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Para Transit Advisory Committee Mtg 030921
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to
three
minutes
per
speaker.
No
more
than
three
persons
will
be
allowed
to
speak
on
any
side
of
an
issue.
Speakers
may
not
pass
a
minute
to
any
other
speaker.
Comments
should
be
relevant
to
the
city.
Businesses
delivered
in
professional
matter
no
regard
derogatory
remarks
will
be
permitted.
Do
we
have
any
public
comments
today?
Mr
sparkle?.
B
District
reports
are
asserting
paratransit
needs
in
laredo,
el
metro's
current
and,
if
program
complies
with
fta
requirements
for
a
complementary
paratransit
services
as
demand
responses,
share,
right
services,
promote
and
dismiss
services
information
to
the
entire
service
area.
Do
we
have
any
comments
from
the
district
one.
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I'm
gonna
ask
the
if
it's
the
board
members,
I'm
gonna,
ask
if
you're,
not
speaking
at
this
time
to
please
mute
yourself.
So
we
can
hear
mrs
parza
correctly.
If
we
have
any
questions,
let's
go
ahead
and
unmute
ourselves.
That
way
we
can
listen
up
real
real.
Well,
I'm
sorry!
Mr
sparta,
you
were
saying.
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Good
afternoon
good
afternoon,
can
you
hear
me
okay,
so
the
budget
report
for
the
month
of
for
the
march
mean
which
is
the
the
total
for
the
month
of
march.
Under
our
person,
let
me
start
from
the
top.
Under
our
operations
support
services,
administration,
maintenance,
budget,
our
budget
for
the
year
is
36
000
193,
our
year-to-date
expenses
is
14
542
and
we
currently
have
a
balance
of
21
651.
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Under
I
t,
our
budget
is
thirty,
three
thousand
one,
eighty
five,
our
ear
to
date.
Expenses
are
eight
thousand
four
hundred
forty
five
and
our
balance
is
twenty
four
thousand
seven,
forty
seven
and
for
personnel
our
year-to-date
budget.
Our
yearly
budget
is
one
million
four
hundred
twelve
thousand
seven.
Forty
eight.
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Yes,
good
afternoon
at
this
point,
certainly
I
will
not
have
those
specifics.
I
know
that
throughout
the
different
fiscal
years,
insurance
costs
go
up
and
unfortunately
our
budget
remains
the
same.
So
at
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year
pretty
much
the
budget
gets
balanced
with
over
the
board,
cuts
and
reductions,
and
then,
basically
it
is
for
us
management
to
work
with
the
budget,
as
advocated
for
the
transit
system
and
then
throughout
the
year,
we'll
be
doing
transfers
to
like
gustavo
mentioned
earlier
to
balance
out
the
budget.
C
So
that's
pretty
much
what
it's
going
to
end
up
happening
here
with
this
situation
with
the
insurance
and
pretty
much
you
will
see-
and
there
might
be
some
other
accounts-
that
halfway
into
the
budget
cycle
or
two
thirds
into
the
budget
cycle,
we
end
up
having
to
reallocate
some
of
the
funds
to
to
make
that
balancing.
So
at
the
end.
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By
month,
no,
no,
I
mean
like
before
the
fiscal
year
starts.
It
could
have
changed.
I
know
insurance
has
recently
gone
up,
so
we
budget
so
much
for
the
fiscal
year
and
if
there's
any
insurance
premium
hikes
or
a
new
contract
negotiate
like
within
the
insurance,
they
do
go
up.
So
we
end
up
spending
a
little
bit
more.
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Thank
you,
okay,
so
we
have
a
motion
on
the
floor
by
mr
rose's
antenna.
We
have
a
second
by
mr
escamilla,
pending
a
report
from
mrs
san
miguel,
due
to
the
insurance
purposes
that
we're
questioning
on
the
budget
and
flexibility
of
payments,
going
that
it
looks
like
it's
going
up
instead
of
going
down
for
us
because
we're
running
out
of
funds
all
of
a
sudden.
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Okay,
so
right
now
we
are
continuing
continuing
with
the
delivering
of
packages
to
identify
places
that
we
know
that
might
have
a
lyft
writers
that
might
use
our
services,
but
also
we
are
doing
the
connecting
due
to
places
campaign.
