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-3- Mayor Pro Tem said he would anticipate St. Anthony members would be especially interested in the proposal that the League support the Superfund and he expected • any representative of a municipality which has a pipeline running under it to be interested in the League's support of legislation arising from the MoundsView gas line rupture. One of the issues which is expected to generate some controversy would be the proposal that the League oppose state certification of fire reserves because municipalities like St. Anthony, who already have ongoing programs for bringing their fire departments up to standards, view the certification as another unnecessary state regulation. City's Frustration With County Road D Delays Council-member- - Enrooth said he had received more complaints about the delays in reconstructing County Road D in the last four weeks than he had over the two years the road has been under construction. He said none of the letters or calls from St. Anthony officials to Ramsey County Commissioner Salverda seem to have made any difference and Councilmember Enrooth said most of his own calls had never even been returned. The Mayor Pro Tem oserved that all the meetings Commissioner Salverda holds to discuss the concerns of the municipalities he serves have done little or nothing to remedy the situation, and he said he makes it a practice to give Commissioner Salverda's telephone number to irate residents who call to complain about= the difficulties they experience because the road is not yet open. Councilmember Marks said he had discussed the problem with Commissioner Salverda at several of those meetings and the Councilmember said he had also talked to a resident, who is very affected by the project, who had told him he was also very unhappy with Hennepin County Commissioner Sivanich because he perceived this was a joint county project. Mr. Childs asked Larry Jones, the Bulletin news writer, whether his paper. was going to do any further investigation of the delays. Mr. Jones told him his paper was carrying another article in this week's edition which reported the contractor's reason for not completing the project. The Manager indicated he would expect those reasons to be no more convincing than those previously given and said the reason he had posed the question was because, when the "Minneapolis Star Tribune" reporter, who had recently been assigned to write about suburban Ramsey County, asked for suggestions for a story, the Manager had encouraged him to follow up on this story. RCLLG October 22nd Meeting to Focus on Candidates for State and District Offices Councilmember Makowske suggested this meeting might give City officials the opportunity to get their perspectives on City issues from persons running for the lesser state offices and District 63 A and B seats. She reported having been appointed to chair the RCLLG Board of Directors nominating committee and urged Councilmembers to submit the names of those they would like to see serve on the Board. Councilmember Makowske indicated she had informed the Board that she would not be a candidate for Board membership next year. • Departmentment Reports Accepted and Filed The Council considered and ordered filed as informational the following: