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Member John Leary introduced the following resolution and moved its
RESOLUTION NO. 68 -13
RESOLUTION SUGGESTING LIBRARY ACQUISITION PRINCIPLES
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Library Board is engaged in a
comprehensive study regarding expansion of the County system; and
WHEREAS, said County Library Board study comprehends the formulation
of policy regarding the eventual acquisition of certain municipally owned library
structures; and
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center in 1965 constructed a library
facility of a design which met with the approval of the County Librarian and
which has since been staffed and stocked by the County library system; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that said Brooklyn Center library facility
will, along with other library facilities, be acquired and owned by the Hennepin
County library system; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the general acquisition policy to be
formulated by the Hennepin County Library Board be uniform and consistent:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota that the following general principles be considered
for embodiment in the library acquisition policy being developed by the Hennepin
County Library Board:
1. A reasonable unit price for library construction should be
established through a review of recent actual building costs,
appropriately adjusted for any time differential.
2. The unit price so established should be considered as the
maximum reimbursement rate for acquiring existing library
facilities.
3. Municipalities should be paid the respective actual costs of
library facilities, up to the established maximum reimbursement,
exclusive of grants, gifts and donations.
4. Municipalities should be reimbursed for previous principal
and interest bond payments until the total principal balance is
paid to the municipality.
5. Provisions should be established for the County to purchase
or lease the land upon which an existing library facility is situated.
Purchase price should be based upon initial cost to the municipality;
the lease rate should be nominal. Land leases should extend for
40 years with appropriate provisions for termination and extension.
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6. Provisions should be established for library maintenance
responsibility to be vested with the respective municipality on
a reimbursement basis,
7. Responsibility for the control and supervision of any library
facility community rooms shall be vested with the respective
municipality.
January 8, 1968
Date
Mayor
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Theodore Willard and upon vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, John Leary, Earl Rydberg, Howard Heck
and Theodore Willard,
and the following voted against the same; none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.