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<br />Item No: 08A <br />Meeting Date: April 10, 2017 <br />Type of Business: Consent Agenda <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 8743, Authorizing the Mounds View Police <br />Foundation to Use the Name of the Mounds View Police <br />Department When Soliciting Donations for Use in Supporting <br />the City of Mounds View and the Mounds View Police <br />Department <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The City of Mounds View and the Mounds View Police Department are committed to <br />community outreach, education, and involvement. Recently, a group of concerned citizens <br />formed the Mounds View Police Foundation, a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation to solicit <br />funding for said community outreach, education, and involvement. The citizens desire to <br />use the name Mounds View Police Department and/or the City of Mounds View when <br />soliciting donations for this purpose. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> As a local 501(c) 3, the Mounds View Police Foundation exists to support the Mounds View <br />Police Department through programs that create community partnerships which fund and <br />support safety initiatives, community outreach programs, expand the use of technology in <br />deterring and solving crime, and improve the readiness of our police department. The <br />Foundation is committed to providing volunteers as well as funding to make existing <br />outreach projects better and further develop a wonderful officer/citizen relationship in the <br />community. Mounds View Officers will not be utilized either on or in uniform to solicit funds <br />for the Foundation. To be able to reference the City of Mounds View or the Mounds View <br />Police Department, the City Council must first approve a resolution consenting to this <br />usage. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> Staff recommends the City Council approve Resolution 8743, a resolution authorizing the <br />Mounds View Police Foundation to use the name of the Mounds View Police Department <br />when soliciting donations for use in supporting the City of Mounds View and the Mounds <br />View Police Department. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator <br />