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50,U Tit 64 <br /> G <br /> 1865 <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR <br /> DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br /> October 9, 2013 <br /> Mr. Derek Dieter <br /> President, Common Council <br /> 4`h Floor, Clerk's Office <br /> County City Building <br /> 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. <br /> South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br /> Dear President Dieter; <br /> Attached is an ordinance amending sections of the South Bend Municipal Code to adjust sewer <br /> rates and charges incrementally through 2017. The rates set forth in the attached Ordinance are <br /> set based on requirements of the City's approved Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) for Combined <br /> Sewer Overflows and the negotiated Consent Decree between the City of South Bend, the United <br /> States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the Indiana Department of <br /> Environmental Management (IDEM). This Consent Decree was entered into after the USEPA <br /> and the IDEM filed a concurrent complaint alleging that the City of South Bend violated sections <br /> of the Clean Water Act, the Indiana Code, and South Bend's National Pollutant Discharge <br /> Elimination System (NPDES) permit by discharging combined sewer overflows into waters of <br /> the United States and waters of Indiana, and that those discharges have violated and continue to <br /> violate South Bend's NPDES permit. <br /> The proposed rates will support the first phases of the City's LTCP and will fund necessary <br /> improvements to separate sewers, reduce sewage overflows to basements, and increase capacity <br /> at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. The City has engaged a financial consultant, Crowe <br /> Horwath. to prepare a Preliminary Rate and Financing Report. <br /> Please contact me with any questions that you have on the changes to the sewer rate ordinance, <br /> or the LTCP. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> (YJ -J LilS <br /> G f <br /> Eric C. orvath, PE <br /> Public Works Director <br /> x <br />