at Work

Puget Sound Regional Council

Special Needs

Transportation

Committee……….………………… September 20, 2017

1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 • Seattle, WA 98104 • 206-464-7090 • fax 206-587-4825 • psrc.org

Members and Alternates Represented at the Table

Jacque Mann, Chair – Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD); Tim Renfro – Pierce Transit; Staci Haber - King County Mobility Coalition; Marianna Hanefeld - SNOTRAC; Jerri Kelly – Pierce County Human Services; Penny Lara – King County Metro; Mark Nash – King County Metro; Hollianne Monson - Catholic Community Services; Christina Robertson – Catholic Community Services – Snohomish County; Scott Ninneman – King County DCHS; Wade Mahala – Community Transit; Margaret Keckler – Community Transit

Via phone: Leigh Spruce – SNOTRAC; Tom Dietz – Homage/SNOTRAC; Amy Biggs – Snoqualmie Valley Transportation; Francie Peltier – Pierce County Coordinated Transportation Coalition (PCCTC);

Other Guests: Zoe Jorna – Hopelink/RARET; Randy Fay – Snohomish County Emergency Management; Ben Tibbetts - Hopelink

PSRC Staff: Gil Cerise, Jean Kim, Kathryn Johnson, Monica Adkins ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Welcome and Introductions, Public Comment, and Announcements

Jacque Mann, Chair, welcomed everyone at 9:30 a.m. Self-introductions were provided around the room and on the phone. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Public Comments

There were no public comments. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Approval of Meeting Summary

The meeting summary for the July 19, 2017 meeting was approved. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Reports from PSRC Committees and Boards

• Transportation Operators Committee – Jacque Mann, PSESD

• TDM Steering Committee – Staci Haber, King County Mobility Coalition

Jacque provided an overview of the topics addressed at the TOC at their August 30 meeting. She suggested that the SNTC receive a presentation on the Transportation 2040 model results at a future meeting. Gil briefly mentioned upcoming agenda items for the September TOC meeting. Staci briefly covered the recent work of the TDM Steering Committee. She suggested that Alex Krieg make a presentation to the SNTC on the update to the TDM Action. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Information: Regional Emergency Management/Transportation for Vulnerable Populations Coordination – (Zoë Jorna, Hopelink & Randy Fay, Snohomish County Emergency Management) Zoë Jorna and Randy Fay gave a presentation on the Regional Alliance for Resilient and Equitable Transportation (RARET)’s work. The goal of this project is to increase the preparedness and ability of special needs transportation providers to assist individuals with access and functional needs who are often disproportionately affected during the disaster. The presenters shared process and results of several training workshops and targeted public outreach activities conducted by the RARET project. Over the next two years, the RARET group will provide between 4 to 8 additional workshops or trainings. Please see the presentation posted on the website for more information: https://www.psrc.org/sites/default/files/sntc201709-pres-raret.pdf. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Discussion: Coordinated Plan Update Review – (Jean Kim & Gil Cerise, PSRC)

• Updating Needs & Gaps, and Prioritized Strategies based upon targeted outreach feedback

• Emergency Management for Vulnerable Populations Update

• Inventory of Services Update

Jean Kim, PSRC, provided a summary of PSRC’s Coordinated Plan update status. In order to update the “Planning for Emergency” section in the existing Coordinated Plan, PSRC staff solicited feedback from the RARET group and incorporated the feedback. For the “Inventory of Services” chapter update, mobility managers helped PSRC staff to refresh the inventory list. Draft documents of “Planning for Emergency” and “Inventory of Services” were included in the September SNTC meeting agenda packet.

Jean and Gil gave a brief presentation on the preliminary results of the targeted outreach on “Mobility Needs & Gaps” and “Goals and Prioritized Strategies” chapters of the Plan. PSRC staff shared a list of emerging mobility needs in the region identified based on the literature review, targeted public outreach and online survey. Please see the presentation slides for more information: https://www.psrc.org/sites/default/files/sntc201709-pres-coordinatedplanupdate.pdf. In addition, Gil shared the draft proposal relating to Prioritized Strategies with the committee. PSRC staff will convene a Coordinated Plan workshop to focus updating the “Goals and Prioritized Strategies” chapter and will continue to solicit feedback on the draft documents from the committee. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Discussion: PSRC Project Selection Task Force Update - (Gil Cerise, PSRC)

Gil Cerise revisited the topic of PSRC Project Selection Task Force. The Project Selection Task Force is being convened this fall, to provide direction and make recommendations on the policies and procedures for the 2018 project selection process. The Task Force had a initial meeting on September 14th. The group will be also addressing the special needs grant competition in the upcoming meetings. PSRC staff will follow up with the committee on the meeting dates. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Discussion: Local Coalition Reports / Emerging Issues

• Snohomish County Coalition (SNOTRAC) – Marianna Hanefeld, Everett Transit, announced that SNOTRAChad a biannual partners and executive committee meeting on September 19th.

• King County Coalition (KCMC) – Staci Haber, Hopelink, reported to the committee that Hopelink restructuredits mobility management staff recently. Staci announced KCMC events and activities for upcoming months.The City for All Hackathon will be held in Seattle on September 22nd and Snoqualmie Valley TransportationCoalition’s needs assessment will be conducted in the next few weeks. She also announced KCMC Accessto Healthcare Committee meeting (Oct. 4th), Provail’s IncluCity event (Oct. 5th), Community Transportation TripSeries (Oct. 13th, Northshore Senior Center), Volunteer Driver Summit (Oct. 25th), and Seattle Stand Downresource fair (Dec. 14-15th) events.

• Pierce County Coalition (PCCTC) – Jerri Kelly, Pierce County Human Services, reported that PCCTC’sstrategy team meeting is going to be held in fall and the group will discuss updates to its local transportationplan.

• Wade Mahala, Community Transit, introduced Margaret Keckler, Community Transit Paratransit Coordinator,to the committee.

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Next meeting

Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Information: September 21, 2017 Toolbox Peer Networking Series: Final 50 Feet: Urban Delivery System https://www.psrc.org/meeting/2017/september/toolbox-peer-networking-series-final-50-feet-urban-delivery-system__

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Adjourn

The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

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