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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 23, 1997 t Page 7 1 Marks asked if this was for the purpose of the database and if the City had collected this 2 information. .3 Mr. Kuharski stated this was to determine eligible expenses. He noted the City had only 4 obtained estimated damages. 5 Wagner asked if these items were covered in the FEMA grant. 6 Ms. Kozarek stated that FEMA would not cover these items. The SBA would cover some of 7 the items but not all of them. She noted the structure itself, furniture, hot water heater, 8 washer, and dryer were covered. Items like carpeting are not covered and only a certain 9 percentage of personal property is covered. 10 Mr. Kuharski explained that Section 3 addresses home buyouts. The Task Force is 11 recommending that the City purchase five homes: 2716 St. Anthony Boulevard,-2713 St. 12 Anthony Boulevard, 2914-29th Avenue, 4029 Shamrock Drive, and 2800 St. Anthony 13 Boulevard. These homes are listed in order of priority based on the amount of damage 14 caused by flood water, the number of instances of flooding, and location to provide a water 15 control solution for other homes in the neighborhood. Mr. Kuharski stated he had spoken 6 with the owners of four of the properties and they would be interested in a buyout. He stated that the daughter of the fifth property owner is present at the meeting this evening and has 8 --stated that her mother, the owner of the property, is also in favor of a buyout. 19 Mayor Ranallo asked how Mr. Kuharski had determined the values of the homes. 20 Mr. Kuharski explained he had obtained the value for homes a,b,c, and e from the Hennepin 21 County Property Taxation Manager. Home d is located in Ramsey County and he obtained 22 -the value from the homeowner's copy of the report from Ramsey County. The value used is 23 the taxable market value. 24 Marks noted the Sub-committee has suggested that purchase of these homes is part of the 25 water control solution. The next step would be to have the engineer view this proposal and 26 determine if it would have any affect on the problem. -27 Mayor Ranallo suggested that the report completed in 1992 be extended to include the rest of 28 the City and that the engineer then work with City Staff and the attorney to determine what 29 the City can do. He noted that these ideas will not resolve all of the problems. 30 Mr. Kuharski noted that these are short-term solutions, not long-term. He explained Section 3 31 also included the cost of removing the homes and construction of the water overflow basin 32 and landscaping in the total amount of$40,000. Marjorie Hurt, 2815 Wilson, asked what a water overflow basin was.