Transportation Advisory Committee

AGENDA Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting 12:00 PM - Wednesday, December 18, 2024 City Hall Council Chambers Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2.1. Approval of the Transportation Advisory Committee June 12, 2024 meeting 2-3 minutes 6-12-2024 Meeting Minutes 3. TOPICS OF DISCUSSION 3.1. Electric Buses  Grant will cover cost of both electric buses  Update on electric buses 3.2. Visit the City of Morris to view their electric bus and discuss how it is going 3.3. Elixr Building Update  Storage of electric and gas buses  Office space 3.4. Hermann Express participated in the Parade of Lights 3.5. Hermann Express Staff Training 3.6. Update from Sarah Berg, Lead Driver  Ridership report usage for June to December 2024 3.7. Snow removal/shoveling bus stops; determine who's responsible? 3.8. Other discussion 4. NEXT MEETING 5. ADJOURNMENT 5.1. Select next meeting date of June 11th or June 18th of 2025 Page 1 of 3 City of New Ulm Transportation Advisory Committee Minutes of Meeting June 12, 2024 Attendance Members Vacant Eric Warmka Kim Marstone Citizen Representative City Council Representative Transit Passenger Tom Henderson Scott Windschitl Nathan Moldan, Vice-Chair Citizen Representative County Commissioner Rep Assistant Transit Manager Chris Dalton Anne Broskoff Pat LaCourse, Chair City Manager Director of Human Transit Manager Services Joe Stadheim, Secretary City Engineer 1. Call to Order Meeting was called to order by Chair LaCourse. 2. Approval of Minutes A motion was made by Eric Warmka and seconded by Chris Dalton to approve the March 13, 2024 meeting minutes. All ayes and carried. 3. Discussion 3.1 Lead Driver Update: Sarah Berg gave a ridership update: January to mid-June 2,378 rides as of 6/11/2024, about 600 more rides compared to this time last year. New bus has been well received. Downtown routes will be adjusted for events that are scheduled to occur downtown, will share changes with riders. Looking at software vendors to assist with the fixed route tracking. Will be taking to the County Board for consideration is a grant application for the software, 80% costs would be covered if the grant was to be awarded. Shared experience with non-local ridership. 3.2 Additional Buses Update: City cost share is $17,415.00. Bus was delivered in April. Riders are enjoying the new bus. Old bus will be kept as a back-up. 3.3 2023 City Expenses: Final City expenditures in 2023 was $5,148.06, which was paid by the City. This includes three months’ worth of free ridership. This amount is expected to be lower for 2024 when considering the introductory free rides. 3.4 Route Updates: No changes to the route. Working through the construction detours without major delays. 3.5 Bus Storage & Office: Looking at potentially using the former Enterprise East building on North Broadway. An architect has been hired for renderings. The building use is due to Nicollet County withdrawing from the community health collaboration which will free up space for Page 2 of 3 storage, maintenance and operations for both Heartland and Hermann operations. At minimum this could be a solution for the electric bus storage and charging stations. 3.6 Other Discussion: No items to share. 4. Next Meeting Date The next meeting date was set for Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:00 p.m., or at the call of the Chair. With no further business the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Joseph Stadheim 2 Page 3 of 3