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B
I
am
humbled
and
grateful
to
be
here
serving
in
this
capacity
as
chair
for
the
first
time,
and
I
would
like
to
just
take
one
small
second
and
honor
and
just
give
a
high
five
to
thomas
ludwig
for
his
leadership
of
this
team.
We
were
hoping
to
get
one
more
meeting
in
before
he
left.
B
His
obligation
to
this
committee
ended
in
march,
but
things
are
what
they
are
right
now,
so
if
we
can
all
just
collectively
send
some
love
and
thanks
to
thomas
lodwick,
until
we
figure
out
how
to
do
that
in
a
more
tangible
way.
But
thank
you.
It
is
now
3
30
and
this
meeting
will
be
called
to
order.
I
would
like
to
start
with
a
roll
call.
Please
we
have
members
and
then
we
also
have
some
guests
so
brandon.
Oliver.
C
B
F
H
B
I
B
John
bassoni
welcome
and
you
are
also
a
member
of
the
transit
committee-
is
that
true
I
mean
excuse
me
mmtc.
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
We
really
appreciate
all
you
do
to
connect
this
group
with
that
one.
Thank
you
all
right.
We
have
a
couple
guests,
one
I'm
super
well,
both
of
them.
I'm
super
excited
about
carmen
and
haley.
I'm
gonna!
Let
hayley
go
first.
She
is
a
new
long
stance.
She's
going
to
I'm,
assuming
I'm
assuming
you're,
going
to
be
a
regular
with
us
right,
yeah.
J
All
right,
haley
burton
please
introduce
yourself
hi.
Thank
you!
Yeah,
I'm
haley
burton
I'll
be
joining
the
city
of
asheville
as
the
transit
projects
coordinator
very
happy
to
be
here
and
work
with
you
all
in
the
future.
B
Great,
and
so
for
those
of
you
that
were
familiar
and
remember,
working
with
marcella
haley
is
is
in
is
in
marcella's
job,
and
we
all
just
let's
just
take
a
minute
too
and
wish
marcelo
well
as
she
moves
on
to
do,
transit
things
in
washington
dc
and
on
a
level
that
we
all
know
will
will
only
trickle
down
and
make
things
better
for
us
here.
All
right.
The
next
guest,
which
I'm
super
excited
to
talk
about
is
carmen
yobera.
Will
you
please
introduce
yourself.
A
Hi
everybody,
my
name
is
carmen
nivarra.
I
am
the
community
organizer
with
better
buses
together
and
I
work
on
our
oh,
that's
not
true.
I'm
the
community
organizer
with
adjust
economics
and
I
work
on
our
better
buses
together
campaign-
and
I
am
here
on
behalf
of
both
to
talk
to
you
all
later
about
a
safety
proposal
that
we
have.
B
Carmen
does
all
of
the
things.
So
no
wonder
that's
confusing
all
right.
It
looks
like
we
also
have
some
members
of
asheville
redefines,
transit
and
the
city.
So
if
you
would
all
please
just
take
a
moment
and
introduce
yourselves,
I
mostly
see
numbers,
not
names.
So
excuse
me
for
not
introducing
you.
K
H
B
Assistant,
thank
you
city
of
asheville.
Do
we
also
have
it
looks
like
we've
got
some
folks
from.
B
F
M
L
Barry
reiling
general
manager
is
also
here.
I
think
you
got
a
star
sticks,
mute
muteberry,.
N
This
is
barry
yes,
general
manager
for
our
atp
dev
good.
To
see
all
of
you
and
hear
your
voices,
it's
been
a
while.
B
Thank
you
so
much
everyone.
This
feels
pretty
personal
to
me,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
and
I'm
also
just
really
grateful
that
this
meeting
is
happening.
There
have
been
some
back
and
forth
about
meeting
frequency
and
we
will
address
those
in
the
agenda.
B
E
So
yeah,
starting
off
with
a
welcome
announcement.
I
don't
have
it
in
front
of
me,
but
it's
a
pre-populated
announcement
about
the
transit
committee's
purpose
and
goals.
Following
that,
we
would
need
to
review
the.
B
B
D
B
Super
thank
you
and
again
I
apologize
for
cutting
you
off
so
meeting
transit
agenda
and
goals.
Eunice.
Can
I
turn
that
over
to
you
for
this?
If
you
would
please
just
state
what
this,
if
you
don't
mind,
just
a
quick
introduction
of
this
committee.
B
B
Does
anyone
have
any
changes
for
the
minutes
for
the
january
2020
meeting
any
updates
or
changes.
B
B
All
right,
let's
do
that.
Thank
you
so
much
motion
from
jeff.
Second
from
harvey,
I'm
gonna
call
the
roll
and
please
vote
yay
or
nay,
to
approve
the
minutes.
Brandon
oliver.
F
H
G
B
M
G
B
H
Thank
you,
john.
I
B
And
georgia
yay.
Thank
you.
So
much
all
right,
we've
got
an
agenda
amy.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
eunice
also
for
helping
me
prepare
this
agenda.
Let's
move
forward
kyle,
what's
the
first
thing.
E
Next
year,
it's
kind
of
a
non-starter,
but
we
just
have
to
address
the
fact
that
public
comment
can't
really
be
received
in
the
traditional
format.
Right
now,.
B
Sure,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
again.
This
is
where
I
just
want
to
thank
again
the
city
and
all
of
the
people
behind
the
scenes
that
have
even
made
these
meetings
possible.
We,
the
bad
news,
is
that
we
haven't
been
meeting
very
often
the
good
news
is
in
between
these
two
meetings.
We
really
had
an
opportunity
to
collect
and
solicit
public
input.
B
We
didn't
really
get
much
or
I
don't
think
any
this
time,
and
I
just
want
to
still
just
see
that
as
a
an
opportunity
for
us
and
I
think,
as
we
all
get
our
feet
wet
and
start
working
together
as
a
new
council,
because
we
are
all
new
that
we
can
sort
of
hopefully
solicit
more
public
input
in
the
future.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
don't
believe,
there's
any
public
input
for
now.
B
B
Thank
you
for
being
there
to
catch
whatever
came,
and
then
I
really
would
like
to
issue
a
call
to
action
for
this
team
that,
when
public
comment
is
open,
that
we
use
that
opportunity
to
talk
to
our
friends
and
neighbors
about
transit
and
to
solicit
their
comments
and
encourage
them
to
participate
in
that
way,
it
kind
of
breaks
my
heart
that
there's
no
public
comment
for
buses.
When
I
know
a
lot
of
people
have
a
lot
of
things
to
say
about
the
buses.
So
if
we
can
just
work
on
that.
D
E
All
right
on
to
we
have
old
business,
three
things:
first,
being
an
update
on
the
young's
bus
contract.
K
K
As
noted,
the
contract
term
was
extended
and
we
also
increased
the
budget
by
480
thousand
dollars,
so
young
transportation
is
going
to
continue
assisting
with
ensuring
that
we
continue
providing
service
in
lieu
of
the
social
distance
and
policy
we
have
in
place,
and
with
that
I
end
my
report
on
young's
transportation.
K
I
believe
it
goes
through
the
end
of
the
year
and
I
will
double
check
on
that
and
follow
up,
but
based
on
the
approval,
I
think
it
is
through
june
2021
or
further
than
that
so,
but
I
will
double
check
and
provide
a
quick
update
to
the
group.
H
B
B
I'm
sorry
capacity,
I
use
the
wrong
word
capacity.
Please
increase
capacity
on
each
bus.
K
At
this
time,
we're
not
considering
doing
that
rachelle,
given
that
a
number
of
funds
needs
to
be
done
before
we're
able
to
increase
capacity
on
the
buses.
K
So
it
is
still
going
to
remain
at
nine
passengers
with
the
driver,
which
is
currently
what
we
have
and
basically,
if
the
art
buses
are
full,
if
it's
being
the
route
route,
the
I'm
sorry
the
bus
is
being
followed
by
young
transportation.
Passengers
can
get
on
that
young
transportation,
buses.
K
Let
me
double
check
rochelle
and
I'll.
Get
back
to
the
group
on
that.
B
Okay,
I'm
already
experiencing
full
full
loads
as
a
as
a
writer,
so
you
said
that
a
number
of
factors
needed
to
happen
before
we
would
increase
capacity.
Could
you
just
tell
me
two
two
things
that
would
be
contingents.
