2026-10-02 - Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority

02:13Okay. Good morning. I'll call the

02:16Central Oklahoma Transportation and

02:18Parking Authority October 2nd uh board

02:20meeting to order. There are no items

02:23from the chairman and I understand we

02:26have one resident to be heard. Uh Steve

02:30Hunt, if you want to go ahead and come

02:32forward.

02:37>> Yeah, we have a about a threem minute

02:40time limit.

02:41>> Steve Hunt 66300 Westbrook. I uh I

02:44didn't know that speak at the first of

02:45the meeting unlike council, so I'm might

02:48be a little uh rough around the red

02:49edges on this. Um so I don't know if

02:51y'all have looked at 6E yet. This is an

02:55egregious corporate welfare handout to

02:57multi-t trillion dollar corporation

02:59Amazon. I'm sure you're all familiar

03:01with Amazon.

03:03Give me just a second. I'm just going to

03:04read what I texted everybody and um

03:07maybe go from there. Check out Cotto's 9

03:10a.m. agenda item vie. The city is giving

03:13Amazon space for two locker hubs at the

03:16arts garage for 5 years. The contract

03:19says that Amazon pays zero in rent while

03:23taxpayers pay the electricity bill,

03:25maintain the area, and give Amazon

03:28drivers unconditional restroom access

03:30since Amazon doesn't give them any.

03:32Basically, if the city breaks the lease

03:35early, Amazon penalizes.

03:37So, I don't know if y'all read the legal

03:40stuff. Um,

03:42and y'all know Amazon, multi-trillion

03:44dollar company. uh two lockers in the

03:48arts garage and apparently there uh

03:50there's a lot of electrical stuff that

03:52and so we're paying all the electricity

03:55for Amazon. Um there's something in the

03:58agreement that says that the garage

04:01workers are required to keep the area

04:03clean. If snow is in front of it,

04:06there's they have to, you know, sweep it

04:08up. Um, and there's also a legal ob

04:10obligation that they have to act as

04:14concier for the drivers. Like if they

04:16come in and have questions, the people

04:17working in the garage have to say, you

04:19know, exactly what's going on there. And

04:21um, so Tuesday I spoke at council about

04:25the $222 million in interest that

04:29taxpayers are paying for the arena. And

04:31also with that, people have to pay to

04:34watch the Thunder on TV. you know, the

04:36new deal. They have to pay $20 a month.

04:39And we're we're

04:41not requiring Amazon to pay anything for

04:43this. So, um there's a lot more to it.

04:47The uh the legal ease was incredible.

04:49If, uh there's ever a legal problem,

04:52everything has to happen in King County,

04:54uh Washington. It's it's awful. And I

04:58don't know how this was even presented

05:00to this board because, you know, they

05:02got to pay they got to pay something. Um

05:05there's a light pole at the ballpark and

05:07a Georgia company is uh renting it to

05:11build

05:13um wi wireless infrastructure and then

05:16they're going to like subleasase to

05:18T-Mobile, AT&T and all that and they're

05:20going to make about 300,000 a year and

05:22at least they're paying the city 18,000

05:24for that which is a bad deal but at

05:26least we're getting something and Amazon

05:28is giving us nothing and the costs of

05:31this is going to be I think over a

05:32million dollars for five

05:3430 seconds.

05:36>> That's my presentation.

05:38>> Thank you.

05:39>> Thank you very much for coming and

05:40calling it to our attention.

05:43>> Okay. Any other residents to be heard?

05:46If not, we'll move on to item four,

05:48which is the approval of the minutes of

05:50the September 11th COPA board meeting.

05:55Is there a motion to approve?

05:59>> So move.

06:00>> It's We'll do that electronically. It's

06:03been moved and seconded.

06:08>> Oh, okay. Okay.

06:10>> Okay. Uhhuh. Okay. All in favor, please

06:14say I or vote electronically.

06:20>> Okay.

06:29>> Okay.

06:32We have

06:34we have eyes from uh Hinkle and Allen.

06:38Motion approved.

06:41Okay. Moving on to item five, which is

06:43the consent docket. Are there any of the

06:46items in the consent docket that any of

06:48the trustees would like to pull and

06:50consider individually?

06:55If not, is there a motion to approve the

06:57consent docket?

07:07It's been moved and seconded. Please

07:10vote electronically except for these two

07:12that will vote.

07:15>> I

07:19have three three I votes

07:24and the motion passes.

07:28Moving on to items for individual

07:31consideration. Item A is to approve the

07:34amendment number four with CAD

07:36construction decreasing

07:38uh the contract for $757.76

07:43and final acceptance of the embark

07:46administrative building renovation

07:49project and replace and placing a

07:51maintenance bond into effect.

07:53>> Yes. So, chairman, with this item, uh,

07:55we essentially wrap up the South May,

07:57uh, remodel at 2000 South Main. Uh, so

08:00this is a a slight decrease, essentially

08:03amending the, um, the pay quantities in

08:05the contract. Um, really just again

08:08amending the quantities. Uh, but with

08:10this item, uh, we wrap up the

08:12construction at the project. There's two

08:13minor punch list items left to to wrap

08:16up. Uh, but with this item, we also put

08:18the the maintenance bond into effect

08:20and, um, essentially wrap the project. I

08:23would point out that we are uh planning

08:25for a um ribbon cutting or reveal if you

08:29will and also a dedication of the Chris

08:31Kaufman training room. And so you guys

08:33will see a invite for that coming soon.

08:38>> Okay. Are there any questions or

08:40comments on this item?

08:43If not, is there a motion to approve?

08:48It's been moved and seconded. Please

08:51vote.

08:52The a the yays.

08:55>> I

09:00>> Okay, motion passes.

09:04>> Moving on to item number B is to approve

09:07change order number number number one

09:09with Midtown Construction for the Embark

09:12Transit Center restroom remodel at a

09:14cost increase of $5,884.37.

09:19You know, chairman, with this item, a

09:21reminder, you know, we entered into a

09:23contract with Midtown Construction to um

09:25essentially remodel the employee

09:28restrooms at the downtown transit

09:29center. Um essentially doubling the

09:32facilities there. Um again, making it

09:35much better for our operators uh with

09:37this item. So, what happened is, as it

09:41does with construction projects,

09:42especially remodel projects, as you

09:44start the work, um some things pop up,

09:46and that's exactly what happened here.

09:48So, as they began the work, they

09:50identified that there was some um

09:52unknown plumbing that was in the in the

09:54walls and in the slab. And so, this item

09:57uh is a cost increase to do additional

10:00slab cutting and some plumbing

10:01relocations to accommodate the project.

10:06>> Okay. Are there any questions or

10:08comments?

10:12If not, is there a motion to approve

10:13item B?

10:18It's been moved and seconded. Uh, please

10:21vote. All those in favor.

10:24>> All right.

10:31>> Motion passes.

10:34Moving on to item C, which is to approve

10:38the professional services agreement with

10:40DWIT Investments LLC, DBA, Elite

10:43Protection Services, for fair

10:46inspections and security guard services

10:49at an estimated annual cost of $700,000

10:52effective February or October 4th, 2026

10:57through October 3rd, 2031.

11:00So a reminder uh the board uh approved

11:03the RFP for uh fair inspection security

11:07services. Uh we went through the

11:09competitive bid process and um the the

11:12team that was put together to ident or

11:14review the RFP identified um elite

11:17protection as the best uh contract for

11:20this. Um

11:22reminder we've we've had a long-standing

11:25um relationship with Elite. They've

11:28performed fair inspection and security

11:30guard services for us for many years

11:32now. And uh with this item, we will

11:35continue that relationship with Elite. I

11:38will point out that um they'll be

11:40performing fair inspection services on

11:42the BRT and security guard services uh

11:45at the transit center and our fixed

11:47route services and street car. Um

11:50another item to point out is that they

11:52are um unarmed, right? So they are there

11:56essentially for security eyes and ears

11:59and uh they also perform ambassador

12:01services. So that's part of their

12:03training as well.

12:06>> And this isn't part of the parking

12:08garage. Uh

12:10>> that's a se that's a separate contract.

12:12Okay.

12:14>> Are there any questions or comments?

12:17>> If not, is there a motion to approve

12:19item C?

12:22It's been moved and seconded. All in

12:25favor say I. I

12:28>> or vote electronically.

12:32Those opposed?

12:35Motion passes. Okay. Moving on to item

12:38D, which is to approve an agreement and

12:41adopt a resolution authorizing Soul

12:43Source purchase of Fairbox equipment,

12:46parts, supplies, and services with

12:48Genfair LLC. Estimated annual cost of

12:52$200,000 effective October 3rd, 2026 to

12:57October 2nd, 2027.

13:00>> Yes, sir. with this item. Uh a reminder

13:02about our um fair collection technology

13:05that's currently on our our vehicles. Um

13:08we've had that equipment um since the

13:10late 90s. And so it is important that we

13:13continue to have the the supplies

13:16available to keep those uh up to date.

13:18And so with this contract that allows us

13:20to do that, um I would like to point out

13:23kind of as a a partner item for this is

13:25that uh we recently approved our our

13:28fair policy uh update. And so we're

13:31currently going through that process

13:33now. And so the the board can expect um

13:36some stakeholder uh meetings coming up

13:38soon to be able to interact with our

13:40contractor that's performing that policy

13:42update and uh be able to be able to move

13:45forward from that. And part of that will

13:47also be um a recommendation on how we

13:49move forward with our fair technology on

13:51our equipment.

13:56Okay.

13:58Any questions or comments? If not, is

14:01there a motion to approve item D?

14:09It's been moved and seconded. All in

14:11favor say I.

14:13>> Or vote electronically. Those against

14:17nay.

14:20Motion passes.

14:23Okay. Moving on to item E, which is

14:27approval of a resolution for Amazon

14:30locker location agreement with

14:31Amazon.com

14:33Services LLC allowing for the

14:35installation of two Amazon lockers to be

14:38installed at the Arts District garage

14:40for 5 years with automatic renewal until

14:42terminated by either party with advanced

14:45notice and authorizing the administrator

14:48or designate to execute the agreement

14:50once approved by the municipal

14:52counselor's office. Yeah. So, chairman,

14:54with this item, it was uh it's been

14:56identified that um you know, with city

14:59staff being downtown and uh also copless

15:02staff being downtown that there's a um a

15:05desire to have the ability to receive

15:07packages, uh from our downtown area. And

15:11so, um we've looked at it and we we feel

15:14like it's a a good use of some area in

15:18our garage that's, uh you know, we made

15:20sure that there's no ADA issues or

15:21anything like that. And so with this

15:23agreement essentially allows for two

15:25locker areas to allow um really anybody

15:28to be able to receive or uh return

15:30packages to Amazon through this locker

15:33agreement.

15:35And then Trusty, I don't know if you

15:37wanted to add anything.

15:38>> Yeah, thank you. Um I just wanted to add

15:41that this is an effort to keep our sales

15:43and use tax dollars in Oklahoma City. A

15:46lot of city kappa as well as other

15:48downtown residents live on the outskirts

15:51in some of our suburbs. And so if we can

15:54get those folks to utilize an Amazon

15:55locker in downtown Oklahoma City, we

15:58keep those sales and use tax dollars in

15:59our community. And so that's the that's

16:02the intention here. Um I did want to

16:04speak to some of the points that were

16:06brought up um earlier by our our

16:08resident, Mr. Hunt. Um this is at at no

16:12cost. Um there uh would be an electrical

16:16component, but we qualified for a

16:18battery operated unit that Amazon um

16:21funds and maintains and um related to

16:24the cleanliness in the area. Uh

16:26thankfully uh Corey and our parking

16:28services um already does those things

16:31and so keeps the area open and safe for

16:34for any foot traffic um for any of our

16:37our customers as well. And so uh looking

16:40forward to this amenity downtown.

16:44Okay. Are there any other questions or

16:46comments?

16:47>> Um,

16:48no cost to us.

16:53>> That's right. There's no cost. And in

16:55fact, there could be some revenue

16:57separate from the sales and use tax. Um,

16:59if Amazon wraps the locker um with some

17:02sort of an advertising campaign, maybe

17:04advertising Prime Day or other things

17:07like that, then there would be a small

17:09minimal amount of revenue to the trust.

17:13That's correct.

17:14>> $50.

17:15>> That's correct. At no expense.

17:23>> Okay. Are there any other questions or

17:24comments?

17:26If not, is there a motion to approve

17:28item E?

17:32It's been moved

17:35and seconded. All in favor say I or vote

17:39electronically. Those opposed same sign.

