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I I I Council Minutes February 14, 1984 Charlie LeFevere updated the Council on the Well Contamina- tion events since Rudy Boschwitz's field representative attended our January 24, 1984 Council Meeting. John Drawz (City Attorney's office) was contacted and met with local representative from Senator Boschwitz's office in an attempt to bring the senator's office up to date about our City's problems and to determine how the Senator might be helpful. Although nothing has been set up, it might be advantageous for a group from New Brighton to go to Washington, DC to meet with the Senator and his staff and other representatives from Minnesota, preferably local representatives., It would be up to the Council to determine who would comprise the delegation to Washington, DC and how influence may be brought to bear. Schmidt stated that he and Blomquist met as part of task force with environmentalist group and John Drawz. Recog- nizing that no action has been taken by the Federal govern- ment, as well as the timetable set forth by Mr. Drawz, they concluded that it would be opportune for us to pick up earlier discussions from the Attorney General IS office and involve local legislators in the conference also. Contacts should be made with senators and councilmen to add pressure and see what lobbying efforts can be done (Novak and Knuth should also be involved). Schmidt thinks council should consider what efforts could be made on a Federal basis (lobbying, litigation) but first have City Manager find out what St. Louis Park has done. We would need to know what litigation would cost us and how it would be funded. Blomquist indicated it would be wise for us to get assist- ance from the Attorney Generalis office and that we should identify what our objectives would be. Benke has no problem with sending a delegation to Washing- ton, DC but thinks we should do a first wave of lobbying locally (Vento's open house on February 25th, Durenberger, etc.) and plan the Washington, DC trip, or even save us the trip. Harcus indicated he would like staff to explore pros and cons of what we could expect. Schmidt pointed out that we do have four to five months and that time should be spent gathering information, making local contacts and provide information to Washington, DC in advance. We need to involve as many people as possible to get any action. Page Four Well Contamination Update