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•CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> Ms. Kesim interjected, That is how special Eric is. <br /> Kim Bowman, 314 Marquette Avenue, stated, I have a question. In light of the decision to cut the <br /> recommended increase on our utility bill by fifty percent(50%), i.e. the four dollars ($4) that Eric <br /> requested for storm water, where is the rest of that funding going to come from? It is infuriating to <br /> sit here and hear$450,000 for storm water when somebody within the City thought it was a good <br /> idea to take out a park bond and buy a big truck named Boomer for $800,000 that they said they <br /> are hoping will last ten (10) years. Oh, and by the way, we need to build a new garage for. What <br /> was it, $150 million for the downtown streets, that was budgeted? In the Northshore Triangle, we <br /> have a guardrail that has been down for four (4) years. How much could that possibly cost to be <br /> fixed? How about money coming out of downtown and into the neighborhoods? <br /> Gerry Gingras, 318 Marquette Avenue, stated, I have two (2) questions. Has any money been <br /> allocated to address the impact of the Notre Dame/Holy Cross development activities up on the <br /> hill? And,how much? When? Is there going to be a status report on the investigations? And what <br /> is the status of the implementation? My second(2nd) question is simply,has money been allocated <br /> to complete the LFA recommendations in the year 2020? <br /> Committee Chair White turned the floor back to Committee and Council Members for closing <br /> remarks. <br /> Councilmember McBride stated, I would just like to thank all the presenters and departments that <br /> showed up. All the hard work you put into this budget, I look forward to considering it and sitting <br /> down and weeding through it to make sure we have the priorities of the Council and the <br /> neighborhoods. I'm pleased we start early enough to get viable information from neighbors to <br /> come back before we finalize things. So, I appreciate everyone who took the time to come. Thank <br /> you. <br /> Committeemember Voorde stated, Same thing. I appreciate the work that went into this and your <br /> continued good work, given the resources you have. <br /> Committee Chair White then turned the floor to the Administration presenters for closing remarks. <br /> Mr. Horvath stated, There are a lot of great questions there. We are more than happy to address <br /> those, I wrote down a number of them. We are more than happy to help answer those and publish <br /> them. We will talk about all of these things in more depth at a later date, as well. I appreciate your <br /> time. <br /> Committee Chair White replied, We appreciate you, as well and your department and all your <br /> individuals and employees that may never hear the words `Thank you.' We do thank you. The <br /> budget process is always an interesting time because we are working collaboratively to get to the <br /> best end result. I appreciate the Administration employees who adjusted their schedules to start at <br /> 5:30 p.m. as opposed to 5:00 p.m. <br /> Dan Parker, City Controller with offices located on the 12th floor of the County-City Building, <br /> stated,Thank you, everyone for being here and for all the work you do. We caught those questions <br /> and will submit written answers to the Council before the next budget hearing. <br /> EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 11D574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 21 <br />