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-6- Bureau counselor, Ron Taylor, arrived at the conclusion of the • presentation and was introduced .to the Council. The Mayor indicated he perceived a cooperative funding of the program might be worked out with the school district. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to authorize the City' s sponsorship of the $7, 814 Minnesota Energy and Economic Development Justice Grant application for funding from October 1st to December 31, 1984 , and to schedule a consideration at budget time whether the City should enter into a Joint Powers Agree- ment with the Northwest Suburban Youth Service Bureau under which the City would provide $6 , 883 to continue the youth intervention service in 1985. Motion carried unanimously. Following a brief discussion of the March liquor operations summary, that report as well a's the March Fire Department report and Mr. Hamer' s report on the City' s skating rinks for the winter of 1983-84 were ordered filed as informational. Regarding the report in the April 5th staff notes that about a dozen applications for the branch chipping program had been made, the Public Works Director said the deadline for these applications would be April 13th and, he estimated, if 20 residents asked for this service, it would take his crews one-halfday for each side of Silver Lake Road to complete the project. The staff report and the letter from • the Hennepin County Agricultural Society related to the County Fair were also filed as informational . In his March 30th letter to Mr. Childs , Mr. Soth had suggested this might be the time when the City should ascertain that no legal steps had been overlooked in handling the water contamination problems and recommended his firm contact John Drawz of the LeFevere law firm to discuss their work on behalf of New Brighton in connection with the same issues in the City. The City Attorney indicated it was his hope the City wouldn' t have to become involved in any legal action but said he wanted to be sure St. Anthony wouldn' t be forfeiting any rights it might have in respect totaking action prior to the expira- tion of any statute of limitation or for any other reason. The Council agreed such action would be prudent and asked Mr. Soth to make an estimation of just what legal costs would be involved. The Planning 'Commission Chairman had remained at the meeting after he had completed the Commission report and when the March 27th report from the Minnesota Municipal Liquor Stores Association came up for dis- cussion, Chairman Zawislak said, as Secretary of the Association and Manager of. the Anoka Liquor operation, he could support their stand against any. legislation which would permit the sale of wine in grocery stores . He said, like the St. Anthony 's Liquor Manager, he had resisted joining the association for years but when he had perceived that after reorganization they had become a more effective voice at the legislature, he had decided to avail Anoka of their services . The Chairman said the organization had hired a full time lobbyist and