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RESOLUTION #93- 97
A RESOLUTION ON THE CONCEPT OF
SUBMITTING A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE
STATE BOARD OF GOVERNMENTAL INNOVATION , COOPERATION
WHEREAS, the cities of Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood,
Shorewood and Tonka Bay jointly appointed a Task Force in the fall
of 1992 to investigate possible location alternatives for a south
shore senior center serving seniors' of all five municipalities; and
WHEREAS, said Task Force is currently considering the
implementation of a development and funding program for such a
mUlti-community senior center; and
WHEREAS, this development process and required inter-
governmental agreement is anticipated to take three to six months
to complete; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the cities and the senior
citizens to fund the development of the center from a combination
of financial resources to include, but not limited to, capital fund
raising, the Urban Hennepin County community Development Block
Grant program, and municipal sources; and
WHEREAS, an additional $50,000 is necessary for the
project to be completed in said time frame; and
WHEREAS, the state Board of Governmental Innovation and
cooperation is now accepting applications for competitive grants
for service sharing grants; and
WHEREAS, the multi-jurisdictional senior center and
inter-governmental cooperative agreement assistance needs of the
cities are deemed to be projects which are eligible for funding by
the state Board's grant program; and
WHEREAS, the initial application deadline for the
affirmation grant programs combined with the time that it will take
to finalize the cities' grant application precludes the Shorewood
City Council from adopting a resolution in support of this specific
grant application.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Shorewood City
Council supports in concept the submission of a grant application
to the state Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation to help
fund the aforementioned cooperation, and service sharing project.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that at the request of the state
Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation, the Shorewood City
Council will consider adopting a subsequent resolution prior to
January 7, 1994 which pledges the Shorewood City Council's support
to all aspects of the grant application that are to be submitted to
the state Board of Governmental Innovation and Cooperation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of
October
, 1993.
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Ja es C. Hurm, Administrator/Clerk