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I <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 5052 • <br /> CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS <br /> FOR A TEMPORARY LEASE ARRANGEMENT WITH CHILDREN'S <br /> HOME SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA FOR SPACE IN THE BEL-RAE <br /> FACILITY <br /> WHEREAS,the Mounds View Economic Development Authority <br /> took ownership of the Bel-Rae Ballroom land, building, furniture and fixtures <br /> located at 5394 Edgewood Drive (facility) effective July 1, 1996; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Mounds View Economic Development Authority <br /> conveyed the facility to the City of Mounds View for$1per Resolution No. 96- <br /> EDA53 on September 23, 1996; and • <br /> WHEREAS, Children's Home Society of Minnesota(CHS), <br /> established in 1889,provides a variety of services throughout Minnesota in the <br /> areas of adoption, child care and family life education,teenage pregnancy <br /> prevention, day shelter for underprivileged inner-city school children, crisis <br /> nursery, support groups and high school work study programs; and <br /> WHEREAS,the City has been meeting with the directors of the CHS <br /> for several months regarding their need for space to house a child care center <br /> currently located at Spring Lake Park High School; and <br /> WHEREAS, CHS needs a minimum of 3,000 square feet of classroom <br /> and office space in addition to shared use of kitchen and bathrooms to sustain the <br /> level of Child Care provided currently in Spring Lake Park; and <br /> WHEREAS, space within the Bel-Rae facility could be remodeled to <br /> accommodate CHS's initial and long term need for child care services; and <br /> WHEREAS, The City of Mounds View would benefit from a <br /> partnership with CHS through increased social service programs and lease <br /> payments to subsidize current overhead costs of the Bel-Rae. • <br />