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<br />Item No: 07J <br />Meeting Date: September 22, 2014 <br />Type of Business: Business <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8309 Accepting a Donation from Bethlehem <br />Baptist Church in the Amount of $18,284 and Authorizing <br />Distribution of Funds <br />Introduction: <br /> Bethlehem Baptist Church purchased the building located at 5151 Program Avenue in <br />2004 and received City zoning approval to renovate the former office / warehouse space <br />for church usage. At the same time, the Church expressed its desire to sponsor and <br />support worthy community endeavors and created the “Mounds View Service Project Fund” <br />pledging annual donations totaling $25,000. They envisioned the fund to be used to help <br />meet certain community needs jointly identified by the city and the Church that would be “in <br />harmony” with their mission and values. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Representatives from the City, the Community Center and the Park & Rec Commission <br />have discussed potential funding opportunities for the second half 2014 service project <br />fund donation which totaled $18,284. A number of programs and improvements which had <br />been reviewed by the representatives were highlighted for Bethlehem’s consideration. <br />The Church’s Pastor for Outreach, Vince Johnson, responded with a letter dated <br />September 22, 2014, recommending the following disbursement schedule: <br /> <br />• Y Partners (grant and scholarship support $1138 <br />• Automatic External Defibrillators (2 at $1,600 each) $3200 <br />• Swing Set at Groveland Park $2600 <br />• Player Benches at Groveland Ball Field $1400 <br />• New Picnic Tables (4) at Groveland Park $3664 <br />• New Benches around Groveland Playground $1236 <br />• City Volunteer Program Coordinator $2000 <br />• Economic Development Activities $3047 <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Attached for your consideration is Resolution 8309, a resolution which accepts the <br />donation from Bethlehem Baptist Church in the amount of $18,285 and authorizes the <br />distribution of the donations according to the Church’s recommendations. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator