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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL TCAAP WORK SESSION-NOVEMBER 30 2009 11 B. TCAAP Reimbursables Update (continued) Mayor Harpstead questioned if any other Councilmember's had addressed this topic with Ryan. - Councilmember Holden stated she had spoken with Ryan as well. City Attorney Filla indicated lawyers hate to be the first one to split the difference. He cautioned the Council from offering a new low number as this may become the new starting point. Mayor Harpstead summarized Councilmember Holden's comments earlier and questioned if the Council would be in favor of giving staff one more authorization, offering a new number, to reduce the need for additional legal fees. Councilmember Holden indicated she has not gone through the mediation process before and does not know how it will work for the City. City Administrator Moorse explained the Council would need to evaluate if it was worth having one or two non-mediation meetings and who should speak on behalf of each party. He felt the City should do what they can to save costs, but stated it was to the point where the City had no other choice. Mayor Harpstead indicated he was not willing to make a lot of cuts and adjustments without a basis for doing it. He felt the $75,000 was outside of the million dollars listed within the PDA and that going further than that would need better logic. City Attorney Filla agreed with this statement. He felt the parties were far enough apart and that the mediator would benefit both parties to work towards resolution of this situation. Paragraph 25 of the agreement was read aloud for the record. Mayor Harpstead asked that the Council provide additional guidance to staff on how to proceed. Councilmember Holmes stated it was mostly in Ryan's interest to resolve the reimbursables.