December Region 11 HSTP Meeting Minutes.
IDOT Region 11 Human Services Transportation Plan (HSTP) JARC/NF meeting
Thursday, December 20th, 2007 @ 2:00PM
Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center
Meeting minutes
Attendees
| Name | Organization |
| Sean Horn | Region 11 HSTP Coordinator |
| Seth Gunnerson | Region 11 HSTP Coordinator |
| Charlie York | South Central Transit |
| Richard Massie | |
| Jon Anderson | |
| Karrie Sims | |
| Holly Basting | |
| Susan Odum | University of |
| Debra Staggs | RIDES Mass Transit |
| Bill Jung | RIDES Mass Transit |
| John Derth | Egyptian Area Agency on Aging |
| Kim Guetersloh | Southern |
| Donald Emory | Jackson County Mass Transit District |
| Barbara Forbes | Welfare to Work of |
| Jeff Ashauer | |
| Jerry King | SICCM |
| Dava Shorb | Jackson County Mass Transit District |
Call to order @ 2:05 PM
Introductions:
Sean Horn and Seth Gunnerson HSTP regional coordinators for region 11 as well as regions 9 and 10.
Attendees were asked to introduce themselves and who they represent.
New Business:
Introduction of HSTP presentation given by Seth Gunnerson
Regional Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis lead by Seth Gunnerson
Regional Strengths identified:
All counties within the region have some type of transit available.
There are a number of willing and able transit providers in the region.
The regions transit providers all are willing to work with one another.
Regional Weaknesses identified:
Lack of funding.
There is a need for increased coordination.
There is a lack of available transportation to specialized locations such as health care providers.
There is no uniform policy among the providers.
Ability of providers to meet customers scheduling needs.
Providers are not always able to meet the needs of the most rural customers.
Regional Opportunities identified:
We need to ensure that all counties are receiving available funds.
Regional Threats identified:
Not enough downstate representation at the state level.
Potential projects identified to help solve some of these problems:
Interoperable radio systems for the regions providers.
Interactive software for online scheduling.
Alternative funding sources.
Client mapping resources (where are the clients in need?).
Discussion of JARC and New Freedom Programs: Sean Horn
An overview of JARC and New Freedom project requirements was given along with a walkthrough of the ranking process and score sheets.
JARC project presentations were given by:
Charlie York of South Central Transit
Holly Bastings of Shawnee Mass Transit
Monroe Randolph Mass Transit (no representative was present)
New Freedom project presentations were given by:
Karrie Simms of Shawnee Mass Transit
Following the presentations the projects were scored by those in attendance the breakdown of scores were as follows:
JARC Projects
1.
2. South Central Mass Transit 157.5 out of 180
3. Monroe Randolph Transit 124.5 out of 180
New Freedom Projects
1.
The top two projects from each category will be sent on to the State Oversight Committee for further review, evaluation and scoring.
The PowerPoint presentation will be emailed to all persons in attendance. All attendees can freely distribute the presentation to any interested parties.
Adjournment @ 4:35 PM
Handouts presented at meeting:
Region 11 kick off meeting minutes 11-16-2007.docx
NF_ScoreForm.xls
JARC_ScoreForm.xls
HSTP Region 11 JARC-New Freedom Presentation 12-19-07.pptx
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