RYDE Transit

1. RYDE Transit Best Practices, What We Have Learned – ARRA Funded Facility

2. RYDE Transit Locations Buffalo County Kearney RYDE Transit Regional Offices City Of Ravenna Hamilton County Aurora Dawson County Lexington Gosper County Elwood Kearney County Minden Franklin County Franklin Adams County Hastings

3. Keep Sight of the Goal (1)

4. Timeline (1) • Fall of 2000 – Feasibility Study to Determine if there was a need for a Facility • Joint Venture with the City, University, County and RYDE • Multiple Locations (Bico’s, NSC) • Venture with Airport Facility – Hangar and Warehouse Storage • Addition To USARC Building

5. Site #3 Site #2 Site #4 RTTF Final Location Site #1 Site #5 Office Location

6. Kearney Hub- 06/02/2009 • Heineman: $5.8 million in stimulus funds should be coming Kearney's way • By: BETSY FRIEDRICH , Hub Staff Writer • KEARNEY - Reach Your Destination Easily of Kearney will probably receive $5.8 million in stimulus funds, Gov. Dave Heineman announced. • Speaking at Kearney Regional Airport this morning, Heineman said the state will submit two proposals for stimulus funds for R.Y.D.E - one for $1.29 million and a second for $4.6 million.``If approved, significant investments will be headed to Kearney in the next year,'' Heineman said. ``I will say we feel fairly confident based on past applications and past practices that we expect these applications to be approved.''R.Y.D.E. is a public transportation program headquartered in Kearney and managed by the Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska. The program serves Buffalo, Kearney, Franklin and Gosper counties. Starting July 1, it also will serve Adams County. Heineman said the first request for $1.29 million would help R.Y.D.E. purchase equipment and infrastructure. ``I also want to note we are submitting a second request for $4.6 million in recovery funds to build a bus maintenance and storage facility and house the R.Y.D.E. transit staff. That application will be submitted later this year,'' Heineman said. ``If approved - and we expect it will be - it will make the R.Y.D.E partnership the second-largest recipient of mass transit recovery funding in Nebraska.''Mid-Nebraska Director Karen Lueck said staff and supporters have been working to find a permanent home for the program since 2000.It currently is housed in one of the Mid-Nebraska buildings at 16 W. 11th St.

7. Brooks Act (2) • Qualification Based Selection (QBS) when awarding federally funded A&E Contracts. • Simply - the Brooks Act provides that covered contracts must be: 1) Publicly announced 2) Competitively awarded on qualification- based criteria only, not utilizing cost as a factor in consultant selection.

8. ICE (2) • Once an Architect and Engineer is Selected, an Independent Cost Estimate needed to be done. • Negotiate with the A&E Firm on Fees • Do Cost Estimates on all facets of the project • Furniture • Appliances • Equipment

9. ICE Estimate (2)

10. Local Architect / Local Contractor (3) • Architect was from WHS Architects • Contractor was Sampson Construction • Meetings, Questions, Samples, Walk Through • Problems with Sub-Contractors, Change Orders – Explanations

11. Local Architect / Local Contractor (3) • Be Involved with your Project Superintendent • Craig Thomas -- Mark Westerbuhr

12. Listen To Your Employees (4) Over the next several months, RYDE Transit will be in the process of designing the new RYDE Transit Transportation Building (RTTB) located at 11th Street and Avenue H. Please use the space below, to list any ideas that you have, or would like to see in the new building. Please return by December 20th

13. What Did The Ask For? • Ceiling Fans – Yes • Cold Water Fountain – Yes • Cordless Keyboards & Mice - Yes • Outside Patio – Yes • Indoor Drop Box – Yes • Wash Bay for Buses -Yes • Drawers for Each Dispatch Station – Yes • Window for Coordinator to Work With Dispatch – Yes • Multiple Doors to Dispatch – Yes • Exercise Equipment - Yes • Music Background - ??

14. Design of Dispatch

15. Follow Up With Individuals (5) • People like to say what they think the answer is but not based on facts: • Follow up with • State Department of Roads • Federal Transit Administration • Look through Circulars Yourself • Make Phone Calls – Don’t E-mail - Meet Face To Face • Interior Paint • Sidewalk – Where it Goes • Mixing of Funds

16. Follow Up With Individuals (5) • Get the Players involved from the Beginning Utilities – Phone, Data, Gas, Electricity, Sanitation • These people are so excited to be involved at the beginning of the project. • Helps tremendous as the project progresses along • Sanitation – Building Permit • Telephone – Moving Day • Ask Questions of Others Who Have Done Projects • Gary Weiss (MDOT) Steve Billings (MODOT) • Rich Leners (CYRYDE)

17. Give Plenty of Tours (6)

18. Give Plenty of Tours (6)

19. Review • Keep Sight of the Goal (1) • Brooks Act / ICE (2) • Local Architect / Local Contractor (3) • Listen To Your Employees (4) • Follow Up With Individuals (5) • Give Plenty of Tours (6)

20. Before and After

21. Some Days Seem Like Your Building Project is in a Fog

22. Whatever happens today, gets outdone tomorrow.

23. Questions??? • Charles McGraw • Transportation Director • RYDE Transit • cmcgraw@mnca.net • 308.865.5677