to the June 9th meeting of the Sacramento Regional Transit Board of Directors.

Tabitha, will you please do the roll call?

Director Brewer.

Present.

Director Budge.

Here.

Director Dickinson.

Here.

Director Hume.

Here.

Director Kennedy.

Here.

Director Maple.

Here.

Director Warba.

Here.

Director Schaefer.

Here.

Director Serna.

Here.

And Director Singh Allen is absent, and Chair Jennings.

Here.

With that, we have a quorum of 10 votes.

Okay.

It is my desire to request for the agenda order to be changed to hear the closed session

item first, and we would then go into closed session.

We can adjourn to closed session.

The board will go to the executive conference room, but I'll read the item really quick.

Please do.

Item 11.1, Conference with Legal Counsel, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9.

Existing litigation, Grewell v. Sacramento Regional Transit, Workers' Compensation Appeals,

Board Number 16099689.

Okay.

With that, we will adjourn.

There's no written public comment.

Closed session.

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Yeah.

Thank you.

You.

Okay.

I want to welcome everyone back to our open session.

And I'd like the clerk to do the roll call and read the Metro Cable State replay statement.

Director Brewer.

Present.

Director Budge.

Here.

Director Dickinson.

Director Hume.

Here.

Director Kennedy.

Here.

Director Maple.

Here.

Director Rorba.

Here.

Director Schaefer.

Here.

Director Serna.

Director Singh Allen is absent.

And Chair Jennings.

Here.

With that, we have a quorum of 10 votes.

And this meeting of the Sacramento Regional Transit District is recorded with closed captioning.

The recording will be cablecast on Metro Cable Channel 14, the local government affairs channel

on the Comcast and DirecTV U-verse cable systems.

The recording will also be video streamed at Metro14live.saccounty.gov.

Today's meeting replays Thursday, June 12th at 9 a.m. and Saturday, June 14th at 1.30 p.m.

on Metro Cable Channel 14.

Once posted, the recording of this meeting can be viewed on demand at youtube.com forward slash

Metro Cable 14.

Members of the audience wishing to address the board should fill out a speaker card located

at the rear of the room and provide it to myself or Adam.

Once the item has been called, additional speaker cards will not be accepted.

The time allowed for public comment is at the Chair's discretion.

The timer will chime when you have 20 seconds and then again when your time is up.

There was no written public comment received for today's agenda.

Okay.

All right.

We will then ask everyone to please stand and I'll ask Director Kennedy to lead us in the

Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which

the hands of the United States and the God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Mr. Chair, I've clearly failed in that assignment.

I heard your booming bass voice.

Thank you.

I thought it was outstanding.

Very good.

Especially with no warning in advance.

Okay.

We will now move to our agenda.

And I'm still waiting on a member or two to show up and that member has now shown up.

So we will now just move on to the public hearing.

The adopt.

No, I'm sorry.

It's a public comment.

Do you want to do the consent calendar?

Yes.

Okay.

So we have the consent calendar items 2.1 to 2.20.

That's exactly.

Any public comment on those items?

Yes.

We have several public comments.

We have item 2.2.

There's Helen O'Connell, Barbara Stanton, and Jeffrey Tardeguia.

And the item is resolution 202506050, delegating authority to the GM to modify, amend, or otherwise

revise all Sacramento Regional Transit District administrative code sections, board adopted

policy, standard operating procedures, and or all practices that conflict with presidential

executive order 14173 to ensure compliance with the FTA master grant agreement.

agreement.

Helen. Helen O'Connell.

Just a minute, Board. I'm sorry. I pushed a button and it went the wrong way.

I have several concerns about this issue. I'm going to read a statement that I wrote.

And if somebody has facts that I have not gotten straight, please let me know.

I did read the staff report and these are my comments.

I just read the staff report about the delegating authority to the GM to modify, amend, and otherwise revise the Sacramento Regional Transit District's administrative code sections and adopt policies towards operations, procedures, and all other practices that conflict with the presidential executive order 14173.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry what three, some volunteers, but I hope I have been certain insurance probably.

I mentioned that I have two examples of the committee, I got an office story about the summer, my holders, is the core, the legal on952 axis.

changes the documents in any way to comply with the executive order.

Oh.

I was under the impression that it was because it was a matter that was on the agenda,

the two-minute rule does not apply.

No?

I stand corrected.

I think we got the gist of it.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Next speaker.

Barbara Stanton.

Good afternoon.

Okay.

Here I am.

Okay.

For 24 years, Ridership for the Masses has advocated for on-time, safe, affordable, integrated,

and accessible user-friendly public transportation.

And we are not going to stop that anytime soon.

We read the staff report regarding 14173.

And it raises multiple critical questions without providing adequate answers.

For example, how many documents need to be amended, revised, or modified?

How will these changes impact the operations of SAC-RT?

Will they alter the governance of the board?

How will the changes affect drivers and riders?

And will SAC-RT be transparent and share these changes with the general public?

To us, it's imperative to recognize that, you know, 14134.

1413.

1413.

1413.

17.

Okay.

1413.

1413.

1413.

1413.

1413.

1413.

Right?

We've opened the door to deeper scrutiny and demands that may be impossible to meet

without negatively impacting both the employees and general public.

We need clarity and accountability to move forward.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And Geoffrey Tardeguia.

Well, I'll make it as simple.

I believe the board is disavowing their responsibility

for knowing what in the world is going on.

Right now in Los Angeles, you're having major problems and issues.

And as already has been previously stated, it seems like this is after the fact

and things need to be addressed with this board before the fact in related to this.

