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• to the band was a very special situation which the Council recognized as a public relations effort benefiting the City since so many resi- dents were involved. Mrs. Marks said she could see why paying service organizations for service to the community might not be too wise and added that at any rate her group would probably expand their present clean up operations in the St. Anthony Cemetery to other City localities and the Mayor suggested a Clean Up Day might be instituted for the entire community. The Scout leader then updated the Council on her group's progress in securing a plaque which will designate the cemetery as an historical site reporting her contacts with 16 other service organizations for aid in financing such a plaque had resulted in only one donation from the DFL Club to date, although several organizations had offered help re- garding landscaping, etc. , on the site. Mayor Miedtke told her the Staff has not yet learned whether the City's application through Community Development Grant for funding of the plaque had been approved. Councilman Stauffer then suggested that as a fund raiser the Scouts might be interested in completing the street number identification project taken on the by American Field Society for a section of the City. March 29th was verified as the date on which the honorary citizenship will be granted to the City 's AFS student, Emilio Garcia of Spain. • Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to indicate support of the League of Minnesota Cities ' efforts to amend the State Bingo Law. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Mayor Miedtke to direct the City ' s legal consultant, John Drawz, to precede with the reas- sessment of all parcels of City land in Ramsey County on which assess- ments are not carried by the Ramsey County Auditor and Treasurer in the manner he had suggested in his February 28 , 1977 letter to the Council. Motion carried unanimously. It is the consensus of the Council that any leasing of the unused old City Hall should be accomplished only with limited parking, a flexible leasing arrangement and very little remodeling. Plans were made for attendance at the annual League of Minnesota Cities ' Conference to be held in Rochester in June. The March 4th updating regarding North Memorial Medical services to the City was considered and the possibility of having an advisory group • (4)