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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 14, 1997 Page 9 1 Enrooth suggested the letter be sent with the City quarterly newsletter. He asked if there was 2 anyone in the audience who did not receive the newsletter. 3 There was no response. 4 Wagner asked if Mr. Jacobs was saying that there were a lot of people who had sustained 5 damage that were not on the list. 6 Mr. Jacobs stated there are. He stated he is part of the Task Force that has worked 7 extensively formulating the short-term necessities which in a matter of a few minutes have 8 been shot down. He stated that this is a bunch of crap. He stated that if 54 houses are 9 affected, that is the public. Even one person is the public. He questioned the purpose of the 10 Task Force if everything they suggest is shot down and not even considered. 11 Mr. Jacobs stated the new actuary tables are needed now. The Task Force is working with 12 tables from 1961. He stated the July 1 event was not a 100 year storm and cannot be blamed 13 on God. The residents need to be protected and they look to their public servants to take 14 responsibility for them. He stated he was frustrated that no one is rising to the occasion. He 15 stated he cannot apologize as the frustration runs too deep and that if this affected the 16 Councilmember's family life they would consider it differently. He noted that several of the 17 residents have a chronological history of all the flooding which has occurred in the past 40 18 years and the articles which state that nothing has been done to correct the problem. He 19 stated that he can walk out tonight with his head held high because he has tried to do 20 something right and asked if any of the Councilmembers could do the same. 21 Wagner asked if the surveys of the thirteen locations included consideration of the piping 22 which went from the City and out to other connections. 23 Mr. Willenbring stated WSB has no control over piping outside of the City border. He 24 explained that in the study WSB identifies the need to define the public benefit. The City can 25 undertake any\or all of the recommendations at the same time. WSB can begin at once. 26 Most of the resources can be done is short order. He noted it was not a good idea to have a 27 large number of engineers work on the project because that would not provide a consistent 28 approach to the study. He stated that each of.the study areas would require approximately 1.5 29 weeks or 60 hours of engineering. There are thirteen areas and if three people were working 30 on the study, a substantial report could be completed within two to three months. Preliminary 31 feedback could be provided sooner. 32 Enrooth asked if a report for submittal to Senator Marty could be completed by November 1. 33 Mayor Ranallo noted he thought Senator Marty needed a report by the end of November. 34 Mr. Willenbring stated WSB could have a product ready by then. 35 Mr. Hubmer stated WSB was close to having the resources necessary to provide a 36 recommendation and a reasonable estimated cost for the legislature.