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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 26, 1997 • Page 7 1 Sue Kozarek, 4029 Shamrock,.stated she had reached FEMA today via the following number: 2 1-800-462-9029. She stated residents can apply for SBA low interest loans and disaster home 3 grants. She has applied for both. The application process is ten minutes and then a packet 4 will be sent to applicants and received within seven to ten days. 5 Mayor Ranallo reported that John VanHecke, Representative Vento's office, has stated that 6 there may be a shortcut to obtaining funds for homes that contain damage on the first floor 7 and above. These people may receive assistance in the form of outright funds. The 8 legislature has stated that the most money in the State of Minnesota will be given to the Fire 9 and Police Stations of East Grand Forks and that nothing will be given for damage to "non- 10 livable areas". 11 Ms. Kozarek stated she had also contacted Representative Marty's Office to obtain 12 information as to what was included in the recently passed Bill. 13 Mayor Ranallo stated that all the funds in the Bill will be given to East Grand Forks. The 14 House of Representatives did come back and put some funds in for the metropolitan area but 15 the City still has no information on that. 16 Ms. Kozarek stated that when the Flood Task Force was originally formed in July the City Council asked for volunteers. One resident who did not volunteer but did speak to the 8 Council at their last meeting is Dennis Cavanaugh. She stated that at that meeting, the Mayor 19 verbally invited Mr. Cavanaugh to be a member of the Task Force. She stated that she would 20 like to formally request that Mr. Cavanaugh be allowed to volunteer to be a member of the 21 Task Force. She reported that 10 of the 12 members of the Task Force had gotten together 22 this past week and feel that they want him to join as he has valuable information and access 23 to legal information that other members do not have. 24 Mayor Ranallo corrected Ms. Kozarek that he had not verbally invited Mr. Cavanaugh to be a 25 member of the Task Force but had questioned why he was not a member. He asked who had 26 convened the recent meeting of the Task Force. 27 Ms. Kozarek stated it was not a real meeting. They had only gotten together to discuss their 28 frustrations with the first meeting of the Task Force. The members felt they were not able to 29 have any input. 30 Councilmembers Enrooth and Faust noted they and Acting City Manager Moore-Sykes were 31 not invited to the meeting of the Task Force which was held last week. 32 Ms. Kozarek stated this meeting was the citizens getting together. It was not a formal 33 meeting. Mayor Ranallo stated that this is a City appointed Task Force and all meetings where there is 5 a quorum have to be announced and open to the public. He stated that the results of the 36 meeting that he has heard lead him to believe that it was a formal meeting.