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�i <br />Request for Council Action <br />Date: July 10, Z000 <br />Item Number: C-6 <br />Department Approval Manager Approval Agenda Section <br />��_-��,�� <br />Consent <br />Item Description: <br />Authorization for the City Manager to Execute the Roseville SO�h Anniversary Oral History Project <br />Donor Agreement with the Minnesota Historical Society <br />The proposed agreement authorizes the transfer of oral history interviews from the City of Roseville to the <br />Minnesota Historical Society for safekeeping. <br />Back�round• <br />As part of the 50�` Anniversary Celebration in the City of Roseville, oral history interviews were obtained from <br />long time Rosevilie residents. Over 40 people provided interviews which provide unique, personal observations <br />about our community. <br />The oral history interviews were obtained with prior written release forms signed by each donor. The <br />interviews are considered in public ownership and Council authorization of the transfer of these materials is <br />appropriate. <br />These interviews may become interesting in historical perspectives and are of interest to the Minnesota <br />Historical Society. The long term safekeeping of these oral histories is best provided by the Minnesota <br />Historical Society. The tapes and transcripts will be upgraded to future technology mediums as they become <br />available. The Minnesota Historical Society routinely catalogues and upgrades the storage mediums as a public <br />service. <br />Financial Implications: <br />None. <br />Policy Implications: <br />The materials in the oral history interviews provide an interesting community historical perspective. The City <br />nor the Roseville Historical Society have the means to store, catalogue and upgrade the tapes and transcripts. <br />Staff Recommendation: <br />The Minnesota Historical Society is the agency best capable of maintaining and upgrading the oral history <br />project tapes and transcripts. <br />Council Action Requested: <br />Motion authorizing the City Manager to execute the Oral History Donor Agreement with the Minnesota <br />Historical Society for the purpose of transferring tapes and transcripts for safekeeping. Further, a motion of <br />appreciation to Mary Bakeman for coordinating this effort, <br />