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MINUTES MAY 20, 1998 As of this date, there are six homes without power. Three homes located on Lakeview and three scattered throughout the city. The private contractor donated over $14,000 in overtime to the City for cleanup. Public Works staff will be returning to their regular shift. There will be no overtime hours incurred this weekend. Rick DeGardner briefly outlined his information which was located on the last page of the handout packet. The majority of the losses within the City parks will not be covered by insurance. Fencing ballfields is a priority and is included in the request for the additional $75,000 in funding. A question arose why the League of Minnesota Cities does not insure fencing and Mary Vaske stated it could be a covered loss for an additional 259s- increase in premium. Rick stated the City of Shoreview is conducting a "Volunteer Resource" day, and would like to organize the same for our city. The Salvation Army would provide assistance. The City would be the central phone system taking calls from people/organizations willing to donate their time to assist residents with cleanup. The Salvation Army would provide T- shirts, gloves and the canteen for refreshments to the volunteers. The City would be responsible to coordinate all other functions for the event. We would advise volunteers to bring their own shovels, hoes, etc., We would need press coverage and the deadline for the Quad is tomorrow if we schedule Volunteer Resource day for May 30th. Residents requesting the assistance would need to be advised that they would be responsible/liable if a volunteer would get hurt on their property. Rick was instructed to research with Bill Hawkins/City Attorney prior to proceeding with this event. Pete Kluegel stated his department continues to field calls with the majority of questions relating to roofing issues. His department has designed a letter to address most questions and he will be including the letter with the Building Permit packet. Lyden requested that it be put on record that the City should not have the people pay for the Tornado of 98, that it is an insult to injury. It was noted that there is insurance coverage to include the cost of building permits. It was further noted that the trash haulers have agreed to pickup the additional debris from homeowners during their weekly pickup for no additional cost to the homeowners. Council was asked to give formal recognition to the Trash Haulers for this courtesy. It was noted that a dumpster is needed at Marshan Lane. The dumpsters have not been removed promptly from the Sunrise Park area and are overflowing. It was suggested to add the dumpster location information to the City ad. PAGE 2 • •