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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK Mr. Horvath continued, We need a dedicated fund, otherwise we will continue to have the same issue. Committeemember Sharon L.McBride interjected,I can see what Councilmember Davis is saying. The reason why I say that is because we have had discussions about the impoverished and the diversity in the City. Maybe if you're talking about the first(1St) year because I know the first(1St) thought was wanting to implement January but when we talked about it you talked about delaying it to June to get people prepared for that fee. Where I can see the concern is maybe just the first (1st) year using TIF if it is available to use and then look toward more sustainability after. It still seems like there are different things we have to do to get there by June 1 and we don't know what the impact will be on people in that forty five percent(45%). If we have people's water turned off now, how are we making sure we aren't putting a burden on them? I did agree and I talked with you guys and was also considering the delay, so I see both sides. Committeemember Davis interjected, But the thing about it is,though I appreciate it,to me and at least from my point of view, nobody has argued the case to me that why we cannot implement starting day one(1) as we vote on this a plan that also includes assistance for those that cannot do it and everything else and not piece meal this all the way through. I have a problem with piece mealing things that do not have a complete picture. Saying ok we are going to work on that between now and June but since we are not starting it, and the date of implementation was not June 1St 2019 and that was able to be delayed, I can see the need for us to have to vote on this tonight without having that information. To have a complete program in place,as best we can,to have that starting out, it makes sense to me if we are going to have that. We have, what, six(6) or seven(7) months? Seven(7)months that is almost two (2) semesters in the classroom. Students can do that as a full study in three(3)months. So that is twice the time and we could have something in place where we put that together and everything is there so it isn't piece mealed together. That's just how I see it. Councilmember Voorde asked, You don't have the billing system to accommodate that, correct? Committeemember Davis interrupted, And that would be nice to have one (1) of those. Mr. Horvath replied, Yes, and especially if we go to an impervious based system. Talking about the income-based rates and the Storm Water Fund, those are two (2) separate and distinct issues we are trying to address. Committeemember Davis interrupted, Partly. Mr. Horvath continued, One (1) is the funding mechanism for storm water, which is what we are trying to do here. That is absolutely one hundred percent (100%) in your purview and you will decide if we move forward with this or not. Then I have to live with whatever is decided because then I have to figure out if I can do projects or not. And I'm just telling you that it is frustrating being on this side of the table getting the calls and not having a way to help people because we just don't have any funding and the only way we can do it is by stealing from other funding sources. The income-based rate is also something that is really important to do for another reason and that is because we have people hurting and we are looking at ways that we can help that and that will be on the waste water component of their bill. It probably won't be on the water piece just mostly due to legal reasons. Until last year, this wasn't even a possibility in the State of Indiana. There EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION I INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building i 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 6