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4 • I REPORTS 2 COUNCIL 3 Councilmember Makowske Wants Ordinance Compliance to be Given considera- 4 tion During Council's 1989 Goal Setting Session 5 The Councilmember drew attention to the November 2nd article in the 6 Northeaster which reported "sweeps" conducted throughout Minneapolis to 7 get unsightly property cleaned up. She said although she was not 8 advocating similar "sweeps" in St. Anthony and recognized it was 9 difficult to legislate cleanliness, she continued to think the concept 10 of keeping our City up was still important and was one the Council might 11 want to consider during that goal setting session. Councilmember 12 Makowske indicated she thought Council concerns with the number of 13 vehicles parked in yards and on lawns should be the basis for further 14 consideration during the January sessions. 15 St. Anthony to Nominate Ramsey County CDBG Committee for RCLLG "Agency 16 of the Ouarter" Award 17 Councilmember Makowske said she intended to attend the November 16th 18 meeting of the Ramsey County League of Local Governments where a vote 19 would be taken on the Land Use Enabling Act resolution passed last year 20 and where consideration would be given to the applications submitted by • 21 the various cities who belong to the League for the above award. Her 22 suggestion that St. Anthony give recognition to Ramsey County for the 23 help they had given the City by allocating Community Development Block 24 Grant funding towards the carbon filtration plant was enthusiastically 25 accepted by both the Council and staff members. 26 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES REPORTS 27 The following reports were ordered filed for information: 28 *Hance & LeVahn report of cases they had prosecuted for the City in 29 the Hennepin County District Court up to and including October 19, 1988; 30 *August, 1988 Financial Monthly Summary. 31 Liquor Manager to Provide Insight on Declining Liquor Revenues at Future 32 Council Meeting 33 The October Liquor Operations Summary prompted Councilmember Makowske 34 to indicate that she was still concerned that the City liquor revenues 35 continued to decrease percentage-wise from previous years. Councilmem- 36 ber Ranallo said he would like to hear about the promotions Mr. Nelson 37 was sponsoring to draw in more customers in view of a decline in sales 38 of almost $60,000.00 for the City's two- off-sale operations. He asked 39 the City Manager to survey other communities to find out if they were 40 also experiencing the same sort of decreases. Councilmember Enrooth • 41 agreed that the Liquor Manager should be invited to appear before the