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1 There was concurrence that the ability to attend meetings regularly• 2 should be re-emphasized during the interviews to fill the three 3 vacancies left.- when- Commissioner Wingard moved .away, . which were then 4 scheduled to be .held at 7 : M P.M. , . January 5th, with appointments to 5 be made in time for seven members to be in attendance for the 6 Commission' s first meeting in- 1988 , January 20th. 7 TCAAP Litigation Update 8 Mr . Childs said he met with Captain Connor the previous week and 9 found there were two .separate tracks leading to settlement. 10 First, the Army has started to check the costs the City has incurred 11 because of the water contamination seepage from the arms plant, and 12 while not admitting any liability at this time, had agreed that, if 13 they are proven liable , they would pay all of the allowable costs . 14 The City Manager said he had gotten from his conversation with Captain 15 Connor the impression that the key man to a final settlement would 16 more than likely be one of their environmental engineers ; Peter Wirth, 17 who is waiting for some computer data from the State of Minnesota. 18 However , he said that could be a long time coming because three of 19 the four persons who had worked on this project for the MPCA had 20 moved on and their replacements had not yet been found. 21 Mr. Childs indicated he was in touch with that department to see what 22 the holdup was , but as he had previously told one of the Councilmem- 23 bers , he believed it would be necessary for the City to look for some 24 expert like someone from Bruce Liesch to contact Mr. Wirth to find out 25 just what data is still missing; find out where that information is ; 26 take it back to the engineer and then determine just what else would 27 be necessary for him to tell the Army et al they were responsible for 28 contaminating the City' s water supply. 29 In regard to the class action litigation itself , Mr. Childs told the 30 Councilmembers the settlement conference or class certification 31 meeting had been postponed until January 5th. However, in the 32 meantime , Special Master Short had given all class plaintiffs until 33 the end of the week to put together a firm settlement demand to which 34 the Army et al have to respond before December 21sy with a .firm 35 counter claim with the level of specificity the claimants have needed 36 in the first place . 37 Mr: Childs concluded by saying he should be able to give the Council 38 a final estimation of what it would cost to retain Bruce Liesch during 39 the short meeting he perceived the Council would have to hold sometime 40 after the bids have come in for the pedestrian signal and to pay 41 bills , including the contractor ' s which had been tabled that evening. 42 Land Acquisition Decision Delayed for Further Information • 20