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APPROVAL OF MINUTES-FEBRUARY 23, 207
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DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED
Social Service Human Relations Board
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Social Service Human Relations Board (SSHRB), February 23, 2017
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Vice-President Blake called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present were members Hyman, Sorensen, Hastings, Jenks, and Youngblood. Absent was member Chilcott.
1.-A SEASON FOR NONVIOLENCE DAILY READING -
President Blake provided a brief history of the International Season for Nonviolence Campaign,
and shared the Season for Nonviolence way of living peacefully for the day, which was Forgiveness.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the regular meeting of January 26, 2017, and special meeting of December 1, 2016, were approved as presented. M/S Jenks / Sorensen Unanimous
3. AGENDA ITEMS
3.-A CITY OF ALAMEDA PARATRANSIT PROGRAM PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-18 PRESENTATION BY GAIL PAYNE, TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR - CITY OF ALAMEDA BASE REUSE & TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Ms. Payne began her presentation by introducing Victoria Williams, the new Traffic
Coordinator for the City of Alameda. Ms. Williams has 30 years of experience working
with seniors, her office will be at Mastick Senior Center, and she will be coordinating the
Paratransit Shuttle and Taxi Voucher Program.
Ms. Payne then provided a PowerPoint presentation (Attachment A) that provided an
overview of the Paratransit Program Shuttle Service, Taxi Services, Group Trips, and
Scholarship Programs. Some of the program changes staff plans to implement are
increased frequency of the shuttle service, rebranding the shuttle name as "Alameda
Loop", increasing premium tax subsidy to 70% per trip, and increasing the cost of a
premium taxi voucher to three dollars.
In response to a question from member Sorensen regarding seniors in the photos on
the Shuttles, Ms. Payne responded that the new photos will include youth and fami...
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