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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JULY 18, 2011 2 discussed this offer with Suzanne Hinderschied, W.O.S. coordinator, and she provided the following information: • This service project is similar to the North Heights Weekend of Service that occurred in spring 2010 and the one that is scheduled to help with the 2011 Celebrating Arden Hills event. In spring 2010, 4 different groups of volunteers worked on park projects. • The big difference between the North Heights project and that of Love INC is that it involves more churches; North Heights, Rose Hill Alliance, Calvary Baptist, Faith Christian Reformed, Hope Community Church, Twin Cities Chinese Church, Grace Church of Roseville, and Roseville Covenant. • The main focus is to help beautify communities by working on public parks or City - specific projects rather than painting or working on private homes. Parks and Recreation Manager Olson stated that the City has benefited in the past from the North Heights W.O.S and feels that Love INC will provide a similar service. Therefore, Staff plans on utilizing this service for park- related projects in 2012 and will move forward on the coordination unless Council has any objections. Council consensus was for Staff to proceed. C. Celebrating Arden Hills Parks and Recreation Manager Olson provided an update of the progress for the City's fall festival event scheduled for September 17th at Tony Schmidt Regional Park and Bethel University. Because Presbyterian Homes was unable to host the art portion of the event this year due to construction, Staff approached Bethel University to see if they would be interested in partnering on the event. Bethel has agreed to host a similar art event with the focus being on student art and music. The festival will be scheduled to run from 3:00 p.m. until dusk. The events at Bethel will not begin until 5:00 p.m. Activities will include: Mad Science presentation, Splatter Sisters, community booths, pontoon rides, and youth activities such as a rock climbing wall, bungee trampoline, miniature golf, inflatables, hay rides, fire department activities, Sheriff Kid Prints, K9 demos and more. Fireworks will start around 8:00 p.m. Parks and Recreation Manager Olson explained that the budget for the 2011 event was set at $25,000 and the City's portion was set at $10,000 with sponsorships estimated at $15,000. These figures do not include staff time. She added that, to date, the City has received $6,700 in sponsorships. Parks and Recreation Manager Olson asked if the Council would be interested in a Council booth at this festival with a shift assigned to each of the Councilmembers. Councilmember Holmes asked if Staff will be pursuing sponsorships from more vendors like Bolton & Menk; companies that contract with the City. Parks and Recreation Manager Olson offered to send a "softer version" of the sponsorship letter to contract companies. Councilmember Tamble asked if sponsors receive anything for their contribution.