Ms
amir
did
briefly
talk
about
it
in
the
last
meeting
and
we
went
ahead
and
started
off.
You
know
sending
out
notices
through
the
dorito
warning
times
here
we
already
have
the
the
one
we
sent
out
and
and
the
date
and
everything
it
also
has
a
communication.
J
As
far
as
the
metro
outreach
update-
and
it
reads
as
follows-
and
metro
administration
continues
to
pursue
outreach
and
efforts
to
inform
the
city
of
the
rail
community
of
current
transit,
fixed
route
and
circulator
and
power
transit
and
lift
services.
Even
during
the
past
months,
under
pandemic
conditions,
el
metro
staff
has
made
safe
outreach
efforts
to
deliver
information
to
the
most
vulnerable
population.
J
As
part
of
our
ongoing
outreach
efforts,
a
number
of
agencies,
clinics
and
some
medical
offices
have
been
visited
to
deliver
information
on
fire
transit
services,
eligibility
process,
this
big
sprout
information,
parking
garage
services
and,
most
recently,
bus
pass
information
is
also
included
in
our
informational
packages
to
further
reach
out
to
potential
eligible
writers
for
prior
transit
services.
The
connecting
you
to
places
campaign
is
said
to
reach
out
to
the
community
via
newspaper
advertisement
both
on
english
and
on
spanish
local
publications.
J
Objective
is
to
generate
awareness
of
available
services
to
meet
the
transportation
needs
of
eligible
individuals,
our
in-lift
vans
and
our
all
of
our
buses
are
ada
compliant
with
technology
that
assists
the
safe
boarding
of
passengers.
The
safety
of
our
passengers,
our
employees
and
that
of
the
community
is
our
overriding
priority.
El
metro
is
readily
available
to
assist
our
local
seniors
and
most
vulnerable
population
to
their
transportation
needs
via
lift
paratransit
services.
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But,
however,
how
I
asked
for
the
quote
was
asking
them
to
give
me
one
person
that
lives
in
that
address
and
we're
mailing
it
out
to
them,
because
if
we
made
it
out
to
every
single
resident
that
lives
and
per
se
in
my
instance
2703,
they
would
have
to
send
it
out
to
five
people
that
live
there.
So
we're
trying
to
at
least
access
one
person,
so
we
can
have
a
direct
contact
with
them
in
a
direct
mail.
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Some
of
the
addresses
have
different
last
names.
They
don't
know
about
the
same
okay,
okay,
yes,
I
understand
okay,
so
and
then
we're
also
already
using
our
website.
We
do
have
a
slider
in
the
beginning
of
our
website,
where
it
does
have
our
campaign
that
we're
working
on,
and
we
also
did
it
when
you
hit
the
live
services.
It
also
gives
you
the
information
on
the
campaign
and
that's
what
we've
been
working
on.
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This
good
afternoon,
again,
miguel
just
real
quick.
There
was
a
competition
by
mr
alan.
I
was
scheduled
for
elected
officials
in
the
city,
city
council
and
then
select
directors
in
in
relation
to
our
new
open
meetings,
act,
regulations
or
rules.
I'm
pretty
sure
that
there
will
be
some
training
provided,
whether
it
be
a
webinar
or
some
other
ways
may
be
made
available
for
all
the
different
committees
of
the
city.
C
That
constitutes
what
is
called
a
walk-in
quorum.
So
again,
the
word
of
caution
is
to
to
cease
that
practice,
because
that
will
be
in
conflict
with
the
open
meetings
act.
The
same
thing
applies
for
text
messaging,
so
again,
I'm
pretty
sure
they're
gonna
be
trainings
to
follow,
and
otherwise
this
is
also
available
online
for
any
of
the
members
that
would
like
to
be
informed
as
to
what
those
new
considerations
are.
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We
have
mr
david
arredondo,
the
assistant,
one
of
he's,
one
of
the
assistant
city
attorneys,
he's
currently
present
right
now
in
the
meeting
to
clarify
any
questions
that
you
all
might
have.
This
was
an
item
that
mr
kazan
requested
last
month
in
regards
and
and
yourself,
mr
avila,
in
regards
to
committee,
absences.
