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1 Mr. -Childs had included the. Summary'-,of, Assumptions , .Goals , -Philosophy, 2* Regarding - the. :Regional- Transportation .System. in- the. - agenda packet, for. 3 the ,Couftcil' s information: He :.requested any .comments. or suggestions 4 they might have be- submitted to 'him to relay to the Metro Council for. .5 inclusion --in .the initial - .draft of ;the plan which will be forwarded .to . 6 the Regional Transit Board for review. . 7 8 *Council :Supports Crystal' s Request to Use County's Sca-les. and Person- 9 nel for the Maple .-Grove Compost Site 10 Mr. Childs - had included Crystal Councilmember Langsdorf ' s August 27th 11 letter to the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities- requesting, AMM 12 membership support. of Crystal ' s „ request by - - pa ssage of the resolution 13 attached to. her letter. The Manager explained that the County 14 Sheriff had a portable scale which might .be used when not needed in the 15 fall if Hennepin County found the installation of a temporary scale at 16 the site cost prohibitive. He also pointed out that it was the Crystal . 17 Councilmember ' s contention that since the County had mandated 160 of 18 material from_ the solid waste stream be removed by the cities by 1992 , 19 they should be willing to provide the necessary aids to achieve that 20 . goal. 21 Mr.. Childs said -St. Anthony has a place to- weigh its trucks but he 22 agreed it made. sense for the County, who is pushing so hard to get 23 recycling, to furnish the scales and manpower to cities who do not so 24. they can meet the County';s goals. However, he perceived a letter of 25 support from the St. Anthony City Council might get that message. across• 26 as well as the resolution the Crystal official had attached to her 27 letter. - 28 There was general -agreement that the letter of support should be . 29 written. Councilmember Marks said he thought. it was much better for 30 cities to compost- rather than to fill up the landfills with natural 31 waste materials and he would certainly support any effort .-to get that 32 done ' Councilmember Enrooth agreed that the City' s letterhead should 33 carry as ,much weight as a resolution in this case. 34 *Residents ' Perceptions of Their City to Be Sought 35 ' As reported in the Staff Notes , Mr. Childs said he . had discussed the 36 above with Decision Resources Ltd. ,- who had indicated they would do a 37 400 call survey containing 60 questions which would .explore just how 38 the residents felt about their . City, its services , streets , and. 39 Councilmembers and would solicit their suggestions for making St. 40 Anthony a better community - in which •to live.- . The Manager .said .the 41 ' Decision Resources representatives had - contended that 400 :.calls would 42- - provide .a statistically valid. response to those questions and insisted 43•• a better response could Abe expected 'from that number of phone calls 44 handled' in the manner their firm handles them than to mail surveys to 45 everybody' in St. Anthony, which would be necessary : to .get the desired 46 response. • 6 i