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-2- Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded. by Councilman Marks to approve payment of $205 . 54 to Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. for extra services for revisions to the. plan for the entrance closures at Sunset Memorial Cemetery with .the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge pro- ject, for which the City would. be reimbursed by the . cemetery association. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs pointed out that the costs for pulling Well f#3 pump ran less than estimated. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by .Councilman Ranallo to approve payment- of_ $825. to Bergerson-Caswell., Inc. for their services on Well #3. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Sundland reported he had a response from Congressman Sabo to his request that the Congressman and Congressman Sikorski as well as Senators Durenberger and Boschwitz accompany:- City officials when they meet with HUD officials .-in Washington D.C.;, to lobby for the funding for the City ' s senior housing and the Congressman' s staff had agreed to coordinate the meeting with the City' s other congressmen and HUD off'icials.__duririg the time:the : City_--officials would be in Washington for the National Conference of Cities , March 4-9 , 1983. =� Councilman Ranallo reported he has attended or_ is- aware of several presentations of commendations for outstanding performance to police- men and firemen in other municipalities and would suggest a similar program of recognitionbe set up .in St. Anthony. He said the pre- sentation in Golden Valley had been subsidized by Paco and he believes some community organization might be interested in picking up the costs , which are minimal, in the City. Councilman Marks discussed his recent participation in the training sessions for newly elected municipal officials ,where he had conducted the seminars on land use and planning issues . He distributed some of the literature given out at these conferences which the Council might find helpful. Chief Hickerson reported his department 's Annual Report for 1982 as reflected in the summaries included in the Council agenda. Some type of crimes have gone down but others such as forgeries and fraud have increased, according to the Chief. He pointed out that there had been no forced entry involved in a large number of the residential home and garage burglaries which occurred in 1983 and his department is empha- sizing this point as well as the number of burglaries there have been in their own neighborhood to the residents who attend the meetings ,,- where the Crime Watch program is established. The Chief told the Council his department had been involved in several successful sting operations in other cities , but he added that the surveillance, which is necessary, is very costly . Traffic tags are down, but the Chief