SENATE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE
NUMBER FIVE WILL COME TO ORDER
GOOD MORNING IN RESPONSE TO THE
COVERT NINETEEN EMERGENCY AND TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC LEGISLATORS
AND EMPLOYEES WE MUST LIMIT
NONESSENTIAL GATHERINGS AND IT
HERE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
FACE COVERING GUIDELINES. IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE ORDERS THE
SENATE HAS MADE NECESSARY
ADJUSTMENTS TO NORMAL PRACTICES
IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE
PUBLIC CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS
TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
TODAY WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED
RAIL AUTHORITY. THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL PEER REVIEW GROUP THE SAN
JOAQUIN REGIONAL RAIL COMMISSION
CALTRAIN AND LA METRO WHERE
PARTICIPATING REMOTELY. FOR
REMOTE PARTICIPANTS PLEASE MEET
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SCREEN STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN
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MANY. WELL THE PUBLIC ACCESS
HAVE ADMITTED MY OF THE PUBLIC
IN THE SENATE GALLERY TO THE
EXTENT THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING
REQUIREMENTS ALLOW. WILL BE
USING A TELECONFERENCE SERVICE
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH
TO TESTIFY TODAY. FOR ALL
INDIVIDUALS WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE
PARTICIPANT TOLL FREE NUMBER AND
ACCESS CODE IS POSTED ON OUR
COMMITTEE WEBSITE AND IT WILL BE
DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN AND I
WILL ANNOUNCE IT NOW. TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS EIGHT FOUR
FOUR. TWO NINE ONE. FOUR ONE
EIGHT FIVE. AND THE ACCESS CODE
FOUR SIX SIX THREE NINE SIX
EIGHT. FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW TO THE CONFERENCE SYSTEM
WORKS PLEASE REFER TO THE SENATE
WEBSITE. FOR TODAY'S HEARING WE
WILL BE HEARING ALL THE PANELS
OF WITNESSES ON THE AGENDA PRIOR
TO TAKING ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
ONCE WE'VE HEARD ALL THE
WITNESSES WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR THOSE WHO'D
LIKE TO. COMMENT ON TODAY'S
AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT IN
ORDER TO HEAR YOU CLEARLY AND TO
AVOID AVOID THE ACOUSTIC
FEEDBACK ONCE AGAIN YOU MUST
MEET THE DEVICE YOU'RE WATCHING.
PRIOR TO GIVING TESTIMONY OVER
THE PHONE. WE THANK YOU AND WE
APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE IN
THIS. I WILL ALSO MAINTAIN
DECORUM DURING THE HEARINGAS IS
CUSTOMARY. IN ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO
WAS DISRUPTED MAY BE REMOVED
FROM THE REMOTE HEARING SERVICE
MEETING SERVICE OR HAVE THEIR
CONNECTIONS NEEDED. TODAY'S
HEARING IS A HUGE JOINT HEARING
MEMBERS WITH BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE
NUMBER FIVE. I CHAIRED BY
SENATOR MONEY LIMITED ALSO. TO
REVIEW THE CALIFORNIA'S HIGH
SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY'S DRAFT
TWENTY TWO. BUSINESS PLAN AND
DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE
PROJECT. CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED
RAIL AS WE KNOW IS THE LARGEST
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN THE
COUNTRY AND WOULD BE THE
NATION'S FIRST TRUE HIGH SPEED
RAIL SYSTEM. I HAD THE CHANCE
PERSONALLY TO TOUR THE ONGOING
CONSTRUCTION IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY LAST MONTH. AND SING THE
WORK FIRST HAND IS VERY
IMPRESSIVE. THE PROJECT IS
CREATING THOUSANDS OF GOOD
PAYING JOBS IN THE VALLEY AND
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND
THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT THERE.
I'VE TALKED WITH SOME OF THE
WORK FORCE STARTING OUT IN IN A
BRAND NEW COMPUTER CAREER AND
SOME OF TEM HAVE BEEN WORKING
IN CONSTRUCTION FOR OVER THIRTY
YEARS AS WELL. ALL ARE VERY
EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL. HOWEVER THE
PROJECT CONTINUES TO FACE REALLY
SERIOUS CHALLENGES IN SOME CASES
LACK OF FUNDING COST OVERRUNS
SCHEDULE CHANGES AND PROJECT
MANAGEMENT ISSUES THAT WE WILL
HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS ON TODAY.
AND THE ROOM IT REMAINS THAT
THERE IS. FUNDED YES THE CENTRAL
VALLEY SEGMENT LET ALONE MOVE
BEYOND THE VALLEY. AND CONNECT
TO THE BAY AREA AND LOS ANGELES.
IN JANUARY. GOVERNOR NEWSOM
PROPOSED A NINE POINT ONE
BILLION DOLLAR TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE WHICH
INCLUDES. TWO BILLION. BONDS FOR
HIGH SPEED RAIL TO CONTINUE
CONSTRUCTION IN THE VALLEY. AND
THREE POINT TWO FIVE BILLION FOR
OTHER TRANSIT AND RAIL PROJECTS.
THE PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES
FUNDING FOR ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION AND RESTORING
COMMUNITIES. DIVIDED BY
HISTORICAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S ALSO POTENTIAL FOR NEW
FEDERAL FUNDING WITH PASSAGE OF
THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE
LAW. NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO
TAKE A HARD LOOK AS WE HAVE
BEFORE. WHAT IS THE AUTHORITY
DELIVERING WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
TO TE STATE CAN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY LINE BE COMPLETED. SHOULD
THE AUTHORITY CONTINUE TO WORK
OUTSIDE THE VALLEY. TODAY WE
WILL FOCUS ON. THE CURRENT
CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AND WHAT
THE AUTHORITY WILL DELIVER AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING OUR
MEMBERS. QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS
AND ALSO. A HIGHLIGHT. ANY
POSITIVE ELEMENTS AS WELL. SO
RIGHT NOW WE WILL TURN IT TO OUR
NEXT YEAR SENATOR THE DOCILE
FOURTH SUBCOMMITTEE NUMBER FIVE.
SENATOR THAT AWESOME. THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR. PRECIADO ALL OF
YOUR WORK ON THIS AND ALSO THAT
YOU PULL THIS HEARING TOGETHER-
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT HAS
BEEN AND IS ON THE NORM AS AN
AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING. IT'S ALSO
BEEN A MAJOR JOB CREATOR FOR THE
REGION AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
DRIVE THE CREATION OF MORE.
THOUSANDS OF STABLE HIGH PAYING
HIGH ROAD JOBS IN THE COMING
YEARS- IT REPRESENTS AN
AMBITIOUS BETS. ON THE FUTURE OF
TRANSPORTATION AND ONE THAT
COULD SHAPE OUR ENTIRE STATES
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. HOWEVER
ALL OF THESE BENEFITS CAN ONLY
BE REALIZED IF THE PROJECT IS
MANAGED AND IMPLEMENTED
RESPONSIBLY. WE ARE CLOSER TO
THE COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL
ONSTRUCTION SEGMENT. AND THE
MINISTRATION AS REQUESTED AN
APPROPRIATION OF REMAINING BOD
BOND FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT BUT
IT'S UP TO US IN THE LEGISLATURE
TO ASSESS THE FUNDING REQUEST.
AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES PLANS
AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO
PROVIDE THEM. WE HAVE HEARD THE
BIG PICTURE WE KNOW THE OVERALL
PROJECT PLAN BUT WE HAVEN'T
HEARD AS MUCH ABOUT THE ACTUAL
DELIVERY OF COMPLETED PROJECT
SEGMENTS. ALL OF- ALL OF THIS TO
SAY THAT WE HAD NEED TO HAVE A
SERIOUS CONVERSATION. ABOUT THE
OVERALL PROJECT PLAN. IMPROVING
LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND THE
PROJECT GOVERNANCE. AND TO REACH
THE PROMISE THAT WAS MADE TO
CALIFORNIANS WHEN THEY VOTED OFF
FOR THE BONDS AND THAT IS- THE-
BITTER THE JOURNEY THE ROAD THE-
UP TRAIN FROM LA TO SAN
FRANCISCO. THAT WAS THE VISION
THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE VOTERS- SO
I LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY'S
CONVERSATION AND EXPLAIN THESE
ISSUES AND GREATER DETAIL THANK
YOU. THANK YOU CHARTER ALSO AND
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR
VICE CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE SENATOR BATES. I'M
MADAM CHAIR SKEWS ME ARM NO
COMMENTS BUT THANK YOU FOR
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER VERY
IMPORTANT THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AND WITH THAT SETTLED ONCE AGAIN
REMINDED THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE
TO PARTICIPATE BEFORE WE GET
INTO THE AGENDA OF THE TOLL FREE
NUMBER. 844-291-4185 WHEN
PROMPTED PLEASE USE ACCESS CODE
FOUR SIX SIX THREE NINE SIX
EIGHT. NOW LET'S HEAR FROM OUR
FIRST PRESENTER WE HAVE KELLY
CEO FOR THE CALIFORNIA HIGH
SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY WELCOME
MISTER KELLY. GOOD MORNING MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME HERE TODAY TO PRESENT
THE- DRAFT TWENTY TWENTY TWO
CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY. A BUSINESS PLAN. IT'S
A REAL HONOR FOR ME TO SPEAK TO
THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE. A
PLACE THAT I CALLED HOME FOR
EIGHTEEN YEARS. I'M JOINED TODAY
ALSO BY THE AUTHORITY'S CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER. BRIAN ANNIS.
THE RELEASE OF THE BUSINESS PLAN
ON FEBRUARY EIGHT STARTED A
SIXTY DAY. PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD
DURING THIS TIME. OUR BOARD WILL
REVIEW MANAGEMENT SUMMARY AND
RECOMMENDATIONS TAKE PUBLIC
INPUT HERE FROM POLICY MAKERS
AND CRAFT THE FINAL TWENTY
TWENTY TWO BUSINESS PLAN TO BE
ADOPTED AND SUBMITTED THE
LEGISLATURE BY MAY FIRST OF
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. BECAUSE OUR
TWENTY TWENTY BUSINESS PLAN WAS
DELAYED BY THE COAL THE
PANDEMIC. AND ADOPTED AND
PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATURE
JUST TEN MONTHS AGO. THIS
STRAPLINE IS A BRIDGE DOCUMENT
OF SORTS THAT ADDRESSES THREE
KEY THANKS. ONE IT PROVIDES
UPDATES ON MEANINGFUL PROJECT
PROGRESS AND THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF PROGRESS. SECONDLY IT
OUTLINES NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO
DEVELOP ITS FEDERAL STATE
FUNDING PARTNERSHIP IN PROGRAM.
TO EXPAND OUR WORK STATEWIDE.
AND IT UPDATES THE AUTHORITIES
COST ESTIMATES REFLECTING THE
COMPLETION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
WORK ON TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SEGMENTS. THE COMPLETION OF ALL
SCOPE AND SCHEDULE
DETERMINATIONS ON CONSTRUCTION
PACKAGE FOUR IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY AND IT REFLECTS THE
RECEIPT OF A NEW FEDERAL GRANT
THAT WE RECEIVED IN NOVEMBER. OF
TWENTY TWENTY ONE. IMPORTANTLY
OUR PROPOSED PATH FORWARD TO
ADVANCE THIS PROGRAM AND BRING
ELECTRIFIED HIGH SPEED RAIL TO
CALIFORNIA SOON AS POSSIBLE. IS
UNCHANGED FROM THE PLAN
PRESENTED. LESS THAN A YEAR AGO
. IT IS TRUE AS A COUPLE OF
MEMBERS JUST STATED THAT WE DO
NOT HAVE FUNDING THE ON THE
CENTRAL VALLEY TO GET ALL THE
WAY INTO SAN FRANCISCO. OR LOS
ANGELES BUT WE DO HAVE ENOUGH TO
GET AN OPERATING SEGMENT GOING.
AND WE THINK THAT. THE ONSET OF
FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING
AVAILABLE- WILL ENABLE US TO
ADVANCE THE WORK IN IMPORTANT
WAYS STATEWIDE. AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. I HAVE A
BRIEF POWER POINT PRESENTATION I
WANT TO ASK MY TEAM TO BRING UP
NOW. AS I GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF
THESE KEY POINTS. SO IMPORTANTLY
THERE ARE TWO ELEMENTS OF WORK
TO OUR PROGRAM. THE FIRST
ELEMENT OF OUR WORK IN THE FIRST
PART OF OUR WORK IS WHAT WE
PROPOSED TO COMPLETE. WITH THE
ESTIMATED TWENTY THREE TO TWENTY
FIVE BILLION DOLLARS CURRENT AND
CURRENT STATE BOND FEDERAL AND
CAP AND TRADE FUNDING WE EXPECT
TO HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND TWENTY
THIRD. WITH THESE DOLLARS WE
WILL CONTINUE TO PROPOSE THE
FOLLOWING ISSUES. THAT ARE
OUTLINED HERE. GO BACK ONE SLIDE
SORRY. CENTRAL VALLEY SEGMENT
CONSTRUCTION ADVANCING THE
TRACKING SYSTEMS A SINGLE TRACK
BEING PUT IN PLACE CLEARING ALL
OF THE DOCUMENTS STATE WIDE FROM
SAN FRANCISCO TO LA AND ANAHEIM
COMPLETING ORIGINAL BOOK AND
PROJECTS IN DANCING THE DESIGN
FOR MERCED AND BAKERSFIELD
EXTENSION SO I CAN GET. OUT OF
WORK- ORCHARDS AND INTO THE
CITY'S. AND TO MOVE FORWARD ON
OUR PROGRAM WIDE SUPPORT WE
ALSO- I WOULD USE OUR CURRENT
FUNDS TO DO THE INITIAL TRANSEPT
RETIREMENT STARTED NOW BEEN
DELAYED. AND DELAYED BECAUSE
WE'RE WAITING FOR FINAL
DETERMINATIONS ON BOND
APPROPRIATION FROM THE
LEGISLATURE. WE WOULD INCLUDE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MERCED TO
BAKERSFIELD EXTENSIONS
CONSTRUCTION THE SECOND TRACK
FROM MERCED TO BAKERSFIELD YOU
FOR SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING
FEDERAL DOLLARS WHICH I'LL TALK
ABOUT. IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE
CENTRAL VALLEY STATIONS THAT
ESTIMATE OF COST RIGHT NOW FOR
THE WORK THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH.
AGAIN WITHIN THE ESTIMATE OF
AVAILABLE FUNDS WE THINK WE
HAVE. YES TWENTY TWO TO TWENTY
FOUR BILLION DOLLARS TO SEE AT
THE BOTTOM WE ALSO THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO ADVANCE THE DESIGN
WORK IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO
THE BAY AREA. AND INTO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. WHERE WE COMPLETE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS. AND
WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT THOSE
DOLLARS BE FUNDED. WITH NEW
STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS ARE
THOSE THOSE ADVANCED DESIGN WORK
WOULD BE FUNDED WITH NEW. STATE
OR FEDERAL FUNDS ALL OF THAT IS
ROUGHLY. TWENTY FOUR AND A HALF
BILLION DOLLAR COST. IN OUR
ESTIMATE OF BUDGET BETWEEN NOW
AND TWENTY THIRTY IS A RANGE
BETWEEN TWENTY THREE. AND TWENTY
FIVE BILLION THE REASON IS A
RANGE. IS BECAUSE CAP AND TRADE
DOLLARS OUR ONLY SOURCE OF
ONGOING TWENTY. IT COMES IN. IN
WAVES AND SOMETIMES IT'S STRONG
AND SOMETIMES IT'S LESS STRONG
LATELY HAS BEEN VERY STABLE END
UP YOUR STRAW SO WITH THAT I
WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
SOME OF THESE SEGMENTS THAT WE
ARE DANCING THIS IS A SLIGHT DIP
TO PICKS WHERE WE ARE ON THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE OF THIS
PROJECT. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
WE HAVE CLEAR FOR ADDITIONAL
PROJECTS SEGMENTS THROUGH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS YEAH JUST
THIS LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE
CLEARED BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES
AND BAKERSFIELD TO PALMDALE TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEGMENTS ARE
COMING BACK TO OUR BOARD NEXT
MONTH. TO COMPLETE THIS SEGMENT
FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY THAT
MADERA AREA OUT TO SAN JOSE. AND
SAN JOSE TO SAN FRANCISCO SO
THAT BY JULY. OF TWENTY TWENTY
TWO- WE'LL HAVE CLEAR ALL OF THE
YELLOW ELEMENTS OF THIS UP FOR
PHASE ONE SYSTEM BETWEEN SAN
FRANCISCO. AND LOS ANGELES AND
ANAHEIM YOU'LL SEE THAT
CONTINUOUSLY. SAN FRANCISCO TO
PALM DEAL WOULD BE CLEARED WE
HAVE A COUPLE MORE SECONDS TO
FINISH. IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THAT REPRESENTS. ABOUT FOUR
HUNDRED THIRTY MILES OF THE FAT
FIRST SYSTEM BASE ONCE AT THE
BARBARA MILES. BEING COMPLETED
BY JULY TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THEN
AGAIN THAT WOULD BE SIX OR UP
SEGMENTS THAT WE BUY MENTALLY
CLEARED. IN JUST THE LAST THREE
YEARS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE- WE
CONTINUE WITH OUR GOAL TO
ADVANCE- I DANCE OUR GOAL TO
INITIATE OPERATING SERVICE WERE
ELECTRIFIED HIGH SPEED RAIL
ALONG A HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO MILE
ROUTE AND CENTRAL VALLEY
CONNECTING MERCED FRESNO AND
BAKERSFIELD. THE FIRST HUNDRED
NINETEEN MILES OF THAT ARE
CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND TODAY WE'VE CREATED ABOUT
SEVEN THOUSAND CONSTRUCTION JOBS
FOR THAT WORK. WE'VE JUST BEGUN
TO ADVANCE THE DESIGN WORK TO
EXTEND FROM MERCED TO
BAKERSFIELD BY UPLOADING- THAT
WORK OUT TO BID HI WE LOOK
FORWARD TO RECEIVING BIDS TO
ADVANCE THE DESIGN FOR THE
MERCED AND BAKERSFIELD
EXTENSIONS. LATER THIS YEAR.
WE'RE EXPECTING BIDS FOR THE
TRACKING SYSTEMS WORK FOR THAT
SAME HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO MILE
SEGMENT. BUT TO COME IN IN JULY
OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO. AND
THEY'LL BE A LOT OF CONSULTATION
WITH THE LEGISLATURE ONCE THOSE
BEDS ARE IN TO DETERMINE EXACTLY
WHERE WE ARE NOW WE GO FORWARD.
ON ON COMPLETING THIS WORK IN
THE CENTRAL VALLEY. AGAIN THESE
ARE KEYS DISTANCE STATISTICS AS
TO WHY WE THINK THAT INITIAL
OPERATING SEGMENT MAKES SENSE IT
IS WHAT WE CAN DO ROUGHLY WHAT
THE FUNDING THAT WE ANTICIPATE.
HAVING IT WOULD BE A CORRIDOR
LENGTH OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED
MILES. WE WOULD BE A TREAT
ACHIEVING A HIGH SPEED. MAXIMUM
SPEED OF TWO HUNDRED TWENTY
MILES. A WEEK INCREASE RIDERSHIP
VERSES A NO BUILD ALTERNATIVE IN
THE VALLEY BY ABOUT FOUR POINT
EIGHT MILLION RIDERS. REVENUE
INCREASES WOULD BE ABOUT A
HUNDRED SEVENTEEN POINT TWO
MILLION DOLLARS. AND GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS IN
VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED WOULD BE
EXCEPTIONAL AND SO THESE ARE THE
REASONS THAT W ARE PROPOSING TO
GET THIS ON OUR OBJECTIVE AND
GOAL. IS TO GET THIS OPERATION
WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE. THANKS
WHAT. SO AGAIN THE FIRST PART OF
OUR WORK AS I SAID INCLUDES
COMPLETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
WORK STATEWIDE- GETTING THE WORK
DONE- IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
BEGAN OPERATING SEGMENT GOING-
AND ALSO IMPORT LEADS TO
COMPLETE OUR COMMITMENT TO
BOOKEND PROJECTS THOSE ARE THE
PROJECTS THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN
IN THE BAY AREA AND IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA IN THE BAY AREA WE'VE
ALREADY COMPLETED ONE OF THOSE
BOOK IN PROJECTS THAT IS THE-
EIGHTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FOR
THE TWENTY FIFTH AVENUE GRADE
SEPARATIONS YEAH MATTEO. WE ARE
FULL FUNDING PARTNERS ON THE
CALTRAIN ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT
BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN
JOSE SEVEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS IN LOS ANGELES
WE ARE WE'VE COMMITTED FOUR
HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE DOLLARS
BETWEEN CAP AND TRADE AND BOND
DOLLARS FOR REBUILDING AND
RECONSTRUCTING ELEMENTS OF THE
LA UNION STATION AND WE
COMMITTED NEARLY EIGHTY MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE ROSECRANS
MARQUARDT GRADE SEPARATION ONE
OF MOST DANGERS GREAT SEPARATE
CALIFORNIA THAT WE'RE NOW
FINDING THAT THE REPAIR ON THAT
CONSTRUCTION. IS UNDERWAY SOON
AND EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR IN TOTAL WERE
COMMITTING ONE POINT THREE
BILLION DOLLARS TO THOSE BOOK
AND PROJECTS AND THOSE PROJECTS
ARE VALUED AT THREE POINT THREE
GOING WHEN THEY ARE COMPLETE SO
THAT'S THE FIRST ELEMENT OF OUR
WORK THE SECOND ELEMENT OF THE
WORK THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE
BUSINESS PLANS REALLY REFLECTED
I MADE POSSIBLE. BY THIS LIGHT.
WHICH IS. UP THE- OF USING NEW
FEDERAL FUNDS. TO EXPAND OUR
WORK- THE TWENTY TWO BUSINESS
PLAN. WE'VE NOTED THAT- NEW
FEDERAL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION
DOLLARS ALLOW US TO ADVANCE THE
PROJECT. AND PROVIDE STATEWIDE
BENEFITS IN NEW WAYS. THE
COMBINATION OF THE ENACTMENT OF
THE IN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
AND JOBS ACT. WHICH PROVIDES
SOME SEVENTY TO SEVENTY FIVE
BILLION IN NEW FUNDING IN SIX
COMPETITIVE POTS. THOSE SIX POTS
ARE LISTED HERE- PLUS THE
GOVERNORS OF FOURTEEN POINT NINE
BILLION TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
PROPOSAL IN THE BUDGET ACT.
RIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
AUTHORITY TO DO A COUPLE OF KEY
THINGS ONE INSURE THE INITIAL
OPERATING SEGMENT IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY CAN START AS A TWO TRACK-SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF OUR BUDGET
CONSTRAINTS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT
IN OUR TWENTY TWENTY BUSINESS
PLAN INITIATING SERVICE IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WITH JUST A
SINGLE TRACK. BUT WITH FEDERAL
FUNDS ON THE TABLE WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY NOW TO PURSUE
FEDERAL FUNDS AND OPERATE AND
BUILD A TWO TRACKS CONCURRENTLY.
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND WE
INTEND TO PURSUE FUNDS. FOR THAT
PURPOSE. THE SECOND ISSUE IS TO
COMPLETE THE ADVANCED DESIGN
WORK FOR EVERY HIGH SPEED RAIL
SEGMENT. IN CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE
WHERE THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK IS
CLEAR. THIS WILL HELP US TO FIND
THE PROJECT FOR ALL SEGMENTS
BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND LA AND
ANAHEIM. REFINED COSTS IN
ADVANCE ALL PRE CONSTRUCTION
WORK STATEWIDE READING SEGMENTS
FOR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION FUND. SO
GETTING THE FURTHER DESIGN WORK
DONE WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEREVER
WE FINISH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DOCUMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
USE NEW STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS
TO ACHIEVE THAT IT'S ALSO
CONSISTENT WITH. REQUEST FROM
LEGISLATORS. TO ADVANCED DESIGN
WORK ON CERTAIN SEGMENTS AROUND
THE STATE SO WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO ADVANCING AT%
WORK. THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY WITH
NEW FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS. IS
THE FUN WHAT WE WOULD DESCRIBE
AS JOINT BENEFIT PROJECTS. ON
SHARED CORRIDORS WHERE LOCAL
TRANSIT PROVIDERS THE EARLY
BENEFITS. AND HIGH SPEED RAIL
WOULD SEE LONG TERM BENEFITS.
EXAMPLES OF THESE INCLUDE.
CLOSING THE FUNDING GAP YEAH THE
FUNDING GAP FOR THE CALTRAIN
ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT IN THE
BAY AREA. THAT'S ELECTRIFICATION
CORRIDOR WHERE- COMMUTERS IN THE
IN THE PENINSULA WOULD USE
CALTRAIN IN THE SHORT TERM
ELECTRIFIED CORRIDOR INSTEAD OF
DIESEL TRAINS AND THAT'S THE
SAME ELECTRIFIED QUARTER THAT
HIGH SPEED RAIL WOULD ULTIMATELY
USE PROVIDING SERVICE IN THE BAY
AREA. SIMILARLY FINDING A SINGLE
RAIL STATION IN MERCED THAT
WOULD BENEFIT NOT JUST HIGH
SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY BUT ALSO A
SERVICE THAT IS COMING TO MERCED
NOW UNDER FUNDING MADE AVAILABLE
BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND
THE SAN JOAQUIN SERVICE THE TWO
OF THOSE SERVICES ARE NOW
PROPOSED TO GO TO SEPARATE
STATIONS IN MERCED. THE CONCEPT
HERE IS BRIGHT BRING ALL
PROVIDERS INTO SINGLE STATION IN
MERCED THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A
JOINT BENEFIT PROJECT WORTHY OF
INVESTMENT AND IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WE WOULD IDENTIFY AT
LEAST. A SERIES OF GRADE
SEPARATIONS THAT IN THE SHORT
TERM CAN PROVIDE IMPROVED SAFETY
AND OPERATIONS FOR METROLINK IN
THE LONG TERM WOULD BE
NECESSARY. FOR THE KIND OF
SERVICE THAT WE BE PUTTING IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SO THERE ARE
EXAMPLES UP AND DOWN THE STATE
OF THESE JOINT BENEFIT WASH OUR
PROJECTS ON SHARED QUARTERS THAT
NEW FEDERAL AND STATE MONEY. TO
HELP US ACHIEVE AND WE. LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH PARTNERS
TO GET THAT DONE. WE ALSO WOULD
SAY THAT THIS IS AN OFFICE USE
OF TAXPAYER FUNDS. WITH BOTH
NEAR AND LONG TERM BENEFITS FOR
MULTIPLE TRANSIT AND RAIL
OPERATORS. THE BUILDING BLOCK
APPROACH THAT WE- IDENTIFY IN
THE IN THE BUSINESS PLAN.
RECOGNIZES THAT WE HAVE A
CONSTRAINED BUDGETS. WHILE
ALLOWING FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
ORACLE TO INITIATE INITIATING
OPERATING SERVICE BY TWENTY
THIRTY. IN ADVANCING OUR WORK
STATEWIDE BUT WE DON'T HAVE ALL
THE FUNDING TO BILL ALL WE WANT
TO BUILD BUT WE DO HAVE ENOUGH
FUNDING. TO GET THE INITIAL
OPERATING SEGMENT GOING IN THE
VALLEY AND THEN USING NEW FUNDS
AVAILABLE TO ADVANCE WORK
STATEWIDE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE
WILL WORK TO MAXIMIZE FEDERAL
FUNDS. FOR CALIFORNIA BY
AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING
COMPETITIVE GRANT AWARDS FROM
THE BINDING RESTRICTION WHICH IS
ALREADY SHOWING TREMENDOUS
SUPPORT FOR OUR PROJECT. R.
