORD CHART THERE, BUT WHAT I RECALL WAS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES.
THEIR MEMORY WAS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, WHICH IS WHAT WE STAND FOR.
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THINGS LIKE ACCESSIBILITY, THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF TRANSIT, ITS CONVENIENCE AND ABILITY TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.TRUSTEE HAKEEM BROWN, WHO IS THE LIAISON TO THE COUNCIL, SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL PROVIDING HIS OWN COMPELLING STORY ABOUT TRANSIT AND LEVEL SET THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT THE COUNCIL WILL DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
JOHN GARY HERRERA, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND JOHN TEMAN, MANAGER OF STRATEGIC IN INITIATIVES PROVIDED ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND ON VIAS FUNDING THE KS, A PLAN AND CORE VIA SERVICES.
UH, THE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT IN THAT ROOM WAS PALPABLE.
AND THE COUNCIL'S NEXT MEETING WILL BE A GREEN LINE, UH, CORRIDOR TOUR.
GOES TO OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, JOSH BALL.
AND JOSH HAS HIS HANDS FULL BECAUSE HE'S GOT A LARGE COUNCIL AND A LARGE CADRE OF STAFF THAT HE HAS TO SHEPHERD LIKE CATS.
UH, I WANNA CONGRATULATE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING.
I THANK YOU ALL DO A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR VIA, UH, SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO MR. MARTINEZ, WHO I ASKED HIM WHEN I WENT UP TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM, HOW LONG HE'D BEEN WITH VA AND HE SAID HE IS BEEN WITH US 29 YEARS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE APPRECIATE THAT, WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
[4. Citizens to be Heard]
WE HAVE, UH, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.UH, HAVE WE HAD ANY CITIZENS REGISTERED TO SPEAK? UM, MR. CHAIRMAN.
WE HAVE THREE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, I'VE HAD TO READ THIS NEXT STATEMENT.
WE HAVE NOW COME TO THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC MEETING.
THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN HEARING THE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS FROM OUR PATRONS AND CITIZENS IN THE SAN ANTONIO BEXAR COUNTY AREA.
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS CONCERNING PUBLIC BUSINESS OR POLICY OVER WHICH THE BOARD HAS SUPERVISION AND CONTROL MAY BE ADDRESSED AT A LATER DATE BY THE PRESIDENT, CEO AND OR HIS STAFF.
THE PRO THIS PROCESS ASSURES THAT YOU RECEIVED THE MOST ACCURATE RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION OR CONCERN.
AND VIA APPRECIATES YOU TAKING THE TIME AND EFFORT TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS WITH US THIS EVENING.
FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS, UH, CHRIS CHE, IF I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY.
SO YOU, YOU BOTH CAN HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES IF YOU'D LIKE.
HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.
UH, I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE SMALL THING NEXT TO ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE JUST HEARD.
BUT I'M CHRIS CHE AND I REPRESENT, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE AND WE HAVE RECENTLY RELOCATED FROM NOLAN STREET, ROUTE 22 TO TOWN TWIN VILLAGE ON ROUTE 24.
AND MARK WI MARK WITTICK IS OUR BOARD PRESIDENT FOR TOWN TWIN VILLAGE, OUR HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION.
AND, UM, WE ARE HERE TO SAY FIVE THANK YOUS AND TWO OR THREE PLEASES.
AND THE FIVE THANK YOUS BEGIN WAY BACK IN 2016 WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING FOR PROPERTY TO RELOCATE, UM, CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE.
AND WE CAME, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID EVERY TIME WE FOUND A PROPERTY WAS COME HERE AND BOUNCE IT OFF TO WHOEVER WAS NEEDED TO HEAR, TO SEE IF IT WOULD WORK.
BECAUSE WE HAD LEARNED FROM OUR CLIENTS THAT THE NUMBER ONE IMPORTANT THING AS TO LOCATION IS THAT IT'S ON A VIA LINE.
AND Y'ALL WERE SO PATIENT WITH US AS WE WENT THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW, 20 SOMETHING PROPERTIES OVER A COURSE OF 11 YEARS.
