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MASS TRANSIT Subcommittee of the PCDP RgWif_ta PCDP Action Cammiftee Communication No. 2013 -69 Date: 12.10.13 Marty Mimmack, MTS Chair. Madam chair, Mr. Brown and members of the action committee, attached are the Notes of the November 21 �t meeting of the MTS. They were compiled by Hannah Hedrick and edited by me before publishing for today's meeting The notes contain a mix of issue - related and operational concerns we have addressed and have been attached this month. We would like to highlights several points for the AC today: One Cut rent- Evert to Note is.. 1. As many of you saw, on Sunday December 80' the Hilo HT ran an article evaluating Mayor Kenoi's first 5 years. It included a fairly extensive review of mass transit developments of tack thereof Nancy Lauer, of the HHT called me Friday morning and several of my quotes were utilized. I have attached a few copies here for those who missed it. 2. In order to clarify our own priorities and chart a course of action for our members, I am as chair developing a 2014 NETS_ Action plan (see reverse„ for table of contents of the draft plan). As indicated under Section 5 of our Meeting Notes, the MTS has initially adopted the six (5) Short Term objectives of the 2014 Plan as proposed. 2. We would like to quickly review the plan so you can become familiar with the most important parts Uploaded 25 documents to the mtpcdp(a),gmail , cam. See reverse 3 We consulted with one of our members about handling committee operations and those recommendations are contained in Section 5 c of the Meeting notes. While this Section was not adopted it serves as the directives we need in order to get started on meeting our upcoming objectives. 4. In an effort to be clear and concise, we would like the AC to take up discussion of the following items next meeting- Reinsert a Mass Transit plank on the PCDP AC priority list 2 officially ask Mayor Kenoi to fund an Island -wide Mass Transit Master Plan We could help develop his letter of request It would include things like asking the planning department to obtain and share the MTA administrative procedures for establishing new bus stops 3. Establish consistent communication with Puna/Ka' u State Russell Ruderman to develop a course of action for obtaining Federal Transit Administration grants that we are woefully missing out on because of lack of critical personnel at the state level 4 Update the PCDP website to more accurately reflect current subcommittees Tie currem folder scheme i s extremely inadequate 5. Develop a specific protocol for communicating with the AC chair and members that subcommittee chairs can use for official PCDP business. Appendix to Report