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REGULAR MEETING February 11, 2019
<br /> can tell you that his legacy weighs on me as a young buck coming up and I am hoping to make the
<br /> same kind of impact that Lucky has made. Hearing stories about doing business and having Board
<br /> meetings up in the old hay loft and how TRANSPO started and where it is at now, thank you for
<br /> your service and all that you've done. I know that it is a team effort, for sure. Thank you.
<br /> Emil `Lucky' Reznik, 6241 Chaucer Court, South Bend, IN, stated, It's my pleasure to be here this
<br /> evening. I thank you all for your attendance and some of the very kind words you've given us. My
<br /> wife Shirley is a little shy about coming up here. She shouldn't be, though, she's a school teacher
<br /> you know.Well, I just want to thank everyone that has served with me on the Board and the various
<br /> organizations. We've gained so much in how we've upgraded everything, and it has been a real
<br /> pleasure. The Mayor has been a big help. It's been a real joy and I have a great feeling, I look
<br /> around and I see all these different people from different groups and I recognize them from IUSB.
<br /> I served on those boards too. Shirley also went to IUSB and got her degree. I just want to say thank
<br /> you to everybody here. It has been a real joy and thank you to you all.
<br /> This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and
<br /> opponents were given an opportunity to be heard.
<br /> Mayor Pete Buttigieg, offices located on the 14`h floor of the County-City Building, South Bend,
<br /> IN, stated, I just quickly would like to add my voice to the chorus of people who appreciate Lucky
<br /> Reznik and everything he has done. There's not a TRANSPO available to take me to my trip
<br /> tomorrow but I have relied on it often. When I'm home, I look out my window at the TRANSPO
<br /> coming by and I think about all the work that has gone into that service in so many other ways,
<br /> including the passion for IU that Lucky has shown. I would also add that his service to the country
<br /> as well as the community, we are also appreciative of So, thank you very much Lucky.
<br /> Jitin Kain, Deputy Director of Public Works with offices located on the 13`h floor of the County-
<br /> City Building, South Bend, IN, stated, I have the honor of serving as Chairman of the Board of
<br /> Directors for TRANSPO and I wanted to again say thank you to Lucky Reznik. Over the past
<br /> couple of years, he has been a great mentor and voice of reason at TRANSPO. We appreciate his
<br /> service and dedication to the Board. He will truly be missed, and we wish him all the best in
<br /> whatever he intends to do next. Again, we want to say thank you for his long-standing service to
<br /> the Board.
<br /> Elizabeth Bennion, 1507 Sunnymede Avenue, South Bend, IN, stated, I'm a faculty member and
<br /> Director for the American Democracy Project at IU-South Bend and I just wanted to say how
<br /> delighted we are to claim Lucky as an alum of IU and thank him for all of his service to IU-South
<br /> Bend. We are so glad that was part of the resolution because we appreciate, so much, all of the
<br /> effort he has put into making our university the great place that it is. Also, I want to thank him for
<br /> the example he sets for our students as a devoted servant-leader. Thank you and congratulations,
<br /> Lucky.
<br /> Council President Tim Scott then turned the floor back to the full Council for further comment or
<br /> main motion.
<br /> Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston stated, Lucky, I haven't had the pleasure of working
<br /> with you directly. I do have to ask, are you lucky or are we lucky to have had you here for so long?
<br /> I mean, fifty (50) years, that is an incredible accomplishment for anything. But to know how you
<br /> have shaped our transportation system,you will forever be remembered.We appreciate you.Thank
<br /> you.
<br /> Councilmember Sharon L. McBride stated, I emulate those same sentiments. Lucky, I always
<br /> heard over the years about your service to the City and it has been very delightful. I wish you
<br /> nothing but blessings. Thank you to your wife for putting up with the long time away from home
<br /> spent to shape the transportation throughout the City of South Bend and throughout the country.
<br /> Thank you so much and enjoy your retirement.
<br /> Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, Thank you so much for your many years of public service
<br /> and, in particular, your leadership. It is one(1)thing to serve on a Board and another thing to step
<br /> up to that next level of leadership. When asked, you responded and did so enthusiastically. I think
<br /> back to just placing the facility in its current location, our improved facility. You took an early
<br /> gamble on that location and now look what it's opened up to, now the Renaissance District. So,
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