e e e e e e e e e whatever you feel U needs to happen and what makes you feel good and warm in your heart there's a lot of good things going on in our country and there's some things in our country that are going on that uh we hope uh will'll be straightened out and uh people will be treated properly so uh if we could just have a moment silence [Music] [Music] please thank you may God bless all pass may God bless America all right mayor good morning everybody uh we're going to start with a roll call starting with um ter liser Vice chair Cesar Blanco judge Sano yes here representative Chris Canales mayor Ramon Cano Senator um Joseph cantes representative Rudy Cruz Erin chavaria uh representative Mary Gonzalez representative Cassandra Hernandez I Hernandez commissioner Ian representative Willie Madrid Alderman Walter Miller representative Joe Moody representative Eddie Morales here Mo uh Mo moed mayor Diana Muro representative cloudia oras representative Ortega Norma palaos here mayor Javier Pera pres mayor Rachel kintana here mayor Isel Rees Sam Rodriguez representative Isel Salo Alan SMI mayor Anthony Turner tomasino and city manager carry Weston great thank you so we do have Cor thank you sir all right so moving on to the agenda for discussion and action um item number one is consider approval of the minutes of the February 23rd uh 2024 TPB meeting we have a motion to approve there a motion and second all in favor any oppos motion carries thank you item number two consider authorizing the executive director to sign a letter of support for the city able passo mass transit department on Metro for the fiscal year 2024 FTA low or no emission and buses and bus facilities grant program um here we have a representative from Sun Metro Mr uh jary deuro good morning I'm Jerry de I'm the deputy transit officer for Sun Metro we are in the process of applying for a uh the FY 24 low or no emissions grant program for bus and bus facilities next slide please so uh the the grant is to purchase buses as well as to install canopies over the bus yard to keep the buses cool so our current bus inventory we have 166 buses 55 of them are 60 foot uh they're the Brios 69 are 40 foot and 42 are 35 foot all the bus fleet is fueled by compressed natural gas so it's a low emission next slide please so according to the bus Industries um or the average miles on on some of on 32 of our buses is about 785,000 miles somewhere at 850,000 miles the life of a bus cons the uh life of a bus typically is 12 years or 500,000 miles we've extended the life of these buses by replacing transmissions and engines over time but it is time to replace the buses we have a total of 32 units that have the average mileage of 785,000 so we do need to replace those next slide please uh as far as the facility enhancement the solar can or the canopies this is an aerial shot of our uh dispatch facility out on Montana you see those big squares in front of the building those big squares are canopies and they cover our buses to protect them from the heat so when the buses take off they're they're not really really hot um and if you see the area where the buses are parked that the arrow is pointed to when this facility was built the foundations for additional canopies were put in place so the foundations are all there it just we just need to install the canopies the other thing to note about the canopies is they are all oriented to maximize the potential for solar uh so we are seeking up funding opportunities to put solar on the on the canopies themselves each canopy is about 20,000 square feet next slide please so this is the grant budget it's uh and I can't read that from here so the total budget project is 32.9 million we are having transportation development credit credits of 2.7 million and our gr reest million basically with City match that's about a 7% match next slide please next slide so our request is that the transportation policy board authorize the executive director to sign a letter of support for the city of op Paso mass transit department for the application for the FY 24 low or no emissions Grant bus program um it's important to note that we apply for a grant in 20 FY 23 under the similar program we were not awarded that Grant so we feel our chances of getting an award this year are good we also had applied for the program in 20122 and we did receive a grant for um up to 50 electric vehicles for our uh par Transit Fleet and that project is moving forward should go into construction uh within the next nine months are there any questions you have any questions representative nundes the other thing that I wanted to um remind uh our group is that um we have a lot of sprawling that requires a lot of driving with our sun Metro so it does have a bigger wear and tear in our vehicles the city's uh goal is to look at electrification but at this time it's not viable because the market has not met up to the needs of the greater uh buses so I know that I even had that question and I got a little bit of clarification ification is um this these will last maybe 10 to 15 years but the hope is that the city can transition 100% to electrification but U the technology is not there yet but but because of the sprawling and the long distance to the fistas and west side it has a greater wear and tear to buses correct we put about 300 miles a day on each bus any other comments or questions the motion to approve there second second thank you have a motion a second all in favor any oppos motion carries thank you very much I could please speak up sorry we haven't had enough coffee [Laughter] yet give me a couple more cups all right item number three hold on one second please sir I think we uh I don't know if we have anybody that signed up for open comment period we did skip that do we have anyone signed up we don't have open com all right we don't have anyone signed up so we'll move forward thank Youk all right item number three is consider authorizing the executive director to execute task order number one with the El Paso n General planning consultant for Metropolitan Transportation plan MTP update schedule and work plan development and on call general transportation support services for an amount not to exceed 9,631 7 so with this as little background chair uh board members as you know we uh procured the services of a general planning consultant so this is a the first work authorization that that we want to issue to them uh to it's a little bit of a catchall so that they can come in and provide services that we may need uh as you know as a not emergency but something that we may need immediately like you know develop a a map develop a something that that we may need uh pretty uh urgently um the the other thing that we are wanting to achieve with this task order is to develop a a full-blown schedule of the next uh uh long range plan update of the MTP update that's as you know we are on a four-year clock since we're in an non-entertainment area the Conformity clock uh expires in November of 2026 so uh of course we have to do a lot of work and and be ready to uh to have the consultative parts approve the con it document no later than November of 2026 so this is again the the first task order and many more are going to be following thank you represent Canales you mayor um I have some questions along the same lines as as the questions that I asked when we were first approving the the contract not the specific task um I I still feel that a lot of these we're only looking at task one now but what the a lot of the the things that we're asking for from the consultant here in this task are things that I feel we should be empowering our staff to do in house whether that's uh the staff that's here now or you know at a nearly $100,000 you know that that opens up the option of adding additional staff with the capability to do this um you know task one we're looking at two months of work if you look at the schedule in the backup for workline development and MTP update schedule to me that seems like work that an no should be doing in house if we're looking at the the table of what we're being built um you know some of these some of the the hours the billable hours here are being built at $353 and8 89 an hour um I think for you know even if you look down the scale um almost every single billable hour is build above $100 an hour I think that that's something that you know that I I would much rather see those funds going toward an employee at the no who were building up to acquire the skills to to deliver these services for us um I don't know if in this year where we need these updates in the next two months we're able to do that but into the future I I I have some heartburn with paying a consultant $100,000 for this two-month deliverable that to to to me seems like something we can do in house so if I may clarify or respond to that um first of all the this is intended to be like a a catchall doesn't mean that we already committed to spending $100,000 or $999,000 whatever it is uh part of the language and the task order says as they they will be performing this work as needed so if we need something you know pretty urgently right they can come in and do that work for us and Bill us you know $300 $500 whatever it is uh the second comment regarding Staffing versus a general planning consultant yeah absolutely I mean the the we've it's not that the general planning consultant is intended to replace staff it's intended to complement staff so you know we we bring in the the consultant uh to help the mo as an extension of the staff so we will come we will ask them to come in and help us on an as needed basis now the the uh the task specifically for the for the work plan for the