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Mounds View EDA August 22, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 18 Mr. McCarty stated that language does not exclude existing positions and does not prevent them 709 from bringing existing positions in from other facilities. He stated those are the concerns the 710 residents have been talking about and should be addressed. 711 712 City Administrator Ulrich asked Mr. Inman to respond to the concern that this project does not 713 meet the job creation goals of the State. 714 715 Mr. Inman explained there are no job creation goals of the State but the State requires that you 716 have job creation goals and they were adopted by the public hearing. He further explained that 717 the City can determine if that involves new jobs or existing jobs. 718 719 City Administrator Ulrich stated the indemnification on environmental issue is meant to protect 720 the City during the construction phase. There would be limited liability with the City picking up 721 to $200,000 of environmental clean up costs, if any. 722 723 Mr. McCarty referenced Section 116, j., 943, and noted that some criteria expected on the 724 business subsidy that there would be economic gain to the State and job creation. He explained 725 that he is saying the City can, if they wish, require those new jobs promised to the citizens of 726 Mounds View and anyone else attending the public hearing on June 20, 2005. The City can hold 727 them to that promise and if they don’t fulfill then the City can “pull the pin” on this thing. Mr. 728 McCarty stated the deeper you go the more difficult it will be to “turn the train around” should 729 new evidence make it less desirable for this project to go forward as proposed. 730 731 Commissioner Thomas stated the responsibility of the State and City is new jobs in Mounds 732 View. Medtronic currently has 90 employees at the shipping facility in Mounds View. She 733 stated anything above that is new jobs to her and that is where she draws the line. 734 735 Mr. McCarty asked Commissioner Thomas if she feels that that imported jobs are new jobs. 736 Commissioner Thomas answered in the affirmative. 737 738 Mr. McCarty stated the employee may be living in New Brighton and he thinks that is a limited 739 view. 740 741 Mr. McCarty asked who guarantees anything above the $200,000 liability limit should a law suit 742 be brought, since the City is the indemnifier. He also asked under what law the City can claim a 743 liability limit of $200,0000. He noted the tort liability for governments under statute is 744 $600,000. 745 746 City Attorney Riggs explained that this is EDA property that would be transferred and just like 747 any landowner if in the chain of title, they are jointly and severally liable for any type of 748 environmental obligation. He stated this is the case whether by contract or insurance. He 749