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Approved 9/21/2016 <br />105 Peter Murphy finished presentation. <br />106 <br />107 AGENDA ITEM 413: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (NCDOT) SUCCESS PLAN - (Peter <br />108 Murphy) OUTBoard /Transit Services Action: Receive and review information, discuss and <br />109 provide feedback, and adopt plan. <br />110 <br />111 Peter Murphy Presented. <br />112 <br />113 Amy Cole spoke about how the new buses that they put in a motion for would increase their score. Heidi Perry <br />114 suggested a call back if a person left a bad score to ask what could be better. There was confusion about the Board's <br />115 part in the surveys and Peter Murphy confirmed the analysis next year, along with the goals, the vision, and the score <br />116 card will be done by the Board. <br />117 <br />118 Peter Murphy continued. <br />119 <br />120 Ted Triebel asked if this was going to be worth all the time and work that was going to be required to put into it. Max <br />121 Bushell explained that it's very helpful to keep track of that work that's been done so they can see a difference in <br />122 what's been accomplished and see what can be improved in the future. <br />123 <br />124 Erle Smith asked about how much funding was put into this. Peter answered that the CPT grant is paying for 90 <br />125 percent of the buses that are out there and that it's also about $300,000 between the ROAP grant and the CPT grant <br />126 because they go hand in hand. It's several hundred thousand dollars in operating and then the replacement buses <br />127 are about $100,000 that they're putting out the money for. <br />128 <br />129 Alex Castro was concerned about the amount of work that's needed to be done with such a small department and the <br />130 ones working on it being over tasked. <br />131 <br />132 MOTION by Art Menius to adopt the success plan. Seconded by Erie Smith. <br />133 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />134 <br />135 AGENDA ITEM 4C: TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES (TAS) COMMENTS /QUESTIONS (PETER MURPHY): Opportunity for <br />136 TSB members to offer transit related comments and ask questions regarding issues not on the <br />137 agenda. <br />138 OUTBoard /Transit Services Action: Provide comments and questions; receive feedback. <br />139 <br />140 Peter Murphy mentioned a recent complaint about adding stops to the Hill to Hill route; there's one stop in Orange <br />141 County, outside of Chapel Hill, that we don't stop at right now right in front of the Standback Middle School. A <br />142 request was made to add that stop and staff's opinion is that we add that stop. <br />143 <br />144 Lisa Berley requested a called stop at Homestead Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard because the Seymour <br />145 Center is up that hill and they don't stop in that direction. Peter added that staff would actually agree to that because <br />146 it would be a good location to add an additional stop in Chapel Hill. <br />147 <br />148 There was a question about whether there was open communication among the three service providers and if they're <br />149 working together. Peter replied that there was a lot more discussion that's opened up about it. Vince Hines, a <br />150 representative from Go Triangle confirmed as much and also said they have an agreement with the Raleigh and <br />151 Durham to provide regional trips. <br />152 <br />153 Lisa Berley asked if the new buses that have the bike racks will be going on the Hill -to -Hill route and requested an <br />154 approximate timeline of when. Peter advised her that they're not buying any new buses without the racks but cannot <br />155 guarantee a timeline. <br />156 <br />