K
K
The
other
thing
is,
we
do
have
barriers
on
almost
all
the
buses,
except
for
the
electric
buses,
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we're
going
to
cancel
those
next
week
to
seek
approval
to
put
the
safety
barriers
on
there
to
replace
what
currently
have-
and
I
believe
those
are
some
of
the
things
we're
looking
at
in
terms
of
making
sure
that
we
increase
capacity.
K
The
other
thing
is
we're
currently
providing
for
free,
and
we
need
to
look
at
that
as
well
to
ensure
that
people
are
able
to
pay
for
their
if
pay
for
the
rides.
If
we
are
able
to
increase
capacity
on
the
buses.
B
I
am
so
glad
you
brought
up
fair.
I
would
really
like
to
encourage
the
team
to
look
at
increasing
fares
first
as
a
way
to
offset
capacity,
because
I
I
do
see
some
necessity
writers
well
anyway,
I'll
stop
there.
When
you
say
dhhs,
do
you
mean
federal
or
buncombe
county
buncombe
county,
not
federal,
okay,
so
buncombe
county
right
now
is
keeping
capacity.
K
G
Yeah,
I
I
hope
this
is
the
right
place
for
this
question.
I
noticed
in
the
report
from
ratpdev
that
and
correct
me
if
I
am
wrong.
G
339
passengers
were
left
behind
on
route
we1
in
the
month
of
march
alone,
and
certainly
all
other
routes
had
much
lower
numbers,
but
it
makes
me
want
to
ask:
can
we
make
any
kind
of
adjustment
that
I
I
don't
know
how
to
ask
this?
G
It
just
seems
to
me
that
there
might
be
an
adjustment
that
we
could
make
so
that
we're
not
leaving
339
passengers
behind
on
a
single
route
in
a
single
month.
That's
more
than
10
a
day,
and
I
I'll
have
more
to
say
when
I
read
about
the
complaints
report,
but
the
number
of
people
who
call
in
who
who
express
concerns
about
losing
jobs
and
being
late
for
jobs
is
is
incredibly
troubling
to
me,
and
I
know
we
are
work.
I
I
mean.
I
know
it's
it's
it's
it's
it's
covered.
G
I
get
that
so,
but
I'm
hoping
that
there
might
be
some
adjustments
that
we
can
make
to
lessen
the
burden
on
our
community.
B
B
I
don't
mean
to
interrupt
but
w.
Well,
there
is
the
asheville
terrace,
which
is
handicapped
and
elderly,
and
also
the
vrq,
so
not.
M
B
Much
wait
w
e1
excuse
me
you're
right,
you're
right.
No!
I
in
the
interest
of
we
could
go
on
with
this.
So
let's
agree
that
this
needs
to
be
an
agenda
item
that
stays
and
if
I
can
just
say
like,
I
feel
like
the
next
item,
we
could
talk
about
masks,
but
I
mean
really
under
new
items.
The
discussion
on
holding
monthly
transit
committee
meetings,
this
to
me
screams
that
that
needs
to
happen
so
jeff.
I
I
I'm
going
to
cut
this
with
an
honest.
K
Thank
you,
a
quick,
a
quick
update.
We
track,
monitor
and
track
the
number
of
masks
we
have
on
hand,
and
the
latest
number
we
have
is
a
little
over
21k.
K
B
B
B
Okay,
so
discussion
on,
oh
city,
transit,
staffing,
update,
we
kind
of
jumped
ahead
and
we
welcomed
haley.
Oh
my
gosh,
you
have
huge
shoes
to
fill.
As
you
know,
marcelo
was
a
treasure
and
we
are
certainly
going
to
miss
her.
I'm
guessing
haley
that
you
are
now
taking
over
the
bus.
Stop
improvements
project.
Do
you?
B
Okay,
thank
you.
I
get
easily
distracted,
so
I'm
very
proud
of
myself
for
putting
it
on
the
next
agenda.
Okay,
so
transit.
Who
else
I
understand,
there's
still
some
more
openings
at
the
transit
committee.
I
mean
transit
department,
and
that
is
please
understand
that
we
were
fighting
hard
for
a
meeting
in
march
and
we
conceded
to
a
meeting
every
other
month
in
an
effort
to
allow
the
transit
transportation
department
to
fill
some
open.
B
Jobs
there
and
we're
really
only
as
strong
as
we
are
from
the
city
down.
So
thank
you
for
being
willing
to
just
sit
with
me.
While
we
gave
them
an
opportunity,
welcome
haley,
and
can
you
please
eunice
tell
us
who
else
might
be
joining
this
team.
K
The
second
position
that
is
currently
being
filled
is
the
transit
grants
financial
analyst
and
we
have
reviewed
applications
that
we
received,
and
we
have
some
interviews
scheduled
this
week,
so
hopefully
by
the
middle
of
next
month
or
by
the
end
of
next
month.
We
should
have
another
staff
person
joining
the
group.
B
Thank
you
so
much
and
as
you
can
imagine,
the
grant
excuse
me
jeff
just
hold
on
one
second,
so
granting
and
funding
that's
huge
right.
B
G
So
when
I
was
looking
at
the
the
complaints
report,
I
noticed
that
city
staff
does
data
entry
for
that
and-
and
I
guess
maybe
the
reason
it
jumped
out
at
me.
G
I
just
know
that
we
are
so
understaffed
at
the
city
level
and
I
would
have
thought
that
that
this
this
is
an
r-a-t
r-a-p-p-t,
hello,
ratp
dev
report
and
there
used
to
be
an
ratp
dev
person
who
who
did
the
data
entry
and
now
it's
city
staff,
it's
amy,
and
that
just
it
jumped
out
at
me
this
month
and
I'm
always
trying
to
understand,
especially
for
new
people
who
are
joining
us
understanding.
The
difference
between
our
atp
dev
and
city
staff
is.
K
Jeff,
can
you
explain
which
specific
data
you're
referring
to,
because
we
normally
review
the
data
that
our
atp
staff
put
together
and
make
sure
that
we
submit
the
report?
So
I'm
a
little
bit
amiss
as
to
which
specific
data
you're
referring
to.
G
I
think
one
of
the
first
things
it
has
is
staffing,
update
and
then
rolling
stock,
and
then
buses
and
accident
reports
and
one
of
the
the
tabs
is
called
complaints
and
and-
and
there
are
a
number
of
fields
for
each
complaint
and
one
of
them
says
entered
by,
and
so
that's
where
amy's
name
shows
up
for
every
complaint
except
one
in
march,
and
so
and
again
I
I
used
to
know
the
name
of
the
woman
who
used
to
do
this
a
couple
of
years
ago,
but
so
this.
K
Jeff,
it's
a
shared
responsibility,
you're
right
in
terms
of
ritp
death,
compiling
the
information
into
that
database,
but
we
city
staff
as
well
enter
information
into
that
database.
So
I
believe
it's
a
shared
responsibility
with
ratp
dev
entering
the
majority
of
the
complaints
we
receive
in
that
database.
B
B
I
would
like
you
please,
if
you
could
speak
to
the
way
that
customer
service
complaints
are
handled
with
rappy
dev,
because
it
does
seem
a
little
off
balance
that
city
staff
and
amy
would
receive
more
complaints
than
you
all
do
at
the
transit
center
that
that
just
doesn't
make
sense
to
me,
and
I
also
understand
that
you
have
a
customer
service
sort
of
management
person
in
place
and
then
by
krista
jones.
B
B
N
B
I'm
speaking
specifically
to
calls
that
come
into
transit
or
are
handed
into
transit.
I
understand
and
I
feel
really
comfortable
that
the
calls
that
come
into
janet
and
the
calls
that
come
into
amy
are
handled
are
handled
and
recorded.
My
concern
is
that
the
calls
that
come
into
transit
and
the
calls
that
and
the
paperwork
complaint
that
comes
into
transit
are
not
followed
through
and
are
not
reported
in
an
accurate
way.
So
if
you
could
just
speak
to
that.
N
N
L
We
get
the
complaints,
we
do
get
complaints
here,
they're
just
not
entered
into
there
and
we'll
get
more
diligent
about
putting
them
in.
B
N
L
L
H
N
B
Oh
yeah
yeah,
I
I'm
aware
so
then,
but
why
are
they
not
charged?
Also
with
the
complaints
like
lashawn
seems
like
it's
she's,
a
very,
very
busy
person,
so
this
seems
like.
