Minutes_Transit Advisory Board 6 20 19 Copyrighted
July 1, 2019
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: City Council proceedings of 6/17; Five Flags Civic Center
Advisory Commission of 5/28; Housing Commission of
4/23, 5/28; Resilient Community Advisory Commission of
6/6; Transit Advisory Board of 6/20; Proof of publication for
City Council Proceedings of 6/3; Proof of publication for
List of Claims and Summary of Revenues for Month
Ending 5/31.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
City Council Proceedings of 6/17/19 Supporting Documentation
Five Flags Civic CenterAdvisory Commission Minutes Supporting Documentation
of 5/28/19
Housing Commission Minutes of 4/23/19 Supporting Documentation
Housing Commission Minutes of 5/28/19 Supporting Documentation
TransitAdvisory Board Minutes of 6/20/19 Supporting Documentation
Resilient Community Advisory Commission Minutes of Supporting Documentation
6/6/19
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
6/4/19
Proof of Publication for List of Claims/Summary of Supporting Documentation
Revenues for ME 5/31/19
Draft Minutes
The Dubuque Transit Advisory Board Meeting
Thursday, June 20,2019
4:30 pm-5:30 pm
Intermodal Transportation Center Conference Room
Transit Advisory Board Members:
� Robert Daughters, Vice Chair � Matt Esser, Chair ❑ George Enderson
� Carrie Lohrmann � Dora Serna
Others Present
� Renee Tyler � Jason Duba
Director ofTransportation Services HousingFinancial Specialist
� Russ Stecklein
Assistant Operations Supervisor
Public Present None
1. Call to Order
The Dubuque Transit Advisory Board meeting was called to order by Esser, Board Chair at 4:30 pm.
2. Review/approve the aaenda for the Thursday.June 20,2019 Transit Advisory Board meetina
Motion by Serna, second by Daughters to approve agenda The motion passed unanimously.
3. Review/approve the minutes from the Thursday. Mav 9, 2019 Transit Advisory Board meetina
Motion by Daughters, second by Lohrmann to approve the minutes from the May Transit Advisory Board
meeting with a slight revision striking language about a future review of bus stop guidelines. The motion
passed unanimously.
4. Review proposed 2019 service schedule
Russ reviewed proposed changes to Jule routes.
• One stop would be eliminated: Access Rd at Brunskill Rd. In its place, a stop would be added on
Center Grove Dr near Olive Garden.
• Four stops would be eliminated on Rhomberg on the southbound direction of the Pink Line, which now
will come down Kerper Blvd. Those four stops already have northbound stops directly across the street.
• The Green Line will now come down to 4�' St, rather than the Orange Line.
• The Blue Line will not come down Grandview except for evenings and Saturdays. Grandview will now
be covered by the Orange Line.
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• The Orange Line will no longer go out Cedar Cross Rd to Lake Ridge Dr. The Purple Line will cover
that.
• The Purple Line will travel from Lowe's along Crescent Ridge to service stops on L,ake Ridge Dr. It
will make up time by no longer stopping at ShopKo, which is closing.
• The Brown Line will have two new different runs:
o An early morning 6:00 AM run out to the Industrial Center all the way to Innovation Dr. This is
receiving special funding from City Council after a request from Sedona Staffing, who is now
promoting it among Industrial Center businesses. If ridership is adequate, sustainable funding
will be sought to cover this operation beyond FY19.
o An afternoon run to pick up at Roosevelt Middle School and go out to Innovation Dr.
• Russ drove each of these new routes in a bus a couple times to test the timing.
• Russ said the drivers are positive about the changes.
o Driver picks for the new routes will be done in mid-July.
• TripSpark is warking on making the changes in their system far the drivers' onboard computers.
• Public notification will include a media blitz and distribution of new route maps.
• The goal is to begin the new routes by August 1. The new Brown Line early morning Industrial Center
run will begin July 1.
5. Review results of annual Federal Transit Administration inspection
Tyler review the findings from the visit of FTA representative Logan Daniels on April 25. They included:
• The need to place comment boxes on all the buses and at the Intermodal Center.
• Additional ADA signage on the buses, to be places by the rules of conduct.
• The Parking Division has to pay for office space in FTA funded buildings, i.e. the Intermodal Center
and the Jule Operations and Training Center.
• The training room in the JOTC was partially funded by the FTA and is intended far Transit use. Any
non-Transit users must pay a fee for the use,though it may be a nominal fee.
Tyler stated that a new Operations Supervisor has been hired.
6. Adiournment
Serna motioned to adjourn, second by Daughters. The meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m. The neat meeting will be
in September.
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Respectfully submitted,
These minutes passed, approved and adopted on this day of September 2019.
Matt Esser, Chair
Dubuque Transit Advisory Board
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