TWENTY TWO BUSINESS PLAN ALSO
UPDATES OUR COST ESTIMATES WHICH
THIS SLIDE. REPRESENTS THIS IS
BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED IN THIS IS
NEWS NETWORK. BECAUSE WE HAVE
ADVANCED OUR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK
FURTHER ACROSS THE STATE WE ARE
ABLE TO UPDATE COST ESTIMATES
FOR SECTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. WITH THAT
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK IS NOW
COMPLETE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROCESS PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY
. R. SORRY PROVIDES THE
AUTHORITY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES
REGULATORY AGENCIES AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY PROJECT
IMPACTS AND MITIGATE THOSE
IMPACTS OFTEN THROUGH CHANGING
PROJECT DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS
OR MAKING OTHER INVESTMENTS IN
AFFECTED COMMUNITIES. THESE
MITIGATIONS AND INVESTMENTS COME
AT A COST IN OUR TWENTY TWENTY
TWO BUSINESS PLAN UPDATES THOSE
COSTS WITH THE COMPLETION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK ON TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE
BAKERSFIELD TO PALMDALE AND
BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES. AS THE
AUTHORITY COMPLETES ADDITIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK WE WILL
CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE OUR COST
ESTIMATES ARE GOING FORWARD.
THIS YEAR THE OF THOUGHT I
SHOULD SAY TO END THIS SLIDE
REPRESENTS THAT. WELL I COST
ESTIMATES ABOUT ART THIS IS AN
EXPENSIVE PROJECT- STATEWIDE
PERSPECTIVE. THE MOBILITY
CAPACITY THAT WE GAIN THROUGH
THIS INVESTMENT. WE HAVE A RANGE
OF BETWEEN SEVENTY TWO BILLION A
HUNDRED FIVE GOING TO GET THIS
DONE WITH THE BASE COST ESTIMATE
EIGHTY EIGHT BILLION. AT THE
SIMILAR MOBILITY BENEFITS FROM
TRADITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN
EXPANDING HIGHWAYS IN EXPANDING
AIRPORTS IS ESTIMATED TO COST
DOUBLE FOR THE EQUIVALENT
CAPACITY BENEFITS OF HIGH SPEED
RAIL. AND I THINK THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT POINT IS WE TALK ABOUT
THE COST OF THIS PROJECT WE HAVE
THIS REVIEW BY CALTRANS AND THEY
HAVE AFFIRMED. OUR ANALYSIS OF
THIS AND THIS COST ESTIMATE- AS
I SAID EARLIER IS THE AUTHORITY
COMPLETES DISARMAMENT WORK WILL
CONTINUALLY UPDATE OUR COST
ESTIMATES. SO THIS YEAR THE
AUTHORITIES AGAINST TAKING ITS
REMAINING PROPOSITION ONE A.
FUNDS THAT JOB THAT WE STARTED
LAST YEAR WE ARE SEEKING FOUR
POINT TWO BILLION. DOLLAR BOND
APPROPRIATION FROM THE ALREADY
APPROVED- PROPOSITION ONE A.
BONDS- BECAUSE IT IS THE SINGLE
BEST USE FOR THE BOND FUNDS
APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. YEAH THE
SINGLE BEST USE OF THOSE FUNDS
IS TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION
WORK THAT WE NOW UNDERWAY IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. BOND FUNDS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REVIEWED AND
APPROVED FOR THIS PURPOSE. AND
IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO USE
THOSE FUNDS NOW. TO COMPLETE
CONSTRUCTION WHILE REQUIRED
MATCH DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE TO
BE BOND BILLS DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
MATCH. AND ALSO IF THE PAST IS
PROLOGUE USING BOND FUNDS LATER
FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE RISKS
LEGAL CHALLENGE. BUT WE HAVE
NEVER LOST A LEGAL CASE ON OUR
USE. OF BOND FUNDS BUT WE HAVE
BEEN CHALLENGED IN YOU KNOW HOW
WE USE THOSE AND AGAIN WE HAVE
NEVER LOST BUT WE'VE BEEN
SUBJECT TO EXPENSIVE LITIGATION.
WE THINK USING THE BOND FUNDS TO
COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. NOT BE MET WITH
ANY LITIGATION FINALLY THE
AUTHORITY SUBMITS THIS DRAFT
TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUSINESS PLAN
- BY THE LEGISLATURE IN THE
PUBLIC WITH OUR BEST ESTIMATE
WHERE THE PROJECT STANDS BASED
ON WHAT WE KNOW TODAY. WE WANT
OUR ESTIMATES TO BE DATA DRIVEN
WE WANTED TO REFLECT REALITY.
IT'S NOT YES. WHEN I TOOK THIS
JOB IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN I MOVED
OUR COST ESTIMATES. FROM
SPECIFIC DOLLAR ESTIMATES TO
RANGE. AND I DID THAT BECAUSE
INSUFFICIENT WORK HAD BEEN DONE
. TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL SPECIFIC
COST ESTIMATES WE ARE NOW
ADVANCING THAT WORK IN UPDATING
OUR ESTIMATES ACCORDING
ACCORDINGLY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO
DO THAT WITH EACH OF THE ANNUAL
REPORTS SPOTTED HEY AND GOING
FORWARD. WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THIS CHART
IS A CHART HERE THIS GRAPH. JUST
SHOWS WHERE WE ARE ON THE-
IMPLEMENTATION THE DRAFT TWENTY
TWO BUSINESS PLAN RELEASED ON
FEBRUARY EIGHTH WE HAD A BOARD
MEETING ON FEBRUARY SEVENTEENTH.
OF ANOTHER ONE WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT OPPORTUNITY ON MARCH
SEVENTEENTH. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE
SUBJECT TO LEGISLATIVE HEARINS
AT THE END OF THE SIXTY DAY
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THE
DRAFT PLAN IS APRIL ELEVENTH.
AND WILL WE NOW HAVE SCHEDULED
FOR APRIL TWENTY FIRST TWENTY
SECOND. TWO TO PROVIDE A FINAL
DIRECT ROUTE TO THE FINAL PLAN
USE LEGISLATURE BY MAY FIRST.
ONE ADVANTAGE MEMBERS HAPPY
QUESTIONS THANK YOU MR KELLY WE
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION I
BELIEVE THE PRESENTATION HAS
BEEN EMAILED TO MEMBERS I KNOW
WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT
BEFOREHAND BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD
AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE-
EACH OF THE COMMITTEES HAS THE%
PRESENTATION- IN THEIR INBOX.
THANK YOU- WITH THAT WE'LL OPEN
IT FOR QUESTIONS I BELIEVE I
WILL BEGIN I DON'T SEE ANY MAKE
MIKE'S ABOUT THIS TIME BUT- MR
TELL YOU. YOU'D DISCUSS A BIT
ABOUT- YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY
THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION
INFLATION HAPPENING WITH SUPPLY
CHAIN ISSUES AND- JUST
CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION- COST
OVERALL GOING UP- IT'S SPECIFIC
TO THE CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON. WHY IT WAS
NOT INCLUDED THE UPDATED COST
ESTIMATES FOR THE DRAFT PLAN
WERE NOT INCLUDED IT WAS ALSO
REFERENCED AND ELLIE OWES
REPORT- BUT WE'D LIKE TO DIG
INTO WHY THAT WAS NOT. FULLY
INCLUDED. WELL THE COST
ESTIMATES THAT WE PUT FORTH JUST
TEN MONTHS AGO ON THE TWENTY
TWENTY BUSINESS PLAN ARE THE
BEST COST ESTIMATES THAT WE HAVE
THE CENTRAL VALLEY. SEGMENT AT
THIS TIME. IT WASN'T UNTIL
DECEMBER JUST TWO MONTHS AGO.
THAT WE AUGMENTED OUR OWN
INTERNAL BUDGET. TO BE
CONSISTENT WITH THAT TWENTY
TWENTY BUSINESS PLAN BY ADDING.
ONE POINT THREE BILLION DOLLARS
TO OUR BUDGET TO. ADDRESS AND
WORK WITH THE- COST ISSUES UP.
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY WERE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION TODAY. WE ESTIMATED
WHAT. THE REMAINING. UP A CHANGE
ORDERS WOULD BE- AND WE PUT IN
PLACE A ONE POINT THREE BILLION
DOLLAR. AUGMENTATION WHICH WE
NOTED IN THE TWENTY TWENTY
BUSINESS PLAN. A TRIP TO- WORK
THROUGH THOSE ISSUES. AND WE DO
NOT CHANGING FURTHER HERE. THAT
SAID WE ARE STILL UNDERGOING. WE
ARE STILL IN COMMERCIAL SOLOMON
ISSUES WITH. A COUPLE OF THE
BUILDERS IN THE- CENTRAL VALLEY
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED
WHICH I DESCRIBED FOR. WHEN
YOU'VE ALREADY GOT INTO
CONSTRUCTION- BEFORE IT HAD ALL
OF THE PRECONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITIES DONE BEFORE THE
DESIGN WAS DEVELOPED FURTHER
ENOUGH- A LOT OF SCOPE CHANGES
CAME IN AFTER THEY OPENED. AFTER
THEYSTARTED CONSTRUCTION. DOES
GO CHANGES WE'RE STILL
FINALIZING PUTTING INTO THE
BUDGET LOOKING FORWARD. WE
ESTIMATED IN THE TWENTY TWENTY
BUSINESS PLAN WHAT THOSE WOULD
BE AND WE ARE WORKING UNDER THAT
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS STILL. SO
AGAIN WE GO FORWARD WITH A
CONTINUOUS MONITORING O THIS
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH
NEGOTIATIONS OUR EFFORT IS TO
STAY WITHIN. THE BUDGET THAT WE
IDENTIFIED IN THE TWENTY TWENTY
PLAN AND AUGMENTED INTERNALLY
JUST TWO MONTHS AGO- BUT AGAIN
AS IF AS WE SEE ANY CHANGES TO
THE ADDRESS FOR EXAMPLE ARE
TRACKING SYSTEMS BIDS COMING IN
JULY- WE WILL UPDATE FOR THE
RECORDING. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE
WORKINGHARD TO STAY WITHIN OUR
OUR CURRENT BUDGET EXPECTATIONS.
OKAY THANK YOU MISTER KELLY AND
WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE UPDATED
COSTS ARE REFLECTED WITHIN THE
PLAN AS IT MOVES FORWARD THE
BETTER I THINK- IS THAT THE
SENTIMENT THAT I'M GONNA. RELATE
SO WITH THAT WE'LL GO ON TO
SENATOR WHITE HOUSE SKI AND THEN
ON TO SENATOR DOLLY. BUT THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND
I'LL BE LOOKING TO. DRILL DOWN
ON THOSE SHARED COST FOR THE
COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR THE-
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND
JOB TAX BOOK MY QUESTION IS WE
KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
FORTY EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE-
ON THE I. I. J. A- AND NINE
POINT FIVE IS THAT IT'S BEEN
SORT OF. EARMARKED. TO IMPROVE
PUBLIC TRANSIT AND RAIL. WHAT
TYPE OF CONVERSE SO THE HIGHEST
RAIL- AUTHORITY OR DISCUSSION HE
HAD WITH OTHER PARTNERS. AS YOU
HAVE. THAT THERE MAY BE A
SHARING OF. OF DOOL BENEFITS FOR
SOME OF THIS IMPROVED PUBLIC
TRANSIT AND RAIL- ACT THAT SHE
DID WITH THE COMPETITIVE YOU
SORT OF HAVE IDEAS ON THE
COMPETITIVE GRANT. WELL I WOULD
JUST SAY THAT'S ON THE- WHAT WE
INTEND TO PLAY IS THE PLACES
THAT WE PLAYED FOR GRANTS IN THE
PAST WE JUST RECEIVED A- FEDERAL
GRANT ARRAYS GRANT IN NOVEMBER
OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE- AND THAT'S
ONE OF THE THAT'S ONE OF THE-
SIX A COMPETITIVE PARTS THIS. IS
NOT A TON OF MONEY WHEN I SEE A
TON OF MONEY THIS IS LIKE A
THIRTY YEAR FORTY YEAR INCREASE
IN FUNDING IN THESE PARTS THAT
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU KNOW.
DECADES WITH WITH WHAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JUST DID SO
GOING FORWARD I MEAN WE'VE HAVE
HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CALTRAIN
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN.
USE NEW FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDS
TO HELP THEM CLOSE THE FUNDING
GAP THAT GETTING THAT WORK DONE
IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST TO THEM
BUT ALSO TO US WE'VE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH WE ARE UNDER
WE ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
NOW. WITH SAN JOAQUIN'S THE CITY
OF MERCED ACE IN OTHERS ON- OF
FINALIZING THE STATION LOCATION
IN MERCED AND BRINGING TO BEAR
NEW STATE FEDERAL FUNDS TO HELP
FUND- THAT SINGLE LOCATION SO
TRAINS ARE NOT GOING TO TWO
SEPARATE STATIONS. THE PERSON WE
THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT WE TALKED
ABOUT THAT BUT I THINK THE IDEA
IS TO GET JOINT APPLICATIONS
GOING WHERE WE CAN USE- YOU KNOW
NEWS FUNDING LIKE THAT TO
PROVIDE IN SHORT TERM BENEFITS
FOR OTHER PROVIDERS LONG TERM
BENEFITS. FOR US WHEN WE'RE
THERE SO WE'VE HAD DIALOGUE. WE
THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR
THIS WITH METROLINK SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AROUND GRADE
SEPARATIONS FOR EXAMPLE BETWEEN
BURBANK AND ANAHEIM AND OF
COURSE ADVANCING DESIGN WORK
WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE US DURING DIFFERENT
SEGMENTS FROM THE STATE. AND WE
THINK WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF
SOME. NEW FEDERAL FUNDS STATE
DOLLARS WE CAN- IT DOES THAT
WORK AND SO IT'S A IT'S A
CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION A
PARTNERSHIP WE WANT TO HAVE AND
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT AS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. CLARIFIES
WHAT THEY WANNA SEE. THESE ARE
FOR THIS FUNDING GRANTS WE WILL
BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO-
BUT TO PUSH FORWARD THOSE KIND
OF APPLICATIONS FOR FUN. THE
MANAGER ONE OF THE MAJOR
FEATURES OF THE DRAFT PLAN IS
THIS IS SUCH A RANGE OF WHAT THE
COSTS ARE GOING TO BE WHICH IS
ALSO HELPFUL BECAUSE IT
DEPENDING ON. ON MONIES THAT
COME IN. LET'S PRETEND MAGICALLY
THAT THE AUTHORITY YOU WERE ABLE
TO RECEIVE. SAY SEVEN BILLION
DOLLARS FROM FUTURE ALLOCATIONS
FROM- GIGI R. F. LET'S SEE THAT
YOU WERE YOU GOT TO SECURE
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR FOR SEVEN YEARS
AND THAT WAS. A DIFFERENT
FORMULA SO THAT YOU HAD YOU
COULD DEPEND ON THAT IF YOU GO
ABOUT. COMPETING FOR THE FEDERAL
MONEY AND ALSO. LOOKING AT THE
COST PROJECTIONS. OF THE FIRST
SEGMENT. HOW WOULD THAT.
CERTAINTY ON THE CAP AND TRADE
MONEY CHANGE THE OPERATION
ORDERED THE- AGGRESSIVENESS OR
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON
THESE COST PROJECTIONS AND ALSO.
THE COMPLETING A USABLE SEGMENTS
. I THINK THE CERTAINTY OF
FUNDING WOULD PROBABLY HELP US
NAIL DOWN HOW WILL GET THE
INITIAL OPERATING SEGMENT GOING
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF INVESTMENT
NEEDED FOR COMPLETING THE WORK
TO THE BAY AREA OR COMPLETING
THE WORK AT THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. IS GONNA TAKE MORE
TIME IN A BIGGER AFTER- BUT WE
HAVE CITY BUT THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL
FOR BUILDING A BRAND NEW
GREENFIELD TRANSIT PROJECT. WHAT
WE DO IS WE TAKE THE MONEY THAT
WE EXPECT TO HAVE REASONABLY
EXPECT TO HAVE. THAT WE BUILD IN
BUILDING BLOCKS IN OUR BUILDING
BLOCKS ARE WORKING OFF OF THE
ASSETS WE HAVE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN THE VALLEY NOW
TURNING THEM INTO AN OPERATIONAL
USE IT'S VALUABLE- AND THEN
WORKING TO GET ALL THE PRE
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITYDONE
STATEWIDE. WE GET EACH SEGMENT
READY FOR FUNDING FOR
CONSTRUCTION OR AND SO I THINK I
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BY SAYING I
GUESS THERE'S TWO ELEMENTS ONE
IS EXACTLY HOW MUCH AND OVER
WHAT PERIOD OF TIME CAP AND
TRADE. YOU KNOW SPECIFICITY IS
GOOD BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP US IN
THE SHORT TERM BE MORE
DEFINITIVE ON EXACTLY HOW
QUICKLY WE CAN GET SOME THINGS
DONE. OVER THE LONGER TERM I
WOULD JUST SAY THIS IF THERE
WAS. A BOTTOM OR- FLOOR
COMMITMENT OF CAP AND TRADE
DOLLARS TO THIS PROJECT- AND FOR
EXAMPLE THE CONGRESS WHO IS NOW
CONTEMPLATING THE BUILD BACK
BETTER BUILT A COMPLETE THAT
WORK THIS YEAR. WE WOULD ALSO
CONSIDER HOW WE CAN MOVE TO
EXPANDING BE ON THE BALLOT INTO
THE BAY AREA OR INTO OTHER
PLACES BUT THE TO THE BAY AREA
PRIMARILY. BECAUSE THE BAY AREA
FOR EXAMPLE HAS IDENTIFIED
REGIONAL DOLLARS IN THE LONG
RANGE PLAN TO GET US TO THAT
REGION BUT WE COULD MATCH THAT
WITH MORE DEFINITIVE SENSE OF
ONGOING CAP AND TRADE DOLLARS WE
WOULD CONSIDER THAT- AND
PURSUING ADDITIONAL FEDERAL
FUNDS SO I GUESS I WOULD SAY.
MORE DEFINITIVE WE ARE ON THE
STATE'S ELEMENTS WORK STATE
PARTS OF OUR BUDGET THE MORE
AGGRESSIVE WE COULD BE. BROKE IN
COMPLETING BOTH. SHORT TERM AND
LONG TERM GOALS. THANK YOU
SENATOR WHITE HOUSE MR. US
SENATE DOLLY. THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS- THE GOOD TO
SEE YOU AS BRIAN WE THE LAST
COUPLE YEARS WE- I KNOW THAT YOU
TOOK AND THERE'S BEEN MANY
CHANGES IN YOUR POSITION- BUT I
WAS ONE OF REMINDED THE
COMMITTEE HERE. OF WHAT THE
VOTERS WERE- ASKED TO VOTE ON IT
IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHT IT WAS
THIRTY THREE BILLION DOLLARS FOR
PHASE ONE WHICH WAS FROM SAN
FRANCISCO TO LA. AND THE
COMPLETION DATE WAS- TWENTY
TWENTY. WE ARE TODAY- IN TWENTY
TWENTY TWO TALKING ABOUT- COST
INFLATION INSIDE I HAVE SOME
NUMBERS HERE WERE YOU KNOW
THIRTEEN YEARS AND COUNTING ON
FUNDING TO SIXTY TO EIGHTY
BILLION DOLLARS IN THE RED SINCE
CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN TWO
THOUSAND AND THIRTEEN. SO MY
QUESTIONS TO YOU IS THAT WHEN AN
ERROR SOME OF JUST THE OTHER
MAYBE YOU SHOULD NOW I'M SURE
YOU DO IT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
GOING THROUGH. YOUR PRESENTATION
WHICH I COULDN'T SEE FROM WHERE
I'M SITTING TODAY AND HAVE A-
NICE IF WE HAD THAT EMAIL TO US
BEFORE SO WE COULD ACTUALLY LOOK
AT THE PLAN. SKEWS ME. BUT SINCE
SINCE TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN YOU
HAVE NINE HUNDRED CHANGE ORDERS.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE
DIFFICULTY OF FOR SOMEONE WHO IS
LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT IS GOING TO BE SPENT- FOR
THE NEXT TEN YEARS WELL EIGHT
YEARS I GUESS TWENTY THIRTY IS
THAT IT IS THE GOAL TO FINISH-
PHASE ONE WHICH WILL BE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO TO ANAHEIM. SO CAN YOU
IN THE LAST YEAR YOU SUGGESTED
THAT M. IT MIGHT ONLY BE A ONE
LANE TRACK. FOR THE PHASE THAT
WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW SO
I'M I'M CONFUSED I KNOW THAT
THIS THIS IS A LOT OF GOOD
PAYING JOBS. NO DOUBT THAT-
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING
BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO GET IN THE IN THE
HOW MUCH CARBON WE'RE ACTUALLY
GONNA REDUCE- WHICH IS WHAT WAS
SOLD TO THE VOTERS THAT WE'RE
GONNA. TAKE CONGESTION OFF OF
OUR HIGHWAYS. I'M GONNA PUT
PEOPLE INTO A HIGH SPEED TRAIN
IS GONNA TRAVEL AT TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY. MILES AN HOUR WHICH IS
REALLY FAST. IN IN OR IS THAT
EVEN GOING TO BE DOABLE HOW ARE
WE GONNA BE ABLE TO TEST THIS
TRAIN THIS AREA WAS WHERE WE'RE
GONNA TEST THE SPEED. OF SOME OF
THOSE DETAILS I THINK ARE
LACKING. AND I'D LIKE YOU TO
ADDRESS THOSE WHO IF YOU COULD
PLEASE. SURE THE FIRST THING I
WOULD SAY IS YOU KNOW FIFTEEN
YEARS AGO BEFORE ANY WORK WAS
DONE ON THIS PROJECT. THERE WAS
AN ESTIMATE TO COMPLETE ALL OF
IT FOR FORTY FIVE BILLION AT THE
TIME. THIS WENT TO THE- THE
BALLOT IN THE- VOTER'S GIVE US
NINE BILLION DOLLARS. ON THIS-
THAT'S- YOU KNOW IT'S
UNFORTUNATE BUT IT'S ALSO
SOMETHING I'VE SEEN OTHER MEGA
PROJECTS YOU KNOW BEFORE. ANY
WORK WAS DONE ON REPLACING THE
BAY BRIDGE. THE ESTIMATE TO
REPLACE IT WAS ABOUT. A BILLION
A BILLION AND A HALF. IT ENDED
UP COSTING FIVE POINT SIX
BILLION TO GET IT DONE.
SIMILARLY THE MASSIVE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT ON THE
COST. ADDITIONALLY ESTIMATED THE
COST TWO POINT EIGHT BILLION
BEFORE ANY WORK IS DONE. ANY
DESIGN IS DONE ANY ENVIRONMENTAL
WORK IS DONE. TWO POINT EIGHT
THAT PROJECT. IS NOW COMPLETE
BOSTONIANS ARE HAPPY IT'S DONE
BUT IT COST TWENTY FOUR BILLION.
AND THAT IS MOSTLY THE FALLACY
OR THE PROBLEM. OF TRYING TO
ESTIMATE COSTS BEFORE YOU'VE
DONE ENOUGH WORK. AND I'LL JUST
SAY MR DALLY IN THE TIME THAT I
HAVE BEEN. ON THIS JOB I'VE BEEN
TRYING TO TURN AWAY. FROM THAT
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADVANCE
THE WORK LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
WORK. AND LIKE THE OTHER THINGS
WE'RE DOING SO THAT MY ESTIMATES
TO YOU. ARE CLEAR OR AT LEAST.
THEY ARE IS REALISTIC AS I CAN
MAKE THEM WITH WHAT I KNOW ON
THE WORK THAT'S DONE. SO IT'S
TRUE RIGHT NOW WE ARE COMPLETING
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS. AND
WHEN WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS
WE WORK WITH COMMUNITIES. AND
REGULATORY AGENCIES TO MINIMIZE
OUR IMPACT. AND IN DOING THAT IT
COSTS MONEY. AND SO WITH THE
COMPLETION OF THAT WORK I UPDATE
THE COST ESTIMATES. I MOVED
FROM- USING SPECIFIC RANGES. ARE
A SPECIFIC ESTIMATE TWO RANGES
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU
ALL THE PUBLIC. A FEEL OF WHAT
THIS LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE ARE SO
EARLY IN THE PROJECT ABOUT. AND
SO. WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS WE ARE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON A HUNDRED
NINETEEN MILES IN THE VALLEY. WE
DON'T THINK THAT IS THE IDEAL
OPERATING SECTOR AND SO WE WANT
TO EXPAND THAT- HUNDRED NINETY
MILES WHICH IS NOW BETWEEN
MADERA AND AN ORCHARD. AND
INSTEADEXPANDED EXPANDED.
EXPANDED TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO
MILES BETWEEN THE CITIES OF
MERCED FRESNO AND BAKERSFIELD
GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN EACH OF
US. WERE ESTIMATING THAT OUR
BUDGET BETWEEN NOW AND TWENTY
THIRTY. SHOULD GIVE US ENOUGH.
TO AT LEAST BUILD THE SINGLE
TRACK TO START THE SERVICE
HOWEVER. WITH NEW FEDERAL MONEY
MADE AVAILABLE WE ARE IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE F.
ALREADY. ABOUT APPLYING TO MAKE
SURE WE CAN DOUBLE TRACK THAT
IMMEDIATELY. AND SO OUR INITIAL
PROPOSAL IS TO. GET OUT THE NINE
BILLION DOLLAR BOND THAT VOTERS
GAVE US WE TURNED INTO A TWENTY
FIVE BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. WE
NOW WANT TO APPLY THAT TO GET
THE FIRST OPERATING RUN GOING IN
THE BATTLE. OF THE POWER POINT
THAT. I PROVIDED AND WHAT'S IN
OUR BUSINESS PLAN WHICH I THINK
EVERY OFFICE HAS RECEIVED. DOES
GO THROUGH THE BENEFITS OF THAT
INITIAL OPERATING SEGMENT. AND
THEN WE WANT TO ADVANCE THE WORK
WE CAN'T STATEWIDE RECOGNIZE
THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME. AND
MONEY TO COMPLETE THOSE
ADDITIONAL SEGMENTS. AND THEN I
THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE
MORE WE ADVANCE TO WORK ON THOSE
WHILE WE'RE GETTING AN
OPPORTUNITY SEGMENT GOING
WITHOUT THE VALLEY. THE BETTER
CHANCE WE CAN'T ARE THE BETTER
CHANCE OF HIS ALTERNATELY. GET
THAT FUNDING IN PLACE IN IN
DEVELOPED THE SYSTEM SO. IT'S A
BUILDING BLOCK APPROACH USE THE
FUNDING WE HAVE TO GET AN-
INITIAL OPERATING SEGMENT GOING
IN THE VALLEY. WHERE
CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY. AND
THEN EXPAND OUTSIDE OF THAT AS
WE COMPLETE THE PRECONSTRUCTION
WORK BUT ONE THING I WILL SAY TO
YOU. ABOUT SOMETHING YOU
MENTION. I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE
I DO NOT WANT TO REPEAT. DO NOT
WANT TO REPEAT THIS PROCESS. OF
CHANGE ORDERS AND JUST TO BE
CLEAR. THE CHANGE ORDERS WE ARE
SEEING IN THE VALLEY ARE
PRIMARILY BECAUSE- A LOT OF
SCOPE AND CHANGES OCCURRED
BETWEEN TWENTY FIFTEEN. AND
TWENTY EIGHTEEN AFTER CONTRACTS
WERE LET. BECAUSE NOT NOT ENOUGH
SUFFICIENT PRE CONSTRUCTION WORK
WAS DONE. NOT ENOUGH DESIGN WAS
DONE NOT ENOUGH RIGHT AWAY WAS
PURCHASED NOT ENOUGH SCOPE WHICH
TERM. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED AFTER
THE FACT AND I GET TO BE THE GUY
HERE THE CLEAN THAT ALL UP. AND
SO WE'RE CLEANING THAT UP. WE'RE
MOVING FORWARD ON THIS AND
IMPORTANTLY WE'RE COMMITTED TO
NOT MAKING THOSE MISTAKES GOING
FORWARD. AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE
PROPOSING TO DO ADVANCED DESIGN
WORK NOW. SO WE DO NOT RUN INTO
THE PROBLEM OF NOT KNOWING
ENOUGH LATER. AND THAT'S THE BIG
LESSON LEARNED FOR US AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO. I REALLY
APPRECIATE- YOUR COMMENTS AND I
KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME- WE- HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO- HAVE SOME
DIALOGUE. YOU ARE NEW ON THE
JOB. AND THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
THE PAST PRACTICES THAT- PUT YOU
IN THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN
RIGHT NOW AND SO I WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT I. I WANT TO SAY THAT I
APPRECIATE- YOUR COMMENTS BUT I
WOULD I WANT TO SHARE. YOU KNOW.
