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Streamline Advisory Board Minutes
July 26th, 2010; HRDC Board Room
8:40-10:00 am
Board members present: Jeff Rupp, Suzanne Winchester, Patty Gunderson, Chris
Budeski, Colleen Lindner, Mike Waldron, Carol Shannon, Rosie Barndt, and David
Dunbar.
Board members absent: Carson Taylor, Janet Kennedy, and Eric Brown.
Others present: Lee Hazelbaker, Dana Piper, David Kack, Whit Hampton, Sunshine
Ross, Dan Martin, and Jeff Osgood.
Public Comment: Nothing at this time
Approval of Minutes: Motion moved by Patty and seconded by David, motion passed.
Presentation: Jeff Osgood from the YBP association, the cross border issue with buses
and transportation for services to the greater Yellowstone business area. A survey and
proposal was issued by the Idaho transportation dept with help from David Kack, Lisa
Ballard, and Deep Philip was connected in the year 2008. The findings and outcome
from the survey was for a blended co-op was decided to be the best fit for the services
offered. The service which is set to begin in September is in the initial phases of offer
stock in the Co-op. The man purpose of the co-op is to be able to provide connection
from 1tranportation provider to the next. Using real time tracking with wifi will be able to
let companies and public services know where the buses and customers are located at
an given time. The technological system (Linx) in place will let companies know if a bus
is running late. The grant was funded by private and public entities. The presentation
concluded with Jeff asking that Streamline think about joining the Co-op.
Update: Contracts for bus services signed with the inclusion of the issues outlined by
MSU. Two separate contracts signed with Karst Stage, one for services of Saturday and
Livingston routes. The other includes all others routes operated by Streamline.
Director’s Report: Building update, roof on above office space, building is still schedule
to be completed on time. Funding for a larger passenger bus (35 seats) was approved
by MDT. Discussion with regards to the Livingston and Belgrade’s routes as to the
increase in ridership as well as diminished services to Livingston, a larger bus would be
useful come this fall. The larger buses shouldn’t be a problem in town with the halt to
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construction of the round about on 11 street. It was mentioned that we might invest in
a few smaller buses due to the age of our fleet, the buses that we have suppose to be
good for 10 years and 250,000 miles. A few buses are at 100,000. Lee will be looking
into our options in the coming months. On the Galavan side we lost 2 drivers, increased
the number of clients and have continued a steady demand for the service.
Treasurer’s Report: June report, end of fiscal year we are on target for most line items
expenses. As these are only preliminary numbers we should receive final ones by the
next meeting. We have not yet received the second payment from the city of Bozeman.
We will break even with help from HRDC. Streamline will bill MDT through June for the
$114500 reminder which will cover that amount. The ending revenue is part of our bus
replacement fund.
Secretary’s Report: Will be bring a few paper copies for each meeting.
Coordinator’s Report: The Transfer from First Group to Karst going well. Numbers of
riders are up for the year. Building is still in progressing. We are applying for a grant and
looking for ways to find matching funds for them.
Subcommittee
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Operations: New brochures are at the printers shall be ready by August 16, Mark is
aware of the changes made to the new schedules.
Marketing: Mike is going to be at the Livingston Farmers Market providing information
about the changes to the Livingston routes. Any and all help would be appreciative.
Action Items: None at this time.
For the Good of the Bus: Sweet Pea parade, we will be meeting at 9:30 am and hope
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everyone can attend. Galavan Appreciation week is happening august 16 thru 20.
The initiative to place on the ballot a transportation district in Helena failed.
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Next meeting August 24, 2010