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Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority MINUTES OF THE CAPE FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY July 13, 2006 Mr. Jeff Bellows, Chairman, Presiding MEMBERS PRESENT Mr. Jeff Bellows,
Chairman Mr. Robert Ronne, Vice-Chairman Ms. Fannie Freeman, Secretary Mr. John Stukes Ms. Maureen McCarthy Mr. Howard Loving Ms. Nancy Pritchett Mr. William Bryden Mr. Andrew Koeppel
Ms. Christine McNamee STAFF PRESENT Mr. Albert Eby, Director Mr. Arlanda Rouse, Assistant Director Mr. Mike Kincaid, Finance Director Ms. Melissa Watson, Apprentice Mr. Matthew Kunic,
Intern Mrs. Kathy Williams, Administrative Assistant CONTRACT MANAGEMENT STAFF PRESENT Mr. Corey Johnson, General Manager, First Transit Mr. Lamont Jackson, Assistant General Manager,
First Transit Ms. Hillary Brady, Talk PR GUESTS PRESENT Ms. Lawless Bean, Transportation Demand Management Coordinator, City of Wilmington Mr. Joshua Mello, Associate Transportation
Planner, Wilmington Urban Area MPO Ms. Deborah Houston, NCDOT, New Hanover County Mr. George Woolfe, Citizen Mr. Ricky Meeks, Citizen Ms. Margaret Rogers, Citizen CALL TO ORDER • Chairman
Bellows called the meeting to order at 12:10 pm • Mr. Bellows opened the meeting with a moment of silence APPROVAL OF MINUTES • A motion to approve the minutes from the June 8, 2006
regular meeting of the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority was made by Mr. Koeppel • The motion was seconded by Ms. McNamee and carried unanimously
PUBLIC COMMENT • Chairman Bellows opened the public comment period • Ms. Margaret Rogers stated that she wanted to thank the board for the new cell phone policy and requested signs be
placed near the front of the bus • She also requested that the bus drivers be made aware of the policy • Ms. Rogers also requested an additional transfer location from an inbound bus
to an outbound bus for disabled individuals that needed to ride the bus and were not able to cross the street at Seventeenth and Greenfield • Mr. Ricky Meeks spoke about his trip to
Houston, Texas and brought back bus passes of the different bus stops in the area • Mr. Meeks also stated that local grocery stores in Houston sell bus passes and have bus maps • Hearing
no further public comment, the Chairman closed the public comment period EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE • Mr. Bellows stated that the Executive committee’s evaluation of the Wave Transit Director
would be discussed in closed session • The Chairman announced Committee Chairs for FY 06-07 • Mr. Howard Loving, Marketing Committee • Ms. Christine McNamee, Facilities Committee • Mr.
Bill Bryden, Finance and Budget Committee • Ms. Maureen McCarthy, Route Committee • Mr. Robert Ronne, ADA Committee • Mr. Bellows encouraged members to contact the appropriated Chair
of any committee that they had a desire to serve on ROUTE COMMITTEE • Mr. Bellows asked Committee Chair, Ms. McCarthy to investigate selling of bus passes at locations other than Castle
St. • The Committee was also requested to look into the possibility of offering a day pass MARKETING COMMITTEE • The Committee had no report FINANCE COMMITTEE • Mr. Bryden stated that
the Amendment to the FY 2005-2006 operating budget taken by phone and email on June 29, 2006 passed by a margin of 8 in favor 0 opposed • The committee made a motion to confirm the electronic
and email Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Operating Budget • The motion carried unanimously FACILITIES COMMITTEE • Mr. Bellows stated that the committee report would be discussed
in closed session PRESENTATION OF SIGN PROJECT • As a requirement of the NCDOT Internship program, Wave Transit Intern Ms. Melissa Watson presented her bus stop sign project STAFF REPORT
• Chairman Bellows recognized Mr. Eby to present the staff report
• Mr. Eby presented an agreement between Wave Transit and the North Carolina Department of Transportation for the Apprentice/Intern Program • He stated that on April 13, 2006 the authority
approved the hiring of a part-time intern for Wave Transit • Mr. Eby stated the contract is for the funding of the position for one year with a maximum salary of $15,835 • Ms. McCarthy
made a motion authorizing approval of the agreement and authorizing the Chair to sign the agreement on behalf of the Authority • The motion was seconded by Mr. Stukes and carried unanimously
• The final item from staff was a policy manual update authorizing the assistant director the authority to sign checks in the absence of the director • Ms. Pritchett moved to approve
the policy manual change • Ms. Freeman seconded the motion • The motion carried unanimously • Mr. Eby notified the committee that a public meeting on the Regionalization of Public Transportation
Services would be held at UNCW on Tuesday, July 18,2006 at 4:00 pm • The NCDOT Transportation Corridor Official Map Act Formal Public Hearing for the Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation
Center in New Hanover County will be in the Wilmington City Council Chambers located at 102 North 3rd street on Tuesday July 25th at 7:00 pm • Mr. Mello stated that the Official Corridor
Map is a Legislative act that allows cities, transportation authorities or the NCDOT to preserve a particular transportation corridor for three years • Mr. Mello stated that the legislation
would protect the selected multimodal transportation center from private development for three years EXECUTIVE SESSION • A motion was made by Ms. Pritchett to go into Executive Session
pursuant to NCGS § 143-318.11(5) and NCGS §143-318.11(6) • The motion was seconded by Mr. Ronne and carried unanimously • The Authority went into closed session at 1:25 pm • The Authority
came out of closed session at 1:45 pm • The Chairman stated that the Authority had an informational discussion on real estate acquisition and personnel issues and no action was taken
during executive session • A motion was made by the Executive Committee to increase the annual salary of the Director by five percent (5%) • The motion carried unanimously OTHER BUSINESS
• Mr. Bellows presented outgoing Chairman, Ms. McNamee, with a plaque for her dedicated service SCHEDULING OF NEXT MEETING • Hearing no further business, Mr. Stukes made a motion to
adjourn • Ms. Freeman seconded the motion which carried unanimously • The next meeting of the Authority was scheduled for August 10, 2006 at 12:00 pm in the Wave Transit Conference Room
Respectfully Submitted, Albert Eby Director /kw