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Item No: 04B <br />Meeting Date: 02/05/07 <br /> Type of Business: Work Session <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Community Events/Celebrations Committee <br /> <br />Background <br />At a previous Council work session, the City Council asked for an opportunity to discuss <br />creation of a Community Events/Celebrations Committee. Two items of consideration <br />were whether the City should increase its involvement in the festival, both with planning <br />and funding of the event, and the fact that the City will celebrate its golden 50th <br />anniversary of incorporation in 2008. <br /> <br />At one time, the City was directly involved with the Festival in the Park annual community <br />celebration and created an ordinance establishing a Mounds View Festivities Commission <br />(see attached). The purpose of the Commission as outlined in the current code is fairly <br />general: “. . . to promote an annual community-wide event” and therefore could be <br />adapted to fit the current direction of the Council in regard to the Festival. <br /> <br />This Commission is no longer active, but remains on the books as a City Commission. <br />Currently, the Festival is planned and operated by a non-profit corporation and the City <br />provides $4,000 of staff contribution for set-up and operation of the Festival. The Festival <br />is primarily supported by private donations and volunteer labor organized by the non- <br />profit organization. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />It is recommended that the City Council discuss the reactivation of the Mounds View <br />Festivities Commission under the current ordinance Chapter 406. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />