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1 in seeing would be mailed to them at the addresses listed on their letterheads. 3 The hearing was closed at 8:40 P.M. for the following: 4 Council Action 5 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to adopt Resolution 88-047. 6 Motion carried unanimously. 7 CONTINUATION OF COUNCIL REPORTS 8 Councilmembers Give Impressions of National League of Cities conference 9 They Attended in Boston. December 3-7 10 Councilmember Makowske indicated she perceived this conference had been 11 only 50% as good as the San Antonio League convention because there 12 weren't as many good workshops this time. However, she said she found 13 the workshops on "Volunteerism" and "Beautification" to be excellent. 14 The one on "Beautification" had shown how well beautification works to 15 upgrade communities like Kansas City and Gary, Indiana, the 16 Councilmember She indicated she would be distributing the brochures and 17 literature which illustrated that point. Councilmember Makowske said 18 since she had returned she had been even more aware of the need for 19 improvements in St. Anthony, especially at locations like the one on '0 29th Avenue "with all the junk and cars in front yard." Mr. Childs said he understood the owner of that residence would be cited by the 22 police that week. 23 Councilmember Makowske said she had found the ways other cities use 24 volunteers to do work the cities have to pay to get done to be most 25 interesting, although that seminar had emphasized the importance of 26 having a staff person assigned to directly oversee any such program. 27 The Councilmember perceived a potential for using senior citizens who 28 have expertise in many fields and want to continue to be active 29 recognizing at the same time that it would be hard to prepare a budget 30 based on such potentialities. 31 The Councilmember reported she and Councilmember Ranallo had both served 32 on the Human Development Committee with the latter being a member of the 33 Steering Committee while she had only been a committee person. She 34 reported that in spite of objections from FAIR, one of the resolutions 35 that committee had passed had supported legislative efforts requiring 36 benefit packages to include six months parental leave which included 37 cities as well as businesses. 38 Councilmember Makowske indicated her concern that the City might have 39 to deal with the issue someday where it would be very hard economically 40 for the City to hold jobs open for an employee for six months or more 41 during parental leave. 12