schedule for the MTP uh yeah we've done it in inhouse before but we feel that that the expertise that this General planning consultant brings for us right helps us do a better job in in in scheduling all the the multiple activities that are necessary to come up with a plan the going out to the public for the visioning part uh developing improving our project selection criteria uh doing a lot of the scenario planning you know we have the capability of doing that and we're going to do that but part of the idea of bringing this consultant is to help us also improve our processes um you know ask them to bring in you know best practices you because they they do this work throughout the country because you know yeah we're able to do this right um but again I think the key here is to clarify that that we're not Comm committing immediately to pay $1,000 it's up to which is different from from Tas the following test of where we're going to be discussing do we have an estimate then of again it's a very short window for for the task one uh essentially a two-month Horizon here do we have an estimate of what is more realistic for what we uh expect will incur on the contract I I think it's going to be somewhere in the ballpark of about maybe 10 because it's going to be so the the deadline to to get the schedule is you know two months right but we're going to be working on the because schedules you know our Dynamic right I mean of course we need a a solid schedule so that we can program all of our activities and and try to follow it as as possible so so yeah it's again the key here is you know it'll be uh um on an as needed basis and the schedule will be in the ball of that throughout the life of the Tas order okay it just for again when when something like this comes before us in the future if we're estimating that this task order is going to be somewhere somewhere in the ballpark $10,000 i' very much prefer to authorize $110,000 with some contingency instead of H 100,000 um that leaves a whole lot of wiggle room that we don't need um and the the specificity is is something agree and and that's something that we discussed internally as well um you know this is intended to be open again so that we we can have the the availability of services that we may need instead of coming every month for a $10,000 pass quarter and then next month come in for another $5,000 pass quarter so on I mean we can we can do that but we thought that this one specifically this task order could be we feel comfortable leaving it a little bit open and uh and you know we can obviously come in every every month and report on on the progress on on each individual task order most definitely okay yeah I mean again this is because it's because it's very narrow um and and the deliverable is very quick it necessitates coming back later anyway right because right this will be completed again here's the schedule up there um I think we have to agree to disagree on on okay this particular method for for procuring this but uh I'm left with a lot of heart any other questions or comments was this uh brought and discussed at Tek not the task order they haven't that would help I think if we're betting this and understanding more at that level having this open discussion so that we could ask the type of questions of why are we utilizing these Services what's the intent you know how could we better as a committee serve the mo um I think that would be helpful for this board any other questions or comments you have a motion second there's a motion a second for approve all in favor I any oppose no I one one oppos motion carries next item please all right item four consider authorizing the executive director to execute task order number two with the El Paso noo General planning consultant for development of the travel demand model and international travel demand model for an amount not to exceed uh $1 million and in your backup uh we have the the detailed um um cost estimate and and and budget so what we have right now is for a total of 999,9 $921 31 um the the uh scope of work for this task order is very specific this is to do the update of our travel demand model that we have to do every four years um the the key here again being a non- attainment as as we are on a four-year schedule we need to update our travel demand model so this time we're going to be updating the base year going from a 2017 base year to a 2022 base year and um so as if you recall we had a contract that we brought to the board four years ago to do that that that work in addition to our El Paso travel demand model uh the consultum will also help us improve the international travel demand model which is something that that was done in the um in the the prior contract that we established four years ago and uh but the that that model also needs uh a lot of uh maintenance and Improvement and as you know as from the what we presented last month with the the work that we did with the rer 7 with the surveys on the border crossings and and and so on um Again part of the task order is is to help us improve the the travel demand model these tools continuously need updates and and improvements and um so this is what we're what we're bringing to you any questions represent none is followed by representative a question for Council but do we do you all have to put who the contract is going to on the agenda item because it doesn't seem clear and concise on the agenda item you have to go through all of the backup to determine who the award would go to I saw that in the prior agenda item and now on this agenda item it should like I've only seen the name of the contractor or in this case the consultant okay on the agenda language it comes across as like we're we're hiding it um which probably wouldn't be the case here because it's in the backup but I would ask that you put that into the agenda item in the future um and then my my second question is you mentioned that this vendor uh wsp um so we just awarded the last contract to them that task order so this one is to the same right contor right and then at the prior uh me it was like two meetings ago n meeting we did award I believe it was up to $1 to2 million to the same contractor no s just to answer your your question representative Hernandez uh these are task orders uh that are being issued under the previously approved contract already so I just want to make sure I understand your comment and your question correctly they they uh through uh requesting your approve approval for these task orders uh no staff is not asking you to approve a new contract um the contract the master contract which is one that you're referencing from the previous meeting is one that you previously approved and these two task orders are being issued under that agreement that's what I was trying to understand and so how uh we will you know make sure that the language is clear on that next time but I I don't want you to think that there's new procurements or additional funds that are being requested these two task orders fall under that Master agreement from the last meeting understood and what was the original um agreement the master agreement what was the amount just of up and out um I don't remember if if it had a a a cap I think we had a cap of $4 million we had a conversation about right where that formula funding was going to come from but uh is there a more concise answer on to what was the original uh contract amount and then what would be the subsequent task orders in the total amount yeah we we can research that for you don't have that right now what the amount of the contract was Master agement I don't know um I will tell you that when I reviewed these task orders for form uh part of that review is compliance with the master agreement so it's in compliance with that but I don't have that total amount that was previously approved for you right and and now I understand your concern representative Canal is um we we already we're already using the same consultant to do a merit of issues now now it's on top of that work that should be done internally and then you're adding additional task orders which is significant amount and so I want to make sure that uh we have a closer eye on all of these task orders because there's you know the initial conversation was for one specific purpose and then it's continued to what should be administrative task and so um I would just ask that you provide a total amount of what the master contract is as you're as you're requesting these task fors got it okay um yeah let let me clarify and and uh just like seio said if if you recall we procured the services of this General planning consultant uh it took us almost all all of last year and we we made the selection and we brought to this board the selection uh the recommendation to select WP as as the the contractor and again this is for a general planning consultant and the master agreement that that we executed with them is pretty pretty broad yes it has a a a duration and and a scope but again they instead of doing multiple procurements we decided that it was better to have one so the general planning consultant is going to be doing a couple of things one is to provide support to the mo where we need it um being an extension of our office and again I agree with what representative Canalis is saying yeah we'd love to have to be able to do everything in house the reality is that we cannot hire here quickly in order to meet all of our our deadlines we we do need help in addition to bringing the expertise from from the outside to help us improve right so that's that's one area of the uh of the general planning consultant the second area is to for them to come in and help us with the