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-3- there were people sleeping on the grounds even though the Apache Merchants Associa- tion had assured the Council that would not happen, and the Mayor said, he had also learned that one of a number of people the police had to arrest had a long history of serious offenses, including suspicion of murder, etc. in other states. The Mayor indicated he had requested a comprehensive report of all- such incidents be made to the Council just as soon as the Police Chief returns from. hi.s v,acati.o,n ;al:ong with his department's recommendations for changes in City policy related to regula- ting future carnivals in St. Anthony. Mayor. Sundland reported receiving a letter from Lena Lindquist, the. wife of the Mayor of Salo, Finland, St. Anthony's Sister City, that she would be coming to the City for a visit July 27, 28, and 29 and he and his wife, Ardelle, had invited Mrs. Lindquist to stay with them. The Mayor said he thought it would be nice to have the City and School officials meet Mrs. Lindquist at a "traditionally American" potluck picnic with hot dogs, potato salad, corn on the cob; and apple pie. He would get in touch with the members of the School Board, the Mayor said, and would also issue an invitation to Dave Abrahamson, the elementary principal who had instituted so many contacts between St. Anthony and Salo students last year as well as the other school principals . Mr. Childs informed the Council that an English teacher from Salo had contacted him to let him know he and his group were coming down from Duluth the following day to visit the City and the Manager invited any Councilmembers who might be available to accompany the Finnish delegation on a tour of the community, The Mayor related a "touching moment" he had experienced with the Finnish student who had visited him when the boy had presented. him with a carved tree ornament • representing a swan which is. the symbol .of peace in Finland. Mayor Sundland said Juha Joutsela had indicated the swan was "a token of peace and love from him and the people of Finland to you and the residents of St. Anthony". With the prospects of many more visitors from St. Anthony's "Sister City" in mind, the suggestion was that it might be good for City officials to have some little. keepsake to give out to the visitors and that .i:t .might be also necessary to have a budget category set- up from which those costs could be paid, with perhaps, some help from the Sister Cities 'Association. Mayor Sundland said his young student guest had been "delighted" with the tee shirt and hat with the City's emb.lem on them he-had given him. Councilmember Ranallo commented that the American flags had been a "big hit'.' with the ,people he and his wife had given them to in Austria and suggested that, if as Councilmember Marks had suggested, . "a flag for St. Anthony incorporating the City's emblem on a field of blue was in order", th_at;iflag-might:-,oe developed through a contest for the best flag design to be held in the schools and the winning design selected by the Council . Councilmember Enrooth -asked Mr. Childs to see if the picnic could be held at the Salvation Army Camp and preparations were made for the event to be held at 6:30 P.M. , July 28th, Councilmember Makowske reported having attended a meeting of the Board of Directors_ of the Ramsey County League of Local Governments the previous day where there had been a great deal of discussion ab-out the amount and type of chemicals being sprayed on residential lawns and the possibility that some regulations of the industry • might be necessary. In relation to the carnival at Apache, Councilmember Makowske said she had gotten a call from a resident who questioned just how liable the City might be for allowing