FPTA Quarterly Meeting March 31, 2021 9:00 Am – 12:30 Pm Hotel Duval 415 N
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Members: Clinton B. Forbes, FPTA Board Chair Kurt Scheible, FPTA Vice Chair Michelle Arnold, FPTA Secretary/Treasurer Jesus Gomez, FTAFC Chair Murriah Dekle, FPTA Past Chair Lisa Bacot, Executive Director, Non-Voting Member FPTA Quarterly Meeting March 31, 2021 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Hotel Duval 415 N. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301 Opal Ballroom (Lower Level) and Held Virtually: Zoom Meeting – Must Register in Advance for the Link Breakfast served at 8:30 am for In-Person Attendees Item Time Agenda Item Discussion Leader Number 1. 9:00 am Opening: Clinton B. Forbes, a) Call To Order FPTA Chair b) New General Manager’s and Board Members: • Adelee LeGrand, HART • Michael Carman, SunRail • Lisa Marie Glover, City of Fort Lauderdale’s Transportation Division Manager and Nina Verzosa, SunTrolley • Jimmy Morales, Miami-Dade Transit (Interim) • Peggy Brassard, Martin County (Interrim) • Terry Jordan, SCAT- Brevard (Interim) Jeff Kramer, MPOAC (Interim) c) Roll Call 2. 9:15 am Action Needed- Consent Agenda: Clinton B. Forbes, a. Minutes- October 5, 2020 FPTA Chair b. Bronze Sponsorship of International Conference the Association for Commuter Transportation 3. 9:20 am Introduction of Brad Thoburn, FDOT Clinton B. Forbes, Assistant Secretary- Strategic FPTA Chair Development 4. 9:35 am Update on 2018 Transit-Related Voter Christina Barker, All Referendums For Transportation and Page 1 Members: Clinton B. Forbes, FPTA Board Chair Kurt Scheible, FPTA Vice Chair Michelle Arnold, FPTA Secretary/Treasurer Jesus Gomez, FTAFC Chair Murriah Dekle, FPTA Past Chair Lisa Bacot, Executive Director, Non-Voting Member Item Time Agenda Item Discussion Leader Number Tim Garling, Broward County Transit 5. 9:50 am Legislative Update Jim Magill and Mark Kruse, Government Affairs, Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney 6. 10:15 am FTAFC Update Jesus Gomez, FTAFC President 7. 10:30 am Action Needed- Treasurer’s Report Michelle Arnold, • FY 20-21 Budget Update Treasurer • Statement of Financial Position 8. 10:45 am Action Needed- Annual Review of Clinton B. Forbes, Bacot Consulting, LLC Contract FPTA Chair 9. 11:00 am Ex-Officio & Business Member • FDOT, Liz Stutts Reports • CUTR, Lisa Staes • CTD, David Darm • MPOAC, Jeff Kramer • Floridians for Better Transportation, Sally Patrenos • Business Class, Harry White, Luminator & Robert Frick, FTS 10. 11:45 am Executive Director Items: Lisa Bacot, Executive • Status of Events/Virtual Director Conference • Strategic Plan Update • Other Informational Updates Page 2 Members: Clinton B. Forbes, FPTA Board Chair Kurt Scheible, FPTA Vice Chair Michelle Arnold, FPTA Secretary/Treasurer Jesus Gomez, FTAFC Chair Murriah Dekle, FPTA Past Chair Lisa Bacot, Executive Director, Non-Voting Member Item Time Agenda Item Discussion Leader Number 11. 12:00 pm Round the State: All Transit Systems • Status of Operations due to COVID-19 • Ridership Levels • Vaccine Updates • Other Related Updates 12. 12:30 pm Adjournment Clinton B. Forbes, Lunch will be Served FPTA Chair Next FPTA Board Meeting Will be Held: FPTA Board Meeting: June 10, 2021 9:00 am- 12:00 pm Location TBD Page 3 FPTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS & VOTING MEMBERS UPDATED 2/22/21 Yellow highlighter designates FPTA Leadership/Executive Committee Tier 1 (Budgets of $36 million or more) All are Voting Members (9 Members) Tim Garling, Broward County Transit (BCT) X Jim Harrison, Central Florida Regional Transit Authority (LYNX)/Tiffany Homler- X Hawkins Adelee Le Grand, CEO, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority X (HART)/Lorena Hardwick Nathaniel Ford, Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA)/Cleveland Ferguson X Jimmy Morales (Interim), Miami-Dade Transit (MDT)/Robert Villar X Clinton Forbes, PalmTran, FPTA Chair X Brad Miller, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) X Steve Abrams, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (Tri-Rail)/Andrew X Watt Charles M. Heffinger, Jr., P.E./Michael Carman, SunRail X Tier 2 (Budgets of $4 million - $36 million) Six are Voting Members Michelle Arnold, Collier Area Transit (CAT), FPTA Treasurer X Tonya Ellis, Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) X Jesus Gomez, Gainesville RTS, FTAFC Chair X Robert Codie, Lee County Transit (LeeTran) Bill Steele, Manatee County Transit (MCAT) Kurt Scheible, Pasco County Public Transportation, FPTA Vice Chair X Tom Phillips, Polk County - Citrus Connection Jane Grogg (Interim), Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT- Sarasota) Terry Jordan (Interim), Space Coast Area Transit (SCAT- Brevard) X Angela Baldwin, StarMetro (Tallahassee)/Bill Hearndon Kelvin Miller, Votran X Tier 3 (Budgets of less than $4 million) Five are Voting Members Angela Bradley, Bay