GRAND FORKS (AP) - This city may share its experience with flood recovery with Biloxi, Miss. but it won't send money.

Mayor Mike Brown said he's discussed the idea with Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway, whose community was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Brown said he spoke with Holloway about Grand Forks' experiences after the 1997 Red River flood. He said Grand Forks can share ideas of how to handle upset residents who can't move back to their neighborhoods, or audits by federal agencies.

The city also could send employees to help in the cleanup. His office, he said, also could coordinate programs such as churches adopting churches or families adopting families.

One thing Grand Forks won't do, he said, is send money. That's a job for individuals and civic groups, he said.

Council President Hal Gershman said Holloway also requested the Grand Forks and Biloxi city councils draft resolutions defining the cities' relationship, which he urged his colleagues to do.

"This will be at least an eight-year relationship," Brown said. "We're eight years out, and we're still recovering."

The adopt-a-city idea emerged a few weeks ago after Congressman Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., suggested it as a way Grand Forks can repay the nation for the massive aid it received after the 1997 flood.

Biloxi is a good match for Grand Forks, Brown said, because it's roughly the same size with a population of 51,000 and it is adjacent to an Air Force base.

"They're still sorting out what resources they do need," he said. "Right now, they're probably where we were (after the flood), still in shock."