B
B
One
of
our
board
members
happened
to
have
been
sick
through
the
day
of
the
meeting,
and
I
wanted
to
know.
Are
we
able
to
excuse
those
those
absences?
And
second,
like
myself,
I
was
trying
to
communicate
it.
I
was
in
and
out
of
the
meetings
because
of
the
of
the
of
the
communication
like
right
now
I
wanted
to
do
it
to
webex,
but
I
couldn't
there's
two
other
ones.
I
tried
to
do
it
through
webex,
but
we
couldn't,
but
me
myself.
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I
believe
it
was
2018
where
the
attendance
requirements
for
all
committees,
if
you
don't
have
something
in
your
bylaws
or
an
ordinance
that
states
otherwise
the
new
rule
is
just
if
you
have
four
absences,
whether
they're
excused
unexcused
within
the
course
of
one
calendar
year.
That's
an
automatic
forfeiture
of
your
position
on
the
board,
so
I
think
that
kind
of
takes
care
of
the
the
first
question.
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Yes,
yeah,
I
understand,
I
think,
that's
what
those
were
the
rules
before
all
I
can
tell
you
is
that
now
that
there's
an
ordinance
and
and
we've
done
away
with
it
used
to
be,
you
could
only
have
three
unexcused
before.
If
you
had
a
foreign
excuse,
then
you're
out
specifically
to
try
to
simplify
it,
the
new
ordinances
you
get
four,
whether
they're
excused
or
not,
if
they're
four
within
a
year,
that's
an
automatic
forfeiture
of
your
position.
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I
have
another
question
like
as
a
member
of
the
of
the
board:
do
we
need
to
know
information
like,
for
example,
what
we
were
talking
about
earlier,
like
the
insurances
and
all
that
like
do,
we
need
to
know
like
what
role
do
we
take
in
getting
information
about?
How
much
is
paid
and
like
are
those
things
that
we
that's
public
information,
then
yeah?
It
comes
up
in.
C
Actually,
I
was
the
one
that
volunteered
this
information,
as
we
saw
to
some
questions,
brought
up
years
back
in
reference
to
the
budget,
so
it
was
supposed
to
be
just
like
miss
antenna
mentioned.
It
is
public
information.
So
definitely
we
do
not
have
an
issue
sharing
this
data,
but
as
the
value
of
discussing
it
and
this
particular
head
transit
advisory
committee
is
very
limited,
I
mean
the
scope
of
the
committee
is
to
bring
about
the
patrons
it
needs.
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For
you,
we
have
a
car
like
I
stated,
I
mean
that
we
have
no
problems
presenting
that
information
and
that
definitely
is
the
duties
of
the
management
here
to
ensure
that
the
the
entire
transit
system,
it
is
sustainable,
it's
not
only
insurance,
but
everything
else,
and
that's
what
we
do,
those
that's
those
are
the
management,
duties
and
responsibilities
to
comply.
So
for
sure
we
we
answer
to
council
with
answer
to
city
management,
and
it
is
our
duty
to
keep
a
balanced
budget
on
every
single
account.
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So,
mr
avila,
that
that
item
was
brought
up
by
the
members
that
were
present
in
the
february
meeting.
They
were
not
concerned,
I'm
not
going
to
say
concern.
They
had
questions
as
to
what
their
role
is
in
the
committee,
and
so
that's
why
we
had
also
asked
mr
aredondo
to
attend
the
meeting
and
answer
any
questions
that
the
committee
members
might
have.
B
Okay,
and
on
that
I'll
say
we
again
I'll
repeat
myself:
we
have
mr
rodondo
on
the
line.
If
any
committee
member
would
like
to
ask
any
questions
pertaining
to
what
is
your
role
on
this
committee?
Please
do
so
at
this
time
feel
comfortable
to
ask
him.
That's
why
he
has
volunteered
his
time
to
be
here
with
us
that
way
we
will
be
shooting
back
and
forth
and
miscommunication
between
each
other
or
the
staff
administration
and
we'll
have
the
correct
answer.
B
H
Well,
what
I
meant
to
ask
earlier
when
I
what
there
was
an
example
with
the
whole
insurance
deal?
I
didn't
mean
to
offend
anybody
with
my
question,
but
what
I
meant
was
we
have
like
any
role
when
it
comes
to
you,
all's
budget
like
or
is
it
something
that
because
I
know,
for
example,
city
council?
