CC RES 01-026 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING GUIDELINES FOR A CITY-WIDE FLOOD RELIEF PROGRAM AND PROVISION FOR FUNDING

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• CITY OF ST. ANTHONY RESOLUTION 01-026 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING GUIDELINES FOR A CITY-WIDE FLOOD RELIEF PROGRAM AND PROVISION FOR FUNDING WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Anthony approved a Storm Water Capital Improvement Program, which included the initiation of a Flood Relief Grant Program at their December 3, 1997 Regular Council Meeting; and WHEREAS, attached hereto are the proposed guidelines for said program in the City of St. Anthony. Significant points of the proposed program are as follows: • $100,000 of storm water utility funds will be dedicated in 2001 for the program. • All property (owner-occupied or renter-occupied) subject to recurrent flooding will be eligible for a grant. • The City will pay 65% of the cost of an approved project and the • property owner will pay 35% of the cost. • All applications will be due by June 1, 2001. The total eligible project funding, per property owner, is $10,000. Projects are awarded by the St. Anthony City Council. • The property owner will apply for a grant. The City Public Works Department will administer the program, with assistance from the firm of WSB & Associates, Inc. Applicants will be interviewed to evaluate the flooding problem. Proposed solutions will be reviewed by the Public Works Department. Eligible improvements which could be approved by the City Engineer includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Filling, grading and sodding around the house or points of water entry. 2. Adding or modifying window wells. 3. Eliminating basement windows and substituting with glass blocks. • 4. Replacing large basement windows with smaller windows.