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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 22, 1997 • Page 5 1 Councilmember Enrooth stated he had attended a meeting of the Middle Mississippi 2 Watershed District on July 10 and had brought up the concerns of St. Anthony at that 3 meeting. Joe Bermad, who is Chairman of the District, also serves on the Minneapolis City 4 Council and is well aware of the problem. This issue will be a topic of discussion at future 5 meetings. 6 Mayor Ranallo continued: 7 d. Called both Ramsey and Hennepin County assessors to determine whether or not they 8 can re-assess damaged property. They indicated they would do so. 9 e. Called the League of Minnesota Cities for lobby help with the Legislature. 10 f. The City will appoint a Task Force this evening to address this issue. The first 11 meeting will be next Wednesday, July 30, 1997 at 7:00 P.M. The Task Force will 12 work with Barr Engineering and WSB. 13 g. The City provided dumpsters and helped, if needed to clean up properties. 14 h. The City contacted Rice Creek and Middle Mississippi Watershed Districts. 15 Mayor Ranallo noted the water on Silver Lake has risen so high that it is beginning to wash 16 out the rip rap on Silver Lake Road. Staff was asked to contact Hennepin County and notify 17 them. i. The City is currently working on a summary of the problems and costs to provide to 19 the Legislature. 20 Mayor Ranallo reported the City contacted Berkeley Administrators to see if they could 21 purchase a master flood policy for the City. Berkeley stated there was no such plan available. 22 Further investigation through Hennepin County resulted in the determination that the City 23 could only participate in such a policy if the County participated. Currently the County does 24 not participate. 25 Tom Hoban, 2705 Pahl Avenue NE, asked if it would be easier to work with the Minneapolis 26 City Council as St. Anthony's storm pipe feeds directly into their system. 27 Mayor Ranallo stated that according to the Mississippi Watershed District, that is a State 28 project and has to be addressed to the State. If the State desires to enlarge the pipe, it would 29 then have to be approved by the Watershed District. 30 Enrooth noted the project would also require approval of MNDot. 31 Mr. Hoban noted a pamphlet he had received in 1992 which spoke of a fee to improve the 32 storm water drainage in the City. He asked where those funds have gone. Morrison reported these fees have been placed in a fund having a balance of$250,000 as of 04 June 1997. The storm sewer systems are upgraded every time a street is reconstructed.