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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 13, 2011 Page 6 1 Applebee's. She stated that she knows her business is helping to support other businesses in the 2 City and it would be nice to get support from the City. She stated that most people have 3 mortgage or renter's insurance, but most cannot afford flood insurance and most do not expect to 4 need flood insurance. She indicated that engineers should plan for worst case scenarios and it is 5 unacceptable what happened this summer. She referenced the City's business plan and the 6 section concerning reserves which states that the City will establish and maintain a contingency 7 reserve fund available for appropriation by the City Council for unanticipated expenditures. She 8 questioned what the City considers an emergency if the July 16°i flood was not an emergency. 9 She proposed that the City Council make funding available to people affected by this summer's 10 flooding and added that the City's mission is to be a livable community, and if we as a 11 community will not help our neighbors and businesses, we are not a village but just a collection 12 of individuals. 13 14 Mayor Faust stated that he empathized with Ms. Roepke. He explained that the City maintains a 15 30-35% reserve fund partly because the City receives its property tax distributions from the 16 County in June and December and the 30-35% is intended to help the City meet its normal 17 operating budget. He stated he does not know of anything in the statute that allows a city to 18 make a gift to an individual. He added that there are remedies the City is pursuing which only 19 apply to the homeowner's association at Mirror Lake. He indicated that these things do not get 20 resolved overnight and the City is committed to a coordinated effort to solve the problem. He 21 stated that there is a 48" pipe that carries the run-off, but if it goes north into Rice Creek and into 22 New Brighton and then Fridley, there is nowhere for the water to go and the City needs to model 23 something that allows for better storage. 24 25 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 26 27 Mayor Faust announced that the Mirror Lake condominium association is holding a benefit 28 fundraiser at the Shorewood Bar and Grill on September 18`x' from 2:00-6:00 p.m. He stated that 29 information is posted on the City's website and Wells Fargo Bank will also take donations. He 30 encouraged everybody to support this and if someone wants to leave a donation at City Hall or 31 Community Services, staff will ensure it gets into the proper hands. 32 33 Councilmember Stille stated that one of the City's environmental stewardship goals relates to a 34 single garbage hauler and wanted residents to know that this topic is still on the Council's radar. 35 He referenced a 200 -page study dated June 2009 prepared by the Minnesota Pollution Control 36 Agency as well as another study being done by a local research board regarding the impact of 37 haulers on pavement performance, which will be completed in June 2012. 38 39 X. ADJOURNMENT. 40 41 Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:09 p.m. 42 43 Respectfully submitted, 44 Barbara Hughes 45 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 46