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1.32 Staff Report: JAUNT to take another look at the one at Avon and Druid. He stated that bus shelters are placed in commercial areas and areas, of high ridership and there aren't many of them in the City. Benches are located in the Belmont area and there will be ~thers assuming we receive the next grant from UMTA for which we have applied. There are three locations now and two more will be added in Belmont. He stated the staff, has not had time to look at the idea of a housing court and s separate report wil~be issued and the same is true of the rental permit program. There could be some legal problems with the rental permit program, but a report will be forthcoming. He stated the staff will be discussing many of the other issues within the next few weeks and will be prepared to discuss these issues, with both City Council and any neighborhood organization that may arise from the previous meeting. Mrs. O'Brien asked should the present criteria for evaluating cross-walks be reviewed. The City Manager answered that t~ese warrants are nationally established criteria, but there are times when you have to look at the actual situation and probably find areas which don't meet the criteria but are needed for some Other reasons. The City Manager presented a staff report concerning JAUNT. He stated that JAUNT started as an agency to coOrdinate the transportation services of various social service agencies in the area, the entire cost was initially paid by the various social service agencies and CETA. Later a federal rural transportation grant was received by JAUNT and services were expanded to include a rural transportation service. A charge was made for each ride and these charges were supplemented by federal funds to finance the service. At the same time the cost of operating the transportation services for the social service agencies was increasing, but the agencies were not paying a comparable increase thus the grant funds being~-~used~to sub'~d~z'e the cost of the service to the social service agencies. CETA funds continued to be used which further subsidized JAUNT services to both the rural areas and the social service agencies. When the federal funds expired JAUNT found itself with insufficient funds to operate its rural transportation program and continue operating its services for the social service agencies at previously established levels. JAUNT then turned to the various jurisdictions in which it provided services to help it raise funds to carry on certain services until federal operating subsidy funds were available. It also requested funds to use as the match for the federal funds. The City Manager stated that based on that request City Council made an appropriation with a number of provisos, the principle one being that the money would not be used to subsidize any kind of rural transportation service. In effect what the money