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I Clarification of His Own Position on Continuance of 'Community Services 2 in Community Center Offered by Councilmember Ranallo Because several people had evidently misread the recent Bulletin report 4 of the March 7th work session with the architects on the renovation of 5 the community center for which no minutes had been taken, Councilmember 6 Ranallo said he wanted to set the record straight regarding his own 7 comments on the issue by saying he had stated during the, meeting that 8 he personally perceived the City had "more than a five year commitment 9 to continue those services. " The Councilmember reported meeting with 10 Larry Jones, who had written the article, and the newswriter had assured 11 him that the article which might have been read several ways, certainly 12 had not been intended to leave the impression that the Councilmember 13 opposed the continuance of community services in the center. 14 Councilmember Ranallo said he thought he had been able to clear the 15 point up with several people who had brought up the subject at the last 16 VillageFest Committee meeting as well as with another resident he met 17 at Apache Plaza who had gotten the same impression from reading the 18 article. 19 City Manager's -Newsletter Article to Inform Residents About the Use of 20 $3,000,000 Army Settlement 21 Councilmember Ranallo indicated he had relayed the queries he had 22 received from residents about how such monies would benefit them 23 directly to Mr. Childs, who had told him he was already working on the 24 above article which he hoped would clear up any questions about where 5 those funds would be spent. 6 St. Paul and Golden Valley Mayors Being Considered for LMC C.C. Ludwig 27 Award 28 Councilmember Ranallo alerted the -other Councilmembers to the fact that 29 he had found out at the meeting of the League of Minnesota Cities Board 30 that the name of Mayor Mary Anderson of Golden Valley had been added to 31 that of Mayor George Latimer of St. Paul for consideration for the 32 award. 33 National Conference of Cities March 13-15 Reported by Conference 34 Delegates Ranallo, Marks, and Sundland 35 Changes in the conference format which were perceived to have resulted 36 in smaller attendance of Congressmen and their staffs at the Minnesota 37 delegation reception were discussed at length. " 38 Councilmember Marks reported that Councilmember Ranallo had been 39 selected to chair the Minnesota delegation's meeting with Congressman 40 Sabo, where Councilmember Marks indicated, he had been glad to have the 41 opportunity to personally thank the Congressman for the help he had 42 provided St. Anthony in reaching a settlement with the Army. The 43 Councilmember said he was somewhat disappointed not to be able to have 44 the opportunity to compare different legislators' responses to questions • it