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<br />To: Honorable Mayor Adams and Council <br />From: Julie Feier, City Manager <br />Date: December 4, 2008 <br />Subject: Weekly Update <br />flood <br />East-West Gateway and the Corp of Engineers have assisted with updating our <br />maps. <br /> The Corp will present their findings at the December 13 community meeting <br />regarding the River des Peres at Heman Community Center from 9 AM to 12 PM. The <br />Corp and MSD will provide updates during a 9 AM session, before flood victims begin <br />meeting with service providers. In the current estimation, 147 living units exist within <br />the 5-year flood area, 219 within the10-year, 263 within the 25-year and 360 within the <br />100-year flood area. The estimated annual loss within the ten-year flood area is $1.3 <br />million. The potential damage in the 100-year flood plain increases to $1.7 million, <br />indicating the extent of greatest financial risk appears to be heaviest within the 10-year <br />flood area. Based on my review of the maps, Hurricane Ike affected the 10-year flood <br />area. <br />strategic goals for 2009 and a 2009 Meeting Topic <br />The updated draft of the <br />Schedule <br /> developed in concert with Council’s goals is attached for your review. If you <br />have time, please review and we can approve at the December 8 meeting. Once <br />approved, I will prepare the annual administrative report. If you have any questions or <br />additions, please let me know prior to the Monday night meeting. If you need more <br />time, Council can approve it in January. <br />The Loop Holiday Walk is this Saturday, December 6 from Noon to 6 PM. <br />For <br />more information, please check out their newly redesigned website, <br />www.VisitTheLoop.com. <br />The City has been informed by St. Louis County Department of Planning that the <br />Sutter-Meyer House $1,000 CDBG <br />will not be eligible for the funding requested and <br />approved by City Council because it does not fall under any of the national objectives <br />considered as a CDBG activity. It does not actually reside inside the CDBG low to <br />moderate income area, nor does it fall under slums and blight. If the house did meet <br />one of these criteria, the house would still not be eligible because it is owned by the City <br />and this work would be considered within the realm of general work conducted by a <br />government. The City did not lose this CDBG funding as it has just been placed in a <br />separate CDBG category. Once the final CDBG contract is approved by the County, <br />the City Council can move this funding to a different category if it so desires. I would <br /> <br />