Island Transit Exec Director Martha Rose Letter to Island Transit Board Members
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"We will be able to provide service to our existing registered paratransit customers on a space available, time permitting basis on south Whidbey for those living outside the now modified service boundaries. Folks will have to be a bit more flexible with their service requests. Obviously, some of our folks will not have the luxury of being flexible, such as our kidney dialysis riders. We will be using our road support personnel and anyone else available to assist in the service delivery whenever necessary to ensure rides are met.Public Hearing to Receive Input on Island Transit’s Six Year Transit Development Plan (2014-2019).As you are aware, we have a Public Meeting starting at 9:00 AM this Friday before the Board meeting to receive input on the required Six Year Transit Development Plan (TDP). This plan is required to be submitted by no later than September 1st of this year. Capital and operating grant requests for specific projects must be included in the TDP in order to be eligible to apply for the funds.We will be applying for a Consolidated Operating Grant so that we can get back to health financially. The applications are due into WSDOT by mid-November of this year. Awarded funds will be available effective July 1st of 2015.This TDP also includes additional capital projects for transit vehicles, as well as other infrastructure needs such as bus shelters and dispatch communications related equipment.. . ."We expect a large crowd, so we are taking tables out of the main conference room to make more seating areas, and will place more chairs outside in the lobby to accommodate the overflow. We will have the lobby set up so that people can hear what is going on in the conference room."
Transcript of Island Transit Exec Director Martha Rose Letter to Island Transit Board Members
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August System Update August 20, 2014
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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM Date: August 20, 2014 To: All Board Members From: Martha M. Rose Subject: August System Update We have been so lightening speed busy that its difficult to fit all of the activities in this update. I will provide as succinct a re-cap as possible. As you are aware, the State Audit process is underway. We have had multiple discussions with them regarding the financial situation we are in and we have done the analysis on our end to see how, when and where this current state of affairs evolved. The problem appears to be quite straightforward from our analysis. We are looking forward to this audit process to see their analysis. We held public meetings to gather input on the suspended and modified service levels. The meetings have been, for the most part, very beneficial and helpful. We have, as an example, asked questions about route structures and received many useful suggestions to improve the service delivery. In addition, we gathered invaluable input that we can use as we move towards reinstatement of these services. Naturally, when that time comes, we will have additional rounds of public workshops to assist in the specific route designs. We will be able to provide service to our existing registered paratransit customers on a space available, time permitting basis on south Whidbey for those living outside the now modified service boundaries. Folks will have to be a bit more flexible with their service requests. Obviously, some of our folks will not have the luxury of being flexible, such as our kidney dialysis
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August System Update August 20, 2014
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riders. We will be using our road support personnel and anyone else available to assist in the service delivery whenever necessary to ensure rides are met. Public Hearing to Receive Input on Island Transits Six Year Transit Development Plan (2014-2019). As you are aware, we have a Public Meeting starting at 9:00 AM this Friday before the Board meeting to receive input on the required Six Year Transit Development Plan (TDP). This plan is required to be submitted by no later than September 1st of this year. Capital and operating grant requests for specific projects must be included in the TDP in order to be eligible to apply for the funds. We will be applying for a Consolidated Operating Grant so that we can get back to health financially. The applications are due into WSDOT by mid-November of this year. Awarded funds will be available effective July 1st of 2015.This TDP also includes additional capital projects for transit vehicles, as well as other infrastructure needs such as bus shelters and dispatch communications related equipment. We have added a section on our website for agendas and approved minutes, as well as for any other additional information regarding any and all transit matters. We will also put ridership data and costs on the website. We had been providing this information but things became so busy with the construction project that many issues did not receive the attention they required. We are getting back in touch with Robert Gilman, once a Board member (City Council) from Langley, who assisted us with getting that data on the website originally. We are in contact with Mr. Gilman to resume that activity. The transit employee who was working on that aspect has retired, so our replacement individual will need some introduction and training from Mr. Gilman on the brilliant program he developed. After the Public Hearing, we have the following agenda items for the meeting.
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August System Update August 20, 2014
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Business Item No. 1: Resolution No. 5-14, A Resolution of the Island Transit Board of Directors authorizing certain persons to sign warrants and investments on behalf of Island Transit (Supersedes Resolution No. 06-09). This action is required to change the signing authority from our former finance manager to our new financial analyst, Paul Arand.
Business Item No. 2: Resolution No. 6-14, A Resolution of the Island Transit Board of Directors Adopting the Island Transit 2014-2019 Transit Development Plan (TDP) and Authorizing the Executive Director to Sign any and/or all Applicable Documents Relating to any and/or all Aspects of any State and/or Federal Funds Relative to Capital and Operating Projects Outlined in the Island Transit 2014-2019 TDP.
We will also be having an executive session to discuss potential litigation. We expect a large crowd, so we are taking tables out of the main conference room to make more seating areas, and will place more chairs outside in the lobby to accommodate the overflow. We will have the lobby set up so that people can hear what is going on in the conference room. Thank you. See you Friday.
