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1 -8- 2 .3rround. The Councilmember said in light of the water contamination 4problems the City is now experiencing, he perceived it would be very 5appropriate for the City to.. learn -. .more about what' s going on in 6connection to water which exists and is usable in the country. The Mayor 7indicated he would like to accompany Councilmember Enrooth when he tours 8the Fresh Water Institute laboratory in Navarre. 9 10Staff and Councilmembers to Get Full Report on Bills Passed by the 11Legislature From the League of Minnesota Cities 12 13Councilmember Ranallo said, he learned the above at the LMC Board meeting 14he had attended. He said the report would include the 3% levy limits to 15be imposed on cities which, at least, had one favorable aspect for St. 16Anthony, because cities who depend on revenues from nursing homes, liquor 17operations, etc. to pay some of their operating expenses and who -are 18experiencing a downturn 'in those revenues will be permitted to file for 'a 19variance from the levy limitation. Mr. Childs was requested to get in 20touch with Joel Jamnick for more particulars on the variance. 21Councilmember Ranallo reported the LMC would be spending 2-1/2 hours 22during the Rochester conference going over what happened at the 23Legislature and what the fine print in the bills meant for the 24municipalities. 25 26CITY MANAGER 27 28The Association of Metropolitan Municipalities bulletin on their annual* 29meeting to be held May 23rd had been included in the Council agenda 30packet and Mr. Childs reported he had received no Council reservations to 31date. 32 33Manager Rebuts Army' s Claims for Contamination Removal System .. 34Effectiveness at May 20th Public Hearing 35 36Mr. .Childs reported his testimony at the above, indicating the City' s 37frustration that it had taken over six years for the Army to even admit 38the contamination had migrated from their arms plant to New Brighton, but 39still refused to take responsibility- for St. Anthony' s contaminated water 40supply. The Manager said he had pointed out all the taxpayers ' money 41which had been spent by the EPA, the MPCA, the State of Minnesota, and 42all the affected cities as well as the money spent by Honeywell and the 43Army to finally get to the point where the contaminators were finally 44assuming some responsibility and taking steps to prevent further 45migration from their property. . Dave McDonald of the Briggs and Morgan 46law firm and Ken Olson of Leisch Associates also testified in the City' s 47behalf , according to 'Mr. Childs. He said letters from Mr. Olson and the 48City would be sent to the Army as a follow-up of the testimony he and the 49City, consultants had given. 50 51Mr. Childs reported the Army had already removed more than 68 tons of raw 52TCE1s from the ground at the arsenal, an amount which had even surprise �A 53thermy. However, the City Manager said he had questioned the Army° 54estimates that only 27 pounds of- contamination were migrating off the