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2:24:30 with Washington State Department of Transportation for the VAST traffic signal software and ATMS replacement project. Is someone going to come forward and talk to us? We have Laura. Oh, Laura. Hey. People were pointing at you, but I was looking at them. So, Laura, please welcome. Thank you so much. Good afternoon. For the record, I am Laura Hougat, Transportation Capital Programming Specialist. I have with me today Transportation Division Manager Steve Gallop and Transportation Capital Programming Section Manager Chris Carl. They'll be here to help answer any questions you might have on this agenda item. There are a couple of acronyms in the opening paragraph of our staff report that I just wanted to clarify.

2:25:22 VAST stands for Vancouver Area Smart Trek, and ATMS stands for Advanced Traffic Management System. I'll go ahead and jump in. Clark County has been awarded $1,750,000 in federal grant funding from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program for the VAST traffic signal software and ATMS replacement project. $150,000 of that is for preliminary engineering, our first phase, also called PE, and $1,600,000 for the construction phase work. This project will evaluate the feasibility of transitioning to a unified vendor for signal controller hardware and software for the Washington State Department of Transportation, Clark County, and several small cities. The selected system will be implemented with support from the construction funding award

2:26:19 if a new vendor is recommended through this work. The total project is estimated to cost $2,495,000, of which $740,000 of the grant funding match requirement will be prorated between Clark County and the Washington State Department of Transportation. This cooperative agreement authorizes monetary exchange and provides details of Washington State Department of Transportation's portion of the project. And I will mention that the prorate is according to the number of signals that each jurisdiction