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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –April 9, 2010 <br /> <br />depth needed for adequate drainage. New, <br />larger ponds would allow the proper sloping <br />for good drainage. This project does call for <br />reshaping the interior, middle pond. <br /> <br />When we first started looking at the pond <br />project, we had a lot of input from Menards, <br />Martins, etc. When we were looking at <br />putting the ponds on the golf course, we had <br />to take the ponds out. There are ten pipes <br />that come into the eastern edge of the <br />existing pond. We would have had to put a <br />whole new pipe system in, so High Street <br />would have been closed for a long time while <br />that was done. Just to get the water over to <br />the golf course. There had been contact with <br />adjacent businesses over the years as we <br />looked at the initial design, because they <br />wouldn’t have had Ireland Road access for a <br />period of time. <br /> <br />This project, as designed, wouldn’t require <br />tearing out the street, only some basic <br />maintenance on the pipes. Communication <br />with them has not been necessary. <br /> <br />Mr. Downes asked what’s been the major <br />cause of the deterioration of the existing <br />ponds. Mr. Schalliol responded there has <br />been forty years of neglect. Before the <br />improvements to the Ireland/Miami <br />intersection, all the rain water there had been <br />going into the combined sewers. That rain <br />water now goes into the ponds and further <br />taxes them. <br /> <br />Mr. Downes asked what happened a year ago <br />to break down negotiations with the Brady <br />family. Mr. Schalliol responded that when <br />staff originally started looking at this project, <br />we looked at a way to take out both ponds <br />and build two new ponds where the two <br /> 34 <br /> <br />
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