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CITY OF GEM LAI�,.'MN .,:., 4707 Hwy 61 # 253. White BearLgke; MN 55110:3227 E-mail City(a?zemlakeMMork Telephone 651-747-2790 Resolution 2007-Q7 Resolution establishing limited seer. baek op, clean-up and property damage protection for municipal sower. customers WHEREAS., the city affords municipal sanitary sewer services to many of the property owners within.the city; and WHEREAS, on occasion blockages or other conditions in the city sanitary sewer lines .may result.in :the. back; -up of sewage into properties that are connected to these city sanitary lines, and WHEREAS, sewer back-ups into property pose a. public health and safety concern,; and WHEREAS; it is not always easy to discern the exact cause and i�qspoosibiti`ty for :municipal sanitary sewer: back-ups, and 'WHEVAS, the City Council desires to encourage the expeditious clean-up or properties that have eticountered.sewer back-ups, and WHEREAS, the City is. a member of the League of Minnesota. Cities: Insurance Trust,. and WHEREAS, the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust is making available to the 'city a limited "no-fault" server coverage that will. reimburse property owners for certain clean-up cost and property :damage irresPective of whei ier City $-thought to be legally at fault. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Gem Lake, Minnesota, as follows: As parr of the contract for the.prgvi§ion of sewer services to the customers of the City and in. -consideration of the payment Af sewer bills, the City agrees to reimburse its sanitary sewer customers for -up to $ 1.0,000 of clean up costs and property damages caused by a sanitary sewer back-up; irrespective of whether thq eity. is. thought to. be. negligent or otherwise legally liable for those`damages, subject to the following conditions: Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn:org,