2026-10-13 - Climate, City Services & Infrastructure Committee

>> Councilmember Owens: GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO CHAMBERS. WE ARE IN OUR COMMITTEE THAT IS CLIMATE, CITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, THANK GOODNESS NOR THOSE LETTERS RIGHT THERE. HAPPY TO

BE WITH YOU. I AM YOUR CHAIRWOMAN COUNCILMEMBER MEEKA OWENS JOINED BY VICE CHAIR RYAN JAMES, COMMITTEE YOU MEMBER MARK JEFFREYS, AND SETH WALSH IS EXCUSED. FROM THE SOLICITOR'S OFFICE WE HAVE JEREMY

SEEBOHM AND FROM ALSO FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE DIRECTOR KRONER, OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY. THANK YOU LISA CARRION FROM THE CLERK OF COUNCIL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE'VE GOT A

REALLY EXCITING AND THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO IS HERE IN CHAMBERS TO ENGAGE WITH US AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ON LINE. WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION TODAY AND BEFORE WE GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT

WHICH WE HAVE I BELIEVE TWO THAT ARE ON LINE AND TWO THAT ARE IN PERSON, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE FLOOD BEING THAT IMPACTED THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITIES THIS

PAST JULY. SO WE ARE GOSH TO HEAR FROM MSD, METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT, SMU, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY AND THE NEWLY FORMED DORS WHICH IS DEPARTMENT OF OPPORTUNITY AND RESIDENT SERVICES. WE WILL

TALK ABOUT THE ACTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THESE EVENTS, AS WELL AS AS WELL AS LONG TERMS STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE EMPLOYING TO HELP REDUCE THE IS

HERE, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE AND THEN FOLLOWED BY MARIE. AGENDA ITEM 2, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW,. Councilmember Owens: TOTALLY FINE, GO RIGHT AHEAD. GOOD MORNING

COUNCIL, COUNCIL WOMAN THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TODAY. I'M BEHALF OF THE OVER-THE-RHINE FOUNDATION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION FOR THIS. I'M GENERAL FER JENNIFER FOUNDATION BOARD VICE

PRESIDENT. SINCE 1992 THE FOUNDATION HAS WORKED TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND CELEBRATE OVER-THE-RHINE IN THE HISTORIC HEART OF CINCINNATI. WE WERE THE FIRST ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION

IN OVER-THE-RHINE AND WE HELD LAUNCH PROGRAMS LIKE BOCKFEST, FINAL PRY, MARKETS ON MAIN. THIRTY YEARS AGO IN 1996 WE SET OUT TO BUILD A CLOCK TOWER MONUMENT TO RETURN TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS HISTORIC

NEIGHBORHOOD A SENSE OF PRIDE, CARING AND COMMUNITY. IT WAS BUILT THROUGH AT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VENDEAN BELL COMPANY, THE CORBIT FOUNDATION AS LEAD SPONSOR AND NEARLY A HUNDRED INDIVIDUAL OWN

DONORS. THE CLOCK TO YOU YOU TOGETHERRER BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST STRUCTURES IN THE DOWNTOWN GATEWAY PROGRAM. WE BELIEVE IT IS THE ONLY GATEWAY THAT'S NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. THE FOUNDATION OWNS THE

TOWER AND THE SMALL FOOTPRINT BENEATH IT IS A DOUGHNUT HOLE WITH LAND SURROUNDED BY DOTE. BUT AFTER 30 YEARS OF WELCOMING PEOPLE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS IMPORTANT GATEWAY

EASTERN GATEWAY HAS RESTORATION, IT IS IN NEED OF SOME SIGNIFICANT REPAIR. YOU'RE FOUNDATION WAS CREATED TO DEVELOP THE DEVELOPMENT OF OVER-THE-RHINE RATHER THAN MAIN TANNING PROPERTY AND OWNING

PROPERTY WITHIN OVER-THE-RHINE. SO, THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR OPTION 2 IN THE PARK BOARD REPORT ASKING YOU TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE FOUNDATION TO MAKE REPAIRS NOW THEN

TRANSFER OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY. WE ARE PREPARED TO TAKE ON THIS STRETCH GOAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY WILL ULTIMATELY TAKE OWNERSHIP. CITY FUNDING FOR THE RESTORATION IS ESSENTIAL, WITHOUT

THE IT FUTURE OF THE TOWER IS ESSENTIAL. SAVE THE CLOCK TOWER, PLEASE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP A TOPIC THAT I'M REPRESENTING THE SIERRA CLUB MIAMI GROUP TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP A TOPIC THAT WE

HAVE DISCUSSED HERE AT THIS MEETING AND OTHERS MANY TIMES AND THAT'S THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE FEE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT A WHILE AGO CITY COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR AN ACCELERATION OF THE PLAN THAT MSD HAD

PROPOSED FOR THIS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE FEE. IT WAS 8 YEARS I BELIEVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE MUCH SOONER THAN THAT AND I'M JUST INQUIRE INQUIRING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT

PLAN, HAS IT BEEN ACCELERATED. IT IS NOT THE ONLY ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM BUT IT DOES ADDRESS THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, THE OVERLAND FLOODING. WOULD I LIKE TO MAKE A NOTE THAT I JUST VERY BRIEFLY

SKIMMED THE REPORT THAT MSD HAS ON THE TABLE HERE AND I SEE THAT THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IS NOT IN THE WHAT NEXT PART OF THE THING. WE THINK IT SHOULD BE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL

TURN TO OUR ON LINE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SHIRLEY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? Councilmember Owens: YES WE CAN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M A RESIDENT OF PENDLETON AND I'M HERE TO

TALK IN FAVOR OF PRESERVING THE CLOCK TOWER. HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR PENDLETON AND OVER-THE-RHINE, THE LANDMARK IS AS A GATEWAY FOR OVER-THE-RHINE AND PENDLETON. SO, I V MOVED TO OVER-THE-RHINE --

PENDLETON IN 2020 AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL PROJECTS AS VOLUNTEERS WITH KEEP CINCINNATI BEAUTIFUL, CITY PARKS, 3CDC, PENDLETON NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. AND SINCE THE BEGINNING SINCE WE MOVED IN

WE NOTICED HOW THE TOWER IS IN BAD SHAPE. SO I REACH OUT TO THE OVER-THE-RHINE FOUNDATION, TRIED TO SUPPORT THEM WITH GRANTS AND ELEVATE PRESERVE THE TOWER, MAINTAIN THE TOWER AND BRING IT BACK TO THE

FULL GLORY WHEN IT WAS BUILT. SO, I'M JUST A TESTIMONY TRYING TO SUPPORT THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT WAS UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THE LANDMARK IS. SO IT IS IN THE ENTRY OF OVER-THE-RHINE AND

PENDLETON AND FROM 13TH STREET TO 12TH STREET, LIBERTY, LIBERTY STREET, READING ROAD AND THEN RIGHT OFF OF 71 AND DOWN THE HILL A LITTLE BIT FROM 71 NORTH. SO IT IS THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE COMING

FROM THIS ENTRY SEE IN PENDLETON AND OVER-THE-RHINE IS THE TOWER. SO, HAVING THE TOWER IN SUCH CONDITIONS SHOWS LIKE A LACK OF CONSIDERATION FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LANDMARK. SO, I [INDISCERNIBLE]

NEIGHBORHOODS AND FRIENDS ASKING WHY WE ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF -- Councilmember Owens: THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND SO IT HAS EXPIRED. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT, WE

WILL GO TO FRANK RUSSEL. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD MORNING. MY NAMES FRANK RUSSEL THE PRESIDENT OF THE OVER-THE-RHINE FOUNDATION. AND I WILL JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF REMARKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RELEVANT TO

THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE PARK BOARD LATER. I ACTUALLY YOU WILL HEAR THAT THIS MONUMENT WAS PART EVER A GATEWAY PROGRAM GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 90'S. AND I'M OLD ENOUGH THAT I ACTUALLY

PARTICIPATED IN THAT DISCUSSION. AND THAT WAS A TIME WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO CELEBRATE AND MARK THE ENTRIES TO THE CITY IN THE WAY THAT WAS APPROPRIATE. AND AS YOU KNOW WE I THINK WE HAVE MAYBE 5 OR 6

GET WAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY MOST OF THEM WERE WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS AND SOME WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, THIS ONE OF THEM. I THINK AT THAT TIME IT WATTS THOUGHT TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE COST

EFFECTIVE IF THE CITY WERE TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY AND LET THE OVER-THE-RHINE FOUNDATION CONSTRUCT THE TOWER ITSELF. AND SO WE DID WITH FUNDING FROM THE CORBIT FOUNDATION, VERDIN WAS THE GENERAL

CONTRACTOR AND MANY PRIVATE DOWN R DONATIONS. SO WE'RE AT THE OUR ORGANIZATION IS NOT SET UP TO MANAGE PROPERTY AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF PARK BOARD MAINTAINED AREA AND THE RIGHT

OF WAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY ACCEPT THIS BACK. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO FACILITATE THE IMPROVEMENT REST FOR RATION THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY SO THAT

IT CAN BE MAINTAINED WELL INTO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. Councilmember Owens: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MOMENT. IF ANYONE IS HERE AND STILL WANTS TO MAKE PUBLIC

COMMENT, CAN YOU SEE LISA CARRION, FILL OUT THIS YELLOW FORM, AND SHE WILL HELP YOU OUT AND WE'LL HEAR YOU. WITH THAT AND WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER ANNA ALBI, WE APPRECIATE MORE MEMBERS BEING HERE TO

REALLY DIVE INTO THIS TOPIC. WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO OUR PRESENTATIONS STARTING WITH DIRECTOR CHRISTY AND MSD. TO THE CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO START BY INTRODUCING

MYSELF/JASON FLEMING INTERIM DIRECTOR OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY TO PRESENT THIS MATERIAL TO YOU. ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE MY PARTNERS UP HERE, DIRECTOR CHRISTY WITH MSD AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR

JOHNSON WITH MSD. WE ALSO HAVE DIRECTOR CARTER FROM DORS AS WELL AS DEPUTY DIRECT FROM SMU TO SUPPORT THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY DISCUSSION WE WANT TO HAVE AFTERWARD. BEFORE WE START I THINK THAT I

WANT TO SHARE ONE THING I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO REECE TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS TOGETHER WORKING ON THIS. REALLY OVER THE

LAST COUPLE MONTHS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY IS THE COLLABORATION THAT I HAVE SEEN, JUST PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND THEN WHAT YOU WILL Z SEE HERE TODAY IS REECE WILL GIVE

THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION TO HELP WITH THE FLOW. THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS PUT THIS TOGETHER IS ENCOURAGING BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE SEEN

RECENTLY WITH FLOODING IT WILL REQUIRE MULTIDISCIPLINE APPROACH, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE TOGETHER. THIS IS A REALLY ENCOURAGING PROCESS TO GO THROUGH HERE THE LAST

COUPLE WEEKS. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AT THE END FROM DORS TO THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE CAN GET INTO MORE DETAIL. WITHIN THE PRESENTATION WE HAVE A

SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE NUMBERS ON RESIDENT ASSISTANCE, BUT SHE HAS A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT SHE HAS PREPARED. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME WE HAVE INCLUDED IT, WITH HE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END

IF YOU DESIRE. SO, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO REECE JOHNSON, DIPPITY DIRECTOR OF MSD. THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. FOR THOSE WHO I

HAVEN'T MET YET I'M REECE JOHNSON I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND CHIEF ENGINEER FOR METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT, HOWEVER TODAY I'M AS DIRECTOR FLEMING MENTIONED, I'M PRESENTING TO YOU THE ADMINISTRATION'S

RESPONSE TO FLOODING 2026 AND BEYOND ON BEHALF OF DIRECTOR CHRISTY, DIRECTOR FLEMING AND DIRECTOR CARTER OF DOCTORS. DORS. THE PRESENTATION WILL HAVE THREE PAR. I WILL COVER WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE ARE

DOING NOW AND WHAT'S NEXT. AND THEN WE'LL FIELD QUESTIONS AND AS DIRECTOR FLEMING MENTIONED THERE ARE S ADDITIONAL SLIDES FROM DORS THAT CAN GO INTO GREATER DEPTH IF YOU WOULD LIKE. LET'S START WITH

WHAT WE KNOW. WHAT HAPPENED ON JULY 17? MASSIVE OVER OVERLAND FLOODING AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF HOW MANIES AND BUSINESSES, MENTIONED A LOT OFF EAST SIDE, THIS STORM PARTICULARLY HIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF

TOWN. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SEWER BACK UPS WHERE SEWAGE FROM THE COMBINED SEWER BACKED UP INTO HOMES AND BUSINESSES. ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED ON JULY 17 WHICH WAS DISTINCT AND VERY

IMPACTFUL BUT INTO A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WAS THE DUCK CREEK INUNDATED A LOW LYING AREA IN OAKLEY. AS CAN YOU SEE FROM THE MAP THERE THAT'S THE AREA THAT GETS UNNONE DATED WHEN THE ROWS. THAT

WAS A VERY SMALL PIECE OF THE LARGER INN INCIDENT AND WAS ONLY AFFECTING THAT SMALL AREA. WHILE WE'RE TALKING THAT SMALL AREA LET'S HIT ON WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY IT HAPPENED THERE BEFORE I TALK ABOUT

THE LARGER FLOODING ISSUES ACROSS THE EAST SIDE. THAT WAS STRICTLY A FAILURE IN THE OPERATION OF THE CONTROLLED ARM TRAFFIC CONTROLLED RAILROAD ARMS AND THAT RESULTED IN A FAILURE TO THE FLOOD GATE TO

CLOSE. THAT FLOOD GATE WAS BUILT BY THE CORPS IN 2008 AND NOW IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY TO MAINTAIN. BUT THE BIGGER CHALLENGE THAT CINCINNATI FACES AND AS YOU MENTIONED ALL ACROSS CINCINNATI

IS THAT THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR SEVERE OVERLAND FLOODING. WHAT HAPPENED SPECIFIC/JULY 17 HAD FOUR GENERAL CAUSES IN TERMS OF WHY IT HAPPENED. FIRST THE JULY 17 WAS A VERY, VERY INTENSE STORM,

