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Bill No. 47 -16: Appropriating the TRANSPO budget and levying and fixing the taxation rate to fund TRANSPO for fiscal year ending 12 -31 -17 Committee Chair Karen L. White called the meeting to order with ten (10) items of business on the agenda. Committee Chair White informed the Committee that there are sets of the questions and answers that have been asked throughout the budget process for each of the Councilmembers. She began by thanking the Councilmembers for their participation in the budget process. We received feedback from the citizens to look at ways we can make this process more open and engaging, and to make sure that citizens are able to be more involved earlier on in the budget process. She received an email from John Murphy regarding the salary ordinance and other information as well, so the Council won't have time to look at that yet. The Council is not taking action on that tonight, it is just information that was requested by the Council. Committee Chair White requested that Mr. Murphy get an organizational chart of the City in terms of the current organizational structure so when we begin to look at the proposed changes for Parks and Innovation, we can see what the impact is. Substitute Bill No. 58 -16: Increased Parking Fines & Amnesty Program Bill No. 16 -81: A resolution approving parking rates, charges and rules for publicly owned facilities Committeemember Gavin Ferlic motioned to accept the substitute version of Bill No. 58 -16, Committeemember John Voorde seconded, and it carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Committeemember Ferlic motioned to hear Bills No. 58 -16 and 16 -81 together for purpose of public hearing, Committeemember Voorde seconded and it carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Aaron Perri, Executive Director of the Parks Department, offices at 321 E. Walter Street, presented the parking study that was done over six (6) months looking at our parking supply, current demand, projecting future demand, turnover rates, comparable rates, and doing interviews with stakeholders. DTSB and others have been holding meetings with stakeholder groups to make sure they all understand what the changes would mean. We've also been looking at the legal groundwork as well as the technology upgrades that would be needed to put these changes in place. Mr. Perri explained the company found that South Bend has sufficient parking supply but some individual blocks are deficient. There is a large amount of reserved spots in the garages, which doesn't allow sufficient turnover and hurts us on the supply side. There are inconsistencies on 2