From: Subject: Date: To: Grant Klinzman Grant.Klinzman@cityofchicago.org RE: BGA story August 9, 2018 at 4:12 PM Alejandra Cancino acancino@bettergov.org Hey Alejandra – answers below: 1. Please provide copies of any assessments the city has conducted on the value of the proposed easements. This is an active procurement and I can’t comment on this. 2. If the The Boring Co. runs into utility lines or water mains or if any private property is damaged, who would pay for the damage? The Boring Company 3. Is there a transportation plan for the trucks transporting dirt from the tunnel? Where will the dirt be taken? Please provide a copy of the transportation plan. Yes, there will be. That plan is currently under development and will be part of the contract that is presented to the City Council. 4. Are there any federal permits or environmental hurdles to overcome? What are they? Yes. Just like any other major infrastructure project. The specific permits and processes will be determined by U.S. DOT, federal and local laws and regulations, and the final contract language, which is currently being negotiated. 5. If Musk’s plan succeeds, what would happen if a transportation vehicle breaks down inside the tunnel? A safety plan will be a part of the contract that will be presented to Council 6. Who would provide security, police, fire and rescue, labor, maintenance? At what cost? All operating and maintenance costs (including labor) will be the responsibility of The Boring Company. 7. Please provide the details of any revenue studies that marry operating expenditures, capital costs, ridership revenue, and any advertising and retail revenue streams. Again, please remember this is an active procurement and I can’t provide this. 8. What happens if The Boring Co the express system operates at a loss? Would the city make it whole? No. 9. What happens if The Boring Co. decides to walk away? Would the city take over the system? system? Taxpayer protection guarantees will be part of the contract language, which is currently being negotiated and will be presented to the City Council. 10. Please detail all the guarantees in place to ensure that taxpayers never subsidize or otherwise get left with any of ancillary costs of this system? Same answer as previous question. 11. Please provide the details of any transportation feasibility study on who would use the express system and at what frequency? See Exhibit C to the RFQ (starts at page 49 - http://chicagoinfrastructure.org/wpcontent/uploads/2017/11/OES-RFQ-Complete-ADD2-Clean-20180119-2.pdf) 12. How would passengers get to the Loop station from their point of origin? How far would the the airport station be from the terminal? And how would users of the express train get from the station to the terminal? The airport station will be located under Parking Lot B, adjacent to Terminal 2 – access to terminals will be similar to the existing blue line station 13. The ridership report included in the RFQ indicates 40 percent of daily riders would opt for a express service. The report does not say how it arrived at those figures. Can you provide the data to back up that estimate? The methodology for the ridership calculations is addressed in the ridership report (link above). From: Alejandra Cancino Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2018 3:38 PM To: Grant Klinzman Subject: BGA story Hi, Grant. I’m working on a story about the proposed express train to O’Hare and have a number of questions about it for Mayor Rahm Emanuel, including the following: 1. Please provide copies of any assessments the city has conducted on the value of the proposed easements. 2. If the The Boring Co. runs into utility lines or water mains or if any private property is damaged, who would pay for the damage? 3. Is there a transportation plan for the trucks transporting dirt from the tunnel? Where will the dirt be taken? Please provide a copy of the transportation plan. 4. Are there any federal permits or environmental hurdles to overcome? What are they? 5. If Musk’s plan succeeds, what would happen if a transportation vehicle breaks down inside the tunnel? 6. Who would provide security, police, fire and rescue, labor, maintenance? At what cost? 7. Please provide the details of any revenue studies that marry operating expenditures, capital costs, ridership revenue, and any advertising and retail revenue streams. costs, ridership revenue, and any advertising and retail revenue streams. 8. What happens if The Boring Co the express system operates at a loss? Would the city make it whole? 9. What happens if The Boring Co. decides to walk away? Would the city take over the system? 10. Please detail all the guarantees in place to ensure that taxpayers never subsidize or otherwise get left with any of ancillary costs of this system? 11. Please provide the details of any transportation feasibility study on who would use the express system and at what frequency? 12. How would passengers get to the Loop station from their point of origin? How far would the the airport station be from the terminal? And how would users of the express train get from the station to the terminal? 13. The ridership report included in the RFQ indicates 40 percent of daily riders would opt for a express service. The report does not say how it arrived at those figures. Can you provide the data to back up that estimate? The deadline is Thursday at 5 p.m. Thank you in advance, Alejandra Cancino Reporter Better Government Association e: acancino@bettergov.org o: 312.821.9037 t: @WriterAlejandra This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail (or the person responsible for delivering this document to the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this e-mail, and any attachment thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please respond to the individual sending the message, and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and printout thereof.