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State TMA information presented by Monica Tibbits <br />➢ TMA participation is encouraged through special permitting process. <br />➢ MA has ten (10) TMAs. Most TMAs operate as non - profits. <br />➢ Bus shuttles are run by 3 or 4 of the total state TMAs. <br />➢ Range of TMA activities vary by location. <br />➢ Developers should carry major TMA cost. <br />➢ Cost of shuttle bus subsidy must match the ridership. Costs need to be corrected <br />accordingly. <br />➢ Ideas for companies to reduce SOVs: telecommuting, flex time, subsidizing shuttles, gift <br />card incentives, limiting parking spaces, payment for transit passes, joining TMA. <br />➢ Oversight of companies is a big component. Towns enforce TMA participation, not <br />TMA. <br />➢ Incentives to meet targets good TMA policy. <br />➢ Companies need to live up to TDM obligations, especially by encouraging employees to <br />reduce SOV dependency. <br />Hartwell Avenue Overlay TDM District comments by TAC <br />➢ TMA policy should include specifics. <br />➢ 128 BC list of member services will be refined. TAC example " SOV reduction <br />incentives." <br />➢ Steps to develop TMA should be outlined. <br />➢ Developers' financial backing of TMA needs to be addressed. <br />➢ TAC members' comments should be emailed to Peter Levy who will incorporate into a <br />statement to be presented to the Planning Board in early September. <br />Cranberry Hill Contribution to Lexpress <br />➢ Vote taken and motion passed for a letter based on calendar year 2010 to be sent to <br />Cranberry Hill Associates regarding a voluntary donation. <br />➢ The donation is based on Lexpress service to the front door of Lahey Lexington <br />(property owned by Cranberry Hill) eight times per day. Lexpress provides the only <br />public transit service in this section of Lexington. <br />Lexpress FY10 Data <br />➢ Total ridership is down by 2,238 from FY09. <br />➢ Drop in student riders is the most significant loss. <br />➢ Seniors, as in the past years, represent the biggest gain by category. <br />Lexpress FY12 Budget <br />Bill distributed handouts tracking TDM allocation and Lexpress FY 12 costs. <br />Handouts <br />Agenda <br />TAC Minutes June 21, 2010 <br />FY06 -FY 10 Lexpress Annual Data <br />TDM Appropriation FYI <br />Time - Limited Lexpress Accounts <br />TDM Stabilization Formula <br />Lexpress FYI I -FY12 Budget % <br />Recorder: Gail Wagner <br />Editor: Bill Levison <br />