October 22, 2020 1:00 p.m.
AGENDA
Board Executive Committee Meeting Telephonic Meeting
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Meeting ID: 893 9508 7328; Passcode: 991746
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SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING COVID-19
On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency in California as a result of the threat of COVID-19. Public gatherings are to be limited.
Further, on March 18, 2020, Governor Newsom temporarily suspended the Brown Act requirements pertaining to telephonic conferencing of local government meetings and the requirement to have at least one physical location available to the public for purposes of attending the meeting. As such, RTA has opted to conduct the October 22, 2020 meeting via teleconference. Participants can participate via teleconference in each participant’s own office / home area which will not be made physically accessible to the public.
Members of the public wishing to participate via teleconference can do so by joining the meeting from your computer, tablet or smart phone at 1:00 p.m. on October 22, 2020: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89395087328?pwd=QTdJbkdNSlFzb0pvZDVHVFBselR2QT09; Meeting ID 893 9508 7328; Passcode: 991746; or you may dial in using your phone to (669) 900-6833; Meeting ID 893 9508 7328; Passcode: 991746. If you do not wish to speak, please silence / mute your device during the meeting. Those wishing to speak during the meeting may submit comments and/or questions in writing for Board consideration by completing the online Speaker Request Form which can be accessed through our website at RiversideTransit.com or by clicking HERE. If possible, please submit your written comments by Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. Once you dial in, you must ensure that you are in a quiet environment with no background noise (traffic, children, pets, etc.) You must mute your phone until called upon by the Chair or the Clerk to speak. Once called upon, please unmute your device and speak. You will be warned prior to your allotted time being over. BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING PAGE 2 OCTOBER 22, 2020
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Agenda item descriptions are intended to provide members of the public a general summary of business to be conducted or discussed. Posting of any recommended action on an agenda item does not indicate what action will be taken. The Board of Directors may take any action it believes is appropriate on the agenda item and is not limited in any way by the notice of any recommendation.
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ITEM RECOMMENDATION
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. SELF-INTRODUCTIONS
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS – NON-AGENDA ITEMS RECEIVE COMMENTS Members of the public may address the Board regarding any item within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board; however, no action may be taken on off- agenda items unless authorized by law. Comments shall be limited to matters not listed on the agenda. Members of the public may comment on any matter listed on the agenda at the time that the Board considers that matter. Each person's presentation is limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING (P.4) APPROVE
5. TRANSPORTATION NOW QUARTERLY ATTENDANCE REPORT (P.6) RECEIVE AND FILE
BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING PAGE 3 OCTOBER 22, 2020
ITEM RECOMMENDATION
6. VINE STREET MOBILITY HUB UPDATE DISCUSSION
7. NEXT MEETING Thursday, November 19, 2020 1:00 p.m. Riverside County Administration Center Board Chambers 4080 Lemon St., First Floor Riverside, CA 92501
8. MEETING ADJOURNMENT RTA BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Minutes September 24, 2020
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Bridgette Moore called the Board Executive Committee meeting to order at 1:02 p.m. on September 24, 2020 via teleconference.
2. SELF-INTRODUCTIONS
In lieu of self-introductions, a roll call was taken.
Committee Members Attending
1. Bridgette Moore, City of Wildomar 2. Berwin Hanna, City of Norco 3. Linda Krupa, City of Hemet 4. Nancy Carroll, City of Beaumont 5. Art Welch, City of Banning
Committee Members Absent
1. Alonso Ledezma, City of San Jacinto
RTA Staff
1. Larry Rubio, Chief Executive Officer 2. Craig Fajnor, Chief Financial Officer 3. Vince Rouzaud, Chief Procurement & Logistics Officer 4. Rick Kaczerowski, Director of Information Technologies 5. Joan Hepworth, Clerk of the Board
Other Attendees
1. Barbara Raileanu, Agency General Counsel
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDA ITEMS
None.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – JULY 23, 2020 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
M/S/C (HANNA/WELCH) approving the minutes of the July 23, 2020 Executive Committee meeting. Item 4 4 The motion carried unanimously.
5. APPROVE VEHICLE TRANSFER APPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AGENCY’S RETIRED VEHICLE TRANSFER POLICY
M/S/C (KRUPA/WELCH) as to the following:
Approve and recommend this item to the full Board of Directors for their consideration as follows:
• Approve vehicle transfer applications for organizations meeting the requirements of the Agency’s Retired Vehicle Transfer Policy.
The motion carried unanimously.
6. VINE STREET MOBILITY HUB UPDATE
Mr. Vince Rouzaud provided an update on the Vine Street Mobility Hub.
7. FY20 FINANCIAL AUDIT UPDATE
Mr. Craig Fajnor provided an update on the Agency’s FY20 Financial Audit.
