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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Councilmember Broden then asked, And your Board is very involved in those reports and understanding that to-do list? Ms. Dean replied, I answer to the Board and the Board President throughout the entire AZA process. Then the people who actually go and sit before the hearing are myself, my Director of Animal Programs and Education, our Director of Business and Operations and then, if need be, anybody else from the team. Those are the three (3) people that have to be in the room for the hearing and then I'm the one (1)who actually has to present. Councilmember Broden followed up,Then your cost estimates,does that include or exclude union wages? Then is it per project? The way it was lined out, I wasn't certain if there would be some efficiencies. Then I guess two(2)related pieces to that,has City crew or anyone else thought about doing any in-kind? Like walkways? Where is our in-kind help here? Ms. Dean replied, It is a little mix actually. It is a mix of people paid and people who are volunteering their time. We have found some efficiencies. So the audit you see, I've taken and have broken it down. When you look at it, the entire audit is $4 million and we have $2.2 million. So, realistically, we are only covering half of Urgency One (1), Two (2) and Three (3). I've highlighted and separated out from this what my staff can do internally,meaning,my maintenance staff. We've already started ticking those things off and getting to that low-hanging fruit. We've also looked at the community and asked who could do some of that work in-kind. I have a community member who has become very involved in this project and he has helped from that standpoint. He has brought in volunteer welders. The thing I've tried not to do is put a strain on additional City resources because I know they are tight. I'm trying to figure out how to not put too much strain on the resources. One of my maintenance guys is HVAC certified. The hard thing is we have a maintenance staff of two (2). So I have to balance ten{10)work orders a day coming in a well. I'm maximizing the 2.2 million as best as I can. dust 1n general stuff with them s g $ Councilmember Broden then stated, When we considered the Park Bond, there was just decades and decades of deferred maintenance. So in terms of this project, part of me wants to ask how we got here, right? Does that pre-date 2014 when we handed this over? What was the game plan? Ms. Dean replied,I'll say that there wasn't a game plan. We took it over and our first(1St) concern was financial sustainability. There was a $1.3 million deficit and we needed to get it ground up. The year we took over we went through accreditation and we knew from our previous accreditation in 2009 that there were some serious financial solvency and governance issues that needed to be addressed. So,there wasn't really a game plan. I know that is not a great answer but almost all of this predates 2014 and we are just trying to clean it up and address it now. Councilmember Broden then asked, Within our packet,there is reference to PSAP. What is going on with the 911 and these funds and all of that. Randy Rompola, Barnes & Thornburg with offices located at 100 N. Michigan Street, stated, We are serving as Bond Counsel for the financing. The Ordinance provides for the issuance of these bonds to be payable from the Economic Development Portion of the Local Income Tax. It used to be formally known as EDIT. COIT is another component of it. The Bonds will be without standing bonds that are payable from the EDIT tax that were issued in 2015. Additionally, a portion of the City's distributive share of the EDIT revenue was designated back to the County to help pay for EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building I 227W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.91731-n D 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 14