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1 nation' s "premier recycling county" when compared to the rest of the • 2 country where so little has been done to date. 3 Marks Reports Great Concern About Increase of "Crack" in the Northern 4 Suburban Areas 5 The Councilmember reported officials from this area who had attended 6 the National League of Cities conference in Washington, D.C. , had come 7 away with a greater awareness of the problems threatening their own 8 communities. At the Chemical Awareness Committee meeting he had 9 attended the previous Tuesday, there had been a lot of discussion of 10 the national DARE program under which local community police 11 departments could be trained to go into the schools to reach a greater 12 number of children, even down to the 5th grade level, Councilmember 13 Marks reported. He said the Youth Service Bureau would be holding a 14 special meeting next month to determine what the perception of the 15 problem is and to decide how much interest there would be in promoting 16 shared police training sessions under the national DARE program 17 established to instruct police in better ways of presenting the "Say No 18 to Drugs" concept to school children. If there is agreement that the 19 problem in the Twin Cities is as bad as some believe, regular or 20 reserve members of the St. Anthony Police Department could probably 21 join in joint training sessions with officers from another community 22 like New Brighton. 23 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES W4 The following were ordered filed as informational 25 *February Police Report and Report on Reserve Activities. 26 *Report from the City prosecutor on matters conducted at the 27 Hennepin County District Court in which Hance & LeVahn had 28 represented St. Anthony. 29 *March Financial Report. 30 CITY MANAGER REPORTS 31 April 19 , 1988 Staff Meeting Notes 32 Mr. Childs explained that the interviews reported under the Police 33 Chief ' s reports were to replace Officer David Johnston who had 34 resigned. 35 Mickey D' s Restaurant No Longer In Operation In St. Anthony 36 The City Manager confirmed that the owner of the above had filed for 37 bankruptcy and that there appeared to have been a number of unpaid 38 bills with local merchants. Mr. Childs said staff was contacting the 39 building owner to remove the front vestibule on the building which is 40 violation of the City' s ordinance. He also confirmed that the 41 variance for the sign on the roof goes with the property to the next • 13