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UM, LEMME READ MY SCRIPT REAL QUICK.
[2. Approval of Minutes: May 12, 2026]
WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD MEETING.UH, CAN I GET AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM MAY 12TH, 2026? MOVE TO APPROVE.
UM, OH, YOU GOTTA HAVE VOTE BY HANDS.
ALL THOSE FAVOR? UH, LET'S SEE.
GOT ANY ITEMS OF INTEREST? ALRIGHT.
[4. Public Comments – Agenda Item Specific]
ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.OH, UH, JEAN, GO AHEAD AND READ YOUR WELL, SHE'S MAKING HER, UH, WAY UP.
REALLY, UH, THE SCRIPT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, UH, TIME IS ALLOCATED FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, THE WHOLE OF SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. ADDITIONAL TIME FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FORM IN PERSON OR ONLINE PRIOR TO SPEAKING.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEIR FORMS ARE RECEIVED.
FORMS THAT DID NOT SPECIFY AN AGENDA, AN AGENDA ITEM WILL BE TREATED AS A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
EACH SPEAKER, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
SPEAKERS WHO NEED AN INTERPRETER MAY HAVE AT LEAST SIX MINUTES TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS RECEIVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
GREEN LIGHT ON THE PODIUM WILL INDICATE WHEN YOU CAN BEGIN.
THE YELLOW LIGHT INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING, AND THE RED LIGHT INDICATES THAT YOUR TIME HAS CONCLUDED.
SPEAKERS MUST REMAIN AT THE PODIUM WITHIN THEIR COMMENTS.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT ASK QUESTIONS, OFTEN THEIR OWN COMMENTS OR OTHERWISE INTERACT WITH SPEAKERS DURING THE COMMENT PERIOD.
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THEREFORE, EMPLOYEES SHOULD DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THEIR SUPERVISORY CHAIN OF COMMAND OR CONTACT HUMAN RESOURCES.
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A COPY OF THE FLU PUBLIC COMMENT GUIDELINES IS POSTED ON IN THE LOBBY IN THE DAR.ORG WEBSITE.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
MERCEDES HALL, WALLING LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS, OH, DALLAS, TEXAS.
GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND DART STAFF.
MY NAME IS MERCEDES HALL AND I'M A REGULAR DART RIDER, A DALLAS RESIDENT, AN EXPERIENCED INTERNATIONAL TRAVELER WHO'S ATTENDED MULTIPLE FIFA WORLD CUPS.
FIRST, I WANNA SINCERELY THANK DART LEADERSHIP AND STAFF FOR TAKING, UH, UM, FEEDBACK SERIOUSLY.
AFTER MY LAST PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE DART GO PASS TEAM INVITED ME TO DART HEADQUARTERS FOR A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH RIDERS.
I WANNA THANK THE BOARD FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE ADVANCEMENTS FOR FIFA WORLD CUP.
EXCUSE ME, I'M A LITTLE SHAKEN.
UH, I EVEN HAD AN INCIDENT ON THE BLUE LINE, UH, COMING HERE TODAY.
UM, JUST, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, SOME, SOME THINGS THAT I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU ARE WORKING THROUGH IN ADVANCE OF, YOU KNOW, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS FROM NOW.
WHEN MILLIONS OF VISITORS ARE HERE, I KNOW THAT BUDGET ARE, UM, REALITIES AND OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS.
SO I WOULD JUST WANNA RAISE AWARENESS OF SEVERAL RECURRING RIDER ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSIDERATION, SAFETY AND RIDER COMFORT DRUG USE, AND CONSISTENT MARIJUANA SMOKE ON TRAINS AND PLATFORMS, AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING AND LOUD MUSIC OR BOOMBOXES, AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO HEAR ANNOUNCEMENTS OR EVEN HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
VISITOR AND USABILITY, USABILITY CHALLENGES.
CONFUSING WAY FINDING LACK OF CLEAR NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST ORIENTATION.
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW TO HAIL BUSES, HOW TO OPEN SILVER LINE DOORS AND OUTDATED QR CODES AND SIGNAGES STATIONS, UH, INSTRUCTION, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE RIDER SUPPORT, LACK OF ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS, HYDRATION CHARGING STATIONS, AND FOOD ACCESS, WEAK CELLULAR SERVICE AND TUNNELS, UH, LIKE CITY PLACE TO PEARL.
IT'S SEVEN MINUTES AND NO CELL SIGNAL.
UM, AND NEAR FAIR PARK WITH A INCREASE OF PEOPLE, UH, AND DIFFICULT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS AT SOME GOLINK DROP OFF LOCATIONS WHERE RIDERS MAY BE DROPPED INTO GRASS WITHOUT SIDEWALKS OR SAFE CROSSINGS.
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONAL CONCERNS, GOLINK MAPS NOT ACCURATELY MATCHING ZONES, BOOKING FRUSTRATIONS AND THE NEED FOR STRONGER SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN MAPPING TOOLS AND REAL WORLD RIDER EXPERIENCE.
I WANNA E ENCOURAGE CONTINUED EXPLORATION OF FASTER AND MORE DIRECT TRANSIT CONNECTIONS AS A RIDER.
TRIPS THAT MAY TAKE 25 MINUTES BY CAR CAN SOMETIMES TAKE NEARLY TWO HOURS BY THE MOST DIRECT PUBLIC TRANSIT, WHICH IMPACTS ADOPTION AND LONG-TERM PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.
FINALLY, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THE WORLD CUP IS NOT JUST A SPORTS EVENT, IT'S A GLOBAL REPUTATION MOMENT
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FOR DALLAS AND FOR DART VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL JUDGE OUR REGION BASED ON CLARITY, SAFETY, RELIABILITY, CLEANLINESS, HOSPITALITY, AND EASE OF MOVEMENT.I GENERALLY BELIEVE THAT DART HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SURPRISE PEOPLE POSITIVELY IF THESE READER WRITER EXPERIENCE DETAILS CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITIZED.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LISTENING, AND THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR MAKING I ALREADY TAKE THE, I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN TIME.
UM, LOOKS LIKE CONSENT ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD MEETING ONLY, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10,
[10. +Approval of May 2026 Service Changes Resulting from Withdrawal Election by the Town of Highland Park (Patrick J. Kennedy/Trey Walker)]
UH, PATRICK.UH, APPROVAL OF MAY, 2026 SERVICE CHANGES RESULTING FROM WITHDRAWAL ELECTION BY THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND PARK.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT JING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MR. GER.
I'M THE INTERIM VP FOR SERVICE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST YOUR FORMAL APPROVAL ON THE SERVICE CHANGE WE MADE IN MAY 26TH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHLAND PARK WITHDRAWAL FROM DART.
AND THIS IS A SAME NIGHT ACTION ITEM.
WE DELIVERED THE PUBLIC HEARING IN LATE MARCH, AND, UH, WE'RE BACK TO YOU FOR A FORMAL APPROVAL ON THE SERVICE CHANGE.
SO, JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
THREE DARK CITIES HELD WITHDRAW ELECTIONS FROM DART ON MAY 2ND.
AND HIGHLAND PARK IS THE ONLY CITY WHOSE VOTERS CHOSE TO EXIT FROM DART HIGHLAND PARK CITY COUNCIL CANVASSED THE ELECTION ON MAY 13TH.
AND BASED ON, UM, THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, DART CEASED OUR SERVICE IN HIGHLAND PARK THE NEXT DAY ON WAVE THIRTEENTHS.
AND THE SERVICE CHANGES RELATES TO HIGHLAND PARK WITHDRAWAL MINOR CHANGES.
THEY INCLUDES BUS STOP CLOSURE, GOLDEN COVERAGE REDUCTION, AND PARATRANSIT DISCONTINUATION.
BUS ROUTE 2 37 IN HIGHLAND PARK HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND, UM, SINCE MAY 14TH, AND THIS IS THE SIGN WE PUT INTO THE BUS STOPS, POSTS SHOWING THE STOPS HAS BEEN, UH, PERMANENTLY CLOSED, AND WE ARE LEAVING THE SIGNS IN THERE FOR ANOTHER ONE WEEK ALSO.
AND THE BUS STOP POSTS WILL BE COMPLETELY REMOVED THE FRONT GROUND, AND BOTH IN ENGLISH AND, UH, SPANISH.
AND REGARDING GOLDEN COVERAGE.
SO THE HIGHLAND PARK JURISDICTION AND ITS CONNECTION INTO THE LAVILLE AIRPORT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL PARK CITY GOLDEN ZONE SINCE MAY 14TH AS WELL.
UM, THE PARK CITY GOLDEN ZONE WILL BE RENAMED TO UNIVERSITY PARK GOLDEN ZONE.
FOLLOWING YOUR APPROVAL TODAY, THE A DA PARATRANSIT SERVICE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR HIGHLAND PARK AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN SHARING ALL THOSE SERVICE TRENDS, INFORMATION TO, UM, THE EXTERNALLY AND INTERNALLY TO PROMOTE AWARENESS, UM, THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CHANNELS, INCLUDING THE BUS STOP SIGNS AND ALSO SOCIAL MEDIA ORG, UH, EMAILS, TEXT ALERTS, UH, PRINTED MATERIALS, AND SO ON.
SO, WE'RE BACK TO YOU TODAY TO REQUEST YOUR FORMAL APPROVAL ON THE MAY SERVICE CHANGE WE MADE RELATES TO THE HIGHLAND PARK WITHDRAWAL.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF GOT THIS ALL FIGURED OUT AS WHO'S STAYING AND WHO'S GOING, CAN WE GET SOME TYPE OF AN IDEA OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ACHIEVED BY NOT HAVING TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND HOW THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE REGENERATED SOMEWHERE, UH, ELSE WITHIN THE SYSTEM? UH, ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH, UH, SAVINGS WE'VE OBTAINED BY ELIMINATING THE NINE ROUTES WE'VE ELIMINATED AS FAR AS WEAR AND TEAR ON BUS, UH, EMPLOYEES, UH, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, TO SEE WHAT OUR SAVINGS HAS BEEN WITH THE TWO THINGS THAT WE FINALLY HAVE NOW PUT TO BED.
AND THAT IS THE REDUCTION OF THE, THE, UH, NINE OR SO ROUTES IN FEBRUARY.
WHAT SAVINGS WE RECEIVE FROM THAT, AND HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR VEHICLES AND, AND DOLLARS FOR US TO PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE AS WELL AS THE HIGHLAND PARK, WHAT THE RETURN ON OF DOLLARS AND TIME AND INVESTMENT IS ON THAT.
SO WE CAN KIND OF PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE STARTING NOW WITH, WITH THE, WITH BASICALLY A NEW LINE IN THE SAND BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW WHAT WE'RE SERVICING AND WHERE WE'RE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS AND WHO'S INCLUDED AND WHO ISN'T INCLUDED.
WE'LL BE, UH, DOING THAT ANALYSIS AND SUPPLY MEMO REGARDING THAT FROM A SERVICE PERSPECTIVE, AND OUR FINANCE TEAM CAN DO THEIR PART ON THE FINANCIAL PIECE TOO.
YEAH, LET ME JUST, I, I AGREE WITH MR. WITH MAYOR
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SOFFER.ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO DO IS WE HAD A WITHDRAWING MEMBER CITY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR THE NEXT TWO PLUS THREE YEARS, WHAT IT IS TOWARD THE DEBT SERVICE THAT THEY OWE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THE BOARD IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
I KNOW THAT, UH, MAYBE PARK CITY AGREES OR DOESN'T AGREE, BUT LIKE MAYOR STOFER SAID, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF IN JAMIE, MAYBE YOU CAN TELL US THIS, THERE'LL BE X MILLION OF DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM HIGHLAND PARK OVER THE NEXT TWO PLUS YEARS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS.
DO ALL OF THOSE GET, AND I'VE ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE, THIS ISN'T THE TIME I EXPECT AN ANSWER, BUT I DO WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE MARY STOFER IS REQUESTING, AND THAT IS WHEN ARE WE GONNA KNOW WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE? BECAUSE THE SAVINGS FROM BOTH FEBRUARY AND WHATEVER, WE CAN APPLY ONLY TO DEBT SERVICE AND HAVE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER SERVICES FROM HIGHLAND PARK.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
SO I'M WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH GENE GAMMA'S GENERAL COUNSEL, UH, TO GET THE APPROPRIATE, UM, EXTERNAL PARTIES IN PLACE TO VALIDATE, UM, THE CALCULATIONS.
UH, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, UM, IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL TIMELINE, RIGHT? AND DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ON THAT.
SO, UH, WE'LL REPORT BACK AFTER JEAN AND I, UM, DO SOME ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY ON OUR SIDE ON WHAT A TIMELINE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
WHAT, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE WILL HEAR BACK FROM YOU ALL AS FAR? WHEN, WHEN WILL THE, WHEN SHOULD THE BOARD EXPECT TO KNOW THE ANSWER? NOW, THERE MAY BE A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN DART AND HIGHLAND PARK ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY OWE, AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY PAY.
BUT WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THIS BOARD TO KNOW WHAT OUR POSITION IS GOING TO BE WITH THE MATHEMATICS INVOLVED AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE HIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STRAIGHT AND TRUE? WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? I'M NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE ANSWERING THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
I NEED TO WORK WITH JEAN CLOSER AND OUR CEO ON WHAT OUR PREFERRED PATH FORWARD IS ON A TIMELINE.
HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA THEN KNOW? WE, WE'LL CERTAINLY KNOW IT BY THE TIME WE WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING BUDGET HERE PRETTY QUICK FOR NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T WANNA GET INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT NO, BUT I THINK THE, THE, THE HESITATION IN PROVIDING A TIMELINE IS THAT THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE TO, TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER AND THEN FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT DEPTH IS INVOLVED IN EACH.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, JAMIE AND I HAVE MET ONCE AND SAY, WOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING TO FIGURE OUT.
WE GOT HUNDREDS OF CONTRACTS AND WHAT PERCENTAGE IS, IS THE LOT IN WHAT IS LEFT AND WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THERE FOR THE, FOR, FOR THAT CITY.
SO, SO THAT'S A LONG, IT'S A PROCESS, BUT, BUT PART OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE GIVEN ROUGH NUMBERS TO THE MEDIA AND TO THE CITIES BEFORE THIS EVER HAPPENED.
NOW THOSE, THOSE AREN'T THE NUMBERS THAT MAY END UP BEING THE ONES DECIDED, BUT, BUT SOME OF THAT WORKS.
SO, SO JUST GIVE US ANOTHER, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET THIS NEXT YEAR, MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE THIS.
SO WHAT I WOULD REC, UM, HAVE THE BOARD REMEMBER, IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT THEIR SALES TAX DOLLARS FOR ESTIMATED NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
RIGHT? AND, AND THOSE SALES TAX DOLLARS WILL BE SEQUESTERED BY, UM, I JUST LOST THE ALIX, THE DOLLARS COMPTROLLER.
IF THEY'RE SEQUESTERED BY THE COMP TROLL AND THEY WILL, THEY WILL SIT.
BUT REMEMBER THAT HIGHLAND PARK SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ARE LESS THAN 1% OF OUR TOTAL SALES TAX COLLECTION.
SO IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT'S MORE OF A, A CASH FLOW TIMING ISSUE, NOT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO HOW WE BUDGET GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
SO THE, SO FOR HOW LONG WILL A COMPTROLLER HOLD DART'S MONEY THAT HIGHLAND PARK HAS PAID IN UNTIL WE GIVE THEM DIRECTION ON HOW TO RELEASE EITHER APPORTION TO DEBT SERVICE OR APPORTION BACK TO DART TO COVER CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES? AND WE DON'T EXPECT TO KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS BY THE TIME WE START WORKING ON THE 27TH BUDGET.
WE'RE ACTIVELY IN 27 BUDGET PROCESS NOW.
I THINK I HAVE THE INFORMATION I NEED.
ANYBODY ELSE? I NEEDED THE, I NEEDED THE GIGGLE THIS AFTERNOON ALSO.
ANYBODY ELSE? YOU GOT A THIS APPROVAL ITEM.
I MOVE TO FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
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ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OH, WE GOT ONE OPPOSED.THAT ITEM PASSES, UM, WITH ONE, ONE.
[11. *Briefing on FIFA World Cup 2026 (Patrick J. Kennedy/Trenise Winters)]
TO ITEM NUMBER 11, UH, BRIEFING ON FIFA WORLD CUP 2026.WHO DO WE GOT, JANICE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
SO IN 17 DAYS, 17 DAYS, WE'LL WE'LL EMBARK UPON ONE OF THE BIGGEST ROLE, HOLD ON, ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENTS IN NORTH TEXAS HISTORY, THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP.
SO THE TEAM IS HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE OPERATIONS PLAN, MARKETING, COMMUNICATION, SECURITY PLAN, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET IMPACTS.
