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The regular meeting of the Discover The Center Board of Directors was called to order by
Chairperson Rod Snyder at 9:45 in Conference Room B of City Hall.
Members present: Rod Snyder, Pat Laniel, Mary Welch, Karen Youngberg. Absent Raquel
Hird, & Bernie Gaffney.
Introductions and welcome to new members Cathy Ballot, Marquette Bank and Rochelle Raph,
resident manager Georgetown Courts.
MOTION made by Mary Welch and seconded by Karen Youngberg to accept
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the minutes for July 31 as written. Motion passed.
MOTION made by Karen Youngberg and seconded by Mary Welch to pay
the bills as listed on financial report. Motion passed. Motion carried.
REPORT OF THE ACTIVITY COMMITTEE
Karen reported that the activity committee/ 10 K Run committee met and had the final
evaluation of the Run. The Activity Committee has many ideas and will be working to see
which ones are possible. All bills and prize money for the run have been paid or distributed.
FRIENDSHIP GAMES
Rod Snyder attended the games. He reported that the attendees were mostly
family and friends of the players. The Board feels that this is a good event and should
continue. We need more help and publicity.
Mike McCauley, City Manager entered the meeting at 10:05.
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STAR TRIBUNE TABLOID SECTION
Motion made by Karen Youngberg seconded by Mary Welch not to
participate in a special section show casing Brooklyn Center this year. The
feeling being that we need to put our efforts elsewhere at the present time. Motion
Passed.
COMMUNITY SUMMIT DATE
Rod Snyder gave an overview of what the Community Summit will be. Mike
McCauley asked that some consideration be given to have some input from these groups
on "hate" crimes and the community reaction to them. The Human Rights Commission
is trying to put a response plan together. We will include this on agenda for that night.
MOTION by Karen Youngberg and seconded by Mary Welch to set the date
the community summit for Oct 8, 1996 - 7 to 9:30 pm. Motion passed.
MEETING DATE.
The consensus of the Board was that the first Wednesday of each month at 8:00
am would be the best meeting date.
Cathy Ballot and Rochelle Raph left the meeting at 11:00.
Rod, Mary, Karen, Pat and Mike discussed the financial and business plan. Rod
said he would take responsibility to get the paperwork required by the City Council to
Mike by the end of the week. There will be a complete financial and business plan to
present at the next board meeting.
The board adjourned at 12:45 pm to reopen on Sept 4 at 8:00 am. Karen
will make sure the room is reserved.
Submitted by Karen Youngberg, Secretary
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