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Proof of Publication City Council Proceedings Special 4 6 09CITY OF DUBUQUE, • IOWA CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OFFICIAL The Dubuque City Coun- cil met in special session at 5:00 p.m. on April 6, 2009 in the Historic Feder- al Building. Present: Mayor Buol, Council Members Braig, Connors, Jones, Lynch, Resnick, Voetberg, City Manager Van Milligen, City Attorney Lindahl Mayor Buol read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council to act upon such business that may properly come before the City Council. WORK SESSION KEYLINE TRANSIT COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS Economic Development Director Dave Heiar intro- duced ECIA staff, Transit Board Members, First Transit employees, and LSC Transportation con- sultants who were in at- tendance. Heiar gave a brief history of the Transit Comprehensive Operation Analysis and an explana- tion of the documents pro- vided to City Council. A.T. Stoddard of LSC a slide presentation of the .results of the Transit Com- prehensive Operation Analysis, which consisted of: • Overview: project over- view, onboard survey, pas- senger counts, demand analysis, service evalua- tion, community input and service options. • Study Process o Service Evaluation: op- erational data, financial da- ta, ridership data, boarding and alighting counts onboard survey, driver meeting, public meetings service options, proposed changes, draft plan • Demographics: popula- tion density; worker flow to downtown and Port of Du- buque • On-Board Survey: annual household income, pas- senger perceptions, pas- senger counts, demand analysis, Keyline service evaluation • Route Productivity: pas- ' sengers per service hour; passengers by time; Mini- bus passengers by time; peer system (comparisons) productivity, cost per hour, ~~ cost -per passenger, paratransit cost .per pas- senger • Community input • Service Concepts (Op- tions 1-6) • Vehicles: size and fuels City Council discussion included a general disap- pointment over the lack of innovative ideas and out- of-the-box solutions stat- ing that the analysis mostly contained basic demo- graphic information and route modifications that the system . has experi- enced over many years: It was noted that federal stimulus funds are availa- ble for cities that can pro- vide innovative plans, and the City is poised to take advantage of the funding. Council members ex- pressed interest in in4or- mation regarding route lengths, time frames, schedules, as well as mar- keting the system to citi- zens who wouldn't usually use public transit. General- ly Council Members liked the concept of "circulator" areas and believed that Option #6 showed some potential orfavored a solo- lion that includes a mix of service options and` vehi- cles. Staff and consultants will consider the Citv t;ouncu's reeooacx fora n- nalreport to be presented There being no further business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 6:20 p:m. /s/Kevin S. Firnstahl Assistant City Clerk 1t 4/14 STA ~ ~ OF IOWA {SS: DUBUQUE COUNTY CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following dates: April 14, 2009, and for which the charge is $37.15. r ~: ~_~ Subscribed to before me, a Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa, this /~~ day of ~L~y~ , 20 D9 . Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. ""'"` r MARY K. WESTERMEYER p~ Commission Number 154885 oy~ ~ My Ccmm. Fxp. FE9. 1, 2011 CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OFFICIAL The Dubuque City Coun- cil met in special session at 5:00 p.m. on April 6, 2009 in the Historic Feder- al Building. Present: Mayor Buol, Council Members Braig, Connors, Jones, Lynch, Resnick, Voetberg, City Manager Van Milligen, City Attorney Lindahl Mayor Buol read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council to act upon such business that may properly come before the City Council. • WORK SESSION KEYLINE TRANSIT COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS Economic Development Director Dave Heiar intro- duced ECIA staff, Transit Board Members, First Transit employees, and LSC Transportation con- sultants who were in at- tehdande. Heiar gave a brief history of the Transit Comprehensive Operation Analysis and an explana- tion of the documents pro- vided to .City Council. A.T. Stoddard of LSC Transportation, Colorado Spring, Colorado, provided `a slide presentation of the results of the Transit Com- ,'prehensive Operation Analysis, which consisted of: • Overview: project over- view, onboard survey, pas- senger counts, demand analysis, service evalua- tion, community input and service options. • Study Process • Service Evaluation: op- erational data, financial da- ta, ridership data, boarding and alighting counts onboard survey, driver meeting, public meetings service options, proposed changes, draft plan • Demographics: popula- tion density; worker flow to downtown and Port of Du- buque • On -Board Survey: annual household income, pas- senger perceptions, pas- senger counts, demand analysis, Keyline service evaluation • Route Productivity: pas- sengers per service hour; passengers by time; Mini- bus passengers by time; peer system (comparisons) productivity, cost per hour, cost per passenger, paratransit cost per pas- senger • Community input • Service Concepts (Op- tions 1-6) • Vehicles: size and fuels City Council discussion included a general disap- pointment over the lack of innovative ideas and out - of -the -box solutions stat- ing that the analysis mostly contained basic demo- graphic information and route modifications that the system.. has experi- enced over many years: It was noted that federal stimulus funds are availa- ble for cities that can pro- vide innovative plans, and the City is poised to take advantage of the funding. Council members ex- pressed interest in infor- mation regarding route lengths, time frames, schedules, as wet as mar- keting the system to citi- zens who wouldn't usually use public transit. General- ly Council Members liked the concept of "circulator" areas and believed that Option #6 showed some potential or favored a solu- tion that includes a mix of service options and'"vehi- cles. Staff and..consultants will consider the City Council's feedback for a fi- nal report to be presented at a later date. There being no further business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 6:20 p.m. /s/Kevin S. Firnstahl Assistant City Clerk 1t 4/14 STATE OF IOWA {SS: DUBUQUE COUNTY CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following dates: April 14, 2009, and for which the charge is $37.15. Subscribed to before me, a Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa, this Az6,9 day of =s , 20 e2? . Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. MARY K. WESTERMEYER Commission Number 154885 My Comm. Exp. FEB. 1, 2011