OUR ENTIRE TEAM HERE AT DART HAS BEEN WORKING TO PLAN, SUPPORT, COMMUNICATE, AND ULTIMATELY EXECUTE AN OPERATION THAT DELIVERS AN EXCELLENT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE INTIMATELY ENTRENCHED IN PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO SUPPORT THE MEDIA STAFF AT THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, AS WELL AS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ATTENDING THE FAN FESTIVAL AND THE MATCHES AT DALLAS STADIUM, NORTH TEXAS'.
PARTICIPATION IN THE RURAL CUP IS UNIQUE.
NOT ONLY ARE WE HOSTING THE MOST MATCHES WITH NINE, WE ARE ALSO HOSTING AN INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER HOUSED AT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.
THIS LOCATION WILL BE THE CENTRAL BROADCASTING HUB FOR ALL GAMES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.
THE SITE WILL BE HOME TO 3,500 MEDIA STAFF WHO WILL BE WORKING THE GAMES.
MANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS STARTED TO ARRIVE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
MEDIA TRANSIT PASSES WERE PURCHASED AND ALLOWS THE JOURNALISTS TO UTILIZE DART AND OTHER SURROUNDING REGIONAL TRANS TRANSIT OPTIONS TO EXPLORE THE NORTH TEXAS REGION.
THE CONVENTION CENTER CLOSED ON JANUARY 5TH DUE TO CONSTRUCTION BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE'VE LAUNCHED SPECIFIC GOLINK SERVICES AND ARE ENCOURAGING PASSENGERS TO USE NEARBY UNION STATION TO ACCESS THE SYSTEM FAN FESTIVAL.
IN ADDITION TO HOUSING THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, DALLAS WILL ALSO HOST FAN FESTIVAL.
THE EVENT WILL RUN FOR 34 DAYS IN FAIR PARK.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE TWO PAGES OF EVENTS HERE.
UM, THE SCHEDULE VARIES IN TERMS OF TIMING.
SO 12 DAYS WILL END AT 11:00 PM AND ADDITIONAL SIX DAYS WILL END AT MIDNIGHT.
THE DAYS IN WHICH WE END AT MIDNIGHT, WE WILL HAVE TO EXTEND OUR SERVICE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO OUR CUSTOMERS TO THE FINAL DESTINATION.
THE FAN FESTIVAL WAS OPEN FROM JUNE 11TH THROUGH JULY 19TH ON ALL 34 MATCH DAYS, CLOSING ON FIVE REST DAYS AND OPERATES ONE HOUR BEFORE THE FIRST MATCH UNTIL ONE HOUR AFTER THE LAST MATCH.
EACH DAY THE FAN FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE PAVILION IN FAIR PARK AND ON LIGHTS NINE AND 10.
THE VENUE CAN ACCOMMODATE APPROXIMATELY 35,000 FANS AT A TIME WHERE MATCHES WILL BE SHOWN ON LARGE SCREENS.
AND THERE WILL BE SOME COVERED SEED AS WELL OF LAWN AREAS BECAUSE ADMISSIONS TO FANFARE IS FREE AND PARKING IS LIMITED AND EXPENSIVE, WE EXPECT HEAVY CROWDS TO UTILIZE DART TO GO TO THE EVENT.
SO STAFF WILL BE ON HAND AT BOTH FAIR PARK AND MARTIN LUTHER KING STATIONS.
AS NOTED, DALLAS STADIUM WILL HOST THE NINE MATCHES, INCLUDING FIVE AS A PART OF THE GROUP ROUND, WHICH INCLUDES MATCHES WITH MESSI'S, ARGENTINA, AS WELL AS JAPAN, CROATIA, AUSTRIA, SWEDEN, JORDAN, ENGLAND, AND THE NETHERLANDS, WHOSE FAN BASE FOLLOWED THEIR TEAMS IN DROVES AS THE.TEAM PREPARES FOR FIFA.
PLANNING FOR MATCH DAYS WAS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.
DART'S OPERATIONS TEAM, INCLUDING MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND FACILITIES, HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING ACROSS THE AGENCY TO ENSURE WE CAN PROVIDE RELIABLE SERVICE, BOTH FOR OUR RE REGULAR COMMUTERS AS WELL AS OUR GUESTS.
THESE, THIS INCLUDES AMBASSADORS AT KEY STATIONS AS
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WELL AS ENHANCED CLEANING EFFORTS.AND SECURITY VICTORY STATION IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE FOR MATCH DAYS.
THIS WILL BE THE STARTING POINT FOR TICKETED ATTENDEES GOING TO THE GAME, DAR WOULD ASSIST TICKETED PASSENGERS BOARD THE TRE TO CENTER PORT WHERE CHARTERED BUSES PROCURED BY THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION WILL TAKE MATCH ATTENDEES TO THE DALLAS STADIUM.
SHOULD TRAINS REACH CAPACITY DURING AMBASSADORS WILL ROUTE PASSENGERS ONTO CHARTER BUSES THAT WILL BE STAGED AT VICTORY.
AND THESE BUSES WILL TAKE THE ATTENDEES STRAIGHT TO THE TRANSPORTATION LOT NEAR LOT NEAR THE STADIUM.
OUR RIDER RIDERSHIP EXPECTATIONS.
ON MATCH DAY, WE'RE EXPECTING APPROXIMATELY 10,000 RIDER FROM THE DART SERVICE AREA TO BOARD THE TRE.
AT CENTERPORT FAN FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS ARE EXPECTING A STEADY FLOW OF ATTENDEES VOLUME OF A VOLUME OF APPROXIMATELY 35,000 PEOPLE COMING AND GOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH A TOTAL NUMBER OF APPROXIMATELY 75,000 ENTERING FAIR PARK.
25 OR PER 25% OR SO ARE PROJECTED TO RIDE TRANSIT OPERATIONS IS PLANNING TO OPERATE EXTRA TRAINS AND BUSES TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASED RIDERSHIP AND WILL ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
THE TRE IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE MATCH DAY SERVICE.
AS MENTIONED, ATTENDEES WITH MATCH DAY TICKETS WILL TAKE THE TRE TO S PORT, THEN BUS THEN BOARD SHUTTLES TO THE STADIUM.
THE TRE WILL OPERATE FOUR CAR TRAINS DURING THIS TIME.
AND THE CAPACITY FOR EACH TRAIN IS APPROXIMATELY 1200 CUSTOMERS.
IN ADDITION TO THE INCREASED TRAIN SIZE, THE TRE WILL RUN ENHANCED SCHEDULES THROUGHOUT FIFA ACTIVITY IN DALLAS.
ON MATCH DAY, THE TRE WILL OPERATE A 30 MINUTE SERVICE ALL DAY.
ON OTHER WEEKDAYS, WE WILL OPERATE 30 MINUTES DURING PEAK HOURS AND 60 MINUTES DURING OFF PEAK HOURS.
AND ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS, WE WILL OPERATE EVERY 60 MINUTES.
THE CIVIL LINE WILL OPERATE THE REGULAR, IT'S REGULAR SCHEDULED SERVICE.
ENHANCED AN ENHANCED SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT FIFA.
FIFA, ESPECIALLY IN SUPPORT OF FAN FESTIVAL.
THE PRIMARY ACCESS TO FAN FESTIVALS BY THE WAY OF FAIR PARK STATION AND MARTIN LUTHER KING STATION.
WE WERE ADVERTISED ACCURATE STATION AS A TRANSFER POINT BETWEEN BETWEEN RAIL LINES.
THIS HELPS TO INCREASE FAN SAFETY AS SOME CBD PLATFORMS ARE NOT BUILT FOR LARGER CROWDS.
AND OUR STAFF AND POLICE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN SUPPORT OF MATCHES AND FAN FESTIVAL.
AT FAIR PARK, THE LIGHT RAIL WILL OPERATE 20 MINUTE SERVICE ALL DAY ON ALL FOUR LINES.
STARTING JUNE 8TH, TWO CAR TRAINS WILL OPERATE ON RED, BLUE, AND ORANGE LINES AND THREE CAR TRAINS ON GREEN LINES, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE TRAIN CAPACITY TO SLIGHTLY OVER 800.
ADDITIONAL GREEN LINE TRAINS WILL BE INSERTED AS NEEDED AND OPERATE BETWEEN LAWN VIEW AND VICTORY STATIONS.
THE ORANGE LINE TRAIN WILL BE IN EXTENDED TO THE PARKER ROAD STATION THE ENTIRE TIME FOR BUS OPERATIONS.
AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, A DYNAMIC CHARTER BUS SERVICE FROM DOWNTOWN DALLAS TO DALLAS STADIUM WILL BE ACTIVATED OUT OF VICTORY STATION AS A SUPPLEMENT TO TRE.
DART BUSES WILL PLAY A SECONDARY ROLE AS PART OF THIS EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF TRE AND LIGHT RAIL.
ON MATCH DAYS, 60 DART BUSES WILL BE STAGED AT VICTORY STATION AND 10 AT WEST IRVING TRE STATION.
AND FOR FAN FESTIVALS, 60 PLUS BUSES WILL BE STAGED NEAR FAIR PARK TO SUPPORT LIGHT RAIL POST-EVENT BUSES WILL TRANSPORT CUSTOMERS TO PEARL STATION FROM FAIR PARK STATION TO PEARL STATION.
ACCURATE AND VICTORY STATIONS, OUR PARA TRANSIT AND GOLD LEAGUE TEAMS ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT RIDERS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.
THIS INCLUDES HAVING EXTRA CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THE TREO MATCH DAYS, AS WELL AS ADDING VEHICLES AND CAPACITY TO HELP SUPPORT CUSTOMERS TRAVELING WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION AND NCT COG ON TO, TO IDENTIFY THESE KEY LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP.
AMBASSADORS ARE PLANNED TO BE STATIONED AT KEY LOCATIONS SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER GAMES, AS WELL AS FANS FESTIVAL HOURS.
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DART AMBASSADORS WILL BE DEPLOYED ACROSS THE SERVICE AREA TO ASSIST WITH WAY FINDING AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT.IN ADDITIONAL TO THE INTERNAL STAFF, DART WILL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF FIFA VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE DEPLOYED TO ASSIST ACROSS THE EVENT DAYS.
THESE VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE LED BY DART TEAM.
THE DART TEAM AT EACH LOCATION.
TRAINER WOULD BE KEY IN ADVANCE OF FIFA AMBASSADOR TRAINING.
AND FIFA SPECIFIC MODULES HAVE BEEN UPLOADED TO DARTS LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THE TRAINING INCLUDE HU, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ACCESSIBILITY AMBASSADOR TRAINING AND CULTURAL AWARENESS, THE OPERATIONS TEAM, EEO, OFFICE AND COMMUNICATIONS OR COLLABORATING TO PROMOTE THE NEED TO COMPLETE TRAINING IN ADVANCE OF FIFA.
AND I WILL SAY I BELIEVE WE ARE PROBABLY 40%, 40% TRAINED.
THESE TRAININGS ENSURE ALL OF DART STAFF AND CONTRACTORS ARE PREPARED TO SUPPORT CUSTOMERS REPRESENT DART EFFECTIVELY AND MAINTAIN SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TRAINING, OUR TEAMS ARE ENGAGED IN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SCENARIO BASED EXERCISES.
TO ENSURE OPERATIONAL READINESS, JAMIE WILL COME TO DISCUSS RECRUITMENT, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS.
ALRIGHT, SO LIKE SAID, THIS IS A HUGE TEAM EFFORT.
UM, THE DART COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF WORK TO LAUNCH A RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN FOR STAFF AMBASSADORS.
UM, SHIFT SIGNUPS IS HANDLED VIA BLOOMBERG, UM, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON DART'S INFESTATION PLATFORM.
INTERNALLY, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM IS RE ENCOURAGING OUR ENTIRE WORKFORCE TO BECOME AMBASSADORS.
STAFF ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN UP FOR TWO SHIFTS PER WEEK AS THEIR SCHEDULE ALLOWS.
SIMILAR TO HOW WE EXECUTE DURING THE TEXAS OU, UH, GAME DAY, UM, OVER 170.
UH, UH, WE NEED OVER A HUNDRED TWENTY TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE AMBASSADORS EACH MATCH DAY AND OVER 170 ON MATCH DAY.
SO TO SUPPORT OUR RIDER EXPERIENCE, UM, DART AMBASSADORS WILL WEAR A DART SOCCER JERSEY WHILE OUT IN THE FIELD, ALONG WITH OTHER DART BRANDED GEAR, SUCH AS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, HATS, COOLING TOWELS, UM, TO HELP THEM KEEP THEIR COMFORTABLE DURING THE HEAT.
THE MARKETING TEAM WILL LAUNCH THE FIFA CAMPAIGN CREATED ON, UM, CREATIVE ON JUNE 1ST, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE A-FRAMES IN THE KIOSK, THE WORN, UM, PASSENGERS OF LARGE CROWDS.
THOSE LAUNCHED ON MONDAY, MAY 18TH.
SO HERE ARE SNAPSHOTS OF FEW OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE PREPARED, WHICH INCLUDE BILLBOARDS, BUS AND RAIL INTERIORS, SIGNAGE ON OUR T VMS AND MORE.
THE GOAL WAS TO HELP US ESTABLISH FOR OUR REGULAR RIDERS AND ALSO ENCOURAGE VISITORS TO UTILIZE DAR TO GET AROUND TOWN WAYFINDING SIGNAGE WILL BE SHOWN LATER.
UM, OUR MARKETING TEAM IN CO IN COLLABORATION WITH FINANCE CREATED GO PAST TAP CARDS DEPICTING EACH OF THE NINE COUNTRIES THAT WE KNOW WILL PLAY MATCHES IN NORTH TEXAS.
WE ALSO CREATED ONE GENERAL CARD THAT DEPICTS DALLAS PLUS DART SERVICES.
IN ADDITION TO THE CARDS CREATED HERE.
UH, WE ALSO DEPICT THE HOST COUNTRIES OF USA MEXICO AND CANADA, UH, ON MERCHANDISE SUCH AS POSTCARDS, POSTERS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE DART STORE.
OUR WEBSITE IS CRITICAL TO HELP US SHARE INFORMATION.
UM, THE WEBSITE HAS FEATURES THAT ALLOW FOR TRANSLATION TO THE LANGUAGES OF CHOICE.
THE GOAL FOR THE PAGES ARE TO ENSURE, UM, AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DOWNLOAD THE GO PASS APP.
UM, LINK TO TRIP PLANNING, PROVIDE DETAILS ABOUT OUR SERVICE, AND ENCOURAGE THE PURCHASE OF OUR CUSTOM TAP CARDS.
DART'S, FIFA DART FIFA HOST COMMITTEE AND COG HAVE COLLABORATED ON CREATING WAYFINDING SIGNAGE PICTURED ABOVE OUR EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THOSE SIGNS THAT ARE BEING PRODUCED.
THESE INCLUDE LOAD SIGNS, TREED SIGNS.
THESE ARE THE THREE SIDED SIGNS WITH WAYFINDING DETAILS.
OUR MARKETING TEAM IS WORKING WITH FIFA TO CUSTOMIZE OUR MAPS WITH FIFA ELEMENTS TO HELP CREATE A COHESIVE EXPERIENCE FOR WAYFINDING.
FOR THE FIFA ATTENDEES, SPECIAL FOCUS WILL BE ON THE LAST MILE STATION, SUCH AS VICTORY CENTERPORT, MLK, AND FAIR PARK.
HOWEVER, THE SIGNAGE WILL ALSO BE AT SPECIFIC STATIONS OUTLINED, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES WHERE WE'LL HAVE AMBASSADORS, AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, DARTS GO PAST A CENTRAL COMPONENT TO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN BY THE SPORTS COMMISSION.
THE TEAM IS DEPLOYING WHAT WE CALL THE UNIFIED APP THAT WILL NOTE A REGIONAL FAIR OF $9 RIDER WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE DART AND TRE TRINITY METRO AND DCTA ALL UNDER ONE FAIR IN THE SAME APP WITHOUT SWITCHING REGIONS.
IN ORDER TO AVOID FRAUDULENT USE OF THE APP, UM, AN ANIMATED TICKET IS REQUIRED TO VALIDATE FARES.
THE TEAM CREATED THE CONCEPT THAT YOU SEE HERE ABOVE FOR MATCH DAYS, WHERE THE SOCCER BALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SCREEN, UM, AND IS FINALIZING A CONCEPT FOR NON MATCH DAYS.
UM, THAT WILL ALSO FEATURE IN ANIMATION.
THE APP IS AVAILABLE IN ALL OUR BASE CAMP AND MATCH TEAM LANGUAGES, UM, BASED ON THE SETTINGS OF THE INDIVIDUAL USERS WHO
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DOWNLOAD THE APP.UM, CONTENT ON THE APP WILL INCLUDE HOW TO VIDEOS AND A CHAT BAR, OUR SOCIAL TEAM AND GO PASS.
TEAMS HAVE LONGSTANDING COLLABORATION EFFORTS AND THIS TEAM WILL SUPPORT THE CREATION OF HOW TO VIDEOS, UM, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
SO FOR SOCIAL, WE WANNA FOCUS, UM, OUR CONTENT ON HOW TO VIDEOS, SERVICE INFORMATION, DURABLE FIFA EVENTS, UM, INFLUENCER AND MATCH DAY CONTENT.
UM, AND THEN COLLABORATIVE CONTENT WITH TRINITY METRO.
THE GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE CONTENT THAT IS ENGAGING AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
WE WANNA DRIVE EXCITEMENT, UM, AND BE INFORMATIVE FOR VISITORS WHILE ENSURING THAT OUR REGULAR WRITERS HAVE THE CONFIDENCE AND INFORMATION THEY NEED AS WELL.
OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND, UM, INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WILL HELP WITH THE INCREASE OF VISITORS IN THE REGION.
UM, AND THEY WILL INCLUDE OUR OPERATION COMMUNICATIONS LIAISONS THAT ARE HOUSED AT THE CDCC, UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PREPARED WITH THE TOOLS, UH, TO REACH ALL OF OUR WRITERS.
THIS INCLUDES INCREASING OUR GOVERNMENT DELIVERY SUBSCRIPTION.
THOSE ARE THE TEXTS AND EMAIL ALERTS THAT WE SEND OUT.
AND THE TEAM HAS BROKERED CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITIES AND REGIONAL PARTNERS, SUCH AS THE HOTEL ASSOCIATIONS IN DOWNTOWN, UH, DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC.
TO EDUCATE VISITORS ON OUR ENHANCED SERVICES.
AS WELL AS WAY, FINDING OUR PR TEAM WILL BE INTEGRAL TO THE PART OF THE OPERATIONAL RESPONSE, UH, WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE CDCC THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE EVENT.
THE TEAM WILL BE DOING PROACTIVE OUTREACH, UM, TO OUR LOCAL MEDIA PARTNERS AND GIVING THEM INSIGHTS INTO DART'S PLANS FOR SERVICE AND OUR INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UM, WHO'S WILL FOCUS ON ENCOURAGING AMBASSADOR SIGNUPS AND ENSURE THAT STAFF ARE PROPERLY TRAINED.
THE TEAM WILL HELP CELEBRATE WINS AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OVERFIELD OPERATIONS FOR DA DART PD.
UM, SO OUR SECURITY PLAN, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
UM, IT'S, WE'VE BEEN ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH OUR FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE, UH, AWARE OF OUR AREAS RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR DART EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS.
DART POLICE FOCUS WILL BE AT OR NEAR, UH, OUR, ALL OF OUR DART STATIONS.
LET'S BEGIN WITH THE, UM, THE FAN FESTIVAL, FAIR PARK STATION, AND MLK STATION.
WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR DALLAS, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTNERS AND THE, UH, ALL THE, UH, THE COORDINATORS FOR THE, FOR THE FAN FEST.
UH, WE HAVE A VERY, UH, ROBUST PLAN, UH, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL OUR PATRONS GOING IN AND OUT OF THE, UM, OF THE FAM FEST, UH, TEAM PRACTICE LOCATIONS.
THE PRIMARY PRACTICE LOCATION IS THE, IS SMU.
IF THERE'S, RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING THE SCHEDULES FOR THOSE TEAMS COMING IN, UM, TO, UH, TO LET US KNOW WHEN THEY WANT TO PRACTICE.
UH, COTTON BOWL IS THE, THE SECONDARY SITE I'VE LISTED THERE ON THIS SLIDE ABOUT THE, OUR DART MOTORCYCLE UNIT, THE ESCORTING OFFICIALS.
UH, WE ARE, UH, IN THE PLANS FOR THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW.
AND TALKING ABOUT OFFICIALS, UH, THOSE ARE, UM, UH, THE GAME OFFICIALS THAT ARE BE STAYING, UH, IN IRVING AND MOVING BACK AND FORTH FROM IRVING, UH, TO, UM, TO THE IBC WHERE THEY'LL BE, UH, MAKING DECISIONS THERE FROM ALL THE GAMES BEING PLAYED.
OUR MAIN STATION, OF COURSE, IS WAS MENTIONED VICTORY STATION.
UH, CENTER PORT IS WHERE THE FOR, FOR DART PD IS A TURNAROUND.
AND FORT WORTH TAKES OVER FROM THERE, UH, AND MOVE IT AND CONTINUE IN WEST.
UM, THE TRE TRAINS, UH, TRE CORRIDOR, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STATIONS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, UH, MEDICAL MARKET, UH, WEST IRVING, UH, IRVING HERITAGE, UH, THOSE STATIONS WILL, UH, WE EXPECT TO BE IMPACTED.
TEAM HOTELS, PRIMARY DOWNTOWN STATIONS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING.
THIS THE ENTIRE CBD TRANSIT WAY AND, UH, THE WEST END, UH, STATION BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE HOTELS, THE ADOLFO HOTEL BEING ONE, THE WEST HO, UH, WESTIN HOTEL IS THE OTHER.
THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN LOCATIONS WHERE THE TEAMS WILL BE STAYING.
SO WE KNOW WITH GONNA BE IMPACTED.
AND WE ALSO ARE AWARE OF, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOOKINGS FOR SO FAR, FOR THE FIRST TWO GAMES COMING TO DALLAS ARE ARE, UH, IN DALLAS OR THE DALLAS, UH, DOWNTOWN, UH, THE IBC.
UH, THE IMPACT LOCATION FOR US IS UNION STATION GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM UNION STATION.
AND WE ARE EXPECTING FOLKS TO GET ON TO GO TO THE GAMES FROM UNION STATION TO, UH, TO DOWNTOWN OR TO THE, UH, THE STADIUM VISITORS, UH, DFW, ORANGE LINE, THE SILVER LINE, THE TRE.
AND, UH, WE ADDED INWOOD STATION BECAUSE THEY'D BE COMING OUT IMPACTING LOVE STATION.
MOVING FROM, FROM THE AIRPORT LOVE FIELD TO THE, TO INWOOD STATION AND GOING ON FROM THERE.
UH, UNKNOWNS, UH, WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE UNKNOWNS.
UH, WE HAVE RESPONSE TEAMS THAT WILL BE,
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UH, GOING TO ANY IMPACT LOCATIONS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF.WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE STATIONED IN THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER, THE DALLAS, UH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO WE'LL BE VERY COMMUNICATING WITH THE FOLKS THAT, UM, IN OUR FOLKS EMBEDDED WITH THE, UH, FAN FEST TO MOVE OUR RESPONSE TEAMS AS WE AS FOR THE UNKNOWNS COULD BE CLY, WARREN PARK.
WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, UH, EVENTS IN DEEP LUM, CARROLLTON, PLANO, UM, FARMERS BRANCH.
EVERYBODY'S GONNA WANT, OR EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT THE PERMITS THAT ARE WE SEEING BEING FILED RIGHT NOW FOR, TO HAVE PARTIES OR WATCH PARTIES FOR THOSE LOCATIONS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO HAVE.
SO, UH, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PLANNING, A LOT OF TABLETOPS WE'RE ATTENDING, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES.
UM, AND TO MAKE, UH, TO, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A VERY, VERY SAFE EVENT.
AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ABOUT THERE AND READY TO FOLKS TO COME TO, UH, TO OUR FINE ESTABLISHMENT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
SAVE THE BEST FOR LESS, RIGHT? LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD STORY TO TELL HERE.
UM, WE ARE HAVING 87% OF OUR COSTS EXTERNALLY FUNDED FOR THIS EFFORT.
WHEN WE CAME TO THE BOARD LAST SUMMER, UM, AND INCLUDED A BUDGET FOR FIFA WORLD CUP INTO THE FY 26 NON-OPERATING SECTION OF OUR BUDGET, WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 10.7 MILLION OF EXTERNAL FUNDING AND WE BUDGETED ABOUT ANOTHER 9.7 WITH SALES TAX DOLLARS.
SO WE HAVE EFFECTIVELY CUT THE AMOUNT OF SALES TAX, UM, BY ABOUT 66%.
UM, WE DO HAVE FOOTNOTES ON THE SECURITY LINE ITEM THERE.
WE, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT IN THE DART FUNDING COLUMN THERE, THAT SHOULD BE ZERO.
WE DO HAVE ALL OF OUR SECURITY COSTS FULLY FUNDED.
THIS WAS A LAST MINUTE, UM, NOTICE THAT CAME IN FROM FEMA.
SOME MONEY WAS RELEASED AT THE STATE LEVEL AND WE WORK, WE ARE GOING TO GET 2.5 MILLION OUR FULL ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR SECURITY SERVICES COVERED.
SO THE 2.6 MILLION THERE IN THE DART FUNDING IS ACCURATE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ALSO THAT THE EXTRA TIER E SERVICE AND VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE THERE OF ABOUT 300,000, UM, WE WILL SPEND THAT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET REIMBURSED FROM TRINITY METRO FOR HALF OF THAT COST AS WELL.
UM, I JUST, I LEAVE IT HERE BECAUSE IT ISN'T AN OUTFLOW THAT WE WILL PAY, BUT WE WILL SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM TRINITY METRO FOR ONE, UH, 150,000 OF THAT.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, USE OF LOCAL DOLLARS IN COMPARISON TO THE EXTERNAL FUNDING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE, AGAIN, A LITTLE OVER 87%, UM, AS BEING COVERED BY EXTERNAL COSTS.
AND WE CUT THE USE OF SALES TAX DOLLARS BY A LITTLE OVER 66%.
AND WITH THAT WE ARE WRAPPED UP AND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, DIRECTOR, HOW DO YOU WANNA DO, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.
DIRECTOR MCGREGOR, YOU CAN GO FIRST, SIR.
BUT I'M ASKING HOW, HOW DO YOU WANNA DO IT? SINCE THE PROBABLY GONNA MEET A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
SHOULD WE, UH, MAYBE GO BY SECTION OF THEM? OOH.
UM, I HAVE LIKE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
I HONESTLY WAS JUST GONNA GIVE A, WHOEVER WANTED A THREE MINUTE ROUND AND THEN OKAY.
KIND OF, I, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT DO THE PRESENTERS WANT? WHAT DO YOU GUYS FEEL? WOULD YOU RATHER BUY SECTION OR JUST BUCKSHOT BUCK? I THINK WE'RE READY.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN QUESTIONED, UH, ON THESE THINGS A LOT BEFORE, SO.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE A LITTLE FLEXIBLE WITH TIME IF I GO A LITTLE OVER.
UM, UH, SO TR I'D LIKE TO START WITH A, A PART ABOUT SERVICE.
UM, I KNOW AT ONE POINT YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, OUR SERVICE HOURS DURING THE DAYS OF THE GAME, UH, AT FAIR PARK WILL BE ONE HOUR BEFORE THE START.
AND I DIDN'T CATCH WHAT THE SERVICE WINDOW WAS GONNA BE THE DAYS OF THE GAME AT FOR THE STADIUM.
BUT, UM, MY QUESTION IS THIS, I I, WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE, I WOULD THINK THAT THERE'LL BE A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA, UM, STAY AROUND LONGER THAN AN HOUR.
AND I DON'T KNOW THIS, SO THE QUESTION IS NOT CAN YOU EXPAND IT OR DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THEY'RE GONNA STAY AROUND, BUT RATHER HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY WILL WE HAVE ONCE THINGS ARE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, STAY OPEN AN EXTRA HOUR TO, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE LEARNING THAT PEOPLE ARE STAYING AT FAIR PARK LONG AFTER THE, THE SCREENING OR THE, THE GAME IS SHOWN.
THE GAMES AT FAIR PARK ARE ALL THE GAMES.
IT'S NOT JUST A GAME IN THIS AREA.
SO WE PLAN FAIR PARK PLANS TO CLOSE, UM, AN HOUR AFTER THE LAST GAME, UM, COMPLETES FINISHES.
I THINK THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF DAYS WHERE THERE'S A GAME MAY THAT MAY START LIKE AT 11 OR SOMETHING.
UM, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO GET EVERYONE OFF THE PLATFORMS IN 90 MINUTES.
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THE PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY.THAT'S WHAT ANOTHER REASON WHY WE EXTENDED THE OTHER LINES.
THE, THE BLUE, UM, RED AND ORANGE TO 20 MINUTE SERVICE.
SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS TO GET EVERYONE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
AND NOT TO GET BOGGED DOWN IN NUMBERS, BUT YOU SAID THE THE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE ON IN 90 MINUTES, BUT WE'RE ONLY SERVICE ONLY GOES 60 MINUTES AFTER THE GAME ENDS, SO I'M ASSUMING NO, NO, THE, THE SERVICE DOESN'T END.
THE SERVICE DOESN'T END WHEN WE GET EVERYBODY HOME.
UM, THE FAIR PARK WILL CLOSE AN HOUR, 60 MINUTES RIGHT AFTER THE LAST GAME.
AND SERVICE, OUR SERVICE DON'T END TILL LIKE TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
UM, AND ONE, UH, A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
TRI, UM, WHAT'S THE WALKING DISTANCE AT FAIR PARK FROM WHERE PEOPLE ARE DROPPED OFF TO THE SCREEN? WHEW, IT'S LONG.
IS IT, DO YOU HAVE IT'S WELL, A MILE, BUT THEY DO HAVE TRAMS. OH, OKAY.
THEY WILL BE TRANSPORTING PEOPLE TO THE OTHER, UM, TO WHERE THE, UM, PAVILION IS.
HOWEVER, FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING STATION, THERE'S A, THAT'S A SHORTER DISTANCE.
CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN PART OF THAT.
SO THE, THE, THE WALKING PATH, UM, AND THEN IT'S A TRAM SERVICE THAT GOES FROM THEN WE HAVING TRAM.
SO THE TRAM WILL STOP ALSO AT MLK.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING BACK A HALF A MILE.
AND I, AND I'M SURE IT, THE 88 QUESTIONS FIGURED OUT, SO I DON'T NEED TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE, THE LAST ONE FOR YOU ATTORNEY, I I, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, I MAY HAVE GOTTEN THIS WRONG, BUT DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT THERE'LL BE 110 TOTAL DART AMBASSADORS? 110.
SO YOU'RE A LOT, LOT MORE THAN THAT.
WE NEED ON, ON MATCH DAYS, WELL OVER 200 AMBASSADORS ACROSS THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S FOR, WE START FIVE HOURS BEFORE THE GAME AND THEN IT PROBABLY END TWO HOURS AFTER THE GAME ON MATCH DAYS.
SO, AND THEN WE HAVE FAN FESTIVAL AS WELL ON MATCH DAYS.
I, I DON'T KNOW, 110 PROBABLY REFERRED TO A SUBSET OF THE TOTAL.
AND THEN, UH, YES,
UM, IT, IT'S GREAT THAT, UH, ALL THE MARKETING MATERIALS AND THE WAY FINDING MATERIALS ARE IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH MM-HMM
UM, WHAT DO WE DO THE OTHER LANGUAGES FOR? I'M THINKING AT LEAST FOR THE, UM, THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE PLAYING IN DALLAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE JAPAN AND SO FORTH, SO THEY CAN GET THAT ON THE APP.
SO IF YOU GO THE GO PASS APP OF EVERY TEAM THAT'S PLAYING HERE, FOR SURE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD, UH, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE GO PASS ON THAT LANGUAGE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW FROM MOST OF THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE COMING, UM, ENGLISH IS A CLOSE, YOU KNOW, SECOND ISH LANGUAGE.
UM, SO, SO WE HAVE THAT ON THERE, BUT ON THE WAY FINDING, WE CAN ONLY DO IT UP TO THOSE TWO LANGUAGES ON THE SIGN.
BUT EVERYTHING ON GO PASS, THEY CAN DOWNLOAD IN, IN THEIR PARTICULAR LANGUAGE.
I, I UNDERSTAND GO PASS IS, BUT I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
THEY CAN DOWNLOAD ON THEIR LANGUAGE.
UM, THAT, UM, I, I CAN TELL YOU I'VE BEEN TO JAPAN AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH
SO WE'VE GOT LIMITED REALTY LIKE REAL ESTATE THAT WE COULD PUT ON ON ALL OF THOSE SIGNS.
UM, SO WE CHOSE TO KEEP IT TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO.
UM, THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
AGAIN, WITH THE AMBASSADORS THERE, WE ARE HELP, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE IPADS THAT CAN HELP TRANSLATE, UM, IF NEEDED.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW FIFA WILL HAVE THEIR OWN, UM, VOLUNTEERS, UH, TO HELP THEM IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS AS WELL.
AND IT DOESN'T SET, AND NOT, NOT GETTING IN AN ARGUMENT, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO LEARN HERE, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE FIFA GAVE US GUIDELINES ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE LANGUAGES ON, ON PRINTED MATERIALS.
'CAUSE I, I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY WOULD'VE SENT SAID TO OR FINE.
AND THEN, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, HOW MANY GIVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY OFFICERS, OFFICERS WILL BE DEDICATED TO THIS? I IMAGINE ALL OF THEM, BUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME STATIONS THAT ARE NOT GONNA HAVE WELL, UH, I CAN, HANG ON.
SO, SO THAT PART AND SECOND, ARE WE ADDING STAFF SECURITY OFFICERS FOR, FOR THIS PURPOSE? SO WE ARE, UH, U UTILIZING EVERY RESOURCE WE HAVE INTERNALLY.
SO WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR REGULAR SERVICE ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO ON MATCH A DAYS, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE STATIONS THAT ARE, WE BELIEVE GONNA BE IMPACT LOCATIONS FOR US.
WE HAVE 'EM, STAFF LIKE FAIR PARK AND MLK WILL STILL NEED, EVEN IF IT'S A MATCH A DAY, WE KNOW THAT FAIR PARK AND MLK NEED TO BE, 'CAUSE PEOPLE WILL STILL BE GOING TO THE FAN FESTIVAL ON THE OTHER STATIONS.
UH, THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE TRE VICTORY AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, WE HAVE THOSE STATIONS STAFFED AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE A RESPONSE TEAM TO GO TO ANY OF THE POPUP AREAS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, COVER JUST IN CASE.
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MEAN, WE'RE LEVERAGING, I MEAN, ANYWHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT FIVE, I MEAN WE'RE, IT'S, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AT LEAST OVER 50, MAYBE MORE, UH, OFFICERS AVAILABLE FOR, UM, FOR THOSE FOR ALL THE LOCATIONS AND PLUS ON DUTY STAFF IF WE NEED TO CALL THEM IN.SO, AND I THINK CHIEF GER, I MAY NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS ONE.
I DON'T MEAN TO SECOND GUESS HOW THE PLANS THAT YOU MADE, BUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH SUCH A BIG EVENT AND THAT MANY MORE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING IN WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF, UH, POLICE OFFICERS THEY HAVE NOW? WELL, WELL WE, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
WE'VE WORKED AT AN ILA WITH A COUPLE OF LOCAL AGENCIES TO HELP US WITH THAT.
AND I WOULD JUST RATHER NOT GO INTO SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR OPERATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE AT EACH STATION.
BUT CHIEF GARZA HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PLAN FOR TWO YEARS, AND I'M CONFIDENT IN THE PLAN THAT HE'S PUT TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ADEQUATE COVERAGE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AND ADDING, UH, GIVING US ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
AND COULD WE GET THOSE NUMBERS ON A RED ENVELOPE, UH, ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS FOR THE BOARD? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU CHIEF AND I, I, I I TRUST COMPLETELY.
YOU GUYS HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL.
I JUST, I HAVE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS.
WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT WITH OUR, I MEAN, WE'RE UTILIZING OUR OVERTIME.
UH, ALL THE OFFICERS THAT ARE NOT WORKING A REGULAR DUTY HOURS, THEY'LL, WE ARE UTILIZING ALL THOSE OFFICERS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING THE 2.5 MILLION FOR.
SO WE'RE, EVERYTHING WE GOT IN THE KITCHEN SINK, WE'RE THROWING IT AT IT.
UM, AND I, I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS ON THE BUDGET.
WE GOT DIRECTOR SEGAL, THEN DIRECTOR ENOCH, AND THEN MICHELLE DIRECTOR.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN VOICED AROUND THE COUNTRY REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE FACT THAT THIS KIND OF EVENT IN THIS, THIS EVENT IN PARTICULAR, UH, CREATES A LARGE VULNERABILITY FOR SOME PEOPLE.
AND I I, DURING YOUR BRIEFING YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE, YOU HAD HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS PART OF THAT.
COULD YOU EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT OF ON WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING THERE? WELL, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, WELL ALL, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, UH, AND, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK, ALL THE OFFICERS, EVERYBODY THAT'S TIED TO THIS, UH, EVENT ARE OR HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING, TRAFFICKING TRAINING.
UM, THEY ARE, UH, EVERYTHING'S BEING, UM, ALL, WHEN THE OFFICERS TAKE IT, EVERY, UH, WE'RE BEING LOGGED.
I THINK WE'RE, UH, AS FAR AS OUR, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS TRACKING, WE'RE ABOUT 90% THERE.
UH, 90% OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO, UH, NOTICE AND FOCUS ON ANY OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
SO THEY, BOTH OF THOSE ARE VERY BIG ITEMS FOR US TO, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN AT, WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, UH, TO, TO RECOGNIZE AND, AND SAY AND DO SOMETHING SHOULD, SHOULD A TRAFFICKING VICTIM BE IDENTIFIED AND GOING FROM AND THEN UTILIZING THE RESOURCES THAT FIFA HAS PROVIDED.
SO IT'S A BIG PART OF FIFA'S PLAN.
SO ARE SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING APP THIS, WILL IT HAVE, OR DOES IT HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE FOR, FOR WRITERS WHO MIGHT HAVE PURCHASED SOMETHING, AN APP TO RUN FOR THEM? WILL THERE BE ANY, ANYTHING ON THAT APP THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE PEOPLE? SO, UM, YES, IF THEY HAVE GO PAST DOWNLOADED THE SEE SOMETHING, UM, ALERT, UH, DART PD FEATURE IS AVAILABLE AND YOU CAN REPORT THROUGH THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY OR SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
ALRIGHT, DIRECTOR ENOCH, SINCE THE ORANGE LINE I HEARD YOU SAY THE ORANGE LINE IS EXTENDED TO PARKER ROAD, DOES THAT MEAN THEN THAT I CAN GET ON AT PARKER ROAD AND GO ALL THE WAY TO CENTER OR ALL THE WAY TO IRVING THEN ON THAT LINE WITHOUT GETTING OUT DOWNTOWN? OKAY.
SO IN PLANO THERE'LL BE AN ORANGE TRAIN THAT GOES BY AND A RED TRAIN THAT GOES BY.
WELL, THE OTHER, ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE TO SAY IS I KNOW THAT THE BOARD, WE SIT UP HERE AND WE ARE TOLD THINGS ARE BEING DONE AND THEN WE HAVE VERY GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING THOSE THINGS.
THIS PLAN SEEMS TO BE EXCELLENT.
I MEAN, IT, IT SHOWS A LOT OF HARD WORK AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I AS A BOARD MEMBER APPRECIATE IT.
YOU'VE TAKEN IT VERY SERIOUSLY DURING ALL THE ELECTION STUFF AND ALL THAT.
Y'ALL HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB ON THIS NOW IMPLEMENTATION, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL SEE, BUT YOU SURE HAVE THE PLAN OUT THERE AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND TELL YOU HOW WONDERFUL I THINK Y'ALL HAVE DONE SO FAR.
UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS ON THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE THE WORLD'S FIFA REPORTERS IN A BUILDING THAT'S BEING
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DEMOLISHED AT THE SAME TIME.IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT PART OF THE, WHAT PART OF THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL THEY BE? THE REPORTERS BE IN THE ONE CLOSER TO UNION STATION, THE ONE CLOSER TO CITY HALL.
AND SO THE ONLY WAY THAT THE REPORTERS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER CAN GET ONTO OUR SYSTEM, THE, IS THE CLOSEST ONE IS UNION STATION.
SO WE ALSO HAVE A GOLINK SERVICE OKAY.
SO THEY CAN USE THE SYS USE THAT SYSTEM TOO TO TAKE THEM TO THE TRAIN.
SO IS THAT THE ON DEMAND SHUTTLE BRIDGE THAT YOU HAVE NOTATED DOWN IN THE SLIDE? YES.
AND SO, UM, THEY'LL HAVE THAT, WILL WE BE, THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPTION OF USING THE, THE GO LINK AND TO GET TO OUR UNION STATION.
SO WILL THERE BE SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THERE FOR THE REPORTERS? UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY CREATING A VIDEO THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN THE CENTER, UM, THAT TELLS THEM HOW TO USE OUR SYSTEM AND, AND HOW TO GET ON BOARD.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA DO AN ADDITIONAL HOW TO VIDEO THAT WILL BE USED THERE.
WE'RE GONNA RELEASE IT ON OUR PAGES AND, AND GET IT OUT.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THAT.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ALSO GIVE THEM, UH, SOME INFORMATION ON THE MCKINNEY AVENUE TROLLEY AS PART OF OUR, UM, TRANSIT AVAILABILITY.
'CAUSE THAT IS A REALLY COOL, UM, SYSTEM FOR THEM TO SEE.
UM, SECOND, I DO SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE CAPABILITY.
UM, SO I JUST FOUND OUT THAT FIFA ONLY DOES THEIR STUFF IN ENGLISH TOO.
UM, THEY DON'T, THAT'S THE ONLY LANGUAGE THAT THEY PUSH OUT THEIR INFORMATION ON.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING ONE STEP BEYOND THAT BY PUSHING IT OUT IN SPANISH ON ALL OF OUR SIGNAGE.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL PUSH PEOPLE TOWARDS OUR WEBSITE AND GO PASS TO TRY TO GET THEIR INFORMATION IN, IN WHATEVER LANGUAGE THEY WOULD LIKE.
SO FOR OUR UH, FANS FROM JAPAN, IF THEY DOWNLOAD THE UM, GO PASS APP, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY COME POPULATE IN JAPANESE IF THEIR PHONE IS SET TO THAT LANGUAGE? CORRECT.
AND THEN, UM, ON THE AMBASSADORS, UM, WHO, I DON'T KNOW WHO ANY OF US, OKAY.
SO IF A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO BE AN AMBASSADOR, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU'LL GET A JERSEY AS WELL.
WELL HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME BOARD MEMBERS AND, UH, TRANSIT AMBASSADORS FOR FIFA EXTRA LARGE PLEASE.
UH, SLIDE 11 ON THE, UM, SO THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION HAS BUSES THAT ARE GONNA LEAVE FROM VICTORY AND GO TO THE DALLAS STATE AND THE INTENT IS TO SUPPLEMENT THE SERVICE ON THE TRE.
SO HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET FROM VICTORY STATION TO DALLAS STADIUM ON THE TRE? IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, I WANNA SAY IT WAS RIGHT AT AN HOUR AND 40 MINUTES, UM, GOING FROM VICTORY TO CENTER PORT AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO THE BUS FROM CENTER PORT PORT TO THE STADIUM TO LOT H AND THEN THERE'S I THINK A 10 MINUTE WALK FROM LOT H TO THE STADIUM.
THEN IF I WERE TO TAKE THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION BUS FROM VICTORY STATION, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR ME TO GET TO DALLAS STADIUM USING THAT SERVICE? CLOSER TO 40.
SO IT'S AN HOUR LONGER TO TAKE THE TRAIN? YES.
UH, I THINK WE HAD, UM, MAUREEN AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, DIRECTOR LOPEZ.
MAUREEN, ARE YOU STILL GONE? YEAH.
I HAVE A GO PASS ASK QUESTION AND THEN A, A DATA QUESTION.
AND I KNOW THE TEAM IS ALREADY WORKING ON THIS, BUT, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT GO PASS MAKES IT REALLY EASY TO FIND THE AIRPORT AS A DESTINATION OR AS AN ORIGIN.
UM, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, KEY POINTS OF INTEREST THAT PEOPLE MIGHT TYPE INTO THE GO PASS BUT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW TO, UM, HOW TO FRAME IT UP.
JUST WANTED TO, UH, SEE HOW THAT'S GOING AND IF YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO GO PAST THAT'LL HELP PEOPLE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS AND DESTINATION.
SO WE HAVE ACTIVELY BEEN WORKING ON THE DFW ISSUE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU JUST TYPE IN DFW AIRPORT RIGHT NOW, IT SAYS NO TRIPS AVAILABLE.
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UM, AND OTHER UNDERLYING, UH, FEEDS FOR GTFS AND LOCATIONS TAKE YOU TO A SPOT AT DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE THERE IS NO, UH, TRANSIT ACCESS, RIGHT? WHICH IS WHY WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO INPUT, UM, A TRIP TO THE AIRPORT, YOU LEAD WITH TERMINAL A OR TERMINAL B.SO WE ARE ACTIVELY, UM, WORKING ON FINDING A WORK GROUND AND A POTENTIAL SOLUTION FOR THAT.
AND EVEN TRYING TO AMEND THE WAY THINGS POPULATE IN THE SEARCH, UM, TO IMMEDIATELY POP UP WITH, IF YOU TYPE IN DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT POPUP WITH TERMINAL LAYER POPUP WITH TERMINAL B, MOVE THOSE TO THE TOP OF THE LIST SO PEOPLE CAN SELECT THOSE EASIER.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT CAN ALSO POTENTIALLY BE TRICKY 'CAUSE SOMEONE MAY BE FLYING OUTTA TERMINAL C, RIGHT.
OR D SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT WE ARE, UH, WORKING THROUGH THAT.
AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT'S THE UNDERLYING DATA GOOGLE SEARCH FUNCTION THAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM.
IS THERE A WAY TO SOMEHOW FLAG THAT WITHIN THE GO PASS APP ITSELF AS SOME KIND OF HEADLINE OF IF, IF THIS IS YOUR ORIGIN OR DESTINATION, TYPE IT IN THIS WAY? YEAH, WE CAN DO A POPUP BANNER.
WE'RE WORKING ON A CREATIVE SOLUTION AND I'M GONNA WORK WITH, UH, JAMIE AND HER TEAM ON WAYS TO PUSH OUT, EVEN ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BOOK YOUR TRIP TO DFW AIRPORT SEARCH MA OR TERMINAL B, TERMINAL A FOR ORANGE LINE TERMINAL B FOR SILVER LINE.
UM, JUST TO HELP PEOPLE AND GUIDE THEM TO USE THE APPROPRIATE PROMPT GOING INTO PLANNING THEIR TRIP.
WE'LL GET THE SOCIAL TEAM TO DO HOW TO VIDEOS ON THAT, UM, IN CASE WE CAN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING QUICKER THAN THAT.
AND HAVE WE IDENTIFIED, LIKE DOES FAIR PARK PRESENT THE SAME ISSUE IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO GO TO FAIR PARK? NOT THAT AND TEST IT, NO WORRIES.
BUT YEAH, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY TEST IT AND WE, WE HAVE DONE SOME LIVE JOURNEY, UM, UPDATES TO THE APP.
I THINK THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR, UM, USERS DURING THIS TIME.
'CAUSE IT WILL ACTUALLY TRACK YOU KIND OF LIKE STEP BY STEP AS YOU WORK THROUGH YOUR JOURNEY.
SO I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR USERS AS WELL.
BUT WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK LIKE FAIR PARK VICTORY.
I KNOW LIKE OUR LIGHT RAIL STATIONS AND TRAIN STATIONS IMMEDIATELY POP UP.
YOU JUST TYPE IN VICTORY STATION OR WEST IRV STATION, WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK FAIR PARK AS WELL.
AND THEN I, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK TO PREPARE FOR THIS.
HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO STEP BACK AT ALL AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FROM A DATA COLLECTION STANDPOINT, INCLUDING RIDER EXPERIENCE, THAT WE CAN USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE USE AND NAVIGATE OUR SYSTEM, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING IN THE FUTURE? WE'VE BEEN SO ENTRENCHED INTO PLANNING.
THAT'S A GREAT, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO, TO LOOK AT.
UM, WE ARE, I WILL SAY WE, WE LOOK AT THINGS WEEKLY.
WE HAVE A WEEKLY MEETING, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL COME UP IN THIS WEEK'S MEETING.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE WE TALK SO MUCH AS A BOARD ABOUT, UM, PERCEPTION IS REALITY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY SINCE I THINK YOU SAID WE'RE ABOUT 40% TRAINED FOR AMBASSADORS, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A ONE QUESTION RIGHT.
THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE TRAINED TO ASK.
I THINK ANY, ANY KIND OF, UH, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND OTHER DATA COLLECTION THAT WE COULD, WE COULD DO, I THINK IS ONLY GONNA BE A BENEFIT TO THE SYSTEM.
AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT TO YOUR PLATE, BUT JUST IF YOU CAN IN THESE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THINK OF ANY OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT COULD BE, COULD BE REALIZED.
I THINK IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BENEFIT THE SYSTEM.
WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN PUT INTO THE BLOOMERANG APP THAT OUR AMBASSADORS CAN USE, UM, AND SEE HOW THEY COULD MAYBE COLLECT SOME DATA THERE.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO LOOK INTO ANY KIND OF QUICK SURVEYS, UM, THAT WE COULD DO ONLINE OR THROUGH SOCIAL, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF, OF FIFA.
UH, MAUREEN, YOU TOOK MY QUESTION.
I THINK THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT, UH, POINT.
UH, BUT I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE PRICING MODEL, UH, RELATED TO THE DYNAMIC, UH, CHARTER SERVICE FROM DOWNTOWN TO DALLAS STADIUM.
UM, HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE PRICING OF $9? AND I KNOW THERE, THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESS IN NEW YORK ABOUT $150, WHICH I THINK IS EXORBITANT, BUT WE'RE ALSO FACING A DEFICIT OF $2.6 MILLION RELATED TO, SO WE DO HAVE SOME PRICING POWER GIVEN HOW EXPENSIVE THE PARKING
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IS IN AND AROUND THE DALLAS STADIUM.$9, I NOT TO SECOND GUESS, BUT $9 SEEMS PRETTY LIKE THE GREATEST DEAL IN DALLAS.
SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SEE WHAT DETERMINED THAT PRICING CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE $9 IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS IN OUR APPROVED FARE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS THE DAY PASS, THE $9 REGIONAL DAY PASS.
UM, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FDA ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CHARGE LIKE A HIGHER SPECIAL FARE AND WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TOLD, NO, YOU CAN'T DO IT.
SO I'VE ALSO BEEN INQUIRING WITH SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOW CHARGING $150.
UM, I THINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS, IS OFFERING KIND OF LIKE A PREMIUM SERVICE WHERE IT'S MORE OF AN EXPRESS TRIP.
IT'S STILL OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT IT'S, AND IT'S AN, IT IS AN EXPRESS TRIP TO THE STADIUM, WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, LIMITING STOPS, WHICH THEN THEY CAN CHARGE A HIGHER FARE FOR BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME KIND OF, UM, SPECIAL OR PREMIUM FAIR BUILT INTO THEIR FAIR STRUCTURE OR THEY SPECIFICALLY AMENDED THEIR FAIR STRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE A HIGHER AMOUNT.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
I JUST, JUST ONE QUESTION LEFT FROM YOU ABOUT THE BUDGET, AND IF IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS THIS HERE, THEN I WOULD JUST ASK FOR A RED ENVELOPE ENVELOPE LATER.
BUT I'M CURIOUS WHETHER, UH, WE'VE DONE ANY PROJECTIONS ON, ON, ON REVENUE AND ON THE 2.6 MILLION THAT IS COMING OUTTA DART, WHETHER WE EXPECT TO NET THAT WITH, UH, REVENUE.
WE DO EXPECT TO SEE OBVIOUSLY SOME INCREASE IN, UH, FAIR REVENUE.
I DO WANT TO, UH, TOUCH, SORRY, ONE MORE POINT, UH, TO MR. LOPEZ.
THE DYNAMIC, UH, CHARTER BUSES THAT ARE COMING OUTTA DOWNTOWN DART IS NOT PAYING FOR THAT.
UH, THAT IS A COG, THAT'S COGS PLAN, RIGHT? THE COGS PLAN TO PUSH PEOPLE TO TRE TO A CHARTER, TO A SHUTTLE TO THE STADIUM, OR THIS BUS DIRECTLY TO THE STADIUM.
THAT'S COGS TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO WE ARE NOT PAYING FOR ANY PORTION OF THAT.
UM, WE, UM, DO EXPECT TO SEE AN INCREASE IN FAIR REVENUE.
UM, WILL IT COMPLETELY OFFSET THE FINAL 2.7? I HOPE SO.
UM, BUT, UH, WE DID NOT, UH, TO BE A, A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR BUDGET FOR FY 26.
WE DID NOT BUDGET A SPIKE IN SALES TAX OR FAIR REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EFFORT.
SO IF WE DO, UH, RECOVER THE COST BACK THROUGH ADDITIONAL FAIR REVENUE, WE CAN REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.
UH, I SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS LOOKING ONLINE.
UH, SO THIS IS A BRIEFING ITEM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[13. Approval of the Restructure of DART Board of Directors (Gary Slagel/Gene Gamez)]
13.AND, UM, RECOGNIZING RANDALL BRYANT JOINED THE MEETING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 13, APPROVAL OF THE RESTRUCTURE OF DART BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND THIS IS BEING PRESENTED BY JEAN.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, GENE GALMAN GENERAL COUNSEL.
UH, THIS ITEM IS THE, UH, THE RESTRUCTURE OF THE DART BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE, UH, JUST GONNA DO A LITTLE RECAP ON, UH, ON MAY 12TH.
THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WAS BRIEFED ON THE BOARD RESTRUCTURE BECAUSE OF WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS RESULTS IN HIGHLAND PARK.
AT THAT TIME, UM, THE RESULTS HAVE NOT BEEN CANVASSED, SO WOULD MENTION THAT WE WOULD BE COMING BACK, UH, HERE, UH, TODAY, UH, TO, UH, COMPLETE THIS RESTRUCTURE.
SECTION 4 52 5 72 A OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE, UH, DICTATES THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS IS A CURRENT, UH, SLIDE THREE SHOWS A CURRENT, UH, CONFIGURATION THAT THE BOARD, UH, VOTED ON BACK ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025.
AS YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE LAST LINE ITEM ARE THE, UH, THE RICHARDSON, ADDIS ISLAND PARK, UNIVERSITY PARK THAT, UH, UH, WILL BE, UH, RESTRUCTURED TODAY IN THAT AREA.
YOU'VE HEARD THIS HISTORY BEFORE.
WE HAD WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS TOWN OF ADDISON HIGHLAND PARK CITY, OF UNIVERSITY PARK.
UM, THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND PARK VOTED NOT TO CONTINUE WITH DART, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY CANVASED THEIR ELECTION RESULTS ON MAY 13TH.
AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF WITHDRAWAL FROM DART IS, UH, MAY, MAY 14TH, 2026, WHENEVER THERE'S A,
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I'M TRYING TO MAKE THAT, CAN YOU ADVANCE THE NEXT SLIDE IF THE LIQUOR'S NOT WORKING HERE.UH, IN THE BOARD, TRANSPORTATION CODE 4 52 5 77, IT ALLOWS A RESTRUCTURE BECAUSE OF WITHDRAWAL OF A SERVICE AREA, CITY.
AND THAT IS WHAT, UH, WE'RE DOING TODAY.
IT, UH, INDICATES THAT THE BOARD SHOULD BE, UH, RESTRUCTURED ON THIS SLIDE.
ON SLIDE SIX, JUST, UH, SHOW A RED LINE VERSION ACROSS HIGHLAND PARK TO SHOW THE EFFECT OF, UH, IT DEPICTS A REMOVAL OF HIGHLAND PARK AS A SERVICE AREA CITY, AGAIN, EFFECTIVE OF MAY 14TH.
SLIDE SEVEN INDICATES THAT THIS IS, WILL BE THE NEW STRUCTURE, AND IT'S THE APPROVAL THAT I'M, UH, REQUESTING FROM THE BOARD TODAY TO BE COMPLIANT WITH OUR STATUTE.
AND AGAIN, AT THE BOTTOM, IT JUST DEPICTS THE REMOVAL OF, UH, HIGHLAND PARK AND SHARE WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN, THAT THIS IS JUST A RESTRUCTURE TO SHOW THE REMOVAL OF HIGHLAND PARK AND THE, UH, THE ACTION IS APPROVAL OF THE RESTRUCTURE OF THE DART BOARD OF DIRECTORS EFFECTIVE TODAY, UH, MAY 26TH.
GOT ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
AND SECOND, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A HAND VOTE.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A, AYE.
EVERYBODY ELSE IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT, THANK THAT.
WHICH ONE ARE WE ON NOW? UH, ITEM NUMBER
[14. *Briefing on the DART Board’s Duty to Elect an Unexpired Position on the Trial Panel of Arbitrators]
14, UH, BRIEFING ON DART BOARD'S DUTY TO ELECT AN UNEXPIRED POSITION ON THE TRIAL PANEL OF ARBITRATORS.GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD, UH, JESSE SELLER, DART BOARD ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, WE'RE HERE TO FULFILL THE, UH, VACANCY IN THE TRIAL BOARD PANEL.
JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL BE COVERING TODAY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIAL BOARD, UH, YOUR, THE BOARD'S DUTY TO ELECT, UH, THE NOMINATION FOR THE VACANCY, UH, SOME GENERAL INFORMATION AND, UH, THE ELECTION PROCESS AND THE SCHEDULE WE'VE DISTRIBUTED ALREADY.
UH, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ACTION YOU TOOK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR WHEN YOU APPOINTED THE, THE TRIAL PANEL, UH, FOR THE 25 28 TERM.
SO THE TRIAL BOARD HEARS GRIEVANCES AS DESCRIBED IN THE HEM, NOT GONNA SIT THERE AND READ THE, THE DEFINITION OF THE GRIEVANCE.
UH, BUT AFTER THEY'VE EXHAUSTED THE BEANS IN THE HR AN ELR SYSTEM, UH, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, APPEAL TO THE TRIAL BOARD, AND WE PUT 'EM IN FRONT OF AN, UH, AN ARBITRATOR.
THE BOARD, UH, DOES HAVE THE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE A TRIAL BOARD PANEL OF NINE MEMBERS.
WE LOST ONE, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO REPLACE THAT VACANCY RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND THE HEM PRESCRIBES THAT THE VACANCY BE FILLED WITH THE SAME PROCESS AS APPOINTING THE PANEL ITSELF.
UH, NOMINATIONS ARE MADE BY THE BOARD OR INDIVIDUAL, UH, EMPLOYEES OR EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES CAN NOMINATE ANY PERSON TO THE TRIAL BOARD AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, WHICH ARE, ARE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARBITRATORS, OR THE LABOR ARBITRATORS ON THE ROSTER OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATORS ASSOCIATION.
AND OR THE FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICES RESIDE LOCALLY OR BE WILLING TO TRAVEL WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
AND, UH, THE NOMINATIONS MUST SIGN, UH, MUST BE SIGNED BY THE NOMINEES INDICATING THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IF ELECTED.
THE ELECTION PROCESS, THERE HAS TO BE A NOMINATION PERIOD, WHICH WE, WE KICKED OFF LAST WEEK.
UH, WE SENT YOU AN EMAIL LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE NOMINATION PERIOD HAS BEGUN, HAD BEGUN, AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO COLLECT NOMINATIONS APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN, UH, WE WILL DISTRIBUTE, OR EXCUSE ME, AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR THE NOMINATIONS, UH, THERE WILL BE A COMMENT PERIOD WHERE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, THE BOARD, CAN MAKE COMMENTS, UH, IN FAVOR OF IMPOSING ANY OF THE APPLICANTS.
ONCE THAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED, IT WILL BE SHARED WITH THE BOARD, AND THEN THE BOARD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT, ALL THAT INFORMATION, AND SUBMIT YOUR BALLOTS TO
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THE OFFICE OF BOARD SUPPORT.WE WILL THEN CALCULATE THOSE BALLOTS AND PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD.
UH, SOME OF THE GENERAL INFORMATION, UH, THIS IS A THREE YEAR TERM.
HOWEVER, UH, THERE WILL BE FILLING THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE, THE LOST MEMBER.
SO IT WILL EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 28, UH, ROUGHLY, OR THE COMPENSATION IS $200 AN HOUR, A MAXIMUM OF $3,000 PER CASE.
AND IF A, IF THERE'S A CANCELLATION TO A SCHEDULED HEARING WITHIN THE 24 HOURS, WE DO PAY THE ARBITRATORS $200.
HERE IS THE, UH, THE OUTLINE, AND WE WILL SHARE THIS WITH YOU IN PAPER IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, WE'VE ALSO EMAILED IT TO YOU, AND IT'S ALSO IN YOUR PACKET ON INFO STATION.
SO, UH, WE'VE STARTED THE SOLICITATION, UH, PERIOD, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE COMMENT PERIOD.
THEN THERE'LL BE A MEMO ADVISING, UH, DART, UH, OF THE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WE'VE RECEIVED.
UH, WE WILL COLLECT THAT INFORMATION, SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD, ASK FOR YOU TO, TO VOTE ON THOSE.
WE WILL TALLY THOSE, AND WE WILL HAVE A FORMAL APPOINTMENT IN AUGUST, AUGUST 25TH.
AND AGAIN, THIS TERM FOR THE UNEXPIRED WILL END IN SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 28TH.
WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR MCGREGOR, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I'LL ASK, UM, JESSE, I, I REMEMBER FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A WEAKNESS IN THE PROCESS IN THAT AT, AT ONE POINT WE, THE BOARD WILL BE HANDED A SET OF, UM, BIOS.
WE LOOK AT 'EM, WE DON'T KNOW ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW FROM THESE BIOS WHO WILL BE THE RIGHT PERSON.
UM, AND I, I, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER AS A BOARD PERHAPS AGREEING TO CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD THAT ACTUALLY, UM, SPEAKS TO THE NOMINEES SORT OF INTERVIEW PROCESS AND CAN COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GETS OUTSIDE OF THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE MAKE FOR A BETTER QUALITY PROCESS.
NO, THE, THE BOARD CAN STAND ANY COMMITTEE, LIKE, UH, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE MANDATED IN THE HM I'M SORRY.
NO, THE BOARD CAN STRUCTURE A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW APPLICANT'S JUST LIKE IT HAS BEFORE.
LOOKING AT HOW COMMITTEE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A BOARD ACCIDENT.
I, I'LL TALK WITH JEAN AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT.
SO JUST I GUESS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
SO WOULD IT BE WHERE WE M DWINDLE DOWN A LIST OF MAYBE 10 TO, LIKE THREE OR FIVE AND THEN HAVE IN PERSON INTERVIEWS? OR WHAT'S KIND, WHERE ARE YOU TRYING TO DRIVE? I, I DON'T, I, I, I HAVEN'T WORKED IT THROUGH, BUT I, I JUST, YEAH, I, I, LAST TIME AROUND I KIND OF SAW WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A WEAKNESS IN THE PROCESS, AND I THINK IT'S WORTH EXPLORING.
UH, I, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WANT TO PUT THE, UH, THE CANDIDATES THROUGH AN INTERVIEW WITH ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT PERHAPS, WELL, IT, UM, TO HAVE, WELL, D-H-D-H-E-M DOES DIRECT ME TO SHARE ALL THIS INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD AS A PACKAGE.
AND THAT WAY YOU HAVE OH, YEAH.
BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE CONCERN THAT YEAH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE AND MAYBE INTERVIEWS MAY HELP.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, THIS IS A BRIEFING ITEM, SO I'M GONNA JUMP ONTO THE NEXT ITEM.
[15. *Briefing on FY 2027 Capital Budget Outlook (Gary Slagel/Jamie Adelman)]
BRIEFING ON FISCAL YEAR 2027, CAPITAL BUDGET OUTLOOK.WE HAVE, UH, MS. DELMAN, UH, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I, I, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE STAFF AND REVIEW, UH, JUST A GENERAL COMMENT AND JAMIE AND HER TEAM WILL GO THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT, UH, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT $900 MILLION THAT'S IN THIS, UH, PROGRAM REQUEST.
UM, AND YOU'RE WITHIN ROUGHLY $50 MILLION OF ACTUALLY HAVING ALL THE FUNDING IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UH, AT, AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, KNOWING THAT THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM THAT YOU'LL TAKE UP AS A BUDGET UNTIL ACTUALLY SEPTEMBER, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IN AUGUST, THEY HAVE QUITE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT, TO RING OUT THE, THAT 50 MILLION, SO TO SPEAK.
UH, IT'S PRETTY WELL CONSIDERED.
UH, WELL, IT'S VERY WELL CONSIDERED.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE STAFF, BUT WHAT I'M REALLY, UH, WAS COMMUNICATING HERE IS THAT, UH, UH, THERE IS, UH, THERE IS A SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR ALL THIS.
I WAS FRANKLY SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS THIS MUCH IN CAPITAL THAT WOULD BE PROGRAMMED THIS NEXT YEAR.
BUT, UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THAT THESE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT, THERE'S REALLY FOUR ITEMS THAT ACCOUNT FOR HALF OF THAT, UH, WHEN, WHEN JAMIE GOES THROUGH IT.
SO, UH, I'M SURE YOU'LL, THIS IS SOMETHING OF KEEN INTEREST TO THE BOARD AND, UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN PRETTY WELL ORGANIZED.
UH, MR. LEER, JAMIE AMAN, EVP AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
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I'M GONNA GIVE YOU LIKE VERY HIGH LEVEL AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO NU AND HE'S GONNA WALK THROUGH THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS PRESENTATION WITH YOU.BUT AGAIN, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO FOCUS ON OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, FOR FY 27 AND INTO THE FUTURE IN THE CIP, WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
UM, WE ARE GONNA GO OVER SOME HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE AND ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME FROM THE BOARD AT OUR APRIL MEETING LAST MONTH.
SO I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE CALENDAR AGAIN.
UM, MY GOODNESS, WHERE DOES THE TIME GO? UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET OUTLOOK NEXT MONTH, WE WILL COME BACK AND DISCUSS THE OPERATING OUTLOOK.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET FOR OPERATIONS IN JUNE.
IT'S MORE OF A KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE THINK WE'RE HEADED.
UM, AND THEN IN JULY, JULY 14TH, WE WILL PRESENT A FULL, UH, BUSINESS PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FY 27, THE 20 YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND DEBT SERVICE, UM, FOR GOING INTO FY 27.
UM, SHOULD THE BOARD CHAIR, UM, APPROVE, WE WILL HAVE A WORKSHOP ON JULY 31ST, UH, TO DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, AND THE 20 YEAR PLAN.
UM, AND GIVE THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TIME TO REVIEW WHAT'S PRESENTED ON THE 14TH, AND THEN REALLY DO A DEEP DIVE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
UM, AGAIN, THROUGH ANY OF THIS TIME, UM, I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE.
A LOT OF THE, UH, CAPITAL ITEMS ARE, ARE EITHER TRAY OR ATTORNEY AS I KNOW.
WE WILL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO YOU TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UM, TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS IN AUGUST.
WE WILL FORMALLY RELEASE THE BUDGET BOOK THE BUSINESS PLAN OUT TO THE SERVICE AREA CITIES.
BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE 14TH SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO IT SO THEY CAN START REVIEWING IT.
UM, AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER WE WILL COME BACK FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF THE, THE FULL BOOK AND BUDGET.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO NU, HE'S GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING.
UH, SENATOR OVU, A VP OF FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS.
UH, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD PROVIDE SOME CLARITY ON WHAT DEFINES, UH, CAPITAL ACTIVITY.
UH, FIRST, UH, CAPITAL REPRESENTS A ONE-TIME COST.
UNLIKE AN OPERATING EXPENSE, WHICH OCCURS EVERY YEAR, UH, IT CAN BE, UH, FOR A DUE ASSET OR TO IMPROVE AN EXISTING ASSET.
UH, CAPITAL ASSETS GENERALLY LAST A LONG TIME.
SOME OF OUR ASSETS HAVE A 1520, UH, OR EVEN A 30 YEAR LIFESPAN.
UH, UNSPENT CAPITAL DOLLARS ROLL FORWARD TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, MEANING IF A CAPITAL PROJECT IS DELAYED AND IT'S SPENDING FOR THE YEAR, THE UNSPENT MONEY IS NOT FORFEITED, UH, AND CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
CAPITAL PROJECTS CAN TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS TO COMPLETE, UH, MEANING THEY CAN HAVE CASH FLOWS IN FUTURE YEARS.
IF PROJECT MANAGERS ARE AWARE OF THAT AT THE TIME OF THE PLANNING, THEY'LL BUILD THAT, THOSE MULTI CASH YEARS, UH, INTO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE CASH FLOWS FOR THE BUS AMENITY REPLACEMENT AND EXPANSION PROJECT HAS CASH FLOWS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
UH, THE CAPITAL AND AND NON-OPERATING BUDGET FOR ANY GIVEN YEAR IS BASED ON A TOTAL CASH FLOWS FOR THAT YEAR, SPECIFICALLY.
FOR INSTANCE, THE FY 2027 CAPITAL BUDGET IS BASED ON THE FFY 2027 COLUMN.
YOU SEE HERE, DART'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR THE SIP, UM, IS DART'S SHORT TERM INVESTMENT PLAN FOR THE PLANNING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND CAPITAL MAINTENANCE OF ASSETS ACROSS THE AGENCY.
UH, THE SIP PROJECTS ARE CLASSIFIED, UH, BY MOLD OR PROGRAM, AND THEN FURTHER CATEGORIZED BASED ON DEFINITIONS FROM FDA'S NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE.
THE SIP ALSO INCLUDES RESERVES FOR STATE REPAIR.
UH, ANYTIME WE BUILD OR WE BUY OR BUILD A A CAPITAL ASSET, WE ESTIMATE HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO MAINTAIN AND REPLACE IT THROUGH THROUGHOUT IT'S USEFUL LIFE.
UH, THOSE ESTIMATED COSTS ARE SET ASIDE IN A RESERVE THAT WE THEN REALLOCATE TWO SPECIFIC PROJECTS AS WE REACH THOSE MILESTONES.
IN A FEW SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF FY 2027 PROJECTS FUNDED THAT WAY.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT TYPES OF CAPITAL PROJECTS WE'RE INVESTING IN.
UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF IT RECENTLY HAS BEEN SILVER LINE, WHICH WE SEE START TO SLOW IN FY 2026.
UH, THE SMALL AMOUNTS FOR NEW PROJECTS IN FY 28 THROUGH 30, UH, THE ORANGE BARS, UH, FOR THE BUS AMENITIES EXPANSION PROGRAM, AND THE RED AND BLUE LINE LEVEL BOARDING, UH, PROJECTS.
AFTER THAT, WE REALLY SEE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND DART TRANSFORM, UH, PICKUP AS WE SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING ASSETS.
TRAINS, BUSES, TRACKS, UH, TO SUPPORT QUALITY OPERATIONS.
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THE CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING BUDGET IS FUNDED FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES.UH, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE FY 2027 ESTIMATE FROM THE APPROVED FY 20 26, 20 YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN.
SO THE TOTAL 8 96 0.1 MILLION CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING NUMBER YOU SEE ON THE CHART WILL CHANGE BASED ON THIS YEAR'S PLANNING CYCLE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NUMEROUS SOURCES FROM THE CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING BUDGET, INCLUDING CASH, DEBT ISSUANCES, FEDERAL FUNDING, SALES TAX, AND OTHER SMALLER SOURCES OF FUNDING.
SO HERE IT'S CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FY 2027 CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING BUDGET, UH, FOR THE 20 YEAR TOTAL.
UH, WE HAVE TOTAL REQUESTS FOR NEW PROJECTS AND BUDGET INCREASES OF 212 MILLION.
WE DO ALREADY HAVE FUNDING IN THE FINANCIAL PLAN OF $146.1 MILLION.
YOU WILL SEE THE DETAIL FOR THIS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS BRINGS US TO A SMALL FUNDING GAP OF $65.9 MILLION.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL NUMBER.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO REDUCE THIS GAP.
THE ORIGINAL GAP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WAS $195 MILLION.
DEPARTMENTS AND FINANCE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY, UH, TO REDUCE THAT GAP TO 602 65 0.9 MILLION.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS TO CLOSE THE GAP BY JULY.
AS A REMINDER, WE BUILD THE CAPITAL BUDGET BASED ON CASH FLOWS FOR THE BUDGET FOR THAT BUDGET YEAR.
SO THE FY 2027 TOTAL FOR NEW REQUESTS COMES 2 122 0.3 MILLION.
UH, THE FY 2027 CASH FLOWS FOR EXISTING PROJECTS TOTAL $790.7 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE LARGER PROJECTS YOU SEE HERE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, AMONGST OTHERS.
UH, THAT BRINGS THE FY 2027 ESTIMATE, UH, FOR CAPITAL AND THEN OPERATING TO $913 MILLION.
AGAIN, THAT WILL COME DOWN SOME AS WE CLOSE THE FUNDING GAP.
THIS CHART SHOWS THE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THE CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING REQUEST BY MOLD, A TOTAL OF $146.1 MILLION, WHICH WE SHOWED ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THIS IS HOW WE OFFSET THE INCREASE TO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.
UH, THE REALLOCATION COLUMN REPRESENTS SAVINGS FROM EXISTING PROJECTS.
UH, THIS INCLUDES PROJECTS THAT ARE, ARE, THAT ARE UNDER BUDGET, THAT ARE COMPLETE AND DON'T REQUIRE THE REMAINING FUNDING.
UH, WE HAVE SGR RESERVES OF $84.5 MILLION.
AGAIN, WE SET ASIDE MONEY IN YEARS TWO THROUGH 30, UH, TWO, TWO THROUGH 20 FOR SGR.
THAT'S MONEY TO MAINTAIN AND REPLACE ASSETS AS THEY AGE.
MANY OF THESE NEW PROJECTS, UH, MEET THAT CRITERIA.
AND OUR SGR FUNDED, WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING OF $23.8 MILLION FUNDING FROM TRINITY METRO.
THIS IS FOR TRE PROJECTS, UH, OF $3 MILLION.
SO EVERYTHING IN TOTAL, UH, IS SHOWING AVAILABLE FUNDING OF $146.1 MILLION TO FUND ALL OF THE NEW CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING PROJECT REQUESTS FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE.
I HAD LIKE TO TAKE JUST A, A MINUTE TO SHOW EVERYONE SOME OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO WE RECEIVED 110 NEW REQUESTS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PLANNING CYCLE, WHICH EQUALED TO $356 MILLION.
AS I MENTIONED ON THE EARLIEST SLIDES, UH, THE DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE WORK TO REDUCE THIS NUMBER AND MINIMIZE OUR FUNDING GAP, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NEW PROJECT NUMBER FROM ONE 10 TO 65.
THE 65 NEW PROJECT REQUESTS BRING US TO THE TWO $12 MILLION IN NEW REQUEST DOLLARS, WHICH IS OFFSET BY THE $146.1 MILLION IN FUNDING THAT WE'VE DISPLAYED ON PREVIOUS SLIDES.
AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO REDUCE THE FUNDING GAP, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY REDUCE THE 212 MILLION IN NEW REQUEST DOLLARS.
KEEP IN MIND, YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE NEW PROJECTS EVERY YEAR, UH, AS WE BREAK OUT THAT STATE REPAIR FUNDING TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
SO AGAIN, STILL A WORK IN PROJECT, STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UH, WE, WE WORKED THROUGH THE SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS WITH DEPARTMENTS SCRUTINIZING THE REQUESTS AND EXISTING PROJECTS TO IDENTIFY ANY SAVING OPPORTUNITIES.
PRIORITY RANKINGS HELP DEPARTMENTS CATEGORIZE NEW CAPITAL PROJECT REQUESTS, WHICH ASSIST WITH THE DECISION PROCESS.
A MISSION CRITICAL PROJECT, UH, THAT'S A PROJECT THAT CAN'T BE DEFERRED TO SCALE DOWN.
UM, SCALE DOWN THE AGENCY CAN ACCOMPLISH THE PROJECT'S KEY GOAL WITH LESS FUNDING DEFER, UH, THAT CAN BE DELAYED TO A LATER DATE AND CANCEL.
WE CAN DELETE THE PROJECT TO FREE UP, UH, FREE CASH FLOWS FOR FUNDING.
ONE THING TO NOTE, UH, EVERY YEAR WE RECEIVE INITIAL CAPITAL REQUESTS THAT TOTAL MORE THAN THE AVAILABLE FUNDS IN THE FINANCIAL PLAN.
UH, THEIR PRIORITY RANKINGS HELP US TO UNDERSTAND WHICH PROJECTS CAN BE SCALED DOWN, CANCELED OR DEFERRED, UH, WHICH HELP US ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FUNDING DEFICIT IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
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TABLE SHOWS SOME OF THESE SIGNIFICANT REQUESTS IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.SOME OF THESE PRO PROJECTS WERE REQUESTS FROM PRIOR YEARS THAT WERE DEFERRED DURING PRIORITIZATION AS DISCUSSED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE LIGHT RAIL.
THESE ARE ALL NEW, NEW REQUESTS, EXCEPT FOR ONE, THE MOCKING BOARD PARKING GARAGE IMPROVEMENT.
THE INCREASE OF 10.6 MILLION IS A KNOWN PART OF THE T-O-D-I-L-A AGREEMENT, AND WE ALREADY HAVE HAD RESERVE FUNDING FOR THIS ACTIVITY IN THE APPROVED FINANCIAL PLAN.
THE BUS FARE BOX SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WAS ALSO ALREADY FUNDED BY SGI, THE APPROVED FINANCIAL PLAN.
AND WE ARE JUST ASSIGNED THOSE FUNDS TO A PROJECT NAME AND NUMBER.
SO I WON'T READ EACH ONE, BUT WE DID WANT YOU TO SEE THE SIGNIFICANT REQUESTS COMING THROUGH THIS YEAR.
BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION, WE ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME QUESTIONS FROM OUR APRIL BOARD MEETING REGARDING THE DRIVERS OF THE FY 26 CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING FORECAST VARIANCE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY FORECASTING TO BE 180 7 0.8 MILLION UNDER BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
LARGE, LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE TIMING OF AGENCY-WIDE AND LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS, UH, THE LOWER SILVER LINE AND REGIONAL TRAIL EXPENDITURES, WHICH EQU TO SAVINGS.
AND LASTLY, NINE OPERATING IS FORECAST TO BE UNDER BUDGET BY 10.5 MILLION, UH, BECAUSE SEVERAL CITIES STILL HAVE PTI FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT THEY HAVEN'T REQUESTED.
ALSO, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS FORECAST REPRESENTS A 77% SPEND TO BUDGET, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE SPEND RATE FROM THE LAST THREE YEARS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
HERE IS A CHART THAT SHOWS CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING ACTUAL VERSUS BUDGET FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
UH, THE BUDGET FOR EACH YEAR IS SHOWN IN THE DARK BLUE BARS AND THE ACTUALS ARE SHOWN IN THE LIGHT BLUE BARS, THE YELLOW BAR AND FY 2026.
THAT IS THE FORECAST FOR THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THE GREEN LINE, UH, YOU SEE SHOW THE PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET THAT WAS SPENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THAT STARTING IN FY 2023, UH, DAR CONSISTENTLY SPENT NO LESS THAN 75% OF HISS CAPITAL AND ON OPERATING BUDGET EACH YEAR.
AND THAT'S COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ON AVERAGE SPENT SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN BUDGET.
THE REASON FOR THE TIGHT SPENT TO BUDGET IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO PROJECTS LIKE SILVER LINE, UH, PTI FUND, NEW BUS PROCUREMENTS, SIMILAR MODERNIZATION AND OTHER PROJECTS.
WE DO HAVE SOME HANDOUTS FOR THE BOARD THAT DETAIL THE FY 2027 REQUESTS FOR NEW PROJECTS AND INCREASE TO EXISTING PROJECTS AND ALSO ACTIVE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UH, THE FINAL LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED FY 2027 BUDGET AND FINANCIAL PLAN.
UH, THE DETAILS AND THE HANDOUTS INCLUDE THE PROJECT NAME, UH, AND DESCRIPTION PROJECT SCOPED, THE PRIORITY RATING OF THE PROJECT, UH, THE FUNDING TYPE, UH, THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET, UH, THE PROJECT CASH FLOWS, THE DEPARTMENT NAME AND THE OPERATING IMPACT, UH, THE PROJECT MAY HAVE.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S ONE OF THOSE IMPORTANT TOUCH POINTS ON THE BUDGET.
SO I'LL, I'LL MENTION ALSO VERY QUICKLY APOLOGIES, UH, FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
UM, WE'RE GIVING YOU THIS HANDOUT NOW SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT HOME, GO THROUGH IT, HAVE APPROPRIATE TIME.
WE'LL ALSO SEND IT ELECTRONICALLY FOR EVERYONE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW.
UM, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR DIRECTION OR DECISION TONIGHT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. THIS RATHER WE ARE, UM, SHARING INFORMATION ON WHAT IS IN THE NEW REQUEST ASK.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PRINTOUT FOR YOU FROM WHAT IS KIND OF ROLLING FORWARD FROM THE FY 26 FINANCIAL PLAN, WHICH WERE THOSE, UM, EXISTING PROJECTS THAT, UH, SENATOR MENTIONED.
I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE SLIDE SO Y'ALL CAN SEE IT.
SO THE EXISTING PROJECTS, THAT 790000000.7 THERE, THAT IS, UM, CAPTURED IN PRIOR YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, UM, THE 20 YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN AND CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO THAT IS WHAT IS ROLLING FORWARD.
WE JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE DETAIL, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU SO YOU CAN REVIEW IT, ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE HAPPY TO SET UP MEETINGS WITH, UM, BOARD MEMBERS IN STAFF IF YOU HAVE, UH, VERY SPECIFIC DETAILED QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, SO NO QUESTIONS ON THE HANDOUT.
I JUST, I DON'T, NO PRESSURE, RIGHT? LIKE WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS NOW IF YOU'VE GOT 'EM.
