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• <br />• <br />• <br />May 27, 2010 <br />Gordon Heitke <br />City of Lino Lakes <br />600 Town Center Pkwy <br />Lino Lakes, MN 55014 <br />Dear Gordon: <br />Mediation Services <br />for Anoka County <br />Creates Peaceful Solutions <br />I am again requesting that you include Mediation Services in your 2011 City of Lino Lakes budget to <br />provide professional dispute resolution services, referral, and conflict resolution education to your <br />community as you have in the past. This amount of this request is $2171.00, which has remained <br />unchanged since 2008. Our own budget has been trimmed in reaction to state and other funding cuts, <br />but this request is critical to maintaining our quality services for your community. <br />Mediation Services for Anoka County, a non profit organization utilizing trained and supervised <br />volunteer mediators, celebrates 23 years of providing free or low cost conflict resolution services to your <br />community. In 2010 our agency did the following for your residents: <br />7 Students in the Peaceful Alternatives Class <br />2 Shared Parenting Cases <br />3 Community Cases <br />7 Restorative Justice Cases <br />289 Information and Referral Cases <br />308 Total city residents served (Cost of potential litigation would be a very expensive <br />alternative.) <br />Please contact me at 763 - 422 -8878 if you have any questions or visit our updated website: <br />www.mediationservice.org. I am also available to attend a budget or township council meeting and <br />explain our services and referral process. You are also welcome to visit our agency. We're here to <br />serve you and hope you make use of MSAC as a resource to help your residents create peaceful solutions <br />to conflict. <br />Sincerely, <br />Kathi Jen <br />Executive Director <br />kathieamediationservice.org <br />2520 Coon Rapids Blvd. Suite 100 Coon Rapids, MN 55433 <br />phone: 763 -422 -8878 fax: 763 - 422 -0808 www.mediationservice.org <br />A United Way Community Partner <br />