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•1 Enrooth agreed, and added the Council had certainly wanted to do 2 anything it could to have a business succeed in that troubled location 3 where an empty building would certainly not be good for the 4 community. 5 COUNCIL REPORTS 6 Constituents Calling About Sewer and Aircraft Noise Concerns 7 Makowske reported receiving calls from residents about storm and 8 sanitary sewer problems which she had indicated the City would have a 9 better handle on after receiving the Rieke-Carroll-Muller engineering 10 report and recommendations. She said she was also receiving 11 complaints about the increase in air traffic over St. Anthony. 12 The Councilmember also indicated she had learned there had been 13 motions related to .the City' s water contamination problems passed at 14 both the IR and DFL caucuses the previous evening which should 15 generate support from both parties. 16 Consensus Hard to Get On Tax Issues 17 Ranallo reported the LMC Board was having difficulty agreeing on a 18 recommendation to the legislature related to reclassifying the 19 property tax base because of the three way split between the five �0 largest cities, ,smaller cities, and suburbs, and the outstate cities 2 1 from which mixed messages are going out to the legislators. It is 2 hoped some consensus can be reached during the next Board meeting 23 which is scheduled for March 3rd so the League can get out the cities' 24 needs for reclassification. 25 Some Movement Perceived Related to Carbon Plant Schedule 26 Sundland briefly drew the Council' s attention to the draft of the 27 minutes they had been provided for the meeting he, Mr. Childs, and 28 Mr. Hamer had attended that day with Gene Wong of the EPA; Maureen 29 Johnson of the MPCA; Tim Henning of CDM; David McDonald the City' s 30 attorney from Briggs and Morgan; and Ken Olson from Bruce Liesch where 31 those present discussed ways to expedite the proposed schedule for 32 completion of the City' s carbon filtration plant was worked on. He 33 said he perceived- from Mr. Wong' s attitude that he had been impressed 34 by the call from Congressman Sikorski ' s staff expressing the 35 Congressman' s strong interest and concern about the process. 36 Marks to Head Youth Service Bureau for Another Year 37 The three top officers for the above organization were re-elected 38 during a meeting of the full Board last week, Marks reported. 39 Councilmember Receives Calls About School Board Meeting • 11