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1 Before recessing the meeting at 9:25 P.M., Mayor Sundland thanked the <br />? residents for their input to the planning process for recycling. He <br />3 said all the valuable suggestions they had made would be included in the <br />4 selection of a vendor which would not be made until at least the <br />5 Council's first meeting in 1989. <br />6 The meeting was reconvened at 9:43 P.M. <br />7 Council Accents Plans for Theme and Support for City Float <br />8 Barb Olsonoski, Marketing Director for the Apache Plaza Merchants <br />9 Association and Councilmember Ranallo reported suggestions they had <br />10 gotten from attending a float seminar at the Thunderbird Motel the <br />11 previous weekend which they were recommending be utilized for a <br />12 community float, which were: <br />13 *to retain the Dennis Johnson firm to construct, store and deliver <br />14 the float to each parade site for a maximum of $4,500.00 construction <br />15 costs and $350 to $400 to be paid to have the float delivered to each <br />16 site and operated by someone from that company (there would be no <br />17 charge for the first parade); <br />18 *to pay the insurance costs with a rider to the City's LMC umbrella <br />19 policy; <br />20 <br />*have the <br />City officials <br />ride with the queen the <br />first few years to <br />21 <br />establish <br />St. Anthony's <br />identity and <br />give the Councilmembers public <br />exposure; <br />23 <br />*to have <br />the float in <br />neighborhood <br />events like <br />the New Brighton <br />24 <br />Stockyard <br />Days; Fridley <br />49ers Day, the <br />Northeaster <br />and Central Avenue <br />25 <br />parades, <br />as well as the <br />Minneapolis <br />Aquatennial <br />Day parade (only <br />26 <br />marching <br />bands and larger floats are <br />allowed to <br />participate in the <br />27 <br />night parade); <br />28 *establish two committees, one to seek sponsors for the float from the <br />29 local merchants and service organizations, and the other to take care <br />30 of scheduling the float and queen appearances; <br />31 *request Larry Jones of the Bulletin to report the organization of the <br />32 float committees and to tell the residents about the float and <br />33 proposed activities. <br />34 Councilmember Ranallo indicated he thought that now that there was no <br />35 longer a marching band which was identified as only from St. Anthony, <br />36 the community needed something like this float to keep up its image. <br />37 He reported he had learned that neither the City nor Apache would have <br />38 the expertise to build the float for the City and the price quoted by <br />39 the Johnson firm was much lower than he and Ms. Olsonoski had thought <br />40 would have to be paid for the float. <br />20 <br />