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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday, September 10, 2012 <br /> Page 12 <br /> tate to the Ramsey County Auditor for the Fiscal Year of 2013;" in the amount <br /> of$698,471.00. <br /> Roll Call <br /> Ayes: McGehee; Willmus; and Roe. <br /> Nays: None. <br /> Mayor Roe returned to the presentations (Items 10.a and b) and thanked the Ro- <br /> seville Visitors Association (RVA) and Police Civil Service Commissioners for <br /> their patience in order to allow the City Council to act on items requiring a <br /> quorum. <br /> Councilmember Willmus left the meeting at this time, approximately 6:48 p.m.; announcing <br /> that he needed to attend to the medical issues of one of his family members. <br /> 10. General Ordinances for Adoption <br /> 11. Presentations <br /> a. Roseville Visitors' Association (RVA) Guinness World Record Attempt — <br /> Angry Birds <br /> Julie Wearn of the RVA reviewed the upcoming "Largest Mobile Phone Gam- <br /> ing Party" on Saturday, September 15, 2012; an attempt to host the largest num- <br /> ber of people (3,000) playing various games on their mobile phones. Ms. <br /> Wearn noted that this was a fundraising effort to obtain a Guinness World Rec- <br /> ord with the winning school receiving a donation of 30-40 computers from the <br /> MN Computers for Schools programs. Ms. Wearn reviewed the program, how <br /> to participate, tickets for voting, and parking opportunities and bussing to deliv- <br /> er participants and attendees to the OVAL. Ms. Wearn reviewed other events <br /> and activities scheduled in conjunction with this family-centered event (e.g. <br /> food trucks,bouncing castle). <br /> Ms. Wearn advised that her staff had met with the City's Police and Fire De- <br /> partments and were all confident that a fun and safe event was expected. <br /> Ms. Wearn noted that volunteers were needed, and invited registrations at <br /> www.visitroseville.com. <br /> In response to Councilmember McGehee's questions regarding whether the <br /> event was self-supporting, Ms. Wearn opined that while not anticipated being a <br /> major fund raiser, she anticipated that it would be an excellent opportunity to <br /> promote Roseville and its hospitality industry as well as the OVAL, with the <br /> event web-streamed 24/7 to a worldwide audience. Ms. Wearn noted that just <br /> the attendance of a Guinness adjudicator would capture an extensive audience; <br /> and used a similar event at the Mall of America and over 96 million hits their <br /> website had received in less than three (3) seconds. Ms. Wearn opined that the <br />