5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THAT WILL COULD OF THE STORM SHOWN AT GRAPHIC. THAT IS LITERALLY OFF THE CHARTS, OFF THE CHARTS THAT WE USE TO DETERMINE HOW BIG A STORM IS. SO VERY INTENSE STORM. SECOND, THERE IS

NO NATURAL WATERWAY LEFT IN THAT AREA. HERE ACE MAP FROM EARLY -- LATE 18 HUNDREDS SHOWING WHAT THE AREA LOOKED LIKE AT THAT POINT CAN YOU SEE UP THERE THERE IS A CREEK THAT RUNS FROM THE HEART OF

HYDE PARK DOWN THROUGH MOUNT LOOKOUT AND DOWN WHAT IS NOW DELTA AVENUE. THOSE DRAW EFFICIENT CREEK, THAT IS NO MORE. THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THE WATER TO GO ANY MORE. THIS IS WHAT THAT AREA LOOKS WATER

THROUGH. AND OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS INSUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS PICTURE HERE IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF A SEWER LIKE THE ONE THAT'S DRAINING THAT AREA OF TOWN. IT WAS BUILT IN 1895 TO

ENCAPSULATE CRAWFISH CREEK. IT IS PRETTY BIG, A 6-FOOT DIAMETER SEWER AS LEAVING THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUT. THAT'S PRETTY BIG, IT STILL IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT FELL THAT

DAY. TO EXPLAIN WHY IT HAPPENED I NEED TO TAKE YOU ON A LITTLE BIT A TRIP DOWN A RABBIT HOLE OR MAN HOLE TO TALK ABOUT THE COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM. A LOT I PLACE THERE IS SEPARATED SEWER AND IN

SEPARATED SIGH R SIGH OAR IS THERE IS ONE FOR SEWAGE AND IT'S LOWER PIPE IS FOR SEWAGE, THAT'S DRAINS FROM HOUSE, SHOWER, TOILETS GOES INTO ONE PIPE AND STAYS SEPARATE AND A SEPARATE PIPE SIP I CANLY

LARGER AND HIGH ARE FOR STORM WATER AND SO YOUR DOWN SPALTS FROM THE HOUSES OR BUSINESSES, OR MAYBE YOUR DRAINS IN YOUR YARD PLUS THE DRAINS OFF THE STREETS THAT ARE SYMBOLIZED HERE THEY GO TO THE

SEPARATE PIPE. HOWEVER A COMBINED SEWER FULTZ TOGETHER, IN THE 18 HUNDREDS WAS THE INTENT AND STATE OF THE ART BECAUSE ALL THAT WATER WASTES AND OTHERWISE NEEDED TO GET TAKEN AWAY, TAKEN AWAY FROM

HOMES AND BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND OBVIOUSLY FLOODING AS WELL. THE CHALLENGE HERE IS CINCINNATI OVER 95% OF CINCINNATI NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SERVED BY COP BIND SEWERS. SO THIS IS THE CRUX

OF THE CHALLENGE THAT BOTH OF OUR AGENCIES FACE IN TERMS OF SERVING THIS AREA WE HAVE ONE PIPE TO DO IT IN. SO WHAT HAPPENS? SO NORMALLY NOT RAINING, PRIVATE PROPERTY SENDS SEWAGE TO US, THROUGH THEIR

LATERAL FROM THE HOME OR BUSINESS, WHICH EVENTUALLY GETS CONVEYED THROUGH OUR PIPES TO THE TREATMENT PLANT. WHEN IT RAINS PRIVATE PROPERTY STILL SENDING US THE SEWAGE, BUT THEY ALSO SEND US STORM

WATER AND THEY ALSO THEN ALSO THE PUBLIC STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRIBUTES STORM WATER AND ALL OF THAT GOES DOWN TO THE TREATMENT PLANT. WHEN IT RAINS EVEN MORE THE WE'RE STILL RECEIVING SEWAGE

BUT SO MUCH STORM WATER FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOURCES THAT IT OVERWHELMS THE SYSTEM AND SOME OVERFLOWS INTO THE STREAMS, RIVERS, NEARBY CREEKS THEY ARE CALLED COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS AND THAT'S

SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO ADDRESS BUT THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS. THE SYSTEM RELIEVES THERE. IN EXTREME RAINS WHEN NOT THAT RELIEF CAN'T DO ENOUGH, THEN ALL OF THAT CAN BACK

UP INTO HOMES AND BUSINESSES ONTO STREETS AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED ON JULY 11. EXCUSE NECESSITY ON JULY 17. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE ORDERS OF MALICIOUS ANY TRUED HERE AND THE STRESS THE AMOUNT OF

SEWAGE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN A THREE HOUR PERIOD FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONLY IN THE ORDERS COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS. THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WAS 14.8 MILLION GALLONS, STILL A SIGNIFICANT ORDERS

OF MAGNITUDE HIGHER. STORM WATER IS THE CHALLENGE. BUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS TO THAT COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM AND WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE THREE PARTS. FIRST

IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. HOME OWNS, BUSINESS OWNERS THEY OWN THEIR PROPERTY AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR SEWER LATERAL THE PIPE FROM THEIR HOUSE THEIR BASEMENT TO OUR COMBINED SEWER. SECOND IS THE PUBLIC

STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CINCINNATI THAT'S MANAGED BY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY BUT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT THE MSD DISTRICT WE WORK WITH SEVERAL OTHER STORM WATER UTILITIES AND THAT'S THEIR

ROLE IN THE SYSTEM. SO ANYTHING ON THE STREETS OR IN PUBLIC AREAS OR STUFF THAT FLOWS OFF PRIVATE PROPERTY ON TO THE PUBLIC PROPERTY GETS INTO THE STREETS AND HOPEFULLY GETS IN THE STORM DRAINS AND

GETS TO THE COMBINED SEWER. THAT'S THE LAST COMPONENT, THE COMBINED SEWER, SOMETIMES WE CALL IT TRUNK LINE THAT'S MSD EATS RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE TRUNKS, OUT FALLS, WE'RE THE ONES THAT SQUEEZE

ME MSD IS THE ONE THAT HOLDS PERMITS FOR OUT FALLS AND WORKS WITH EPA TO ADDRESS THOSE AND INTERCEPTOR AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO WE KNOW THE PROBLEM, NOT JUST ON JULY 17 BUT TYPICALLY THE

PROBLEM IS TOO MUCH STORM WATER IS GETTING INTO OUR SYSTEM OUR SHARED SYSTEM CAUSING OVERFLOWS TO THE STREAMS AND BACKS UPS INTO HOMES. AND IT SETS US UP WITH SOME CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES RESPECT TO

STORM WATER. SMU'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO PROPER IT ETC INSTITUTE AGAINST FLOODING TO S WANTS TO GET IT OFF RESIDENTS PROPERTY AND OUT OF THE STREETS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

EXPECTING FROM MSD. WHAT WE -- FROM SMU, EXCUSE ME. FROM MSD'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO GET WASTE WATER OUT OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES SO THE EX SEES STORM WATER NEEDS TO BE REDUCED, ELIMINATED OR SLOWED

DOWN. AND WHILE THAT PUTS US AT SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN MSD AND SMU, THERE IS NO CONFLICT, THERE IS NO CONFLICT IN OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. SO WE PUT TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY SOME

GUIDES FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHO TO CONTACT AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS GENERALLY WHAT IF A RESIDENT SAW CERTAIN PROBLEM HOW TO CONTACT SMU AND CERTAIN CHALLENGES OR EXPERIENCES WHO TO CONTACT AT MSD.

WE SHARE INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH. WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? THERE ARE THREE ELEMENTS OF DIRECT CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. FIRST IS THE SEWER BACK UP PROGRAM RUN BY METROPOLITAN

SEWER DISTRICT, THIS PAYS CLEANING AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR DAMAGE IN SEWAGE IS INVOLVED. SO BACK UPS INTO HOMES OR IF IT GETS OUT ONTO THE STREET AND FLOODS SOMEBODY'S HOME. MSD RESPONDED TO OVER 1900

REPORTS BETWEEN THE JULY 17 AND 21 STORMS, OVER 1200 OF THOSE WERE APPROVED FOR CLEANING WHICH WILL COST OVER $5 MILLION. NOW CLAIMS FOLLOWING THAT FOR DAMAGES CAN TAKE UP TO 2 YEARS TO BE FILED, MSD

EXPECTS THAT TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, MAYBE DOUBLE. THERE IS ALSO THE SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY FLOOD RELIEF PROGRAM RUN BY DORS. THIS IS ALSO PROVIDING DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

FOR ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THESE TWO MASSIVE STORMS? JULY. THEY DID A ACTIVE OUTREACH CAMPAIGN, THEY RECEIVED OVER 970 APPLICATIONS, AND 835 OF THEM HAVE BEEN

APPROVED AS OF LAST FRIDAY. TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS TO DATE $773,000 WITH TOTAL ESTIMATED TO EXCEED $1.3 MILLION. THE THIRD PART IS REPARATIONS FOR THE DUCK CREED MADISON ROAD FLOOD GATE. SO THOSE ARE

DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES AND REPAIRS PLUS REIMBURSEMENT FOR DAMAGES THROUGH A CLAIMS PROCESS. THIS IS BEING RUN BY SMU. SO THERE IS DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATIONS, HVAC

SYSTEM REPAIRS, GARAGE DOORS, ELECTRICAL BOXES, TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS TO DATES APPROXIMATELY $290,000 ALREADY. SIMILARLY THERE IS A CLAIM PROCESS IN THAT PROGRAM, MAJORITY OF THE CLAIMS ARE STILL UNDER

REVIEW BUT SMU IS EXPECTING THOSE DISBURSEMENTS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. MAYBE BY MULTIPLE TIMES. THERE IS IMMEDIATE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING. AND THAT SMU AND THAT AND TO

IMPROVE THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF INLET CLEANING AND STREETS SWEEPING. THESE ARE THINGS THAT REDUCE OVERLAND FLOODING. SO, LEVERAGING DATA TO DO THAT MORE EFFICIENTLY. SECOND, IS REPLACING THE

BARRIER ARM AT THE MADISON ROAD FLOOD GATE AND ALSO EVALUATING BETTER FLOOD WARNING AND ALERTING TECHNOLOGY. THE THIRD IS A PILOT IN THE BEEKMAN CORRIDOR YOU MENTIONED ABOUT ALONG THE MILL CREEK,

WORKING WITH COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE FLOOD RESILIENCE OF INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA. THE THIRD THING THAT'S HAPPENING ALREADY ARE ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLICY CHANGES. FIRST, STORM WATER MANAGE MANY

ACTUALITY ITSELF THE ADMINISTRATION IS IMPRINT MR.ING A MOTION PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE A SINGULAR DEPARTMENT REGARD FOR WITH FULL LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO DO SO. SIGNIFICANT

IMPROVEMENT AND CHANGE TO THE LANDSCAPE. SECOND IS ENHANCED DETENTION REQUIREMENTS BOTH SMU AND MSD ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO HARMONIZE OUR REGULATIONS WHICH IS A BIG ASK OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY

AND RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RULES ARE THE SAME IN ALL PLACE THAT IS ARE AFFECTED BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI AND REQUIRING TWICE THE STORAGE VOLUME AND TEN TIMES REDUCTION IN RELEASE RATE IN THE

CRITICAL AREAS. THIS APPLIES WHEN A DEVELOPER OR RESIDENT PETITIONS TO REDEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY. SO IT IS A WAY TO MITIGATE AND REDUCE THE IMPACTS. LAST, SMU, MSD, DOTE AND BUILDINGS & INSPECTIONS ARE

WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT HOMEOWNERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCONNECT THEIR OWN DOWN SPOUTS AND THAT WILL TAKE THE WET WEATHER LOAD OFF OF THEIR BUILDING SEWER OR LATERAL, WHICH WILL ALSO THEN

REDUCE THE LOAD ON THE COMBINED SEWER. SO WHAT'S NEXT? THIS IS THE THIRD PART OF THE PRESENTATION. AS WE LOOK AT WHAT'S NEXT WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE THREE PIECES TO THIS. THERE ARE PRIVATE

PROPERTY, PUBLIC PROFIT PROPERTY AND COMBINED SEWER. THE FLOWS COME FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PUBLIC PROPERTY COMING INTO THE COMBINED SEWER. AND GENERALLY LISTED ON THE SLIDE ARE THE VARIOUS

SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE APPLIED IN DIFFERENT AREAS. INFILTRATION IS GREEN INSTRUCTING, DETENTION MEANS SLOWING DOWN THROUGH A STORAGE ON-SITE, AND ULTIMATELY SEPARATING WOULD BE A SOLUTION TO REDUES, TO

SEPARATE THE STORM WATER FROM THE SEWAGE. SO THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN THE FUTURE ARE THESE TARGETED SOLUTIONS BECAUSE FULL SEPARATION IS A VERY HIGH BAR AND VERY EXPENSIVE BAR. IF WE WERE TRY TO

SEPARATE THE ENTIRE CITY OF CINCINNATI WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE HAVE BEEN A STUDY OF ONE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWN THERE ON THE SLIDE ON THE LEFT, IT COVERS

ABOUT 1% OF THE CITY'S SURFACE AREA TAN WOULD COST OVER A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS TO SEPARATE JUST THAT ONE% PERCENT SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TARGETED SOLUTIONS, WORKING WITH FARTHER ENGINEERS AND

DEVELOPERS AND RESIDENTS TO LOOK AT TARGETED SOLUTIONS WHERE STORAGE OR PARTIAL SEPARATION OR INFILTRATION WILL HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE EVERY DROP COUNTS. THERE IS SEVERAL INITIATIVES THAT ARE

UNDER WAY IN TERMS OF WHAT'S NEXT, SEVERAL HERE ON THE SLIDE BY SMU. STORM WATER MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN THAT REWORKING ON, PROVIDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE STORM WALTER

MANAGEMENT NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY. SECOND UTILITY RATE STUDY TO SMU CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED FUTURE COSTS TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. ALSO WORKING ON FACILITY PLANS FOR THE VARIOUS FLOOD MITIGATION

FACILITIES AND THAT'S A PIECE THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO TALK A LOT ABOUT RIGHT NOW BUT AND CAN AND FLOODING LIKE FLOOD GATES AND AND BOTH IN CINCINNATI PARTS OF CINCINNATI NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THERE IS A

STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TEAM AND TO CITY WIDE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT COLLABORATION HAS ALREADY BEEN REFERRED TO. LAST SET OF INITIATIVES, BOTH SMU AND MSD HAVE STARTED IN AN INITIATIVE TO INSPECTING THE

EXISTING STORM WATER DETENTION BASINS TO ENFORCE BETTER MAINTENANCE WHICH WOULD IMPROVE WHAT'S GETTING DOWN INTO THE COMBINED SEWER. SECOND, MSD PARTNERS WITH PROPERTY OWNER NOW TO CONTROL THEIR STORM

WATER INPUTS USING THEIR SMART SEWER SYSTEM, ALLOWS THEM TO DRAIN THOSE BEFORE A RAIN HITS AND THEN CAPTURE IT FULLY WHEN IT DOES. THIRD, IS THE TARGETED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA. A WET WEATHER

SURCHARGE THAT MSD IS DEVELOPING, MSD IS NOT SUGGESTING AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE CHARGE. THERE IS A WET WEATHER SURCHARGE THAT MSD IS DEVELOPING THAT LOOKS AT THE LARGEST NON RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS TO

INCENTIVE IDAHO MANAGEMENT OF THE STORM WATER. AND LAST MSD IS COLLABORATING WITH UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI RESEARCHERS TO HELP UNDERSTAND IF THE HEAT ISLAND AFFECT OF THE URBAN CORE MIGHT BE

EXACERBATING THESE STORMS. THOSE ARE WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND WHAT'S NEXT. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY WE ARE SEEING MORE FREQUENT RAIN EVENTS THAT ARE DUMPING MORE RAIN IN A SHORTER

AMOUNT OF TIME. TO THE CHAIR, IN SUMMARY, THE PRODUCT OF COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS IS GREENHOUSE GAS, THEY ACCUMULATE IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND ARE DRIVING INCREASE INS TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE GLOBE.

