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Transportation Board
Brookings, South Dakota
January 18, 2011
OFFICIAL MINUTES
The Brookings Transportation Board was called to order by Chairperson
Terrell Spence on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 2:00 PM in the City Hall Meeting
Room. Members present were Art Conners, Jared Ellefson, Michael Forgy, Nancy
Hartenhoff-Crooks, Rob Jones, Dean Kattelmann, Jerry Raabe, Robb Rasmussen,
Deanna Santema, and Spence. Roger DeGroot, Teresa McKnight, and Jeff
Weldon were absent. Also present were Brenda Schweitzer and Mike Mulaney
from BATA and Community Development Director Mike Struck.
Item #2 – (Raabe/Santema) Motion to approve the minutes from the November
16, 2010, meeting. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #3 – (Forgy/Conners) Motion to approve the agenda. All present voted
aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #4 – Transportation Provider Updates - BATA- Schweitzer said she would like
the city to be aware of the increasing number of calls she has for transportation
to Sioux Falls. She said she averages 10 – 15 calls per week. She added that most
of those calls are to make travel connections in Sioux Falls.
Schweitzer said she is working with the State of South Dakota and the
American Cancer Society on a program called SD On-Track. She said other
communities such as Pierre and Vermillion are also getting on board. This
program provides public transit to Sioux Falls for medical appointments. She said
transports are for appointments from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. The charge is $15 per trip to Sioux Falls. Spence asked if anyone else in
town was doing these transports. Schweitzer said GP Auto was also doing
transports. Jones asked if the community was aware of the availability of these
transports. Schweitzer said she has been speaking to groups to promote the
service. Schweitzer added that BATA is not encouraging people to go out of
town for medical services. But it they must go, the service is available.
Item #5 – Project Updates - Mike Struck reported that construction on 34th
Avenue has been completed as has the 6th Street/32nd Avenue signal. The bike
trail is also complete. Struck said there will be an “open house” at City Hall on
Thursday, January 20 from 5:30 – 6:30. The SDDOT will be explaining the
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upcoming 6th Street project from Western Avenue to Main Avenue. It is in the
design phase now and won’t be completed until 2013. He said the
transportation study was progressing and will wrap up in May 2011. Rasmussen
asked about the 20th Street bridge over Interstate-29. Struck said it was still being
pursued, but the Transportation Study should be done first. Spence asked Struck
if the Engineering intern was still working on the way finding signage project.
Struck said he was not sure how that project was going, but SDDOT approval
was needed as signs would be in the right-of-way.
Item #6 – 2010 Transportation Board Summary - Spence distributed the 2010
Transportation Board summary to the Board.
(Conners/Kattelmann) Motion to approve the 2010 Transportation Board
summary. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #7 – Priorities - Forgy said Disaster Planning for the special needs population
needed to be considered in the priorities for the community. He added that
there are no plans or arrangements at present, and what disaster planning there
is gets dropped on BATA. He felt there needed to be better disaster planning.
Kattelmann said he needed to be involved in any disaster planning as he is the
emergency commander at SDSU.
Kattelmann felt a main priority should be fixed routes. He said there is a
need to concentrate on how to get over the hurdles that are in place when
seeking federal funding. Schweitzer said work can be done on a circular route
which would be very doable. Hartenhoff-Crooks said she felt SDSU must step up
and commit dollars to the cost of a circular route. Schweitzer said she would
work with the State for dollars. She added that now is the time to do it so
budgeting can be done for the future as matching funds are needed to make it
all work. Spence said a time frame needed to be set for the players involved to
collaborate. Rasmussen said things could change now with new congressional
members taking over. He felt the student population must be included also.
Ellefson asked if somebody would talk to the Student Senate with information.
Schweitzer said she would.
Item #8 – Elect a chair and vice-chair for 2011
(Rasmussen/Kattelmann) Motion to nominate Michael Forgy for chair for
2011. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
(Kattelmann/Conners) Motion to nominate Nancy Hartenhoff-Crooks for
vice-chair for 2011. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
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Spence said he contacted Fr. Ryan from St. Paul's Episcopal Church and
Al Heuton from the Chamber of Commerce to attend this meeting. They were
both unable to attend but would like to attend at a later date. Spence said he
would follow-up on these contacts.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Diane M. Spencer, Secretary Terrell Spence, Chairperson