THE LEGISLATURE. IS RESPONSIBLE.
OUR OUR JOB IS TO. MAKE SURE
THAT TAXPAYERS MONEY GETS SPENT
PROPERLY AND THAT'S WHAT THE
VOTERS- REQUESTED GETS DONE. AND
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE- IN THE
TWENTY FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN
ELECTED THERE'S MORE MONEY BEEN
DUMPED INTO OUR SYSTEM FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE
LEVEL THAN I'VE EVER SEEN
BEFORE. AND WHEN WE'RE SEEING
BUT AT THE END OF THE DATE A LOT
OF THAT MONEY HAS TO BE PAID
BACK AND THAT'S THAT'S OUR
CHILDREN'S FUTURE ON THE
BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO
DARK CARS WHETHER IT'S AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL OR TO THE STATE
LEVEL. AND SO. I'VE BEEN
CRITICAL OF THIS PROJECT IF IT
AT THE AT THE AT THE ONSET WERE
TALKING ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE OFF
OF OUR CARS IN INTO ELECTRIC
TRAINS TO. REDUCE CARBON. AND
YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS. IN
CALIFORNIA LOT OF IT EXECUTIVE
ORDERS AND THE LIKE THAT ARE
TRYING TO MOVE US AWAY FROM A
CARBON BASED ECONOMY. WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW PUTTING
EVERYBODY ELECTRIC CAR BY TWO
TWENTY THIRTY FIVE WHICH- THEN.
WHY WOULD WE NEED TO TRAIN IF
THAT'S IF THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO
PUT EVERYBODY ELECTRIC CAR WE
DON'T NEED MORE REDUCED CARBON
SO- MY GOOD FRIEND- FROM. THE
BAY AREA TALKED ABOUT WELL
THAT'S JUST CONGESTION RELIEF SO
AT THE END OF THE DAY I GUESS
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT
YOU KNOW OUR JOB IS TO MAKE
SURE. THAT- WE HAVE. A CARBON.
NEUTRAL SOCIETY AND WE MOVE
PEOPLE IN A- IN A- DEFINITION
WAY AND- AT THE COST. OF WHAT
FOR THE FUTURE SO- FOR ME IT'S
MORE ABOUT. OUR HOW MUCH IS
GOING TO COST OVER THE LONG HAUL
SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE GOOD
DECISIONS. AT HE SAME TIME
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST
DUMPING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD.
AND NOT END UP WITH A PROJECT
IT'S GOING TO WORK. THANK YOU
SENATOR DOLLY. WE'RE GONNA MOVE
ON TO- TO OTHER SENATOR THREE
OTHER SENATORS THAT HAVE
QUESTIONS- SENATOR SPECTER.
THANK YOU- I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY HERE TODAY HER EFFORTS
TO BRING ADDITIONAL DILIGENCE
AND TRANSPARENCY TO THIS- BUT
YOU KNOW AS LEGISLATE TORS AND
IT WAS ON A BUSINESS BEFORE YOU
CAN HOPE FOR THE BEST BUT
PREPARE FOR THE WORST SO THERE'S
A LOT OF HOPE FOR. FEDERAL MONEY
. TO FILL IN. THE GAPS OF
FUNDING JUST FOR THE INITIAL-
BAKERS FEEL TO MERCED A LINE
THROUGH THEM WHAT IS GONNA
HAPPEN IF THAT MONEY DOESN'
COME THROUGH AND WHEN WILL YOU
KNOW WHAT IS THERE A DATE BY
WHICH WE WILL KNOW. FOR CERTAIN
WHAT FEDERAL MONEY WE'RE GETTING
OR NOT- THERE'S A PROCESS FOR
PLANNING FOR THOSE FUNDS THAT WE
ARE UP. KIND OF WAITING OR
WORKING WITH THE F. R. A. N.
USDOT TO LAY OUT WHEN THEY WANT
TO DO THE NOTICE OF AVAILABLE
FINDINGS THE KIND OF PROJECTS
THEY WANT TO FIND DIFFERENT POTS
HAVE DOLLARS FOR DIFFERENT
PURPOSES. OUR INTENTION IS TO
PURSUE FEDERAL FUNDS SO WE CAN
DOUBLE TRACK THE STRETCH BETWEEN
PERCENT OF BAKERSFIELD
IMMEDIATELY- IF WE FAILED IN
THAT EFFORT WE WOULD PROBABLY.
TRY TO START OUT WITH THE SINGLE
TRACK WHICH IS NOT UNLIKE FOR
EXAMPLE WITH BRIGHT MINDS DOING.
WITH THEIR INITIAL OPERATING
SEGMENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
SO IT'S NOT THE SINGLE TRACK IS
AN OPTION THAT WE WOULD DO WITH
THE BUDGET CONSTRAINT. ROACH AND
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT
I SUPPOSE BUT OUR INTENTION AND
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO. IS WORK
WITH THE F. R. A. SO WE CAN DO
TO TRACKS BUT WITH THE INITIAL
SEGMENT PRIMER SAID THE PACKERS
FROM OUR FALL BACK IS TO. IS TO
DO IT TO A SINGLE TRACK AND
AGAIN YOU KNOW SOME OF THE COST
ISSUES OF THESE- THIS IS WHY
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR PITCH IN
PLACE. ON WHAT THE TRACKING
SYSTEMS ESTIMATES WILL BE
SWITCHING CORPORATE DOES KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED
TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. TO PURSUE THOSE
FUNDS. BUT IS THERE A DATE WHERE
WE CAN ALL RECONVENE AND WILL
KNOW AND BE ABLE TO REASSESS
ONCE WE KNOW WHICH FEDERAL FUNDS
WERE GONNA GET THE INTERNET I
THINK. WELL I THINK THERE'S A
COUPLE OF THINGS AGAIN SOME OF
THEM WERE WAITING FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PUT UP THE
NOTICE I THINK THERE IS AN
INTENTION FROM USDOT TO DO. A
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING IN TWENTY
TWENTY TWO- SO CERTAINLY WE WILL
BE WE WILL ANNOUNCE WORK WITH
POLICY MAKERS OF WHAT WORKS FINE
FOR WHY- AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO
SEE YOU KNOW. HOW THAT COMES IN
THE OTHER THING WE'LL KNOW MORE
ABOUT IS- ON OUR CURRENT
SCHEDULE WILL BE STEPPED THE
BIDS FOR THE TRACKING SYSTEM
WORK. FOR NOT JUST THE ONE
NINETEEN BUT THE ONE SEVENTY
TWO- ESTABLISHED. IN JULY. OF
THIS YEAR. SHORTLY AFTER IT'S
GOING TO YOU KNOW SOME THE
THINGS WE- HOLDING OFF ON LITTLE
BIT. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT. WHERE WE
ARE IN THE BOND APPROPRIATION
FROM THE LEGISLATURE OR WHETHER
OR NOT. THE LEGISLATURE WANTS TO
CHANGE GO. ON SOME OF THE WORK-
WE- RECEIVE SOME INDICATIONS
THAT. MEMBERS WANT US TO. SOME
MEMBERS WANT US TO USE MONEY TO
DO DIFFERENT THINGS SO WE HAVE
TO ASSESS THAT. BUT I'M HOPEFUL
THAT ALL OF THAT WILL BE CLEAR
LATER THIS. LATER THIS SUMMER AS
WE WORK THROUGH THIS BUDGET. AND
I THINK WE'LL KNOW MORE WITH
WHERE WE STAND WITH THE FEDERAL
DOLLARS ONCE THE NO FUN. AND NO
CLOTHES COME OUT. FOR AVAILABLE
FEDERAL FUNDING. GREAT MY LAST
QUESTION SHE SAID IN JULY YOU'LL
KNOW ABOUT. THAT HAVE A QUERY ON
BIDS FOR THE SINGLE TRACK AND
THE DOUBLE YEAH FOR THE YES. YES
OKAY GREAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SENATOR BAKER WILL MOVE ON TO
SENATOR NEWMAN. NINE THANK YOU
MEASURE AND MISS KELLY THANK YOU
FOR BEING A DAY WHEN I WANT TO
BUILD ON TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
COMING TONIGHT I DO APPRECIATE-
YOU KNOW I THINK YOU CAN INFER
FROM EARLIER- CONVERSATION DID
YOU CLEARLY WOULD HAVE DONE
THINGS DIFFERENTLY HAD YOU BEEN
IN PLACE SOONER- AND I HAVE.
LOTS OF SYMPATHY FOR THE
POSITION YOU KNOW HE STARTED IN-
AND APPRECIATE YOUR
FORTHRIGHTNESS TODAY. RIGHT YOU
KNOW I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND
I'D LOVE SOME THEIR CONTACTS MY
COLLEAGUE **** YOU KNOW WHEN WE
THINK OF THIS AS A MEGA PROJECT.
ALONG THE LINES OF THE BAY
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT THE BIG DIG
IN BOSTON FOR THE MOST RELEVANT
EXAMPLE TODAY IS THE SILVER LINE
EXPANSION- IN DC. YOU KNOW WHERE
A SMALL DELTA BY PERCENTAGE IS A
BIG NUMBER YOU KNOW IN ABSOLUTE
TERMS SO HOW SHOULD WE THINK
ABOUT THIS VISION MOVING
FORWARD- BYE YOU KNOW THIS IS
UNPRECEDENTED. IT IS HAVE A HUGE
SCALE- YOU DON'T APPRECIATE YOUR
EFFORTS BUT LIKE WE NEED TO
THINK ABOUT THIS SMARTLY. OVER A
LONGER- TRAJECTORY IN ORDER NOT
TO LOSE SIGHT ON A ON A- DAILY
BASIS APPRECIATED CONCERTS. I
THINK ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT
GOING FORWARD IS THAT WE ARE WE
ARE WORKING COLLECTIVELY ON.
WHAT SEGMENTS WE CAN
REALISTICALLY GET I MEAN LOOK
ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS OF WHAT
I DO IS COME BEFORE. YOU ALL
EACH YEAR AND HAVE TO DEFEND THE
FACT THAT I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO
GET TO LA. WHERE I DON'T HAVE
MONEY TO GET TO SAN FRANCISCO
YEAH I WISH I DID. IF I DID I
COULD DO IT SOONER. BUT BUT I
DON'T- I HAVE THE BUDGET THAT
WE'VE BEEN GIVEN. AND WITH THAT-
I'M EAGER TO PRODUCE RESULTS AND
I'M MINDFUL THAT WERE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN THE VALLEY RIGHT
NOW AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT. THAT WE PUT THOSE
ASSETS TO USE WE DO NOT WANT TO
BUILD A BUNCH OF ASSETS AND HAVE
THEM SIT THERE. AND SO WHAT I
WANT TO DO IS AND I THINK YOU
KNOW GOVERNOR NEWSOM WAS CORRECT
IN TWENTY NINETEEN WHEN HE SAID.
YOU KNOW WE OUGHT TO EXTEND THAT
HUNDRED NINETY MILES INTO THE
CITIES IN THE VALLEY. BECAUSE
THAT IS THE BEST RIDERSHIP
ELEMENT IN THE VALLEY AS OPPOSED
TO THAT THAT HUNDRED NINETY MILE
SEGMENT THAT THE FEDERAL DOLLARS
INITIALLY HELP US BUILD. IS NOT
VERY IDEAL OPERATING SEGMENTS. A
BETTER OPERATING SEGMENT IS INTO
THE DOWNTOWN. DOWNTOWN WERE SAID
DOWNTOWN FRESNO'S. DOWNTOWN
BAKERSFIELD. WE HAVE ROUGHLY YOU
KNOW BASED ON OUR ESTIMATES
TODAY. ANOTHER BUDGET TO ADVANCE
THAT AND TRY TO GET A COMPLETE
IN THE NEXT DECADE. BUT WE WILL
WANT TO WORK WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS TO MAXIMIZE THAT. AND
MAKE SURE WE CAN DO IT WITH A
DOUBLE TRACK INSTEAD OF A SINGLE
TRACK. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO
BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT. IS
THAT WE ARE LAYING OUT. WORKING
WITH YOU ALL TO LAY OUT THESE
REALISTIC. BUILDING BLOCKS. TO
GET BUILDING BLOCKS. DONE AND
THEN FIGURE OUT HOW WE MOVE PAST
IT BECAUSE I'LL BE THE FIRST TO
TELL YOU. NOT PRETTY SEGMENT
FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY TO THE
BAY AREA FROM A WRITER'S
PERSPECTIVE. IS THIS IS A TOTAL
GAME CHANGER COMPARED TO WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO. IN MERCED
THE BAKERS. THAT THE LATTER
OTHER PERFORMERS ABOUT FIFTEEN
MILLION RIDERS A YEAR. THE
LATTER IS ABOUT FIVE MILLION
RIDERS. SO I WOULD MUCH RATHER
GET GET TO THE FORMER BUT AGAIN
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE I THINK
WHAT'S IMPORTANT. IS TO TRY OUT
TRY TO LAY OUT REALISTIC
ESTIMATES- AND THEN LAY OUT A
STRATEGY WITH THE REVENUE. HE IS
GOING TO BE A PATIENT BUILDING
BLOCK KIND OF APPROACH AGAIN I
JUST BY WAY OF REFERENCE AGAIN
MY EXPERIENCE MOSTLY WHEN I WAS
IN THE SENATE. WORKING FOR
LEADERS FROM THE BAY AREA. IT IS
NUMBER THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK IN
THE IN THE BAY PROTECTING THE
BAY BRIDGE IN NINETEEN EIGHTY
NINE. THAT NEW BRIDGE WAS OPENED
IN TWENTY THIRTEEN- AND IT TOOK
THREE DIFFERENT FUNDING CYCLES
IN THE LEGISLATURE. I HAD TO GET
IT TO GET IT DONE. BUT TODAY
WE'RE ALL HAPPY IT'S DONE I'M
SURE I BELIEVE THAT'S A VERY
SAFE BRIDGE AND IT'S A
STATICALLY BEAUTIFUL. BUT IT
TOOK A LONG TIME AND- AND STEADY
WORK TO GET IT ALL DONE. AND I
GUESS YOU'RE THE ONLY OTHER
THING I'D SAY WHICH WHICH IS
SOMETHING I'VE- WORKED ON SINCE
I'VE BEEN HERE AND LOOK NOT
PERFECTLY I'M FIRST TO TELL YOU
THAT. BUT I TRIED TO USE RANGES
BECAUSE I HE AND OUR COST
ESTIMATES BECAUSE I WANTED TO
GET TO. WANTED EVERYBODY TO GET
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
FACT THAT UNTIL YOU DO MORE
WORK. SPECIFIC DOLLAR SIGN COST
ESTIMATES ARE TOUGH. AND SO-
RANGES HELP US. YOU KNOW
DESCRIBE WHERE WE ARE BASED ON
HOW MUCH WORK WE'VE DONE. AND
THEN AS WE DO MORE WORK THOSE
RANGES SHOULD ULTIMATELY NARROW
ULTIMATELY. THE RIGHT NOW THE
STAGE ONE IS WE'RE SAYING WE'RE
COMPLETING ENVIRONMENTAL WORK.
AND THERE'S ADDITIONAL COST
PRESSURES ECAUSE OF THAT. BUT I
WANT TO GET ALL THAT WORK DONE
SO WE'RE VERY CLEAR. ON WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE AND THEN AS WE GO
FORWARD. WE CAN START TO VALUE
ENGINEERING AND OTHER THINGS. TO
TRY TO STREAMLINE OUR FINALS
COSTAS. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING
TO G. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
ANSWER I APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT
SO TO SORT OF FOLLOW UP NEXT
WEEK. YOU KNOW TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS QUESTION I THINK WE ALL
SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT. HIM
POTENTIALLY STRANDING ASSETS. SO
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CENTRAL
VALLEY SEGMENT- AND YOU'VE SORT
OF FRAGRANT OPERATIONAL USE
THAT'S VALUABLE HOW SHOULD WE-
COLLECTIVELY AND TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THAT THE TIME WAS JUST
SUCH THAT MOST OF US WILL BE
GONE. RIGHT SO IT'S SO IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT BUILD A
NARRATIVE THAT EXTEND PAST YOU
KNOW YOUR TYPICAL CHAIRS TERM
LIMIT YOUR DO YOU KNOW THE
LEGISLATIVE- TRANSITION IS GOING
TO BE. SUBSTANTIAL TIME SO
COLLECTIVELY HOW TO THINK ABOUT
THAT CENTRAL VALLEY SEGMENT AS
IS BEING ABLE TO SPECIALLY ONCE
IT'S OPERATIONAL. IN TERMS OF
THE VALUE- YOU KNOW TAKING
ACCOUNT THAT IT IS A STEPPING
STONE TO THE NEXT. THE IMPORTANT
PHASES PROJECTS. THERE'S A
VALUE. I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN
SEVERAL WAYS ONE THERE'S
INCREDIBLE VALUE WITH THE
OPERATING BENEFITS YOU KNOW
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRANSIT.
OPTIONS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AT
THIS TIME- THIS. PROPOSAL WOULD.
INCREASE RIDERSHIP BASED ON OUR
PEER REVIEWED ESTIMATES BY.
ABOUT FIVE MILLION RIDERS. A
YEAR VERSUS TODAY'S STATUS QUO.
BUT YOU WOULD HAVE CONNECTING
SERVICES AT A CHEAP SINGLE
STATION GOING TO SACRAMENTO AND
THE BAY AREA. WE WOULD HAVE
EXPANDED BUS SERVICES AT A
BIGGER SCHOOL GOING SOUTH. TO
LOS ANGELES WE WOULD REDUCE THE
TRAVEL TIME. IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY BY ABOUT A HUNDRED
MINUTES. BUT WE WOULD INCREASE
THE FREQUENCIES OF HOW MANY
TRAINS CAN RUN DOWN THERE. FROM
A MAXIMUM OF EIGHTY PER DAY TO
ABOUT SIXTEEN OR EIGHTEEN PER
DAY. AND SO. IT IS A
TRANSFORMATIONAL EFFORT. IN A
PLACE WHERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP OPTIONS TODAY.
AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE
ELECTRIFYING EVERY VEHICLE- AS
AN OPTION ALSO IT'S GOING TO
LEAD TO IS FOR THE CONGESTION ON
OUR HIGHWAYS- I THINK. THE WAY I
THINK ABOUT THIS IN. AT LEAST
HOW I APPROACH THIS IS. WHAT ARE
WE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS IN
THIS ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE. AND
TO ME IT'S LIKE THERE ARE THREE
THINGS YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE
WITH THE DOLLARS SPENT. WE'RE
TRYING TO INVENT THE CANONIC
DEVELOPMENT- TRYING TO IMPROVE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE
ENVIRONMENT. FOR EACH OF THESE
INVESTMENTS. AND YOU TRY TO
IMPROVE MOBILITY IN WAYS THAT WE
COULD NOT DO BEFORE AND THE
THING ABOUT ELECTRIFYING HIGH
SPEED RAIL. IT REDUCES TRAVEL
TIME SO SIGNIFICANTLY. THAT IT
IS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE
RIDING TRANSIT. AND I THINK THE
ALTERNATIVE OF INVESTING IN
STATUS QUO TRANSIT OR RAIL WE'LL
GIVE YOU STATUS QUO WRITERS. BUT
I THINK THE IDEA OF GIVING
SOMEBODY AN OPTION. TO RIDE AN
ELECTRIFIED HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO
CUT TRAVEL TIMES FOR EXAMPLE
BETWEEN THE BAY AREA IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY FROM FOUR HOURS
DRIVING OVER FOUR AND A HALF TO
FIVE HOURS BY TRAIN TO AN HOUR
AND TWENTY MINUTES. FOR REDUCING
A HUNDRED MINUTES ON THE TRAVEL
TIME CENTRAL VALLEY TODAY OR
PRODUCING A THIRTEEN HOUR TRAIN
RIDE TODAY TO A THREE HOUR TRAIN
RIDE IN FUTURE. IT'S GONNA TAKE
TIME TO GET THERE. BUT WE WERE
IN THIS BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE
IS REAL. THERE ARE THINGS WE'RE
TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THE
INVESTMENTS WE MAKE AN
ELECTRIFIED RAIL SYSTEM THAT
GOES FAST AND IS POWERED BY
RENEWABLE POWER IS THE RIGHT
KIND OF INVESTMENT FOR THE
FUTURE OF THE STATE. I'M NOT
GONNA GET IT ALL DONE TODAY BUT
I'M NOT HERE. TO DO THIS FOR ME
. I'M HERE TO DO THIS FOR THE
NEXT GENERATION. AND I THINK
THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD ALL
THINK ABOUT THIS. I WISH I HAD
EVERY DOLLAR IN HAND SO I CAN
GET IT ALL DONE B. I CANNOT.
LIKE WHAT CALTRAIN IS DOING IN
THE BAY AREA TODAY IN
CONSTRUCTION. ON ELECTRIFYING
MOVING AWAY FROM DIESEL TRAINS.
INTO ELECTRIFIED TRAINS. THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON A
GRAND SCALE. AND GIVE
CALIFORNIANS AND- MOBILITY
OPTION. THAT DOES NOT RELY ON
CONGESTED AIRPORTS TRYING TO
EXPAND. OR CONGESTED CONGESTED
HIGHWAYS. ARE TRYING TO EXPAND.
AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
PROPOSING UNITS. IT DOES TAKE
PATIENCE AND I KNOW THAT'S
TOUGH. IN A POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT PARTICULARLY TERM
LIMITS. BUT ULTIMATELY. WE'RE
TRYING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE DO
THINGS IN A GENERATION. THAT'S
GONNA TAKE TIME. AND WE'RE
COMMITTED THANK YOU MISTER KELLY
IN A WORD WE'VE GOT TWO OTHER
SENATOR NEWMAN DID YOU HAVE AN I
DON'T KNOW JUST SEARCH. THANK
YOU AMBER HUNTER THANK YOU MISS
KELLY AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE
YOUR COMITMENT TO STAY ON THIS
PROJECT TO LET'S. FINALLY
COMPLETE. IN TWENTY FIFTY SIX
WHATEVER IT COULD TO SEE FLIGHT
THANK YOU MISS. WE'RE GONNA MOVE
ON TO SENATOR CORTESE AND THEN
ON TO SENATOR RICHARD RUSSELL.
THE SIGNATURE. THANK YOU- MISTER
KELLY FOR BEING HERE ONCE AGAIN
AND- BRINGING US UP TO DATE- AND
OF THE SAME FROM THE GET GO YOU
KNOW DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE- THE BAY AREA ALIGNMENT-
DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS
AND VOTES THAT HAPPEN ON A
REGIONAL LEVEL- MANY YEARS AGO.
OF WHICH I WAS INVOLVED WITH
I'VE BEEN A- SUPPORTER OF THE
PROJECT. SO I JUST HAVE THREE
QUESTIONS- ONE I MEAN OBVIOUSLY
COST. DIFFERENTIAL TODAY VERSUS
YESTERDAY- IS ANNOYING TO PEOPLE
BUT- TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE HAS THERE
BEEN ANYTHING. NEFARIOUS OR ANY
KIND OF DEFAULT CATION OR ANY
KIND OF- GOOD QUESTIONABLE
BIDDING EVEN ON ON THEIR EARLY
WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE I WANT TO
REALLY ASKING IS ARE THE
TAXPAYERS STILL GETTING. A
DOLLAR VALUE- TODAY FOR THE
DOLLAR THAT THEY'RE PAYING. WELL
I SHOWED A CHART EARLIER THAN
THAT SHOWN YOU KNOW EVEN IF THIS
IS GONNA COST EIGHTY OR NINETY
OR A HUNDRED BILLION. TO GET
THIS DONE STATEWIDE. VERSUS THE
COST OF EXPANDING HIGHWAYS AND
AIRPORTS AND STILL OF VALUE. AND
IT'S STILL LESS THAN THOSE
THINGS WILL COST AND SO TO ME
IT'S STILL THE RIGHT KIND OF
INVESTMENT. FOR OUR
TRANSPORTATION FUTURE AND
THEREFORE A VALUE. I I'VE TRIED
IN THE PAST TESTIMONIES IN IF I
FAILED THAT FAILURE IS MINE. BUT
I HAVE TRIED TO DESCRIBE. YOU
KNOW. WHAT IT IS OR OR WHY WE'VE
HAD THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAD
FIRST AGAIN A COST ESTIMATE
BEFORE ANY WORK IS DONE BEFORE
ANYTHING IS DESIGNED FOR ANY
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS ARE
CLEAR IS IT ANY MAKE A PROJECT.
BUT NOT GOING TO BE ACCURATE WE
SEE THAT AND MAKE A PROJECTS ALL
OVER THE WORLD- SO ONE YOU KNOW
YOU GOT IT BEYONCE WORK BEFORE
ESTIMATES YOU HAVE TO PLAN. FOR
ESTIMATES ARE KNOWN I WOULD JUST
SAY THE OTHER THING I JUST SAY
IS THIS. THE KEY LESSON LEARNED
FOR ME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. IS
AND IT'S JUST EVIDENT- FOR GOOD
REASONS THE AUTHORITY RECEIVED A
LOT OF FEDERAL MONEY IN A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME AND THEY HAD
TOUGH FEDERAL DEADLINES TO SPEND
AND SO THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY WHAT I
WOULD CALL AT RISK WHICH MEANT
THEY STARTED IT BEFORE ALL THE
DESIGNS WERE FURTHER ENOUGH
BEFORE ALL THE SCOPE WAS
COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD AND FOR
THE RIGHT AWAY IT WAS A- TODAY.
