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I Mayor Sundland commended Coundilmember Ranallo on his efforts to obtain 2 the nomination for Vice President of the League of Minnesota Cities. •3 He thanked Councilmember Ranallo for his work as a member of the Board 4 of the League of Minnesota Cities. The Mayor also expressed his regrets 5 that Councilmember Ranallo-'s bid for the vice Presidency was 6 unsuccessful. 7 Councilmember Makowske reported that the Articles of Incorporation and 8 Bylaws of the St. Anthony Village Historical Society have been prepared. 9 She offered copies to the Council and invited their suggestions for 10 changes. Councilmember Makowske stated that she expected the Articles 11 and Bylaws to be voted on at an upcoming meeting of the St. Anthony 12 Historical Society. i3 Councilmember Makowske reported that she and Councilmember Hnrooth 14 attended the Community Services Annual Meeting. Issues focused -on- at 15 the meeting were youth development and softball fields. Lighted fields, 16 scoreboards, home run fences, and improvement of the layout and design 17 of the fields were advocated at the meeting. Mayor Sundland commented 18 that, thanks to donations, improvements are planned for the hardball 19 diamond. He speculated that a landscape architect will be hired to 20 design the field. 21 Councilmember Makowske continued that youth development was focused on 22 at the Community Services Annual Meeting through discussions regarding 23 service opportunities, leadership opportunities, support programs, and 24 career opportunities. The fact was pointed out at the meeting that no 05 comprehensive listing of youth services or community services in general 6 exists. Councilmember Makowske proposed that this be considered as a 27 future project for the Council in conjunction with Community Services. 28 Councilmember Makowske reported that she plans to attend the June Ramsey 29 County League of Local Governments meeting regarding the 30 responsibilities and activities of mayors and city managers and turnover 31 of city managers. 32 Councilmember Makowske made reference to a letter from Eileen Tompkins, 33 which was received by all of the Councilmembers. She stated that 34 Councilmember Ranallo suggested that the Council contact Lori Hacking 35 at the League of Minnesota Cities for some ideas regarding the vote of 36 our state representative and how it affects our City regarding taxation. 37 Acting City Manager VanderHeyden informed the Council that a schedule 38 of Council meetings with an invitation to visit has been forwarded to 39 Representative McGuire. 40 Councilmember Makowske reported that a bulletin had been received from 41 the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities regarding nominations for 42 various boards. She asked whether any Councilmembers had interest in 43 joining those boards. Response was negative at this time. 44 Councilmember $nrooth reported that he has sent a mailing to the 45 Recycling Task Force Committee and received six or seven positive • 4