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1_~ Page 4 Council Minutes November 9, 1994 REQUEST TO SUBMIT A SERVICE SHARING GRANT TO THE BOARD OF INNOVATION AND COOPERATION FORS 100,000 FOR APPLYING COUNTYWIDE GIS (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICES) MAPPING CAPABILITIES TO RESCUE SERVICES Administrator Hoyt explained that the Ramsey County fire chiefs have prepared a grant application for the State Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation for funding to integrate the county's current GIS information with the existing fire and rescue response procedures. The grant request of 5100,000 would implement a GIS information system with the cities of Shoreview, Falcon Heights, Vadnais Heights, North Oaks, Little Canada, Roseville, New Brighton and the Ramsey County Sheriff. The grant would cover the hardware and software necessary for implementing the system in these communities. Administrator Hoyt said this would be useful for several aspects of city business besides the fire/rescue information. The grant application proposes a 51,000 contribution from Falcon Heights toward the equipment. An additional and undetermined cost in the grant is the purchase of the data from the county. After discussing what the possible effectiveness of this grant might be to the City of Falcon Heights, Councilmember Gibson Talbot moved to participate in the grant at a cost of 51,000. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Hustad requested that council obtain further details of this service grant at a future meeting. SCHEDULING OF PUBLIC HEARING ON DELINQUENT UTILITY PAYMENTS Councilmember Gehrz said that staff had reported that Ramsey County has begun adding charges to handle any type of assessment and would like to see these charges passed on to the property owner in connection with delinquent sewer/recycling bills. Council agreed that any additional fees incurred in this process should be passed on to the property owner. Council discussed the city's "late fee" charge on sewer/recycling bills and determined that charge to be adequate. Jan Gibson Talbot moved to schedule the public hearing for delinquent utility payments on December 7, 1994 on or after 7:45 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. CITY INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Councilmember Hustad reported that he attended the swearing in of a group of approximately 160 youth (Ameri-Corel. The youth were selected for their positive message and service to their communities.