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DRAFT 4 54 55 Allyson Coltrane: It's not technically cash in hand, but you can get GoPerks. To get GoPerks you must log your 56 commute through our ShareTheRideNC page; it's there you can get free Joe VanGo coffee,free Dunkin Donuts, etc. 57 58 Allyson Coltrane: Below is the operating costs annually and the revenue hours need to all of this. 59 60 Johanna Birckmayer: What are revenue hours? 61 62 Allyson Coltrane: DOT allots us certain hours that we can dedicate to certain routes and services, so those are hours 63 you would need to make the Hillsborough circulator run every 30 minutes, or to expand the service to 8:00 P.M. 64 65 Art Menius: How far short is our capacity, people, and money compared to the excellent goals laid out in the 66 PowerPoint? 67 68 Theo Letman: We are very far apart. There was a discussion a year ago regarding the light rail in the transit plan. A lot 69 of the money is going toward the light rail and not a lot towards bus. Part of the transit plan is to push what the needs 70 are in the area and what the folks want. Myself; Travis Myren,the Deputy County Manager; as well as Craig Benedict go 71 to the staff working group meetings with GoTriangle and the other transportation providers, and we push for this and as 72 much dollars as we can to get out the transit plan for these projects, but there is a huge gap between what is proposed 73 and allocated. Negotiations are still going on between the entities to finalize what our cut should be. 74 75 Heidi Perry: So the circulator is out, was that one of the ones they took off the plan in order to only have the light rail go 76 forward for funding? 77 78 Theo Letman: There was a proposal that I put out to have a reverse circulator and that is what they took off, but I am not 79 letting it die. I do have another plan. The idea is to divide the circulator into two intersecting routes. We currently have 80 one loop and it is a very long ride for everyone. So my thought is to break it into two different routes. 81 82 Heidi Perry: Like a figure 8? 83 84 Theo Letman: Exactly. Bisecting in the middle of the town and they can make their connections. It would provide more 85 frequent service and will require more hours. I am working on getting it done. 86 87 AGENDA ITEM 5C: TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES(TAS)COMM ENTSIQUESTIONS(THEO LETMAN)- 88 89 Theo Letman: To follow Allyson on the status of the transit plan, it is in final draft mode and is currently being reviewed. 90 Once reviewed by staff, it will be brought to the OUTBoard for review. Our concern has always been that we provide 91 more on-demand services than fixed routes. Both GoTriangle and Chapel Hill Transit provide fixed route services. In 92 our rural county, we do a lot of on demand; a lot of Medicaid transportation and a lot of paratransit services that provide 93 for the elderly and the disabled. My focus is to meet the needs of those populations and provide as much service as 94 possible. To organize services that are both cost effective and meet those needs is not always possible because of 95 ridership. Part of the transit planning is to bring those ideas and efforts forward in a comprehensive plan that articulates 96 the needs of this community. We are going through the review process with GoTriangle. We will bring that report 97 forward for the OUTBoard to review. Staffing is almost back up to full staff since the last meeting. We are currently 98 hiring for part time and full-time drivers and a full-time,operations assistant. It has been grant season with NCDOT since 99 our last meeting, and for the first time,we applied for a 5307 grant which is an urbanized area grant. The grant provides 100 dollars for more positions, and it provides for the transit amenities that we are planning for. We have a semi-seat project 101 that we are working with the Department on Aging on, and as of a year ago, the project is still on going so the grant 102 provides money to make sure the labor is still there. It will purchase bike racks and vehicles that were purchased without 103 bike racks. Mobile pay will be a way for people to use an app on their cell phones to pay the fare as they board the bus. 104 We are just about finished with our procurement for upgrading our software that will help us manage the internal the day- 105 to-day services and scheduling and provide external means for passengers to look up when their ride will arrive. They 2