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bid, registration is required on the Purplewave.com website. Registration is free and open to the public. Anyone interested in seeing the vehicles and equipment before the auction can do so at an Open-House Inspection on Friday, October 29, 2009 from 1 PM to 5:30 PM. The items can also be seen by appointment October 26 – 29, 2009. Vehicles and equipment items will be available for inspection at 975 Pennsylvania Avenue, next to the Community Center and City Hall, 6801 Delmar. See the complete listing of surplus items for the exact location at the City’s website at www.ucitymo.org. Sales of surplus property generate revenues for the City from items that are no longer in use or are no longer required for operations. Disposal of these items comply with the City’s disposal requirements for surplus property and allows the City to pursue the maximum value for tax dollars. All items are sold “as-is, where is and without warranty.” Winning bidders must collect the asset by Monday, November 16, 2009. For information about the auction or surplus items, contact University City Department of Public Works, Fleet Manager, Richard Pierce at (314) 505-8559. The Fire and Police Departments hosted an emergency response meeting Tuesday best practices in emergencies night to review . Information is available at the FEMA website or by contacting Janet Carter in the Fire Department at 505-8591. We are still waiting to hear from FEMA on our buyout application. Nothing has changed since the last update. As you know, there is a flood warning out for the later part of this week. I would like to thank Public Works for going above and beyond to notify our residents on FEMA Flood maps the new and offering to coordinate appeals where necessary. We issued a press release on this issue on July 28. In September, the map developed by the County was made available. At that time we sent letters to each of our property owners identified on the County map. Public Works has been fielding a substantial number of calls from the over 400 property owners since then. Appeals had to be in writing and must be received by FEMA no later than October 22, 2009 (90-day review time). The City advises property owners to contact their local insurance agent. They can also consult the local yellow pages for a list of land surveyors. There are more than eight in St. Louis identified in the Yellow Pages if someone is looking for Land Surveyors. October 22, 2009 – Property owners can submit their information directly to FEMA, our participation is as a courtesy, so they can submit information themselves. The residents do not have to comment during the 90-day period. This is an option. Residents can always petition for a map revision/amendment through FEMA’s process. That process also requires a land surveyor to provide information related to the base flood elevation and how it does not match with FEMA’s data. The benefit of responding during the 90 day period is that if the information is different from FEMA’s data the residents may be able to have their property excluded from the map and avoid paying the insurance premium, if notified by their bank that they must obtain flood insurance. However, with a map amendment, the homeowner may have the insurance premium for flood insurance cancelled by their bank as well. Upcoming Meeting List Saturday, Oct 10: 7 PM Celebration Party of the 100 Year Birthday of the Lions Monday, Oct.12: 5:30 PM Study Session, Performance Benchmarking 6:30 PM Council Meeting Monday, Oct. 19: 5:30 PM Council Study Session on the City’s Deficit