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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