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-3- Safety for the City of St. Paul Fire Department, to participate in an emergency preparedness seminar September 4th and to give the St. Paul firefighters the benefit of St. Anthony. elected officials' experience with the April , 1984, tornado. Mayor Sundland said he received many favorable comments on the manner in which the City officials had handled that d,i;saster :from ,the �S,tate nand ;Countycemergen,cy ,personnel who had worked with the City during that emergency. Counci°l;member�-Makowske -pai-nted Bout ,that-�ther.e;:woul d be :_a ,: conf 1 i et .,in ,dates fcr the Ramsey County League of Local Government to be held September 17th in MoundsView and the Community Services dinner at the Salvation Army Camp the same evening and indicated she thought she would be attending the latter. Mr. Childs reported the ' League of Minnesota Cities regional conference and the North Suburban Cable Commission training sessions for cable users were also scheduled to be held the same evening. Mayor Sundland reported the St. Anthony Chamber of Commerce, National Bank of St. Anthony and the Tri Metro American Legion Post would be sponsoring a luncheon in the Legion Club rooms, September 16th, at which Astronaut Major Bob Cabana who is scheduled to make the next NASA space shuttle trip, would be guest speaker. The Mayor said he anticipated there would be a number of state officials, including the Lieutenant Governor, in attendance and urged the other Council members- to -get their tickets from Mr. Childs that evening. Major Cabana, who is a Washburn High School graduate, would be speaking to the St. Anthony High School students that morning and Mayor Sundland said he perceived the Bank should be commended for making his visit possible by underwriting the costs of bringing the astronaut • to St. Anthony. Councilmember Makowske continued her report on the RCLLG by indicating that, as a Board°;merriber she was looking for suggestions for the October meeting and asking which the Council members would prefer to hear;.thattzeveni;ng, a:di;scussi:on -.with some of the lesser state office candidates like Arne Carlson, the State Auditor, of the services they offered from the perspective of their impact on the cities, or a report from the Metropolitan Council . The general perception was that the former would be very timely and that the latter report could be scheduled later in the year. Councilmember Makowske indicated she had found the Council 's tour of the St. Louis ParK carbon filtration plant the previous Thursday well worthwhile and said she had benefited a great deal from getting the St. Anthony Public Works director's perspective on the techniques employed in the plant. The Councilmember said she agreed with Mr. Hamer that St. Anthony could learn a lot from St. Louis Park's mistakes related to failure to provide for humidity on the pipes, etc. After learning the process was 100 percent effective in removing the type of contaminants St. Louis Park had to get rid of, Councilmember Makowske said she was convinced this would be the best method St. Anthony could employ to remove the TCE's from the City's water supply. Mr. Childs added that the carbon filtration was even more effective in the removal of volatile materials as in St. Anthony wells as opposed to those found in St. Louis Park. Councilmember Enrooth said he had been convinced that this technique would be • especially effective for removing the lower level of contaminants found in the