Transit Advisory Committee

* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE UH, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026 TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, UH, MY NAME IS ERIC, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, AND I WILL BRING THE MEETING TO ORDER WITH, UH, ROLL CALL ABRAMS ACT. EXCUSE ME. ACTON. HERE. ALDEN? HERE. COLE ROSS. HERE. CHE VASQUEZ. IRI HERE. AND QUINT HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] THAT BRINGS US TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES, TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. AND I SEE WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS, UM, PATRICIA WEBB. OKAY. SO, UH, FIRST QUESTION. THERE YOU GO. NOW CAN OH, OH YEAH. I'M BLOOMING . DO YOU WANT ME TO, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT AGAIN? NO, YOU'RE GOING. OKAY. SO, UM, ANYWAY, SO SHE'S SITTING THERE. OH, OKAY. I'M REALLY CLOSE NOW. . SO SHE'S SITTING THERE AT THE SECOND STOP AND I SAY HIDE AGAIN. BUT I'VE ALSO NOTICED THE BENCHES ARE FILTHY 'CAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION. SO THE WINDOWS ARE CON, ARE DIRTY ALSO, BUT WHO CARES? BUT THE BENCHES ARE FILTHY. SO CAN WE GET SMART TO CLEAN THOSE BENCHES? I, I'M GONNA ASK FOR DAILY, BUT YOU KNOW, AT LEAST A WEEK OR SOMETHING. 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE FILTHY AND IT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, AND SHE, SHE AGREED WITH ME. IT'S BEEN THE SIX MONTHS THAT SHE'S SITTING HERE IN HER UNIFORM. RIGHT. SITTING ON THESE DUSTY PANELS, UM, DUSTY BENCHES. SO IF WE JUST CLEAN THE BENCHES, THAT'S A BIG REQUEST. GOOD LUCK WITH SMART. OKAY. THAT'S MY THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SEE WE HAVE, UH, NINA ZITO. YEAH, COME ON UP. I'M HAPPY. OH, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON, ON OUR, UH, ROADS AND TRAFFIC AND, UH, OPPORTUNITIES. IT, UH, STRIKES ME THAT, UH, UM, THERE, THERE'S CONSIDERABLE AMBIGUITY AROUND WHEN THEIR ANIMALS CAN BE ON THEM. NUMBER ONE, UM, I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN MIXED RESPONSES FROM THE SMART AUTHORITIES. OH, YOU NEED THIS AND THAT, OR PETALUMA GO. I, I HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA DOWNLOAD AN APP TO USE IT. UHUH. [00:05:01] NOPE. IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THE CELL PHONE IS NOT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE AND I'M KIND OF AN ANALOG PERSON AND I LIVE CLOSE BY. SO I'M GONNA SHOW UP AND SAY, HEY GUYS, HUH? AND WE'VE GOT ALL THIS COOL, LIKE TRANSIT TRAFFIC, ROADS, BIKE, ET CETERA STUFF. BUT TO GET IT ALL TO WORK TOGETHER, THERE'S NO REAL CLEAR POLICY. NO, YOU CAN'T TAKE YOUR DOG OR LIKE SMART SAYS ALTERNATELY JUST, YOU KNOW, COME ALONG AND BEHAVE. OR YOU NEED A KENNEL. I DO. OKAY. YOU KNOW, I NEED A CRATE. IT'S GONNA, WE THAT MUCH. SO, UM, I WOULD SO APPRECIATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THAT. AND PERHAPS CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION THAT WILL, UM, EXPEDITE THIS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. IT'S FRUSTRATING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, MOVING ON TO, WELL, SEEING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS, [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] UM, I, WE'LL MOVE TOWARDS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. CAN I, I BELIEVE I NEED A MOTION, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN ASK IF THERE'S ANY EDITS TO IT. OH. OR ANY CHANGES IF THERE ARE EDIT EDITS TO IT CHANGES. NO SAYING NONE. OKAY. UM, WE MOVE ON TO, WELL, NO PUBLIC HEARINGS OR MATTERS OF CONSIDERATION. UM, [COMMITTEE COMMENT] COMMITTEE COMMENT. UM, DOES ANYONE ON EITHER END OF THE DIOCESE WANNA START ? UH, SURE. UM, UM, THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS, HAD A REALLY BIG MILESTONE NIGHT LAST NIGHT. WE, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND, UH, IT WAS, UM, IT WAS A GREAT, IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT. SO THAT'S MY UPDATE. NOTHING. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT NOTHING. THANK YOU. NOTHING HERE. OKAY. I'VE GOT ONE. UM, JUST 'CAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE, UM, THE DUSTY BENCHES. UM, I KNOW A COUPLE, NO MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, I THINK WE APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF, UM, NEW, NEW BENCHES ON SOME OF THE MORE TRANSIT RICH CORRIDORS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO, UM, 'CAUSE I, I REMEMBER ON ELI BOULEVARD THERE WAS THIS REALLY OLD WOODEN ONE THAT WAS THERE AND IT GOT REPLACED AND I BELIEVE IT WAS RE WASN'T REPLACED WITH ANY AWNINGS. SO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER DOWN THE ROAD FOR JUST SOME SHADE COVERING FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WAITING FOR SOME OF THE, THE BUSES? DO YOU, SORRY, . SURE. UH, SOME OF THE REPLACEMENTS THAT WE DID FOR, UM, THE BUS STOPS THAT NEEDED, NEEDED WORK, SOME OF THEM WERE REPLACED AND I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE AWNINGS NOW. AND SO FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE BUS, I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT 'EM OUT IN THE SUN. AND SO IS THAT SOME SORT OF A CONSIDERATION THAT WE WANNA LOOK INTO LATER DOWN THE ROAD? YEAH, I BELIEVE I CAN TALK TO THE CONSIDERATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT SPOT. THE ONE, THE WOODEN ONE THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC SPOT. OKAY. DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THE NEW SHELTERS? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. SO WE HAVE JUST GONE THROUGH A PROCUREMENT FOR BRAND NEW SHELTERS, SO I DON'T MIMI'S ON, BUT SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME TO US. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ONES TO REPLACE MM-HMM . SO CURRENTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS ALL WENT. OKAY, GOOD. OH, THERE SHE IS. , MIMI, LIKE THE VOICE OF GOD. SHE'S GONNA COME IN. DO YOU WANNA TALK TO WHEN THOSE, LET ME FIRST SAY THIS, THE, THE SHELTERS ARE COMING. THEY DO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AN AWNING AHEAD, SO IT'LL COVER FOLKS. WE HAVE A CURRENT LIST OF WHERE WE INTEND TO PUT THOSE, HOWEVER WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THAT LIST. SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE BRING BACK. BUT, UM, MIMI, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH, THE SHELTERS THAT, UM, YOU'RE REFERRING TO, UM, THAT APPROVAL PROCESS. SO WE, THE PROCESS WAS, IT HAD TO GO THROUGH YOUR APPROVAL, THE GRANT REVIEWED THE CONTRACT, SO THE PO IS CURRENTLY BEING ISSUED. AND THEN ONCE WE RECEIVE THE PO WE CAN EXECUTE THE ORDER, BUT THE TIMEFRAME ISN'T AS LONG AS BUSES. SO THEY SHOULD BE HERE AND INSTALLED, UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, LIKE PROJECT COMPLETE THIS FISCAL YEAR. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MM-HMM . AWESOME. OKAY. [STAFF COMMENT] MOVING ON TO STAFF COMMENT. WE HAVE OUR TRANSIT MANAGER REPORT. SO, UM, I GUESS I WANNA PREFACE BY SAYING THAT WE DO HAVE TO BE OUT OF HERE BY SIX O'CLOCK MM-HMM . AND SO WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW FAST WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS. UM, I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS AS WE GO THROUGH THE SECTIONS OF THE TRANSIT, THE TRANSIT MANAGERS REPORT MM-HMM . I'LL KIND OF TAKE BREAKS IN BETWEEN IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT COME UP AND THEN PARCEL THEM OUT. PERFECT. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. SOUNDS LIKE. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. SHE'S HEARD ALL OF THIS. SHE REALLY HAS [00:10:01] ACTUALLY . UM, GOOD EVENING. UM, EVERYONE, I, YOU KNOW, I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED TO CONCLUDE BY SIX. SO THE PACKET IS PRETTY DENSE. UM, NO EXPECTATIONS, YOU READ EVERY WORD BUT IT FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, SO THEY HAVE A RECORD OF EVERYTHING. WE'RE GONNA FOCUS TODAY ON A QUICK UP AUGUST UPDATE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW THE AUGUST CHANGES WENT. UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE OUTREACH. I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE DOING TOWARDS OUR NEXT SCHEDULE, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH SONOMA SYN, WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL, WHICH IS A REGIONAL EFFORT TO DO SOME COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS. UM, I'M GONNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE VISION PLAN, BUT IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S GOING TO COUNSEL NEXT. SO IT'LL BE KIND OF A COMBO OF ME AND MIMI WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. AND, UM, IF WE HAVE TIME, CARLY WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE RIDERSHIP SHE HAS NOW IN ARIS, SOME OF THE FUN OUTREACH. SO I WILL GO QUICK SO THAT THEY CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THEIR COOL STUFF AS WELL. UM, LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT AUGUST SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION UPDATES. NUMBER ONE, HUGE THANK YOU TO THIS STAFF BECAUSE WE, IT USUALLY TAKES SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS TO DO A SCHEDULE UPDATE. LIKE TODAY, I AM GONNA BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT OUR NEXT JANUARY, FEBRUARY, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON IT. AND SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, WE USUALLY TAKE SIX MONTHS TO CREATE A SCHEDULE, SIX TO SEVEN, AND WE DID IT IN THREE. AND I, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO IT'S A HUGE BRAVO TO THE TEAM AS WELL AS MV FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. I SENT YOU A MESSAGE, BASICALLY IT WAS, UM, IT WENT WELL, SURPRISINGLY, NOT SURPRISINGLY, BUT WE'D DONE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE TO PREPARE THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU ALWAYS DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. UM, WE DID A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL SWEEPS OR STAFF AFTER HOURS AFTER 6:00 PM AND WEEKENDS, UM, CHECKING ON BUS STOPS, HIGH YIELD BUS STOPS PULLING OVER. ACI CREATED SOME ACCESS PAPERWORK FOR THEM. SO EVERYONE THAT WE SAW AT A BUS STOP GOT SOMETHING AND THEN IF WE SAW THEM AT A BUS STOP, WE KNEW WE NEEDED MORE SIGNAGE. SO THAT WENT REALLY WELL. EVERYTHING HAS ACTUALLY BEEN REALLY GREAT. UM, SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT'S, UM, THAT SPEAKS TO OUR OUTREACH, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DID A LOT, WE DID THIS OUTREACH WITH Y'ALL, BUT THEN AFTER WE WENT RIGHT INTO OUR OUTREACH, KNOWING THAT THIS, WE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH OUTREACH BEFORE WE DID IT. SO I THINK THE COM NOT THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, BUT WE WERE ON THE STREETS RIGHT AWAY. IT WAS KIND OF PART OF THE PROCESS. SO I, WE MIGHT TRY TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD. ACCESS BY LUMA GO WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHANGE BECAUSE WE GOT RID OF A LEGACY SYSTEM, TRAPE, WHICH IS WHAT MOST AGENCIES USE FOR THEIR SCHEDULING SOFTWARE. AND SO THE FEAR INITIALLY WAS, WELL, CAN WE REALLY CO-MINGLE MICRO TRANSIT AND PARATRANSIT TO DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT SERVICES AND MEET THE NEEDS OF BOTH? AND SO CARLY'S WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THAT RIDERSHIP RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE DOING REALLY WELL. UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN SOME GREAT SIDE BENEFITS FOR HAVING LUMA GO AS YOU OR ACCESSED BY LUMA GO. AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN STILL CALL IN, NO APP IS REQUIRED. THAT HAS NOT GONE AWAY. HOWEVER, WHAT'S REALLY NICE IS OUR PARATRANSIT CLIENTS WHO USED TO NOT HAVE AN ABILITY WITH AN APP, NOW THEY DO. SO IT WAS THIS REALLY SURPRISING, OH, PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE WHERE THEIR PARATRANSIT VEHICLE IS COMING TO THEM. AND WHAT'S NEAT IS OUR DRIVERS ARE REALLY BUSY PICKING UP THOSE OTHER MICRO TRANSIT IN BETWEEN. SO IT'S WORKING REALLY WELL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF THAT. I PUT A LITTLE SLIDE, JUST A LITTLE NOTE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, COST SAVINGS IS KEY, RIGHT? WE'VE, WE'VE GONE DOWN FROM HAVING TWO SYSTEMS TO ONE SYSTEM AND THIS IS THE KIND OF COST SAVING MEASURES WE ARE, WE'RE CONTINUALLY LOOKING TO DO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ABOUT, OH WAIT, LEMME MAKE SURE. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ABOUT THE AUGUST SCHEDULE. SO I'LL DO A LITTLE PAUSE, UM, AND MOVE TO OUTREACH. IS THAT OR I, AFTER WE TRY. OKAY. IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. SO I SEE A, A QUESTION COMING FROM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS YOUR PLAN WAS TO ALLOW QUESTIONS BETWEEN SECTIONS. CORRECT. OKAY. EXACTLY. UM, YOU'RE TELL, YOU'RE, YOU'VE TOLD US THAT THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE OR NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. THAT'S, UH, IS THAT THAT? NO, I'M ABOUT TO GO INTO OUTREACH. OKAY. SORRY. OKAY. I, SORRY. YEAH. MAYBE I SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE OUTREACH PART. YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED. I WOULD DEFER THAT. OH NO, NO, IT'S GREAT. SO, UM, SO TO REMIND YOU ABOUT THE OUTREACH WE DID OR HAVE BEEN DOING , IT'S PART HALFWAY EXPLAINING WHAT THE AUGUST SCHEDULE WAS AND THEN SAYING HOW CAN WE FINE TUNE AUGUST OR WHAT OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE IS FOR JANUARY, KNOWING THAT WITH OUR BUDGETARY RESTRICTIONS, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE A HUGE CHANGE IN OUR NEXT SCHEDULE, BUT COULD WE FINE TUNE SOME THINGS? AND SO THAT'S NOT JUST A CUSTOMER SIDE, THERE'S A LOT ON THE INSIDE, YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY WE HAVE TO DO. BUT FROM THE CUSTOMER SIDE, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT AND, AND WHAT ARE THE RESPONSES ALWAYS, I FEEL LIKE AT EVERY SINGLE ONE I'M LOOKING AT ELLI 'CAUSE SHE'S BEEN TO EVERY SINGLE ONE. BUT I THINK THE FIRST COMMENTS ARE ALWAYS HOW MUCH THEY LOVE OUR DRIVERS, WHICH ALWAYS CRACKS ME UP, FOLLOWED BY A LOT OF SMART COMMENTS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT SMART. BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS PEOPLE, THE MAIN MESSAGE, PEOPLE WANNA CONNECT TO SMART, RIGHT? THAT'S THE MAIN MESSAGE. THEY WANT TO CONNECT TO SMART AND THEY WANT [00:15:01] TO CONNECT TO OTHER TRANSIT. THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HEARD ARE RELIABILITY AND FREQUENCY, ESPECIALLY FOR ROUTES TWO AND 11. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE INTENDING TO ADDRESS. UM, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ROUTE 10 AND 24, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT. UM, WE ALSO ASKED ABOUT WEEKEND AND EVENING SERVICE. WE ASSUMED, UM, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT. AND WE FOUND IT WAS PRETTY MINIMAL AND SURPRISING. UM, SO THIS IS ALL REALLY PUTTING INTO OUR FACTORS OF WHAT ARE WE GONNA SEE IN FEBRUARY. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER MAJOR POINTS. OH, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS, WHAT'S NICE ABOUT IS WE CAN MAKE ACTION ON THEM RIGHT NOW. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS FOLKS WANTED IT WAS FUN. WE DID THE, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS CALLED, LIKE A RIDE WITH A TRANSIT MANAGER. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE OUTREACH EVENTS. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO'S GONE TO THE OUTREACH EVENTS OR HOSTED SUCH AS URBAN CHAT. UM, THE ONE WE DID WITH COOL PETALUMA, THOUGH IT WAS FUN BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WALKED THROUGH COPELAND AND IT'S ON MY LIST TO WORK ON COPELAND. SO WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE RIGHT NOW CAN BEGIN TO EXECUTE IN TERMS OF THE SIGNAGE, HOW IT LOOKS. SO IT'S FUN TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN DO NOW. LET ME MAKE SURE THERE'S A LOT MORE, MORE CLEAR MAPS, THAT KIND OF THING. UM, WE DID HEAR PEOPLE WANTING ACCESS TO KAISER, RIGHT? THAT WAS OUR CONCERN. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU HAD BEFORE I WALKED IN, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I REVIEWED ALL THOSE MEETINGS, IT WAS, IT'S ME TRYING US TRYING TO GO OUT AND GET THOSE ANSWERS YOU WANTED BEFORE SO THAT YOU HAVE THEM IF AND WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE OTHER CHANGES. NOW I'LL PAUSE . UM, I, I NOTICED I WAS ON REDDIT, UM, AND I NOTICED THAT THERE HAS BEEN, UM, SOME CONCERNS ESPECIALLY ABOUT, UM, LOSS OF WEEKENDS. UM, AND EVENING AM SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT NEEDING TO GET UBER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . UM, NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT ACCESS BY LUMA GO MM-HMM . UM, AND ALSO I THINK THERE WAS, UM, AN ARTICLE BY PETALUMA VOICE THAT MADE IT APPEAR THAT, UM, PARA, UM, PARATRANSIT WAS NOT, UM, SET UP. IT WAS PROBABLY IN THE PHRASING. SO I NOTICED SOME PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH, AND OUR SENIORS AND OUR DISABLED, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, UH, UM, I, I, UH, I GAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS ACCURATE ABOUT IT, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN. ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WE HAD A DIFFICULT SITUATION WITH ROUTING. WE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK WHEN WE HAD MADE THE DECISION AND REALLY NOBODY WAS NEGATIVE. BUT THEN A LITTLE LATER WE DID A SURVEY AND I, IT WAS A PRETTY MUCH AN INTERNAL SURVEY. I ONLY GOT SOME CASUAL COMMENTS, BUT IT WAS SURPRISING HOW MUCH PRETTY STRONG NEGATIVITY THERE WAS TOWARD PENDULUM TRANSIT, UH, ON A RACIAL BASIS THAT THERE FELT THAT WE WERE BIASED AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR. UM, AND IT, IT, BUT ONLY CAME OUT WHEN WE DID A SURVEY. SO I'M JUST SAYING THERE MAY BE SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT PICKING UP. 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKING, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR IT IN THE RIGHT WAYS. AND JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. YEAH. AND IT, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR OUTREACH OUTLETS, RIGHT? SO I APPRECIATE HEARING, WE APPRECIATE GETTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF IT. WHAT'S REALLY NEAT IS, UM, CARLY ACTUALLY CREATED A FORM THAT'S ALL, BOTH ONLINE AS WELL AS AN, AND IT IS A FILLABLE FORM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF JUST A NON FILL FORM. SO WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THOSE TWO AS WELL AS A REMIX MAP, AS WELL AS JUST GATHERING THE COMMENTS AS WE HEAR. BUT WE DO, WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY COMES TO THOSE EVENTS AND NOT EVERYBODY SHARES THOSE THINGS. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING IT. SO IT'S THINGS WE CAN CHECK FOR PAT. COUNCIL MEMBER? NO. OKAY. CARRY ON. ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL MOVE ON. UM, TO THE JANUARY 20, 27 SERVICE UPDATE. AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED ON THIS ALREADY SINCE WHEN THIS WAS PRINTED, OR, OR PUT OUT. SO I'LL, UM, DO SOME UPDATES HERE. UM, SO OUR NEXT SCHEDULE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JANUARY. THE GOAL OF THAT WAS A REGIONAL DATE THAT ALL THE REGION OF DETERMINE THIS IS THE DATE WE CHANGE. NOW IN COORDINATION, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THE SONOMA SINK PLAN, AND SONOMA SINK IS A STUDY TO SEE ABOUT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE. WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS THAT COLLABORATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN, RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH IT'S A STUDY THAT'S GOING TO LAST ALL THE WAY TO SPRING 2029, A LOT OF THE ITEMS I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR FEBRUARY ARE BORN OUT OF THE STUDY, WHICH WAS WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE. SO ME AND THE OTHER, UM, BUS OPERATORS HAD SAID, WE WANT SOME ACTIONABLE ITEMS OUT OF THIS. UM, AND SO ONE OF THEM WAS THAT EACH OPERATOR IN OUR AREA NEEDED MORE TIME. AND SO WE DECIDED AS A GROUP, WE WOULD WAIT TILL FEBRUARY. SO MEANING THAT SONOMA [00:20:01] COUNTY, SANTA ROSA CITY BUS AND PETALUMA TRANSIT WILL TRANSITION ON THE SAME DAY. SO THAT IS OUR GOAL, AND THAT MATTERS TO PASSENGERS, UM, FOR THAT FEBRUARY SCHEDULE CHANGE. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SONOMA SINK DID A LOT OF WORK FOR US ON THIS, BUT I'LL JUST ABBREVIATE IT HERE DUE TO TIME, A FEW THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS POTENTIALLY COMBINING ROUTES TWO AND 11. UM, WE, WE WANNA IMPROVE ON TIME PERFORMANCE. WE'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE POTENTIALLY 10 AND 24, AND THAT'S BEEN PART OF OUR OUTREACH. IT'S SOMETHING I KNOW THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP AGAIN AND AGAIN IN THIS, IN THIS ROOM. AND SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT OUTREACH TO YOU. THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD MEET KAISER WITH ACCESS IN THE MEANTIME, SO THAT THAT WOULD COVER THAT PORTION. AGAIN, THIS IS THE BEGINNING CONVERSATION, AND A LOT OF THIS IS THROUGH THE SONOMA SINK WORK. SO IT'S LOOKING VERY HIGH LEVEL AT ALL OF OUR TRANSIT TOGETHER. SO LET ME KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS. SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT AND, UM, CITY BUS AND PETA TRANSIT, ALL ARE FA FACING, FACING THE SAME DEFICIT, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL FACING A SHORTFALL. AND SO SONOMA SINK, THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO LOOK AT THE MAIN CORRIDORS THAT WE ALL OPERATE. MENDOCINO AVENUE. WELL, WE DON'T OPERATE THERE, BUT PETALUMA BOULEVARD AND, AND NORTH MCDOWELL, NONE OF US CAN AFFORD REDUNDANCIES. WE'RE ALL HAVING TO MAKE REDUCTIONS. SO WE'RE DOING THIS IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. IT MEANS I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. WE HAVE TO DO IT AT THE SAME TIME. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I CAN'T, WE DON'T KNOW WITH THE FEBRUARY SCHEDULE, SO I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER OPERATORS, BUT BECAUSE I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM, SONOMA COUNTY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF SONOMA SINK, THE STUDY, LOOKING AT OUR ROUTES, IS WHY ARE WE HAVING SO MUCH DUPLICATION IN NORTH MCDOWELL? WHY IS ARE BOTH SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT AND PETALUMA TRANSIT OFFERING THAT? WELL, IF WE GET OFF PETALUMA TRANSIT, GET OFF, GETS OFF THE BOULEVARD, MAYBE WE SWAP. RIGHT? SO NOW SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT WILL COVER THE BOULEVARD. THEY'LL GET OFF NORTH MCDOWELL, WE'LL INCREASE FREQUENCY AT NORTH MCDOWELL. THAT'S WHAT SONOMA SYNC WORK IS ABOUT. NOT ABOUT LOOKING AT AT PETALUMA TRANSIT AS ONE AGENCY, BUT LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE, HOW ARE WE SERVICING? AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, THE THREE AGENCIES IS WITH THE HELP OF SONOMA SINK. WELL, WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATED POWERPOINT ON SOME OF THESE SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU. UM, WE'RE GONNA BRING THESE, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LEVELS BECAUSE SOME OF THE ITEMS WE'RE DOING ARE REGIONAL, AND THEN OF COURSE WE JUST HAVE LOCAL ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. AND HOW DO WE DO THAT WITH LIMITED FUNDS? THIS MIGHT SOUND FAMILIAR LIKE THE PAST CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE'RE GONNA WALK INTO THIS MUCH MORE EYES OPEN. AND THIS IS WHAT I'M HOPEFUL IS WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU NEED AS WE CONTINUE OUR OUTREACH, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT UNTIL FEBRUARY, AND WE'RE HERE NOW IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE'VE ALREADY ASKED QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS. SO WE, WE KNOW WE WON'T HIT EVERY MARK IN FEBRUARY. I WAS AT MASCOT'S MEETING TODAY, AND I SAID THAT OUT LOUD, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS IT. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA FALL SHORT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T TRY. SO THE MAIN FOCUS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, CARLY'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH OUR CONSULTANTS TO FOCUS ON THE ON TIME PERFORMANCE OF, OF OUR MAIN CORRIDORS, ROUTES TWO AND 11. THE MAJORITY OF OUR FOLKS ARE RIDING THAT. THAT IS, THAT IS WHERE WE WANNA STRENGTHEN THAT SERVICE. THE OTHER ITEM IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING, UM, SERVICE TO SRJC THIS FEBRUARY, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. WE DON'T KNOW IN WHICH WAY, IF WE'RE GONNA DEVIATE ONE OF OUR CURRENT ROUTES OR IF WE'RE GONNA CREATE A ROUTE DEDICATE. WE'RE LOOKING AT A FEW OPTIONS. AND IT'S COOL BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE JC ALMOST A CHARETTE STYLE. SO CARLY'S ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND WE'VE, WE DID A PRELIMINARY WITH THEM IN THE OFFICES WHERE THEY SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT THE MAPS, AND NOW WE'RE RECONVENING WITH THEM BASED ON EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE WITH OUR CONSULTANTS WITH SONOMA SINK AS WELL AS MV AND SAYING, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DEMONSTRATE IS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO COLLABORATE HOWEVER, FUNDS NEED TO BE INVOLVED. AND AS YOU RECALL, THERE ARE FUNDS INVOLVED. SO WE DO HAVE FUNDING FOR THIS EAST WEST CONNECTION, UM, BUT WE WANTED TO MEET MORE THAN THE SRJC, RIGHT? SO, SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE THAT. UM, I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD STOP AND ASK YOU, CARLY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I SHOULD MENTION ABOUT FEBRUARY? OR DO YOU THINK THAT'S UH, NO, I FEEL LIKE YOU COVERED, OKAY. THE, YEAH. UM, AND THIS IS WHERE SONOMA SYNC, IT'S A SEPARATE AGENDA, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE A SEPARATE PARAGRAPH, BUT IT REALLY IS THE SAME THING BECAUSE SONOMA SYN IS HOW THIS KNOWLEDGE CAME ABOUT, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN PULLING OUR OWN DATA, PROVIDING IT TO THEM. WE'RE WORKING ON EXISTING CONDITIONS, RIGHT? AND THAT WAS HOW WE IDENTIFIED THESE OVERLAPPING CORRIDORS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW SONOMA COUNTY TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND US TO SAVE SOME MONEY BY NOT D DUPLICATING SERVICE. UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY PUT, WHICH I INSTALLED HERE FOR YOU. AND AGAIN, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE OUTREACH HAS SHOWN. UM, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT WE [00:25:01] NEED MORE COVERAGE. I WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR, THIS IS ALL IN LIGHT OF A RESTRICTED BUDGET. THIS IS NOT, IF WE HAD EVERYTHING, OF COURSE, I'D HAVE A MUCH LONGER LIST. BUT THIS IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS, WAS GET TO SUSTAINABLE SERVICE WITH THE BUDGET I CURRENTLY HAVE. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE TALK ABOUT SOME COSTS, IT TALKS ABOUT THE COST NEUTRAL CONCEPTS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE BRIDGING THIS FROM. SO THAT 10 24 MONEY WILL BE PULLED AS A RESOURCE INTO THESE OTHER SPACES WHERE WE NEED IT. OKAY. ASK A QUESTION. MM-HMM . I, I'M SORRY, BUT I'M, I'M CLEARLY KIND OF BEHIND ON SOMETHING AND, AND I KNOW I MISSED LAST MEETING, AND SO MAYBE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED THEN. CAN YOU TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND HELP EDUCATE ME ON SONOMA SINK? I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I MUST ADMIT I'M A LITTLE LOST. AND SO MAYBE YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND. TELL ME WHAT IT IS, TELL ME KINDA HOW IT CAME TO BE AND YEAH, THAT, THAT, LIKE AN OVERVIEW WOULD BE GREAT. PERFECT. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT A LOT. SO WHAT IT IS, IS WE, WE BEGAN THIS EFFORT. IT'S WITH S-C-T-C-A, SO THAT'S THE GRANT. UM, I DON'T KNOW THE THE GRANT'S FUNDING, BUT IT IS A PROCESS THAT'S GONNA GO THROUGH 2029. AND THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS REALLY THE EASIEST PROBABLY WAY TO EXPLAIN IT IS IT'S MASCOTS 2.0. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA RENAME IT BECAUSE SONOMA SYN IS KIND OF, IT'S NOT THAT IT'S CONFUSING, BUT WE TRULY ARE DOING WHAT MASCOTS WAS, WHICH TO I TO IDENTIFY, IS THERE DUPLICATIVE SERVICE? CAN WE BE UTILIZING RESOURCES IN THIS COUNTY IN A BETTER WAY? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DUPLICATIVE EFFORTS. WE ALL HAVE A PARATRANSIT OFFICE. WE ALL HAVE NTD REPORTING. WE ALL HAVE. AND, AND CAN THERE BE SOME SPACES WHERE THIS DUPLICATION ENDS UP BEING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COST SAVINGS CONTINUE. SO IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S THROUGH S-C-T-S-A NOT PETALUMA TRANSIT. WOW. SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE STUDIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND, UM, PROBABLY CINEMA SINK OR, YOU KNOW, MASCOTS 2.0 IS THE LARGEST SANTA ROSA'S DOING A STUDY. WE'RE DOING A STUDY AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. BUT THE IDEA BEHIND IT WAS IN TERMS OF, NOT NECESSARILY COL CONSOLIDATION, BUT COLLABORATION. HOW DO WE TAKE THREE BUS OPERATORS? AS WE'VE SEEN, PEOPLE DON'T CARE WHAT BUS THEY GET ON. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT BRAND LOYAL, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY HAVE BRAND PREFERENCE, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE BRAND LOYALTY. HOW DO WE CREATE A SEAMLESS NETWORK FOR PEOPLE SO THAT WHEN THEY HIT THE BOUNDARY OF PETALUMA, THEY DON'T FEEL IT. SO WE'RE LOOKING, THERE'S MULTIPLE PHASES. WE'RE LOOK OH, OKAY. SORRY, I JUST, UH, BEFORE WE GOT TOO FAR, SO YOU SAID, UM, SO ALL THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING A, A STUDY. SO THE ACTUAL SONOMA SINK, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE IF I'M JUST COMPLETELY LOST. UM, BUT THE SONOMA SINK, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF MASCOT'S 2.0, THAT'S A-S-C-T-S-A SPECIFIC, AND YOU SAID, UM, SANTA ROSA'S DOING A STUDY. WE ARE DOING A STUDY. IS OUR STUDY THROUGH A DIFFERENT, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE, UM, ARE DOING THROUGH A CONSULTANT OR IS THAT IN-HOUSE OR, YEAH, SO I COULD TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO KIND OF CLEAR THE DIFFERENCE. I'M JUST LOOKING AT TIME TO BE MINDFUL. 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE TO GET TO ALL OF IT. AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEND, BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS ON IT, ON THE SONOMA SINK. SO HAPPY TO SEND RESOURCES FOR SURE, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT YOU ALL KNOW, BECAUSE THIS WILL IMPACT US. THERE WILL BE DECISION POINTS. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH, ALTHOUGH SANTA ROSA HAS THEIR OWN STUDY, THAT'S ABOUT THEIR TRANSIT MALL, RIGHT? WE HAVE OUR OWN STUDY, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS VISION, WHICH IS ABOUT OUR SHORTENED RANGE, LONG RANGE TRANSIT PLAN, OVERLAPPING ALL OF THAT ARE ALMOST LIKE AN UMBRELLA IS SONOMA SINK OR MASCOTS 2.0, WHICH IS TCA'S STUDY GRANT FUNDED STUDY THAT THEY DID TO SAY, HEY, WHERE ARE THE OPTIONS FOR SOME COLLABORATION MM-HMM . UM, BUT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN THE PROCESS WHERE ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF THIS IS REALLY THE DIFFICULTIES IS THERE'S DECISION MAKING FACTORS. THE DECISION BODIES ON EACH OF OUR AGENCIES ARE SO DIFFERENT, RIGHT? I HAVE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT HAS RACHEL OR CITY BUS GOES STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL, RIGHT? SO IT, IT'S, WE ALL HAVE, SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE KIND OF DETERMINING IS WHO WOULD BE THE DECI DECIDERS IN THIS PROCESS? AND SO FOR WHAT I'VE SUGGESTED ON THE SIDE OF PETALUMA IS THAT OUR DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, BE INVOLVED AS [00:30:01] MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO INFORM PEGGY, MAKE SURE OUR CITY MANAGER'S INVOLVED, BUT THAT I BRING THINGS TO THIS, THIS COMMITTEE, BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IS I DON'T GET TO DELIVER IT TO COUNCIL, RIGHT? AND WE'RE DOING, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, THIS SEEMS LIKE A JUMP AND THIS HAS ONLY BEEN A FEW WEEKS. SO WE NEED TO KEEP THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPEN AND, AND I THINK ME AND THE OTHER TRANSIT MANAGERS SEE THIS AS A CONCERN. SO WE ALREADY HAVE A MEETING COMING UP TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL, UM, CONSISTENT IN THE WAY WE'RE APPROACHING THIS. BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE DEALING WITH THROUGH MUNICIPALITIES AND DECIDING THAT WE WANNA DO ANYTHING TOGETHER, IT CAN BE A REAL CHALLENGE. MM-HMM . A REAL CHALLENGE. I MEAN, IT TOOK US PROBABLY THREE YEARS TO DO A WEBSITE TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, AND BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING FOR ALL OF US TO STANDARDIZE SOMETHING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PASSENGER, AND WE HAVE YEARS AND YEARS OF LOVING OUR SERVICE LIKE IT IS. SO I HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. UH, YEAH, THAT HELPS. AND I'LL GO INTO VISION TOO. MOVE, KEEP MOVING. OKAY. YES, I WAS GONNA SAY, JUST A QUICK TIME CHECK. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 MINUTES, 30, 29 MINUTES LEFT, ACTUALLY. JUST KIDDING. . I LOVE IT. OKAY. UM, SO LET ME MOVE TO VISION. THIS IS PERFECT. I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD SAY THAT THE STUDIES, THIS IS A LOT OF STUDIES HAPPENING IN SONOMA. I REALLY DO WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR. I LOVE IT, BUT IT IS COMPLICATED FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE. IT IS COMPLICATED AND WE ARE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY MEETING WITH EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVERLAP. I WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE. BJORN IS DOING A STUDY ABOUT COPELAND TRANSIT MALL. AND THEN I WAS LIKE, BUT I'M DOING A STUDY ABOUT COPELAND TRANSIT MALL. SO WE ARE REALLY TAKING A MOMENT TO MAKE SURE EACH OF OUR STUDIES DO NOT OVERLAP WITH THE OTHER. AND, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE AN OBVIOUS FIRST STEP, BUT SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES. SO I WANNA REALLY BE CLEAR WHAT VISION WILL BE FOR US. THE PEDAL IN THE VISION PLAN IS A LONG AND SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN. SO I'M GONNA JUMP TO BUDGET AND GRANTS FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA MAKE MORE SENSE. WHEN WE LOOK AT BUDGET AND GRANTS. WHAT MIMI WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY, OR IS GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY, ARE THE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 REQUESTS THAT SHE IS MAKING FOR OUR 53 0 9, UM, OR SORRY, 53, 0 7 AND FIFTY THREE THIRTY NINE FUNDING. YOU MAY RECALL THESE WERE SOME OF THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, THOSE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T, OR WE, THE AGENCY WE DIDN'T PURSUE. NOW WE'RE PURSUING IT. SO THEY'RE LISTED HERE. THE THINGS WE'RE ASKING MIMI IS GOING, OR MIMI IS GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL SO THAT THEY CAN SAY, OKAY, YES, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR THIS, BUT HOW IT REALLY COULD OR SHOULD BE IS THAT THIS MONEY, SEE, THESE ARE ALL THE, THE A DA PAIR, TRANSIT OPERATIONS, ZERO EMISSION BUS, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR SHOULD BE IN OUR SHORT RANGE OR LONG RANGE TRANSIT PLAN. JUST LIKE THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST NIGHT. THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS WE HAVE A PLAN. YOU ARE ALL GIVING FEEDBACK, THE COMMUNITY GIVES FEEDBACK AND TO YOUR ANSWER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT, WE DO HAVE CONSULTANTS, IT'S OVER 400,000. I'M EXCITED THAT WE WILL START GOING OUT TO THAT BIDDING PROCESS, UM, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, I'LL BRINGING, BE BRINGING EVERYTHING TO YOU, BUT YES, IT'LL BE GREAT FOR THE TEAM HERE NOT TO HAVE TO DO THIS HEAVY LIFT. UM, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT THIS PLAN WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO FIX EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO BUY, EVERYTHING WE KNEW COULD BE A SUSTAINABLE PLAN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT PLAN IN PLACE. MIMI THEN HAS TO INDIVIDUALLY TAKE THIS TO COUNCIL. WE, IN REALITY, THIS PART SHOULD BE IN OUR LONGER SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN BECAUSE THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE KNEW WERE GONNA COME UP. THESE ARE THINGS THAT PAST LEADERSHIP DID APPLY FOR. SO WE KNOW THAT THE, THESE, THE ROOF ISSUES HAVEN'T GONE AWAY. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE WAY OUR STRUCTURE IS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LONGER SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN, WE DON'T HAVE THIS, WHAT I WOULD CALL LIKE A BOOK THAT YOU LOOK TO AND GO, HEY, WHERE ARE WE AT ON OUR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT? THIS IS A STANDARD. HOWEVER, DURING C-O-D-M-T-C RELEASED OR RESTED OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY, PAUSED SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THEY, THEY PULLED BACK THE RESTRICTIONS, BUT NOW THEY'RE GONNA BE RELEASING IN SEPTEMBER, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LONG AND RA SHORT REACH TRANSIT PLAN? A LOT HAPPENED IN COVID, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT PLAN AND EVERYTHING GOES AWRY, THEN EVERYTHING GOES AWRY. AND WHEN THESE FUNDS COME UP, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO APPLY FOR NECESSARILY. AND THIS IS NOT THE PROCESS WE WILL HAVE HERE. THE PROCESS WE WILL HAVE HERE WITH THIS VISION IS TO HAVE A PLAN THAT WE ALL WORK ON WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE CONSULTANTS, VERY MUCH LIKE THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT JUST FOR TRANSIT. AND WHAT'S GREAT IS WE HAVE THE GENERAL PLAN, WE HAVE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. WE HAVE SO MANY STUDIES THAT THIS PARTICULAR STUDY I AM UNLIKE ACTIONABLE, DO NOT GO OUT AND STUDY ANYTHING. SO THIS VISION PLAN IS IMPERATIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE [00:35:01] CAN AFFORD BASED ON THE FUNDING WE HAVE, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION AND DO SOME REALLY STRONG OUTREACH. I'M NOT