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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 13, 2001 Page 6 • a valuable tool to use prior to more restrictive legislation. b. Resolution 01-084, re: Approve plans and specifications and order advertisement for bid for 2002 street project(Todd Hubmer, WSB, will be present). Todd Hubmer, WSB, was present to request that the Council authorize WSB to do the 2002 Reconstruction Project for the City of St. Anthony. Hubmer continued with a review of the proposed project for the City Council. Morrison asked how much DNR money was being used. Hubmer responded that they were using approximately$885,000 which comes close to utilizing all of those funds. Hubmer added that they would increase their request from $700,000 to $1,200,000 for the new legislative session due to increase costs in land acquisition and construction since back in 1998. Motion by Councilmember Sparks to approve Resolution 01-084, re: Approving plans and specifications and ordering advertisement for bid for the 2002 street project. Motion carried unanimously. C. Resolution 01-085, re: No-Fault Sewer Backup Coverage Option(Todd Hubmer, WSB, and Carl Bennetsen, A.J. Gallagher& Co. will be present). Todd Hubmer indicated that the League of Minnesota Cities indicated that they were considering • offering no-fault sewer and sanitary back-up coverage to the City of St. Anthony. He indicatedthat the City of St. Anthony became eligible for this coverage option on June 1, 2001. He indicated that he would review the brief details of this coverage, provided by Carl Bennetsen, Arthur J. Gallagher& Co. of Minnesota, Inc.: • Coverage is$10,000 per building per year. All buildings served by a single connection are considered to be a single building. Covers clean-up costs and property damage caused by sanitary sewer backup, subject to conditions: the condition must be in the city's sanitary system, not a private line, FEMA assistance available, then no coverage, Electric power interruption, 72 hours coverage limit, National Weather Service designated 100-year storm exclusion, National Food Ins. Protection(NFIP) insurance coverage or eligibility, or property- owner's own insurance with flood coverage, no "no-fault sewer"coverage. Hubmer stated that they were considering this coverage because all of the thirteen claims from last season would have been covered under this coverage. Hubmer indicated that, on April 22, 2001,there were ten claimants for sewer back-up, and that all eight would have been covered under the plan. Motion by Councilmember Hodson to approve Resolution 01-085, re: No-Fault Sewer Backup Coverage Option. Motion carried unanimously.