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-3- Motion by Mayor Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to table action on the • selection of a vendor for the City' s insurance unti-1 the Council's May 28th meeting. Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor presented plaques to two St. Anthony Village High School foreign exchange students which designated them as "honorary citizens of -St. Anthony Village as well as the United States Monika Boese, whose- home is near Hamburg, Germany, said her home with the Mel Pibal family at 2933 Crestview Drive, was very similar to that with her family in Germany. Ku'immo Kuusimaki of Finland indicated' he had also been lucky to have George and Helen Peterson, 2604 Pahl Avenue N.E. , for his American family. Mayor Sundland indicated he had heard Monika speak at the Nativity Church and said he especially appreciated meeting Kuimmo, since the foreign exchange student had consented to write for -him a Letter in._ Finnish_to the city- officials in. .Salo, Fin- land, informing them that their city had been selected as St. Anthony's Sister City. The plaque recipients expressed their appreciation of the Council 's recognition and told of their plans for the remainder of their stay in the U.S. Larry Jones, Bulletin reporter took photos of the presentation by the Mayor and the plaques intended for three other foreign exchange students who were not present., were referred to the High School for presentation. Letters from Doug Hill and Mayor Bruce Nawrocki of Columbia Heights, asking .Mayor Sundland to proclaim November as Epilepsy Month, as well as a copy of the proposed proclamation, had been included in the agenda packet and the Council consensus • was to grant the request. Councilman Makowske reported that the Ramsey County League of Local Governments would be meeting in the New Brighton City Hall the following evening. The Manager told Councilman Enrooth that, except for an occasional evergreen bough included with acceptable tree branches, the chipping program had gone well , with between 25 and 30 residents requesting and paying for that City service. However, Mr. Childs indicated Larry Hamer anticipates setting aside only one day for the project next year. Councilman Ranal'lo reported that, because he is chairing the League of Minnesota Cities annual conference in St. Paul , June 12-14, his duties on June 11th would prevent him from attending the Council meeting scheduled for that same evening. The Councilman indicated he believed the Council would find both the .conference sessions and speakers interesting and informative, especially the Emergency Pre- paredness seminar which would be conducted by Mr. Childs and Carol Carlson of New Hope, which had been put together by Ed Jasinski , a former St. Anthony resident who is now responsible for training the trainers for statewide emergency preparedness programs. Councilman Ranallo reported he and Councilmember Marks had earlier that evening attended a meeting of young people who were associated in some manner with the St. Anthony Chemical Abuse Information Committee, who were trying to establish a youth center in the Park View cafeteria. where young men and women could "hang out • Friday and Saturday nights" i'n a supervised atmosphere, which would not be quite as structured as if sponsored by either a church or school . One adult member of the Committee was present for the planning session and Councilman Ranallo told the other