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<br />Item No: 07C <br />Meeting Date: Sept 10, 2012 <br />Type of Business: Council 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 7990 Accepting a Donation from Bethlehem <br />Baptist Church in the Amount of $17,575 and Authorizing <br />Distribution of Funds <br /> <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 /> Representatives from the City, the Community Center and the Park & Rec Commission <br />have discussed potential funding opportunities for the second half 2012 service project <br />fund donation which totaled $17,575. A number of programs and improvements which had <br />been reviewed by the representative were highlighted for Bethlehem’s consideration. The <br />Church’s Pastor for Outreach, Vince Johnson, responded with a letter dated September 6, <br />2012, recommending the following disbursement schedule: <br /> <br />• Skate-resistive rubber flooring at Hillview Park: $7,000 <br />• Miscellaneous Recreation Equipment: $2,246 <br />• Teen Outreach Music Studio $1,500 <br />• Y-Partners $1,000 <br />• DARE Program supplies $1,500 <br />• North Suburban Police Chaplaincy Corps, Inc. $ 750 <br />• Townsedge Terrace MHC Dental Clinic #2 $ 650 <br />• Economic Development Fund $2,929 <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> Attached for your consideration is Resolution 7990, a resolution which accepts the <br />donation from Bethlehem Baptist Church in the amount of $17,575 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