UH, AND WITH ONE PROPERTY YOU WERE EVEN WILLING TO EXTEND, I THINK IT WAS ROUTE 26 TO A HOTEL WE WERE GONNA BUY.
BUT THEN IN 2019, UM, WE FOUND, UM, WHAT USED TO BE TOWN TWIN DRIVE-IN THEATER, UH, 17 ACRES.
AND WE WERE PONDERING, UH, BUYING THAT.
AND THAT WAS IN AUGUST OF 2019.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS FORTUITOUS BECAUSE Y'ALL WERE PONDERING TO CUT BACK ON LINE 24 TO THE AT AND T CENTER.
SO YOU GAVE US FOUR YEARS TO PROVE THAT WE COULD INCREASE, UH, UH, TRAVELING.
UH, AND UM, WE, WE MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT QUITE BY 2023, BUT THINGS HAVE JUST HAPPENED A WEEK AGO.
UM, A WEEK AGO CATHOLIC WORKER TOTALLY CLOSED DOWN ON NOLAN STREET AND OPENED UP SERVICES ON INTOWN TWIN VILLAGE.
IT'S NOT ONLY MEALS, BUT IT'S SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, UM, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, PHONE, INTERNET MAIL.
WE HAVE 2000 PEOPLE THAT GET THEIR MAIL THERE.
AND WE EVEN HAVE A SPA FOR HAIRCUTS AND NAILS AND, UM,
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AND EVEN A PEDICURE.UH, SO ANYWAY, SO THE PEOPLE HAVE STARTED COMING.
WE HAD FIELD TRIPS TO TRY TO GET THE, THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO CATHOLIC WORKER ON NOLAN.
'CAUSE THEY ALL, THEY ALL CAME BY FOOT.
WE WERE AMAZED WHEN WE TOOK THE FIELD TRIP.
AND I HELD THEIR HAND AND DID THEIR TICKETS.
WE BOUGHT 'EM, WE BOUGHT 'EM ALL DAY PASSES.
THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THE DAY PASSES.
WE HAVE BOUGHT IN THE LAST, UH, MONTH IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
UH, WE MAY BE YOUR BEST CUSTOMERS,
BUT ANYWAY, WE WERE AMAZED HOW SO MANY OF THEM DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO, YOU KNOW, STICK THE TICKET IN OR HOW IT WORKS.
SO, UM, THEY ARE STARTING TO USE THEM NOW.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UM, I DIDN'T FINISH MY THANK YOUS
UH, BUT THE, THE BUS STOP WAS SOMEWHAT A WAYS DOWN.
AND WE WORKED WITH MR. SIN WHO JUST OUR DR.
SIN WHO JUST, UH, WAS AWARDED, WHO WAS JUST CONGRATULATED.
AND THANKFULLY Y'ALL MOVED THE BUS, Y'ALL INCREASED THE BUS STOP.
YOU GAVE US OUR OWN BUS STOP AND WE HAVE A PAVILION CALLED THE TRANSPORTATION PAVILION WHERE PEOPLE CAN WAIT AND IT'S SHADED AND IT'S GOT WATER AND BATHROOMS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE FIFTH THANK YOU IS TO THANK YOU FOR JOSE RAMOS, WHO'S BEEN THE, THE MOST, I THINK THE MOST, UM, UM, SENIOR, UM, DRIVER ON ROUTE 24 IN THE MORNINGS.
HE HAS BEEN SO PATIENT WITH OUR PEOPLE AND TRYING TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE AND LEARN HOW TO DO IT.
HE'S BEEN, UM, REALLY GREAT WITH US FOR THE PAST YEAR.
WE JUST DIDN'T MOVE ALL OF OUR OWN PEOPLE THERE.
SO I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO HIM WHO'S REALLY BEEN THE KEY PERSON AND HELPED US WITH ALL OF OUR FIELD TRIPS, UH, TO TOWN TWIN AND I THINK THAT'S FIVE THANK YOUS.
AND THEN THE REQUESTS, WE ONLY HAVE TWO OR THREE REQUESTS DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES.
THE FIRST REQUEST IS WE THANK WELL, NO, ANOTHER THANK YOU.
YOU PUT TOWN TWIN VILLAGE ON YOUR MAP.
