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Item No: 2 <br />Meeting Date: August 3, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />City Administrator Review: _____ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Mounds View Volunteer Program Update <br /> <br />Introduction: <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 <br />volunteers. On September 8, 2014, the City was awarded a grant from MAVA, in the <br />amount of $2,000, to start the process in establishing a City Volunteer Program. <br /> <br />Discussion: <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 attended a <br />number of training sessions sponsored by MAVA to learn about <br />establishing a volunteer program. In May, Mary Springer and I attended <br />the MAVA Conference. At this conference, there were 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 <br />would be aired on the City’s cable channel, YouTube, website and <br />Facebook. I have attended each Mounds View Commission Meeting in <br />March and April to solicit volunteers as talent for this PSA. Staff is just <br />starting work on a script for this PSA. <br /> <br />• Mary and I have also been working with the cities of Roseville, Inver <br />Grove Heights and West St. Paul to solicit ideas on volunteer <br />opportunities. Our next step is establishing a volunteer program website <br />on the City’s website. Attached is draft of the Mounds View Volunteer <br />Program and Volunteer application. It is Staff’s intention to launch the <br />volunteer program on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, on the City’s website. In <br />addition, an article will be written in the next Mounds View Matters in <br />regard to this program. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />_______________________ <br />Desaree Crane