Can
you
just
explain
why
customer
service
is
not
charged
with
complaints
and
why
that's
put
on
like
management
staff
instead
of
using.
N
B
N
B
B
B
Oh,
my
gosh,
we're
going
to
move
on
to
carmen
yabrera
carmen
is
part
of
like
she
said,
better
buses
and
just
economics
and,
as
we
all
know,
reimagining
public
safety
in
nashville
and
reimagining
public
safety
everywhere
is
huge
and
better
buses
and
just
economics
has
an
amazing.
I
think,
proposal
to
reimagine
the
way
things
happen
at
transit
and
and
by
transit.
I
mean
at
the
transit
station
where
we
all
know
there
are
some
huge
opportunities
for
improvement
in
customer
service
and
in
safety
and
just
in
increasing
ridership.
A
Thank
you
all
so
much
so
hello,
as
I
mentioned
in
my
introduction,
my
name
is
carmen
ivara.
I
am
the
community
organizer
with
just
economics,
and
I
work
with
our
better
buses
together
campaign,
I'm
so
grateful
and
to
be
speaking
to
you
all
and
to
share
information
about
a
plan
that
we've
been
working
on
to
improve
the
safety
of
bus
riders
in
the
hopes
and
in
hopes
of
getting
the
committee
or
individuals
endorsements.
A
I
know
some
of
you
have
heard
this
a
couple
times
through
various
ways.
I've
tried
to
get
it
out,
but
I'm
hoping
you'll
sit
through
and
maybe
more
information
that
you
didn't
think
about
is
coming
to
light.
So
during
this
time
the
city
is
really
working
on
reimagining
public
safety.
A
A
While
the
position
would
include
the
responsibilities
of
the
current
security
officers
on
the
platform,
it
would
also
entail
providing
a
more
supportive
approach
to
individuals.
The
position
would
be
staffed
by
professionals
skilled
in
conflict
resolution,
de-escalation
and
intervention,
and
would
be
trained
to
recognize
mental
health
issues
and
be
able
to
engage
with
and
create
real
connections
with
transit
riders.
A
You
will
also
find
links
to
information
about
other
cities
that
are
implementing
similar
projects
in
their
transit
operations
and
you'll
also
find
a
link
where
that'll
take
you
to
the
endorsement
form
when
you
are
ready
individually
or
as
a
committee
to
support
this
proposal.
A
Now
is
a
crucial
time
to
improve
and
reimagine
safety
in
our
community.
The
proposed
position
would
be
a
model
of
a
new
and
innovative
way
to
do
just
that.
Thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
me
to
speak
on
this
important
subject.
I'm
super
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
have
now
or
you
have
all
of
my
contact
info
in
the
email
I
sent
and
feel
free
to
message
me
that
way.
If
it
helps,
are
there
any
questions.
G
Jeff
carmen
I'm
wondering
if
you
could
maybe
give
us
two
or
three
examples
of
how
of
what
this
would
look
like
at
the
transit
center
different
from
what
it
is
right
now,
what
give
us
I
I
usually
deal
with
real
world
data
better
than
theoretical,
so
a
few
examples
would
help
me.
G
A
Okay
cool,
so
if
you
look
at
like
the
most
extreme
circumstances,
rachelle
or
I'm
sorry,
rachel
root,
who
was
really
somebody
who
battled
with
mental
illness,
and
she
was
well
known
in
on
the
transit
platform
as
somebody
who
was
struggling
and
was
at
conflict
with
a
lot
of
individuals
there
and
if
she
had
been
able
to
make
a
connection
with
this
position
that
we
are
proposing,
she
may
have
been
able
to
get
the
help
she
needed
before
she
found
before
she
died.
A
And
you
know
the
other
extreme
example
was
the
writer
who
had
the
knife
in
south
asheville,
and
you
know
I.
I
think
that
if
a
de-escalation
position
were
in
place,
that
person
could
have
gone
to
that
transit,
stop
and
talk
to
him
and
hopefully
made
it
a
situation
where
that
person
would
still
be
alive
today
in
smaller
instances.
A
M
D
M
D
H
E
I
just
want
to
clarify
mr
dalton
is
very
much
alive.
He
did
not.
B
B
Some
personal
experiences
with
rachel
ruit
from
the
very
beginning
as
a
staff
member
of
rat
pdev
when
this
first
began
in
on
july,
4th
of
2020.
So
I
do
feel
like
this
is
a
huge
opportunity
for
transit.
B
B
B
I
listened
to
a
meeting
on
youtube
today
of
the
downtown
commission
parking
and
transportation,
and
I
listened
to
the
whole
thing
and
I
listened
to
how
downtown
parking
and
the
and
the
customer
service
around
parking
and
the
downtown
commission,
which
is
the
a
commission
charged
with
moving
people
in
and
out
of
downtown
in
a
way
that
makes
the
most
economic
and
safety
sense
for
everyone,
and
there
was
no
mention
of
public
transit
in
this
other
than
some
of
the
parking
fees
go
to
pay
public
transit,
and
I
really
really
don't
understand
why.
B
B
G
Yeah,
so
I
I
really
have
you
know,
listened
to
deborah
campbell's
words
about
reimagining
public
safety
in
asheville,
and-
and
this
is
just
to
me,
my
personal
opinion-
is
a
phenomenal
opportunity
of
action
of
a
way
to
actually
do
that
in
in
in
a
small
environment
at
the
transit
center,
where
just
we,
we
bring
a
very
different
mindset
to
to
to
to
working
with
the
community
and
if
you
need
shoes
or
if
there's
a
conflict,
someone
who
can
de-escalation
de-escalate
conflict-
and
I
just
think
it's
an
incredible
opportunity.
G
So
I
certainly
want
to
hear
more
discussion.
But
I
would
also
like
to
move
that
the
transit
committee
endorse
this
proposal
by
better
buses.
F
K
Something
rochelle
this
is
sweetness.
I
have
comments
regarding
the
presentation
made
by
carmen
and
also
jeff's
comment.
Kirby,
we
see
you
hold
on
a
second.
F
Around
there,
I
really
want
to
know
something
you
know
we're
having
a
transit
community
right.
F
The
agenda
was
to
follow
what
we
have
on
the
agenda.
To
do
that,
we
got
into.
We
got
out
of
the
old
business,
you
know
in
the
city,
staffing
and
then.
F
I
F
The
whole
text
that
she
sent
us
out
and
we
got
into
that
and
had
the
rules
about
you
know
what
the
officers
would
do.
F
In
money-
and
you
know
the
equity
inclusion
you
got
off
and
on
all
of
that,
and
then
you
rachel
went
to
parking
fees
and
everything
like
that.
We're
trying
to
stick
with
one
thing.
You
know,
and
one
thing
only
but
you're
still
trying
to
say:
let's
approve
this
and
that
and
the
other.
We
have
not
discussed
all
these
things,
because
those
things
increase
the
the
the
pay
from
139
to
150
to
180
something
that's
50
000.
You
know
coming
up
front.
F
We
already
have
rules
as
far
as
you
know,
weapons
and
things
like
that.
We
went
through
the
committee.
We
went
through
this
last
year
year
before
we've
gotten
all
that
settle
out
we're
not
trying
to
recreate
anything
or
redo
the
business
that
we
already
have
in
place.
Equity
inclusion,
they're,
redoing
their
whole
program
at
this
prison
time.
We
need
to
stay
on
board
of
what
we're
doing
in
our
city.
F
F
But
the
main
thing
I'd
like
to
do
is
follow
the
agenda
and
discuss
the
things
that
we
are
discussing
and
not
go
from
from
from
just
say:
go
from
the
the
transit
center
and
then
go
talk
about
parking.
Let's
not
do
that.
Let's,
let's
stay
on
the
agenda.
B
I
appreciate
that
and
and
yeah
thank
you.
I
do
just
want
to
continue
to
make
the
connection
that
transportation
department
is
charged
with
both
parking
and
transit,
and
I
think
those
can
be
two
very
opposing
things,
so
I
very
much
welcome
the
opportunity
to
merge
those
and
and
harvey.
I
appreciate
you
keeping
me
on
track.
Thank
you
so
much,
sir.
