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Agenda Packet 09 26 13 wave _ Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority A regularly scheduled meeting of the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority will be held Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 12:00 pm in the Wave Transit Board Room at Forden Station, 505 Cando St., Wilmington, INC 28405. An agenda for the meeting is presented below. MEETING AGENDA 1) Call to Order 2) Moment of silence 3) Pledge of Allegiance 4) Public Comment Period 05 minutes 5) Consentagenda 05 minutes 1. Approval of minutes from the August 22, 2013 meeting (p. 3) 2. Change to adopted meeting schedule (p. 10) 3. Resolution allocating STP-DA funding (p. 11) 4. Resolution to modify MTIP (p. 13) 6) Committee Reports 25 minutes • Executive Committee, Mr. David Scheu, Chairman • Special meeting of the Authority, NHC Commissioners and Wilmington City Council • Reduction in service (p. 14) • Collective bargaining agreement update • Planning &Operations Committee, Mr. Henry Adams, Chair • August 2013 operating & statistical reports (p. 86) • Finance & Budget Committee, Mr. George Dolan, Chair • August 2013 financial statement (p. 89) • Facilities Committee, Mr. Jeff Petroff, Chair • Operations center construction update • Approval of change to construction contract (p. 90) • Addenda to materials testing contract (p. 91) 7) Staff report 10 minutes • Paratransit division update 8) New business 05 minutes 9) Old business 05 minutes 10) Adjournment A special meeting of the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority is scheduled for Thursday, October 03, 2013, at 2:00 pm in Room 601 of the New Hanover County Government Center located at 230 Government Center Drive,Wilmington, INC 28405. The next regular meeting of the Authority is scheduled for Thursday,October 24, 2013 at 12:00 pm in the Wave Transit Board Room at Forden Station, 505 Cando Street, Wilmington, INC 28405. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 1 wave N CONSENT AGENDA The following items are attached for consideration. A brief explanation and recommendation follows: 1) Approval of minutes from the July 25,2013 meeting (p. 3) 2) Meeting Schedule Change (p. 10) In order to ensure that elected officials from the City of Wilmington could be in attendance at the special meeting of the Authority and the New Hanover County Commissioners,the meeting scheduled for September 12, 2013 has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 03, 2013. Formal adoption of the amended meeting schedule of the Authority is required pursuant to NCGS §143- 318.12. Adoption of the amended meeting schedule is recommended. 3) Resolution allocating STP-DA funding(p. 11) On August 28, 2013 the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (WMPO) resolved to allow the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority to program funding to the region under the Surface Transportation Program - Direct Allocation (STP-DA)for public transportation. In the Authority's adopted budget, $350,000.00 in STP-DA funding has been allocated to the preventive maintenance of the Authority's fixed route fleet. Local funding equal to $350,000.00 has been programmed in the Authority's adopted FY 2014 budget. Adoption of the resolution is recommended. 4) Resolution to modify the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) (p. 13) Since originally being programmed in the MTIP and STIP, funding for the Authority's Operations and Maintenance Facility project has been modified based on actual funding allocated by FTA and NCDOT to the project. In order to have the project accurately programmed in the MTIP and STIP the Authority is requesting minor modification to the MTIP and STIP. The change will not affect the current project budget and is for programming purposes only. Adoption of the resolution is recommended. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 2 wove Cape (Fear Public Transportation Authority MINUTES OF THE CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY August 22, 2013 Mr. David Scheu, Chairman, Presiding MEMBERS PRESENT Mr. David Scheu, Chairman Mr. Henry Adams, Vice Chairman Mr. Don Betz, Secretary Mr. Bill Bryden Mr. Euran Daniels Mr. George Dolan Mr. Chris Hawkins Mr. Kevin O'Grady Mr. Jeff Petroff MEMBERS ABSENT Mr. Jonathan Barfield STAFF PRESENT Mr. Albert Eby, Executive Director Ms. Megan Matheny, Director of Planning & Development Mr. Joe Mininni, Director of Finance &Administration Ms. Jean Smith, Director of Operations Ms. Kathy Williams, Board & Customer Service Clerk CONTRACT MANAGEMENT STAFF PRESENT Mr. Andrew Olsen, Attorney Mr. Chris Greenman, Fixed Route Operations Manager Mr. Jeremy Miller, Fixed Route Maintenance Manager Ms. Barbara Smith, Bus Operator Ms. Lolita Morris, Bus Operator GUESTS PRESENT Ms. Suraiya Rashid, WMPO Ms. Amy Elliott, News 14 Carolina CALL TO ORDER • Mr. Scheu called the meeting to order at 12:03 pm • The board meeting began with a moment of silence followed by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance PRESENTATIONS • Mr. Scheu recognized Mr. Eby to present the safety awards • Mr. Greenman presented Ms. Smith and Ms. Morris with a safe driving award • Each driver was given a service pin, certificate, and a check for$25.00 PUBLIC COMMENT • Mr. Scheu opened the public comment period • Ms. Cox stated that the bus on route 108 is always full CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 3 • Mr. Meeks stated that when the routes changed in February, customer service suffered • He stated that the drivers should offer information to new riders • He thanked the authority for a good month • Mr. Wilson said that customer service could be better • He also said that the drivers are always 5-10 minutes late • Mr. Wilson said there should be more stops in rural areas on the 107/301 route as well as the 104 • Ms. Sparks would like to see the buses run every thirty minutes • Hearing no further comments, Mr. Scheu closed the public comment period PUBLIC HEARING • Mr. Scheu opened the public hearing for elimination of routes 107, 207 and 301 • Mr. Scheu recognized Mr. Eby to give an overview of the proposal to reduce service • Mr. Eby stated the reduction was necessary to meet the financial restraints of the authority • Public comments are attached • Hearing no further comments, Mr. Scheu closed the public hearing CONSENT AGENDA • Mr. Scheu presented the August 2013 consent agenda for approval • Mr. Adams made a motion to accept the August 2013 consent agenda • Mr. Betz seconded and the motion carried unanimously EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE • Mr. Scheu stated that the committee had met to discuss the route reduction • He stated that the collective bargaining agreement with bus operators was waiting ratification • Details would be presented at the September meeting PLANNING & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE • Mr. Scheu recognized Mr. Adams to give the committee report • Mr. Adams stated that ridership for July was down eleven percent • He stated that there is one less bus route than the previous year which could account for some of the reduction • He also stated that the fare increase was partially responsible for the decrease • Mr. Adams stated that Paratransit ridership is showing increases due to operating the out of county transportation service • Mr. Adams said that requests for marketing proposals should be back by were due on October first • He said the committee is working on updating the look of the trolley and is working with the organization Bring it Downtown • Mr. Adams also said the committee is following the process to acquire four additional Wave Pool vans FINANCE & BUDGET COMMITTEE • Mr. Scheu recognized the Mr. Dolan to present the committee report • Mr. Dolan stated that the committee is working on adopting a revised budget following the meeting with the County Commissioners on September 12, 2013 • He stated that expenses and revenues for July were within the adopted budget • He stated that the committee will continue to monitor cash flow and issues usually arise in the December through January time frame CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 4 FACILITIES COMMITTEE • Mr. Scheu recognized Mr. Petroff to give the committee report • Mr. Petroff stated that the committee invited the Authority's construction manager to the meeting • Mr. Farabow was available to address technical questions regarding the operations center project • Mr. Petroff stated that the project has faced numerous challenges due to the amount of rain experienced in June and July • He stated that utility relocation and unsuitable soils were also presenting challenges • Mr. Petroff told the Authority that the committee and staff were determined to keep the project on time and budget • He stated that most of the utilities had been relocated • Relocating AT&T infrastructure was proving to be a challenge and he informed the board that a change order to pay for AT&T relocation was imminent • Staff and the committee were working diligently to ensure that the cost was fair and reasonable STAFF REPORT • Mr. Scheu recognized Mr. Eby to present the staff report • Mr. Eby gave a brief NEMT update • Mr. Eby responded to a public inquiry at the July meeting from Mr. J. C. Brown • He stated that the matter was considered a confidential personnel matter between Mr. Brown and First Transit • He assured the board that he was briefed on the situation without receiving confidential information and was confident that First Transit was compliant with the law and the situation did not warrant the Authority's involvement OLD BUSINESS • No old business NEW BUSINESS • No new business ADJOURN • Mr. Betz made a motion to adjourn the August 22, 2013 board meeting • Mr. Adams seconded and the motion carried unanimously SCHEDULING OF NEXT MEETING • The Authority's next meeting is scheduled for September 26, 2013 at 12:00 pm in the Forden Station Board Room �Respectfully Submitted, Albert Eby Executive Director /kw CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 5 wove Cape (Fear Public Transportation Authority MINUTES OF THE CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY PUBLIC COMMENT OF 107/301 & 207 REDUCTIONS IN SERVICE August 21, 2012 Mr. Albert Eby, Executive Director, Presiding BOARD MEMBER PRESENT Mr. David Scheu, Chairman STAFF PRESENT Mr. Albert Eby, Executive Director Ms. Megan Methany, Director of Planning & Development Ms. Kathy Williams, Board & Customer Service Clerk GUESTS PRESENT Citizens (see attachment) CALL TO ORDER • Mr. Eby called the 107/301 & 207 Reduction of Service of Public Hearing to order at 6:00 pm PUBLIC COMMENT • Mr. Eby opened the public hearing and stated the reason for the meeting • Mr. Jackson stated that he needs the 207 to get back and forth to work • He has no other way and hoped it could continue • Mr. Roberts stated that he was there to represent the New Hanover County Veterans Council and is the chairman • The 207 route brings vets to the VA Super Clinic and within the next year there should be an increase due to the completion of the clinic • Mr. Roberts also said that several homeless veterans that do not have cars use the bus service and the organization will follow up with a letter to be sent to the NHC Commissioners • Mr. MalBean said that Wave has been a Godsend and Laney High School uses the 207 almost daily to teach special needs students how to navigate the transit system to prepare them for employment and to teach them to be independent after they graduate • He said that this program is a new curriculum and if successful it would be expanded to the county's other high schools • Mr. MalBean stated that it felt like a sword through the heart when he found out Route 207 was being eliminated • Laney High School staff has put in countless hours to enter into agreements with employers to support the program and losing it would be devastating • He stated that the Authority needs to work with the County Commissioners to keep the route • Mr. MalBean stated that Route 207 is the only bus that serves the northern portion of the county • Mr. Rectenwald said that the reason he needs Route 207 is because he has to travel to jobs in the county • He also said requested that the Authority not eliminate the route • Ms. El said there needs to be more frequent stops • Ms. Dunn said she moved to Wilmington to do something that she always dreamed of doing, go to college CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 6 • She said that she signed up for school at CFCC north campus knowing that there was bus service. • Ms. Dunn said she is doing everything she always dreamed of doing and now was told that her dream might be snatched out from under her because she has no car and will not be able get to school if Route 207 is eliminated • She said all she has is Wave Transit. • Ms. Dunn said that she sees the kids from Laney everyday on the bus and they are enthused about riding the bus going to work each day • She also said she would