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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />7 .~ <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2448 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION TO THE RAMSEY COUNTY <br />LIBRARY BOARD <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Library Board has, since <br />1983, been studying the issue of the need for expansion of <br />the Ramsey County Library system in those portions of <br />suburban Ramsey County not currently having adequate library <br />facilities: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the efforts of the Library Board, suburban <br />cities and area legislators resulted in the authorization of <br />$15 million in bonding authority from the Minnesota <br />Legislature in 1987: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in December of 1988 and January and February <br />of 1989 the Library Board grappled with the difficult <br />problem that the $15 million in authorized funding might not <br />be adequate to expand the library system to the level <br />determined necessary by the Library Board: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Library Board in an effort to communi- <br />cate these concerns with the suburban communities and <br />residents of Ramsey County held several meetings to discuss <br />these concerns and develop partnerships with the <br />communities: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the cities of Mounds View, Shoreview and <br />Roseville have responded by providing positive and <br />constructive support for the expansion program and have <br />offered to assist the Library Board in developing a program <br />consistent with their financial limitations: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Board during a meeting on <br />the evening of February 9, 1989 unanimously adopted a motion <br />supporting the expansion program on the basis that signifi- <br />cant enough options are available to provide assurances that <br />the libraries can be constructed within the financial <br />limitations and in recognition of the support provided by <br />these suburban communities: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the action of the Library Board is symbolic <br />of the commitment of these volunteer citizens of Ramsey <br />County to a library system providing services to all of the <br />residents of Ramsey County. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council <br />of the City of Mounds View on behalf of the residents of the <br />City of Mounds View wishes to communicate to the Ramsey <br />