Agenda - 06-07-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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22 1 Chair Price said it has been under discussion for years. She said they have been trying 2 to figure out how to have two routes. 3 Caroline Dwyer said she was not sure if there is a project that addresses that. 4 Travis Myren said they would get back to the Board on that. 5 Commissioner McKee asked what the balance is of the transit tax. 6 Caroline Dwyer said she does not know the fund balance. 7 Chair Price asked about Mobility on Demand. She said there was one that only 8 operated on Friday and Saturday and not one that would operate during the day. 9 Caroline Dwyer said the pilot was only available two days a week, but this would be an 10 expansion to five days a week. 11 Bonnie Hammersley said the demand was high enough to expand. 12 Chair Price said slide #11 showed no capital funding 13 Caroline Dwyer said there was no allocated funding for additional vehicles. 14 Chair Price said even if the plan goes to year 29 there will be no funding allocated. 15 Caroline Dwyer said that was correct but does not mean that it cannot be if more funding 16 becomes available. 17 Chair Price said that since this is going to be used in the rural areas, they will need 18 additional vehicles and maintenance. 19 Commissioner Hamilton asked what the term "net new revenue hours" means. 20 Caroline Dwyer said there is a current amount of revenue hours on each route. She said 21 "net new revenue hours" are hours that go above what is existing and would be provided in the 22 new plan. She said that the use of transit tax funds can only be used for improvements and not 23 existing transit service. She said this is a way to document that it is in addition and not an 24 enhancement to an existing service. 25 Commissioner Hamilton asked if the transit tax is only to be used for enhanced service 26 each year, how is the existing service paid. 27 Caroline Dwyer said it is still funded through the transit tax. She said they are just 28 looking at a little tiny piece of it — the amount that has not already been spent on something 29 else. She said they know how much it costs for all current service, and they add an inflation 30 factor so they know how much it will cost over time. She said the update is about spending any 31 additional money and that has to be used to fund the new service. 32 Commissioner Hamilton said they generate about $8 million per year and the FY 23 33 implementation year only has a couple of projects. 34 Caroline Dwyer said that is correct because most of that $8 million has already been 35 spoken for. 36 Commissioner Hamilton asked how the capital will be paid for in projects like the US 15- 37 501 project. 38 Caroline Dwyer said it is included in the transit tax. She said you do not have to find new 39 funds because these projections include capital, updates, and maintenance. She said the 40 projects on 15-501 will include a cost-share with Durham. 41 Commissioner Hamilton asked if the plan has a way to pull the federal dollars and 42 planning that is needed. 43 Caroline Dwyer said it is not in the plan. She said they could start planning for it, but it 44 does not have to be paid for through a transit tax. She said the county could go to DCHC to tap 45 into their federal and state funds. 46 Commissioner Hamilton said that transit has more acronyms than anything. She said 47 that this is a draft plan, and it will come back to formally approve. She asked if it has to go to the 48 other boards as well. 49 Caroline Dwyer said that is true but that she does not know exactly what that process 50 looks like. She said there will be a joint adoption of the plan. She said they have worked closely 51 with the transit providers and that nothing in this plan is not a surprise.