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107 <br />Janet Sparks: It seems to me that for $11,400 it’s not worth the conversation. 108 <br />109 <br />Janice Tyler: I agree. 110 <br />111 <br />Bret Martin: You will need to open the public hearing, hear and receive public comments, and close the public 112 <br />hearing. Staff has a strong recommendation on the deviated fixed routes. 113 <br />114 <br />Peter Murphy: If they want door-to-door service they would pay $2.00. 115 <br />116 <br />Bret Martin: The ADA service fare has already been set by the commissioners at $2.00. 117 <br />118 <br />Heidi Perry: What is the deviated service policy? 119 <br />120 <br />Peter Murphy: The route gives the basic structure and we will deviate off that route. There will be limitations with 121 <br />that however. There is also a time allowance so that we will be able to get to the stops on time. 122 <br />123 <br />Heidi Perry: It’s not $2.00 on each end right? 124 <br />125 <br />Art Menius: Its $2.00 one way. 126 <br />127 <br />Janice Tyler: What is the policy for the deviation? 128 <br />129 <br />Peter Murphy: They are going to have pie shaped zones, and it is two days a week. 130 <br />131 <br />Amy Cole: Will it be income based? Will there be option for free fare for those who are below a certain income? 132 <br />133 <br />Bret Martin: It could be but that would be more administration cost. 134 <br />135 <br />Peter Murphy: It could be but that would not be through OPT. Another department may be able to provide 136 <br />vouchers 137 <br />138 <br />Amy Cole: What is the ultimate goal here? 139 <br />140 <br />Bret Martin: The $11,400 annually year after year. If we are expanding service, the fare structure needs to be fair 141 <br />for all riders. 142 <br />143 <br />Janice Tyler: Are there funds to provide vouchers to seniors? 144 <br />145 <br />Bret Martin: This is very loosely a fare increase since the services are new. 146 <br />147 <br />Heidi Perry: We want it to succeed. I think age 60 is not elderly, I think age 65 is when people think about 148 <br />retirement and getting on Medicare. 149 <br />150 <br />Janice Tyler: We use 60 because that is what was established by the Federal government under the Older 151 <br />Americans Act. 152 <br />153 <br />Peter Murphy: Triangle Transit and most of the other agencies are using 65 154 <br />155 <br />Bret Martin: The Federal Transit Administration has a definition for elderly and its 65. The reason we are using 156 <br />60 with this is because that’s what we were using previously. 157 <br />158 <br />David Laudicina: You can’t get a Medicare card until you’re 65. 159 <br />5