05-21-18 Residential Neighborhoods (1st District Bus Tour)

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CITY OF SOUTH BEND ( OFFICE OF THE CLERK building. There is a meeting Wednesday, May 23`d at 6:00 p.m. at the NNN to discuss possible ideas for that reuse. - There is also development being done by one Mike Keen of Thrive Michiana. - The sidewalks worked on by the Thrive Michiana Development were part of the sidewalk program done by the City. - The Thrive Michiana Development has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to pilot a low energy housing project including solar energy. - The building used by Ford Distribution owes St. Joseph County $250,000 in back taxes. For the last five (5)years,the NNN has been bidding on the property to then use the building for low-income housing. It is a$12 million project. They would be subsidized by tax credits awarded by the State. Keller Park- Roosevelt and Sherman- streets, curbs and sidewalks A lot of houses on Culver were flooded during the recent big flood. When the water gets high, many people in this neighborhood are worried about that. As of now, there are no City plans to have any changes to the neighborhood. The river does not have any natural bank system anymore. The neighborhood should technically all be swamp land. It was filled in and built up many years ago. - This area is a priority for curbs, sidewalks and the drainage issues. The neighborhood is unique as it has three (3) unique areas. The trees in the areas are weak and are easily destroyed during storms, falling on houses and having no one to repair them. - The way the storm water system works is that it is really just a subset of the CSO. When it is a combined system, that means that all the storm water is running into the same system that the sewer is running into. On an average day of rain, it can fill up and when it gets at capacity it overflows into the St. Joseph River. What South Bend doesn't have that many other communities do is what is called a Storm Water Utility. That specifically would handle storm water issues and would help address drainage problems. There are many small residential projects that are on a list to be done through TIF and other funds. The crowns of the street are sometimes paved way too high and then the curb is lost. There is standing water that also needs to be looked at and addressed. Riverside Manor Park- Glenview Dr. - This is a little part of the 1St District that many people don't know about. It will be great to see it before it receives the improvements of the My SB Parks &Trails initiative. Pinhook Park-revisioning - This is one (1) of the largest parks in the system being approximately twenty (20) acres. There was an opportunity to do a project with students from Rose-Hulman as part of their senior design project. They came up with designs of what could come of this park. They looked at using the water way in different ways. - Part of the project was to have a trail connect to the other side of the park through an easement. There might even be an observation deck. There are some plans with the Parks Bond with this. - The transmission line is part of AEP's Rebuild Plan. The structure currently will be going away and will be replaced with a more monolithic pole. Many years ago the City negotiated with AEP to grant them blanket easements in order to have transmission lines across the community. The City is in the process of renegotiation of that blanket easement into specific easements. There are eight (8) or nine (9)being negotiated. They are allowed to continue working while they have the blanket 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 574.235.91731 TTD 574.235.5567 I www.southbendin.gov 2