A
Okay,
if
I
could
just
comment
on
something,
so
it
would
be
eliminating
the
security
guards
and
putting
in
this
officer,
and
it's
the
department
of
equity
and
inclusion
works
for
the
community,
and
what
we're
talking
about
is
a
position
that
would
just
be
for
the
transit
center
to
help
mitigate
potential
problems,
security
guards,
work
on
problems
as
they're
happening
right,
and
so
we
are
hoping
that
you
will
all
see
the
value
in
having
a
position
that
could
work
towards
helping
like
unify
people
on
the
platform
and
feel
a
sense
of
community
and
be
able
to
go
to
them.
A
When
there's
you
know
any
issue
before
problems
really
arise.
K
Rachel,
I
wanted
to
follow
up
with
what
was
just
said
in
addition
to
comments
made
by
jeff,
and
we
met
with
bbt
on
april
9th
to
have
further
discussions,
as
well
as
have
a
better
understanding
of
the
proposal
and
also
just
to
follow
up
and
let
everyone
know
that
jessica
and
I
met
with
the
city
manager,
as
well
as
the
assistant
city
manager,
to
have
further
conversation
regarding
those
and
also
to
really
take
a
look
at
what's
happening
nationwide
as
to
the
proposal
made.
K
So
it
is
not
necessarily
getting
rid
of
all
that
our
security
guards
on
the
transit
station,
but
look
at
what
is
feasible.
Is
it
a
matter
of
having
one
or
the
other
or
both,
and
so
our
direction
is
to
continue.
Looking
at
that
and
see
what
other
examples
we
can
bring
to
bear
that
is
happening
throughout
the
nation
and
we're
also
working
with
ratp
deaf,
also
to
track
a
number
of
issues
that
happen
at
the
station
that
sometimes
they
have
to
deal
with.
K
We
need
to
do
additional
work
in
terms
of
how
that
really
looks
like
define
the
scope
as
to
how
that
moves
forward,
and
I
believe
this
is
a
conversation
that
is
going
to
go
on
for
a
while
till
we
get
to
a
place
where
we
really
define
how
that
looks,
because
we
all
understand
that
there's
a
need
to
work
with
passengers
at
the
station.
K
However,
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we
implement
the
right
approach
to
ensure
that
we're
working
with
everyone
that
has
issues
at
the
station,
so
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
and
let
everybody
know
thank.
G
I'm
I'm
so
grateful
for
the
conversations
that
eunice
and
jessica
are
having
with
city
staff,
with
the
city
manager
and
assistant
city
manager,
to
to
carry
this
forward,
and-
and
I
know
that
they're
looking
at
a
number
of
different
ways
to
implement
it.
I
I
still
think
it's
possible
and
would
be-
and
I
still
I
there's
not
been
a
second
to
my
motion-
I'm
recognizing
that.
But
I
I
would
like
to
offer
a
motion
that
that
the
transit
committee
endorsed
the
proposal.
F
By
staff,
do
you
mean
your
staff
time
enough
to
work
through
what
they're
going
through
just
for
us
to
vote
on
something
like
that?
I
don't
think
it
would
be
feasible.
It
wouldn't
be
necessary
at
this
time.
N
N
They
didn't
stay
home,
not
a
one.
I
have
one
administrative
person
that
was
able
to
stay
home
most
of
this
time.
The
rest
of
us
have
been
here
on
the
front
every
day
and
quite
honestly
to
think
that
there's
no
criminal
activity
going
on
down
at
the
transit
city
at
the
transit
center
would
be
a
false
thought
process.
N
I
absolutely
agree
more
would
be
a
wonderful
idea,
I'm
only
saying
that
in
my
mind,
in
our
experiences
with
operators
and
our
staff,
the
criminal
element
isn't
just
going
to
get
up
and
walk
away.
They're
still
there
they're
going
to
be
there
every
day,
they're
in
the
bathrooms.
Every
night
I
mean
it's,
it's
huge
and
it's
there
and
it's
not
gonna
go
away.
So
that's
that's
my
two
cents
worth
more
is
better.
Absolutely.
M
N
B
Barry,
I
appreciate
that
and
in
that
that
seems
like
an
immediate
way
to
circle
back
to
your
customer
service
reps,
who
are
there
on
site.
So
when
you
say
that
more
people
and
more
people
empowered
to
do
more
things,
I
have
worked
in
retail
and
in
sales.
B
That
is
a
better
stopper
of
shoplifting
and
crime
and
misbehavior
than
good
customer
service.
Someone
saying
hello
and
greeting
you
when
you
come
in
the
store,
acknowledging
that
you
are
even
there,
so
I
would
again
barry.
B
I
appreciate
that
you
said
yeah
more
people,
so
I
think
that
you
know
an
easy,
and
you
know
kind
of
no-brainer
way
to
start
would
be
to
empower
your
customer
service
folks
on
the
ground,
at
transit,
to
be
more
customer
service
and
to
not
put
all
of
that
on
the
sean,
and
I
don't
mean
that
to
sound
like
an
order.
I
just
mean
to
like
it's
just.
B
It
seems
like
that
could
be
an
easy,
maybe
not
easy,
but
a
simple
fix
to
just
putting
more
more
power
to
the
people
so
carmen
you
had
something
you
wanted
to
add.
A
No,
I
just
wanted
to
wrap
up
really
quickly.
I
don't
want
to
take
any
more
of
your
time.
I
do
sincerely
want
to
thank
jessica
and
eunice.
They
have
been
super
willing
to
meet
with
us
and
they've
asked
for
more
information
on
stuff,
and
it
seems,
like
you
know,
hearing
from
barry
as
well
like
this
is
a
great
opportunity.
A
I
am
hearing
that
you
all
are
not
ready
to
endorse
it
as
a
group,
and
I
totally
get
that,
but
if
you
yourself,
as
a
person,
would
like
to
endorse
it,
you
have
the
link
and
I
welcome
you
to
endorse
it
or
to
ask
me
any
questions
I
am
fully
available
to
you
know
help
you
understand
what
we're
proposing,
or
you
know
anything
else
that
you
might
need,
but
I
do
welcome
you
all
to
sign
up
as
individuals
if
this
resonates
for
you
and
harvey.
B
Do
you
know
about
better
buses?
No,
oh!
I
would
really
encourage
you
harvey
to
maybe
consider
partnering
with
better
buses
and
I'll
make
sure
that
you
have
the
information.
B
B
B
Can
you
please,
as
the
attorney
and
just
a
resident
hot
shot
on
this
group?
Can
you
please
talk
to
us
about
what's
required
of
this
organization
and
how
valid
is
transit
committee
and
how
worthy
are
we
of
community
resources
and
city
time
and
attention?
Because
that's
really
what
it
comes
down
to.
E
I'm
not
entirely
prepared
with
numbers
or
figures
or
anything,
but
the
bylaws
of
the
transit
community
do
state
that
we
are
required
to
have
a
minimum
number
of
meetings
every
year.
Jeff
remind
me
is
at
nine
thumbs
up
thumbs
down,
I'm
I'm
not
remembering.
E
I
think
it's
not,
but
nonetheless,
I
I
was
speaking
with
one
of
the
assistant
city
attorneys.
Before
our
meeting.
She
did
state
that,
because
both
the
city
of
asheville
and
the
segment
are
under
an
ongoing
state
of
emergency
that
many
of
the
rules
and
procedures
are
suspended.
So
she
wasn't
able
to
give
me
a
clear
answer
as
to
whether
there's
any
I
guess
result
of
failure
to
meet
regularly
other
than
that.
We
just
can't
talk
about
what
we
need
to
talk
about.
E
Obviously,
right
now
we
have
to
suspend
our
public
comment
section
or
period
which
is
required
both
by
law
and
by
our
own
bylaws.
So
I
think
that
that
provides
an
example
of
if
it
is
changing
things,
hopefully
we'll
get
back
to
normal,
but
just
for
the
the
time
being
the
city.
This
is
not
an
official
answer
from
the
city
attorney's
office.
This
is
the
casual
conversation
I
want
that
to
be
very
clear,
but
that
it
was
something
that
is
kind
of
we're
all
going
through
this
right
now.
E
B
Okay,
so
all
of
that
said,
I
think
we
can
agree
that
we
all
feel
a
little,
not
quite
sure
and
confident
that
at
least
every
other
month
is.
G
Yeah
I'd
like
to
understand
more
fully
why
we're
not
able
to
meet
every
month.
G
I'm
getting
sometimes
I
get
kind
of
mixed
messages,
and
I
understood
at
one
point
early
on
is
that
committees
would
have
to
make
a
request
to
meet
more
often
and-
and
john
may
may
be
able
to
answer
this
for
me
because
I
believe
is
multimodal
john
now
meeting
monthly.
