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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - August 15, 2000 4 whether this was standard language for the DoA, Councilmember Grant was concerned that the document fully protected the DoA's rights, but the City had little recourse, City Attorney Filla stated that the document appeared to be standard for a DoA document, with the first paragraph addressing their right to essentially rcvoke the document at any time, Mr. Filla stated that he wouldn't expect any other document from a federal agency, as they usually maintained all authority, Mr. Filla reminded Councilmembers that the DoA had also been working on the land conveyance for ten (10) years, and that the City was dealing with a branch of the D,S, Government, and should havc every reasonable expectation that the land conveyance will occur. Mr. Filla stated that, ifthc Council was looking for a document that guaranteed no financial risk to the City, the DoA would not cooperate with such verbiage, Mr. Filla stated that, the only reasonable event that they would not convey, would be for an environmental issue, and the property has been reviewed so thoroughly, there should be no reason to suspect any environmental issue, Councilmember Rem stated that the City's environmental consultant had found environmental issues that the DoA had missed beforc, and while the City had received the legislation, we still had no firm date, and since the City had been pursuing the property for ten (10) years already, she was not confident of that process, Councilmember Rem expressed concerns about what the cost had been to the City in bidding the project twice, prior to possession of Fee Title, Mayor Probst concurred with the comments made by Councilmember Larson, and City Attorney Fills regarding the good faith action by the DoA in providing an early Right-of-Entry document to accommodate preliminary construction work, and that the small parcel for City Hall had been held to a higher standard of environmental concern than any other portion of TCAAP, Mayor Probst encouraged Councilmembers to move the project forward at this time, Councilmember Grant expressed further concerns that the DoA had all the legal authority in the Right of Entry document, with the City being required to take the legal document at face value and take a "leap of faith" hoping that all would work out. Councilmember Larson acknowledged Councilmember Rem's comments regarding actions of previous City Council's in decisions regarding moving forward with plans for the new City Hall following the Council's endorscment of that decision with other actions, MOTION: Councilmember Larson moved, and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to authorize Mayor Probst to enter into a Right-of-Entry Agreement as prepared by the Department of Army (DoA) Material Command, Document No, DACA45-3-00-6088, The motion carried (4-1, Councilmember Rem opposed), A WARD OF PARTIAL OR WHOLE CONSTRUCTION BID City Attorney Filla initiated discussion on the contract, and its potential award as addressed in the July 21, 2000 letter from Rochon Corporation and subsequent July 24, 2000 letter from