REECE ALLUDED TO THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND AFFECT. WE SEE EVEN HIGHER TEMPERATURES IN URBAN AREAS THAN WE SEE IN RURAL AREAS. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A COMBINATION OF HEAT AND INCREASED EVAPORATION YOU SEE

INCREASED MOWS THANK YOU AND THAT MOWS THANK YOU HOVERS ABOVE CITIES AND WE'RE SEEING THESE HYPER LOG LOCALIZED STORM EVENTS IN POCKETS OF OUR CITY. SO RATHER THAN SATURATING THE WHOLE REGION WE'RE

HAVING THESE BURSTS THAT REALLY ARE CREATING THE CHALLENGES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OUTLINED. Councilmember Owens: SO CONTINUING TO INCREASE EMISSIONS IS THE KEY PRIORITY HERE. THAT'S THE SOLUTION.

Councilmember Owens: LET'S GO BACK TO THE COST OF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN SOME PEOPLE THINK LET'S JUST SEPARATE, ABSOLUTELY WE CANNOT BUILD A NEW SEWER SYSTEM. WHAT WOULD IT DO IF WE SEPARATED AND AS ITS A A

ASTRONOMICAL COST. AMPLIFY THAT COST. SURE THE IDEA AND IDEAL OF SEPARATING THE SEWERS LIKE THERE ARE IN NEWER PARTS THAT ARE IN THIS OUR SERVICE AREA IS A SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKING. THE COST IS VERY

LARGE LIKE I SAID WE STUDIED IN DETAIL PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND IT EVEN COME BASSED ABOUT 1%, ABOUT 400 ACRES, 500 ACRES OF THE CITY. CORE OF HYDE PARK TO BE SPECIFIC.

AND WE STARTED COSTING OUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SEPARATE, FULLY SEPARATE THAT. AND WE WOULD NEED TO PUT OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF LOCAL SEWERS IN JUST TO COLLECT ALL OF THAT, SEPARATE

FROM THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, AND THEN TO CONVEY ALL THAT WATER AWAY BECAUSE IT CAN'T GO DOWN THAT BRICK PIPE THAT WE HAVE THERE, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT ANOTHER PIPE AND THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD

HAVE TO GO MILES, TWO AND A HALF MILES BEFORE IT FOUND WATER BUT CRAWFISH CREEK ISN'T THERE ANY MORE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER 400 BILLIONS, HALF A BILLION DOLLARS FOR A SMALL PIECE OF NATURE CINCINNATI,

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT FULL SEPARATION. Councilmember Owens: IT IS TRUE THAT WE CAN'T BUILD ANOTHER COMBINED SEWER BECAUSE EXPENSIVE AND IT IS AGAINST THE CONSENT DECREE.

CORRECT, ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE CAN'T MAKE THAT COMBINED SEWER BIGGER AND WE CAN'T MAKE ANOTHER OUT FALL BECAUSE THE CONSENT DECREE IS TRYING TO REDUCE THOSE. SO WE'RE KIND OF IN A BIND. Councilmember

Owens: ALL RIGHT. SO, I KNOW WE'VE GOT QUESTIONS ALL OVER OF THE LET'S TALK ABOUT RESILIENCE AND HOW WE PREPARE IN THE FUTURE K. SAY MORE ABOUT THE PILOT THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING WITH, CUFA AND

CERTAIN COMMUNITIES I THINK THAT YOU FLAGGED ON ONE OF THESE SLIDES. YES, SO TO THE TO THE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT NOW ON THE WEST

SIDE IN THE BEEKMAN CORRIDOR ALONG MILL CREEK TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO HELP EDUCATE FOLKS, GIVE THEM THE MEANS AND TECHNOLOGY AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT NEEDS TO DO SO

THEY CAN HELP US HELP THEM. SO WE ARE STARTING THAT PROCESS. IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD INITIAL CONVERSATION. WE'RE GETTING READY HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK TO GET THAT SCOPE DEVELOPED AND PARTNER WITH CUFA

AND GROUND WORKS TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA. AND WHAT'S REALLY NEAT ABOUT IT IS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE RESIDENTS BUT ALSO THERE IS COMPONENTS OF IT TO YOGA YOUTH TO WORK

PROGRAM WHERE THEY COME OUT AND YOUTH THAT ARE LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIELD. SO THAT'S

REALLY COOL PIECE OF IT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME FUTURE STORM WATER ENGINEERS OUT OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW. Councilmember Owens: UM-HMM, PAYING YOUNG PEOPLE TO HEM MAKE US

MORE RESILIENT. THAT'S GRIT. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE? SO, WORKING WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND SIMPLIST FORMS IS GREEN INSTRUCTING ON THEIR

PROPERTY RAIN GARDENS, DOWN SPOUT DISCONNECTION, WE'RE ALSO EVALUATING WHETHER THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRIVATELY OWNED SEWER LATERALS AND INSPECT THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE

WORKING PROPERLY AND IF NOT ASSIST THEM WITH GETTING THAT FIXED. SO THAT'S A BIG -- THOSE HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON PRIVATE FLOODING PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE A HEAVY RAIN STORM AND DOWNSPOUTS ARE

CONNECTED TO YOUR LATERAL. IF IT IS NOT RATE OPERATING THE WAY IT SHOULD IT CAN QUICKLY BACK UP INTO YOUR HOME. IT IS A GREENSTICK STRUCK FOCUS BUT ALSO PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE THAT INDIVIDUAL

PROPERTY OWNERS CAN MAINTAIN WHEN IT IS ALL DONE. Councilmember Owens: WHAT'S AN AVERAGE COST TO DO THAT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, TO INSTALL A RAIN GARDEN, RAIN BARREL. IT DEPENDS ON THE SCOPE OF IT BUT

WE'RE LOOKING AT SMALL IMPROVEMENTS, LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT CAN HAVE A HUGE ALMOST ELIMINATE THEIR STORM WATER DISCHARGE INTO THE P PUBLIC SYSTEM WITH A NUMBER LIKE

THAT. THERE IS ALSO OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT COST MORE BUT THAT'S KIND OF A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD COST WHERE WE THINK WE CAN HELP THEM MAKE SOME REALLY BIG IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE TALKING REPLACING SEWER

LATERAL LINES THAT MORE ON THE ORDERS 5-$10,000 BUT SOME OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH CUFA A AND GROUND WORKS ON WOULD BE PRETTY SIMPLE TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN. AND

THAT'S THE GOAL WE CAN PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN BUT IF THEY ARE NOT MAINTAINED AND TAKEN CARE OF IN 2 OR 3 YEARS THEY ARE WORTH LESS. Councilmember Owens: SO WHAT'S THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT? YOU KNOW FOR

EXAMPLE ON A RAIN GARDEN THEY CAN GET SILTED UP IF THEY HAVE A LOT OF RAIN AND WE HADED A RAIN GARDEN IN FRONT OF WATERWORKS FACILITY A THERE WAS A WATER MAIN BREAK AND FILLED THE BED WITH SILT FROM

THE BED AND THOSE NEED TO BE CHECKED AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FLOWING, WEEDS NEED TO BE PULLED TO MAKE THE VEGETATION THAT'S IN THERE DO ITS JOB. SO A RAIN GARDEN WILL HAVE VEGETATION THAT LOVES TO

SOAK UP WATER AND WILL ABSORB THAT, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN. IF YOU HAVE INVASIVE WEEDS AND SPECIES IN THERE THAT DON'T DO THAT THAT CAN HURT IT. IT IS KIND OF LIKE A GARDEN, GOT TO MAINTAIN YOUR GARDEN.

Councilmember Owens: ON THE LOW HENNED, HIGHER END 10K IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY ON THE LOW END WASHING THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD YOU SAID A THOUSAND DOLLARS. MAYBE A LITTLE LOWER THAN

THAT. OKAY. NOT BAD. OKAY. IN TERMS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT HOW MIGHT THAT ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT MITIGATION OF FLOODING WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AROUND OUR CITY? ABSOLUTELY, CHAIR, THE

OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPACT OUR CITY AND MAKE IT MORE RESILIENT ARE ABSOLUTELY DRIVEN BY REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THOSE ARE THE PLACES THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEWER

MORE STRINGENT REGULATIONS, NEW KNOWLEDGE AND NEW AWARENESS THAT THOSE ARE THE PLACES WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE. THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT EITHER AGENCY CAN DO WHEN A PRIVATE PROPERTY

OWNER IS JUST HAPPILY ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY. BUT IF THERE IS A REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, THOSE ARE PHENOMENAL PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITIES AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO

MAXIMIZE THOSE. WE HAVE AREAS DESIGNATED WHERE WE SAY OKAY LET'S REALLY LOOK AT THIS AREA AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE. AND NOW WITH THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE IT WILL

MAKE IT BETTER. EVERY TIME WE REDEVELOPMENT T WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING BACK TO AS MUCH AS WE CAN. Councilmember Owens: AND WOULD I IMAGINE DEVELOPERS ARE -- THEY COME INTO THAT CONVERSATION

WANT FOG DO THOSE THINGS. THEY DO, THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE HAD ESPECIALLY VERY RECENTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS DEVELOPERS ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND ENGAGED AND LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS AND

LOOKING TO PARTNER. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE RESPONSE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. WE EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE AND WE LOOK TO PARTNER WITH THEM. THERE ARE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO.

Councilmember Owens: WHETHER WE THINK ABOUT THE CRITICAL CAPACITY ZONES AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN FOLLOW-UP WITH CAN WE SEE A MAP, CAN YOU SEND US A MAP? YES. Councilmember Owens: FANTASTIC. WHEN

WE LOOK AT INITIATIVES THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN WHAT'S THE ETA OF THAT BEING ACCOMPLISHED? IT IS APPROXIMATELY A 24 MONTH PROJECT, SO START TO FINISH WHICH WE SIGNED BOTH PARTIES SIGNED

THE CONTRACT TO START THE PROJECT LAST WEEK SO WE HAVE A KICK OFF MEETING WITH OUR VENDOR HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. BUT THE SCOPE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 24 MONTHS

THERE ARE INTERIM STEPS ALONG BUT THE OVERALL BIG PICTURE PROJECT IS A TWO-YEAR PROJECT TO GET THROUGH IT ALL. Councilmember Owens: MIGHT WE BE ABLE TO HAVE A UPDATE ON THAT BEFORE THE YEAR IS OVER ON

THE INCREMENTAL STEPS? SURE. Councilmember Owens: SUPER. TASK RELATES TO TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHECKING THE I THINK THE DUCK CREEK OR THE INLETS, IT IS ON ONE OF THESE PAGES, WHEN IS THAT THROWING GOING

TO BE FULLY DEPLOYED IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE? THE TECHNOLOGY IS IN PLACE, WE HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR OTHER THINGS AND SO IN JULY WE LEARNED SOME OF THAT TECHNOLOGY TO USE IT FOR STORM WATER INLET

CLEANING AND INSPECTION. SO THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTS WITH IN THE CITY AND ACTUALLY IN THE WATERWORKS IT STRUCTURE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING. SO WE USE THAT TECHNOLOGY AND LEVERAGE IT. Councilmember

Owens: ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. Councilmember Ryan James: YOU ALL HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC WITH THIS PROCESS. NONE OF THIS TRAGEDY IS YOUR FAULT AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TAKING THE

BRUNT OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE SOLUTIONING AGAINST OUR RESIDENTS NEEDS SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW UP AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE AMOUNT OF INN TENSION

THAT HAVE YOU LAYERED INTO THIS WORK. MOST OF THE SOLUTIONING IS NOT NECESSARILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE LEVEL OF ECOLOGICAL EVENTS THAT HAVE LED TO IT, WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT. THERE ARE SO MANY BARRIERS IN

TERMS OF EDUCATION AND I HAVE SEEN YOU GUYS BREAK THE REACH ONE AND BE FANTASTIC. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO HERE. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST WE TALKED ABOUT WITH HIM OF LARGE NEEDS IN THE BEHEST OF ONE,

PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND TWO, PRIVATE HOMEOWNERS, RIGHT? SO SO IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT IN ONE OF THE NEEDS BUT FOR YOUR PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY AROUND YOU AND THE COMMUNITY THAT SOME OF THESE GREEN

SOLUTIONS LIKE THE DOWN SPOUTS AND SOME OF THE GARDENING SOLUTIONS, DO WE HAVE ANY RECEIVES TO GET INDIVIDUAL ON BOARD INTO THIS WORK? IF THEY WOULD WANT SUPPORT AND MAKING AN ADAPTATION DO WE HAVE

ANY LIKE PROGRAMMATIC GOALS OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAYBE BUILD TO HELP HOMEOWNERS MAKE THAT JUMP IF THEY ARE UNINITIATED? FIRST ANSWER COUNCILMEMBER IS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO

COLLABORATIVELY ABOUT DOWN SPOUT DISCONNECTIONS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW TO DO THAT AND SO WE WANT TO ARM RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND AND NOT HAVE IT CONFLICT IN ANYBODY'S

REGULATIONS. SO THAT WOULD EMPOWER RESIDENTS TO DO THAT AND THEN THEY CAN PUT THE WATT TOGETHER BETTER USE AND WATER THEIR GARDEN OR YARD. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT INITIATIVE NOT REALLY A INCENTIVE.

