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CLEARWATER DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT BOARD
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1980-4:00 P.M.
MEMBERS PRE~ENT
Aaron Bilgore, Chairman
Richard Burkhart
Joe Greenwald
Sam Casella
Will Barnes
Keith Crawford
Tom Brown
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The meeting was called to order by Aaron Bilgore who asked Joe Green-
wald to explain his proposal for a trolley to run from Clearwater to
Clearwater Beach. Mr. Greenwald explained that tourists on the beach
need a place to shop and a trolley would be a naturally attractive
conveyance for them. In addition, he said that employees would also
use the trolley. His concept is that the trolley moves one mentally
as well as physically. In response to a question concerning how much
it would cost to purchase a trolley, Mr. Greenwald said that it would
cost between $50-60,000 which would be amortized over five years at
$1,350 per month at 10% interest.
Mr. Greenwald further explained the operating costs of a trolley
indicating that operating costs including capitalization would be
about $1.90 per mile and the trolley would travel about 144 miles per
day. Operating costs without capitalization were estimated at $1.35
per mile.
Mr. Barnes stated that Central Pinellas Transit Authority could operate
the trolley at a cost of about $1.35 per mile or $71,000 per year.
This cost includes driver, insurance, fuel, tires, and regular main-
tenance. Mr. Barnes stated that it would be possible to get 50% of these
operating costs funded by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration
(UMTA). This would mean that if the local community could come up with
$35,500 for operating expenses, the Federal Government would contribute
the other $35,500 needed. In addition, the local community would also
have to come up with $16,000 for amortization costs, making a total
local support of approximately $51,000. Mr. Greenwald indicated that
a major portion or possibly all of these local funds could be raised by
utilization of advertising space on the vehicle. Mr. Barnes also
suggested to charge a fare of about $.20 to help meet operating expenses.
Mr. Greenwald suggested the possibility of selling blocks of tickets to
local businesses who could distribute them to their customers.
The possibility of renting a vehicle instead of buying one was also
discussed; however, rental would cost $750 a day and purchase
plus operation by CPTA would cost less than $100 per day.
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It was determined that Mr. Greenwald would take the following steps:
1) Meet with representatives of Clearwater Beach to assess their
support for the project.
2) Try to obtain an estimate of advertising revenues that could
reasonably be committed.
~espect lly submitted,
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