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RESOLUTION No. 12 -1 <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br />A Resolution Requesting Support from the City Council of the City of Elk River for <br />Extending the Elk River Municipal Utilities Electric Service Territory within the <br />City of Elk River <br />WHEREAS, the Village Council of the Village of Elk River, by resolution adopted on <br />July 11, 1947, created a Water, Light, Power and Building Commission in and for the <br />Village of Elk River; and <br />WHEREAS, the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission in and for the Village of <br />Elk River became, in 1949, by operation of Minnesota Statutes §§ 412.331- 412.391, a <br />municipal utility now known as Elk River Municipal Utilities (ERMU); and <br />WHEREAS, ERMU's original electric service territory included the Village of Elk River <br />and portions of immediately adjacent communities; and <br />WHEREAS, ERMU has been authorized since 1974 to provide electric service to all <br />areas within the city limits of the City of Elk River; and <br />WHEREAS, in 1977'the town of Elk River and the old city of Elk River consolidated to <br />form the new city of Elk River; and <br />WHEREAS, in 1991 ERMU entered into a 20 -year orderly electric service territory <br />acquisition plan with Connexus Energy to acquire, over a period of 20 years, electric <br />service territories that were previously within the town of Elk River; and <br />WHEREAS, the 1991 agreement with Connexus Energy has now expired and there <br />remain approximately 7,723 acres (1,774 existing properties) of area within the city limits <br />of the, City of Elk River which are not currently provided electric service by ERMU; and <br />WHEREAS, approximately 1,807 acres (914 existing properties) of this area are <br />currently within the City of Elk River's urban service district and have, or are planned to <br />have, City water service which is provided by ERMU; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners (Board) of ERMU has determined that it is in <br />the best interests of the existing customers of ERMU, and believes it is in the best <br />interests of all the citizens of the City of Elk River, for ERMU to provide electric service <br />within the corporate boundaries of the City of Elk River, including in particular those <br />areas within the City of Elk River's designated urban service area, for the following <br />reasons: <br />