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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 15, 2018 Page 3 Group would have the ability to do some promotion at the sites. She thought there might be something done at each of the senior buildings as well. Mr. Trudgeon stated that was a great suggestion and thought there would need to be volunteers to do that. Councilmember McGehee stated some residents from Greenhouse Village con- tacted her and thought it would be good if the Council had the numbers of where residents are actually getting on and off the circular bus. She thought there was an inherent problem with the bus and Brittany Marion Apartments. One issue is that there are not enough seats to take children and she wondered if Cub Foods is really where the residents want to go. One of the discussions that had come up was partnering with the School District to maybe have a set day for transportation. Councilmember McGehee asked staff to find out from the residents at Brittany Marion where the residents want to do their grocery shopping. She stated the City is trying to do a number of things with something that was set up in the first place to supposedly help seniors not feel isolated but they are already in multi-family housing. She noted the people who are isolated are the ones that have lost their driver's license and are now living alone in their homes and this does not do much for them. Councilmember McGehee thought this program needed some rework done be- cause there were two goals involved. She would like to see the details of who gets on, at what stop, and how many people are actually using this from the dif- ferent locations and maybe alter the route more. Councilmember Laliberte assumed the only issue was not access to food but also access to a pharmacy or some other place. Councilmember McGehee stated most of the senior facilities have buses to get residents to the places needed. Mayor Roe offered an opportunity for public comment. Public Comment Mr. Scott Olson Mr. Olson stated NewTrax has realized there is not the ridership the company would like to have. NewTrax is finding that even though it has been only 339 rides that were tracked, it has probably been affecting different people. He stated every week there are different people riding. Mr. Olson stated some of the senior facilities do not have their own transporta- tion. Lyngblomsten Apartments does not have their own transportation which is why NewTrax sat down with them to discuss what it would take for them to con-