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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-12-2021 MTC Minutes Minutes - FINAL MASS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Regular Meeting of the Mass Transportation Committee CALL TO ORDER A Regular Meeting of the Mass Transportation Committee was called to order on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. via teleconference, by Chair John Osumi. ROLL CALL Present: Committee Members Robin Kisinger (Senior), Denise Martinez (Disabled), Marlene Cramer (Cal Poly), Trevor Freeman (Technical), and John Osumi (Chair - Business) Absent: David Figueroa (Vice Chair - At Large), and Dinah Nassar (Alternate) Staff: Transit Manager Gamaliel Anguiano, Transit Coordinator Megan Weeks, Transit Assistant Jesse Stanley, and Deputy City Clerk Kevin Christian PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None --End of Public Comment-- CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES 1. Minutes of the Mass Transportation Committee meeting of November 11, 2020. ACTION: UPON MOTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBER CRAMER, SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER MARTINEZ, CARRIED 5-0-2 (Vice Chair Figueroa and Member Nassar absent), the Mass Transportation Committee approved the minutes of November 11, 2020. COMMENT AND DISCUSSION 2. Transit Manager Report Transit Manager Anguiano provided a verbal update on the following: FINAL Minutes – Mass Transportation Committee Meeting of May 12, 2021 Page 2 • Lack of essential business resulting in cancelled MTC meetings. • Update on COVID-19 response. • Federal mask mandates and SLO Transit adhering to these mandates. • Federal funding. • Route 1A and 1B realignment effective July 1, 2021. • Fare update effective July 1, 2021. Transit Coordinator Weeks provided an update on ridership. Transit Assistant Stanley provided an update on marketing efforts encompassing COVID-19 and a marketing and public engagement plan that SLO Transit is developing. PUBLIC COMMENT Committee Member Cramer commented on Cal Poly’s student attendance levels. Steve Hanamaikai commented on ARPA funding. ADJOURNMENT ACTION: UPON MOTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBER KISINGER, SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER MARTINEZ, CARRIED 5-0-2 (Vice Chair Figueroa and Member Nassar absent), the meeting was adjourned at 3:24 p.m. The next Regular Meeting of the Mass Transportation Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. via teleconference. APPROVED BY THE MASS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 07/14/2021