THE ANSWER TO YOUR, WE THE SHORT WAY IS NO. WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE WANT TO LOOK AT. WHEN YOU NEED TO PARTNER THEN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHETHER IT IS JUST

MSD, SMU, BUT REALLY GETTING PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN PROCESS AND PARTNER WITH US IS GOING TO HELP US IMMENSELY. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE IS SOME

OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOME THINGS THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WANT TO DO SOME TO HELP US, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THEM WHETHER IT IS FINANCIAL, WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING ELSE. BUT IT IS HARD TO ASK SOME

TO BE PARTNER WITH YOU WITHOUT OFFERING THEM SOMETHING IN RETURN. Councilmember Ryan James: YOU KNOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE CONTINUE TO SOLUTION FORWARD WE'RE LEGISLATING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND WITH

OUR COMMUNITY NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST THEM. JUST BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT TOPIC ON INCENTIVES, SO WE REAL THINK THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GO IN A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF GETTING OUR

LARGEST PROPERTY OWNERS THAT CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY MECHANISM TO, IF THEY ARE NOT REDEVELOPING, TO GET THEM TO DO SOMETHING ON THEIR PROPERTY TO CONTROL STORM WATER AND EITHER REMOVE IT FROM THE

COMBINED SEWER OR MORE LIKELY DETAIN IT AND HOLD MORE OF PROPERTY IS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AND THEY CONTRIBUTE FLOW TO THE CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORHESTRA AND COMBINED SEWER. AND T REQUIRE TO PUT TOGETHER A

STORM WATER PLAN AND SHOW US WHERE THE STORM WATER FROM THE PROPERTY GOES AND WE ONCE BETTER HOW MUCH STORMWATER IS IS COMING TO THE COMBINED SEWER AND THEY WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IF THEY DON'T HAVE

ANY HE CALM THEM B BMPS TO CONTROL THE STORMWATER ON THEIR PROPERTY AND IT WOULD BE LIKE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD APPLY IF THEY WERE REDEVELOPING, SO WE WOULD GET ONTO THOSE PROPERTIES THAT

ARE NOT REDEVELOPING, SAY YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DO SOMETHING TO CONTROL THE STORMWATER OR YOU ARE GOING TO PAY US. AND SO THAT'S THE SURCHARGE COMPONENT. THIS IS A DIRECTION WE IMPACT

PIVOTED AWAY FROM AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE FEE THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FOR VARIOUS OBSTACLES. THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO AGO. SO WE PIVOTED TO THIS AND THIS IS NOT INCENTIVIZING, BY

PROPOSING A SURCHARGE WOULD BE WE WOULD BE INCENTIVIZING THEM TO DO WORK TO MITIGATE. THIS THAT IS TO BE APPROVED AND FINALIZED BUT WE'RE ADVANCING THIS WORK AND MOVING AND WORKING ON THAT THIS YEAR

AND CERTAINLY CAN SHARE NOR DETAILS ON THAT. Councilmember Ryan James: VERY EXCITING SOLUTIONING HERE. WITH YOU KNOW THIS IS A BROAD QUESTION HERE. BUT YOU KNOW IN THIS PROCESS HAVE YOU DONE ANY

RESEARCH ON SOME OF OUR COMPETITIVE CITIES OR NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES? I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WATER DETENSION AND MAINTENANCE LEGISLATION KIND OF COMPARES. ARE WE LENIENT HERE? ARE WE MORE STRICT THAN

OTHER LOCALITIES. SOME OF THE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES, DOWN SPOUT DISCONNECTIONS I'M CURIOUS IF THIS IS NORMAL PLAY FOR OTHER LOCAL CALL ADVERTISE OR IS THIS US PUSHING FORWARD IN. WE DO BENCHMARK

AGAINST OTHER UTILITIES AND OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT SOILS, THEY DON'T SIT ON AS A MUCH SHALE AND CLAY AS WE DO. SO THEY HAVE DIFFERENT MIX. THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE CHARGES. AND SO WE DO BENCHMARK ABOUT THAT BUT SPECIFICALLY YOU WANT TO ANSWER? I THINK THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS YES WE DO BENCHMARK WITH OTHER ACTUALITIES AND EVERY UTILITY

THAT WE WORK IN. I AN EXAMPLE WE CAN GIVE YOU ONE INITIATIVES IS OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING AND RATE ANALYSIS AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS WE BENCHMARK WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OF LIKE SIZE AND

STRUCTURE TO CINCINNATI. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT JUST THE RATE PIECE OF IT, WE LIKE TO SHARE IDEAS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, LEARN FROM THEIR SUCCESSES AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WORK THAT THEY

HAVE DONE TO IMPLEMENT GOOD IDEAS HERE THAT WE HADN'T THOUGHT OF. IT IS A BIG PIECE OF WHAT WE DO NOT OPT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY AND I'M SURE MSD AND GREATER CINCINNATI WATERWORKS DOES THE SAME

THING. SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS YES WE DO BENCHMARK AND YES I THINK EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY WE SHARE IDEAS IN OUR SUCCESSES AND OUR FAILURES SO WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER. Councilmember Ryan James:

THERE IS CERTAINLY A CALL TO ACTION TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD HERE. I KNOW WE'RE A HILL CITY ON THE RIVER BUT I'M LEARNING NOW ABOUT THE MATERIAL QUALITY OF OUR SOIL HERE AND WHY THAT'S A STRESSOR

WITH WATER ABSORBS AND AND ABSORPTION A THANK FOR DOING THAT AND TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S. I HAVE A A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE DORS TEAM I KNOW THEY HE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO PRESENT

HERE. THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Councilmember Jeffreys: GREAT, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING THE TIME FIRST OF ALL I THINK AFTER THE EVENTS I THINK RESIDENTS YOU GUYS WHY OUT

IN MOUNT LOOKOUT AND A BUNCH THE EVENTS AND I THINK IT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF THESE SOLUTIONS ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME, RIGHT? THE GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY

EXHIBIT EXPENSIVE. WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IS SPECIFICS ON THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR, MAYBE IN THE A FEW MONTHS, LIKE WHAT'S OUR PLAN SEPARATE OF YES IT IS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO ALL THIS

MASSIVE GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF START INCHING OUR WAY THERE. SO I JUST, AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT THE MILL CREEK WORK AS YOU KNOW WE

HAVE BEEN WORKING OVER A YEAR ON THAT WITH CUFA AND ORGANIZE THE MEETING WITH YOU AND LOOTED $5 MILLION. SO HOPEFUL THAT THAT WORK IS A MODEL THAT WE COULD THEN TAKE TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS OF HAVING

PRIVATE OWNERS PUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT MITIGATES A LOT OF THE STORM WATER DAMAGE. SO APPRECIATE THAT. A COUPLE QUESTIONS, FIRST, IN THE AUGUST SECTION WE PASSED A MOTION ASKING TO LOOK AT A

FLOOD RESILIENCE TASK FORCE, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT. WE HAVE NOT BEGUN THAT PROCESS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO STILL, DEVELOP THE TASK FORCE. YOU KNOW A COMBINATION OF PUBLIC MEMBERS BUT

ALSO WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION IN THE TASK FORCE. SO OUR GOAL HERE IS TO TAKE THAT INPUT AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT

HAVE REACHED OUT TO US AND CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR A TASK FORCE THAT CAN HELP BRING IDEAS TO THE TABLE BUT ALSO CARRY THE MESSAGE OUT THAT SOMETIMES HAVING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF A TASK

FORCE LIKE THAT AND CARRYING THAT MESSAGE OUT IS MUCH BETTER RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC THAN THE GOVERNMENT GIVING THAT TO THEM. I WANT TO LOOK TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ENERGY THAT'S OUT THERE AND FOLKS

THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOLUTIONS AND COLLABORATE WITH THEM IN A TASK FORCE. WE HAVE NOT YET ESTABLISHED THAT YET. Councilmember Jeffreys: YOU HAVE A SENSE OF TIMING? THE MOTION SAID WITHIN

306 DAYS COME BACK WITH A PLAN. SOON, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS FRAMEWORK CREATED WITH IN THE NEXT MONTH AND TALK TO THE FOLKS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO US AS WELL AS YOU ALL HERE BECAUSE I WOULD

ASSUME THAT MAYBE SOME OF YOU WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT TASK FORCE I WANT TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. Councilmember Jeffreys: MAYBE IT IS A FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETING. YOU TALKED ABOUT STAR

GETTED SOLUTIONS WHICH IS GREAT IN TERMS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS I THINK IN THE LAST TIME YOU PRESENTED I FORGET HOW MANY 200 OR HOWEVER TARGETED AREAS SO CLEARLY WE HAVE IT. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE

PRESENTED WITH WHAT THOSE TARGETED SOLUTIONS ARE OR EVEN LIKE WHAT THE STRATEGY IS FOR THOSE TARGETED SOLUTIONS? SO, THE WHAT HE REFERENCE IS CRITICAL CAPACITY AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THE MSD

INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM AND THERE ARE WELL OVER 200 OF THEM. AND WE ARE WORK THROUGH THIS THEM IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE. WE CAN'T DO THEM ALL AT ONCE SO WE'RE DOING THEM, WE STARTED WITH THE

LARGEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT WHICH WAS THE HYDE PARK AREA FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY MOUNT LOOKOUT. AND SO THOSE STUDIES ARE COMPLETE AND SO WE'RE PREPARING THOSE FOR SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND SEEING

THE INTEREST AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE. AND THEY INFORM OUR DECISIONS RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND DEVELOPERS IN THOSE AREAS. SO THOSE ARE

HAPPENING NOW. THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE IDENTIFIED THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOMINATED INTO MSD'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE FUNDED BASED ON APPROVAL BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OVER THE

NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO THERE ARE PROJECTS ROLLING, STARTING TO COME. ALL 200 OF THEM WILL TAKE DECADES. Councilmember Jeffreys: DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN WILL -- BECAUSE WHEN WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT

THOSE TARGET SOLUTIONS ARE? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A COUPLE STUDIES BACK, ARE YOU GOING TO SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL. WHEN IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN, THE SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL

THOSE RESULTS? THOSE HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE HYDE PARKER COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE THE MOUNT LOOKOUT ONE HAS BEEN SHARED WITH MOUTH LOOK OUT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY. TO GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED. SO

THOSE ARE OUT THERE. THE OTHER ONES WILL FOLLOW. SOME OF THEM THE DETAILED STUDIES HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED YET THOUGH. Councilmember Jeffreys: CAN YOU SHARE THEM? IT SOUNDS VERY VAGUE, WHAT ARE WE

TALKING ABOUT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? SO THE TARGETED -- LET ME TAKE HYDE PARKER HYDE PARK AS A STUDY, WE HAVE DONE TWO STUDIES ACTUALLY. ONE WHICH WHICH I REFERENCED COST

OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SEPARATE THIS AREA AND THAT WAS A ONE SOLUTION TO GIVE US AN UNDERSTANDING, AND I HAVE SHARED THOSE NUMBERS ALREADY. IT'S SECOND STUDY WAS STARTED HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST

ONE RECOGNIZING HOW EXPENSIVE THAT WAS GOING TO BE WHAT TARGETED SOLUTIONS COULD WE BRING FORWARD. AND THOSE INCLUDE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, MEANING WE HAVE IDENTIFIED HUNDREDS OF

SPOTS THAT COULD BE DONE. THERE ARE PLACES WHERE DETENTION, CAN BE PUT UNDERGROUND IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO IF THAT ROAD IS BEING REDEVELOPED OR REPAVED OR SOMETHING THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES TO

SAY, HEY, WHILE ARE YOU DOING THAT THESE THINGS COULD BE PUT IN. SO, AND ANOTHER OPTION IS DETENSION IN RAVINES. CINCINNATI IS VERY HILLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL RAVINES IN THAT COMMUNITY WHERE STORAGE

COULD BE PUT IN TO SLOW DOWN THE WATER. PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE DOWN SPOUT DISCONNECTIONS IS ONE WAY TO DO IT, ASKING HOMEOWNERS TO PUT IN STORAGE ON THEIR PROPERTY TO RETAIN THE STORM WATER THAT THEY

ARE GENERATING, IDENTIFY THE LOCATIONS FOR THOSE. ALSO LOCATIONS FOR JUST REGULAR DETENTION BASINS THAT COULD BE PUT IN THIS CONJUNCTION WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OR PUBLIC REDEVELOPMENT. AND IN THAT

PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS NO PUBLIC LAND THAT MSD OR OTHERS HAVE ACTION SEWS TO SOME IT WOULD REQUIRE PUBLIC PURCHASES OREGON ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND IT IS GREAT TO HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE AND

IDENTIFIED NOW AND THE STUDY DOES IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS IN GREAT DETAIL. Councilmember Jeffreys: SO IN OUR NEXT BUDGET THE THAT'S COMING UP WILL THAT INCLUDE SOME OF THESE -- SOME OF THOSE ARE

PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, AND AS WE'RE DOING A ROAD PUT IN A DETENTION BASIN, WILL THERE BE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MSD ON INVESTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE IN SOME OF THESE TARGETED AREAS BASED ON THESE

