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. Regular Council Meeting <br /> 2 June 25, 1991 <br /> page 5 <br /> 3 <br /> 7. REPORTS <br /> A A. Council Reports <br /> 109 <br /> Report of Councilmember Wagner <br /> 11 Councilmember Wagner attended the League of Minnesota Cities Annual <br /> 12 Conference in Rochester, Minnesota. he found it to be well organized <br /> 13 and informative. He felt the City of Rochester was very hospitable, <br /> i4 <br /> 15 Councilmember Wagner reported on the status of the plans for. the <br /> 16 Special Olympics which are being held in the Twin City area- from <br /> 17 July -19th through July 27th. St. Anthony is hosting the athletes from <br /> 18 St. Vincent and fourteen athletes are expected as are four coaches. <br /> 19 He noted that all of the athletes will be accommodated in dormatories <br /> 20 in the area and hoped some of them could visit the City. The City' s <br /> 21 Chamber of Commerce is coordinating buses and schedules for some of <br /> 22 the residents to attend some of the events. <br /> 23 <br /> 23 Mayor Ranallo advised he had applied to be a host family for some of <br /> 5 the athletes or their coaches or families. He received notice that <br /> 25 <br /> some members of the San Marino delegation will be staying at his home. <br /> 7 San Marino is located in Italy and is the smallest province in the <br /> 27 Five families- and five athletes are coming to the Special <br /> 28 2 9 Olympics from San Marino. Mayor Ranallo is hopeful that some of the <br /> 30 family members will be able to attend the July Council meeting. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Six thousand athletes, two thousand coaches and numerous family members <br /> 33 will be attending and participating in the Special Olympics. <br /> 34 <br /> 5 Report of Councilmember Fleming <br /> 35 <br /> Councilmember Fleming also attended the League of Minnesota Cities Annual <br /> 7 Conference in Rochester. She felt it was very well organized and thought <br /> 3there was real benefit to elected officials to be able to discuss matters <br /> 3 7 <br /> 9 of mutual interest with other officials. She noted some of these issues <br /> 3 <br /> 3 0 addressed attracting young families to reside in your city, financing <br /> 41 opportunities/problems of smaller cities and crime in smaller cities. <br /> 42 Councilmember Fleming commended the reporter from the Bulletin for the <br /> 43article she had written on the Crime Watch program in St A ttony, <br /> 44�� As a result of this article interest has been expressed by more residents <br /> 46 and two or three more meetings have been set up. <br /> 47 Report of Councilmember Enrooth <br /> 46 While attending the League of Minnesota Cities Annual Conference, Council- <br /> 49 member Enrooth spoke directly with the National League of Cities rep- <br /> 30 <br />