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<br />. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 4451 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF COMMITMENT BY THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW TO CONSTRUCT <br />AND OPERATE A MUNICIPAL NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE <br />AND PRACTICE RANGE <br /> <br />WHEREAS, for over 10 years the City of Mounds View has <br />considered the creation of a municipally-owned golf course in the <br />City; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the idea of such a course was taken from dream to <br />reality in July, 1991 with the crease of a Land Use Study Task <br />Force comprised of Pat Rickaby, Gary Quick, Ric Minetor, Samantha <br />Orduno, Mary Saarion, E. Scott Dentz, Gary Stevenson) Len <br />Burgers, Tom Fischer and Stephanie Shaner, who were charged with <br />determining the feasibility of a golf course on City-owned land <br />in the northeast quadrant of the City; and <br /> <br />. WHEREAS, the feasibility of a golf course on the land was <br />examined by professional consultants with findings which affirmed <br />not only the feasibility, but the potential self sustaining <br />profitability; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Land Use Task Force recommended to the Mounds <br />View City Council that the concept of a municipally-owned golf <br />course be pursued to determine if such a course could be a <br />financially sound course venture for the City; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in July, 1992, the City Council appointed a 10 <br />member Golf Course Task Force comprised of Phyllis Blanchard, <br />Mark Malone, Jerry Peterson, Gary Quick, Ron Schmidt, Phil Seipp, <br />Tim Smith, Gary Stevenson, Mary Saarion and Samantha Orduno and <br />charged the them with determining the financial viability of a <br />municipally-owned course with the direction that any course <br />developed must be constructed and operated from non-property tax <br />sources; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, also in July of 1992, the City contracted with <br />Decision Resources, Ltd. to conduct a random sample telephone <br />survey to determine public opinion on development of a golf <br />course in the City; and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the results of the survey indicated that 62% <br />favored a golf course in the City and 56% of those favoring such <br />a course, desired that it be a municipal operation; and <br />