17:53Motion passes.

17:55>> James.

17:58>> Okay. Moving on to ratification of

18:00claims and payroll. Item A uh is the

18:04ratification of payroll and vendor

18:06claims for a period of August 19th

18:08through September 15, 2026.

18:13Are there any questions or comments?

18:16If not, is there a motion to ratify?

18:20It's been moved and seconded.

18:24All in favor say I or vote

18:27electronically. I

18:30>> those opposed. Same sign.

18:36Motion passes. Uh moving on to receive

18:41our financial reports for the schedule

18:43of revenue and expenses budget to actual

18:45for the two months of the fiscal year

18:482027 ending August 31st, 2026.

18:53>> Yes sir. I will I will be presenting our

18:56budget to actuals today.

18:59as soon as it is up. All right. So, as

19:03we uh move into the presentation here,

19:06uh you'll notice on this slide here that

19:09our revenues exceed our expenditures uh

19:12by $1.9 million. Our year-to- date

19:14revenue being 8.9 million, essentially

19:16meeting our budget. And then our

19:18year-to- date expenditures uh just a

19:20little over 7 million. This is below our

19:22budgeted amount by nearly a million

19:24dollars or or 12%. Then as we uh dive a

19:28little deeper uh with our fair revenue

19:31here. Um so while the report shows that

19:33we are slightly behind our forecasted

19:35amount uh we did see a slight increase

19:37from prior fixed route and BRT wrership

19:39in July being about 3.8%

19:42and then in August being about 1.3%. Uh

19:45we do however expect additional halfp

19:47price purchases throughout the remainder

19:49of the year uh which should help narrow

19:51that gap a little bit. And then as we we

19:54move down a little bit there are other

19:56passenger revenue. So this category

19:57includes uh revenue from the city

19:59employee bus pass program. Uh we did

20:02have a slight delay in receiving the

20:04August payment which resulted in

20:05temporary negative variance.

20:07>> Back to slide.

20:10>> Yep. Thank you. Um and so this payment

20:13has now been received and the September

20:15financials are expected to reflect this

20:17and show the category back on track.

20:19Then the last area there highlighted is

20:22areawide aging agency. Uh so as noted in

20:26last month's report, reimbursement

20:28payments from area are running slightly

20:30behind schedule, but our team has been

20:33on ongoing communication with area wide

20:35and the outstanding items are being

20:37addressed.

20:39All right. So as we move into

20:42our next item there, expenditures. Um so

20:46our first focus there is other services

20:47and fees. Uh so one of the main areas

20:50where we are currently under budget is

20:51in subscriptions. So one of our primary

20:54subscription vendors recently underwent

20:56an acquisition which is temporary

20:57delayed invoice processing.

21:00And so as soon as uh those payments are

21:02made available that variance will

21:04tighten. Then the next highlighted area

21:07is fuel. Uh so although we are showing a

21:09slight increase from prior year uh we

21:11are seeing a significant savings overall

21:13in fuel. Um, last year at this time we

21:16we had spent 13% of the overall budget

21:19versus this year where we have only

21:20spent 10% of our total fuel budget. And

21:23a reminder, you know, as we're we're

21:25bringing more alternative fuel vehicles

21:26online, we we start to see that uh

21:29variance um more, right? So, we continue

21:33to see savings in our fuel lines.

21:36And then as we move on to our parking

21:38operations, so uh with parking

21:41operations, revenues exceed our

21:43expenditures by

21:45nearly 500,000. Our year-to- date

21:47revenue being 1.1 million uh exceeding

21:50our budget by 66,000 or 6% and then our

21:53year-to- date expenditures 743,000

21:56where we are two nearly 270,000 below

21:59budget or 27%.

22:02As we dive a little deeper into our

22:04revenues, uh, events and transient

22:06parking. Um, so while monthly contract

22:09revenue remains right on target, uh, we

22:11want to highlight our transient parking

22:13category where we have seen significant

22:15growth compared to last year. Our event

22:17customer volume increased from 17,910

22:21customers at this time last year to

22:2224,000 this year. A 36% increase. Uh, so

22:27transit parking activity also grew by

22:3014% year-over-year.

22:32And then as we move into our next slide,

22:39uh you'll notice our parking garage

22:41operations uh slight variance there.

22:44This is uh tied back to our event

22:46parking, right? So we we've talked about

22:48this several times as we see this

22:50variance uh each time as as our event

22:54parking goes up. that means that we have

22:56to have more staff for more events. And

22:58so we we start to see that that variance

23:00grow a little bit. Um [clears throat]

23:03and then the payments to the city

23:05parking fund, uh we're working with

23:08folks there to get that variance more in

23:10line.

23:12Then as we move into river cruises,

23:15so our operating income being u

23:17exceeding expenditures by 16,000, our

23:20year-to- date revenues um exceeds budget

23:23by just a little over 3,000 or 2% and

23:26our year-to- date expenditures are below

23:28budget by about 2%.

23:32So moving to the next slide for our

23:34revenue. Uh so the main item to

23:37highlight there is our charters. So, our

23:39charter activity continues to be a

23:41strong contributor year-to- date. We

23:43have completed 16 charters and have

23:45collected approximately 32% of our

23:47annual charter revenue.

23:49The prior year comparison in the report

23:51shows only 175 collected at this point

23:53last year. However, actual collections

23:55were closer to 7,000. Uh the difference

23:57is due solely to the timing of when last

23:59year's report was compiled. Using

24:02accurate prior year figures, we have

24:04collected 23% of the charter revenue by

24:06this time last year.

24:09And then moving into

24:12our expenditures,

24:14um, total expenditures there, uh,

24:16year-to- date spending total is

24:18approximately 187,000, which is about

24:20three 3,000 or 2% under the year-to-

24:23date budgets. Our spending pace is

24:25consistent with last year. At this

24:27point, in the prior year, we had

24:28expended 15.7% of the annual budget

24:31compared to 16.1% this year. uh we

24:34expect to see an increase in expenses as

24:36we move into the off season.