STUDIES TO PREVENT FLOODING? WE ABSOLUTELY CAN OFFER THOSE AND WANT TO OFFER THOSE TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THOSE FORTH. AND, YEAH, WE WANT TO SHARE THE SOLUTIONS

BECAUSE MSD -- THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS GREAT WE DO THESE STUDIES AND PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE SPECIFIC OUTPUT. WE DO THE STUDY, WE RECOMMEND YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS BASED ON

FLOOD AREAS AND HOW WATER MOVES, THIS STREET KNEE NEEDS THIS SOLUTION, THIS STREET NEEDS THAT SOLUTION, WHATEVER IT IS BUT LIKE SOME SPECIFICITY IN A AND DOWN TO THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY IT WILL COST IN

WORKING AND THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE TASK FORCE TOO, LIKE WORK WITH DOTE WHAT ROADS ARE WE RESURFACING SO WE CAN INTERCEPT IT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. SO, THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL. GOOD, THE LAST

QUESTION I DO HAVE OTHER QUESTIONSLY JUST SUBMIT SEPARATELY TO YOU GUYS. JUST WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DETENTION REQUIREMENT 2X, IS THERE WHAT ENGINEERING ANALYSIS DO WE HAVE 2X, WHY NOT

MORE OR LESS, DO WE HAVE MODEL OF WHAT IMPACT THIS WILL BE? IS THIS FOR OVERFLOW FROM THE STREETS? WHO WILL PAY FOR IT? LOOK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO JUST SOME FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT WOULD BE

HELPFUL. ABSOLUTELY, AND I'LL SPEAK COLLECTIVELY FOR BOTH SMU AND MSD ARE WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT THE REGULATIONS BY BOTH AGENCIES ARE THE SAME. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP. AS I MENTIONED 95% OF

CINCINNATI NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN A COMBINED SEWER AND THEREFORE IT IS MSD THAT HAS BEEN DEALING WITH OR ENFORCING THE DETENTION REQUIREMENTS. SO WHERE DO THE 2X COME FROM. SO ANALYZED TYPICALLY WE LOOK

AT PREDEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS AND POST DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS AS A WAY TO DETERMINE HOW TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH STORM WATER HAS TO BE HELD, DETAINED. AND WHEN IF YOU SET THE BAR FOR WHAT YOU ARE TRYING

TO GET BACK TO, HIGHER, THEN YOU'RE INCREASING THE DETENTION. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHERE THEY ARE NOW WHICH IS LOOKING AT A TEN YEAR STORM AND THEN ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT TEN YEAR STORMS AND HUNDRED

YEAR STORMS AND THOUSAND YEAR STORMS. THOSE ARE THE DESIGN STORMS THAT ENGINEERS USE TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH STORM WATER. WE LOOKED AT NECESSITY IN THE CRITICAL AREAS WE WANT TO GO DOWN FROM A TEN YEAR

STORM WHICH IS KIND OF A INDUSTRY OR RAOEG UNTIL TARGET DOWN TO A ONE YEAR STORM AND WHEN WE RAN THE NUMBERS AND DID MULTIPLE SCENARIOS THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THAT IT IS ESSENTIALLY A 2X INCREASE IN

STORAGE BY A TEN X REDUCTION IN RELEASE RATE. SO, ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WENT INTO THAT USING THE CLASSICAL LAYINGSES THAT WE USE TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH STORM WATER. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE BACK LIKE WHAT

IS, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH CURRENT DOLLARS? S SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THE STUFF PUTTING SMU UNDER ITS OWN AUTHORITY WHERE WE HAVE ONE AGENCY ACCOUNTABLE FOR CLEANING STORM WATER DRAINS, ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR

EVERYTHING. MAKES TOTAL SENSE. WHAT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS DO YOU NEED SHORT TERM IN OUR BUDGET ESPECIALLY COMING UP NOW BECAUSE WE'LL BE DOING BUDGET IN JUNE BEING LIKE WHAT DO YOU NEED IN EACH OF THESE

TARGETED HIGH FLOOD AREAS IN ORDER TO PREVENT OR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE MITIGATE. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE BUT MITIGATE. APPRECIATE YOUR HELP THERE. THANKS. Councilmember Albi: THANK

YOU, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A GUEST AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR REALLY SETTING THE STAGE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF MACRO ISSUE HERE AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US SO I APPRECIATE

THAT. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO IN THE ORDERS PRESENTATION. THE FIRST ONE IS AROUND THE DUCK CREEK FLOOD GATE. SO I LIVE IN MADISONVILLE, I FIELDED A HANDFUL OF CALLS ABOUT

THIS. BUT REALLY ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT ROWS TO THE TOP WAS RESIDENTS WHO DRIVE BY THAT REGULARLY FOR YEARS ASKING HOW OFTEN THE CITY TESTS THE FLOOD GATE AND SPECIFICALLY GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED THAT

THAT OUGHT MATTER ACTIVATION PART OF IT. SO YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE IN HERE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF REPLACING THE GATE AND SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE PROCEDURE IN TERMS OF TESTING IT AND

MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS IN WORKING ORDER FOR THIS TYPE OF SITUATION GOING FORWARD? SURE, SO, IN THE PAST WE'LL START THERE AND WHAT WE DID PRIOR TO JULY 17 THERE WAS AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND TEST OF

THAT GATE. THAT WAS PERFORMED. AS PART OF THE FLOOD GATE IS ONE PIECE OF IT. THERE IS A LOT OF INSTRUMENTATION THAT CONTROLS HOW THE AND WHEN THE FLOOD GATE WILL CLOSE AS WELL AS OTHER PROTECTIVE

DEVICES TO PREVENT INJURY TO RESIDENTS AS THEY DRIVE THROUGH THERE. WE HE HAVE RAILROAD ARMS ME WE PUT THE ARMS DONE AND MAKE SURE A WE HAVE THE SAME SET UP THERE WHEN THAT GATE IS MOVING THAT THERE

IS NOTHING IN THE WAY. UNBEKNOWNST TO US AT THAT TIME IS THAT THE OUGHT MATTER FUNCTION OF THE FLOOD GATE WILL NOT PROCEED IF ONE OF THOSE RAILROAD ARMS FAILS. IT IS A SAFETY COMPONENT TO THE SYSTEM.

ONE OF THE RAILROAD ARMS HAD FAILED PRIOR TO THE 17TH OF THE JULY AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED GATE TO NOT CLOSE IN AN AUTOMATIC MODE. ONCE WHICH DISCOVERED THAT IS WHEN WE

IMMEDIATELY WENT TO REPLACEMENT OF THAT ENTIRE SYSTEM TO NEW TECHNOLOGY AND NEW EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. FROM' TESTING STANDPOINT WE HAVE BEEN TESTING IT MULTIPLE TIMES PER

WEEK, WENT FROM ONCE A YEAR. SINCE THAT EVENT WE'RE TESTING IT MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS AND STAFFING IT MANUALLY UNTIL THOUGH RAILROAD ARMS ARE REPLACED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT

MONTH. Councilmember Albi: FANTASTIC, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M HAPPY TO GO BOOK MY COMMUNITY AND SHARE THAT WE ARE TESTING IT MULTIPLE TYPES A WEEK AND MAKE THAT'S UPDATE. I'M GOING IN ORDER OF THE

PRESENTATION HERE SO A POLLING GIST IF IT IS A BIT SCATTERED. ANOTHER QUESTION I GOT WAS AROUND THOSE DRAINS ON THE STREET AND AGAIN MADISONVILLE WE OFTEN HAVE THOSE KIND OF GET FLOODED AND GET FILLED

WITH JUST JUNK, RIGHT, MUD AND SLUDGE AND WHATEVER. AND THE QUESTION WE RECEIVED WAS WHAT IS THE CITY'S APPROACH TO PROACTIVELY CLEANING THOSE OUT? ARE WE DOING ANY TYPE OF PROACTIVE KIND OF COLLEAGUE

THOSE OUT OR ADVERTISE ONLY IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS? AND HOW CAN WE LOOK AT WEATHER REPORTS TO THINK MORE PROACTIVELY, IF YOU COULD TALK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE HAVE A PROACTIVE PLAN FOR

INSPECTING AND IF NECESSARY CLEANING INLETS AND STORM LAT THRALLS GO FROM THE INLET INTO THE COMBINED SEWER. IT HAS DEPENDS ON THE PART OF TOWN BUT TYPICALLY IT IS ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS THAT INSPECTION

IS DONE AND IT IS NOT REALLY BASED ON ANY DATA OR PHILOSOPHY, IT IS JUST WHAT WE DO, PART OF OUR PERMIT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A STORM WATER DISTRICT THAT WE DO THOSE INSPECTIONS. ONE OF THE

THINGS THAT REECE MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION WAS TALKING ABOUT USING DATA TO MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS ON HOW WE DO THAT CLEANING AND INSPECTION A AND GIVE A VERY BRIEF EXAMPLE OF HOW WE WANT TO

DO THAT. AS WE DO THROUGH OUR RECORDS OF INSPECTIONS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS THERE IS GOING TO BE INLETS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN CLOGGED. WE HAVE NEVER CLEANED THEN. ONCE A YEAR IS PROBABLY FINE FOR THE

INSPECTION AND MAKE SURE STRUCTURALLY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. OTHER INLETS THAT EVERY TIME WE INSPECT IT IT IS CLOGGED. AND SO WE WANT TO GO BACK AND USE THAT DATA TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ON THE ONES

THAT TYPICALLY SEE A THE LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THEM MORE THAN THE STANDARD NUMBER, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, AND USE THAT DATA TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SURGICAL IN HOW WE DO THOSE INSPECTIONS

AND CLEANINGS TO HIT THE ONES THAT NEED THE MOST ATTENTION AND THE ONES THAT DON'T WE DON'T WASTE OUR TIME GOING OUT THERE AND LOOKING AT IT AS MUCH AS WE DO THE OTHERS. THAT'S WHAT REECE PRESENTED

SOME OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS WE WANT TO USE DATA TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS, WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY AND GET MORE WORK DONE WHEN WE'RE MORE EFFICIENT. Councilmember Albi: I APPRECIATE THAT. WOULD THERE BE ANY

STAFFING CONSTRAINTS IF WE DID THIS PROACTIVE CHECKING MOCKER OFTEN CLOGGED INLETS DOES THAT COME WITH ADDITIONAL WORKER THAT YOU NEED OR SIMPLY JUST RELOOTING THE WORK TOWARD HIGHEST PRIORITY? IT IS

GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. I THINK THAT ONCE WE REALLY GET INTO THIS THIS IS NOT SOMETHING FIGURE OUT IN THE FIRST YEAR, IT TAKES A COUPLE YEARS TO IDENTIFY THE HOT SPOTS AND HOW MUCH MANY

THERE ARE. AND IF IT IS A SMALL NUMBER THEN I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE COULD DO WITH EXISTING STAFF AND REPURPOSE SOME OF THEM. IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IT IS OBVIOUS WHAT OUR PERMIT REQUIREMENTS CALL FOR

IS NOT SUFFICIENT WE NEED MORE STAFF TO DO WHAT'S REALLY NEED IT HAD WOULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN MORE STAFF OR PARTNERSHIPS WITH VENDORS TO HELP US DO THAT WORK. Councilmember Albi: I APPRECIATE THAT AND

MAYBE ADVERTISE SOMETHING EVEN WHEN DPS IS OUT AND ABOUT AND SPOTS IT MAYBE HAVING KIND OF CROSS DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION ON THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AS PEOPLE ARE OUT. I KNOW WHEN I WALK MY DOG I CLEAN

OUT AS MUCH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, I HAVE A TRASH PICKER UPPER THAT I USE. THE NEXT THING MY COLLEAGUE DUG NOT TARGETED SOLUTIONS SLIDE. ONE NEIGHBORHOOD I DON'T SEE ON HERE IS OAKLEY. SO OAKLEY

COMMUNITY COUNCIL PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY AND A MAP FOR US COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWING STREETS AND INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS WHO GOT HIT REALLY HARD DURING THIS. I GUESS FIRST ONE WAS THAT

SHARED WITH YOU ALL, DO YOU HAVE THAT DATA. AND WANTING TO UNDERSTAND IF THEY ARE ON YOUR LIST OF PRIORITY AREAS BECAUSE I KNOW WHILE HYDE PARK AND MOUNT LOOKOUT SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL AREAS GOT HIT

REALLY HARD, IN OAKLEY IT WAS MORE THOSE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS. CAN YOU SPEAK TO OAKLEY. SURE, ACTUALLY THE COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE OAKLEY COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN VERY ENGAGED WITH US OVER THE

LAST SEVERAL YIKES AND IN FACT WE'RE PUTTING IN A GRANT APPLICATION FOR SOME EARLY WARNING SYSTEM AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS ALONG DUCK CREEK TO PARTNER WITH THE CORPS TO GIVE, TO INSTALL A SYSTEM THAT

BASICALLY ALLOW EARLY WARNING TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING COMING AND IN FACT OAKLEY COMMUNITY COUNCIL WROTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO ASSIST US IN OUR APPLICATION THIS

PAST WEEK AND THEY WILL BE PART OF THAT EVALUATION AS WELL. SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OAKLEY COMMUNITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND THEY ARE VERY ENGAGED. ALTHOUGH WE

DON'T SAY TARGETED SOLUTION OR FLOG THAT AREA THERE WILL BE CERTAINLY COMING OUT OF THE MASTER PLAN. BUT ALSO WE DID GET ALL THAT INFORMATION FROM THEM AND IT WAS A LOT. IT WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE WHAT

THEY WERE ABLE TO DO ON THEIR OWN. WE HAVE THAT DATA AND INFORMATION AND WE'RE USING IT TO REALLY SCOPE SOME OF OUR MASTER PLAN AND HAVE THAT FEED INTO WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT OVER THE NEXT COMMUNERS.

