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I CITY COUNCUL MEETING • 2 NOVEMBER 23, 1993 3 PAGE 6 4 5 should be a concern for property values. Mr. Haik indicated his frustration trying to 6 get through to the Commissioners who he felt did not even recognize St. Anthony 7 Village. 8 9 Dennis Cavanaugh discussed the possibility of litigation and Friends of the Library's 10 retention of an attorney in case the resolution wasn't voted in. He said he hasn't 11 received a written statement as to why the library is being closed. The facts which 12 have been presented regarding under-utilization are incorrect. He wanted to know if 13 the Council would be interested in joining forces to pursue any avenues to obtain a 14 fair hearing. 15 16 The City Manager said Dennis Cavanaugh had telephoned him to request the City 17 make a donation to the Friends of the Library. Anytime the City gives a donation, the 18 Council has to feel it would be in the best interest of the taxpayers. . He indicated 19 when the City enters litigation the taxpayers end up paying for it. The City Manager 20 discussed taking legal action with the City Attorney who indicated that it would be 21 very difficult to accomplish. They discussed distribution of equity of service and the 22 City Attorney said it would take some research to get to that point because the City 23 could be breaking new ground. The Northern Mayor's Association was using this • 24 issue as an argument for some time with the development going on in the southern 25 metro areas compared to the northern metro area. Here we have a situation with the 26 County where all the development takes place west and nothing on the east side. The 27 City Manager did not ask the City Attorney to begin the next step of research because 28 he did not have Council approval. 29 30 Councilmember Marks suggested thinking about alternative plans of reestablishing a 31 new library that might also involve litigation requiring the County to take the levy 32 that would normally go towards supporting the library locally and turning it back to 33 St. Anthony so that would cover part of the cost. He discussed operating costs of the 34 library and suggested the new location of the library could possibly be put into City 35 Hall. 36 37 Councilmember Fleming said she felt if they failed at all it would be in selling the 38 fact that the County library is the best return for the dollar and that is what she saw 39 as the most serious part of the issue and felt it was missed on all levels. 40 41 Bob Thissel indicated the communities that have their own libraries are exempted 42 from making contributions to the County library system. 43 44 Judy Makowske wanted to bring to the Council's attention the fact that the people felt 45 slighted because no notification of the closing of the library was given prior to the 46