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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 27, 2017 Riverside Drive to the site. He stated, Not only could you serve t at site, but you could also serve that entire Blackthorn area, and the rest of the industrial park are ' that was on the west side of town, that was in a capacity problem. Because the area was growing faster than what was previously expected, the sewers going down Cleveland Road were not going to handle the full development in Blackthorn. If you took a look out Western Avenue and then everything to La Porte County and to the north side of St. Joseph County, the sew r was designed in order to handle all of that flow. Who paid for it? It all came out of a secod TIF issue that went forward because of I/N Kote. Inland Steel addressed the cost of this entire infrastructure improvement that brought probably the first trunk sewer out in South Bend's history in maybe forty (40) or fifty (50) years —all to an area that otherwise would not be served for future development. Mr. McMahon explained that no taxpayer money had to pay for the extension of the trunk line sewer. He stated that none of the effluent that comes from I/N Tek and I/N Kote is storm- related, and therefore does not contribute to the storm water problem in South Bend. Additionally, their waste is very diluted in that it does not carry the biological loading that most of the waste from the City does. It has a very low operating burden on the water plant relative to what the flow would be if this were serving a large number of residents. He stated, I can certainly understand why the City from time to time would like to adopt policies where there is a surcharge for projects that choose to go out in the County rather than be in the City, but I don't think there is a place for this when the site or the operation could not be in the City even if we all wanted it to. Mr. Nussbaum stated, I spoke to you this afternoon about the technical reasons for why this agreement makes sense and also meets the requirements of the ordinance. I did not want to repeat myself on that, this evening. I thought it would be important for you to understand how important it was for us to work together in order to have this resolution approved. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the lbove bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. There were none from the public wishing to speak in favor of or n opposition to the this bill. Councilmember Dr. David Varner addressed Mr. Nussbaum, stating, You mentioned that storm water is not an issue with regard to the plant sending storm wateto the city —it's simply effluent from the plant. But, going forward, if this is potentially such a fi, ancial burden at this point in time, I would ask for you to look really deeply into the future, because we have some extraordinary rate increases coming as a result of the consent de�ree, and I don't want anybody to be terribly surprised about this. I think up front that everybody should understand that. Mr. Nussbaum responded, We certainly understand that that is a problem and I think the company is more than willing to try to assist the City in any way they can. I think right now it's important to note that a large part of the rate they pay goes tow ds solving that problem for the City. Even though we are not costing you, we are happy to do th it. As you deal with the various agencies— whether it's the EPA or IDIM or whatever —I/N Tek and I/N Kote will be willing to help in whatever way they can. �1 I 'ISM' I' Councilmember Dr. Varner asked, You're specifically referencing the pilot payment? Mr. Nussbaum responded, No, I'm representing the fact that if you go and look at the components of how the rate is figured out, a large proportion ven more than the pilot —is for capital projects that are dealing with the storm water /sewer issue. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to adopt Bill No. 17-07. Councilmember Jo M. Broden seconded the motion which carried by�a roll call vote o eight (8) ayes. 17 -08 A RESOLUTION F THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS NORTHEAST CORNER OF AD MS ROAD AND U.S. 31, SOUTH BEND, DI 46628 AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF 14