AND WE'VE BEEN HANDING THESE OUT LIKE CRAZY.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, IS ON YOUR DIGITAL THING, UM, THAT COMES UP, YOU KNOW, NEXT STOP.
IT'S THAT STOP IS, IS LABELED ON THE PRINTOUT, UM, DIETRICH AT DIXVILLE.
AND THAT IS REALLY CONFUSING OUR PEOPLE 'CAUSE THEY DON'T SEE TOWN, TWIN VILLAGE UP THERE AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE.
AND SO THEY GO ON AND THEY GO BACK, THEY GO ON BACK DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, UM, WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE THAT DO HAVE SOME LIMITED ABILITIES AND WE'RE JUST BEGGING YOU TO, TO MAYBE CHANGE THAT DIGITAL PRINT, THAT DIGITAL WHATEVER IT IS, DIGITAL THING, UH, SO THAT IT MATCHES.
UH, NUMBER TWO PLEASE, IS WE HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST TRANSPORTATION PAVILION IN, IN SAN ANTONIO WITH, UH, AND I THINK SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN IT.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, IS SOME, UM, THERE'S NO, AT THE BUS STOP ITSELF, THERE'S, IT'S JUST A BUS STOP WITH NO BENCHES OR ANYTHING.
SO SOMETIMES IT TAKES OUR PEOPLE JUST A LITTLE, A LITTLE WHILE WHEN THEY SEE THE BUS COMING DOWN DIETRICH AND THEY HAVEN'T MADE IT THERE.
AND THE BUS PASSES 'EM UP BECAUSE JUST LIKE AT ANY BUS STOP, IF NOBODY'S WAITING, THE BUS DRIVER WILL PASS 'EM UP.
SO WE WERE THINKING MAYBE IF JUST THERE WAS ONE OR TWO BENCHES OUT THERE SO SOMEBODY COULD GET OUT THERE TO MAKE IT STOP.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE'S ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND THAT IS INSTEAD OF THE REST PERIOD INTO THE ROUTE AT THE DIETRICH STREET DIETRICH, A APARTMENTS, MAYBE THE REST STOP COULD COME UP JUST TO OUR PLACE.
UM, WE DO HAVE BATHROOMS, ICE, COLD WATER, FOUNTAINS, UH, THESE LITTLE THINGS WHERE YOU CAN SQUIRT AND PUT WATER IN YOUR
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF CHARGING STATIONS AND DEPENDING ON WHEN THE DRIVERS COME BY, UH, WE MIGHT BE SERVING FOOD AND THEY MIGHT GET A MEAL OR BANANAS OR WHATEVER.
UM, SO, UM, THEY, SO ANYWAY, WE WERE THINKING IF THAT WAS THE REST STOP, THEN WE WOULDN'T NEED THE BENCHES BECAUSE THE DRIVER WOULD BE THERE AND THEY WOULD SEE HIM AND GO ON AND, UM, UH, YEAH, I THINK THAT MIGHT WORK.
UH, DID I GO OVER? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE TWO.
WE HAVE ANOTHER REQUEST, BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED AND WE WANNA WAIT.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WEEK NOW, A WEEK AND A HALF.
SO WE KIND OF WANNA WAIT AND SEE HOW THINGS SETTLE OUT AND MAYBE, OR MAYBE NOT.
YOU'LL GET, WELL YOU'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME ANOTHER BOARD MEETING LATER ON.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? ALRIGHT.
NEXT UP WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER FARLAND.
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OKAY, SECOND, UH, BEFORE I GET STARTED, UH, I TRIED TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH, BUT UH, Y'ALL HAD IT A COUPLE HOURS EARLY BECAUSE OF THAT WEEK BEING FIESTA.AND UH, IF Y'ALL ARE GONNA DO THAT, I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD NOTIFY THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING MYSELF, DO THIS MAY CONCERN.
SINCE MY LAST APPEARANCE, THE BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024, I STILL CONTINUE TO KEEP HAVING MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE VIA BUSES.
NOT ONLY RUNNING LATE, BUT MAKING UNSCHEDULED STOPS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MORE RANDOM TO FREQUENT BASIS.
