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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995 06-06 EBDM BROWr�� BROOKLl�11-ITIR MINNESOTA Earle Brown Days Meeting Minutes June 6, 1995 PRESENT: Kragness, Ditty, Slupske, Zastrow, Welch, Dorff, Roen, Nelson and LaCrosse The meeting was called to order at 7:39 a.m. PAYMENT OF BILLS: American Speedy Print $ 80.40 Posters American Speedy Print 79.88 Arts & Crafts Posters City of Brooklyn Center 53.73 Postage Norcosco 27.00 Junior Royalty Hats • Potpourri Floral 153.89 Flowers Coronation Dan Geiger 150.00 Junior Royalty Coronation Litten Paper Company 115.80 Decorations - Coronation American Judges Association 40.00 Parade band judges-balance due There was a motion by Roen, seconded by Graham to pay the bills. Motion carried. FINANCIAL REPORT: Zastrow reported a balance of $12,988.05 as of June 6, 1995. LaCrosse discussed some of the problems that have surfaced over the week. Sgt. Roth from the police department said the new property owners of Humboldt Square want a letter from either the City or EBD releasing them of all injuries or mishaps during the teen bop dance. Discussion centered around the possibility of carrying participant insurance for just that event. LaCrosse said she did not know if that was a good idea. She suggested calling Charlie Hansen of the finance department and inviting him to the meeting. The other problem was the water ski show. LaCrosse said she has not received letters from the city managers of Crystal or Robbinsdale yet, nor has she received the certificate of insurance from the water ski show. Slupske said he would take care of it. ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: LaCrosse said a classified ad was placed advertising for crafters. DANCE: Welch said the chamber is taking care of the flyer and it will go out to 700 • 1 _ Earle Brown Days 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway ■ Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 ■ (612) 569-3400 businesses. The chamber plans to host the dance. FINANCE: To date there are $3,150 in donations. • HALL OF FAME: They will make a presentation at the ice cream social and Sunday In Central Park. JUNIOR ROYALTY: Graham said she did not have any report; they are busy. 8:05 a.m. Cohen arrived. PARADE: The Lions Club will be meeting shortly to determine sponsorship of the parade. Ditty said there are 83 units, 5 AA bands, 6 A bands, and 1 middle school. Chamber has a float and a car. LaCrosse said she would like to have June 22 declared Les Thurs day. 8:10 a.m. Buse arrived. PICNIC/GAMES: Dorff said he has about $700 in prizes and he asked for an update from others. Ditty said no one offered anything yet. Graham said the junior royalty parents were meeting tonight and she would report back next week. Roen said he had no response. Slupske said the car dealers declined. Cohen suggested going to the separate car dealers instead of the association. Neilson is out of town. Nelson has been out of town • and will get out later this week. ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Buse said they will have Dairy Queen. FINANCEBUDGET: Cohen said some of our big hitters aren't in yet, such as some banks and law firms. He said, in the past, the policy has been to concentrate on the big hitters. SUB-STATION: Nelson said that Patches The Clown wants an additional $10 for set up of the funny bike. Cohen made a motion, seconded by Dorff to approve the . additional $10 subject to insurance coverage. Nelson said the rest of the items are pending the insurance. Nelson said they have a truck but need a flatbed trailer. She asked if anyone knew of one, to send them her way. Kragness suggested contacting Builder's Square. TALENT CONTEST: LaCrosse said Neilson is out of town. She said there are only 16 entries. Last year there were 62 entries and the event lost $680. Yesterday was the deadline. There was a motion by Slupske, seconded by Nelson to drop the talent contest. Cohen was concerned that maybe Neilson might know something to the contrary. There was a motion by Cohen, seconded by Dorff to drop the talent contest subject to any recommendation by Neilson to the contrary. Motion carried. 2 • WATER SKI SHOW: Slupske said the water ski show is back on because they came down considerably on the price. The original budget was $1200. He said he has a sponsor of about $300-400. The water ski show was assuming about the same. He said the shuttle bus service will be provided from the parking lots, like NorthWest Swim and Racquet. It was suggested those parking in the lots walk to the site. Welch suggested using Brookdale for parking and using a shuttle bus from there. Slupske will check into it. LaCrosse asked if the committee wanted a letter to be distributed in advance to resident about what is happening. Slupske said yes. 8:30 a.m. Swanson arrived. PUBLICITY: LaCrosse told the committee she had been giving some thought to the possibility of cancelling the Star Tribune ads in the future years because of all of the negative publicity. She said between display and classified ads, EBD spends about $1,600. Slupske said when he advertised in the Star, he didn't see much benefit. It was the ° p , consensus of the committee to cancel the ads for this year. LaCrosse will talk to Mike Maslow from the Post and see what kinds of ads could be placed in local papers. Swanson said she is collecting items from the promotional campaign and EBD to send to a public relations group. The items will be on loan and used as a display for a conference. She would like a T-shirt and anything else from EBD including pictures. PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN: The Bingo card will be in Wednesday's paper. They will announce the winners at Sunday In Central Park. They are distributing flyers on the walk/run. She is sending it to the Outdoor sectio n of the Star because it is free. They have T-shirts for the fun run/walk, stickers, bumper stickers and window decals. Charlie Hansen arrived at 8:45 a.m. Nelson explained to Hansen what was happening in regards to the new property owner at Humboldt Square. Hansen suggested putting the property owner as additional insured but did not know if that would satisfy them. He was concerned about giving a blanket waiver. LaCrosse will give him the information regarding the teen bop dance and he will call the insurance company. LaCrosse will leave a message for Sgt. Roth so he can check with the property owner to see if that will be okay. NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, June 13, 1995, 7:30 a.m., City Hall Conference Room A. ADJOURN: The meeting was adjourned at 9:04 a.m. Respectfully Submitted, Sue LaCrosse City Liaison 3