understand to remove the beach bus, a bus that only takes people to the beach to spend the day, but this is their way of life • Ms. Dunn said she doesn't think a single voice would matter, but if they all stand together maybe something can get done • Ms. Smith said that next semester she will be attending CFCC and does not understand the proposal to eliminate the route • She uses the buses to look for jobs and Route 107 is the only way she has to get to work and does not want it eliminated • Ms. Smith said she has no means to buy a car • She will be attending CFCC's north campus and will need Route 207 • She said more stops need to be added on Shipyard Blvd • She said that public transportation is supposed to serve the county • Mr. Ranger said that it is not a good time to cut routes • Mr. Hogan said he is a veteran and former CFCC student • He asked why Wave Transit would want to cut off and isolate the northern part of the county • Mr. Hogan said in the past he would have to travel to Durham to access the VA Clinic, but now is able to catch the 207 to the VA Clinic • Mr. Hogan said Wave is building a million dollar building and eliminating one bay could pay for Route 207 • Mr. Hogan said that 207 runs empty during the summer, but is full in the fall • Mr. Woolf said that Wave keeps cutting routes • There are four buses running on Market Street and the 104 does not even stop • Ms. Campbell said that the routes are condensed and not frequent enough • More service needs to be provided to Brunswick County • Ms. Campbell said she attends CFCC north campus and having routes running every hour is inconvenient • She said she witnessed the changes in February when the routes were changed • Ms. Campbell said that some classes are exclusively at CFCC's north campus and it is wrong for Route 207 to be on the chopping block • She said it takes her fifteen minutes to walk to the nearest stop and there are no sidewalks • Ms. Campbell stated that the routes scheduled to be eliminated are important and should not be on the chopping block • She asked the Authority to please reconsider • Hearing no further comment, Mr. Eby closed the Public Hearing at 7:06 pm CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 7 wove Cape (Fear Public Transportation Authority MINUTES OF THE CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY PUBLIC COMMENT OF 107/301 & 207 REDUCTIONS IN SERVICE August 22, 2012 Mr. David Scheu, Chair, Presiding BOARD MEMBER PRESENT Mr. David Scheu, Chairman Mr. Henry Adams, Vice Chairman Mr. Bill Bryden Mr. Don Betz, Secretary Mr. George Dolan Mr. Chris Hawkins Mr. Kevin O'Grady Mr. Jeff Petroff Mr. Euran Daniels MEMBERS ABSENT Mr. Jonathan Barfield STAFF PRESENT Mr. Albert Eby, Executive Director Ms. Megan Matheny, Director of Planning & Development Mr. Joe Mininni, Director of Finance &Administration Ms. Jean Smith, Director of Operations Ms. Kathy Williams, Board & Customer Service Clerk CONTRACT MANAGEMENT STAFF PRESENT Mr. Andrew Olsen, Attorney Mr. Chris Greenman, Fixed Route Operations Manager Mr. Jeremy Miller, Fixed Route Maintenance Manager GUESTS PRESENT Citizens (see attachment) CALL TO ORDER • Ms. Scheu opened the 107/301 & 207 Reduction of Service of Public Hearing to order PUBLIC COMMENT • Mr. Scheu briefly described the 107, 301 & 207 reductions • Ms. Kemppainen encouraged Wave to keep the 107/301 • She works at UNCW and rides the bus every day to work with other co-workers • Ms. Cox agreed with Ms. Kemppainen in regards to the 107/301 • She also asked to keep the 207 • Mr. Meeks stated that he has been fighting for Wave all his life • He supports the beach run and hopes that the county will come aboard • Mr. Mills stated that the 207 has been cut off past GE and has to walk to Wrightsboro to catch the bus CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 8 • Ms. McIver she said she works at CFCC and is asking to keep the 207 • She said that the students and employees depend on the bus • Ms. McIver said that Wave should do fundraising in order to raise money • She said to ask the community to help • Mr. Robinson said he depends on the 207 & 107/301 • He said he plans to use the 207 more in the future and pleaded to keep both routes • Ms. Nohe said she works at the Federal Point Help Center in Carolina Beach and they have many clients that are out of work • She said that the help center gives bus passes to their clients for work and job search • She said the organization supports the 107/301 and worked closely with the Authority to establish the route • Ms. Nohe submitted a petition supporting continuation of route 301 • Mr. Wilson stated that every comment was commendable • The 301 needs to remain and expand to the Seabreeze and Westchester area • Mr. Wilson wanted to know why the 207 won't run to the airport • He said going to the airport could generate revenue • He also said that the 207 going down Blue Clay Road does not generate much ridership • Mr. Padgett said he supports bus riders and since his truck has broken down he has to use the service • Ms. Barnes said she is a CFCC student and she travels several times each day between both campuses on the bus • She said she would greatly appreciate it if the service could be kept • She said all possibilities need should be considered before a decision is made • Mr. Hawkins asked why does Route 207 not operate seven days a week • Mr. Eby said that CFCC and the VA Clinic were major trip generators which were not open on weekends • Mr. Scheu asked Mr. Eby to give a brief update on why there is no service to the airport • Mr. Eby said that the Airport Authority Director submitted comments during the route restructuring comment period stating that in his opinion bus service to ILM would be underutilized • He stated that without support from the airport, the possibility of providing service to ILM was minimal • Mr. O'Grady thanked everyone for coming • He stated that the City of Wilmington contributes $1,200,000.00 annually to the Authority • He stated that the current county budget would contribute $140,000.00 • He said Wave needs local money in order to leverage federal and state funds • Mr. O'Grady also stated that a recent funding request by ILM for local matching funds was contingent on county funding for the Authority • He told the audience that the Authority and staff fully supported the routes and were working to identify funding to keep them from being eliminated • He stated that the county is an urban county and public transportation is critical in a county like New Hanover • Mr. Adams also thanked everyone for their input and support of Wave Transit • Mr. Dolan said that local investment is crucial to keep the buses running and New Hanover County support is critical to leveraging federal and state funds • Hearing no further comments, Mr. Scheu closed the public hearing CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 9 wave Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority Pursuant to NCGS g 143-318.12, the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority has established the following schedule of meetings for 2013. The schedule is on file with the Authority Secretary and available for public inspection by contacting Wave Transit at (910) 343-0106 and at the following URA: http://www.wavetransit.com/Portals/o/documents/2013 Meeting Schedule.pdf Changes to the following schedule will comply with NCGS g 143-318.12. Day Date Time Location Thursday January 24, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday February 28, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday March 21, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street T uFsdayPA zzi-e-i, lz!evPrr PA,r P-1 elp S iC-a„el A St r e e*l Thursday April 25, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday May 23, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday June 27, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday July 25, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday August 22, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday September 12, 2012 2:00 pm 23o Government Center Dr. #6o12 Thursday September 26, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday October 24, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday November 21, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street Thursday December 19, 2013 12:00 pm Forden Station, 505 Cando Street 1. March 28, 2013 meeting date changed to March 21, 2013 adopted at a regular meeting on February 28, 2013 2. Special meeting of the Wilmington Transit Authority,Wilmington City Council and New Hanover County Commissioners CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 10 RESOLUTION ge Introduced by: Albert Eby, Executive Director Date: September 26, 2013 RESOLUTION ALLOCATING SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM DIRECT ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING WHEREAS, the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority was created in July 2004 by Joint Resolution of the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County to provide public transportation service throughout the adopted boundary of the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization; and WHEREAS, the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization provides transportation planning services for the City of Wilmington, Town of Carolina Beach, Town of Kure Beach, Town of Wrightsville Beach, Town of Belville, Town of Leland, Town of Navassa, New Hanover County, Brunswick County, Pender County, Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority and the North Carolina Board of Transportation; and WHEREAS, on July 18, 2012 the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) designated the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization as a Transportation Management Area (TMA); and WHEREAS, Surface Transportation Program-Direct Attributable (STP-DA) funds are available for all designated TMA's; and WHEREAS, the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Advisory Committee has the authority to program all or a portion of STP-DA funds for locally administered projects; and WHEREAS, the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization has developed the STP- DA Local Prioritization Processes for the distribution of the STP-DA funds; and WHEREAS, the STP-DA Local Prioritization Process includes Fiscal Year 2014 Modal Investment Targets for the remainder of STP-DA funds by 15% Roadway Projects, 15% Intersection Improvement Projects, 20% Transit Projects, and 50% Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects; and WHEREAS, the WMPO TAC has resolved to allow the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority to prioritize and recommend transit projects in FFY 2014 to be funded by the regional STP-DA allocation, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority respectfully requests that three-hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000.00) in STP-DA funds for Federal Fiscal Year 2014 be allocated to the Authority for capital funding for preventive maintenance as authorized by Moving Ahead for Progress in the Twenty First Century (MAP-21). The Authority will be responsible for managing and reporting the STP DA funds and for the twenty percent (20%) local funding requirement. Adopted a regular meeting on September 26, 20 13 David R. Scheu, Chairman Attest: (seal) Don Betz, Secretary CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 11 Funding Formula Project-Preventive Maintenance FTA§5307 (STP-DA flex) $ 350,000.00 Local $ 43,750.00 Total Project Cost $ 393,750.00 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 12 RESOLUTION ,Ipve Introduced by: Albert Eby, Executive Director Date: September 26, 2013 RESOLUTION REQUESTING A MODIFICATION TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, The Authority is required by Federal Statute to program all projects through the adopted local and state planning processes; and WHEREAS, at the local level, the project must be approved by the WMPO Transportation Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, at the state level, projects are approved by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Board of Transportation; and WHEREAS, allocation of funding for the Authority's Operations and Maintenance Facility has been modified since its original inclusion in the MTIP; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority respectfully requests that the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Advisory Committee amend the current MTIP for submittal to the NCDOT to modify the STIP to allocate funding to the following project: Current MTIP FY 13 FY 14 FBUS 5309 $ 6,000 Cape Fear Public FUZ 5307 $ 4,093 Transportation STAT S $ 190 $ 191 TD-4292 Authority 10perations&Maintenance Facility Local I L $ 1,310 $ 553 Proposed MTIP FY 13 FY 14 FBUS 5309 $ 6,000 Cape Fear Public FUZ 5307 $ 3,754 Transportation STAT S $ 469 TD-4292 Authority Operations&Maintenance Facility Local L $ 469 Net reduction in STIP for project of$144,000 Adopted at a regular meeting on September 26, 2013 David R. Scheu, Chairman Attest: (seal) Don Betz, Secretary CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 13 From: Lin Summers <linsummers4 @gmail.com> Sent: Monday,August 26, 2013 8:16 AM To: Comments Subject: route 207 Hello, Although I do not use this bus route I am an adult, non-traditional CFCC student at the downtown campus. The idea of someone not being able to go to college because our bus system can't take them there is saddening and embarrassing for our city/county. Please keep this route for students who need access to education. Sincerely, Lin Summers CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 14 1 From: Fernando Hernandez <fhernandez833 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Wednesday,August 21, 2013 5:41 PM To: Comments Subject: Wave Bus Route Hello, My name is Fernando Hernandez, and I am a student at Cape Fear Community College. I don't take the bus route that is in question as to whether or not eliminate it, but I believe that some students probably depend on it. I would suggest that it be in the best interest of the public good to keep this route active unless it's absolutely unused by students and the public. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, Fernando Hernandez We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see. -('harles Peg1-v (1873-1914), French poet CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 15 1 From: John Powell <j.powell10.6 @gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday,August 21, 2013 3:40 PM To: Comments Subject: Route 207 Please do not eliminate this route from WAVE transit. I rely on it to commute to the North Campus and home. Please, thanks for reading. JP CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 16 1 From: Gabrielle Violette <gviolette945 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Wednesday,August 21, 2013 8:35 AM To: Comments Subject: Bus Route Please do not get rid of this bus route. this is my only way between classes and i would have no other way to get to my classes on the north campus if you terminate this bus route. it is very helpful to me and easy. many students including myself use this as soel transportation for school. please dont gfet rid of it. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 17 1 From: Charles Thomas <cwthomas577 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Wednesday,August 21, 2013 8:28 AM To: Comments Subject: Cancelling of wave routes Hello, my name is Charles William Thomas. I am a student at cape fear and far from a millionaire....hundreds of students like myself that do not have the finances to purchase a car HEAVILY rely on the wave as their primary means of transportation. So i ask PLEASE TO NOT CANCEL SERVICE/ROUTES :) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 18 1 From: Candyce Giles <cgiles @cfcc.edu> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 8:10 PM To: Comments Subject: I don't think that canceling the 207 route is a good idea.There are lot of students that are getting a education at Cape Fear Community College,that relay on the 207 bus to get them to and from school. Not only are there students that relay on the 207... E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 19 1 From: Megan Gee <megee606 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 10:49 PM To: Megan Matheny Subject: Re: PLEASE DONT ELIMINATE BUS 207! Please I cannot have this bus route eliminated! School and work, obviously, are two very important parts of my life and I nned to be able to get to both!!!! On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Megan Matheny <mmathenyL(�wavetransit.com> wrote: Good morning: Thank you for your comment. It will be included with the other public comments and presented to Wave Transit's Board of Directors during the upcoming meeting. Thanks, Gall Matheny Director of Plamunb and Development Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority-Wave Transit Office: (910)202-2057 Fax: (910) 343-8317 111111at11e11,,'u!itiavetrallsit.com ii ii ii.ii avetransit.com NOTICE: Pursuant to NCGS Chapter 132, email correspondence to and from CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 20 this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may 1 be disclosed to third parties by an authorized Wave Transit official. From: Megan Gee [mailto:megee606@mail.cfcc.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:26 AM To: Comments Subject: PLEASE DONT ELIMINATE BUS 207! I Just moved into a house off of n kerr and I rely on bus 207 to get to school and back home in time for work everyday!!!!!!! Please Please Please!!!!! Because of my busy schedule I have the means of making it to the board meeting but please please I beg of you dont eliminate bus 207!!! z CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 21 From: Yahoo! <davchapter11 @att.net> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 4:41 PM To: Comments Cc: Gilberto Navarrette; Ron Holtberg Subject: Route elimination Speaking as the representative of over 1400 disabled veterans in the Wilmington area, this organization feels strongly that the elimination of route 207 would greatly have adverse impact on our membership. In numerous cases the Wave is the only way for veterans to visit the VA Clinic due to lack of individual methods of transportation. The number of veterans utilizing the Wave will increase as the Clinic become fully operational which is due to be accomplished by December of this year. We understand that some routes may have to be eliminated however, your route 207 is enabling veterans who served our nation and have become disabled receive much needed care. Disabled American Veterans NC, Chapter 11 4601 Park Avenue Wilmington, NC 28406 910-313-2190 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 22 1 From: Lauren Bullock <Icbullock590 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 3:40 PM To: Megan Matheny Subject: Re: Please do not eliminate the route between downtown and North Campus. This is my only way of means to school and I depend on it tremendously. Please take into consideration the students that do not live here and move here to go to this college. I have Hello Mrs. Matheny, Thank you so much for acknowledging my email. I am a student at CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE and was sending this email in response to one that I received stating that the WAVE TRANSIT was going to discontinue their route from downtown campus to North campus. I need this route because taking the transit is my only means of transportation in Wilmington. I am not from here and do not have any associates or family yet that will be able to help me get to and from school. I use public transportation as a means for everything mobile. There is a whole program of classes that are not offered downtown and I am so grateful that WAVE TRANSIT had this shuttle in place for students just like myself. Please take these factors; which are some of the other students as well, into consideration when reaching a permanent decision. Thank you so very much. I am sure we(students)wouldn't mind paying a full fare in order to get the route in place. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Megan Matheny <mmatheny2wavetransit.com> wrote: Good afternoon: It appears as though your message was entered into the subject line instead of the text box. Is there any way you can resend your comments as I want to be sure I am understanding them correctly. Thanks, Gall Matheny Director of Plamunb and Development Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority-Wave Transit Office: (910)202-2057 Fax: (9 10) 3434_�JTAgenda Packet 09/26/2013 23 1 111111at11e11y u1'wavetrallsit.com www.wavetransit.com NOTICE: Pursuant to NCGS Chapter 132, email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized Wave Transit official. From: Lauren Bullock [mailto:lcbullock590@mail.cfcc.edu] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 3:23 PM To: Comments Subject: Please do not eliminate the route between downtown and North Campus. This is my only way of means to school and I depend on it tremendously. Please take into consideration the students that do not live here and move here to go to this college. I have n... 2 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 24 From: Karin Parker <karinparker @cfcc.edu> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 1:57 PM To: Comments Subject: Discontinuing service to CFCC Attending college is one of the few ways that people can improve their lives, and if the buses stop running to CFCC, many students will not be able to go to school. This would be a detriment not only to the student, but to the community as well. Sincerely, Karin Parker, MaEd Career Counselor Career and Testing Services Cape Fear C011ii ninny College 4500 Bhie Clav Road✓ Castle Havyle, NC 28429 910.362.7768 karinl)arker a cfccxcht Quality service is our priority- tell its hoiv ire are doiyl ! htth: cfcc.echt feedback career E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 25 1 From: Swanza Rhodes <swancobi @bellsouth.net> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 1:30 PM To: Comments THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE FOR THE STUDENTS ESPECIALLY. MY SON DEPENDS ON THIS ROUTE TO GET TO SCHOOL, AND SO DO OTHER STUDENTS. THE TEACHERS KNOW AS WELL THAT THESE STUDENTS WOULD BE CUT OFF FROM GETTING TO CLASS AT THE NORTH CAMPUS. NOT ALL CLASSES ARE SCHEDULED AT THE MAIN CAMPUS, SO WHAT WILL THESE STUDENTS DO WITHOUT YOUR TRANSPORTATION. SINCERLY, SWANZA RHODES CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 26 1 From: Whitnee Cheek <wccheek940 @mai1.cfcc.edu> Sent: Friday,August 23, 2013 10:17 PM To: Comments Subject: Route 207 I am a student at Pender Early College and the only way to get to my classes are to ride the school bus to the North Campus and then to ride the Wave bus to the downtown, where my classes are. If route 207 is eliminated, I will not have a way to get to my classes, and will have to drop them, because the classes are not offered on any other campus. I will not be able to graduate with my associates degree or my high school diploma because I need to finish the college in order to finish the high school. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 27 1 From: Cathy Burwell <cburwell @cfcc.edu> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 12:43 PM To: Comments Subject: Elimination of Bus Route 207 WAVE Transit Board Members I urge you to reconsider elimination of bus route 207 which provides service between the Wilmington and North campuses of Cape Fear Community College. While students may not use it every day, the availability could be the difference between a student being able to complete courses or having to drop them should his or her main method of transportation become unavailable part way through the semester. It also offers downtown community members who wish to use the college cosmetology services or who wish to attend any of our free arts and public information forums an opportunity to reach our North campus. Thank you for reconsidering, Cathy Burwell E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 28 1 From: Joyce MacIvergan <jmacivergan @cfcc.edu> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 11:58 AM To: Comments Subject: Wave Transportation 207 North route College students need the have this route available. Wilmington and County area are spread out an people with no car or choose to use the bus needs this route. The route covers areas which are vital in everyday life of people. Students at Cape Fear Community College NEED this route to attend classes at both " Downtown and North Campus ". We have ways to cover Sports, Convention Centers, Parking decks...but not Transportation. CFCC JN MacIvergan Part-Time Financial Aid Office E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 29 1 From: Megan Gee <megee606 @mai1.cfcc.edu> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 10:26 AM To: Comments Subject: PLEASE DONT ELIMINATE BUS 207! I Just moved into a house off of n kerr and I rely on bus 207 to get to school and back home in time for work everyday!!!!!!! Please Please Please!!!!! Because of my busy schedule I have the means of making it to the board meeting but please please I beg of you dont eliminate bus 207!!! CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 30 1 From: Duane Drummond <dadrummond318 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 8:49 AM To: Comments Subject: cfcc campus bus stop I don't see the purpose in having a "public bus" if it wont be truly serving the PUBLIC on a constant basis WAVE transit has obtained a lot of complaints for several things mostly there CUSTOMER service and how everyone as a whole lacks compassion/sympathy for the people that catch the bus on a daily basis...