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CITY OF SOUTH BEND ', OFFICE OF THE CLERK Mr. Horvath replied, Roughly. We put it out to bid and then we find out what exactly those costs are. Ms. Kesim followed up, You are changing your depth of resurfacing. You were going to make it deeper or something. Did you get that equipment? What is your depth of resurfacing now? Mr. Horvath replied, To get at your last question, that is per surface cost. So, per lane mile per surface so that is not full replacement. I'm not sure what you're talking about but the new mill, you'll notice in the past that crews would just keep paving over roads to the point there was no more curb exposure. So, our new mill will do deeper cuts, So, it just depends on the road and the need, they'll make deeper cuts and will have more curb exposed when they are done. Ms. Kesim followed up, I looked at something called eco-patch. They use it down in Indy and other places,and it is cost-effective. I'm wondering if you could save on filling potholes by looking at eco-patch. Have you considered it? Mr. Horvath replied, We actually have a machine that is almost identical to the system they have with eco-patch. It's not all eco-patch, but we have two (2) methods at doing potholes. One (1) is the hot box. You'll see the Mayor goes out and he does that. We do that because that is our process and we want to make it work. The other process is an arm that goes out and blows the pothole out and that is a one (1) person operation. Machines are much more expensive and that is part of the problem. That is something we will look into putting into the 2020 budget. Ms. Kesim then stated, When I looked at Virginia, there was some road surfacing institute thing. I'm thinking maybe it would be a good EnFocus project to look at doing better road materials because we have such extreme weather here. Our costs for that would make that a great EnFocus project. I'm wondering about the nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950) for ADA ramps. Does the person have to pay for that or is that the City paying for that? On the ADA ramp? Mr. Horvath replied, We do have a thing called LTAP, Local Technical Assistance Program that is mobile that helps rate and evaluate pavements hoping to make it last longer. For the ramp, that is a reimbursement. The City pays the nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950). The idea is that is what it should cost to do a ramp and we are trying to cover the entire cost of the ramp for the home owners. Jim Bognar, 807 West Washington Street, stated, I have two (2) questions. This Council passed a green initiative. I would think one (1) of the best green initiatives we have is to continue to work with AEP. So many areas of this community do not have good lighting. We've talked about this at times. I wonder why we aren't talking about where we are with AEP and why we are not pushing them harder. The second (2nd) issue is, on my corner, which is a very dangerous corner, Chapin and Washington, and then down on Western and Chapin. They were high-density prototype lights they put up. That whole area is now dark. I tried to go through the 311 system on Washington and Chapin and it is the City's clover lighting. I never got a response from anyone. I think Council has an opportunity, in the next six (6) months, to work and try to get a better deal with AEP and get them to be more responsive to this. I think this is something that is critical to helping our community. I don't know why they don't want to do more cost-efficient lighting. I know the City is trying to do more and more and do their part. Can't we bring them to the table and get Council EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 10