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-3- No interest was indicated in the suggestion that the Fire Department purchase the Kenzington model trailer. Relative to the staff note comments on City actions to improve the quality of the water supply, Mr. Childs had distributed copies of the Army's request for interroga- tories and documentation which the attorneys representing the City in that litigation had submitted along with a copy of the June 6th letter from Attorney General Humphrey to parties who had participated in the negotiations related to the federal facilities compliance at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in Arden Hills where the City's water contamination is perceived to have originated on which the City's suit - against the Army et al is based. Mr. Childs reported that his June 4th meeting with Briggs & Morgan had indicated a need for an executive (:closed) meeting of the Mayor and Councilmembers with legal counsel, staff, and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency representatives in advance of EPA hearing June 23rd where solutions to the City's water contamination problems would be proposed by the MPCA which could result in a substantial outlay by St. Anthony in the face of what is perceived to be "stonewalling" on the Army's part in accepting responsibility for contaminating St. Anthony's water supply. The decision of whether or not to continue the lawsuit the City had initiated to protect its legal rights before the statute of limitations had run out would also have to be made at this meeting, the Manager added. Mr. Childs pointed out that New Brighton had already incurred over a quarter of a million dollars in legal and engineering consulting fees related to their contamina- tion problems and the City could be facing expenses duplicating those amounts if his perception is correct that "the Army figures they have more money than either City to fight a legal battle and can therefore outwait them when it comes to a liti- gation" . The general consensus of the Mayor and Councilmembers was that even though the City had gotten expressions of sympathy from its representatives in Washington D.C., none of them seemed able to do much to turn the situation around. A special two hour Council work session was scheduled as recommended by the Manager, to be held at 8:00 P.M., June 16, 1986. Mr. Hamer indicated that, because of the extremely dry weather and necessity for residents to water more often, he would like to make the water connection with Rose- ville before the weekend. The consensus was that, since this was the third year such a connection had to be made, it would probably not be necessary to send .notices to the 500 homes which would be affected, but a mention of the connection could be included in the Newsletter the Manager is sending out the next week rdlated'to the contamina- tioh problem. Mayor Sundland acknowledged the presence of the Independent Republican State Senatorial Candidate Bob Fletcher and Mrs. Fletcher, who held personal conversations with staff and Councilmembers in the interim between the Council and Housing and Redevelopment Authority meetings. Motion by Councilmember Ranallo -and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to, adopt the resolution which would allow the Minnesota Pollution Control to install monitoring wells and sample ground water on City property in connection with their investigation of ground water contamination. RESOLUTION 86-026 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ACCESS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY AND THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY