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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS MAY 23, 2016 4:50 P.M. Committee Members Present: Karen White, Jo M. Broden, Regina Williams- Preston, John Voorde Other Council Present: Oliver Davis, Gavin Ferlic Others Present: Kareemah Fowler, Joseph Molnar, Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand, Adriana Rodriguez Agenda: LaSalle Park/Beck's Lake EPA Superfund Site Update, Legal Department Committee Chair Karen White called the meeting to order with one (1) item on the agenda. Due to the overflow of people wishing to attend the meeting, Committeemember Jo M. Broden made a motion to recess and reconvene in the larger Council Chambers. Committeemember Regina Williams- Preston seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous voice vote. Committee Chair Karen White reconvened the meeting at 4:58 p.m. Committee Chair White explained this meeting is to serve as an update regarding the LaSalle Park and Beck's Late EPA Superfund Site. The first part of the presentation will come from the EPA and the second part from our Corporation Counsel Attorney Cristal Brisco. Councilmembers will have an opportunity to ask questions after the presentations. There will be a presentation and meeting tomorrow, May 24th 2016, at the Charles Black Center in LaSalle Park. Cristal Brisco, Corporation Counsel with offices on the 12th Floor of the County -City Building, thanked the Committee for the opportunity to provide a formal update on the LaSalle Park Superf ind Site. Representatives from Region Five (5) of the EPA are here to speak as well as the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Everyone has the shared goal, along with the Common Council, that our neighborhoods are safe and that the public is informed. In furtherance of that goal, the EPA will provide a presentation on the history of the Superfund site as well as the Superfund process. Following that presentation, Corporation Counsel Brisco will provide information on the current sampling program. Jenny Davison, Environmental Protection Agency, gave a presentation on the history of the LaSalle Park and Beck's Lake site. The City and Honeywell have announced that they are going to sample the area as a part of the remedial investigation. The EPA has many environmental programs, the purpose for their involvement with this site is related to their responsibility for 455 County-City Building • 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard • South Bend, Indiana 46601 Phone 574- 235 -9221 • Fax 574- 235 -9173 • TDD 574- 235 -5567 • www.SouthBendfN.gov JENNIFER M. COFFMAN ALKEYNA M. ALDRIDGE EMILY SEXTON CHIEF DEPUTY/ CHIEF OF STAFF DEPUTY/ DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK