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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK Committee Chair Karen White stated, Yes, we will. I think that has been what we did last year. We allowed the public input, and then after that we took the time to go back and look at the calendar, and that need was only at the Council level. Committee Vice Chair John Voorde stated, Then we always encourage the public to contact us, come through us. So, they can do this up until the last minute. Committeemember Jo M. Broden replied, Well, of course. I'm just saying in terms of having the whole look of everything together, including the amendments, I think we could change our schedule to include public input as part of that October 14th meeting, and I don't think there would be any harm or fault in doing that. It would just give people an opportunity once everything is in, and the changes that we'll see on October 2nd. It could be time restricted, but that's more of a scheduling suggestion. Committeemember Jo M. Broden made a motion to send Bill No. 36-19 to the full Common Council with a favorable recommendation. The motion was seconded by Committee Chair Karen White and was carried with a voice vote of three(3) ayes. Committee Chair Karen White stated, I emailed you a list of the priorities that you had submitted to me. I'm going to ask that you prioritize those because I think that it's going to be important that we're fully aware that we do not have an endless pot of funds. So, I'm going to make sure that you have an opportunity to look at that list. If you need to look at it once again, I can resend that, but it would help not only the Committee, but also the Administration as well. There are a number of commonalities throughout the priorities, but I think that it will be very helpful if we would think about prioritizing those as well. Bill No. 37-19- Appropriating, Adopting, and Approving Monies for the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation (Transpo) for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2020 Committee Chair Karen White stated, I would also like to add that I do know that during our presentation there were some questions, and I don't know if we have received those responses,but it would be very helpful to have those, and also, as we begin to look at all the questions that Councilmembers and the public have asked, we want to make sure that those responses are all on our website. Mr. Parker replied, With the exception of the questions that were asked last week for both TRANSPO and the Department of Community Investment, all the answers and responses to the questions are on our website already. Amy has sent me the responses to the questions that were asked specifically pertaining to TRANSPO. So,we will get those posted as well. Bill No. 37-19 is the appropriations bill for TRANSPO for 2020. The budget for TRANSPO was presented last week on September 18,2019. I see that Amy and Chris are here if there are any additional questions about that budget. Committee Chair Karen White stated, Are there any additional questions for TRANSPO? Seeing none,thank you for your presentation. It was very informative. I know that you had made mention that it's been a number of years since you've done a study, looking at the various routes and other things that you will need. So, we look forward to receiving that information. Also, I do know that we'll probably need to make some new appointments the first of the year. Thank you. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 6