G
Yeah,
so
I
mean
that's
great,
I'm
glad
for
you
all,
I'm
not
sure
what
change
happened
with
multimodal
you
were
meeting
every
other
month
at
one
point
and
then
something
happened
that
allowed
you
to
meet
monthly
and
that's
that's
great
for
you
all
right
and
and
we're
actually
going
in
the
other
direction.
It's
been
three
months
since
we've
met,
so
I'm
I'm
just
not
clear.
G
B
I'm
I'm
not
sure
who
should
answer
to
that
and
it
just
kind
of
sounds
like
a
request.
So
kyle
went
over
john.
Thank
you.
Yes,
please.
So.
I
I
think
that
when
we
were
looking
to
meet
every
month
we
talked
to
jessica,
and
I
think
there
was
an
issue.
It
was
just
gonna
amy.
I
believe
amy
are
you
there.
I.
L
I
I
think
that
I
remember
there
was
a
conversation
that
there
was
something
with
staffing,
because
somebody
has
to
be
there
to
set
up
the
meeting
and
there
were
multiple
meetings
at
once
or
something
and
somehow
they
were
able
to
work
it
out,
but
I
think
it
was
jessica
that
that
helped
facilitate
us
being
able
to
move
back
to
every
month.
I
B
Let's
just
say
thank
you
to
jessica,
for
that
advocacy
and
it
sounds
like
I
would
like
to
just
and
I
I
really
want
to
stay
on
track.
So,
let's
move
this
over
to
continued
conversation.
B
Please
and
oh
kim
ronnie
go
ahead.
Please.
O
I
just
wanted
to
let
everyone
know
that
I
hear
your
concern
and
the
need
to
meet
monthly,
and
I
acknowledge
that
the
transit
system
is
a
core
city
service,
so
your
concerns
are
heard.
O
I
have
requested
that
the
transit
committee
being
recognized
again
as
a
full
commission
that
reports
directly
to
council
to
be
on
a
future
words
and
commissions
committee
agenda.
So
I
just
wanted
you
to
know.
Thank.
M
B
I
cannot
thank
you
enough,
for
that
advocacy
I
mean
I
really
and
again,
I'm
I'm
sorry
if
this
frustrates
you
harvey
but
to
listen.
You
know
again
to
accidentally
listen
in
to
a
downtown
commission
parking
and
transportation
meeting
this
morning
and
again
I
don't
even
know
when
it
happened.
I
that's
just
when
I
tuned
into
it
on
youtube
and
what
and
watched
it,
but
that
transit
was
not
included.
I
just
don't
get
it.
I
just
don't
get
it
so
I
that
baffles
me.
B
So
thank
you,
kimroni
for
your
for
your
advocacy
and
your
all
of
the
all
of
the
work
you've
done
jeff.
Thank
you.
G
And-
and
I
don't
I
don't
mean
to
be
a
complainer-
I
attended
the
last
multimodal
transportation
committee
meeting
for
two
hours
from
three
until
five.
I,
whenever
for
two
full
hours
transit,
was
never
mentioned
in
the
meeting
that
I
attended.
So
again,
I'm
getting
mixed
messages.
B
I
Yeah
I
mean
we
did,
we
do
cover
transit
in
most
meetings.
The
last
meeting
was
somewhat
it
was.
We
had
a
very
long
discussion.
I
About
bikes
and
greenways
and
and
we
there
was
a
lot
of
discussion
about
the
the
merriman
project
and
that
the
project
was
not
going
to
receive
a
road
diet,
so
that
ate
up
a
lot
of
time.
I
think
in
the
last
meeting,
but
we
do
have
a
lot
of
discussions
about
transit
and
I
believe
that
the
mmtc
is
committed
to
transit.
I
mean
we're
all.
We
all.
B
Like
all
of
our
faith-
and
I
think
you
feel
the
the
weight
there's
no
way,
you
can't
feel
the
weight
of
what
we're.
H
B
L
B
I
All
right,
so
a
couple
of
things
a
this
is
my
first
transit
committee
meeting.
I've
been
on
the
board
since
january,
but
I
didn't
get
an
invite
for
the
january
meeting
and
then
we
haven't
had
a
meeting
since
then
right.
So
it's
hard.
If
I'm
not
getting
the
information,
then
I
can't
be
a
representative
and
be
a
voice.
So
I'm
here
now
and
now
I
can
go
back
and
kim-
is
here
as
well
so
and
michael-
I
don't
know
where
he's
at
today,
but
he's
also
on
the
mtc.
B
I
So
whatever
the
situation
is
we're
here
now
and
you
know
the
reason
I'm
here
is
that
I
can
be
an
advocate
for
transit
in
the
multimodal
transit.
You
know,
commission,
so
that's.
That
is
the
purpose.
You
know
the
one
thing
that
I
know
this
is
this
may
be
off
track
a
little
bit,
but
in
most
cities
you
know
there
is
a
separate
transit
authority
that
oversees
transit
and
asheville.
I
You
know
we
have
it's
I
feel
like.
Maybe
that
is
a
discussion
that
we
need
to
think
about.
Going
forward
is
finding
a
way
to
you
know
to
move
towards.
You
know
forming
a
regional
transit
authority
that
actually
oversees
transit.
That
is
funded.
You
know
by
county
and
city
dollars.
So
that's
that's
my
take.
I
know
it's
like
kind
of
it's
not.
You
know
it's
just
it's
not
on
the
agenda,
but
that's
that's
what
I
think
long
term.
D
B
So
that's
what
we
were
looking
for.
Okay,
that's
what
I
was
looking
for.
I
will
keep
that
on
me.
John.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
appreciate
your
time
to
this.
I
would
welcome
an
opportunity
for
you
and
I
maybe
to
grab
a
cup
of
coffee
and
just
connect
outside
of
this
harvey.
I
would
like
to
involve
you
in
whatever
way
you
feel
comfortable.
B
B
We
are
all
sensitive
to
covet
and
everything
is
a
little
shaken
up
and
I
feel
confident
in
that
everyone
on
this
call
today
is
committed
to
transit.
So
there
is
no
way.
I
cannot
see
this
conversation
and
this
meeting
as
anything
but
a
huge
win.
So
if
we
can
just
all
take
a
second
at
4,
42
p.m,
on
4
20,
to
just
know
that
this
is
a
good
day
for
transit
and
for
asheville,
and
that
we
are,
I
feel
we
are
working
together
and
barry.
B
Thank
you
for
letting
me
put
you
under
the
microscope
for
a
second.
I
can
imagine
that
your
your
job
is
so
hard.
I
I
I
don't
even
know
like
catching
the
bus
for
me
is
challenging.
I
cannot
even
imagine
what
that
would
mean
to
be
in
charge
of
making
sure
that
all
of
the
buses
are
on
time
all
the
time
and
lashawn
girl.
B
If
you
don't
know
that,
I
love
you
by
now.
I
don't
know
what
else
to
say
to
you.
You
are
the
hardest
working
woman
in
nashville,
and
I
appreciate
everything
that
you
do
today
and
and
every
day.
So
that
said,
we're
gonna
move
on
to
staffing
at
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
please
the
staffing
at
rappy
dev
and
just
keeping
bus
drivers
there
and
barry.
I
know
you
have
well,
I
don't
know
anything
you
know,
so
I'm
sorry
for
saying
that
yeah
barry
that.
K
This
is
this.
That
item
was
revised
based
on
armenian
with
you.
So
I'm
sorry,
thank
you.
So
we
decided
to
have
barry,
make
a
presentation
about
transit
operations
and
everything,
so
I
just
wanted
to.
Hopefully
I'm
not
jumping
in
at
the
wrong
time,
but
I
just
wanted
to
a
quick
reminder
that,
based
on
our
meeting
with
you
that
specific
item
was
revised
and
we
took
the
the
part
about
transit
crisis
staffing
crisis
at
rtpdf
was
taken
out.
So,
okay.
B
B
B
Kyle,
thank
you
so
much
so
lashawn
or
bear
I'm.
I'm
just
gonna
assume
lashawn
lashon.
You
want
to
talk
to
that.
K
Rochelle,
yes,
yes,
this
is
eunice
yeah,
I'm
sorry
to
keep
jumping
in
yeah.
