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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK on. The valve program is not the only answer and if there is a better solution that a plumber has suggested,that would be appropriate as well. Committee Chair Dr. Varner stated, I hope we make it clear that this is an assistance program to mitigate costs and in no way is it an assumption of liability. Mr. Fahey replied, Exactly. The City is not a part of the contract and has no obligations to the maintenance issues. Dr. Kara Boyles, City Engineer with offices on the 13th floor of the County-City Building, stated, There are a lot of aspects in this study and a lot of the questions have been asked and answered. We are engaging in what we are calling a comprehensive zero (0) capacity study for these hot spots,those four(4)areas we have been talking about tonight.That study will begin with collecting data. We will look at our GIS system, will do some ground-truthing, looking at the data, looking at the sewer system and gathering some survey data. We will also be sending out a questionnaire. We sat down a few times with residents and heard some of the issues they've had both in 2018 and 2016.That information is important for us to gather.By Friday,there should be a link on the City's website that should be available for anyone to click on and it will be a questionnaire asking questions to gather data on the residents. We will then do some system modeling. Back in 2003, there was a storm water master plan made for the City. We will engage that plan..But out of this study we will come up with some recommended improvements. Some of those might be infrastructure projects but also, we want to look at contractor best practices. We will look to make a guide for homeowners to make the best decision. There are considerations to what is the best practice. We will then go through an implementation process. Dr.Boyles continued, Some of the projects I'm going to talk about are not necessarily CSO related, but are related in the fact that they are waste water projects, drainage projects or storm projects. So, they have that indirect correlation. All these projects will be bid out this year (referencing a slide in the presentation). These are electrical upgrades at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. It is about a$4 million investment that has been needed for a while. We have aging infrastructure,poor conditioned electrical components throughout the plant and some need for some backup power in generators. We've been studying this plant and there will be quite a few elements addressed. This (referencing the presentation) is a belt filter press. In the Wastewater Treatment Plant process we generate sludge from the biological treatment side and then that goes into a dewatering process and we use the belt filter presses. We have four(4) of them and this will be the last of the four(4) to do a rehab on. We are planning to rehab a raw sewage pump, too. We have an annual program to review sewer and manhole lining. In the past year we had focused work done in the CSO eighteen (18) area. We lined large-diameter sewers and will continue doing that taking us all the way to the river. We spend about$1.5 million a year on sewer and manhole lining. Committeemember Regina Williams-Preston left the meeting at 6:17 p.m. Dr.Boyles went on,This year is the first year we will have a designated line item Fund for drainage projects. We are receiving $500,000 from Local Roads and Streets to focus on a building list of drainage needs throughout the City. These are mostly coming from residents who have issues. We have that list identified as a top ten(10),chances are we won't get to all ten(10)but we are trying. We are doing some stabilization improvements at Ravina Park. Part of those are pedestrian improvements. That has a $100,000 donation grant from the Pokagon Band and that is to handle EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 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 j www.southbendin.gov 7