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Recreation Mounds View has six active neighborhood parks and three larger community parks offering tennis courts, playfields, park buildings, picnic areas, ball fields, skating and hockey rinks, a swimming beach, and nature trails. Park and recreation programs are provided by the YMCA through a contractual arrangement with the City. Activities and programs include youth and adult athletics, swimming and gymnastics instruction, senior adult activities, after school programming, pre-school activities, and special interest classes. Each year, a volunteer organization named Festival Inc. organizes the annual Festival in the Park celebration at City Hall Park. The Mounds View Community Theatre puts on an annual summer musical. The City also owns and operates a 44,000 square foot Community Center, which includes a private childcare center, senior programming, a gymnasium, and a teen center. Recreational programming at this facility is coordinated by the YMCA. Community rooms are also available for private rental. City Services The City of Mounds View currently employs 51 full-time employees and has a 2007 General Fund budget of $5.4 million and a projected 2008 budget of $5.6 million. The total 2007 property tax levy for the City, including debt service, is $3.8 million. The levy will not be increased in 2008, making it the third consecutive year that the City has maintained a zero percent increase in its property tax levy. The City’s franchise tax on utilities provides another major revenue source. The City operates water, sewer, and street light utilities. Six wells are maintained with a combined capacity of approximately 8.6 million gallons per day (MGD). The average demand is 1.3 MGD and the water storage capacity is 1.5 million gallons. The sewer lateral system is operated and maintained by the City. Interceptor sewer lines and wastewater treatment plants in the seven-county metropolitan area are under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. Refuse collection is provided through a number of private contractors. Law enforcement services are provided by the City’s 22-member Police Department. Fire services are provided by the Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View Fire Department, governed by a joint powers agreement between the three cities. The Fire Department is staffed with a full-time Fire Chief, six administrative staff, 61 suppression volunteers, and 4 prevention volunteers. Local news is provided by two suburban newspapers and a seasonal quarterly newsletter published by the City of Mounds View. A wide range of information is provided and available on the City’s website, located at www.ci.mounds-view.mn.us . Community access to programming is available on Cable TV.