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RESOLUTION 7430 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />APPROVING INTENT TO EXERCISE THE OPT OUT CLAUSE OF THE CONTRACT <br />WITH VISIT MINNEAPOLIS NORTH EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2009 <br />WHEREAS the City of Mounds View is a current member of Visit Minneapolis North <br />(VMN), a local convention and visitors bureau representing 11 communities and 42 <br />lodging properties in the north metro area; and <br />WHEREAS Mounds View has been a member of the Visit Minneapolis North <br />Convention and Visitor's Bureau (CVB) since 2001; and <br />WHERAS the Cities of Arden Hills, Blaine, Coon Rapids and Shoreview opted out of <br />VMN effective December 31, 2009; and <br />WHEREAS on March 18, 2009, VMN's Board of Directors voted to allow the Cities <br />of Anoka, Fridley, Ham Lake and Mounds View to provide resolutions to VMN by April 30, <br />2009, of their intent to opt out of their agreements with VMN with the receipt of all lodging <br />taxes collected through December 31, 2009; and <br />WHEREAS City staff from ten north metro cities (including Mounds View) located <br />east of the Mississippi River have met several times and continue to discuss the <br />governance structure of a potential new CVB; and, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mounds View City Council hereby <br />authorizes staff to give notice to the Visit Minneapolis North that the City intends to <br />exercise the opt out clause of its contract. <br />Adopted this 13th day of April, 2009. <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br /> <br />e or <br /> <br />James Ericson, Clerk-Administrator <br />(seal) <br />