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City Council Meeting November 13, 2000 4. Recognition of Officer Mark Tomczyk— Resolution No. 4560 Moorse read the Resolution recognizing Officer Mark Tomczyk for twenty years of dedicated service to the City of Orono on the Orono Police Department. 2 Kelley moved, and Peterson seconded, to adopt Resolution No. 4560 recognizing Officer Mark Tomczyk for twenty years of dedicated service to the City of Orono on the Orono Police Department. Vote: Ayes 5, Nays 0. Mayor Jabbour stated that the Council would like to thank Officer Tomczyk for his dedicated service to the City. PRESENTATION 5. Melanie Deluca —Orono Area Sports Alliance Ms. Deluca stated that the Orono Area Sports Alliance was designed to strengthen community youth sports organizations, including the School District, volunteer youth sports associations, and the Cities in the School District. The Alliance works to make sports participation a positive experience for kids. They have invited all of the cities to become members. She saw two benefits to cities: 1) the organization supports good things for kids, and is therefore philosophically important, 2) it provides a forum to bring • groups to one place at one time to discuss and resolve issues. The Alliance supports good standards for kids in all of the joining organizations, encourage training for youth coaches on safety and ethics issues, and they provide community outreach. Flint stated he supports the organization, but did not agree with their voting policy, especially the fact that the school district has 2 votes, and all other groups have 1. Ms. Deluca stated that the voting is not intended to bind the owners of facilities to the wishes of the Alliance. The goal is to help groups work to a consensus. She also stated that it looks like the school has an extra vote, but in reality, one vote is for the school district and the other is for volunteer sports programs that are not separate 501CYs, like basketball, that are organized through the school district. Flint stated he felt the document would be better without the provision for voting. Kelley and Mayor Jabbour stated they agreed with Flint. Ms. Deluca stated that the Alliance is working with surrounding school districts by inviting anyone who wants to participate to come to their training sessions. Recently they attended a session in Wayzata, and the Alliance is open to other groups attending their functions. Kelley asked if Orono is the first city that she's talked to about the program. Deluca stated that two other cities have signed off on the Orono Area Sports Alliance Agreement. Because of that, they can't remove the voting provision after the fact. She