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1 .t City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 14, 1998 Page 6 1 Mayor Ranallo stated that the City has not yet received FEMA funds. He and the City Manager 2 will be sending a letter to U. S. Senator Rod Grams to determine the situation with these funds. 3 Ranallo stated there has been a public hearing in regard to both parks.and-the Harding Street 4 proposal. The City has asked the engineers to again look at the Harding Street and Silver Point 5 Park proposal and take into account the issues that were raised at the public hearing. A 6 neighborhood meeting will be held on August 12. The Storm Water Task Force will be 7 reconvened to attend that meeting and discuss the issues with the homeowners and engineers. 8 Mike Jacobs, 2914-29th Avenue NE, stated there has been a lot of scuttlebutt in the Village and 9 he would like to nix some of the rumors. He has been a resident of St. Anthony for 40 years and 10 a taxpayer for the last 16. He stated that the City did not pay for the waterproofing of his 11 basement. 12 Mr. Jacobs stated it is really scarey that more issues are coming up now. He acknowledged that 13 the residents on Harding have valid questions. What bothers him is that the City has worked 14 hard on funding for these programs to eliminate the water problem which has existed for the last 15 50 years. He did not want the City to lose these funds. Up to the last year the City has done 16 nothing and it would be a shame to come as far as the City has and lose the funding of which 17 there may never be a chance to obtain again. 18 Mr. Jacobs noted that he and Mr. Wratkowski had been talking and he then suggested that the 19 City consider being more generous with the home buyout program. He noted that the cost of the 20 condemnation process would be much higher. He also suggested that residents check their 21 insurance policy to determine their actual coverage. 22 Mr. Jacobs noted there has been so much progress made in the last year and it has not been easy. 23 He suggested the City and residents have to work together so as not to lose the funding. The 24 funds can not be left to slip away and it then be documented that the City did nothing to solve the 25 water problem. 26 XI. NEW BUSINESS. 27 A. .Award Bid for Computer Upgrades. 28 Morrison reported this issue has been ongoing for more than,a year. Quite a bit of progress has 29 been made with the help of NetLink. He noted the two low bids received for the computer 30 hardware and software are under budget. 31 Art Carruth,NetLink, stated he has worked closely with the Finance Director to develop a solid 32 bid for hardware and software equipment. Three bids have been received. Mr. Carruth 33 recommended that the City accept the bid from MicroAge in the amount of$27,071.24. He 34 noted this is the lowest bid received and that these bids are commodity bids, all based on the 35 same products.