There, is that better?

Okay.

Bob, would you please uh do the rule call for the board, please?

Moon directors can please indicate your attendance when I call your name.

Um, I I would usually start with Director Smith, but I think we've already uh been informed he will not be here today.

Um director slash present, director quick present, director Fagan, Director Wilson present and director Hahn.

Present.

I do not see um chair Gardner, but we do have a quorum.

I think he's on the word.

Okay.

We do have a quorum, Mr.

Kierr.

Okay.

Uh next our awards and accommodations.

And our president and CEO Jennifer Pearce will present those awards.

Good afternoon, everyone.

Um, president and CEO Jennifer Pearce here.

Uh, we'll start out like we always do with safe drivers list.

So this is the list of folks who in January of twenty twenty-six um completed their or are awarded recognition for their safe driving record.

Um they all received a NAF National Safety Council patch pin and certificate for their great driving in January.

Um, I'll highlight the first person on this list, Mr.

James Wilson, who is a coach operator on our fixed route service.

He's been with us for forty-seven years.

Yes.

Um, the person nominating him told me that Mr.

Houston continues to use life's challenges as motivation, setting an example of excellence in public transit service for his peers and our passengers.

His positive influence encourages other operators to carry themselves with a reassuring manner and a sense of style that truly refreshes the spirit.

So congratulations to Mr.

Floyd Houston.

Um it is a redesign that was a brainchild of Jack Trieber, one of our teammates in the service planning group.

Um, from an accessibility standpoint, the text and the route labels are larger, and each route stands out with a with a white buffer around it.

So some of the features that went into this map that are different from what we've had out there before from an accessibility standpoint, the text and the route labels are larger, and each route stands out with a white buffer around it, where symbolizing the route frequency, not just by the color, but there's also different line weights to help us identify frequency, which makes it more accessible to viewers with color vision deficiencies.

And the text in the title and legend has Spanish translations.

So those are new features.

We've also added trails as transportation.

We know that trails are an integral integral part of a lot of our residents' commutes, including as a way to get to and from our stops.

And so Jack added trails and protected bike lanes to our system map to help make sure people had an easy way to get around.

He's also added night service information.

So a standard bus network map only shows weekday peak alignments and schedules, which is when the largest number of trips are made and when we have the best service, but it doesn't tell the full story.

So here Jack included a moon icon next to any route that has service after 9 30 p.m.

with the same frequency color symbology as the routes.

And then finally, there's a all sorts of other little Easter eggs in there.

One of them is new shading on the map that indicates things like parks, hospitals, and special land uses.

So we're super excited about this update.

And I want to thank Jack once again for his leadership and seeing something that could be improved.

That looks great.

And along those same lines, I also want to highlight an innovation that our staff put together back in operations.

So we have a number of low clearance bridges around the city, and they present a significant operational and financial risk, particularly when buses are detoured or operating outside of their normal routes.

A single bridge strike, which, like this one in the photo, can cost more than 100,000 in repairs and it can remove a vehicle from service for several months.

It directly affects not only our reliability but our fleet availability.

So the team had explored solutions with multiple bus manufacturers, but was not receiving a viable option.

And so in response, uh they developed an in-house solution that's practical, cost effective, and focused on prevention.

The approach strengthens safety, protects our capital assets, and reduces exposure to avoidable service disruptions.

A strong example of internal innovation mitigating enterprise risk.

So on the right hand side, that little machine was printed with a 3D printer.

And as a bus approaches a low bridge, um, it has been geo-fenced to alert the driver that they are approaching a low bridge.

Um and so they don't have to rely on signs, which are pretty easy to just kind of ignore once you've been through a million times, um, or you know, some of these other kind of low-tech ways, but this actually starts flashing and sends an alert.

So next slide shows the innovators that put this together, um, led under our director of maintenance, Chair Nobalde with Will Bolton, high voltage technician, and Andrew Duncan, also high voltage technician.

So kudos to the three of them again for finding an opportunity and coming up with a solution.

And then lastly, I want to welcome um Justin Burkope to the executive team in the role of interim chief financial officer.