Thank you again for your vision of acknowledging that there was an item that needed to be revised,

but I don't believe staff and the general manager should be making it so that Henry becomes the scapegoat

when this doesn't work out.

Board, you need to take greater responsibility in what you're doing

and what you're not responding to and answering.

And I speak to this as the public.

I speak to this as several organizations to you that this is something that you're not doing

and giving the turning it over and dumping it on the general manager,

I think is an abdication of your responsibilities about what is changing and going on with the government.

It was simple and easy to do, but I think you need to not be the ease.

Take the easy weight out.

That's my comment.

Okay.

Next, we have a comment on 2.10, Resolution 2025-06059,

approving the First Amendment to the Fiscal Year 25 Transportation Development Act claim

and authorizing the filing of the Fiscal Year 26 Transportation Development Act funds.

And Rick Hodgkins.

Yeah, and excuse me, FYI, I also wanted to speak on the previous item as well.

Maybe I was skipped over, but oh well.

But I will say this, because of that who's our president at the White House,

I would also echo, concur and echo with the previous speakers that we need to be very careful here.

I don't think Henry should be the scapegoat.

That would be one of the most worst mistakes that the board can make.

And now onto the Transportation Development Act.

I think, I know for years that we've been wanting to get the green line out to the airport.

Hopefully, that if this, if everything goes according to what we have planned so far,

that we can expand and extend the green line out to the airport.

I said this one time before, and I will say it again.

Actually, I said this, yeah, that former Sacramento City Councilmember,

now California State Senator Angelique Ashby, has wondered where we would put light rail.

And also, the other thing I said before, which I will say again,

is no member of the voting public wants to give RT any more money

unless we do something about the homeless first.

And I don't mean just build, build, build more housing.

Thank you.

Okay.

And then next we have 2.15.

We have Helen O'Connell.

And that is Resolution 2025-06065,

approving Amendment No. 1 to the Memorandum of Understanding

for On-Demand Transit Service among the City of West Sacramento,

Sacramento Regional Transit District, and Yolo County Transportation District.

One more time.

This one, I'm not sure how this kind of interacts.

I was informed just before the meeting that this is just a memorandum

to get all these different counties and organizations to get permission to come across the river

and use, you know, have drop-off points here.

I don't really see any red flags with that.

As long as SAC RT has the ability and the space to do that and it doesn't impede our services,

I don't see any issues.

As long as SAC RT is not expanding our service to their areas

and we don't have enough people to service our area.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And Helen, you can keep the microphone.

We have 2.18, Resolution 2025-06068,

conditionally approving the contract for rental and service portable toilets

and hand-washing stations with Area Portable Services, Inc.

Okay.

I understand that these toilets and hand-washing stations

are supposedly meant for employees only,

but if you've been on the train from Elk Grove to Folsom

and you haven't been able to use the facilities,

that could be a big problem.

I have suggested before that we try to find some way

to have facilities available somewhere, somehow,

so that the public can alleviate themselves when necessary

at the end of routes, long routes or bus or train.

This is a very concerning issue for a lot of people.

Thank you.

Okay.

And next we have Dan Allison on 2.20,

which is two resolutions approving the issuance

of an annual student pass to students

without a full fair subsidy and delegating authority

to the general manager to negotiate

and execute student transit pass agreements

for the ride-free RT program.

Good afternoon.

Dan Allison speaking for Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders.

We're not opposed to the resolution

and want to see more work done on it,

but I have to be honest,

we're very disappointed a year later

that things are still not resolved.

A year ago,

the transit advocacy and equity community

spent a huge amount of time on this

and everybody said,

it's going to be okay,

it's going to be okay.

Henry Lee said it was going to be okay.

The mayor said it was going to be okay.

The council said it was going to be okay.

A year later,

it's not okay.

We don't have full funding for the program.

I was told that there is a process going on

to try to achieve a breadth of funding

and that's good,

but the public wasn't aware of that.

The public was not aware of a process.

Thank you.

And Helen O'Connell on the same item.

You're going to get tired of me.

I really strongly support this program.

It has saved many,

many young people

from getting into the correctional judicial system

and it shouldn't be a threat

that you're going to go to jail

or you're going to go to juvie

because you have not paid your fare

to go to school

or to work

or anywhere else

that young people need to go.

If this is not upheld,

if the funding is not found,

we're going to be going backwards.

I was so happy

when we found the funding

and we started this whole program

because it stops young people

from being put into the system.

So if we don't find this funding,

I would much rather give up

some portion of whatever I get

to make sure that our young people

are not put into a judicial system.

That's my point.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That's all the public comment

on my consent calendar.

Good.

We appreciate all of you

for your voices on these matters

and encourage you to continue

to voice your opinion

on all of these issues.

I'll now go to my directors

and find out from them

if they have any questions

or comments that they'd like

to make at this point in time.

Second.

I've got a comment.

Director Dickinson.

Yes.

Thank you, Chair.

I think it would be appropriate

to withdraw item 2.2

and agendize it

for an executive session

at a future meeting.

There are certainly

potential litigation elements

to this item

and very, very significant

policy considerations

I think embedded

in this issue.

So it seems to me

the board

and the staff

would benefit

from the board

having a discussion,

a full discussion

of this item

in a closed session.

Second.

Okay.

So that's like

a substitute motion?

You go to my motion.

That'd be fine.

I mean, yeah.

Okay.

Motion has been amended.

Any further questions

or comments?

I second.

That's agreeable.

Secondary.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm done.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

Sustain.

Okay.

So that was

Director Maple moved

and Vice Chair Singh Allen

second

for the consent calendar

with the exception

of 2.2.

Correct.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

Any other questions

and comments

from directors

as it relates

to any other matter

that we've just

spoken about?

