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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 03/18/2013 <br /> Item No.: 5.c <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> <br />Item Description: Recognize and Accept a Donation from HeatlhEast, Hamline Auto Body, and <br />Blue Rock Refinishing Solutions <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />B ACKGROUND 1 <br /> 2 <br />In 2008, Allina Health Services graciously donated a retired 1995 Ford box ambulance to the Roseville Police 3 <br />Department for use as a command post/SWAT equipment stor age vehicle. This vehicle has performed well over 4 <br />the past five years and has reached the end of its useful life for the intended purposes. In late 2012, Health East 5 <br />approached the Police Department and offered to donate a 2003 Ford ambulance to replace the 1995 Ford box 6 <br />ambulance. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Roseville vehicle maintenance staff insp ected the vehicle and found it to be in sound mechanical and structural 9 <br />condition, with no need for repair. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Hamline Auto Body has offered to paint the vehicle at no cost. Blue Rock Refinishing Solutions has offered to 12 <br />supply the paint, also at no cost. 13 <br /> 14 <br />O BJECTIVE 15 <br /> Allow the police department to accept the donation from Health East, Hamline Auto Body and Blue Rock 16 <br />Refinishing Solutions to be used by the police department per their request. 17 <br />F INANCIAL I MPACTS 18 <br />There is no additional cost to the city. Equipment from th e existing vehicle will be transferred to the new vehicle 19 <br />and any other costs will be funded by forfeiture account(s). 20 <br />S TAFF R ECOMMENDATION 21 <br />Allow the police department to accept the donations from Health East, Hamline Auto Body and Blue Rock 22 <br />Refinishing Solutions. 23 <br /> 24 <br />R EQUESTED C OUNCIL A CTION 25 <br />Request Council approval to accept Health East, Hamline Auto Body and Blue Rock Refinishing Solutions 26 <br />donations, 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br />Prepared by: Rick Mathwig, Chief of Police