Region 10: 2020 Meeting Minutes(10/20)
HSTP Region 10
Quarterly Meeting Minutes
October 20, 2020
11:00am
Conference Call
Attendees:
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Adam Croy |
Il. Emergency Management Agency-Flora |
|
Jeff Drake |
Rides MTD-Harrisburg |
|
Heather Baker |
Charleston Transitional Facility-Olney |
|
Betty Cox |
Clay County Rehabilitation Center-Flora |
|
Mike Egbert |
Opportunities for Access-Mt. Vernon |
|
Janice Zwilling |
Lawrence-Crawford Assoc.-Lawrenceville |
|
Mark Auten |
TRADE Industries-McLeansboro |
|
Nathan Nichols |
Central Il. Public Transit-Effingham |
|
Gidget Simpson |
CILA Corporation-Flora |
|
Cory Young |
Marion Co. Horizon Center-Salem |
|
Terri Finn |
HSTP Coordinator-Salem |
The quarterly HSTP Region
10 meeting was held on Tuesday October 20th at 11:00am. The meeting was called
to order at 11:03am by Betty Cox and introductions of committee members were
done.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes from the
July 21, 2020 meeting were reviewed. Janice
Zwilling made the motion to approve the minutes, Mark Auten seconded the
motion. Minutes were approved with no
additions or corrections.
Regional Plan: Terri Finn explained to the
Committee that IDOT has asked that all Regional HSTP Plans be put on hold until
they put together a new format and train
all Coordinators on what FTA is wanting included in the Plans. Information in each Plan will still be
specific to each region but some Plans have gotten so far away from what was
initially laid out, that IDOT will be coming up with a more cohesive format for
all to use. This should only take a few
months and we (our committee) will get back on track with putting our
information together.
Transportation Concerns: A discussion was started
among members to share information and ask questions of each other on transportation
services are going with all providers.
Mark Auten stated that Rides
MTD has really stepped up to help provide safe transportation
for all of his clients
that are going to day training. Jeffrey
Drake stated that Rides is cleaning and disinfecting all buses before and after
riders and between routes but it is still a work in progress. It was stated that some counties are back in
Stage 3 of the shutdowns. Jeff also
added that Rides MTD won’t see full capacity ridership for quite a while. Mark explained that some Day Training providers
are doing “split days” to have their consumers go to training certain days and
then switch off.
Betty Cox stated that her
agency has limited consumers attending day training at this point and they have
had to furlough some of their employees.
Janice Zwilling stated
that LCA re-opened on 9\8 at half capacity.
Heather Baker stated that
CTF also re-opened on 9\8 to limited work capacity. They are not accessing Rides MTD for client
transport, at this time, since it is so limited they are able to use their 5310
vehicles and maintain the disinfecting process.
Adam Croy explained a bit
about how IEMA is working with local government and agencies on pandemic
issues. He will send Terri Finn mitigation
information to disseminate to committee members.
Mark Auten announced that
TRADE has moved to a new building in McLeansboro.
In new business, Terri
Finn informed the committee that 5310 CVP applications for 2021 will likely be available
around March. Keep an eye out for emails
from IDOT concerning GATA changes. Also,
any agency that is still due to receive vehicles from 2018, those should be
delivered in March. Annual
Certifications are due to Zoe by 10\30\20.
If your agency did not receive the email with this information, contact
Terri and she will get it to you.
The next meeting will be
January 19th, via teleconference.
This meeting will include the election of new officers as well.
Janice Zwilling made a
motion to adjourn the meeting. Heather
Baker seconded the motion. Meeting was
adjourned at 11:27am.
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