I'M LIVING WITH THAT LEGACY BUT
WE ARE TURNING THE TIDE. OR
RIGHT AWAY IS 90% COMPLETE. OUR
DESIGNS ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT-
NEARING A 100% COMPLETE AND WILL
BE A 100% COMPLETE. THIS
QUARTER- AND- WE ARE NOW GETTING
ALL OF THIS GO INTO THAT. INTO
THOSE THAT WORK IN THE VALLEY SO
THAT WE CAN TURN PASS IT. AND
MOVE FORWARD AND THEN
IMPORTANTLY. WHAT WE ARE DOING
GOING FORWARD IS MAKING SURE
THAT MISTAKE. IS NOT MADE TO GET
IN THE WAY WE DO THAT. IS BY.
THE CHRONICALLY AND WITH
DISCIPLINE. GOING THROUGH OUR
PROCUREMENT PROCESS GOING
QUARTER BY STARTING WITH THE
PANTS DESIGN. SO WE CAN. WE CAN
IDENTIFY RIGHT AWAY WE CAN
IDENTIFY UTILITIES TO BE MOVED
WE CAN TALK ABOUT. THIRD PARTY
AGREEMENTS WE HAVE TO ENTER
INTO. AND THEN WE GET THATWORK%
DONE BEFORE WE ENTER A NEW
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. AND
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO GOING FORWARD SO THAT THE
MISTAKES OF THE PAST ARE NOT
REPEATED. RIGHT I PRECIADO THE
SCOPING CHANGE AS WE TALK ABOUT
THOSE. I ASKED A QUESTION
MYSELF- ABOUT THE CHANGE IN. A
STATION LOCATIONS AND SO FORTH
BUT THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY OWNER.
ARE REQUIRED CHANGES- BETWEEN US
THE STATE OF CALIORNIA. AS
OPPOSED TO. SOMETHING NEFARIOUS
GOING ON WITH THE BIDDING
PROCESS- SOME KIND OF CORRUPTION
GOING ON WITH THE BIDDING
PROCESS. I'M JUST ASKING YOU
STRAIGHT UP. YOU KNOW HAS ALL OF
THAT. I'VE BEEN SOUND YOUR
RESPECTIVE OF SCOPING CHANGES
EARLY STARTS- HI. IT IS A WORK
THAT'S BEEN DONE BEEN DELIVERED.
YOU KNOW ON A ON A DOLLAR. FOR
DOLLAR VALUE TO THE TAXPAYERS AT
THIS POINT. YOU KNOW I ASSUME
IT'S ALL BEEN COMPETITIVELY BID
OR PROP YES WELL CARL SARGEANT
YET DOESN'T REALLY ASKING. OF
COURSE THE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION
BIDS WENT THROUGH A COMPETITIVE
PROCESS. I THINK THE IMPORTANT
THING IS I SAID IS THAT TOO MANY
THINGS CHANGED AFTER. BUT NOT
ENOUGH THINGS WERE DONE PRIOR TO
GETTING TO CONSTRUCTION AND THAT
THAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM
AND THAT. IS THE CLEAN UP THAT'S
IN PLACE NOW THAT WE'RE
ADVANCING NOW. IS YOU GOT IT YOU
GOT TO DEFINE THE PROJECT GET
YOUR SCHEDULE SCOPE IN PLACE AND
THEN YOU MOVE FORWARD AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT IS.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO NOT REPEAT
GOING FORWARD IS THAT THAT OUT
OF SEQUENCE WORK THAT OCCURRED.
FOR HI. AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE
FACT. THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO
ASSUME THAT THE BIDDING PROCESS
FOR THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO
DATE HAS BEEN- ON THE UP AND UP
AND YOU HAVEN'T FOUND PROBLEMS
WITH THAT OTHER THAN- THE
CHANGE. CHANGES GO FROM TIME TO
TIME. THAT MEANS THE CORTESE
JUST JUST TO GIVE YOU ONE JUST
TO CLARIFY ONE ONE ONE POINT ON
THAT. IT IS CERTAINLY BEEN ON
THE UP AND UP AND CERTAINLY GONE
THROUGH ALL OF THE PUBLIC
CONTRACT CODE- THE ISSUES AT
HAND AND BUT I GUESS I WOULD
JUST SAY THIS. I'M NOT SURE I
WOULD DO THE SAME PROCUREMENT
METHODS GOING FORWARD AS WE DID.
IN THE PAST EITHER THERE'S
DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROCURE LARGE
MEGA PROJECTS AND- YOU KNOW
THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO
PROCURE THOSE. DESIGNED BUILT
DESIGN BUILD AND I THINK SOME OF
THOSE DETERMINATIONS WE MIGHT DO
DIFFERENTLY GOING FORWARD AS
WELL. IT JUST DIDN'T. THANK YOU
TO THE CHAIR. THIS I'M A
COMBINED THE TWO OTHER QUESTIONS
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME BECAUSE
I THINK THEY GO TOGETHER ANYWAY.
HAVE THERE BEEN LOCAL. ECONOMIC
STUDIES DONE IN THESE- ON THE
CBS PORTION HERE- THE- BILL
WOULD HELP. UP WITH THESE
QUESTIONS I THINK SO MY
COLLEAGUES ARE ASKING TO BE VERY
GOOD AT LEAST THE WAY I HEAR
THEM AS- WELL WHAT IS. WHAT IS
THE MESSAGE THAT WE SHOULD BE
DELIVERING IN TERMS OF. OF
VALUE- EXTENDED VALUE- IN A SORT
OF A CASCADING VALUE OF THE
PROJECT THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT TO
THE PROJECT. IN AND I DON'T KNOW
THAT THAT SOME OF THESE LOCALES
BUT I DON'T REPRESENT THEM I'VE
DONE BUSINESS AND SOME OF THEM I
DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE
CAPACITY. TO BRING FOLKS IN TO
EXTRAPOLATE WITH THE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS CAN BE IN THOSE AREAS
AND SECONDLY COMBINED WITH THAT-
I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY
IS I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IF THEY
EXIST AND IF THEY DON'T EXIST I
THINK THEY SHOULD BE THOSE KIND
OF STUDY SHOULD BE DONE. BUT BUT
BUT TO COMBINE THAT WITH.
ESSENTIALLY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS
OF THE OF THE PROJECT ITSELF. IS
THERE ANYTHING IN THIS BUDGET I
DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE LA-
REPORTER ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO DELIVER THE
MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE GIVEN TO US
TODAY. THE POSITIVE MESSAGE
ABOUT WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL
BRING. TO THE FORTY MILLION
PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA- I THINK- THERE'S
BEEN A BIG EFFORT OVER TIME. TO
SELL LOCAL REGIONAL AND STATE
OFFICIALS ON ON THE PROJECT. BUT
I'M NOT SURE SURE MY
CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND. OF THE
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT
THE SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS OF
THE PROJECT THE WORKFORCE
BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT- THE
EFFICIENCIES IN THE PROJECT OVER
TIME- AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THEIR
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. AND
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S
ANY PLANS TO DO THAT IN THE
FUTURE. I APPRECIATE THAT
QUESTION I WOULD JUST SAY A
COUPLE OF THINGS- ONE IS EVERY
JANUARY WE PUT OUT AN ECONOMIC
IMPACT. ASSESSMENT OF THIS
PROJECT. AND IT DOES INCLUDE A
REGION BY REGION ESTIMATES
INCLUDING. NOT JUST WHEN WE'RE
IN CONSTRUCTION AND SEE
EMPLOYMENT. OBVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS THERE I MEAN BUT THE
BEST THING WE'VE DONE WITH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS.
CHANGING LIVES FOR THOUSANDS OF
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE
WORKING ON THIS JOB. AND SO WE
TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT WE HAVE
VIDEOS WE MAKE AVAILABLE ON THAT
WORK INTERVIEW THOSE. WORKERS WE
PUT OUT THIS REPORT EVERY
JANUARY. I'LL MAKE SURE COPY
GETS TO YOUR OFFICE IMMEDIATELY.
ON THE GREENHOUSE GAS AND
SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS THIS
PROJECT AGAIN WE PUT OUT AN
ANNUAL REPORT ON THAT. WE TALK
ABOUT IT AND USE THE PRESS TO-
TALK ABOUT THAT REPORT. AND I
TRY EVERY TIME I PUT OUT A
BUSINESS PLAN TO TALK ABOUT WHY
ARE WE DOING THIS. AND AGAIN BUT
TODAY FOR THE MONEY WE'VE
INVESTED WE CREATED SOME SEVENTY
THOUSAND JOBS. AS WE EXPAND FROM
MERCED TO BAKERSFIELD THAT GOES
UP TO. OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
JOBS- AND THE GREENHOUSE GAS
BENEFITS FROM OPERATING UP.
ELECTRIFIED TRAIN SYSTEM BASED
ON RENEWABLE POWER. SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF IN HIS- YOU KNOW MILLIONS
OF METRIC TONS OF REDUCED.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. SO WE
DO TRY TO PUT THAT INFORMATION
OUT. WE TALK ABOUT MILESTONES
EVERY TIME WE REACH THEM IN NEW
NEW JOB NUMBERS- AND. AND AGAIN
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOUR OFFICE
BUT CERTAINLY HAS THAT DAY. THE
WORLD MARK AT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT WE- WE SHOULD BE SAYING
THAT ARE TRUE. ABOUT ABOUT THIS
PROJECT. THANK YOU IN THE
MANAGER OAKLEY JUST WITH THE
COMMENT I DON'T NEED A RESPONSE
FROM IT I JUST WANNA SAY AS- AS
ONE. SENATOR I WOULD CERTAINLY
SUPPORT. ENOUGH FUNDING- ON A
MORE RETAIL BASIS- TO PUT A FACE
ON THIS PROJECT WITH THE
CONSTITUENTS THAT WE REPRESENT
A- I BELIEVE- I'VE HEARD. FROM
YOU FROM FROM PEOPLE LIKE ROD
BEARD ON IN MY OWN COUNTY WHO-
WHO. WHO COULD SELL AN AUDIENCE
OF FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE ON A
PROJECT. YOU KNOW IN A THIRTY
MINUTE SPEECH. BUT IT'S FIVE
HUNDRED PEOPLE- IF IT LEAVES OUT
THE OTHER TWO MILLION IN MY
COUNTY AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW WE GET TO THOSE FOLKS.
IN AND LET HIM KNOW- GIVEN
ENOUGH INFORMATION SO THEY CAN
MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION ABOUT.
WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO WITH
THIS PROJECT ANYWAY I'LL
CONCLUDE THEIR INTERESTS THANK
YOU SENATOR AND PROTECT THE AND
THEN WE DO HAVE A PANEL- OUR-
FINAL PANEL WILL BE WITH
REGIONAL PARTNERS SO WE CAN.
CERTAINLY REIGNITE THAT QUESTION
FOR THEM AS WELL THANK YOU MR
KELLY. I MOVE ON TO SENATOR
TORONTO AND THEN WE'LL-
CONCLUDED SENATOR NEWMAN. THANK
YOU I THANK YOU MR KELLY GOOD TO
SEE YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE AS
SHORT AS POSSIBLE. FACTUALLY
WITHOUT IT AND- I KNOW DIFFERENT
TERM. FOR THESE SAY. IN LINES.
THE ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN MILE
PORTION OF IT. HOW MUCH MONEY DO
YOU HAVE. AND WHAT IS THE YOU
KNOW THAT THE AND THAT IS THAT
GOING TO PAY FOR THE HUNDRED
NINETEEN AND THE SAME QUESTION
FOR THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
ONE. AND I THINK I KNOW THE
ANSWER FOR THE FULL PHASE ONE.
BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST JUST THE
NUMBERS AND THE DATE WHICH YOU
HAVE IN HAND WHAT YOU'RE RELYING
ON AND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE. I
GUESS AND THEN I HAVE A SECOND
QUESTION SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY
MILE SEGMENT WE HAVE. A PLENTY
OF BUDGET TO COVER THAT OUR- OUR
CONSTRUCTION COSTS DIRECTLY
CONSTRUCTION ONLY COSTS ON THAT.
IS ESTIMATED ABOUT TEN POINT
THREE BILLION STRICTLY FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKING AGAIN- WE
HAVE WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT
NOW AND WE ARE DEDICATING FUNDS
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. OUR
TRACKING SYSTEMS ESTIMATE RIGHT
NOW IS TWO POINT THREE BILLION
AND THE ULTIMATE ESTIMATES AT
THE- WORK FROM MERCED TO
BAKERSFIELD IS A RANGE BETWEEN
AGAIN DEPENDING ON WHETHER
YOU'RE DOING A SINGLE OR A
DOUBLE TRACK BETWEEN FOUR OR SIX
BILLION MORE ALL OF THAT
TOGETHER BETWEEN NOW AND TWENTY
THIRTY. WITH THE ESTIMATED COST
OF ALL OF THAT COMPLETING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK. AND
FINISHING UP WORK AND PROJECTS.
IS BETWEEN TWENTY TWO AND TWENTY
FOUR BILLION DOLLARS AND WE HAVE
AN ESTIMATED BUDGET OF BETWEEN
TWENTY THREE AND TWENTY FIVE
BILLION. AT GEORGIA TECH FOR
THAT SAME STRETCH NOW WE HAVE
RISKS ON WHETHER CAP AND TRADE
STAYS TRUE WE HAVE THE END BUT
THAT IS ROUGHLY WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW ON. ON THE BUDGET SO
THE ISSUE FOR US IS REALLY
BUDGET BE ON THE BALLOT- I THINK
WE HAVE SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS TO
GET THROUGH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE IN THE VALLEY- WE WILL
KNOW MORE AS THE TRACKING SYSTEM
BIDS COME IN WE WILL UPDATE.
WHEN THOSE DO COME IN- AND WE'RE
GONNA WORK THROUGH OUR- THE
COMMERCIAL ISSUES WE HAVE ABOUT
RIGHT NOW- IN SO WE WILL FINISH
WORKING THROUGH THOSE WE WILL
UPDATE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE AN
ESTIMATE OF REVENUE THAT EXCEEDS
OUR COST ISSUES BOTH FOUR
HUNDRED NINETY AND A HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY TWO. MILE EXTENSION
ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO USE
FEDERAL FUNDS AND PURSUE FEDERAL
FUNDS. SURE SURE WE CAN DO A
DOUBLE TRACK- IN THE VALLEY AND
THAT'S AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY
IT'S ABOUT. WHAT WE DO ON THE-
ON THE SEGMENTS BE ON THE
BALLOT. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE
WE WANNA USE STATE AND FEDERAL
MONEY TO DO MORE WORK IN
ADVANCING. IN MOST PLACES OKAY
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT TWENTY
THREE BILLION ARM. IN ARM THAT
YOU NEED TO FINISH THEM ALL THE
WAY THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO
MILES. YOU'RE A 100% YOU KNOW
100% CONFIDENT THAT MONEY IS.
YOU HAVE A SOUL WELL NOT REALIGN
ITS NOT RELYING I GUESS I'M
TRYING TO GET TO IT'S NOT
RELYING ON. COMPETING FOR A
GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OR SOMETHING I JUST
WANT TO. KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING
WITH YEAH THE DRUGS ARE BRIDGING
THE CLOUD TELL YOU WHAT THE RISK
IS. THE RISK THERE IS WHETHER
THE CAP AND TRADE STAYS STABLE.
BECAUSE OUR ONLY ONGOING SOURCE
OF FUNDING IS CAPTURING. AND SO
WE HAVE A BOND DOLLARS THAT
WILL. BE A COMPLETE WE'RE ONLY
COUNTING OUR EXISTING FEDERAL
DOLLARS IN THAT BUDGET NOT NEW
ONES ONLY WHAT WE HAVE TODAY-
THE CURRENT BOND. DOLLARS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE TO THIS PROJECT.
AND OUR CABIN TREE ASKED ME
BETWEEN NOW AND TWENTY. SO ON
THE REVENUE SIDE. OUR RISK IS
WHETHER CAPTAIN TRAITS THEY
STAY- AND IF IT DOES WE- WE
THINK WE CAN. HELP WITH THE WORK
WE HAVE. ON THE COST SIDE THE
RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN. AS WE SEE
THINGS LIKE THE BIDS COME IN FOR
TRACKING SYSTEMS- AND AS WE
COMPLETE- FINISH COMPLETING ALL
OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND-
EXTENDED DESIGN WORK IN THE
MERCED BIGGEST WHICH WE WILL
UPDATE. AS WE HAVE OUR ESTIMATES
TODAY WE BELIEVE WE HAVE
SUFFICIENT FUNDING. TO GET THAT
INITIAL OPERATING SEGMENT GOING
BY THE END OF THE DECADE. THAT'S
OUR GOAL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
PURSUING. SHOULD THINGS CHANGE
EITHER ON THE COST OF REVENUE
SIDE WE UPDATE THAT TO THE
LEGISLATURE YOUR- AND SO THAT
DOES NOT. RELY ON GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS. ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT
BOND DOLLARS ARE REPAID BY THE
GENERAL FUND OKAY YOUR EXISTING
BOND DOLLARS GREAT THANK YOU
AND- THE SECOND ISN'T IN IF YOU
COULD DO THIS YOU CAN DO THIS
OFFLINE AND- GET IT TO ME AND
ANOTHER- FORM BUT- WE TALK A LOT
AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY AND
CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
JOBS. THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED I
WOULD LIKE TO- ASK YOU TO LOOK
AT THE NON CONSTRUCTION JOBS
CREATED BY THIS PROJECT OUR JOBS
LIKE MANUFACTURING THE TRAINS IN
THE DEMO TRAINS MAINTENANCE OF
THE EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS AND
SERVICES- AND FRANKLY TO MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE JOBS ARE ARE
CARRIED OUT WITH QUALITY WAGES
AND BENEFITS MUCH THE SAME WAY
THAT THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS HAVE
BEEN DOING AND THE SECOND PART
OF THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT
THERE'S EQUITY IN THE PIPELINE.
IN RECRUITMENT AND
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM SO AGAIN
YOU CAN DO THAT SEPARATELY BUT-
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS MUCH
AS THE CONSTRUCTION WORK AS WELL
THANK YOU GET BACK TO YOUR
OFFICE THANK YOU SENATOR TORONTO
CENTERED IN THE MONTH. THANK YOU
THANK YOU MISTER KELLY FOR THAT
PRESENTATION I WANT TO KNOW THAT
I AM FAIRLY NEW TO THIS
TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION CONVERSATION- BUT
AS I LISTENED TO THIS
PRESENTATION AND HEARD- ABOUT TO
US SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAD
WITH THE TIMING THE SCOPE- THE
SEQUENCE SEEN IN THE CHANGE
ORDERS- I THINK A LOT ABOUT MY
DISTRICT AND WHAT THIS PROJECT
MEANS OR DOES NOT MEAN TO MY
DISTRICT AND SO I'M HOPING THAT
YOU CAN HELP ME. OUT WITH
CONSTITUENTS- IN VENTURA SANTA
BARBARA SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
THAT WILL NOT HAVE IMMEDIATE
ACCESS TO THIS PROJECT I
UNDERSTAND- THE CONTINUED
BENEFIT TO- WHEN THEY SEE THAT
THERE ARE ISSUES TRANSPORTATION
ISSUES- AND ROADWAY ISSUES AND
BLOCKAGE ON THEIR HIGHWAYS AND
ROADWAYS- THAT ARE NOT BEING
ADDRESSED BUT WE'RE HAVING
THESE. CONVERSE SO I BELIEVE
THAT MY DISTRICT AND I HAVE BEEN
VERY SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE WE
UNDERSTAND THE GREATER GOOD OF
THIS PROJECT FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA- BUT I WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE MORE EVIDENCE AND MORE
SUPPORT. SO I CAN HELP MY
DISTRICT- FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT
BEING SCREWED. HOW DO YOU
RESPOND TO THAT AND HOW DO YOU
HELP US AS LEGISLATORS- GET GO
BACK TO OUR DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE
EVIDENCE. THAT THIS IS STILL ON
THE RIGHT TRACK AND THAT THIS
STILL MAKES SENSE I LOOK AROUND
THE ROOM AND LOOK AT THE SIZE.
OF THE OF THE DISTRICTS AND
COUNTIES OF SOME OF MY-
COLLEAGUES THAT ARE HERE- AND
THEY'RE A BIT DIFFERENT TO THE
DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES THAT I
REPRESENT AND THAT MY DISTRICTS-
ARE MORE RURAL- THERE ON THE
COAST- THE ARE NOT AS POPULATED.
SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME I WOULD
LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AS
WELL. I APPRECIATE THAT I'D SAY
A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD ONE IS. YOU KNOW
EVEN WITH THE NEW FEDERAL
LARGESSE OF FINDING YOUR- I
THINK IT'S WORTH. REMINDING
FOLKS THAT. YOU KNOW THE NEW
FEDERAL LAW OVER THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS THE INFRASTRUCTURE
DOLLARS. PROVIDES ABOUT FIVE
HUNDRED SEVENTY ONE BILLION
DOLLARS OVER THAT. OVER THAT
PERIOD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
WAS WELL BEYOND. A RAIL AND
TRANSIT AND VERY MUCH BEYOND
HIGH SPEED RAIL. SO THERE ARE A
AND B. THE WORK DONE ON SP ONE.
FROM TWENTY SEVEN TO TWENTY
SEVENTEEN BY THIS LEGISLATURE.
AND THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.
YOU KNOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE NONE
OF THE SP ONE DOLLARS ARE GOING
WITH THIS PROJECT NOT. AND
THAT'S FIVE BILLION A YEAR OVER
THE NEXT TEN. I MEAN THAT'S FIVE
BILLION A YEAR IN PERPETUITY.
NONE OF THOSE ARE GOING TO THIS
PROJECT. OF THE FIVE HUNDRED
SEVENTY ONE BILLION OF. FEDERAL
FUNDS WE'VEIDENTIFIED ABOUT
SEVENTY WE CAN COMPETE FOR- SO.
YOU KNOW WE ARE NOT TAKING
DOLLARS FROM OTHER. PROJECTS WE
ARE DOING IS COMPETING. IN THE
PLACES WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE. A MORE EFFICIENT
CLEANER UP FASTER AND BETTER
PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEM IN
AMERICA. IN CALIFORNIA. AND SO
WE'RE GOING TO COMPETE THERE THE
BENEFITS OF SOME OF THE REGIONS
THAT ARE NOT. IN THE DIRECT LINE
OF THE SERVICE THOUGH. ARE
THINGS LIKE PEOPLE TRAVELING
FROM NORTHERN TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WITHOUT. GOING ON
HIGHWAY ONE OH ONE FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT BECAUSE THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A PASS. THE
CLEAN TRYING. TO DO IT- SO I
THINK. YOU KNOW I THINK THAT'S
AN EXAMPLE OF A BENEFIT. THAT
WILL ADHERE TO EVERYBODY THE
OTHER THING IS THE- EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FROM OUR WORK
YOU'RE NOT JUST FROM THE
CONSTRUCTION. BUT AS A SENATOR
RAZA POINTED OUT FROM OTHER
ELEMENTS OF THIS PROJECT. WILL
EMPLOY PEOPLE NOT JUST WHERE THE
SYSTEM IS GOING BUT IN. ALL
DISTRICTS UP AND DOWN THE STATE.
AND SO. YOU KNOW. THERE'S A LOT
OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS
AVAILABLE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT
KIND OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
MY VIEW AFTER DOING
TRANSPORTATION POLICY IN THE
STATE. FOR TWENTY SEVEN YEARS.
IN ADVANCING A PRO LIKE THIS AND
TELL. IS A RIGHT THING FOR OUR
FUTURE. AND IT WILL HAVE. NOT
JUST TO THE PLACES WHERE WE'RE
GOING. BUT ANCILLARY BENEFITS
BOTH ECONOMIC. AND MOBILITY BY
REDUCING SOME OF THE CONGESTION
THAT YOU SEE OPEN DOWN THE STATE
HIGHWAYS. BY OFFERING A GOOD
SOUND FAST ALTERNATIVE FOR
PEOPLE TO GET AROUND. AND SO I
THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS AND THEN AGAIN. THE JOB
CREATION AS WE ADVANCE A PROJECT
OF THIS MAGNITUDE. WILL BE FELT
ALL UP AND DOWN THE STATE IT IS
TODAY. GREAT THANK YOU MR
CALLING THANK YOU SENATOR NUMAN
WE HAVE ACTUALLY ONE MORE
QUESTION FROM SENATOR ARCHULETA
I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING ON.
OVERTIME HERE BUT SENATOR TO LET
US LEAVE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
MISTER KELLY THANK YOUR
PRESENTATION OUTSTANDING. YOU'VE
INFORMED ME QUITE A BIT- MY
CONSTITUENTS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. YOU KNOW THE
QUESTIONS KEEP COMING THE
PERCEPTION IS. MONEY THROWING
OUT MONEY THROWN OUT THAT IS THE
PERCEPTION- QUESTIONS THAT I'VE
HEARD WHY DID WE START IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WORK UP
NORTH. OR EVEN STARTED THE NORTH
IN WORK ALL THE WAY DOWN AND WHY
THE CENTER. GOING IN- NORTH AND
SOUTH- ENDED PLEASE WALK US
THROUGH. WHAT THAT PROCESS WAS
THERE. THE PERCEPTION OF THE
ENORMOUS COST IN THE REVENUES
THAT WILL BE RECEIVED OVER.
ABOUT IBM BEYOND MY LIFETIME
THAT I GUESS TO PAY IT BACK. AND
FINALLY. IT IS- IF YOU KNOW
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOU KNOW THE
GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA YOU
KNOW THE CONGESTION. AND HOW IS
THIS GOING TO HELP US OVER THE
NEXT FIVE OR TEN YEARS. MR
CALIBER CAN JUST BE A LITTLE
CONCISE ON OUR ANSWERS SO WE
CAN- I. APOLOGIZE BUT I KNOW
WE'RE RUNNING IN TIME HERE AND
WE'VE GOT TWO OTHER PANELISTS SO
THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION BY
SENATOR ARCH ALETTA MISTER
KELLY. I WOULD JUST SAY THIS
THERE THERE'S A LOT IN THAT
QUESTION- BUT I WOULD JUST SAY
LOOK I THINK. YOU KNOW IN A LOT
ULTIMATELY AN ELECTRIFIED HIGH
SPEED RAIL SYSTEM CONNECTING. LA
AND SAN FRANCISCO REDUCING THE
TRAVEL TIME TO RECORD THREE
HOURS. FROM WHAT IT TAKES TO GET
THERE BY TRAIN TODAY OR BY CARD
TODAY. IS A GAME CHANGER FOR THE
FUTURE OF THE STATE. I THINK
BRINGING IN AN ELECTRIFIED TRAIN
THAT IS INTER REGIONAL
CONNECTING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THE CENTRAL VALLEY. AND THE BAY
AREA. AND THE CONNECTIVITY
POSSIBILITIES WITH IT WITH
PROVIDERS LIKE CALTRAIN. AND
METROLINK IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WILL INCREASE RIDERSHIP ON THEIR
SYSTEMS. WILL INCREASE RIDERSHIP
ON THEIR SYSTEMS. BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE GETTING INTO. THOSE REGIONS
ON TRANSIT RAIL. IN THEY WILL
GET A- ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL
RAIL THAT IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN ALL
OVER THE WORLD- AND SO- I WOULD
JUST SAY THAT THAT'S PRIMARILY
THE BENEFIT AND AGAIN AS WE
ADVANCE THIS PROJECT. THE
UPWARDS OF SEVEN HUNDRED
THOUSAND JOBS WILL BE CREATED AS
WE ADVANCE THIS- BEYOND IN
TOWARD THE SYMPTOMS GOING AWAY
REGIONS. THOSE JOBS ARE UP AND
DOWN THE STATE EVERYWHERE. SO I
THINK FROM AN ECONOMIC
PERSPECTIVE FROM A MOBILITY
PERSPECTIVE. AND FROM A-
ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE I
STILL BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT.
