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Mounds View City Council March 11, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 16 H. Consideration of Resolution 5723 to Authorize Staff to Purchase Video Surveillance Equipment for the Mounds View Community Center. Deputy Chief Brennan indicated there was a meeting in early February 2002 to discuss issues such as theft, vandalism and disorderly conduct at the Community Center. It was determined, at that meeting, it was time to look into ways to alleviate these types of problems. Deputy Chief Brennan indicated that the YMCA is looking at adding additional staff members and noted that, looking at the facility there were six areas that he feels are important and he recommends installing surveillance cameras in those locations. Deputy Chief Brennan indicated the estimates for the surveillance cameras discussed at the March 4, 2002 work session were lower than the actual estimates. He then went over the proposals and recommended approval of the Roseville bid. Council Member Marty asked what kind of funding source would be available for the surveillance cameras. City Administrator Miller indicated the City has a contingency fund and said there is not money available in the Community Center Fund for this type of expenditure. Mayor Sonterre said he would argue that this would meet the criteria for the use of park dedication funds. City Administrator Miller indicated she would need to determine whether that would be an allowable expenditure for park dedication funds. Mayor Sonterre said he believes the park dedication funds can be can be spent to any end for programming and he would argue that the safe operation of public recreational facilities and those programs operating within them falls under that category. He then said, if you look under the City Code the Parks and Recreation Commission is charged with recommendations on all City recreational facilities and that would include the Community Center. He further said that a small step would be to implement screening procedures while looking into funding the surveillance cameras with park dedication fees. Deputy Chief Brennan indicated that those on the intranet would be able to see the video output from the surveillance cameras but explained putting that data out onto the internet would be an added expense because a hosting site would need to be arranged. Deputy Chief Brennan indicated Roseville was $60.00 over the lowest bid but he feels it would be a good idea to go with Roseville because they would be supporting the system. Council Member Stigney indicated there were two security vendors at the home and garden show and asked whether either of them had contacted the police department.