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Page 6 from throughout the area; one need not work or live in the 10 -city area to be active with them. It should be possible for staff to reserve a truck, recruit volunteers, and continue to produce events such as the Festival in the Park parade. Should Mounds View withdrawing from the joint powers commission, staff anticipates that volunteers would not be forthcoming and that the NSAC would not be interested in City staff using the production resources. NSAC has been pursuing outside income opportunities, and rental of the mobile production truck is one of services. It might be possible to rent the truck after a withdrawal from the Commission. Finding a crew would continue to be an issue. Hiring freelance professionals to operate all of the equipment would likely be cost prohibitive. o Access to portable equipment, including additional camcorders, microphones, light kits, cables, portable mixers, and other such gear. Rental equipment is available through a variety of sources in the Twin Cities. IFP Minnesota is a non-profit arts organization with equipment and facilities rental for members. Membership is $85/year. Camera rental starts at $55/day, tripods from $8/day, light kits from $25/day, with several other types of equipment available. Some of the commercial rental houses are Cinequipt, Alpha Video, and Tierney Brothers. At Cinequipt, a Panasonic AG-DVX100 miniDV camera, the same camera available from CTV/NSAC, rents for $145/day. o Access to volunteers to operate such equipment. Producing large events such as the parade or meetings in the Community Center requires, depending on the scale of the event, crews of 5-15 people. These have been volunteers with NSAC. Without access to them, the options are hiring freelance crew and/or recruiting and training local volunteers. o Access to royalty -free music library. Staff has access to thousands of tracks of royalty -free music purchased by NSAC for television production. Without access to the NSAC music library, alternatives for production music must be found. There are many options, from purchase of individual tracks, purchase of collections, to subscription models. There are a few limited resources available at no cost. Programs exist to generate music, but they are most effective when used by persons with training in musical composition. o Access to training for staff. Staff have been able to participate in classes and seminars at CTV through the Municipal Assistance program. The courses are generally at a basic skill level, and are tailored to the use of CTV equipment. They have been useful in providing basic training and access to equipment to new staff, as well as more information on specialty equipment, such as the video switchers. Training through NSAC should continue to remain available through the non-resident fees. Many companies provide training on video equipment and concepts, including IFP Minnesota, GeniusDV, and Minnesota School of Business. o Access to the programming and technical services through the Municipal Assistance program. The city has taken advantage of the 100 hours" available from CTV in the Municipal Assistance program. This has been a combination of production