PROJECT AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S
EXPENSIVE WILL TAKE TIME TO GET
DONE. I STILL THINK IT'S A VALUE
COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL
INVESTING. ONCE AGAIN WHY START
THE CENTER IN ROUND ONE AND THE
OTHER. AGAIN THAT'S YOU KNOW
THAT'S A DECISION MADE NOW
FIFTEEN YEARS SIXTEEN. FIFTEEN
YEARS AGO BUT PRIMARILY IT WAS
GUIDED MOSTLY BY. THE WORD OF
FEDERAL DOLLARS- THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR
FOUR DIFFERENT GRANTS SEGMENTS.
THAT WOULD HAVE A STARTED WORK
IN DIFFERENT PLACES THE ONE THAT
WAS AWARDED WAS THE WORK TO
START IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY BY
THE- FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AT
THAT TIME. AND SO THAT'S WHERE
WE BEGAN I JUST SAY THE UPSIDE
OF THAT. IS THAT IT WAS AN
EXTREMELY DISADVANTAGED PLAYED
PART OF THE CALIFORNIA WITHOUT A
LOT OF. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
THIS PROJECT HAS LIFTED A LOT OF
LIVES THERE BY DOING THAT WORK-
BUT YOU KNOW BUT A BUT THE OTHER
PART OF THAT IS. WE'RE WE'RE
WE'RE BUILDING A PROJECT THAT
HAS TO GROW OUT OF THAT CENTER.
YEAH AND THEN THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT THE GREATEST WRITER SHE
GAMES ALTERNATELY WILL BE WHEN
WE'RE IN MORE URBAN AREAS. BUT
IT STARTED THERE FOR THOSE
REASONS. THANK YOU FOR SCALING
MANAGER THANK YOU THANK SENATOR
ARCHULETA MISTER KELLY THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION IT
WAS A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN
BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE.
ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS AND WE
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND BEING
HERE ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU THANK
YOU THANK YOU RATES WILL NOW
MOVE ON- MEMBERS TO OUR SECOND
PANEL THAT WAS A GREAT ROUND OF
QUESTIONS OUR SECOND PANEL ON
FISCAL AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS WE
FIRST HAVE. MISS HELEN KIRSTEIN
FROM- THE PRINCIPAL FISCAL AND
POLICY ANALYST AT THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE AS
WELL AS MR LOU THOMPSON CHAIR OF
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PEER REVIEW
GROUP WE'LL START. WITH MS-
KIRSTEIN FIRST. GOOD MORNING.
NUMBERS NINETY IS TELLING. WITH
LEGISLATE ANALYST'S OFFICE WE
PREPARE TO HAND OUT TO
ACCOMPANY- REMARKS YOU SHOULD
HAVE A COPY OF THAT HAND OUT
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR
WEBSITE AND I BELIEVE IT'S ALSO
ON THE COMMITTEE'S WEBSITE. IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME I KNOW AND
THERE. WERE ALREADY KIND OF WELL
INTO THE HEARING I'M GONNA START
ON PAGE THIRTEEN WHICH SOME AND
I'M GONNA SUMMARIES FOR KEY
ISSUES THAT WE PRAISE FOR
LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATION. ON
BOTH AS THE LEGISLATURE
CONSIDERS THIS BUSINESS PLAN AS
WELL AS THE PROPOSITION ONE A.
PREPARATION IT'S BEFORE IT. DID
NOT CONCLUDE BY HIGHLIGHTING
SOME KEY DECISIONS THAT WE THINK
ARE FACING THE LEGISLATURE. SO
THE FIRST ISSUE FOR LEGISLATIVE
CONSIDERATION I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT. ON SINCE WE LAST
PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE LAST
YEAR IS THAT THE AUTHORITY HAS
ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT. THAT
WE THINK COMPLICATES LEGISLATIVE
CHOICES ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF
THIS PROJECT. THIS SPECIFICALLY
IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR THE
AUTHORITY ENTERED INTO A REVISED
GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AS PART OF THE
SETTLEMENT. OF FY TEN FEDERAL
GRANT LITIGATION. SO UNLIKE PAST
AGREEMENTS WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THIS AGREEMENT
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED THE
ELECTOR FOR. THE ELECTORAL.
ELECTRIFICATION EXCUSE ME. OF
THE CENTRAL VALLEY SEGMENT AND
THAT'S AT ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN
MILE SEGMENT BETWEEN A DEER AND
CHAPTER THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
AND OTHER DIFFERENT NAMES FOR
IT. I'M MICHELLE CONSTRUCTION
SEGMENT AND ABOUT A SEGMENT.
HUNDRED NINETEEN MILES. I'M AT
THE TASK THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED
WITH GRANT FUNDS. SO THIS
BASICALLY COMMITS THE STATE TO
A- TWO ELECTRIFYING THAT
STATEMENT UNLESS IT'S ABLE TO
RENEGOTIATE THIS GRANT AGREEMENT
OR POTENTIALLY PUT THOSE FUNDS
AT RISK. AND WE KNOW THAT UNLESS
IT'S CONNECTED TO A LARGER
SYSTEM WE DON'T THINK IT MAKES A
LOT OF SENSE JUST HAVE AN
ELECTRIFIED. ONE HUNDRED
NINETEEN MILE SEGMENT. BASICALLY
BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY NOT
PRACTICAL TO RUN ELECTRIC
SERVICE ON SUCH A SMALL SEGMENT.
OF MISTER KELLY MENTIONED IT
ENDS IN AN ORCHARD RIGHT SO IT
PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO
DO ELECTRIC SERVICE AND THAT
KIND OF A SHORT SEGMENT. YOU'RE
GONNA LECTURE FI YOU PROBABLY
NEED TO EXTEND TO MORE NATURAL
TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION
POINTS- FOR EXAMPLE. AS WELL AS
TALK ABOUT MERCED AND
BAKERSFIELD. IN THE NECK. THANK
YOU ISSUE THAT WE IDENTIFY. IS
THAT. IT'S UNCLEAR TO US IF
THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT FUNDING
TO COMPLETE THAT RESPECTED
BAKERS FEEL SAFE AND I KNOW
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN QUITE A BIT
OF DISCUSSION ON THIS POINT. AND
YOU KNOW THE AUTHORITY INDICATE
THAT THEY THINK THAT THERE WILL
BE AND BUT THE NUMBERS ARE
PRETTY CLOSE RIGHT EXPECTED
FINDING. AND THE COST ESTIMATES
ARE PRETTY PRETTY CLOSE- AND WE
THINK THAT THE COST INCREASE THE
COST COULD POTENTIALLY
CONTINUING TO INCREASE- AS WE
HEARD WE'VE HEARD. THIS PROJECT
HAS A LONG HISTORY OF COST
INCREASES THEY'VE BEEN QUITE
SUBSTANTIAL AND THERE'S REALLY
INHERENT RISKS- COST RESTS FOR
PROJECT THIS SIZE. THIS COMPLEX
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE BIG GIG WE
HEARD ABOUT THE BAY BRIDGE AND
YOU KNOW THIS TYPE OF PROJECT
IT'S VERY HARD TO COST TO
ESTIMATE COSTS. AND CERTAINLY
THERE'S A LOT OF UPSIDE RISK- WE
ALSO NOTES THAT THE DRAFT PLAN
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT
REVISIONS THE COST ESTIMATE FOR
THE BIRTH CENTER BASED BAKERS
FIELD SEGMENT SPECIFICALLY. AND
SO I WAS NOTED THERE WERE SOME
AND- SOME THINK RELATIVELY
SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS THE
COST ESTIMATES FOR SOME OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S SEGMENT
THEY'VE BEEN RECENTLY
ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED. THAT
REALLY DOES WERE SAID TO
BAKERSFIELD SEGMENT. YOU KNOW
THE CONTESTANTS REALLY WEREN'T
UPDATED MUCH AT ALL. WE THINK
THAT IF THOSE HAD BEEN FULLY
UPDATED AS PART OF THIS BUSINESS
PLAN. THE NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY
THE HIGHER POTENTIALLY
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER PART OF
THAT IS BECAUSE AS MR KELLY
MENTIONED THERE THESE
OUTSTANDING. AND CLAIMS MADE BY
CON. RELATED TO BRINGING. INTO
THE CON. RIGHT EITHER THAT THEY
CAN. OF SAD. HEY WE WANNA BE
PAID BECAUSE THERE'S THIS DELAY
OR BECAUSE WE HAVE ADS IN SCOPE
BECAUSE THERE IS A CHANGE AND
YOU KNOW BREAK. VERSUS WHAT WE
DID AND THE PROJECT THAT. I'M
ONCE THOSE ARE FULLY BROADBAND
THAT COULD RESULT IN HIGHER
COSTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY. ON
INCLUDED IN THE COST ESTIMATES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT EVEN OVER THE
LAST YEAR THE STATE EXPERIENCED
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COST
INCREASES- CONSTRUCTION COST
INCREASES- WITH REGARD TO
INFLATION. SO WE THINK THAT AND
THAT CERTAINLY NEW BEDS THAT ARE
PUT OUT. AND COULD COMMAND
HIGHER IN THIS TYPE OF
CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT. WE
WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT SOME OF THE
EXPECTED FUNDING MIGHT NOT
MATERIALIZE. SO AS WAS
MENTIONED- THAT ONE OF THE
FUNDING STREAMS THAT THIS
PROJECT RELIES ON IS CAP AND
TRADE DOLLARS AND REVENUES
BASICALLY THEY GET TWENTY FIVE
PERCENT. OF AND THE CAPTION
TRADE AUCTION RESULTS- THERE'S A
LOT OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING
THAT REGARDING THOSE- BASICALLY.
THE FORTY AND THIS. PROVIDES
DESTRUCTIVENESS PLAN INCLUDES A
SCENARIO THAT TAKES OUR OFFICE'S
PROJECTIONS THAT WE DID THREE
TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE. AM AND
THERE'S A RELATIVELY HIGH
BECAUSE WE HAD PRETTY HIGH AND-
A RECENT REVENUES. FROM CAP AND
TRADE AND EXTEND THEM ALL THE
WAY TO TWENTY THIRTY AND WE JUST
THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THAT. AND
BECAUSE REALLY THE FURTHER YOU
GET OUT INTO THE FUTURE THE
HARDER IT IS TO BE SURE WHAT
HAPPENED TRADE REVENUES WILL DO.
AND SO WE THINK ESPECIALLY THAT
TOP END OF THEIR RANGE THAT
THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF
UNCERTAINTY. REGARDING WHETHER
THOSE THOSE REVENUES WILL
MATERIALIZE. I'M SO THIRD. THE
CONSIDERATION WHICH IS SOMETHING
WE BROUGHT IT TO THE COMMITTEE
BEFORE. AND I KNOW IT'S ALSO
BEEN TALKED ABOUT ALREADY THIS
MORNING- BUT THERE'S NO FUNDING
PLAN BEYOND PERSPECTIVE. THAT
YOU'RE STILL. ON THE THIRTY IS
BROUGHT UP SOME POSSIBILITIES
FOR EXAMPLE USING SOME OF THOSE
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE DOLLARS
WE HEARD ABOUT THAT YOUR DANCE
DESIGN WORK OR OUR OTHER WORK IT
COULD SUPPORT THE PROJECT. AND
THE OTHER IS ALSO TALKED ABOUT
EXTENDING CAP AND- AND TRADE
THREE TWENTY FIFTY AND
SECURITIZED HANG. ON THEIR SHARE
THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT TRYING TO
SEEK FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THOSE
COMPETITIVE GRANTS THAT WE EVER
TALKED ABOUT. THERE'S JUST A LOT
OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING HOW
MUCH MANY- COULD BE BROUGHT IN
FROM THOSE SOURCES OUT TO
SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. AND WE
THINK THAT IT'S UNLIKELY THAT
THEY WOULD. THE SUFFICIENT TAKE
BASED WHICH IS REALLY QUITE A
QUITE A BIG FUNDING GAP. I'M AND
THEN COURSE WE WANTED TO
IDENTIFY THAT WE THINK THAT THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY'S
FUTURE ACTION. COULD CONSTRAIN
ON LEGISLATIVE CHOICES AND WE
IDENTIFY THREE SECTION NEAR TERM
ACTIONS THE FIRST IS AS WAS
MENTIONED THE AUTHORITY
ANTICIPATES AWARDING- A TRACKING
SYSTEMS CONTRACT LATER IN TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. AND THIS CONTRACT IS
ANTICIPATED TO INCLUDE
ELECTRIFICATION SO THAT WOULD
FURTHER COMMIT THE STATE TO THE
APPROACH OF ELECTRIFYING- THIS
PROJECT. I CAN'T READ NOTES
UNDER THE AUTHORITY PLANS TO
UNDERTAKE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
OUTSIDE OF MERCED TO BAKERSFIELD
AS WAS MENTIONED P. FORTY IN THE
NEAR TERM ANTICIPATES TRYING TO
BEGIN ADVANCED DESIGN WORK. ON
SEGMENTED STUDENT THEIR
ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED AND THEN
THAT WILL SORT OF OPEN THE OPEN
THE DOOR TO DOING OTHER KINDS OF
WORK INCLUDING IDENTIFYING
PARCELS FOR PURCHASE AND ANSWER
BACK SORT OF STARTS. THE PROJECT
AND TOWARDS DOING MORE WORK
OUTSIDE A PERCENTAGE FIGURE
STILL POTENTIALLY. AND THEN
THIRTY. INDICATES ECSTASY
FEDERAL FANS. AND SUCH AS TO THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AS I
MENTIONED- AND OF COURSE THESE
FEDERAL FUNDS COULD INCLUDE
REQUIREMENTS AND IT WILL BE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT
THE REQUIREMENTS ARE CONSISTENT-
WITH LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND
EXPECTATIONS. SO NOW I WANTED TO
JUST FINISH UP IF YOU TURN TO
PAGE SEVENTEEN WE HIGHLIGHT SOME
KEY DECISIONS FACING THE
LEGISLATURE. WE THINK A REALLY
FUNDAMENTAL KEY CHOICE FACING-LEGISLATURE- REALLY DEPENDS ON
THE LEGISLATURE'S COMMITMENT TO
FULLY FUNDING THE PROJECT. AND
THAT'S NOT JUST THE MERCED TO
BAKERSFIELD SEGMENT THAT THAT
THE PROJECT. MIGHT HAVE FUNDING
FOR BUT ITS FUTURE PROJECTS
SEGMENTS AND AS I MENTIONED YOU
KNOW WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR
THAT. I'M DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE
THAT THE LEGISLATURE'S COMMITTED
TO FINDING IT WILL WANT TO TAKE
DIFFERENT ACTIONS WE THINK
REGARDING- WHAT IT DOES WITH
FINDING THE CURRENT FUNDING AND
BEFORE IT. AS WELL AS PROVIDING
STATUTORY DIRECTION. AND WE
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
MAKE DECISIONS. ABOUT THE
LEGISLATURE'S PREFERRED APPROACH
TO PROJECT GIVEN THAT WE THINK
THAT THE AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE
TO TAKE ACTIONS TO ADVANCE ITS
PLANNED OVER THE COMING YEAR AND
FUTURE YEARS- AND THAT THAT PLAN
IS FOR ELECTRIFIED RESPECT
BECAUSE THAT SEGMENT AS YOU
HEARD. AS WELL AS MAKING
PROGRESS TOWARD OTHER SEGMENTS
OF PHASE ONE. THAT WE THINK
SPECIFICALLY THAT IF THE
LEGISLATURE IS COMFORTABLE WITH
THE AUTHORITIES APPROACH AND IS
COMMITTED TO FULLY FACT FINDING
NOT JUST PERCENT TO BAKERSFIELD
BUT THE FULL PHASE ONE WE THINK
IT MAKES SENSE TO APPROPRIATE
THE PROPOSITION ONE A. FINDS AS-
IS BEING REQUESTED BY THE
AUTHORITY. WE CERTAINLY KNOW
THAT THERE IS RESPECT- BUT DON'T
THERE WERE MORE FUNDS WILL BE
NEEDED IF COSTS INCREASE OR IF
AND SOME OF THE FUNDING SOURCES-
HAVING TRADED DOESN'T DOESN'T
RESULT IN REVENUES THAT ARE
PROJECTED- AND WE CERTAINLY ALSO
NOTE THAT. ADDITIONAL MONEY
WOULD BE NEEDED FOR PHASE ONE
BUT WE THINK IF THE LEGISLATURE
IS COMMITTED TO THAT WE THINK
THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE. I'M
HOWEVER WE WOULD NOTE. IF THE
LEGISLATURE LIKE TO. ITS TO
PURSUE OTHER APPROACH THEM. THAT
CURRENTLY FORWARD BY THANK YOU
RAIL AT THE- WE RECOMMENDED. TO
DIFFERENT THINGS ARE CONSIDERED
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS ONE IS TO
MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS THAT
PRESERVE NATURAL DECISION POINTS
FOR THE LEGISLATURE. I'M AS WELL
AS LEGISLATURES PHYSICAL CONTROL
OVER THE PROJECT. AN ENGINEER TO
PROVIDE TO STATUTORY CHANGES TO
PRESERVE ITS CHOICES. SO WITH
REGARD TO PRESERVING NATURAL
DECISION POINTS AND FISCAL
CONTROL ON THEIR COUPLE OPTIONS
THAT WE LAY OUT. ONE IS THE
LEGISLATURE K. DELAY ACTION ON
SOME OR ALL OF THE REQUEST A
COMPETITION WHEN A FRIEND. THIS
WOULD ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE TO
RETAIN A NATURAL DECISION POINTS
IN FIFTH OR YOU WOULD HAVE TO
RETURN AT A FUTURE DATE AND
REQUEST THE REMAINING. ON FENCE-
THE LEGISLATURE COULD ALSO
CONSIDER MODIFYING THE CAP AND
TRADE APPROPRIATION THERE'S SOME
DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS- EARLIER
IN THE HEARING- WE THINK FOR
EXAMPLE THAT THE LEGISLATURE
COULD CONSIDER. INSTEAD OF
PROVIDING A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE
OF THE CAP AND TRADE FUNDS
PROVIDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
NOT CONTINUOUSLY BUT ANIL KAPOOR
PREPARATION THAT WOULD BETTER
MATCH THE CASH FLOW NEEDS THE
PROJECT. AND THIS COULD YOU KNOW
HUSBAND BANDAGES IN TERMS OF
CERTAINTY FOR THE AUTHORITY
POTENTIALLY DEPENDING HOW IT'S
DONE. BUT REALLY I THINK THE KEY
ADVANTAGE OF DOING AN ANNUAL
APPROPRIATION IS THAT THE
LEGISLATURE WOULD HAVE SOME MORE
NATURAL DECISION POINT. BECAUSE
THEY. DON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME
BACK EVERY YEAR. RIGHT ON ITS
PROGRESS. AND ASK YOU KNOW.
HELLO PLANS TO USE THE FUNDS AND
THIS BY RELIGION SO THAT WOULD
GIVE THE LARGEST SOME MORE OVERS
AND PROVIDES MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
TO THE PROJECT. WE ALSO- WITH
REGARD TO STATUTORY CHANGES TO
PRESERVE ADELAIDE IS THAT YOUR
CHOICES WE PROVIDE A COUPLE OF
OPTIONS- FOR CONSIDERATION. FOR
INSTANCE THE LEGISLATURE COULD
ADOPT BUDGET TRAILER LANGUAGE
THAT WOULD LIMIT OR PREVENT THE
AUTHORITY FROM EXPENDING FUNDS
BEYOND WHATEVER STUFF WAS
CHANGED LEGISLATURES COMMITTED
TO FUNDING. EXCEPT AS REQUIRED
BY FEDERAL GRANT AGREEMENTS. I'M
ESPECIALLY IN THAT LANGUAGE WE
THINK COULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE
ABSENT THAT IF WE COULD USE A
CAP AND TRADE FUNDS WHICH ARE.
VERY VERY FLEXIBLE FUNDS. I'M
BEYOND THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND
THIS COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN
STRANDED ASSETS. I'M SURE THE
LEGISLATURE ULTIMATELY NOT TO
DECIDE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
OTHER SEGMENTS- AND IT COULD
ALSO EXACERBATE POTENTIAL
FUNDING GAP TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE AUTHORITY USES FUNDS THAT
ARE CURRENTLY. PLANNED FOR
SATURDAY CRISFIELD OUTSIDE OF
THAT SEGMENT- WE ALSO THINK THE
LEGISLATURE COULD CONSIDER
ADOPTING BUDGET TRAILER LET JUST
A LANGUAGE. THAT WOULD LIMIT OR
PREVENT THE AUTHORITY FROM
COMMITTING MISTAKES SUCH AS FOR
GRANT AGREEMENT AND TERMS. TO
UNDERTAKING WORK BEYOND WHATEVER
THE LEGISLATURE'S COMFORTABLE.
COMMITTING TO FINDING AS BEST AS
IT WOULD BE BEST SPECIFY IN
STATUTE- WE THINK AGAIN THIS
COULD BE IMPORTANT GIVEN THAT
THE THREE HAD ENTERED INTO PAST
AGREEMENTS- THAT HAVE
CONSTRAINED LEGISLATIVE CHOICES-
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
THE TIME. AND I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS- EITHER. NOW OR
AFTER AND MR THOMPSON. THANK YOU
MS CHRISTINE I APPRECIATE THE
PRESENT. OR GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO
MISTER LIU THOMPSON CHAIR FOR
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PEER REVIEW
GROUP. THANK YOU WELCOME
THOMPSON. THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE HI MY NAME IS LUKE
THOMPSON AND I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE PEER REVIEW GROUP- CREATED
BY PROP ONE EIGHTY TO REPORT TO
THE LEGISLATURE. ON VARIOUS
ASPECTS OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
PROGRAM INCLUDING THE- BUSINESS
PLANS THAT THEY SUBMIT. WE'RE
GOING TO BE SUBMITTING A LETTER
TO THE LEGISLATURE WITH COMMENTS
ON THE DRAFT TWENTY TWO. AND SO
MY COMMENTS ARE PRELIMINARY.
OVERALL THE DRAFT PLAN DOES NOT
BRING MUCH NEW INFORMATION TO
THE LEGISLATURE- BECAUSE IT'S
NOT MUCH UPDATED AND IT
PROVIDES- ESSENTIALLY THE SAME
TRUST AS THE TWENTY TWENTY
BUSINESS PLAN. THERE ARE SOME
USEFUL POSITIVE ELEMENTS THE
MENTION IN THIS PLAN FIRST
THERE'S A REAL POSSIBILITY OF
NEW FEDERAL FUNDING WHICH HAS
NOT EXISTED BEFORE. THE AMOUNTS
OF THE DEGREE OF CALIFORNIA
PARTICIPATION ARE NOT YET
DEFINED. WE CAN ONLY SPECULATE
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR
FURTHER FUNDING AND BUILD BACK
BETTER DEAL IF THERE EVER IS
ONE. IN ANY CASE THESE WILL NOT
FULLY RESOLVED THE STATE'S
FUNDING PROBLEMS ON THE PROJECT
THEY WILL HELP BUT THEY WILL NOT
BE THE FULL SOLUTION. THERE IS A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
NEGATIVE IMPACT OF COPING ON THE
PROJECT AND- THE IMPACT HAS BEEN
SEVERE AND IT'S NOT OVER BECAUSE
THE COST ESCALATION PUNCHED OFF.
INFLATIONARY INFLATION.
CONTINUES IN THE IMPACT OF THE
CONFLICT IN UKRAINE WHICH IS
INCREASED GASOLINE FUEL PRICES
DRAMATICALLY. ACCENTUATES THE.
POTENTIAL COST ESCALATION. THE
CLEARANCE- WORK IS MOVING-
PRETTY WELL. IS A BETTER ANIMAL
POSITIVE RECORD OF THE END OF
CONIC IN THE ON LOCAL SECOND
DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS IMPORTANT
FOR THE STAGE NETWORK IN
HIGHLIGHTS THAT WERE OF AGENTS.
THE PARTICIPATION AFTER RUSSELL
MICHELLE BOUCHARD STEPHANIE
WIGGINS AND STAGE STACEY
MORTENSEN WILL UNDERLINE THIS
POINT. THE AUTHORITY HAS HAS
BEGUN INTRODUCING BETTER
MANAGEMENT CONTROLS INCLUDING
THEIR ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT
pAPPROACH. TOGETHER THE SHOULD
HELP CONTROL COSTS AND SCHEDULES
IN THE FUTURE. BUT A WIDE RANGE
OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT COST AND
SCHEDULES REMAINS IN FACT THE
UNCERTAINTY HAS PROBABLY
INCREASED. THE COST AND SCHEDULE
OF EXPERIENCE SO FAR IS NOT
ENCOURAGING THE AVERAGE COST
INCREASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS ONE TWO THREE AND FOUR
IS OVER 86% AND THE AVERAGE
GRADUAL INCREASE IS A 118% THE
REAL ESTATE PARCELS ARE STILL
ONLY 90% REQUIRED RAILROAD
PARCELS OR 73% ACQUIRED IN THE
TIER ONE UTILITY PARCELS. OR 65%
CHOIR THIS IS AFTER SIXTY NINE
YEARS OF CONTRACT EXPERIENCE.
THE EXPERIENCE REPORTED SO FAR
DOES NOT INCLUDE CLAIMS THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN FILED OR NOT YET
RESOLVED. AND IT DOES NOT
ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE CLAIMS THAT
HAVE NOT YET BEEN FILED BUT MAY
BE FILED. THE PROJECT BUDGETS
ARE OUT OF DATE THE DASH BOARDS
THAT WERE MEANT TO PROVIDE A
BROAD INDICATION OF PROJECT
STATUS HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED
SINCE TWENTY NINETEEN. OF THE
TWO PROJECT COMPONENTS THAT WERE
UPDATED IN THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO
DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN. BAKERSFIELD
PALMDALE COST WAS INCREASED BY
7017% IN THE BURBANK TO LOS
ANGELES UNION STATION COST WAS
UP A 116% IN THE VERY RECENTLY
ANNOUNCED UPDATING OF THE COST
OF SAN JOSE TO THE CENTRAL WHY.
THE COST WAS UP 40% THESE ARE
ONLY PARTIAL INDICATORS THE NEXT
THOROUGH UPDATE OF ALL COSTS IS
NOT DUE UNTIL THE TWENTY TWENTY
THREE PROJECT UPDATE REPORT. THE
GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE GETTING
MORE AND MORE REALISTIC VIEW OF
WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
INVOLVED IN THESE COMPONENTS.
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT REALISM IS
EXPENSIVE. THERE IS STILL AS YET
NO ACTUAL BIDDING OR CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE WITH MAJOR
PROJECT COMPONENTS THAT
REPRESENT MORE THAN HALF THE
COST OF THE PROJECT INCLUDING
TUNNELING. ELECTRIFICATION
SIGNALLING AND ROLLING STOCK.
THE BART AND VTA EXPERIENCE WITH
THESE TYPES OF COMPONENTS ON THE
SAN JOSE CONNECTION PROJECT HAS
NOT BEEN ENCOURAGING.
