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-2- $950..65 to .Briggs & Morgan for legal services related to the litigation related to • the Army's responsibility for th.e City's water contamination problems; $17,39.8.25 to continue the assessing services by the Hennepin County Assessor's Office for 1985; $9,000 to Independent School District #282 for the City's use of the .Park View facilities during July, August, and September; and $8,000 to North Star Casualty Services, Inc. , as their service fee for the City insurance program. Motion carried unanimously. Lon Helgemo of the St. Anthony Kiwanis Club presented his organization's request that they be allowed to conduct their annual Peanut Day fund raiser on various City street locations and businesses Friday, September 27th. The organization representative indicated these funds would be utilized, as in the past, to fund various local youth activities, including hosting the Special Olympics again this year. Two of the youth, Madden and Ott, who had participated in that event this last spring and summer, as well as members of their families were in attendance and assisted Mr. Helgemo in taking donations towards the fund raiser from those who were present. Pictures were taken by the Bulletin reporter. The Kiwanis spokesman thanked those who had contributed, telling them that the club also gives scholarships to St. Anthony youths and devotes a great deal of time to other community projects, including their strong support of the Crime Watch program with the Kiwanians have been closely aligned and have made a monetary donation towards • the signs designating the Crime Watch neighborhoods in the Village. Both the Mayor and Councilmember Marks had attended the Special Olympic games held at St. Thomas College and indicated they had been very proud of young Madden's achieve- ments when he had won both gold and silver medals for the events in which he had participated. The meeting was recessed from 7:40 to 7:42 P.M. and resumed for a report from the Mayor related to the resolution signed by a good number of north suburban mayors requesting more careful consideration be given to dedicating state monies towards the support of the proposed mega mall in Bloomington. Mayor Sundland read aloud the statement from those city officials which requested an impact study be made by the Metropolitan Council as to just what effect such a project might have on the growth and economic development of the entire metropolitan area and perhaps even the state itself, if exemption from fiscal disparities program or sales taxes on construction materials, or utilization of all available state funds for the highway development around the project site, were made a part of that support. The Mayor indicated the feeling of most of the mayors had been that any such exemptions or use of highway construction funds should be decided on an equal basis for all developments statewide rather than at a special legislative session where the interests of all might not be represented in the final decision. He said some of the mayors perceived that to permit a sales tax rebate for this project might set a dangerous precedent for other projects and the processes should include input from citizens, businesses, and other forms of government to determine just what the impact might be for them if state support is given to the mall . • Mayor Sundland emphasized that the intent of the resolution had been to neither endorse or oppose the mall project, but rather, to request more careful study be