09-17-18 Personnel and Finance (#9)

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CITY OF SOUTH BEND 1 OFFICE OF THE CLERK the first projects that we would do. We would use that $350,000 to do as many of those as we could. Councilmember Broden followed up, Have you considered a bond? Mr. Horvath stated, That's a good question. We are going to have some follow up meetings and an enabling ordinance on this and I will have Umbaugh at those meetings. I guess one of the things I would be concerned about,because you don't have a set history of revenue, it might be tough to bond something that is a brand new rate, but it's something we could pursue. He continued, We have a job fair this Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to try and gear up for ReLeaf. We have a number of jobs we are going to try to fill that will be at sixteen dollars ($16) per hour. He then passed out a flyer on the lamp post program (which is available in the City Clerk's Office) and went on, We have two (2) targeted areas that we're doing this in and the cost share is much less than it used to be if you are in one (1) of those targeted areas. In those targeted areas,the residential cost share is going to be ten percent(10%) which will be forty dollars ($40), because these are solar lights that you can put in by yourself. The total cost is $400. If you are not in one of those targeted areas, the cost share is fifty percent (50%), which is two hundred dollars ($200).That is still less than the previous program,which was two hundred and fifty dollars($250) for a lamp post. We did mail the brochures out to everyone in those targeted areas, and we got our first application back. This year's program applications are due on October 10th, 2018. Councilmember Broden asked, Can you tell us where each of these areas are? Mr. Horvath explained, There is a map on the brochure that shows where they are. It's south of Western Avenue, east of Olive,north of the railroad tracks, and then west of Walnut Street. You'll have to look at the other ones because they are between Portage and Lincolnway up to Coal Line Trail. The reason we selected those two (2) areas is we had staff look at a number of different parameters and then they did a cross tab analysis of those to try to find areas in the City that were low income, had a number a vacant lots, and had fewer lights than other areas. We can change those parameters and expand them in the future,but we're doing this as a pilot program to see how it works. If we need to make adjustments after the first(1St) round, we'll surely do that. Committee Chair White then opened the floor to members of the public for questions and comments. Sue Kesim,4022 Kennedy Drive, stated,I think it would be great if the Council learned how many lane miles there are that are at the critical level and find the money to do those because only twenty (20) lane miles are going to be done. My understanding is that leaves eighty (80) lane miles at a level four(4). I would like to see the Council see where they can get the money. Jim Bognar has a question,he wanted clarification on the 3,000 lights. He wants to know how many are AEP lights and how many are City lights. Please note the breakout,the numbers,and the utility costs per year. He also wants you to know that there are seven(7) lights out on Sample Street. He wants to make sure the lighting that we already have is maintained, checked and upgraded. Committee Chair White stated, Mr. Horvath please get back to us with those answers unless you have anything you'd like to share now. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.91731 TTD 574.235.5567 Iwww.southbendin.gov 3