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Regular Council Meeting 2 June 25, 1991 page 5 4 5 . 7. REPORTS 9 R A. Council Reports 9 lC Report of Councilmember Waaner 1 ) Councilmember �Wagner attended the League of Minnesota Cities Annual 12 Conference in Rochester, Minnesota. He found it. to be well organized 13 and informative. He felt the City of Rochester was very hospitable; jy 15 Councilmember Wagner reported on the status, of the plans for the 16 Special Olympics which are being held in the Twin City area from 17 July 19th through July 27th. . St. Anthony is hosting the athletes from 18 St. Vincent and fourteen athletes are expected as are four coaches. 19 He noted that all of the athletes will be accommodated in dormatories 20 in the area and hoped some of them could visit the City. The City's 21 Chamber of Commerce is coordinating buses and schedules for some of 22 the residents to attend some of the events. 23 24 Mayor 'Ranallo advised he had applied to be a host family for some of 25 the athletes or their coaches or families. He received notice that 26 some members of the San Marino delegation will be staying. at his home. �7 San Marino is located in Italy and is the smallest province in the 28 world. Five families- and five athletes are coming to the Special �9 Olympics .from San Marino. - Mayor Ranallo is hopeful that some of the 30 family members will be able to attend the July Council meeting. 31 32 Six thousand athletes, two thousand coaches and numerous family members 33 will be attending and participating in the Special Olympics. �4 5 Report of Councilmember Fleming 35 Councilmember Fleming also attended the. League of Minnesota Cities Annual 37 Conference in Rochester. She felt it was very well organized and thought 38 there was real benefit to elected officials to be. able. to discuss matters 39 of mutual interest with other officials. She noted some of these issues fi 4 0 addressed attracting young families to reside in your city, nancing 41 opportunities/problems of smaller cities and crime in smaller cities.. 42 43 Councilmembe-r- F-lem-ing---commended--the r-epor--ter-- f-rom-the-$u_1-le-t_i-n_-f-o-r the 44 article she had written on the Crime Watch program in S-77 77iony. LS As a result of this article interest has been expressed by more residents 46 and two or three more meetings have been set up. 47 Report of Councilmember Enrooth 48 While attending the League of Minnesota Cities Annual Conference, Council- 49 50 member Enrooth spoke directly with the National League of Cities rep- I