CC RES 98-034 RESOLUTION ADOPTING GUIDELINES FOR A CITY-WIDE FLOOD RELIEF PROGRAM AND PROVISION FOR FUNDING

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• CITY OF ST. ANTHONY RESOLUTION 98-034 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 St. Anthony. Significant points of the proposed program are as follows: • $100,000 of storm water utility funds will be dedicated in 1998 for the program. • All residential property (owner-occupied or renter-occupied) subject to recurrent flooding would be eligible for a grant. • The City would pay 2/3 of the cost of an approved project and the property owner would pay 1/3 of the cost. • All applications would be due by June 15, 1998. The total eligible project funding, per property owner, is $10,000. Projects are awarded by the St. Anthony City Council. Work completed after July 1, 1997 will be eligible only if a building permit was taken out and the property owner complies with all other required criteria. • The property owner would apply for a grant. The City Public Works Department will administer the program, with assistance from the firm of WSB & Associates, Inc. Applicants would be interviewed to evaluate the flooding problem. Proposed solutions would be reviewed by the Public Works Department. Eligible improvements which could be approved by the City Engineer would include, but not be 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.