CC EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES 08111987

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10 1 running a reliable water system would be higher than anticipated if that 2 happened periodically. He said the more data the City can get from St. 3 Louis Park' s experience, the better handle the City would have on the 4 system' s operational costs over a long period of time. The 5 Councilmember said St. Louis Park had originally thought they would only 6 have to replace the carbon every two years, but they were now finding it 7 might need replacement every year, which represents a substantial 8 increase in cost of operating the system. He had concluded from this 9 that, by dragging the matter out, the City would have a better chance of 10 identifying more costs "the Army can be nailed for. " The Councilmember 11 agreed the City wanted to get its system up and running as soon as 12 possible but might not necessarily want to settle with the Army right 13 away. 14 Mr. Van DeNorth said he and Mr. McDonald had gotten some direction from 15 the Council' s comments that night and he promised to keep the channels 16 of communication open with the Manager and invited the Councilmembers 17 to contact them if they wanted to. Councilmember Ranallo said it would 18 probably be more cost effective to just have Mr. Childs and not five 19 Councilmembers running up the meter asking the same questions. Mr. 20 Childs said he perceived the attorneys were keeping the City pretty well 21 informed through their memorandums. 22 When Councilmember Makowske started to ask specific questions about some 23 of the information the attorneys had provided, she was cautioned that �4 the press had arrived and it would be better not to disclose litigation 25 strategy in any but closed sessions. It was noted that the notice of 26 the meeting had been identified as a briefing on litigation, which 27 qualified it for a closed meeting. 28 The meeting was closed at 7 : 29 P.M. for the Council meeting which 29 followed at 7: 30 P.M. 30 :cjk •