specific projects that we have for example the straight the Safe Streets for all grant that is one very clear package that will be a future task order that we'll bring to to you all but that's something very specific um the other one is the Strategic plan for the for the international border crossings that is also something very specific that we have the funding that this board approved uh2 million up to $2 million of f so that's something also very specific that we're going to bring to this board later on let let me interject for just a second at while because my assumption was that the original contract was General planning but what you're presenting here is planning Services um and the and the different task orders and so I I guess I don't understand that you're saying there's a package here and there's a package there right but when you when you start to quantify every different task order you're talking about multi multi different and it goes up to a couple of hundred thousand dollars which should Merit a procurement process and that's my concern is that it kind of seems like well let's do it this way because it's faster but then it it does not allow for competive well let me just interject that when we did the procurement it was to do cover everything so we followed the procurement to the letter following the federal procedures it was you know coordinating with tex. eded by tex. and and everybody so that's the original Master one you're referring yeah exactly right so about all the task orders well so all the task orders are consistent with the the scope that we procured and and selected the the consultant so we made sure that for example all of this work that we're issuing as task orders like CIO was saying are consistent with the master agreement we can't bring in you know do the procurement asking for a certain type of services and then use that consultant to do something totally different so all of it is is included in here I just see for the value of the master contract I feel like we should be getting all of this done okay as opposed to adding additional task orders and so um I see that he'll raise and I didn't mean to interrupt no you're fine I just those are my concerns and I just want to clarify to make sure that uh I mean all of your comments and points are well taken but I I think there might still be some misunderstanding um so I just want to try and clarify the these two task orders um and and I hope I'm not just repeating myself uh to no benefit to anyone but they are issued under the task order that you're referencing uh which is we'll call it the master agreement so that's the umbrella right uh and that was procured through the Ci's our fiscal agents procurement process so full compliance with procurement statutes um and then that's how this contractor wsp was selected uh now the master agreement is very vague because uh the the mo staff and and I you know agree with this they want to be able to be flexible with what type of assistance are requesting from from The General uh contractor right uh so these two task orders they're not additional funds or monies that are being pulled from anywhere else they're they're funds that were approved or allocated under the master agreement so the these are the first two assign these first two these two task orders are the first two requests from the no to that general contractor for work the master agreement didn't request anything specifically it was just you are you will be our contractor these will be the terms that govern that relationship and in the future when we do want to when when we do want you to do work for us we will issue you task orders so these are the two task orders okay so let me try to understand so we're not adding in addition to the original contract in terms of cost you're you're charging to that original contract correct okay that's where I misunderstood that that's correct there's nothing new here other than you're you're now G to authorized a specific use of funds under that original agreement for these specific purposes so it's not two4 million plus 100 if if if this were a new project they would have to go through the procurement process again but this all fits under the master agreement that already went through that process and has been approved by this body okay that helps clarify thank thank you I'm glad was clear thank you mayor um yeah again this is it's under the same contract um I theoretically in this case would have no problem with our general planning consultant doing travel demand modeling for us um bur with this one comes from the fact that our general planning consultant is not doing the travel demand modeling for us uh Cambridge systematics has done our they had the previous contract with the no for our uh travel demand modeling they're being hired here by wsp as a sub provider uh at a cost of 867,000 25 um in addition to another sub I think who's doing the economic data um so essentially we are we are paying uh for the previous provider to do you know the our old provider who did our travel demand modeling plus an additional $92,000 to our general uh planning consultant for costs that are listed as project Administration and coordination um so that's nearly $100,000 just o over the top of the old contract in in project management Alone um know it's it's been mentioned again and again that the the general planning consulant gives us flexibility but we we pay for that flexibility right they're hiring subcontractors and managing those subcontractors um and earning about $100,000 on the top on the contract um I I still just that that gives me a lot of harburn right if they're not able to they're not doing the work themselves uh and they're they're sub they're sub providing that you know they're subbing that out to other uh providers especially the provider who's been doing this for us for Years anyway I don't understand why we're not just Contracting competitively and you know looking at Cambridge systematics who's provided this service to us for already if they're going to get hired anyway well the way that that the general planning consultant was was procured Yes W USP is the lead but they also bring in you know specialty uh contractors to be part of the team and and you know we we do have a say in how how they put together individual Tas ords right so again we want to have always the the best U the best of the best performing specific work um as far as yeah this case Cambridge has done the the last the two travel demand model updates but if you look at the last contract four years ago that contract was for about $800,000 right that was four years ago at inflation and the scope is not exactly the same we're adding more scope to this so you know we feel very comfortable with with the fee in terms of of we what we have done in the past right so uh it's not that that Cambridge is you know paying for it and then they add a a Ser price on that and that you know we're paying overhead and overhead and overhead I don't think it's it's a case so in this one you know we feel very comfortable with the with the scope you know the what we're asking for and and the fee in return again it's more just that I I still see an opportunity for savings if if if our general planning consultant isn't able to complete a particular part of a task order that we're we're hiring them for um you know we I'm looking at the breakdown again here look of the of the hours because they do have the breakdown of billable hours um they they have 52 hours build at a cost of about $21,000 for project Administration and coordination I would much rather again uh instead of issuing a task order on the the general planning consultant separately procuring travel demand modeling and this $21,000 of project Administration can be done by the no I understand that travel demand modeling it's it's difficult technical work it's it's work I've done myself so I I understand travel demand modeling um but again at at this uh hourly rate this is about it's about $400 an hour I think that's something that we can be doing in house on a separate contract if if it's a task that the the general planning consultant isn't able to carry out themselves but again project Administration really means you know just managing the the task ORD contract know invoicing and stuff like that that comes with any with any consultant contract um again most of the work is not being done by by you know the high rates right most of the work is being done by the by you know the the worker bees right but again you know that's also the the nature of of consultant contracts you know you you do have the the the more expensive experts that come in but of course you know not putting a lot of hours in it but again in general terms with this specific task order we feel comfortable in in the U in the dollar amount that that they're charging okay yeah again I don't really have any other comments I'll try to hammer home the point here that I think we should only be hiring a general I'm okay with hiring a general planning consultant but we should only be tasking them with things that they're able to complete themselves that's just my opinion on how a task order should work with a you know working under a a prime provider CH yeah just one last comment I think that um when these types of of tasks are given out or the procurement of a of a a prime contractor there's different disciplines that need to come in and and it's it's like building a home your prime contractor isn't going to do everything they're going to hire the framer they're going to hire the cement guy they're going to hire the shrock guy but ultimately the prime contract is awarded to one company which has the ability resources and capabilities go out there and find the people that are going to get the job done I think that's what this is here and they're just being completely transparent when they're showing this table here who else is being brought in to help get the the uh the work done or this the scope of work because the scope of work was placed out there how you get it done that's really not what what this board is is asking for you know if if that's what we want to do if we want to cause savings then we're going to have to give a directive to this table here to go out there and search for somebody to bring inhouse and do that uh for us here I mean that's the only way we're going to see cost savings at the end of the day I think to your point is regardless of subcontracting the price of the house didn't go up so that's the I mean it's a very simple term way of putting it Mayor Miller my point was covered was covered sh if I may just just add something uh this procurement went through uh the city's process procurement process and and just just so you could inform the board uh I I wasn't a part of that process but I believe the general contractor this contractor and the others who who put in bids they submitted uh the identities of Those whom they would use as subc consultants and in this case I believe Cambridge systematics was already part of that bid that one correct okay just wanted to make sure that that's clear to some of the board members as well well thank you and Mr chair what I what I I'm realizing that I think we should do and you know effort to do it next time is bring back the the whole process that we did for the that we follow for the general planning consultant contract yeah the contract and all that the whole idea the whole concept um um yeah I mean that is done in in the industry very often when you hire a general planning consultant or general engineering Consulting and you know that consultant brings you know a team of of experts that can help you and be the extension of the office that we want but uh but yeah for clarity you know we'll definitely I think it it will definitely help and we'll we'll do that for for the next meeting Mary Gonzales thank you mayor um I want to thank representative Gales for asking his questions I I representative K I think that we all know what contract Consultants do I think representative Canales knows I think your questions though help inform the staff as the type of questions we're going to continue to ask as the board and so so by asking questions publicly we could provide some guidance for you because I do think there are some questions like Consulting contracts can go out and I'm a consultant so I don't want to you know um can go off the rails and in order for us to make sure that doesn't happen and while we have wonderful processes accountability and transparency is really key and we're not asking questions and then we get asked by constituents you just approved an over million doll contract and they could ask the very same questions representative Galis is asking and so I think that understanding why we're doing some of this is really important and so um I think in the future there will be further questions about if a sub provider provided that before now we have a GC who's doing it for more what is what is that cost breakdown and is that cost breakdown appropriate I think that's a very fair question I think those are questions we should continue to ask and that was all thank you and I think um based on uh what Mr cille said uh the way it's going to be brought forward the next time should answer a lot of those questions um if since you're G to come back next meeting with more information what I would really like to see is um just a real simple summary of all of your master agreements because I know we've approved one with UTP one with TTI one with wsp one with I don't know who but and then we approved it for this amount of money and we've issued task one two three for this amount we still have this much left in every bucket because that way I think it'd be clear because we only see you once a month for a couple hours right and so we were like this sounds so familiar you know didn't we already approve it and so I think it's just a matter of when you post the item if you can just show this was a master agreement number whatever that you approved here for this and this is um task number seven and now we have two million doll still left over absolutely and and again you know we we can definitely do that um for to put everything into perspective because you're right I mean we have the master contract with TTI the master contract with UTP and the whole idea is to have these multiple options so that we can pick and choose the the best group to help us with you know whatever specific tasks and and also this is the first time that the mo hires a general planning consultant so a lot of questions and to your point representative of yeah I mean there's a lot of new things that you know we may think as staff you know may think it's clear it's obvious right but uh but these are legitimate questions that that we should be able to answer and I don't know how many staff you have I have I have no idea we'll introduce you to afterwards um thank you and um I think this brings us to a good point that not only on this item but uh future items I think the backup needs should be a lot more thorough and if we have and if the backup information on all items moving forward or more thorough and additional backup I think it would alleviate a lot of the concerns as Miss SMI is talking about Canalis and other people are talking about right now so I'd like to see the items moving forward with a lot more thorough information on the back of we'll do thank you and with that do we have a motion mov Motion in a second to um approve all in favor any oppos no oos thank you all right moving on to item number five is consider approval of amendments to the category 9 Transportation alternative set aside tasa group project list to a program The ta23 Alamo Alto segment of the PDN Trail Alam Su phase 3 project using 10,116 919 of category 99 setus Statewide Taza funds in fiscal year 2026 B program the ta23 homestead Metals Su project using 5,438 $171 of category 9 Statewide Taza funds in fiscal year 2026 program C program the ta23 connected bike Lanes project using 1,859 256 of category 9 Statewide tasa funds and fiscal year 2025 and D program the ta23 Paso Norte Trail Soro active Transportation Network project using 16,74 155 of category 9 Statewide Passa funds in fiscal year 2026 and with that we have Adriana Rodriguez from tchat Good Morning board my name is saana Rodriguez I work for the Department of Transportation I'm the coordinator for the 2023 call for projects ta and if you recall these projects were awarded uh back in October we got four projects uh totaling $35 million we have set up these projects and we've been working with the local government I was here to petition the the board for the approval of grouping these these projects they qualify and this will um be adopted in the stip and they they they don't have to be individually listed in the STI I don't know if there's any questions any questions to approve second a motion in a second all in favor any oppose motion carries thank you thank you so much you guys were too easy on another all right moving to item number six it too easy consider authorizing the executive director to signed amendment number three to the contract between El Paso NPO and Texas commission on Environmental Quality to increase the amount authorized reimbursement amount by [Applause] $575,500 fortunate and and happy to have been awarded this this additional funds $575,000 um the the work that has been done with the original amount the 281 and the 547 th000 that has been done to have well we have used that funding to complete several tools uh to estimate and calculate emissions the sketch planning tool and then the beams tool that we uh presented to you all that is helping us do the estimate the U emissions at the international border crossings so the way that the writer 7 works is that they you know we are awarded that because of as part of the writer 7 um they're asking us to execute the agreement but then we cannot begin any work until the scope of work is approved by tcq that's the way that that the that the writer 7 Pro program works um so so with that you know what we're asking is the the authorization to sign that agreement with them so that we can receive or keep that money eligible and then we will submit a proposal to tcq on what are the specific things that we're going to do with this with this project which we estimate will be you know pretty much the the same um updating our our uh our tools to uh improve our understanding of of ozone and by the way writer 7 is specifically for ozone uh um so we'll you know we'll keep you informed also on what that scope of work is but again this is again a grant that that the that tcq is offering it's it's a free money for us questions or comments do I have a motion just just briefly I'm not going to take it easy on you this time just for the future I think a red line would be appreciated um I know there's the the old language and the new language are both listed here they're quite lengthy make it easy just to see the changes reflected okay sa me the reading do we have a motion Motion in a second all in favor I any oppose motion carries next item please so item seven mayor uh we're going to ask the board to delete the item but uh if I could take a minute to give you some background this is a similar um agreement with tcq but in this case it would be for PM 2.5 emissions rer 7 specifically is for