WHEN I GOT ON THE 6 0 2, THE BUS THE MORNING OF APRIL THE SEVENTH, 2024, JUST AFTER 5:40 AM AFTER THE DRIVER ACROSS THE WEST AVENUE IN BLANCO INTERSECTION, HE STOPPED INSIDE THE SEVEN 11.
HIS NUMBER IS 2 2 4 2 9 AND WAS INSIDE THE STORE FOR FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES, GIVE OR TAKE.
THEN WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE NORTH STAR TRANSIT CENTER, THE BUS NUMBER FOUR WAS STILL IN THIS USUAL SPOT.
SO I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE 6 0 2 AND HOPPED ON THE NUMBER FOUR.
AND I THANK THE DRIVER FOR NOT TAKING OFF BECAUSE THE 6 0 2 DRIVER HAD MADE ANOTHER UNSCHEDULED STOP INSIDE THE SEVEN 11 STORE.
IS THERE ANY ACTION GOING TO BE TAKEN TOWARDS THE OPERATORS? CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE UNSCHEDULED STOPS? IF SOMEBODY WOULD PLEASE GET BACK TO ME WITH AS RESPONSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, I WOULD TRULY AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH JIM'S RESTAURANT COURTESY OF FRONTIER ENTERPRISES, FOUNDED BY THE LATE JIM HAS LOCKER.
WELL, THE REASON WHY I'M ADDRESSING THIS IS BECAUSE IN EARLY MARCH THEY CLOSED THE HILDEBRAND AND BROADWAY LOCATION AND MY CURRENT STORE ON SAN PEDRO AND HILDEBRAND IS NEXT.
AND OUR LAST DAY OF BUSINESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE JUNE THE 25TH, WHICH IS THE DAY BEFORE MY 51ST BIRTHDAY.
SO IF YOUR SCHEDULES ARE NOT TOO BUSY OR TOO HECTIC, I'M EXTENDING A PERSONAL IMITATION TO EVERYBODY TO COME VISIT OUR STORE WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE CHANCE.
I WORK WITH A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY'LL TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF YOU.
AND YOU HAVE MY WORD ON THIS 'CAUSE TRUST ME, I'VE BEEN WITH THEM FOR NEARLY A YEAR AND GOING ON SEVEN MONTHS NEXT MONTH AND HELP US MAKE THE MOST OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, LAST FEW WEEKS, OUR STORE COUNT.
UH, PLEASE TAKE WHAT I'M TELLING YOU INTO CONSIDERATION.
OH, AND ONE OTHER THING, UH, COME EARLY, COME BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OUR AIR CONDITIONER.
IF YOU PLEASE COME BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK, THEY'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU.
THERE ARE NO OTHER CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
[5. Consent Agenda]
ITEM FIVE, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS AN ACTION ITEM.TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MOVE ADOPTION.
OKAY, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[6. Proposed August 2024 Service Changes - For information and discussion regarding proposed service changes that would begin on August 19, 2024]
THE NEXT IS MRS. WILL NOW PRESENT.ITEM SIX, PROPOSED AUGUST, 2024 SERVICE CHANGES.
UM, I'M A MEMBER OF BOARD OF TRUSTEE.
I AM SANDEN, DIRECTOR OF SERVICE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING.
UH, WE'LL GO OVER THE AUGUST 20, 24 SERVICE CHANGES AND MY COLLEAGUE, UH, LETICIA
SO GOING OVER, UH, THE FIXED ROUTE SERVICE CHANGES, UH, FOR ROUTE 30 RIGSBY, WE ARE IMPROVING THE WEEKDAY FREQUENCY FROM 60 MINUTE TO 30 MINUTE, UM, ON ROUTE 30 DURING THE PEAK TIME, UH, WHICH IS 6:00 AM TO 9:00 AM IN THE MORNING, AND 3:00 PM TO 6:00 PM IN THE EVENING FOR THE NEXT ROUTE, WHICH IS, UH, ROUTE 90 WOOD LEARN.
UH, WE ARE IMPROVING THE WEEKDAY FREQUENCY FROM 60 MINUTE TO 30 MINUTE, UH, DURING PEAK TIMES, WHICH ARE, UH, 6:00 AM TO 9:00 AM IN THE MORNING AND 3:00 PM TO 6:00 PM IN THE EVENING.