BUT I, WE GAVE YOU A LOT OF MATERIAL, SO I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU TO READ IT IN THE NEXT 30 SECONDS AND HAVE ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, I WILL DIG INTO THIS FURTHER AS YOU ALLUDED TO, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF VERY HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE FIRST OF ALL, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYWHERE THESE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BROKEN
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DOWN BY THE SERVICE AREA CITY IN WHICH THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING SPENT OR FOR WHICH THEY'RE PROGRAMMED? NO, WE DO NOT TRACK ANY OF OUR COSTS BY SERVICE AREA CITY, JUST LIKE A CITY WOULD NOT TRACK THEIR COST BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT.YOU KNOW, AND HONESTLY THAT THAT'S SOMETHING I, I PERSONALLY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS, UH, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO MOVE TO A TRULY CLOSED SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS FOR LIGHT RAIL? UH, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER AND, YOU KNOW, CHOICES ABOUT WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY REMOVE FROM WHAT IS PROGRAMMED OR DEFER, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT IS PROGRAMMED IN ORDER TO POTENTIALLY PRIORITIZE MOVING TOWARD A CLOSED SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, TREY WALKER INTERIM, UH, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.
THAT'S A, A PROJECT THAT WE'RE ANALYZING.
IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PACKET THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU'RE REVIEWING TODAY.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT YOU'RE REQUESTING HERE.
WE'RE WORKING ON A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, THE REQUEST OF, UH, THE REQUEST OF MR. LANGER AND CHAIR BRYANT AS FAR AS, UH, SCOPING OUT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M ALSO WORKING ON CALLS WITH PEER AGENCIES.
LA IS CURRENTLY IN THE, UH, PROCESS OF CLOSING MOST OF THEIR STREET RUNNING, UH, AGGREGATE SYSTEMS. SO I WANT TO HAVE A CALL SET UP WITH THEM NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS CHOICES FROM THE AGENCY, HOW IT WAS PRESENTED AND HOW IT WAS HANDLED AT A POLICY LEVEL.
SO IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S NOT QUITE BAKED ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PUT A NUMBER TO, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THIS BUDGET OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WELL THANK YOU FOR ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATES THAT WILL SURELY BE COMING AS Y'ALL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY? UH, ACTUALLY I HAD CARMEN, UH, SHE WON KRAUS, MAYOR SOFFER, AND THEN DIRECTOR.
UM, MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, AND THEY MAY BE EMBEDDED IN SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, BUT WE'VE ASKED FOR THAT NUMBER AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH US.
UM, IS IT IN YOUR, SO ON, UH, SLIDE EIGHT, WE SHOW THE, UH, DISCRETIONARY FEDERAL FUNDING THAT IS, UH, LIKE COMPETITIVE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE GONE AFTER AND HAVE BEEN AWARDED THAT WE ESTIMATE USING AN FY TWENTY SEVEN, A HUNDRED AND THIRTY 5 MILLION.
WE ALSO HAVE THE FORMULA FEDERAL FUNDING.
UM, EVERY OTHER YEAR WE ALLOCATE OUR FORMULA DOLLARS TO CAPITAL AND FY 27, WE ESTIMATE USING ABOUT 78.8 MILLION.
BUT THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE ANY OF THE OUTSTANDING, UM, REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE NOW FOR FUNDING FROM THE RGC.
SO GRANTS THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR AND HAVE NOT, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A DECISION ON YET.
BUT SOME THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, JUST SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE RECEIVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS FROM RTC.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING JUST FOR LIKE AN OPEN GRANT REPORTING BACK FROM STAFF TO THE BOARD BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL GRANTS, RIGHT? WE GET GRANTS FROM RTC, WE GET GRANTS DIRECTLY FROM THE FTA, FROM FEMA, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, SO YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR AN OVERALL REPORTING OF ALL OPEN GRANTS AND THEIR AVAILABLE BALANCES? CORRECT.
UM, I HAD ONE NOTE TO ADD THERE.
UH, DIRECTOR ABRAHAM, UH, DIRECTOR GARCIA, JUST ON THE HANDOUT, JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, THE, THERE'S A COLUMN FOR EXTERNAL FUNDING ABOUT MIDDLE OF EACH PAGE THAT YOU SEE HERE STARTING ON PAGE TWO.
AND THOSE IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WHERE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE, UH, POTENTIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS AS YOU AS YOU REVIEW THE HANDOUT.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE TIMELINE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT JULY 14TH IS WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING TO, UH, PRESENT THE BOARD WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND, UH, FINANCIAL PLAN.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO LAST YEAR? BECAUSE WE SEEM TO BE SAYING WE'RE GONNA GET THERE EARLIER, WE'RE GONNA START BUDGET EARLIER,
WELL, OR ARE WE, OR, OR AM I WRONG ON THAT? STAFF NEVER PROMISES EARLIER THAN JULY.
LIKE HONESTLY, PHYSICALLY WE LIKE, WE JUST CAN'T, IT, IT IS A LONG DETAILED PROCESS.
UM, AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE START MAKING OUR DEPARTMENTS TURN IN THEIR OPERATING BUDGET REQUESTS LIKE IN EARLY APRIL AND IN INTO MAY.
AND EVEN THEN WE'RE JUST BARELY HALFWAY THROUGH A FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF IT IS ESTIMATED.
SO WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME INTO THE FISCAL YEAR TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN.
LAST YEAR WE WERE IN A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION IN THAT WE HAD SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE ON SERVICE AND OUR, OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? AND IT WAS A, WELL, WHAT COMES FIRST A, A DECISION ON SERVICE OR A DECISION ON, ON THE BUDGET.
SO, UM, WITH GUIDANCE FROM OUR, UH, FINANCE OR FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR, WE
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DID NOT BRING A FULL BUDGET BOOK TO THE BOARD UNTIL LATE IN JULY.SO WE PLAN TO BRING YOU THE FULL OPERATING BUDGET, THE FULL 20 YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, THE DEBT SERVICE NUMBERS, THE FULL BOOK JULY 14TH.
SHE'LL RECEIVE IT EARLIER THIS YEAR THAN YOU DID LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, THAT FIRST MEETING IN JULY IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE PROVIDE THAT FULL BOOK.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, SO IF WE'RE GETTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND FINANCIAL PLAN JULY 14TH, WE SHOULD HAVE THE NUMBERS, UM, ANTICIPATED NUMBERS FOR THE DEBT SERVICE BY HIGHLAND PARK BY THEN? UH, NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY, WE WILL HAVE THAT NUMBER BY THEN.
WHEN I SAY DEBT SERVICE, I MEAN OUR ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO PAY TO THE TRUSTEE FOR OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS.
UM, REGARDLESS OF OUR SERVICE AREA, CITIES, THAT IS WHAT WE OWE BASED ON OUTSTANDING DEBT.
'CAUSE THE THREE LINE ITEMS WE HAVE THE BOARD APPROVED OR THE OPERATING BUDGET, THE CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING AND DEBT SERVICE.
THOSE ARE THE THREE, UM, THAT I'M REFERRING TO THERE.
AND THEN ALSO THE JULY 14TH, WE WILL BRING YOU A LOT MORE DETAIL THIS YEAR WITH THE SUPPORTING SCHEDULES OF KIND OF DOWN TO LIKE A GL LEVEL DETAIL THAT ROLL UP BY COST CENTER THAT THEN ROLL UP TO THE PRESENTATION AND THE BUDGET BOOK.
SO Y'ALL WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE FUN AND DIG INTO, UH, ALL THE DETAILS OF THE UNDERLYING NUMBERS IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.
IS THERE GONNA BE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM FROM G FOR THE GMP AMOUNTS? YES.
THAT WILL BE IN THE NON-OPERATING, THAT'S PART OF THE CAPITAL AND NON-OPERATING NUMBERS.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T SEE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET GOING INTO FY 27 IS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD THE GMP FUNDED ABOUT 99.5% OF IT FUNDED FOR FY 27.
SO, UM, IT, IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON 27.
AND THEN GOING INTO 28 IS WHERE WE WILL REALLY START TO LOOK HARD AT HOW WE FUND, UM, THE GMP AND WHAT EFFECTS THAT MAY HAVE ON SERVICE.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF KIND OF LIKE WHERE SALES TAX DOLLARS ARE GONNA LAND, BECAUSE THAT PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE ON FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND COSTS, UM, INTO THE FUTURE.
BUT IT'LL BE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT NUMBER.
SO DID I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAME IN 187 MILLION UNDER, BUT WE WERE ANTICIPATED TO SPEND FOR THE, UH, THE FUNDS.
UM, WHAT SLIDE ARE YOU REFERRING TO, SIR? I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS, MY COMPUTER'S NOT UP, SO I WAS SOMEWHERE IN THERE THAT EARLY ON THEY SAID THERE WAS 187.
SO, UM, SO FORECASTING AN UNDERESTIMATE OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATED TO SPEND IN THE CURRENT YEAR, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE PROJECTS THAT DOES NOT FREE UP $187 MILLION, THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE LAGGING ON SPEND IN CURRENT YEAR.
AND THAT AMOUNT WILL ROLL FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS.
IF THE PROJECTS DO THEN DO COMPLETE AND HAVE ANY, UH, RESIDUAL SAVINGS, THEN THAT WILL BE FREED UP AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE CAPITAL ALLOCATION IN THE FUTURE.
SO JUST SO I KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW YOU DO THIS, SO THE DIRECTORS GIVE THEIR CONCERNS OF WHAT THEY NEED TO REPAIR AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WITH A LIST.
YOU THEN GO THROUGH THAT LIST.
DO YOU DO LIKE A, A FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME WHERE WITHIN FIVE YEARS YOU'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH THESE AND IT MAY BE BASED ON MONEY EACH YEAR.
YOU MAY GET SOME OF YOUR MONEY THE FIRST YEAR AND YOU MAY NOT GET IT THE SECOND YEAR, BUT YOU MAY FINISH IT UP THE THIRD YEAR? OR DOES IT JUST KEEP ROLLING FORWARD? WHATEVER IT DOES NOT GET ACCOMPLISHED JUST GETS ROLLED FORWARD? I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE PUSHED BACK HARD ON UNSPENT PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT STARTED.
UM, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT ONCE WE HAVE ISSUED A CONTRACT FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE WILL NOT PULL MONEY OFF OF THAT BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY RIGHT.
SO THERE'S A FINE BALANCE IN THOSE.
BUT WE HAVE DONE A HARD SCRUB OF THE PROJECTS THAT EITHER DID NOT START OR HAVE BEEN KIND OF LINGERING IN THE CIP FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAVE SCRUBBED A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS OUT OF THE CIP BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE, EVERY YEAR WE, WE HAVE MORE ASKS THAN WE HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
SO WE GO THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ASK STAFF TO PRIORITIZE FIRST AND THEN WE PRIORITIZE ME AND MYSELF, MY PEERS AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL.
SO WHAT DO WE REALLY HAVE TO DO? AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS, WE WANNA DO IT RIGHT AND WE WANNA DO IT THE BEST WAY THE FIRST TIME.
BUT IS THERE A WAY TO DO SOME VALUE ENGINEERINGS WHERE WE CAN SCALE DOWN AND DRIVE SOME SAVINGS? WE ALSO ASSESS THAT EVERY TIME A NEW PROJECT COMES INTO THE PLAN.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEPARTMENTS WILL ISSUE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, BUT USUALLY THAT'S BASED UPON THE WEAR AND TEAR OF THE EQUIPMENT.
I MEAN, THIS IS A CAPITAL REPLACEMENT.
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THINGS.IT'S THROUGH MAINTAINING WHAT YOU HAVE.
THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS IF, IF YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE THAT MONEY FORWARD RATHER THAN TO JUST, AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO ONCE YOU DO A CONTRACT, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SCRUB SOME OF IT AND ALSO UNDERSTAND YOU CAN ONLY ISSUE SO MUCH EACH YEAR.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU KEEP TRACK OF, OF WHAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR AND MADE SURE THAT IT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING NEW COMES IN TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, HAD THIS ONE FUNDED FOR THREE YEARS, BUT REALLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S KEPT AT THE CERTAIN LEVEL? AND I, AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE DO IN THE CITY OF IRVING KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH IS SPENT ON PARKS, ROADS, WATER, SEWER AND EVERYTHING IN EVERY DISTRICT.
AND SO YOU GET A LIST AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND THIS MUCH ON ROADS, THIS MUCH ON WATER.
UH, OF COURSE THERE'S THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS, LIKE IF YOU'RE REPLACING A PUMP STATION, THAT'S GONNA AFFECT MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT.
BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE CAN TELL WHAT'S BEING SPENT IN THEIR DISTRICT AND THEN THEY, THEY THEN CAN KEEP TRACK OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD KIND OF LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF FOLLOW UP, IF NOT BY, BY CITY, BY CITY OR, BUT BY SOME MEANS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.
SO LIGHT RAIL, BUS, MICRO TRANSIT, FIXED ROUTE SERVICE.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WOULD ASSUME HOW WAS BROKE DOWN.
SO WE TRACK ALL OF OUR COSTS BY MODE.
SO THEN, WELL WE GET A, WE'VE GOT THE, WHAT WE DIDN'T DO THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO NEXT YEAR, BUT DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM PRIOR YEARS AS TO WHAT HAS OR HASN'T BEEN DONE? UM, IT WOULD ALL BE IN WHAT IS IN FY 26 AND MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE CAN GO BACK AND YOU JUST KEEP ROLLING IT FORWARD.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALL THAT HISTORY GOING BACK.
SO, AND YOU CAN ALSO TELL BY THE PROJECT NUMBER, UM, THE, THE, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST FOUR NUMBERS OF THE PROJECT NUMBER IN THE CIP LISTING IS THE YEAR IN WHICH THAT PROJECT ENTERED THE CIP IT BECAME AN OFFICIAL PROJECT.
SO YOU CAN REVIEW THAT WAY AND BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT YEAR THE PROJECT CAME INTO THE PLAN.
UH, DIRECTOR ENOCH AND THEN DIRECTOR HERBA.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT, UH, TREY.
THIS IS ABOUT THE, UH, CLOSING THE STATIONS AND UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S A MAYBE THREE, MAYBE 4% SLIPPAGE RATE FROM OUR SAMPLING WHEN WE GO ON BOARD THE TRAINS AND WE FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING IT.
AND THE, THE A HUNDRED MILLION THAT I'VE HEARD IN THE PAST, AND THIS IS MANY YEARS AGO FOR CLOSING THE STATIONS, WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE, A TERRIBLE INVESTMENT IF WE'RE LOSING 3% OF OUR, OF OUR REVENUES FROM FROM FAIR BOX.
'CAUSE THE FAIR BOX IS PRETTY LOW ANYWAY.
I'M FAR MORE INTERESTED IN IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S, I I THINK IT'D BE QUITE MORE THAN THAT.
WHEN PEOPLE HERE, IT TAKES AN HOUR, 54 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN TO DFW OR FROM PLANO DOWN HERE.
'CAUSE THEY GOTTA STOP AT ALL THOSE STATIONS.
ALL THOSE WONDERFUL STATIONS THAT WE SAID WERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEY ALSO CAUSE STOPS.
AND EVEN IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, STOP FOR THREE MINUTES, IT'S A SLOW DOWN.
I'D MUCH RATHER SEE PASSING TRACKS.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER, UH, SERIOUSLY LOOKED AT LINES ON WHICH WE CAN HAVE PASSING TRACKS.
SO I CAN GET ON IN PLANO AND HAVE AN EXPRESS TRAIN DOWNTOWN OR DOWNTOWN HAVE AN EXPRESS TRAIN TO DFW.
IF YOU WANT TO, TO ME, IF YOU WANNA SPEND BANG FOR THE BUCK DOLLARS, THAT'S WHERE YOU DO IT.
'CAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE I TALK TO, IT JUST DOESN'T SAVE THEM ANY TIME FROM HERE TO FORT WORTH ON THE TREI CAN DRIVE OVER THERE, EVEN ON A BAD DAY, I CAN BEAT TRA OVER THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA EVER COMPETE WITH THE AUTOMOBILE IF WE JUST DIG IN MORE AND MORE STOPS.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHY WE DIDN'T DO PASSING TRACKS INITIALLY 'CAUSE OF THE COST, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND MONEY, DO WE HAVE ANY, HAVE WE EVER LOOKED AT WHAT PASSING TRACKS WOULD DO ON ANY OF OUR LINES? I CAN, I CAN PULL OUR, OUR RECENT HISTORY ON THAT AND WHAT OUR RIGHT OF WAY COMPARES TO ADDITIONAL TRACKS.
BUT YOU RECALL JUST IN YOUR TENURE HERE? YEAH, NOT THAT I'VE LOOKED AT IN MY TENURE, NOT IN MY THREE YEARS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS THAT.
