Region 9: 2016 Meeting Minutes (5/12)
HSTP Region 9
Quarterly Meeting Minutes
May 12, 2016
Attendees:
|
Mary Crawford |
Calhoun Co. Sr. Center |
|
Barb Nelson |
Community Link |
|
Sara Nollman |
South Central Transit |
|
Sheila Niederhofer |
South Central Transit |
|
Anna Oestreich |
Bond Co. Transit |
|
Nathan Nichols |
Central Il. Public Transit |
|
Mike Egbert |
Opportunities for Access CIL |
|
Susan Thomas |
MCT\ACT |
|
Joe Domer |
MCT\ACT |
|
April Blount |
Challenge Unlimited\Residential Options |
|
Sherry Hicks |
FAYCO |
|
Peggy Dunn |
Macoupin Co. Public Transportation |
|
Linda Vidmar |
Il. Valley Rehab-Gillespie |
|
Lacey Miller |
Tri-County Rural Transit |
|
Tracey Kreipe |
Il. Valley Economic Development |
|
Michele Suwe |
Glen Carbon Sr. Center |
|
Terri Finn |
HSTP Coordinator |
The quarterly HSTP Region 9 meeting was held
on May 12, 2016, at the Il. Valley Sr. Center in Jerseyville, hosted by the Sr. Center & Tri-County
Rural Transit. The meeting was called to
order at 11:11 by Chairperson April Blount.
Introductions & updates of committee agencies were done.
The
minutes from the March 2016 meeting were reviewed. Sheila Niederhofer made the motion to approve
those minutes, 2nd by Susan Thomas.
Motion carried.
Explanation & Discussion of
Voting\Endorsement Changes-GATA
Terri
Finn provided the committee with information on GATA-Grant Accountability &
Transparency Act. This Act is part of
the new FAST ACT. Finn explained how
this new Act would affect the committee’s voting\endorsement responsibilities
in that there will be no more voting by the members\interested
parties, and there will only coordination scoring by the HSTP Coordinators. Committee
members can still be informed of other agency requests, ask questions of the
agency & make comments on the information form. Finn also gave an explanation on how she
scores coordination efforts and invited attendees to look at the rubric she
uses. A zero score is the only way that
an application would not move forward to the IDOT scoring committee.
Presentation of CVP Requests:
·
All agencies requesting
vehicles through the CVP Program presented their requests. The floor was open for questions and answers
for each agency. Those agencies were:
1.
Challenge Unlimited
2.
FAYCO
3.
Il. Valley Rehab-Gillespie
4.
Residential Options
5.
Caritas (also in Region 9)
6.
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Southern Il.
(also in Region 9)
7.
Marion Co. Horizon Center (also in Region 10)
8.
CEFS\Central Il. Public Transit (also in Region
10)
9.
Bond Co. Transit
10.
Macoupin Co. Public Transit
11.
South Central Transit
12.
Tri-County Rural Transit
General Discussion:
·
State &\or Federal Budget
Updates-Mike Egbert informed the Committee that he has spoken to
Representatives & Senators on both sides and was told that a ‘Stop Gap’ bill
could pass soon with the Governor’s signature.
This would benefit human service agencies and colleges. The disability
community & organizations will hold a rally at the Capital on 5\17.
·
CVP Vehicles-Terri Finn reported that more CVP vehicles are to be
delivered this spring and fall (2016).
·
Open
discussion-Lacey Miller is interested in working with Madison Co. Transit to
have a coordinated bus stop at the Godfrey WalMart. Joe Domer explained the process that MCT went
through to link passengers. He provided
MCT’s scheduling #: 618-TRI-RIDE.
·
The
next HSTP Region 9 meeting will be held at IMPACT CIL in Alton on September
22nd.
Barb Nelson
motioned to adjourn the meeting at 12:20pm.
The motion was seconded by Linda Vidmar.
Motion carried.
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