In attendance: James Newberry, Steve Saffle, Debbie Campbell, Chuck Swanson, Barbara Hopwood Douglas, Sue Ann Fitch, A.T.Stoddard, Catherine Ross, Jim Cervenka & ?

1. Motion to approve minutes of TAC meeting of 4/10/00 by Steve Saffle, 2^nd by Barbara Douglass. Passed unanimously.

    

2. Updates: TAC involvement in coordination efforts was discussed and it was determined that the TAC will provide contact information (e.g. to Silver Creek re possible summer shuttle) and encouragement. James Newberry provided an update on the progress of the possible landing of Tudor's Global Express airplane at the Kremmling airport.

    

3. Next public meetings. Next TAC meeting will be a combined TAC/Existing Transit Provider subcommittee meeting on Tuesday, July 18, beginning at 6p, (see side bar). TM#2 is due, to be delivered directly to each recipient as in Revised TM#1, not later than June 30, 2000. Draft TDP will be due August 7, 2000. Public meetings to be held regarding Draft TDP will be the last week of August in Grand Lake, Fraser Valley and Walden. Due to lack of attendance at the prior public meeting at Kremmling, no additional public meeting will be held in Kremmling. The 5/30 transit alternatives open house was held from 3-8 p.m. in Granby and no person residing in Granby attended. Again, due to lack of attendance, no additional public meeting will be held in Granby, other than the regular TAC and subcommittee meetings (at which the public is always welcome). The final public meeting (of the eight public meetings required under the LSC contract) will be held around the time the TDP is finalized in conjunction with a regular Tuesday Grand County Commissioners' meeting in Hot Sulphur Springs during which LSC will plan to make a brief 15-30 minute presentation of their final recommendations, answer questions, and submit a resolution for approval of the TDP (if revisions are not required) for the approval of the Commissioners.

    

4. After presentation of handouts and recommendations, Jim Cervenka moved and Chuck Swanson seconded payment of LSC's two pending invoices totaling $6308.97. LSC's $1000 invoice for survey data input to be approved based on A.T.'s representation that this will cover inputting the additional surveys contemplated (e.g. Grand Lake summer lodging, telephone funding acceptability survey). Motion passed unanimously. James Newberry moved and Chuck Swanson seconded payment of $50 to the Colorado Mobility Coalition, $34 to Kopy Kat printing and $105.43 to the TAC chair for expenses incurred. Motion passed unanimously.

    

5. A.T. Stoddard presented preliminary data from surveys, all are analyzed except Employee survey. Handouts provided to attendees and discussed. Some discussion on survey results , particularly noting the disparity between annual incomes of [unemployed] residents and tourists. In addition, there are some discrepancies between survey data developed via this transit survey and earlier information developed in surveys by WPRA. LSC will provide a copy of this preliminary data to WPRA and try to compare/contrast with their data developed.

    

6. A.T. Stoddard: presented alternatives analysis. General Comments: As alternative No. 1 be sure to include a status quo analysis (Fraser Valley, Silver Creek &Berthoud) circulator, using Ryder's & Silver Creek's routes etc & summer and winter routes/coverage will be different.) Be sure on all these maps to show Silver Creek ski area as a destination

(1) Fixed route service GL-WP -HSS. Comments: GL-WP service alternatives desired by communities was 4x day (+1 late evening trip in summer), not every 90 minutes.

 

(2) Fixed route GL-WP w/HSS deviation if requested. Problem is that the deviations will throw off the rest of the schedule. Comments: Need 10:30-11p service out of Grand Lake summer only.

 

(3) Commuter service, Walden to WP/GL. Comments: Might want to title "Commuter Service from Walden to Steamboat Springs (year-round), to Winter Park (winter), to Grand Lake (summer). Consider including the results of Sage Brush's own survey (contact K.C.Bechaver). Consider discussing Silver Creek/Granby to Berthoud and Henderson as an employee/commuter need & calculate from Kremmling and Grand Lake. Contact Henderson to determine if it is worth calculating this route from Kremmling to Henderson & or really is just Grand Lake to Berthoud Pass needed?

 

(4) Grand Lake Circulator: Comment: include Grand Lake Lodge in the Grand Lake Circulator.

 

(5) Summer WP/Grand Lake/Y/RMNP service: would a public transit service be able to make stops w/in RMNP? Federal road.

 

(6) Medical appt 2x month from Walden and GL to Kremmling. James Newberry indicated that there is increasing demand from Grand County folks who are thrust out by Denver hospitals without any way to return to Grand County. Need to also analyze demand-response costs from Denver, non-emergency medical.

VII. $35/hour in transit costs is based on costs in comparisons to other mountain towns & that $$ will be increased to $40/hour as a more accurate figure.

1. Deb Campbell suggested contacting the Land Conservancy to both get a copy of their recent survey, obtain a copy of their results and discover what their total costs have been & both James and Deb have been surveyed for this purpose and thought the survey was very well done.

Meeting adjourned at 7:44p