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107 <br />108 AGENDA ITEM 5B: OPT OPERATIONAL STATISTICS: <br />109 i. Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) Grant <br />110 ii. North Carolina Community Transportation Program (CTP) Grant <br />111 iii. Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) award from the North Carolina <br />112 Department of Transportation ( NCDOT) Transportation Planning Branch. <br />113 OUTBoard /Transit Services Action: Receive and review information, provide <br />114 comments. <br />115 <br />116 Peter Murphy reviewed the ROAP grant. <br />117 <br />118 Alex Castro asked if the funds will come through the MPO <br />119 <br />120 Peter Murphy agreed but noted that planners will have to be at the table to represent OPT. If not we lose <br />121 funding. <br />122 <br />123 Abigaile Pittman commented that Bret Martin had put together the application for the CMAQ funding. <br />124 <br />125 Peter Murphy reminded the members that we fall into the middle of two MPOs so representation is needed at <br />126 both MPOs to make sure we are getting our funds. <br />127 <br />128 AGENDA ITEM 5C: OPT EXPANSION SERVICES UPDATES: <br />129 i. New buses for expansion services <br />130 ii. New employees for expansion services <br />131 iii. Start date for new expansion services /routes <br />132 iv. Hillsborough park n' ride <br />133 OUTBoard /Transit Services Action: Receive and review information, provide <br />134 comments. <br />135 <br />136 Peter Murphy reviewed items. <br />137 <br />138 Alex Castro commented that outreach needs to have greater effort for expansion services. A media campaign, <br />139 possibly social media is needed. <br />140 <br />141 John Rubin asked if the OUTBoard members will be getting quarterly reports on transit. He noted that it is a lot <br />142 of information and while very helpful it would be more helpful if the report included the principle challenges being <br />143 faced and the assistance needed from this Board, addressing what feedback or support is needed. <br />144 <br />145 Heidi Perry asked if there was a requirement that the Board have a quarterly update. <br />146 <br />147 Peter Murphy replied that there is a requirement that there be a quarterly meeting not necessarily a report or an <br />148 update. He noted that they will be looking for more feedback as things progress, and NCDOT is going for a more <br />149 performance evaluation model so one thing for next quarter will be to have goals and targets that are measured. <br />150 Those will be easy to share with the OUTBoard. <br />151 <br />152 AGENDA ITEM 5D: TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES (TAS) COMMENTS /QUESTIONS — Opportunity for TSB <br />153 members to offer transit related comments and ask questions. <br />154 OUTBoard /Transit Services Action: Provide comments and questions, receive <br />155 feedback. <br />156 <br />157 Meredith McMonigle commented that the Health Department was interested in coming to the quarterly meetings <br />158 because they work with families and hear a lot about transportation barriers. She would like to share that <br />159 information with the group. <br />