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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Committeemember Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 39-18 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Committeemember John Voorde seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of four(4) ayes. Bill No. 40-18-Appropriating Monies for the Purpose of Defraying the Expenses of Designated Enterprise Funds for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31,2019 Ms. Hockenhull stated, I don't have anything additional to add for this legislation. When we present our information tonight, it will be on the entire budget and enterprise and civil city funds aren't typically separated in our budget. Committee Chair White then opened the floor to questions from Committee and Council Members. There were none. She then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the legislation. Carol McAfee, 605 Marquette Avenue, stated, My question for this particular bill is, as I learned yesterday, about the City-wide two dollar ($2) per month assessment to establish a Storm Water Utility Fund. My question is,and I'm all in favor of it,why wasn't a fund like this established after the last flood in 2016?Or even prior to that?The other thing I would like to know,in appropriating monies for this project, is spending the money on trying to bring the South Shore railroad a viable option? I don't see that as a viable option because where are the commuters going to park? That area where they want to bring it in is very congested already. I propose they take that money that you were going to do the studies with and bring it downtown to actually repair the infrastructure in our system so our neighborhood doesn't get flooded again like it was. I have friends who've lost absolutely everything. They were just getting their basements back to normal and now they have to do it all over again. We are talking about $40,000, $50,000, and $60,000 worth of losses in a block. The other thing is Angela was so flooded that nobody could get in or out.They are also going to have to disclose this if they go to sell their homes. I think they are going to have a hard time because there are a couple homes on Angela that have been for sale for a while and because they have this disclosure, they have a hard time selling them. I think you should take the money from something that didn't really work in the first(1St) place because I rode the South Shore. Committee Chair White interjected,The South Shore,if I'm not mistaken,is not part of this budget at all. We are just focusing on the parts that deal with Bill No. 40-18. The South Shore is another discussion at another time as it is not part of this budget. Ms. McAfee continued, Ok, thank you. And you're going to get opposition on this two dollar($2) a month charge. I'm fine and I think everybody in our neighborhood is fine with that. My concern is the infrastructure. How does an eighteen (18) inch pipe flow into a ten (10) inch pipe? It seems backwards. Committee Chair White requested Eric Horvath, the Director of Public Works, to sit down with Ms. McAfee to discuss her concerns further. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, Yeah, I guess I still have questions post the Lawson Fischer Study and the punch list that was presented as sort of tentative at the budget meeting.Now that we have a little bit of daylight between the day that was presented and where we are now, the EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 l f574.235.9173IM574.235.5567lwww.southbendin.gov 3