Councilmember Albi: I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO DIG INTO WHEN I HEAR TARGET IT HAD LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE DEFINING IT BY ACRES OF SPACE BUT I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES, RIGHT SO, EVEN

WITHIN MOUNT LOOKOUT WHEN I WALKED AROUND THERE A COUPLE DAYS AFTER WE KNOW ZIPS GOT HIT REALLY HARD, AND OTHERS WERE NOT. AND ARE WE GOING TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY LEVEL? I WONDER IF THERE ARE WAYS

IF WE KNOW I'M PICKING ZIPS BECAUSE THEY WERE PRETTY PROMINENT EXAMPLE WHERE WE THINK OF SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS TO MAYBE SHA ZIP'S ISN'T HIT BY TENS OF THOSES OF DAMAGE IN THE FUTURE WE THAT'S FOR SOME

REASON THEY GOT HIT. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PROPERTY LEVEL SPECIFICITY? YES, SO WE CERTAINLY TAKE THAT INFORMATION IN. WE HAD SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD SOME SPECIFIC PROBLEMS THAT WE WERE

ABLE TO IN MANY CASES HELP THEM SOLVE AS IT WASN'T A SOLUTION THAT WAS A PUBLIC STRUCK YOU CAN IMPROVEMENTS IT WAS PRIVATE PROPERTY ISSUES. AND A LOT OF THOSE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE PROPERTY WITH

ISSUES, MAYBE THE RESULT OF SOME ISSUES GOING ON IN THEIR PROPERTY AND WE WANT TO HELP THEM SOLVE THOSE FIRST IF THAT DOESN'T, OBVIOUSLY TAKE CARE OF IT, THEN WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT PUBLIC I. PROMPTS

CAN BE DONE. SO WE USE THAT INFORMATION WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA FROM THEM THAN CAN PICK THINK OF SEVERAL CASES OVER YEARS THAT PROPERTY OWN WE ARE A SPECIFIC PROBLEM WE GO OUT AND MEET WITH THEM AND

LOOK AT IT AND SAY ACTUALLY TRY THIS AND THIS IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM AND IF NOT CALL US BACK AND WE'LL BE OUT AT THE NEXT STORM AND IN MANY CASES IT DOES. YES WE USE THAT INFORMATION

WE TRY TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE CAN HELP THEM INDIVIDUALLY. GENERALLY NOT WITH A BIG PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AT LEAST OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IT IS TYPICALLY SOMETHING SMALL ON THE PROPERTY THAT

HELPS THEM. AND WE HAD EVEN MENTIONED THE LATERAL IF IT IS CLOGGED OR COLLAPSED OR BROKEN HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER THEY CAN GET OFF THEIR PROPERTY. A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T KNOW IT IS

BROKEN UNTIL YOU LOOK AT IT. ANYWAY GROWN THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION FULLY, WE WANT TO LOOT A TARGETED ISSUES ON INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES AND OFTEN TIMES QUESTION SOLVE THEM WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY.

COUNCILMEMBER THAT'S BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED SO YES, WE DID RECEIVE THAT DATA FROM OAKLEY AND EAR COMMUNITY COUNCILS PROVIDED SOMETHING SIMILAR. WHAT THEY PROVIDE WE HAVE THAT AND LOOKING

THROUGH THAT INFORMATION BUT I THINK THE TOPICS AND THAT LOT OF TIME ON WHICH MSD SEWER BACK UP PROGRAM SO THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY ARE HAVING MORE ON PROPERTY INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER SERVICE RELATED

INTERACTIONS WITH CUSTOMERS. SO OF COURSE OUR SEWER BACK UP PROGRAM IS DIFFERENT THAN FLOODING MITIGATION. THIS IS WHERE EITHER THE PROPERTY HAS BACKED UP FROM CAPACITY IN THE MAIN SEWER THROUGH THEIR

DRAINS, BUT ALSO IN EVENT LIKE AND THAT INTENSE STORMS. ALSO JUST BEING A THIS CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU HAVE A SURE CHARGE MAN HOLE IN THE STREET OR MAYBE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE PROPERTY AND THAT CO-

MINGLED FLOW IS GETTING INTO THE BASEMENT OR BUSINESS, THAT IS COVERED BY THE SEWER BACK UP PROGRAM. SO, A LOT OF THE DATA YOU ARE SEEING FROM THIS REALLY DOES OVERLAP WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AND OF

COURSE THE FIRST STEP IS THAT WE'RE CLEANING THOSE PROPERTIES AND THEN ELIGIBLE FOR DAMAGE CLAIMS. PUT THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT PROGRAM IS THAT WE HAVE A PREVENTION PROGRAM AND IF YOU HAVE HAD TWO OR

MORE COMPART RELATED SEWER BACK UPS ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR A SOLUTION THAT IS PAID FOR BY MSD AND WE DESIGN THAT AND THEN INSTALL THOSE ON PROPERTY. SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW AREAS IN OAKLEY WHERE WE HAVE

PROPERTIES IN A ARE ALREADY IN OUR PROGRAM AND ARE PROTECTED. UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE SAW THIS SUMMER WAS THAT AGAIN KIND OF GOING BACK TO THAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE BACK UP FROM THE

LATERAL AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE STREET OR PORTION OF THE STREET UNDER WATER AND SOME SEWAGE OVERFLOWING THOSE SOLUTIONS, THEY ARE NOT EFFECTIVENESSLY. SO, WE HAD CUSTOMERS WHO WE PROVIDED

SOLUTIONS TO THAT THEN STILL HAD FLOODING THAT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR OUR SERVICES. BUT, YOU KNOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THAT AND THE TRADITIONAL SEWER BACK UP SOLUTIONS MAY NOT BE THE DIRECTION THAT

WE CONTINUE TO GO ROLE I DEPENDING THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO EVALUATE AND WE HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS MORE STRATEGIC NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN GOING PROPERTY BY PROPERTY BY PROSPEROUS

PROPERTY BECAUSE EVEN SEE THAT THAT JUST PUSHES THE PROBLEM DOWN THE STREET OR TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. SO WE HAVE STRATEGIC AND AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO SOUND, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE SOLUTIONS, I DON'T WANT TO

MAKE IT SOUND LIKE WE DO BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE AND WE HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A SOLUTION PERHAPS THAT'S MORE STRATEGIC FOR THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD TO AN ADDRESS THE SEWER

BACK UPS. AND THAT WOULD BE CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION. AND I THINK JUST GETTING AT GENERALLY SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY. I WANT TO ADD THAT MOST

IMPORTANT AND DO IS AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT WITH PUT IN PLACE IMMEDIATELY, WE TO HAVE A SEWER BACK UP PREVENTION PROGRAM AND THAT'S CONTINUING TO DO THAT. BUT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY KEEP UP WITH

WHAT'S HAPPENING AND I THINK AWARENESS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO THESE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL

MEETINGS NOT JUST STOP AFTER THIS EVENT DIES DOWN. WE WOULD BE THERE NEXT SPRING REMINDING PEOPLE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING GUARD. THANK YOU. Councilmember Albi: AND I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE MUCH MORE

EXPERTS THAN ME ARE WORKING HARD ON THIS. BUT I DO THINK IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THE MACRO LEVEL SOLUTIONS, RIGHT, SOME OF THE GREENSTICK YOU CAN

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE WHAT ABOUT MY PROPERTY? SO GIVEN THAT IT FEELS TO ME SLIGHTLY REMOVED FROM THE INSIDE OF IT THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE DATA ON THESE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES AND

WHAT THEY SAW. SO I AM CURIOUS AS YOU CHIP AWAY AT THE BIG STUFF WHICH HUNDRED PERCENT LET'S DO IT. WHAT CAN WE DO FOR INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE GETTING HIT EVERY OTHER YEAR WITH SOME TYPE OF

FLOOD DAMAGE OR A RESTAURANT LIKE I'M PICKING ON ZIPS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A PROMINENT EXAMPLE THE OWNER TOLD ME THEY HAVE BEEN HIT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE LAST 3-5 YEARS TO THE POINT WHERE HE SAID I

DON'T KNOW IF I CAN AFFORD TO STAY HERE IF THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. WHAT DO THOSE INDIVIDUALIZED SOLUTIONS LOOK LIKE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MSD PROGRAM? TO THAT POINT, WE HAVE ALSO THROUGHOUT THIS

PROCESS HEARD MORE RESIDENTS SHARING THAT THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE WITHOUT THE FORMER OWNER DISCLOSING PREVIOUS BACK UPS. THEY SHOULDN'T DO THAT, THE FORMER OWNER SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT BUT A SOLUTION

SOMEONE ASKED ME ABOUT WAS WOULDN'T THE CINCINNATI COULD INCLUDE IN CAGIS SOME TYPE OF REPORTING WE HAVE ON THOSE INCIDENTS. IF WE NO ONE 123 MAIN STREET WAS HIT WITH APPLY TO THE MSD PROGRAM IN 2014,

IS THAT DATA THAT WE COULD PROACTIVELY HAVE AVAILABLE SO IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT 123 MAIN STREET TO BUY, THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN CAGIS TO KNOW IN CASE THE PREVIOUS OWNER DOES NOT DISCLOSE IT? YES,

WE ACTUALLY TO HAVE A LAYER IN CAGIS THAT IDENTIFIES SEWER BACK UPS AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE PROTECTED. AND WE HAVE TALKED WITH REALTORS AND INDIVIDUALS. THEY CAN MAKE REQUESTS. IT IS NOT SOMETHING

THAT IS NECESSARILY THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS BUT MAKING REQUESTS TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN THE TRANSACTION IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IT IS ABSOLUTELY WANT TO GET THAT WORD OUT AND HELP PEOPLE

UNDERSTAND THAT WHETHER IT IS THE DATA IN CAGIS OR JUST MAKING A REQUEST TO MSD WE'LL TAKE CALLS. AND WE DO GET THEM, DO YOU HAVE ANY HISTORY OF A SEWER BACK UP ON THIS PROPERTY? AND WE CAN TYPICALLY

GIVE THAT INFORMATION VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT IS ALL MAPPED AND ACCESSIBLE. Councilmember Albi: I MAY FOLLOW-UP ON LINE ABOUT THAT. TWO MORE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW I'M A GUEST AND YOU ARE BEING VERY

GENEROUS. ONE IS JUST AROUND WE HAVE HEARD FROM SIERRA CLUB IN PUBLIC COMMENT, COULD YOU MAYBE MORE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE WET WEATHER SURCHARGE VERSUS IMPLEMENTING A IMPERVIOUS SURFACE FEE AND WHY

THE TIME LINE FOR THE SURCHARGE IS WHAT IT IS? JUST BECAUSE THEE ARE QUESTIONS WE ARE GETTING I WANT TO ADDRESS IN A PUBLIC SPACE HERE. YES, WELL LET ME START WITH SO THE WET WEATHER SURCHARGE AND

PERMITTING WE ARE STILL AIMING TO BE PUT WILLING OUT A PERMITTING NOTIFICATIONS TO WHATEVER WE DECIDE IS THE FIRST TEAR AND THAT IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AND THAT PREVIOUS ARE YOULY EARLIER THIS YEAR YOU

GOT TO AND THAT FOUR SUB GROUPS SO THAT WE AND THERE WAS A TIME LINE AND THAT A THAT SURCHARGE -- FROM THE BEGINNING AND SEE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GO BUT WE HAVE HAD REQUESTS FROM COUNCIL AND THE

COMMISSIONERS TO ACCELERATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO ONE WE HAVE THE PROGRAM IN PLACE AND APPROVED AND ARE ABLE TO A THAT REALLY ISN'T A MATTER EVER RESOURCES AND ABILITY TO PROCEED. BUT THE FIRST

STEP WOULD BE NOTIFYING THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WE, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO A GENERAL PERMIT AND THAT HAS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO US AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN WORKING WITH THEM TO DETERMINE WHAT FLOW IS

COMING TO US AND WHAT WE WOULD SURCHARGE IF THEY DO NOT CONTROL THAT FLOW IN A NUTSHELL. SO, BEGINNING IN 2027 IS STILL OUR GOAL AND BUT IT WOULD BE AT LEAST A YEAR BEFORE ANY SURCHARGE WOULD BE

IMPLEMENTED. Councilmember Albi: THANK YOU. THE LAST THING AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ACE I COMMENT OR QUESTION BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE BIG PROBLEMS THAT WILL TAKE BIG DOLLARS TO ADDRESS, SO

AS WE THINK ABOUT STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES, IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR THAT OR I'M SURE I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE THINGS UNDER WAY. I THINK THAT'S JUST KIND OF ANOTHER PART OF

THIS. I KNOW WE TRIED TO GET EMERGENCY SUPPORT FROM FEMA. I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE THAT LANDED BUT, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A STATEMENT OR QUESTION BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HOPEFULLY BRING IN

ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO HELP WITH ALL OF THE THINGS WE JUST RATTLED OFF THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. FEEL FREE TO RESPOND. I WILL RESPOND AS A COMMENT AND SAY AGREE WITH YOU, WE NEED TO LOOK AT EVERYWHERE WE

CAN GET MONEY BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE R NEVER HAVE REECE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM A SEWER SEPARATION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO THAT MORE MONEY WE CAN GET THE CLOSER QUESTION GET TO IT.

