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1 -6- <br /> 2 Councilmembers Give Their Reactions,- ,to -.League ' of Minnesota Cities• <br /> 3' Conference in Rochester the Previous Week <br /> 4. Makowske -reported all the- workshop's she had attended had been excel- - <br /> 5 Gent, particularly the three conducted by Brian Lee of <br /> 6 . Ottawa., Canada, which she had found.."down to earth" and <br /> 7 practical when it came to .suggestions City officials could <br /> 8 adopt; <br /> 9 -said she had. attended a seminar on ."Evaluating .Your City <br /> 10 Manager" ; <br /> 11 -asked for Council input related to the "Request for Action" <br /> 12 form given out at Mr. Lee' s "Leadership Skills" seminar <br /> 13 which had revised to fit the City; <br /> 14 -expected the pointers she had gotten on "Developing a <br /> 15 Strategic Plan" could be utilized when the City does its own <br /> 16 strategic planning. <br /> 17 Enrooth -.said he had enjoyed Garrison Keillor ' s talk on Tuesday; <br /> 18 -perceived this conference had almost reached the same level <br /> 19 of excellence as the one he had attended in San Antonio and. <br /> 20 Mayor Hazama should be congratulated for "a job well done. " <br /> 2.1- Sundland -agreed,. .saying he believed Councilmember Ranallo and.- the . <br /> 22 other League 'Board member should be - given a vote of. thanks <br /> 23 for a well planned conference. - <br /> 24 Ranallo : -reported the attendance of 1,800 people at this conference <br /> 25 had broken the attendance record the year he was in charge of <br /> 26 the conference when there had been 1, 492 in attendance; <br /> 27 -agreed a "fantastic job" had been done by Mayor Hazama; <br /> 28 -indicated he hoped Mr. Lee would be available fora Minne- <br /> 29 apolis . seminar;- <br /> 30 -agreed with Councilmember Makowske that the :"Request for <br /> 31 Action" could be very useful for St. Anthony because hav <br /> . 32 ing a record of reports from Council people, staff ; . Fire and <br /> 33 Police Department members, etc. related to problems they <br /> 34, perceived and complaints they had. gotten from. the public <br /> 35 would be an improvement - over putting all the responsibility <br /> 36 for keeping the Council informed on the City Manager: .. <br /> 37.- Marks -indicated his own thoughts, on the seminars had already- been- <br /> 38., stated by the other Councilmembers and recalled he- had made <br /> - 39 similar observations about seminars he had attended in the <br /> 40 : past which had been conducted by Mr. Lee. • <br />