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-3- The. Mayor. and each of the Council members expressed their gratitude for the donation, with the former indicating that with the budgetary restrictions the • City is experiencing such donations represent the only way in which the City could conduct these types. of .community activities. Councilman Ranallo indicated that it had been at his suggestion, as a member of Council #4381 , the gift had been made. He said the need had become apparent to him when he had attended the February 3rd Crime Watch presentation- for the resi- dents of the St. Anthony Boulevard, Pahl. and 27th Avenue N.E. City quadrant and observed that Chief Hickerson had- to borrow a projector from Roseville for the presentation. Photographs of the presentation of the check to Chief Hickerson were taken by Mr. Keller with the Roseville projector as a stand-in for the equipment which would be purchased for the City. In reference to the Crime Watch meeting he had attended, Councilman Ranallo told the other-Council members there had been 20. famil.ies from that area represented at that meeting, assuring that area of the City could now be identified as a "Crime Watch Neighborhood". Mayor Sundland added that he understood the St. Anthony National Bank would be aggressively supporting the program and the Mayor anticipated all the Council members would be involved in the endeavor. Councilman Makowske urged attendance at the Ramsey County League of Local Govern- ment meeting in Little Canada City.Hall at 7:30 P.M. , February 20th where Stan Peskar would be reporting on the proposed 1% metropolitan tax for the Minneapolis Convention Center. She told the Council she perceived the RCLLG Board, which is comprised of suburban officials, opposed the tax but Councilman Makowske indicated she recognized that larger municipalities who are not represented on that body, • might feel differently about the legislation. Councilman Ranallo referred to the letter from the .Municipal Liquor Stores Association which urged the municipalities to take strong action against the sale of wine in grocery stores legislation. The Councilman indicated he perceived a resolution should be developed to indicate the City's strong opposi- tion to such sales because of the difficulty of controlling those activities in stores which are to a great degree staffed by young people who might even . lose their employment if the law passes. , The following resolution was directed to be sent to the City's legislative representatives, speakers of the House and Senate and to the Chairman of the Commerce Committee: Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Mayor Sundland, Councilmembers. Marks, Enrooth, and Makowske to adopt Resolution 85-014 to be written according to Council guidelines and to be signed by the Mayor and each Council member. RESOLUTION 85-014 A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE SALE OF WINE IN GROCERY STORES Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Marks reported he and the City Manager had attended a "tremendous" government training session on Transformative Leadership February 1st and he had helped conduct the training session for elected officials of the larger munici- palities February 9th. William Soth, City Attorney, arrived at 8:05 P.M.