24:39And so typically that is, you know, due

24:41to some refurbishing of boats and and

24:44things like that, making sure that they

24:45keep that um uh what do we call it? Uh

24:49Bristol, is that the condition? Yeah,

24:51Bristol condition. Mark's over there in

24:53the corner. Is that right? Bristol. All

24:54right. All right. All right. So, as we

24:57move into the street car, um, so our

24:59operating income being 284,000,

25:02uh, exceeding our expenditures by

25:04284,000, our year-to- date revenues, uh,

25:061.1 million or and this exceeds our

25:09budget by just about 1%. Then our

25:12year-to- date expenditures being at

25:1494,000, uh, about 21% below budget. And

25:17this is, um,

25:21I just have to call it out. It's due to

25:23Delano being very, very good at his job.

25:25He is very good about being able to pace

25:27out um um maintenance issues and being

25:31able to forecast and plan ahead. And so

25:34he's he does a very very good job with

25:36our street car operations as we move

25:38into our revenues. Uh so we'll focus

25:41there on our other revenue item. So our

25:43business development marketing team

25:44continues to secure additional revenue

25:46opportunities. uh the 99 $9,938

25:51in the other revenue line item uh

25:54represents our charter services. U again

25:58this is you know continued um with our

26:01our folks out there really pushing the

26:03the ability to have charters on the

26:06street car and so we've seen this grow

26:08year-over-year. Uh some of the items

26:11here were u from the Moose International

26:14Convention uh the Unity National Indian

26:17Tribal Youth Annual Conference and the

26:202026 uh National Association of State

26:23Procurement Officials annual conference.

26:27All right, as we move into

26:29expenditures there. Oh yeah, we already

26:31did it. Fantastic.

26:34That concludes my presentation of our

26:36BNA. If there are any questions,

26:39be happy to give it a shot.

26:41>> You have any questions?

26:42>> Well done. [laughter]

26:44>> Thank you.

26:44>> Uh, director, could you remind me, my

26:48memory is foggy. What if any percent of

26:52our bus fleet remains diesel?

26:59>> Great question. So we are currently

27:01sitting at uh 60 68% of our fleet is

27:06alternative fuel.

27:07>> Okay.

27:08>> Um so yeah, we're and we're clearly

27:12everything that we're buying now is

27:13alternative fuel whether it's CNG. Uh we

27:15just received, you guys had just

27:17approved a contract last month and we

27:19just received two uh electric um uh Ford

27:24Transit vans uh that will help support

27:26our mobility team and our our pair

27:28transit services and they're all ADA

27:31equipped. So pretty exciting to get

27:34those online.

27:35>> So

27:37about 30 something% remains that

27:40>> a little over 30. Mhm.

27:41>> Do we have any sense of a timeline of

27:43like what that transition out of it will

27:45look like?

27:45>> We do. So, you know, we're currently in

27:47the process. We just issued a PO for

27:49eight additional fixed route CNG buses.

27:53Um so, within I would say within two to

27:56three years, we'll be completely um CNG

27:59on our fixed route and BRT. Now I will

28:02point out that we are even as we replace

28:05these vehicles we're maintaining those

28:07vehicles just in anticipation of needing

28:09them for the Olympic games but then

28:11after uh 2028 we'll start dis uh dis

28:15disposing surplusing u the the diesel

28:18buses

28:20>> that's really good news I'm sure we're

28:22all following the diesel fuel cost that

28:25are

28:26>> record highs u another question I think

28:29to ask here instead of comments from

28:31trustees. But

28:33>> I've been hearing over the last few

28:36weeks related to the timeliness of the

28:39buses that some of the issues that's

28:42making buses show up late are actually

28:45related to the um

28:47>> the maintenance and and that that

28:49maintenance might be um the result of

28:52maybe the the increased heat we've been

28:54experiencing. Could you speak to that?

28:56I'm I'm unfamiliar with this.

28:58>> Happy to speak to that. So yeah, we, you

29:00know, we we had record uh record heat

29:03and we had a sustained period. I think

29:05we had what over a month of over 100°.

29:09Um just like like your automobile, the

29:12heat plays a a huge part in your

29:14automobile being able to keep up with

29:16with the AC and things like that. Um,

29:19one of the things that we did notice is

29:20that as we were uh in that record heat

29:24uh time frame, we did start having some

29:26AC equipment um fail. And specifically,

29:31it was failing in our operator area. So,

29:33if you think about it, our operators are

29:35sitting essentially like behind a um

29:38like a a microscope, right, with all the

29:40glass and we we can't tint the windows

29:43because then that um which would

29:45decrease the heat, but then it violates

29:47some of the Federal Highway Act um

29:49requirements. And so, making sure that

29:52it's safe for operators, if it gets

29:55above a certain temperature and the the

29:57bus can't keep up, then we we pull that

29:59bus off the road. So then that starts to

30:02affect the ability to maintain our

30:0430-minute frequency on our routes. Um to

30:07that point though, we do have

30:08contingency buses that when we pull a

30:10bus off the road, we're able to put that

30:12bus into service, but those buses are

30:14usually some of our older fleet that

30:17also have issues. So all that to say

30:20that is that is true that we were

30:22definitely having some issues,

30:23especially during the heat um time frame

30:25as far as being able to maintain our

30:2730-minute frequency. Um, we've seen that

30:31get back to normal as we've come out of

30:32the 100 degree heat. Um,

30:38I don't have much else to add. That is

30:40it is true that we're having some some

30:42issues there.

30:46it maybe it's too early but well it's

30:49too early for me right now but what is

30:50the um like the path forward because

30:54unfortunately

30:55I don't really see those temperatures

30:57decreasing for reasons

31:00>> y

31:01>> um

31:01>> so I I can speak to that so um

31:05>> clearly we identified that we had an

31:06issue

31:07>> and so our assistant director and our

31:09maintenance manager got together and

31:11essentially hotwashed that's what we

31:13call it hotwashed the the issue that

31:14we're having right and So what happens

31:17is clearly we're not going to let that

31:19happen again. And so essentially being

31:21able to plan for as we start to come

31:24into the to the warmer months next year

31:27or if we start to get to it again,

31:29essentially putting together um a

31:31planning exercise where we start pulling

31:35pulling the buses into the shop and

31:37basically going over the entire AC unit

31:39like top to bottom making sure that

31:41there's no, you know, freon leaking,

31:44there's no fans that are whatever. I'm

31:47not going to get super technical

31:49wobbling, right? Um, but basically front

31:52to back, top to bottom, making sure that

31:53all the AC equipment on the buses are

31:56tip-top shape before we start getting

31:57into the to the hot months so we don't

31:59have this issue again

32:03>> next. Okay, thank you for that update.

