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<br />~ Information and Resources <br /> <br />EPA conducting arsenic in <br /> <br />drinking water study <br /> <br />The U. S. EPA is conducting a study on arsenic in drinking <br />water. Through this demonstration program, the EPA <br />intends to identify and evaluate the ability of commer- <br />cially available technologies and engineering or other <br />approaches to cost effectively meet the new standard in <br />small water systems. <br />For a copy of the EPA's announcement in the Federal <br />Register, please contact Lynn Peterson, LMC, at (651) <br />281-1254. For more information on the study, visit: <br />www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/arsenic/'I" <br /> <br /> <br />Management Analysis Division <br />offers key services to cities <br /> <br />Cities in need of cnstom-designed management consulta- <br />tion services and training can benefit from the services <br />of the Management Analysis Division of the Dept. of <br />Administration. The division specializes in service quality <br />improvement, customer relations, facilitation work of all <br />kinds, organizational developmen~ strategic planning, <br />organization evaluation, process flow or process mapping, <br />surveys, and transition services. <br />The Management Analysis Division is a fee-for- <br />service management consulting group, providing custom- <br />designed management consultation services and training <br />to public service clients including local municipalities. For <br />more information, access the division's web site at: www. <br />adrnin.state.mn.us/mad or contact Director Judy <br />Plante at (651) 297-3904 or judy:plante@state.mn.us'l" <br /> <br />Recognizing Minnesota cities <br />for building quality communities <br /> <br />Each year the League of Minnesota Cities Awards Program honors <br />the outstanding contributions of elected and appointed officials, <br />and recognizes cicy innovation and =ellence. The 2002 LMC <br />Awards Program includes three opporrunities for recognition: <br />. The C.C. Ludwig Award honors the accomplishments of an <br />outstanding elected city official <br />. The Leadership Award honors the accomplishmenrs of an <br />outstanding appointed city official. <br />. The City Achievement Awards recognize city innovation and excel- <br />lence in the following five areas: Citizen, Co=unicy & Youth <br />Involvement; Communications; Cooperation; Housing, <br />Economic Development & Communicy Spaces; and Public Safety. <br /> <br />Help the League honor the accomplishments of your ciry's leaders <br />and services in building quality communities across the state. <br />Please consider entering a city project or nominating an elected <br />or appointed cicy official for recognition by May 17, 2002. <br /> <br />How to submit a nomination: <br /> <br />. Application materials will soon <br />be mailed to all mayors, admin- <br />isrratoI5, managers or clerks. <br /> <br />. Application materials and <br />background materials will soon <br />be available on the lMe web <br />sire at ~lmnc.org. <br /> <br />. Watch your mail, checkthe <br />Cities Bulletin for latest <br />developments) and visit the <br />lMC web site. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 10 <br /> <br />lMC Cities Bulletin <br />