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-3- Councilmember Marks indicated he anticipated attending the Miller Schroeder legisla- tive task force all-day meeting, August 22nd, where legislators Schreiber and Novak would be on the panel , as well as the 7:30 A.M. meeting of the Youth Service Bureau Executive Board the same morning. Councilmember Enrooth said several -persons had asked him who was responsible for trimming the trees along St. Anthony Boulevard and the Manager said he assumed, because the City right-of-ways in that area are so wide, it would be the City's responsibility to take care of even the trees beyond the sidwalks. Councilmember Makowske indicated she would be unable to attend the next meeting of the Ramsey County League of Local Governments to be held at 7:30 P.M. at the North St. Paul City. Hall and asked Councilmember Enrooth, the City's alternate delegate to that body, to go in her place. The topics for discussion would be Comparable Worth legislation and the Fair Labor Standards Act, which should make for an interesting evening, the Councilmember said. The Mayor Pro Tem thanked Steve Carlson for attending with him the meeting con- ducted for state and local officials in Richfield where possible remedies for the air traffic problems over the metropolitan area were discussed. Because of the overflow crowd of between 250 and 300 persons, not much was accomplished, according to the St. Anthony representatives, who came away from the meeting convinced that St. Anthony's level of annoyance was minimal when compared to reports from the communities who are closer to the International Airport. Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo illustrated on the .blackboard the configuration of the runways at International which caused planes leaving the airport to circle around and fly over St. Anthony. • He said a task force had been formed to explore with both the MAC and the FAA the possibility of adding another runway at International so the flight patterns could be more evenly directed. During the consideration of the City Prosecutor's report on St. Anthony cases tried in the Hennepin County Court July 17th, Councilmember Marks expressed his chagrin to see how-many of the traffic related DWJ fines and sentences had been either stayed or greatly reduced for St. Anthony offenders, a number of whom had been found not only guilty of those offenses, but in many cases were second and third time offenders: Councilmembers Enrooth and Makowske indicated they shared Councilmember Marks' sense of frustration, which the former said he understood is experienced to greater degree by both the arresting officers and prosecuting attorneys. Ed Hance and Pat O'Meara, the City Prosecutors, had indicated as much when they told the Council earlier that year the problems they have with Hennepin County judges who strongly push for lighter penalties for this type of offense. Councilmember Makowske agreed to find out if there would be any interest on the part of the RCLLG to invite a Ramsey County judge or Tom Foley, the County Attorney, to a future meeting to give some insight on how the legal process works in this regard. The final report from the Tornado Relief Fund Committee was tabled until the Committee Chair could be present at a Council meeting. The June Financial and July Fire Department reports were ordered filed as informa- tional as was theJuly liquor operations sales summary following a brief discussion • with the City Manager related to the impact he perceives the recent openings of competing liquor warehouses ,in neighboring cities have had on the City's operations.