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Trinity Railway Express Advisory Committee Thursday, December 17, 2020, 2:30pm

Due to the COVID-19 virus and current extension of the Disaster Declaration issued by the Governor, all TRE Board Meetings are closed to the public. All meetings will take place by videoconference and will be available at https://www.dart.org/about/board/boardvideo.asp.

DART Committee Members Trinity Metro Committee Members Patrick J. Kennedy Charles Edmonds (Chair) Gary Slagel Jeff Davis Rick Stopfer Tito Rodriguez

1. Call to Order 2. Approval of Minutes September 17, 2020 3. *Safety Update [5 minutes] 4. *TRE Operations Report [5 minutes] 5. *TRE Quarterly Financial Report as of September 30, 2020 [5 minutes] 6. *Update on TRE Capital Projects - Maintenance of Way [10 minutes] 7. *Update on TRE Capital Projects - Vehicles [5 minutes] 8. *Update on Positive Train Control (PTC) [5 minutes] 9. Selection of TRE Advisory Chair 10. Identification of Future Agenda Items 11. Adjournment

*Briefing Item

The Trinity Railway Express Advisory Committee may go into Closed Session under the Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071,Consultation With Attorney, for any legal issues arising regarding any item listed on this Agenda. TRINITY RAILWAY EXPRESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES September 17, 2020

The Trinity Railway Express Advisory Committee convened at 2:30 pm on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 virus, meeting rooms were closed to the public. This meeting took place by videoconference and is available at https://www.dart.org/about/board/boardvideo.asp. The following Committee members were present: Chair Charles Edmonds, Gary Slagel, Jeff Davis, Patrick Kennedy, and Tito Rodriguez.

Others present were: Gary Thomas, Bob Baulsir, Tim McKay, Bonnie Murphy, Jon-Erik Arjanen, Fred Crosley, Joseph Costello, Katy Galindo, Gene Gamez, Cristina Doss, Paul Bourzikas, Matt Lannon, Reed Lanham, Anthony Fuller, Claude Smith, Megan Tang, Julia Casarez, Richey Thompson, Gordon Shattles, Glenn Miller, Jessica Powers, Deputy Chief Matt Walling, Kevin Hunt, Cole Dempsey, Shannon Hergenrader, and Vicki Evans.

1. Call to Order Charles Edmonds called the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) Advisory Committee meeting to order at 2:35 pm.

2. *Approval of Minutes: June 18, 2020 A motion was made by Mr. Davis to approve the Trinity Railway Express Advisory Committee minutes. The motion was seconded by Mr. Kennedy, and the minutes were unanimously approved.

3. *Safety Update Anthony Fuller, Chief Operating Officer, briefed the Committee as follows (presentation on file in the Office of Board Support):

 Safety

4. *TRE Operations Report

Anthony Fuller, Chief Operating Officer, briefed the Committee as follows (presentation on file in the Office of Board Support):

 TRE Monthly Ridership Graph, October – September, FY19-FY20  TRE Average Weekday Ridership Graph, October – September, FY19-FY20  TRE Average Saturday Ridership Graph, October – September, FY19-FY20  Total Boarding by Station, October – September, FY19-FY20  FY20 vs FY19 Monthly OTP Actual, October - September  Causes of Train Delays / Percentage of Delays

1 5. *TRE Quarterly Financial Report for Period Ending June 30, 2020

Katy Galindo, Assistant Vice President, Controller, briefed the Committee on the TRE Operating and Financial Information for the Period Ending June 30, 2020 as follows (presentation on file in the Office of Board Support):

 TRE Proforma Statement of Revenues and Expenses  TRE Proforma Actual to Budget Comparison

Chair Edmonds inquired if TRE is eligible for any reimbursements or grants from the federal government as a result of the pandemic, that would affect the budget. Ms. Galindo stated that she is not aware of any reimbursements. Mr. Thomas stated that both agencies received CARES ACT funds from the federal government for respected amounts but not sure if TRE, as an entity, would receive grants or funding unique to TRE. That can be researched but he is not aware of any such funding. Mr. Baulsir stated Trinity Metro received formula money and it is his understanding that is the way the CARES ACT money was allocated. In essence, in the lump sum payment, that was included. Mr. Thomas stated it would be accounted for in the individual Trinity Metro and DART operating budgets. Ms. Galindo stated the Proforma Financials are financial reports that are issued by an entity used for assumptions or hypothetical conditions. In this case, it represents what the financial report would look like if TRE were a separate legal entity. It does take into account some assumptions, conditions, and allocations. The CARES ACT funds were not included in this Proforma.

