BPAC/Meeting/2022/06/21

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Agenda

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Call to order, Roll Call, Introductions, Excused absences, Equity and land acknowledgement

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update on new members and openings

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Erin Convery

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transportation manager

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also Eric Vitali joined the team new too

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Allison Urban

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interested citizen

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Adjustments to the agenda

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Approval of minutes from May meeting

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Public Comments

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Presentations

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Overview of City of Durham Transportation Department Budget ( Tom Devlin)

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48.8M FY23 budget

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transit 36.2

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general 9.4

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parking 3.2

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2.5M on sidewalk projects

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Parking

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losing money after covid

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council was all for the most aggressive scenario which increases rates

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was there consideration into other ways to make revenue from the land used by parking spaces?

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Parking downtown

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Fare free continues for GoDurham in FY23

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what is required for permanent approval?

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Transit

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three transit fund positions to implement $22m in Better Bus Project and Durham Station improvements

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Durham Station may have solar roof

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GoDurham Connect, credit for using ride share

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6 battery electric buses

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12 new ACCESS vans

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Questions from Scott Carter

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paying for bike lanes, what’s the main cost?

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parking, what was the main cost?

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increases in ridership, due to gas prices?

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yes but driver shortages hurts frequency

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Questions from Ed Rizzuto

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connect, ride share

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how is the program being communicated?

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is ride share considered a supplement to ACCESS?

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Milton Kendall

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what are you most excited about in this budget?

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transit improvements, sidewalks

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what would you like to do more of that you don’t have the budget for yet?

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arguing every year to build sidewalks is tiresome

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dedicated funding source would help get a lot more done

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rail trail?

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$9M from feds

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moving it to be FTA money because they manage lots of FTA grants per year

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project complete by 2029

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Committee Reports

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BPAC EEE, Mike Shepherd

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LATER making slides for new members

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DevRev, Dan Clever

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need to update UDO to require bike lanes outside of downtown area so we don’t have to ask for it in plans

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BPAC PIE, Michael Moorman

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issue on NC 54 and Highgate

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New business

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none

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Announcements and updates

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no meeting in July

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Communication priorities from meeting and committees

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Deniz Aydemir will update when comp plan policies are submitted

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Adam Pyburn can push out on social media?

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Adjourn

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