YES. Councilmember Albi: THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE. TO GIVE ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE DOING SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE I AM PROMPTS THROUGH OUR SCREE CONSENT DECREE AND FOR THE MOST WE APPLY FOR AND

THAT STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND AND SO THAT GIVES US VERY LOW INTEREST RATES AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AT THE BEST RATE FOR THE RATE PAYERS. BUT WE DEFINITELY AND THAT AND THAT. Councilmember Albi:

T TOUR FOR THIS WORK THAT WILL TAKE MANY, MANY MONTHS TO AND YEARS TO ADDRESS. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING AND DIGGING DEEP INTO THIS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. Councilmember Owens: THANK

YOU ALL FOR THE REROBUST QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR DIGGING DEEP. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A SHORT TERM FIX BUT WE WILL STAY AT IT AND WE WILL HOLD

OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE WHILE WE KNOW THAT REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR US TO DO AS AS A CITY. THANK YOU AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT I'M GOING TO GO TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTER

AND DORS WE WILL HAVE YOU UP NEXT. BUT LINDSAY BAILEY, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS OUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS YOU AND I WANT TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL AND I WOULD LOVE

TO ADDRESS THE MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF MSD AND SMU. I JUST WANT TOED TO SAY I'M A RESIDENT ON LINWOOD AVENUE ABOVE THAT CREEK THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANY MORE AND PROBABLY SHOULD. HAVE I EXPERIENCED

SEVERAL FLOODING INCIDENTS THIS SUMMER. SO MY MAYBE ORGANIZATIONS AND WE HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF MEETINGS AND HAD A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS. AND THE THING I KEEP HEARING REPEATEDLY IS IT COSTS A LOT OF

MONEY, IT IS HARD TO DO, IT IS EXPENSIVE AND WANTED TO SAY REGARDING THAT HIGH AND EXPENSIVE BAR, JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS HARD DOESN'T MEAN WHICH WE SHOULDN'T DO IT. SOMETIMES THE HARD THING IS THE

RIGHT THING TO DO AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE KNOW WHAT SOME OF OUR SOLUTIONS ARE, SO LET'S NOT PUSH THOSE OFFICE ON OUR ENGINEERS OF THE FUTURE IF THAT WAS A SOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY WORKED IT WOULD HAVE

WORKED 10, 15, 20, 50 YEARS AGO. SO I WOULD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IF COULD YOU CONSIDER THAT AGAIN SOMETIMES THE HARD THING IS THE RIGHT THING AND JUST BECAUSE IT IS HARD DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T

APPROACH A SOLUTION. THANK YOU. Councilmember Owens: DORS WILL COME 77 THAT THE DIRECTOR CARTER AND TEAM. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE CHAIR, I'M MARKIEA CARTER, I'M WITH DEPARTMENT OF OPPORTUNITY AND

RESIDENT SERVICES AND I'M JOINED WITH DIVISION MANAGER ROY HACKWORTH. AND PRESS STATED NOTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE HAS BEEN IN ISOLATION. SO THERE HAS BEEN A EXTENSIVE EFFORT OF COLLABORATION AND

SUPPORT. WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS JUST A REALLY SHORT PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO SUPPORT THE FLOOD RECOVERY EFFORTS, PARTICULARLY THE DORS OUTREACH FOR WHAT WE ARE REFERRING TO ACE SUPPLEMENTAL

EMERGENCY FLOOD RELIEF PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO IMPACTED CITY RESIDENTS FROM THOSE JULY 17 AND 21 FLOOD EVENTS. WE CREATED A TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS, SMALL BUT

MIGHTY TEAM, TO QUICKLY DEPLOY THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. SO, WITH THAT I HAVE ROY HERE WHO HELPED TO MANAGE THE EFFORTS FROM DORS. WE ALSO HAVE MATTHEW FLOYD

WHO IS ONE OF OUR SENIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS WHO HELPED TO LEAD THAT EFFORT AS WELL. BEFORE WE KIND OF DIVE A LOT INTO THE SPECIFICS THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN A LOT OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS WAS

PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL AND IMPORTANT FOR US TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS AND THE SMALL BUSINESSES. WE ARE NEAR THE END OF THIS PROGRAM SO WE HAVE A HUGE PUSH MID AUGUST, WE ARE WORKING ON THE WIND DOWN SO

THE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS FROM THE LAST WEEK OR SO. BUT WE ARE HOPEFUL TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A FULL FINAL OVERVIEW OF OUR EFFORTS AND AND THAT AND THAT HAND THIS OVER

TO TROY GO INTO DETAILS REGARDING THE PROGRAM PURPOSE AND RESPONSE TO THE OTHER ITEMS TO OUR OUTREACH. TO THE CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS EFFORT TO DRY TO

ASSIST IN THOSE THAT HAVE BIN IMPACTED BY THESE FLOOD EVENTS. COORDINATION AS MARKIEA CARTER WAS STATED IS KEY FOR US TO BE BE ABLE TO ASSIST FOLKS. WE HAD TO TO COORDINATE WITH MSD, OBVIOUSLY THEY

HELPED GIVE A PIPELINE OF FOLKS THAT WERE MOST IMPACTED. WE USED TOO LIST TO START ENGAGING FOLKS. WE ALSO WORKED WITH A LOT OF OUR IT PEOPLE TO HELP DEVELOP A STREAMLINED WAY OF GETTING APPLICATIONS

OUT TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. YOU ARE DEALING WITH 900,000 PEOPLE, 1200 PROBABLY TO MORE EXACT JUST CINCINNATI REST DENTS IN TRYING TO REACH THOSE FOLKS AND GET A WAY TO GET THEM TO FILL OUT A

APPLICATION SO WE CAN ISSUE ASSISTANCE CHECKS WAS A BIG CHALLENGE FOR US, TYPICALLY WE'LL HAVE A CONTRACT, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY REGISTER AS I VENDOR WITH THE CITY AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO GET FUNDS

OUT TO FOLKS N. THIS CASE WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A STREAMLINED 2023 GET MONEY OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME FOLKS AND USE A DOCK YOU SIGN FORM, DO A MASS E-MAIL, GET

THOSE FORMS SIGNED ELECTRONICALLY. AND WE HAVE WORKED TO STREAMLINE WAYS INTERNALLY BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR FISCAL STAFF AND ALSO FINANCES TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CUT CHECKS IN A QUICKER TIMEFRAME.

AS I SAID, WE USED MSD RECORDS TO START TO IDENTIFY FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. AND TO REACH OUT TO THEM. THESE DOCK YOU SIGN FORMS WHICH REALLY HELPED US MOVE EFFICIENTLY. AND WE ALSO IN THAT DOCK

YOU SIGN IT DOES DO A OUGHT MATTER FOLLOW-UP FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO THE E-MAIL, I THINK EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS. AND WE COORDINATED WITH FINANCES TO MAKE SURE FOO WITH CAN HE CAN CUT

CHECKS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND MORE FREQUENTLY TAN ONCE A WEEK. DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, WE SHOOED SET AMOUNTS OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH THE SBU

PROGRAM THROUGH MSD. THOSE THAT WERE NOT APPROVED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM RESIDENTS ARE GETTING HOUND CHECKS AND THOSE BUSINESSES WOULD GET 2500 CHECKS EACH. AND THESE DO INCLUDE HOME BASED BUSINESSES,

SMALL BUSINESSES AND IN TERMS OF SBU APPLICANTS, THOSE THAT WEREN'T, DID NOT COME THROUGH MSD SBU PROGRAM THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTACT A HOTLINE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR FLOOD RELIEF. THAT THEN FED INTO

OUR 311 AND CUSTOMER SERVICE PORTAL AND THEN WE GOT THE INFORMATION OF THAT RESIDENT, THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, AND THOSE THAT CAME THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS THEY HAD TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF A

DINGSAL DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY WERE IMPACTED. UNLIKE MSD, YOU WERE PRETTY MUCH GREEN LIT TO GET ASSISTANCE BECAUSE YOU WENT THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, BUT IF YOU DID NOT GO THROUGH MSD SEWER BACKUP YOU

HAD TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION TO TO EVALUATE TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE IMPACTED. THESE ARE PROGRAM OUTCOMES AS OF OCTOBER 9, THERE HAS BEEN A TOTAL OF 773,000 AWARDED, CASH TO 675 RECIPIENTS.

THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE NUMBER THAT'S ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO CFS. USUALLY THE CFS NUMBER WILL BE HIGHER AND THEN AS IT GOES THROUGH THE TOTAL APPLICATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED WERE 835 AND SOME OF THE

KEY TAKE AWAYS FROM THE DATA AS OF 10/9 IS TOP FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN ORDER OF MOST IMPACTED AND THIS IS BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN TERMS OF REPORTING OR OAKLEY, HYDE PARK, PLEASANT RIDGE,

MADISONVILLE, KENNEDY HEIGHTS, WE HAD FOLKS THAT WERE IMPACTED ABOUT BOND HILL, ROSELAWN, PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE CITY BUT THESE WERE THE MOST IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS THE AVERAGE DISBURSED IS 1145

BASED ON THESE TWO NUMBERS WE DID ADD WHAT WE CONSIDER LIKE A 10% CONTINGENCY JUST IN CASE. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH WE SHUT THE PROGRAM DOWN WE TO HAVE A

PRESENT SUBSTANTIAL LIST OF FOLKS WHO WE JUST WERE NOT SUPPLIED WITH E-MAILS THAT WE HAVE BEEN LEAVING PHONE MESSAGES AND TRYING TO GET INFORMATION SO WE COULD SEND THE DOCK YOU SIGN FORM. AND ALSO

WE'VE BEEN VERY COGNIZANT TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. SOME FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT A DOCK YOU SIGN SO WE HAVE HAD PAPER FORMS THEY COULD FILL OUT THAT THEY

COULD DROP OFF TO OUR OFFICE. PROJECTLY 160 MORE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OUT REACH. AND SOME OF THESE ARE FOLKS WHERE WE NEED ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION, A QUESTION ON OWNERSHIP, WHO SUBMITTED

THE FORM VERSUS WHO LISTED AS OWNER ON AUDITOR'S SITE. AS I SAID WE HAVE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT WERE SUPPLIED TO US FROM MSD WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF AN E-MAIL AND THAT'S

OUR PRIMARY MECHANISM OF GETTING FORMS OUT IN THE EXECUTED QUICKLY. SO TRYING TO REAP REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS. AND WITH THAT INFORMATION WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED REMAINING NEED OF ABOUT $145,000 AND THEN

THERE IS AN ANTICIPATED $300,000 APPLICANTS THAT STILL HAVE, THAT STILL HAVE A CHECK DISBURSED TO HAVE A CHECK DISBURSED AT ESTIMATED $435,000. SO THIS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT HAS BEEN ENTERED

INTO CITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM VERSUS WHAT HAS BEEN ACTUALLY DISBURSED TO DATE. SO WITH THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 1.4. WE ARE BEING KIND OF GENEROUS WITH THAT NUMBER BECAUSE WHICH

WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T FALL SHORT WITH A UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS NOT UTILIZED WILL GO BACK INTO THE FUND. LESSONS LEARNED AND NEXT STEPS. WE HAD TO LEARN QUICK INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION WE WERE

TASKED WITH FIRST YOU ALL APPROPRIATED FUNDING TO HELP THESE FOLKS AND WE WERE TASKED WITH EXECUTING TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES AND QUICK MANNER HOW TO GET THESE FUNDS OUT TO PEOPLE. SO WE HAD TO

BUILD UP A PROGRAM, FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE APPLICATIONS OUT, HOW TO ENGAGE WITH FOLKS. LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS TOO. THEN WE HAD TO BE FLEXIBLE AND I WANTED TO GIVE A THANKS TO FINANCES FOR BEING

FLEXIBLE AS THEY COULD IN THEIR ABILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CUT CHECKS TO FOLKS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A TYPICAL PROCESS THAT WOULD TAKE A MUCH LONGER TIMEFRAME TARGETED FOLLOW-UP, THIS

CONTINUING TO CONTACT APPLICANTS ABOUT INCOMPLETE FORMS, MISSING INFORMATION, TRYING TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE. WE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE ALL GOING THROUGH IT. SOME HAVE DOCUMENTATIONINGS SOME DIDN'T

HAVE, SO WORKING WITH THEM THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO ASSIST THEM. AND THE PROGRAM CLOSE OUT WE OFFICIALLY SHUT THE HOTLINE DOWN OCTOBER 2 AND THIS IS A HOTLINE THAT WAS SET UP FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT

COME THROUGH SBU SO THAT SOCIALLY SHUT DOWN WITH THAT SAID WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE DO HAVE, WHERE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW-UP AND GET MORE INFORMATION. AND THEN LIKE

MARKIEA CARTER SAID ONCE WE FINISH THAT AND I ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL REYOU RUN THROUGHOUT REMAINDER OF THIS MONTH, PROBABLY EARLY NOVEMBER, WE WOULD BE READY TO DO A FINAL REPORT WITH A FINAL

NUMBERS. WE HAVE ASSISTED, HOW MUCH MONEY MONEY WAS EXPENDED AND WHAT WE WILL BE LEFT OVER TO RETURN BACK TO THE FUND. SO, THAT'S W THAT SAID THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION AND HAPPY TO

TAKE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. Councilmember Owens: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE BEING SO AGILE, NEWLY FORMED DEPARTMENT WITH A, YOU KNOW, A KNOT A TRAGEDY BUT WEATHER RELATED EVENT THAT

IMPACTED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SO WE HAD TO FIGURE THINGS OUT VERY QUICKLY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING DOLLARS OUT THE QUR'AN THAT QUICK INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION THAT YOU ALL LEARNED WAS SO

EFFICIENT. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND I WILL LET THE SITES CHAIR TAKE OVER. LET ME FIRST DO SOME HOUSEKEEPING , LISA, WHETHER HE GO AHEAD AND FILE THE PRESENTATION ITEM 1 AND ALSO ITEM NUMBER 2.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU REMIND US OF WHAT THE ELIGIBILITY WAS FOR THIS PROGRAM OR EMERGENCY PROGRAM AND WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT LIKE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF WHY PEOPLE WERE CALLING, WHAT WAS

DAMAGED? ANY AVERAGE -- ANY THEMES THERE THAT WE LEARNED FROM? YOU HAD TO YOUR PROPERTY HAS TO BE LOCATED WITH THE CITY OF CINCINNATI MUNICIPAL LIMITS. AND WE HAD GO TRACTS WE HAVE THE TWO TRACTS

ANALYST OF THOSE THAT CAME THROUGH THEIR SBU PROGRAM. WE KIND OF CONSIDERED THAT THE ENTITLED PORTION OF THE PROGRAM, IF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO FUNDS AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO

CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS ON THAT LIST BECAUSE THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THAT MONEY. OUTSIDE OF THAT WE DO HAVE THE SERVICE HOTLINE THAT WAS SET UP WHERE WE HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE

REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD FUND FOLKS. CARS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, BASEMENT PICTURES, COST ESTIMATES, SO THE MAIN THING IS YOU HAVE TO BE, YOUR PROPERTY HAS TO BE WITHIN THE

CITY, ON THE MSD LIST OR WOULD YOU HAVE HAD TO COME IN THROUGH THE HOTLINE. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN TALKING TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS IS THEIR LOSSES ARE FAR MORE THAN WHAT THE CITY IS ASSISTING WITH AND WE

