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1 1 May 28, 1974 Mr. Sooger said he would be glad to prepare this information for the Council. He will send to the Clerk when finished. Mayor Bohjanen asked if any of the other communities were participating. Mr. Sooger said that as of now, No, but there is an Advisory Council meeting on Monday, June 3, 1974. He will at that time talk to the representatives of the various communities and asked that they take this back to their respective Councils. Mr. Conlin appeared.before_ the Council in .conjunction with the National Square Dance Convention using Sunrise Park to camp in during the Convention. Mr. Conlin has obtained approval for this camp out last year but since an Ordinance had been passed governing the use of the Parks, he felt that he should appear before the Council to clarify some points. He asked if he would need a special use permit for the camping. There will be campers for three days with 6 units there 2 days prior to the start. Mr. McLean said that Mr. Conlin had been at the Park Board meeting and he had asked him to talk to the Council. The Park Board had asked that there be no parking on any of the ball diamond areas, some sort of bonding arrangement to insure cleanup, Mr. McLean, Mr. Clausen and Mrs. Kendall will inspect the Park on Sunday evening. Mr. Conlin said the bonding hadn't been mentioned before. The Boy Scouts will assist in the clean-up and with the internal patrol while the campers are there. He assured the Council that the Park will be left in as good if not better condition than when they entered. The Campers will not leave until the Park is clean. They have arrange- ments for sattelites and the request for the use of the phone in the warming house is for emergency use only. The Park Board has requested that if there is dancing in the Park that it not to continue after midnight. Mr. Conlin agreed to this stipulation and said that he had talked to the people who live on Sunrise across from the Park and had found no objections. The Park Board had asked that the Police Department be set up to assist and that the City would not be responsible for any vandalism done during the camp out. Mr. Conlin said that they have things set up so there will be 24 hour patrol by their own people and they understood that the City would not be responsible for vandalism. He said there would be somewhere between 100 and 300 units. There. will be owner registration but these figures could vary. Mr. Conlin is the Camper Chairman. His address is 5915 No. St. Albans, St. Paul, Minn. Phone 484 -5670. Mr. Robert Sorenson, 1370 Jefferson, St. Paul, Minn. is President. Mr. Conlin said that they have arranged with all three schools for their dancing. Mr. Zelinka questioned to use of Liquor by the campers. Mr. Conlin said that very few of the dancers drink and if they do it is very limited, things do not get out of hand. Mr. Zelinka moved to grant a special use permit to the Circle Square Dancers to use Sunrise Park for camping during the National Convention of Square Dancers. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried with Mr. Marier voting No.