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t -2- The Manager noted the liquor sales are. slowly coming back. The April liquor operation sales summary and Fire Department report were then • ordered filed as informational . In her May 8th letters to the Public Works Director, Marquerite Jolly, Civic Beautification Chairman for the St. , Anthony Gardenettes , had reported the planting projects her group would be undertaking this spring and their choice of-` "Trillium Park." for the area they have planted and maintain at the intersection of St. Anthony Boulevard and Highway 88 . Motion by Councilman Enrooth . and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to authorize the name -"Trillium -Park" be added to. the existing sign in the mini-park area near St. Anthony Boulevard and Highway 88 . Motion carried unanimously. Councilman. Marks indicated his recent conversation with a Group W regarding the City' s .concerns about the types of cable service that firm would .be providing might prove beneficial to the City and he would like to be present when Al Kaeding gives the Council update on that service. The City ' s representative to the North' Suburban Cable Communications Commission' s appearance before the Council will be delayed until June. Mr. Childs reported meeting with representatives of the Minnesota Pollution Control agency who had confirmed that St. Anthony would be included with other communities who would receive funding from the Superfund to deal with the potential contamination of their water supplies . The MPCA would be doing a 3.0 day study of the -City ' s water and Mr. Childs indicated no further action on the part of the City should be necessary until that study is completed. There have been no responses from either Minneapolis or St. Paul to his inquiries about purchasing water for the City , he added. The Manager informed the Council that he would be attending the Minne- sota City Managers ' Association meetings May 11 , 12 , and 13 . He had researched some of the references in the March Police Report and told Councilman Marks the reference to "other misdemeanors" covered any offense not related to moving vehicles . Mr. Childs replied to Council- man Enrooth ' s inquiry whether the City could not have found a new Police Secretary from the City by telling him the person hired had been selected from 28 candidates for the job, primarily , because of her three years ' experience with the Minnetonka Police Department where her duties had been almost the same as those she would have in St. Anthony . She came with excellent recommendations , the Manager said, and lives in the area. The -rest-of the May 3rd staff meeting notes were then ordered filed as informational . Carol Johnson had submitted with her April 26th memorandum the results of her survey. of license fees charged by -neighboring -communities and the changes- in fees-which she perceives would bring the- City more in -line with other'•-municipal-i'ties- -and.. would -generate., a level of, -revenue which.-more clos:ely.--reflects the administration costs.. Councilman. Mark noted she had not recommended the fee for a wine license be raised