Resolution Number 17-22
RESOLUTION NUMBER 17-22
SUPPORTING THE MISSION OF THE MESABI FIT COALITION
WHEREAS, the Mesabi Fit Coalition has been formed as a non-profit corporation with the following mission:
The Mesabi Fit Coalition is committed to assuring that the Mesabi Family Y facility will be utilized for aquatic, fitness and other recreational opportunities by the general public, including children, seniors and low-income families.
WHEREAS, the Mesabi Fit Coalition seeks to secure a supportive partnership of local organizations/businesses to acquire and operate the Mesabi Family Y property or, alternatively, to acquire it themselves to establish a non-profit community recreation center sustained in part by user memberships, and
WHEREAS, the Mesabi Family Y facility has served the Iron Range community for thirty years, providing recreational opportunities such as aquatics which are not available elsewhere in our area. Without this aquatics program, children have far fewer options for learning to swim and seniors and mobility challenged people are deprived of the health benefits of water exercise, and
WHEREAS, the facility also has a history of utilizing scholarships and other subsidies to ensure that a broad range of recreation opportunities were available to community members not able to pay market rate membership, and
WHEREAS, it took a broad-based public/private community investment to build and sustain this facility, and
WHEREAS, given the continued viability of the facility, that investment remains capable of delivering dividends to our community through improved individual health, positive recreation opportunities and a source of community identity and pride.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MOUNTAIN IRON, MINNESOTA approves and supports the mission of the Mesabi Fit Coalition.
DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 19th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2022.
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Mayor Peggy Anderson
ATTEST:
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City Administrator