Okay.

Hearing none,

seeing none,

we will now

go to our public hearing.

Okay.

We have 3.1

public hearing

and adoption

of the fiscal year

2026 operating

and capital budgets.

We will accept

public comments

and then we have

Resolution 2025-06-057

adopt the fiscal year

2026 operating

and capital budget.

And Jason Johnson

is here to present

this item.

Mr. Johnson.

Welcome.

Good evening,

Chair Jennings,

members of the board.

Today's staff

is presenting

for your approval

the FY 2026

operating budget.

There are no changes

to this budget

for the total dollars

in the expenditures

and revenues

as compared

to the May draft

that was presented

to the board

last month.

It is a balanced budget.

We did, however,

make some improvement

based on the feedback

we received

from the public

and the board

at the last meeting.

These improvements

did not affect

the dollars as noted.

I do have those

listed here,

but I'm going to go

through each of these

items briefly individually.

So actually,

there's an error

here with some changes

and the budget brief

is not on page 8.

It's actually on page 7

of the budget document.

We added this

to address some requests

to have the information

presented earlier

in the document.

We also changed

some of the structure

of the items

that are,

or the information

that's presented

in this.

We broke down

the operating revenues

a little bit further.

In particular,

the state and local

is now separated out

and not as a single category.

And then the operating

expenditures are broken

out by mode

as opposed to

expenditure category.

We also added

a quick link

at the bottom

of this page

to go to the budget details.

You can click on that

and jump to page 18

in the document

very quickly,

which provides

then the revenues

and the remainder

of the budget details.

Then on page 19,

the revenue detail,

we actually provided

a greater level

of detail

breaking down

each of those categories

into subcategories

and have the fares

broken out

to the various types

of fares

that are received

and then the state

and local

is further broken down

separating out

the different types

of funding

from measure A

and then for the state

that we do receive

each year.

Then on page 24,

we did have

the expenditures

by mode

in the brief

on page 7.

We further broke

that out

or actually provide

a little additional

information,

some historical perspective

going back a few years

and provided a pie chart

just for some

quick visual reference.

And then lastly,

for each of the

capital budget tables,

we added a budget

remaining column.

One asterisk

is that we're going

to add to the final

document before

published

is that this column

represents a snapshot

in time

and is not meant

to be a projection

for the future

or for the next year.

It is somewhat

limited in that

but does give you

some information

as far as how much

has been expended

to date

and what does remain.

So it does kind of

give you a little bit

of an idea

as to the progress

that we've made

on each of these projects.

staff very much

appreciates all the feedback

that we receive

from both the public

and the board.

We do try

to make the changes

that we do here

which we endeavor

to consistently improve

the document.

It is somewhat

of a living document

so we take feedback

throughout the year

and then try to make

those changes

as appropriate

when we do present

to the board

or for other reporting.

That pretty much

concludes my presentation.

I'd be happy

to answer any questions

at this time.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

We will take

first public comment.

We have Rick Hodgkins.

Well, not having

this Rick Hodgkins again,

not having a chance

to look at the budget itself

and not being able

to understand.

And even if I did

look at it,

I would note and report

that unfortunately

I would not be able

to understand it

as it is not

in everyday language

and I understand

basic math

but not pie charts

and that type of thing.

You know,

maybe percentages

but I guess you might say

that what I'm worried about

is given the state

that we all live in

and I mean California

and given our stance

on issues,

my most biggest concern

with not only

RT's budget

but also with our

state budget

soon to be passed

by the state legislature

within the coming week

is that we will be forced

at the behest

of the federal administration

be forced to make cuts

and it would be balanced

and the cuts

would be on the backs

of people

that who are

not choice riders

but transit dependent riders.

We,

those are the only cuts

that we've made

in the past

and it was a big,

huge,

large mess

and once again

that is a concern

I have

with regards

to the budget

again,

not being,

not having a chance

to read it

and not being able

to understand it

because not all of it

is in plain language.

Thank you.

Jeffrey Tardeguia.

Well,

this is something

that goes back

in part of my college background

and one of the notes

I will see

as many times

as you have

added additions

to the budget.

I would appreciate

in the future

that you sum up

the total

of what adjustment

from what you're presenting

as the budget

right now

to next year

when you present

the budget

what all of those changes

total up to

and any possible explanations

of why

you make

10 different adjustments

throughout the year

to the budget

capital

or

should we say

the actual budget.

