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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK the next three (3) to six (6) months. It will start at the Colfax substation and then work its way up to the new Muessel substation.We anticipate that whole project to be done in the summer of 2020. She continued, We also had the South Bend 138AD Rebuild Project. We got a new line that we basically rebuilt from our German substation to our South Bend substation. I mentioned to Councilmember Scott, the work there has already been done. At this point, we are just doing restoration work which we have to wait until the weather cooperates. It is looking pretty promising now, finally, so, that portion of the line has been done. It is energized, like I said, we are just waiting on the restoration to be complete there. There are two (2) other segments that are part of that overall project. The line actually starts over in New Carlisle and comes over to our German substation, then there is another piece that goes from our South Bend substation and goes to our Twin Branch substation. So,those two(2)segments are going to start. Likely,the first(1St)segment will go from New Carlisle to German, and that will likely start this summer. So, folks will see, basically,those last towers going down those new steel poles going up.Voltage is staying the same on those. She went on,Went Councilmember Teshka and I had touched base,he had asked that I provide an update on the street light situation and where we are at with those. If residents call and report streetlights, typically, they call and report it to the City. Marsha Qualls is who gets those and then she reports them over to us. We just got forty-three(43)reported last Wednesday and we actually got those fixed in the twenty-four(24)hour turnaround. Those are pretty good. We try to fix them between twenty-four(24)and forty-eight(48)hours.That is our goal.We don't always meet those, especially if they happen to be underground problems and it's not just changing a lightbulb out. Those tend to take a little bit longer,but it depends on workload and if there are outages or things of that nature, that would take priority over a streetlight. Does anybody have any questions? Councilmember John Voorde asked,On those transmissions towers,going from one(1)to another, what is the advantage there? Ms. Beggs replied, The steel towers right now are just old and outdated. The conductor is old, so, replacing those definitely improves the reliability in making sure that we are being proactive and not just waiting for something to fail and replace it later. Councilmember Tim Scott asked, Are you guys stringing new cables, right? Ms. Beggs replied, Yes. Councilmember Scott followed up, The Elwood Station,what is the timeline for that one(1)?You said Colfax was May 2020. Ms. Beggs replied, So, it will be called the Muessel, and the sitework is starting now and that will be completed in September of this year. That new station has to be up and running so we can take some of the load transfer. Councilmember Scott stated, Maggie, Tim Corcoran and I talked, and they are going to do more of an ornamental fence,too,so it's not just the chain link.That will help it fit into the neighborhood. Also,that lot,do you think you could find someone to clean that lot up? I rather ask you than Code. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 2