SAYING WHAT OUR STAFF DID WASN'T STRONG, IT'S PHENOMENAL FOR A SMALL AGENCY THIS MUCH. BUT WHAT I HAD WANTED TO DO WAS TO CREATE A REALLY GOOD RUNWAY FOR VISION. I WANTED US TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE OUR OUTREACH WOULD BE. I WANTED US AS AN, AS AN AGENCY TO ADDRESS AS MUCH AS WE COULD IN FEBRUARY SO THAT WHEN VISION COMES ON, THEY'RE NOT DOING THE, THE QUOTE UNQUOTE STUFF WE CAN DO. THEY'RE DOING FAR BEYOND THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE REAL OPTIMISTIC THOUGHTS FOR VISION, BUT I THINK I WANTED TO CLARIFY KIND OF THE ROLE. AND I FELT THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WHAT MIMI'S GONNA, AND SHE CAN POP ON, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ANSWER AND THE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THIS. BUT THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE WOULD'VE ALREADY DECIDED. UM, MIMI, SINCE YOU MAGICALLY CAME FROM NOWHERE, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND ADD ANYTHING YOU WANT. I LOVE IT WHEN YOU POP UP, BUT ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COUNCIL OR MAYBE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING? YEAH, THESE WILL BE, UM, ON THE COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 28TH. UM, AND ALL BUT ONE PROJECT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY IN OUR CIP PROJECT LIST. SO THEY'RE ALL BEEN PRE-APPROVED PROJECTS. UM, HOWEVER, IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY WE PAUSED THESE PROJECTS IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE STRESS ON THE TDA, UM, FUND AND REPOPULATE THE, THOSE CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS BACK TOWARDS OPERATING. UM, AND SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO NO LONGER DELAY THESE PROJECTS. UM, IF WE GET AWARDED. UM, SO IT'S THE ROOF OVERLAY, IT IS THE GATE ELECTRIFICATION THAT WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC GATE, UM, AND THE ADMIN BUILDING REPAIRS THE NEWEST PROJECT BECAUSE, BECAUSE THIS GOES THROUGH 20 TH YEAH, 2031. THAT SOUNDS SO WEIRD TO SAY. UM, WE ALSO ADDED A NEW PROJECT FOR JUST GENERAL YARD OR MAINTENANCE BAY REPAIRS. UM, AS WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, THESE AGING BUILDINGS WILL NEED SOME SORT OF REPAIRS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. SO WE WANTED TO BE PROACTIVE IN REQUESTING FUNDS, UM, IF AVAILABLE. SO ANY TYPE OF MAINTENANCE BAY OR WASH BAY, UM, REPAIRS CAN GO UNDER THERE. AND IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE A SPECIFIC PROJECT. IT CAN BE A BUNCH OF SMALLER PROJECTS FOR, UM, MAINTENANCE, BUT IT WOULD, FOR MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A CAP. UH, AN OPERATING MAINTENANCE, BUT MORE LARGER MAINTENANCE CONCERNS THAT WOULD BE MORE CONSIDERED A CAPITAL MAINTENANCE. SO THOSE ARE, UM, THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING. WE HAVE A CERTAIN POT THAT IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS PETALUMA. UM, AND SO THAT IS HOW WE DETERMINED THE FUNDS. WE LOOKED AT PREVIOUSLY, HOW MUCH, UH, THE CIP PROJECTS WERE BUDGETED AND THEN WE INCREASED JUST DUE TO INFLATION. UM, BUT THEN ALSO TRYING TO MAXIMIZE REQUESTING OUT OF THE POT THAT'S ALLOCATED TO PETALUMA. HOWEVER, OTHER AGENCIES THAT OPERATE IN PETALUMA MAY ALSO REQUEST OUT OF THAT SAME POT. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SLIGHTLY COMPETITIVE. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO, YOU KNOW, ALL OR NOTHING, BUT WE WANTED TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE. UM, AND THEN MTC WILL SCORE THESE, UM, BASED UPON EFFICIENCY OR PRIORITY. THANKS MIMI. QUESTIONS? ANY FOLLOW UP TO THAT? OKAY. UM, QUICK TIME CHECK AGAIN. YEAH, WE'RE ABOUT 20 MINUTES OUT. UM, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED ON BUDGETS AND GRANTS? I THINK THAT WAS IT. OKAY. THAT WAS IT. OKAY. THAT WAS IT. SO PLANNING AND RIDERSHIP NOW. YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY TO FINISH THE PLA UM, PEDAL, THE VISION PLAN PART AND, UM, AND WE'LL TOUCH BRIEFLY ON RIDERSHIP AND SOME OF OUR FUTURE THINGS. IS IT, I I FEEL LIKE I JUST NEED TO IMPRESS SONOMA SINK OR MASCOTS 2.0. I'M GONNA KEEP BRINGING IT BACK BECAUSE I DO, I NEED YOU TO BE IN THE LOOP WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT EXISTING CONDITIONS, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT TO REPORT. I WILL SAY THOUGH, JUST I, WE WORKING TOGETHER, RIGHT? THEY DON'T LOVE THE FAIR FREE PART BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY STRONG INCONSISTENCY, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT COLLABORATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE ASKED FOR AND CONTINUE TO ASK FOR IS I WANT SOME FOR THE CONSULTANTS TO LOOK AT A MECHANISM WITHIN WHICH A CITY COULD PAY FOR THE TRANSIT IF THEY WANTED TO. UM, VERSUS IT BEING DEPENDENT ON A COUNCIL. LIKE WE WOULD HAVE A MECHANISM WITH WHICH THEY COULD REIMBURSE FOR OTHER CITIES, NOT OUR OWN. SO LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. RIGHT NOW, SONOMA COUNTY OPERATES IN MULTIPLE CITIES, RIGHT? WE HAVE, UM, OURS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE WINDSOR, RIGHT? WE HAVE RONER PARK IN THOSE CITIES. IN SOME CASES THEY HAVE A FREE CIRCULATOR THAT IS NOT FREE. THAT CITY OR TOWN HAS OPTED TO FUND IT. BUT THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE ALL VARIED BECAUSE OF THE TIMING THAT THAT HAPPENED, RIGHT? IF IT BE, IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IT'S A DIFFERENT CONCEPT. IF IT'S NOW THEY GOT A DIFFERENT BILL, WE WANNA HAVE SOME [00:40:01] CONSISTENCY WITH ALL OF OUR FARES AND A CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE WAY THAT A CITY MIGHT BE FUNDING THE FARES. BUT THAT'S MY WAY TO PUSH BECAUSE I KNOW FAIR FREE IS VERY IMPORTANT AS OF NOW, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE IT HAS THAT ABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IN SONOMA SYN. UM, ROUTES FARES. WE'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE OF HOW WE ADMINISTER, RIGHT? WE HAVE THREE STAFF, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE FOUR. SO THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE BRING IT TO YOU BECAUSE DECISIONS WILL NEED TO BE MADE AT SOME POINT. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN THE LOOP. THE VISION WE HAVE SOME TIME, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE REALLY, VISION'S GONNA BE FOCUSED ON EVERYTHING AFTER THAT FEBRUARY SCHEDULE, BUT WE'LL BE WORKING ON GETTING OUR CONSULTANTS LIKE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. SO YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A SUPER URGENCY. UM, OCTOBER, WE SHOULD BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU WHAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR FEBRUARY IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE. SO DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR ABOUT THE FEBRUARY SCHEDULE AGAIN, WE JUST WANTED TO BEGIN TO DO THE, YOU KNOW, LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THE PUBLIC OUTREACH. UM, THE LAST THING I WILL SAY BEFORE I MOVE IT ON, AND MAYBE WE WILL SKIP IF, IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS. UM, OH SHOOT, I ALREADY FORGOT WHAT IT'S OH YES, I REMEMBER THE LUMA GO SURVEY. SO THE LUMA GO SURVEY DID GO OUT. WE HAVE HAD OVER, I'M GONNA SAY 230 RESPONDENTS MORE, SHE SAYS. SO THIS IS GREAT, RIGHT? SO THIS JUST A REMINDER, THIS SURVEY IS TO LOOK AT THE CLOSING LUMA GO PILOT SO THAT WE HAVE THAT DATA, THAT INFORMATION THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE FROM THE DATA. WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH A COMPANY CALLED BLINK TAG. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TAKING THE RIDERSHIP 'CAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY ASSOCIATE RIDER WITH THEIR COMMENTS. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. UHUH AND LOOK TO SEE, NO, NO, NO, WHAT THE SURVEY WILL RESULT. THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY. NOT OKAY FOR IF THERE'S A NON AN PLEASE CONTINUE. OKAY, I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR MORE, BUT, SO THAT SURVEY WILL BE BASICALLY BROUGHT IN TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE KIND OF WHAT WERE THE TRENDS FOR PEOPLE IN TERMS OF THE RIDERSHIP TRENDS, THE THINGS THE DATA COULDN'T SHOW US, WHY WERE THEY USING THE SERVICE. SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO BRING THAT TO YOU, BUT PLEASE FILL IT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CARLY TO TALK ABOUT RIDERSHIP. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE OR I GUESS KIND OF NEW DATA ON, UM, ACCESS BY LUMA. GO. IT IS REALLY EARLY TO BE SHARING DATA, BUT I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF THE EFFICIENCIES WE'RE SEEING SO FAR. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY 'CAUSE WE ARE SEEING THOSE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR. SO, UM, I GAVE LIKE KIND OF A LITTLE BLURB IN THE PACKET WITH, UM, SOME GRAPHS AND THINGS, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SUMMARY, UM, WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 4.2 RIDERS PER REVENUE HOUR. UM, PREVIOUSLY ON PARATRANSIT WE WERE ONLY SEEING LIKE ONE TO TWO PASSENGERS PER HOUR. SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE. UM, THIS ONE I LOVE. WE'RE SEEING 50% OF COMPLETED RIDES. WERE SHARED RIDES. THAT MEANS HALF OF THE RIDES BOOKED ON ACCESS BY LUMA GO ARE THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE BUS. THIS IS NOT YOUR LIKE UBER SERVICE WHERE YOU'RE JUST LIKE IN THE BUS BY YOURSELF. THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THESE VEHICLES, WHICH IS WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE. UM, WE'VE ALSO, WE COMPLETED OVER 3000 TRIPS SINCE WE LAUNCHED AND WE HAVE, UM, MORE THAN 260 NEW ACCOUNTS THAT WERE CREATED. UM, AND YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SHARE. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW THAT WE ARE SEEING THOSE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE WERE HOPING TO SEE WITH THE NEW SYSTEM. AND I'LL ADD TO THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO GIVE YOU MORE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ON SERVICE. IT'S ONLY BEEN FIVE WEEKS. SO WITH THE BUDGET, THE ACTUALS PUSH IT. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH. I DON'T HAVE, THE MIMI DOESN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION. I WANT IT TO BE GOOD INFORMATION COMING TO YOU. SAME WITH RIDERSHIP. SO UNTIL WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD CHUNKS OF DATA THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING AND THE FIRST FEW WEEKS ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE OFF ANYWAY, I'D RATHER WAIT, BUT JUST KNOW THOSE NUMBERS WILL COME TO YOU IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. RIDERSHIP AS WELL AS HOW THIS, THESE CHANGES IMPACTED OUR BUDGET AND WHAT, WHAT OUR SHORTFALL IS STILL, THAT DIDN'T GO AWAY. AND THEN ACE, YOU GET TWO MINUTES TO TELL US HOW AMAZING. TELL EVERYBODY THAT SHOULD GO TO THE SCAVENGER HUNT. , ARE WE MOVING ON TO MARKETING? JUST SO I'M CLEAR? OKAY. YEAH. SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE REPORT, WE'VE BEEN BUSY WITH THE OUTREACH SINCE AUGUST AND AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. UM, THAT LARGELY CONSISTED OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND WE PARTNERED WITH, UM, EDEN HOUSING, PEP HOUSING. SO WE WENT OUT TO A LOT OF THE SENIOR APARTMENTS IN PETALUMA, FOR EXAMPLE, AND HAD THESE WORKSHOPS WITH THEM WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGES. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LIKE OF MULTIPLE THINGS, A LITTLE BIT EDUCATIONAL, A LITTLE BIT INFORMATIVE, A LITTLE BIT FEEDBACK, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. UM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN RECEIVED [00:45:01] REALLY WELL. WE'VE GOTTEN AWESOME FEEDBACK FROM THESE, UM, COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN. LIKE, UM, ALSO THE BACK TO SCHOOL, UH, NIGHTS WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE CITY AS WELL AS THEIR ORIENTATIONS AND WHATNOT. UM, BUT I THINK THE EVENT THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST ARE, UM, NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, BUT ALSO THE COOL PETALUMA, UM, RIDE ALONG BECAUSE IT ENDED UP GIVING US ACCESS TO ACTUAL RIDERS THAT WERE RIDING THE BUS THAT DAY AND GAVE US FEEDBACK. THEY GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE RIDE. UM, WE SHOULD CLARIFY. SO THE, THE MEETING WAS ON THE BUS, RIGHT? AND SO THEN AS REGULAR PASSENGERS CAME ON, THEY PARTICIPATED. IT WAS AMAZING. YEAH. AND UH, UM, THE REASON WHY THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS THAT IT TURNED INTO ME HAVING TO TRANSLATE FOR MARIA. WE HAD SPANISH SPEAKING WRITERS, WHICH WE DON'T GET ME WRONG, WE DO HAVE SPANISH OUTREACH PLANNED, BUT THEY JUST WEREN'T PARTICIPATING. THEY WEREN'T OUR, UH, THEY'RE NOT AS ACTIVE ON SOCIALS WHEN I'M PROMOTING, UM, THE AGENCY AND THE SERVICES AND WHATNOT. SO IT'S A VERY HARD COMMUNITY TO GET AHOLD OF UNLESS YOU'RE OUT THERE RIDING ALONG WITH THEM, WHICH ENDED UP HAPPENING. SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND FROM THAT, WE'RE NOW STARTING TO PLAN TO DO MORE OUTREACH, A MORE SPECIFIC AND TARGETED OUTREACH FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY. UM, AND OTHER FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ARE, UM, LIKE CREATING OTHER MATERIALS, TUTORIAL VIDEOS, UH, EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS FOR OUR SENIORS. I NEVER THOUGHT THEY WERE, THEY WANTED THE TECHNOLOGY , RIGHT? UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT FROM THESE WORKSHOPS. WE OF COURSE ALSO GOT, UM, THE COMMENTS THE MORE WHERE PEOPLE ARE UPSET, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES AND WHY AREN'T YOU IN THIS PART OF TOWN LIKE PET MOBILE BOULEVARD SOUTH AS, ESPECIALLY AS A RESULT OF THE MASCOTS IMPLEMENTATION IN APRIL. SO WE'RE REALLY TAKING ALL OF THAT IN, UM, THE WORKSHEET THAT CARLY CREATED FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES WE DID IN THE, IN THESE WORKSHOPS. WE ALSO MADE IT AVAILABLE ONLINE SO PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE US THAT FEEDBACK. UM, I'VE MADE SURE TO CONNECT IT TO THE REMIX MAP SO PEOPLE CAN GO AND LIKE REALLY ZOOM IN AND BE VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY SEE WE NEED A BUS STOP OR A SHELTER OR YOU KNOW, A ROUTE, WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN GREAT AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT. WE STILL HAVE SOME PLANNED, SO I HAVE A ONE VIRTUAL, UM, PRESENTATION OR WORKSHOP HAPPENING ON NEXT WEEK ON THE 22ND. AND I'M ALSO GOING OUT TO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND, AND HITTING THEIR SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY THERE NEXT WEEK AS WELL. SO IT'S BEEN A, A VERY BUSY LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE'RE JUST PLANNING FOR MORE. I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY RECEIVING AS WELL. UM, FAR MORE POSITIVE THAN I THINK WE HAD ANTICIPATED. WE WERE BRACING OURSELVES FOR, UH, WORSE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE NEED, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE RECEIVING AS WELL. THEY LOVED HAVING MARIA ON THE BUS , SO I THINK WE MIGHT DO THAT MORE IN THE FUTURE. YAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ELLI. UM, YES, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PATTY? I'M JUST GONNA GO FIRST. SURE. THIS IS ALL, THIS IS ALL GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY, UH, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THIS LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, IT REALLY SHIFTS. THANK YOU. UM, I WOULD LIKEN YOUR VISION PLANNING, UH, TO PLEASE HAVE SOME, UM, UH, METRICS ABOUT EQUITY, UM, THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW FOR TRENDS, GEOGRAPHIC E EQUITY, AGE EQUITY AND, UM, POPULATION AND, UH, LANGUAGE EQUITY AND THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND REPORT BACK TO US BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED NOT JUST FOR PETALUMA TRANSIT, BUT FOR THE MASCOTS TOO. AND, UH, I BECOME CONCERNED THAT SOME OF THE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED, UM, TO DATE, PARTICULARLY GEOGRAPHICALLY, UM, MAY CONTINUE TO BE UNDERSERVED IN THE SEARCH FOR EFFICIENCIES. AND SO [00:50:01] I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THIS IN MIND AND, UM, AND FOLLOW ALONG WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THESE PLACES. YOU KNOW, UH, ALONG THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR, UM, SOUTH PET IN THE BOULEVARD, AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, NORTH, SOME OF THE NORTH MCDOWELL, UM, COMMUNITIES AS WELL THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED MM-HMM . AND I WOULD HATE TO PUT ALL OF THESE, UM, CHANGES INTO PLACE AND STILL HAVE SOME OF THESE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS STILL BE UNDERSERVED. UH, SO, UM, AND I COME BACK, I COME AT THIS FROM A DATA POINT OF VIEW, SO IF WE CAN HAVE SOME METRICS THAT WE CAN FOLLOW TO BE ABLE TO TRACK HOW THESE CHANGES ARE AFFECTING AND HOPEFULLY IMPROVING, UH, SOME OF THE SERVICE FOR VARIOUS, UM, POPULATIONS, GEOGRAPHIC, GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, ET CETERA, AGES, AND THEN THAT WILL HELP US TO KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING. GREAT, THANK YOU. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WITH, UM, ACCESS BY PETALUMA GO, UH, METRICS IS HOW MUCH OF THE RIDERSHIP IS COMING FROM WHERE ORIGINALLY WASN'T COVERED BY LUMA GO AND THAT IS NOW BEING COVERED, HOW MUCH GROWTH OR LACK OF GROWTH THERE IS IN THOSE REGIONS? SO IT'S INTERESTING, I, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE AND I WANNA TAKE EACH QUESTION, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT AND PROVIDE LIKE A HEAT MAP. UM, HOWEVER, I WILL SAY BE MINDFUL WE DID NOT ADVERTISE . YEAH. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE REALLY NOT ADVERTISING TO THOSE SPACES, BUT WE HAVE SEEN AN, OF COURSE, AN INFLUX IN THESE, YOU KNOW, RIDES THAT ARE MORE OUT THERE. OKAY. I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE. UM, NINE MINUTES LEFT. I THINK WE'VE GOT OPERATIONS AND UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS AND COUNCIL ITEMS. PERFECT. SO, UM, THAT'S PRETTY IT, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS, YOU CAN READ IT. BASICALLY THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF DID WONDERFULLY. UM, THE DRIVERS DID GREAT. THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT. I ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE DRIVERS WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCES. WHEN I THINK OPERATIONS, I THINK DRIVERS LIKE, CAN THEY EXECUTE IT? I WILL SAY WE'RE DOING OUTREACH TO THEM THIS SATURDAY BECAUSE OUTREACH TO OUR DRIVERS MATTERS ALSO IN WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THE STREET. AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR KIND OF SOME OF THE FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY I WAS REALLY WORRIED THEY WOULDN'T LIKE ACCESS BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE ASKING A DRIVER WHO USUALLY DOES PARA AND USUALLY DOES MICRO TO DO BOTH, AND IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF OPENING YOUR DOOR VERSUS GETTING OUT LOADING AND EVERYBODY REALLY LIKES IT. EVEN THE ONES WHO WE DIDN'T THINK WOULD, BECAUSE THEY'RE KEEPING BUSY, THEY'RE NOT WAITING AROUND, THEY'RE KEEPING BUSY, THEY'RE ALWAYS MOVING. AND THE PARATRANSIT, I JUST, THEY KEEP TELLING ME THE PARATRANSIT PASSENGERS LIKE IT BECAUSE THIS IS PARTLY SAID THEY USED TO BE RIDING BY THEMSELVES, NOW THEY'RE RIDING ON A BUS WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY COOL. UM, SO THAT'S WHAT OPERATIONS WOULD TELL YOU. THEY ALSO HAD A SAFETY, UM, EXCUSE ME, A BARBECUE TO CELEBRATE. THEY DID A WALKING CHALLENGE, UM, BECAUSE OF THOSE LONG BREAKS. UM, WE WANTED, WELL NOT WE, I WOULD SAY MV WANTED TO GET 'EM OUT. WE LOVE IT. SO THEY'VE BEEN WALKING, SO IF YOU EVER DRIVE BY OUR TRANSIT AGENCY, YOU MIGHT SEE A BUNCH OF BUS DRIVERS WALKING AROUND KNOW THAT THAT IS WHY, UM, UP UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL ITEMS. SO A LOT OF THESE, WE, WE'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, I WON'T GO THROUGH, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING, UM, UPCOMING. AGAIN, USUALLY THEY'RE JUST ON CONSENT, SO NOTHING MASSIVE. WHEN WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING MASSIVE. I'LL DEFINITELY GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. IN TERMS OF FUTURE ITEMS, I GUESS I DO KIND OF NEED FEEDBACK BECAUSE WHAT, IN TERMS OF THE FEBRUARY SCHEDULE, RIGHT? WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON THAT FEBRUARY SCHEDULE. WE COULD POTENTIALLY BRING SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS TO YOU IN OCTOBER, UM, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANNA HAVE THAT FINALIZED OR WE CAN HAVE A MORE FINALIZED VERSION IN NOVEMBER. I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING AS FAST AS WE CAN. MY QUESTION WOULD BE, I GUESS IN TERMS OF GETTING FEEDBACK OF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE PRELIMINARY ITEMS THAT MIGHT NOT BE FULLY BAKED OR WOULD YOU PREFER, SO WE CAN DO WHATEVER AND WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE, BUT I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO GET A TEMPERATURE GAUGE ON THAT AS WELL AS ANY AGENDA ITEM TOPICS. WE AS STAFF OBVIOUSLY PRIORITIZE THE THINGS WE NEED YOUR CLEARANCE AND COMMENTS ON, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T WANNA HEAR OTHER ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE HEADING TO THE SURFACE FOR YOU. SO, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEXT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. OKAY. OH, GO AHEAD PATTY. I CAN'T COME TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING, SO IF, UH, THE MORE FORMAL IDEAS ARE PRESENTED, I'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE THEM SOME OTHER WAY. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. UM, I THINK WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MANAGER'S REPORT. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO MEETING ADJOURNED I GUESS. , IS THAT WHERE WE'RE AT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, IS THIS ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENT? COMMENT [00:55:01] THAT WE DID? I DON'T THINK I HAVE A QUESTION. WOULD SETH IN THIS INSTANCE, WOULD WE SUBMIT ANOTHER COMMENT CARD? UH, ISN'T THIS PUBLIC COMMENT CORRECT, BUT I BELIEVE, DO WE NEED TO SUBMIT ANOTHER COMMENT CARD OR I THINK WE'RE OKAY. IT'S NOT THERE. WE'VE BEEN, UM, HUGE JUDGMENT IN THE PAST, IN A SMALL, IN A SMALLER SETTING. YEAH. THANK YOU. WHOA. UM, THIS IS NINA ZITO SPEAKING. I APPRECIATED, UH, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE APPROACHING THIS FROM A DATA PERSPECTIVE. SO I'M DISTURBED, UM, BY HOW KIND OF LOOSEY GOOSEY THE STUDIES SEEM TO BE. AND I HOPE, UH, STUDIES HAVE A CLEAR, UH, GOAL IN MIND WITH REGARD TO WHAT'S TO BE PROVEN AND STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND METRICS AND REPORTS. UH, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED, RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. SIX. WE DID IT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.