Minutes Transit Board 11 14 02MINUTES
DUBUQUE TRANSIT TRUSTEE BOARD
DATE:
Thursday, November 14, 2002
TIME: 4:15 P.M.
PLACE:
Carnegie Stout Public Board Room, 11th & Bluff
Streets, Dubuque, Iowa
MEMBERS PRESENT: Bemis, Enderson, Sand, Lightcap, Stedman
OTHERS PRESENT: Munson-Booth/KeyLine, Ruhberg/ECIA,
APPROVAL OF IVlINUTES Bemis called the meeting to order at 4:15 p.m. Stedman
OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 made a motion to approve the minutes as circulated.
MEETING Lightcap seconded. Motion carried.
MANAGER'SREPORT
Munson reported that they had the kickoffmeeting with
URS/BRW, the consultant hired to do the Downtown
Feasibility Study (Alternative Analysis). The study will
look at the current and furore transportation needs resulting
from the America's River Project.
The next steps will include public input meetings, which
could begin as early as January, and the creation of a
steering committee consisting of city staff and a transit
board member, which will guide the study and meet
approximately every 2 months.
Tomorrow KeyL'me will be accepting quotes for
engineering services and management services for
construction of passenger board'mg facilities for the Port of
Dubuque and any that are appropriate for downtown as
well.
Munson reported that when he was in Des Moines for the
annual allocation meeting at the beginning of the month, it
was mostly a speculative meeting, since Congress has not
passed an appropriations bill on transportation, but the
Association made an assumption that the appropriation
would be around five million. With this assumption,
KeyLine likely would be funded for two replacement
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BOARD COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Respectfully submitted,
Connie Booth
Secretary
buses. The bad news would be a reduction of $42,000 in
operating assistance as compared to FY2002 levels.
Munson stated that he is seeking some adjustments in
pementage levels to bring the operating assistance back to
FY 2002 levels. At the next meeting in December,
Munson is hoping that Congress has an appropriations bill,
so we will know where we stand.
According to Munson, the FY 2004 maintenance and
capital improvemont budget has been submitted. An
improvement level which includes: a downtown shuttle, a
west ~nd circulator (M-F), a west end circulator on
Saturday only, an extra hour of service in the evening for
three routes and an improved work station for the clerk's
office. This makes the City Manager and Council aware of
custo/ner requests and needs.
Munson stated that KeyLine has received the final triennial
review report, with only 1 minor finding, and that he has
appealed that find'mg.
Munson told the Board that if they see Greyhound buses at
the KeyLine stop at 13th & White at 12:30 and 3:45, it is
because they asked if they could use the stop and we agreed
that it would work. After the first of the year they will
move their schedule up 15 minutes, so it is less likely that it
will interfere with our fixed route schedule.
Lightcap asked if the JARC program was up and running.
Munson stated that it was on a Y~mited scale. It was
originally set up to operate with TANF match, but now we
must fund 50% wilhln our budget and the state funds the
balance. Lightcap asked about urban contracts also and
Munson responded that by the end of FY 2003, KeyLine
should be providing the service.
Hearing no further comments, Bemis called for a motion to
adjourn. Sand so moved. Enderson seconded. Motion
carried. Meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
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These minutes passed, approved and adopted on this ff~day of January, 2003.
~hael~. San~S~crctary ~/
Du~aque Transit Trustee Board