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Tigard Transportation Advisory Committee [TTAC] Summary
Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 6:30PM-830PM
Library,2nd Floor Conference Room, 13500 SW Hall Blvd, Tigard, Oregon
MEMBERS PRESENT (5): Steven Bass (Chair), Mark Bogert, Evelyn Murphy, Mike Stevenson,
George Hetu.
MEMBERS ABSENT (4): Karen Hughart (Vice-Chair), Don Schmidt, Dennis Mitchell, Jennifer
Stanfield
STAFF PRESENT (2): Senior Transportation Planner Judith Gray, Sr. Administrative Specialist
Chris Wiley.
LIAISONS PRESENT (1): Elise Shearer for CCAC
GUESTS: (4): Cindy Hahn, City of Tualatin; Heather McCarey, Director,Westside Economic
Alliance; Tom Mills, TriMet;Dan Marchand, TriMet.
1. Call to Order —Judith called the meeting to order at 6:37 p.m.
2. Roll Call —All attendees at the meeting introduced themselves and their relationships to
transportation planning.
3. Southwest Service Enhancement Plan—Tom Mills.
A. Judith gave some introductory remarks about the purpose of the meeting. At their last meeting
she shared with TTAC the opportunity to apply to TriMet for grant funding under the Job
Access Reverse Commute UARC) program to provide additional transit service in TriMet.
Grant applications are due before the next TTAC meeting, so TTAC requested that a special
meeting be held to learn more from TriMet staff.Judith invited guests from TriMet to first
talk about the upcoming Southwest Service Enhancement Plan in order to provide some
context for the JARC opportunity.
B. Tom Mills described an upcoming effort by TriMet called the Southwest Service
Enhancement Plan, which will include Tigard, Tualatin, Durham, King City, Sherwood, Lake
Oswego and West Linn. It is aimed at identifying potential improvements to existing bus
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service with current resources or incremental increases in the future. They recently completed
the Westside Service Enhancement Plan, which included Beaverton and Hillsboro. Tom
handed out a fact sheet (Attachment 1) to give attendees an idea of what TriMet has planned
for the Southwest.
C. The Southwest Service Enhancement Plan will get underway later in 2013 and will include
TTAC. Tom asked for any initial comments or suggestions from TTAC about current service
problems or opportunities.
Feedback from the committee members:
1) Once the new Walmart opens employees using transit will increase ridership.
2) Other businesses currently in the area that have employees who would probably take
advantage of increased service hours for transit in the Triangle area are WinCo, Costco, and
Fred Meyer.
3) Westside Christian High School is moving into the Tigard Triangle on the overlook at the
Hwy 99 and 217 interchange. George Fox University also has an extension center in the
area.
4) Tigard-Tualatin School District employees might benefit from this program as well.
4. Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) Grant program—Dan Marchant.
This is a federally funded program with the intent of promote access to jobs. The grant helps fund
transportation services that provide access to work centers. A related memo is shown as
Attachment 2. Tualatin has had a JARC funded shuttle program for the past several years and it's
been very popular in that area. Dan passed out a map showing the study area for Tigard
(Attachment 3). Some things to note:
•TriMet has the authority to make the allocation decisions; they engage an
advisory group for input.
• This is the last year the program has federal funds. As such, there is no
assurance or identified resource for funding after the current grant year.
•There is still some grant money left over from previous years that hasn't
been spent and this may be an opportunity to extend service for future
years.
Other feedback/comments from the committee members:
•Any bus service that could be provided on Tigard's retail corridor and on
through to Tualatin or Bridgeport will be helpful.
• Would like to see more public transportation available for low income
workers.
• It may make sense to offer split coverage at the beginning and end of
standard shifts, for instance; morning coverage for four hours and
evening coverage for four hours.
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• Smaller buses, similar in size to the ones used to shuttle people at the
airport, would probably work best.
• More public transportation would encourage more business to locate in the
Triangle/Bridgeport/Tualatin area.
•Need to look at what the resource will be after the grant money runs out.
WRAP-UP: ThMet can use money still left from previous JARC years and if this toute is successful
TriMet may be able to keep this funded until the next federal grants bill comes through. Judith will
continue to work with TriMet representatives and bring TTAC up to date on the progress at the
regular April TTAC meeting.
5. Other announcements -Judith made these additional announcements:
A. TriMet representatives would be at Max's Fanno Creek Brew Pub on Tigard's Main
Street the following evening to talk to people about the Line 12 and Line 94 Portland
to Sherwood bus service. The meeting is open to everyone. If you can't make the
meeting but have comments, you can submit them to Judith or Dan who will forward
them on.
B. Mayor Cook will be having Town Hall meetings on 5th Tuesdays. The first one coming
up is on April 301h. The Southwest Corridor will be discussed.
6. Adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m.
Chris Wiley,TTAC Secret
ATTEST: Steven Bass, Chair
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