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X 1 the letter seeking help on the City's position would be sent to all the 3 City's Congressional Representatives as well as to the President. He 3 said the single issue on which the negotiations between Army and City 4 et al had bogged down had been the Army's failure to give a logical 5 reason why they were opposing the City's future ability to sue them in 6 the event new contaminants attributable to TCAAP are discovered or new 7 federal or state contaminant standards make the City's carbon plant more 8 expensive or unusable. According to the City Manager, the Army had 9 agreed to being sued for the capital cost of a new system to treat any 10 new contaminant which shows up later, but not for the costs of operation 11 of such a system. Mr. Childs pointed out the inconsistencies in the 12 Army's settlement with New Brighton, where they agreed to not only be 13 sued if either eventuality became fact for that City's system, but had 14 also guaranteed payment of all construction and operational expenses as 15 well. The other option proposed to the City by the Army was to reduce 16 the settlement amount in exchange for the desired language. The 17 Manager requested the Councilmembers follow up on the letter with 18 personal phone calls to the Congressmen and any one else who might have 19 some influence on the Army's decision. He also suggested one of the 20 points they make in those contacts would be the fact that the longer 21 the negotiations drag on, the higher the settlement the City would have 22 to have to cover increased legal and administrative costs. 23 Planning Commission Interviews and Work Session With Liquor Manager 24 Rescheduled for January 12th -5 A conflict with the January 11th date was reported by Councilmember .i Marks, Mr. Childs, and the Mayor. The consensus was that the following 27 night would work just as well with the same starting time of 7:00 P.M. 28 and the interviews held prior to the work session with Mr. Nelson. The 29 persons to be interviewed would be notified of the change, Mr. Childs 30 said. 31 Executive Session on Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Assessment 32 Negotiations Scheduled to be Held Later in the Evening 33 Mr. Childs indicated he needed further Council guidance regarding 34 pending litigation with the Park Board in conjunction with the St. 35 Anthony Boulevard Reconstruction assessments for Gross Golf Course and 36 requested a short session be held at the close of official business that 37 same evening. There was concurrence that the best time would be after 38 the short Housing and Redevelopment Authority meeting to be held 39 immediately after the Council meeting. 40 NEW BUSINESS 41 Street Vacation for Evergreen Townhouse Project Approved Subject to 42 Execution of Redevelopment Agreement With Evergreen Development 43 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to adopt Resolution 88-048 44 vacating a portion of Foss Road in conjunction with the above townhome