Region 9: 2013 Meeting Minutes (12/12)
HSTP Region 9
Quarterly Meeting Minutes
December 12, 2013
Attendees:
Linda Vidmar
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Il. Valley Rehab-Gillespie
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Jared Rowcliffe
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Shelby Co. PCOM (CIPT)
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Dennis Shiley
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Central Il. Public Transit
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April Blount
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Challenge Unlimited
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Barb Nelson
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Community Link
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Debbie Phillips
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Opportunities For Access CIL
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Carole Drew
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Macoupin Co. PCOM (Macoupin Co. Public
Transit)
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Martie Lorsbach
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Madison Co. STEP (DHS\DRS)
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Brooke Thomas
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General public transit rider
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Sherri Bassen
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South Central Transit
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Dennis Presley
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SIU-C Rural Medical Transportation
Network
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Sara Berkbigler
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Main St. Community Center
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Jill Jones
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Bond Co. Transit
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Susan Thomas
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MCT\ACT
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Sherry Hicks
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FAYCO
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David Riegel
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Fayette Co. Board\FAYCO
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Terri Finn
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HSTP Coordinator
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The quarterly HSTP Region 9 meeting,
held at Main St. Community Center in Edwardsville, was called to order at
11:07am by Vice Chairperson Linda Vidmar.
Introductions were done by all attending. The meeting minutes from September 12, 2013
were reviewed. A motion was made by
Linda Vidmar and 2nd by Sherry Hicks to approve the minutes. Motion carried.
The Coordinator had asked everyone to
bring a copy of the Regional Plan so the Gaps and Needs section could be
updated. Committee members had these
discussion items:
·
Add
a Goal(s) to Gap 1 to address 5310 vehicle use\misuse and increased
coordination.
·
Add
a Gap or Goal that addresses the need to increase knowledge of public
transportation to transition age students.
·
Add
a Goal to Gap 2 to address a need for partnerships between public providers and
emergency medical transportation services.
·
Add
a Goal\Gap addressing the lack of funding for vehicles
Terri Finn will be sending an email
to everyone with their agencies current Provider Inventory information. She asked that updates, if any, be made and
the email sent back to her as soon as possible.
2014 quarterly meeting dates were set
for March 13, June 12, September 11 & December 11.
The Tri-County Transit
(Calhoun\Greene\Jersey) Primer Process is currently at a standstill as new
county board members are not on in favor of this. More information will be reported to the
Committee as it becomes available.
Dennis Presley gave a brief report on
SIU’s MedTrans and Patient Navigator programs.
MedTrans is planning to become a non-profit agency that will provide
transportation coordination between public providers and medical centers along
and near the Route 13 corridor in Williamson and Jackson counties. They have established a Board of Directors
and hired a Director to oversee the agency.
This agency received its startup funds through New Freedom funding.
The Patient Navigator program is currently only working as a pilot
program in a few counties of the State.
It was established to assist EMS in reducing the number of non-emergency
medical transports that they must make.
In McLean Co. there were 92 citizens that were using the ambulance for
various reasons that could have been taken care of with public
transportation. These 92 people resulted
in 932 calls to 911. Since the Patient
Navigators have been working with these people to use other available
resources, the number of 911 calls has been reduced to just over 200 calls,
thus increasing public transportation ridership.
Terri Finn reported:
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There
will be a mandatory PCOM training in February.
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The
RTAC Conference is scheduled for April 2nd & 3rd with
a procurement training to be conducted on April 1st in the same
location in Springfield.
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CVP
Update: Minivans approved from 2012 were delivered in Oct. 2013 with light,
medium & super duty’s currently scheduled for delivery in the first half of
2014. Applications that were endorsed by
Committee in 2013 have been scored by the IDOT\DPIT Review Committee.
The next quarterly meeting, scheduled
for March 13th, will be held in Greenville and hosted by FAYCO and
Bond Co. Transit.
A motion was made by Linda Vidmar and
2nd by April Blount to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 12:17pm.
Minutes approved, with revisions, on
3\13\14
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