HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 7974 RESOLUTION NO. 7974
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 Visitors
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, 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 the
member city; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View has received $6,600 in Community Festivals and
Events grant funding in 2012; and
WHEREAS, the City Council on April 9, 2012 had approved Resolution 7920 which
authorized disbursement of$4,400 in Gateway grant funds; and
WHEREAS, the grant dollars that had been allocated for the MSRA "Back to the 50s"
registration event were not used, leaving the full amount available for the Festival in the Park.
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$6,600 to the Mounds View Festival in the Park Committee for the marketing and
promotion of the 2012 Festival in the Park celebration.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution 7974 shall
supersede and replace previously approved Resolution 7920.
Adop -• this 13th day of August, 2012
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ATTEST:
James Ericson, City Administrator
(seal)