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WHEREAS, the CITY and COUNTY each operate public library systems, which through a long-term contractual agreement, have functioned essentially as a joint system to provide public library service to all residents of Cabarrus County; it is agreed upon by the CITY AND COUNTY that it is in the best interests of their constituents that~the respective library departments shall be consolidated into a single public library department. Therefore, it is agreed that the Library Department of the CITY will be transferred to the COUNTY and shall be operated as a component of the COUNTY library system. IT is recognized that the purpose of this consolidation is to create a structure for the economical delivery of public library service of the highest quality of all residents of Cabarrus County. This consolidation will create a more efficient operation, provide an effective framework for planned growth of the public library system, provide a single track for the implementation and management of library technology, provide an environment for efficient personnel management and provide a measure of tax fairness for taxpayers of the City of Concord. o NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements hereinafter made, the parties do agree as follows: o There will always be a public library facility located in the historic business district of the City of Concord. The name Charles A. Cannon Memorial Library will remain on the library facility unless added to or changed with the concurrence of the Concord City Council. The COUNTY appoints an advisory board known as the Library Board of Trustees, which will have two seats designated for citizens living within the geographic boundaries of the City of Concord. One of these seats would be appointed by the Concord City Council and the appointment for the second seat would have the concurrence of the Council. The CITY will sell the Library facility including the parking lot, the property upon which it is located and the contents of the facility, including furniture, computer equipment, Dynix software license and library materials to the COUNTY for the price of $1.00. As owner of the facility, the COUNTY will be responsible for maintenance of the buildings and grounds. The Library vehicle, a 1992 Ford Taurus station wagon, will also be included in this property transfer. The only condition placed upon this property transfer is that should the building ever be abandoned as a library, it will be sold at fair market value and the proceeds of this sale will be used for the construction of a new branch to be located as stated in Item 1. If the property is ever offered for sale by the COUNTY, the CITY will have first right of refusal. Any savings realized by the CITY resulting from the merger of the Charles A. Cannon Memorial Library into the COUNTY library system will be discretionary funds for the CITY to be used for any projects as designated by the Concord City Council and such funds will not be used for paying wages of CITY employees. That in assuming ownership of the building, the COUNTY requests that the following projects be funded by the CITY: a. Expansion of the Local History Room by removing walls to an adjacent work area. Work includes removal of two existing walls, elimination of two existing door ways, repair of ceiling tile grid and replacement of ceiling tiles as necessary; addition of power outlets to supply adequate power to various machinery; modification to mechanical systems as necessary; recarpeting and repainting of Local History Room including expanded area. b. Recarpeting of specific areas of the Library including the auditorium, lounge, rear hallway on the second floor, the technical services work area, the conference room, and the Library Directorfs office. c. Repainting the following areas: Auditorium, branch services work area and specific areas of the Childrenfs Room. d. Replacement of specific items of furniture: Including four benches in the second floor gallery area; sofa and two chairs in the Director's office. Purchase 30 side chairs to replace worn out side chairs in public service areas and 130 chairs to replace seating in the auditorium. e. Installation of a computer system in the Library to support library computer operations including access to library cataloging, circulation and collection access software; install high-speed communication links from this system to all library branches; install communications equipment at all branches to allow optimum use of both the software and communications links; provide equipment and software to provide economical, system-wide