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•..1 -Mr . -.Childs,, , -said one of . the Lions Club. members. had called .him that 2 . day to schedule. an 'appearance. before the. Council and he had -put 3 him off because , he was waiting for Mr. - Nelson to complete the . 4 research .necessary : to answer . Councilmember Makowske' s:.question 5 -about whether not" having pull tabs might be jeopardizing the 6 City' s liquor operations . Mayor Sundl'and said he perceived .the 7 Council should rely on. Mr.. Nelson' s professional opinion on. that 8 question. 9 The Mayor said he wasn' t .sure.' it was the pull tabs which made- the 10 'Legion Club -in New Brighton so successful as some members have 11 claimed or, whether it was - the excellent food and the bar opera- 12 tion itself which pulled in the players. He pointed out that the 13 Legion was conducting the -games itself and. on its own 14 premises which would not be the case with the organizations who 15 were requesting to operate in City facilities. 16 Councilmember Marks indicated he had talked to a liquor profes- 17 sional after the Lions Club members had.- contacted him. He said 18 that person had told . him the only time he had seen the pull tab 19 games draw in business to a bar had been where the liquor dealers 20 had set up some sort of ' incentive which coincided with the pull 21 tabs . 22 Mr. Childs reported New Brighton people had told him they per- &3 ceived the pull tabs in their City liquor operations had neither 24 brought in or hindered liquor sales. 25 He concluded by saying he would be informing the Lions Club that 2.6 the Council would consider their request during their September 27 22nd meeting which would give Mr. Nelson plenty of time to 28 complete his research. 29 Ramsey County Commissioner Salverda' s Support for Youth Service 30 Bureau Noted 31 Councilmember Makowske passed around the reply she had gotten from 32 the above official supporting the above. 33 State Health Department Says City water Still Safe to Drink 34 Councilmember Enrooth reported calls he was again getting. related 35 to the safety of St. Anthony' s drinking water had intensified 36 lately and- he perceived it might be. necessary to update the issue 37 in each Newsletter-. -Mr. Childs reiterated that the -State Health 38 Department knows at the City' s current contaminant levels are; 39 told him- last week they are . within .a safe criteria; there is no . .40 reason for the City not to continue to use its water supply; and - 41 no necessity for using bottled water.. Their, advisory hadn' t . . 42 changed since . 1982 , he added. 9