ORGANIZATION AND FUNDING ISSUES
FOR PLANNING CONSTRUCTION AND
OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED
PERCENT OF BAKERSFIELD SYSTEM
REMAINS UNRESOLVED. THE
AFTERMATH OF CODE IT MAY PRESAGE
A PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY RAPID COST
ESCALATION THAT COULD TAKE TIME
TO WORK THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND
COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT
FURTHER INCREASES. MOREOVER SOME
PART OF CO WHICH DROP IN
RIDERSHIP DEMAND MAY REMAIN IN
MAY BE PERMANENT BUT BECAUSE OF
THE COMPARTMENT CHANGING THE WAY
IN WHICH I WORK UP THERE IS
HANDLED. FINALLY THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF PRIOR BUT CRITICAL
ISSUES THAT REMAIN UNADDRESSED
AND UNRESOLVED THESE ARE ISSUES
WHICH THE- AUTHORITY MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO ADDRESS BUT THE
LEGISLATURE CAN. WOULD YOU
SLATED OVERSIGHT HAS NOT
IMPROVED RELATIVE TO THE
CHALLENGES IN THE EXTREME
IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT S. D.
CHAIRMAN GONZALEZ MENTIONED. THE
FUNDING REMAINS INADEQUATE AND
IT IS UNSTABLE MAKING EFFECTIVE
MANAGEMENT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
THE PROJECT BADLY NEEDS
STABILITY IN SCOPE I- DECISION
BY THE LEGISLATURE ON WHAT IS TO
BE DONE. AND IT NEEDS THE KIND
OF STABLE FUNDING THAT WILL
PERMIT IT TO SET UP ITS BUDGET
PLANS YEARLY YEAR WITHOUT
WORRYING ABOUT. A LACK OF MONEY
. EVEN WITH THE REALISTIC SHARE
OF NEW FEDERAL FUNDING THE
PROJECT CANNOT GET OUTSIDE THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WITHOUT HEADED
STATE FUNDING FROM SOURCES THAT
ARE NOT YET IDENTIFIED. BUT IF
THE STANDARD OF THE LEGISLATURE
INTENDS THE PROJECT TO GET
OUTSIDE THE VALLEY IT SHOULD
START THINKING ABOUT WHAT THOSE
FORCES WILL BE. IN SUMMARY WE
HAVE COME A LONG WAY AND WE HAVE
LEARNED A LOT. BUT WE STILL HAVE
A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE CAN
BE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE A
CLEAR PICTURE OF THE COST AND
SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECT. THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THE
DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY
TO TRY TO ADDRESS. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MISTER THOMPSON WE
APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR
PRESENTATION AS WELL- SO NOW
WE'LL TAKE IT BACK TO MEMBERS
FOR QUESTIONS WE HAVE SHARED
WITH US ALL WITH OUR FIRST
QUESTION. THANK YOU- THIS IS
FOR- MISTER THOMPSON. UP YOUR
NOTES HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR
STRONGER LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
OF THE PROJECT. ALL YOU
MENTIONED. IT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
EXACTLY WHAT CAN WE DO TO
IMPROVE THAT OVERSIGHT. WELL
WELL THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE
HAVE RAISED IN OUR LETTERS A
NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS-
YOU NEED A DEDICATED STAFF OF
PEOPLE WE HAVE SUGGESTED WITHIN
LA- BUT THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION
IT COULD BE ANYWHERE. THAT YOU
CHOOSE A DEDICATED STAFF OF
PEOPLE WITH BOTH THE EXPERTISE
AND THE CONTINUITY TO FOLLOW THE
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PROJECT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING AND REPORTING
TO THE LEGISLATURE ON HIS
PROJECT SINCE TWO THOUSAND NINE
AND THAT IS LONGER THAN ANY
MEMBER OF THE STAFF THAT THAT'S
REPORTING TO YOU AND I WERE JUST
YOU KNOW A SHORT A SMALL NUMBER
OF PEOPLE. IF YOU SERIOUSLY WANT
OVERSIGHT OF THIS PROJECT WHICH%
IS THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED IS THE
LARGEST PROJECT THE STATE HAS
EVER DONE AND THEY ONE OF THE
LARGEST IN THE NATION. YOU CAN'T
DO THAT WITH PART TIME SINGLE
PEOPLE YOU NEED A STABLE STAFF.
YOU COULD CONSIDER- AND
INSPECTOR GENERAL WITHIN THE
AUTHORITY AMTRAK FOR EXAMPLE HAS
SUCH AN INSPECTOR GENERAL THEIR
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO
THAT BUT IF THE LEGISLATURE
SERIOUSLY WANTS STABLE
CONTINUING OVERSIGHT OF THE
PROJECT. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO
DO THAT. THANK YOU MISTER
THOMPSON AND THANK YOU CHARTER
ALSO- THE NEXT QUESTION BY
SENATOR BECKER. THANK YOU THIS
IS FOR THEM MS CHRISTINE P.
SHAKE YOUR- IN THE OFFICE
INCLUDING THE OPTION TO PRESERVE
FLEXIBILITY- THAT RUN THE
NATURAL DECISION POINTS. THE
QUESTION YOU WHEN YOU TALK LATER
THREE THINGS- YOU SAID WERE
PHASE ONE DID YOU SAY THAT YOU
FEEL IT'S PHASE ONE IS NOT
FUNDED AND ALSO SECONDLY WHEN
YOU ASKED ABOUT. ARE WE
COMMITTING TO ELECTRIFICATION
ARE YOU SAYING THERE'S ANOTHER
DEEPLY THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION AT
THIS POINT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THIS QUESTION YEAH I THINK
THERE IS BROAD AGREEMENT THAT
PHASE ONE IS NOT FULLY FUNDED
THERE IS A STATE QUITE A
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING GAP AND- I
DON'T THINK WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW
BIG IT IS BECAUSE THE FULL PHASE
ONE COSTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED
RECENTLY BUT TENS OF. BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS THAT WILL NEED TO BE
ALLOCATED AND PROBABLY A LOT OF
THAT MONEY TO COME FROM THE
GENERAL SCIENCE- IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT FEDERAL FUNDS WILL HELP BUT
AGAIN IT'S JUST REALLY UNCERTAIN
SO THERE'S A LOT MORE MONEY I
THINK- THAT WILL NEED TO BE
DEDICATED- AND LIKELY. FROM IN
LARGE PART FROM THE STATE
GENERAL FIND IF PAYS ONE IS TO
BE COMPLETED- SO I THINK WE NEED
TO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY
CONSIDER IS IT COMMITTED TO
ALLOCATING. THOSE FINES. AND IF
NOT THEN YOU KNOW SORT OF WHAT
ARE THE OTHER OPTIONS- I NOTE
THAT THE SECOND QUESTION YOU
ASKED WAS RELATED TO
ELECTRIFICATION THAT'S BEEN AN
ONGOING CONVERSATION OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS THERE ARE. THERE
IS ANOTHER OPTION YOU YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE TO ELECTRIFY AT
LEAST. AND NOW I FEEL LIKE THAT
THE OPTIONS ARE A LITTLE MORE
POTENTIALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONSTRAINED BECAUSE THEY'RE A
LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORT NEEDS.
SO MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. BUT
FOR EXAMPLE LAST YEAR WHEN YOU
PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATURE WE
LAID OUT A LEGISLATURE FOR
EXAMPLE COULD CONSIDER JUST YOU
KNOW DOING A HUNDRED NINETEEN
MILES- AND IT WOULDN'T. HAVE TO
BE ELECTRIFIED COULD TIE INTO
THE EXISTING RAIL LINE NEAR- YOU
KNOW IT IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE
ANYONE'S DREAM PROJECT BUT- IT
WOULD BE A FUNCTIONAL PROJECT
THAT WOULD HAVE. WE BELIEVE MET
THAT THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS-
REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL
GRANT AGREEMENTS. ON THIS NEW
GRANT AGREEMENT THAT THE RE
ENTERED INTO- AS I MENTIONED. ON
A TWENTY TWENTY ONE. DOES
SPECIFICALLY MENTION
ELECTRIFICATION SO AGAIN- YOU
KNOW NOW IF THE LEGISLATURE TO
CONSIDER THAT OPTION OF NOT
ELECTRIFYING. AND POTENTIALLY
FOR EXAMPLE JUST DOING THE ONE
NINETEEN IN TYING INTO THE
EXISTING RAIL LINES. YOU KNOW
THEY WOULD PROBABLY LOOK AND-
NEED TO BE SENDING A STATIONS
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND
TO TRY THAT. TO CHANGE THAT
GRANT AGREEMENTS- SO IT'S THERE
DEFINITELY ARE ARE ARE- AND-
EVEN MORE I. YOU KNOW RATHER
JUST THOSE TWO PROBABLY THAT
COULD BE CONSIDERED AS WELL- AND
WE THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT-
LEGISLATURE TO REALLY THINK HARD
ABOUT WHICH OPTION IT DOES IT
WANT TO COMMIT TO FINDING. YOU
KNOW IS THAT THE ONE NINETEEN
OUT NOT ELECTRIFIED. IS IT. IS
IT YOU KNOW THAT WERE SENT TO
BAKERSFIELD ELECTRIFIED IF IT.
IS A VALID VALLEY IS IT
SOMETHING ELSE YOU KNOW AND- AND
I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE
KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE
REALLY CRITICAL TO HAVE. AND YOU
KNOW WHAT WHAT KIND OF DEFINING
THAT AND THEN I THINK THAT THEN
YOUR NEXT CHOICES YOUR NEXT
DECISION. I'M KIND OF FLOW FROM
THAT. OKAY GREAT THE END THANK
YOU FOR THAT AND JUST TO.
CLARIFY WHAT I WAS THINKING
PHASE ONE I WAS THINKING. THE
MERCED THE BAKERS FIELD PHASE
ONE YOU MEAN THE WHOLE PROBLEM
THE WHOLE. SAN FRANCISCO TO.
YEAH I THINK WE JUST GOT IT TO
THE LA AREA WITH HIS- YEAH WE'RE
SET TO BAKERSFIELD THAT'S JUST
BARELY. YOU KNOW THAT THE
NUMBERS. IN THAT BUSINESS PLAN
YOU KNOW THERE'S A RANGE FOR
BOTH AND BOTH THE COST AND- AND
THE FINDING IN THE IN THE PLAN
AND THOSE RANGES ARE ARE PRETTY
SIMILAR RIGHT NOW IN THAT PLANT.
SO IF THOSE NUMBERS HOLD. BEN
THEN THERE'S PROBABLY MONEY BUT
I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY RIGHT BECAUSE AGAIN
COSTS COULD INCREASE. THAT MONEY
MIGHT MIGHT NOT MATERIALIZE OF
COURSE WE MIGHT GET MORE FEDERAL
FUNDS TO HELP ELECTRIFY IT
PROBABLY THE FEDERAL FRIENDS.
PROBABLY WOULDN'T GO TO THINGS
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE
ONE NINETEEN. AND WE'VE ALREADY
GOTTEN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE BAD
SO IT'S HARDER TO KIND OF GET TO
BITE AT THE APPLE IT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE HARDER TO GET FEDERAL
FUNDS FOR THAT. THEN MAYBE THERE
COULD BE SO MANY THAT COULD NEAR
MAYBE COULD BE APPLIED FOR AND
FOR THE EXTENSIONS ARE THE
SECOND TRACK OR IN OTHER WORDS
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT COULD
HELP. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTIES SO I THINK I'M I
THINK IT'S I THINK THE
LEGISLATURE SHOULDN'T BE AND-
SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY
DO YOU KNOW IF. ADDITIONAL
FUNDING IS NEEDED FOR RETURNED
TO BAKERSFIELD IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT IT WON'T BE- BUT IT'S
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT THIS YOU
KNOW WE MAY GET TO A POINT AND A
PROJECT WHERE- THE PROJECT RUNS
OUT OF MONEY AND ADDITIONAL
FUNDS ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE
THAT BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY. THE
COST AND. FUNDING ARE PRETTY
CLOSE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU
SENATOR BY THANK YOU MISS
CHRISTY- I DON'T ANY OTHER MIKE.
I DO A QUESTION MYSELF ON-
ADDITIONAL SOURCES FROM THE
STATE I KNOW MISTER THOMPSON
TOUCHED ON THIS AND OF COURSE MR
MS CHRISTINE AS WELL- BEYOND THE
VALLEY AND WHAT THE VISION IS
FOR THE BOOKENDS- TO BE.
COMPLETED ESPECIALLY WITH THIS
PROJECT ALREADY BEING
UNDERFUNDED. YOU KNOW WHAT ARE
THE THOUGHTS AROUND THAT AND I
KNOW IN THE LA O'S. REPORT IN
YOUR REPORT MIST- CHRISTINE THAT
YOU INCLUDED- AND YOU JUST
TOUCHED ON THIS THE- MODIFYING
CONTINUOUS CAP AND TRADE
APPROPRIATIONS TO AN ANNUAL
AMOUNT VERSUS THE PERCENTAGE.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT
FACTORS INTO THE FULL. VERSION
OF THE WHOLE PLAN AND THEN ALSO
WHAT OTHER SOURCES WE CAN START
THINKING ABOUT. IN ADDITION TO.
OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE HAVE- IN FRONT
OF US. FIRSTLY YOU CANNOT YOU
CAN. ADD TO EFFORTS CERTAINLY.
I'M SO IN TERMS OF OTHER SOURCES
OTHER STATES SOURCES- CERTAINLY
CAP AND TRADE IS A SOURCE IN THE
LEGISLATURE COULD CONSIDER HOW
IT. HOW MUCH TO ALLOCATE THOSE
FUNDS OF COURSE THE MORE FUNDING
GOES TO THIS PROJECT THAT MUCH
FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR OTHER
PROJECTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED-
THROUGH THAT- THAT FUNDING
STREAM BUT THAT CERTAINLY YOU
KNOW WHAT. AN OPTION I THINK THE
OTHER MAJOR OPTION. THAT THIS
THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS TO
CONSIDER IS THE GENERAL PLAN
WHICH OF COURSE COULD BE SPENT
AGAIN THERE'S THEY'RE
OPPORTUNITY COST MONEY THAT GOES
TO THIS PROJECT AGAIN ISN'T
AVAILABLE CREDIT CARD. PROJECT
BUT IT IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR
THE LEGISLATURE. IT COULD MAKE
SENSE TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS WE KNOW
THAT AND SPENDING IN THIS AREA
IS LIKELY TO BE EXCLUDED FROM
THE STATE APPROPRIATIONS
LYNETTE. AND YOU KNOW IT'S CAP
OUTLAY- SO. SO THAT'S THAT'S A
POSSIBILITY LEGISLATURE COULD
SAY HEY WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS
THIS PROJECT REAL PRIORITY AND
DEDICATES MEDICINAL FINE- AND A
PRIVILEGE THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS
AND YOU KNOW CONSIDER WHETHER IT
WANTS TO- YOU KNOW RAISE.
ADDITIONAL NEW REVENUE SOURCES
THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER
CONSIDERATION AS WELL. AND THAT
THIS THIS GAIL I BEG OF THE
FUNDING GAP TOO DEEP TO COMPLETE
PHASE ONE REALLY IS. QUITE
SUBSTANTIAL SO ITS LIKELY TO
REQUIRE. I'M REALLY A
SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT ON THE
PART OF THE LEGISLATURE IF. AN
ULTIMATELY COMPLETE PHASE ONE-
AND THAT AGAIN. COULD BE FROM
GENERAL FUNDING FROM THE NEXT
GENERAL BIDEN CAP AND TRADE YOU
KNOW THOSE KINDS OF THINGS OR
THERE COULD BE SOME NEW
IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCES BUT-
AND- THE OTHER THING I GUESS I
WOULD MENTION IS MISTER KELLY
REFERENCE TO. I THINK A COUPLE
OF TIMES IN HIS REMARKS THAT
THERE IS. IN THIS BUDGET YOU
KNOW THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED
SAM I BROADER TRANSPORTATION.
PACKAGE AND SO I ONE COURT. IS
HOW MUCH IS PACKAGE TOO MUCH OF
THE FUNDING IN THAT PACK. FOR TO
OPEN GOT. THAT I'M THAT SORT OF
SUPPORT THIS THREE SEPARATE BUT
WE HAVE TO BE DONE AS PART OF
THIS PROJECT ANYWAY. OR THE
MERCED STAY. OR THOSE KIND OF
THINGS IT'S SO. I SO I THINK
THAT ANOTHER KIND OF THINGS
CONSIDER AS WELL. AND I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
TO ADD. WELL LET LET LET ME ADD
THAT WELL I THINK WHAT IS NEEDED
IS TWO THINGS. FIRST IS A STABLE
VERSION OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH. AND I WANT TO
CONTRAST THIS WITH THE
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY PROGRAM WHICH
IS A GOOD WAY OF THINKING ABOUT
HOW YOU GET A HUGE PROJECT LIKE
THIS DONE. THE INTERSTATE
HIGHWAY PROGRAM STARTED OUT WITH
AN AGREED VISION OF THE CONGRESS
AND THE STATES IS ROUGHLY WHAT
WAS GOING TO BE DONE. IT ALSO
STARTED WITH A STABLE SOURCE OF
FINANCING WHICH WAS A GAS TAX
PLUS OTHER TAXES ON. OIL AND
TIRES. THAT DREW ME INTO THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT TO
TAKE A STABLE APPROACH TO YEAR
TO YEAR THEY KNEW WHAT THE- THE
OBJECTIVE WAS. THEY KNEW WHAT
THEIR FUNDING WISE YES THEY HAD
TO ADJUST SCOPE TO FUNDING BUT
THEY KNEW HOW TO DO THAT AND
THEY COULD PLANT RELIABILITY FOR
WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO. THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY SIMPLY
CAN'T DO THOSE THINGS NOW AND
THAT'S BEEN A SOURCE OF REAL
PROBLEMS TRYING TO MANAGE THE
PROJECT. IF THE STATE IF THE
LEGISLATURE WANTS TO DO THIS
FIRST I THINK YOU NEED TO AGREE
ON WHAT THE VISION OF THE
PROJECT IS. ONE OF THE ONE OF
THE WEAKNESSES OF DOING THIS BY
PROPOSITION RATHER THAN REGULAR
LAW WAS THAT THERE IS NO
LEGISLATIVE OR ONCE YOU KNOW
WHAT I JUST WAITED BY THE END OF
THE PROJECT- IDENTIFY
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT
AND IT STILL. HASN'T BEEN DONE
AND THAT REALLY SHOULD BE DONE.
THE SPECIFIC TAX SOURCE THERE
ARE PLENTY. OF HEAT ASIDE FROM
GENERAL FUNDING THERE'S SEVERAL
GAS TAXES WOULD BE SUFFICIENT I
KNOW WE'RE ALL FEELING. THE PAIN
RIGHT NOW- GAS PRICE INCREASES.
BUT IT IS THAT IS A SOURCE OF
TAX ON SUGAR IS A SOURCE THE
ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE TWO
THOUSAND BUSINESS PLAN. WAS A
QUARTER CENT SALES TAX SO THERE
ARE PLENTY OF DIFFERENT SOURCES
FOR FINANCING WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE. BUT THE REAL REQUIREMENT
IS THAT THEY BE RELATIVELY
STABLE AND PREDICTABLE. IN THE
CASE OF S. AMUS KIRSTEN WAS
MENTIONING IF THERE WERE A
STABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM CAP
AND TRADE. THE AUTHORITY
COMBINED AGAINST IT THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
OPEN TO THE AUTHORITY IF THE
SOURCE IS PREDICTABLE AND
RELIABLE- AND STABLE. BUT YOU
NEED THAT FOR THE PROJECT IS
GOING. TO BE HANDICAPPED FOREVER
. GREAT THANK YOU GIVES US A
GOOD PICTURE OF FILE YOU KNOW
WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR IN TERMS OF
ADDITIONAL SOURCES AND JUST A
MORE CREATIVE THINKING AROUND
WHAT COULD BE. COULD BE
POSSIBLE- THANK YOU BOTH FOR
THAT AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
MIKES UP IN THIS PANEL. I THINK
WE WILL CONCLUDE WE THANK YOU
BOTH VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATIONS AND YOUR YOUR
COMMENTS AND YOUR ANSWERS TO OUR
SENATORS QUESTIONS THANK YOU
BOTH- THANK YOU MISTER THOMPSON.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL
PANEL A REGIONAL PARTNERS PANEL
FIRST WE HAVE MISS DC MORTENSEN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN
JOAQUIN REGIONAL RAIL COMMISSION
. AND THEN WE'LL- FOLLOW WITH MS
OF BOUCHARD IN THIS WEEKEND'S.
MISS MORTENSEN. GOOD MORNING
BOTH MADAM CHAIRS AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE I AM GONNA NEED TO
SHARE MY SCREEN.
OKAY SO TODAY I'D LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT HOW SOME OF THE KEY
CONNECTIONS WILL BE MADE IN
MERCED- THE POTENTIAL INTERIM
SERVICE YOU'VE HEARD TALKED
ABOUT AS WELL AS PROVIDING THE
LONG TERM CONNECTIONS IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THE OLD
ABOUT HIGH SPEED RAIL PROGRAM IS
IMPLEMENTED. BUT THE SACRAMENTO
EXTENSION IS NOT YET DONE. SO
I'D LIKE TO START UP ON THE BIG
VIEW AND WE'LL TAKE A MAGNIFYING
GLASS AND WORK OUR WAY THROUGH
TO. THE FOCUS AREA WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT THIS IS A THE STATE
WIDE VIEW. OF THE WHOLE STATE
SHOWING THE INTER REGIONAL RAIL
SERVICES ARE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
NETWORK AND THEN THE DASHED LINE
IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN A
REGIONAL THROUGH A BUS NETWORK
IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT
HOW MEMBERS OF OTHER PARTS OF
THE STATE. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
SERVICE OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
IS THIS FINE THESE OTHER
COMPUTER NETWORKS CAN CONNECT.
OTHER POPULATIONS OF THE STATE
TO THIS IMPORTANT FUTURE NETWORK
. THIS NEXT MAP TILES IN A
LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO HOW WE
JUMP OFF FROM THE MERCED END OF
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL- FIRST
SEGMENT. INTO THE BURLINGTON
NORTHERN SANTA FE FREIGHT RAIL
LINE WHICH YOU SEE THERE IN THE
LIGHT GREEN. AND THEN THE- ACE
FUTURE EXPANSION WHICH YOU SEE
THERE IN THE PURPLE SO IT SORT
OF SHOWS WHERE DO WE START
JUMPING OFF. INTO THE NEW
SYSTEM. NOW I'M REALLY DYING
DIALING IT IN YOU CAN SEE
EVERYTHING A LITTLE BOLDER THE
EXISTING ACE ROUTE TODAY. IS THE
PURPLE LINE THAT RUNS EAST WEST
SORT OF IN THE CENTRAL PART OF
THE MAP FROM THE RIGHT HAND SIDE
TO THE LEFT WE START IN THE
VALLEY. AND WE RUN INTO- THE
STOCKTON AT THROUGH STOCKTON
DOWN INTO THE SILICON VALLEY. IN
THE SAN JOSE AREA. THE EXISTING
SAN JOAQUIN'S TAKE PEOPLE
CURRENTLY UP TO THE SACRAMENTO
AREA AND THEN OVER AROUND THE
HORN SHARING A BIT OF THE
CAPITOL CORRIDOR. TO LAND IN
OAKLAND AND YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW
BOTH OF THOSE RELATED CALTRAIN.
THAT IS ON THE PENINSULA I'D
ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU'VE
HEARD I THINK OF THE PROPOSED
VALLEY RAIL PROJECT THIS IS
HERE. IN THE MIDDLE SECTION IN
LIGHT BLUE AND THAT IS MEANT TO
BE A VERY HIGH FREQUENCY SHORT
CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE VALLEY AND
THE BART STATION THAT'S IN THE
EAST BAY. SO YOU CAN SEE IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL TO DELIVER PEOPLE UP
INTO THE SACRAMENTO AREA AND
THEN ALL OF THE GATEWAYS. INTO
THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA TAKE
THE MAGNIFYING GLASS NOW THERE'S
A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MERCED
AND HOW. ACE IN THE SEMI TEAMS
WOULD CONNECT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE COMING. OUT
TO THE LEFT THIS WAS THE ORANGE
ROUTE OF. THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
SEGMENT. AND THE NEW PROPOSED
JOINT STATION IS HERE IN THE
LITTLE BOX. SO THE ORIGINAL
STATION IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
TO THE SOUTH ABOUT SEVEN BLOCKS
ALONG MARTIN LUTHER KING WAY.
BUT REALLY TO FIT IN WITH THE
URBAN AREA AND ACCESS AND I'M-
CONNECTING TO BOTH BASED IN THE
SAN JOAQUIN THE STATION LOCATION
IS THE BEST FOR ALL THE PARTIES
SO HERE'S THE CHALLENGE WERE
THREADING A NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT.
THE UNION PACIFIC ROUTE WHERE
ACE WILL COME IN I WILL COME IN
STRAIGHT STRAIGHT SHOT AT. AT
GREAT SO WE'LL COME IN UNDER THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL ELEVATED TRACKS
AS HIGH SPEED RAIL COMES INTO
THEM OR SAID DOWNTOWN IT WILL BE
ELEVATED LEASE IN THE CURRENT
CONCEPT. AND SO THE A STRAINS
WILL COME IN AND THEN LAND
UNDERNEATH. NOW THE SAN JOAQUIN
TRAINS WHICH RUN ON THE BNSF
APPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN
YES THEY ARE SEPARATE BY ABOUT A
MILE. UP TO GET THEM TO THAT
STATION LOCATION A CONNECTION
WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE FROM THE
BNSF THROUGH THIS LITTLE
INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THEN COME IN
AND ELEVATED TO MEET. WITH A
CROSS PLATFORM TRANSFER WITH
HIGH SPEED RAIL SO IT'S REALLY
CRITICAL THAT THIS IS THE ONLY
PLACE THAT CONNECTION CAN BE
MADE LIKE THIS WITHOUT CUTTING
THROUGH GREEN FIELDS. OR
RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THAT'S
VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND. IN
CALIFORNIA AND YOU MIGHT THINK
ON THE VALLEY EVERYTHING IS OPEN
BUT WE TOO HAVE DIFFICULTY
LOCATING INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE
THIS THE PINK SHADED AREA THAT
YOU SEE HERE IS A LOCATION FOR A
NECESSARY TRAIN LAYOVER AND
MAINTENANCE FACILITY. I HAVE
BUILT ONE IN THE STOCKTON AREA
AND LOOKED AT FIGHTING ONE IN
THE THOMAS SACRAMENTO AREA AND I
CAN TELL YOU IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
SOHMER SAID WAS THE CHOSEN
LOCATION FOR THAT THE END POINT
OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
SERVICES MAINTENANCE SO- IT IS
VERY DIFFICULT TO THREAD.
