April 2022 Minutes

Clear Lake Civic and Commerce aka Clear Lake Community Club Meeting Date April 4, 2022 The meeting was called to order by President Ture Duden at 6:00 pm. with 20-25 people present including the  Clear Lake Royalty. Secretary’s Report: Cindy Soderberg read the secretary’s minutes from March 2022. There was one correction  from Queen’s Tea to Queen for a Day. Lisa Duden made a motion to accept, seconded by Amy Strobach,  Motion carried. Treasurer’s Report: The report for March was reviewed. Lisa Duden made a motion to accept, seconded by  Dan Johnson, Motion carried Old Business: Sponsorship Update: 24 businesses have responded. Clear Lake Days: Food Vendors: Food stands will mostly go in and around the same area as last year. • Outdoor Movie: An outdoor movie will be sponsored by St. John’s Church on Saturday June 25 th on  the West lawn of the church. They will be playing The Sandlot. Free admission, popcorn, and water.  Bring you own chairs or blankets. Parade: Stacey Robinson oversees the parade and is looking for 6-8 helpers. A letter is going out for  registration. Stage: Needs to be picked up on Wed. June 22 nd and returned Tues. the 28 th . Carnival: Dan Johnson spoke with the owner of the building on 5 th Place and got permission to use  their parking lot for the carnival. We will check to see if we can close that street. Petting Zoo: Petting Zoo will be set up by the gazebo and will be provided by Warren and Lori  DeBoer. Grand Marshalls: Tim and Patty Wyss have been chosen as our 2022 Grand Marshalls.  • Coronation: there was discussion as to where to hold the Coronation. Amy Strobach got permission  to use space in the First Lutheran Church. The other option is to have the coronation at the main  tent. After discussion Ray Cress made a motion to hold the coronation at First Lutheran Church,  seconded by Dan Johnson. Motion carried. Craft Fair: The craft fair will be held again on Friday from 9a until 7p. Location will be determined by  next meeting. Non Profit status: no update. Kickoff to Summer: no update. Event scheduled for June 4, 2022. Derby: no update. Event to be held on May 14, 2022. Queen for a Day Update: About 30 girls participated and everyone seemed to enjoy the day. g. Farmer’s Market Update: With our location of Westside going up for sale and the difficulty of finding  fresh produce vendors, we decided to cancel the Farmer’s Market for this year. We will revisit it again  next year. Marketing & Communication: Stephanie Nelson has stepped down from the Communications position. We need someone to step in. Cindy Soderberg will make a list of responsibilities and bring it to the next meeting.  • Wendy Schoggins will continue to update our website. New Business: Miss Clear Lake, Paige Laursen, shared her experiences of attending the St. Paul Winter Carnival. She  enjoyed it very much. Adult Saw Dust Pile: Using the leftovers from the kid’s sawdust pile there will be an adult sawdust pile  using drink chips. Zoey Duden has a source to have chips made for the Civic & Commerce and brought  a sample to show us. A motion was made by Lisa to donate $50. The motion was amended by Amy to $75 for 50 chips. The motion was seconded by Dan. Motion carried. There was discussion about what is allowed to be posted to our Facebook pages. It was decided to set  permissions onto our pages for posts to be reviewed before they are posted to keep negativity off our  pages. Other: Ray gave an update to the All School Reunion. The response from the various classes has been good. A motion was made by Dan to adjourn, seconded by Zoey Dud. Motion carried.  Next meeting May 2, 2022, at 6pm at SCI. Cindy Soderberg Secretary, Clear Lake Civic and Commerce