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1 Before -recessing the meeting at 9:25 P.M. , Mayor Sundland thanked the <br /> 2 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 Accepts 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 *have the City officials ride with the queen the first few years to <br /> 21 establish St. Anthony's identity and give the Councilmembers public <br /> 22 exposure; • <br /> 23 *to have the float in neighborhood events like the New Brighton <br /> 24 Stockyard Days; Fridley 49ers Day, the Northeaster and Central Avenue <br /> 25 parades, as well as the Minneapolis Aquatennial Day parade (only <br /> 26 marching bands and larger floats are allowed to participate in the <br /> 27 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 />