Basically,
if
I
recall
one
of
the
things
we
discussed
was
you
were
going
to
lead
the
discussion
on
this
specific
item
and
it
wasn't
so
much
what
was
being
done,
but
you
are
talking
about
some
of
the
things
we
you've
seen
and
all
the
things
that
we've
been
doing
to
ensure
that
people
are
safe
on
the
buses.
B
Okay,
so
I
see
that
we
have
continued
changes
to
public
protocol
during
yeah.
I'm
happy
to
leave
this
as
the
transit
chair.
I
would
love
to
see.
I
love
that
I
am
seeing
a
lot
of
bus
mask
use
on
the
bus.
I
appreciate
that
I
would
love
to
see
increased
ridership
on
the
buses.
I
personally
have
been
passed
up
for
rides
as
many
as
three
times
a
day
on
the
west
side,
and
so
this
kind
of
leads
back
to
customer
service
and
and
calling
complaints
and
everything
but
harvey.
B
I
know
you
want
me
to
stay
on
track
and
I
like
you
for
that,
so
continued
changes
to
public
transit
protocol.
I
I
don't
know
that
I'm
the
best
one
to
handle
this,
although
it
is
my
agenda
item
so
barry
if
you
can
speak
to
any
changes
that
you
know
are
coming
up
during
the
pandemic
as
far
as
mass
use
or
ridership
or
capacity,
I
would
love
for
you
to
to
speak
to
that.
Please.
N
We
have
seen
we
have
seen
the
public
adjust
when
you
look
at
the
young's
ridership
reports
when
they
see
that
a
route
is
not
is
consistently
overloading.
What
we're
seeing
is
a
is
the
leveling
out
of
pass-ups
and
those
kind
of
things.
My
big
concern
is
is
as
this
especially
right
now,
the
next
several
months
as
the
city
begins
to
take
on
more
and
more
visitors.
N
B
You,
when
you
say
with
less
writers,
you're
able
to
meet
goals,
so
I'm
sorry
but
ridership
to
me
doesn't
have
anything
to
do
with
on-time
performance.
On-Time
performance
is
going
to
be
based
on
traffic,
but
not.
N
So
we
pulled
january's
thursday,
friday
saturday
otp,
and
it
was
running
about
75
for
those
three
days
and
we
pulled
thursday
friday
saturday,
because
anybody
who's
been
in
downtown
the
last
month
on
thursday,
friday
or
saturday
sees
the
increase
in
traffic
foot
traffic.
So
a
lot
of
people
are
visiting
us
on
thursday,
fridays,
saturdays
and
sundays.
N
N
The
other
part
of
that
is
that
you're
we're
going
to
see
many
more
people
go
back
to
work.
That's
what's
happening
right
now.
The
pandemic
dynamics
are
changing.
People
are
going
back
to
work,
but
there's
still
mandate
six
foot
distancing.
N
B
We
could
for
that
for
the
city,
but
as
far
as
on
time,
performance.
B
B
B
Customer
service,
well,
it
kind
of
how
is
it
not
because
if
a
bus
is
in
traffic,
if
a
bus
is
stopped
because
there's
an
accident
or
a
protest
or
just
high
volume
of
cars
on
the
road,
it
seems
like
on
time.
Performance
is
something
that
it
that
really
truly
is
a
lot
of
ways
beyond
your
control
or
even
the
driver's
control.
B
But
what
is
within
the
driver's
control
is
and
what
is
within
your
control
and
control
to
advocate
for
is
more
seats,
more
seats
on
the
bus,
so
more
people
who
need
to
get
where
they
are
can
go
and
then
also
fair.
We
all
know
that
the
homeless
population
a
lot
of
writers
when
we
make
it
fair,
free-
and
I
would
be
the
first
to
admit
that
I
was
all
about
fair
free
until
I
really
experienced
what
that
meant
as
a
paid
writer.
B
N
B
N
N
I'm
going
to
hit
some
finer
points
on
this
as
to
try
to
help
the
meeting
move
along
the
obviously
we've
gone
through
a
tremendous
pandemic
and,
like
I
said,
every
one
of
our
people
have
been
out
there
at
the
front
lines
every
day
dealing
with
it
and
dealing
with
the
people
dealing
with
all
the
issues
of
the
masks
and
getting
people
to
do
that,
and
it's
just
it
has
been
challenging
for
our
employees.
There
is
no
doubt,
and
they
have
come
through
like
angels.
N
Quite
honestly,
they've
done
a
great
job
and
and
tried
to
really
stay
on
top
of
what's
happening
through
all
of
this,
we're
currently
down
six
full-time
operators
on
a
full
staff
of
61
or
so
we've
had
drivers
come
and
go
for
the
last
year
it
has
been.
You
know
we
added
nine
positions.
Last
a
year
ago
january.
N
H
N
N
B
N
B
H
G
N
Okay,
like
I
said
I
may
have
skipped
over
the
first
part
of
you-
know
what
we're
doing
what
we've
done
the
last
year
and
I'm
gonna
hit
on
a
few
of
the
other
finer
points,
like
I
say
in
here,
we're
six
full-time
drivers.
Short
that's
240
hours
a
week,
that's
240
hours
of
overtime
that
we're
putting
out
there
every
week
there
was
times
with
when
we
had
people
out
with
kobet.
N
Remember
when
coveted
testing,
covid
testing
started
in
march
april
may
june
july
last
year,
they
were
the
doctors
were
putting
people
out
for
a
week
to
14
days,
waiting
on
results
for
their
tests.
So
we
went
through
all
of
that
with
all
of
that,
as
those
people
being
out
as
they
were,
we
backfilled
we
covered
with
overtime.
N
We
were
able
to
avoid
that
here
we
were
able,
they
also
cut
routes
dramatically.
We
were
able
to
keep
most
everything
going.
There
was
one
point
where
we
had
three
routes
that
we
did
not
run,
but
we
took
the
drivers
and
the
buses
for
those
routes
and
put
them
on
other
routes
to
help
the
overload
situations.
N
So
a
lot
of
things
flexing
and
moving
over
the
last
year,
all
of
the
ppe
stuff
all
of
the
mask
issue,
all
of
the
fogging
of
the
buses
every
night,
wiping
down
the
stanchions,
wiping
down
fogging
the
transit
center
every
night
fogging
and
disinfecting
constant
ongoing
memory.
Those
are
all
things
we've
added
into
this
service
we
advertise
on.
Indeed,
we
advertise
on
yard
signs.
N
We
offer
a
two
thousand
dollar
sign
on
bonus.
We
offer
employees
a
two
thousand
two
thousand
dollar
referral
bonus.
We
are
like,
I
said
through
all
of
this.
I
don't
you
know,
I'm
just
going
to
guess.
We
probably
lost
15
drivers
in
the
last
year
and
we've
had
to
replace
15
drivers
and
that's
how
it's
been
up
and
down
all
the
way
through.
N
N
N
N
If
you
think
about
it,
I
think
the
police
department
closed
their
overnight
restrooms
back
in
august,
and
we
had
our
restrooms
closed
up
until
what
was
it
january
lashon
and
then
we
opened
ours
back
up
after
the
construction
was
all
done
and
just
in
the
last
actually
today
we
put,
we
had
taken
the
doors
off
of
the
stalls
in
the
restrooms
down
there
because
of
the
overdosing
and
the
inability
to
get
people
out
of
that
restroom
to
just
sit
in
there
and
shoot
ups
and
freak
out
for
an
hour,
and
so
we
have
no
way
to
deal
with
them.
N
We
have
the
customer
service
reps
that
we
hired
are
helping
us
with
our
interactions
with
passengers
and,
quite
honestly,
the
interactions
with
passengers
there.
There
has
been
an
increase
in
not
just
violence,
but
the
the
slaying
the
cussing
out
drivers,
the
all
of
that
has
increased
a
lot
of
it.
Just
you
know
we're
only
letting
nine
people
on
the
bus
well,
the
next
driver
that
comes
through
is
going
to
take
the
heat
for
that
and
that's
kind
of
what's
been
going
on.
M
N
But
that's
not
my
decision,
we're
going
to
do
what
we
have
to
do
and
I
understand
why
there's
still
trepidation,
I
mean
there's
still
10
000
people
a
day
dying
in
this
country
from
this
disease.
So
that's
a
concern:
should
we
open
it
up
or
not?
I
think
I
think
buncombe
county
is
being
safe
in
the
thought
process
of.
What's
going
on
and
in
a
month
from
now
a
lot
more
people
will
be
vaccinated.