ozone and this would be for 2.5 uh we did not receive the the draft the um initial contract uh from tcq and time so we don't have it so you know we're asking you to delete this and we'll bring it um next next month hopefully motion second a motion a second to lead all in favor any oppose motion carries now um we're going to um move uh executive session items up for Action that's right um so we'll take U the first executive session item if yall can look at it please um which is I didn't have that executive item number one executive session item number one chair is the executive director annual performance assessment and as just just to let the TPB board members know the executive committee met earlier today um at 8:30 to discuss the items that are in your executive session um and uh the executive committee is going to recommend to the TPB that you take no action on item number one so there's no action on item number one and vote on that and then it number two but the the TPB the executive committee's recommendation on Executive item item number two uh is to extend the uh executive director's Employment contract for 90 days that would be the motion uh that they're recommending that you all take today uh the reason they're recommending that is they'd like to take the next 90 days to do a detailed performance evaluation of the executive director um his contract expires at the end of this month and uh originally what you would have been asked to do is to approve or consider extending his Employment contract for 90 for a year um but usually this contract extension is also done at the same time as a performance perance evaluation is conducted but there hasn't been enough time for that evaluation to take place so the the committee executive committee's recommending that you all approve extending his contract for 90 days someone have to make a motion evaluation and all yall can do so Senator Blanco move to there's a motion a second all in favor to approve this extend the contract for 90 days that's all it is all in favor again any oppose motion carries congratulations for the next 90 days so next item we'll go to non action items so we move on to reports and discussion item number eight Texa travel Serv survey program uh and we have a Sonia solinsky from texad with a presentation of this good morning members of the transportation policy board and chairman thank you for this opportunity today um Sonia seninsky from the Tex out travel survey program I'm here to talk about our household and establishment surveys which we are just began this week in El Paso next slide please to give you an overview uh we the tech. travel survey program goes to all 23 mpos across the state of Texas as you can see from our map here and we're off in the left corner in El Paso um and we have a landing page if you can connect on to the landing page link uh which gives you an idea um that all the active surveys that we're doing at this time um on our website you scroll down you can see there is El Paso and this gives us opportunity for awareness and it as a way for people to link and do a sign up for the travel survey thank you and other thing on this uh website is um we have a video I I don't know if you can do it for me Gaby and this is a tech tech stop production which is not sorry we didn't work with Disney on it disne it would be nice if Disney was with us whether you're always on the move or enjoy just staying home you can help shape transportation in your area by taking the Texas Travel survey understanding local travel activity patterns and preferences is key to making informed decisions about Transportation improvements so Tex doot and its Partners want to hear from you about how you move travel by bike car truck or public transportation whatever your preference you can help text offer smooth safe and reliable Mobility options simply by filling out a survey in a travel log format how does a travel log work you just record the trips you make in one day whether to the store school work or whatever travel activities you may do it's all about how you move and where you go that text Dot needs to understand this travel log can either be done by inputting your trips manually onto a website or let your smartphone do it for you via an app text will take all this precious data from people like you to predict the future and decide where we need to increase capacity add more Choice options and simply make life easier for you so why wait click on the drop down menu and select your area to take a travel survey get started now to help keep Texas moving thank you for your participation thank you so this is to give you an understanding of the importance of our travel surveys and what they're being used for and they're being used for the travel demand model um that you all add a great just discussion on next next slide so we are covering the El Paso n survey survey area as you can see from this map we will be going to various locations uh businesses and households throughout this area next slide um with our household surveys what will happen is we will uh our contracted vendor is ATC Institute and they have their own branding which is American Travel survey they will be sending out um postcards to all the residents in the El Paso area with a recruitment of 2500 households is our targeted um goal in regards to um recruitment once they are sign once they have signed up on the website that you saw previously um they will begin um the retrieval phase which is a 24-hour travel date which is assigned to them during the week and during the school year so we just started uh this week and they will be going through the isd's um calendar until sometime in May um if they use the app they will have their travel being recorded and on their smartphones or there are other the traditional ways of using a computer assisted telephone interview or also um through a travel log a paper log next slide in regards to our establishment surveys often times referred to business es um we will be uh randomly contacting them and throughout the area and sending them a contact letter for them to participate again Etc Institute is our contracted fendor for establishment surveys um once they've been recruited and have agreed They will receive a field date and a ATC Institute as you can see below um will be there with uh blue vests and doing intercept surveys at each of these sites we have a total of 300 workplace locations which is split between a full site and a partial site so a partial site will only receive counts and a full site will also have those intercept surveys as you can see below the last thing we uh have in our establishment surveys are commercial vehicles we will be recruiting 300 commercial vehicles in this case we will provide them um a phone that they will put into their vehicle which is um going to retrieve all the travel they do in a 24-hour period um in that day during the school year next slide um and then we also have our special generators which are very similar to our workplace establishments however they're a lot larger as you can see uh we are going to be going to the international airport here in El Paso recruiting and getting counts the utup University of Texas El Paso the outlets in canoo uh SE Vista Ma and The Fountains at far so these are our special generators and we will be doing those um also at this time next slide so this is our schedule uh we began our project the end of last year in December um and then we completed the development of our survey materials and here we are in task e and why I am here today we just started this week with both our establishments and household surveys um and we will be going through May with establishments and then everyone takes a break and then the households will continue on in the fall and hopefully being closed up uh by the end of December of 2024 to get to get all the targets the final reports will be done the beginning of next year and then they'll be working forward towards getting that data to the no so they can do their magic next slide again this is our team tex. Etc our contracted vendor for both households and establishment surveys um the no and TTI which is our in agency partner which provides us data analysis information any questions SM what is the deliverable raw data to the mpm yes what are you gonna do with [Laughter] this build all that into the travel demand model that's that's consult that we just approved so that raw data is going to what we just approved yeah we can bore you with the geeky details two hours when she said I'm going to give it to the n she smiled and I was like oh wonder what Eduardo is going to do with it so for the consultant we just approved okay got but this will be for the model which is going to be the next group right now they're working on a model from previous survey uh we did I don't remember the last time we were here was 2010 and that's when we did the traditional surveys um so this will be for the next iteration of the model so if I understand what you said right the current model that we're working on is working on 10y Old yeah that's Weir 14y old Dy I'm GNA let some of the experts talk more about this yes the data the last the last pleas Salvador Gonzalez with the AL Pas I'm sorry so I'm the in charge of I'm the manager for tribal research and model development at the m so yes the last batch of surveys uh were done in in uh 2010 around that but the fortunately enough the uh we have also what we call uh well data from cell phones that doesn't does not give us the details of uh you know trip purposes many cases but it's a complement that we use to to um update information for the new travel survey from the true for the true for the last set