HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.e. Appointments to Library CommitteeCITY OF ROSEMOUNT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: January 21, 2003
AGENDA: APPOINTMENTS TO LIBRARY COMMITTEE
AGENDA SECTION:
CONSENT
PREPARED BY: JIM PARSON
AGENITM
COMMUNITY DEVELOPE DIRECTOR
ATTACHMENTS: LETTER
APPROVED BY:
Dakota County Library System is preparing to move forward with plans to build a branch library in Rosemount.
They have requested that two Rosemount Council Members join with two Dakota County Library Board
members and Rosemount city staff to identify and evaluate potential library sites.
Council Member Mark DeBettignies and Council Member Kim Shoe - Corrigan have indicated their interest in
being on this Library Committee. Staff recommends the formal appointment of these two council members to
the Library Committee.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: MOTION to appoint Council Members DeBettignies and Shoe - Corrigan
to work with the Dakota County Library Board to determine a library site in Rosemount.
COUNCIL ACTION:
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LIBRARY SYSTEM
January 2, 2002
Mayor -Elect Will H. Droste
Rosemount City Hall
2875 145 Street West
Rosemount, MN 55068
Dear Mayor -Elect Droste:
Dakota County's Long Range Facilities Plan 2002 -2006 projects a
new Dakota County branch library in Rosemount to open in 2008.
Library Board members are very'excited about this and have been
discussing it for several years. County officials have told us that the
only factor that may delay the project would be large cuts to the
County of state funds.
Typically in Dakota County the city where the branch library is
located donates the library site. City staff and County staff work
together to identify and evaluate potential sites. Potential sites are
evaluated using County criteria for the location of libraries.
Last summer our Library Director Bill Asp, County Capital Facilities
Planning Director Ken Harrington, and County Public Services and
Revenue Director Tom Novak met with Tom Burt and Jim Parsons.
At that meeting the suggestion was made that there be a joint
committee of two Dakota County Library Board members and two
Rosemount City Council members to work with County and City staff
in identifying and evaluating potential library sites. Ultimately the
Dakota County Board of Commissioners will make the choice of the
site. The Library Board will make a site recommendation to the
Board of Commissioners.
Later in the summer Mr. Asp met with Rosemount City Council
members to review the County Policy Statement on Provision of
Library Facilities and to discuss the Rosemount library project.
The Library Board members have observed the rapid growth and
development in the Rosemount area and have expressed
eagerness in having the library site identified soon. Advantages are
that there would be more desirable sites available to be evaluated,
before they are acquired for commercial development, and the cost
of sites is' likely to increase as commercial development continues.
It is our understanding that the Rosemount Capital Improvement
Program projects acquiring the library site in 2005. The Library
Board requests that instead we work together in 2003 to evaluate
sites and complete the selection process. If moving the process
ahead by two years creates financial problems for the City, County
staff could assist us in identifying potential solutions.
Library Board members stand ready to begin working with you as
soon as you are ready. We look forward to working together toward
out shared goal of constructing a Dakota County branch library in
Rosemount.
Sincerely yours,
Beverly Ekholm
President
CC: Rosemount City Council Members
Jim Parsons, Rosemount Community Development Director
Commissioner Will Branning
Dakota County Library Board Members
Tom Novak