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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-25 Mass Transit Minutes 4 23 13(DRAFT, Edited by Marty) MINUTES of Mass Transit Subcommittee of the PCDP Meeting —April 23, 2013 Mt. View Gym Martial Arts Classroom The meeting was called to order at about 7:10 p.m. by Subcommittee Co- Chair, Stephanie Bath. In attendance: Dan Taylor, Jon Olsen, Mark, Hinshaw, June Conant, Rusty Jones, Sharon Daun, Terry Daun, Marty Mimmack, Co -chair and Stephanie Bath, Co- chair. Marlene Hapai and Madie Green were observers. Absent: Jerry Reiss and Hannah Hedrick New members were welcomed and introduced them selves: • Jon Olson, County Transit Commissioner • June Conant, PCDP AC Member and bus rider Mark Hinshaw, Chair of Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan Rusty Jones is a bus rider and former bus driver Announcements Next Action committee meeting is will be May 14. Next Mass transit meeting May 28 at My View Gym. Approval of minutes Stephanie noted that Patti Pinto was not present at the last meeting and corrected the minutes. Dan motioned to approve minutes as corrected. Stephanie seconded. New R11C1Y1P,CC Marty shared that the Hawaii Tribune Herald has been publishing articles and another member added follow -up editorials about buses. Jon Olsen Mass transit commissioner • -The commissions focus till now has been licensing and regulatory issues relating to taxi cabs • -He spoke about the lack of infrastructure relating to mass transit and the Pahoa regional • town plan., EA relating to buses for Pahoa • Mass transit commission has no criteria for sighting of infrastructure • -ADA issues- bus stop by high school is not ADA compliant (steph will follow up with Chris Cholas). • He also stressed the importance of forming a unified voice. Mark asked for the objectives of the committee and Marty provided a copy of Hannah Hedrick's Fact Sheet. He spoke about buses, the town center plan and ways to approach improving service. Unfinished Business o Kai letter, EB Huttle o At the last meeting committee voted that Marty Mimmack, Dan Taylor and Stephanie Bath would huddle to determine talking points for our meeting with Tiffany Kai and plan of action. Their report was briefly touched on. • Discussion steered away from the points and recommendation of the huddle group. • There was extensive discussion about the state of Hele -on • What federal requirements are there for mass transit to get federal funds? • There are no rules of operation for buses • Administration needs rules • Honolulu drivers are County Employees • Roberts drivers (who drive our County buses) are not under any contractual control • They do not have contractual bus stops. Each makes their own rules. • The County runs by" rural law" drivers do not always abide by this. • There are health and safety issues that need to be addressed now. • Hub and spoke will solve many issues • Bill Brihante (Corp Counsel) has the control and influence over acting director Tiffany Kai. It was suggested we work with him • There was discussion on writing a letter to Tiffany and Bill on 1. Hub and spoke 2. Master plan for MT 3. Routes and criteria for routes 4. Community input how does community communicate with MTA for results? With new MT subcommittee members Marty wants more time to get up to speed on mass transit issues and did not think meeting with Tiffany or contacting MTA admin. was indicated. Next Meeting: May 28, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted Stephanie Bath