of travel uh models so even though the data was from from uh from 2010 we still use for the 2017 uh validation as well as right now we will be using data uh from cell phone information that's that's a a something that we didn't have before and that allows us to you know to still use uh you would say old data from 2010 and convert it into into good um travel information for 2022 in this case uh this set of since this is 2024 uh it will be used for the next uh travel circuit I don't know pardon four years yes or the next travel model I'm sorry yes so is this kind of the typical procedure around the state or yes it takes time it takes time to collect the surveys it takes time to process the data analyze the data and then it takes time for them to run the model so um it that's just the nature of how it works but we have done some externals um calcul ating with uh passive data in regards to um people coming in going through and entering and exiting this area and that was done in uh 2017 so all of these surveys are tremendously important because they really provide you know good information that we use for for the models and uh if you recall and maybe salvad can talk a little bit as the work that we did on on the writer 7 the surveys that we collected at the boards of Entry at the international border of crossings that we did uh with uh in coordination with the UTF and and K that is also something that Texa does not provide necessarily that detailed information for all the crossborder movement of people and and and vehicles so that's additional information that we collected locally that's going to be feeding our and improving our our models as well as as far as your Outreach attempt here locally well planned out on your plan of action but is there any way that the the membership here could contribute to some of that thank you that's a great question um one of the reasons I am here today is to provide awareness and to let everyone know that this is a legitimate survey sometimes we run into some difficulty because households don't want to take the survey because they don't know if it's an actual um T survey really has legitimacy so you're um providing that and letting people know again the important things our our contracted vendor Etc Institute is the name that um they will be receiving the postcard from and also the establishments that will also be fielded is from Etc Institute so they're representing Tex do as our contract partner um the other thing is we will be in the uh different special generators we were all this week meeting with them and letting them know um when we come sometime the end of April early May uh we will be in those locations and and making sure that people are are willing to take the survey so you're your help is greatly appreciated in any way any other questions thank you thank you all right moving on to item number nine this is Tech's truck parking action plan and we have a here presentation from a tech um kale DM and the the consultant team it's all yours thank you director calvo and board members I'd like to intro introduce Andrew Canon he's the section director of for Freight trade and connectivity in Austin [Music] good morning good to see everybody hrew Canon as Kel said I'm section director glad to be here uh I appreciate these meetings even more for 20 years previous to this I was the executive director of the RGV m i don't miss it thank you so it's great so thank you um what's that why you I I don't know so uh representative oraz uh driver me crazy I got a lot of boots I don't have those so SC of course of course scary part is I think my wife has that handbag so that's treacherous enough anyway on to the business today um we're excited to be here we're working um closely with uh West Texas with your community with teot with local elected officials trying to see how we can best look at what the local needs are in the way of truck parking the demand has become greater and greater upon the region upon the state um I was just on another call this morning Commerce with Mexico has gone up 680% over the last 30 years that's not going to slow that's our number one trade partner and the need for that truck parking is only going to continue to increase and we need to find a safe haven for our people that are moving everything that's in this room came via truck so it's really important and we're trying to work with the communities and I apologize I have some notes so I I I I'm not ignoring you uh wanted to get some things straight and U and Tomas can correct me but according to our uh maintenance division right now we're investing about $42 million over the next three years um uh in maintenance in truck parking I think that's a pretty phenomenal number in the region so we're trying to find ways to meet those needs and uh Kell is the project manager for the team working um uh with this we've got a great team with uh hntb and wsp correct yes no no all right sorry Cambridge oh wow all right I'm gonna get a bill for that um sorry I've only had two cups of coffee so but uh we're we're glad for your time to be able to be here we are working on truck uh parking availability implementation along I 10 and there's other projects that are taking place uh with parking expansion in hudspith I apologize if I uh butchered that I hope I didn't as well as Culbertson counties so it is vast I'm going to turn the floor over to Kell he much he knows much more about this than I do but we did want to say thank you for being here we thank uh some of you that were with us yesterday to visit and go over this uh we thank Eduardo for him and his staff their time and uh we'll be here more to have these conversations in the near future as we move forward and uh please uh ask Kell as many questions as you may have uh after he's through of his presentation but thank you thank you Andrew I can go to the next slide uh so to give you a little background this study came out of a Statewide trucking truck parking study Tex released in 2020 uh and it looked at all the districts the 25 uh tex. districts and prioritize them by level of need to address truck parking so interestingly the two districts or two areas that stood out the highest were Houston on the Eastern end of I 10 and El Paso on the western end of I 10 um so using data and using that plan is a resource we then from there developed Regional truck parking action plans so we have two studies going on right now in Houston Bowman area and then here in El Paso and West Texas if you're interested in that Statewide study it is available for download on our website we can go to the next slide uh so to give you an idea of the need and issues as you may know truck drivers under Federal legislation have to comply with mandatory rest breaks and time off they also have to log those hours so from a driver's perspective they have to make choices between finding safe parking and meeting their obligations under federal law and with their logging uh logging of their hours so things that came out through our our surveys and our studies in the Statewide uh the Statewide study were the need for uh safe parking with things like lighting restroom facilities other amenities like food showers things like that so that's why we're trying to develop an action plan to look for Solutions and to not have truck drivers parked in unsafe locations on the on the shoulders or in neighborhoods whe they're creating a safety hazard we can go to the next slide uh so in our uh action plan study area for this region it included the Border areas so we looked at the urban area borders in El Paso Bridge of the Americas and down to the torneo crossing and down all the way to precidio so what we saw we're looking at the the congestion challenges with Bridge of the Americas the increasing commercial traffic there will be going through tornio and then the the backup at precidio where there where there are no truck parking location um the other day sorry' the other day I was in a meeting and some of the Mexican officials were saying that truck they heard from their truck drivers of less likely using the tornado Bridge because of safety concerns on the Mexican side really get uncomfortable when we make assumptions about what's happening in Mexico it changes a lot and I don't think it's important that so this area could help draw commercial truck traffic could help draw but I think there are other considerations like safety um and violence happening at on the Mexican side of the Border that'll pass to the safest cities of the country um but I don't I just think it's that's critical okay yeah and that's the kind of information we need to hear and why we're out doing these stakeholder that's appreciate uh hearing that um and we can go on to the next slide we're on the excuse me is there any reason we left out the SL up point the other Bridges well I I think we looked at all of them where we're just trying to give a brief uh brief overview and then we will be around after the after the policy board meeting concludes if you want to meet with tat staff and the study team to provide additional input and get um additional information sorry to stop you while we're here but it's a we're on the border slide I think that's where a lot of us are gonna have say in this room uh so uh Bri the Americas is kind of the edge of my district um but there on my side and on the other side um there's developed a real problem with uh truck parking specifically it's kind of generated a little bit of a black market where people are uh leaving developable Lots undeveloped and charging uh truckers to park their vehicles there illegally overnight yeah um and this isn't just like one or two lots this is a problem that's that's