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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE: 03/03/08 <br />ITEM NO: 5.b <br />Department Approval.- Manager Approved.- Agenda Section.- <br />eo <br />RECOGNITION <br />Item Description.- City of Roseville, 2008 Home and Garden Fair: Resolution of <br />Appreciation <br />1 1.0 BACKGROUND <br />2 1.1 On February 23, 2008, the Roseville HRA held the twelfth annual City of Roseville <br />3 Home and Garden Fair,, at the Fairview Community Center. The Fair has become <br />4 increasingly popular with both exhibitors and the general public. This popularity is due <br />5 in large part to the over 450 hours volunteers have dedicated this year toward the effort to <br />6 professionalize the Fair by making it informative and fun for the attendees as well as <br />7 profitable for the exhibitors. <br />8 1.2 This year the Home and Garden Committee started planning the Fair in August 2007. The <br />9 result of the ongoing efforts for the 2008 Home and Garden Fair produced 64 diverse <br />10 exhibit booths and 24 informative seminars that attracted attendance by the public of <br />11 approximately 1,000. <br />12 1.3 Again this year the coordinating committee was successful in obtaining private <br />13 Sponsorships. Each sponsor contributed $,600 to help to offset to costs of the fair. The <br />14 continued support of the sponsors demonstrates the private commitment to the success of <br />15 the Fair. <br />16 <br />1.4 <br />Comments received include.- <br />17 <br />0 "Great variety — nice size and layout"' <br />18 <br />0 "Friendly staff/greeters"' <br />19 <br />0 "...lots of "Roseville" info.- parks, trails, etc."' <br />20 <br />• "...liked the 'how-to' seminars"' <br />21 <br />• "The people are really warm and friendly. Nicely laid out"' <br />22 <br />2.0 <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br />23 <br />2.1 <br />The staff recommends that the Council acknowledge the efforts of the volunteers that <br />24 <br />participated in the 2008 Home and Garden Fair by approving the attached resolution <br />25 <br />thanking them for the many hours dedicated to the success of the Fair. <br />26 <br />3.0 <br />SUGGESTED CITY COUNCIL ACTION <br />27 <br />3.1 <br />By resolution extend the City's appreciation and gratitude to the Sponsors and to all the <br />28 <br />volunteers who participated in the 2008 Roseville Home and Garden Fair. <br />Prepared <br />b' y: HRA Administrative Coo'rdinator Kara Hosier <br />Attachment: A: Resolution of Appreciation for Sponsors and Volunteers of the 2008 Home and Garden Fair <br />RCA: 2008 Roseville Home & Garden Fair Appreciation Resolution <br />