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Mounds View City Council July 25, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 5 Council Member Stigney referenced the April 1992 survey stating that a question was asked if 1 the citizens would support the project if it were projected to show a profit to lower our taxes after 2 three years noting that the response from the citizens was positive to have the City do it versus a 3 private contract. He stated that it never did happen and he doubts that it ever will. He stated that 4 it might break even with the billboards adding that how it started was due to a false premise that 5 it would make money. He stated that currently the City is looking very strongly at Medtronic 6 noting that Medtronic would be a very viable option for bringing money into the City. 7 8 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 9 10 A. YMCA Quarterly Report 11 12 Pat Remersmith, Vice President of Operations, YMCA of the Greater St. Paul provided the 13 Council with a brief overview of the YMCA Quarterly Report. She reviewed the programs that 14 would be starting in the near future noting that they have ten teams currently registered for 15 softball, six teams for the co-recreational and four men's teams. She stated that it is similar to the 16 turnout in past years. She stated that the summer playground programs at Groveland, Hillview 17 and Lambert have 97 individuals enrolled in the program and they are going well. She stated that 18 next week they start Safety Camp, which is a collaborative effort between Mounds View, New 19 Brighton and Spring Lake Park. She stated that they currently have 85 students enrolled noting 20 that they accept up to 100 individuals for this program. She stated that most of the programs in 21 the report are fairly consistent with what they have run in the past. 22 23 Mayor Marty referenced the entry for the New Brighton programs and asked for clarification. 24 25 Marta McIntire. Program Director, explained that they manage the summer program registration 26 process for the Sunny Square Park in New Brighton. 27 28 Council Member Thomas referenced the low enrollment and asked what the threshold is for 29 cancellation. 30 31 Ms. Remersmith explained that the hope is to have at least five to six individuals enrolled in a 32 program. 33 34 Council Member Thomas reference the Teen Nights and asked how many Teen Nights do they 35 have. She noted that the cost of the project $758 and they are $606 in the hole and asked how it 36 is balancing out. 37 38 Ms. Remersmith explained that the report shows the basic net and revenue for expenses. She 39 further explained that for some of the teen nights they do receive approximately $1500 in 40 collaborative dollars from the suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative that is used throughout the 41 year. She stated that they also receive Y-Partner dollars that they raise during the years helps to 42 offset the costs. She stated that the teens are part of their mission noting that they are aware that 43 the events don’t make money but they want to serve them and this is how they offset the 44 expenses. 45