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Page 2 of 4 line. Use that for the regular Tuesday Music -ib- the -Parks program. As I stated last night, we can also use $350 from the parks program line to support the Jam. We did not budget for the Jam in 2012. Next year we can move that or the right amount from the Parks Programs line to the Music - in- the -Parks line. If you can not make that budget work, then we will want to re -look at our planned expenditures. We are early in the budget year and the Fete des Lacs is the only City wide event so we can make. You will recall that we used to use the Parks Program line for a YMCA summer program at LaMotte. We were not getting good return on that expenditure, so we are not doing that anymore. Pat On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Tom Lee wrote: Greetings all, The ASCAP fee is required if "cover" songs will be played. If ONLY original music or music that is in the public domain was performed, the city would not have to pay this fee. However, since it is likely that most of these acts will perform at least some copyrighted music, it is ethically responsible to pay the ASCAP fee. Some venues require only original or public domain music to be performed to avoid this fee, while others simply ignore the ASCAP all together. I have heard of venues successfully argue that as they were not profiting from the musical performance, they felt no obligation to pay the fee. I think that this is where ethics come into play. As a musician, I feel it is important to acknowledge the intellectual property of my fellow musicians and applaud the city in doing their "due diligence ". Thomas A. Lee Nol -Tec Systems Test Facility Engineer (651) 780 -8600 ext 247 tomlee @nol- tec.com (651) 203 -2547 direct line »> Michael Jeziorski <MJeziorski@CENTERVILLEMN.com> 3/20/2012 8:18 AM »> Pat, I meant to alert you to that charge. The $320.00 is to the American Society of Composers and is for copyright related information as it relates to music. As a staff, we went through our due diligence to see if it was necessary to pay and concluded there was no way around it because of the City sponsored Music in the Park activities. Attached is the background information for your review. Please let me know if you have any further questions, Mike From: Patrick Branch [mailto:pbranch @cox.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:47 AM To: Tom Lee Cc: Michael Jeziorski; Teresa Bender; John Grahek Subject: Re: budget? 3/21/2012