It’s unclear what financial arrangements are in the contract. The Festival of Sail would relocate from Duluth to Two Harbors 11, 2021, consent agenda, but was pulled and then moved, meeting minutes and agendas show. 25, councilors unanimously approved the consent agenda, which included an item “authorizing a letter of support from the City Council for the potential hosting of the Tall Ships Festival in Two Harbors in 2022.” Then, during the City Council meeting Oct. We are bringing the tall ships to Two Harbors and planning next summer to have that event here,” Swanson told the council, “We have the tall ships issue in motion right now. Just weeks after the nonprofit was formed, Swanson told the Two Harbors City Council that he was trying to bring the festival to the city. "We've got some people here that sit on this council who are directly involved with this process and we need to avoid conflicts of interests," Nordean said.Ĭouncilor Robin Glaser later added: "I'm extremely concerned about who the stakeholders are with regards to this whole event." 14, meeting over concerns from city administration and several councilors.Ĭity clerk Patty Nordean alluded to those concerns as she discussed the formation of an ad hoc committee for sorting through Festival of Sail logistics. They tabled the discussion until the Monday, Feb. The potential conflicts of interest were not directly addressed during the Monday meeting, which was organized so councilors could consider whether to submit an application to use Minnesota Department of Natural Resources-owned land around Agate Bay for the festival. The event could bring 100,000 visitors Aug. No contract currently exists between the city of Two Harbors and either the Festival of Sail or First Day Events, though the council is weighing what such a contract could look like.įestival of Sail, formerly named Tall Ships, was once held every few years in Duluth, but was forced to find a new home for the summer 2022 installment because of construction planned on the seawall behind the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. But she said the organization would not make any money from the festival itself. She appears on First Day Events' articles of incorporation filed with the state, where it lists her email with Garage Starts' domain.Īsked by the News Tribune about the financial details of the contract between Festival of Sail and First Day Events - like whether First Day had received any money - Koster declined to answer. Koster is also the executive administrative assistant for Garage Starts, according to her LinkedIn profile. The parade is expected to last until about noon, when the rest of the festival's events will begin.First Day Events was represented by Sarah Koster during a special City Council meeting about the Festival of Sail on Monday evening. Crew and passengers will board the ships at about 10:15 a.m. 4 in Agate Bay, the safety zone will be 100 yards around the tall ships. "The Parade of Sail is always an exciting tradition at the opening of the festival," said Valerie Marasco Eliasen, public information officer for the Lake County Emergency Operations Center.ĭuring the Parade of Sail, which begins at 11 a.m. Boats with yellow flags will surround safety zones. No recreational watercraft or boat can enter the radius without authorization from the captain of the Port Duluth.
Coast Guard throughout the Festival of Sail. A safety zone of 25 yards around the docked ships will be enforced by the U.S.
Public water access at Agate Bay will remain open to recreational boaters during the festival.
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