B
Barry,
can
I
just
ask
you,
like:
I
really
feel
like
moving
to
a
fair,
a
paid
ride
would
eliminate
some
of
the.
B
Congestion
of
of
the
buses-
and
I
know
that
that
is
it
screams
of
economic
oppression
and
a
lot
of
other
things,
but
I
also
think
that,
as
a
bus
advocate,
it
screen.
It
also
talks
about
an
opportunity
for
these
methadone
clinics
and
homeless,
shelters
and
other
agencies
to
maybe
buy
in
and
and
purchase
tickets
for
their
folks.
B
I
know
that
I
experience
a
full
ride
and
full
full
load
and
an
opportunity
to
get
to
my
work
in
west
asheville,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
due
to
folks
who
are
accessing
the
bus
for
free
and
who
are
accessing
the
bus
to
ride
out
to
west
asheville
to
accept
access,
a
methadone
clinic
on
brevard
road,
and
so
I
wonder
if
there
are
some
opportunities
to
partner
economically
with
some
of
these
organizations.
B
N
N
K
K
The
fed
free
service
was
implemented
because
of
covet,
and
it's
not
something
we're
going
to
leave
permanently
we're
looking
behind
the
scenes,
we're
looking
at
a
schedule
as
to
when
we
can
bring
that
back
as
well
as
look
at
other
options
to
be
able
to
come
to
transit
company
and
share
our
thoughts
and
recommendations
before
we
move
forward
with
that.
So
we've
been
having
that
conversation
with
ritp
dev
and
it's
something
that
we're
looking
at.
H
B
That
and
if
there's,
if
there's
any
way
for
me
to
advocate
as
a
writer,
that
we
implement
fair
free
and
that
we
implement
fairs
again
as
the
first
way
to
just
I
don't
know,
and
and
here's
where
it
becomes
an
equity
issue,
and
it
gets
really
really
muddy.
But
me
for
me
as
a
person
who
has
to
get
to
work
as
entitled
as
it
might
seem.
I
do.
B
I
do
want
to
pay
for
the
priority
of
sitting
in
a
seat
and
making
it
to
my
job
to
work
over
someone
who
may
be
fair,
free
and
writing
out
to.
N
H
D
K
N
B
N
B
Thank
you
so
much,
okay,
so
city
of
asheville
budget
and
funding
the
master
transit
plan,
which,
of
course,
we
all
want.
Let's.
K
Basically,
we're
going
through
the
budget
process
right
now
throughout
the
city
and
our
goal
is
to
come
to
transit
committee
with
some
numbers
as
we
work
through
those
process,
and
I
know
everyone
on
the
committee
have
been
tuning
in
to
look
at
listening
to
the
budget
work
session,
and
so
at
this
time
we're
working
with
the
finance
department
and
looking
at
some
of
the
numbers,
we
hope
to
bring
information
or
make
a
presentation
to
the
transit
committee.
B
Thank
you
eunice.
I
appreciate
that
okay,
so
the
next
thing
is
representing
transit
at
mmtc,
and
I
think
we
heard
from
john
that
he
is
fully
prepared
and
willing
to
show
up
in
that
way
and
and
represent
transit,
and
we
really
appreciate
all
that
he's
doing
as
mmtc
with
his
with
his
seat
there
and
representing
transit
jeff.
G
Yes,
just
I
could
go
back
for
a
second
to
use
this
presentation
on
the
budget
and
funding
of
the
transit
master
plan.
I
know
we
don't
have
all
the
numbers,
yet
I
would
be
in
favor
I
would
be
in
favor
of
the
I
would
be
in
favor
of
the
transit
committee
going
on
record,
and
so
I
am
making
a
motion
that
the
transit
committee
is
in
favor
of
funding
evening
service
hours
as
well
as
route
s3
and
f6.
G
K
G
B
And
I
at
least
want
to
acknowledge
a
call
to
action
to
seriously
support
the
multimodal
transportation
and
the
transit
master
plan.
I
mean
a
lot
of
work
went
into
this
and
I
would
really
love
if
we
would
all
just
support
this
transit
master
plan.
So
jeff
is
that
what
I'm
hearing
you
say
that
you
would
like
to
officially
support
in
this.
G
It
actually
is
more
specific
than
that.
It's
that
we
thank
you
evening,
service
hours,
as
well
as
funding
for
additional
service
to
south
africa
through
the
s3
and
that's
the
ground.
I
think
there's
been
a
proposal
that
it'd
be
the
frequency
instead
of
every
90
minutes,
be
increased
every
60
minutes
for
those
two
routes.
That
would
be
my
recommendation.
G
That's
what
I
am
I'm
making
that
motion.
Should
there
be
a
question.
B
F
B
K
B
F
E
I
mean
a
quorum
is
a
majority.
I
doubt
that
we
have
three
members,
four
members
gone,
which
leaves
us
with.
B
E
B
Okay,
let's
assume
that
with
a
majority
vote,
and
then
we
will
like
table
it
if
it's
not
a
quorum,
I'm
still
new
to
all
of
this
robert's
rules
of
order
so
excuse
my
ignorance,
but
we'll
at
least
take
a
majority
vote.
Please,
for
this
issue,
brandon.
How
do
you
vote.
M
E
H
E
B
And
jeff.
M
B
E
Not
sure,
but
this
means
and
five
is
not
a
majority
of
ten.
Unfortunately,
so
I
think
we
need
a
table
to
come
back
in
june.
B
Oh
man,
this
has
been
a
wild
meeting
and
I
appreciate
I
mean
oh,
my
gosh,
the
passion
and
the
energy
and
the
commitment
to
transit
does
not
go
unnoticed,
so
I
there's
just
really
no
way.
I
can
duly
appreciate
or
acknowledge
the
pride.
I
feel
in
everything
that
is
happening
right
now,
so
5
15.,
I
feel
like
we
are.
B
C
B
C
So
I
was
wanting
to
say
something
about
the
experience
with
art
and
riding
the
bus.
C
Well,
the
thing
is,
I
have
to
give
barry
and
shawn
the
best,
because
it's
a
challenge
dealing
with
the
pandemic
plus
dealing
with
people
that
don't
want
to
follow
the
rules.
I've
been
on
the
bus.
Every
time
I
get
on
the
bus,
I'm
dealing
and
listening
to
people
not
wanting
to
wear
their
masks,
then
they
ask
them
to
put
it
over
their
face
over
their
nose.
People
they'll
do
it
and
then,
in
the
ride
five
minutes
later,
they're
not
and
the
driver
has
to
correct
them.
C
I've
been
on
the
bus
when
people
attack
the
drivers
and
get
smart
and
cut
them
out
about
a
mass.
So
I
mean
what's
wrong
with
you
and
a
mess
to
protect
yourself
and
myself.
C
C
Again,
you
still
got
people
that
don't
want
to
wear
their
mags
and
back
to
the
complaints
of
getting
somewhere
on
time.
If
you
got
to
be
somewhere
on
time,
if
you
have
to
be
somewhere
at
one
o'clock,
why
you
gonna
catch
the
12
30
bus
yeah,
because
you
don't
know
what
to
do
with
trash.
You
got
somewhere
to
go.
It's
important
to
you.
C
People
are
not
utilizing
the
bus
and
the
schedules
like
they
should
they're
getting
on
the
bus
at
the
wrong
time
to
get
somewhere
on
the
time
they
need
to
be
there
they're,
just
not
utilizing.
I
see
the
lady
getting
on
the
bus
supposed
to
be
there
at
1
30
why
she
gonna
get
on
the
bus
at
one
o'clock.
She
should
be
getting
on
the
bus
and
it's
gonna
take
her
pass
where
she
going
around
12
30..
Sometimes
you
gotta
leave
hour
and
a
half
two
hours
to
make
sure
you
get
somewhere
on
time.
C
People
are
not
utilizing
the
times
that
the
buses
move
to
get
where
they
need
to
get
they're
not,
and
I
like
I
say
they
got
roofing
the
people
up
time,
they're
doing
an
excellent
job.
Let's
keep
it
now.
You
know
they
got
enough.
You
are
required
to
wear
a
mask
on
this
property.
If
you
do
not
have
a
mask,
you
can
come
and
you
can
get
a
mask.
C
C
C
It's
just
a
lot
of
stuff
going
on
that
transit
has
to
combat,
since
this
can
pandemic
and
with
having
the
charge
of
the
people
start
paying.
