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Approved 9/20/2017 <br />527 <br />528 Heidi Perry asked if outreach is solely focused on health care for the Week. <br />529 <br />530 Lisa Berley said that no, they are working with a variety of groups, but the Healthy Carolinians' subcommittee <br />531 generated mostly health care contacts. She welcomed more ideas for sharing this event with other people and <br />532 groups. They are reaching out to Head Start programs and programs working with non - English speakers. <br />533 <br />534 Various Board members chimed in about various groups that should be invited like the Chambers of Commerce, El <br />535 Centro Hispano, and other regional groups. <br />536 <br />537 Heidi Perry asked if Go Triangle is only giving the free fare to Orange County riders during Try Transit Week. <br />538 <br />539 Lisa Berley confirmed this and said that the only bus routes that are a part of this are the 420 and the ODS. <br />540 <br />541 Heidi Perry said that she now understood that not all Go Triangle's buses were a part of this Week. <br />542 <br />543 Peter Murphy said that there is also a Try Transit Week in September, and for Orange County's Try Transit Week in <br />544 October, the department is working with Go Triangle and all Orange County transit services to try and get free fare <br />545 for anyone going to a destination that touches Orange County, even if the department is making passes available <br />546 (with an internal charge to keep cost down). <br />547 <br />548 Heidi Perry suggested that there be a large advertisement at Orange County's Durham Tech Campus for Orange <br />549 County Public Transit services. Students may not know that they can take the bus, what the hours are and other <br />550 important information. Ms. Perry also made a suggestion to encourage organizations to put information on their <br />551 websites about how to take the bus to their locations. <br />552 <br />553 Jenn Sykes said that there are concerns about easing access requirements to get into UNC facilities by people using <br />554 transportation services and by care managers. <br />555 <br />556 Lisa Berley agreed that big health care systems are very concerned about access and to ensure that people do not <br />557 miss their appointments. <br />558 <br />559 Janice Tyler just met with the Senior Health Alliance, the new Medicaid Accountable Care Organization (ACO) at <br />560 UNC (contact is Eleanor). <br />561 <br />562 Jenn Sykes said that she referred the head of the Alliance to Ms. Tyler and Ms. Berley. <br />563 <br />564 Janice Tyler said that the Alliance is involved in a big transportation platform, even encouraging clients to use Uber. <br />565 <br />566 Jenn Sykes said that it is not ideal to have to pay Uber drivers and that using the public transit system in a County <br />567 makes better sense. <br />568 <br />569 Heidi Perry suggested that if there is some buy -in from businesses on Churton Street affected by the construction, <br />570 these businesses could incentivize patrons for riding the bus with discounts. <br />571 <br />572 Lisa Berley agreed that that would be a great idea. <br />573 <br />574 Heidi Perry said that people can get from Hillsborough to Chapel Hill in a timely manner. <br />575 <br />576 Lisa Berley said that they can use the Hill -to -Hill Connector. <br />577 <br />578 Jenn Sykes added that if it is possible, it would be good to advertise in the Courthouse. <br />579 <br />11 <br />