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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –April 23, 2010 <br /> <br />5. OLD BUSINESS <br /> <br />A. Public Hearings <br /> <br />(5) continued… <br /> <br />Mr. Schalliol noted that staff has submitted a <br />Revised Resolution No. 2667. The revised <br />resolution removes 722 Hawbaker and 736 <br />Hawbaker from the List of Parcels to be <br />Acquired and adds 748 Hawbaker to that list. <br />After the Commission meeting on April 9, <br />city staff met to discuss the options related to <br />this project. Mr. Schalliol distributed <br />topographic maps of the area showing the <br />low points suitable for retention ponds. <br /> <br />Mr. Schalliol noted that many different <br />options to push and pull the water all over the <br />south side area were considered over the last <br />several years. Those were all reconsidered <br />by staff, and it was determined that the most <br />cost effective solution was to rebuild the <br />existing pond network, upgrade some of the <br />piping systems connecting the water into the <br />ponds, and provide for more efficient and <br />best practice methods for pond design. As <br />part of a new design exercise on the existing <br />ponds, staff will examine the cost <br />benefit/return on investment of creating a <br />development pad on the eastern end of the <br />Miami Avenue pond. <br /> <br />748 Hawbaker is owned by a willing seller. <br />The property is adjacent to High Street and <br />could be used as a pathway for underground <br />pipe connections to facilitate a better <br />drainage network for this area. It is not <br />anticipated that any drainage feature would <br />be developed on this site. If it becomes <br />necessary to put a drainage feature on that <br />site, it would only be done with the full <br /> 7 <br /> <br />