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MlMj-reS OF THE ORONO PLANNING CO^^IBSION ON DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTERS HELD ON JANTJARY 6» 1995 to deal with this matter. LindquUt commented that we should be looking at tins in context of the general communitv, not just within Orono ’s city boundaries. Mabusth^reed, and noted ttat the applicants acknowledge that, and have presented their application as bemg of benefit to the eeneS Lake Minnetonki area. Mabusth noted that in her contacts with the Westonka and Orono school district personnel regardmg this issue, they did not recogn^e city bounces m tolin« with the problem. Schroeder suggested that it is somewhat ditficull for Orono s Plannina Commission to look at the area-wide issue, although that is what is needed. Mabusd. presented a map of the Lake area noting the Nav arre location m relation to the area to be served Not onlv the service area but the population served would be greatly increased by a shelter at this location as compared to Westonka Interventions current service area which is generally the northwes ’terly quadrant of Lake Minnetonka. Mabusth questioned whether the shelter was limited to, or gave priority to, residents of the defined «rvice area. Webber suwested that the shelter would e.xist to serve its local commumty. but there certaiidy are infonnal agreements between shelters that encourage referrals to other shelters when one is lull^ Webber noted that the outreach and educational efforts, however, general y ate co me service area. Turning to the funding issue, Schroeder asked how is the project funded, how much does it cost, where is the nioncy going to come from. Webber advised that Westonka was approved for a $210,000 grant from the Minnesota Housing Authority. Schroeder asked whether Minnesoa Housing Authority is the entity that funds most shelters. W^ replied no they haven ’t traditionally funded shelters, and that is TOt necessanly pan of their mission For various reasons, the MHA Board chose to fund a shelter m some other use, Webber noted that shelters in this area have traditionally been funded by tte Depanment of Corrections, both from their Sute allocation and Federal momes. Apparently me cunent available funds are spoken for, but if the Ugislamre allocates more Depanment of Corrections, there may be competitive requests for use of that “Iditioral allocation. She noted that shelters generally rely on their per diem as review y Department of Human Services. Mabusth confirmed that the per diem is funding administered by Department over which the Department of Corrections does budgetary review. Hessberg noted W«to^ Intervention is cur^ntly raising approximately $30,000 per year from vanous sources. Webter indicated they were hoping for a grant from the McKnight Fo^dation Webber noted that Westonka Intervention would have to follow a similar ^ck as oth ^ont organizations preparing a plan for fund raising from all of the potential sources. She also has suggested that over time Westonka Intervention develop a political strategy to con County Commissioners to allocate funding. 8