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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - MARCH 8. 1999 13 Councilmember Larson confirmed tbat, if the Council were to follow the option presented by Mr. Post to transfer $300,000 to subsidize police protection services, this would result in $300,000 being in the General Fund wbich would not be spent this year as a result of there being otber funding sources for this expenditure. Mr. Fritsinger stated that this was correct. Mr. Post explained that he had not intended for this option to be a recommendation to the City Council. He had simply offered this as way for there to be a planned use for the fund balance. Mayor Probst stated the issue with this option is the fact that the City bad budgeted $200,000 of these funds to finance the TCAAP implementation planning pbase. If TCAAP cannot be funded in this way, the City would bave to dig deeper into the PIR fund and utilize the $200,000 for a different use. Councilmember Larson asked, if the City is to report to the State what the money is intended to be used for, and it is not intended to be used for TCAAP, where will the $200,000 needed for TCAAP come from. Councilmember Malone suggested that other revenue sources could be used. Mayor Probst stated there are several options to fund TCAAP. He noted that there had already been a plan to partially fund the project with PIR funds that would be paid back with investment returns. He suggested, rather than debating this issue this evening, the Council should come to a general agreement on where to allocate the proceeds. This will allow the Staff to complete their report and the Council could discuss the issue further at another meeting. Councilmember Malone asked if the funds can be dedicated to park operations. Mr. Post stated tbat one stipulation for Lawful Purposes is that tbe funds be used for facilities intended primarily for persons under 21 years of age. Tbis would include both construction and maintenance of tbese facilities. Councilmember Aplikowski suggested allocating half of the proceeds to parks and half to fire protection. She noted that the park funds could be used for equipment and the allocations could be changed at any time. Councilmember Malone indicated that he would prefer to not split the funds fifty-fifty between the programs. Councilmember Larson confirmed that, at this time the Council is to instruct Mr. Post to report the intended use of the remaining fund balance to the Gambling Control Board and the Council has the option at a future meeting to determine what the funds will specifically be used for. Mr. Fritsinger stated that this was correct. MOTION: Councilmember Malone moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to direct the Staffto report to tbe Gambling Control Board that the Lawful Gambling Funds will be allocated 58 percent to parks and 42 percent to fire protection. The motion carried unanimously (5-0).