Transit Coordinating Committee Meeting

Transit Coordinating Committee Meeting

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  1. Introductions and Brief Round Table Operator Discussion (Wixon/All, 20 minutes)
    1. News about your system and any updates on ridership and service changes, including
    2. schedule of upcoming service changes
    3. Are there any opportunities for joint purchases or contracts or joint marketing opportunities?
    4. TCC Coordination Activities
    5. Other items of interest
  2. Review and Approve TCC Minutes (Wixon/All, 5 minutes) August 15, 2012
  3. Update on State Budget and Federal Funding Issues (Carpenter/McCrary/Johnson/All, 20 minutes)
    • Federal Budget and Reauthorization Update
      1. More information on how MAP-21 may affect the region?
      2. How does this affect unobligated but apportioned FFY 2011 and 2012 funds?
      3. Applying for FFY 2011 and 2012 JARC and New Freedom funds.
  4. Quick Review of farebox recovery ratio legislation for Sacramento County operators signed by Governor Brown (Johnson, 5 minutes)
  5. Connect Card Update (McCrary/Symons-Holtzen/All, 5 minutes)
  6. Connect Card — PTMISEA Subrecipient Agreement (McCrary/Taylor, 5 minutes) Repurpose $800,000 in RT PTMISEA funds?
  7. Brief Update on Short Range Transit Plans in Progress (DeVere-Oki, 5 minutes)
  8. Transportation Development Act (Taylor/Holtzen/All, 5 minutes)
    • Status of and schedule for Financial Audits
    • RFP for Triennial Performance Audits
  9. Federal and State Programming Activities (Carpenter/Johnson/Taylor/VaughanBechtold/All,15 min)
    1. Status Report on FY 2012 Grants – including State of Good Repair and upcoming announcements on Livability, Clean Fuels, and Veterans Initiative.
    2. Caltrans Discretionary Grants — Awards
  10. Impacts to regional transit services from school bus service reductions/eliminations (McCrary/All, 10 minutes)
    1. Anything new on this front?
    2. Have there been any school transportation related issues coinciding with the start of the new 2012-13 school year?
    3. New communications with school districts?
  11. 511 Phone (if fully operational) and Online Improvements and Upgrades Presentation and Discussion (Heiman, 25 minutes)
  12. 2013/16 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program and Air Quality Conformity Update (Caceres, 5 minutes)
  13. Sacramento/West Sacramento Downtown/Riverfront Transit Study Update (Cacciatore, et. al., 5 minutes)
  14. Downtown Sacramento Transit Circulation and Facilities Plan Update (McCrary, 5 minutes)
  15. Unmet Transit Needs Hearings (VaughanBechtold/All, 5 minutes)
    • Dates and times of meetings
  16. Set Next Meeting Dates (All, 5 minutes)
    1. TCC — Next TCC meeting on October 17, 2012?
    2. Other meetings or events
  17. Other Matters (All, 5 minutes)
  18. Adjournment

Prepared by:
Mike McKeever
Chief Executive Officer

Approved by:
Tom Cosgrove
Chair

Next committee meeting: October 17, 2012 

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