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MINUTES City Council April 13, 1988 City Center~ Council felt that at this point they should digest the pr~oposal Expansion as well as take input fr•om the var•ious City Commissions and Depar•tments. (Cont.) Additional infor~mation is also needed on the attendance at 55+ Club meetings so that a deter~mination can be made on the size necessar~y for• the Council Chambers. Scalze asked Lindahl to deter~mine how many people would be able to occupy the Council Chamber•s as pr•oposed on the plan include the adjoining conference room. Blesener reported that he will solicit comments from the various Commissions and Depar•tments and will r•epor•t back to the Council. Mastell Mr. Blesener• reviewed the letter• fr~om the Public V+!or~ks Super•intendent Sewer~ Back- r~egar~ding the Mastell sewer~-back-up claim and the fact that Mr•. Mastell Up Claim feels the City is liable since the back-up was caused by a sewer~ blockage of tr•ee r•oots. Blesener• repor•ted that the Super•intendent deter•mined that Agenda on July 5th the National Weather• Ser•vice indicates ther~e was a r•ainfall Item No. lld of .86 inches. KSTP indicates a r•ainfall of 2.66 inches in ~lor•th St. Paul and 1.5 inches in Fridley. The rain gauge at the City Garage showed a r•ainfall of 3.5 inches. Blesener r•epor•ted that Public l~lor~ks is r~ecommending that the P9aste1l claim be r~esubmitted to the City's insur•ance company along with r~ecor~ds that the City has showing that the sewer~ was cleaned following the back-up and tr~ee roots were removed. Mastell r~epor•ted that he appr•eciated the meeting that he had with City staff. Mastell r•epor•ted that his concer•n is that the back-up not occur~ again and reported that the City Engineer and Public Works Superintendent have indicated that in ar~eas wher•e tr•ee r~oots have pr•oven to be a pr~oblem, these sewer• lines will be cleaned on an annual basis. Mastel l al so r~epor~ted that Publ i c Wor~ks i s wor•ki ng towar~ds r•esol uti on of the problem of the r•oof dr•ains on St. John's School being connected to the City's sewer• system. B1 esener• r•epor•ted that a Pnay 1 st deadl i ne has been set for~ r~esol uti on of that pr•oblem, and Public Wor•ks will be r•eminding St. John's of their• r~esponsibility in this matter•. At this point Mastell indicated that he would have to wait and see if the City's insur~ance company will honor• his claim. Blesener~ pointed out that the City has the City's pr~evious insur~ance company for• a pr•evious sewer~ back-up. a new insur•ance company and that paid 70% of a claim Mastall submitted Recess At this point in the meeting, 9:10 P.M., Council took a shor•t r~ecess. The meeting was r•econvened at 9:20 P.M. Page -11-