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-4- Other Council work sessions, all at 7 :00 P.M. , were scheduled for June 8 and .11 to consider the applications for the Manager ' s • position and June 22 and 29 to conduct the individual interviews . The Mayor announced Hennepin County has requested two City repre- sentatives to serve on the Hennepin County Human Services Com- mission who will hold an organizational meeting at 7 :30 P.M. , May 14th at 1801 Central Avenue N.E._ at which three meetings will be scheduled to establish human services needs for this area. Mr. Hamer will contact the Health Board Advisory Committee Chairman for persons willing to serve on this commission. She also reported the Minnesota Department of Transportation had contacted her to indicate the Ride Share program is in jeopardy and to request the City lobby their legislators for. continuance of the program. Councilman Ranallo said he sees the program as "subsidization of the participants by the taxpayers" and added he has yet to see convincing evidence of an energy shortage. Motion. by Councilman Sundland and seconded. by Councilman Marks to direct staff to write the City' s legislative representatives to indicate the City support of the Share-a-Ride program. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Hamer outlined the schedule for proceeding with the sanitary sewer diversion project now that Minneapolis has agreed to execution • of the joint powers agreement. There was no consensus of the .Council to support the request from the Hennepin County Agriculture Society for funds to finance the Hennepin County Fair. There was also no interest for joining the efforts of St. Louis Park to pursuade the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to permit the burning of . leaves in the fall. The information regarding the annual meeting of the League of Minnesota Cities June-=11th was noted. The plans for the Silver Lane connection to 16th Avenue N.E. in New Brighton were presented by the Manager. Mayor Haik said she saw justification of concerns of residents on 39th Avenue N.E. and Fordham Drive .that their street will become a thoroughfare from Silver Lake Road to 16th Avenue once the connection is made. Staff was requested to contact Ramsey County to prohibit a right hand turn off Silver Lake Road onto 39th. The Public Works Department will conduct a Council tour of the City' s bituminous streets at 6 : 00 P .M. July 14th preceding their regular Council meeting. The March Police Department and the April Fire Department reports were ordered filed.