(i.e passing old ladies chasing after the bus, yelling at pediatricians cold receptions when calling the service desk etc.) perhaps WAVE transit should focus on learning what compassion and true customer service is before you stat talking about ending a bus route that helps students without transportation best regards .... CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 31 1 From: Sabrena Walker <svwalker003 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 8:15 AM To: Comments To whom it may concern, with the economy and job loses, I think it would be wise to keep the Wave Transit route to the North Campus at CFCC. People have lost their jobs and employment is only paying a certain amount of weeks, no matter how long you have been on your job. So I say that to say many will be attending CFCC and will be using public transportation, because taxes, insurance, and car payments are very expensive. Also young adults use the public transportation due to parents work schedule. The parents can't always carpool and this give them a sense of independentency. Thank you, A current unemployed student CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 32 1 From: Pamela Spearing <pjspearing482 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 9:41 PM To: Comments Subject: Bus Route 207 Dear Wave Transit Board Members: I was recently made aware of your discussion regarding the elimination of bus route 207 which provides transportation between the main campus of Cape Fear Community College and the North Campus on Blue Clay Road. While I can appreciate the need for cutbacks, I feel that the college generates a lot of business for downtown through its' student body and that the impact to the students, however small, should be taken into consideration. I can assure you that from both a student perspective and a parental interest, having students at both UNC Charlotte, UNC Chapel Hill and Cape Fear is that a couple of areas of deliberation that an incoming student and/or their parents will look at when deciding upon a college is the ease of access and safe&reliable transportation between the college campuses. I feel that the overall short term savings may not be beneficial to Wilmington businesses or CFCC in the long run. Thank you for your time. Regards, Pam Spearing CFCC student and parent CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 33 1 From: Joseph Seltzer <jseltzer137 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 9:29 PM To: Comments Subject: Please do not eliminate Route 207 Good evening I have been taking the Wave Transit to get to the North Campus since fall of 2011. I would hate to see the Route 207 be eliminated. I also have friends that take the bus to get to there classes. I depend on the Wave Transit, Route 207 to get me to my classes so I can have a education and finish school, along with my fellow classmates. If you eliminate the Route 207, a lot of students will have a hard time completing school. Please look at the students who have a low income and can not afford the vehicle of there own. You will be hurting students from getting to there classes to get an education, including myself. Thank You Joseph Seltzer Student at CFCC CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 34 1 From: Dulce Santiago-Leon <dmsantiago-leon317 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 8:27 PM To: Comments Subject: possible elimination of bus route to cfcc campuses Hello, I am a concerned student at CFCC. This email is in regard to your possible elimination of the bus route to CFCC campuses. I will not be able to be at the meeting which explains this email. I am a highschool student who is taking college classes at CFCC's campuses. Taking in consideration that I ride my school bus to school and go to college class there are days when high school classes are not in session but college classes are. The Wave will be my only transportation to my college classes. I do not know how to drive, do not have a permit, parents work all day, and not many friends who would give me rides. This decision to possibly eliminate the bus route from CFCC campuses will hurt my education and i am sure other's education as well. I urge you to think about the future generation and what you can do to help good things happen. sincerely a concerned student/wave rider CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 35 1 From: Liesel Ward <Idward021 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 7:13 PM To: Comments Subject: Please do not cancel bus service for bus 207 Castle Hayne. I not only ride the bus to get to both campuses, I live in North Chase. A year ago I road the bus to work and class. Now that my work schedule doesn't coincide with the bus schedule, I ride to ... CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 36 1 From: Bryan Gilbert <bmgilbert042 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 7:06 PM To: Comments Subject: route 207 My name is Bryan Gilbert. I have just started the Fall semester at CFCC North Campus. Without your bus running I don't know how I will be able to get to school. Also, I was wondering why the UNCW students get to ride for free and the CFCC students only get 1/2 fare. Maybe if you charged the UNCW students the 1/2 fare you would have enough to keep bus 207 running. Thanks for listening. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 37 1 From: Katie Parker <katieparker @cfcc.edu> Sent: Friday,August 23, 2013 2:15 PM To: Comments Subject: Elimination of Route 107, Route 301 and Route 207 To whom it may concern, I am an instructor at Cape Fear Community College in the Basic Skills department. I currently teach a class for disabled adults in Murryville Business Park. I have 2 students who depend on the one or more of routes mentioned above that are to be terminated to get to class. If those routes are discontinued these students will have no affordable transportation to class. They have disabilities so they can not drive themselves and they rely on the bus system for all of their transportation. It would be a shame to discontinue bus service to north Wilmington and the north campus of CFCC as well. Regards, Katie Parker Basic Skills Instructor CFCC E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 38 1 From: squiresdorothy59 @gmail.com Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 6:52 PM To: Comments Subject: Considered elemination of route 207 This is not good. If this 207 N. route is eliminated there will students and employed citizens that will find themselves in difficult situations trying to go to school to better themselves or trying to get to work to support their families...or both. I was talking with a fellow Wave Transit customer the other day at the 2nd and Princess main stop about this very subject.lust then the 207 passes with a bus full of passengers. I realize that it is probably not Wave Transit who is in favor of this. But, It is more likely that the City doesn't want to add any funding to keep the route open. Please let the City know that CFCC's students and the citizens that depend on Wave Transit for transportation take this matter very seriously. For as I, I could not attend college if anything ever happened to the Brunswick connector and I feel deeply for the passengers who find themselves in this situation. Thank You Dorothy Squires CFCC student CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 39 1 From: Sherri Robinson <slrobinson246 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 6:46 PM To: Comments Subject: Route 207 I completely rely upon the 207 route to get to both campuses in pursuit of my degree. Please DO NOT DROP ROUTE 207. Thank you! Sherri Robinson CFCC ID 0369246 910-228-9722 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 40 1 From: Naeshia Andrews <naeshiaandrews@gmail.com> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 6:38 PM To: Comments To whom it may concern, My name is Antonaeshia Andrews. I am currently a student at Cape Fear and bus 207 is my only transportation to and from the North Campus. If that bus route was to be eliminated I would have no way to get to my classes at North Campus; therefore, that would ruin my chances of finishing the classes and getting my degree. I am sure I am not the only student that has this problem. It would do us a great deal if 207 route would not be eliminated. It is a very important bus route to Wilmington or should be and Cape Fear students. If this was mentioned before school started, students that depend on that bus could have made changes but now that can not happen, which isn't fair to the students at all. I hope you all take the time out to really think about this and take in consideration the students of Cape Fear and people of Castle Hayne who depend on the bus, that bias for transportation. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 41 1 From: Stacy Padgett <soulfire76 @gmail.com> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 5:45 PM To: Comments Subject: change in bus route to CFCC campuses You already have a terrible bus system that only nuns once an hour most places and not nearly enough stops to service all those in need of public transit, but now you are wanting to eliminate stops to CFCC campuses which I think is appalling. So those who are struggling to go to school but cannot or do not drive can't even count on the bus to get them to and from classes? Once again, setting the bar as low as possibly there WAVE, nice work, you will not be undercut, point taken. That is all. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 42 1 From: Shenna Corum <sbcorum569 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 4:47 PM To: Comments Subject: cfcc shuttle service as a new student,I depend on the shuttle service to get me back and forth from the north campus to the downtown campus please consider all of the students your deciscions will effect CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 43 1 From: Latoya McGhee <Ismcghee721 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 4:39 PM To: Comments Subject: WHY CANCEL THAT BUS ROUTE IF YOU CANCEL THAT BUS ROUTE. HOW WILL WE GET BACK AND FORTH TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THAT BUS ROUTE HELP ME GET TO SCHOOL AND FROM SCHOOL. I DONT HAVE A CAR AT THIS TIME. SO I CAUGHT THAT BUS TO GET TO SCHOOL AND HOME AND ALSO DOWNTOWN. I ADVISE YALL TO THINK ABOUT OTHERS. PLEASE AND THANKS CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 44 1 From: Matthew Parish <parishmatthew89 @gmail.com> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 4:17 PM To: Comments Subject: Route 207 Do not eliminate no. 207, the semester has just begun.Also I am positive, that there are many students completely unaware of this route! What forms of advertising are currently looping NHC? The students that are currently using this route are GRAVELY relying on it for transportation!They're GPA counts on it. You all were in school once, transportation is a lifeline to these young and upcoming adults! Finally, I believe that there are other ways to save money in Wave transit. If Wave is having budget issues then it should look to the gov. Or school For funding to and from the north campus of CFCC. -Thank you, Matthew Parish MP CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 45 1 From: Darby Day <b4ucmego @gmail.com> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 4:02 PM To: Comments Subject: CFCC Students may get the shaft Why is this even being proposed? I bet the projects have bus service. What about us hard working college students who are trying to make the world a better place? Enough said! You can't fight city hall. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 46 1 From: Lauren Bullock <Icbullock590 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 3:23 PM To: Comments Subject: Please do not eliminate the route between downtown and North Campus. This is my only way of means to school and I depend on it tremendously. Please take into consideration the students that do not live here and move here to go to this college. I have n... CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 47 1 From: Kyle Sullivan <kwsullivan361 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 3:51 PM To: Comments Subject: 207 Bus Route KEEP it!!! The bus route 207 must be kept because many people traveling on that route really need it. Many of the riders have a low income and need a mode of transportation to and from their homes, work, or school. As you know the bus rout also travels to the New Hanover County Jail and many of the visitors to those in jail can't afford, at times, a way of visiting their loved ones and friends in the jail. Also many students from Cape Fear Community Collage use the bus route to transport them-selves to and from CFCC's North Campus and Down Town Campus. I my self use the bus route 207 to go to the north campus of CFCC and to get home from the north campus. This route benefits many people and taking away the route would cause many people to suffer and their lives would be hindered and more crazy. Some people don't need their lives more troubled but to be kept simple and the 207 bus route helps to provide some simplicity in their lives. PLEASE KEEP the 207 bus route!!! -Kyle Sullivan Jr.- CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 48 1 From: Gailyn Larson <gm1arson348 @mai1.cfcc.edu> Sent: Thursday,August 22, 2013 5:49 PM To: Comments Subject: Rout 207 I will not be able to attend the public hearing for possible elimination of rout 207 because I was working on the 21st and have class at 12pm on the 22nd but I would like to say I very much vote against eliminating the rout. That is my only way to school when everyone else is working. I do not have a car, I don't even have a license. If this does go through I will no longer be able to attend CFCC. Thank you, Gail Larson CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 49 1 From: Maureen Powell <maureen.r.powell @gmail.com> Sent: Monday,August 19, 2013 10:17 AM To: Comments Subject: Elimination of WAVE Bus Route 207 The elimination of Bus Route 107 would be a hardship on students who are unable to drive from downtown Wilmington to the Cape Fear Community College North Campus. For those students, it will be nearly impossible for to finish their degrees without the bus. Please consider running this bus at least from 7:00 until 5:00 Monday through Friday. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 50 1 From: Dave <daveunc2000 @yahoo.com> Sent: Monday,August 12, 2013 4:05 PM To: Comments Subject: Routes 107, 301 I cannot go to the public hearings regarding the elimination of routes 107 and 301; however, I would like to suggest that maybe if these routes had had more posted bus stops along them and a simpler timetable, they might have done better in terms of ridership. • Google Maps and the list of stops on wavetransit.com suggest that you cannot board these routes at most intersections along College Road/Carolina Beach Rd. The gap between stops appears to be over a mile in some areas. That is obviously a disadvantage when it comes to building up ridership in areas where no bus route previously existed. • The schedules for these routes are hard to understand. From what I can tell, route 107 operates an alternating 1 hour/2 hour frequency... and route 301 operates only every 3 hours. Perhaps if these routes had operated every hour like the rest of the system does, they would have done better. If Wave Transit can't justify making these routes more frequent with more stops - presumably because it doesn't think the riders will come -then it shouldn't try to operate fixed routes at all on these roads. It should be operating a demand- responsive service along College Rd and Carolina Beach Rd south of Monkey Jct. Please don't completely abandon this area, as there still are elderly/disabled/low-income people who need some kind of service to/from places along these roads. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 51 1 From: Cynthia L <countryluvingirl @live.com> Sent: Monday,August 12, 2013 11:01 AM To: Comments Subject: Route 107 College Road To whom this may concern: I ask of you to not cancel out Route 107. When y'all changed the 106 routes and a bunch of others earlier in the year I ended up losing my job because I had no way to get to work. If this route gets cancelled it will take me literally 2 1/2 hours to get to work instead of 25 minutes. This is the BEST route you have come up with in a long time and now you want to cancel? Why?? There is no need for it. Listen to the people instead of taking away what is helping us all.. There are more important issues like getting your buses situated downtown as to what bus goes on what side and not having them stop in the middle of the street to load and unload your riders because it's just too clustered downtown. There's even issues with no shelters at bus stops or just poles in the ground in a spot that isn't even cleared for your riders to stand. Don't cancel Route 107. It would be a big mistake. And I really don't feel like finding another job and living in a shelter again. It is nice to have a job and a place to live. I really do hope you listen to us and not $$. By listening to us will up your ratings which are very far down in this city. Cynthia CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 52 1 From: georgia routsis savas <omenseeker @charter.net> Sent: Friday,July 05, 2013 1:11 PM To: Comments Subject: buses sir/madam: please keep the buses running! there are a lot of people who rely on them to get around and cutting service would greatly effect their lives. let's have some common decency for the little folks. after all, we're supposed to be a christian nation. it's time we started acting like it. sincerely, georgia routsis savas 205 tamarix court n. topsail beach, nc 28460 #910 328-5566 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 53 1 From: Carol Anne Green <cagreen @ec.rr.com> Sent: Monday,August 26, 2013 8:03 PM To: Comments Subject: Route 107 cancellation? I am dismayed to hear that you are eliminating route 107. My son started at UNCW last week and is living at home to save money. We were thrilled to find that you had service from Waltmoor to campus; only to find that you were discontinuing it. At a time when we can afford far less (I am out of work) people need more bus service, not less. Please reconsider. Thank you, Carol Anne Green cagreen @ec.rr.com CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 54 1 From: Akeilah Campbell <acampbe11488 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Thursday,August 29, 2013 8:21 PM To: Albert Eby; Megan Matheny Subject: Fwd: The Proposal to Eliminate Three Wave Transit Lines Due to Budget Reduction " WAVE transit makes its choices through its Board, and instead of opting to cancel the Pleasure Island Route (lvhich costs more), it is recommending that the Northern Route be cancelled" This is a direct quote from an email between myself and Commissioner Woody White. Hello again Mr. Eby and Ms. Matheny My name is Akeilah Campbell and I attended the first of the two hearings on Wed August 21 @ 6pm last week. I also was a speaker in the hearing and was able to have a few minutes to speak with each of you after the meeting closed for the evening. I am contacting you again in regards to the contact that I was able to establish with Commissioner Woody White regarding your loan forgiveness, your funding request and the considerations of eliminating certain routes by the end of this year... the 207 being one of them. As was expressed in the first hearing and to each of you, this is not a light issue for residents and students relying on this and other routes of your organization. Although "several" OTHER issues arose in our contact, Woody White informed me that the elimination of the 207 is primarily your decision to eliminate OVER the 301 and/or the 107 routes (AS INDICATED IN THE OPENING QUOTE OF THIS EMAIL and in the accompanying forward emails). This is an informative and continuing action to have you reconsider this alleged and up-for-the-chopping- block choice. Especially if the other routes "costs MORE" to keep running over the 207 lines. Please feel open to contact me back. Akeilah Campbell P.S. When are the WAVE patrons going to know about what decisions you are considering and what decisions will be made? If you could answer these questions and ever-so-often give updates (even to this email address)regarding this situation that would be most appreciated. ATC ----------Forwarded message ---------- From: AkeilfiNTC lY1Re1Ket�-T6hMBel14882mail.cfcc.edu> ss 1 Date: Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:54 PM Subject: Re: The Proposal to Eliminate Three Wave Transit Lines Due to Budget Reduction To: "White, Woody" <wwhite(,nhcov.com> Well, I definitely appreciate your quick, Sunday response! I am almost quite sure that your Sunday could probably be better spent, especially in consideration of the impending work week starting tomorrow. Besides, my reaching out to you, your colleagues and your offices is NOT only because of my citizenship and residency in Wilmington but because of my status as a person, as a human being and the close relation this matter has found itself to my way of living and progression here. This matter is so close to me, that I'm practically entrenched in it. To offer more of my personal response, I will "italicize" your previous notes, and include my thoughts afterward in regular text: You: ",State lair requires that county taxpavers cover the costs of building and maintenance for all buildings for community colleges. Just 6 years ago, we began implementing a 160 million dollar bond to expand classes and offer students more opportunities." Me: As far as my understanding go, Cape Fear Community College is the ONLY "community college" in Wilmington.Therefore, whether the buildings being constricted today entered its planning stages 6 years ago or not, it seems as if the "county taxpayers" dollars, that are specifically for "community colleges", will go directly and ONLY go to CFCC. Your suggestion as to whether CFCC should decide to provide and implement a route to and from and between it's own campuses would be an excellent action on behalf of CFCC's singularly and dual campus-attending students! As a CFCC Board member as well, "how likely is that to happen?" and wouldn't it be a better decision to keep the WAVE routes active until an "alternate" transport route is up and running in the Wave's 207 routes place? You: "Providing transportation for college students is not something that county taxpavers should bear. Me: I am definitely not the "most knowledgeable" on matters of County Management, but it seems that a public institution of education; like CFCC, and the convenient and efficient operation of a public transportation system; like WAVE are both, "BURDENS" (expenses)that county taxpayers ALREADY bear....albeit on the road and in passing and/or where each county taxpayer is located in respects to their own residential dwellings. They are BOTH necessities, and BOTH, are foundation pieces used to begin AND eventually lead progressive lifestyles. They "BOTH" are the "crawl before the walk" pieces in the common metaphorical analogous clich6/phrase. You: "WAVE transit makes its choices through its Board, and instead of opting to cancel the Pleasure Island Route (lvhich costs more), it is recommending that the Northern Route be cancelled." Me: This I wasn't aware of The last update that I received was that "THREE (3)" bus routes (the 107, z CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 56 207 and the 301) were in consideration to be eliminated. When did this become available to the public, that the 207 line is MORE LIKELY to be cut than the 301 and/or the 107? (Which is very retarded in itself) You: ",Some of the questions[that]we are asking WAVE: Why did they need a loan to begin with? why do they give raises to their executives before they have funding sources in place for their route expansion? Why do thev have a unionized workforce that consumes over 50%of their overall budget? Why did thev accept millions in federal dollars to build the facility behind Costco, before they knew their budget would cover the costs?" Me: Although, these ALL may very well be "responsible" questions to ask and consider in your decision(s), the patrons of WAVE would like and need to keep the services active and may not be very "interested" in "WHY the WAVE took on a loan?", when regardless of having THAT answered/questioned first, they received the loan anyways and are now in default and was likely to have made/taken that loan in reliance to... the "usual, consistent, routine and regularly dispersed funds allotted from you and your colleagues (the County of Commissioners). In terms of their "executive raises", the removal of their usual funds should not be method used to question WAVE TRANSIT MANAGEMENT. That is for the NC Auditor and other auditing- associated agencies to investigate and receive the answer to... ESPECIALLY when the less affluent patrons and residents of WAVE are the susceptible, impending victims of service elimination.... In ONLY my "personal" opinion, .... in general .... and from my NYC background, having a unionized, sufficiently paid workforce keeps both the employees and the patrons happier. In terms of service AND availability. And maybe... that IS another question that is "responsible" of you to ponder, and requires an answer.... BUT here, in this matter.... it is being inappropriately considered post-receipt of their loan and NOW has the livelihoods of impending, foreseeable victims, your residents and voters in this case, hanging in it's balance of determinability between this county's decision makers... and it is not fair nor reasonable to us either. Please consider extending to WAVE the loan forgiveness and the funds in order to preserve what little transportation IS allotted to us, pedestrians and students. Please consider being the initiator of the CFCC campus shuttle and remove our current mental agony and anguish about what the end of this year and our future will be in regards to these lines. `,k e On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:32 PM, White, Woody <wwhite2nhcgov.com> wrote: Ms. Campbell- Thank you for taking the time to email and share your thoughts with me. I always appreciate when citizens do that, and I find it very helpful. 