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Gonnett Fleming Ms. Sarah LaBelle Page 2 December 31, 1995 On December i 6, I met with Kannapolis City Manager David Hales to discuss the study. Mr. Hales was presented a copy of Report Number One as well as the survey form. Mr. Hales indicated that Kannapolis was certainly interested in the results of the study and would also be assessing the productivity of the Charlotte/Concord commuter bus service that is to be implemented in February. He further committed to distribute the survey form to all Kannapolis City employees and volunteered to have it distributed to local churches. Mr. Hales further stated that Kannapolis would certainly consider funding it's fair share of any recommended service but would not necessarily want to be involved in daily operations. We also discussed a presentation to the Kannapolis Council in either February or March of 1999. Based upon the data that we have in hand at this time, we are beginning to develop preliminary routing, schedules and costs ['or a start-up system that would serve Concord and Kannapolis and would connect to the Charlotte/Concord Commuter service near the Northeast Medical Center complex. The results of the survey information will play a very critical role in determining the recommendation for service as well as routing schemes and service type. We will be prepared to present this work at the February Steering Committee meeting. l~fike Byrd is arranging for a meeting to brief the Cabarrus County Manager on the study and to receive the Manager's input. This meeting should occur early in January. ACTION ITEMS · We will continue to develop potential service options as described above. - Meetings as described above with other interested parties should occur in January. The results of the survey are critical to the development of draft recommendations. Both you and I need to monitor this effort very closely to make sure that the forms are returned in a timely fashion. We will need to have the majority of'responses in hand by the middle of January in order to be prepared for the Steering Committee meeting and the Council presentations. In addition to the presentation of the survey results, the other significant item on the February Steering Committee agenda should be the public input process. We will need to develop our recommendations prior to the meeting.