Transit- Meeting Agenda (12/18/1997)

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General Manager members and their families are invited to ride the bus on Saturday, December 13. The parade begins at ~:00 p:rri: - The bus will be located in Status Report front of the State Street side of the Capitol just east of Winter Street. Riders should be at the bus by 6:30 p.m. to be ready to leave at the appropriate time. Refemng to his report on page 55 of the agenda, Mr. Andersen-Wyckoff said the diesel fuel costs had been at 73.75¢ and for some ~~known reason it dropaed to 71.9¢ the week of November 6"'. This week has retumed to 73.75¢ per gallon. This is probably the start of the fall slow Gimb in diesel prices. Mr. Andersen-Wyckoff referred to a handout memo (herein given as Attachment B and by this reference made a part of these minutes) from Marion County and noted that the Board is invited to join the Marion County Commissioners in a presentation to the Salem City Council in a Work ~ Session on December 1 from 12:00 Noon to ~~00 p.m. on Courthouse Square. This is the last of the meetings with the local govemments prior to the Commissioners making their decision regarding the next phase of the project. He said he hoped all Boa~d members would be able to adjust their calendars to be present since he feels it is very important. Diredor Kelley referred to the a-tide on oommunity policing by Darin Campbell contained on page 60 of the agenda and asked if she could draft a letter to Mr. Campbell whom she has met. She would like to let him know that the Transit District pays for a po~tion of the downtown police. President Caraballo said one of his other functions is sitting on the Police Academy's Community Polici~g Board. The Campbell brothers and father all are the representatives of the Oregon Association of Chiefs of Police and are very excited about and interested in doing community policing. In fact, he has had some significant discussions of how some regional community policing dynamics can be done in the broader region. Aside from his wo~lc with the Marion County Sheriff, Salem and Keizer Police Departments they will also bring it in from the perspective of the Transit District. Mr. Andersen-Wyckoff said the District has hired its first Security Coordinator, Ron Freshou~, and will int~oduce him to the Board at the December Board meeting. Mr. Freshour is a retired Captain with the Marion County SherifPs Department. He was a very active, well-known, and well-liked officer with a great deal of experience and he will be a tremendous asset to the District with its public safety program and the security plan for the new facility. President Caraballo said that Captain Freshour was also part of the regional development designs within the Sheriffs office under Sheriff Prinslow on community policing. This gives us another linkage in talking about how a total commun'ity cares for itself. Ridership Report Referring to the Ridership Report on page 61 of the agenda, Mr. Whittington said October was the highest ridership month in District history at any point and possibly in the history of transit in Salem. Almost 350,000 riders were carried, and it was an outstanding month fo~ ridership. Financiallnformation InfoRnational. October 1997 Financial Statements Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting Salem Area Mass Transit District November 20, 1997 - Page 19