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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 5052 . RESOLUTION NO. 5052 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A TEMPORARY LEASE ARRANGEMENT WITH CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA FOR SPACE IN THE BEL-RAE FACILITY WHEREAS, the Mounds View Economic Development Authority took ownership of the Bel-Rae Ballroom land, building, furniture and fixtures located at 5394 Edgewood Drive (facility) effective July 1, 1996; and WHEREAS, the Mounds View Economic Development Authority conveyed the facility to the City of Mounds View for $lper Resolution No. 96- EDA53 on September 23, 1996; and . WHEREAS, Children's Home Society of Minnesota (CHS), established in 1889, provides a variety of services throughout Minnesota in the areas of adoption, child care and family life education, teenage pregnancy prevention, day shelter for underprivileged inner-city school children, crisis nursery, support groups and high school work study programs; and WHEREAS, the City has been meeting with the directors of the CHS for several months regarding their need for space to house a child care center currently located at Spring Lake Park High School; and WHEREAS, CHS needs a minimum of 3,000 square feet of classroom and office space in addition to shared use of kitchen and bathrooms to sustain the level of Child Care provided currently in Spring Lake Park; and WHEREAS, space within the Bel-Rae facility could be remodeled to accommodate CHS's initial and long term need for child care services; and WHEREAS, The City of Mounds View would benefit from a partnership with CHS through increased social service programs and lease payments to subsidize current overhead costs of the Bel-Rae. . . P AGE TWO OF TWO RESOLUTION NO, 5052 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council, in and for the City of Mounds View, does hereby authorize City Staff to begin negotiations for a temporary lease arrangement with Children's Home Society of Minnesota for space in the Bel-Rae facility; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council requests that the lease arrangement be approved by the City Council upon final negotiations, Adopted this 25th day of November, 1996. ATTEST: . (SEAL) a?QfU~ Clerk\City Administrator .