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-6- Councilman Enrooth requested the Council be given a periodic update on the project and- the Mayor commented that he perceived that, if the Council had gotten. better information from the County, they could have handled some .of the complaints better. According to the Manager, the reason thetwo county project engineers had been invited to the last Council meeting was to give the Council the opportunity to ask questions about any of the project plans on which they weren't clear. Councilman Marks reiterated that Ron Taylor, the youth counselor, and representatives of the St. Anthony Chemical Abuse Committee would be appearing soon to request Council support for the Youth Service Bureau, on which he serves as a board member. Chief Entner was present to answer questions about the Fire Department 1983 Annual Report. Before he did so, Councilman Ranallo said he had difficulty identifying the crib death incident when he tried to cross reference that incident on the Chief ' s cover letter with the February Department report. The Fire Department Head indicated it would be no problem for him to specifically identify incidents by run number when he summarizes the monthly Fire reports . The Mayor complimented the Chief on the fine annual report he had submitted. When Councilman Marks inquired whether he foresaw a need for additional funding for training, the Department Head indicated that, because firefighting is getting more and more technical in nature, his crews require more sophisticated training. As an example, • he pointed out the completion of a field course in handling of hazardous materials by five of his men, which had prepared them to. serve as first responders .on the joint mutual aid support team to crisis situ- ations involving those kinds of materials . The shared costs could also be very high, he added, since there would be chemical suits and other special apparel and equipment required for that kind of work. The Chief also reported his department would be participating in the task force to work on the proposed computer aided dispatching program proposed for I3ennepin County . When Councilman Makowske reported a resident raising the question of whether the new sodium vapor lamps might interfere with the identification of yellow emergency vehicles , as had happened in Boston, where they had found it necessary to go back to red fire trucks , Chief Entner promisted to investigate that report and let the Manager know what he had found out. Mr. Childs told the Council members the Liquor Store Manager would be seeking approval for the signage he believes he would need to advertise the Grand Opening of the new warehouse facility . The Manager con- firmed that the Sign Ordinance would allow such signage to be erected for two weeks, but indicated Mr. Nelson -would be discussing the specifics with both the Planning Commission and the Council well in advance of the opening. Mr. Childs told Councilman .Makowske the controversial "bottle sign" had recently been erected above the ware- house for "less than half a day" . ' Councilman Ranallo indicated he had gotten some calls on it too. • The Fire Department- reports , the February liquor operations sales summary, and the March 8th staff notes were ordered filed.