City Council Study Session Summary 2022 01 24

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City Council Study Session Summary January 24, 2022 Page 2 of 3 • Planning and Building is hosting meetings Wednesday and Thursday regarding rebuilding. Staff is also attending neighborhood meetings as requested. • Planning is working on grant application for DOLA for funding. • The Rec Center continued to give out water for those without. • The utilities staff is focused on the 80 or so homes without water and is communicating with those homeowners directly. • Looking at a high level schedule of what people can anticipate moving forward. • Staff is cutting back its daily debrief from five days a week to just Tuesdays and Thursdays. • Council will also move to a Tuesday/Thursday schedule for these study sessions for the foreseeable future. • Call center volume as declined, next week we will review how long we want to continue this. • The county call center closed last week • Parks/Open Space continues to review fire damage which is easier to identify as the snow melts. • Library handed out another 1000 KN-95 masks over weekend. • People need to return their right -of -entry forms to opt in or out by January 30. Councilmember Brown asked if debris removal will include foundations. City Manager Durbin stated that is the hope but we still don't have FEMA approval on that, so can't confirm it. Mayor Stolzmann stated we should know more information on that once the State submits FEMA application this week. City Manager Durbin reviewed the following questions from Councilmember Brown: • Will there be public funding to cover debris removal above what insurance covers. City Manager Durbin Still waiting on answer for that. • With the County coordinated process delay debris removal. City Manager Durbin stated we don't know yet. • Will the City allow Open Space to be used for staging for construction. City Manager Durbin stated this is a policy issue that Councill need to discuss. It will affect open space and City property. • Will the City prioritize building permits for those rebuilding in the burn area. City Manager Durbin stated staff is working on standing up a standalone process specific for fire properties that would prioritize those permits. • Can these daily meeting transcripts be made available. Clerk Muth stated any person watching the Zoom meeting can download the transcript of the meeting. She noted the transcript is not the official record of the meeting. • Is the City considering lowering permit fees for rebuilding. City Manager Durbin noted the demo permits are being given out at no charge. Staff is evaluating if building permit fees, however building permit fees do pay for the staff we have to review permits and building inspections; if those fees are waived we will have to fund those staff from another source. There will probably be no increase in