08-20-18 Health and Public Saftey & Utilities

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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK to a dialogue with the City. We would like additional recommendations and solutions to the problem. We were also surprised that there was very little reference to the Smart Sewer System in tonight's presentation. We are interested to know if there were any uncovered design or implementation deficiencies relative to whether EmNet was consulted or just provided data as to whether or not the system worked as designed. We have continued to become concerned about the residents that are lifelong homeowners with a good number of reported backflows since the February 2018 event. One (1) of the areas we are interested in looking at is whether or not this flooding would have been as significant in 2016 or 2018 and ongoing without the Smart Sewer system in place. Thank you, we look forward to working with you. Bruce Harris, 513 W. Angela, stated, The water was described as flowing from the area north of Angela, and that would be the Holy Cross College property which is owned by Notre Dame. The description that it flows down that direction is not accurate. There is a large pipe that comes out of the ground where the drains from the campus all come together and pour a significant amount of water at the hillside which flows down behind the houses on the north side of Angela. This has kept the water table up quite significantly. I started to put a sump pump in my basement at the beginning of March, and at that time, the water table was sitting at the bottom of the concrete at the basement. Since then it has gone down ten(10)inches. It rains up there and then concentrates around the houses. I have a hard time believing that water dumping was set up there with proper permits. I would like that to be looked in to, and it should be piped out to the river, or handled another proper way. Barbara Sutton, 528 Ostemo Pl., stated, I am the president of the North Shore Triangle Neighborhood Association. I am a great believer in climate change, so two (2) events in two (2) years, I find it hard to believe that it is not going to happen again in the next ten(10) years. There was a flood in 1985,2016,and 2018. One of my concerns is that a lot of folks in the neighborhood don't have the $10,000-15,000 it costs to dig out around our house to remediate, but we could perhaps do something else with the walls or the cracks if we had more information. At our meeting in March,we asked if there could possibly be some workshops put on to help the neighbors do low cost, do it yourself projects in case of another flood. We are not all quite back to normal yet, I'm still hauling stuff out of my garage and working on my basement. A lot of my neighbors are doing the same. It's been a very painful process for us and we need continued support to get our work done. Mary Wood,620 W. Angela, stated,I have owned my home and lived there for twenty-seven(27) years. In noticing the images toni ht, the red lines for the sewers that were imaged, I feel like it was our neighborhood, through vociferous and local distress, that caused this study to be done. I am wondering why the City is not regularly maintaining,imaging,cleaning out and repairing these lines,because they don't look like they are being well-maintained. Regarding the extreme events, I understand that there are times when things are way too big for things you have in place, but inches matter. I had over three (3) feet of flooding in my basement. If it had been a few inches, I wouldn't have had to replace the furnace and appliances. If it had been three (3) more inches it would have gotten into my circuit breaker and into the electricity. The power would have had to be cut and my pets and I would have had to leave our home. All the small things count. Right not I am saving up to get the$12,000 french drain system. I am doing everything I can,and I'm asking you to do everything you can even if they're small things. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.JeffersonBvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 TTD574.235.55671www.southbendin.gov 9