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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.::pint 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, Sundland • 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- 03 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 26 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 reiteratedthat the State Health 38 Department knows what the City' s current. contaminant levels are; 39 told him last: week they are wit'h'in 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