THROUGH HOW THIS WORKS. ANOTHER
L. TO NOTE I'M. IS THE UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT FUNDING
SOME OF THESE JOINT STYLE
PROJECTS NOT ONLY THE FEDERAL
BILL BUT THE NEW STATE BUDGET
POTENTIALLY IF THAT GETS PASSED
HAS A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT COULD
MATCH PLACES WERE HIGH SPEED
RAIL IS COMING IN BUT THERE'S A
BLEND OF THE LOCAL AND THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL PROJECT SO THERE'S
LOT GOING ON AT THIS LOCATION
FOR US IN HIGH SPEED RAIL A LOT
GOING ON AT THE MADERA STATION
WHICH IS ONE OF THE ENDPOINTS OF
WHAT WAS THE FIRST. BUILD AND
THOSE WE'VE WE'VE EMBRACED THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR WORK BASKET
SO THIS NEXT YEAR PROBABLY NEXT
COUPLE YEARS REALLY LOOKING TO
SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING
EXTERNAL FUNDING INTO OUR REGION
HAVE TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT
HIGH SPEED RAIL IS SEEKING AND
OUR LOCAL PARTNERS ARE SEEKING
IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO I'LL LEAVE
YOU WITH A LAST LIKE NOW IF WE
SHOWED OUR EUROPEAN OR ASIAN
HIGH SPEED RAIL PARTNERS THIS
DIAGRAM THEY WOULD APPLAUD AND
SAY WELL YES THAT'S WHAT IT'S
SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE FOR US IT
LOOKS A LITTLE COMPLICATED
PERHAPS NOT FOR STEPHANIE WITH
LA METRO SHE HAS NOW LIKE THIS
BUT IT SHOWS US THE NUMBER OF
TRAINS THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT
OF MERCED GOING TO THE DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS. IN THE SOUTH BAY THE
EAST BAY THE NORTH BAY AND UP
INTO THE SACRAMENTO AREA SO THE
MAJORITY OF THESE A LITTLE OVER
60% ARE FUNDED TODAY OR IN
EXISTENCE SO WE'RE REALLY
LOOKING AT ABOUT 40% THAT WE
HAVE TO SEE OVER THE NEXT EIGHT
YEARS TO GET THINGS IN PLACE-
FOR WHEN WE NEED TO START.
MATCHING UP WITH HIGH SPEED
RAILS INITIAL BILL SO WITH THAT
I WILL LEAVE YOU AND SAY THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND.
ALWAYS BE SAFE AROUND TRAINS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISS MARTINS
AND GREAT- PRESENTATION AND WE
WILL CERTAINLY BE SAFE AROUND
TRAINS WE APPRECIATE THAT- NEXT
UP WE HAVE MISS MICHELLE SWISS
CHARD ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR CALTRAIN. WELCOME IS
BOUCHARD. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.
GOING TO BE PRESENTING AN
OVERVIEW OF OUR WE. LET YOUR
VACATION PROGRAM- IT IS IN AT A
VERY EXCITING. PROGRAMMING
CONSIDERING THAT ELECTRIFICATION
HAS BEEN FULL OF THE CALTRAIN
BOARD SINCE THE MID NINETIES
IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE HOW
CLOSE WE ARE TO CARRYING PEOPLE
ON BOARD ELECTRIC TRAINS IN THE
CORRIDOR. JUST GIVE ME THE LAY
OF THE LAND HERE WE- OPERATE ON
SEVENTY SEVEN MILES. ALONG THE
SOME OF THE MOST DENSE CORRIDOR
IN THE BAY AREA PENINSULA WE'VE
GOT A- CAN YOU IN THAT IT IS
COMPLETELY BI DIRECTIONAL SO
MEANING WE HAVE JUST AS MANY
PEOPLE TRAVELING SOUTH OUT OF
SAN FRANCISCO IN THE MORNING- AS
WE DO HEADING INTO SAN
FRANCISCO. AND I THINK IT'S
LARGELY A REFLECTION OF THE FACT
THAT SILICON VALLEY REALLY IS
DISPERSED. AMONGST MANY OF OUR
STATIONS ALONG THE PENINSULA
IT'S NOT CONDENSING THE SINGLE A
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT- WE
HAD A- OF COURSE CORRIDOR I'M
SAYING WELL WE HAVE BEEN
AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING GRADE
SEPARATION WE STILL HAVE FORTY
ONE AT CREEK CROSSINGS IN THE
MAIN CORRIDOR. AND IT'S JUST
WORSE TO NOTE THAT WHILE WE ARE
STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE
PANDEMIC ON RIDERSHIP PRIOR TO
THE PANDEMIC WE WERE THE SEVENTH
LARGEST COMMUTER RAIL COUNTRY.
AND WE HAD A UNIQUE FEATURE IN
THAT WE WERE PULLING IN EXCESS
OF 70% OF OUR OPERATING OUT OF
THE BOX- IN SO. ALECTRA CATION
COULD NOT COME SOON ENOUGH WITH
THE TRAINS BEING OVERLY CROWDED
AND HAVING STANDING ROOM ONLY
OUR OUR GREAT HOPE IS TO GET
BACK TO THAT PLACE. AS WE START
TO SEE RIDERSHIP BACK. SO IT'S-
IT'S WORTH SAYING THAT- YOU KNOW
WE ARE EXPERIENCING A ONCE IN A
- ONCE IN A GENERATION
TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENT HERE ON
THE PENINSULA WE'VE BEEN
PROVIDING SERVICE- SINCE
EIGHTEEN SIXTY SO WE'VE GOT A
HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEAR OLD RIGHT
OF WAY WE STARTED WITH STEAM
TRAINS TRANSITION TO DIESEL AND
NOW WE'RE CONVERTING TO. TWENTY
FIVE KV AC OVERHEAD POWER- IT
SAYS IT'S- WELL WORTH MENTIONING
THAT WE SHOULD WE ARE PLANNING
TO BE IN SERVICE BY TWENTY
TWENTY FOUR- AND WILL BE
PROVIDING. A AT THE NORTHERN
END. OF THE CORRIDOR FOR FUTURE
HIGH SPEED RAIL SERVICE. AND AS
IT FUTURE OPERATOR ON THE
ELECTRIFIED CORRIDOR HIGH SPEED
RAILS AND IMPORTANT FUNDING
IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER AS WE
COMPLETE THE FIRST MAJOR
ELEMENTS OF THE BLENDED SYSTEM
ON OUR SHARED CORRIDOR. JUST HE
COMPLETED A TWO YEAR VISION PLAN
AND IT DOES IT IS. FORMED ON THE
BASIS OF THE ELECTRIFICATION
PROGRAM WITH R. TWENTY FORTY
SERVICE VISION IT WILL ALLOW CAL
TRAIN TO CARRY THREE TIMES THE
NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WERE
CARRYING PRE PANDEMIC THAT'S THE
EQUIVALENT OF TAKING FIVE AND A
HALF LANES OF TRAFFIC ALSO ONE
OH ONE SO REAL BIG IMPACT IN
TERMS OF THE- SEAT. CAPACITY
THAT WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER.
JUST BROADLY. OUR
ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM IS
COMPRISED OF TWO MAJOR ELEMENTS
THAT TRAIN SETS THEMSELVES.
WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING NINETEEN
OF THOSE WILL BE REPLACING THE
MAJORITY OF OUR DIESEL SLEEP
STILL HAVE SOME DIESEL SERVICE
RUNNING. DOWN TO GILROY- AND
THEN THERE'S THE TRACTION POWER
SYSTEM. SO LET'S JUST TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. IS WELL
UNDERWAY WE HAD UP PUT THAT
SHOVEL IN THE GROUND IN TWENTY
SEVENTEEN- WE RECENTLY
COMPLETED. THE LAST OF OUR THREE
IN EXCESS OF THREE THOUSAND
FOUNDATIONS LAID FOR THE PROJECT
AND BASICALLY THAT REMOVES A
SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR US AS ALL
OF THE REST OF THE WORK IS GOING
TO BE. MOVING ROSIE TO BE
CELEBRATING SEVERAL OTHER KEY
MILESTONES AS WE GET TO REVENUE
SERVICE- I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
RIDING OUR NEW TRAINS OUT IN
THE- IN THE DESET AT T. T. C.
I. IN COLORADO. YOU SEE THE
TRAIN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE
HERE- THEY'RE THEY'RE- THEY'RE
BEAUTIFUL. WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY I
IN THE ROOM AND THE RIDE IN THE
RIDER EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'RE
GONNA BRING TO CALTRAIN
CUSTOMERS- IT'S JUST US SO MUCH
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS
EXPERIENCED TODAY. ALSO ONE OF
THE MAJOR BENEFITS OF THIS
PROGRAM HAS BEEN JOB CREATION
AND IT'S NOT JUST LOCALLY AND IN
CALIFORNIA WHERE. OF WHERE THIS
PROGRAM HAS CREATED OVER TWENTY
FIVE HUNDRED DIRECT AND INDIRECT
JOBS- NATIONWIDE WE'RE LOOKING
AT THIRTY THREE THOUSAND JOBS
INCLUDING HAVING STABBER ARE
REAL CAR MANUFACTURERS- ACTUALLY
OPENED UP PLANT- IN UTAH BASED
ON THIS ORDER- BUT YOU SEE THE
JOBS ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY. AND OF COURSE THERE
ARE OTHER BENEFITS- OF BEING
ELECTRIFIED IN TERMS OF OUR
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE
TO PERFORM MUCH BETTER WITH-
TRIPS BEING MUCH SHORTER THAN
THEY ARE TODAY. AND WILL BE ABLE
TO INCREASE CAPACITY ON LINE AS
WELL AS PROVIDE AS I MENTIONED A
MUCH BETTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT TIMELINE
AND COST- THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED
THROUGH LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDS INCLUDING. A IN EXCESS OF
SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FROM
HIGH SPEED RAIL BOX. LAST
SUMMER- THE PROJECT TEAM BROUGHT
IN NEW LEADERSHIP AND WE
CONDUCTED A FULL PROGRAM REVIEW
TO DETERMINE THAT THERE WAS
GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL
FUNDING NEEDED TO COMPLETE. THE
JOB WE RESET THE SCHEDULE REESE
BEING RESET THE BUDGET THE
UPDATED BUDGET IS TWO POINT FOUR
FOUR BILLION DOLLARS WE ARE
STILL LOOKING TO FILL FUNDING
GAP OF FOUR HUNDRED AND TEN
MILLION DOLLARS WE'RE WORKING.
AGGRESSIVELY WITH OUR GRANTS
FOLKS AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
FOLKS THE CALTRAIN- TO REALLY
IDENTIFY AVAILABLE STATE AND
FEDERAL- SOURCES. AND WE WILL BE
WORKING DILIGENTLY TO CLOSE THE
GAP FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE ARE
CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE-
SEPTEMBER TWENTY TWENTY FOUR- IS
JUST AROUND THE CORNER- AND
WE'RE WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT A STATE
BUDGET TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE
COMES TOGETHER AND CAN PROVIDE
FUNDING TO HELP THIS PROJECT
OVER THE FINISH LINE- AND
PROVIDE THE FUTURE FOUNDATION
FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL. FOR JUST IN
TERMS OF THE BROAD BASE OF
PROJECT SUPPORT AS I MENTIONED
IT'S BEEN A PROJECT THAT HAS
BEEN DECADES IN THE MAKING- THIS
IS A PHOTO FROM OUR GROUND
BREAKING THIS PROJECT CONTINUES
TO ENJOY. BROAD POLITICAL
SUPPORT FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS
BUSINESS GROUPS TRANSPORTATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES AND OF
COURSE OUR CALTRAIN. SO IS THAT
THE IT'S MY PRESENTATION THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH A
DIRECTOR BOUCHARD WE APPRECIATE
THE PRESENTATION- NOW MOVE ON TO
OUR FINAL PANELIST STEPHANIE
WIGGINS MS WEAKENS AS THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR LOS
ANGELES METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY A
WELCOME AS CEO AWAKENS WE THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THE
MORNING SURE GONZALEZ THANK YOU
TO YOU TO YOU AND SHARE ADORABLE
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
TODAY- I AM PLEASED TO SPEAK TO
YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT BUT ALSO
THE IMPORTANCE OF. INVESTING IN
OUR INTERCITY AND COMMUTER RAIL
SYSTEMS THAT REALLY SERVICE
DETERS FOR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
PROJECT. METRO HAS LONG
SUPPORTED THE CALIFORNIA HIGH
SPEED RAIL PROJECT AND YOU'VE
BEEN A PARTNER WITH MULTIPLE
GUBERNATORIAL ADMINISTRATIONS
AND THE LEGISLATURE TO ADVANCE
THIS PROJECT. AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DO SO. WE HAVE
WORKED WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND
THE ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT
PLACING THE ORIGINAL BOND ON THE
BALLOT AND WE WORK TO ENSURE
THAT WHILE THE PROJECT FOCUSED
ON THE CENTRAL VALLEY. IT WOULD
STILL BE INVESTMENTS IN LOS
ANGELES COUNTY. NOW WE HAVE YET
TO CONCLUDE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE
ALLOCATION OF FOUR HUNDRED
TWENTY THREE MILLION TO R. LINK
UNION STATION PROJECT. UP PHASE
HEY. BUT I'M HOPEFUL AND WORKING
WITH- BRIAN KELLY THAT WE WILL
BE CONCLUDING THAT SOON- WORD OR
TWO ABOUT LINK UNION STATION IT
TRULY IS THE CROWN JEWEL. FOR
RAIL SERVICES IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA IT NOT ONLY IS THE
HOME TO SIX OF SIX OUT OF SEVEN
METROLINK LINES BUT IT IS THE
FEEDER SERVES AS THE FEEDER
MAJOR HUB FOR A NUMBER OF. METRO
SUBWAY AND LIGHT RAIL LINES AND
WILL BE- A HUB FOR FUTURE WEST
SANTA ANA BRANCH LINE AS WELL
WHICH IS OUR OUR TOP PRIORITY
PROJECT- UNION STATION WILL ALSO
SERVE AS- A HIGH SPEED RAIL
STATION. LIKE UNION STATION IS
IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES. AND IT PARTNERED WITH
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY WE
HAVE IDENTIFIE IN THE SCOPE OF
THE PROJECT TO REALLY UP TO SO
LET'S TAKE A RUN THROUGH TRACK
BRIDGE THAT WILL FULLY
ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE HIGH
SPEED RAIL TRACKS AND SIGNALLING
AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR
TRAVEL SOUTH OF UNION STATION.
THIS LINK UNION STATION PROJECT
IS A KEY STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN
OUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAIL
SYSTEM. IT WILL IMPROVE TRAVEL
TIMES ON ALL OF OUR METROLINK
LINES AND WILL ALSO IMPROVE
SERVICE ON THE SURFLINER WHICH
PROVIDES RAIL SERVICE FROM SAN
DIEGO TO SAN LUIS OBISPO. THE
LINK UNION STATION PROJECT WILL
ALSO GENERATE OVER FOUR THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED JOBS PER YEAR
DURING CONSTRUCTION. AND WE NOW
HAVE THE PROJECTS SHOVEL READY
WE'RE READY TO BEGIN
CONSTRUCTION AND REALLY BRING
FOR THE REGIONAL BENEFITS
PROVIDED BY THESE INVESTMENTS. I
ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME
TO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY PACKAGE THAT
WAS SIGNED BY ALL THIRTEEN LA
METRO BOARD MEMBERS ANSWER AND
IS SUPPORTED BY ALL THE COUNCILS
OF GOVERNMENTS WHO REPRESENT THE
EIGHTY EIGHT CITIES ACROSS LOS
ANGELES COUNTY. THIS PROPOSAL
CALLS FOR INVESTING THE HISTORIC
STATE SURPLUS IN KEY
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES PROJECTS
THAT ARE SHOVEL READY AND SHOVEL
WORTHY. INVESTING IN OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AS
OUTLINED IN THE GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY PACKAGE WILL CREATE
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS
LEVERAGE FEDERAL INVESTMENTS
FROM THE BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW AND REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. IT
WILL ALSO HELP US TO ADDRESS
HISTORIC INEQUITIES AND
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS BY
INVESTING IN KEY RAIL PROJECTS
IN EQUITY FOCUS COMMUNITIES ONE
ELEMENT OF THE GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY PACKAGE IS TO INVEST
IN OUR COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM SO
THAT WE CAN SEE THE BENEFITS OF
INCREASING SPEED AND SAFETY ON
THOSE SYSTEMS NOW. AND PREPARE
FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL IN THE
FUTURE WHEN IT'S READY FOR
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. INVESTING
IN MENTIONING SCORE PROGRAM WILL
DRAMATICALLY INCREASE SPEED ON
THE SYSTEM REDUCE TRAVEL TIME
AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND INVESTING IN THESE
SYSTEMS ALSO HELPS TO CONNECT
THE AREA TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT NORTHERN
LA COUNTY OR ANTELOPE VALLEY AS
AN EXAMPLE MENTION LINK OPERATES
SERVICE TO THE ANTELOPE VALLEY
AND THIS IS ONE OF ITS MOST
POPULAR LINES. THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY IS ALSO AN AREA IN LA
COUNTY WHERE HOME OWNERSHIP IS
MORE AFFORDABLE AND HOUSING
PRODUCTION IS UP. WE CAN PROVIDE
CLEAN AND EFFICIENT
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TO THIS
AFFORDABLE REGION WITH STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT. THE SPEED ON THAT
LINE CAN BE INCREASED BY FUNDING
DOUBLE TRACKS AND SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
DOING THIS NOW WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE TRAVEL
TIME ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND
WILL ALLOW FOR FASTER COMMUTES
FROM ANTELOPE VALLEY TO THE
GREATER LA BASIN. AND THIS WILL
MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO
FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO
BE ABLE TO ACCESS JOBS- ALSO A
PORTION OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.
LINE ALIGNMENT IS- PLANNED FOR
FUTURE HIGH SPEED RAIL. SO WE
URGE YOU TO DEDICATE A PORTION
OF THE STATE SURPLUS
SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE TYPES OF
PROJECTS- THAT CAN BE INVESTED
NOW IMPROVISED AWARDS NOW AND
FUTURE BENEFIT FOR HIGHER SPEED.
RAIL WHEN IT'S READY FOR
SOMETHING CALIFORNIA MADAM CHAIR
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU TO ADVANCE THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT IN OUR
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY PACKAGE.
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
THIS WEEKEND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION A
LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN LOS
ANGELES- NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO MEMBERS WE'VE. GOT YOUR DO IT
ALSO WITH THE FIRST QUESTION.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR- WITH MISS
ON QUESTION FOR MISTER MARK
MORTENSEN. IF YOU COULD JUST- IF
YOU THINK THIS IS. GOING TO
REQUIRE A LONGER QUESTION THAT
WE CAN DO IT OFF LINE BUT IF YOU
THINK THERE'S A SHORT ANSWER-
THE MERCED STATION- HOW WAS
THAT. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT REALLY
COMING ALONG AND- AND WHO'S
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLANNING THE
COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. I
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IT
THIS IS PROBABLY A GAME OF
SHARING IT WOULD BE EASY IF ONE
ENTITY CAME IN AND DID IT ALL.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO REALIZE
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
COMMUNITY AND MY AGENCY WE'RE
SORT OF ON THE GROUND. SO WE CAN
DO A LOT OF WORK THAT HELPS
INTEGRATE THE NEW SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WE DO LOOK TO HIGH SPEED
RAIL TO BRING THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE INTO TOWN AND
THEN WE CAN HELP INTEGRATE THE
STATION WITH THE CONVENTIONAL
SERVICES THAT'S THE SHORT
ANSWER. ME OKAY THANK YOU I MISS
BOUCHARD. COULD YOU- ON THE
FUNDING GAP- WHAT. WHAT DID YOU
IDENTIFY THAT BECAUSE THE- COST
INCREASE. AND WILL WHAT CALTRANS
BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING
TO PLUG THAT GAP. YES THANK YOU
FOR THAT QUESTION- THERE WERE A
FEW CAUSES FOR THAT COST
INCREASE BUT PRIMARILY-
CERTAINLY WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH
CODED. BUT ONE OF THE LARGEST
ISSUES WAS AS PART OF THE
PROJECT WE ARE REPLACING OUR
CREEK CROSSING PROTECTION IN
SIGNAL SYSTEM. TO BE COMPATIBLE
WITH C. ELECTRIFIED TRACTION
POWER SYSTEM AND THERE WERE
ONGOING ISSUES WITH THAT
TECHNOLOGY. AND AS A RESULT
THERE WERE SOME COMMERCIAL
ISSUES THAT CROPPED UP WITH THE
CONTRACTOR. IN ORDER TO PURSUE
THE MOST. AT THE LEAST COST
LEAST RISK RESOLUTION UP FOR THE
PROJECT AND TO GET INTO REVENUE
SERVICE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE DID A COMPLETE BUDGET SCRUB
AND RISK ANALYSIS. AND- AND-
THEY DO INCLUDING A GLOBAL
NEGOTIATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR
THAT RESULTED IN A CHANGE ORDER-
AND WE NOW HAVE OUR NEW BUDGET
AND IN THE WE ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THE BAY AREA.
DELEGATION AND OUR LOCAL
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION TO INCORPORATE- AT
AND ASK FOR FUNDS FROM STATE AS
PART OF A BAY AREA- ASK FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE BUT WE
ALSO ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO
SEE IF THERE WOULD BE FUNDS
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE- THROUGH
THE C. I G. PROGRAM- AND SOME
OTHER PROGRAMS- THAT ARE COMING
OUT OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
. AT ONE ONE FINAL ONE FOR MISS
WIGGINS GOOD TO SEE MISS
WEEKENDS OF YOU MENTIONED THE
FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THAT UNION
STATION- I AM CONCERNED I THINK
THAT'SBEEN OUT THERE FOR A FEW
YEARS- WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP
SPEED UP. GETTING THOSE FUNDS-
AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU CAN JUST
HEAR ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU CHAD
ARE ALSO GREAT TO SEE YOU I
WOULD RESPECTFULLY SAY THAT I
APPRECIATE YOU HOLDING THIS
HEARING TODAY- IN PREPARATION
JUST EARLIER BRIAN KELLY AND I
EXCHANGE THAT WE WANT TO GET
THIS DEAL DONE SO I'M GONNA TALK
TO HIM LATER TODAY I DON'T KNOW
IF HE'S STILL ON. AND HOPEFULLY
THE FINAL TWO ISSUES CAN GET
RESOLVED THERE'S NOTHING THAT
LIKE I THINK BRIAN WILL AGREE
OUR TWO FAVORITE SENATORS
CALLING A HEARING TO GET US TO-
FINALIZE A DEAL RIGHT BRIAN.
THE- HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT I
THINK THEY'RE JUST TWO
OUTSTANDING ISSUES- I DO KNOW
THAT BRIAN IS PASSIONATE ABOUT
ADVANCING HIGH SPEED RAIL AND
MAKING SURE THAT HI SPEED RAIL-
MAXIMIZING THE INVESTMENTS IT
MAKES- WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH
THAT I THINK WE WANTTO MAKE
SURE THAT- AS WE HAVE THE
PROJECTS SHOVEL READY. WE'RE
ABLE TO QUICKLY MOVE FORWARD
WITH GETTING THE PROJECT UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AND WE CLARIFY.
WHAT ARE THE NEEDS RELATED TO
OPERATING RIGHTS OUTSIDE OF
UNION STATION AND- MALABAR YARD
I THINK OR MAYBE THE TWO
OUTSTANDING ISSUES BUT BRIAN CAN
WE SAY IT IN FRONT OF THE TWO
CHAIRS. WE'RE GONNA GET THIS
DONE RIGHT WE'RE GETTING WE'RE
GONNA GET THIS DONE AND I- NO I
WAS THINKING MY OLD BOSS JOHN
BURTON WHO USED TO SAY. YOU KNOW
I NEED A HOT DOG FOR THE DOLLAR
AND SO I. AM INTERESTING.
ORDERED FORTY ONE MILLION
DOLLARS IN THIS PROJECT I NEED
TO MAKE SURE I GET THE HEART
DOCTOR THE DOLLAR. IN THE HOT
DOG FOR ME IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE OPERATING RIGHTS INTO.
THE ALIEN STATIONS REALLY
IMPORTANT IT'S THE WHOLE. IT'S A
WHOLE WAY THAT WE KNOW THAT-
THE- THIS IS MORE COMMON IN OUR
FUTURE SERVICE AND SO I THINK
IT'S ABOUT JUST WORKING OUT. HOW
DO WE GET THAT DONE THAT THAT
BOTH RESPECTS. METRO METROLINX
NEEDS AND RESPECT WHAT WE HAVE
TO ACCOMPLISH I'M DEDICATED TO
DOING IT I KIND OF FEEL LIKE
WE'RE THE- LAST COUPLE OF ISSUES
THERE WERE MORE BEFORE. OURS OUR
STAFF HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CROSS
OTHERS OFF. AND I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO GETTING THIS DONE
VERY SOON OKAY WELL I'LL TAKE
YOU FOR A TOGGLE. FOR THE DOLLAR
CROSS. EIGHT EVEN BETTER. THANK
YOU. NOW I'M GETTING HUNGRY SO
IF YOU SHIRT GET US ALL AND
THANK YOU MISS THE MISS MARTIN
FOR EIGHT THAT ANSWERS AS WELL-
NEXT WE HAVE SET A BACK. THANK
YOU THANK YOU IN THE CHAIR AND
STAFF FOR THE WORK HIS HEARING.
SPEAKING OF HUNGRY I KNOW WE'RE
RUNNING LATE BUT I JUST HAVE TO
DISCUSS WHAT ISSUE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO OUR DISTRICT.
MANAGEMENT SAYS A STATE SENATOR
PRESENT PENINSULA WHEN I THINK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SHIN PROJECT
WHICH WE'LL BRING SO MANY
BENEFITS IN TERMS OF BETTER
SERVICE CAN BOTHER VEHICLES
REDUCING EMISSIONS AND
CONGESTION. IN BUT I DO WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT AGAIN AS I SAID HUGER
OF CONCERN AND THIS WILL. BEEN A
SURPRISING SECOND DIRECTOR- AND
THAT'S NOT YET BEEN
SUBSTANTIALLY ADDRESS AND THAT'S
THE NEED TO COMPLETE MANY MORE
GRADE SEPARATIONS ALONG THE RAIL
LINE. OF MY DISTRICT HAS. MOST
OF THE MOST DANGEROUS ACRID
CROSSINGS IN THE STATE WE JUST
LOST ANOTHER CONSTITUENT AT THE
SAN BRUNO CROSSING A FEW WEEKS
AGO. YEAH AND- IF WE REACH A
POINT WHICH WILL HAVE DOZENS OF
ELECTRIFIED CALTRAIN. AND HIGH
SPEED RAIL TRAINS RUNNING UP AND
DOWN THE COURT OR EVERY HOUR.
THAT MEANS MANY MORE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLISIONS AND
MUCH MORE. KATE DOWNTIME CUTTING
OUR COMMUNITIES AND HALF SO. I
TRY TO SAY ONE I'M PLEASED THE
GOVERNOR'S. PROPOSED FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR PART OF
FUNNY FOR GRADE SEPARATIONS I
WORKED. BEFORE TO WORK WITH MY
COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THAT.
THE BUDGET REFLECTS THAT
COMMITMENT BUT IT'S JUST A DROP
IN THE BUCKET AND- THE ESTIMATES
FOR THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE
CROSSED. THE NEED TO BE
SEPARATED IN CEMETERY OR IN
SANTA CLARA COUNTY. IS OVER TEN
BILLION DOLLARS. SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH CATCHER ON THIS TOPIC I
KNOW WE'VE EVER UP ROUND TRIP
ROUND TABLE THAT I'M HOSTING
COMING UP. TO DISCUSS THIS BUT I
ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY- THAT I
NEED TO SEE FURTHER PARTNERSHIPS
FROM THE AUTHORITY. FROM HYDRO
THIRTY ON THIS SUBJECT. IT WAS
GREAT THE THIRTY CONTRIBUTED. TO
THE CEMETERY OR GRADE
SEPARATION. BUT ULTIMATELY- THE
EIGHTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IS
IN LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. OF THE
TEN BILLION THAT I MENTIONED
NEEDED FOR ADEQUATE CROSSINGS
AND- JUST REALLY WANT TO FLAG
THIS YEAR JUST TO SAY THAT
THESE. PROJECTS CAN'T BE AN
AFTERTHOUGHT AND MY LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS CAN'T BE LEFT TO.
