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City Council Meeting • November 12, 1991 Page 4 1 Burt is preparing a flier to be sent home with the school children explaining 2 to the parents that the Drug Awareness Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) 3 program is not tax supported but depends exclusively on community 4 support. It was agreed that if the public could see the response from the 5 two classes of fifth and sixth graders who have gone through the D.A.R.E. 6 program, the response to this benefit would probably be much different. 7 B. City Manager Reports 8 Court Ruling Mr. Burt reported the unfavorable court ruling in the City's 9 litigation against property owners at 2917-33rd Avenue N.E.. Proposed 10 ordinance modifications will be presented at the Council's November 26th 11 meeting. 12 TCAAP Water Contamination Hearings The City Manager indicated_he 13 would be attending the afternoon meeting the next day and the David 14 McDonald, the attorney representing St. Anthony, would attend the public 15 hearing on the continuing contamination to be held at the Irondale High 16 School the evening of November 14th. Mr. McDonald will be stressing the 17 importance of the Army's keeping their agreement to complete the • 18 Boundary Ground Water Recovery System (BGWRS) to stop the flume of 19 contamination to St. Anthony. Mr. Burt added that the City's pumping 20 effect on the direction of the flume has been of special interest to the 21 Chicago engineering firm tracking the,path of the flume. Mayor Ranallo 22 said he would juggle his appointments so he could 23 Because the Truth in Taxation statements to City taxpayers have made 24 them aware that most of them will experience a 1.2% reduction in property 25 taxes proposed for 1992, the City Manager said he wouldn't expect a large 26 turnout at the Council's November 26th budget hearing. However 27 Councilmembers will be provided with copies from the League of 28 Minnesota Cities of literature the Minnesota Taxpayers Association prepared 29 for distributing to promote citizen awareness of the Truth in Taxation issues. 30 Old Clark Station Site Redevelopment Mr. Urbia's November 7th 31 memorandum on the above included the appraisals for the former service 32 station site as well as the adjoining narrow strip of property. Proposals 33 from two engineering firms to perform soil contamination verification tests 34 were also included. Mr. Burt advised that the verification costs of about 35 $6,000 would have to be paid from H.R.A. funds and hopefully recovered 36 from the sale of the property if the City decides to buy it for sale to a 37 developer. He said the City would take care of snow clearing for the