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<br /> to invest in a lot of capital this year, about$8.5 million. We are going to spend down some of our
<br /> cash balances we have,-and a lot of that capital is going to projects that are kicking off our Long-
<br /> Term Control Plan. They are projects we knew we had to do anywhere,so, we are not at risk if the
<br /> Long-Term Control Plan changes. They are all projects that Kara went over that are at the Waste
<br /> Water Treatment Plant. Again, on the Waste Water side, there weren't any salary increases above
<br /> the two percent(2%) or one percent(1%). Capital also includes sewer lining rehabilitation as well
<br /> as the Long-Term Control Plan expenditures. That is something that is important to us. If you
<br /> noticed, I talked about treating 13 billion gallons of waste water. We have a combined system, so,
<br /> a lot of that is rain water that we are treating, but in addition to that, a lot of it is ground water
<br /> because we have number of pipes that are over one hundred(100)years old. They are leaky pipes,
<br /> so, we are getting a lot of infiltration and inflow coming into those pipes. To give those sewers
<br /> additional life, as well as to reduce some of that INI, we line the pipes as part of our maintenance
<br /> program. We have money in there for that as well.
<br /> Councilmember Jake Teshka left the meeting at 7:07 p.m.
<br /> Mr. Horvath continued, I have a number of special initiatives to speak to, but I will hold on to
<br /> those and open to questions. If you want, I can leave it for a later date.
<br /> Committee Chair White replied, I would say, since we are losing some of our Council Members,
<br /> special initiatives are critical, and more Council Members need to be present to give you the full
<br /> opportunity for the presentation. We will stop at this time. Thank you, Eric, to you and your staff.
<br /> You've done a wonderful job and have provided excellent information, but we need to dig into
<br /> this a little further.
<br /> Committee Chair White then opened the floor to members of the public.
<br /> Jason Banicki, 3822 Ford Street, stated, I have three (3) questions. I was looking at the numbers
<br /> and the temporary speed humps actually cost more than the permanent ones. Why is that and if it
<br /> more expensive to do a temporary, why are we doing temporary ones? This one (1) may be more
<br /> of a Venues,Parks&Arts question but,since you brought up the bathroom at Mussel Grove.When
<br /> they talk to the Rum Village Association about Walker Field Park,they are talking about removing
<br /> the bathroom completely? Why does there seem to be a plan to renovate this one (1) but remove
<br /> this one (1)? Do we have a consistent plan for how we are going to handle these neighborhood
<br /> parks and their bathrooms? It doesn't seem that we do. And then, have we looked at the cost and
<br /> benefit to taking a lot of our side streets back to their brick road original forms? We had a pretty
<br /> big one (1) over the spring where a neighborhood wanted theirs restored. There are three (3) big
<br /> benefits to brick roads. One (1) is they last a lot longer than the asphalt we constantly have to
<br /> repave. Two (2), they are naturally porous, so they allow for that storm water through. And three
<br /> (3),they kind of act as a natural traffic calming device for these neighborhoods. If we are spending
<br /> money to repave the road, and spending money for traffic calming, and spending money to try and
<br /> divert the storm water, could we take a look and see if it is cheaper all together to go back to brick
<br /> roads? That is for side streets and not main roads, but those are some things I was interested in if
<br /> we had looked into yet.
<br /> Sue Kesim, 4022 Kennedy Drive stated, One (1) of my concerns is that I see a lot of red up on
<br /> those slides (referencing the presentation). Red numbers. As a taxpayer, I have four(4) priorities
<br /> on spending and those are roads, sewers, water and public safety. My priority is not lining the
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