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41.CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK Committeemember Davis asked, The part that's already established is already established all the way through? Mr. Horvath clarified, Those two (2)projects? Yes. Committeemember Davis continued, So that's established ongoing, that is what I'm telling her. That is established for 2019 and is established for 2020 or whenever or how long it's going on. So, I just wanted her to know that her neighborhood is taken care of. That's established and we took care of that. Thank you. Committee Chair Teshka stated, I would just like to clarify. Mr. Horvath, I believe you've said this many times and we don't want to give any false assurances to residents that by establishing this that all of the sudden the flooding problems are going to go away, correct? You've said that and I think this is not an emergency fund. This is s fund, rather, to help us keep up with continual improvements, correct? Mr. Horvath replied, Yes, that is absolutely true. The funding established will help us build storm water infrastructure which will help alleviate problems. On catastrophic events, there is probably no level of funding that you could throw to help the situation. The river coming up as high as it did, short of building walls through the river or the City, you're really going to have difficultly completely solving that issue. Even if you built walls, it would be stuck on the outside. I say that because I don't want to mislead people in thinking that this is a cure-all but there is significant needs that need to be met and this will help us start addressing those needs. We'll start picking them off one (1) at a time. We will start with the worst areas where we know we have major flooding problems and we will hit those areas first(18t) Councilmember Broden stated,Just a couple things but I'm going to name them, four(4). One(1), your paragraph three (3) stating the storm water user rate shall apply for a period of at least two (2) years. I mean, what would be the difficultly of saying for two (2) years and being very specific on that? Then your sentence continues and say with subsequent transition to a rate based upon the quantity, blah, blah, blah. Ok? It's as if we are identifying what we want to do before we, I mean, you probably have a good indication of the direction we want to go, but, to me, that is almost a certainty the way that is worded there. I guess I would like to see some consideration of language that indicates that we have an inclination it will go that way but after due diligence. Something that gets at that is not a done deal to go that direction because what if your data and other information points you otherwise? That is probably a small matter because I think you wouldn't have bagged that from your earlier proposal in order to get to this flat fee. So just some wording there that, I think in my opinion, would offer some clarity for some members of the public. Then going along with the impervious surface, I agree with Councilmember Scott. Looking at, and this is down the line and sort of version two (2) of this, whatever Council looks at, and I guess that is one (1) of my things. She continued, Since my tenure, I have seen some things not happen so I like tying in a specific date of two(2)years.This is in place and within two(2)years,the next Administration and Council can look at it when it comes up. But I do think when we do look at that impervious surface piece, one (1), we will have to anticipate an appeal process that will be a part of that and then two (2), I like the concept of credits or offsets of some sort. The building plans, or Code, should support developers who are trying to do right by that whether it is new build or renovation. Then I guess I EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 1574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 6