Public Transit Advisory Board

Public Transit Advisory Board Monday, May 22, 2023 3:30 PM Cooper Room City Center 231 N Dakota Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Staff Liaison: Bren Schweitzer, bren.schweitzer@siouxfalls.gov (605) 367-8689 Karla Resendiz, karla.resendiz@siouxfalls.gov (605) 367-8895 Join Meeting From Link: https://siouxfalls.webex.com/join/bschweitzer Join By Meeting Number: Meeting number (access code): 2490 846 5400 Join By Phone: +1-408-418-9388 – Access Code: 2490 846 5400 MEETING ASSISTANCE: UPON REQUEST, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MEETINGS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. PLEASE CONTACT THE HUMAN RELATIONS OFFICE, FIRST FLOOR, CITY HALL, 224 WEST 9TH STREET, SIOUX FALLS, SD AT 367-8745 (VOICE) OR 367-7039 (TTY) 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. Facilitator a. Chair Staff: Erik Nelson Call To Order and Quorum Determination Call to Order and Quorum Determination: Erik Nelson, Vice Chair called the meeting to order at 3:32 pm and welcomed all participants. Member participants represented a quorum. Meeting Procedures a. Approval of Agenda (Board Action Required) Staff: Erik Nelson b. PTAB Meeting Minutes Approval of April 2023 - No March Meeting (Board Action Required) Staff: Erik Nelson c. Public input on non-agenda items (5-minute comment period per individual) Staff: Erik Nelson Unfinished Business a. June Bus Tour for board members (Informational) Staff: Erik/Sam After postponing the April Bus Tour due to weather and scheduling conflicts, the Bus Tour is on the calendar for Monday, June 26th meeting at SAM offices at 3:15pm. The June meeting agenda will mainly consist of a bus and SAM office tour and will take about 90 minutes. A formal meeting invite with address, map and day of e-mail reminder will be sent out. Members of the public are also welcome to join. New Business a. History of Transit in Sioux Falls (Informational) Staff: Sam Sam provided an overview of transit in Sioux Falls beginning with private transportation in 1887. Ridership was high from 1920 through 1960. During the 1960’s and 70s ridership declined due to increased car ownership. Therefore, private transportation providers could no longer stay in business. Public transportation began in Sioux Falls in 1979 and has continued through to today with the assistance of a transit management contract. b. Transit Management Agreement RFP(Informational) Staff: Sam Effective 12/31/2023 the current Management Contract with First Transit/TransDev will expire. This was a 5-yr contract with two one-year extensions applied. A new Management Contract RFP will be deployed the first weeks of June. A management  contract selection team will be assembled to help choose the next provider. Generally, there is always a PTAB member on the selection team. There is about a ten-hour time commitment. The Request for Proposals (RFP) will likely be reviewed early fall. Sean said that he was interested in serving on the selection committee. c. Annual Report Staff: Sam/Karla Sam T. provided an overview of the Board’s actions for the 2022 year. Karla R. presented various statistics that provided a measure of SAM services. The statistics mirror national trends. Route number 3 and 7 had the most ridership in 2022, which matched previous reports. Sean G. wondered where the chart indicating SAM’s current business model forecasted into the next decade would fit in this annual report. Sam T. said that it was shown for the Transit Development Plan to explain those recommendations. This is available on the SAM website. d. Updated Coordination Plan process (Informational) Staff: Karla Karla R. and Bren S. have been working with Sean Hegyi and Jim Feeney from SECOG to update the current Human Services and Transportation Coordination Plan and to find opportunities to provide underserved and underrepresented residents with transportation options. This is a Federally required document and is updated every five years. Stakeholder meetings and surveys will be deployed this summer. e. Nominations for Board Chair and V. Chair Staff: Erik made the motion to approve A Chair reappointment nomination for Erik Nelson was made by Sean A. and second Allen S. Motion approved. A Vice-chair nomination for Bailey Abbott was made by Erik N. second by Jamie J. Motion approved.. seconded the motion. The motion Pending 0 to 0. Operations Report Total ridership was up by 27% overall from 2022. However, 11% of the increase was due to improved automatic passenger count data. Hourly services are still being provided because of the driver shortage. Bus ridership counts will be more accurate moving forward with automatic passenger counts. a. Staff: Robert Chairperson, Erik Nelson declared the meeting adjourned at 4:40pm.