8. NEXT MEETING Thursday, October 22, 2020 1:00 p.m. Riverside County Administration Center 4080 Lemon St., 5th Floor, Conference Room C Riverside, CA 92501
9. MEETING ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 1:14 p.m.
Item 4 5 RIVERSIDE TRANSIT AGENCY 1825 Third Street Riverside, CA 92507
October 22, 2020
TO: BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
THRU: Larry Rubio, Chief Executive Officer
FROM: Jim Kneepkens, Director of Marketing
SUBJECT: Transportation NOW Quarterly Attendance Report
Summary: Transportation NOW has six chapters; Greater Riverside, Hemet/San Jacinto Valley, Moreno Valley/Perris, Northwest, San Gorgonio Pass, and Southwest. Each chapter meets monthly at a location convenient to the membership. Attendance includes transit users, elected officials, transit advocates, community activists and Riverside Transit Agency staff.
Attached is the calendar year 2020 third quarter attendance report for all six chapters. Please note that due to the coronavirus pandemic and stay at home orders, all in-person meetings were cancelled, and the attached report reflects virtual attendance.
Recommendation:
Receive and file.
Item 5 6 Transportation NOW Meeting Attendees July - September 2020
July 2020
Greater Riverside Chapter 1 John Burnett City of Riverside 2 Aaron Dill Assemblymember Jose Medina's Office 3 Tom Ketcham Supervisor Kevin Jeffries' Office 4 Jeff Kraus UC Riverside 5 John Krick Riverside resident 6 Liz Limon Supervisor Kevin Jeffries' Office 7 David Matza Caltrans 8 Andy Melendrez City of Riverside Councilmember 9 Stan Morrison Stan Morrison and Associates 10 Araceli Ruiz City of Riverside 11 Carina Tamayo Office of Senator Richard Roth 12 Eddie Torres Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes' Office 13 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 14 Todd Warden South Coast Air Quality Management District
Hemet/San Jacinto Valley Chapter 1 Betty Day Hemet resident 2 Muriel Dufrense Golden Era Productions 3 Linda Krupa City of Hemet Mayor Pro Tem 4 Brandon Lea Brandon's Wellness 5 Alonso Ledezma City of San Jacinto Councilmember 6 Cyndi Lemke Hemet San Jacinto Chamber 7 Glenda Macias Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo 8 Robert Sibole Spectrum 9 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 10 Veronica Vergne BBVA Bank 11 Karena Zermeno Altura Credit Union
Moreno Valley / Perris Chapter 1 Barry Busch Supervisor Jeff Hewitt's Office 2 Lisa Castilone Grid Alternatives 3 Cesar Gomez Assemblymember Jose Medina's Office 4 David Marquez City of Moreno Valley Councilmember 5 Patty Rucker Moreno Valley Unified School District 6 Carina Tamayo Senator Richard Roth's Office 7 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 8 Jonathan Vaughn Moreno Valley College Student Senator 9 Todd Warden South Coast Air Quality Management District 10 Michael Wolfe City of Moreno Valley
Northwest Chapter 1 Ike Bootsma Supervisor Karen Spiegel's Office 2 Berwin Hanna City of Norco Mayor 3 Sudesh Paul City of Corona 4 Jerry Sincich Temescal Municipal Advisory Committee 5 Jim Steiner City of Corona Mayor 6 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 7 Brad West Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes' Office 8 Keith White Bus rider
Item 5 7 Transportation NOW Meeting Attendees July - September 2020
San Gorgonio Pass Chapter 1 Manuel Alcala Sunline Transit 2 Celina Cabrera City of Beaumont 3 Nancy Carroll City of Beaumont Councilmember 4 Cheryl Donahue Riverside County Transportation Commission 5 Elizabeth Gibbs City of Beaumont 6 Steve Mehlman Riverside County Council on Aging 7 Elisa Mendoza City of Beaumont 8 Ron Roy Beaumont resident 9 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 10 Art Vela City of Banning 11 Art Welch City of Banning Councilmember 12 Anita Worthen Vet Expo
Southwest Chapter 1 Greg August City of Menifee Councilmember 2 Amanda Fisher Senator Melissa Melendez's Office 3 Joseph Morabito City of Wildomar Councilmember 4 Zak Schwank City of Temecula Councilmember 5 Timothy Sheridan City of Lake Elsinore Councilmember 6 Jeremy Smith City of Canyon Lake Councilmember 7 Nicki Taylor Senator Melissa Melendez's Office 8 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency
August 2020
Greater Riverside Chapter 1 John Burnett City of Riverside 2 Aurora Chavez Resident 3 Aaron Dill Assemblymember Jose Medina's Office 4 Cheryl Donahue Riverside County Transportation Commission 5 Tom Ketcham Supervisor Kevin Jeffries' Office 6 John Krick Alvord Unified School District 7 David Lewis Riverside County Transportation Commission 8 Andy Melendrez City of Riverside Councilmember 9 Stan Morrison Stan Morrison and Associates 10 Tara Pueschel UC Riverside 11 Karl Sauer Riverside County Transportation Commission 12 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 13 Todd Warden South Coast Air Quality Management District 14 Brad West Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes' Office