That
could
make
it
better
for
people
that
that's
riding
free,
because
a
lot
of
people
jump
on
that
bus
they
just
getting
on
the
bus
just
to
be
good.
They
don't
have
where
anywhere
to
go,
that's
important.
They
just
ride
and
before
they
was
riding
the
bus
all
around
get
on
the
bus
right
all
the
way
around
and
get
out
when
they
get
back
up
to
half.
C
So
it's
a
lot
of
abusive
things
going
on
that
shouldn't
be
going
on
and
they're
trying
to
slow
that
down
and
try
to
come
back,
like
I
say
they
make
an
announcement.
If
you
don't
have
a
mass,
you
can
come
to
the
front
and
get
a
man
you
got.
These
drivers
are
being
challenged
by
people
that
rise
to
bus.
They
don't
want
to
do
right.
Most
of
them
don't
want
to
do
right.
Some
of
them
do
but
I've
watched
from
since
the
pandemic
all
the
way
up
to
now
people
that
ride
their
bus.
C
B
Well,
thank
you
so
much
for
weighing
in,
and
we
agree
that
there
I
agree.
I
will
only
keep
it
on
me.
I
agree
that
there's
certainly
this
continued
gosh,
just
butting
heads
of
folks
who
are
riding
the
bus
for
free
and
have
excuse
me
if
this
sounds
insensitive,
but
nowhere
to
go
and
all
day
to
get
there
versus
the
folks
who
have
places
who
they
really
need
to
be
on
a
time
frame
who
are
using
the
bus.
B
So
all
the
voices
are
important
and
valid,
and
it's
there's
a
myriad
of
things
going
on
again.
I
appreciate
the
option
you
gave
for
fair,
like
pay
for
it.
Public
transit
is
a
great
great
opportunity
and
a
huge
public
opportunity,
and
I
I
don't
think
it
should.
It
should
be
free.
It
is
just
such
a
great
it's
something
that
deserves
some
time
and
attention
and
money
and
bus
fares
are
reasonable.
B
I
mean
really
like
who
owns
a
car
and
can
say
that
their
transportation
budget
for
the
month
is
twenty
dollars.
That's
insane
and
for
me,
as
a
necessity
writer
for
two
hundred
dollars,
I
can
buy
a
bus
pass
and
have
unlimited
rides
for
two
hundred
dollars
all
year.
That's
crazy!
That
is
so
good.
It's
a
huge
value!
Yes,
jeff.
G
Hey
move
on
this
is
writer
experience
and
we're
revisiting
the
topic
we
visited
before
that
yeah.
C
M
C
B
I
mean
honestly
transfers
could
be
a
whole
other
thing
and
the
way
we
sell
tickets
could
be
a
whole
other
thing
and
if
there's
anything
that
I
learned
from
my
short
time
as
a
customer
service
representative
in
transit
is
that
selling
tickets
was
no
easy
thing
and
I
would
love
for
us
to
think
about
partnering
with
grocery
stores
like
ingles
like.
Why
are
we
not
selling
bus
tickets
and
ingles?
And
this
is
a
whole
other
thing,
but
I
have
never
worked
in
a
place
that
made
it
so
hard
to
buy.
B
Yeah
yeah
yeah,
of
course,
of
course,
we're
supposed
to
be
almost
done.
It's
5
25.,
so
the
last
things
really
were
representing
transit
at
mmtc
transit
committee
updates
and
departmental
updates.
Like
the
tran.
The
agenda
is
basically
finished.
Unless
there's
something
I
don't
know
kyle.
Can
you
keep
me
on
track.
K
Over
the
memo
it's
self-explanatory,
so
it
is
just
a
summary
of
all
the
various
report
projects
that
we've
been
working
on.
It
also
a
summary
of
all
the
grants
related
activities
that
we
have
been
performing,
so
just
basically
put
all
that
together
in
the
memo
for
well.
B
Thank
you,
and,
and
I'm
sorry,
but
that
really
is
important.
So
I
appreciate
all
of
the
folks
that
are
keeping
me
on
track
with
this
agenda
this
month.
This
this
memo
is
really
important,
so
eunice,
please.
If
we
I
know
we
only
have
four
minutes,
but
if
we
can
agree
to
go
10
minutes
over
eunice,
if
you
can
just
talk
to
a
little
bit
more
about.
H
K
And
the
memo
has
to
do
with
the
budget
and
similar
to
what
I
shared
with
the
group.
It's
just
an
overview
of
ongoing
process
and
as
indicated,
the
goal
is
to
make
a
presentation
to
tc
at
the
next
meeting,
which
could
be
in
june
covet
update.
I
also
needed
an
update
in
terms
of
mosque
and
all
the
things
while
we're
doing
so
again.
K
This
is
an
overview
of
ongoing
strategies
and
ongoing
mugs
that
we've
been
distributing
to
riders
on
the
bus
at
the
station,
as
well
as
in
the
dispensers
transit
capital
projects,
just
a
quick
overview
of
what
is
happening
at
the
transit
station.
By
now,
as
you
can
see,
the
project
is
winding
down.
A
majority
of
the
improvements
have
been
completed
other
than
the
signage
work
that
we
continue
to
work
on,
and
that
should
be
completed
pretty
soon.
Public
artwork
is
also
completed
and
it
was
installed
in
march
of
2021.
K
K
So
two
examples
are
along
hendersonville
road
we've
been
working
with
rotary
club;
they
have
are
working
on
donation
to
help
the
city
install
two
bus
shelters
and
then
we
are
also
working
with
another
group,
montford
neighborhood
association
also
to
install
bus
shelter
at
one
of
our
bus
stops
along
the
route.
So
it's
just
a
quick
update
on
some
of
the
bus,
stop
improvement,
stuff
that
we
are
doing,
and
we
will
continue
to
provide
update
to
the
group
status
on
vehicle
procurement.
K
We
continue
to
work
with
gillick.
We
currently
placed
two
buses
and
we're
working
with
them
as
well
as
four
vicinity
buses
with
grand
west.
We
anticipate
delivery
of
the
vicinity,
buses
in
towards
the
end
of
the
year
or
in
january
2022,
and
for
the
gillig
buses.
We
anticipate
delivery
by
summer
of
this
year.
B
M
K
We
yeah,
we
purchased,
the
bike
rides,
we
do
bring
them
here
and
then
they
are
installed
on
the
buses
for
us.
B
Okay,
one
more
question:
those
bike
racks
are:
they
can
they
accept
and
will
they
be
willing
to
accept
electric
buses?
Electric
bikes?
Is
there
any
barrier
to
electric
bikes
on
the
bike,
racks.
K
I
think
it's
feasible
and
I'll
probably
defer
to
barry
or
lashon,
but
depending
on
the
specification
of
the
electric
bikes
that
could
fit
in
the
space
on
the
bike.
Racks.
B
Well,
I
think
they'll
fit
on
the
space
on
the
bike
racks.
My
question
is
like:
would
it
be
any
harmful
because
I
know
there's
some
rules
around
batteries
on
the
bus?
So
if,
if
scooters
and
electric
scooter
things
motorized
wheelchairs
are
available,
would
those
electric
bike
things
fit
into
that
or
is
there
going.
K
B
K
I
don't
think
there
was
any
issue
regarding
that.
Thank
you,
yeah.
We
can
research
and
provide
additional
information
if
needed.
Thank
you.
Okay.
I
appreciate
that
updated
members
about
the
radios
that
we
purchased.
K
We
have
been
working
with
ratp
dev
to
install
the
new
radios
and
we're
almost
done
with
installation
of
the
new
radios
on
the
bus,
as
well
as
the
handheld
radios,
the
next
item,
so
all
buses
have
radius.
Now
they
should
have
and
they
always
do
have
buses
in
the.
H
N
B
E
Go
ahead,
sorry
lashon,
I
have
to
step
off,
and
so
I
will
no
longer
be
recording
the
minutes
from
here.
I
would
just
propose
that
we
pick
up
the
conversation
about
radios
at
a
later
time
and
during
the
meeting,
unless
you
all
want.
B
I
have
a
creep.
No,
I
appreciate
that
and
yes,
let's
go
ahead
and
just
make
a
note
that
we
will
talk
about
communication
between
radio
communication
at
another
date.
Kyle.
Thank
you.
If
there
are
no
other
issues,
then
we
will
adjourn
this
meeting
so
close,
but
four
minutes
after
the
planned
time.