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STAFF ORIGINATOR: MEETING DATE: TOPIC VOTE REQUIRED: INTRODUCTION CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 3A Julie Bartell, City Clerk July 23, 2012 Consider Resolution No. 12 -64, Approving a special event, parade /run and excluded bingo permit for the 2012 Blue Heron Days festival 3/5 Plans are being finalized for Lino Lake's annual community festival, Blue Heron Days. The festival will take place the weekend of August 18 -19, 2012. BACKGROUND Events scheduled for this year's festival include a 5K Run sponsored by the Chain of Lakes Rotary, a grand day parade on Lake Drive, city ambassador program with coronation ceremony, a petting zoo sponsored by the Lino Lakes Lions, police and fire department open houses, Magic Bounce inflatables, a business expo, yoga and family activities at the Chain of Lakes YMCA. Many of the activities for this year's festival will occur in the city's own Lino Park. A special event application requesting city permission to conduct these activities has been submitted to the city by Anna Wicks, Director of the Quad Area Chamber of Commerce. A request for use of city property for some of these events and the related question of liability and insurance coverage is being considered separately by the council. The volunteer parade coordinator, Ms. Casey Block, has been working with city staff on the parade details and has provided the following information. She anticipates approximately 75 units in the parade; the proposed route for the parade would be the same as in 2011, running on Lake Drive from Marketplace Drive to James Street, with a staging area in the Super Target parking lot. Ms. Block has obtained permission from Anoka County to conduct the parade on County Road 23 (Lake Drive). The Quad Area Chamber of Commerce will also be sponsoring bingo after the parade in Lino Park this year. Non - profit organizations are allowed to conduct excluded bingo with local approval of a permit. Ms. Wicks has submitted a permit application that will be forwarded to the state if approved by the council. 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.