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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 7, 2004 NOT APPROVED BY MAJORITY OF COUNCIL ON 06-28-2004 1 2 3 CITY OF LINO LAKES 4 MINUTES 5 6 DATE : April 7, 2004 7 TIME STARTED : 5:35 p.m. 8 TIME ENDED : 10:10 p.m. 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councihnember Carlson, Dahl, Reinert 10 and Mayor Bergeson 11 MEMBERS ABSENT : Stoltz 12 13 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development 14 Director, Michael Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Planner, Jeff Smyser; 15 Public Services Director, Rick DeGardner (part); Economic Development Assistant, 16 Mary Alice Divine (part); Environmental Specialist, Marty Asleson (part) and Police 17 Sergeant, Steve Mortenson (part) 18 19 COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, CHAD WAGNER 20 21 Mr. Chad Wagner, Miller's on Main, indicated a memo from City Clerk Blair was 22 previously distributed to the City Council. The memo indicated a group of Lino Lakes 23 business persons organized by Mr. Wagner and Jason Anderson of First Bank have been 24 meeting regularly since January with the goal of initiating an annual community festival 25 in the City of Lino Lakes. The plans would include a weekend -long event held in late 26 summer, which has been tentatively named "Blue Heron Days." The proposed weekend 27 for the event is August 20 - 21, 2004. 28 29 The festival committee has identified a number of activities including a parade, 5K race, a 30 pageant, classic car show and several related activities. The group has been working on 31 securing community support for sponsorship and ideas. The group is also seeking 32 Council direction and eventually, approval of the necessary permits to conduct the 33 festival activities. 34 35 The memo indicated from Staff's perspective, the festival concept presents both 36 opportunities and challenges, as there is no similar event in existence in the City. After 37 reviewing information from other cities as to how they address community festivals, Staff 38 recommends that the request be implemented by application for three specific permits: 1) 39 a parade permit, 2) a 5K race permit, and 3) a community festival permit, which would 40 encompass events such as the car show. Separate approval would be required from 41 Anoka County for any activities that impact County roadways and food booths, 42 depending on their location. Receiving the requisite County approval would be a 43 condition of the City permit process. 44 45 The memo also reviewed the City process for approval along with a timeline of necessary 46 City action. 47