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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK our procedures are and that we have methods in place, the better the City is for the next group that comes along. She went on, These slides (referencing the presentation) show you the Engineering budget overview. Eric alluded to the fact that this looks a little different and it is presented differently this year. It is a little confusing to look at. In years past we've presented summaries of the funds and this shows you what it looks like and what Engineering is planning to spend. So, there are some interesting numbers here that I will call your attention to. Councilmember Sharon L. McBride arrived at the meeting at 5:40 p.m. Dr. Boyles continued, One(1)being that Capital line on the bottom. What it shows is that in 2020, we propose to have ninety one percent (91%) less in Capital. That is really one (1) of those accounting practices. Things we might have called Capital last year, this year we are going to call them Repairs and Maintenance. So, for instance, last year I had $1 million for paving. We had it in the Capital line last year. This year it is in the Repairs and Maintenance line. So,it doesn't show up on the capital line like in year's past. We also have a tremendous amount of Capital Expenditures this year with the Bendix Road Project and the Corby/Ironwood/Rockne Project. So, you will see that some of those projects are being spent from both LRSA and MVH. We won't be spending that next year because there is a difference in those cash balances. There are two (2) funds that we are using a lot of for spending on capital in the past and those funds do not any longer have money to support Engineering Capital projects. She went on, Traffic calming, this is one (1) of those elements that we spend a lot of time on. It may not seem like it, but this is a serious topic that needs real solutions. We are talking about speeding through neighborhoods, cut-through traffic, and we are swamped with requests for this. We had an initiative this past year with Safe Streets Academy and Smart Growth America where we really did get an opportunity to learn. We know that permanent traffic calming measures are great, but we also learned that the implementation of maybe some temporary traffic calming measures may help serve our community. It also helps us get a chance to really engage with the community and demonstrate how projects can happen, get feedback, and make changes so that we actually can go down the path for a permanent solution. As you will see in the coming slides (referencing the presentation), we actually allotted all of our money for 2019, the $250,000 was budgeted in a very effective manner. Again, we have a lot more requests coming up so that is why we are requesting an increase in 2020 of$400,000. She continued, In 2019, you can see, we have six (6) different areas that will see new traffic calming devices. These include ten (10) permanent concrete speed humps, one (1) traffic circle, and then three (3) temporary rubber speed humps. We've been addressing these in these different neighborhoods. The Longfellow speedhumps have been installed. The nine hundred (900) block of Riverside,those have just recently been installed. We are about to do temporary traffic calming over by Madison School. We are still in design for the Hudson and Riverside traffic circle and we just asked for quotes for Walnut Grove, three (3) speed humps there, and the permanent speed humps on the seven hundred(700) eight hundred(800)blocks of North Riverside Drive. So, there is a lot happening there. We are trying to get all of that accomplished. She went on, So, as we look ahead to 2020, we plan to target six (6) more neighborhoods. We've engaged with all of these neighborhoods to some extent and so we've had conversations. Monroe EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 3