SO GOING OVER THE SERVICE, UH, WHICH
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WE ARE PROVIDING TO NORTHEAST LAKEVIEW COLLEGE, WHICH I WILL SOMETIMES MENTION AS NLC VIA WAS APPROACHED BY NLC TO PROVIDE TRANSIT SERVICE, UH, TO THE CAMPUS.UH, NLC IS THE ONLY ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT CAMPUS NORTH SOUTH BY VIA VIA DOES NOT CURRENTLY SERVE THE CAMPUS BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TWO NON-MEMBER CITIES, WHICH ARE LIVE OAKS AND UNIVERSAL CITY.
NLC HAS PROPOSED A PLAN TO DN NEXT PART OF THE CAMPUS.
SO VIA MAY PROVIDE SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, UH, VIA COORDINATED WITH NLC TO ASSESS THE CAMPUS AND IDENTIFY THE STOP LOCATION FOR TRANSIT SERVICE, UH, VIA COMPLETED AND ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE NLC CAMPUS.
THE PROPOSED SERVICE PLAN ENTAILS PROVIDING TRANSIT SERVICE TO NLC CAMPUS THROUGH VIA LINK RANDOLPH AND VIA LINK, UH, KOPA ZONE, WHICH MEANS, UH, THAT THE STAFF AND STUDENTS CAN TRAVEL FROM ANYWHERE WITHIN THE KOPA OR THE RANDOLPH ZONE TO THE NLC CAMPUS.
AND THEY CAN DO THE SAME THING TRAVELING BACK FROM THE NLC CAMPUS.
UH, TWO VIRTUAL STOP LOCATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE NLC CAMPUS.
ADDITIONAL TWO VEHICLES ARE NEEDED PART ZONE DURING THE PEAK TIME, WHICH IS 7:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND ONE DURING THE OFF PEAK TIME.
AND I WILL SUMMARIZE THE SERVICE TO THE NLC CAMPUS, WHICH MEANS THE SPAN OF THE SERVICE ON WEEKDAYS WILL BE, UH, FROM 5:00 AM TO 10:00 PM UH, ON THE RANDOLPH ZONE, WHICH HAVE THE SAME TIMING, AND 5:00 AM TO 9:30 PM UM, WHICH IS THE SAME TIMING AS THE KOPA ZONE.
THE ANNUAL COST WILL BE AROUND 319,000.
THE ANNUAL RIDERSHIP IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 8,800 TO 17,300 BASED ON THE FIVE TO 10% NLC STUDENT, UH, ADOPTION RATE.
THE COST PER HOUR IS $47 80 CENTS AND THE COST PER PASSENGER IS $18 42 CENTS AND IT RANGE TO $36 25 CENTS.
OUR ASSUMPTION IS NLC WILL SUCCESSFULLY DX THE LAND BEFORE THE SERVICE IS IMPLEMENTED IN AUGUST OF 2024.
SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THE NETWORK SERVICE LEVEL STARTING BEFORE COVID, UH, TO THE UPCOMING AUGUST, UH, 2024 TIME PERIOD.
SO BEFORE COVID WE HAD AROUND 29 ROUTES, UH, WHICH HAD 15 TO 20 MINUTE FREQUENCY, UH, 37 ROUTES, HAD 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY, AND WE HAD 15 ROUTES, WHICH ARE MORE THAN 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY.
BUT WE DID HAVE JUST ONE VEING ZONE, WHICH IS AROUND 10 TO 15 MINUTE, UH, OF SERVICE.
SO MAY, 2022 IS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SERVICE WE DID HAVE, UH, THE REASON BECAUSE OF THE COVID, UH, WE HAD AROUND 21 ROUTES, WHICH ARE, UH, 15 TO 20 MINUTE FREQUENCY ROUTES.
WE HAD 10 ROUTES, WHICH ARE 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY.
WE HAD 46 ROUTES, WHICH ARE MORE THAN 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY.
BUT WE DID HAVE TWO, UH, VIA LINK ZONES ADAPTED BY THAT TIME COMING AUGUST, UH, 2024.
UM, WHICH, UH, WHICH IS LIKE UPCOMING.