I appreciate

the changes

that I've recognized

and I appreciate

the further detail

that explain

now I think

you had one

NSA

on a page

in there

or something

dealing with

a local

as an acronym

I don't know

quite what that stood

for

back there

I think

it was your first page

but just wondering

what the acronyms

that you're using

in there

you've done a better job

of explaining

and separating out

the things

but would appreciate

for the public

knowing what

is happening

and how come

we have

so many changes

throughout the year

in making adjustments

that's my comment

Helen O'Connell

this is going

to be a praise

I am so thankful

that I was able

to participate

in a workshop

and

it was about

you know

your wish list

and how

you think

we should

adjust things

and

it was very

informative

it was a workshop

on

Zoom

and I appreciate

the

the advanced

notice

so that people

would be able

to adjust

their calendars

to make it

into

one of the

workshops

that are

and there are

many

so that's

a good

thing

I'm not

sure if

this is the

place where

I could ask

a question

the

what was

it

oh

the

analyzing

of

infrastructure

and

operations

expense

surplus

I was

supposed to

get an

update on

that and

I haven't

gotten it

and I don't

know where

to go to

find out

that was in

December

and

I would like

an update

when that is

going to

happen or

what the

outcome of

that analysis

was

thank you

thank you

Barbara

Stanton

oh no

this is a

good thing

here I am

again

as it

stands now

ridership

for the

masses

can

commend

SACRT

for presenting

the

FY25

20

FY

2025

2026

operation

and capital

budgets

without

fair

increases

and without

service

cuts

thank you

and hopefully

we won't

have to do

any of

that

during

the year

and

Coco

Cocosela

thank you

Coco

Cocosela

Sacramento

transit

advocates

and

riders

my

discussion

will be

about the

capital

portion

of the

budget

and my

impetus

for

speaking

about

this

has been

the last

couple

of years

when I've

tried to

evaluate

the document

I keep

coming up

against some

roadblocks

of not having

enough context

so this is about

setting context

I would like to

acknowledge the

staff who has

very graciously

provided their

time to me

to consider

feedback

Jason

and others

so thank you

for that

so I think

of a capital

budget as one

facet of a

pipeline of

oversight and

accountability

this pipeline

has both static

and dynamic

parts

static parts

that operate

as fixed

snapshots in

time to be

used as

high-level

frameworks

and dynamic

parts that are

regularly updated

according to

evolving projects

and circumstances

while the capital

budget document

may be a static

overview of all

things theoretically

possible given

best circumstances

this isn't enough

for thorough and

accurate organizational

oversight the

following must also

be provided as

supporting

communications and

ongoing in

supporting

communications to

all stakeholders

staff board

public details

that outline how

the organization

will prioritize

what capital

projects will be

pursued details

outlining when a

fiscal allocation

is when a fiscal

allocation is

intended to be

used whether any

of a project

allocation is not

tied to that

particular project

organizational impact

if a project is

delayed and perhaps

most importantly

detailed monthly

project status

reports that dig

into both earned

value particulars as

well as engineering

escalations that

need to be reviewed

not just marketing

type high level but

really in-depth

ongoing stuff I

realize that's a lot

of info and I'll

continue on that

later thank you

thank you

that's all the

public comment

all right

we'll go to

director comments

and questions

hearing none

seeing none

can I move approval

of the two

resolutions

all right we have a

motion for approval

of the two

resolutions

and I second

and second

Brewer

okay

additional

questions

comments

hearing none

seeing none

all in favor

say aye

aye

aye

opposed

say nay

same

as a record

show we are

unanimous

thank you sir

okay

we will now

move to the

next item

item number

four

I believe

okay

public

addresses

board on

matters not

on the agenda

and Jeffrey

Tardeguia

well this is

Jeffrey

Tardeguia

and the

first thing

I'm going to

start to say

Miss Maples

you have a new

name

congratulations

on getting

married

now the next

one I'm going

to go after

is Mr.

