April 4, 2011 Kalona, IA City Council Meeting

Kalona, IA City Council Meeting (April 4, 2011)

Jerry Kauffman, Mayor

Councilors Present:

Ken Herington
Claudine Miller-Zahradnek
Steve Lafaurie
Mark Robe

Councilors Absent:

David Bentley

City Administration Present:

Ryan Schlabaugh, City Administrator
Karen Christner, City Clerk

City Administration Absent:

(none)

AGENDA:

Bills

Public Forum:
1. Sheriff Deputy Report

Old Business:
1. Downtown Revitalization Project
2. FEMA Flood Mapping. City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh announced:
a) Recent approval, by FEMA, of the exclusion of two areas in Kalona from Zone A. The areas are two small (each less than 1 square mile) drainage basins. [See the map on SHUCKS.COM]. As a result 70 homes and 6 businesses will be removed from Zone A . After the exclusion, the following entities are in Zone A: 239 Single Family Homes; 100 Mobile Homes; 52 Businesses; roughly 35 percent of the community is in Zone A.
b) With the help of Rep Loebsack, FEMA has granted a 30 day extension for comments regarding the 2 excluded areas and an extension (length of time not yet known) for the effective date (before extension Sept 29 2011) of the FIRM (Flood Insurance Rate Map).
c) The Iowa Flood Center has agreed to pay the engineering costs of producing a Letter of Map Revision to FEMA for any large changes. If that is done, it would bring the value of the current contribution to the City by the Flood Center to approximately $80,000.
d) Should the City choose to pursue a "Detailed Study" for mapping, the informal estimated cost would be in the $40,000 - $60,000 range.

Report by City Administrator

New Business:
1. Acceptance of the Audit Report for 2009-10
2. Resolution establishing temporary rescinding of no parking on C Avenue for Quilt Show on Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30, 2011.
3. Resolution of the City Council of the City of Kalona, Iowa, approving the applications for the purpose of receiving benefits from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation, in the amount of $15,675.
4. Approval of Beer permit and Sunday Sales, as well as, ownership change for Casey's General Store.
5. Approval of Cemetery Deed for Nicholas Chmaruk.

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