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RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A BALLOT QUESTION
ON THE MERGER OF THE CITIES OF LONG LAKE AND ORONO
WI�REAS,in the summer of 1999,the City Councils of the Cities of Orono and Long
Lake created the Long Lake-Orono Consolidation Siudy Committee to examine whether the two cities
should merge; and -
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2000, the committee adopted its fmdings and
recommendations in favor of inerger and on June 1, 2000 the committee amended said fmdings and
recommendations. The findings and recommendations constitute a plan for cooperation and
combination under Minn. Stat. Sec. 465.82.; and
WHEREAS, the plan proposes a charter for the new city, to create four wards and a
seven-member City Council; and
�� WHEREAS,on June 5,2000,the Long Lake City Council and the Orono City Council
unanimously adopted the plan for cooperation and combination prepared by the Long Lake-Orono
Consolidation Study Committee; and
WHEREAS, on June 15, 2000 the Minnesota Board of Government Innovation and
Cooperation approved the plan for cooperation and combination prepared by the Long Lake-Orono
Consolidation Study Committee; and
WHEREAS,it is now appropriate for the citizens of Long Lake and Orono to vote on
the question of inerger of the two communities;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council of the City of Orono,
Hennepin County, Minnesota that:
1. The City Clerk of the City of Orono is hereby directed to include on the ballot of the September
12,2000 State Primary a question regarding the merger of the Cities of Long Lake and Orono;
and
2. The merger question shall read, "Should the Cities of Long Lake and Orono be combined into
one city to be legally named Orono, effective January 1, 2001, in accordance with "Plan for
Merger and Implementation" dated May 25,2000 which was approved by the city councils of
�" Long Lake and Orono and which includes the adoption of a charter for the new city?"
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Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono this 17`�Day of July 2000: � �
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Ga.bri 1 Jabbour,Mayo
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Linda S. Vee, City Clerk
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