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STEFFEN. MUNSTENTEIGER. BEARSE. BEENS. PARTA & PETERSON <br /> ANOKA, MINNESOTA ~ <br /> <br />TEL£PHONE 1612) 42?°$300 <br /> <br />July 30, 1981 <br /> <br />Mr. Willaim Goodrich <br />RANDALL, DEHN & GOODRICH <br />Attorneys at Law <br />211 East Main Street <br />Anoka, Minnesota 55303 <br /> <br />In Re: Anoka Area Ice Arena Association, Inc. <br /> Request for Funds - City of Ramsey <br /> <br />Dear Bill: <br /> <br />I am sure you are aware of the recent development of an ice arena <br />project in the Anoka area. The organization sponsoring this <br />development is a non-profit corporation called the Anoka Area Ice <br />Arena Association, Inc., which consists primarily of hockey <br />parents residing in the cities of Anoka, Ramsey, Andover, Champlin, <br />and Dayton. <br /> <br /> As you probably know, the members of this non-profit organization <br /> have raised approximately $200,000.00 in cash and pledges from <br />~arious private individuals, businesses, etc. In addition, the City <br />of Anoka is providing the land for the ice arena and also will, I <br />'believe, donate some improvements relating to the sewer and water <br />utilities and parking facilitles. Also, the County of Anoka, via a <br />joint powers agreement With the City of Anoka, is providing the sum <br />of $200,000.00 towards this project. Because the children who.~_~ll <br />participate in the benefits from this arena reside in other communities <br />outside of the C~ty of ~noka, the Board of Directors does feel it is <br />appropriate tO approach the city councils of the other neighboring <br />cities of Andover, Ramsey, Champlin, and Dayton for purposes of <br />requesting financial support. I believe in certain cases the reques~ <br />has already been made to some of the city councils. I further <br />believe that the question of whether or not not a donation of city <br />funds to a non-prof~ corporation ts proper has been raised. <br /> <br /> Our previous analysis of th~s question involved a review of the <br /> Minnesota Joint Powers Act (M.S. 471.59) and the statutes relatihg <br /> t6 recreational facilities, M.S. 471.15, et seq., and in <br /> particular, M.S. 471.191.' Through the combination of these statutes, <br /> I do believe it would be appropriate for the various other cities to <br /> enter into a joint powers agreement with the City of Anoka whereby <br /> this type of recreational facility is made available to the citizens <br /> of the respective municipalities involved. <br /> <br /> <br />