Project Meeting 2024.09.26

Agenda

• Admin
  • General Admin
    • AMPO ActivitySim Tasks
    • Other Admin
  • AMPO Transition
  • Phase 10 Scoping Approach
  • Phase 9B Activity

Meeting Notes

General Admin

• AMPO ActivitySim Tasks
  • Joe went over ActivitySim Admin Task List
  • Questions for consortium members to answer/provide feedback on
    • How much effort SHOULD each task actually take?
      • AMPO says they spend a fair amount of time on each activity
      • Joe will take first cut at putting budget down, but looking for consortium members to weigh in
      • Consultants should also weigh in on how much it would take for consultant to take on Admin responsibilities
    • How much project budget does the consortium want to invest in these activities?
• Meeting next Tuesday is cancelled

Admin Transition

• Feedback on meeting with Kanti Srikanth, Deputy Executive Director of MWCOG
  • Kanti was going to try to work something out with AMPO, or at very least extend deadline for when transition would happen
• Going with AMPO is path of least resistance
• Need to lay out schedule for AMPO transition decision
  • End-of-October was suggested to aim for.
• CalCOG may be interested in taking over from AMPO
• Unclear how we make a decision, and suggest laying out steps to making the decision
  • Need to put together a set of tasks and budget to take to AMPO alternatives

Phase 10 Scope

• Should move forward with Phase 10 Scope
• Will want to spend all but some of Phase 10A budget
• Value in work getting underway sooner than later
• Should target next 4-6 weeks to scope out 10A and get task orders issued
• Should revisit roadmap, though roadmap is bigger picture and 10A may not be the best time to take on more riskier initiatives
  • Task could be to revisit roadmap to put in more short-term plan
• Could utilize 10A to address "problems" identified by consortium members, rather than focusing on new components
  • Need a commitment from model users to "air grievances" about ActivitySim
    • Suggest to focus on this topic at meeting in near future - next Thursday
    • Consultants should start ranking/prioritizing what tasks to conquer in 10A
  • Could Pilot a pooled fund task toward this addressing these issues

Phase 9B

• RSG and WSP should provide information on what will be accomplished within the next 2 months, and when they will want to update consortium on progress made
• WSP 9B Scope
  • Joe will upload final scope to ActivitySim site
  • Will discuss at meeting the week after next