TRANSPORTATION COORDINATING
COMMITTEE & TRANSIT COORDINATING COUNCIL JOINT MEETING
Friday, March 16, 2007
Administrative Center – Room 3220
10:00 a.m.
COUNTY TCC MEMBERS PRESENT: Audrey Kader, Don Bina, Steve Johnson, Keith
Carlson, Thomas Padesky, Richard Running, Marge Antoniewicz.
COUNTY TCC MEMBERS EXCUSED: None.
COUNTY TCC MEMBERS ABSENT: Nancy Schmidt, Lyell Montgomery, Chris Sander,
Noreen Kuroski, Ron Neinast.
LAPC TCC MEMBERS PRESENT: Audrey Kader, Keith Carlson, Thomas Padesky, Don Bina, Steve Johnson, Richard Running, Sandy Sechrest, Richard Hanley, Peter Fletcher, Fred Buehler, Marge Antoniewicz.
LAPC TCC MEMBERS EXCUSED: Jean Meyer.
LAPC TCC MEMBERS ABSENT: Nancy Schmidt, Lyell Montgomery, Chris Sander, Noreen Kuroski, Antonio Re, Mark Seitz, Jim Gausman, Dennis Manthei, Mark Johnsrud, and Mike Poellinger.
STAFF & GUESTS:
Sara Frisby, Jackie Eastwood, Tom Faella
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Audrey Kader, Committee Chair, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOTION by Padesky/Bina to approve the joint committee meeting minutes of January
12, 2007. Motion carried unanimously; Jean Meyer excused;
Nancy Schmidt, Lyell Montgomery, Chris Sander, Noreen Kuroski, Ron Neinast,
Antonio Re, Mark Seitz, Jim Gausman, Dennis Manthei, Mark Johnsrud, and Mike
Poellinger absent.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None requested.
VISION STATEMENT FOR COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION
A draft vision statement will be prepared for discussion at the May 11 meeting.
PRESENTATION OF TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN (TDP)
Jackie Eastwood gave a brief overview of the TDP, and of meetings and
presentations to the TCC, LAPC, and Onalaska Utilities Committee leading up to
the completion of the document. Using 30” x 40” maps for reference, she
described recommended changes to the MTU fixed route designations and south-side
route alignments. She explained that the change in route designations would make
the system more user-friendly to users of other systems. The changes in the
south-side alignments would increase service to residential areas and provide
service to Myrick Park. Other recommendations directed to the City of La Crosse
included accessibility issues for the elderly and persons with disabilities.
Sidewalk maintenance and the need for ADA landing pads, accessways, sidewalks,
curbs, and curbramps were issues identified as needing attention.
Jackie Eastwood gave some examples of what passengers have been experiencing:
One woman got stuck in the snow trying to climb her way to the sidewalk. A police officer had to pull her out.
A gentleman in a wheelchair had to travel a number of blocks out of his way in order to access the sidewalk.
Sandy Sechrest commented that the snow gets piled in such a way that a pedestrian can’t reach the crosswalk button.
The topic turned to the County’s mass transit ad hoc committee. Don Bina asked if the recommendations from that committee would come to the TCC. He doesn’t want to see the County rubber stamp the recommendations without going before the TCC.
Richard Running commented that the providers would have input for “blending” services; but input from the City of Onalaska would also be needed. He is only a contractor.
Audrey Kader asked Tom Faella to ask John Medinger to appoint a County Board member on the ad hoc committee to the TCC.
Richard Running informed the TCC of his trip to Washington D.C. He had two concerns: 1) the significantly-less-than-requested amount of capital funding available for mass transit and 2) the use of the word “subsidy” instead of “investment” when studies show that you get $3 back for every $1 invested.
NEXT MEETING
Friday, May 11, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by Johnson/Sechrest to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously;
Jean Meyer excused; Nancy Schmidt, Lyell Montgomery, Chris Sander, Noreen
Kuroski, Ron Neinast, Antonio Re, Mark Seitz, Jim Gausman, Dennis Manthei, Mark
Johnsrud, and Mike Poellinger absent. The meeting adjourned at 11:03 a.m.
Disclaimer: The above minutes may be approved,
amended or corrected at the next committee meeting.
Jackie Eastwood, Recorder