Senate Bill No. 498, approved by the Governor of California on September 16, 1987, required the establishment of a social services transportation advisory council to serve as an advisory body regarding the transit needs of transit dependent and transit disadvantaged persons, including the elderly, handicapped, and persons of limited means. The SSTAC also coordinated the unmet transit needs process.

The purpose of the SSTAC is to monitor and promote improvements to those public transportation services for low income, transit dependent, persons with disabilities and seniors residing in the Tahoe Basin on El Dorado and Placer Counties. This is accomplished by fostering the coordination and consolidation of transit services, wherever practical and feasible. Is also accomplished by identifying needs or shortcomings in the existing transportation service system and suggesting feasible ways to meet those needs and/or overcome the shortcomings. The committee when meeting occur on the South Shore also act as the BlueGO Transit Advisory Committee for the South Tahoe Area Transit Authority.

The SSTAC meets on the north shore and south shore every other month alternating between the two shores. The meetings on the north shore are held at the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association Offices located at 3000 Lake Boulevard, Tahoe City, CA in January, May and September on the first Thursday of the month at 1:00 pm. The meetings on the south shore are held at the California Department of Rehabilitation Offices in the Star Lake uilding, 2489 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, CA in March, July and November on the third Monday of the month at 12:00 noon after the Tahoe Area Coordinated Council for the Disabled (TACCD) meeting.

Committee Member Composition

• Category 1: Potential transit user who is 60 years of age or older
• Category 2: Potential transit user who is disabled
• Category 3: Representatives of the local social service providers for seniors.
• Category 4: Representatives of local social service providers for the disabled.
• Category 5: Representative of social service provider for persons of limited means
• Category 6: Representatives from the local consolidated transportation service agency
• Category 7: At–large appointment

Members of SSTAC are appointed by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board acting as the Regional Transportation Planning Agency.

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