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DRAFT 3 expensive but there can probably be something done fairly reasonably. He added that the tablets they’re adding will 104 be trackable also and they’ll be able to see where the buses are. 105 106 Max Bushell summarized that they need the Board to suggest any other locations shelters should be placed, and 107 also to suggest any other technology that might help. 108 109 The Board provided the following suggestions: The Courthouse by Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, and the Jail; any 110 public buildings that are close to the bus service should let people know that it’s an available service; the North 111 Carolina Hospital in Hillsborough; Durham Technical Community College should have the information on their 112 website with something to draw attention to it; radio spots advertising the service; social media could be used to get 113 the information out; any schools that the buses go near should get the information out to students; Walmart and the 114 Senior Center are places where they could let more people know that the service is available; and it should be 115 advertised around Weaver Street Market. 116 117 Heidi Perry suggested that people don’t need so much detailed information right away. That they just need to know 118 that there’s a bus that serves that area and how to find out more information about it. 119 120 Peter Murphy suggested having a Tri Transit week. He explained that this is done around the beginning of the school 121 year in bigger cities and the Healthy Carolinians Group may be voting on picking a Tri Transit week in Durham where 122 there would be no charge for fare. He added that doing this would probably need approval because it’s a monetary 123 item and they may need to bring it to the BOCC. Heidi Perry suggested doing prizes to get people to ride the bus and 124 those prizes could also be a way to get email addresses to notify if they’ve won something. And then they could send 125 out the information they need to. Heidi Perry also suggested doing Tri Transit in September versus August so people 126 would be settled in with school. 127 128 Erie Smith inquired about ridership demographics. Peter Murphy answered that it was actually pretty well mixed with 129 a wide variety. 130 131 Jeff Charles asked what it would cost for the County to go to ride free and what the benefits would be for that versus 132 not doing this, and how much is paid for the Go Passes. Peter Murphy explained that UNC pays fifty cents on the 133 dollar for riders and then the County bills them for everyone riding using the pass on an OPT bus. He added that right 134 now they’re charging full fare but once the agreement is worked out he’ll be charging them for everyone that boards 135 the bus and ultimately Durham Tech’s going to pay more. He added that it’s a huge sum of money for ridership near 136 the large universities. 137 138 Peter Murphy confirmed that he’d get all the information together for the next meeting and would add a pie chart to 139 show where money’s coming from and how the fares fall into total revenue. He also confirmed that September will be 140 the targeted month. 141 142 AGENDA ITEM 6: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA (ACTION ITEMS) 143 144 145 6A. OUTBOARD ANNUAL REPORT (2016) AND WORK PLAN (2017) – (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 146 147 Abigaile Pittman Presented. 148 149 Heidi Perry referenced the anticipated activity regarding the review of appropriate linkages between economic 150 development area access management plans and CTP/MTP documents of the BG MPO and DCHC MPO for the 151 purpose of addressing the dedication of right-of-way under local ordinances. She asked why the CTP/MTP maps 152 were separate instead of compiled together. Max Bushell explained that if the maps were compiled it would be a 153 mess of lines and too hard to understand. He explained further that the connectivity with local access management 154 plans was important in order to maintain connectivity. Abigaile Pittman explained that the ability to require right-of-155 5