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I service hours, and in FY 13 they provided 16,336. He said this program involves 7,300 new 2 hours, and about 2500 of the total hours are fixed routes, and everything else is demand 3 response or contracted. 4 Commissioner Pelissier asked if most of the demand response service is paid for by 5 Medicaid or ROAP money. 6 Craig Benedict said yes. 7 Commissioner Price asked if any TARPO funds will be used in the expansion to the 8 southern region. 9 Bret Martin said no. He said TARPO does not control any transit funding. He said the 10 state has made a policy decision not to give section 5311 funding for operating assistance to 11 systems that are not regionally consolidated. 12 Commissioner Price asked if there has been much discussion about going from Durham 13 Tech campuses and /or providing free fares for students. 14 Bret Martin said these services would service Durham Tech in Orange County only. He 15 said there has not been discussion about free fares for students. 16 Commissioner Rich said a request was made at the work group to make sure there was 17 transparence as to how the half cent sales tax is being used. She said there was a request to 18 put this on the transit websites. She would like for the County citizens to be aware of this as 19 well. She would like to see this information on the County website. 20 Commissioner Gordon said she recommends they do option 2. She said this would 21 allow the loop service to be prioritized as the number one thing on the unfunded priority list. 22 She said option 1 does not have much for the Southern part of the County, and option 2 does. 23 She said it is really helpful to get a one hour headway, and this would be a benefit to Mebane, 24 Efland, and Hillsborough. She said it is important to have some of this funding go to the 25 southern part of the County. 26 Commissioner McKee said he would also support option 2. He said this removes the 27 Efland to Hillsborough commuter loop, but he hopes this can eventually be built back in as 28 revenues increase. He said it does not seem quite fair, if service will be extended into rural 29 areas, that it not be done Countywide, and option 2 accomplishes this. 30 Commissioner Pelissier said she would like a modified version of option 2. She would 31 like to make the three zonal routes only one day a week, and to put in the Efland /Hillsborough 32 commuter loop. 33 Commissioner Price said she is in favor of option 2. She said doing only one day a 34 week just continues to isolate people. She said twice a week would be the better option. 35 Commissioner Price said she hoped to find a way to do a demand response service for 36 those who don't have the funds to pay the $12.75 fee. She said these are usually the people 37 who need it. 38 Commissioner Price said something needs to be done about service to Durham Tech in 39 Durham. She said Durham will be offering the go -pass, which means that anyone there can get 40 on the bus and go to Durham Tech at no cost. She suggested the same should be done here. 41 Commissioner Rich said she likes option 2, but she is intrigued with what Commissioner 42 Pelissier said about doing studies regarding the two day a week route. She said her concern is 43 taking out the loop at the expense of putting extra days in for a northern route. She would like 44 to see some review and flexibility of this, and she asked how long it would take to get this. 45 Bret Martin said the service standards being adopted would be for 12 months notice of 46 the routes to the public and then evaluation of data after 6 months of service. He said this 47 means it would take 18 months total. 48 Craig Benedict said if some of these grants come in it might be possible to implement 49 the commuter loop within the next year.