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This Library Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered into this day of <br />, 2017 (the "Effective Date"), by and between the City of Lake Elmo, a Minnesota <br />municipal corporation (the "City") and the County of Washington, a Minnesota political subdivision (the <br />"County"). <br />WHEREAS, on January 1, 2012, the Lake Elmo City Council established public library service for <br />the City's residents, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 134.07; and <br />WHEREAS, upon this establishment, the Library Board was appointed by the City Council which <br />established the Lake Elmo Public Library; and <br />WHEREAS, the City levies an annual tax on its taxable property for public library service for the <br />library fund that funds the Lake Elmo Public Library; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 134.07, it has been determined by the City <br />that public library service in the City will be expanded if the Lake Elmo Public Library becomes a branch of <br />the Washington County Library System; and <br />WHEREAS, the County's library system is a member of a "regional public library system" as defined <br />by Minnesota Statutes Section 134.001, subdivision 4; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 134.20, subdivision 3, a city which is excluded <br />from the county tax supporting the county's regional public library system under the provisions of <br />Minnesota Statutes Section 134.20, subdivision 3, may, upon recommendation of its library board and <br />upon action by its city council, be included in the county tax and become an integral part of the county's <br />regional public library system; and <br />496968v6 SJS LAS 15-5 <br />