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RESOLUTION NO. 7974 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF THE TWIN CITIES GATEWAY 2012 COMMUNITY FESTIVALS AND EVENTS GRANT WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is a member of the local Convention and Visitors Bureau, “Twin Cities Gateway”; and WHEREAS, The City of Mounds View has enacted a tax on lodging within the City to help fund Twin Cities Gateway, along with eight other member cities, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Section 469.190; and WHEREAS, Twin Cities Gateway’s Community Festivals and Events grant program provides each member city with an annual grant based on the percentage of lodging taxes collected from the prior year; and WHEREAS, Community Festivals and Events grant funds shall be used for marketing and promotional efforts to increase attendance at community festival(s) and/or event(s) located in the member city; and WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View has received $6,600 in Community Festivals and Events grant funding in 2012; and WHEREAS, the City Council on April 9, 2012 had approved Resolution 7920 which authorized disbursement of $4,400 in Gateway grant funds; and WHEREAS, the grant dollars that had been allocated for the MSRA “Back to the 50s” registration event were not used, leaving the full amount available for the Festival in the Park. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mounds View City Council does hereby accept and allocate its 2012 Twin Cities Gateway Community Festivals and Events Grant funds in the amount of $6,600 to the Mounds View Festival in the Park Committee for the marketing and promotion of the 2012 Festival in the Park celebration. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution 7974 shall supersede and replace previously approved Resolution 7920. Adopted this 13th day of August, 2012 ______________________________ Joe Flaherty, Mayor ATTEST: ______________________________ James Ericson, City Administrator (seal)