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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> Ms. Hill restated, That is what I mentioned with the adopt a stop program. We are fortunate there <br /> are DTSB Ambassadors maintaining the shelters downtown right now. That will be another <br /> challenge is maintaining shelters. Moving forward,there are advertising relationships and that will <br /> include maintenance. <br /> Committee Chair Karen White left the meeting at 5:34 p.m. Committeemember John Voorde <br /> presided over the remainder of the meeting. <br /> Committeemember John Voorde asked, Has the propane conversation worked well? <br /> Ms. Hill replied, That is actually CNG which stands for compressed natural gas. Twenty-two (22) <br /> out of our fifty(50)fixed-route vehicles are compressed natural gas. That transition has been great <br /> and they are continuing to save just over one dollar($1)per gallon which is huge when you figure <br /> what we go through.Unfortunately,we still have thirty(30)vehicles that need to be replaced which <br /> means they are past their useful life. The useful life of a bus is twelve (12) years or 500,000. We <br /> are operating buses that are fifteen(15)years old. We have excellent mechanics but it ups the cost. <br /> We rely heavily on federal grant funding. The conversion has been very smooth. <br /> Ms. Crum asked, Where does your number of ridership dependence come from? <br /> Ms. Hill replied,It comes from past surveys and talking to our passengers.And that is dependence <br /> in general that includes work and school. <br /> Clerk Fowler asked, When will you be doing the next report? <br /> Ms. Hill replied, It will probably be 2019 at the earliest. We want to get the passenger counters <br /> and better data. <br /> Committeemember Voorde asked, Who do you represent, Randy? <br /> Randy Squadroni, Chair of the TRANSPO Board with offices located at 1401 S Lafayette <br /> Boulevard,replied, Mishawaka Council. <br /> Alkeyna Aldridge,Director of Engagement and Empowerment with offices on the 14th floor of the <br /> County-City Building passed out handouts (available in the City Clerk's Office). She stated, This <br /> is what we have done since our creation last November. There is a lot and one (1) of which is a <br /> transportation project. I'm happy you spoke to Innovation with the transportation working group <br /> because we won the Mayor's Bloomberg Challenge to do a pilot related to on-demand <br /> transportation. She then passed out a press release (available in the City Clerk's Office) that <br /> explained what they are doing with that. She continued, We represent at least half of the people <br /> working on this project. Genevieve is the project manager of this project. <br /> Ms. Crum stated, We are looking forward to working with the community and bridging the gaps <br /> of transportation. We want to bring this to the forefront and we will be the key contacts moving <br /> forward. <br /> Sue Kesim, 4022 Kennedy Drive, stated, From Michiana Disability and Advocacy, I come here <br /> because of the transportation, they can't get here. They have issues with the para-transit that they <br /> EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 1 227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 1 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 5 <br />