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1 about issues at the reception but could see the value of having steering <br /> 2 committee meetings with their own congressional representatives on • <br /> 3 specific issues of interest to each delegate. <br /> 4 Councilmember Ranallo indicated that during a meeting with Senators <br /> 5 Boschwitz and Durenberger, the latter had questioned holding the <br /> 6 conference during the busiest time of the year for Congressmen as was <br /> 7 evidenced by the fact that the discussions with both were interrupted <br /> 8 by votes on the floor. He said Councilmember Makowske's suggestion that <br /> 9 it might be more productive to invite all the Minnesota Congressional <br /> 10 Delegation to attend the League of Minnesota conference in the summer <br /> 11 was already being considered by the LMC Board. The Councilmember then <br /> 12 told the Bulletin newswriter, Larry Jones, he had press releases of the <br /> 13 meetings he, the Mayor and Councilmember Marks had participated in with <br /> 14 regard to the Human Development Steering Committee he served on, the <br /> 15 National Transportation Policy Committee, Mayor Sundland was involved <br /> 16 with and the Human Development Policy committee on which Councilmember <br /> 17 Marks served. <br /> 18 St Anthony Ouite Extraordinary When It Comes to Conference Delegates <br /> 19 Councilmember Marks commented that he thought the fact that the majority <br /> 20 of the St. Anthony City Council had gone as delegates to the Conference <br /> 21 was quite extraordinary for a conference to which cities normally only <br /> 22 send their mayors or at the most one other city official. Councilmember <br /> 23 Marks indicated that as usual he had come away from this meeting in <br /> 24 Washington with a sense of frustration of how hard it is for government <br /> 25 to get anything accomplished, but an evening stroll down the mall • <br /> 26 between the site of the Minnesota delegation reception and the Lincoln <br /> 27 Memorial had improved that perspective somewhat. He and Councilmember <br /> 28 Ranallo then recounted the exciting plane trip they had home when it <br /> 29 appeared at first they wouldn't be able to land in Minneapolis because <br /> 30 the airport had been closed due to bad weather. <br /> 31 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES <br /> 32 The following were ordered filed following brief discussions of each: <br /> 33 -March 3 and 21 . reports from the Hance & LeVahn law firm reporting <br /> 34 cases the City Prosecutors had handled in Hennepin County District <br /> 35 Court March 1 and 15, 1989; <br /> 36 -February Fire Department Report. <br /> 37 CITY MANAGER <br /> 38 March 7, 1989 Staff Meeting Notes <br /> 39 In reference to Ms. VanderHeyden's report on the placement of a phone <br /> 40 booth outside the Police Department offices, Mr. Childs explained that <br /> 41 the phone replaced the one which had been near the Council Chambers <br /> 42 inside the center, which was moved to the new location in hopes of <br /> 12 S <br />