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AGENDA ITEM 4B: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (NCDOT)SUCCESS PLAN - (Peter 107 <br />Murphy) OUTBoard/Transit Services Action: Receive and review information, discuss and 108 <br />provide feedback, and adopt plan. 109 <br />110 <br />Peter Murphy Presented. 111 <br />112 <br />Amy Cole spoke about how the new buses that they put in a motion for would increase their score. Heidi Perry 113 <br />suggested a call back if a person left a bad score to ask what could be better. There was confusion about the Board’s 114 <br />part in the surveys and Peter Murphy confirmed the analysis next year, along with the goals, the vision, and the score 115 <br />card will be done by the Board. 116 <br />117 <br />Peter Murphy continued. 118 <br />119 <br />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 120 <br />Bushell explained that it’s very helpful to keep track of that work that’s been done so they can see a difference in 121 <br />what’s been accomplished and see what can be improved in the future. 122 <br />123 <br />Erle Smith asked about how much funding was put into this. Peter answered that the CPT grant is paying for 90 124 <br />percent of the buses that are out there and that it’s also about $300,000 between the ROAP grant and the CPT grant 125 <br />because they go hand in hand. It’s several hundred thousand dollars in operating and then the replacement buses 126 <br />are about $100,000 that they’re putting out the money for. 127 <br />128 <br />Alex Castro was concerned about the amount of work that’s needed to be done with such a small department and the 129 <br />ones working on it being over tasked. 130 <br />131 <br />MOTION by Art Menius to adopt the success plan. Seconded by Erie Smith. 132 <br />VOTE:UNANIMOUS133 <br />134 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4C: TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES (TAS)COMMENTS/QUESTIONS (PETER MURPHY): Opportunity for 135 <br />TSB members to offer transit related comments and ask questions regarding issues not on the 136 <br />agenda. 137 <br />OUTBoard/Transit Services Action: Provide comments and questions; receive feedback. 138 <br />139 <br />Peter Murphy mentioned a recent complaint about adding stops to the Hill to Hill route; there’s one stop in Orange 140 <br />County, outside of Chapel Hill, that we don’t stop at right now right in front of the Standback Middle School. A 141 <br />request was made to add that stop and staff’s opinion is that we add that stop. 142 <br />143 <br />Lisa Berley requested a called stop at Homestead Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard because the Seymour 144 <br />Center is up that hill and they don’t stop in that direction. Peter added that staff would actually agree to that because 145 <br />it would be a good location to add an additional stop in Chapel Hill. 146 <br />147 <br />There was a question about whether there was open communication among the three service providers and if they’re 148 <br />working together. Peter replied that there was a lot more discussion that’s opened up about it. Vince Hines, a 149 <br />representative from Go Triangle confirmed as much and also said they have an agreement with the Raleigh and 150 <br />Durham to provide regional trips. 151 <br />152 <br />Lisa Berley asked if the new buses that have the bike racks will be going on the Hill-to-Hill route and requested an 153 <br />approximate timeline of when. Peter advised her that they’re not buying any new buses without the racks but cannot 154 <br />guarantee a timeline. 155 <br />156 <br />157 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA: NO ITEMS158 <br />159 <br />5