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<br />, " <br />. <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />MEETING MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION <br />MONDAY, DECEMBER 20,1999,4:45 P.M. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Mayor Probst called the meeting to order at 4:48 p.m. Those present included <br />Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski and Lois Rem. Staff present included City <br />Administrator, Joe Lynch; City Treasurer, Terry Post; Public Works Director, Dwayne <br />Stafford; Parks and Recreation Director, Torn Moore; Associate Planner, Nancy Randall; <br />and Recording Secretary, Sheila Stowell. <br /> <br />Councilmembers David Grant and Gregg Larson each arrived at approximately 4:50 p.m. <br /> <br />a. ProDosed City Hall. Land Convevance Undate <br /> <br />City Administrator Lynch introduced Ken Nimmer Impact Planning, who updated the <br />City Council and staff regarding the proposed City Hall site on the Twin Cities Army <br />Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) property. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Mr. Nimmer provided information regarding recent soil testing at the site and potential <br />concerns brought forward by this testing. Mr. Nimmer distributed a bench handout <br />showing results of the completed testing and their respective analyses conducted by <br />Impact Planning and the Department of Army. The area that was tested was the former <br />silo foundation site. <br /> <br />Discussion items included depth of the soil samples; distance between samples; <br />methodology used and differences in analyses by the City's tests and those conducted by <br />the Department of Army (DOA); potential future land clean up costs and liability; <br />additional testing alternatives; timing issues if an Environmental Baseline Survey were <br />deemed necessary; finding of suitability to lease requirements for federal property <br />transfers; review of past aerial photos and former activities at the site; negotiating level of <br />contamination with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA); heavy metals <br />testing at the foundation site and transportation and landfill costs; additional soil borings <br />at the site; raising the grade of the City Hall parking lot; remediation responsibilities and <br />contingencies on the lease agreement; definition of City risk; and encapsulation or <br />removal of soil from the site and potential costs. <br /> <br />Staff was directed to further determine the costs for either removal of the soil from the <br />site";OT<:Ilcap.ulatiun un th" ,it", and bring IcslIlting--ree6lflftlCl1tions to the Gity <br />Council at the January Worksession. <br /> <br />b. Ramsev County Parks and Recreation. Tonv Schmidt Park <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Greg Mack, Ramsey County Director of Parks and Recreation, Larry Holmgren, Ramsey <br />County Director of Acquisition and Development, and representatives of the County's <br />