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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK <br />KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK <br />PUBLIC WORKS AND PROPERTY VACATION AUGUST 8, 2016 3:56 P.M. <br />Committee Members Present: Jo M. Broden, John Voorde, Randy Kelly, Gavin Ferlic <br />Other Council Present: Regina Williams- Preston, Oliver Davis, Dr. David Varner, <br />Others Present: Kareemah Fowler, Jennifer Coffman, <br />Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand, Adriana Rodriguez <br />Agenda: Transpo Briefing, David Cangany- General Manager and CEO of <br />Transpo <br />Committee Chair Jo M. Broden called the meeting of the Public Works and Property Vacation <br />Committee to order at 3:56 p.m. with one item on the agenda. <br />Transpo Briefing, David Cangany- General Manager and CEO of Transpo <br />David Cangany, General Manager and CEO of Transpo explained that Transpo is a municipal <br />corporation, known as the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation, but does business as <br />Transpo. Transpo has been operating under municipal ownership since 1968 under state code. <br />Prior to that it was a private agency that was making money. As urban sprawl began, businesses <br />that ran public transportation became bankrupt, and transit corporations throughout the state <br />became known as PTCs. Transpo is governed by a board of directors with nine (9) members. <br />Transpo has about one - hundred and twenty (120) diverse employees, and has been focusing on <br />veterans as candidates for positions. <br />Forty percent (40 %) of Transpo's workforce is eligible for retirement in the next four (4) years. <br />When looking for replacements, Transpo is looking for people with the same dedication who will <br />hopefully spend another thirty (30) to forty (40) years working here. <br />Transpo provides fixed -route and para- transit bus service in the South Bend and Mishawaka City <br />limits. It provides over 2 million fixed -route rides per year, and 60,000 trips per year on the <br />access paratransit service. The paratransit service is a specialty origin to destination service <br />based on reservations that operates within the same hours as the fixed route. <br />455 County -City Building • 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard • South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Phone 574- 235 -9221 • Fax 574- 235 -9173 • TDD 574- 235 -5567 • www.SouthBend[N.gov <br />JENNIFER M. COFFMAN ALKEYNA M. ALDRIDGE EMILY SEXTON <br />CHIEF DEPUTY/ CHIEF OF STAFF DEPUTY/ DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK <br />