TSAC, Arapahoe County’s Local Coordinating Council, met on December 17^th via Zoom. Zamy Silva from RTD’s office of Civil Rights gave a presentation on the role and responsibilities of the Civil Rights office. Chair, Andrea Suhaka provided updates on the status of TSAC’s application for 501c3 status and the development of an LCC website once nonprofit status has been obtained. The group divided into breakout rooms for discussion of TSAC’s 2021 strategic plan focus. Strategies to develop relationships with staff and elected officials at the County and municipal levels were discussed in the breakout rooms and reported on later in the larger group. Accomplishments in 2020 were reviewed and included: hosting an RTD candidate forum, updating TSAC bylaws, refreshing TSAC’s strategic plan with assistance from an MSU intern, applying for 501c3 status, establishing a member and dues structure, and recruiting a volunteer to build the LCC website. The TSAC Board will meet in January, and the next TSAC member meeting will be Thursday, February 18, 2021.

12/14/2020 Boulder LCC

Mission – Overcome transportation gaps in the community – including multi-modal education

• Boulder LCC Priorities
  • Understand Medicaid transportation better
  • Ride Free Longmont and now Ride Free Lafayette
  • Address gaps in transportation in Boulder outside of RTD coverage
• Boulder LCC 2020 Accomplishments & Goals
  • Accomplishments -9 meetings, 338 attendees (not including December meeting)- 75% increase in attendance
  • Goals-Medicaid transportation panel, Mountain volunteer driver plan, Ride Free Lafayette, Address RTD Access-a-Ride barriers, Promote RTD-LiVE program, Address COVID gaps, Overcome technology
• Boulder LCC Updates
  • Mountain volunteer driver plan – draft has been completed and is now available for comment at https://boco.org/M4APeakRidePlan. Key findings: need for flexible program, build on current networks already existing there, insurance and liability is a stumbling block, service area is not yet set
  • Ride Free Lafayette – so far people are very happy with the service, people want the app to be in Spanish, people want to be able to set up recurring rides. There is a “How to” for downloading apps on boco.org.
  • Funding Coordination-DRCOG HST set aside obtained will help fund a second year of Ride Free Lafayette. It will also help fund an Access-a-Ride certification center feasibility study. Electric Vehicle CarShare proposal was not funded.
  • RTD LiVE program- In Boulder County there have been 378 approved. Peak platform is not mobile friendly. This is a large barrier for households who only have a phone to reach the internet.
• Looking forward in 2021 -will be focusing on HST plan and a request for quote, will also be developing the Mountain area volunteer driver plan.