Project Meeting 2019.01.15

MOU
- We need to streamline the process of adding new members
- Current MOU through 2021
- @RSG to write an updated good faith effort related to DBE
- @Bill to see if we can amend the MOU so only new members need to sign when adding a new member?
- @Bill to see if Planning Directors can sign instead of Agency Directors?
Work orders
- Agreed to standardize on 12 month work orders from June to June
- In April, we set the upcoming work order amount based on the funds in the bank
- If a partner joins (or funds) after April, then the funds go in the bank for next year's work order
- We'll establish a bit of a funding buffer so agency payment schedule is not so closely tied to work order execution
@Ben/Bill/Joe add language to the Governance page once finalized

Potential new agency partners
- We plan to soft market to new members now, including as part of the TRB Planning Applications workshop
- @Joe to talk with interested Oregon partners
- @Bill to look into accepting international payment
- @Sarah to talk with MetCouncil
- @Bill to follow-up with WashCOG and MAG
- Ohio DOT and Florida DOT & MPOs interested as well
Other
- There is some interest for a smaller / simpler ABM, but let's get the current TM1 example done first
- There is also some interest in research/teaching with ActivitySim, for example with FHWA and Univ Kentucky
We believe Zephyr has a complementary mission and there is no need to formalize a relationship at this point. We will likely seek a Zephyr software quality badge once that program gets off the ground.
@Bill to work on a glossy card / leave-behind for marketing at the May AMPO event and June TRB PA workshop

Existing work order through June 2019 has the following tasks:
- Verification
- Two zone systems
- ARC/SANDAG assistance
Verification is now very important, especially for the upcoming TRB PA workshop, so that's the highest priority and may require reallocating funds from other tasks depending on how it goes
@Lisa to send latest complete TM1 example so we can run and compare results to asim
We will recreate asim inputs with Lisa's example so we're using the same data
We will review UECs/expressions, compare each submodel results, and trace results for a HH as well
We will investigate the shadow pricing results a bit more once we get the TM1 setup up and running

We should spend more time on the user's guide, especially for the TRB PA workshop
@Joe to talk with Bhargava about helping
@Stefan to help with testing as well

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