6. *FY21 TRE Operating & Capital Budget Paul Bourzikas, Assistant Vice President, , briefed the Committee as follows (presentation on file in the Office of Board Support):

 FY21 Service & Budget Assumptions  FY21 Proposed TRE Operating Budget  FY21 Proposed TRE Operating Budget Purchased Transportation Detail  FY21 Proposed TRE Capital Budget (1,000’s)  FY21 Proposed TRE Capital Budget

7. *Update on TRE Capital Projects – Maintenance of Way Megan Tang, Chief Engineer, and Richey Thompson, TEXRail Chief Engineer, briefed the Committee (presentation on file in the Office of Board Support) as follows:

 Capital Maintenance of Way  FY19 Track Panels Replacement Progress  FY19 Track Panels Replacement – 891 TF MP 629.4 - 629.86 Track 1 near Valley View Lane - Completed 8/9/2020  FY19 #11 Turnout Replacement – MP 634.8 South Irving to be Installed 6/13/2020 & 6/14/2020 (2 slides)  FY20 Bridge Panel Replacement – MP 642.6 Turtle Creek Ave. Track 1 – Completed 8/16/2020  MP 639.63 Noble Branch Bridge Timber Ties Replacement 7/4 & 7/5/2020 2  TRE Medical District Drive Project  TRE Medical District Drive Project – at West Abutment  TRE Medical District Drive Project – at East Abutment  TRE Mockingbird Lane Bridge Strike (2 slides)  TRE Noble Branch & Inwood Rd. Bridge Proposed Improvements with the Design Completed  TRE Noble Branch & Inwood Rd. Bridge Proposed Improvements for INFRA, BUILD, and SGR Grants  Bridge Project, Fort Worth, Texas (2 slides)  Trinity Lakes Station Project, Fort Worth, Texas  Calloway Cemetery Crossing, Fort Worth, Texas

8. *Update on TRE Capital Projects – Vehicles

Julia Casarez, Project Manager III, briefed the Committee as follows (presentation on file in the Office of Board Support):

 Capital Maintenance of Equipment  Repainted TRE Vehicles - Coach Car 1057  Repainted TRE Vehicles – Locomotive 120

Ms. Murphy briefed the committee that in discussing the overhauls, the staff is currently working on a life cycle cost analysis of retaining the existing equipment or replacing with new equipment. It does not make sense to continue overhauling the vehicles and are looking to replace them with new vehicles. Mr. Thomas added that as talks continue if to rehab existing equipment, a lot of the equipment is used. Whether we continue to rehab or rebuild the existing equipment or replace with new equipment, the new equipment could be in a similar form as what we already have with locomotives, bi-level cars, or could be DMU’s, not unlike what will operate on TEXRail and Silver Line. He and Mr. Baulsir asked Ms. Murphy and her team to do a complete life cycle cost to review and bring back to this committee to talk about what that might look like for the future of TRE and the rolling stock.

9. *TRE Interlocal Agreement between DART and Trinity Metro and Discussion of Inclusion of Silver Line and TEXRail Activities into TRE Advisory Committee

Mr. Thomas updated the Advisory Committee that he, Mr. Baulsir, and teams have been meeting on a regular basis to address TEXRail and Silver Line and their interoperability as well as the TRE ILA, which has been around about 20 years. It might be time to look at and update it. Some committee members have talked about having a broader perspective and we want to ensure the committee that they are working on it and pulling it together and will have updates moving forward.

