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Document: CC RES 01-026 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING GUIDELINES FOR
A CIN-WIDE FLOOD RELIEF PROGRAM AND PROVISION FOR FUNDING
• 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.
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5. Replacing basement doors with windows.
6. Building poured concrete or concrete block wall dikes.
WHEREAS, no funds will be available for decorating, carpeting or remodeling needed as a
result of flood damage; and
WHEREAS, only flood damaged areas may be improved. The cost and type of improvement
must be reasonable. The reasonableness will be determined by the City; and
WHEREAS, Section IV of the guidelines, beginning on Page 2 delineates program
procedures. Administrative costs would be paid by the annual funding
allocation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of St. Anthony
hereby approves the proposed Flood Relief Grant Program guidelines and allocates $100,000
of storm water utility funds for the program, based on the following:
A. The proposed Flood Relief Program is another tool to assist residential
• property owners in dealing with unwanted runoff water.
B. Funding is available from the storm water utility fund and is identified in
the Storm Water Capital Improvement Program.
C. The property owner must contribute 35% of the cost of the flood relief
project.
Adopted this 3 day of , 20
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Reviewed by Administration:
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