May Region 9 Meeting Announcement
******MEETING NOTICE******
IDOT HSTP Region 9 Meeting
1:00 PM Monday, May 5th 2008
Bradford National Bank Meeting Room
100 East College (1 block east of the Square)
Greenville, IL
To whom it may concern:
The next meeting of the IDOT Region 9 Human Services Transportation Committee (HSTC) will be Monday, May 5th, 2008 at 1:00 PM at the Bradford National Bank Meeting Room in Greenville, IL.
The purpose of the meeting will be to conduct HSTC business in advance of reviewing applications for the IDOT Consolidated Vehicle Procurement (CVP) Program. A tentative agenda is attached. Unlike the 5316 and 5317 programs last winter, the committee will not be scoring proposals, instead, the committee will chose to either endorse or not endorse applications. During the May meeting the committee will decide what process would be most appropriate to go about endorsing applications. We will also select a chairperson for the committee and discuss by-laws. The meeting will also serve as an opportunity for those submitting an application for a vehicle through the CVP program to ask questions and discuss coordination opportunities with one another.
ALL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS who are applying for vehicles, or plan to do so in the future, are STRONGLY encouraged to attend this, and subsequent, HSTC Meetings. Federal mandates now require coordination amongst service providers in order to receive a vehicle. THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL, any project that is not endorsed by the committee will receive a score of 0 for coordination when the project is graded at the state level and will subsequently NOT BE AWARDED A VEHICLE. If you are planning to submit an application for a vehicle, and cannot attend the May meeting, please contact either Seth or Sean before submitting your application. Contact information is listed below.
During the last committee meeting, the initial Region 9 Human Services Transportation Plan was presented to the committee. It includes outlines of goals and objectives for the region, and suggestions for future projects and opportunities for coordination. This document should serve as a guide to providers. A .pdf file of the plan, along with minutes from previous HSTC meetings, can be found online at http://sihstp.blogspot.com/
If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact either Seth or Sean at the email address or phone number listed below.
Sincerely,
Sean Horn: Regional HSTP Coordinator Seth Gunnerson: Regional HSTP Coordinator
shorn@scirpdc.com sethg@scirpdc.com
Phone: (618)548-4234 Phone: (618)548-4234
Fax: (618)548-4236 Fax: (618)548-4236
About the HSTP Transportation Committee:
Beginning in July 2006, the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Division of Public and Intermodal Transportation (IDOT-DPIT) began its statewide initiative to implement the federal mandate to coordinate transit services within a context of regionally-developed Human Service Transportation Plan(s) (HSTP) for Downstate rural areas in Illinois. As a framework for plan development has now been established by IDOT and will be carried out regionally through coordinators, who are hired and based out of established regional planning commission offices throughout the state, in this case the South Central Illinois Regional Planning and Development Commission (SCIRPDC).
In order to implement this plan, it will be necessary for each region in the state to form a “Regional Transportation Committee”. This committee will serve to provide input for and oversee the work of the coordinators and to ultimately recommend transportation related projects for potential federal funding. The committee will be comprised of county-appointed representatives who will make up the voting body for each region, and representatives from interest groups and transit providers who will make up a technical advisory committee that will help recommend projects within the region.
About HSTP Region 9:
Region 9 is one of 11 Substate regions established by IDOT to coordinate downstate rural transportation services and to review requests for federal and state funding.
Region 9 consists of the following 10 counties: Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Madison, Bond, Clinton, Fayette and Marion.
TENTATIVE MEETING AGENDA:
IDOT HSTP Region 9 Meeting
1:00 PM Monday, May 5th 2008
Bradford National Bank Meeting Room
100 East College
Greenville, IL
I. Call to order
II. Introductions
III. Human Services Transportation Committee Tasks
a. Select chairperson
b. Select length of appointments
c. Discuss bylaws
IV. Consolidated Vehicle Procurement/ Section 5310 Program
a. Overview of Program
b. Explanation of HSTC role in the process
c. Discussion of how applications should be handled
d. Questions and Comments
V. Establish dates for future meetings; assign any tasks that need to be completed by the next meeting.
VI. Adjourn
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