5.a) Girl Scout Gold Award, Community Center Sign Meeting Date: 10/6/09
Agenda Item:
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City Councii Agenda Report
City of Scandia
14727 209th St. North
Scandia, MN 55073 (651) 433-2274
Action Requested: Receive a brief presentation regarding a Girl Scout Gold Award
Project from Allie Dreher, Stefania Mackiewicz and Libby Faffler.
Deadline/Timeline: NA
Background: • The three Girl Scouts are proposing a project to update the
Community Center sign and surrounding landscaping to qualify
for the Gold Award (similar to an Eagle Scout award for Boy
Scouts.)
• Their"project plan"is attached. They would replace the existing
"New Scandia Community Center and Senior Center" sign with
one reading"City of Scandia Community Center", and re-
landscape the base of the sign.
• The Scouts would be responsible for fundraising, all costs and
labor for the project. They propose to complete the project yet this
fall.
Recommendation: I recommend that the Council hear the presentation, review the plan
and make comments, and give your approval to proceed with the
project.
After the project is complete, the Council should formally accept the
donations and recognize their efforts.
Attachments/ • Project Plan
Materials provided:
Contact(s):
Prepared by: Anne Hurlburt, Administrator
(G'vl Scout Gold Award)
Page 1 of 1
09/30/09
Pro ' ect Plan
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By: Allie Dreher
Stefania Mackiewicz
Libby Faffler
Our vision statement:
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Our Gold Award project will address several issues within the
community of Scandia. Because of New Scandia Township's
growth within the last several years it has recently been
transformed into a City of Scandia instead of Scandia Township.
From our understanding a township is a subdivision of a county
and usually has a limited local government such as a police station
or fire hall. A township usually consists of 36 sections or 36 square
miles. A city, on the other hand, is a largely populated area which
is an Incorporated U.S. municipality with definite boundaries and
legal powers set forth by the state. Due to the change, Scandia
needs a new sign proudly displaying its new title. Our Gold Award
Project is to help the community by coming up with a design that
works with other signs within Scandia, update the landscaping and
fund the project through fundraising efforts and donations from
local businesses, then to personally overseer and implement the
proj ect.
We chose this project because it is something our community
needs and everyone in it will benefit from it. After our project is
complete it will be self sustaining because the sign will be minimal
maintenance if at all as well as the landscaping because we plan on
utilizing low maintenance plants with the help of Green Value
Nursery professionals.
Our resources include but are not limited to Green Value Nursery,
Ann Hurlburt, town administrator, Margie Dreher, Girl Scout troop
leader of#50044, local Scandia businesses, Jenny Faffler,
horticulturist, and our parents.
The timeline for this project, once approved by the Scandia Board
and the Girl Scout Gold Award Board will begin immediately and
will be finalized by February 28, 2010.
All expenses incurred will be paid by our fundraising efforts and
donations. The landscaping project came in at $800.00 for the cost
of the materials and we are estimating that the sign itself will cost
about $1000.00.
Our plan is not to change the sign but to enhance it and make the
necessary changes to have it read "City of Scandia" and in smaller
letters underneath it to read "Community Center".
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