3 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 57 State law requires that county taxpayers cover the costs of building and maintenance for all buildings for community colleges. Just 6 years ago, we began implementing a 160 million dollar bond to expand classes and offer students more opportunities. Providing transportation for college students is not something that county taxpayers should bear. WAVE transit makes its choices through its Board, and instead of opting to cancel the Pleasure Island Route (which costs more), it is recommending that the Northern Route be cancelled. Some of the questions we are asking WAVE: Why did they need a loan to begin with? why do they give raises to their executives before the have funding sources in place for their route expansion? Why do they have a unionized workforce that consumes over 50% of their overall budget? Why did they accept millions in federal dollars to build the facility behind Costco, before they knew their budget would cover the costs? Many more questions remain, and this is the very reason why I have asked that we meet,jointly, with WAVE in order that the County can decide what its role is, going forward. If the route is cut, perhaps the Community College could decide to provide transportation to the Northern Campus. Stay tuned. Woody Woody White I Chairman County Commissioners I New Hanover County 230 government Center Drive, Suite 175 Wilmington, NC 28403 (910) 798-7259 p 1 (910) 798-7145 f From: Akeilah Campbell Facampbe11488@maii.cfcc.edu] Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 5:31 PM To: Barfield, Jonathan; Wolfe, Tom; Dawson, Beth; White, Woody Subject: Re: The Proposal to Eliminate Three Wave Transit Lines Due to Budget Reduction Hello Commissioners, My name is Akeilah Campbell and I am majoring in the a program that is primarily based at CFCC's North Campus. Because of your split and undecided decision(s), to reduce funding and your reluctant counter-productive- decision to forgive the WAVE Transit Authority's loan, you are forcing the WAVE representatives to make decisions that will amount to the reduction of available service to patrons, like myself, directly. Your decisions not to allot and forgive the WAVE transit's loan WILL ultimately harm the Wilmington patrons that YOU also represent. 4 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 58 We, the residents of here, have come out and the attended the meetings, sent emails and spoke about out concerns and fears of these routes eliminations. As an additional fact for thought: Reportedly, within the last several months, CFCC had been approved a six hundred thousand dollar allotment to "clear out the molding" in some of their older buildings and have received financial support necessary to "keep" the purchase of their new "boat" on the Cape Fear River, BUT funds for the ONLY public, "un-contracted" service (available to student and non-student residents), to and from BOTH campuses is now up for elimination? I'm not sure about how the dispensing of funds is made throughout New Hanover County, but I do believe the ones OVERTLY meant for PUBLIC USE and practicability should take precedent and be made and kept available for all the residents especially through a public service like Wave Transit Authority. I am also attaching my initial letter regarding the possible upcoming eliminations that need not be implemented. If you browse through the timeline of Wave's transit events over the last few years, a consistent theme, is service availability and route availabilities. How is a medium sized city/town like this, going to keep having funding and service issues with their only mass transit system available? Please unanimously agree to allocate the necessary funding for the continued services that this organization contributes to the all of Wilmington and its surrounding areas. 5 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 59 From: srr8684 @gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:47 PM To: Albert Eby To whom it may concern, The bus route to the North Campus of CFCC should NOT be eliminated. They have 9,100 new students to start this term. My husband is one of them and we share a vehicle. I work from 9-7 everyday and usually need my car. All of the classes that he is majoring in are only available at the North Campus. I know several other students that use this bus route to get there as well. Cancelling that bus route would be a mistake and would also make several students have to drop classes, therefore prolonging their graduation and entering the workforce. -Susan Russell Sent from Windows Mail CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 60 1 From: Chris Cooper <ccooper @wallstreettrading.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 1:22 PM To: Albert Eby Subject: Important: Mr Albert Eby Hi Albert, A good friend of mine David Kiehlmeier uses this route to get to the VA clinic as well as Veterans. I am requesting that you please make this transportation available and keep them from defunding the route. My father is also a veteran and served 24 years in the U.S.Army. I'm sure if he took this route to get to the clinic like I am sure most do, he would not be happy with this news. Please help stop them from defunding the route. Thanks Regards, Chris Cooper, Jr. Managing Consultant Wall Street Trading 48 Wall Street, 11th Floor New York, NY 10005 646-558-6559 (Office) 954-605-5436 (Mobile) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 61 1 From: VIRGINIA NOHE <nohe321601 @bellsouth.net> Sent: Thursday,August 22, 2013 11:37 AM To: wwhite @NHGov.com;jbarfield @nhgov.com; bdawson @nhgov.com; twolfe @nhgov.com Subject: Wave Transit, Route 301 Pleasure Island Dear County Commissioners, :NIy name is Virginia Nohe and I am President of the Help Center of Federal Pointe. NVe are an emergency short- term assistance, for individuals living in the community. NVe help our clients with food, medication, emergency lodging and transportation. NVe have approximately 350 clients. Many of our clients do not have cars and have lost their local employment because of the economic downfall of the country. How do they get over the Snows Cut Bridge to find employment? Their solution came in February when Nave started a bus route to Pleasure Island. The Help Center immediately bought tickets to help our clients, if they needed it, to find a job. NVe have many veterans who love being independent and are able to take a bus to the Veterans Hospital. NVe have older Seniors N ho like taking the bus even if its only to NValmart. The bus is the only way the citizens of Pleasure Island can get off the island if they don't have a car. Under separate cover, I am dropping off a petition from the Help Center clients and also one from a retail store in the area. From the Help Center you can see how many need the bus to get to work. Are the commissioners going to deny them this opportunity? Sincerely Virginia Nolie The Help Center of Federal Point President CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 62 1 From: Wayne White <wwhite5691 @gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:08 PM To: Albert Eby Mr Eby I am told that there is a proposal to end bus transit for military personal to the local VA Clinic. Please reconsider as many personnel rely on this system to travel to the clinic for medical treatment. Thank you Wayne White On behalf of a close friend. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 63 1 From: Robyn Arp <rearp386 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Friday,August 23, 2013 10:34 AM To: Comments Subject: Must Keep 207! We must keep Route 207. Too many of my fellow classmates and others depend on Route 207. We are all trying to better ourselves and gain an education. Losing Route 207 will cause these students that depend on it an uneccesary hardship in this current Fall semester at CFCC. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 64 1 From: Megan Matheny Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:08 PM To: Albert Eby Subject: FW: Comments on Service Reduction Plan - Route 207 From: Jessica Snoddy [mailto:is� noddy @cfcc.edu] Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 12:11 PM To: Comments Subject: Comments on Service Reduction Plan - Route 207 To Whom it May Concern: I am a biology instructor at Cape Fear Community College's North Campus on Blue Clay Road. I have been asked to write comments on the behalf of several of my students who are concerned with the proposed plan to close Route 207 that nuns from downtown Wilmington to CFCC's North Campus. My students and I are concerned with this closure, as for many of these students, this is their only mode of transportation and thus their only means for traveling from downtown to our North Campus in order to attend classes. There are many people who rely on this route for this reason. After talking with several students who ride this bus on this route in the morning, they tell me that this bus is completely full of CFCC students trying to get to classes. Many of my students, in particular, are highly motivated students who are older and have come back to school to further their education in order to better their lives. I feel it is a sad day when budget issues threaten to prevent this. The students who I have talked to tell me that since this bus is their only means to get back and forth to school, they will be forced to not be able to attend classes. The biology class I teach at the North Campus is unique in that due to laboratory space constraints, the class sizes are very small. This is something the students do not get at the downtown campus, as classes there are held in very large lecture halls so the class sizes are much larger. Having a small class size allows students more individualized attention than taking the course downtown, which is to their great benefit. This allows students to be much more successful in the course. I strongly urge you to reconsider the idea of shutting down the transit route to CFCC's North Campus -Route 207. I feel this would greatly impact a large number of our students and remove the possibility of many students furthering their educations. Thank you for your time and consideration of this matter of great importance. Sincerely, Jessica Snoddy Biology Instructor, Cape Fear Community College E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 65 1 Albert Eby From: Megan Matheny Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:09 PM To: Albert Eby Subject: FW: Please continue bus route through northern N H County From: earlapope [mailto:earlanoae@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 11:09 AM To: Comments Subject: Please continue bus route through northern N H County This message is directed especially to the New Hanover County commissioners. Please do not discontinue bus service to the unincorporated areas of New Hanover County. The proposal to discontinue routes 107, 301 and 207 does exactly that. I am a county resident (Wrightsboro) and I pay the same proportional county tax rate as citizens inside the city. Over the past year it seems as though the county commissioners favor services within the city of Wilmington limits more than those for the county residents outside the limits. The Wrightsboro and Castle Hayne areas in particular contain a denser residential population than it might appear when passing along the main roads. The Castle Hayne Rd. roadside still has a wooded, "country" appearance unlike other strip mall lined major arteries of the county, but the residential population of this area is denser than it would appear. This northern area certainly contains a very large proportion of lower income and elderly residents. It's especially vexing to know that a large Wave terminal is being constructed very close to - well, RIGHT ON - Route 207 but the plan is to discontinue service on up Castle Hayne Rd. This doesn't make sense. Please do not cut off the proposed northern routes, particularly 207. The blow to service for minorities, the elderly and students would be counter to the purpose of public transportation. Earla Pope 149 Chadwick Ave. Wilmington NC 28401 i CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 66 From: Megan Matheny Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:09 PM To: Albert Eby Subject: FW: Please continue bus route through northern N H County From: earlapope [mailto:earlanoae@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 11:09 AM To: Comments Subject: Please continue bus route through northern N H County This message is directed especially to the New Hanover County commissioners. Please do not discontinue bus service to the unincorporated areas of New Hanover County. The proposal to discontinue routes 107, 301 and 207 does exactly that. I am a county resident (Wrightsboro) and I pay the same proportional county tax rate as citizens inside the city. Over the past year it seems as though the county commissioners favor services within the