Mr. Baulsir concurred with Mr. Thomas’ statement, noting the teams will meet again next week. The teams have been going through the issues of the 20-year-old agreement, the metroplex, and the relationship between what was once The T and DART. Quite a lot has changed and there are a number of things to sort out, but the teams are making progress and there will be a package to take to this board soon, hopefully at the next meeting.

3 10. Modification of Existing Permanent Easement along the TRE Right-of-Way between I-35W and the Trinity River in Fort Worth with the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD)

Richey Thompson, TEXRail Chief Engineer, presented the request for a modification that is associated with the Trinity River Bridge project in Tarrant County. The TRE issued a Permanent Easement with Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) on October 18, 2013. The Trinity River Bridge construction necessitated a revision to the existing permanent and required construction of a new levee system for TRWD, basically shifting the footprint 15’ to the north of the current location. An MOU has been drafted to memorialize the shift and address the revised limits of the easement as well as all the rights that were originally pertained in the original easement will remain the same. TRWD and TRE have reached an agreement. The request is for DART and Trinity Metro to execute the final agreement.

11. Contract Modification for the Positive Train Control Equipment on the New Locomotives Julia Casarez, Project Manager III, discussed the request to increase Contract funding to include the purchase of Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment for the two locomotives. The scope of work already calls for the contractor to prepare the vehicle, wire for it, and install the PTC equipment. This modification would have the contractor work directly with Wabtec for the acquisition of the equipment.

The contract modification amount is $150,000 and is included in the locomotive purchase project budget as well as in the FY 2019 Twenty-Year Financial Plan. The project is federally funded in the amount of $120,000 which is 80% of the total contract modification amount. The local share of this contract modification amount is $30,000 and is jointly shared by the transit authorities, DART’s share at $15,000 and Trinity Metro’s share at $15,000. Benefits of the modification would be assigning responsibility to the Contractor for acquisition of the PTC equipment and to provide the Contractor direct contact with Wabtec in the event of questions or concerns about the installation.

Mr. Slagel made a motion to forward the Contract Modification for the Positive Train Control Equipment on the New Locomotives to their respective Boards for approval. Mr. Davis seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.

12. *Update on Positive Train Control (PTC)

Claude Smith, Director, Positive Train Control, briefed the Committee (presentation on file in the Office of Board Support) as follows:

 PTC Funding & Expenses  Accomplishments (2 slides)  Next Steps  RSD Statistics  RSD Statistics – PTC Trips & Miles

4 13. PTC Maintenance Support Contracts (Operations & Maintenance Contract and Wabtec Agreement)

Claude Smith, Director, Positive Train Control, stated with the implementation of PTC, it will require two contracts to maintain it. The first contract will be a modification to the current O&M Contract with Herzog, who provided the better pricing to perform the daily maintenance of the system which is installed on the vehicles, the waysides, and the communication system and the back office. The second contract needed is with Wabtec for maintenance of the software agreement to utilize some of the software that is installed during the implementation of PTC on the TRE.

Regarding the proposal with Herzog, TRE and TEXRail need to modify their O&M contracts. Herzog gave a proposal of a not-to-exceed price of approximately $11.2M for the next four years, which will keep us aligned with the current and existing TRE – O&M Contract. However, staff has gone back to them to ask for an alternate proposal which includes reducing the number of staff they recommended, starting at a lower number in the first year and in the second year incrementing at 50% to 75%, if needed. Therefore, the new proposed alternative rate would be approximately $9.9M the next four years. This number is a total for both TRE and TEXRail and would be split proportionately between both agencies. The TRE Proposed NTE would be $5.6M or the TRE Alternative Option would be $4.9M for the next four year, assuming this proposal is accepted. Reed Lanham, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, stated there will have to be two separate agreements to maintain and operate the regional PTC system. One of those being Wabtec due to a lot of the software and hardware that are currently on our systems are proprietary Wabtec products. There is not much choice in the matter when you talk about support and maintenance of these particular items. Staff is currently working with Wabtec on the agreement; the scope and pricing are being negotiated and the initial terms and proposal received was for three years at $2.1M annually. While discussing the current O&M agreement with Wabtec, there were lots of redundant services that had been proposed, services that were not needed. That is the basis for the negotiations taking place. Of those redundant services, Wabtec has agreed to reduce the price and scope on these items, and staff expects to see a reduction in the annual price on this agreement.

