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1 *Administrative Intern to Assist Citv Manaaer This Summer <br />2 The University student Mr. Childs thought had been hired for the <br />3 position had found a higher paying job with Minnesota Mining but <br />4 the City Manager reported he had found another political science <br />5 student, Dick Buendorf, who is also on the Gopher football team, <br />6 who would be starting work with the City next week. Mr. Childs <br />7 said Bob is in the Army Reserves and does a lot of intelligence <br />8 work for the Army which requires good reporting skills. However, <br />9 the student perceived no conflict with his Army duties and the <br />10 City's suit against the Army. <br />11 Council Authorizes Briggs and Morgan to Proceed with Partial Settle - <br />12 ment in TCAAP Water Contamination Litigation <br />13 Discussion on the above matter had been held during the closed <br />14 Executive Session with David McDonald of the law firm, which preceded <br />15 the Council meeting that evening. For the benefit of the Bulletin <br />16 newswriter and others who were not in attendance, Mr. Childs explained <br />17 that: <br />18 *the major defendants in the City's and other class action plain - <br />19 tiff's lawsuit are the U.S. Army, Federal Hoffman (Federal Cart - <br />20 ridge) and Honeywell, but Minnesota Transfer Railway and Walburn <br />21 Ltd. who also had contact with what is called the trio -solvent <br />22 site, had also been named as minor defendants in the litigation; <br />23 *Mr. McDonald had reported reaching a tentative settlement agree - <br />24 ment with the latter two which he said he was recommending be <br />25 accepted because no real data had been found to indicate the <br />26 trio -solvent site to be a contributor to the City's groundwater <br />27 contamination; <br />28 *Mr. McDonald had indicated the settlement had been at the urging <br />29 of Judge Renner who wanted to remove as many of the side issues <br />30 as he could, so he could focus on the main issue which is the <br />31 City's suit against the three major defendants for contaminated <br />32 groundwater coming from the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant <br />33 in Arden Hills; <br />34 *if the initial settlement is formally approved by the Council <br />35 that evening, Mr. VandeNorth of Briggs and Morgan would be able <br />36 to accept settlement during the hearing before Judge Renner the <br />37 following day; <br />38 *the attorney had also suggested the lump settlement of $82,500.00 <br />39 could be transferred into the fund from which the lawsuit against <br />40 the major defendants could be continued. <br />41 Council Action <br />3 <br />