32:05Next year, would you update us on the

32:11frequency

32:12and the achievement of hitting our our

32:1530 minute

32:17targets

32:19because you well we already know I think

32:21this whole trust knows that frequency

32:24and reliability ultimately makes the

32:27system um an alternative option for

32:32choice riders number one actually I

32:34would put in this instance number two

32:36because number one is the folk who

32:38depend on it to get to their jobs and if

32:40those buses are hot in July and August

32:43and then they're

32:46the person waiting at the bus stop is in

32:51that heat for another 30 minutes and

32:54then that reflects on how they show up

32:56to their job or their destination, but

32:58it also reflects on our system. So, I

33:02really appreciate the attentiveness

33:04you're bringing to it. I just wanted to

33:05bring this um bring this up because I

33:08kept hearing from people this summer was

33:09like, "The buses are late. What's going

33:10on?" And I I couldn't I couldn't figure

33:12it out. But this this answer is helpful.

33:16So yeah, I would like next year just

33:17sort of regular updates on how we're

33:19doing with the frequency and the showing

33:21up on time.

33:22>> Yeah, be happy to do that.

33:23>> Thank you. Y

33:26>> Jesse, I have a question about the uh

33:28the riverboat and the general fairs uh

33:32didn't meet budget uh uh revenuewise on

33:36that and we opened up a new uh landing

33:41over at the the FAM landing.

33:43>> Yep.

33:43>> And I would have thought that that would

33:45have helped increase our revenue,

33:48general revenue.

33:49>> Yeah. So, we uh we have had some issues

33:51on the river. Uh specifically, we've had

33:53some uh locks and dams that have had

33:56some maintenance issues. Um so that has

33:59definitely played a part in our revenue

34:01going down. Um we've also had um earlier

34:05in the year we had some pretty heavy

34:07rains that then caused debris to come

34:09into the river and so there were a

34:10period of time where we had to shut down

34:12a portion of the of the routes and so

34:14that played a role into it also. Uh but

34:18our charters and our specialty cruises

34:20are making up uh majority of that fair

34:23and and Mark does a fantastic job of and

34:26his team do a fantastic job of getting

34:28that information out there. And uh if

34:30you've ever done one of the charters or

34:31the specialty cruises, uh we usually

34:33have return returned customers. Uh

34:36>> but our regular route that we run have

34:40have been interrupted and that has

34:42brought

34:43>> uh revenue down. In fact, we I think uh

34:46three days last week, our entire east

34:49portion of the river had to be shut down

34:50for a period of time.

34:52>> Okay.

34:53>> Okay. I just was curious about that. Are

34:56there any other thoughts or questions

34:59about our budget?

35:01>> If not, we will go ahead and uh receive

35:05a motion to

35:08uh to receive our

35:12budget to actual

35:15reports. It's been moved.

35:22Looking for a second.

35:25We have to.

35:28It's been moved and seconded. Please.

35:30Uh, all those in favor say I or vote

35:33electronically.

35:38>> Okay.

35:40Was that an I, Bailey? Okay.

35:45Okay,

35:47motion passes. Moving on to our program

35:50reports. We have uh our first

35:52presentation is a mobility management

35:55and Dr. Marilyn Dylan is presenting.

36:00>> Good morning. How's everybody doing?

36:03I'm Dr. Marilyn Dylan. I'm the mobility

36:05management administrator and the ADA

36:07coordinator. Um, for those of you that

36:09have been on the board for a bit, I'm

36:10going to apologize in advance that I'm

36:12going to say some things that you

36:13already know, but we have some new

36:14trustees and I want to make sure they

36:15understand the programs that I'm talking

36:17about.

36:19[sighs] So, the mobility management

36:21division's goal is to connect people.

36:24Uh, we want to improve their quality of

36:26life through increasing their ability to

36:27access services. Um, many of our

36:30programs address the social determinance

36:32of health to also support that quality

36:34of life improvement. Um, we offer senior

36:37transportation. We work with homeless

36:39and low-income individuals. Um, we have

36:42some significant programs away on

36:43health, wellness, and nutrition. Um, as

36:46well as several social service

36:47partnerships and grant programs that I'm

36:49going to talk to you about today.

36:51So, our our writership, this is just

36:53July and August of 2026. Um, the October

36:56board meeting came very early and we

36:59have not finished closing out our

37:00September writership numbers yet. So,

37:02I'll have those for you next time. Um,

37:04senior services obviously almost 6,000

37:06trips. Our partnerships are down just a

37:09little bit. Um, and I'll explain why

37:10later. Um, and then our homeless and

37:12low-income bus pass program has already

37:15distributed over 10,000 one-day bus

37:17passes in the first two months of this

37:19year.

37:21So, this is kind of a look back um on

37:23our mobility ridership over the last few

37:26years. Um, as you can see,

37:27year-over-year it has continued to grow

37:29as we add new programs and new

37:31partnerships. um with the exception of

37:33obviously 2020 2021 when we were going

37:36through COVID. You'll notice that drop

37:38of almost 9,000 trips where we ended

37:40last year. Um that is because if you'll

37:43recall during the federal government

37:45shutdown last fall um DHS asked us to

37:48pause one of our services with them um

37:50during the government shutdown so they

37:52could evaluate budgets. Um we took a

37:54significant hit because we were closed

37:56for almost two months. Um and so we and

37:59we've also um paused our sheriff program

38:02as I mentioned to the transportation

38:03committee. We've revamped that and

38:05increased the subsidy. We'll be

38:07launching that out in November again. So

38:09we're expecting the sheriff to kind of

38:11catch us back up on that ridership and

38:13can see that growth of trajectory

38:15continue in the future. So our eviction

38:18mitigation program is doing really well.

38:20Um it was a slow start. I'll be honest

38:22with you. We all knew that. We've been

38:24talking through this. Um, what this

38:26program does is it provides a QR code in

38:29a mailer with an eviction notice that

38:32allows the individual to scan it so that

38:34they can take a get receive a bus pass

38:36to attend their eviction hearing.

38:38Attendance at your eviction hearing

38:40protects your rights. Um, it gives you

38:42some options to negotiate down perhaps

38:44some of your rent that's in a rears so

38:46that you can stay in your home. And so

38:48it's very important that they show up

38:49for these these eviction hearings. Um

38:52we're partnering with the neighborhood

38:54services organization stay housed

38:55initiative um for those individuals that

38:58um do not have a cell phone or their

39:00ability to get the QR code um activated.