Rick Jennings

I didn't

change my

name

what I'm

going to go

after is we

wanted July

11th of

Friday to

hold a

meeting and

apparently since

we cannot use

the township

nine because of

your construction

project I guess

we're going to

try and use

Sac Valley

Station to

bring blind

people and

should we say

wheelchairs and

other people to

show what are the

problems that you

still have not

discussed dealing

with the low

floor platform I

sit there and

wonder we're now

almost 11 changes

and we still since

the August and

September day when

we first started

address the fact

that the

outside overrules

with the inside

in pressing on

the button

apparently this

is a change

but it seems

to me like this

should be

Siemens that

should be

acknowledging that

they made a

mistake you

want to get

people out of

the light

rail vehicle

before you let

people in the

light rail vehicle

there's a number

of other things

that was apparently

discussed at the

what was it

called

infrastructure of

the MAC

committee meeting

I hope the

board has seen

what that's about

through there

because it's not

generally released

the public of

what's going on

through there

and this is

mainly dealing

with I think

from Eugene

in possibility

of understanding

of what's

going on

with both

Dos Rios

and the

7th Street

and a few

others

I've got more

but please

put on your

lovely little

item in here

what buses

can you use

to get to

these little

things of

June July

August for

the transit

there's nothing

on there

showing how

you would

get it

other than

driving there

other things

like that

need to be

corrected

and board

you need to

be better

involved

in what's

going on

and happening

I'll stop

thank you

next we have

Rick Hodgkin

okay I will

try to be as

brief as I

can the

first of

that which

is someone

brought up

on the

previous items

about hand

washing stations

and bathrooms

I would concur

because that's a

concern I have

for facilities

for the public

as well

on to the

next item

about

paratransit

there was

an item

I was supposed

to speak

on back

on the

consent

calendar

dealing with

an agreement

with paratransit

Inc as I

recall that we

are no longer

using paratransit

Inc to provide

ADA complimentary

paratransit

service we're

using SACRT

GO and

we're using

USERV as

the contractor

if we're using

paratransit

incorporated bus

slot to

store some of

our to park

some of our

buses there

that's fine

but that

what else

will we need

them for

and also

speaking of

paratransit

along the

lines is

that unfortunately

I didn't think

I was going to

be able to

make it here

today because

the driver

could not

I am so

every driver

that has come

to get me

lately has been

lost and can't

find my apartment

even though I

updated my

phone number

in the system

I've had to

update my email

address and phone

number because

I was a victim

of identity

fraud and

identity theft

and even

though the

driver even

though I have

my phone number

updated and

so so forth

and so on

the driver

couldn't find

me and I

just and I

asked them to

park I asked

them to come

around to the

back of my

building where

my apartment

is and not

park on the

other side of

the building

so that's and

then also the

rest I'll talk

to Henry about

is but my

main issue is

the paratransit

issues and why

we're why we're

gonna still

continue a contract

with paratransit

Inc. other than

for bus parking

spaces and that

why do we have a

contract with them

for everything else

in the first place

thank you

and next we have

Patricia Culpepper

good afternoon

everyone I have

two points I

would like to

bring up fairly

quickly the first

one is what I

80 light rail

station on the

east side we

have a bus

93 84 and

26 schedule up

there but we

don't have the

15 schedule I

think that is

necessary because

a lot of people

want to catch

that 15 I

have people

ask me does

a bus come

here so that

is something we

need to have

added to that

east side of

the water 80

light rail

station my

second and

most important

concern is that

now that you

all are redoing

the water 80

light rail station

the number one

has to go down

in front of the

red roof in to

pick up people

that the 15

brings up and

that's off at

the water 80

station on the

east side now

when they first

started doing it

was raining the

passengers would

have to get off

go back past the

freeway where we

just came off of

and walk down to

red roof in the

rain it's cold

we're getting wet

the second thing

is now that it's

getting hot in the

hundreds the bus

pulls up that's

the soft way up

there we got to

get off in that

heat try to get

all the way back

down across that

street and you

know it's a busy

long light trying

across there to

get over to the

red roof in to

get our bus my

suggestion and

some of the people

I've talked to

from regional

transit in the

risk management

department have

said that the

suggestion I gave

was very good and

we do have detours

all the time

because we're

dealing with one

coming off of

the number one

around winding

way which is out

the way I have to

walk two and a

half blocks to get

back to my house

now because I have

to get off at

American River

long story short

we need to take

that 15 instead

of coming off

Watt go around

and come off

Longview

detour off Longview

come on around

make a left on

Watt Avenue

there's a bus stop

right there by

Wendy's we can get

off walk across the

street and catch our

bus going back to

the south they

won't do that I'm

suggesting that some

of y'all should go

out and ride on the

buses and see what

your passengers are

going through because

we're the one out

there suffering and

you guys are sitting

back in air

conditioned buildings

not caring about

us thank you and

I would definitely

appreciate it because

I have a lot of

illnesses pains and

problems it's bad

for me to jump off

that bus and try to

run back down there

to catch that bus

when it's easier to

just let us off

God bless you all

I definitely will do

that but I do want

to correct the

statement that you

made about us not

caring about us I

want you to know that

we do care and we're

listening and hearing

everything you're

saying and we will do

everything we can in

order to try to make

changes but I do want

to let you know we

care about every

single rider and

employee in regional

transit okay I want

you to I want you to

see it too we'll let

you see it all right

thank you

any more public no more

public comment

and Henry just for

knowledge all those who

spoke on items not on

the agenda can you just

speak to how the

information is captured

by staff and then we

can then move to action

at some point in time

we we actually captured

all the comments and

the feedback then we

immediately you know

tomorrow you know

executive committee meeting

we immediately go through

all those comments and

feedback then we

immediately assigned

staff specifically to

address those concerns

and majority of time we

directly talk to our

customers and to address

their concerns and also

for the for for for

for the concerns you know

for example you know about

the budget concerns in last

board meeting then you

know our finance staff

start to make you know

changes and talk to our

you know customers or

you know partners who

risk those concerns and

that's why like we did

presentation for the budget

as additional you know

slides

i just want to make sure the

public understands that each

item that comes before us is

discussed and put into an

action plan so that they can

be addressed so that their

voices are not in vain and a

lot of time staff worked with

board members you know behind

the scenes

email back and forth

sometimes the hundreds of

emails

questions okay thank you next

item please next item new

business 5.1 resolution

two zero two five zero six

zero six two approval of the

fiscal year 2025 annual

performance evaluation for the

general manager ceo henry lee

there's no presentation for

this item and shelly valentin is

here if if you have any

questions

okay

questions comments for my

college move approval

yes we do have public

comment okay um let me get

the motion to approve member

schaefer correct correct and

member brewer i can say oh

dickinson i'm sorry okay okay

let's hear the public comment dan

allison

good afternoon board members dan

allison again speaking for

sacramento transit advocates and

writers

star has become increasingly

concerned about all the mistakes

that are being made by sac rt and

we've sort of delayed talking about

them but we have to talk about them

now um on our website star dash

transit dot org there is a whole

long list of mistakes i'm going to

highlight four of them all related

to light rail

the s siemens s700 cars um were

designed with deployable ramps even

though there's a those are rarely used

anywhere in the united states and

they've caused problems ever since um

staff continued to call it level

boarding even when they knew it was

not and even after the cars had been

ordered they called it level boarding it

is not it requires ramps next thing is

um there are a number of issues with

those new lrvs that have not been

corrected for example um the announcements

and displays on the gold line at 29th

street and 39th have been wrong from

the beginning nine months they still

have not been corrected

another thing the platforms raised

platforms that were designed for the

gold line many of them did not meet ada

standards and had to be corrected

leading to a large unnecessary expense

because they had been misdesigned

they weren't checked for ada compliance

apparently because they had to be

modified

and lastly um fulsome service 15 minutes

has never been achieved

staff continues to talk about 15 minute

service but it's missing one of the four

per hour

and they continue to call it double

tracking even though they knew long ago

that it was just a passing track thank you

thank you

and jeffrey tartaglia

well henry i'm going to focus on and

saying

thank you for making sure you hear what's

going on with the public

that was missing beforehand but you it is

much acknowledged now um unfortunately i will

say also is this apparently more operators know me than know you henry you need to correct that so more of your employees know who you are you're doing great on the financial part it's the rest of the thing and wondering in this central evaluation what did you find that henry was deficient in i asked that the last time you did it and wondering now without reading the document

because i had the things that henry was going to go to you and this weekend and everything else just knowing what are the things that henry needs to improve upon to make this board better to make this board better and the reactions to the public better

on right now, and I do not feel, and since James isn't here anymore, to say what is missing

for the sake of the riders.

