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• Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Payor Miedtke and seconcle(I by Councilman SundlanO to table the designation of a Consulting F:ngi.neer for further evaluation of the engineering services. RFSOLUTION 77-008 P. PESOLUTION DF?SIGNATING CONSLTLTINr, FTIGIFIFER Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Suand.land and seconded by Councilman Sauer to adopt Resolution 77-009 designating the Dorsey Firm as City Attorney for 1977 . RFSOLUTIOP7 77-009 A RESOLUTION DFSIrNATING ATTORNFYS FOR ST. ANTHOITY FOR 1977 Plotion carried unanimously. The Council discussed the January 4 , 1977 recommendations and comments from Jim Fornell regarding the eligibility determinations and cost estimates for the remaining proposals which are to be considered for inclusion in the application for Corntunity Developrent Block Grant • funds due January 30 , 1977 . Mrs . Pat Plelius, President of the St. Anthony High School Parents Group and three other members of the organization were again present to request that $5,000 of these funds be set aside for a chemical de-- pendency counseling ar.d diversion program which could be set up by the Johnson Institute for St. Anthony youth and their parents. firs. "Ielius said she felt the great number of rec:uests for such a program from parents justified its establishment and replied to Councilman Stauffer's conjecture that such a program might more ap- propriately be handled through the school by saying the school could only handle a third of the problem. Councilman FFaik said she-.wanted more specifics on the program and those persons who will be respon- sible for its facilitation in the community. Councilman Sundland also wanted to know whether there might not be other sources of funding for the program which would. be available when the grant funds have run out. Mrs. Violet Dansgard wanted the City to request such aid from the Governor's Crime Commission but the Administrative Assistant said his contacts with members of the Commission had indi- cated a hesitation to giving high priority to these programs because of the failure of similar ventures in other communities . P".r. Fornell added that the application for such funds could be made any time prior to August. Pastors of the Nativity Lutheran and Faith Methodist churches were suggested. by Councilman Stauffer and Mr. Dulgar as members of the task force which could study the problem. • Mayor Pliedtke expressed a willingness on the part of the council to do something in the area of solving the problem of chemical dependency among the cormunity's youth even if funding could net be secures' (3)