39:03They can pick up a one-day bus pass at

39:05the NSO or that they will mail them one.

39:08Um we had 63 pass activations in July

39:11and August of this year. Uh so far uh

39:14through the life of the program we've

39:16seen 542 of them.

39:20Our Embarkwell senior health and

39:22wellness program just continues to grow

39:23and grow. Um this program provides no

39:26cost um door-to-door service to seniors

39:2960 and over um that reside in the

39:31urbanized area. Um they are able to go 5

39:35days a week, Monday through Friday

39:36between 7 a.m. and 700 p.m. to the

39:39nearest wellness center to the

39:40residents. Um, it serves all of the YMCA

39:43locations, all of the MAPS senior health

39:45and wellness centers and some select

39:48Oklahoma City parks locations that have

39:50programming specifically targeted to

39:52seniors. Um, we now I it's rather funny

39:56to look at this graph when I look back

39:57in time because we started this program

39:59in 2019 and in the first year we did

40:02about 500 trips. Um, we're doing well

40:04over that every month now. It is a

40:07hugely popular service. Um, we have been

40:09able to double the cost of the budget

40:12for this program to meet the demand

40:14through our section 5310 funding

40:16program.

40:18Um, for those of you familiar, the

40:20Climide program is doing very well. Um,

40:23we are in Oklahoma County. We serve up

40:25to a 100 families. Um, for those of you

40:28that aren't unaware, when you are um,

40:30children are removed and placed in

40:32foster care, you are given what's called

40:34an individualized service plan from the

40:36courts in order to reunify with your

40:39children. Um, these are extensive plans

40:41requiring much travel and transportation

40:44access. Climb just closes that gap. It

40:47completely removes that barrier from the

40:49table for them. We have a uh mobility

40:51program coordinator embedded at the DHS

40:54offices in the case management team and

40:56she's serving a hundred families at any

40:58one time. Um our reunification rates are

41:02over 50%. So 50% of our our cases

41:05reunify. Uh we did a check last month on

41:08recidivism. We still have no recidivism.

41:11If we close a climb ride case, it stays

41:13closed and the family doesn't come back

41:15through the the services. And as I

41:17mentioned, the writership is a little

41:18low here as you see still because we're

41:19still ramping back up from that

41:21government shutdown um and getting

41:23ourselves back up to 100 family

41:24referrals.

41:27Climb right also is in transition age

41:29youth. We have a mobility coordinator

41:31embedded with pivot um working on some

41:33sustainable funding to keep this going

41:35on beyond the grant project. If you'll

41:37recall, it was a three-year grant

41:38project. Uh we have about 13 months left

41:41to find find the funding to keep it

41:43going. Um, we're working hard through

41:45that. The youth are doing amazingly well

41:48at the tiny homes. We've moved a couple

41:50of them out. Um, I was sharing with

41:52Jesse a few months ago that one of the

41:54youth who we've been assisting through

41:56this program has moved out. He's been

41:58able to get a full-time job. He's been

42:00able to buy a car, pray for his own

42:01insurance, and guess what? Started a

42:04nonprofit to help other youth. So, it's

42:06been very successful.

42:08Our mobility partnerships are doing

42:10really well. These are partnerships with

42:12local nonprofits to assist them in

42:14providing transportation. Um what we

42:17always tell our our nonprofit partners

42:18that are looking to get out of the

42:20transportation building, it's a little

42:22bit of a niche. Um it can be a cost

42:24drain on a nonprofit to keep a

42:26transportation program and a vehicle

42:28running. And so we've been really

42:30fortunate to be have these nonprofits

42:32reach out to us and assist. Um, we

42:34provide the transportation morning and

42:36afternoon for reemergent hope house

42:38participants and as well as having a

42:40vehicle and driver embedded at Palomar

42:42to assist victims of domestic violence.

42:46Um, I want to pause there for just a

42:47minute. Last month um you guys um

42:49approved a Uber innovation grant u for

42:52$50,000 that our team won. We've been

42:54working through what that's going to

42:56look like and what we're going to use

42:57that funding for. um pleased to tell you

43:00that we are going to be launching

43:02something called embark extend. Um this

43:04will enable people to access the social

43:06security office on 122nd. I'll have more

43:09details later um when we get ready to

43:12launch. Um so very excited about that.

43:16Our 5310 funding stream is going very

43:18well. Um we are actually issuing a

43:21notice of call for projects today. Um we

43:24are opening up call for project for our

43:26federal fiscal year 2025 funding. Um

43:29currently we've awarded 2022 2023s and

43:332024's funding. Uh we've had over 20

43:36applications and we're in the grant

43:37process. You're going to see start

43:39seeing those grant agreements go through

43:41in the next couple of months. Uh what

43:43are we focusing on funding? Well, we are

43:46focusing on funding vehicle maintenance

43:48for nonprofits. Um actual vehicle

43:51purchases. Um we're looking to do some

43:53sidewalk and paving projects to help

43:55seniors um access services and then

43:58we're also providing dispatching

43:59software funding for some of our partner

44:01agencies. The goal of that is to connect

44:03our vehicles together to become more

44:05efficient. Um so we're very excited

44:07about where this is going.

44:09One of the other big things that I've

44:11shared with with you over the years is

44:13that we've been working really closely

44:14with ODOT on their statewide mobility

44:16management program so that we can expand

44:18what we offer here in Oklahoma City to

44:20all 77 counties. Um we will next Monday,

44:24in fact, um we have a brand new

44:26transportation navigator that will be

44:27embedded at the Goodwill Opportunity

44:29Center working with individuals with

44:31disabilities to make sure that they have

44:33workforce transportation so that they

44:35can enter back into the workforce. Um

44:37her name is Katie. Uh she starts on

44:39Monday. Uh another exciting

44:41announcement, we have two more mobility

44:43navigators also starting with us on

44:44Monday. Um Joey and Jessica. They will

44:48be assigned to assist people in Canadian

44:50and Cleveland County. Um you can see

44:52Ariel there in the picture. She is the

44:54mobility navigator for Oklahoma County.

44:56Um so we're really excited to see this.

