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,ounds View City Council Page Eleven egular Meeting November 12, 1991 asked permission of each member of the Council if he could step down and turn this item over to the Acting Mayor as he is the Lion's Club President and the Chief Executive Officer, which makes him the person directly asking for this approval. Granted permission, Acting Mayor Blanchard then called on Bob Wharton of the Lion's Club to explain the request for approval. Mr. Wharton supplied the Councilmembers with a list of donations made by the Lion's club to the City, youth groups and schools . The total amount of these donations was $167,351. Acting Mayor Blanchard commented that it is always amazing the amount of money the Lion's put back into the community. Blanchard further stated that the majority of the money stays in the community. Mr. Wharton stated that donations also are spent on leader dogs for the blind, hearing dogs, and the Lions Club International Foundation. MOTION/SECOND: Wuori/Rickaby to approve Charitable Gambling License and Locations for Mounds View Lion's Club 4 ayes 1 abstention 0 nays Motion Carried 3 . Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, reviewed Resolution No. 4139 which calls for the repeal of the presidential primary. Orduno stated this will be the first presidential primary ever and the cost is to be borne completely by the cities . Senator Marty of Roseville is on the Elections Committee and is asking that cities support the repeal of this primary in order that full funding may be approved at the state level, eliminating the need for any local government casts for cond-u-ct-i-ng—t ' . MOTION/SECOND: Blanchard/Wuori to adopt Resolution No. 4136 Calling for the Repeal of the Presidential Primary 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 4. Mary Saarion, Parks, Recreation and Forestry Director, reviewed this item regarding the: appropriation of $792 for Senior Citizen Community Center Su"i'Vey. The Senior Community Center Task Force ldb- Moo-ked into the feasibility of contracting survey services with Decision Resources . The total cost would be $5,500 for a 500 person survey. This would be a telephone survey, 100 persons from each city and then 100 questions specifically to senior citizens of the • quad city population. The percentage of funding for the City of Mounds View's share would be $792 . 00 .