It's
just
an
example
like
they
take
care
of
like
the
city
budget
right,
but
do
we
have
any
type
of
role
with
the
budget
that
you
all
handle
like?
H
B
B
Yes,
the
only
thing
I'm
going
to
ask
on
that.
Please,
mrs
paris,
if
you
can,
if
y'all
can
well,
I
don't
know
about
the
other
committee
members,
but
if
y'all
can
send
me
the
the
correct
package
for
this
month,
if
you
can
send
that
to
me
or
email
it
to
me,
I
would
appreciate
it
that
way.
I
can
go
over
it
myself
and
if
anybody
other
any
other
board
member
has
any
questions
or
you
know,
has
any
doubts
please
read
into
it
also
as
well.
Please
look
at
the
bylaws
as
well.
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C
I'm
basically
reading
off
the
bylaws
answering
the
questions
and
that's
basically
you
know
what
I
can
do.
I
mean
I'm
a
bit
confused
as
to
why
you
know
I
sense
something
that
is
not
being
said
and
that's
hard
for
me
to
try
and
read
as
to
what
the
concerns
are
from
from
from
you
all
I
mean
the
the
quorum
is
here.
C
I'm
concerned
about
the
perception
of
because
it's
being
said
out
loud,
I
mean
there
is
a
perception
of
some
members
that
this
is
a
bobble
head
committee
or
the
lies
when
that's
definitely.
The
last
thing
that
me
personally
would
like
to
see.
I
mean
every
committee
member
has
an
opportunity
to
report
on
the
district,
where
your
concern
are
for
your
district,
that
you're
representing
and
unfortunately,
we
can
go
back
to
meetings
where
no
reports
are
provided
by
any
of
the
districts.
C
So
we're
here
to
respond
to
you
on
any
concerns
or
any
requests
addressing
biotransit
needs.
Ada
services
we're
here
for
that
you've
been
here
at
this.
I've
been
here
for
the
past
eight
years,
every
meeting
quarantine
work
here,
so
I
mean
really,
I
mean
anything
that
we
can
do
to
improve
the
transit
system.
That
is
our
duty.
That's
what
we
do
every
day
every
day.
That's
what
we
do
so
for
sure.
C
You
we're
here
to
answer
any
questions.
We
provide
information
that
can
help.
You
provide
us
with
leadership
to
better
the
transit
system
for
the
better
transit
and
elderly
and
disabled
population
in
your
districts,
so
working
for
you
here
to
provide
as
much
information
as
we
can.
Hopefully
we're,
not
you
know
putting
you
in
a
situation
where
you
feel
like
you're,
being
a
bubble
head
or
anything
of
the
life,
because
believe
me,
we
have
nothing
but
respect
for
all
of
you,
especially
the
ones
that
have
been
here
the
longest.
C
So
again,
we're
here
for
you
we're
here
for
the
committee
we're
here
for
the
community,
so
please
let
us
know
how
we
can
help
again.
Every
district
member
has
the
opportunity
to
to
come
back
to
us
with
specific
requests
for
specific
recommendations,
and
that's
the
part
of
the
agenda
that
is
called
district
reports.
So
by
all
means
we're
here
to
again
answer
provide
support
any
needs
specific
need
to
the
district
or
citywide
for
sure.
So
maybe
I
don't
know
when
time
allowed
we
can
meet
in
person.
C
That
might
facilitate
the
communication
for
sure,
but
it's
probably
gonna
be
another
couple
of
months
based
on
on
all
the
conversations
today
and
over
the
past
week
with
for
city,
council
and
and
basically
the
health
authorities
here
on
the
radio.
So
I
mean
again
we're
here
anything
that
might
be
needed.
I
might
you
know
we
can
assist
like.
D
B
And
again
we're
we're
short
by
mr
kazan
this
afternoon.
So
I
will
ask
the
committee
members
to
please:
let's
table
this.
One
was
once
and
for
all
one
more
time
just
to
try
to
make
sure
that
everybody
is
in
is
in
the
same
boat
that
we
keep
him,
as
is
at
the
same
time
and
on
the
same
date.
