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• • STAFF ORIGINATOR: MEETING DATE: TOPIC VOTE REQUIRED: BACKGROUND: Insert after Pg 25 AGENDA ITEM 3Aiii Julie Bartell, City Clerk July 28, 2008 Consider Resolution No. 08 -77, Approving a special event and parade permit for 2008 Blue Heron Days festival events Simple Majority (3/5 Vote Required) The Blue Heron Days Committee is finalizing plans for the annual community festival to take place the weekend of August 15 through August 17, 2008. Events scheduled for this year's festival are a parade on Lake Drive, city ambassador program with coronation ceremony, a petting zoo, medallion hunt, bike rodeo and business expo. The festival executive director, Alyssa Stull, has submitted a special event application requesting city permission to conduct these events. A request for use of city property for the petting zoo, medallion hunt and business expo and the related question of liability and insurance coverage has been considered by the council. The volunteer parade coordinator, Mr. Bill Combs, has been working with city staff on the parade details and has provided the following information. He anticipates approximately 50 units in the parade; the proposed route for the parade would be the same as in 2007, running on Lake Drive from Marketplace Drive to James Street, with a staging area in the Super Target parking lot. Mr. Combs has obtained permission from Anoka County to conduct the parade on County Road 23 (Lake Drive). The Police and Public Works Department have reviewed the applications and have signed off on the permits with the understanding that the applicants will continue to follow their instructions on safety, signage and parking up to and through the festival. The applicant must also have in place all necessary permissions for use of property involved in the event. The attached resolution approves the special event and parade permits. OPTIONS: 1. Approve Resolution No. 08 -77 approving a special event and parade permit for the Blue Heron Days festival. 2. Deny approval of Resolution No. 08 -77.