I wrote, and I will again say, Henry, at the last comprehensive, you did an excellent job

to responding to Robert's asking about what would you do with the half-sense sales tax,

and James came back and offered about what was being broken down about that and what

you're doing.

The biggest reason is you've got to prove, all of you board got to prove, why in the

world can, will somebody take more sales tax, take more money to pay for things when this

board has not had a good reputation for Rancho Cordova or Citrus Heights and other examples

of saying, hey, we're going to give you, you know, sales tax money is going to go for this,

and I will end it at that.

That's all the public comment.

Okay.

We have a motion on the floor and a second.

I will take comments from my directors at this point in time.

Hearing none, seeing none.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

All opposed?

Abstain?

We are unanimous.

We are unanimous.

All in favor.

Aye.

All in favor.

I'd like to say aye.

We will move to the next item.

The next item, 5.2.

Information, report regarding contract change order number 10 to the contract for Dos Rios

Light Rail Station with DMZ Builders.

there's no presentation for this item the information is provided in the staff

report and Olga Sanchez Ochoa is available if there's any questions do

we have any public comment on item there is no public comment to my

colleagues do we have any questions I have a question yes

director budge just when when you do a contract like this does regional transit

have its own internal construction manager or construction oversight

manager or do they rely or do you all rely specifically on the contracted

builder to provide a construction oversight who's the who's the third

party who would verify that number one the the desired goal is going to be

accomplished and number two that everything is actually built to

specification

yes director budge security staff ultimately is responsible for what is built but we

do have a construction management staff construction management company that

works for us so ultimately it is my staff my myself who are responsible for what is

built and making sure that is built to suck out the standard and acceptance okay and I

have no personal knowledge of it but I just um was thinking about the comments about the um goal line

new new platforms being constructed uh inadequately inadequately and not to aid

out

the uh

so thank you so this is this is an information item uh which does not require us to vote on it uh so if my

colleagues have any other questions this will be the time to ask those questions

all right thank you we'll move on to the next item I believe this is the general manager's report that's correct point one

good afternoon uh mr chair board and the public thank you for joining us uh to begin my report I'm excited to report

uh sacati had a successful first session of our transit idea exchange workshops

uh we had over 60 60 attendees participate in this known as a virtually a full house

uh we had the workshops are designed to engage community members in discussions examining transit's impact on our daily lives

uh you know uh jeff actually talked about that a little bit how we can engage communities

and we will continue hosting various workshops in different parts of the county over the next two months

um the next workshop will be held at the uh nasara community center in carmichael

those interactive events are the public's chance to share ideas ask questions and help shape a transit system

that works for everyone whether you write every day or not we hope to get a good turnout and feedback from the rest of

these workshops

then uh speak of community engagement sacati also hosted uh by the way you know uh

this event uh lots of council members or board members uh offices staff or participate in this events

and in the same thing the coa we're going to talk about uh we host a webinar on june 4th providing our

opportunity to the public to help drive updates of both sacartist short-range transit and the long-range

transit plan with about 55 people joined the webinar why uh the idea exchange workshops focus on big picture

conversations about transit rules in daily life the coa takes a closer look at how our routes and services

operate we start to talk to your different cities

uh to hear the comments actually we set up a uh a meeting with uh for some you know city manager and his staff

uh you know week two this month to talk about you know the services and our coa

uh uh

uh

beginning next monday june 16th a green line library service will be suspended due to construction

activities in the rail yards area we're excited to bring a new library station funded by the private partner

uh somebody else a private partner built this station on behalf of sac id and uh uh

you know you know everybody knows rail yards

it's one of the largest urban infill projects in the country talk about like a number

top three the urban 244 acres in the urban area

uh and the service disruption is expected to continue through summer 2026 when we hope to reopen the

green line and a new station uh as a result the service and the richards township line station will be

temporarily closed however we have expanded the bus route 11 uh workday service to assist impacted riders

the new station uh just uh just okay the new station is part of saccharis library modernization and

expansion program in the past few years we have secured over 750 million dollars from federal and state

partners to buy new vehicles renovate our library stations build new stations and add track to expand

service frequency after completing renovation on the gold line stations last year this year we began doing

fixed station platform renovation on the blue line to accommodate low floor cars completing the four stations

and the work will resume in earlier 2026 as we prepare to renovate the remaining 15 stations

the blue line uh just a side you know uh comment you know we heard uh our several of our community

partners you know uh raised this issue about the live will uh new you know the the new vehicles and uh uh

uh also the new you know uh track uh there are some you know shortfalls and this it's a new system like in this

you know uh big magnitude uh there were always some issues for us and the staff has worked very diligently and

hard behind the scenes to address lots of issues uh made some significant improvements however some of those concerns or issues

like jeff talked about still remains in a much small scale so we're going to continue to work on those

uh and uh this uh not try to you know uh you know uh shift our you know responsibility this happens in anywhere with big uh

big big project like this size 750 million dollars project and um lots of times when we try to do something

uh for example for some 15 minutes service right now you know we already do uh three 15 minutes service

then out of four within an hour and uh lots of um um and i always start you know implementing that

we received lots of complaints but after you know further adjustment improvements significant improvements

uh made and um um they there are lots of good comments we did not really share with the public and even

sometimes without sharing with the board for example lots of state workers they really enjoy

