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Mounds View City Council September 9, 1991 Regular Meeting Page Four The 1991 Parks Capital Improvement budget has designated $25, 000 . 000 for the construction of a hockey rink. The bid is $3,483 . 00 over this estimate. The bid is higher because the specifications requested three additional components including the demolition of the existing hockey rink, the installation of ag-lime inside the hockey rink and the installation of snow gates that will provide for easier maintenance. It is recommended that the additional $3,483 . 00 be used from the monies budgeted for additional amenity improvements to Lambert Park, which is a budgeted amount of $14, 000 . 00 thus changing the additional capital improvements for amenities for Lambert Park to $10,517 . 00 The rink and boards at Lambert Park should be completed by October 4, 1991. Councilmember Quick commented that this was the last neighborhood park that had to be reworked. He indicated that Greenfield, Groveland, Hillview, Oakwood and Woodcrest had been done previously. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Wuori to approve the bid award for the construction of Lambert Park hockey rink be awarded to Finley Bros . Enterprises for the cost of $28,483 . 00, to be funded from Parks Capital Improvements, 100-4360-703 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 3 . Samantha Orduno, City Administrator reviewed Staff Report No. 91-68C regarding Resolution No. 4119 Urging Congressional Relief from Application of Superfund Statute. Orduno stated that the Federal Superfund statute provides that hazardous waste site polluters can sue fellow polluters to share clean-up expenses . The statute has created a situation where large corporate polluters are shifting large percentages of clean-up costs from them to local governments . The cost to local governments across the nation is staggering. There has been an amendment to the Superfund statute introduced both in the House and the Senate which would provide substantial financial relief to local governments . It is important that the City's U.S . Senators and Representatives support the proposed legislation. The proposed legislation would: 1. Provide that the municipal solid waste is not a hazardous substance in the same fashion as provided under the Resource and Conservation Recovery Act. 2 . Empower only the Federal Government to sue local governments for cost-sharing under the Superfund statute if local governments may have truly handled411 hazardous waste.