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Home My WebLink About05-10-2017 MTC Minutes FINAL Minutes - FINAL MASS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Meeting of the Mass Transportation Committee CALL TO ORDER A Regular Meeting of the Mass Transportation Committee was called to order on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 2:40 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room, located at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, by Chair Thyne. ROLL CALL Present: Committee Members Elizabeth Thyne (Chair - Senior), John Osumi (Vice Chair – Business), Cheryl Andrus (Cal Poly), Louise Justice (Member at Large), Justin Frentzel (Student), David Figueroa (Alternate) Absent: Denise Martinez (Disabled), James Thompson (Technical), Diego-Christopher Lopez (Alternate) Staff: Transit Manager Gamaliel Anguiano, Transit Assistant Megan Cutler, Recording Secretary Lareina Gamboa PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None. ANNOUNCEMENTS None. MINUTES Regarding February 8, 2017 MTC Minutes, add footnote to the bottom of Page 2 regarding the change in date for the new bus schedule times and routes. New changes were originally set to go into effect on Monday, June 19, 2017, but this has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 18, 2017. Regarding March 8, 2017 MTC Minutes, Page 3 under Discussion Items for the Downtown presentation, “drop off times” should state “delivery times” and “special meeting” should state “regular scheduled meeting”. FINAL Minutes – Mass Transportation Committee Meeting of May 10, 2017 Page 2 ACTION: MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER FRENTZEL, SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER JUSTICE, CARRIED 6-0, to approve the Minutes of the Mass Transportation Committee Meeting with amendments for February 8, 2017 and March 8, 2017. ACTION ITEMS 1. Election of Officers Committee Member Justice nominated Committee Member Andrus for Chair. Committee Member Frentzel will not be returning next year due to his completion at Cal Poly, so suggested Committee Member Osumi to continue in his Vice Chair position. Committee Member Andrus requested the committee move Committee Member Osumi to Chair and offered to take the seat as Vice Chair. New officer positions will go into effect in July 2017. ACTION: VOTE INITIATED BY CHAIR THYNE TO NOMINATE COMMITTEE MEMBER OSUMI AS CHAIR and COMMITTEE MEMBER ANDRUS AS VICE CHAIR, CARRIED 4-0. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Committee Items Committee Members have not received their agendas in a timely manner via postal mail. Some members have received the agendas after the meeting has occurred. Hand delivering the agendas or strictly emailing them was suggested. Agendas are not typically sent out early due to possible inaccuracies. 3. Staff Items a.) Transit Manager’s Report For January through March 2017, Cal Poly ridership was consistently down by as much as 10% every month. This, however, is in comparison to last year’s record setting year when fuel prices continued to remain relatively low and Cal Poly’s Grand Ave parking lot was closed. Though Cal Poly ridership decreased, the overall community ridership has increased with help from sales for the 31-Day Student Pass (K-12) and the Downtown Access Pass (DAP). Also, when viewing last year’s flex in ridership, it appears ridership is declining when it is really returning to normal levels from previous years. On time performance is continuously and consistently monitored and though individual stops fluctuate in minutes, the Transit Center arrival and departure times have been accurate. b.) Update on Implementation of SRTP (Short Range Transit Plan) The new fares, schedules, and routes will be implemented on Sunday, June 18. New bus stop signs, which contain the city website and phone number, can be found at all bus stops. There were 15 bus stops closed or consolidated and 12 new bus stops constructed. The transit app and printed schedules were updated as well. The app can display a single desired route or multiple for an overview. In addition to individual route schedules, an overview map will continue to be printed and displayed in the large FINAL Minutes – Mass Transportation Committee Meeting of May 10, 2017 Page 3 kiosks at the Transit Center, Amtrak Station, the Promenade, and Cal Poly Kennedy Library. Both the app and printed schedules will have the same color block features for easy distinguishing, and every route is now split into two parts. Essentially there are still Routes 1, 2, 3, and 4, however each route will have a dominant line (“A” route), and a secondary line (“B” route). “A” routes will generally run later in the day, cover slightly more service area, and operate on weekends. “A” routes will also operate clockwise along its route, while “B” routes will operate counterclockwise along its route. In addition to the systemwide updates, staff will be presenting a Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for approval on August 1. The purpose of this goal is to analyze the total amount of funds that are being received for business, how many possible contracts exists, and how many women and minority owned business are given business in relation to the whole community. This goal will allow a percentage of money received to be directed to the minority and/or women owned businesses. c.) Update on Cal Poly Negotiations Every few years the City and Cal Poly come to financial agreements for costs shared. June 30 will mark the expiration of the one year extension, so staff has determined five year projections for three plausible cost formulas to present to Cal Poly, each regarding a balance that is consistent with the University and the public. These formulas consider the percentage of Cal Poly ridership (65%), the amount of ridership overall, and the routes that are Cal Poly dominant. In past years, the idea of Cal Poly running their own system has been speculated, but ultimately decided against due to many possible negative impacts. d.) Other Updates The new Transit Center plans are currently on hold due to the property developer backing out for height limits, and though funding has been received it is not sufficient. Alternate MTC members are not permitted to cast votes on Action items unless a voting member is absent. The Advisory Body Bylaws state, “If, or when, a voting member of the MTC is absent from an MTC meeting, one of the Alternate members shall take the place of the voting member in order to maintain as many voting memb ers as possible. If only one voting member of the MTC is absent, choice between the two Alternates will be decided by a fair game of chance such as a coin flip or roll of the die performed by the Chairperson of the MTC.” If the committee wants an Alternate member to be a voting member then the Alternate title will need to be reclassified. FINAL Minutes – Mass Transportation Committee Meeting of May 10, 2017 Page 4 ADJOURNMENT ACTION: MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER JUSTICE, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER ANDRUS, CARRIED 6-0, to adjourn the meeting at 4:22 p.m. until the next Regular Meeting of the Mass Transportation Committee, July 12, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lareina Gamboa Recording Secretary Megan Cutler Transit Assistant APPROVED BY THE MASS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 07/12/2017