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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 8, 2014 Page 18 At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Ms. Kelsey advised that she antici- pated the Hamline Avenue property to come forward in 2014, but the Dale Street project may not come in until 2015. Mayor Roe spoke in support of the motion, but also supported looking at it more closely at yearend. Roll Call Ayes: Etten, McGehee, and Roe. Nays: Willmus and Laliberte. Motion carried. 13. Business Items (Action Items) a. Receive Update on City Volunteer Activities and Accept MAVA Grant Funds for Volgistics Volunteer Management System Volunteer Manager Kelly O'Brien explained the Minnesota Association or Vol- unteer Administration (MAVA) grant application, and its success for a $2,000 grant to purchase software, called Volgistics, and related expenditures to assist in the City's volunteer program efforts as detailed in the RCA and Attachment A, listing some significant achievements in building that volunteer foundation. At the request of Mayor Roe, Ms. O'Brien reviewed some of those highlights. At the request of Councilmember Etten, Ms. O'Brien noted that, after the first year's grant award, this would require a $1,500 annual funding as an ongoing long-term expense. Councilmember McGehee congratulated Ms. O'Brien for her efforts and the grant award; and asked City Manager Trudgeon to keep her activities prominent in the City's newsletter, not just web-based information. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Ms. O'Brien addressed funding to be used any way chosen by the City, and availability of the software program on the existing and future websites. Ms. O'Brien noted connections had already been made with a retired Information Technology volunteer with the City of Plymouth and other agencies who had agreed to do the initial build-out. Etten moved, Willmus seconded, approved acceptance of MAVA Grant fund awarded to the City in the amount of $2,000; and approve staff entering into a contract with Volgistics to host the Volunteer Management Database System, uti- lizing remaining funds as designated for bumper stickers and food and beverages. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Ms. O'Brien displayed a mock-up sample of the proposed bumper sticker.