44:58These individuals connect people to

44:59resources, connect agencies together to

45:02form partnerships, and close those

45:03access gaps across the community. So,

45:05we're really excited to see what that

45:07looks like. And with that, I will take

45:09any questions. [sighs]

45:12>> Are there any questions or comments for

45:14Maryland?

45:19>> Thank you.

45:19>> Thank you.

45:21>> Okay. Our our second presentation is our

45:23parking services. Corey Hubert is our

45:29>> presenter.

45:30Welcome.

45:31>> Good morning.

45:33>> Parking

45:35Uh, can we go? Oh, thanks. Uh,

45:42hourly and daily parking is up in in

45:46comparison to last year. July, we had uh

45:516,000 plus more customers. That's

45:53roughly a 39% increase. And then in

45:57August,

45:58there was a decrease of 2.8 8 uh

46:02customers or 60 654 vehicles. Uh the two

46:09that goes in line with the uh event

46:12traffic

46:14um on events we had a 41% uh in July

46:19increase or 3.7%

46:223.7,000

46:24customers and then in August we had an

46:28additional 30% increase of 2.7,000

46:34customers. Um, as you can see, the

46:36economy continues to prosper and we

46:39continue to benefit from that along with

46:41the positive services that we provide to

46:44all of our customers. Uh, monthly

46:47parking, as Jesse noted earlier, is

46:49relatively flat. We are seeing some

46:52growth, um, but trivial at this point.

46:57Century Center elevator renovation,

47:00as you all are aware, we had a special

47:03meeting. We had we we were allowed to

47:05enter into an contract um in late

47:08August.

47:10Contractor is um executing agreements

47:13with its subcontractors that's underway

47:16where we started receiving submitts.

47:19Um subcontractors have been in and out

47:22of the area. Um and monthly meetings

47:26have started. Information that came

47:28after this presentation was forwarded to

47:31this group. um prior to 2027.

47:36This in the next couple of months,

47:38you'll start it we'll start seeing some

47:40work on site as it relates to guard

47:43rails on cabs, door roof hatches in the

47:48mechanical rooms, ladders and um HVAC

47:53systems and some mechanical doors being

47:56replaced

47:57while we wait for all of the materials

48:00to come in very early late winter, early

48:03spring. Uh so we'll start seeing

48:05elevator one being worked on out of the

48:08two in early spring. Um and again

48:13reminder that is a 55 day workday

48:18calendar for one elevator. So r pretty

48:21close to three months per elevator. Um

48:26it is possible that we can see some

48:28collapsing of schedules or condensing of

48:31schedules, but we just don't have that

48:33information right now. Um we're at the

48:36will of those folks building the

48:39hardware and whatnot.

48:42Um in case you were on your way here saw

48:45a major road closure, parking was

48:47involved with public works project uh

48:50early on. Very appreciative of that. On

48:53the lower left hand corner, you'll see

48:56our Sheridan Walker garage. What's

48:58taking place is um a crane should be

49:02arriving uh by the time you leave uh to

49:05replace the HVAC unit on 420, our main

49:08administrative building. Our operations

49:12at the uh Sheran Walker garage will

49:15continue through the entire project. Um,

49:18thanks to public works, they gave us

49:20some leeway and invited us to the party.

49:24Uh, major dates to look at. Um, f this

49:28is the first of three crane

49:29mobilizations. This mobilization

49:33uh will

49:35uh end uh early next week. The second

49:39one will be in uh October 23rd uh

49:44scheduled right after um a a major

49:47concert and before a game. Um and then

49:51um the third and final right around uh

49:55Thanksgiving. Uh we will have a game on

49:59the day that the road clos that that the

50:02closure takes place, but based off of

50:04our quantities of Thunder season ticket

50:07holders in that garage, parking staff

50:10has all the confidence in the world that

50:13we'll get them in and out. Zero

50:15problems.

50:17And that concludes my presentation.

50:21>> Okay. Are there any questions or

50:23comments to Corey?

50:26Glad we're making progress on the

50:28elevators, the old elevators at

50:32Century Center.

50:35Okay. Um,

50:38so is at this time is there a motion to

50:41receive our program reports?

50:46It's been moved

50:51and waiting on a second.

50:58Second.

50:59>> Okay. Matt seconds.

51:03>> All those in favor say I or vote

51:05electronically. [clears throat]

51:06>> I

51:07>> oppose. Same sign.

51:27Motion passes.

51:29Okay. Moving uh again moving to item 10

51:33which is items from the trustee. But

51:35beforehand we have another request uh

51:38from a citizen to be heard and we'll

51:41I'll go ahead and entertain that at this

51:42time. Uh, so John Angland, if you'd like

51:46to come forward and

51:49three minutes and tell us what you know

52:21test. There you go.

52:22>> Thanks.

52:23>> Yes, sir.

52:23>> Good morning, everyone. Sorry for my

52:25tardiness.

52:26Uh, this is my first

52:29visit here at city hall.

52:32Um,

52:35I guess um you guys tell me want to just

52:38explain why I'm here. Is that what I do?

52:41>> Yeah. Uh-huh.

52:42>> Okay. Um,

52:44there's been several incidents um to

52:47where

52:49I was told from a route supervisor as

52:53well as drivers um that being ADA you I

52:59am the bus stop.

53:02And however, uh just this last month,

53:07um there was two incidents with the same

53:10driver. Uh there was a bus stop sign

53:14down on the ground. There was a question

53:17as to whether it was still a bus stop

53:20and it's around the corner from where I

53:22live.

53:24Uh for over 50 years off and on, I've

53:27used Embark or

53:30public transportation. Excuse me.

53:33Anyway, um

53:36there was a young lady um she took

53:39fourth of Lindsay. I don't know if you

53:40guys It's right off of Lincoln. I mean,

53:43before you get to Lincoln, but anyway, I

53:44had I was taken

53:47approximately three blocks out of my

53:49way. Uh this was just two weeks ago on

53:53the second incident, which I had to walk

53:56and of course above 100 degree weather.

54:00Uh

54:02um

54:04I was told by the route supervisor that

54:08that bus stop which has always been a

54:12bus stop for like I said over 50 years

54:14to my knowledge um that being ADA um

54:19since it wasn't a bus stop um he

54:23mentioned something about the grass and

54:26the concrete.