15-minute service even though only three out of four

15-minute service because they don't have to wait looking for a schedule

15-minute service for foursome and uh last week ccaq has a board meeting uh inviting you know uh the board

members who sit on uh different you know uh transit agencies across the six counties uh one you know

uh there are multiple people come to me say you know how wonderful they how appreciative they are

in terms of the 15-minute service for foursome because uh lots of people really enjoying that

and uh there's some uh uh uh uh uh jokes or or kind of like a interesting comment uh state workers uh debate

among themselves super majority of state workers feel this really helps then very few of state workers well

uh uh uh we're still doing good to uh we're still doing good to the full 15-minute service

and uh i want to specifically thank uh board member uh robert

she has spent a tremendous of time and effort to help connecting all parts you know of the

the communities and the staff and the people to see how we can make this better okay i'm going to stop here and uh

uh we can talk today on that and then uh next one slide six uh federal update on may 30s uh trump

administration released his fy26 budget request or proposal uh the budget has 21.2 billion dollars for public transit

uh 1.5 percent increase from fy25 never uh that is really out of the surprise out of many people

the budget request provides

3.8 billion dollars for capital investment grants or cig in fy26

the proposed funding for 15 cig projects in 11 states among the 15 projects our streetcar project

which actually is our library extension to west sag is listed so out of uh the whole country only 15 projects

were funded and our street cards there and uh uh uh

uh uh there are about 56 projects across nation in the cig program right now but with hundreds of projects if not

thousands of projects being in the pipelines hoping to be included in the pro in the program and so the

inclusion of our streetcar project is a notable and a positive sign for the project interestingly we are

supposed to request additional 36.2 million dollars we have not submitted a grant application yet we just

talked to them and they put this into the fy26 project uh i guess you know our board uh trip to

the fta helped on this and uh thank you uh so next come to state budget uh

as part of governor's newson's may budget revise he had proposed costs to project to public transit funding

will increase earlier today for income income donors forao paid attention on e-mailức state

mayorales food insurance in University of Michigan um thank you very much for the

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Yoon Hurwana Schmidt on March 2.5 billion dollars of the annual revenue for high speed rail and the car file annually

they split this 2.5 billion dollars half of the high-speed and the half for the car file

And thankfully, earlier today, the senator and the assembly leadership reached a two-party

agreement on the state budget today.

The agreement rejects the proposal to cut $1.1 billion in transit programs as governors

made budget proposed.

So the new agreement reached out today rejected the cut for $1.1 billion transit program, including

the remaining bearings of SB 125.

So for the most part, the legislature is rejecting the governor's ongoing cap and trade revenue

fund shift.

And any cap and trade reauthorization will be handled by the policy bill process.

So we're heavily relieved from state perspective.

The state legislature is expected to vote on the budget this weekend.

And we did not get reached out to you.

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The colorful artwork beautifies public spaces, celebrates local identity, and most importantly,

encourages drivers to slow down while improving pedestrian safety.

All three of these crosswalks are adjacent to SacRT bus stops as bus route 72 operates on Lincoln

Village.

We are thankful for this project that puts pedestrians first and reinforces that streets are shared

guard spaces.

This building will make dazuppings that area purposefully 해주iseød or the other city based

and operational partnerships that is extraordinary and

substantial support that are all available to schools.

So this very much concludes my remark.

And Mr. Chair, back to you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Would you like questions?

Good comment, Chair.

Please.

I just really wanted to thank you, Henry, and your team for being or participating in the

SACOG presentation.

I think it was last week or the week before.

I found it very, very informative.

I'm excited to hear about all of the work that's happening at the state level to advocate

for public transit and just grateful that RT is a part of that.

So thank you.

Others?

Any other comments?

No, I want to thank you, Henry, for your report, but also for your continued advocacy for improving

and strengthening Sacramento RT throughout the region and across the nation.

So I want to thank you for that.

Thank you.

Others?

Any?

Any?

Henry, there's no question in my mind that the work that was done in Washington, D.C.

and the team that we put together that went back there to the Department of Transportation

had a significant impact, and we can see it now.

So you organized that.

You made that happen.

And I appreciate you for doing that.

It's very strategic and very, very well, very well done.

Thank you.

So congratulations to you and your staff.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

Anything else?

I do have two public comments.

Okay.

Let's hear.

Helen O'Connell.

I appreciate the clarity and the openness that Henry Lee has been doing to inform the public

public on what's going on.

What's going on here has been instigated and followed through by Henry Lee and his staff,

and the board has been informed in a timely manner so that they are well aware of what's going on.

I wanted to thank Henry Lee for being open and willing to hear and address issues.

I had an issue with RTGO's map on RTGO.

It was due to their way they approach the issues.

They have been addressed, and the issue should no longer be an issue.

So I'm glad that we had a chance to speak before the board meeting and not just blindside everybody.

I appreciate the information that has been given out over the last year.

The ability for people to know what's going on is important,

and I appreciate all the effort that's been going on to spread the information before it happens.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And Rick Hodgkins.

Yes.

And to piggyback on the last person, I would also like to add Rick Hodgkins, by the way.

In addition to the brand new Dos Rios light rail station, let's not forget that we also have another new light rail station,

which is supposed to serve the residents of Rancho Cordova and the Rosemont district of the city of Sacramento,

and that's at Horn Road.

So that we can't forget about that light rail station.

So that we can't forget about that light rail station either.

And also I just wanted to say that it's a relief that we're not going to have cuts at the federal level or state level,

and that the new Dos Rios light rail station is another step towards expanding the green line out to the SMF, Sacramento International Airport.

I would rather take the train out to the airport than take the bus and, you know, have the, you know, train let me off at Terminal A or Terminal B,

depending on that where my, where my airline is.

