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-9- costs of the system for ten years, which should place the City in a better position as far as waiting out any litigation with the Army because its exposure in terms • of costs would be greatly reduced. The design work could start in the last quarter of this year but if the monies are not available, work might not start until the first quarter in 1987, which would mean the southern quadrant of the City would have to rely on Roseville water again next summer, which Mr. Childs stated that he recognized none of the Councilmembers wanted to hear. The City Manager reminded Councilmember Ranallo that the City had only been given the opportunity of commenting on which system they preferred and he said the City would not be approving any plans or specs; calling for bids; or have any responsibility for construction management of the project. The St. Anthony input which would be sought would be related to the filtration equipment location, etc. , although, the City would own the system once it is installed. Even if the MPCA and EPA were able to recover their costs from the private parties deemed responsible for the City's water contamination and the Army's share of those costs could be somehow shifted between government agencies, Councilmember Marks and Mayor Sundland said they thought the litigation against the Army was still viable because the City would need to be reimbursed for the costs it would incur after the first ten years had elapsed and for the additional years which it would take for "clean water" to pass through the aquifer to St. Anthony, if and when, the contamination from the arms plant is discontinued. Council to Seek Aid of Congressional Delegation to Speed Up Design Study Funds • Mr. Childs suggested the best way of speeding up the progress to avoid having to go on Roseville water next summer would be to get the City's congressional delegation working on unraveling EPA red tape. Mayor Sundland indicated he intended to personally lobby Congressman Sabo's office in ,that regard the next day. The suggestion that a copy of the letter from Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardt Bentler, 2900 Roosevelt Street N.E. , complaining about having to purchase bottled water all summer rather than to have their family drink the water from Roseville should be attached to the Council 's letter to St. Anthony's senators and congressman was well received. Councilmember Makowske wondered if a copy of the Bentler letter should not also be sent to the EPA "on the chance that they might want to reimburse those people for those expenditures". Councilmember Ranallo suggested it might also be a good idea for a general letter to be sent to all City residents to clear up the mistaken ideas like the Bentlers have that the City is able to switch sections of the City to receive Roseville water. Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to request a letter from the Council be sent to all members of the congressional delegation serving St. Anthony asking them to do everything they could to speed up the funding of the carbon filtration systemdesign study so the City residents won't have to use Roseville water as an alternative to contaminated water next summer, and to illustrate resident resistance to that happening, to enclose a copy of the Bentler's letter in each • senator' s and congressman's letter. Motion carried unanimously.