NOW, ONE THING WE ARE LOOKING AT, TO YOUR POINT, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT OUR SERVICES ARE COMPETITIVE.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT REDLINE NORTH DUR, YOU KNOW, REDLINE NORTH DURING RUSH HOUR, GREENLINE NORTH DURING RUSH HOUR.
WE ARE COMPETITIVE WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE TRIPS IS HOW DO WE BE COMPETITIVE MORE TRIPS MORE OFTEN FOR LARGER SPANS OF TIME.
AND SO ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING AT, TO YOUR POINT ON JUST EFFICIENCIES, IS THE BLOCK STRUCTURE AT WHICH WE CAN OPERATE THROUGH OUR SIGNALING PROJECT AND TRY TO SQUEEZE OUT ANY EFFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE GOT SORT OF ON THE LONG RANGE PLANNING SIDE, NOT AN ACTIVE AN ACTIVE
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PROJECT, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE BOOK FOR CONSIDERATION.BUT ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HOW DO WE CONTROL OUR ROUTES COMING IN AND OUT OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT KNOWING THAT THAT'S THE PINCH POINT AND HOW CAN WE LOOK AT THE ORIGINS AND DESTINATIONS ON EACH ALIGNMENT TO TRY TO FREE UP SOME OF THAT AND ALLOW FOR, FOR SHORTER DIRECTIONS.
DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY ANYWHERE, JUST AS WE'RE STANDING HERE TALKING TO YOU, I'M CATCHING YOU BY SURPRISING THIS ON ANY OF OUR LINES WHERE THERE WOULD BE PLACES, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG A PASSING TRACK HAS TO BE, IT DOES HAVE TO BE A QUARTER OF A MILE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, OBVIOUSLY HAS TO GO PAST THE STATION, RIGHT? AT ANY OF OUR STATIONS WHERE THERE'S ROOM FOR A PASSING TRACK, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE WIDER ALIGNMENTS IN CERTAIN SECTIONS.
THINK OF ON THE ORANGE AND GREEN LINE AS YOU GET OUT TO WHERE THE ORANGE LINE TURNS OUT.
SO WE'VE GOT WIDER SECTIONS THERE.
NOW IT'S USE AND UTILITY FOR EXPRESS TRACKS IS SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT SEPARATELY.
BUT WE DO HAVE WIDER RIGHTS OF WAY IN CERTAIN AREAS IN THE SYSTEM THAN OTHERS.
AND, AND YOU MENTIONED LA WAS LOOKING AT CLOSING.
DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER LIGHT RAIL ENTITIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT EXPANDING BY PASSING TRACKS? SO GET MORE EXPRESS TRAINS DOWN? I DO NOT.
AND, AND THE RIGHT WE WITHOUT THE PASSING TRACKS, THE PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T JUST HAVE ONE TRAIN BECOME EXPRESS.
'CAUSE THERE'S A TRAIN IN FRONT OF IT'S GONNA STOP ON THE SAME TRACK.
SO AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE ANY PASSING TRACKS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXPRESS TRAINS AND WE NEVER WILL HAVE.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'D RATHER SPEND THE MONEY IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND MONEY LIKE THAT.
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, DIRECTOR RICKARD'S AND MARY, UH, STOFFER'S, UH, COMMENTS.
I'VE SAID THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND SEEMS LIKE THE BEST PLACE TO SAY IT.
UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET.
UH, FOR THIS BUDGET, I, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FOR A BUDGET THAT PRIORITIZES SERVICE AND I'M LOOKING FOR A BUDGET THAT TAKES A STEP TOWARDS, UH, YOU KNOW, A MORE FAIR, BALANCED AND EQUITABLE APPROACH, UH, TO SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I SERVED AS A CITY COUNCILMAN IN THE CITY OF CARROLLTON, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CITIES I REPRESENT FOR SIX YEARS.
SO FOR THE SIX BUDGETS I WAS INVOLVED WITH AS A CITY COUNCILMAN THERE, WE WERE ABSOLUTELY ALL VERY AWARE OF, UH, WHERE EVERY PENNY WAS GOING.
WE ONLY HAVE FOUR COUNCIL PLACES, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, DOLLARS THAT IMPACT THE ENTIRE CITY AND THERE'S DOLLARS THAT IMPACT CERTAIN AREAS.
BUT WE WERE ABSOLUTELY AWARE WHERE THAT WE, WE WERE TAKING A BALANCED APPROACH TO SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE CITY OF CARROLLTON.
JAMIE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS WITH REGARD TO OUR, UH, I GUESS IN 24 WE HAD A STUDY DONE, UH, OF, UH, DART HQ AND IT WAS ROUGHLY $55 MILLION.
UH, I SEE IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE'RE PUTTING APPROXIMATELY, AND IT DOESN'T BREAK IT DOWN BY THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT THE ELEVATOR REPLACEMENT.
IS THAT THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT, UM, IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING TO DART HQ FROM A CAPITAL UH, IMPROVEMENT PERSPECTIVE? I'M GONNA HAVE KATE COME UP AND ANSWER THAT 'CAUSE SHE'S LEADING THE EFFORT ON HQ.
HI, KATE SHELTON, CHIEF OF STAFF.
UM, YES, IF YOU RECALL, I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WE DID A BRIEFING AND THEN LAST YEAR WE DECIDED TO REMOVE, UH, THE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET THAT WE HAD FOR THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND, AND PRESERVE SOME FOR SOME POTENTIAL LIGHT RENOVATION.
AND WE ALSO WENT THROUGH CAPITAL, UM, STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROJECTS FOR THE BUILDING AS WELL.
THE ELEVATORS WERE ONE OF THEM.
THERE'S ALSO, UM, A CHILLER ON THE ROOF, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING TO REPLACE AND SOME AN HVAC, UM, POSSIBLY SOME GENERATORS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THOSE ARE LOWER COST AND THOSE AREN'T SCHEDULED YET.
AND, AND THOSE ARE SCHEDULED OR ARE THOSE IMMEDIATE NEED? UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ON THOSE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'RE TALKING WITH, UM, MR. LEININGER AS WELL IS ABOUT THE SCHEDULE OF THOSE AND HOW WE WANT TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD.
UM, THERE'S ONE MORE PROJECT, THE ROOF REPLACEMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LEAKS IN THIS BUILDING AND WE'VE BEEN PATCHING, SO THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AS WELL.
I GUESS MY ONLY CAVEAT HERE IS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS GOING THROUGH A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED IN DEFERRED COST MAINTENANCE, UH, BEFORE IT GETS TO A CRITICAL JUNCTURE.
UH, AND, AND I ALSO THINK ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, AS THEY COME INTO A BUILDING AND THEY WANT TO FEEL SAFE.
AND THEN SAFE IS NOT JUST CRIME, IT'S, IT'S ALSO, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES, UH, THAT THEY SEE ON A DAILY BASIS.
I GET CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BUILDING, UH, AND THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT IS BEING DONE ON IT.
AND, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS, UH, BUT I DO WANT TO, I WOULD BE A, A PRIME PROPONENT OF, UH,
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DART HQ MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A CRITICAL ASSET TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND, UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD.ALRIGHT, DID ANYBODY ELSE, OKAY, I'LL GO REAL QUICK.
UM, RELATED TO THE HQ, I'VE BEEN THE ALWAYS KNOW ON THAT, SO I'M, I'M GUILTY OF THAT AND I, I AGREE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF COMPROMISE THERE.
UH, 'CAUSE WE'VE KIND OF USED THAT AS OUR, UM, TO MEET CAPITAL BUDGETS IN THE PAST.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS I, I, I WAS, UM, I'M VERY FOR THE PERCEPTION OF CLOSING THE SYSTEM, BUT DIRECTOR ENOCH BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT ON HOW DO WE BEST SERVE.
AND IT'S, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR ME BECAUSE I WANT THAT PERCEPTION OF SAFETY TO REALLY BE THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT ON KIND OF WHAT I HEARD.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
AND ON CLOSING THE SYSTEM, TREY PROVIDED AN ANSWER AT THIS POINT.
WE JUST FELT IT WAS PREMATURE TO PUT IN THE LARGER CAPITAL REQUESTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
WE'VE GOT SOME MONEY AVAILABLE IN THERE TO DO THE STUDYING AND INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK WITH A MORE EDUCATED RESPONSE ON ESTIMATED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO BUILD IT INTO FUTURE CAPITAL PLANS.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOT SAYING NO TO IT, WE'RE JUST, UH, KIND OF TAKING IT STEP BY STEP AND DOING THE INITIAL ANALYSIS FIRST.
AND AGAIN, THIS ISN'T YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO ANS ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CAPITAL PLAN.
HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY OR AGAIN, UM, AT OUR FUTURE MEETINGS.
UH, MAN, GO TO THE SECOND ROUND.
YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT RIGHT NOW THAT YOU KNOW THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BUILDING HAS THE SAME, UH, CONCERNS OF, OF US STAYING IN THIS BUILDING AS THE, AS THE CITY, UH, FACILITY.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING THE SAME THING AT OUR CITY AND IT JUST GOES CRAZY WHEN PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE GONNA MOVE IT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAD, UH, A NEW FACILITY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT TO BUILD FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE THAT CAME IN AT A LITTLE OVER $220 MILLION.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO JUST BUY A BUILDING WITH A LITTLE OVER 300,000 SQUARE FEET FOR, UH, 24 MILLION AND WE'LL BE DOING ABOUT A $50 MILLION REMODEL.
UH, WHICH PUTS US IN A LOT BETTER, BETTER SITUATION.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA GET OUT ON THAT POINT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
I SEE IT IN DALLAS, I SEE IT IRVING.
WHEN YOU START TO MOVE HEADQUARTERS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR REAL ESTATE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WOULD REALLY, BEFORE YOU START LOOKING AT THE, THE FACT THAT, AND I JUST WENT THROUGH THIS WITH US, UH, OUR, OUR AIR CONDITIONING AND COOLING AND HEATING SYSTEM IS COMING IN AT 10.2 MILLION FOR OUR BUILDING, UH, THE, THE CITY BUILDING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO KEEP, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, GOTTEN RID OF A WHILE BACK
SO AT SOME POINT YOU START SPENDING 10, $20 MILLION ON REPAIRS AND YOU CAN BUY A BUILDING FOR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SPEND ON REPAIRS AND YOU STILL HAVE THIS ASSET TO SELL.
SO IF WE GET INTO THAT DISCUSSION, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET OUT ON THE POINT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW PEOPLE GET ATTACHED TO A BUILDING.
SO I DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE THAT'S THE ONE THAT BRINGS THE BAD NEWS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT BUILDING.
BUT I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A BETTER BUILDING FOR THE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK YOUR DAY IN AND DAY OUT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN THAT IN A DARK AREA OR THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE THE, THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE IN, IN AN OLDER BUILDING.
SO I, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEE HOW BACK WITH NOW CARMEN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES SIR, I DID.
UH, THANK YOU CHIEF VICE CHAIR.
UM, WANTED TO JUST COMMENT A LITTLE BIT AS YOU'RE PRESENTING ALL OF THESE NUMBERS TO US WHEN WE LAY LAID OUT THE PLAN FOR THE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM, HERE'S WHERE WE STARTED.
HERE'S WHERE WE STARTED, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT AND HERE'S WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
I JUST WOULD LIKE SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE TO TRACK IT TO MAKE SURE, UH, WE GET A LOT OF OUR SUPPLIERS THAT ARE WANTING TO DO BUSINESS WITH DART AND THEY'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH A PROJECT THAT THEY IDENTIFIED THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN, BUT HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM US.
SO PERHAPS YOU COULD, UH, SOMEHOW, ARE YOU SPEAKING OF DART TRANSFORM SPECIFICALLY? YES.
THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF TRANSFORM? YES.
YEAH, JUST, JUST SOMETHING WHERE WE, WHERE WE STARTED, WHERE ARE WE TODAY AND WHAT IS LEFT UNFINISHED THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE THAT PROGRAM.
UH, DIRECTOR MCGREGOR AND THEN PATRICK.
UM, MY QUESTION IS ON AS, AS, UH, MY COMMENT OR REQUEST HONOR IS ON, AS, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS BUILDING AND REPAIRS AND ALTERNATIVES, UM, I'D BE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT, UH,
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WHETHER OR NOT INSTEAD OF OWNING WE CAN LEASE AND WHETHER LEASING DOWNTOWN WHERE RIGHT NOW THERE'S A, UH, SURPLUS OF OFFICE SPACE WOULD BE A FEASIBLE THING TO DO.BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IT.
MAYBE YOU HAVE AN ANSWER NOW, BUT, SO WE'VE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON, ON LEASE VERSUS BUY, AND I THINK ONE OF THE, THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING FOR US RIGHT HERE IS RIGHT OUT FRONT WE'VE GOT ALL FOUR OF OUR LIGHT RAIL LINES, THAT SERVICE, AND WE'VE GOT THIS FIRST FLOOR SPACE THAT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE IN 80, ACCESSIBLE FOR BOARD MEETINGS AND, AND THE PUBLIC AND LEASE IT GETS, IT GETS HARDER, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M SORRY, LEMME LEMME RESPOND TO THAT REAL QUICK.
I AGREE COMPLETELY THAT BEING CLOSE TO THIS STATION IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT ISN'T, IT ALSO POSSIBLE THERE'S A BUILDING WITHIN A TWO BLOCK RADIUS THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US FOR BOTH.
UM, I, I, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL RESHARE SOME INFORMATION THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO WHERE WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE OPTIONS AND WE DID DO AN RFI FOR SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN AROUND HERE WITH POTENTIAL SPACE THAT WE MIGHT NEED.
UM, SO I CAN RESHARE THAT SOME OF THAT WITH YOU AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK FORWARD IF WE NEED TO AT SOME POINT.
UM, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HQ, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING, UH, OUR MINDS OPEN TO CREATIVE SOLUTIONS POTENTIALLY IN, IN TERMS OF ACTIVATING SOME OF OUR LAND.
PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE EAST END TRANSFER FACILITY AND SEE THAT AS A EXCELLENT DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE COULD PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHO COULD CONDOMINIUM OFFICE SPACE FOR US AND BUILD, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THE AIR RIGHTS OVER TOP OF THAT.
AND THAT POTENTIALLY IS, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A MONEY MAKER FOR US, OR WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, END UP GETTING, UH, OFFICE SPACE FOR DISCOUNT.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME KIND OF CREATIVE APPROACH LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ME OR I'M JUST, IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY AGAIN.
I MEAN THE, THE, THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUILDING AND WHETHER TO DO A GROUND LEASE, WHETHER TO LEASE ANOTHER BUILDING, WHETHER TO BUY ANOTHER BUILDING, THE PROPERTY TAX IS LOST TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT MULBERRY BUSH A HUNDRED TIMES AND WE'VE NEVER COME DOWN.
SO, TO, TO ME, WE'VE LOOKED AT OPTION AFTER OPTION AFTER OPTION AFTER OPTION, AND SO FAR WE HAVE CHOSEN TO STAY IN THIS BUILDING LEAKY ROOF AT ALL.
THAT IT MIGHT BE THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS, THIS BOARD WEREN'T PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT THEY GO BACK TO WHEN THIS MAN WAS THE CFO BEFORE HE WAS CEO BEFORE HE WAS RETIRED, BEFORE HE WAS INTERIM CEO AGAIN.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE WE DON'T HAVE DATA AND DISCUSSIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THIS.
IT'S, IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING FOR THE STAFF TO PREPARE THAT INFORMATION FOR US.
IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT MORE SERIOUS THAN OTHER BOARD BOARDS, THEN IT OUGHT TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A, OF A RETREAT.
AND IT OUGHT TO BE AFTER BUDGET SEASON WHEN WE CAN SPEND TIME ON IT.
SO I JUST, IF WE WANNA DO IT, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF DATA OUT THERE.
ALL THE REAL ESTATE NUMBERS MIGHT BE DATED RIGHT NOW, BUT, BUT WE'VE BEEN AROUND THIS BUSH SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, YEAH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS I SERVED ON THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE WITH THE CHAIR KENNEDY, AND HE CERTAINLY HAS SOME VERY INTERESTING AND, UH, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO, TO HANDLE HOW TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION.
I KNOW ONE TIME WE KICKED AROUND THE IDEA OF AN, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO, TO LOOK AT THAT, AND THAT'S MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE AGAIN.
BUT, UH, NOT SAYING I SUPPORT ANY, UH, ONE IDEA IN PARTICULAR, BUT I THINK, UH, MR. KENNEDY FOR SEVERAL YEARS HAS EXPRESSED SOME, SOME PRETTY INTERESTING APPROACHES TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS, SO THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ONLINE? I'M SEEING NO.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 5 0 3.