Because we all know that there are two terminals, Terminal A and Terminal B.

I wonder that which one has the people mover.

Anyway, great report, Henry.

I'm glad that the legislature had the guts to step up and reject Newsom's cut to transportation, to public transportation.

So anyway, thank you.

There's no more public comment.

Okay.

I have a comment.

All right.

Let me hear it.

Director Budge.

No, I want to assure Rick that we don't let Henry forget about Horn Road.

Rosemont and that area always, already has like three light rail stations to take advantage of.

But this one's really important because it's across the street from the library.

And it's something like three miles between Butterfield and Matherfield Road.

So we don't let him forget.

Mr. Jay, can I just, you know, respond to one comment from one of our partners, which is Jeff.

Okay.

He talked about, you know, support members need to know more.

I just want you to know, you know, one of almost all board members, we talk, I talk to regularly,

lots of these, you know, comments from you guys and in terms of this library of modernization.

And one particular board member, I don't want to name his name because he may be a piece of me.

Okay.

He actually, you know, there are a whole bunch of people from community members from the fabulous 40s.

And they raised this issue to him.

He rides SACA T-buses regularly.

He immediately asks us to work with them.

The email back and forth, at least 100 email back and forth.

He is in the old time.

You know, you may think he may not read those emails.

Actually, he read everything because from time to time, he texts me, Henry, you may need to do this.

Hey, Henry, you may need to do that.

So lots of efforts from our board members put the effort into this.

I just wanted to, you know, use this opportunity to just share some, you know, stories.

Thank you.

And I just wanted to say on the transit idea exchange, I'm really impressed with the workshops that are happening and where they're happening.

And we need your help to the public.

We need your help in making sure that people know that these things are going on.

And this is an opportunity for them to share their ideas and experiences, to ask questions and learn about transit's impact on their lives and help prioritize transit initiatives that work for everyone, whether you ride daily or not at all.

And so these workshops are happening on June the 16th at La Sierra Community Center in Carmichael, June the 25th at Pinnell Community Center on Meadowview Road, July the 10th, Citrus Heights City Hall, and July 17th at the Center at District 56 in Elk Road.

So please get the word out.

So let all your friends know about this.

Come on out.

We want to hear the voice of everyone.

So just want to acknowledge that we have these.

You guys have done a great job of making an idea exchange session, the workshop, and I want to make sure we get the public out there.

Okay.

Next item, please.

Next item, reports.

I'm sorry.

Oh, sorry.

I'm delayed.

Can I make a comment?

Sure.

Just on top of that workshop and based off of what Jeffrey said, something that Jeffrey said is we hate to focus on, we'd like to focus on all the positives that our CEO brings to the table.

But in light of all the workshops, his question was, what is missing for the sake of the riders is a good question.

What are the little things that maybe we're missing?

And maybe the board doesn't hear it, but I would be interested in the staff that is going to these workshops.

And kind of getting a little feedback on what is that?

Yes.

I know that you're probably conscious of it.

No, no, no.

Actually, we actually prepared a very lengthy and a long presentation.

We're trying to present to the board that this issue, this issue, this issue, this issue, and how we have been doing on that.

We have all those.

We'd love to have a long board meeting in the near future just to show this issue, how we have addressed.

I'd love to show those 100 or more than, you know, absolutely more than 100 email exchanges we had with the fabulous 40, you know, community members.

And I shared this with the board last time in the last day of last current year, like 30th December.

And we had a meeting with about 20 community members here to talk about the issue, how to address those issues.

So we'd love to share those.

That's, you know, very helpful to say, you know, what we have been doing and what we need to continue to focus on.

Thank you.

Yeah.

To that end, Henry, I think that's a great idea because you want to show continuous improvement as it relates to customer service and customer relations.

Thank you.

Other comments?

All right.

We will move to item 7.0.

Okay.

We have reports, ideas, and questions from directors and communication.

We have 7.1 mobility advisory council meeting summary from May 15, 2025.

And I do have a public comment on that item.

Rick Hodgkins.

Little did I know that there was a MAC meeting on May 15, 2025.

I know that the one prior to that was canceled, but that this is, I'm just glad that there was one.

I haven't had a chance to look at that report either.

But I want to take this time to, I don't know if I should give my email address out so that, like I said, I had to update my email address because I was a victim of identity fraud and identity theft.

But I would like to know when these MAC meetings are and that when they're canceled and that when they're going to be rescheduled.

Same with the board.

I mean, I already have the board.

I already get the board meetings, but the MAC meetings, that would be great because I could address any issues I'm having with paratransit there.

And that while we're on the subject of the MAC meetings and the board meetings, I would like to bring up that while the MAC meeting, people can participate remotely.

Last week that the state Senate just passed a bill that would allow members of the public that normally would attend city councils and county boards of supervisors and meetings just like this in person to also be able to attend remotely and provide public comment remotely as well.

I can't remember what the bill number is, but it passed the Senate last week.

Thank you.

Thank you.

There's no more public comment on that item.

The next item, 7.2, San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority meeting summary from May 16, 2025.

It speaks for itself.

I have nothing else to add.

And then we have 7.3, Sacramento-Placerville Transit Corridor Joint Powers Authority meeting summary from May 19, 2025.

Ditto.

Supervisor Hume's alternate was there, and so she can't.

I disagree with what I wrote.

All right.

Do we have any other matters from the public to address?

That is all.

Okay.

And an announcement of closed session items, which I believe we did earlier.

Yes.

Therefore, that is not in place, so we will not recess to close session.

With no other business before us, I will now adjourn the meeting.

Thank you.

Thank you.