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CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO 2011-051 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO LIBRARYAND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM. WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo is a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and WHEREAS, the City has passed certain resolutions and is taking certain actions pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 134.07 et seq. to establish a city public library service, including imposition of a tax levy upon its residents for library services, appointment of a library board, acquisition of books, and acquisition of appropriate building space for library operations; and WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City of Lake Elmo to provide well managed and quality library services for the residents of Lake Elmo; and WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo desires to have access to MELSA services and full participation in the State Borrowers Compact; and WHEREAS, the State Librarian has advised the City that the City can obtain access to MELSA services and participation in the State Borrowers Compact by contractually affiliating with another library or library system that is a member of MELSA and the State Borrowers Compact; and WHEREAS, the Washington County Library System is a member of MELSA and participates in the State Borrowers Compact; and WHEREAS, the Washington County Library System has in the past and is currently contractually affiliated with the City of Stillwater Public Library and City of Bayport Public Library, and thereby provides Stillwater and Bayport with access to MELSA and the State Borrowers Compact; and WHEREAS, the written policies of the Washington County Library System provide that "When consolidation is not chosen by the community, we will consider requests from city libraries for development of Full Service contracts which will result in the contracting public libraries operating as a single unit, while retaining separate library boards and governance" which includes "all the elements of Full Participation in MELSA as described in the MELSA Plan of Association." WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo desires to affiliate with the Washington County Library System and enter into a Full Service contractual agreement similar to that of the City of Stillwater Public Library and City of Bayport Public Library or an alternative agreeable to the City of Lake Elmo and Washington County.