14. Identification of Future Agenda Items

No future agenda items were identified.

15. Adjournment

There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 3:20 pm.

______Vicki Evans Administrative Assistant to VP, Commuter Rail & Railroad Management Dallas Area Rapid Transit

5 TRE Advisory Committee Monthly Briefing Report Thursday, December 17, 2020

1. TRE Ridership

. Total monthly ridership for October – September, FY19 – FY20 . Daily average ridership for October – September, FY19 – FY20 . Boardings by stations for October – September, FY19 – FY20 . Monthly ridership since inception

2. TRE Customer Service Interactions

. By category, for October – September, FY19 – FY20

3. TRE Revenues for October – September, FY19 – FY20 TRE Ridership (Monthly)

220,000

200,000 229,669

180,000 207,909 160,000

140,000 172,496 161,629 157,357 156,507 153,874 120,000 152,839 147,462 147,144 144,106 143,268 142,857 142,035 140,886 136,028 100,000 135,589

80,000 110,765

60,000

40,000 54,016 20,000 52,364 45,686 45,332 44,247 43,797

0 October November December January February March April May June July August September FY19 FY20

5 TRE Average Weekday Ridership

8,800

8,000

7,200 8,246 7,655 7,655 6,400 6,973 6,923 6,881 6,710 6,658 6,409 5,600 6,368 6,193 6,114 5,945 5,868 5,902 4,800 5,828 5,462 5,441

4,000 4,585 3,200

2,400

1,600 2,124 2,114 1,826 1,797 1,763 800 1,757

0 October NovemberDecember January February March April May June July August September FY19 FY20

6 TRE Average Saturday Ridership

7,200

6,300 6,932

5,400

4,500 5,352

3,600 4,403 4,143 3,777 3,526

2,700 3,395 3,336 3,328 3,315 2,958 2,755 2,694 1,800 2,595 2,463 2,398 2,354 2,292 1,824

900 1,594 1,537 1,378 1,291 923 0 October NovemberDecember January February March April May June July August September FY19 FY20

7 Total Boarding by Station October - September 400,000

350,000 369,388

300,000

250,000 277,792

200,000 245,549 FY19 FY20 202,031 150,000 178,724 160,645

100,000 145,599 133,678 132,318 128,636 126,711 125,963 116,248 100,965 100,053 89,694 50,000 89,067 73,212 60,406 58,721

0 T&P Station FW ITC Richland Hills Bell CentrePort/ West Irving Downtown Medical/ Victory Union DFW Airport Irving/ Market Heritage Xing Center

