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1 Councilmember Ranallo indicated he and all the other members of the Board of Directors of the above organization had to undergo a security check in anticipation that might happen. He said the non-profit 4 organization which was established in Minnesota under the Pipeline 5 Safety Law after the pipeline explosion in Moundsview had been adopted 6 as a model for federal legislation by Senator David Durenberger and 7 Congressman Bruce Vento as a bi-partisan program which would be 8 demonstrated for some federal official, hopefully the President, by 9 Congressmen Oberstar up north and Penny in the southern part of the 10 state. 11 The rules and regulations which govern utility digging anywhere in the 12 state had been written after many, many meetings of the Board and would 13 be put into force October 3rd, the Councilmember indicated. Under 14 those regulations any city or company who wants to dig a utility line 15 would first have to call the Gopher One phone number to ascertain what 16 might already be underground in the location they wanted to dig. The 17 program was not without problems, he added, since some smaller 18 communities with only water lines underground, have indicated an 19 unwillingness to join and the Department of Transportation has up to 20 this date refused to comply. 21 These meetings, many of which were day long and held every other week, 22 as well as the meetings he was attending for the League, had kept him 23 pretty busy, Councilmember Ranallo said. ';'4 Marks Finds First Rail Transit Meeting Very Interesting 25 The Councilmember reported that in spite of his own heavy schedule, he 26 had been able to attend the September 14th meeting of the 27 Anoka/Hennepin Light Rail Transit Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. 28 He said one of the alternative routes being considered would utilize 29 Highway 88 and existing rail tracks like those east of the highway which 30 had been used as a rail transfer line. 31 Councilmember Marks said he had sat next to Anoka County Commissioner 32 Paul McCarron during the BRW presentation and the official's insistence 33 that Anoka would be the first county to have a rapid transit system had 34 convinced him that was quite possible. The efforts of all the light 35 rail study committees have to be completed within the first months of 36 1989, which Councilmember Marks indicated he perceived would add to his 37 already crowded teaching and meeting schedule. 38 Councilmember's New Driveway Noted 39 Councilmember Marks accepted the Mayor's congratulations on his new 40 cement driveway before reporting on his attendance the previous week of 41 another planning meeting of the Government Training Institute whose 42 training sessions will begin in November. 43 ^4 13 S