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• • STAFF ORIGINATOR: MEETING DATE: TOPIC VOTE REQUIRED: BACKGROUND: AGENDA ITEM 3A Julie Bartell, City Clerk July 9, 2007 Consider Resolution No. 07 -101, Approving a a special event and parade permit for 2007 Blue Heron Days festival 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 17 through August 19, 2007. Events scheduled for this year's festival are a parade on Lake Drive, 5K run, Chili Dog run, city ambassador program with coronation ceremony, a petting zoo at the Spirit Hills Mall, medallion hunt, bike rodeo and business expo at the Community Green. The festival executive director, Alyssa Stull, has submitted a special event application requesting city permission to conduct these events. 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 75 units in the parade; the proposed route for the parade would be the same as in 2006, running on Lake Drive from Marketplace Drive to James Street, with a staging area in the Super Target parking lot. He has obtained permission from Anoka County to conduct the parade on County Road 23 (Lake Drive). The Police and Fire 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 with the noted contingencies. OPTIONS: Approve Resolution No. 07 -101 approving a special event and parade permit for the Blue Heron Days festival. • 2. Deny approval of Resolution No. 07 -101. 29a