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MINUTES City Council Dec. 30, 1987 Flood The Engineer~ submitted an application for• flood hazar~d mitigation Hazar•d gr•ant assistance for~ the pur•pose of installing over~flow str•uctur•es Gr•ant within the City at Round Lake, two at Savage Lake and one on Edger•ton (Cont.) wher~e County Ditch No. 16 leaves the Mostad pr•oper•ty. The Engineer• r~eviewed the application and descr•ibed the over•flow str~uctur•es and how they would contr•ol the flow of water• into Lake Ger~vai s fr~om the west. Scalze pointed out that ther~e is a flooding pr~oblem on the south side of the lake that effects the Eng pr~oper•ty. Scalze asked if it wer•e possible to install an over~flow str•uctur~e on this side of the lake. The Engineer• r•eplied that it was not possible to install such a str•uctur~e on the south side of the lake at this time as ther•e was no ar•ea to stor~e the water•. However~, i f the Ci ty pur•chased pr•oper~ty for storage, it would be possible. The Engi neer• al so r~epor•ted that he woul d wor•k wi th the County to corr•ect a bad situation in the front of the Eng house that will help somewhat. However•, the Eng house is too low. The Engineer~ r~epor•ted that the level of the lake is one foot higher• than the level of the pond that is supposed to flow into the lake. Fahey asked i f the over~fl ow str•uctur•es woul d hel p contr•ol the 1 evel of the lake dur~ing stor~ms. The Engineer~ r•eplied that this was cor•r•ect. Scalze pointed out that while the over~flow str•uctur•es will help contr•ol water• fr~om the west, ther•e i s nothi ng to contr•ol water~ comi ng fr•om the east. Fahey suggested that the Engineer~ contact the adjacent city on the east as well as the Water•shed for• some type of contr•ols coming fr•om the east. Bl esener• poi nted out that the gr•ant pr•ogr~am wi 11 pay for~ hal f of the pr•oject if the City r•eceives appr•oval. Blesener~ asked how the other~ half of the impr•ovement would be paid for•. The Engineer• estimated that the City would pay about half the unfunded por~tion of the pr~oject, with the County and State being asked to par•ticipate. The Engi neer• repor•ted that ther•e ar~e other• homes on the 1 ake that have been in danger• of flooding at var•ious times other• than the Eng home, and stated that the over•flow str•uctur•es would r•educe the danger• of flooding to these homes. D1r. Fahey introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: Page -11-