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Transportation Advisory Committee Minutes July 25, 2011 Members Present: Bill Levison, Elaine Dratch, Sally Castleman, Francine Stieglitz, Peter Levy, Larry Link Liaisons: Michelle Ciccolo (Planning Board), Nancy Adler (Council on Aging) Guests: Marty Cohen, Daniel Cherenson, Charlotte Rodgers, Barbara Deveau Staff: Sara Arnold 1. Minutes: The May and June Minutes were accepted. 2. EV Charger Program: The head of the Energy Department, Environmental Affairs for the state came to Lexington on July 22 to announce the award of 25 electric vehicle plug -in stations, including three for Lexington. Lexington will have to pay the installation and maintenance costs. TAC discussed the logistics for collecting revenue for the electricity used. The town cannot resell electricity, but it can charge for parking. It was noted that in some places there is a base fee for parking, and then a much higher rate for staying in the parking space over an extended period of time. 3. Flexpass: Bill reported that to -date the school department has sold 42 Flexpasses (school bus passes that will be valid on Lexpress after 4:30 p.m. on school days. The routes most likely to be used by those passholders are as follows: Route 1— 9 Route 2— 3 Route 3 —16 Route 4— 6 Route 5— 4 Route 6— 4 The passes will be distributed the third week in August. Sara will ensure that the bus company knows about these passes and how they can be used. There was discussion about having some kind of bio- technology reader to control who is allowed to use the pass. It was noted that the recreation department had a finger reader. The school department is taking in the money for these passes, and some of this will be passed onto Lexpress. Rob Adelson will work with the school department to determine the financial arrangements for this program. It was noted that Town Meeting must appropriate funds that Lexpress spends, which complicates Lexpress receiving and being able to use funds received from the school department. It was agreed that this program should not change the way Lexpress prepares its 2013 budget estimates for fare revenue. 4. Senior Center /Senior Housing Point -to -Point Service: There was considerable discussion regarding the reasons for the low ridership for this service. Charlotte felt that it would get a better response during the colder weather. She also commented that even if it only serves a handful of people, this would be considered successful from the human services perspective. It was noted that