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from now. Wendy also asked about the next marketing piece. Heidi indicated that it would probably be what is being termed as the "Vision Piece," which will provide images what the finished project will be like. Heidi also talked about the downtown promo commerical, which is being played numerous times a week on government access Channel 12. Heidi will continue to send out more public notices, press releases, Q&A newsletters and providing updates on the City's Website. Heidi also told us that the city has been having discussions with the Building Owners of Bumper to Bumper and the building that was formerly occupied by Creative Genius to see what the potential for the City to buy those buildings and increase the size of the parking lot. There have been no discussions between the City and Elk River Meats. Street Dance/ Sidewalk Sale: Fred is working with the Rivers Edge Group, The City of Elk River and Sunshine Depot on holding a street dance downtown on Saturday August 26. Scott Clark told us that we had to turn our detailed request into the City soon so that the event could be presented to the City Council for approval and so that Terry Maurer and Police Chief Beahen could respond to individual issues. Heidi mentioned that she and Scott met with Jesse, Fred's representative for the street dance, on June 19th and provided him with a list of items that he would need to submit to the City. Thoughts are that the band would play from the top of the park. We would need a stage. Wendy talked to a company that would rent, deliver and set up the stage for between $500 and $1500 depending on the size and amenities. She also said that the Chamber used a flat bed trailer for the 4th of July that worked well at less expense than a stage. We would need to get insurance for the event and the bars would need to get liquor extension permits and insurance to sell alcohol outside. We would also need to set up a system for ensuring that under age people couldn't get alcohol. Wendy said that we will schedule a sidewalk sale Friday August 25 and Saturday August 26th and that possibly we could use the stage for entertainment during the day. A motion was made and seconded to contribute $500.00 from Rivers Edge Treasury to the event to help cover the cost of holding this event -stage, advertising, band. There was discussion about the kind of music and the make up of the people who would come to the street dance based on the type of event. Fred will take this into consideration when looking for bands to play. The motion passed to make the funds available for the street dance. Flower Pots are all planted thank you to Meryl Gisselquist for her hard work on this. Next year we need to come up with a plan to get them planted so that she is not doing all the work! Please make sure to thank her when you see her! There was some discussion if we will need to get more pots for downtown as the construction is finished we will have more places to put them. New Business: Parking Lot Enforcement Times. Brad Rolfe, representing the Police Department, discussed the efforts that his department is making to make traffic run smoothly with the transition to Jackson Ave being made one way and increases in truck traffic downtown. Fred asked Brad why the officers were directing people away from downtown. Brad indicated that was not true. The signing is being made very clear how to access HWY 10 east and west from Downtown. Police officers have been positioned at key points to make sure that motorists understand the changes. As with all traffic control changes, there has been a little bit of confusion but the problems are being ironed out and we are seeing a lot of traffic trying to make