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Roseville City Council Minutes of 1/29/07 Pg 8 of 38 Councilmember Kough spoke in support of the motion. City Attorney Anderson clarified that various counselors representing the City to-date: Jim Casserly of Krass Monroe, as development Counsel for the City; Mr. Reuvers of the Iverson Reuvers firm as at- torney for litigation between Friends of Twin Lakes v. the City, and selected as one of five firms provided and recommended by the LMCIT; with Mr. Reuvers also handling two other litigation issues on land use matters, one a taking claim from a landowner in the Twin Lakes redevelopment area, and another for an unrelated land use is- sue. Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of the motion; opining that the Iverson Reuvers firm had represented the City as co-defendant with the developer in the litigation brought by the Friends of Twin Lakes v. the City; and opined the need for a fresh perspective and new, inde- pendent counsel to best represent citizen taxpayers and a potentially adverse relationship. City Attorney Anderson cautioned that, assuming the City Council voted to choose new counsel, they would need to obtain another list of approved attorneys from the LMCIT, pursuant to the insurance agreement between the City and the LMCIT. Councilmember Ihlan noted that City Attorney Anderson's opinion had not been requested; and reiterated that the several other firms had already been approved by the LMCIT, and if necessary, the LMCIT could be advised by the City that the firms previously expressing in- terest were being considered as new independent counsel. City Attorney Anderson advised that, whether his opinion had been requested by one Councilmember or not, it was his duty to advise the full Council, as their legal counsel, of their contractual agreement and the terms of the LMCIT insurance agreement (Section I, Part 2, Page 8) with the City of Roseville. Mayor Klausing spoke in opposition to the motion; opining that three law firms were already involved in the case: that of the City's Attor- ney; services of Rod Krass and Jim Casserly for financial and devel- opment issues; and the firm ofIverson Reuvers for their expertise.