December Region 10 HSTP Meeting Minutes.
IDOT Region 10 Human Services Transportation Plan (HSTP) JARC / NF meeting
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 @ 2:00PM
Meeting minutes
Attendees
| Name | Organization |
| Sean Horn | Region 9 HSTP Coordinator |
| Seth Gunnerson | Region 9 HSTP Coordinator |
| Darlene Stuart | Southern |
| Trena Lindson | WCHD |
| Jerry King | SICCM |
| Larry Richards | Pope County Board Chairman |
| Dwight McGill | Egyptian Public and Mental Health Department |
| Debra Staggs | RIDES Mass Transit |
| Bill Jung | RIDES Mass Transit |
Call to order @ 2:10 PM
Introductions:
Sean Horn and Seth Gunnerson HSTP regional coordinators for region 10 as well as regions 9 and 11.
Attendees were asked to introduce themselves and who they represent.
New Business:
HSTP Plan Development: Seth Gunnerson
Seth gives a brief overview of the HSTP plan and its current development.
Strength Weakness
Strengths identified:
Comprehensive coverage using available sources.
Expanding coverage
Weaknesses identified:
Restrictions regarding funding
Lack of state level participation in region
Affordability of services
Opportunities identified:
More robust scheduling for available transit
More door-to-door transit (more funding)
More health care related transit
More regular routes through I-13 corridor
Threats identified:
Rising costs
Instability of funding sources
JARC overview and project scoring guidelines: Sean Horn
RIDES Mass Transit JARC presentation: Bill Jung
New Freedom overview and project scoring guidelines: Sean Horn
RIDES Mass Transit New Freedom presentation: Bill Jung
The projects were then ranked by members in attendance. The results were as follows:
JARC
1 RIDES Mass Transit 175 out of 180
New Freedom
2 RIDES Mass Transit 145 out of 150
Both projects will be submitted to the state oversight committee for further review and ranking.
The PowerPoint presentation will be emailed to all persons in attendance. All attendees can freely distribute the presentation to any interested parties.
Adjournment @ 4:30 PM
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