December 2016 Meeting

Clear Lake Community Club Meeting Minutes December 5th, 2016 Meeting called to order at 7:10 with 9 members present. Minutes read and approved. Treasurer’s report read with balance of $ Old Business: Holiday Stroll Recap – got busy at 10:00 am, discussed changing time group decided leave as is. Holiday Bucks seemed well received, but will wait and see in March for after deadline to use them. Santa Day – Candy canes are ready to go. Tonya Jo Roth is good with cookies and Carl Nilssen is doing Apple Cider. Not enough photo holders and need double stick tape; Rodney will ask Leona? Art Bergmann will be doing sleigh rides with Dave Somsen. Curly has pot for Apple Cider. There are still only 6 vendors for sure coming. Gym will be open for vendor set up at 8 am. Friday night gym will be open for decorating as well. A gym floor plan needs to be written down for records. Fireworks: Need to check on plowing by Friday morning 10 am- Kristin. Picnic license has been received. Tonya is set up for the food and fire. Cheese sauce and machine will be ready by 10am. Nacho trays, napkins for hot dogs, Styrofoam bowls for chili? Hot chocolate and coffee, will be asking Nilssens (Carl) for last year’s quantities. Chalet fire and propane heaters need to be started up by noon to get warm. Tonya Jo Roth has UTV ready for royalty to deliver coffee, hot chocolate and bars to other side of Chalet, could be a great easy fundraiser to help club. Carl has BIG sign for sponsors. Donor’s list where? Need to contact Gerianne? Same food, same beer, need more cocoa and pay for fireworks that night. Donkey Basket Ball: Lisa Duden is heading up. We still need to reserve a date at Community Center. Phone numbers exchanged and will be contacting her. St. Paul Winter Carnival: Registration has been sent in for Camryn Lillie (Miss Clear Lake) to attend. Have not heard anything else from the Royalty. They have all been contacted about Santa Day and duties for Fireworks. New Business: Alison Blanchard has asked for the floor. A unofficial Business Council of Clear Lake has been formed at this time. 13 businesses in Clear Lake have come together in the interest of economic development in town and to discuss bringing in more business, commercial and residential interests. They plan on encouraging and creating welcome baskets to new startups, adding restaurant, bakery, coffee, or pastry shops. Being a bridge for new comers and helping them find their place in Clear Lake. The Clear Lake Business Council hopes to work with Village and Community Club to join forces to succeed this goal. They will work with Club to get a professional Clear Lake Website up and running, there is a need in Clear Lake for us all to come together to reach this goal. Many things in town can be improved upon such as: new WELCOME to CLEAR LAKE signs on each end of town, park benches up town along with flowers to make town more welcoming to visitors. Discussion was held. Motion made and passed to join with the Clear Lake Business Council. Stacy Otis has resigned as Clear Lake Community Club president. We will need to elect a new President next meeting. Meeting adjourned at 9:05pm. Next meeting will be January 9th, 2017 at Community Center Cafeteria. Respectively submitted by Laura Andersen CLCC Secretary