I
know
we've
talked
about
it
before,
but
that's
what
we
table
it
and
I'm
asking
for
it
to
be
tabled
once
again.
B
H
B
Aye
motion
carries
we'll,
go
ahead
and
table
it
again.
Mrs
parsa,
thank
you
so
much,
I'm
sorry,
but
I'd
rather
have
everybody,
like
mr
cason
stated
on
the
record
that
way
nobody
will
feel
like
well,
you
didn't
count
on
my
vote.
You
didn't
ask
me
so
hopefully,
next
month,
we'll
all
be
back
together
again.
B
I
was
we
have
a.
We
have
a
page
on
facebook,
laredo
covet
19
that
I
I
worked
with
jess
olivares
jessica,
olivares
on
it,
and
we
tried
to
tend
to
help
the
community
which
that's
our
role,
especially
here
with
this
paratransit
and
especially
right
now,
during
this
pandemic,
we're
trying
to
help
our
community
members
as
much
as
possible.
We
had
an
elderly
lady
this
morning.
That
was
that.
Well,
let
me
go
back.
We
had
our
elderly
reach
out
to
us,
a
former
teacher.
B
They
did
not
have
any
transportation
to
go.
All
the
way
from
mines,
road
to
lcc
campus
on
the
south
side
to
get
her
second
vaccine.
She
had
no
family
members
or
anybody
to
take
her.
She
reached
out
to
the
page
they
reached
out
to
me
to
jessica
jessica,
reached
out
to
me,
and
I'm
here
daydreaming
and
believe
me,
it's
we.
B
How
am
I
going
to
get
on
time
to
get
that
lady
over
there
and
I'm
here
thinking
knowing
that
you
know
this
had
been
approved
and
brought
by
san
miguel
some
time
back,
that
we
were
going
to
transport
the
elderly
to
get
their
vaccine
done,
and
then
I
all
of
a
sudden,
like
I
thought
about
it,
I
said.
Let
me
let
me
just
double
check,
so
I
call
mrs
parza
mrs
parsa
was
able
to
make
contact
with
her
and
we
just
fyi
board
members.
B
This
morning
she
was
transferred
from
her
house
to
the
covet
place
where
they
were
given
the
the
shot
and
back
to
her
house
now
sandy.
I
could
not
thank
you
enough
because
less
than
24
hours,
where
you
know
we're
supposed
to
make
appointments,
you
know
with
apple
time.
You
were
able
to
get
this
lady
transported
back
and
forth
to
her
house,
and
I
thank
you
for
that.
It's
not
easy.
B
I
know
we
have
tons
of
other
people,
but
then
again,
that's
one
of
my
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
still
concerned
about
this
lady
did
not
know
about.
The
services
does
not
did
not
know
about
the
homebound
services
as
well.
There
are
still
people
out
there.
Elderly
do
not
have
the
axis
of
getting
this
information
to
their
house,
whether
it's
facebook,
whether
it's
the
newspaper,
the
the
news
media,
we're
still
lacking
somewhere
down
the
line,
we're
still
lacking
information
in
english
and
spanish
to
this
elderly
folks.
B
F
E
E
F
I
E
E
There
was
one
because
a
retired
teacher
called
me,
I'm
not
sure,
but
I'm
I'm
bringing
up,
because
he
called
me
twice
and
I
said
well
that
will
not
affect
you,
you
know
and
then,
but
she
said
no,
because
she
was
afraid
that
that
would
happen
to
her
and
there
wasn't
her
brother.
The
same
thing
happened
to
him
and
he
didn't
want
to
put
it
in
because
of
that
income
income
is
not.
E
J
E
B
D
E
B
Well
again,
echoing
mr
sparta
again,
I
thank
you
and
I'm
pretty
sure
the
board.
You
know
thanks
you
as
well.
You
know
on
behalf
of
everybody
I
can.
I
think
I
can
speak
on
behalf
of
all
of
us.
You
know
that's
the
kind
of
positive
notes
and,
as
you
saw
that's
the
email
and
if
you
saw
that
lady
posted
on
facebook
back
again,
you
know
mentioning
your
name
and
that's
why
I
sent
you
and
mr
miguel,
the
the
the
thank
you
note
that
she
put
up.
That
is
something
that
we
wanted.