city of Wilmington limits more than those for the county residents outside the limits. The Wrightsboro and Castle Hayne areas in particular contain a denser residential population than it might appear when passing along the main roads. The Castle Hayne Rd. roadside still has a wooded, "country" appearance unlike other strip mall lined major arteries of the county, but the residential population of this area is denser than it would appear. This northern area certainly contains a very large proportion of lower income and elderly residents. It's especially vexing to know that a large Wave terminal is being constructed very close to - well, RIGHT ON - Route 207 but the plan is to discontinue service on up Castle Hayne Rd. This doesn't make sense. Please do not cut off the proposed northern routes, particularly 207. The blow to service for minorities, the elderly and students would be counter to the purpose of public transportation. Earla Pope 149 Chadwick Ave. Wilmington NC 28401 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 67 1 From: Megan Matheny Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:09 PM To: Albert Eby Subject: FW: Re : Termination of Route 207 From: Rohini Gore [mailto:gore.rohini @gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 10:21 AM To: Comments Subject: Re : Termination of Route 207 Dear Sirs/Madam, I am resident of North Chase Community in Wilmington. Twice a week I commute from here to Downtown Public Library to do some Voluntary Work as well as serveral time to Wal-Mart, Independence Mall etc. Cancellation of route 207 will cause extreme inconvenience to me. Therefore I suggest not to eleminate this route. Thanks and Regards, Rohini Gore CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 68 1 From: Megan Matheny Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:10 PM To: Albert Eby Subject: FW: Possible discontinued bus route#207 One more. I actually received four additional comments. From: Gerri Edmonds [mailto:aedmonds@cfcc.edu] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 12:12 PM To: Comments Subject: Possible discontinued bus route #207 I am a long-time employee of Cape Fear Community College (downtown campus) and I know the importance of the 4207 bus route to both students and other employees. Beside the convenience of not having to drive to each campus, with the price of gas today, it also is a less expensive alternative to getting to the "other" campus. I would really hate to see this service be discontinued. Obviously, I can understand that running a "large" bus with only a few customer is expensive, I just wonder if an alternative could be provided such as running one of the "mini" buses. I also know that some of our students rely on bus service for their major source of transportation. It is difficult to think that eliminating a bus route would be beneficial to anyone. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Geraldine Edmonds E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 69 1 From: John Schulte <jschulte @cfcc.edu> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 10:51 AM To: Albert Eby Subject: Bus Route Please keep the bus route open for our veterans.They deserve our support. John J. Schulte, Psy.D. Psychology Instructor Phi Theta Kappa Advisor Cape Fear Community College E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 70 1 From: Andrew Dyer <abdyer033 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 1:07 PM To: Albert Eby Subject: PLEASE ... Don't stop bus route to CFCC North Campus Dear Sir, As a full time CFCC student, interruption of the CFCC North Campus route will detrimentally affect my ability to travel back and forth to school. I also understand the route services the Veterans Administration and I have many friends who are veterans and are in need of this service. Today's students are the leaders of tomorrow and deserving of support. Please, count my vote in favor of keeping this bus route open. Thank you. Sincerely, A. Branham Dyer CFCC Student CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 71 1 From: eastcoastgrits <eastcoastgrits @gmail.com> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 8:05 PM To: Albert Eby Subject: Bus Route for Veterans Dear Sir, I am writing due to my recent awareness of the defunding of Bus routes for our local Veterans. It is my understanding that the routes that carry our brave warriors to the VA clinic as well as CFCC will be stopped due to the lack of funds. I find this to be not just a financial issue but one of morality. We have countless illegals taking advantage of our welfare system receiving free food, health and dental care as well as assistance with housing. Not only illegals as we all know the fraud in the welfare program is rampant and growing as our town is. This is merely one example of waste that money for our heroes could be pulled from. I am pleading with you to keep these routes open indefinitely. My family's veterans (my Grandfathers) are dead. But having 6 generations local from Wilmington I see the horrible impact this will have. Is it more important for people to go to the beach? Shopping? Or for those who have fought for us to stay free to recieve the very necessary, basic human needs via medical care? I hope that you will see this as important as my 6 generations and hundreds of friends do. Thank you for your consideration and thoughtfulness for our Oh so brave Men and Women who sacrificed so much for us. We can , at the least, provide them crucial transportation. Sincerely, Haley Anne Peterson-Haynes Wilmington, NC Sent from my Sainstm,Galaxv Note x II CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 72 1 From: Zack Scott <zascott607 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Thursday,August 22, 2013 12:28 PM To: Comments Subject: rt 207 comment It is preferrable to have this route avail. as backup transp. to college. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 73 1 From: Yahoo! <davchapter11 @att.net> Sent: Tuesday,August 20, 2013 4:41 PM To: Comments Cc: Gilberto Navarrette; Ron Holtberg Subject: Route elimination Speaking as the representative of over 1400 disabled veterans in the Wilmington area, this organization feels strongly that the elimination of route 207 would greatly have adverse impact on our membership. In numerous cases the Wave is the only way for veterans to visit the VA Clinic due to lack of individual methods of transportation. The number of veterans utilizing the Wave will increase as the Clinic become fully operational which is due to be accomplished by December of this year. We understand that some routes may have to be eliminated however, your route 207 is enabling veterans who served our nation and have become disabled receive much needed care. Disabled American Veterans NC, Chapter 11 4601 Park Avenue Wilmington, NC 28406 910-313-2190 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 74 1 From: LaDrene Flanagan <Iflanagan @cfcc.edu> Sent: Thursday,August 22, 2013 7:47 AM To: Comments Please do not cut this service out because there are students who need and depend on this service E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. (NCGS.Ch.132) CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 75 1 From: Anthony Greer <agreer160 @mail.cfcc.edu> Sent: Wednesday,August 21, 2013 7:48 PM To: Comments Subject: Why the elimination The service is obviously needed,I think it is very unfortunate that the people, students included have to suffer because the city is either unwilling or unable to give you the funds that you are requesting. Simply put, it comes down to money and or greed,so whose pockets do we need to grease now. CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 76 1 L- 0,, Uj tn uj 0 CL I 1.. n CO Lu u ® (D U. cl QU 3 C uj VS -,.- Ln LU cn r t1 J '4 IM 0 JA LU (3) w LL Cu kill } 0 CL, � Cy ; - r� 4J1 r E c *� U co r-i = C) rL u F Z w Lij Q.� OC ry 4 U LU a. -' Qj _.__� LU CL CL 0 co t � t U ui CL VA- The Help Center of Federal Point P.Q. Box 54 Carollna Beach, NC 28428 910-458-2777 July/August, 2013 T4: County Cominissioners Woody White Jonathan .Barfield Tom Wolff Beth Dawson We, the undersigned, who live, in Carolina Beach and pay taxes would appreciate the benefit of`public transportation just like the rest of New l"lanover County. This has been a (reat benefit over the past 5 months and we would appreciate the continuance of such service. Please fo.-give the ;5133,0010 loan owed by WAVE so they can continue the Carolina Beach route. I HAVE USED THE BUS FOR: NAME WORK VA HOSP. OTHER r,5 t z _ !E l In " s � $ � a J _ ,, U ., n CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 82 he Help Center of Federal Poll-it P,O. Box 54 Carolina. Beach, NC 28428 910-458-2777 July/August, 2013 O: County Commissioners Woody White Jonathan Barfield Tom Wolff Beth Dawson We, the undersigned, who live in Carolina Beach and pay taxes would appreciate the benefit of public transportation Just like the rest of New Hanover County. '['his has been a great benefit over the past 5 months and we would appreciate the continuance of such service. Please forgive the $130,000 loan owed by WAVE so they can continue the Carolina Beach route. I HAVE USED TI-IE BUS FOR: N_ I WORK VA HOSP. OTHER _ .._ — INr � F 4,, , l F fj //yy //- f Jj U_ CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 83 I'he Help Center of Federal Point P-0, Box 54 Carolina Beach, NC 28428 910-458-2777 July/August, 2013 TO: County Commissiozaers Woody White Jonathan Barfield Tom Wolff' Beth Lawson We, the undersigned, who live. in Carolina Beach and Pay r.axes would appreciate the benefit of public transportation dust like the rest of New Hanover County. This has been a ;great benefit over the past 5 months and we would appreciate the continuance of such service. Please forgive the S133,000 loam owed by WAVE so they can continue the Carolina Beach route. I HAVE USED THE BTJS FOR: NAME WORK VA IIOSP. OTHER 4,. iK v. t ; V Y r' r, A. LI A - . ) n CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 84 The Flelp Center of Federal Point P.O. Box 54 Carolina. Beach, NC 2$42 910-458-2777 July/August, 201 "1'0-. County Commissioners Woody White Jonathan Barfield Tour Wolff Beth Dawson We, the undersigned, who live in Carolina Beach wid Fray taxes would appreciate the benefit of public transportation just like the rest ofNew IFanover County. This has been a tvreat benefit over the past 5 months and we would appreciate the continuance of such service. Please forgive the $133,000 loan owed by WAVE so they can continue the Carolina Beach route. [ HAVE USED THE BUS FOR: �.,. ,. NAME �. � 4 � ;`" WORK VA DOSE. OTHER y: � r v f / i P �7 s 1 f � f - G l r { j CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 85 Monthly Passenger Summary August 2013 Total Passengers Fixed Route 120,000 120,000 100,000 100,000 80,000 80,000 60,000 Cc 60,000 a 40,000 a 40,000 20,000 20,000 0 Jul Aug 0 Jul Aug ■2012/2013 108.152 135.470 ■2012/2013 102.054 112.743 62013/2014 96.540 124.927 ■2013/2014 90.758 99.478 Change -10.74% -7.78% Change -11.07% -11.77% Seahawk Shuttle Paratransit 25,000 7.000 6.000 20,000 5.000 15,000 4.000 10,000 ° 3.000 2.000 5,000 1.000 0 0 Jul Aug Jul Aug ■2012/2013 814 16.519 02012/2013 5.284 6.208 0 2013/2014 823 20.429 02013/2014 4.959 5.020 Change 1.11% 23.67% Change -6.15% -19.14% CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 86 Passengers by Route August 2013 Fixed Route No. Name Passengers Transfers 101 Princess Place 17,690 2,619 103 Oleander East 7,172 1,090 104 Northeast 5,438 890 105 Medical Center 7,123 1,091 106 Shipyard Blvd 7,342 844 107 College Road 2,118 294 108 Market Street 6,088 1,020 201 Carolina Beach Road 9,899 1,025 202 Monkey Junction 7,214 863 203 Trolley 5,593 204 Brunswick Connector 2,442 347 205 Longleaf Park 8,593 917 207 North 4,240 472 209 Independence 7,677 839 301 Pleasure Island 849 TOTAL 99,478 12,311 UNCW 701 Blue 2,758 712 Teal 1,900 702 Green 2,292 703 Red 2,180 704 Yelow 4,117 705 Loop 704 706 Point to Point 151 707 Red Express 5,120 709 Loop Express 1,133 710 CMS 74 UNCW Total 20,429 Para-Transit Services ADA Passengers 1,313 Non-ADA Passengers 3,707 Para-Transit Total 5,020 TOTAL PASSENGERS 124,927 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 87 CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY MONTHLY OPERATIONS REPORT AUGUST 2013 Q Total Bus/Trolley Passenger Trips 99478 112743 -11.77% 190236 214758 -11.42% Total UNCW Passenger Trips 20429 16519 23.67% 21252 17333 22.61% I.................................... ..................... Average Weekday Passenger Trips 4764 4188 13.75% 7921 7941 -0.25% Average Saturday Passenger Trips 2037 2190 -6.99% 3751 4226 -11.24% Average Sunday Passenger Trips 1088 981 10.91% 1861 1926 -3.37% Total Revenue Miles 100143 106067 -5.59% 193593 201413 -3.88% Total Revenue Hours 6875 7103 -3.21% 13225 13537 -2.30% Accidents Non Preventable 0 1 -100.00% 1 1 0.00% Accidents Preventable 0 4 -100.00% 1 4 -75.00% Passenger Trips/Revenue Mile 1.20 1.22 -1.75% 1.09 1.15 -5.20% Passenger Trips/Revenue Hour 17.44 18.20 -4.16% 15.99 17.14 -6.73% Operator Overtime 3.14% 3.95% -20.51% Farebox Revenue and Pass Sales $83,254 $66,363 25.45% $171,335 $120,407 42.30% Average Fare per Bus Passenger $0.84 $0.59 42.18% $0.90 $0.56 60.64% 00 �111!m li!! Total ADA Passenger Trips 1313 1188 10.52% 2554 2577 Total Non ADA Passenger Trips 3707 5020 -26.16% 7425 8915 -16.71% N-1, Average Weekday Passenger Trips 219 290 -24.48% Average Saturday Passenger Trips 36 42 -14.29% Average Sunday Passenger Trips 7 5 40.00% Total Revenue Miles 42707 48177 -11.35% 83702 98722 -15.21% Total Revenue Hours 2260 2735 -17.37% 4384 6009 -27.04% Accidents Non Preventable 1 0 100.00% 1 2 -50.00% Accidents Preventable 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% Passenger Trips/Revenue Mile 0.12 0.13 -8.78% 0.12 0.12 0.00% Passenger Trips/Revenue Hour 2.22 2.27 -2.14% 2.28 1.91 19.02% Operator Overtime 2.80% 1.30% 115.38% ommmwg Passengers 225 N/A N/A 427 N/A N/A Revenue Miles 5144 N/A N/A 9967 N/A N/A Revenue Hours 88 N/A N/A 174 N/A N/A Greyhound Ticket Revenue $1,507 N/A N/A $4,354 N/A N/A Amtrak Passengers On and Off 188 N/A N/A 3571 N/A N/A CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 88 ii ` 1\l,r Sr of ,� tif: \ ,<y S ,.JIU f,:.f 1 :i'tii S „5,.,�, yf} .Y SS£'11J r"i,'. 