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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 08, 2007 Page 2 a. Nancy Robbins, Friends of Harriet Alexander Nature Center (ForHANC) Volunteer Ms. Robbins provided a brief summary of the very successful Wild Rice Festival held on September 15, 2007, with over 900 people in attendance. Ms. Robbins noted the generosity of individual and business sponsors; specifically noting the generosity of "Half Price Books" as a title sponsor, allowing an expansion of the Native American Dancers, an always popular event. Ms. Robbins advised that the success of the event allowed substantial funds to be raised for HANC; and ex- pressed enthusiasm for next year's event, the 5`h annual Wild Rice Festival, and recognized it would be held during the City of Roseville's 60"' Anniversary. Ms. Robbins concluded her remarks by publicly thanking the City's Parks and Recrea- tion Department and staff for their support of ForHANC's endeavors. Mayor Klausing thanked ForHANC volunteers for their work at HANC. 4. Council Communications, Reports and Announcements Mayor Klausing reminded the public and Councilmembers of the Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon presentation at Roseville Lutheran Church, 1215 WRose- lawn Avenue, with special speakers, Will Steger and Ms. J. Drake Hamilton, regarding Global Warming Solutions and an Eyewitness Account; and sponsored by Vital Aging Network, Volunteers ofAmerica-Minnesota, and Congregations Caring for Creation MN Interfaith Power and Light. 5. Recognitions, Donations, Communications a. Recognition -Accept Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA) 2007 "Award of Excellence" in Administrative Management for the Recrea- tion Agreement Involving an Endowment Fund Jill Anfang, Assistant Parks & Recreation Director introduced Mr. John Elholm for presentation of a Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA) "2007 Award of Excellence" for the City's creation of a Recreation Agreement to man- age the Skating Center endowment funds and ensure fund revenues were used for intended purposes, Skating Center operations and capitalization. Mr. Elholm, a resident of Roseville, and Parks Director for Washington County, and as a representative and on behalf of the MRPA, presented the award to Mayor Klausing, noting that the Recreation Agreement would serve as a model agree- ment for similar situations in the future, and addressed short and long-term bene- fits for the Roseville Skating Center, including financial health and volunteer in- volvement. Mr. Elmholm further recognized Parks and Recreation Director Lonnie Brokke, and Ms..4nfang for nominating the project. Mayor Klausing accepted the award, on behalf of the City Council, staff and citi- zens of Roseville, and thanked staff and those volunteers involved in developing the Agreement.