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r� C. MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 10, 2007 7:00 o'clock p.m. (Funding for Gillespie Center, Continued) representative from the City of Orono was unabl Orono City Council members of the July 26h me in attendance due to a meeting conflict related to the Gillespie Center has tried hard to include the Murphy stated it is not a matter of the City not being presented in the newspaper is a slightly c Council tonight. Murphy indicated he is looki: Smith stated Spring Park and Mound have agree entire City of Orono in their proposal but only t the Gillespie Center. In the future the Gillespie city they reside in to help them identify the resi4 Whithart stated the congregate dining is a small attempting to get a better handle on where the r( the different activities they provide. McMillan acknowledged that Donna Smith and proposal and that the services the Gillespie Cen Orono. McMillan stated she does have a problc endowment fund for a senior center because in ] buildings that are city - owned. The minute the c precedent and it would be difficult to draw the 1 city asking for funding. Mayor White asked whether the facility was Mark Hanus, Mayor of Mound, stated it was not assistance that allowed them to be a tax- exempt Whithart stated the center was privately built wi grant development funds that were provided. In entirely funded by municipalities and he is not f in this area he is not aware of one city that is larl provides to its residents, and that they require a i sustain it. Whithart noted the building was essei requesting funding from the cities to help fund t] Rahn stated he looks at the amount of the contri the services and that it appears to be way out of that would change that opinion. to attend the May meeting and that she did inform the Ling and that again no one from the City of Orono was he City's police chief selection process. Smith stated ;ity of Orono in the process. ing included but that it appears to him that what is .erent story than what is being presented before the for a city that has agreed to this concept. to the concept. Smith noted they did not include the se areas of the city that currently utilize the services of enter will be asking the residents to identify which its of each city that utilize their center. of the services that are utilized and that they are are coming from that utilize their center for all number of individuals have worked hard on this provides are invaluable to some of the residents of philosophically asking the City to contribute to an r opinion the City should be funding their own public starts funding other centers, they start to set a e in the future when other organizations approach the through a tax- exempt bond. through the city but that the city offered some ion and facility. donated funds and there were some community block .e state of Minnesota, senior centers are almost dliar with any county funded centers. Whithart stated enough to fund a senior center and the services that it mber of cities to contribute to the center to help ally paid for with private donations and that they are it services in the future. versus the number of Orono residents that utilize tion and that he has not heard anything tonight Smith stated she met last Thursday with City Administrator Ron Moorse and they discussed a number of • items. Smith stated the City of Orono's newsletter could contain a little section on the Gillespie Center with a number they could call to obtain additional information and that the number of members would AGE 3