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CITY COUNCIL - MAY 28, 1991 Page 6 1 community, if at all possible. If the district were to merge with another, • 2 Roseville was favored by a slight margin over other neighboring communities. 3 4 Council Member Fleming agreed with Council Member Wagner that 5 participation in an evening Crime Watch meeting is very difficult to obtain and 6 that a daytime session would be impossible for most people to attend. She 7 suggested placing notices in both the St. Anthony Bulletin, the Northeaster, and 8 the St. Anthony newsletter to attract. participants to the meetings. 9 - 10 Council Member Enrooth reported that Skycroft Drive now has new, very 11 attractive street lighting. 12 13 Council Member Marks reported that he attended Don Salverda's most 14 recent meeting having to do with the Ramsey County Jobs Training Program. 15 Council Member Marks noted that most people who go through the program 16 end up taking lower-paying jobs than the ones they were laid off from due to 17 diminishing job opportunities. 18 19 Council Member Marks next reported that Salo, the Finnish city to which the 20 orchestra will travel had given some presents to former Mayor Robert Sundland 21 on his trip there last year, and the Orchestra Board has proposed 22 reciprocating. • 23 24 Mayor Ranallo reported that he received a letter from the Ramsey County 25 Commissioners regarding the new six and a half percent sales tax. The City will 26 not receive any additional revenue if it decides not to enact the measure, but 27 the tax will be collected regardless of the City's decision. 28 29 City Manager Burt said that the new taxation program is an attempt to pass the 30 burden of raising taxes to the local governments. He stated that one and a half 31 percent of the existing six will go towards a local trust fund. In order for the 32 cities to be eligible for it, the county must enact the extra half cent. However, 33 the county can turn that down, in which case a 51 percent vote of the city 34 councils is required to enact the tax. Burt predicted that it would be interesting 35 to find out whether the cities or the counties take the responsibility for passing 36 the tax increase, although in both Hennepin and Ramsey County, passage of 37 the tax increase is certain because the biggest communities in those counties 38 badly need the funds. 39 40 Mayor Ranallo reported that he got a call from the National League of Cities 41 requesting that he attend the Minnesota League of Cities meeting in Rochester 42 on June 12, at which a personal survey of each attendee would be taken. He •