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Item No: 8E Meeting Date: April 13, 2009 Type of Business: Consent Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Clerk - Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7429 Accepting a Donation from Bethlehem Baptist Church Background Bethlehem Baptist Church purchased the building located at 5151 Program Avenue in 2004 and received City zoning approval to renovate the former office / warehouse space for church usage. At this same time, the Church expressed its desire to sponsor and support worthy community endeavors and thus created the Mounds View Service Project Fund pledging annual donations totaling $25,000. According to the Church, they envisioned the fund to be used to help meet certain community needs jointly identified by the city and the Church that would be “in harmony” with their mission and values. Previous donations have funded Mounds View park improvements, the YMCA’s Y Partners program, the Mounds View Festival in the Park, the Mounds View School District’s SAIL and STAND programs, the DARE program, Irondale High School athletics and CEAP—the Community Emergency Assistance Program—among others. Discussion Representatives from the City, the Community Center and the Park & Rec Commission met with representatives from Bethlehem Baptist Church facility on January 30, 2009 to discuss potential funding opportunities for the first half 2009 service project fund donation which totaled $13,801. A number of programs and improvements were highlighted for Bethlehem’s consideration. Subsequent to the meeting, staff put together various cost estimates associated with the projects and programs discussed, forwarding this information to the Church on March 11, 2009. The Church responded with a letter dated April 1, 2009, recommending the following disbursement schedule: 1. Trailway project (benches, lighting, landscaping) $2,000 2. Backstop & Fence at Silverview Park $1,800 3. Landscaping around the Co. Rd 10 gateway signs $1,000 4. YMCA’s Y-Partners program $1,000 5. YMCA’s Club Mid program $7,000 6. MVCC Audio / Video needs $1,001 In addition, Bethlehem provided a donation in the amount of $2,760 to be deposited into the EDA account to be used for activities that continue to support the economic climate of the City of Mounds View.