UNDERSTAND THAT AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS AND SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM. I DO COMMEND THE CITY FOR STEPPING UP TO TRY TO HELP. IT IS A SMALL AMOUNT COMPARED TO SOME FOLK'S LOSSES BUT

FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE ARE APPRECIATIVE THAT THE CITY DID STEP UP IN SOME WAY TO TRY TO ASSIST. Councilmember Owens: SO BETWEEN CARS AND INSIDE OF PEOPLE'S HOMES, JUST BASIC DAMAGE FLOODING ALL OVER

IS WHAT WE REALLY -- WE HAVE SEEN BASEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHED OUT, APPLIANCES LOST, MECHANIC CALL SYSTEMS DESTROYED, CARS HAVE BEEN FLOODED. CARS BOTH IN DRIVEWAYS, CARS WHERE YOU HAVE A GARAGE

THAT MIGHT BE UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE THAT HAVE BEEN FLOODED, CARS THAT HAVE BEEN FLOODED ON THE ROADWAYS OUTSIDE OF BUSINESSES IN AREAS OF HYDE PARK, OAKLEY. SO WE HAVE SEEN A LOT FROM PICTURES AND

DEFINITELY HEARD A LOT IN JUST PEEKING WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. Councilmember Owens: DO WE HAVE ANY GLIMPSE OF LIKE TO YOUR POINT THE NEED IS FAR GREATER THAN WHAT WE HAVE AT THIS

PARTICULAR MOMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY GLIMPSE INTO HOW PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THE RELIEF? SO IS SOMEONE PUT AGO EYE DOWN PAYMENT ON A NEW CAR? DO WE HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEE DOLLARS ARE

BEING -- THE GOOD THING IS THE MONEY IS UNRESTRICTED, HOWEVER IT IS GOING TO BEST FIT YOUR NEEDS AT THAT TIME WHETHER IT IS YOU LOST THE GROCERY THAT YOU HAD ANY IN THE BASEMENT DEEP FEEDS OR GAS

MONEY, CAN YOU USE IT FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT OR USE IT TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE OR REPLACE CARPET OR FLOORS, CAN YOU USE IT FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT IT IS SUPPLEMENT FLOOD RELIEF WITH NO RESTRICTS. IN TERMS OF

WHAT WE ARE USING IT FOR WE KNOW THEY HAVE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY'S EFFORTS. IN TERMS OF LEARNING WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING NEW IF WE MIGHT CONSIDER SENDING A POST EVENT SURVEY TO UNDERSTAND I

THINK THAT'S HELPFUL WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND WE THINK ABOUT OUR PARTNERS, NON-PROFIT PARTNERS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT THIS WORK TOO I THINK IS JUST A GOOD

GLIMPSE OF UNDERSTANDING WHEN IS PEOPLE ARE DOING. Councilmember Ryan James: THANK YOU FOR COMING IN DO. I WANT TO CARRY THE TORCH HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT IN OTHER WORDS MY CHAIR'S MOUTH HERE.

THIS WAS A NEW, THIS DORS IS EYE NEW DEPARTMENT. THIS WAS A NEW USE FOR A NEW DEPARTMENT. SO JUST TELL ME FRANKLY HERE I'M GOING TO BE HONEST AND TRANSPORT HERE I FOUND TRANSPARENT I CRITICAL OF

DECISION TO ESSENTIALLY START A CRISIS RELIEF NON-PROFIT OVERNIGHT HERE. I KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS NEEDED US, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO RESPOND BUT I MEAN DID YOU FEEL CAPACITY WIDES PREPARED FOR THIS

ENGAGEMENT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT AS WE HAVE EVENT LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO ABLE TO TAKE ON? IT WAS NOT A SOLO EFFORT AND WE HAD A LOT OF DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY

MANAGER'S OFFICE. WE HAD DAILY MEETINGS WITH THE EXTENT CITY MANAGER BAILEY AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER VEDRA. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF GUIDANCE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SO REACHING IN WITH WEEKS TO

ASSIST US WITH THE HOTLINE, HAVING THE TOP COMMAND ATETTES TO SET UP DOCK A SIGNS SO THAT WE COULD GET INFORMATION OUT. FOR US INITIALLY WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW I CAN SAY THAT WE HAD A LOT

OF SUPPORT PRIMARYLY JUST COMBING THROUGH THE DATA FROM THE SBU PROGRAM WE UTILIZE OTHER RESOURCES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO COMB THROUGH THAT INFORMATION, GREAT EXAMPLE IS THAT MSD SERVES THE ENTIRE

COUNTY. SO THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR CITY RESIDENTS WE LEANED IN INTERNALLY THROUGH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SIBLING LATE CITY ADDRESSES INTO US. AND SO FOR THAT I THINK IS THERE IS A LOT THAT WE DIDN'T

KNOW. A LOT THAT WE LEARNED FROM THIS. ESPECIALLY CAPACITY WISE, RESOURCE WISE AND ALSO WHO ARE SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND PLAYERS THAT WE WOULD NEED ULTIMATESLY SO SET UP SOMETHING LIKE THIS

SIMILARLY? I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THIS WAS TRULY A COLLABORATION WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS SO LOW BEING A ISSUE ACCIDENT, UNDERSTANDING HOW WE ARE OPERATING AND SETTING UP OUR NEW

PROGRAMS THE ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY IS THAT IT DID TAKE SOME CAPACITY AWAY FROM JUST SETTING UP SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE ARE DOING INTO DORS BUT THIS WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, IT WAS A

OPERATOR FOR US. PARTICULARLY WE ARE SET UP TO ESTABLISH RESIDENTS. SO THIS WAS WELL IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WERE CHARGED TO DO. AND WE HAD TO THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY AND ALSO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE

SUPPORTING US THROUGH THAT EFFORT. Councilmember Ryan James: THERE IS A CRITICISM OF THE PROCESS NOT THE PEOPLE. THE RESIDENTS CALLED, WE ANDSED THE CALL, I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD HERE

BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE OUR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DIVISION WITH CATALOG THAT ROTATES EVERY DAY OR WEEK, I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT THAT AS WELL. FOR CONTEXT, YOU KNOW COMPARE TO THE PRIVATE

SECTOR MIC IS A FANTASTIC COMPANY AND IF TOMORROW W TELL THEM WE MAKE CELL PHONES AND LAPTOPS THE FIRST VERSION IS GOING TO BE PRETTY BAD NO HOW MANY SPECIALISTS WE HAVE WORKING HOW HARD, NO MATTER

HOW SMART THEY ARE HOW MUCH RESEARCH THEY HAVE DONE. AND IT IS ITERATIONS OF THAT MODEL THAT GET BETTER OVER TIME. BUT WE LOOKED THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR TIME AND PROGRESS WHEN WE JUST CHANGE PRIORITIES

OVERNIGHT. SO I'M EXCITED TO SIT DOWN WITH DORS, I'M KNOW THINGS ARE KNEW. THIS USE CASE WAS NOT A FAILURE BUT I'M VERY CRITICAL WITH THE DECISION TO JUST THROW IT OVER WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, THROW

IT OVER THE FENCE TOD ORS, RIGHT? BUT SO I ASKED ABOUT CAPACITY. YOUR RENEING PROCESS OR PRIORITIZATION AND MATRICS. I KNOW OUR APPLICANTS HAD TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM. WE KNOW THAT THEY HAD TO

LIVE WITH IN THE CINCINNATI BUT IF YOU I KNOW THERE WERE UNDERSTANDS MORE FOLKS THAT FILED THAT ARE WERE ABLE TO GET SERVICE SO WHO GETS HELPED, WHO DOESN'T AND IT MAY BE A PRIORITY OF WHEN THEY GOT

THEIR APPLICATION IN BUT JUST TO WALK ME THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BUILT. IT'S MSD LIST WE WHY GOING THROUGHS IT WASN'T IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OR BY NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST REALLY GOING THROUGH THE LIST. FOLKS

WOULD CALL IN AND THEN THEY WOULD GO TO AN E-MAIL TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO A STAFF MEMBER BOTH EVENTS WE WOULD ISSUE A CHECK. Councilmember Ryan James: YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM

WHAT YOU ARE SAYING MAKES SENSE AND WHEN THERE IS A HOUSE ON FIRE YOU PUT OUT THE FIRE, YOU DON'T THINK WHERE IS HOTTEST FIRE? YOU THERE IS A CRISIS AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT. EVEN A LEVEL OF

REFINEMENT WE COULD HAVE HAD WITH MORE TIME AND PROACTIVE RELIEF PLAN FROM THE CITY WITHIN AGAIN IT IS NOT FALL INTO YOUR MEAL HOUSE, MAKING SOME COMMENTS HERE. AND INTEGRATION WITH DEPARTMENTS,

TAKING REFERRALS FROM 311 I WANTED TO KNOW HOW THAT WORKED OUT, WAS KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE ON THE GROUND HERE, WAS IT THEM COLLECTING CONTACTS, SAYING, HEY, BUT THANK YOU FOR CALLING LET ME

REFER TO YOU THE NEXT DEPOSIT. WAS THERE A APPLICATION THAT THEY FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO YOU. WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE? THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, THE EASIEST WAY IS THAT WE SET UP A STATUS FOR FLOOD

RELIEF WITHIN OUR CSR SYSTEM. SO WHEN THE LOT LINE WAS ESTABLISHED THOSE CALL TAKERS WOULD TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND CREATE THAT TICKET. SO THAT WOULD THEN ULTIMATELY COME TO DORS. WE HAD TO BE

TRAINED AND ACCESS INTO THAT. SO WE COULD GO IN, THEY HAD CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE COULD SEND OUT OUR APPLICATION FORM FOR THE SIGNATURE AND PROCESSING. SO THAT WAS JUST A EASIER WAY FOR US TO KEEP

TRACK OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING BUT ALSO IT WAS A WAY FOR US TO INTEGRATE THAT HOTLINE AND IT WAS ALLOWED FOR US TO SPEAK TO LIKE WHAT WAS HAPPENING BETWEEN AND IT GAVE US INFORMATION THAT WE COULD GO OUT

AND THEN SEND THAT LICK TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY CAN I DESCRIBE THAT. WE DID HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT HAVE CALLED INTO THE OFFICE AND HONESTLY WE WOULD DIRECT THEM TO THE HOTLINE

BECAUSE THAT WAS AN ESTABLISH LUSHED WAY FOR US TO KEEP TRACK OF THOSE PHONE CALLS. THAT WAS FOR US A STREAM STREAMLINED WAYS TO HAVE THOSE CALL TAKERS BUT THEY WOULD COLLECT THEIR INFORMATION AND

THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND. AND IT WAS TRACKED. >> Councilmember Ryan James: I KNOW THIS IS A I WOULD FRAME THIS EFFORT AS A HIGH POGT HYPOTHESIS TEST THAT DORS WITH CONTINUE TO TO DO THIS WORK

NOT TO BE I THINK IT MAY SERVE US TO BE REDUCTIONTIVE AND THAT PARTICULAR COMPONENT WORKED HERE. IT SEEMS LIKE THE FILED IN PLACE FOR OFFICE I HEARD A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES THEY WERE RESPONDED TO

QUICKLY BUT THEY WERE SLOW TO BE CONNECTED TO THE SERVICE THEY NEEDED WHICH WAS THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT SO I MEAN THAT MADE SINCE. EVERYTHING MOVED QUICKLY BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF TAKE AWAY

BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM HERE. BUT I'M EXCITED FOR DORS TO GET ON YOUR FEET AND DO SOME GREAT THINGS. THANK YOU. I WANT TO REFER TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER JEFFREYS, I'M

SURE HAVE YOU SOME QUESTIONS. Councilmember Jeffreys: THANK YOU FOR ECHO ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT SHORING THIS UP IN A VERY SHORT TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR I KNOW THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK AND SO

APPRECIATE IT. ONE QUESTION I LIKE THE DOING A SURVEY OF RESIDENTS AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AND BASED ON THAT WHAT I'M MOST INTERESTED IN THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FLOODING,

WE WILL HAVE FLASH FLOODS. DO WE DO IT AGAIN, DO WE BUDGET FOR IT. HOW MUCH DO WE BUDGET FOR IT. AND GETTING FEEDBACK TO THE THRESHOLD LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS, ALL RIGHT, IF IT IS $50,000 OF DAMAGE,

THANKS BUT IT IS NOT MUCH L. BUT I KNOW PEOPLE APPRECIATE SOMETHING. BUT THE SURVEYS HOPEFULLY SHOULD HELP WITH THAT MORE OF A COMMENT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING THE SURVEY AND AS WE APPROACH BUDGET

SEASON IT WOULD BE HELP TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU BASED ON WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE SURVEY ON HERE IS HOW WE WOULD RECOMMEND DOING IT AGAIN AND IF SO IF THERE ARE CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OR

ANYTHING ELSE, MORE OF A COMMENT THAN ANYTHING. THANK YOU. TO THE CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBER. I THINK WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT. WE'LL DO THAT THE SAME WAY THAT WE GOT THE DOCK YOU SIGN FORM OUT. WE HE

CAN USE THAT PLATFORM TO HOPEFULLY GET A SURVEY OUT AND GET FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED. AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME FOLKS DECLINED THE CITY'S OFFER SAID I'M FINE, THIS MONEY CAN

BETTER BE USED BY OTHER FOLKS. Councilmember Ryan James: EVEN TO ARCHITECT A SURVEY IN THIS SITUATION I THINK THAT YOU WANT TO SHAPE IT AROUND QUESTION THAT YOU WANT TO ASK FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE NEXT

USE CASE BUT I THINK WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NEXT USE CASE WILL BE. I A I AGREE THAT WE NEED A SURVEY AND I'M APPREHENSIVE ABOUT A SURVEY ANSWER BUT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

FOR THAT CONCLUDES OUR COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. DO WE HAVE ANY CLOSING PRESENTATIONS OR -- WE HAVE TO -- OKAY SORRY MY COLLEAGUE HERE TOLD ME LAST MINUTE THAT WE WOULD BE PRESENTING -- SHE FILED

EVERYTHING ALREADY. OKAY WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT WILL BE THE END OF OUR MEETING. AND I WILL WALK OVER TO THE GAVEL. -CAPTIONING QUESTIONS CALL

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