Baldwin County Public Transit Coalition

Darrelyn Bender called the Annual meeting to order at 8:45 am.
Also present were Taylor Rider, Patrick Northcutt, Gary Gover, Mike Neuendorf, Donna Watts, Bob Zenah, Carolyn Doughty, Bob Higgins, Ed Carroll, Paula Dicks, Stan Virden, Mike Sullivan, David Rice, and Carl Wagner.

The Annual Meeting and October General minutes were reviewed and approved as written.

Patrick Northcutt, Treasurer. Our total assets are $2,197.00. For the month of September, we had $2,906.00 worth of expenses. We paid half of the bill for the ads in the Mobile Press Register and half of the website design. Bills were submitted to Legacy for reimbursement. We also paid the APTA dues. We are waiting for the checks to come in from the grants of Legacy and from APTA.

Team Building exercise was held, and copies of the By-Laws and Policies and Procedures were handed out. The Mission Statement was not on materials handed out. The following is the Mission statement and a paragraph explaining what BCPTC was organized to do:

Mission Statement: To support development of a permanent comprehensive multimodal transit system for Baldwin County to enhance the community's economy and quality of life.

The Baldwin County Public Transit Coalition (PTC) is a non-profit grassroots citizens’ advocacy group that promotes development of mass transit capabilities. It works in cooperation with the County Commission, the municipalities, businesses, health care and social service agencies, transportation providers, and the general public to raise awareness of mass transit as a means of stimulating economic growth and improving quality of life for those in Baldwin County. As a member of Envision Coastal Alabama, the PTC is a major participant in regional dialog and other activities that promote understanding and support of public transit development.

The board split up into groups and brainstormed for short term and long term goals for the organization. After consolidation of like topics, the list was as follows with votes on items to work on:

(9) Educate Public - greater communication of transportation options, inclusive of: promotion of more car pooling, promotion of coalitions of employers working together to pool rides.
Location of park and ride locations
(9)Greater representation of environmental groups, social services on board.
(7) Executive Director for PTC
Increase membership
Plan for Intermodal connection for future ferry

Gulf Shores
Fairhope
Point Clear

(7) Roundtable meetings – use the PTC to hold quarterly roundtable brainstorming to keep moving forward (note: invite public officials, etc)
(8) Implement recommendations that come forth from the South Baldwin, Eastern Shore and Baldwin County transit studies.
(3) Regional office in Spanish Fort
Be proactive and promote participation in the County Comprehensive Plan process
Incorporate FUN in Transit.

1. A motion was made that we would accept the following people and/or groups on the board of director if they agreed to serve:
Ashleigh Taylor – Literacy Council
Steve Woolley - One Stop
Cliff - Habitat for Humanities -
Representative from Sierra Club
Representative from Alabama Coastal Foundation
This motion was seconded and passed.

3. Bob Zenah asked the boards permission to move forward with a grant that would help us hire an Executive Director for the organization. A motion was made, seconded, and it passed unanimously.

2. That we will work on quarterly meetings of the Baldwin County Public Transit Coalition held in break out roundtable fashion for brainstorming sessions on the latest issues and/or topic the group is working on.

The board was charged to take the top issues (see in bold) and work on some action items to bring to the table next board meeting to put together a Plan of Action to move these initiatives forward.

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