pretty pervasive in that area I don't know if that's something that the study is able to look at um you know it say here around Bridge of the America space is limited and you don't want to change the context of the surrounding area but I think in that in that sense we do want to change the context of the surrounding area like dedicated truck parking would hopefully pull those trucks out of the neighborhoods where they're parking in these empty lots yeah and that in the in the final action plan we'll have I mean we'll propose Solutions and opportunity sites and and things like that for local governments to address truck parking absolutely yeah for us I know it's been kind of a a whack-a-mole situation right where they pop up on on one lot and we learn about these contracts and it's enforced and then they move somewhere else they just kind of Shuffle around in in that area so I'd love to talk to you about it offline sure well hopefully you can stay longer thank you and we can go to the next slide and uh things we've we've heard when we've been out in the region and this is our second round of meetings in El Paso also held meetings in Horizon City on the Eastern uh area of El Paso as well as the rural areas and uh posos and Van Horn um so variety of issues we hearing um course the safety issues there's also the weather incident so at the I 10 and I2 split uh can be winter weather that can shut that down there aren't Al alternate routes there's a lack of services in that area uh so in those small communities with these closings or weather events they're getting a lot of trucks if they can make it in they're you know kind of getting stuck there and there there aren't the services to fully accommodate them um so we've been working with some of those local communities to develop um potential uh locations or to to give grant money to put in some new facilities now we can go on to the next slide and then it's h it's important to address what Tex side as a state agency can do to address truck parking so is a for Tex outled strategies what we can do is is to work with uh our local Partners get information out through our through our districts through our stakeholder meetings uh through things like this action plan uh to provide resources but then in addition there can be tex. supported activities to work with the local communities on seeking grant opportunities um assist them with the uh writing grants providing information and data and we've been doing that uh with posos also talked B Paso Airport uh so these are our strategies that will be laid out in the final action plan um and we also uh text is part of a four state association called Tass truck parking availability systems I think we can go to the next slide that addresses that uh so from uh the itim border at Louisiana to uh Los Angeles in California uh there'll be implemented 37 uh real time uh Dynamic messaging signs it will show the uh truck parking locations it'll give information to the drivers both as road signs and his Ina features so the number of parking spots available at the the next truck parking location and then the following two in this image this is a sign in New Mexico that is actually just gone up um I think it's just west of Las cruus and you'll be seeing them uh go up along I 10 um and later this year in the coming months so this is one strategy that texad as an agency working with other states can do to uh to show them to show the drivers real time availability um is their planning or their truck parking stops and braak okay and then we can go to the next slide and then additional uh additional program and policy recomend recommendations or actions text. and take awareness again raising information working with our district offices and the public information officers to get out social media or other uh public resources and information out to the public uh to include a truck parking and traffic impact analyses and then to recognize successful Truck Parking Solutions through tex. safety awards and then in terms of timeline we can go to the next slide so the final stages now as I said this concludes our second round of stakeholder meetings and from there we'll be developing the final action plan and we are on track to have that publicly released in July of this year it will be publicly available on our website de.gov um and you can also contact me or any members of the study team if you'd like to get a notification when that when that action plan will be publicly released and then um can go on to the next slide and then we invite you to join us after the policy board meeting uh Tex staff who are leading the study from the uh Transportation programming and policy or Transportation Planning and programming division will be here as well as our study team from hntb our consultant team from hntb uh Cambridge systematics and Kleinman Consulting and that will be in this room immediately uh following the TP TPB board conclusion so thank you for your time thank you so yeah yesterday we had a a very good uh discussion regarding this topic so I encourage you all if you're interested really to to uh stick around for for the more detailed discussion on this all right so we're moving on then to item number 10 which are the quarterly reports uh Mo administrative amendments Report with an gante [Music] good morning chair and board members good morning so before we look at uh the uh the data from this past quarter we're going to go briefly over just what it is we're looking at um so this information is presented to you once a quarter and it's a summary of all of the administrative amendments that were made to the 23 to 26 tip and the RMS 2050 MTP during the previous fiscal quarter so this report is going to cover the time period spanning from January 1st to February 29th and it's going to cover administrative so minor changes that did not hit the trigger for a formal amendments that were made during this time period um and just so you guys are aware this is generally going to include things that are making minor changes to a year like it's not moving into or outside of the tip it's just things that are maybe getting pushed back a year within the tip or maybe there has been some sort of a minor change to the funding for the project either a modest increase so not exceeding 50% of the federal share or something is going to split its funding a little bit differently than how it was supposed to previously as long as it doesn't hit certain thresholds and then the thresholds are all contained within our public participation plan but this is a brief summary of of that and then so I'm going to show you the actual chart next so next slide please but generally speaking these are the high points from what we did we processed five of these and for context last fiscal quarter ending in December there were seven so right around the same amount so two of the five concern Project funding and that's because we got updated information from the project sponsors and then the amaging the remaining three revised their project years and this was for consistency with the 25 to 28 tip that we will be bringing forward next month for your adoption and since those were in the latter years of the proposed tip so those were not in the years that overlap with the current one so current one 23 to 26 next one 25 to 28 so years 25 and 26 are in both and anything that concerns those gets amended in both but the latter half doesn't isn't in the current tip so only gets adjusted in the MTP and if that's clear as mud I can further explain or say it more clearly so looking at the chart itself next slide all right let's see and yes you can see the summary column okay good um so those first two items on there are items to where we got updated information about their financials from the project sponsors and these were considered minor and so they got processed as administrative amendments and not as formal amendments that require board approval but we want to tell you about them so that you're aware of what's in our documents and the latter three are the projects that uh uh that were pushed back um and this was done during the 25 to 28 tip development process so when the new document gets adopted uh it's consistent with uh the information in our mtps and so that concludes my report I'm happy to entertain any questions and if not oh yes sir thank you that was an answer not a question sorry all right um following or continuing with a quar reports uh b c and d well B is a project completion report C is a project Readiness report and D is the RMS 2020 report and we have herard Fiero again n staff good morning chair and board members I'm here to present the project completion report the project Readiness report and the RMS 2020 report next slide please for the this quarter project completion report we have a total of 76 projects 59 in Texas and 7 and 17 in New Mexico 21 are under construction or pending to be obligated and 33 have been completed next slide please you will see um the projects that are under construction or that have been obligated in the next slides and you will see a a small label for the projects that are part of the RMS 2020 report as well for the city Vol Paso we we have a cbd4 the project has a high alert uh due to depending uh direction from Texas on relating the project we have uh has dry widening and construction is on schedule it's at 60% progress the I 10 de classes planning study the funding agreement with the fhw was executed and studies to continue the the atas for Saragosa and Boda Port of entries notice to proceed for construction next slide please for the county of Paso we have pelico drive widening the pr has been obligated in set 50% but um the