FEND FOR THEMSELVES AND FIGURE
OUT HOW TO HANDLE THEM SO- AGAIN
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LOOK
FOR TO. GET TO DISCUSS THIS-
WITH CALTRAIN BUT ALSO WITH THE
AUTHORITY. AS WELL AND TO YOU
KNOW CONTINUE DISCUSS. THE OTHER
ISSUES WE RAISED WHICH IS THE
EFFECT THAT THE- AUTHORITIES
POTENTIAL EXPANSION TO BEAR IS
ALREADY HAVING ON EXISTING
PROJECTS IN MILLBRAE. AND
BRISBANE PORTS ARE PROPOSED
PROJECTS IN IN MELBOURNE AND
BRISBANE THAT ARE BEING HACKED
UP SO JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND PJ.
BOTH YOURS FOR THIS HEARING
THANK YOU SENATOR BAKER SENATOR
ARCHULETA- YES MY QUESTION- A
MANAGER FOR MISS WIGGINS. RED
HAT. YES WORTH OF. OKAY I I'M
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WELL
WE ACCEPT THIS INCIDENT
CALIFORNIA WITH WITH- SO MANY
PROJECTS GOING ON METRO'S
INVOLVED WITH SO MANY THINGS AND
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB NO
DOUBT THE SENATE ACCORD OR
SOMETHING THAT I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT OBVIOUSLY STARTED FROM
ARTESIA IN MY DISTRICT GOING ALL
THE WAY IN THE DREAM IS TO GO
RIGHT INTO LOS ANGELES. AND IT
COURSE WE HAVE OTHER LIGHT RAIL
PROJECTS HOUSES GOOD FACTOR THIS
THIS WHOLE SITUATION OVER THE
NEXT FIVE AND TEN YEARS. WELL
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
WEST SANTA ANA BRANCH PROJECT IT
IS OUR BOARS UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED NUMBER ONE PROJECT FOR
FEDERAL FUNDING TO ADVANCE ON
RAIL SERVICE TO- THE SOUTHEAST
COMMUNITIES- WE JUST HAD A MAJOR
MILESTONE JUST. A WEEK AND A
HALF AGO F. T. AGES ADVANCES
INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WHICH
IS A CRITICAL MILESTONE. TO
HAVING THE PROJECT ELIGIBLE FOR
FEDERAL FUNDS- YOU KNOW. WE
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADVANCE-
WEST SANTA ANA AND ALL OUR OTHER
PROJECTS JUST LIKE STACEY TALKED
ABOUT. HER PROJECTS IN HER AREA
AND THE SHELL WITH CAL TRAIN
BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE
HIGH SPEED RAIL A BETTER. BETTER
PRODUCT IT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDE
FEEDER SERVICE. OF OUR
RIDERSHIP- TO SUPPORT HIGH SPEED
RAIL SO. FROM ONE OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE IS THAT
HIGH SPEED RAIL- ELIGIBLE
FUNDING IS REALLY- A SEPARATE
CATEGORY- PARTICULARLY AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL THEN THE FUNDING
THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR WEST
SANTA ANA. SO WE DON'T SEE THEM
AS COMPETING WE SEE THEM AS
COMPLEMENTARY AND OF COURSE WE
WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIGH SPEED
RAIL HERE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. TOMORROW BUT IN THE
INTERIM. WE NEED WOULD LIKE TO
SEE SOME INVESTMENT SO WE CAN
CONTINUE PROVIDING BENEFITS NOW
TO THE REGION- WORK FORCE JOB
DEVELOPMENT- CLIMATE CHANGE
BENEFITS- IF WE INVEST IN
PROJECTS LIKE WEST SANTA ANA NOW
IN ADDITION TO HIGH SPEED RAIL.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU ON THAT PROJECT AND GET
IT ALL THE WAY UP INTO THAT
BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND THAT'S
THERE IN LOS ANGELES. AND I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND
CONGRATULATIONS YOU'RE DOING A
GREAT JOB THANK YOU. THANK YOU
THANK YU SENATOR ARCHER LET AN
ALL BUILD OFF OF THAT AS WELL
YOU KNOW SEO AWAKENS I KNOW YOU
AND I HAVE SPOKEN- QUITE
EXTENSIVELY ABOUT WESTON AND A
BRANCH CLEARLY A- PRIORITY GOING
THROUGH SENATOR ARCHULETA AND-
MY DISTRICT AND REALLY TOUCHING
ON THE POINT OF JUST EQUITY NOT
JUST FOR THE OLYMPICS DOWN THE
ROAD. THE REALLY FOR EVERY DAY-
FOLKS IN LOS ANGELES I NEED TO
GET FROM A TO B. TO WORK TO LIVE
TO DO YOU KNOW- EVERYTHING THAT
THEY NEED TO- IN A IN A MORE
SUSTAINABLE WAY THAT ALSO
PROVIDES GOOD JOBS SO WE REALLY.
APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN THE
BOARD'S EFFORTS IN THIS IN THIS
MANNER- AND I WANT TO THANK AS
WELL OUR PANELISTS I DON'T THINK
WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
MEMBERS AT THIS POINT BUT I JUST
WANT TO THINK. A DIRECTOR
MORTENSEN DIRECTOR BOUCHARD AND
OF COURSE THE- WEEKENDS FOR
THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND I HAD
THE CHANCE ALSO TO VISIT
CULTURING WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. I
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU KNOW
ADDITIONAL PROGRESS THERE AND I
LOOK FORWARD ALSO VISITING THE
VALLEY OF THE VALLEY LINE AS
WELL WITH A DIRECTOR MORTENSEN.
THE WITH THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR
PANELISTS- WE THINK YOU AGAIN.
AND WHAT I WILL DO NOW IS INVITE
THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO
PARTICIPATE ONCE AGAIN TO CALL
AND NOW. PLEASE DIAL THE TOLL
FREE NUMBER EIGHT FOUR FOUR. TWO
NINE ONE FOUR ONE EIGHT FIVE
WHEN PROMPTED PLEASE USE ACCESS
CODE FOUR SIX SIX. THREE NINE
SIX EIGHT. WE WILL NOW BRING-
ANY ADDITIONAL FOLKS WOULD LIKE
TO. PARTICIPATE MODERATOR DO YOU
HAVE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE AT THIS
TIME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE
PHONE LINES IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO- PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC
COMMENT PLEASE PRESS ONE
FOLLOWED BY THE ZERO DOWN
EIGHTEEN KEY OPERATORS GOING TO
GIVE YOUR LINE NUMBER OFF LINE
IN PLACE QUICKLY BACK INTO THE
QUEUE SO AGAIN FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO AT
THIS TIME AND WE FAILED LET'S
SEE ABOUT SIX PARTICIPANTS CUED
UP RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU WE'LL
TAKE THE FIRST COMMENT PLEASE.
WE'LL GET THANKS MADAM CHAIR
WE'LL GO TO LINE TWENTY SIX YOU
OPEN. HELLO MADAM CHAIRS AND
MEMBERS ON THE US ARMY DOES ON
BEHALF OF THE TRANSBAY JOINT
POWERS AUTHORITY CALLING IN TO
EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE
CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY'S DROPPEDTWENTY
TWENTY TWO BUSINESS PLAN- THE
PDPA OWNS AND OPERATES THE
SALESFORCE TRANSIT CENTER WHICH
IS SLATED TO BE THE NORTHERN
TERMINUS FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL-
SANDWICHES GO. WHILE ALSO
SERVING AS A TRANSIT HUB SERVING
MULTIPLE OPERATORS REGIONAL AND
STATEWIDE BENEFIT- WHAT WE CAN
TO ENCOURAGE THE LEGISLATURE
STRONGLY CONSIDER THE FULL
ALLOCATION OF REMAINING PROP ONE
EIGHTY FUNDS FOR HIGH SPEED
RAIL. INTO APPROVED A FULL
FUNDING AMOUNTS FOR THE ENTIRE
TWENTY TWENTY TO TWENTY TWENTY
THREE TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE.
PROPOSED IN THE GOVERNOR'S.
JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL THANK
YOU. THANK YOU NECK COMMENT. WE
WILL ALIGN TWENTY ONE PLEASE GO
AHEAD. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF HIS KEEP DONE ON
BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
AND WORKERS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS WILL BE SUFFICIENT
CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED TRAIN OF
JUST LIKE TO ALSO ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THE HIGH STREET ROOM
BUSINESS PLAN I THINK TODAY WE
LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT GREAT
PARTNERS WE HAVE AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL IN THE GENERATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THESE
FUNDS. WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WHO IS MORE THAN EVER
FOR US HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND
THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY ALSO
WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
POINT OUT THE FACT THAT THE CAP
AND TRADE PROGRAM INSTEAD OF AND
WITH THE GESTURE BY LA- AND
HAVING A REBUILT EVERY YEAR IT'S
MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE EXTEND
THAT PROGRAM SO THERE'S ACTUALLY
A SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT WE CAN
GO OUT. SURE PARTNERS IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT THERE'S A
COMMITMENT TO THIS PROGRAM HERE
IN CALIFORNIA BUT ALSO REVENUE
STREAM THAT WE CAN USE THE
LEVERAGE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
SO WITH THAT I JUST ASK FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE
BUSINESS PLAN- AND FOR PARTNERS
WHO ARE BUILDING THE SYSTEM WITH
THE STATE AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU. MR
DONE NEXT COMMENT PLEASE. WE
WILL WANT EIGHT. YOU ARE OPEN.
I'M NOT THAT THE ARE LIKE THERE
ARE CORRECT CALL THANK THE VALUE
LEADERSHIP GROUP CLICK IS NOT
PRESENT OVER TO HUNDRED. SECOND
INNOVATION ECONOMY EMPLOYERS IN
THE AREA I DIDN'T SUPPORT ABOUT
YOUR CLASS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
AND THE DROP. TWENTY TWENTY THE
PLAN. ALL THE POTENTIAL BUT
ABOUT OF THE AND CAN UNTIL ASSET
WHILE PAYING JOB WHAT ABOUT.
WHICH GREATLY OUR HELP. ACROSS
STATE FALLOUT LABOR DO YOU THINK
IT RECORD COSTS FOR WORKERS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU NEXT
COMMENT PLEASE. TWENTY TWO
EUROPE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS OF BOTH COMMITTEES MATT
KREMIN HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ABOUT A CONFERENCE OF
OPERATING ENGINEERS GOOD AND
STRONG SUPPORT OF THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL AUTHORITY'S DRAFT TWENTY
TWENTY TWO BUSINESS PLAN GIVEN
THE INTENSE SCRUTINY THAT THIS
PRODUCT IS FACED IT'S IMPORTANT
ALSO MENTION THE PROGRESS THAT
HAS BEEN MADE OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS INCLUDING FINALIZING
DESIGN WORK AND RAPIDLY
INCREASING THE STRUCTURES THAT
ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S
ALSO IMPORTANT AMERICANIZATION
PERSPECTIVE TO NOTE THE PROGRESS
THAT THIS PROGRESS WOULD LEAD
OVER SEVEN THOUSAND JOBS BEING
CREATED MANY OF WHOM BELONG TO
OUR MEMBERS AND WE ARE ALREADY
SEEING THE LIFE CHANGING IMPACT
THAT THESE JOBS ARE ESTABLISHING
THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS WHO STARTED
ON THE PROJECT AT THE PREMISES-
NOW STILL WORKING ON THE PROJECT
IS GERMAN OPERATOR WITH A
LIFELONG CAREER AHEAD OF THEM.
GIVEN THIS PROGRESS WOULD IT
MEANS FOR MEMBERS IN THE
APPRENTICE WE WOULD SINCERELY
ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE
TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUSINESS PLAN
IS ALL YOUR SUPPORT ALLOCATING
THE FULL FOUR POINT TWO BILLION
IN BOND FUNDS REMAINING THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANK. YOU MR
COMMONS NEXT COMMENT PLEASE.
THANK YOU FOR. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HI MY NAME IS SANDY CAN SPREAD.
CEO OF THE U. S. HIGH SPEED RAIL
SITUATION AND CONVENER OF THE U.
S. HIGH SPEED RAIL COALITION. ON
BEHALF OF THE COALITION AND
ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WE SUPPORT
THE RAPID COMPLETE. RAPID
COMPLETION OF THE CALIFORNIA
HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT. ENERGY
TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD BY
RELEASING THE STATE FUNDS. IN
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. SETTING
THE STATE UP TO RECEIVE
SUBSTANTIAL FEDERAL FUNDING. TO
ADVANCE THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT.
AND THIS INCLUDES A FULL SYSTEM
WITH DOUBLE TRACK AND FULLY
ELECTRIFIED. AND AS A POINT OF
REFERENCE EVERY HIGH SPEED RAIL
SYSTEM IN THE WORLD IS FULLY
ELECTRIFIED. IT'S PHYSICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE. TO RUN TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY NINE ARE TRAINED ON
ANYTHING BUT OVERHEAD CATENARY
WIRE ELECTRIFICATION. I SEE
RELATIVE TECHNOLOGY ALL OVER THE
WORLD FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS
AND BRING SWEEPING CHANGES
ACROSS AN- ENTIRE REGION. AS
HAPPENED IN EVERY NATION THAT
HAS BUILT THE INVESTOR. TWENTY
NATIONS CAN GET THIS DONE WE CAN
CERTAINLY GET IT DONE HERE IN
AMERICA. HIGH SPEED RAIL
DELIVERS VERY HIGH CAPACITY NEW
MOBILITY TO GET PEOPLE AND GOODS
MOVING AND IT WILL REDUCE CARBON
CONGESTION COSTS ACCIDENT AND
ENERGY CONSUMPTION STATEWIDE ALL
THE SAME TIME. IT WILL CREATE
NEW ACCESS TO MILES OF
AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES IT WILL
STIMULATE OUR ECONOMY IN
MULTIPLE WAYS. BY CREATING BOOMS
IN REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING AND TOURISM
SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THIS MAJOR
STIMULUS WILL REVERBERATE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND NATION
AND WILL GO ON FOR MANY DECADES
BENEFITING ALL SO WE URGE YOU TO
RELEASE THE STATE FUNDS AND
COMPLETE THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH
DOUBLE TRACK FULLY ELECTRIFIED.
WORLD CLASS HIGH SPEED RAIL AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL
FEDERAL FUNDS THIS IS OUR BIG
OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ADVANTIS
PROJECTS AND GET TRAINS RUNNING
SO CALIFORNIANS AND THE REST OF
AMERICA COULD COME AND RIDE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH- NEXTCOMMENT PLEASE.
THANK YOU NEXT WE WILL GO TO
LINE ELEVEN YOU ARE OPEN. HI MY
NAME IS JOHN GREEN AND I WOULD
LIKE TO COMMENT TODAY IN SUPPORT
OF THE PROPOSED FOUR POINT TWO
BILLION DOLLARS FOR HIGH SPEED
RAIL IN THE PROPOSED
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE I'M A
FACULTY MEMBER OF THE LISLE
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AT
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
FRESNO. AFTER WORKING PREVIOUSLY
MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS IN THE
RAILWAY INDUSTRY I'M ALSO A
MEMBER OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN
RAILWAY ENGINEERING AND
MAINTENANCE OF WAY ASSOCIATION
THE VICE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMITTEE. AT FRESNO STATE WE'RE
EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL SERVICE
WILL BRING TO OUR STUDENTS.
WE'RE EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS FOR
TECHNICAL CAREERS IN THE RAIL
INDUSTRY WE ALREADY OFFER TWO
DIFFERENT COURSES IN RAILWAY
ENGINEERING AND DOZENS OF
STUDENTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED THOSE COURSES. ARE
GRADUATES ARE MAKING GREAT
CONTRIBUTIONS THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL PROJECT OUR ALUMNI DIANA
DOMINANCE IS A SHINING EXAMPLE
AND PREVIOUSLY SERVED AT THE
CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL DIRECTOR
OF THE PROJECT BEFORE BECOMING
THE CALTRANS DISTRICT SIX
DIRECTOR. HIGH SPEED RAIL ENGINE
FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. IN SPAIN
GERMANY AND CHINA CITIES SIMILAR
TO FRESNO BAKERSFIELD AND MERCED
HAVE SEEN GREAT ECONOMIC GROWTH
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH
HIGH SPEED RAIL. IT IS CRITICAL
THAT THE INITIAL SEGMENT
CONNECTING FRESNO WITH MERCED
AND BAKERSFIELD BE CMPLETED AS
PLANNED SO THAT IT BECOMES THE
BACKBONE LINKING SILICON. VALLEY
TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE
DESIGN INTO. OF A TECHNO.
ADVANCED RAIL IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY IS ALREADY PROVIDE
INSPIRING. AND RESEARCH
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
SUCH AS THE CLASS FIELD TRIPS
THAT FRESNO STATE STUDENTS HAVE
TAKEN TO THE CALIFORNIA HIGH
SPEED RAIL CONSTRUCTION. THE
PROJECT IS ALSO ALREADY
ASSISTING STUDENTS ECONOMICALLY
AS WELL. INTERNSHIPS FOR
ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND FULL
TIME TECHNICALLY ADVANCED JOBS
FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES. IN THE
SYSTEM IS IN OPERATION IT WILL
ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
REMAINDER TO INVASION. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH CAN WE JUST- YOU CAN
CONCLUDE WITH YOUR FINAL POINT
SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO OTHER
COMMENTERS PLEASE. SURE THANK
YOU HIGH SPEED RAIL PORTENT FOR
CALIFORNIA MAY BE THE MOST
TRANSFORMATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS ARE LIFETIME I URGE YOU
TO SUPPORT THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO
CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL DRAFT
BUSINESS PLAN THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH NEXT COMMENT
PLEASE. BLUELINE FOURTEEN YOU
ARE OPEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MADAM CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS MY NAME IS PAUL CATCHER
DURING AMERICA CASH BURN THE
LAWN READ NOW AND I WANT TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF. SMALL
BUSINESSES. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS
THE GRATITUDE FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COMPANY. AND
THE COMMUNITY THIS HAS BEEN A
BIG CHANGE FOR FRESNO I WAS BORN
IN FRESNO AND I'VE SEEN A LOT
OF. ST POSITIVE GROWTH FROM THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL COMING IN
STARTING HERE. THIS PROJECT HAS
CHANGED MY LIFE AND THE LIFE OF
MY EMPLOYEE WE WENT FROM SIX
EMPLOYEES TO OVER FORTY
CURRENTLY 85% OF MY NEW HIRES IN
THE LABOR FORCE. ON PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE. WE TOLD THEM- AND
THEM IN THERE AND GIVE THEM A
GOOD UNION JOBS WOULD BENEFIT
THEM AND LONG TERM SECURITY. THE
AMOUNT HOMEOWNERS AND- THEY'RE
DOING VERY WELL FOR THEMSELVES.
THIS PROJECT IS LIFTING PEOPLE
UP AND ARE EXTREMELY POSITIVE
WAY. IT'S ALSO- LOT OF MY
COMPANY TO GROW TO THE WE'RE
WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO BID ON
OTHER PROJECTS WE'RE STILL IN
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL MR CURRENTLY
ON IT THAT. WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE
THE IT'S LIKE A SCENE- PROJECT
WE'RE WE'RE BUILDING A POLICE
STATION AND FIRE STATIONS AND
OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S
JUST THE MOMENTUM THAT IS GIVEN
MY COMPANY OUR EMPLOYEES IN THIS
COMMUNITY- CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.
AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU- ON
BEHALF OF SMALL BUSINESS AND A
DISABLED VETERAN. WE'RE GRATEFUL
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. FOR COMMENTS NEXT
COMMENT PLEASE. WE WILL ALIGN
YEAR OPEN. THREE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH HI THIS IS DAVID WITH THE
TEAMSTERS RAIL CONFERENCE AND ON
BEHALF OF THE TEAMSTERS AND R.
ONE POINT FOUR MILLION MEMBERS
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BUSINESS
PLAN INDIA FOUR POINT TWO
BILLION THAT'S IN THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET. I DON'T THINK I NEED TO
ADD MORE TO WHAT SO MANY
SPEAKERS BEFORE ME- SO
ELOQUENTLY SAID I DO BELIEVE
THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT
SAID THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WHICH HAS PASSED THE HISTORIC
INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD SIXTY SIX
BILLION FROM RAIL. TWELVE
BILLION OF IT IS ELIGIBLE HIGH
SPEED RAIL IS WATCHING THESE
HEARINGS VERY CLOSELY TO
DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF GRANTS
THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT AND I
BELIEVE THE STATE NEEDS TO
PRESENT ITS FULL BACKING OF THE
PROJECT SO THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WE'LL SEE IS BEHIND.
IT IMPULSIVE- THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU MR NEXT COMMENT
PLEASE. WE'LL GO TO LINE A
TWENTY SEVEN YOU ARE OPEN. GOOD
MORNING CAN LIMIT FOR PREVENTING
THE NEXT THE CORPORATION FOR
EDUCATION NETWORK INITIATIVES IN
CALIFORNIA AND THE PART OF THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL CONTINUED THE
DECLINE IN FUNDING AND- ARE
PLEASED WITH THE REINVIGORATION
BY DIRECTOR KELLY OF R. AND
ARGUE FOR THE POTENTIAL TO
EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY. AND
ACCESSIBILITY OF HIGH SPEED
BROADBAND ALONG THE RAIL PASS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AND MISS MODERATOR- HOW MANY
OTHER. FOLKS WE HAVE LINED UP IN
THE QUEUE. WE HAVE THREE MORE
OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT
COMMENT PLEASE. BYLINE TWENTY
EIGHT YOU ARE OPEN. MORNING
MADAM CHAIR MY NAME IS WILL
OLIVER WITH THE FRESNO COUNTY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS AND
INDUSTRY THE FRESNO EDC IS IN
SUPPORT OF CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED
RAILS DRAFT TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
TWO BUSINESS PLAN IT'S IMPORTANT
TO REAFFIRM THE REASONS WHY THIS
WORK IS SO VITAL IMPORTANCE FOR
CENTRAL BY COMMUNITIES IN OUR
DOWNTOWN TO. TO SENATOR CORTESE
AN ARDUOUS QUESTIONS RAISED
ABOUT ECONOMIC IMPACTS THE
DECISION TO START IN THE CENTER
OF OUR REGION IT CENTERS AROUND
EQUITY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
AND CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS
WERE WISE TO ALLOCATE FEDERAL
FUNDS AIM TOWARDS THE CENTRE BY
FIRST AN AREA THAT IS FAR TOO
LONG STRUGGLE WITH HIGH
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE PERSISTENT
POOR AIR QUALITY AND UNABATED
POVERTY. OUR POVERTY RATE
EXCEEDS THAT OF THE APPALACHIANS
HIGH SPEED RAIL HAS ALREADY
ADVANCED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PUTTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO
WORK A LINE HUNDREDS OF LOCAL
SMALL BUSINESSES WITH
CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES AND
PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC A LOT OF
FRESNO AND THE CENTRAL VALLEY TO
REACH RECORD UNEMPLOYMENT
LEVELS. THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
TWO DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN WILL
CONTINUE THESE INVESTMENTS
PARTICULARLY IN THE HUNDREDS AND
ONE MILE COURSE AT FRESNO
BAKERSFIELD INTERIM OPERATING
SEGMENT WITH ELECTRIFIED DOUBLE
TRACK OPERATION CONNECTING
MERCED FRESNO BAKERSFIELD INTRUM
SEGMENT WILL PROVIDE MUCH FASTER
MORE FREQUENT AND MORE RELIABLE
PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE THAT IS
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THIS
CORRIDOR ON PROVING OUR AIR
QUALITY BY SHIFTING FROM DIESEL
TO CLEAN ELECTRIC. TRAINS INTO
HIM SECOND ALL OUT FOR EARLY
TESTING THE PRICE YOUR
OPERATIONS TO PREPARE FOR
PASSENGER RAIL ABOUT TWO HUNDRED
MILES PER HOUR THEREFORE THE
SUCCESS OF THIS EARLY IN TERM
SERVICE THE CENTRAL TOWARDS
IMPLEMENTING THE ULTIMATE HIGH
SPEED RAIL SYSTEM BETWEEN THE
BAY AREA CENTRAL VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HIGH SPEED
RAIL THE CITY OF FRESNO AND
PRIVATE INVESTORS HAVE ALREADY
COMMITTED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN PLAN INVESTMENT IN
PROJECTS AROUND THE PRESENT
STATION MUCH OF WHICH HINGES ON
A FULLY FUNCTIONAL STATION AND
TRAIN OPERATING THROUGHOUT THE
STATE IT'S TIME TO BUILD OFF THE
BACKBONE IS CURRENTLY BEING
CREATED ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED
THE- FULL FIVE HUNDRED MILE
SYSTEM FROM SAN FRANCISCO. TO LA
AND ADVANCED DESIGN STABLE HI.
IT'S TIME FINISH WHAT WE STARTED
YEAH FOR YOU TO RELEASE FUN AND
CAN. GOING FOR YOU THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL DRAFTED TWENTY POINT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMING NEXT
PLEASE. TWENTY NINE YEAR OLD.
GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR JIM
WHITE ON BEHALF OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT
DISTRICT BARTON STRONG SUPPORT
OF THE DRAFT TWENTY TWENTY TWO
BUSINESS PLAN FROM THE AUTHORITY
AS WELL AS THE FOUR POINT TWO
BILLION DOLLAR PROPOSED
CONTINUED INVESTMENT INTO THE
PROGRAM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU NEXT COMMENT PLEASE.
ONE THIRTY ONE PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR AND- CHECK REAL HAS- IN
THE ELECTED HEAD OF THE FRESNO
MADERA TULARE KING BUILDING
TRADES COUNCIL AND WE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE- ACCEPTANCE OF THE
PAST IN THE DRAFT- THE TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. A HIGH SPEED RAIL
BUSINESS PLANNING AND RELEASED A
FOUR POINT TWO. MILLION WE HAVE
BEEN- THIS THE POINT OF THE
SPEAR HEADING THIS AFTERNOON
CENTRAL VALLEY- I KNOW FIRST
HAND THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND-
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT IT IS
PUT TO WORK- THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT IT IS MAINTAINED TO
WORK THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. THANK
YOU TO THE GOVERNOR- IN- THE
DECISION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS- LET US
CONTINUE TO WORK LEFT UNFINISHED
THE JOB- WE STAND READY IN THE
BUILDING TRADES TO PRODUCE
THOSE- FUTURE CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP-
IT REALLY- COULDN'T HAPPEN
WITHOUT A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS SUCH AS HIGH SPEED
RAIL. BUT IT HAS BEEN A CHANGE A
GAME CHANGER ON THE VALLEY
FLOOR- THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK. YOU VERY MUCH NEXT COMMENT
PLEASE- MADAMWE HAVE EXHAUSTED
THE QUEUE. OF THANK YOU MISTER.
WE'VE EXHAUST THE QUEUE I SEEN
ONE THE GALLERY AND I DON'T KNOW
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FROM US SENATORS WE
DON'T SEE ANY WHAT I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF OUR PANELISTS. ARE
FOR THE ROBUST DISCUSSION AND OF
COURSE THE MEMBERS FOR THEIR
QUESTIONS WE CERTAINLY WILL HAVE
A LOT MORE FOLLOW UP BUT I JUST
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN THIS
CONCLUDES OUR- A JOINT COMMITTEE
ON US SENATE TRANSPORTATION
SUBCOMMITTEE NUMBER FIVE FOR
HIGH SPEED RAIL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH.