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• Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to indicate the Council 's support of the amendments to the Dram Shop statute which would establish a maximum liability for a liquor establish- ment and to request the Manager to inform the City' s legislators of this approval. Motion carried unanimously. Dennis Engle, representing the Mirror Lake Condominium owners Associa- tion, said minimal opposition was expressed by the condominium owners who replied to a poll regarding the installation of a wood chip path around the perimeter of Mirror Lake and requested that the path for pedestrians and joggers be provided as per previously tabled plans. Councilman Haik said since the land around the holding pond is public land it should be used as such and developed as a natural resource for the City. She and the Manager agreed that any opposition expressed by New Brighton land owners in that area at the New Brighton Council meeting they attended had been more emotional than substantive involving for the most part an expression of anxiety that the path construction might result in burglary of adjacent homes. Mr. Dulgar said that conversely the City has experienced less buglaries near the parks seemingly because of the heavy foot traffic in such areas . He said the project would call for a minimum of grading and said pos- sibly telephone poles could be used to bridge the culvert on the path. Motion by Councilman Haik and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to request the Manager to prepare a cost and labor analysis for building a chip path around the St. Anthony holding pond for consideration at the next Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Florence Marks, 3424 Silver Lake Road, read the March 15th request from her Girl Scout Troop #1586 for financial aid from the City in re- turn for services to the City, saying the funds would help the scouts raise money for a camping trip to Colorado. Two projects they suggested were to again be allowed to deliver the City's newsletter for $100 .00 and to undertake -the clean up in the spring for which the St. Anthony High School Band had received payment which then was used for their trip to Hawaii last spring. Mr. Dulgar said the $100 .00 paid to the scouts for delivering the newsletter was less than the amount which would have been required to mail the same literature and delivery was much faster than delayed mailings through the postal service. This was determined to be an administrative decision which was left to his dis- cretion. - Mayor Miedtke said he was reluctant to set the precedent of paying service organizations for service to the community and said the payment • (3)