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1 Mr. Childs said one of the Lions Club members had called him that 2 day to schedule an appearance before the Council and he had put 3 him off because he was waiting for Mr. Nelson to complete the 4 research necessary to answer Councilmember Makowske' s question 5 about whether not having pull tabs might be jeopardizing the 6 City' s liquor operations. Mayor Sundland said he perceived the 7 Council should rely on Mr. Nelson' s professional opinion on that 8 question. 9 The Mayor said he wasn' t sure it was the pull tabs which made the 10 Legion Club in New Brighton so successful as some members have 11 claimed or, whether it was the excellent food and the bar opera- 12 tion itself which pulled in the players. He pointed out that the 13 Legion was conducting the games itself and on its own 14 premises which would not be the case with the organizations who 15 were requesting to operate in City facilities. 16 Councilmember Marks indicated he had talked to a liquor profes- 17 sional after the Lions Club members had contacted him. He said 18 that person had told him the only time he had seen the pull tab 19 games draw in business to a bar had been where the liquor dealers 20 had set up some sort of incentive which coincided with the pull 21 tabs. 22 Mr. Childs reported New Brighton people had told him they per- 23 ceived the pull tabs in their City liquor operations had neither •24 brought in or hindered liquor sales. 25 He concluded by saying he would be informing the Lions Club that 26 the Council would consider their request during their September 27 22nd meeting which would give Mr. Nelson plenty of time to 28 complete his research. 29 Ramsey County Commissioner Salverda' s Support for Youth Service 30 Bureau Noted 31 Councilmember Makowske passed around the reply she had gotten from 32 the above official supporting the above. 33 State Health Department Says City Water Still Safe to Drink 34 Councilmember Enrooth reported calls he was again getting related 35 to the safety of St. Anthony' s drinking water had intensified 36 lately and he perceived it might be necessary to update the issue 37 in each Newsletter. Mr. Childs reiterated that the State Health 38 Department knows what the City' s current contaminant levels are; 39 told him last week they are within a safe criteria; there is no 40 reason for the City not to continue to use its water supply; and 41 no necessity for using bottled water. Their advisory hadn' t 42 changed since 1982 , he added. i 9