EZRAC Agenda Items March 10th ,2021
Assistant Mgr. – Mark Rodgers

1. EZRAC Initiatives

a. Update on Trapeze (Where are we at)?

b. Congratulations to Demand Response Operator Gerhard Konig Please join me in congratulating Chapel Hill Transit Demand Response (EZ Rider) Operator Gerhard Konig on his retirement following 19 years of dedicated service to Chapel Hill Transit/Town of Chapel Hill.

c. Numbers for the month of February
Total Scheduled-3490
Cancellations-889
No-Shows-99
Total Actual Trips-2502

On Time Performance for the Month of January
96.65%
Total days without a preventable accident 513 days

2. Congratulations to Dwight Bethea!
Congratulations Dwight for becoming a full-time demand response operator for the town and chapel hill transit. Dwight has been employed with us for 15 months and has become a reliable and dedicated operator. Dwight is an asset to our team and we look forward to having many great years with him.

3. Employee Appreciation Pay
The Town announced additional employee appreciation pay. The Town will be offering a one-time cash payment to our full-time, part-time and regular program support staff who were employed with us on or before December 31st 2020:

4. Transit Will Cover Your Time if You Choose to get the COVID-19 Vaccination

Items for the EZRAC meeting from Bob

Draft rider survey (I hope to send this out ahead of time)

discuss request for "board priorities" for next five years (no attempt to decide these in this meeting, just a heads up about the request from the Town)

discuss need a new member to start in July

discuss Hillsborough MAP program

determine if CHT would have interest in learning more about the American Council for the Blind (ACB) legislative initiative for a bill that would set up a pilot for paratransit systems to allow a stop during a trip (and assess how that could work)

Next scheduled meeting will be April 14th, 2021

The Board will meet virtually to cover the items on the agenda below. Board members will attend and participate in this meeting remotely, through internet access, and will not physically attend. The Town will not provide a physical location for viewing the meeting.

The public is invited to attend the Zoom webinar directly online or by phone.  Register for this  webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ezQtuWe9TP2A_xOKpkrV-g. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar in listen-only mode. Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 812 5692 9040
 

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