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-4- the carnival to operate at all and had expressed the opinion that the carnival "had brought a low life element into the City which was unnecessary". Mr. Childs • reminded her that the request from the Apache Merchants Association had assured the City that the event was licensed, bonded, and insured. Mayor Sundland commented that he perceived all such complaints should be lodged with the sponsor merchants, many of whom he understood "were not too happy with the carnival either". Council- member Marks indicated he had been present when the St. Anthony police had to call for Mutual Aid assistance from New Brighton to deal with a fight which had broken out on the carnival grounds. The Manager had distributed copies of the letter he was sending to Ken Weltzin, Director of the Ramsey County Highway Department "strongly protesting" the delays on .the County-Road D reconstruction project and the unsafe conditions City residents have been exposed to during those delays. Councilmember Enrooth said he had relayed the same concerns to Ramsey County Commissioner Salverda who had promised to contact Mr. Weltzin about the matter- and to report back .to the Councilmember during the Commissioner's next- "coffee/breakfast" meeting, July 18th. Both Councilmember Ranallo and Mayor Sundland acknowledged how difficult it had been to convince residents that with the contract the county had written with the contractors, there was little or nothing the City officials could do to rush the project along. Councilmember Marks ' observations were that "there was .incredibly little work being done on the project; no provisions had been made for pedestrians who walk to Apache, and the potential for hazards from uncovered catch basins continues" . The Councilmember next reported a grant application had been submitted by the St. Anthony Chemical Abuse' Information Committee to the Emma B. Howe Foundation to make appropriate programs and materials available to the City 's schools and library, and the Councilmember indicated he and other Committee Board members were structur- ing a program to utilize those materials when they arrive. Mayor Sundland announced Councilmember Ranallo had been elected to the Board of Directors of the League of Minnesota Cities, which the. Mayor said, he considered to be an honor for the City to have one of its elected officials named to such a responsible job. Councilmember Ranallo accepted congratulations from the other Councilmembers and commented that he perceived it was very unusual for a state organization with only 14- or 15 members on its Board of Directors to have two of' those members from adjoining communities like St. Anthony and New Brighton. A "very complete" report from the City Prosecutors was ordered.filed as informational after Councilmember Ranallo had indicated he had assumed "the arresting officers named in the two dismissals at the end of that report had explained the omissions on the citations which had resulted in the dismissals of charges by the judge". The June liquor operations sales summary was ordered filed without comment. In relation to an item in' the July 3rd staff meeting notes, the Manager assured Councilmember Makowske that negotiations for the new lease for the City facilities in the Parkview building would exclude the space being vacated by the Developmental ,Learning Center in Septemb'0 . In reference to. the request for partial occupancy • of Chandler Place, Mr. Childs also told the Councilmember, as with any other new project, staff would be determining that space met 'all applicable State and City codes and statutes. The Manager indicated he anticipated preliminary plans for the Stonehouse addition would be ready before the next Council meeting ,