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-3- Motion by Councilmember Enrooth and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to approve payment of $25,108. 11 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for February sewer service charges.. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Ranallo and seconded .by Councilmember Marks to approve payment of. $1-,825 to the Edward J. Hance firm for legal services rendered in -con- nection with St.. Anthony prosecutions from February 7 to March 5, 1986. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by- Councilmember Marks and seconded by Mayor Sundland to approve payment of $77.4.20 to the Briggs- & Morgan law firm for legal services from February"2 - .28, 1-986. connected with the litigation against the U.S. Army, et al , related to the City's water contamination problems. Motion carried unanimously. In regard to the latter payment, Mayor Sundland said 'he and Councilmembers Marks and Makowske had carried the information about the City' s lawsuit' to the Congressional Delegation when they .had been in Washington, D.C. for the National Conference -of the League of Cities and had perceived-the City would have the `strong support of each in its suit. The Mayor also reported some movement on the Army's part related to its responsibilities in New Brighton, at least to the extent there had been some - willingness to consider ta'lki`ng to New Brighton about settlement -of the claim. • Councilmember Makowske .iindicated she had found the trip to Washington to be extremely worthwhile and said she had -written a. report �on he'r'-tri p wh'ich' the Manager would be circulating soon. That report would include her visit with four of Minnesota's congressmen and her discussio:ns�with�..the environmental specialist they had referred her to in regard to the water contami`nati'"on 1'-i ti'gati on. The Councilmember then related an amusing anecdote from her visit with Senator Bos,chwitz after which the hearing on the .CDBG allocation was opened at 7:45 P.M. , as scheduled. The notice of the hearing which had been published in the March Ilth Bulletin had projected a total allocation of $22,821 , which- the Manager reported had been cut by about $1 ,000 since .that projection had been made. This meant the maximum amount the City could allocate. to the Senior Citizens Program,could only be 1.5% of the actual total , or $3,299; In reference to the $11 ,900 the City had proposed to dedicate towards. the pedestrian signal on Kenzie Terrace, Mr. Childs said-he had learned at a meeting the previous day with Hennepin County Highway Department representatives that the signal was considered to be of the same design as a four way stop signal which would cost about $70,000, making that allocation very inadequate. . The Manager- recommended the City seek instead to get those funds from "discretionary funds", also available from the County. Councilmember Ranallo suggested the City might have a better chance of getting those funds if the $11 ,9.00 were left in this year's CDBG allocation. Mr. Childs reported he had put the $5,000 for sidewalks along the west side of Stinson Boulevard which had been used for Kenzie Terrace, back into this year's allocati.on. He said Ramsey County has set up their allocation system in such a way that using those funds for a project this size would be inadvisable. Councilmember Makowske noted that Ramsey- County was only getting $900,000, which was much less than anticipated. She said she .was curious about the amount of brick which was being put _