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-6- Mayor Sundland and Councilman Ranallo touched on 'the highlights of the National • League of Cities conference they had attended in Indianapolis the previous week, specifically addressing the group's lobbying efforts towards water contamination legislation and a proposed bill which would make a national apology to the native born Japanese who were confined in internment camps during the war with Japan. The Mayor indicated he would be circulating two packets of information on the conference among the other Council members. When he reminded the Council that Mr. Childs ' contract would be coming up the first of the year, Councilman Marks suggested the same method as used last year should be employed this year and that Councilman Enrooth repeat his service as one of the two Council members who would discuss the matter with Mr. Childs; with Councilman Makowske to replace Councilman, Marks in those discussions. The meetings would be scheduled with the Manager. at his convenience. She would be unable to attend the holiday banquet sponsored by the Ramsey County League of Local Governments, December 19th, Councilman Makowske indicated, and she asked whether any one else would like to take her place. Councilman Enrooth said he too would be unable to attend the meeting of the Rice Creek Watershed District because it was being held at the same time as the Council meeting that evening, but he indicated he would make a report on the minutes of that meeting as soon as he can. The Mayor reported the:)' �Sister Cities meeting had been held November 14th with a fairly good attendance and- that representatives- of community organizations who had been unable to come had called later to reaffirm their commitment to the program. • He said he perceived the general feeling of those who' were in attendance was the first contact city should be from a European, rather than Third World or South American country. Ms. Polivka had indicated she had a long list of such -cities in which the City organizations might be interested and, Mayor Sundland said, another meeting would be called to get the particulars about some of those cities from which the City's selection could be made. Councilman Ranallo indicated he perceived this might be an interesting story for the Bulletin and Northeaster readers. He then drew to the attention of Larry Jones, _ the Bulletin reporter, - thefact that his paper had again mistakenly inferred that the cheese shop which operates in the same building as the SAV liquor warehouse, is City owned. Councilman Marks, who conducts the government training sessions for newly elected city officials, reported a heightened interest in those seminars to the extent additional sessions had to be scheduled to be held on the- University farm campus. He also reported the attendance at the Brainerd session the next day, was anticipated to be between 30 and 40 persons. The Councilman also reported he had been appointed to a special study group which would specifically research the planning and zoning which had gone into a Shorewood development project. The focus of one of the future sessions would be to bring entrepreneurship into local government, Councilman Marks said. In his report on recent activities of the Youth Service Bureau, the Councilman indicated a search committee has been established to find a replacement for Chris • Clausen who has resigned as Director to become a lobbyist for youth service agencies. Councilman Marks indicated he had received an invitation to attend the charter meeting of a Rotary Club in New Brighton and understood the group is looking for