Public Transit Advisory Board

May 2025 PTAB Meeting Minutes Monday, May 19, 2025 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 Fletcher Lacock, fletcher.lacock@siouxfalls.gov (605) 367-8896 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 - Chair Quorum Determination Nikki Whiting - Absent Call To Order Meeting Procedures - City Staff Approval of Agenda - Chair Board Member Gutierrez made the motion to approve. Board Member Sonsalla seconded the motion. Voice vote to approve: 6 Yes: Gutierrez, Johannesen, Tschetter, Abbott, Sonsalla, Cleveringa 0 No: (None).  Motion Passed. PTAB Meeting Minutes - Chair Board Member Tschetter made the motion to approve . Board Member Gutierrez seconded the motion. Voice vote to approve: 6 Yes: Gutierrez, Johannesen, Tschetter, Abbott, Sonsalla, Cleveringa 0 No: (None). Motion Passed. Unfinished Business a. Requested data from member Abbott will be presented with the June service update to the city council noted in the Operations Report. Staff: Bren Schweitzer Additional data was requested at the April 2025 PTAB meeting from member Abbott. There will be a presentation provided to the city council and PTAB in June that will include data at that service update informational. New Business a. Introduction of Ray Williams, SAM HR Operations Manager Staff: Ray WIlliams was introduced as SAM's Human Resources Operations Manager. This position has been restructured to include marketing, hiring and training and community engagement. Raty's experience includes recruitment and HR Management. b. New Annual Report process with the transition of management to a turnkey operation Staff: Bren Schweitzer Bren Schweitzer presented a 2024 Annual Report Summary as a recap of the major activity that took place in 2024. This will be included online as well. There are no statistics included as these will be provided by Via at the June update provided to the city council and PTAB. Going forward there will not be the Annual Report, as this information is provided at the monthly meetings and recorded as stated below: - With the change in the management to the turnkey operation, SAM and Via have provided monthly updates to PTAB that have included the operations report, public engagement, redesign strategies, addressing concerns, etc.  - Ridership, OTP, Revenue Hours, Revenue Miles, Passengers/Rev hrs, etc. - Minutes are posted on OnBase and reflect voting history, Public Hearings, etc. The 2024 Year End Data does not reflect a full year of data due to the August and September dates of the implementation of the full-city On-Demand service and redesign of the Fixed Route System. c. July Board Meeting - Bus Tour. Details to follow. No virtual meeting will be available. Staff: Bren Schweitzer The PTAB Board will hold the July meeting on board a Fixed Route Bus, completing the necessary official business prior to the route. Glenn Wright with SAM will assist in setting up the route for this. There will be no virtual meeting provided. The public is invited to attend. At this time the plan would be to board the 6th and Weber bus stop. Exact time TBD. This date will be 7/28/2025. d. Election of Officers for 2025-2026: Chair; Vice Chair Staff: Bren Schweitzer Motion by Tschetter and Second by Sonsalla to nominate Bailey Abbott as V. Chair for the 2025 PTAB year and Jaime Johannesen as Chair for the 2025 PTAB year. Motion Passed. Operations Report a. April Operations Report - April Data. The City Council service performance update will be presented 6/12/2025. Staff: Joe Martin/Glenn Wright Torin presented the April Operations Report, which reflected * 9% increase in Fixed Route ridership * 13% decrease in Paratransit * 24% overall increase in ridership from April 2024 * 12% increase YTD 2024 to 2025 for a total ridership of $218,292 Public input on non-agenda items - Chair Torin and Ray announced that beginning on June 6th, through August, there will be free fares for Fixed Route and Paratransit on Fridays as a summer promotion. This does not apply to On-Demand service. It was questioned where the On-Demand pockets currently are. Currently they are: NW Quadrant (Amazon/Industrial area); Schools and the downtown Depot. This data continues to be monitored and collected for future consideration in route planning.  App features were discussed with respect to sharing accounts with a guardian/parent. Emily Shapiro shared that this is currently being worked on. Two devices are not able to be used at the same time for app use. One can view on one device and be active on another. There was a question on automated e-mails to indicate points. This will be reviewed. Adjourn Board Member Cleveringa made the motion to adjourn. Board Member Abbott seconded the motion. Voice vote to adopt: 6 Yes: Gutierrez, Johannesen, Tschetter, Abbott, Sonsalla, Cleveringa 0 No: (None). Motion Passed.