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Coborrus County Transportation Services (CCTS) Finol Report — September 2015 Discussion related to the remaining proposed initiatives is summarized below. Theme #1: Opportunities for making better connections for employment, education, economic development, and medical appointments in the greater Charlotte region. 1.1 Daily runs from Midland to Independence Boulevard (primarily medical) • Stanly County strongly agreed that medical transportation coordination to Charlotte was an excellent efficiency idea. The CATS representative offered several Park and Ride locations as possible transfer points; she noted these locations would need to provide "comfort stations ". • Cabarrus DSS was concerned about reporting trips to NC DHHS, but was re- assured when informed that counties across NC have already worked through the complications of coordinated med transportation reporting with NC DHHS. • Maintain flexibility for multiple destinations — do not fix on this corridor only. • The Out -of- County medical coordination concept is the proposal that received strong support and is feasible for year one implementation, provided that an MOU can be crafted that demonstrates mutual benefits to all parties. Rowan County would like a similar medical trip transfer to Charlotte somewhere in the vicinity of Kannapolis. 1.2 Deviated Fixed Route along US 29 from Concord Big Lots to UNCC (includes stop amenities) • There was lively discussion about the huge demand for this service. The question became who should provide this service because a bulk of it is in the unserved newly urbanized area. • There was a discussion that CCTS could offer a deviated fixed route under some contract arrangement, similar to their ADA contract with CK Rider Transit, but they would also need something to fund the Mecklenburg potion of the run. All told this proposal appeared too complicated to work out. • Final decision was that CCTS could only operate this service if they could directly access some of the urban 5307 funds. The MPO did not indicate whether they would entertain this proposal for such a short (two year) period of time. 1.3 Feeder service to all stops along future CATS Route 80 on US 29 • The CCTS transportation manager noted that attempts to get rural residents to ride transit and thought there needs to be several years of ground work to make this option viable, especially because it involves transfers. Attachment number 1 \n F -3 Page 167