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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 14, 1997 • Page 4 1 does not appear to be the correct way to approach the water problem. Any moratorium is put 2 in place on a temporary basis. This water problem needs to be dealt with on an ongoing 3 basis. Any redevelopment project should be addressed individually by Staff to determine if it 4 aggravates the water problem. If it does not, there is no reason to prohibit redevelopment. 5 In regard to Task Force recommendation 6. Change in the Storm Water/Sewer Sump Pump 6 Ordinance, Mr. Soth reported the City of St. Anthony does have an ordinance that prohibits 7 the connection of sump pump to the sanitary sewer system. A provision of the ordinance 8 requires that an inspection be made at the time of the sale of a property. The seller is 9 required to provide the buyer with a certificate stating that there are no illegal connections. 10 This is sometimes done-and sometimes not. Mr. Soth stated he and-Staff are currently 11 looking at the ordinance to determine how to make it more stringent and also the possibility 12 of offering incentives for compliance. 13 In regard to Task Force recommendation 10. Providing Financial Relief to Residents, Mr. 14 Soth stated that as individual prior opinions and the opinion of the League of Minnesota 15 Cities have expressed, this is not a permissible expenditure of City funds. Data is being 16 compiled by the City in the hope that State funds will be available because City funds are not 17 available for direct payment to the residents. Peter Willenbring and Todd Hubmer, WSB & Associates, Inc. distributed a memorandum on OP9 the subject of review of short term recommendations by the Flood Task Force. Mr. 20 Willenbring reported that at the City Council meeting of September 23, 1997, the Council 21 requested WSB & Associates to provide an engineering opinion on the advisability of 22 undertaking the home buyouts recommended by the Flood Task Force. Their review of the 23 recommendation is in three parts; Discussion of Ranking Criteria, Discussion of Prioritization, 24 and Analysis of Technical Merits of Constructing Improvements on Property Proposed for 25 Home Buyouts. 26 In regard to the Discussion of Ranking Criteria, Mr. Willenbring noted that the Flood Task 27 Force had recommended the purchase of the following homes: 2716 St. Anthony Boulevard, 28 2713 St. Anthony Boulevard, 2914 29th Avenue, 4029 Shamrock Drive, and 2800 St. 29 Anthony Boulevard. The Task Force recommendations indicated that these homes were 30 prioritized based on the following: Amount of damage caused by flood water only; The 31 number of incidences the homes have been flooded; The suitability of the home's location in 32 order to provide water control solutions for other homes. Mr. Willenbring stated that 33 although WSB & Associates fully supports the utilization of these three criteria, they would 34 also recommend other criteria be incorporated into the ranking and prioritization process to 35 further define the needs for purchasing homes and/or undertake improvements to correct 36 flooding problems in the area if such action is warranted. These additional criteria include: 37 1. Giving consideration to the level of flood protection that is currently provided to the home relative to the flood protection provided and deemed reasonable in other 9 communities. Mr. Willenbring stated the storms which occurred on July 1 and July 23 40 both exceeded the amount of rainfall typically utilized in the design of a storm