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1 *Administrative Intern to Assist City Manager 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 /> • 8 <br />