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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> Mr. Horvath stated, Yes. We had a storm water fee in there, so we have a proposal in there. <br /> Essentially that proposal is going to fund Capital projects on storm water. It doesn't fully fund all <br /> of the projects we have, but at least it gives us some funding mechanism for when we have issues <br /> when it rains. We get lots of calls every time it rains for issues in public rights-of-ways where we <br /> have flooding issues. This will generate over $1 million per year in revenue, one hundred percent <br /> (100%) of which would be allocated to Capital. We put it in the budget but before anything would <br /> go through, there would need to be an enabling ordinance to come before the Council for Public <br /> Hearing. So, all of that would still have to happen outside of the budget process as well. We just <br /> wanted to use the budget opportunity as the starting point to get it into the 2019 budget. <br /> Councilmember Scott asked, Just as a reminder, what was that fee? <br /> Mr. Horvath replied, For residential, it's two dollars ($2)per month, regardless of the impervious <br /> surface. Commercial and industrial, non-residential, it depends on the amount of impervious <br /> surface they have. If you have less than 5,000 square feet of impervious surface, then it is four <br /> dollars($4)per month. If you have from 5,000-15,000 square feet of impervious surface it is eight <br /> dollars ($8)per month. And,more than 15,000 square feet of impervious surface is twenty dollars <br /> ($20) per month. <br /> Committeemember John Voorde asked, Does that take into account pervious pavement? <br /> Mr. Horvath replied, We would not count grass or pervious pavement as an impervious surface. <br /> For example, if you have a driveway with pervious pavers, it would not count against you. <br /> Committee Chair White asked, How would you respond if, for example, the Council did not <br /> support additional fees? What would be the impact? <br /> Mr. Horvath replied, Our frustration is that we only have a dedicated funding source for storm <br /> water, and we do get a lot of calls from residents on storm issues. What happens is that, we have <br /> to find ways to deal with those flooding and storm water issues, otherwise they don't get done. <br /> We've got a backlog of projects, and more recently, we've been budgeting money in the Local <br /> Roads and Streets Fund. That takes away money that is available to pave roads and sidewalks. The <br /> traditional funding sources that we've used in the past to handle storm water issues have primarily <br /> been from our Sanitary Sewer Funds or from our Local Roads and Street or MDH Funds. So,we're <br /> trying to make sure we have an appropriate Fund that is set up for storm water to cover storm water <br /> projects, as opposed to using other Funds that weren't intended specifically for those purposes. <br /> Committee Chair White opened the floor to questions and comments from Committee and Council <br /> Members. <br /> Councilmember Jo M. Broden asked, So in terms of your estimated revenue, what will they <br /> accomplish in 2019 specifically? <br /> Mr. Horvath replied, Expenses for 2019 are $1.2 million. You can see sewer separation, flood <br /> mitigation, South Bend Dam, and drainage improvements. Drainage improvements are further <br /> broken down into the top ten (10) list. We have not bid these out because we haven't done any <br /> designs for these yet. These are just a backlog of projects that we have that people have been <br /> calling about for quite some time that we don't have any funding for. So those would be some of <br /> EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 I TTD 574.235.5567 I www.southbendin.gov <br /> 2 <br />