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Little Canada Fire Department, Inc. February 18, 2002 Joel Hanson, City Administrator City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN. 55117 325 Little Canada Road Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 Phone & Fax (651) 766- 4057 Dear Joel: We received your memo dated February 411' regarding the suggestion that the fire department contribute $ 3,400 to fund the needs of Canadian Days. Your memo was discussed during our meeting on February 11"' by our membership. The fire department considers the Canadian Days celebration an important part of the city and has shown their support in many ways over the years. Several comments and questions were brought up by our members during the discussion. One of these questioned whether organizations that currently donate all of their gambling proceeds directly to benefits within the city should be included in your proposal. A donation of this sort would in essence be made at the expense of future capital purchases. Since we do not have the ability to raise additional funds through our charitable gambling activities to offset the donation, we would be forced to include this shortfall in future capital improvement budget requests. We would like the city's acquiescence in this regard before making a final decision on the matter. Our membership also expressed their disappointment in not being included in the January 7111 meeting. It was felt that we missed any opportunity to get questions answered or to offer input from the department's perspective, consequently, no action was taken on your proposal. As I mentioned earlier, the fire department appreciates the effort Canadian Days puts forth for our community. We would welcome a request (possibly accompanied by a presentation if they thought it was necessary) from them for a donation in lieu of the proposal outlined in your memo. While I can not promise the ultimate outcome, I will speculate (based on our discussion) that we would probably act favorably to a request from Canadian Days to help fund the celebration. Sincerely, (,..... • Jim Morelan, Fire Chief cc: Mayor, council, Canadian Days.