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. Arden Hills council 4 February 8, 1993 MOTION: Malone moved, seconded by Hicks, with regard to Case 93-01, to approve the Concept Plan Amendment and the Preliminary Plat for two additional units in the Edgewater Estates Development. Motion carried unanimously (4-0). Councilmember Malone advised the developer that concept plan and preliminary plat approval does not commit the City to final approval. OAK GROVE LANDFILL UPDATE As background and status report on the Oak Grove Landfill issue, City Attorney stated that in October 1992, the Oak Grove "hauler group" filed a lawsuit with Federal District Court against the parties involved in the Oak Grove Landfill hazardous waste clean up matter (including Arden Hills and other cities). At that time, Federal District Court granted the hauler group a time period in which to compile their case and serve notice on the parties they were suing. Filla added that, at the request of the hauler group, Federal District Court recently granted a time extension. . In the meantime, Filla explained, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been persuaded to try to avoid litigation and has been negotiating with certain parties (included a group of cities) for settlement. He described the settlement which has been negotiated between cities and the EPA as a sort of "insurance policy", which for a cost of $26,000 would avoid the cities' involvement in future claims, and assure that neither the EPA nor the hauler group could sue the cities. Filla noted that the only contributions that Arden Hills is aware of ever having made to the Oak Grove landfill were four pick-up truckloads of damaged tree materials. He stated that while a $26,000 settlement would be a very high price to pay for such an insignificant contribution to the landfill, it may well prove to be much less expensive than continuing a legal defense in this case. He added that continuing in a legal defense would mean continued exposure to lawsuits and c1aims. Counci1member Malone commented that this situation is clearly unreasonable from the City's standpoint, but it appears that there may be no other choice than to accept the $26,000 cost. Filla reiterated that there is now additional time in which to decide what action the City will take. .