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• <br />• <br />• <br />Community Festival Memo <br />Ann Blair <br />April 7, 2004 <br />Page 3 <br />For this year, the timeline for an approval process would be: <br />April, 2004 — Application process <br />May, 10, 2004 — Applications brought to Council for action <br />June, 2004 — Preliminary checklist meeting with Staff <br />July, 2004 — Follow -up on checklist, report back to Council, receipt of necessary <br />approvals from Anoka County <br />August 18 -19, 2004 — Staff sign off on final checklist <br />August 20 -21, 2004 weekend — Event takes place <br />Week of August 23, 2004 — Follow -up meeting <br />If the festival becomes an annual activity, Staff recommends that the timeline be adjusted <br />so that the approval process begins in January of each year, with Council consideration in <br />February of each year. This gives the applicant more time to line up activities and <br />entertainment, with a specific weekend in mind, and would allow the event the best <br />opportunity for orderly expansion. <br />In many communities with well- established festivals, application is made by an <br />organization (rather than individuals) which meets year- round, and Staff would see this <br />as an appropriate future step in a successful long -term community festival. <br />