Hemet/San Jacinto Valley Chapter 1 Linda Krupa City of Hemet Mayor Pro Tem 2 Cyndi Lemke Hemet San Jacinto Chamber 3 Kathleen Prokop Resident 4 Craig Schultz Valley Wide Parks and Recreation District Board Member 5 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 6 Sue Willey Resident
Moreno Valley / Perris Chapter 1 Barry Busch Supervisor Jeff Hewitt's Office 2 Lisa Castilione Grid Alternatives 3 Cesar Gomez Assemblyman Jose Medina's Office 4 John Kerenyi City of Moreno Valley
Item 5 8 Transportation NOW Meeting Attendees July - September 2020
5 David Marquez City of Moreno Valley Councilmember 6 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 7 Jonathan Vaughn Bridging Community Gaps
Northwest Chapter 1 Ike Bootsma Supervisor Karen Spiegel's Office 2 Cheryl Donahue Riverside County Transportation Commission 3 Berwin Hanna City of Norco Mayor 4 Brandon Plott City of Eastvale Mayor 5 Monica Raygoza Corona Norco Unified School District 6 Jason Scott City of Corona Councilmember 7 Jerry Sincich Temescal Municipal Advisory Council 8 Jim Steiner City of Corona Mayor 9 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 10 Brad West Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes' Office 11 Keith White Bus rider
San Gorgonio Pass Chapter 1 Manuel Alcala Sunline Transit 2 Celina Cabrera City of Beaumont 3 Cheryl Donahue Riverside County Transportation Commission 4 Elizabeth Gibbs City of Beaumont 5 Jack Marty Riverside County Transportation Commission volunteer 6 Elisa Mendoza City of Beaumont 7 Harry Nead Sun Lakes 8 Ron Roy Beaumont resident 9 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 10 Art Welch City of Banning Councilmember 11 Anita Worthen Vet Expo
Southwest Chapter Chapter did not meet in August
September 2020
Greater Riverside Chapter 1 Aurora Chavez Community advocate 2 Cathy Fishbaum New Vision Horizons 3 Tom Ketcham Supervisor Kevin Jeffries' Office 4 Jeff Kraus UC Riverside 5 John Krick Riverside resident 6 Lizbet Limon Supervisor Kevin Jeffries' Office 7 Andy Melendrez Riverside City Council 8 Nathan Mufasa City of Riverside 9 Tara Pueschel UC Riverside 10 Araceli Ruiz City of Riverside 11 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 12 Brad West Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes' Office
Hemet/San Jacinto Valley Chapter 1 Cheryl Donahue Riverside County Transportation Commission 2 Linda Krupa City of Hemet Councilmember 3 Cyndi Lemke Hemet San Jacinto Chamber 4 Bridgette Moore RTA Board Chair 5 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency
Item 5 9 Transportation NOW Meeting Attendees July - September 2020
6 Veronica Vergne BBVA Bank 7 Karena Zermeno Altura Credit Union
Moreno Valley / Perris Chapter 1 Barry Busch Supervisor Jeff Hewitt's Office 2 Bridgette Moore RTA Board Chair 3 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 4 Lisa Castilone Grid Alternatives 5 Cesar Gomez Assemblymember Jose Medina's Office 6 John Kerenyi City of Moreno Valley
Northwest Chapter 1 Ike Bootsma Supervisor Karen Spiegel's Office 2 Berwin Hanna City of Norco Mayor 3 Anthony Kelly, Jr. City of Jurupa Valley Mayor 4 Bridgette Moore RTA Board Chair 5 Khalid Nasim County of Riverside 6 Brandon Plott City of Eastvale Mayor 7 Monica Raygoza Corona-Norco Unified School District 8 Edwin Romero Norco College 9 Mojahet Salama County of Riverside 10 Jerry Sincich Temescal Municipal Advisory Council 11 Brad West Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes' Office 12 Jim Steiner City of Corona Mayor 13 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 14 Keith White RTA rider
San Gorgonio Pass Chapter 1 Sadie Albers Caltrans 2 Celina Cabrera City of Beaumont 3 Nancy Carroll City of Beaumont Councilmember 4 Wynona Duvall Calimesa Chamber of Commerce 5 Elizabeth Gibbs City of Beaumont 6 Jack Marty Riverside County Transportation Commission volunteer 7 Eliza Mendoza City of Beaumont 8 Bridgette Moore RTA Board Chair 9 Harry Nead Sun Lakes 10 Eric Ustation Riverside Transit Agency 11 Art Welch City of Banning Councilmember 12 Melissa Williams City of Banning 13 Anita Worthen Beaumont Vet Expo
Southwest Chapter 1 Greg August City of Menifee Councilmember 2 Amanda Fisher Senator Melissa Melendez's Office 3 Joseph Morabito City of Wildomar Councilmember 4 Zak Schwank City of Temecula Councilmember 5 Timothy Sheridan City of Lake Elsinore Councilmember 6 Nicki Taylor Senator Melissa Melendez's Office 7 Jim Kneepkens Riverside Transit Agency 8 Brad Weaver Riverside Transit Agency
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