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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 08, 2010 Page 8 would be prudent for the City get a mutual termination or release from the pro- vider on any remaining amounts due. Public Works Director Duane Schwartz advised that the contractor, to this point, is in agreement and had requested and signed a request for final payment. Mr. Schwartz advised that he was not aware if the City Engineer had discussed this with the City Attorney as to whether this was adequate or not; and suggested that staff return with this item following additional discussion with the City Attorney if that was his recommendation. City Attorney Bartholdi suggested, in concurrence with Mayor Klausing, that the City make final payment conditioned upon receipt of a release or waiver from the provider for any additional claims. Further discussion included the acceptance of the work completed to-date and commencement of the one-year warranty period. No formal action taken. 9. General Ordinances for Adoption 10. , Presentations a. Roseville Visitors Association (RVA) Annual Report RVA Executive Director Julie Larson and Rosedale Marketing Director and member of the RVA Board of Directors Liz Olstrander were present to provide the annual report of the RVA, now celebrating its ten year anniversary. Ms. Larson presented a 2009 year-in-review of Roseville hotel performance com- pared to national averages, with a drastic reduction in bookings/occupancy recog- nized as the worst year in modern motel history, but noting that by comparison, Roseville experienced only a slight drop from last year, even with price wars from metro-area competitors. Ms. Larson reviewed some of the major bookings and rebookings for area events; favorable impressions and testimony from those book- ing; use of on-line booking tools and cooperative advertising ventures; contests and giveaways; and capitalizing on the opening of the new TCF Stadium and working with Gopher Sports. Ms. Larson briefly reviewed the Roseville Hospitality Awards program with four candidates for .each category; success of the 2010 Roseville Winter Jazz Blast, in- cluding the initiation of Roseville Restaurant Week...and All That Jazz to pro- mote the 30 full-service restaurants in Roseville, with 11 of those participating in the program this year to promote business for those restaurants during this typical slow month of the year.