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0�,oUTF[ <br /> 4 <br /> U C <br /> W <br /> IWPFACE <br /> 1865 <br /> OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK <br /> KAREEMAH FOWLER,CITY CLERK <br /> UTILITIES FEBRUARY 26, 2018 4:18 P.M. <br /> Committee Members Present: Dr. David Varner, Oliver Davis, Sharon L. McBride, <br /> Regina Williams-Preston <br /> Committee Members Absent: None <br /> Other Council Present: Tim Scott,John Voorde, Karen White, Gavin Ferlic <br /> Other Council Absent: Jo M. Broden <br /> Others Present: Bianca Tirado, Graham Sparks, Bob Palmer <br /> Present: Therese Dorau, Leah Thill <br /> Agenda: Update- Solarize Program-Therese Dorau, Director- <br /> Office of Sustainability <br /> Committee Chair Dr. David Varner called to order the Utilities Committee meeting at 4:18 p.m. <br /> He introduced members of the Committee and proceeded to give the floor to the presenters. <br /> Update- Solarize Program- Therese Dorau, Director- Office of Sustainability <br /> Therese Dorau,Director of the Office of Sustainability with offices on the 13th floor of the County- <br /> City Building, stated, Thank you all for your time. We are part of the Public Works Department. I <br /> will reintroduce Leah Thill because she has a new job title since the last time she spoke with you <br /> all. You may remember why we have Leah here in South Bend and that is because we received a <br /> grant from the Department of Energy to help with the SolSmart Program. MACOG hosted her but <br /> she provided a lot of content and expertise to the City of South Bend. We are actually very <br /> fortunate that MACOG has been able to keep her on as a full-time employee so she is now an <br /> environmental planner with MACOG. She is building a regional expertise on solar and electric <br /> vehicle infrastructure. Leah is helping us connect to a number of resources regionally that will help <br /> us bring in some of those new technologies and also providing a lot of support to my one(1)person <br /> office. Leah is going to update you all on the solar bulk-buy program that benefited a number of <br /> South Bend homeowners. <br /> Leah Thill, Environmental Planner for MACOG with offices on the 11'' floor of the County-City <br /> Building, stated, So some may still ask, what is Solarize? It is a made up word but we use it as a <br /> model where we organize people, support them through the process, get them the discount as well <br /> 455 County-City Building•227 W.Jefferson Boulevard•South Bend,Indiana 46601 <br /> Phone 574-235-9221 •Fax 574-235-9173•TDD 574-235-5567•www.SouthBendIN.gov <br /> JENNIFER M.COFFMAN BIANCA L.TIRADO JOSEPH R.MOLNAR <br /> CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK <br /> OPERATIONS <br />