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C ` 1 as a Chamber community marketing promotion. Mr. Childs said that led to a discussion of whether there might be a need to change the public 3 perception of the Chamber from just a business organization to a 4 community promotion organization where community activities would no 5 longer be divided between the City and the Chamber. That conclusion led 6 to the proposal to lower the Chamber dues to between $10.00 and $25.00 7 a year to encourage not only more business membership but also as an 8 inducement for more City residents to join. Mr. Childs said hopefully, 9 this would bring more people, including VillageFest Committee members, 10 into the Chamber and make it possible to transfer the responsibility for 11 getting a float for St. Anthony from the City to the Chamber where it 12 probably rightfully belongs. 13 The City Manager said he thought the Chamber_ had the necessary 14 structuring under which both the Historical Society and the VillageFest 15 Committee could operate with the Chamber being in a better position to 16 file for the 501-3C classification necessary for the Historical Society 17 to solicit contributions and to extend whatever insurance coverage it 18 offers its directors to the VillageFest Committee who would then be 19 working within the Chamber on the float project. The City's involvement 20 in the project would not be lessened because he would just continue his 21 dual role of City Manager and Chair of the Chamber Marketing Committee 22 which includes working towards a float for the City. Councilmember 23 Marks agreed that a stronger Chamber of Commerce would benefit the City, 24 recalling how the Council could have used strong Chamber support when 25 they undertook the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project. 06 Council Amenable to Lending the VillageFest Committee $7,000 to Have A 27 Float Built Professionally 28 Mr. Childs relayed the above request which had been presented to him at 29 the last Committee meeting. He indicated the Committee was in the 30 process of planning fund raisers from which they could pay the City 31 back. 32 Councilmember Makowske downgraded the risk the. City might be taking by 33 recalling that during the previous discussions of the City's role in 34 getting a float, she thought at least a couple of Councilmembers had 35 agreed with the Mayor that the float could be considered to be an 36 "Ambassadorpiece" 'for telling people outside the Village about St. 37 Anthony. 38 Mr. Childs reported he had informally discussed the possibility of the 39 City lending the Committee the necessary money to pay for the float with 40 the City Attorney, who had perceived a legal precedent had already 41 been established under which other municipalities had lent organizations 42 like the Boosters money to build baseball diamonds for which those 43 cities are now being paid back from fees charged teams who use those 44 fields. 45 Councilmember Ranallo reported Bill Sauer had been at the VillageFest �6 Committee meeting he had attended the previous evening and the resident 7