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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 14, 1997 • Page 3 1 D. New Liquor Store 2 1. Dorsey & Whitney in the amount of$3,500.00 for legal services rendered 3 through August 31, 1997 regarding $940,000 Liquor Revenue Bonds, Series 4 1997. 5 2. KKE Architects, Inc. in the amount of$2,289.03 for services rendered through 6 August 29, 1997. 7 3. Lund Martin Construction in the amount of $100,247.80 for Payment 8 Application #2. 9 E. 6 pages of Verified Claims as presented by the Finance Director. 10 Motion carried unanimously. 11 VII. REPORTS. 12 A. Discussion of Storm Water Recommendations. 13 City Manager Morrison referred to the report entitled, "City's responses to the Storm Water 14 Management Task Force's Short-Term Recommendations for Flood Damage Control". Copies 15 were available for the audience. 16 Mornson reported that in response to the Task Force recommendations 1. and 2. Data 17 Collection, on September 26, 1997, staff sent a letter to the 55 property owners who have identified themselves as suffering damage from the July 1 storm, which requested updated 9 damage estimates to both structural and personal property. A notice was also published in the 20 St. Anthony Bulletin and posted at City Hall. The process is still ongoing and to date the 21 City has received three responses. The City has also received a number of calls from 22 residents who state they have already done this and do not want to do so again. Morrison 23 noted that as a result of the City Fire Departments quick response in obtaining this 24 information from door to door surveys, the flood damage has been well explained to the State 25 Officials. There has been a lot of hesitation by the public to provide this information to the 26 City. 27 City Attorney Soth commented on Task Force recommendation 3. Home Buy Outs. He stated 28 that as discussed before, the City is legally authorized to buy homes if it is concluded to be in 29 the best interest of the City. In other words, if the purchase provides the best use to correct 30 the water problem. This depends on the engineer's opinion of what area can be used for 31 ponding and water retention. 32 In regard to Task Force recommendation 4. Technical Assistance, Mr. Soth explained that if 33 this is meant to provide professional assistance to individual home-owners, the City cannot 34 legally provide this service. This service can only be provided if it done on a city-wide basis. 35 It was also suggested that the City provide funds to improve certain homes. This is not 36 legally possible as it would be a private expenditure rather than a public expenditure. In regard to Task Force recommendation 5. Moratorium on Building, Mr. Soth explained that *8 it is possible under state statutes to adopt a moratorium. This is most frequently done for the 39 purpose of reviewing an ordinance and considering changes to an ordinance. A moratorium