* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THEY [00:00:01] USUALLY THEIR ADVISORS. GOTCHA. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND [ATD 1. Call to Order ] WELCOME. UM, THE, A TEAM IS GONE. SO YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME TONIGHT. . AND I'M ASSISTANT SECRETARY LOUIS COOPER FILLING IN FOR BOARD CHAIRMAN LAURA CABILLA AND THEN ALSO LEO GOMEZ. OUR VICE CHAIR IS GONE TOO, SO HE'S GOT ME. UM, SO LET'S GET STARTED. IT IS 5 0 7 AND WE WILL START, UM, OUR FIRST MEETING. AND LET'S SEE. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL. AND WE KNOW VICE, I MEAN CHAIR CAB'S NOT HERE. AND WE KNOW VICE CHAIR GOMEZ ISN'T HERE. WE KNOW SECRETARY, SECRETARY MALONE BRADLEY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY COOPER, ME HERE. TRUSTEE FLORES. HERE. TRUSTEE TWILL DIDN'T SEE HER YET. TRUSTEE RANYA PRESENT. TRUSTEE DELEON. TRUSTEE HOWARD PRESENT. TRUSTEE FERNANDEZ AND TRUSTEE RETE PRESENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, WE WILL START [ATD 2. Moment of Reflection, Pledge of Allegiance, Announcements ] WITH OUR MOMENT OF REFLECTION AND WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, LAW AND INDIVISIBLE. I LIKE OUR NEW FORMAT. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. YEP. FORMAT CHANGE. I HOPE Y'ALL NOTICE THAT. OKAY. UH, LET'S SEE. UH, MR. HERRERA, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE A TD BOARD MEETING? I DO NOT HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? NOT FOR THE A TD MEETING. OKAY. WELL THEN WE'RE THIS MOVING ALONG HERE. SO WE HAVE OUR CONSENT [ATD 4. Consent Agenda] AGENDA, UM, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MAY 26TH, 2026 MEETING MINUTES. AND LET'S SEE. DO, DID EVERYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THOSE? DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THOSE? SO MOVED? YES. OKAY, SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THANK Y'ALL. AND THEN B, WE HAVE THE A-D-A-T-D FUNDING FINANCE REPORT. AND LET'S SEE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE THAT? YOU CAN, YOU CAN OFFER A MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE, WE READY FOR A MOTION ON THAT ONE TOO? DID Y'ALL LOOK AT THAT? HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM TOO. OKAY, SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU MS. ELDER, DO WE HAVE A LEGAL BRIEFING? NO SIR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. SO WE CAN, TRUSTEES, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THIS MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. THE A TD MEETING IS ADJOURNED. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE VIA [1. Call to Order ] MEETING. OKAY. SO LET'S SEE, FOR OUR MEETING NOW, IT'S 5 0 9. SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT PRETTY QUICKLY. , UM, OF THE JUNE 23RD VIA BOARD MEETING. UM, NOW WE'LL ASK YOU AGAIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, MR. CHAIR? WE DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, DURING THIS MOMENT OF THE VIA BOARD MEETING, UH, QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT, BUT ACKNOWLEDGING, UM, QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY AND EXCITEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH SOME OF THE, OUR MEMBERS OF OUR OPERATORS AND MAINTENANCE AND MECHANICS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM AS YOU'VE SEEN, UH, FILLING UP, UH, SOME OF THESE CHAIRS HERE. AND I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE HERE FOR. 