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At the request of Chair Cihacek, Mr. Freihammer reported that there was no news on the solar project, with Mr. Culver reporting to him earlier today that staff was still waiting information from the company. With the ongoing delays experienced with this proposal, Mr. Freihammer noted that it was being unpractical that this offer would still be good, and other options may be indicated. 6. Metro Transit Presentation Mr. Freihammer introduced Greg Williams, new Assistant Director of Facilities Management from Metro Transit, formerly in facility management at the University of Minnesota for the last twenty years, most recently on the St. Paul campus adjacent to Roseville. Mr. Williams in turn introduced his colleague also attending tonight, Paul Lamb, an Engineer with the Metro Transit Engineering and Facilities Department. Greg Williams Mr. Williams provided a short presentation highlighting some of the recent changes in service area with shelter ownership, locations and policies and their plan for potential shelters within Roseville. Mr. Williams' presentation included Metro Transit's mission statement, guiding principles, and facilities maintenance mission statement. Mr. Williams reported that Metro Transit owned 1,100 shelters, 18 Green Line platforms, 17 Blue Line platforms, 4 Northstar platforms, 38 park and rides; with twelve one -person crews assigned to clean and maintain and service 82.5 shelters or stops per person per day. At the request of Chair Cihacek, neither Mr. Williams or Mr. Lamb were able to definitely name the number of shelters owned/operated by external agencies; but noted those owned by Metro Transit were clearly identified and branded as such. Mr. Williams outlined what "maintenance" consisted of at the various sites (e.g. power washing; trash emptying and debris pick-up; sweeping concrete pads and gutters; washing shelter benches, trash cans and lids, gutters, accessories, and the interior sidewalks and bus platforms; washing and/or monitoring advertising displays and bus schedule holders; washing ceiling panels, batter boxes, and solar panels, etc.). Non -routine cleaning reported on by Mr. Williams included complaint -driven items responded to within one business day of notification and involving anything from typical cleaning to bio-hazard issues. Mr. Williams noted that frequency of cleaning among the platforms and/or shelters varied vastly among their different uses and activity levels, evenly spaced to reduce time between cleanings. For those stops and/or shelters with higher ridership, Mr. Williams advised they required additional or higher levels of cleaning and on a more frequent basis as warranted. Mr. Williams further reported that, obviously, those with lower ridership may receive less frequent cleaning or maintenance. Mr. Williams reported on expanded facilities maintenance with 55 new design passenger shelters and coordination with project offices, including engineering and construction staff during the design/construction phases. As part of Metro Page 4 of 17