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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 14, 1997 Page 7 1 directly from the survey form which was the same information which was provided to the 2 Task Force. 3 Mrs. Lockrem stated the statement in the WSB report regarding the number of times flooded 4 could be misleading and she would like a footnote added which would clarify the point just 5 discussed. 6 Mrs. Lockrem stated that criteria #1, on page 2 of the WSB report is confusing. She 7 questioned if it inferred that because she and her husband had only constructed a three foot 8 wall that they had not done a reasonable job in protecting their home from flooding. She 9 stated she did not believe this was true. 10 Mr. Willenbring stated that criteria was not specifically aimed at the Lockrem property. He 11 explained that another goal in preparing this report is to help the City define the public 12 purpose to allow the purchase of the homes. In order to define the public purpose, WSB 13 needs to determine design standards. WSB needs to be told how much rain they need to 14 design for. 15 Mrs. Lockrem verified that WSB was referring to the City providing flood protection in 16 criteria #1: 17 Mr. Willenbring stated this was correct. 18 Enrooth noted that the City, together with the Task Force, needed to determine the degree of 19 flood protection and that most storm sewers are designed for a ten-year event. 20 Mrs. Lockrem questioned the WSB summary recommendation #1 on page 6. She noted that 21 the City and residents need information to present to the legislature within the next month. 22 She asked how long it would take to study thirteen areas and if this was a reasonable 23 recommendation. She stated she was feeling a great deal of pressure and noted that Senator 24 Marty has stated that he needs a recommendation by the 1st of November. 25 Mr. Willenbring explained that different areas require different levels of study. .Each study 26 area will require approximately 40 to 100 man-hours. This would be 2 to 3 weeks in each 27 area including survey time. 28 Mrs. Lockrem stated she feared the residents were going to miss the boat again. She 29 questioned if it was reasonable to think that something will be ready for the legislature. 30 Mrs. Lockrem then referred to the letter from Dorsey and Whitney dated September 17, 1997. 31 The last paragraph on the first page states, "Such a conclusion would have to be based upon 32 findings established by engineers and could not be based solely upon the desire to be of 33 assistance to homeowners." She stated that she believed the third factual piece to this is that 34 her property is used as an overflow catch basin for the City of St. Anthony but unfortunately 35 her house is on the property. This is not an either/or issue.