'CAUSE WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THEM. SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR VERY TALENTED BUS AND VAN OPERATORS, MECHANICS AND MAINTENANCE TEAMS, UH, WHO HAVE COMPETED IN THE STATE AND NATIONAL COMPETITIONS THIS YEAR, REPRESENTING VIA AMONG THE BEST TRANSIT PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY AND MAKE US PROUD EVERY DAY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING BUS OPERATORS AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO STAND UP AT YOUR, AT YOUR PLACE, AT YOUR SITTING, UH, MARCUS WHITE JESSE KUBO, JOSE MESA VAN OPERATORS, MOISES GARCIA, JESSE RODRIGUEZ, AND AMANDA SCIENCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. RODRIGUEZ WHO EARNED SECOND [00:05:01] PLACE IN THE STATE RODEO COMPETITION. AND SECOND, OVERALL IN THE CTAA NATIONAL RODEO HELD IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA THIS YEAR. AGAIN, CLOSE. CLOSE. AND CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO MR. WHITE WHO PLAYS SIX OVERALL OUT OF 80 OPERATORS IN THAT SAME NATIONAL COMPETITION. MR. WHITE. CONGRATULATIONS. NOW, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE THE TT, A MAINTENANCE RODEO TEAMS WHO COMPLETED, UH, WHO COMPETED IN LUBBOCK THIS YEAR. Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN WILLING, Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL WANTED TO STAY STANDING, BUT MR. WHITE, YOU'RE SO TALL. I THINK YOU'D, UH, IF SOMEBODY STANDS BEHIND YOU, WE WOULDN'T SEE 'EM. UH, WE'D, UH, WE'D WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR HEAVY BUS TEAM, PHIL DAVIS, MARCO LOPEZ, DAVID BE AND THEIR COACH, HUGO VEAL, THEY HERE AND OUR PARA TRANSIT TEAM, DAVID REYES AND STEFAN HERNANDEZ. I AM PROUD TO SHARE THAT V'S. HEAVY BUS TEAM BROUGHT HOME FIRST PLACE IN COMPETITION AND PARA TRANSIT TEAM PLACE SECOND. SO, GREAT JOB TO EACH OF YOU AND THANK Y'ALL FOR REPRESENTING VIA AND SHOWING OUR COLLEAGUES, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHAT GREAT SERVICE LOOKS LIKE EVERY DAY. SO IF I COULD HAVE EVERYONE STAND AT WAS STANDING AND WE'D LIKE TO GIVE Y'ALL A, A, A PROPER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU JOHN. GARY, THANK Y'ALL AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF Y'ALL. THAT'S WOW, WHAT A SHOWING. THAT'S FANTASTIC. BUT I JUST THOUGHT WE HAD A FULL ROOM 'CAUSE I ALREADY WANTED TO COME, BUT NO . UM, OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE WE [3. Citizens to be Heard ] HAVE NEXT WE HAVE CITIZENS BE HEARD. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS, RICHARD, TO SPEAK TO? YES, WE HAVE THREE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. OKAY, THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ OUR STATEMENT. IT SAYS, WE NOW COME TO 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 SAN ANTONIO BEXAR COUNTY AREA. QUESTIONS OR 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. THIS PROCESS ASSURES THAT YOU RECEIVE THE MOST ACCURATE RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION OR CONCERN. THANK YOU. AND VE APPRECIATES YOU TAKING THE TIME AND EFFORT TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS WITH US THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MS. BARBARA STOCK. AM I HE'S GONNA HELP YOU. YES. GOOD EVENING. OH, I HIT YOU. I'M SORRY. OKAY. YEAH, NO, IT'S NOT . HELLO, I'M BARBARA STAFFORD. I'M IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THE, THE REASON WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT IT'S TODAY. I'VE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE APP LAST WEEK. WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE APP. OTHER PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH THE APP. WHEN WE CALL IN, THEY TELL US IT WAS DOWN. OKAY. I FIGURE IS BECAUSE WE ARE MERGING WITH THE OTHER COMPANY, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW. BUT, UM, IT SEEMS A BIG CONCERN. 