1"?of'> s y1, fi 7 1 (i } ,y1 i 1 ;`"}1 ;1r, Profit & Loss Date 7/1/2013-8/31/2013 Budget scenario: 2014(1)(Board Adopted Budget Original) Profit &Loss Operating revenues Farebox revenues 148,497 182,667 -34,170 13.55% 1,096,000 Passes 44,357 34,500 9,857 21.43% 207,000 Contracted services 97,710 172,917 -75,207 9.42% 1,037,500 Total: Operating revenues 290,564 390,084 -99,520 12.41% 2,340,500 Operating expenses Salaries and wages 448,286 590,259 141,973 12.66% 3,541,553 Taxes and benefits 159,353 200,594 41,241 13.24% 1,203,565 Fuels and lubricants 140,048 183,517 43,469 12.72% 1,101,100 Maintenance 27,696 103,833 76,137 4.45% 623,000 Communications 4,326 4,233 -93 17.03% 25,400 Tires 9,374 17,856 8,482 8.75% 107,134 Professional services 68,321 70,211 1,890 16.22% 421,267 Other services 3,079 13,133 10,054 3.91% 78,800 Utilities 7,910 11,550 3,640 11.41% 69,300 Insurance 353,273 98,328 -254,945 59.88% 589,947 Office supplies and expenses 5,402 5,967 565 15.09% 35,800 Marketing 2,597 7,233 4,636 5.98% 43,400 Other expenses 8,678 20,934 12,256 6.91% 125,612 Total: Operating expenses 1,238,343 1,327,648 89,305 15.55% 7,965,878 Nonoperating revenues Subsidies Federal grants 366,091 509,155 -143,064 11.980/0 3,054,928 State grants 1,049 169,358 -168,309 0.100/0 1,016,150 Subsidy from primary government 1,285,000 237,500 1,047,500 90.180/0 1,425,000 Subsidy from other governments 91,875 21,813 70,062 70.20% 130,875 Local Government Pledged to Capital -263 263 0.000/0 -1,575 Total: Subsidies 1,744,015 937,563 806,452 31.00% 5,625,378 Profit 796,236 Cape F �r��u��' �aPrf �t0a��/A'Qillority. Page 1 of 1 9/18/2013 41V6 PM CLANCY P.O. BOX 4189 &TREYS SUITE ONE, 2250 SHIPYARD BLVD WILMINGTON, NC 28406 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (PHONE) 910-392-5220 GENERAL CONTRACTORS (FAX)910-392-5254 COST ISSUE / PROPOSAL QUOTATION NO. PCO-002 PROJECT: Wave Operations&Maint. PROJECT NO.: 6096 QUOTE NO.: PCO-002 DATE QUOTED: 06/11/13 ARCH.PROJECT NO.: 508186 TO: Albert Eby DAYS ALLOWED FOR APPROVAL: Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority P.O. Box 12630; 505 Cando Street EXPIRATION DATE: 06/11/13 Wilmington, NC 28405-0130 REQUESTED EXTENSION (Phone) 910-343-0106 (Fax) 910-343-8317 OF TIME IN DAYS: DESCRIPTION: Alternate#6-Provide cable tray system. SUBCONTRACTORS/VENDORS SUB/VENDOR WORK DESCRIPTION AMOUNT: Cable Tray System $10,600 SELF PERFORMED WORK APPROVAL SUBTOTAL: $10,600 ARCH: FEE PERCENT: $0 DATE: $10,600 OWNER: $0 DATE: TOTAL REQUEST AMOUNT: $10,600 DISTRIBUTION CLANCY&THEYS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Signed By: Christopher J. Perry Christopher J. Perry, Project Manager Date: 6/11/13 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 90 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND ECS CAROLINAS, LLP FOR OPERATIONS CENTER MATERIALS TESTING ADDENDUM 1 WHEREAS, on April 25, 2013 the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority and ECS Carolinas, LLP entered into an agreement for Construction Materials Testing; and WHEREAS, the agreement outlined the scope of services and fees associated with basic services and additional services; and WHEREAS, unsuitable soils present on the site require additional monitoring and testing than included in the original scope of services; NOW,THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and their mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, AUTHORITY and ECS CAROLINAS, LLP agree to add the following services to ECS PROPOSAL/CONTRACT 22.16945. For a fee not to exceed four-thousand two-hundred dollars ($4,200.00), ECS Carolinas, LLP will provide an amount not to exceed an additional one-hundred twenty hours on site for the purpose of monitoring and testing of soils. Additional laboratory testing in an amount not to exceed eight hundred dollars ($800.00) will also be provided as part of this addendum. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authority and ECS Carolinas, LLP have each executed this Addendum in duplicate originals, one of which shall be retained by each of the parties. This the 221h day of August, 2013. CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BY: Albert Eby, Executive Director ATTEST: By: Print Name and Title This instrument has been preaudited in the manner required by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. This day of 2013. PZK4aerVhvP094� er Materials Testing Addendum 1 1 of 291 Joseph Mininni, CPA, Finance Officer ECS CAROLINAS, LLP By: Print Name and Title ATTEST: By: Print Name and Title M" 2 of 2 Wave Transit Cps Center Design Completion Addendum 5 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 92 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND ECS CAROLINAS, LLP FOR OPERATIONS CENTER MATERIALS TESTING ADDENDUM 2 WHEREAS, on April 25, 2013 the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority and ECS Carolinas, LLP entered into an agreement for Construction Materials Testing; and WHEREAS, the agreement outlined the scope of services and fees associated with basic services and additional services; and WHEREAS, unsuitable soils present on the site require full time monitoring not included in the original scope of services; NOW,THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and their mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, AUTHORITY and ECS CAROLINAS, LLP agree to add the following services to ECS PROPOSAL/CONTRACT 22.16945. For a fee not to exceed six-thousand six-hundred forty-nine dollars ($6,649.00), ECS Carolinas, LLP will provide a full time inspector on site for the purpose of monitoring and testing of soils. ECS will be responsible for instructing the General Contractor and the site contractor as to the suitability of soils. The full time inspector will determine if excavated soils are suitable for backfill in green areas, paved areas or unsuitable. Unsuitable soils will be recorded upon removal from the site by the inspector. Unsuitable soil quantities will be reported to the general contractor for the purpose of billing. Soils testing compliant with the original agreement will continue as agreed upon. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authority and ECS Carolinas, LLP have each executed this Addendum in duplicate originals, one of which shall be retained by each of the parties. This the 221h day of August, 2013. CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BY: Albert Eby, Executive Director ATTEST: By: Print Name and Title This instrument has been preaudited in the manner required by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. P2KUerVhvP094� er Materials Testing Addendum 2 1 of 293 This day of 2013. Joseph Mininni, CPA, Finance Officer ECS CAROLINAS, LLP By: Print Name and Title ATTEST: By: Print Name and Title W" 2 of 2 Wave Transit Cps Center Materials Testing Addendum 2 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 94 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND ECS CAROLINAS, LLP FOR OPERATIONS CENTER MATERIALS TESTING ADDENDUM 3 WHEREAS, on April 25, 2013 the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority and ECS Carolinas, LLP entered into an agreement for Construction Materials Testing; and WHEREAS, the agreement outlined the scope of services and fees associated with basic services and additional services; and WHEREAS,the ability to dewater the site in accordance with the project manual has become an issue on which the project manager and the general contractor disagree; and WHEREAS, in order to complete the sitework phase of the project in a manner that is complaint with the project documents and is the most economical and efficient way possible; NOW,THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and their mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, AUTHORITY and ECS CAROLINAS, LLP agree to add the following services to ECS Project No. 22.18867. For a fee not to exceed six-thousand eight-hundred dollars ($6,800.00), ECS Carolinas, LLP will provide a report of dewatering recommendations based on the scope of services outlined in Appendix A. IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the Authority and ECS Carolinas, LLP have each executed this Addendum in duplicate originals, one of which shall be retained by each of the parties. This the 26th day of September, 2013. CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BY: Albert Eby, Executive Director ATTEST: By: Print Name and Title This instrument has been preaudited in the manner required by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. This day of 2013. PZK4aerVhvP094� er Materials Testing Addendum 3 1 of 295 Joseph Mininni, CPA, Finance Officer ECS CAROLINAS, LLP By: Print Name and Title ATTEST: By: Print Name and Title W" 2 of 2 Wave Transit Cps Center Materials Testing Addendum 3 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 96 Yl 3 of 2 Wave Transit Ops Center Materials Testing Addendum 3 CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 97 UPV8 Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority P O.Box 12630$ Wilmington, NC 284015+ (M)343-0106 9 (9101)343-8317 fox.wovetronsit.com It IF August 27, 2013 Chairman Don Hayes and Members of the Board of Education New Hanover County Roared of Education 6410 Carolina$each Road Wilmington,NC 2841.2 Dear Mr. Hayes: In the spring of 2013 The Cape fear Public Transportation Authority began a pilot program with Laney Nigh School called Specially Designed Academics, This important program allows developmentally disabled students an opportunity to learn how to utilize public transportation under the direction of special education teacher. Upon completion of the program, students will possess the skills needed to utilize public transportation in order to become independent contributing members of the community. Since launching the initiative earlier this year, the program has become incredibly successful. Wave Transit now enters the campus at certain times to ensure the safety of the many Nl--I.CS students who take advantage of the program. The program's success has also garnered the attention oftlte Malting Waves Foundation which is providing financial assistance to this important initiative. Our understanding is that Specially Designed Academics has been so successful that it is planning on expanding to the county's other three high schools. Un fort untely,the current program and future expansion is in jeopardy. On September 12,2013, the New I lanover County Commissioners are expected to decide if they wisli to continue to financially support fixed route public transportation in the unincorporated areas. Should they choose not to Wave Transit service to Laney and Ashley High Schools will be eliminated, In addition to the Kiss of'the transportation initiative under-Specially Designed Academics, many parents who lack access to reliable transportation tray lose their opportunity to participate in their child's educational experience. If you share out-support for public transportation in the unincorporated areas of New Hanover County, we would greatly appreciate a resolution or a letter to Chairman White from your board letting him and his colleagues know how important the services of Wave Transit are to your organization. Thank you for your consideration of this request and for your dedicated employees who work tirelessly with the Specially Designed Acadernic:s program. They are a valuable asset to the community their dedication changes lives daily. C.card laI Iy, Capt. David R. Scheu, USN (Ril Chairman CC: Cape Fwar Public Transpoitation Auth)ritw Members; Albert Eby,Executive Uitector,Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority: Megan Matheny,Director of Planning&Development,Cape Dear Public'-ransportaticrtt Authority Allen 0 13riant,Principal,Laney High School CFPTA Agenda Packet 09/26/2013 98