8 TRE Monthly Ridership

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 Target October 29,103 46,793 51,559 107,017 136,805 190,991 200,691 181,119 219,417 235,625 263,765 327,455 305,088 289,814 240,158 222,133 231,639 245,297 241,353 222,705 229,262 207,909 229,669 62,970 59,161 November 22,858 42,520 48,573 95,117 121,434 188,825 163,966 167,868 196,555 200,266 204,181 214,325 204,244 178,255 176,121 159,188 174,895 164,575 161,310 166,550 173,419 153,874 147,144 55,134 40,647 December 5,850 29,808 50,102 50,654 92,103 191,812 174,944 161,130 168,349 188,051 191,208 186,156 215,689 193,570 180,510 171,700 137,944 164,761 171,242 168,942 161,231 153,430 135,044 147,462 40,445 January 15,892 36,205 45,574 49,292 107,618 197,876 195,359 182,087 160,173 190,814 204,039 205,919 224,450 187,817 187,630 189,223 165,555 184,305 171,643 159,709 167,025 165,573 152,839 172,496 44,644 February 9,929 35,848 44,690 52,331 100,128 172,648 169,892 169,357 157,846 173,635 190,112 202,989 221,650 181,187 172,660 186,818 164,081 167,597 163,095 172,628 169,652 150,861 143,268 156,507 40,713 March 11,660 41,397 52,916 60,291 118,746 198,830 215,870 214,136 212,796 216,492 226,897 218,715 250,309 240,859 232,887 214,450 189,362 207,007 198,655 187,995 202,635 195,002 161,629 110,765 49,942 April 13,773 43,665 50,093 52,358 105,908 185,236 193,209 178,328 185,514 190,150 197,143 231,796 229,907 216,747 206,451 188,937 184,997 216,850 181,879 172,456 165,619 164,051 157,357 45,686 50,831 May 20,463 39,162 45,935 52,616 114,329 171,183 181,257 158,725 165,546 198,503 200,375 222,570 192,558 177,021 186,907 181,577 163,773 179,746 156,421 155,437 168,996 163,566 142,035 43,797 46,319 June 23,649 44,067 52,390 54,210 117,134 175,997 190,825 182,149 179,331 211,188 215,042 251,522 221,942 198,278 225,199 184,980 163,703 184,435 177,463 163,315 173,739 166,625 136,028 45,332 42,731 July 27,081 44,685 52,375 51,814 118,735 210,389 209,701 191,334 175,780 211,963 213,899 265,458 230,573 188,514 184,065 176,250 179,284 195,518 178,802 144,245 161,253 156,273 144,106 44,247 45,105 August 26,263 43,927 53,128 56,546 135,501 202,205 194,332 190,812 200,588 224,017 231,516 258,835 233,556 191,363 197,867 187,567 193,527 186,813 171,650 167,535 174,221 170,162 140,886 52,364 45,866 September 25,943 44,789 51,003 108,242 109,669 169,596 188,578 175,073 199,490 189,066 201,583 235,086 226,616 184,527 183,090 154,359 169,235 190,329 193,027 159,076 164,373 150,723 142,857 54,016 42,400

Annual 180,503 455,514 587,519 688,486 1,322,005 2,134,011 2,293,783 2,167,788 2,154,400 2,409,851 2,507,705 2,746,992 2,789,030 2,469,215 2,425,335 2,252,140 2,092,782 2,283,895 2,173,749 2,054,001 2,097,999 2,038,947 1,817,832 1,249,485 118,104 548,805

As of November 2020

147,144 November FY20 55,134 November FY21 -62.53% Decrease from prior year

376,813 YTD FY20 118,104 YTD FY21 -68.66% Decrease from prior year

99,808 YTD Target 18.33% over target

Total TRE Ridership: 45,511,071

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25 FY19 FY20 20 16 15 14 12 11 10 6 4 4 5 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Overcrowding Late/Early Announcement Mechanical Service (Other) Operator Complaints Operator Service Change TVM Commendations Requests TRE Revenues FY20

FY19 FY20 FY20 Actual % Cost Ctr 526 Actuals Budget October November December January February March April May June July August September Actuals to Budget

Acct. 43320 Freight Revenue (1) $1,748,649 $2,361,696 $160,756 $153,508 $108,744 $158,578 $139,409 $139,409 $65,339 $131,875 $159,798 $149,732 $153,547 $159,475 $1,680,170 71%

Non-Freight Revenue $561,861 $720,000 $35,777 $53,369 $56,329 $89,492 $61,066 $40,340 $78,134 $36,350 $46,322 $43,620 $35,453 $47,157 $623,410 87%

Total $2,310,510 $3,081,696 $196,533 $206,877 $165,073 $248,070 $200,475 $179,749 $143,473 $168,225 $206,120 $193,352 $189,000 $206,632 $2,303,580 75%

Acct. 45803 Mineral Lease Royalties $85,032 $100,000 $4,335 $4,350 $3,704 $5,086 $4,053 $1,345 $11,748 $4,198 $1,166 $13,163 $6,387 $1,420 $60,957 61%

(1) Effective January 1, 2020, the BNSF per car-mile rate increased from $0.550 to $0.551. Variations month over month are due to fluctuation in BNSF car miles.

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