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Item No: 11B1 <br />Meeting Date: March 9, 2015 <br />Type of Business: REPORTS <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> <br /> From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br /> <br /> Item Title/Subject: Volunteer Program Update <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration (MAVA) is an alliance of individuals <br />and networks dedicated to providing support and resources to those who lead volunteers. <br />On September 8, 2014, the City was awarded a grant from MAVA, in the amount of $2,000 <br />to start the process in establishing a City Volunteer Program. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />I wanted to update the City Council on what the City has done thus far in starting the <br />process of establishing a City Volunteer Program: <br /> <br />• Receptionist/Recycling Coordinator Mary Springer and I have gone to a <br />number of training sessions sponsored by MAVA to learn about establishing <br />a volunteer program. In May, Mary Springer and I will be attending the <br />MAVA Conference. At this conference, there will be workshops on <br />administration and management of a volunteer program. <br /> <br />• Mary Springer and I have been working with Cable Television Coordinator <br />Vanessa Van Alstine to brainstorm ideas on a Volunteer PSA, which would <br />be aired on the City’s cable channel, YouTube, website and Facebook. I will <br />be attending each Mounds View Commission Meeting in March and April to <br />solicit volunteers as talent for this PSA. Mary, Vanessa and I will also work <br />together to write the PSA script. <br /> <br />• Mary and I have also been working with the cities of Roseville, Inver Grove <br />Heights and West St. Paul to solicit ideas on volunteer opportunities. Our <br />next step is establishing a volunteer website on the City’s website. Attached <br />is the City of West St. Paul’s volunteer section of their website for your <br />reference to include a copy of West St. Paul’s Volunteer Application. It is our <br />recommendation to use ideas similar to West St. Paul. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />_______________________ <br />Desaree Crane <br />Assistant City Administrator