Town Trolley/Lamar Hobbs X Richard Kolar, Charlotte County Area Transit Joe DeGeorge, Hernando County Karen Deigl, Indian River County Transit (GoLine)/Chris Stephenson X Rod Delostrinos, Key West DOT X Jill Brown, Lake County Public Transportation (LakeXpress) Peggy Brassard (Interim), Martin County Public Transit Booker “Tyrone” Parker, Okaloosa County Transit- Not paid dues Murriah Dekle, St Lucie County Transit, FPTA Past Chair X Rachel Garvey/Phong Nguyen, St. Johns County/Sunshine Bus Nina Verzosa, Sun Trolley Steven Neal, SunTran (Ocala) X Tier 4 (CTC Members) Three are Voting Members Chris Harvey, Baker County Transit Shawn Mitchell, Big Bend Transit X Sharon Peeler, JTrans X Page 4 Connie Conley, Levy County Transit X Scott Clark, Sunshine Line (Hillsborough CTC) Larry Sessions, Suwannee Valley Transit Authority Boyd Thompson, Ride Solution (Putnam CTC) Business Members Voting Business Members Harry White Apollo Video Technology/Luminator Robert Frick Florida Transportation Systems Non-Voting, Ex-Officio Members Non Voting, Ex-Officio Members Liz Stutts Florida Department of Transportation Lisa Staes Center for Urban Transportation Research David Darm Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged Jeff Kramer (Interim) Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council Sally Patrenos Floridians for Better Transportation Page 5 Florida Public Transportation Association ANNUAL Board Meeting Minutes October 5, 2020 @ 1:30 p.m. via Zoom Webinar Meeting called to Order: The meeting was called to order at 1:33 pm via Zoom Webinar. In attendance: The following were in attendance: On Phone/Zoom Video Conference: Murriah Dekle, Brad Miller, Jesus Gomez, Clinton Forbes, Jim Harrison, Cleveland Ferguson, Alberto Parjus (for Miami-Dade Transit), Tim Garling, Andrew Watt, Steven Neal, Harry White, Elizabeth Stutts, Karen Deigl, Andrew Watt (for SFRTA), Angela Baldwin, Kelvin Miller, Angela Bradley, Rod Delostronis, David Darm, Michelle Arnold, Jane Grogg, Vicky Perk (CUTR), and Lisa Bacot. Others Present: Joel Volinksi, Dana Rieding (FDOT), Bill Hearndon (StarMetro), William Slot (LYNX), Paul Strobis (BCT) and others Consent Agenda • Minutes from August 20, 2020 Meeting Action Taken: A motion was made by Karen Deigl to approve the Consent Agenda; it was seconded by Brad Miller. Motion passed unanimously. Florida Transportation Plan (FTP) Update Dana Rieding, FDOT, gave an update to the Florida Transportation Plan. Karen Deigl serves on the Committee for FPTA. FPTA Hall of Fame Joel Volinski gave a brief presentation on why Rob Gregg should be inducted into the FPTA Hall of Fame for 2020. Action Taken: A motion was made by Jesus Gomez to approve Rob Gregg as the 2020 FPTA Hall of Fame Winner; it was seconded by Brad Miller. Motion passed unanimously. Page 6 Treasurer’s Report Lisa Bacot gave the Treasurer’s Report for Kurt Scheible. She discussed the current Budget vs Actuals and the Statement of Financial Position. She also noted several events have been re- scheduled or cancelled due to Coronavirus concerns, which has not had that much of an impact on our budget, given many of the events FPTA pays a large sum to hold. Action Taken: Motion was made by Clinton Forbes and seconded by Karen Deigl to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Motion passed unanimously. Annual Meeting Lisa Bacot gave an overview of how the Annual Meeting is to be conducted. Each Tier must select their voting members for the Board of Directors. Lisa Bacot also announced that Michelle Arnold was voted as the new Treasurer. Below are the new Voting Members of the Board of Directors: • Tier 1- All Members • Tier 2 (6 Members)- Collier Area Transit, Escambia County Area Transit, Gainesville RTS, Pasco County, Space Coast Area Transit, and Votran. • Tier 3 (5 Members)- Bay Town Trolley, Key West Transit, Indian River/GoLine, St. Lucie County Transit, and SunTran. • Tier 4 (3 Members)- JTrans, Levy County, and Big Bend Transit Action Taken: Motion was made by Cleveland Ferguson and seconded by Jesus Gomez to approve the new slate of FPTA Officers and Voting Members on the FPTA Board. Motion passed unanimously. 2021 Legislative Platform Lisa Bacot discussed the proposed 2021 Legislative Platform. Ex-Officio & Business Class Member Reports Ex-Officio & Business Class Members gave their reports. Florida Department of Transportation – Liz Stutts gave an update for FDOT, she noted that Secretary Thibault has been visiting several transit systems and that he will be speaking at the opening session for our Virtual Conference and will provide a full update from FDOT. Page 7 Center for Urban Transportation Research- Vicky Perk gave a CUTR update from Lisa Staes and noted their Awards Presentation, which will be held virtually in November. Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council- Carl Mikyska was not present. Floridians for Better Transportation – Sally Patrenos was not present. Florida