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PROJECT CONNECT: Program Updates Urban Transportation Commission July 21, 2021 1 Recent Project Connect Program Updates: • $2.88 million Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant for 40-foot electric buses, charging equipment, workforce training, and technical assistance. • Capital Metro and Austin F.C. approval of a funding partnership agreement for a new McKalla Station at Q2 Stadium. • Launch of Capital Metro’s 9th Pickup zone (North Dessau) in June. South Menchaca zone launches July 27, and North Oak Hill in the fall. • Completion of 15-percent design drawings for Orange and Blue Line; letters to FTA requesting entry into the New Starts capital grant program submitted. • $36 million in FTA Small Starts grant funding included in the President’s FY2022 budget for MetroRapid Pleasant Valley and Expo Lines 2 PROJECT CONNECT PROGRAM COMPONENTS: PROJECT CONNECT – PROGRAM COMPONENTS Orange Line – NLTC to Stassney Phase 1 (LRT), Enhanced MetroRapid Blue Line – Riverside Corridor (LRT) Gold Line – MetroRapid, NEPA completion for LRT Downtown Tunnel (Orange, Blue Lines) MetroRapid – Expo, Pleasant Valley, Burnet to Menchaca/Oak Hill Green Line to Colony Park – NEPA, Final Design, Construction Red Line Improvements MetroExpress, Park & Rides, Transit Centers (3 New Routes, 9 P&R, 1 TC) Neighborhood Circulators (15 New Zones / Vehicles) Maintenance Facility Improvements Customer Technology Systems Anti-Displacement Investments ($300 million) 3 PROGRAM SEQUENCE PLAN Years based on federal NEPA and funding approvals 4 Orange & Blue Line Projects – Implementation Timeline June 2020 Orange & Blue Line Locally Preferred Alternatives (LPAs) Adopted Project Connect Referendum Passed Ongoing Community Engagement and Involvement 2023 – 2029 Projected Entry Into FTA Engineering Phase Design and Contracting Procurement Awards Begin Construction and Vehicle Manufacturing Projected Full Funding Grant Agreement(s) (FFGA) Staffing, Training, Organizational Readiness Revenue Service Begins 5 Orange & Blue Line Key Milestones (2021 – 2022) April 2021 Summer 2021 Spring 2022 Spring – Summer 2022 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Notice of Intent Complete 15% Design Request to Enter FTA Project Development Initial FTA Rating Complete 30% Design and Cost Estimate Summer 2022 Winter 2022 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Draft 30% Design and Cost Estimates 2023 - Beyond 6 End of EIS and 30% Design Comment Phase Final EIS (FEIS) Complete FTA NEPA Record of Decision (ROD) Project Connect MetroRapid Milestones – Expo & Pleasant Valley April 2021 Spring – Summer 2021 Winter 2021 – Spring 2022 Complete 30% Design and Cost Estimates FTA Categorical Exclusion (CE) Approval Design and Contracting Procurement and Awards 2023 Vehicle Procurement Begin Construction Small Starts Grant Agreement 7 Vehicle Delivery Begins Staffing, Training, Organizational Readiness Begin Revenue Service JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT: Next Steps for Project Connect 21 Austin Transit Partnership – Joint Venture 22 Austin Transit Partnership – Integrated Program Delivery Utilities Relocations Permitting Right of Way, etc. 23 Joint Partnership Agreement (JPA) – Triparty Topics ATP, Capital Metro and the City of Austin will approve a JPA to delineate technical roles, responsibilities and processes for Project Connect implementation JPA TOPICS JPA SECTION HIGHLIGHTS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Good Neighbor business and community assistance program, guidance on public engagement DESIGN, PERMITTING, UTILITIES & CONSTRUCTION Design review and permitting, Right of Way (ROW) management, utilities design and relocation WORKFORCE Local hire and apprenticeship programs, worker safety and support program FINANCE, BUDGET & PROCUREMENT Financial model overview, system sequence plan update process, internal audit, ATP Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program REAL ESTATE Process to acquire or sell property, property acquisition processes, development proposals SUSTAINABILITY Process to develop sustainability criteria and environmental programs SAFETY Process for system safety program oversight certification, testing and training OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE Capital Metro Operations & Maintenance processes, traffic signal coordination, public safety 24 Joint Partnership Agreement (JPA) – Next Steps Aug. 7, 2020 Nov. 3, 2020 Summer 2021 Sept. 2021 Oct. 4, 2021 Oct. 29, 2021 Capital Metro – City of Austin Interlocal Agreement to Create the ATP Voter Approval of Project Connect Initial Investment JPA Drafting by ATP, City of Austin, Capital Metro Staff Policymaker, Stakeholder Briefings on JPA Process ATP & Capital Metro Board, City Council JPA Work Session ATP, Capital Metro, City Council Special Meeting to Approve JPA Community Education 25 Upcoming Engagement Opportunities Blue and Orange Lines 15% Design Community Meetings • Virtual Community meetings July 27 – August 5 • Two Blue Line virtual meetings with working group breakout discussions • Four Orange Line virtual meetings with working group breakout discussions • Online Self-Guided meeting on ProjectConnect.com July 27 – August 27 • In-person Open House Meeting July 31 at Central Library from 10 am – 2 pm 26 Upcoming Fall Engagement • MetroRapid - Community meetings for MetroRapid Gold Line and Domain/South Lamar routes – and MetroRapid station design • Pickup - Neighborhood outreach for new South Austin service zone • MetroRail - Neighborhood outreach on new MetroRail stations 27 v3 DELIBERATIVE DRAFT 28 PROJECT CONNECT: Program Updates Urban Transportation Commission July 21, 2021 29