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If
I
was
presenting
this
in
person
tonight
in
the
council
chambers,
I
would
introduce
to
you
our
controller
krista
browning,
who
I
is
joining
us
via
zoom
tonight.
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
her
as
she
did
all
the
work
and
preparing
this
budget
and
I've
got
the
the
privilege
of
presenting
the
budget
to
you
tonight.
This
is
my
22nd
budget
to
present
to
council
on
behalf
of
bloomington
transit.
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I
appreciate
the
support
of
the
council
over
the
years,
the
mayor,
our
board
of
directors,
the
employees
at
bloomington
transit
and
our
customers,
who
have
all
helped
to
make
us
the
success
that
we've
been
for
so
many
years.
Our
budget
has
been
reviewed
and
approved
by
our
board
of
directors
and
under
indiana
law.
The
common
council
also
reviews
and
approves
our
board
as
part
of
our
of
my
presentation
tonight.
I
will
cover
some
of
the
notable
accomplishments
since
I
was
here
a
year
ago.
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Okay,
this
is
a
graphic
that
I
traditionally
show
at
the
first
budget
presentation
meeting
with
the
council.
It
gives
you
some
context
and
history
about
bloomington
transit
in
terms
of
our
ridership.
It's
a
key
measuring
stick
for
evaluating
any
transit
system.
I
think,
as
you
can
see
here,
going
back
to
1984.
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We
have
had
a
number
of
important
grant
funding
wins
in
the
past
year
and
if
you
noticed
on
the
front
page
of
the
herald
times
on
monday
this
week,
there
was
an
article
about
us
winning
a
3.2
million
dollar
competitive
federal
grant.
That
will
allow
us
to
purchase
four
battery
electric
buses
and
charging
stations
for
them
which
we're
excited
about
late.
Last
year
we
also
won
a
1.1
million
dollar
federal
competitive
grant
to
upgrade
our
fare
collection
technology.
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A
couple
of
months
ago,
we
won
149
000
competitive
grant
through
ndot
federal
funding.
That
will
allow
us
to
improve
a
couple
of
important
bus
stops
in
our
system
and
then,
although
it's
not
a
grant
funding
win,
we
did
win
just
recently
a
technical
assistance
project
from
the
community
transportation
association
of
america
which
we're
members
of,
and
it
represents
small
urban
and
rural
transit
systems.
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Here's
a
few
of
the
key
goals
that
we've
included
in
the
2021
budget,
first
and
foremost
recovering
from
the
covid19
pandemic,
is
at
the
top
of
our
list.
I
will
tell
you:
there's:
there's
no
playbook,
there's
no
past
experience
or
game
plan
that
we
can
fall
back
up
on
to
navigate
the
recovery
waters.
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All
transit
systems
in
the
us
and
across
the
world
are
dealing
with
this
challenge.
The
keys
for
us
for
the
moment
include
a
number
of
strategies
and
including
enhanced
cleaning
and
disinfecting
of
our
buses
on
a
regular
nightly
basis,
providing
mass
to
the
public.
That's
something
that
we
have
learned
in
these
last
few
weeks,
especially
with
the
advent
of
the
local
public
health
order
that
requires
wearing
masks.
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We
do
expect,
hopefully
some
improvement
in
the
coming
months
or
the
coming
year,
with,
hopefully
the
arrival
of
a
vaccine,
and
hopefully,
as
the
population
gains
some
herd
immunity,
things
will
begin
to
relax.
Hopefully,
a
project
that
we're
looking
at
in
2021
is
the
implementation
of
service
changes.
We
were
originally
planning
to
implement
those
in
august
of
this
year.
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As
part
of
the
service
changes,
we
hope
to
launch
a
demonstration
or
pilot
program
for
micro
transit
service.
We
have
that
included
in
the
budget.
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
later,
we
will
begin
the
use
of
our
first
electric
buses
when
they
arrive
in
early
2021
and
as
part
of
the
2021
budget.
We
have
the
addition
of
three
additional
electric
buses
and
charging
stations.
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And
then
I
mentioned,
we
won
a
competitive
indot
grant
to
make
some
bus
stop
improvements
to
a
couple
of
key
stops
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
later
on
about
where
those
stops
are
located
and
then
upgrading
and
replacing
our
fair
collection
technology
again,
we've
won
a
competitive
federal
grant
in
excess
of
a
million
dollars,
and
we're
really
excited
about
that.
Bringing
us
into
the
21st
century.
With
with
this
technology.
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So
I'll
give
you
the
first
snapshot
of
the
proposed
2021
budget.
Here
we
are
proposing
an
overall
budget
of
fourteen
million
five
hundred
and
five
thousand
seven
hundred
and
ninety
three
dollars.
That
is
about
a
three
point.
Eight
percent
increase
compared
to
the
approved
2020
budget,
which
was
about
13.98
million.
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The
one
point:
five
million
dollar
project
that
we
have
for
upgrading
and
enhancing
the
technology
for
our
fair
collection
system.
There.
We
have
some
other
smaller
elements
to
the
capital
side
that
are
traditionally
in
our
budget
each
year,
including
about
213
000
for
engine
and
transmission
rebuilds.
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We
have
fifty
thousand
dollars
budgeted
for
facility
maintenance
and,
and
then,
lastly,
about
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
for
replacement
of
a
couple
of
support
vehicles
in
our
fleet
here
so
again,
an
overall
increase
of
3.8
percent
total
budget
of
about
14.5
million
compared
to
last
year's
budget
of
13.98
million
each
year.
I
try
to
show
a
power.
A
pie
chart
similar
to
this
that
shows
you
the
division
of
expenses
and
in
this
year's
budget,
the
two
larger
pie
slices
are
on
personnel
at
42.6
and
capital
at
35.8
percent.
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Where
does
the
funding
come
from
to
support
the
bloomington
transit
budget?
So
I
show
this
pie
chart
graphic
and
I
think
the
interesting
takeaway
from
this
is
about
73
of
our
funding
comes
from
federal
and
state
sources,
and
that
leaves
about
27
of
the
budget
that
is
being
generated
from
local
sources,
and
you
can
see
those
smaller
pie,
charts
that
include
a
local
property
tax,
iu
revenues,
other
local
taxes,
including
a
local
income,
tax,
passenger
affairs
and
miscellaneous.
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Again,
I
mentioned
we
are
concerned
about
the
impacts
on
iu
enrollment
and
how
that
will
affect
our
travel
patterns
again
we're
about
to
find
out
starting
next
week
then
also
looking
ahead.
How
will
state
and
local
investment
and
transit
continue
on
the
state
advocacy
front
again?
We
are
expecting
a
13
increase
in
state
funding.
How
will
that
change
as
we
go
forward?
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There
have
been
discussions
in
the
past
year
about
the
possibility
of
a
climate
lit
that
might
be
a
portion
of
which
could
be
used
for
expanding
public
transit
service
in
our
community.
I
know
those
conversations
have
taken
a
back
seat
in
recent
months
with
the
onset
of
the
pandemic,
but
we're
hoping
that
those
conversations
will
resume
at
some
point
and
that
there
will
be
some
serious
consideration
given
to
using
a
climate
lit
to
possibly
expand
public
transportation
and
grow
it
and
improve
service
in
our
community.
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Lastly,
one
of
the
challenges
that
we're
looking
at
is
the
federal
investment
in
transit
and
congress
is
currently
debating
a
new
federal
infrastructure
bill
for
roads
and
highways,
as
well
as
public
transportation,
and
it
seems
to
be
stalled,
at
least
for
the
moment
in
congress.
But
we
are
hopeful
that
congress
will
see
the
wisdom
and
greater
investment
in
public
transportation,
but
that
remains
to
be
seen.
So
these
are
the
challenges
that
we
foresee
going
forward.
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As
the
community
has
grown
as
traffic
congestion
has
grown
in
the
community,
it
has
impacted
our
ability
for
our
routes
and
schedules
to
stay
on
time
and
so
much
of
the
work
that
was
done
in
our
route.
Optimization
study
and
redesigning
our
network
had
that
in
mind,
with
the
goal
of
trying
to
improve
reliability
of
our
service.
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As
I
mentioned
earlier
in
our
2021
budget,
we
have
a
micro
transit
demonstration
budgeted
at
about
250
000.
It's
a
what
we
call
a
mobility
on
demand,
innovation
that
we're
very
interested.
In
doing
last
year,
we
did
apply
for
a
federal
mobility
on
demand
demonstration
grant.
That
was
one
of
the
grant
programs
that
we
were
not
successful
in
winning.
Nevertheless,
again,
we
have
included
about
250
000
in
the
2021
budget.
Our
primary
interest
in
using
microtransit
right
now
at
least
is.
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Typically,
our
ridership
declines
on
weeknights
after
nine
o'clock,
the
idea
would
be
to
use
perhaps
a
more
efficient
mode,
such
as
microtransit
to
provide
that
service
instead
of
using
regular,
fixed
route
service
development
in
the
past
year.
That
has
excited
us
a
lot
is,
there
have
been
several
very
large
developments,
apartment,
complex
developments
that
have
included
conditions
to
privately
fund
transit
service.
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Those
developments
won't
open
until
2022,
but
I
we
think
it
has
a
lot
of
promise
and
application
to
future
developments
to
have
private
funding
for
public
transit
service
that
can
be
used
by
the
general
public,
not
just
the
residents
of
these
developments,
we're
also
very
interested
in
expanding
local
investment
in
transit.
As
I
mentioned,
the
interest
locally
in
a
climate
fund
that
could
be
used,
perhaps
a
local
income
tax
that
could
be
used
to
expand
and
improve
public
transportation
in
our
community
and
again
we're
hopeful
that
those
conversations
will
resume
soon.