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Mounds View City Council March 12, 1984 Regular Meeting Page Five auncil right now that is studying the need for an intermediate airport, and they could call for an environmental assessment. Councilmember Hankner stated she feels the Council is moving too fast. Councilmember Doty stated he felt this legislation has been grossly ignored by the Met Council and MAC and the City should proceed. He suggested having Attorney Meyers activate the MAC into the suit, and getting a court opinion if they will accept a consultant's study as evidence. Attorney Meyers advised that a preliminary motion may be made to have the case dismissed. Mayor McCarty reported the City has received one response from the letters sent out, indicating this consultant was interested in doing the study, at a cost of $20- 30,000, and requiring 90 days to complete. Councilmember Hankner pointed out she does not feel the City has a consultant until the Council has reviewed them and discussed it, and the action the council had taken earlier was to authorize Staff to out and obtain bids, then have the Council uetermine a course of action. She cautioned against spending the taxpayers money so quickly without first thinking things through. Councilmember Linke asked if it was necessary to have a preliminary study in hand before going into court. Attorney Meyers replied that it would be helpful, as if there is an early move to have the case dismissed, he would need the back -up evidence. He added that in seeking a consultant, the City has used all the names available and gotten a very poor response, but Clerk/ Administrator Pauley is contacting them again, trying to get more to respond. Representative Knuth stated he shared concern about entering into a lawsuit over what would happen with the Minneapolis delegation in regard to this issue. He added he feels the threat is there to upgrade to an intermediate airport, and the Council should be very careful, as their motion was very all- encompassing, and would be better broken down, as there are at least three different opportunities the City could move for- ward on. He advised looking at any actions taken during *he legislative session that could trigger a very active sponse from the Minneapolis delegation, as the 2Goonse would have to be met by the local membership the House and Senate. He advised assessing very carefully the response the Minneapolis delegation might h. 7e.