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<br />Item No: 3 <br />Meeting Date: December 1, 2014 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />Administrator Review: _____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Volunteer Program Update <br /> <br /> <br />The City recently received a grant in the amount of $2,000 from the Minnesota Association for <br />Volunteer Administration (MAVA). In accordance with the provisions of the grant, MAVA and <br />the City are required to provide the following below. Receptionist/Recycling Coordinator Mary <br />Springer and I have started the process of developing a City of Mounds View Volunteer <br />Program. Mary Springer and I have completed some of the items, which are identified in <br />purple. <br /> <br />• A grant check in the amount of $2,000. The City has received this grant check. <br /> <br />• Complementary attendance for up to two (2) staff to attend the MAVA Volunteer Impact <br />Leadership Series and other full or part day workshops MAVA offers during the grant <br />period at no cost. (Grant period is September 1, 2014 – August 30, 2015). <br /> <br />Mary Springer and I attended the MAVA Volunteer Impact Leadership Series on <br />October 22nd and 23rd. Attached is information on the series. <br /> <br />Mary Springer and I also attended a workshop called The Relative Impact Return <br />on Investment (ROI) Model on Friday November 21st. Attached is information on <br />the workshop. <br /> <br />• Up to four (4) hours of MAVA consulting time for your volunteer program. <br /> <br />Mary Springer and I have not used the consulting time yet. Staff is still in the <br />process of identifying areas of where volunteers would be effective. <br /> <br />• A complementary MAVA membership for the period of the grant, renewable at the end of <br />the grant period. <br /> <br />The City of Mounds View is a member of MAVA. <br /> <br /> <br />As a condition of the grant, the City agreed to: <br /> <br />• Submit a brief work plan for City volunteer engagement by November 1, 2014. (An <br />update on the work plan submitted in the proposal). <br /> <br />In November, Mary Springer and I submitted the following brief work plan to <br />MAVA: <br /> <br />o City Staff has a meeting with the City Council on December 1st to <br />help identify areas where City volunteers can be useful.