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1 Pete Willenbring, WSB, reported on the status of the proposed City's Flood 2 Relief Granting Program for property owners who have been subject to 3 recurring flooding. He summarized the proposed program and implementation 4 whereby 2/3 or $10,000 of the work would be funded through the grant 5 program and the balance to be paid for by the property owner. Applications 6 would identify the problem and the proposed solution and be submitted to the 7 City. The applications would then be reviewed by consulting engineers for 8 frequency of flooding, cost benefits of the project, and the amount of damage 9 caused by past flooding. There was discussion regarding other eligibility 10 criteria. Willenbring indicated that the program is only a plan at this point; it 11 will need to be adopted by the City Council. 12 13 Todd Hubmer, WSB, reported on the proposed concept design for the home buy 14 out proposal. He indicated that 5 homes have been identified as properties that 15 continue to have significant flooding events and which make sense for the City 16 to purchase. The acquired properties would then be redeveloped into drainage 17 swale or stormwater retention area. Hubmer indicated that these proposed 18 swales would only fill in extreme rainfall or storm events. He also indicated 19 that these depressions could be landscaped and be more passive "pocket" park 20 areas. He reported that the planned swales would alleviate congestion in the 21 stormwater sewer system. • 22 23 Hubmer presented possible configurations for Emerald Park and Silver Point 24 Park, which would enable the City to use them to retain storm water in extreme 25 rainfall events. He indicated that these designs would involve working with the 26 park task force or the park commission in finalizing any modification or design 27 plans. He also presented plans for the northeast area of Central Park where 28 water currently collects after a rainfall. Hubmer indicated that by lowering this 29 wet area more, the residential properties adjacent to the Park would be at less 30 risk of flooding. 31 32 IV. CUB FOOD INCIDENT - Renee Reed. 33 Ms. Renee Reed, New Brighton resident reported that when she and her 34 companion recently went to Cub Foods to do some shopping, their new, limited 35 edition sports vehicle was damaged while parked in the parking lot. She said 36 that they reported it to Cub's management but felt that they were insensitive to 37 the incident. They were concerned about this because they felt they were 38 victims of intentional, racially motivated violence. She indicated that they 39 would like Cub to pay the deductible on their auto insurance and to participate 40 or contribute to community youth organizations in an effort to provide youth 41 with more positive activities. 42 43 V. PROPOSED POLLING LOCATION CHANGE. 44 The City Manager reported that because of accessibility issues with the Public 45 Works garage, a change in the Ramsey County precinct polling place has been