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