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-7- Old Highway 8. He said because this would result in a 24 hour, seven day a week, operation just across from the new townhomes, he had been relieved to learn from watching the Roseville Council meeting on Cable T.V. that the proposal had been withdrawn. The Councilmember attributed this in part to the pressures applied by St. Anthony officials and residents against the project. Councilmember Makowske said she hoped the Roseville Planning Commission would now be taking a second look at that piece of property with regard to their Comprehensive Plan for that area. Mayor Sundland told her he would expect that would be exactly what would happen now. He reported having dinner with Roseville Mayor Don Wiskie and Councilmember Bob Mattson the previous Saturday night where there was a lengthy discussion of the issue. The Roseville officials seemed to appreciate St. Anthony' s alerting them to a potential problem with one of their properties, the Mayor said, to the same degree St. Anthony officials had been appreciative of Mr. Johnson' s report that evening. He added that he perceived Roseville now shared the same type of concerns about how that ' particular property might be developed as had been expressed at St. Anthony meetings for years. • Marks Reports on His Attendance at the League Conference The Councilmember assured the other Councilmembers that Washington hadn' t changed much when it came to traffic congestions and accidents. He reported he had gone to Washington one day early and stayed an extra day beyond the conference close. His early arrival had enabled the Councilmember to attend a conference on drug abuse the day before the official League activities started, which he had found very informative. Included in that conference had been a Justice Department report on its efforts to interdict drug traffic with the use of balloons to track planes and ships to intercept vessels carrying drugs into this country. The latter had been intended to be carried out by the 500 Coast Guard agents Congress had authorized be hired for that purpose, but, the Councilmember said, had been stalled because the Administration had failed to hire a single agent. Councilmember Marks reported on another drug program under which the gambling casinos and hotels which the drug dealers own in this country can be confiscated to pay fines when drug dealers are convicted. He added that the revenues from the sale of these properties are shared with the states for their participation in the law enforcement efforts. In spite of the fact that many of the drug fighting programs "were in jeopardy because of the Administration' s priorities" , the Councilmember said there were a number of community based programs which seem to be succeeding. Included was the program under which both parents and students are -encouraged to sign pledges not to be involved with drugs. •