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APPROVED 3/16/2016 <br />56 <br />57 <br />58 MOTION made by Jeff Charles to recommend the OUTboard is in support of getting started on GO passes. <br />59 Seconded by Alex Castro. <br />60 VOTE: Unanimous <br />61 <br />62 <br />63 <br />64 AGENDA ITEM 4B: OPT Five -Year Plan for Bus Replacement (Peter Murphy) — Review of Five -Year <br />65 Bus Replacement Plan, including financial assumptions. <br />66 <br />67 OUTBoard /Transit Services Action: Receive and review information, provide <br />68 comments. <br />69 <br />70 Peter Murphy reviewed items. <br />71 <br />72 Jeff Charles inquired about going to electric vehicles or other technologies. Peter Murphy explained there <br />73 weren't but the new buses they just got in are gasoline and are in the process of being transitioned to propane, <br />74 which will then give them the option to run on gasoline or propane. <br />75 <br />76 AGENDA ITEM 4c: Review and Prioritization of OPT Bus Stop Improvements (Peter Murphy): <br />77 Review and prioritization of improvements proposed for new bus stops for OPT route <br />78 expansions; to be provided as funding is available. <br />79 OUTBoard /Transit Services Action: Receive and review information, provide <br />80 comments <br />81 <br />82 <br />83 Peter Murphy reviewed items. <br />84 <br />85 Alex Castro requested having better location details on the dots on the bus route map. He also suggested <br />86 getting private funding or sponsorship to pay for the new bus shelters to be built. <br />87 <br />88 <br />89 AGENDA ITEM 4D: OPT Transportation Barriers (Peter Murphy): Discussion of how information on <br />90 transportation barriers can best be collected, and development of strategies for <br />91 addressing. <br />92 OUTBoard /Transit Services Action: Discuss and provide comments. <br />93 <br />94 Peter Murphy reviewed items <br />95 <br />96 Janice Tyler recommended talking to James Davis in regards to anything to do with accessibility of the shelters. <br />97 Jeff Charles suggested being aware of the visually impaired, and not just physically impaired, as far as safety <br />98 issues and ways to make it easier for them to be able to read to the maps and bus schedules. <br />99 <br />100 <br />101 AGENDA ITEM 4E: North Hillsborouqh Park - and -Ride Replacement (Peter Murphy): Review of <br />102 replacement proposal for the Maxway /North Hills Shopping Center Park - and -Ride in <br />103 north Hillsborough. <br />104 OUTBoard /Transit Services Action: Receive and review information, provide <br />105 comments. <br />106 <br />107 Peter Murphy reviewed items <br />108 <br />109 Abigaile Pittman inquired about the walking distance. Peter Murphy informed that it's a few miles, with no <br />110 sidewalks and advised there's no expectation to walk from the park- and -ride to the transfer location, that the buses <br />111 would go to both locations. He informed it would add about 5 minutes of travel time but it's the best they have to <br />112 work with. <br />