54:28Okay. Well, west of the bus stop,

54:32um, there's sidewalk. I would have to

54:35cross over Lincoln Boulevard

54:38to research parkway the bus stop

54:42and going east. I would have, sorry, I

54:46muscle spasm. Um, I would have to travel

54:49uh

54:51I would have to walk approximately

54:53two blocks

54:55from Fort Lindsay

54:58and

55:01I was it was confirmed that the Fort

55:04Lindsay is still a bus stop. I know for

55:06a fact that the bus stop sign laid there

55:09on the ground for approximately two

55:11months

55:13and then it was removed. I mean,

55:15somebody finally came and picked it up

55:17and now there's a brand new SP bus stop

55:20sign there. I'm just wondering

55:24um and I know uh that um [clears throat]

55:27the bus has to have a safe location to

55:31pull over.

55:33I was a field supervisor in the oil and

55:36gas industry

55:38as a

55:40bill supervisor. So, I know all about

55:42safety pretty much. uh which is a full

55:45service safety company. Um

55:49and across the street from Fort Lindsay,

55:52directly where the bus stop is

55:57from the bus stop,

56:00um

56:02there's a

56:04vacant recreation center and there's

56:07other drivers. No problem. It's it's a

56:10two-lane. I'm sorry. Um,

56:15northeast forth is [clears throat]

56:17there's two lanes, east and west. And

56:22>> um,

56:25>> sir,

56:27so no, no. So, so you don't have to keep

56:29standing. If you don't mind, after the

56:31meeting, we'll we can get a Yes, sir.

56:33>> information. Yes. Thank you guys for

56:36hearing me out. Sorry.

56:38>> Yes. Thank

56:40you. I'll be right back.

56:42>> Yeah. Okay. And our uh director will

56:45address your issue and we appreciate you

56:47bringing your concerns

56:53to the meeting. So, thank you.

56:57Um so, now we'll move on into uh our uh

57:02items from trustees. Cynthia,

57:07>> thank you.

57:09>> Thank you. you know uh the program um

57:13reports that we received were very

57:14insightful. A couple of things that

57:16caught my attention were the uh well was

57:20the influence of conventions to our our

57:24parking to our ridership etc. I wonder

57:28if maybe for a future meeting we can

57:30have a little bit more of um just

57:33information on how uh your team partners

57:37with conventions with you know city

57:40planning etc for major events and what

57:43type of of marketing opportunities

57:45exist. Are there any packets? just

57:49interested in knowing how we're

57:50maximizing those um those opportunities

57:54to really promote the strong services

57:56that you provide.

57:58>> Yeah, I'd be happy to. Uh we can

58:00definitely include that in our business

58:01development marketing presentation. Yep,

58:04for sure. Yeah, thank you.

58:06>> Okay, Matt Jason,

58:09>> Angela,

58:10>> no.

58:11>> Oh, skip.

58:13>> Oh, I'm sorry.

58:14>> I was trying to find the mic.

58:17Yeah, I just uh so I wanted to just say

58:20Jesse, I'm looking forward to the

58:22reveal, ribbon cutting, whatever we're

58:24calling the unveiling of the South May

58:28uh remodel. Um I know it's been a

58:30project that uh you know, you've been

58:32working on, you and your team for a few

58:34years now, and I really just wanted to

58:36commend the the trust for supporting uh

58:38that project for your team for executing

58:41it. Um it's been a long time coming. I

58:44mean, other than, you know, a few well,

58:47a lot of offices added on ad hoc over

58:50the years, it's been relatively

58:51unchanged since it was a trucking

58:53company back in the 80s, right? Um,

58:57so, um, I'm looking forward to that. And

59:01I think it's worth saying that, you

59:03know, our employees and and I think the

59:05trust agrees with this, our employees

59:07really are the most valuable resource.

59:09Like, we can't provide the service

59:11without our team of employees. And I

59:14think creating a a modern,

59:16well-designed,

59:18updated um ADA accessible uh workspace

59:23is is really, you know, something we

59:26should do. Um I think it aligns with the

59:30vision to be worldclass transportation.

59:32Um I'm I also believe it's consistent

59:35with our core values on the city side of

59:38uh for example, keep getting better. We

59:40want to be a better employer. I think of

59:43Embark's own core values being there. I

59:45think it's an opportunity to be there

59:46for our employees. Um, so I just wanted

59:49to say a few comments because I know

59:51it's been in the works for a very long

59:53time. The planning goes back probably

59:55even five years and so I'm glad to see

59:58that we're we're here. I'm looking

1:00:00forward to the event and if I can do

1:00:02anything to assist, if you need to put

1:00:03me to work on a signin sheet or

1:00:06something, I'm willing to do it.

1:00:10>> Okay. Angel. Angela.

1:00:14>> Um yes. I just wanted to say um and

1:00:16remind folks that we've got the the

1:00:18Haunt the River this month. Um it's

1:00:20something that uh my family and my

1:00:22kiddos look forward to and we'll be

1:00:24we'll be doing that later this month. So

1:00:26just wanted to remind folks of that um

1:00:28exciting temporary event.

1:00:30>> Greatly.

1:00:32>> Okay. Of course. Of course. So, uh, I'd

1:00:36be remiss if I didn't point out that we

1:00:37had, um, our FTA Region 6, uh, team in

1:00:41Oklahoma City this week. Uh, we hosted

1:00:43them for two days. Uh, really huge shout

1:00:46out to to Chip, um, his team and, uh,

1:00:49Bella for putting together our agenda

1:00:51and making sure that everything went uh,

1:00:54off without a hitch. We toured uh, the

1:00:56First Americans Museum site or uh, River

1:01:00Landing. We toured the two Olympic

1:01:02venues. um toured possible future

1:01:05headquarter sites and then gave them a

1:01:07tour of the the South May remodel and

1:01:10then we also reviewed all of our large

1:01:12raise grants that we have in the works.

1:01:14Um multi-million dollars worth of of

1:01:17grants that we're um managing and um

1:01:20they left very pleased and happy to see

1:01:24that we are um managing them to the the

1:01:28highest standard that there is. And so

1:01:30we were able to provide an update, show

1:01:32them where all the money is going and

1:01:34how it's being handled. And so it's a it

1:01:36was a it was a really really good two

1:01:38days. And that's it.

1:01:41>> Okay. Well, thank you all for coming

1:01:43today and uh have a rest of your Friday

1:01:48and weekend. Uh I hope this safe and

1:01:51productive. We will see you next month.

1:01:54We're adjourned.