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rrvi • —^▼ING <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />JAN t 3 2003 <br />Cl I Y Uh ORONO <br />DATE: January 9,2003 <br />ITEM NO: <br />Department Approval: <br />Nane Ron Moorse <br />THIe City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed: <br />11 <br />0 Agenda Section: <br />City Administrator's <br />Report <br />Item Description: Navarre Seasonal Street Banner Proposal <br />For many years, the County Road IS commercial area in Navarre has displayed holiday banners in <br />December. These banners were purchased by the Navarre businesses. The City of Orono has <br />contracted with a private firm for the installation of the banners, and has borne the cost of the <br />installation. Recently, another set of banners was purchased by the businesses for display during the <br />summer. The City has taken on the responsibility for the installation of these banners also. <br />There is currently an effort to consider adding more sets of banners for the various seasons <br />throughout the year. The proposal being considered would involve the City taking on responsibility <br />for the seasonal installation of the banners. Currently, the cost of installing a set of seasonal banners <br />is approximately $300.00. This cost is paid twice, since the banners have to be both installed and <br />taken down. With a program of replacing one set of banners with another set at the same time, it <br />may not cost substantially more to replace banners than to simply install an individual set of banners. <br />The proposed plan would be to replace the banners 5 times per year. This would result in an increase <br />in costs to the City. The City is currently paying approximately $1,200 per year. Under the <br />proposed program, the City’s costs would be approximately $2,000. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Motion to indicate whether the Council is supportive of additional City costs related to the Navarre <br />banner program.