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Exhibit A <br /> • RESOLUTION No. I2- 40 <br /> A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER <br /> SUPPORTING THE EXTENSION OF THE ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL <br /> UTILITIES ELECTRIC SERVICE TERRITORY WITHIN THE CITY OF <br /> ELK RIVER <br /> WHEREAS, the Village Council of the Village of Elk River, by resolution adopted on July <br /> 11, 1947, created a Water,Light, Power and Building Commission in and for <br /> the 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 j!j 412.331- <br /> 412.391, a municipal utility now known as Elk River Municipal Utilities <br /> (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 areas <br /> 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, <br /> electric service territories that were previously within the town of Elk River; <br /> 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 <br /> the city limits of the City of Elk River which are not currently provided <br /> electric service by ERMU;and <br /> WHEREAS, approximately 1,807 acres (914 existing properties) of this area are currently <br /> within the City of Elk River's urban service district and have, or are planned <br /> to 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 <br /> best interests of all the citizens of the City of Elk River, for ERMU to <br /> provide electric service within the corporate boundaries of the City of Elk <br />