SO WE HAVE 21, UH, ROUTES, WHICH ARE 15 TO 20 MINUTE FREQUENCY.
WE ARE ADDING TWO ROUTES IN THE AUGUST SERVICE CHANGE, UH, WHICH WILL HAVE 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY, MAKING IT 14 ROUTES TOTAL, UH, OF 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY.
WE ARE REDUCING THE 60 MINUTE FREQUENCY ROUTE, WHICH IS BECOMING NOW 39.
BUT WE HAVE FOUR WHEELING ZONES AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAVE INCREASED THE SERVICE AREA BY ALMOST EIGHT, 8%, UM, FROM COMPARED TO MAY, 2022, UH, WHICH IS AROUND 270.8 SQUARE MILES.
SO GOING OVER THE SERVICE CHANGE TIMELINE, UH, WE ARE PRESENTING THE SERVICE CHANGE INFORMATION IN MAY FOR INFORMATION.
NLC WILL START CONDUCTING THE LAND SURVEY.
PUBLIC OUTREACH WILL START IN MAY TOO.
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JUNE, WE COME BACK, WE PRESENT THE SERVICE CHANGE, UH, FOR INFORMATION, UH, TO THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION.NLC WILL REQUEST ACTION TO THE CITY OF LIVE OAKS, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO APPROVE THE DNX SESSION.
UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC WILL START AFTER THE JUNE BOARD MEETING.
UH, SERVICE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON AUGUST 19TH, 2024.
SO ON THE ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE, WE HAVE THIS WEEK A PUBLICATION OF NOTICE IN THE EXPRESS NEWS AS WELL AS ION AND THE OBSERVER.
WE WILL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING HERE AT THE VM METROPOLITAN TRANSIT CENTER, UH, WARD ROOM MONDAY, JUNE THE 10TH AT 5:30 PM WE WILL ALSO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, PERIOD COMMENCE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH, WHICH WILL GO THROUGH JUNE 14TH, 2024.
WE WILL BEGIN AND CONTINUE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FROM MAY 29TH THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST.
SO, TARGETED OUTREACH, UH, LIST CONSISTS OF THE VIA TRANSIT CENTERS, THE PARK AND RIDES, UH, CURRENT VIA LINK ZONES, WHICH ARE THE RANDOLPH AND THE NACO PASS.
OTHER, UH, CITIES SUCH AS KIRBY AND CONVERSE WILL BE, UH, INCLUDED WITH THE ALAMO COLLEGES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
UM, AND OF COURSE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, MAYOR COUNCIL, AND BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
WE DO HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ALONG ROUTE 30 AND 90, AND THOSE WE WILL REACH OUT TO AS LONG, UM, AS ALSO WITH THE VIA LINK ZONES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WILL BE UTILIZED, UH, PLATFORMS SUCH AS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, NEXT DOOR, AND, UH, X DIGITAL E-BLAST.
AND OUR WEBSITE WILL ALSO BE UTILIZED WITH THE VIA INFO.NET/PROPOSED CHANGES FOR FOLKS TO COMMENT.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR LIST AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THAT ALSO CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO REMARK TO EVERYONE HERE THAT TODAY IS LETTY'S LAST DAY.
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY, RIGHT? AND LOOK AT WHERE SHE IS AT FIVE OR YEAH, 5 45.
AND SO WE WISH YOU WELL AND I'M GLAD I'LL HAVE A PLACE TO STAY IN FREDERICKSBURG.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB FOR WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING.
AND ONE OTHER QUICK THING, UH, STAFF, UH, VIA STAFF STAY BEHIND AFTER THE BOARD MEETING 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO A FAMILY PICTURE.
NO, UH, THIS IS ANY QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, LEGAL BRIEFING.
MS. S, DO WE HAVE A LEGAL BRIEFING? UH, NO SIR.
WE DO NOT HAVE A LEGAL BRIEFING THIS EVENING.
UH, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
TRUSTEES, WE ARE REACHED THE END OF OUR MEETING.
I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO ADJOURN.
I THINK WE'LL DO THE PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE, WHERE WE TYPICALLY TAKE THE PICTURES, RIGHT? OKAY.