'CAUSE WHEN WE DO MAKE A RESERVATION RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ALSO BROUGHT UP TO ME IN MY AREA THAT, UM, THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S IN THE NORTHEAST AREA WHERE WE FIRST STARTED OUT OFF OF OSH ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO 1604 AND 35. WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS, WE MAKE OUR RESERVATIONS AHEAD OF TIME, TWO DAYS, THREE DAYS. WHEN IT COMES THAT DAY, NOTHING SHOWS UP FOR ME WHEN I CALL IN, THEY SAY, WE'RE SORRY, WE HAVE NO RIDE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. I SAID, DIDN'T I MAKE MY RESERVATIONS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DID? I DON'T GET AN ANSWER. SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE ARE ASKING. PLUS WE HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS EXACTLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME, THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DRIVERS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT DURING THE SUMMER THEY WOULDN'T NEED AS MANY. WELL, LOT OF THE KIDS ARE OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR HIGH AND THEY WANNA TAKE IT THE RIDE RATHER THAN DEPEND ON THEIR PARENTS AS THEY DON'T DRIVE. SO THESE ARE ISSUES I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AT THIS TIME, IF [00:10:01] POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THE APP DOES WORK. BUT WHEN LATELY IT'S BEEN GLITCHING, WHAT I CALL GLITCHING, I WENT ON, I WAS HERE. PEOPLE, OTHER PEOPLE TOUCH IT. THEY CAN'T MAKE IT WORK EITHER. SO I REBOOTED. IT'S NOW IT JUST SHOWS A WHITE SCREEN. SO THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION IS. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME UNDERSTANDING. I APPRECIATE VIA SERVICE. I APPRECIATE THE VIA LINK. BELIEVE ME, WE STARTED IT OUT IN OUR AREA. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MM-HMM . BUT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW. I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET OUTTA HERE. , TAKE YOUR TIME. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. RUDY RA. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? NOW WE CAN. MY NAME IS RUDY. HE'S GONNA COME PRESS A BUTTON THERE FOR YOU, SIR. THERE YOU GO. YOU GO. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. UM, MY EDUCATION, I WENT TO, UH, HOLY ROSARY ELEMENTARY IN SAN ANTONIO. I WENT TO, UH, HOLY CROSS, UH, HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THEN I WAS GONNA GO TO, UM, HOLY MARY, I MEAN ST. MARY'S, BUT THAT WAS TOO MUCH HOLINESS. SO I ENDED UP GOING TO, UH, UT AUSTIN. MY EXPERIENCE INCLUDES, UH, RETIRING FROM IBM CORPORATION, UH, HELPING HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES AUTOMATE BACK WHEN, UH, IBM WAS A NUMBER ONE, UH, COMPUTER COMPANY. UH, AND, UH, MY GOAL TODAY IS TO SHARE SOME OF MY IDEAS THAT I HAVE LEARNED WHEN WORKING WITH, UH, COMPUTERS AND, UH, INNOVATIVE, UH, EQUIPMENT LIKE, UH, AND, AND IDEAS LIKE AI. UH, BUT FIRST, I MEAN, UH, SECONDLY, I DON'T WANNA FORGET TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR, UH, THE EXCELLENT, UH, VIA METROPOLITAN SYSTEM THAT, UH, OFFERS, UH, GOOD MOBILITY, UH, REDUCES, UH, AIR POLLUTION, UH, REDUCES CAR CONGESTION. UH, THE STAFF AT, UH, DURING THE, UH, YOUR MEETING TODAY WILL GIVE YOU A, UH, A PHOTO, UH, CELEBRATING OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY. AND I MENTIONED SOME OF THE PAST BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE PAST WILL HELP US, UH, WITH FUTURE SUCCESS. UH, AND I MENTIONED THAT IN, UH, MAY 8TH, 1781, BERNARDO, UH, GALVES, UH, HAD A VICTORY IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. HE WAS CALLED AT THAT TIME, THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA AND INCLUDED, UH, UH, AREAS IN, IN, IN THE UNITED STATES. AND, UH, THE CITY OF GALVESTON WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. AND YOU'LL SEE HIS PHOTO ON THE PHOTO THAT, THAT I GIVE YOU. UH, ALSO IT'S INTERESTING THAT, UH, BEFORE, UH, 1776 WHEN WE, UH, DECLARED OUR INDEPENDENCE, UH, 200 SPANISH MISSIONS, UH, WERE DEVELOPED BY SPAIN IN NORTH AMERICA. AND OF COURSE, FIVE THE MOST POPULAR MISSIONS ARE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, BUT TODAY, UM, UH, I WANNA MENTION, UH, OUR CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY IN TRANSIT SYSTEMS, BUT IN, IN, IN DIFFERENT AREAS. UM, I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF MY QUICKLY IDEAS FOR, UH, AI, UM, VECTOR