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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • March 24, 1998 Page 11 1 Motion by Marks, second by Faust to approve Resolution 98-034, adopting guidelines for a City- 2 wide flood relief program and provision for funding. 3 Norine Lockrem, 2916 Old Highway 8, questioned how the $10,000 maximum dollar figure was 4 generated. She also asked if property owners who have suffered significant damage would be 5 able to apply for additional funding in a future year. She noted that the memorandum from WSB 6 stated that a property owner could not apply for more than $10,000. She asked the Council to 7 reconsider the dollar cap or to allow residents to reapply in future years. 8 Cavanaugh noted that on Page 2 of the WSB memorandum it states that all flood proofing 9 projects must be completed by December 31 and in the Flood Relief Program document under L. 10 it states that work must be completed within six months. He also noted the repeated use of the 11 word "reasonable" and questioned the test for reasonability and if this would be determined by 12 the City. He noted the requirements that "All flood proofing work has to be approved by the 13 City Engineer" and under M. "The property owner, Inspector, and Program Specialist shall also 14 sign the Completion Certificate after reviewing all work completed." He questioned if there is a 15 sense of an implied warranty that when the work is done there will be a certain protection level 16 and the home will be warranted in the future. . Faust noted an inspection is performed with all building permits. 18 Cavanaugh stated that WSB is involved in the process from beginning to end and there appears 19 to be an implied warranty that the work will be done to some level of performance. 20 Faust noted that this was modeled after other Cities and they had not experienced this type of 21 problem. 22 Morrison explained that the December 31 date in the WSB letter was a tentative schedule and 23 was just a proposal. The six month requirement in the Flood Relief Program document is the 24 legal requirement. 25 Mayor Ranallo noted that A. of the document states "Any property subject to recurrent flooding". 26 He asked how this will be determined. 27 Morrison stated this will be left to the expertise of WSB based on their research. They will 28 provide a recommendation at the July 14 Council meeting. 29 Cavanaugh noted that A. of the document also states "flooding by storm sewer overflow". In the 30 large picture, the water was destined for the storm sewer but a lot of it came from the alley. Faust stated the City will only have so much money available per year and the $10,000 cap was determined to allow the biggest impact of effected residents as possible.