06/08/1978 - City Council Special
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF THE EAGAN CITY COUNCIL
EAGAN, MINNESOTA
JUNE 8, 1978
A special meeting of the Eagan City Council was held on June 8, 1978 at
5:00 p.m. at the Eagan City Hall. All Councilmembers were present. Also
present was City Administrator Hedges and City Attorney Hauge. Mayor Murphy
convened the meeting and stated the sole reason for the meeting was to
determine whether to hire special legal counsel for the City relating to the
Department of Natural Resources hearing based upon the application of the
Minnesota Department of Transportation for a permit for a bridge crossing on
Blackhawk Lake on proposed 135E. Councilmembers discussed the possibility of
hiring outside law firm to assist in acting as a coordinator amongst the
various municipalities and other parties that are intervening in favor of the
application for the bridge permit along alternate A-i. It was noted that several
neighboring communities have authorized intervention.
Those attorneys who were discussed included Luther Stalland, a former
township and village attorney for Eagan; Will Hartfelt, former member of the
Attorney General's staff and Chief of the DNR section; Lindquist and Vennum
in Minneapolis including MacClay Hyde and Tim Butler who acted on the behalf
of Reserved Mining Company, and Raymond Haik of Popham, Raik, Schnobrich,
Kaufman, & Doty of Minneapolis. There was discussion concerning the
suggestion of hiring an attorney with facts and background regarding the 135E
alternates A--1 and A-2 and in addition, the need to squire someone with
background in the environmental law area. After considerable discussion,
Smith moved and Parranto seconded the motion to retain the firm of Lindquist
and Vennum of Minneapolis with the understanding the MacClay Hyde will act as
Chief Attorney through the hearings regarding the permit application before
the DNR scheduled to commence on June 22, 1978, to coordinate Eagan's
presentation before the hearing examiner. Those in favor were: Smith,
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Parranto, and Egan. Those against were: Wachter, and Murphy.
There being no other business the meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
DATED: June 8, 1978 PHH
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