DATA, UH, IS, UH, HAS LITTLE, UH, I GUESS, UH, UNKNOWN, UH, YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF IT, BUT, UH, VECTOR DATA IS A SOLUTION. IS THAT MY, IS THAT MY THREE MINUTES ALREADY? WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER MINUTE OR SO. GIMME ANOTHER MINUTE. OKAY. YEAH, I'LL COME. I'M ABOUT DONE. YEAH. UM, UH, SO THE, THE PHOTO WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS ON WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR AI TO SUCCEED AND, UH, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH GIS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES MAPPING, GRAPHICS, ARTS, AND DRAWINGS. UH, AI IS, IS, IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S JUST EVOLVING AND, UH, THE, THE, THE VS STAFF IS ALREADY EMBARKING ON SOME IDEAS. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD [00:15:01] SOME OF MY IDEAS SO YOU CAN ALONG, UH, UH, SHARE YOUR IDEAS WAS THE STAFF THAT WE, UH, GOING TO, UH, THE FUTURE CHALLENGE OF, OF A GOOD, UH, BUS TRANSIT SYSTEM. UM, AND, AND YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN, UH, YOU GET THE PHOTO, I DID A LITTLE FLAG HERE. I ASKED, UH, SHA DPT TO DO IT, UH, AI AND IT DID IT, BUT IT WAS TOO LARGE. AND THEN I ASKED HIM, WELL, CAN YOU SHRINK IT? AND HE COULDN'T TELL ME HOW TO SHRINK IT, BUT I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CODING, WHICH IS VERY EASY TO CODE SDG. SO I SHRUNK IT ON THE PHOTO AND YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE PHOTO WHEN IT HANDED OUT TO YOU. THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT I HAVE FOR AI TO HELP THE VIA TRANSIT BOARD AND THE STAFF, UH, WITH SUCCESSFUL TRANSIT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE NICE GIFT TOO. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. MARIA SALAS. YEAH. CHANGES, MICROPHONES CHANGES. WAIT. YES, THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO ON NOW. YES. OKAY. GOOD EVENING VIA BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WELL, FOR ONCE. I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH MOST OF YOUR UPCOMING CHANGES IN AUGUST, 2026. HOWEVER, THIS ITEM I DO NOT AGREE WITH ROUTE 88 POPPER DOES NOT NEED TO BE REROUTED THROUGH BENDER ROAD ROUTE 88. A FREQUENT SERVICE ROUTE IS ALREADY RUNNING ON THAT PART OF BANDERA. WHY IS THERE A DUPLICATION OF SERVICE? PLEASE LEAVE THE CURRENT ROUTE AS IT IS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE INCREASED SERVICE. OF COURSE, THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT I DO AGREE WITH. INCREASED BUS SERVICE TO ROUTES NUMBER 62 KIRK AND NUMBER 89 POPULAR. I AM PERSONALLY GLAD THAT THE SO-CALLED BETTER BUS PLAN IS FINALLY COMING TO THE NEAR WEST SIDE. AS I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, AT OTHER VIA PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THROUGH EMAIL TO VIA AT LONG LAST, THESE ROUTES ARE GETTING INCREASED SERVICE TO EVERY 30 MINUTES FROM A ONE HOUR WAIT AND THE LATE NIGHT SERVICE AS WELL. INSTEAD OF THE LINEUP, THIS CHANGE TO ROUTE 89 ALSO INCREASES SERVICE TO ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY. WONDERFUL ROUTE 51 ALTOS IS GETTING LATE NIGHT SERVICE INSTEAD OF THE LINEUP. AND ROUTE FIVE 15 WILL BE EXPENDED TO, UH, MADELA TRANSIT CENTER. MORE WONDERFUL. NOW SUGGESTIONS. ROUTE NU NUMBER 79. RA DID NOT NEED TO BE EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO RA ROAD, ALTHOUGH THE INCREASED SERVICE TO ROUTE 79 IS GREATLY APPRECIATED, THIS EXTENSION WAS NOT NECESSARY. THERE IS ALREADY A BUS ROUTE ON RA ROAD ROUTE NUMBER 82 RA, WHICH IS EVEN MORE FREQUENT THAN THE 79 AND COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN REROUTED INTO THE MEIRA VISTA APARTMENTS ROUTE 77. MARTIN LAS PALMAS DID NOT NEED TO BE EXTENDED TO LAS PALMAS SINCE THE CHRIST KING SENIOR APARTMENTS ON MARTIN STREET ARE NOW WITHOUT SERVICE. ALSO, THE CONNECTING ROUTE 77 TO 21 AND NUMBER TWO TO 34 DID NOT NEED TO BE CHANGED. ROUTE 77 CONNECTED TO