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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1.600 (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 www.ci.little-canada.tnn.us MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Biesener & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: March 21, 2008 RE: Joint Powers Agreements with Maplewood Attached are three joint powers agreements (JPA's) with the City of Maplewood. MAYOR Bill Bloomer COUNCIL, Rick Montour Barbara Allan John Kcis Michael McGraw ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Ilausuu The first is for Maplewood's discharge of sanitary sewer from Palm Court into Little Canada at Keller Parkway. This situation has existed for a number of years now and this agreement memorializes past understandings as to billings, maintenance & repair, and infiltration/inflow issues. The second is for the water main Maplewood will construct from the intersection of Keller Parkway and Arcade that will run easterly along Keller Parkway, then turn north onto Kohlman Lane to serve that entire area, including Beam Avenue. Once the project is complete, Maplewood will turn the main over to us and we will be responsible for on -going maintenance and operation. All service connections will be handled through us. We will install meters and billing the accounts for water usage in the same manner we bill our residents. We will also bill Maplewood's other utility costs (sanitary sewer, recycling, and storm water), collect the money and remit it to Maplewood, less a $3.50 per account /per quarter servicing fee. The servicing fee can be reviewed /adjusted on an annual basis. The third agreement is for Maplewood's extension of their sanitary sewer line to the north from Kohlman Lane to provide service for new areas to be developed in Little Canada (Richie Place, Sculley Property, and possibly Canadian Woods). We are 100% responsible for these costs. This work is being bid as an alternate to enable us to cancel this component should pricing not be favorable when compared to offsetting the costs of construction and maintenance of multiple lift stations should we not proceed with this work. This agreement also assigns a share of the project costs for street and water main to serve our portion of Beam Avenue. (1 have asked for an exhibit to document the calculation /allocation of those costs based on our staff discussions on this topic.) This document is also similar the first JPA in terms of billings, maintenance and repair, and 1 & I issues, except the roles are reversed. It should also be noted that the section of main extended to serve our pending development areas will be our responsibility in terms of maintenance going forward. This is a deep portion of main and should repairs ever be needed 1