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• <br /> -10- <br /> CITY MANAGER REPORTS <br /> Mr. Childs answered questions about the following matters discussed in <br /> the April 21st staff meeting notes: <br /> -told Councilmember Makowske the new Chevy Caprice Classic squad car <br /> would be put on line by the Police Department that week. Said the <br /> Department had been very disappointed that the Celebrity model was not <br /> offered as a squad car this time; <br /> -told Councilmember Marks the Police Department had to readvertise for <br /> a secretary and several promising candidates had already been inter- <br /> viewed to replace the temporary secretary who is working in the <br /> Department now. <br /> Special Council Meeting on Bonding for Stonehouse Project Scheduled for <br /> April 29, 1987 <br /> Mr. Childs reminded the Councilmembers of the above meeting with the <br /> Springsted representative which would be held in the Council Chambers at <br /> 4: 30 P.M. <br /> City to Assume Responsibility for Claims Resulting from Street Width <br /> Variance for Next St Anthony Boulevard Reconstruction Project <br /> Mr. Childs had distributed copies of a proposed resolution designed to <br /> hold the state harmless against any claims which might arise because the. <br /> City had been allowed to reconstruct the stretch of St. Anthony Boulevard <br /> past the Gross Golf Course to a 32 foot wide design rather than the <br /> required 36 foot width. When Councilmembers speculated that there would <br /> be little possibility that would happen, Mr. Hastay told them the new <br /> tort law had opened all kinds of opportunities for lawsuits against <br /> public entities which had not existed before. The MNDOT employee gave us <br /> as an example the case of litigation a couple of years ago which had <br /> resulted when a woman had gone through the stoplight on Highway 88 and <br /> County Road C and the court had found the state 1% negligible because of <br /> the median design. The state' s share of that judgment had been about <br /> $100,000. <br /> A similar resolution had not been necessary when the portion of St. <br /> Anthony Boulevard west of Highway 88 had been reconstructed, Mr. Childs <br /> said, because that project had been constructed without a variance. <br /> Council Action <br /> Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to adopt Resolution 87-017 . <br /> • <br />