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• of action formulated early next year to cope with any repetition of this year' s problems and saw this as an alternative to cutting off the homecoming events altogether. Larry Hamer' s report of extensive vandalism to City property was con- sidered and the incidents of harassment of Maintenance Department employees near the school were discussed. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Haik to re- quest that the District #282 School Board meet with the Council the first week in February to consider recommendations from both staffs as to what can be done to avoid a recurrence of the events surrounding this year's egg fight, establish better communications between the school and the City in advance of such events , and minimize the vanda- lism by juveniles in the community. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Mayor Miedtke to direct the City Manager to have the information contained in the October 21st report from the Police Chief as well as Superintendent of Public Works ' October 21st report on destruction of park maintenance building and equipment relayed to the School Board of District #282. Motion carried unanimously. • The meeting was recessed from 9 : 10 p.m. to 9 : 28 p.m. Motion by Councilman Haik and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to approve the Winter Maintenance Agreement with Ramsey County for $720 . 00. Motion carried unanimously. The Council then considered the protest from Sunset Memorial Park' s attorney of the special assessments for Storm Sewer Project 1974-1 as they had been levied against the cemetery. The counsel said the cemetery had filed an appeal of these assessments in 1974 and were seeking a compromise with the City on the amount still due. Mr. Fornell explained how the City had determined the cemetery's share of the costs of the sewer enlargement along Highway 8 and said the cemetery had not been assessed any of the costs of the lateral line which serviced the residential properties . In response to Councilman Stauffer's questioning whether the City's method of assessing would stand up in court, Mr. Soth outlined the procedures which can be expected in such a litigation. He told her the Court will determine whether the City' s methods are reasonable and ap- propriate but said he believed the judge would be reluctant to overturn a municipality' s right to assess unless those assessments were proved to be unreasonable. • (6)