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12/30/1987 - City Council Special MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EAGAN CITY COUNCIL December 30, 1987 A special meeting of the Eagan City Council was held on Wednesday, December 30, 1987 at 7:00 p.m., in Conference Rooms A and B of the Municipal Center Building. Present were Mayor Blomquist and City Councilmembers Egan and Smith. Also present was City Administrator Hedges. Absent were City Councilmembers Ellison and Wachter. The purpose of the meeting, according to the notice, was to receive a report from Mayor Blomquist and City Councilmember Smith on their recent attendance at the National League of Cities Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. NLC CONFERENCE REPORT City Councilmember Smith reported on a session he attended at the conference that discussed the advantages and disadvantages that most municipalities are experiencing while participating in a liability insurance pool with other communities. City Councilmember Smith stated that one possible long range solution might be to insure only unexpected (either a very large or frequent number of claims) losses and budget for normal claims each year. He stated that this concept will work only if excess coverage is available. City Councilmember Smith also reported on a session he attended entitled "Alternative Transit Systems." He provided a summary of a presentation that was given by Mayor Lois Anderson from a small suburban city in Seattle, Washington, stating that this community had been paying a considerable amount for commuter service and, as a result, successfully formed their own bus service which became an entire county system. He shared various steps that were advised at the session if cities wish to consider an opt-out transit system. Councilmember Smith reported that speakers at the session stressed flexibility of the RFP to bid a level of service and then allow the provider to meet that level of service. He further advised that information is available from the Urban Mass Transit Association private sector office and the American Public Transit Association for the City of Eagan as it continues its consideration of opt-out alternatives. City Councilmember Smith provided written summaries of sessions he attended on insurance and alternative transit and also provided several handouts ranging from capital markets risk financing and several other reports. Mayor Blomquist reported on a meeting she attended at the NLC conference on airport noise. She stated that the most important issue covered at the session was a report on what communities were doing to comply with the Part 150 Study. Mayor Blomquist further stated that the executive director of NOISE, Mr. Thomas Duffy, was directed to intercede and research the level of participation by NOISE member cities in the Part 150 Study. She further stated that legislation will be introduced in Washington during the spring of 1988 and that NOISE is appealing to its membership to attend meetings that will be planned in conjunction with the Washington NLC conference. After further discussion by Mayor Blomquist, a report entitled "Airport Noise Meeting and National League of Cities Conference" was distributed for City Council review. APPROVAL OF REGULAR MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 17, 1987 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Administrator Hedges stated that at the request of Mayor Blomquist, regular minutes for the December 17, 1987 meeting were included as a part of the Special City Council meeting agenda. City Councilmember Smith stated that the only change he suggested to the regular minutes was language to include a payment for reimbursement of his NLC conference expenses to be included in the paragraph whereby the City was refunding Charles Hall for legal expenses he incurred for a City deposition. He stated that this expenditure was discussed at the last regular meeting, however, was excluded during preparation of the minutes. City Councilmember Egan stated that he was satisfied with the corrections made in the December 1, 1987 City Council minutes. After further discussion, a motion was made by City Councilmember Egan, seconded by City Councilmember Smith, with all members voting in favor, to ratify the December 17, 1987 City Council minutes, subject to the payment of conference expenses for City Councilmember Smith while attending the National League of Cities Conference and subject to a review by City Councilmembers Ellison and Wachter. PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION/NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE FOR MAYOR BLOMQUIST Mayor Blomquist presented a request for payment for her attendance at the National League of Cities Conference in addition to a claim for mileage expenses incurred while attending various meetings during the past several months. In a motion by City Councilmember Smith, seconded by City ----Councilmember-Ega-n,--w#th-ali-members-voting--fn fav , incurred while attending a National League of Cities Conference and mileage to City related meetings throughout the Metropolitan area for the past several months to Mayor Blomquist was approved. DNR AGREEMENT TO IMPLEMENT SHORELINE STANDARDS FOR CLIFF LAKE GALLERIA PROJECT Mayor Blomquist presented an agreement entitled "An Agreement to Implement the Cliff Lake Shoreline Agreement to Protect Cliff Lake and its Shoreline in its Original Form". She stated that the agreement was executed by DNR and the Hoffman Development Company and requires approval by the City of Eagan. City Administrator Hedges stated that he was not aware of the agreement and to the best of his knowledge the City Attorney and appropriate City staff have not reviewed the document and, therefore, either the City of Eagan be stricken from the agreement or that any approval be subject to review by the appropriate City staff. City Councilmember Egan suggested that he was in agreement with the City Administrator and suggested that any action consider the removal of the City of Eagan from the agreement and, further, that staff review the agreement. In a motion by City Councilmember Egan, seconded by City Councilmember Smith, with all members voting in favor, authorization was given to confirm an agreement between the DNR and the developer to implement the Cliff Lake Shoreline Agreement to protect Cliff Lake and its shoreline in its original form and, further, that the City of Eagan, wherever stated in said agreement, be removed and that the City staff be directed to review the agreement of record.