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Home My WebLink About19870727_special- ..I_ 470 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF.THE JULY 27, 1987 EDINA CITY COUNCIL HELD AT CITY.HALL -- Council Members Present: Smith, Turner and Mayor Courtney Staff Present: Rosland, Hoffman, Smith and Daehn Others Present: Paul Berge, 4536 Tower.Street; Peter Hadue, 4532 Tower Street; Ellen Schwandt, 4516 Tower Street REPORT GIVEN ON RECENT STORM DAMAGE. meeting was called to update the Council on the damage'yesuleng from the storm and torrential rains on Thursday, July 23, .1987. Manager Ros3sand:explained that this special .He rrepartedcthe following: - - Approximately 200 basements were -pumped out by :Gty :crews, some properties There is a Federal disaster team in the area-.tozfssess%he damage and gather suffered an extreme amount of damage. information to determine if Federal aid will be availahle. .Residents have been told to monitor the news media for the decision. Cix'zystaff has been recording names/addresses/phone numbers of those-inquiring-about:Federal aid and when a decision has been reached they will be notified. 'The :Eederal disaster team is not only assessing homes but also commercial and retailproper.ties. Maps of the City of Edina were presented whichshowed-properties in the flood plain and the location of damage to Cfty.properties. Park facilities damage is estimated at $80,000 Since the storm City crews have .logged 1300 - -1400 .hours .of overtime which is estimated at $20,000. There are three main areas remaining which thecktyis-pumping: 1) Mait Lane in Rolling Green, 2) Cornelia, and 3) Coventry'Lane off.Dewey Hill Road. Public water system is safe but C2ty is recmend2ngrthatresidents who have private wells should have their water tested. - - - - - The crews have put in long hamsand-are in need of rest. Manager Rosland said the City is now getting calls:xepn3ing disposal of water damaged household goods. He recommended.the followZngaztion. The City has been able to secure two roll-off dumpsters which will be l-ed in r.he parking lot immediately west of Braemar Arena starting WednesdayceYexLng. Xesidents may bring their water damaged items to that location .for no d-raxge and the City will dispose of it. Persons bringing items to the :dumpsters will h asked to present a driver's license as proof of residency. .The cost*o *he .Gi-'tyis roughly estimated as approximately $10,000.00 for 1andfill:fees and $20,000.00 for labor for this emergency program. The question of curbside pickup %or *ose .residents who cannot take their damaged property to the Braemar Arena dumpskers was raised and discussed. may take a week or ten days to complete, the reasons being-that City crews are continuing the pumping and doing emergency road repairs. to determine how to handle the pickup program. Manager Rosland said that if.City crews were :to do curbside pickup it .He said staff would have The Council asked for a rough estimate of total starmdamage cost to the City. Estimates given were: $80,000.00 Parks, $60,000.00 :for-pum@ng, pickup and dumping of water damaged goods, $200,000.00 for streets andlretatning walls. Engineer Hoffman pointed out that underground damage may not be exident for awhile. Mayor Courtney asked for comments from the residents-present. suggested that dumpsters be located at several locations-where damage has been severe. He also questioned whether the storm sewer.on.Tower Street is of an adequate size and that he felt the drainage plain-isrtoo large for the present storm sewer to handle. Peter Hodue said that his:c=oncern.was zhe backup of the sanitary sewer system. Ellen Schwandt presented.a:perti-rtion:for City pickup of water damaged household items. concerned about storm sewers have been advised to-petktionrthe Council to review the storm sewer design in their areas. Following discussion, Member Smith moved +approval af2he.emergency plan presented by the City Manager as follows: parking lot beginning on Wednesday, July 29, and 2) Curbside pickup of water damaged household items to begin on Thursday, July 30 or:Eriday July 31. was seconded by Member Turner. Paul Berge Engineer Hoffman commented-.that residents who are 1) Location of a dumpster at the Braemar Area Motion Ayes: Smith, Turner, Courtney Motion carried. The meeting was declared adjourned by Mayor Courtney at 5:45 p.m. %&%,a City Clerk