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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 7920RESOLUTION NO. 7920 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF THE TWIN CITIES GATEWAY 2012 COMMUNITY FESTIVALS AND EVENTS GRANT WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is a member of the local Convention and Tourism Bureau, Twin Cities Gateway; and WHEREAS, The City of Mounds View has enacted a tax on lodging within the City to help fund Twin Cities Gateway, along with eight other member cities, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Section 469.190; and WHEREAS, Twin Cities Gateway's Community Festivals and Events grant program provides each member city with an annual grant based on the percentage of lodging taxes collected from the prior year; and WHEREAS, upon the City of Mounds View's written request to Twin Cities Gateway, the City of Mounds View will receive $4,400.00 in Community Festivals and Events grant funding in 2012; and WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is responsible to allocate and disperse the grant funds to community festival(s) and/or event (s) that the City wants to endorse or support; and WHEREAS, Community Festivals and Events grant funds shall be used for marketing and promotional efforts to increase attendance at community festival(s) and/or event(s) located in Mounds View; and WHEREAS, Mounds View's annual celebration, Festival in the Park, and the MN Street Rod Association's Back to the 50s registration event will draw thousands of tourists to Mounds View in the Summer of 2012. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mounds View City Council does hereby accept and allocate its 2012 Twin Cities Gateway Community Festivals and Events Grant funds in the amount of $2,200 for the marketing and promotion of the MN Street Rod Association's 2012 Back to the 50s activities in Mounds View and to the Mounds View Festival in the Park Committee in the amount of $2,200 for the marketing and promotion of the 2012 Festival in the Park celebration. Adopted this 9th day of April, 2012 et/ e Flaherty, Mayor ATTEST: ��'�� � James Ericson, City Administrator (�ea!).