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Council Minutes of 8/18/2009 Commission along with the variances granted by Board of Zoning Appeals. The motion was seconded by Mr. Gareau and the vote was 3 to 0 for approval. With nothing else before this committee, the meeting was adjourned at 7:37 p.m. Councilman Barker made a motion for Council approval of CMS09-OS Westfield Great Northern Mall located at 4954 Great Northern Mall as reported out with the recommendations of the Planning and Design Commission along with the variances granted by the Board of Zoning Appeal. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. Councilman Gareau requested that a copy of the workpaper for the transfer ordinance, No. 2009-84, which explains in more detail all the ~ individual transfers, be included as part of the Council meeting minutes Councilman Orlowski, chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee: 1) The i~nvironmental Control Committee meeting was held on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 8:35 p.m. In attendance were members Barker, Brossard and Orlowski; Council Members Jones, Kearney and Mahoney; the Finance Director, Service Director, WWTP Superintendent, WWTP Assistant Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent of Collections. This meeting provided an update an the collection system for the sanitary and storm sewers. The department is still dye testing and placing video cameras in sewers and conducting flow monitor testing in the Deerfield area. Additional information regarding the I&I is being sought. Three of four hydro brakes in the Deerfield area have been removed. Hopefully, the grouting of pipe joints will occur soon, which may prevent the actual I&1. The seven portable flow monitors are in use collecting data. The WWTP Assistant Supt. Mr. Rice presented a color slide display contrasting segments of our existing plant with a newly updated plant in Peru, Indiana. Several aspects of change to our plant were presented. There was no firm commitment of how the plant would be constructed or what processes would be incorporated into the existing plant. The need for the plant to be updated and refurbished is a given. Many possible changes were presented which, if incorporated into our existing facility, would help to modernize, upgrade and improve our facility. Actual savings are possible by integrating automation to the plant and upgrading the electrical systems and methods of treating the water and sludge. It may be possible to add height to the side walls of the existing tanks to increase the capacity. We are looking at another year of design work. The Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance will award a construction loan by December 2010. Construction may begin in 2011 and may be completed by 2012. The current mindset on free flowing ditches/streams is to retain vegetation on the top and side of the bank and in the channel. The vegetation helps to filter the water and prevent erosion. Trees and shrubs on the top of the bank filter some of the pollutants and sediment in runoff and helps to stabilize the stream banks. The latest EPA correspondence mentioned a number of items at the WWTP which, during an inspection, were not functional. These items are currently under repair. The letter spoke of a number of bypasses at the plant itself and the overflow of the sanitary system in the Deerfield area. The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m. 6 _. i „