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Mounds View City Council August 27, 1984 <br />Regular Meeting Page Three <br />. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />having to raise anyone's taxes at all to have suffi- <br />cient legal support to stop the airport. He added <br />he feels the City is spinning its wheels, and they <br />must take some action and do something now to stop <br />the airport. <br />Mayor McCarty stated they must look at it from the <br />perspective of what they have to work with, and he <br />reviewed sections of the metropolitan airport guide. <br />He added he believes they must get into Court in a <br />timely fashion and test the 1980 law, and resolve <br />that question first. <br />Councilmember Hankner stated she does not feel they <br />should test the 1980 law yet, as they have already <br />spent $10,000 on two studies, from TransPlan, Inc. <br />and Coffman Associates, and she read from they <br />reports where they stated they do not believe the <br />City could win on the ILS lawsuit now. She added <br />that Attorney Meyers is ppreparing a brief right <br />now that addresses the 1980 law. <br />Councilmember Blanchard pointed out that the issue <br />is a very political one, and any debate should be <br />organized by the League of Women Voters, or some <br />other similar organization. She also pointed out <br />that the lawsuit will be very expensive, and if <br />all the money that was defeased is used for the <br />airport, the taxpayers will be hit with a tax <br />increase as the City must go on, and there are <br />other areas that are going to require money. She <br />added that she feels Mr. Pietrini's resolution is <br />premature. <br />Mayor McCarty stated he feels Mr. Merritt is out <br />the door, as far as the Council is concerned, He <br />added he does not feel taxes would be increased, <br />as there is sufficient money available. He <br />added that the issue is a very political one. <br />Councilmember Hankner stated she does have some <br />concern about - Mr. Merritt's credentials, as some <br />concerns have been voiced by professional regarding <br />his credibility. She again stressed they cannot <br />proceed until the EIS is in hand. <br />Leann Sporie, 295 Ironton Street, Fridley, stated <br />she feels MAC would drop the plan tomorrow if the <br />City could convince them. She recommended solving <br />the money problems by going to neighboring communItics <br />and enlisting their aid. She added they need people <br />wbo are not running for public office to handle it, <br />Councilmember Linke replied he had called the City <br />of Fridley and asked for their support and was told <br />by the City Administrator that the were not going <br />to support Mounds View, with one of the reasons being <br />