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REGULAR MEETING <br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />AUGUST 22, 2016 <br />16 -64 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA APPROVING <br />A PETITION OF THE AREA BOARD OF ZONING <br />APPEALS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3001 <br />W. CLEVELAND ROAD <br />Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill 16 -64 to the Zoning and Annexation <br />Committee and set public hearing for September 12th, 2016. Councilmember Karen White <br />seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of seven (7) ayes. <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />Councilmember Broden stated that the four (4) bills related to the budget should get some extra <br />coverage so that the public does not get lost in the terminology. This is the budget for the entire <br />2017 year and that is very important. She encouraged the public come to the Committee <br />meetings as well, the times of which have been posted. <br />Councilmember Dr. Varner stated the new substitute resolution for clean energy will be posted <br />on the website very soon for public inspection. <br />PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR <br />Samuel Brown, 222 East Navarre Street South Bend, stated he lives a block from the river and <br />that he is having issues with getting flood insurance for his home and it will cost seven - hundred <br />dollars ($700) a year for the insurance. The only way for that figure to be lowered is for South <br />Bend to become a CRS Qualifier. That would lower the potential insurance to three - hundred and <br />fifty ($350) a year. He asked the Council to look into this because we have all seen why flood <br />insurance is so important. <br />Jesse Davis, P.O. Box 10205 South Bend, stated several years back we had six (6) inches of rain <br />and we didn't see nearly the same amount of flooding. He asked if there has been any funding to <br />clean up the waterways such as Bowman Creek which are in terrible conditions. Those blocked <br />creeks restrict water flow and the flooding was obviously worse because of it. The grates around <br />the City need to be cleaned as well. Some of our grates have ivy growing in the grates so <br />obviously they are not being taken care of. He also asked how the backwater valve program will <br />be administered because there wasn't very much information put out so far. <br />Eileen Sullivan, Pile Avenue, spoke about the repeated sewer back flow that has come into her <br />house for years. The City needs to address this issue. Her home has ten (10) inches of raw <br />sewage in her basement and it has happened six (6) times to her basement since 1994. Every time <br />we have a heavy rain we have to pray that nothing is going to happen. It is not fair that we have <br />to pay for the damages to our home that are the fault of the City. Our sewers in this <br />neighborhood were redone in 2008 and 2009 and yet this is still an issue. I could have paid for <br />my college education with the money.that I have spent repairing my basement. A check valve <br />should have been put at the curb when the sewers were redone back in the late 2000s. <br />Jason Banicki - Critchlow, 3822 West Ford Street, stated a great deal of the retaining tanks had <br />flooded over. He asked how long we keep postponing this issue and how we deal with our <br />wastewater. We have known for almost a decade that this will be an expensive issue and <br />delaying further will only increase the price tag of this project. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />There being no further business to come before the Council, President Tim Scott adjourned the <br />meeting at 9:33 p.m. <br />14 <br />
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