NUMBER 21 KIRBY, BOTH A WITH A ONE HOUR FREQUENCY NOW CHANGED TO EVERY 20 MINUTES. NUMBER TWO, BLANCO CONNECTED WITH 34 SOUTH ST. MARY'S, WHICH CONTINUED TO BE A 20 MINUTE SERVICE. WHY CHANGE ROUTE CONNECTIONS SINCE THESE FOUR ROUTES ARE NOW ALL FREQUENT SERVICE ACCORDING TO VS. MANY REASONS FOR MAKING CHANGES, ONE OF THEM IS TO BE COST EFFICIENT. BEING EFFICIENT ALSO MEANS NOT MAKING UNNECESSARY CHANGES OR OVERLAPPING ROUTES. AND FINALLY, ROUTES 5 22 BABCOCK AND 67 LAREDO ARE CURRENTLY ONCE EVERY HOUR SERVICE TO AND FROM LAS PALMAS AND ROUTE 66 ALVO IS EVERY 40 MINUTES. NOW VIA COULD JUST CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING THE BETTER BUS PLAN TO SERVE THESE INNER CITY WEST SIDE ROUTES. LIKE EVERY 30 MINUTES, IT WOULD BE GREAT. I'LL EVEN ASSIST THE ROUTE PLANNERS THAT NUMBER 67 WOULD NOT HAVE TO CHANGE. ROUTE CONNECTIONS TO NUMBER EIGHT SINCE IT IS ALREADY EVERY 30 MINUTES. LASTLY, THANK YOU LISTENING TO THE ONLY, UH, CONSISTENT VE WRITERS WHICH ARE IN THE INNER CITY INSTEAD OF JUST MAKING UP ROUTES IN SEARCH OF NEW WRITERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THERE ARE NO OTHER CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. DO WE HAVE, [4. Consent Agenda ] UH, EV EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH LEAVING THEM ALL THERE, MR. MOTION? SORRY, MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO, TO MENTION A CHANGE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM, UH, STAFF, WE'RE GONNA PULL ITEM FOUR B FROM CONSIDERATION TODAY. UH, WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD'S CONCERNS LAST WEEK AT THE WORK SESSION ABOUT THIS ITEM. SO WE'RE GONNA BRING THIS BACK, [00:20:01] UM, AFTER WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO DO A LITTLE MORE, UH, REEVALUATION OURSELVES. SO WE'RE GONNA BRING, UH, BRING THAT ONE BACK. AND THEN, UH, ITEM C, WE JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THE BOARD HAD SEEN A NOTE FROM OUR DEPUTY CEO ABOUT KEEPING THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, BUT STILL ESTABLISHING THE, THE, UM, THE CYBERSECURITY, UH, PLAN AND PRESENTATION THAT WE STILL HAVE. AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE TALKING OPERATIONAL SECURITY OF WHAT, WHAT IS THE SAFETY PLAN THAT'S IN THE CONSENT ITEM TODAY, BUT WE STILL OWE YOU A CYBERSECURITY SEPARATE AND APART FROM THAT. OKAY? SO DO YOU WANT TO PULL B AND C? PULL FOUR B BUT KEEP FOUR C IN. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE CONSENT MINUS ITEM B, RIGHT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SAVING THIS FRONT. SO MOVED SECOND. YOU? YES, I MOVED. OKAY. YEAH. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO OUR INFORMATIONAL REPORTS AND OUR FIRST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER F ON FINANCIAL REPORT. MR. CHAIR, I BELIEVE THOSE WERE PART OF THE CONSENT. OKAY. THERE ARE ITEMS AS WELL. YES SIR. YES SIR. SO, NO, NO NEED FOR THE FINANCIAL UNLESS Y'ALL WANT TO SEE IT. IT'S OKAY, BUT IT WAS PART OF Y'ALL'S CONSENT. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE [5. VIA Link Southeast Zone Update - For information and discussion regarding the performance of VIA Link Southeast Zone. ] ON TO NUMBER FIVE VIA LINK SOUTHWEST ZONE UPDATE. THAT WAS ALSO PART OF YOUR CONSENT AGENDA. NOW IT'S, SO YOU TAKING ON THE STUFF THAT'S NOT PART OF CONSENT AGENDA? THAT'S INDIVIDUAL CONSENT. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S ENUMERATED DIFFERENTLY. MY APOLOGIES MR. CHAIR. IT IS INDIVIDUAL. SO WE HAVE THAT, UH, EE AND THERE'S, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD CHAIR AND THE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE. I AM SANDIP SEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF SERVICE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING AND WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VIA LINK SOUTHEAST ZONE. IN TODAY'S AGENDA, I WILL GO OVER THE SERVICE PLAN, THE RIDERSHIP ACTIVITY, UH, WAIT TIMES, UH, IN THE ZONE, THE CAPACITY, AND THE KEY PERFORMANCE TARGETS. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SIX WHEELING ZONES TILL TODAY AND ING SOUTHEAST ZONE WAS THE LAST ZONE IMPLEMENTED ON NOVEMBER, 2025. WE HAVE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP IN ALL THE VEING ZONE AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. AND WE ARE SEEING AN AVERAGE OF 30% GROWTH IN RIDERSHIP YEAR OVER YEAR. AS OF APRIL, 2026, WE ARE AVERAGING 2,545 WEEKDAY PASSENGERS AND 15 MINUTE WAIT TIME ON THE ING ZONES. THE ING SOUTHEAST ZONE SERVICE WAS LAUNCHED ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025. IT COVERS AN AREA OF 13.8 SQUARE MILES AND IT SERVES THREE MUNICIPALITIES. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SANDY OAKS, AND CHINA GROVE. THE SERVICE HOURS ARE BETWEEN FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO 11 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THE MAIN TRANSFER POINTS ARE VIA BROOKS TRANSIT CENTER AND THE FUTURE VIA EAST SIDE TRANSIT CENTER. THE SATELLITE STOPS OUR HEB AT WW WHITE AND LORD CHINA GROVE, THE LONE STAR BAKERY PLANT, THE LAKESIDE SOUTHSIDE LIONS SENIOR CENTER. MISSION ESPADA MISSION [00:25:01] NATIONAL PARK MISSION SAN JUAN STINSON AIRPORT MISSION SAN JOSE. AND SANDY OAK PARK, WHICH IS SERVED ON WEEKDAYS SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. A SNAPSHOT OF THE RIDERSHIP ACTIVITY SHOWING THE TOP FIVE BOARDING LOCATIONS IN APRIL OF 2026. THE VIRTUAL STOPS, WHICH HAS, UM, THE HIGHEST, UH, BOARDINGS ARE THE VIA BROOKS TRANSIT CENTER WITH 403 PASSENGERS CUISINE SOLUTIONS OR 201 TOTAL PASSENGERS, LEH AND EAST HOUSTON WITH 180 PASSENGERS, SEVEN LAPS, 1 73 PASSENGERS, AND HEB ON WW WHITE AND LOT, WHICH IS 110 PASSENGERS. THERE WERE 4,167 TOTAL BOARDINGS 115 AVERAGE WEEKDAY BOARDINGS 96 AVERAGE WEEKEND BOARDINGS AND 4.8 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RATING FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2026. RIDERSHIP CONTINUES TO GROW EVERY WEEK AND E AND WE GREW FROM 239 RIDERS IN WEEK ONE TO 1023 RIDERS IN WEEK 2226. THE PEAK ACTIVITIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST ZONE ARE HAPPENING AROUND SIX TO 18 IN THE MORNING AND THREE TO FIVE IN THE EVENING. WHEN WE IMPLEMENT A NEW ZONE, WE PLAN TO DELIVER VIA LINK SERVICE AS 30 MINUTES OR BETTER SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIA LINK SOUTHEAST ZONE, THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME RANGES FROM 14 MINUTES TO 17 MINUTES. SO WE ARE DELIVERING SERVICE AT AN AVERAGE OF 15 MINUTES OR BETTER TO OUR CUSTOMERS. THERE ARE SEVEN VEHICLES IN SERVICE AND THE SHARED RIDE RANGES FROM 30 TO 50%. GOING OVER THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AT A SIX MONTH REVIEW, THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME, ESTIMATED TOTAL RIDERSHIP, ESTIMATED HOURS, ESTIMATED COST AND COST PER PASSENGER, WE ARE ON TARGET. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. SIN. THAT'S A GREAT REPORT. UM, CAN YOU JUST TELL ME A LITTLE BIT WHAT'S GOING ON IN SANDY OAKS MORE SPECIFICALLY? YES. UH, SANDY OAKS IS A SATELLITE STOP. SO IF THERE IS A REQUEST FROM A CUSTOMER WHO WANTS TO GO TO SANDY OAKS OR WANTS TO COME FROM SANDY OAKS TO A TRANSIT CENTER, SAY BROOKS TRANSIT CENTER, SO THAT PERSON REQUESTS THE RIGHT, UM, AND THERE IS A VEHICLE THAT GOES AND DROP THAT PASSENGER OR PICK UP THE PASSENGER BASED ON THE REQUEST. GREAT. ARE THEY, IS THAT PICKING UP IN SANDY OAKS? WE'RE GETTING MORE REQUESTS. UH, WE ARE AVERAGING BETWEEN ONE TO THREE PASSENGERS EVERY DAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S ON THE, IT'S GROWING. I WILL SAY IT'S A SIX MONTH REVIEW, BUT IT'S GROWING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I LIKE HOW WE'RE DOING THAT THOUGH. THIS BY, OKAY. UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM? JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. YES, SIR. ON, ON YOUR PEAK TIMES, WHAT'S TYPICALLY THE, THE, THE CAPACITY OF THE BUSES THAT ARE ACTUALLY TAKING THE PASSENGERS? SO THE, THE VEHICLES, THEY CAN PICK UP FIVE, UH, PASSENGERS. SO WE HAVE SEVEN VEHICLES, UH, DURING PEAK TIME, SO OPERATING, UM, SO DEPENDING ON THE NEED. SO ALMOST LIKE 35 PASSENGERS CAN BE PICKED UP AT ONE TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THERE'S NO ACTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, NO ACTION. BUT I, I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP IF IT'S OKAY, MR. CHAIR ON THAT. YES, SIR. ON THAT QUESTION AS WELL. FROM, FROM TRUSTEE HOWARD, THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AS WELL AS, AS, AS WE'RE MONITORING THE UTILIZATION OF THE ACTIVITY, UH, SHOULD THAT ACTIVITY CONTINUE TO INCREASE, WE CAN BRING IN MORE ASSETS INTO, UH, THE ZONE IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT 15 TO 20 MINUTE, UH, THRESHOLD. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BRING IN MORE VEHICLES TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND KEEP UP WITH THAT, UH, THAT THRESHOLD FOR US. BUT NO INFORMATION ONLY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK, THANK Y'ALL. UM, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO CLOSED SESSION NOW. DO I READ WHAT YES, WE'RE GONNA CALL. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA, NUMBER SIX IS ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT, GREEN LINE AND SILVER LINE REAL ESTATE BRIEFING. AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LEGAL BRIEFING, I GUESS. MM-HMM [00:30:01] . OKAY. BUT JUST READ. YEP. SO LET ME READ YOU WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. TODAY IS JUNE 23RD, 2026 [Additional Item] AND THE TIME NOW IS 5 37 AND THE VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT BOARD TRUSTEES WILL OFFICIALLY GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AS PERMITTED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE ITEMS WE WILL BE DISCUSSING DURING THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION ARE FOLLOWING ITEM NUMBER SIX ENTITLED ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT, GREEN LINE AND SILVER LINE REAL ESTATE BRIEFING, WHICH IS ALLOWED AS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.07. ONE ENTITLED CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 ENTITLED REAL ESTATE AND ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS ENTITLED LEGAL BRIEFING, WHICH UH, IS ALLOWED AS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.07. ONE ENTITLED CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. ALL PERSONS WHO ARE AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE PROCEED TO THE SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT ATTEND OR MONITOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IN ANY MANNER. OKAY EVERYBODY, THANK Y'ALL FOR WAITING. THAT'S VERY NICE. YOU, I WOULD'VE LEFT IF I WAS Y'ALL , YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE TAKING PICTURES OF EVERYONE SO, NO, IT'S GOOD. UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR WAITING. IT'S NOW, UM, LET'S SEE, SIX 40 O'CLOCK. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS HERE. YEP. UM, AND WE'RE OFFICIALLY COMING OUT OF OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING ITEMS NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN, NO DELIBERATIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY OR VOTE TAKING OCCURRED DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM [8. President & CEO Report ] NUMBER EIGHT IN THE PRESIDENT CEO REPORT. NO REPORT, MR. CHAIR. OKAY. THAT TOOK A LONG TIME. . AND THEN I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A LEGAL BRIEFING 'CAUSE WE JUST HAD ONE IN THERE, SO THAT IS CORRECT. WE WILL, I'M SORRY. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. SO THEN THAT MEANS WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR VIA MEETING TRUSTEES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THE VIA MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.