San Luis Obispo - Caltrans - State of California

Ron De Carli, SLCOG
Peter Rogers, SLOCOG
Eliane Guillot, SLOCOG
Judith Norman, JNTC
Heather Menninger-Mayeda, A-M-M-A
SAN LUIS OBISPO REGION
COORDINATED HUMAN SERVICES-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN
March 6, 2007 SLOCOG Executive Staff Meeting
SLOCOG Offices
Coordination and regional coverage issues:
• Paso Robles/ Atascadero/ Templeton north County Shuttle– 2 vehicles and a shared
route; anticipated contract with Laidlaw
• SCAT, operating in Five Cities. Transferred to RTA the maintenance/operations
management functions
• SLO and Cal Poly coordination – important around parking issues and revenue.
• RTA becoming the administrator/ manager for smaller systems funded by the County;
however challenges remain where they manage the function but not the dollars related
to these.
• Ride-On – a model for coordination; important to build upon successes.
• New regional maintenance function and shared administrative facility – are there ways to
build further upon this through more coordination efforts (dispatch)
• Regional transfer policy exists between all locals and the RTA (under review)
• Regional Mobility manager role – good fit with Regional Rideshare activities; potentially
coming to SLOCOG
Ride-On SRTP direction and related issues:
• CTSA – continue to do what they are doing well; identify and expand that.
• Some room for growth, expansion capability.
• Importance of “good growth”, in directions that complement what CTSA does well.
• Agency may not yet be ready to expand into contracting with the public side…different
focus; infrastructure by which to do this doesn’t yet exist.
• Prime role is one of expanding to serve those human service agencies willing and able
to contract with CTSA.
• Senior transportation services modest; contracting role is very small.
• Social services need to re-assess their roles and potential to provide services, where
these can be done cost-effectively.
• Role of Life-Steps in Atascadero.
• Challenge of sorting thru coordinated/consolidated services versus the status quo.
Other issues:
• ADA services restricted to ¾ mile boundaries
• TDA is expended for transit at about 45% so there is room for growth in communities’
services; obviously political decisions to reallocate these dollars.
• Morro Bay challenge – regional emphasis where all services are consolidated but can’t
do a 20 year forecast.
• Concern expressed about the coordinated plan – that agencies serving the disabled
populations should be able to provide these services themselves, to represent them, and
not require this particular plan.
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OCTOBER 2007