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CC Regular Session <br />Meeting Date: 04/28/2020 <br />By: Katie Schmidt, Administrative Services <br />Information <br />5. 4. <br />Title: <br />Accept Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement with Connexus Energy for the Adopt -a -flag Program <br />Purpose/Background: <br />The purpose of this case is to accept an Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement for the Adopt -a -flag <br />program for the municipal center area. The adopt -a -flag program was discussed at the March 16 work session and it <br />was the consensus of the City Council to move forward with this initiative. The next step to move this program <br />forward is to accept an Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement with Connexus Energy. <br />Background: <br />Under the Adopt -a -flag program, the city will solicit support from residents and businesses to sponsor American <br />flags that would be displayed on lamp posts in the vicinity of city hall. City lamp posts are owned and maintained <br />by Connexus Energy and therefore require the attached agreement be executed by the City in favor of Connexus, to <br />accept responsibility for any damage caused by the installation of the flags. These agreements are common, and the <br />wording on this agreement has been reviewed and approved by the City Attorney. <br />The existence of lampposts throughout the COR area provide an excellent opportunity to install flag brackets to <br />mount American flags. Initial installation of flags will be on Sunwood Drive. In the future, flags could be put up <br />within a block each way of the Sapphire/Sunwood street intersection and include Veteran's Drive from the rail <br />station, east to the VA clinic. The flags would serve to mark the center of the downtown area, the municipal center, <br />and as a way finder for the veterans utilizing the VA Clinic. <br />The program serves the city's strategies of strengthening and enhancing the city's identity and brand, and increasing <br />citizen engagement and civic pride. <br />Notification: <br />N/A <br />Funding Source: <br />The city would seek corporate, non-profit and individual funding to support this initiative. <br />Recommendation: <br />Approve Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement for the Adopt -a -flag Program <br />Action: <br />Motion to approve the attached Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement between Connexus Energy and the <br />City of Ramsey. <br />Attachments <br />Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement <br />Form Review <br />