contractor notice to proceed uh was issued on on April of 2020 project is currently on hold due to the default of the contractor and continue working with the suti company the project has high alert the regional transit startup assistant for fiscal year 21 um the AFA was executed the same for uh the fiscal year 22 for John Hayes uh construction phase the work started on November 20 uh 2023 and the last three are part all of them are part of the RMS 2020 report next slide please for the city of Soro we have our tial one uh the project has been obligated and Council approved the LA FAA on 2019 next slide please or rizon we have North Arington reconstruction is part of the RMS 2020 report the project has been obligated the constru the construction phase has a delayed start construction is scheduled to begin in this month March uh 2024 due to the procurement of Illumination poles and luminaries and he has a low alert next slide please for Tex projects we we have us 602 180 Montana Avenue expressways and Frontage Road phase one bre has been obligated it's at 60% Luke 375 at Americas Avenue and Joe B widening part of the RMS 2020 is at 60% Loop 3 75 at Americas Avenue part of the RMS 2020 at 60% Loop 3 75s Americas and Joe Battle widening are part of the RMS 2020 at 60% in the room uh it 10 widening at East Lake and fm281 part of the RMS 2020 at 90% Paso Serv safety service Patrol HERO program has been obligated iten widening at FM 19055 to State sh20 part of the RMS 2020 is a 30% Loop 375 Purple Heart purple heart whing is part of the RMS 2020 it's at 30% Borderland Expressway Phase 2 has been obligated Borderland express way phase three has been obligated Horizon at darington intersection improvements part of the RMS 2020 has been obligated construction started and Sport 320 phase one part of the RMS 2020 it's at 30% for the next slide please for donana County we have Industrial Avenue Grade separation question sure go back to the I just have a question on i1 y from FM 1905 is that from exit to on the West Side to Exit 9 AR is that the construction that's going on that's the construction going on right now okay Venton to uh M Street so that'll be completed I have yes yeah we're we're about a about a year ahead of schedule right now year I have a lot of so here so so just a quick update on that here here after Easter we're going to start opening up two lanes eastbound uh so we we're going to shut it down overnight and uh remove some of the barrier and uh and do some other work uh but but we will have more more lanes available uh thank you a question on that so mayor can should not here anymore but we were having a conversation about um what kind of relief techto can provide as a result of the construction and widening and how that traffic is getting redirected through Vinton and as a consequence there's a a large concern about fast feeds and the children and children in the area does Tech Stop provide any relief to smaller townships or to help with uh traffic caling measures temporary traffic we do have we do have uh police hours uh available on the contract and we do have police stationed at at the major intersections Donan especially to to redirect traffic and and as a traffic calming measure so so you're using police but no like temporary stop signs or temporary no we generally don't do stop signs because it changes traffic patterns and Driver expectancy and then the potential for a more serious incident or accident occurring just because you've change the driver experience temporarily well so what's happening right now she's telling me it's 90 to 100 miles an hour through neighborhoods because all the traffic's getting red diverted through her town so I just wonder if there's she that was a question she really wanted to ask but I no that's fine I mean we can have that conversation and if we need more additional police uh during some of those uh temporary detours we can we can definitely afford that M um kind of adding into the conversation on this this project because uh like uh Miss moo mentioned this is something that comes up a lot on our side of town um when is The Thorn overpass coming down it'll be part of the closure after after Easter after Easter what is the expected complete date on that I had to look at the project schedule I don't you can supplement if you can give us that information the other um the other part of that is what what sort of communication has taking place with the neighborhoods um where Robert's Elementary used to be um those are the folks that are using Thorn for the most part uh it's an underserved community so what what what type of communication is taking place with that we generally put out we generally put out that communication uh a couple weeks in advance uh we just yesterday decided to take down Thorne as part of the closure so that we only do one closure and the way it's going to be done this time is there not going to be because I know we've done this in different ways where partial partial deconstruction with traffic still being able to Traverse across the be a complete demo and refill okay um can I be copied on any of that communication that's going out to the community because I've had a lot of questions I think there's a lot of people in those neighborhoods that don't know that that's coming and I think that that's obviously going to impact their daily their daily commutes their daily travels um I what is the app um that we have that shows us where to detour and stuff I can't remember anymore I had on my other phone but I would like that app you know if you can give me information on that so we know when there's construction or or there's a Road close we have another yeah we we we have our pios do a number of social media apps apps and all of them basically say the same thing but I can I can get you in contact with them so that that you're given every resource that we put out there uh but we have next door of course uh X and a number of other media Outlets that we use uh to to inform the public I mean even though we're in New Mexico least have a lot of constituents that come to Al Paso are you know an Tex thank you next slide please so for the donana county projects we have industrial great Industrial Avenue Great separation knce complete for the project and 60% design has been submitted to F for the city of Salon Park we have RAC track Drive sidewalk installation um this projects has 0% construction and it's waiting for sufficient fund Sunland Park scheduled a nmdot agreement request from ARF for meeting with Clarissa Martinez the NM do Grant manager next slide please nmd projects we have nm213 wedding in preliminary engineering project has been obligated and the N NM 404 wedding project part of the RMS 2020 uh construction is ongoing New Mexico 404 is partially closed due to the work Zone next slide please we will continue with the project wri report uh for the project read report we only include projects with alerts but in your backup are the complete reports for each project so we have we report we have um sh 178 operational improvements and it has a low alert it's part of the RMS 2020 the low alert is due to utilities uh being said two months prior to let project elements must be at 100% three months prior to let date Tex commented most of the utilities will not take place until start of construction next we have Sean Hardy Drive Extension uh it has a medium alert part of the RMS 2020 the medium alert is due to uh environmental document and utilities project elements not being at 100% within two months of to let as I said project elements must be at 100% uh 3 months prior to let date next one please and nm2 273 Airport Road intersection lining it has a low alert the low alert is due to environmental document not following in the timeline it is at 0% within six months to let date next one please K moroco sidewalks improvements from sunam Park uh it has a a low alert low alert is due to PSN being at 90% one month prior to Le dat it has to be at 100% next please we have the RMS uh 2020 report status um there's a total of 31 projects within the RMS 2020 uh 15 have been obligated and 16 are ping to be oblig obligated uh three projects have been completed and 12 are on their construction next slide please uh the major changes from the last quarter to this quarter are the the downtown 10 segment two executive tuopia that was moved to fiscal year 29 the I 10 at P pendel overpass moved to fiscal year 29 Tira EST or tier one combined both phases into one in fiscal year 2027 Regional Transit startup assistance was moved from fiscal year stre to fiscal year 24 uh the projects with alerts are Shan harity Drive Extension estate Highway 7 178 operational improvements cbd4 and North darington Reconstruction from Horizon the next slide please so this is uh and this this is on your backup this is a detailed list of the projects uh for the RMS 2020 highlighted are the changes from the previous uh report and here you can see more detail all all the elements for the projects and I'm happy to entertain any questions thank you sir thank you all right moving on to the last item executive director's report uh I'm not going to take a lot of time on this one since we're going to bring it back to the as an action item uh next month but it has to do with the uh the spr uh grant that we received from New Mexico DOT that is also going to be helping us uh specifically it's going to be used for the development of the travel demand model the the work that we discussed earlier in this in this um in this meeting so with that uh that's all we have any additional questions for me or anybody else no other questions we have a motion to adjourn all in favor see you thank you for