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<br />Council Mi nutes <br />January 22, 1985 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Sinda had nothing further to add to the staff report. <br /> <br />Iiiircus noted that,depending on how things fall, we mayor <br />may not have to do a lot of lobbying and/or monitoring. <br />He stated he would like to add an item to the current list: <br /> <br />G. Modifications to state superfund law. Legal opinion <br />on liability as it relates to development projects; <br />city's be exempt and new owner of property be exempt <br />from liabilities relating to clean-up. <br /> <br />Blomquist concurred that if a municipality is transferring <br />property, there should be some way the liability is limited. <br /> <br />Benke expressed concern about prioritizing the list, noting <br />our biggest effort will be monitoring the activities. Benke <br />asked if staff would be setting up a meeting with our legis- <br />lators. <br /> <br />Sinda indicated he would be setting up that meeting. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Benke suggested one-pagers be formatted for each issue indi- <br />cating our problems. <br /> <br />Sinda indicated the City Council will be getting something <br />from the Municipal Caucus at the next meeting. <br /> <br />Council concurred that the items be prioritized as follows: <br />(1) monitor local government aid and impacts on City of New <br />Brighton, monitor tax reduction plans and impacts on city, <br />monitor TTF/IRS legislation and impacts on city; (2) legis- <br />lation for state superfund bill will probably be modified <br />this year (monitor senate and house committee proceedings); <br />and (3) ask that legislation be introduced to remove New <br />Brighton Police Chief from civil service, work with LMC to <br />remove employees from ci vil servi ce when represented by a <br />union, and \1ork to remove unlimited liability from liquor. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Announcements and Updates <br /> <br />Legislative Action Conference (LMC/AMM) on January 29 and <br />30, 1985, at the St. Paul Radisson Hotel on Kellogg <br />Boulevard. Benke and Blomquist indicated they would be <br />attending the meeting along with Sinda. <br /> <br />Metropolitan (ouncil is having its annual regional meeting <br />January 30, 1985. Schmidt and Blomquist indicated they <br />would beatteflding panel discussions. <br /> <br />Page Six <br /> <br />1985 Legislative <br />Work Program <br />Report 85-28 <br /> <br />Announcements <br />