ACCEPT the list of checks written for June and July 2021 and credit card statements for the months of May and June 2021.

The list of checks and copies of credit card statements are submitted to the Board of Directors each month in accordance with the recommendation from the independent Certified Public Accountant to keep the Board informed about the Transportation Agency’s financial transactions.

The checks processed this period total $1,603,564.23, which included checks written during June and July 2021 and payments of the May and June 2021 Platinum Plus Credit Card balances.

During the months of June and July 2021 normal operating checks were written, as well as three checks totaling $283,619.27 to HDR Engineering Inc. for engineering services, two checks totaling $20,147.53 Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson for legal right of way work, three checks totaling $24,651.50 to MNS Engineers, Inc. for construction management and a check for $372,873.44 to Monterey Peninsula Engineering Inc. for construction services and material all for the Salinas Rail Extension Kick-Start Project.

Other payments include:  four checks totaling $23,650.00 to Smith & Enright Landscaping, Inc. for Branch Line Maintenance including weed, tree and trash work from Castroville to Marina, a check for $4,000.00 to Moss, Levy and Hartzheim for the 2020/2021 Financial Audit, five checks totaling $52,911.12 to AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for services to develop the Monterey County Regional Conversation Investment Strategy and for a Rail Network Integration Study, three checks totaling $6,187.00 to Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. for Vehicle Miles Traveled threshold development, three checks totaling $19,987.50 to DKS Associates Inc. for creation and implementation of an electronic file management system, two checks totaling $2,057.40 to Boots Road Group LLC for graphic design work for Safe Routes to School materials, rideshare flyers and the Annual Report, a check for $2,208.67 to Hannan Specialties for Bike Secure equipment for the City of Greenfield, a check for $2,800.00 to Henningsen Construction Co. Inc. for removal of fencing in the City of Marina, two checks totaling $3,552.07 to Union Pacific Railroad Company for design review services for the Salinas Rail Project, a check for $114,303.89 to GHD inc. for engineering design services for the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway Segment 1, a check for $14,152.50 to Whitson Engineers for the bike routes Wayfinding Signs project, a check for $4,596.00 to the AMBAG non-profit Regional Analysis and Planning Services for Executive Director recruitment services, and a check for $105,920.92 to Ecology Action for services for the Every Child education program and Salinas Safe Routes to School project.