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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK He continued, In the Riverside (South of Bartlett) area, we recommend the City evaluates the twelve (12) inch throttle pipe to see if it could possibly be increased to allow more flow to leave the area quicker and maybe provide a little more relief on that CSO within that area. He went on, Another area we've discussed is north of Angela. We recommend to control the runoff of the forty (40) acres north of Angela, getting into conversations with them about ways to control that runoff so it's not causing issues down toward the southwest where there is flooding. Mr.Metters continued,I want to stress the magnitude of the events that we received. That February event was something that is likely to never happen again in my lifetime, and it could happen again next February, that's just the way mother nature works. Based on statistics and probability, there is a low probability that that event would happen in a given year. It was a very extreme event and a lot of things fell into place for it to happen. It wasn't confined to just one (1) neighborhood, it was confined to a whole system. A lot of the recommendations that were made might help during lower magnitude events, but if we were to get another event with the flooding that we just had, and even though our criteria is in line with what other communities are doing, they don't design for these types of floods. Could you do it? Some places you probably couldn't given the barriers that you have. You would be hard pressed to find someone willing to design to that risk factor, which is why FEMA does a lot of things within the one-hundred(100)year flood category. I want to be clear that you can implement some of these recommendations, and still have flooding if you have another five hundred(500)year flood. I would like to thank everyone for their patience, and thank you to everyone who responded to the questionnaires. Committee Chair Teshka stated, We were going to have an update on the CSO, and how their recommendations line up with what you are pursing with the EPA. Committeemember Oliver Davis made a motion to approve the agenda change.Committeemember Susan Soisson seconded this motion which carried unanimously by a voice vote of five (5). Committeemember Oliver Davis asked if there is a time set aside for the second (2"d) meeting. Committee Chair Broden stated,A date will be set and everyone will be notified. Committee Chair Broden then opened the floor to public comment. Public Comment Jeff Jacob, Attorney with Packman Hewitt at 1620 W. Oak Street,Zionsville, IN, stated, With me is Tony Rodolfo from our Indianapolis office. We are here tonight because we have been retained by a number of homeowners and residents in the North Shore Triangle area to look into the sewer and water backflow. I want to be clear that we are talking about back flow and not flooding, from the Combined Sewer System into their homes. First of all, we applaud the City for looking into this issue and continuing to study it, but this is an ongoing issue. Mr. Jacobs continued,In our cursory review of the LFA report, and in consulting with our experts, we were disappointed to hear that there were no significant upgrades to the City sewer system that were recommended. We were further troubled to learn that the sewer utility budget is underfunded to tackle any significant capital improvements to address these problems. We are looking forward EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building!227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 46601 p574.235.9221 f574.235.9173',TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 8