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Rush Line Corridor April 24, 2006 Joel Hanson City Administrator City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road East Little Canada, MN 55117 -1633 Dear Joel, 665 Government Center West, 50 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 Phone: (651) 266 -2760 Fax: (651) 266 -2761 www.rushlinecorridor.com Enclosed please find the final Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) recently approved by the Rush Line Corridor Task Force at their April 12, 2006, meeting. This version of the JPA is slightly different from the February version you may have seen last. The differences are highlighted below: • Article 8, Funding —There was no mechanism to raise funds in the proposed agreement. As with the current JPA, only Financial Partners (counties and regional railroad authorities) would be responsible for funding to the Task Force. Article 8 outlines that if necessary, the Task Force could collect from the Financial Partners funds for administrative costs. Funds would be sought based on recent county corridor population. Currently, the Task Force does not seek financial contributions from Financial Partners, nor are there plans to request administrative funds, with the exception of corridor insurance. • Article 1, Definition, Corridor county popuation —This coincides with the above comment. A definition was added for this term. • Article 7, Paragraph B, Executive Committee —This is a new item that was added to give the Financial Members a mechanism to develop and make recommendations to the Task Force. I am requesting your jurisdiction officially approve the Amended and Restated JPA during an upcoming county board, city council, or town board meeting. I've enclosed a sample resolution for your convience, though feel free to modify it to meet your needs. Members include: Regional Railroad Authorities of Chisago, Ramsey, Washington Counties: Anoka County, Pine County, the Cities of Forest Lake, Harris, Hugo, Little Canada 2" "2_bwood, North Branch, Rush City, White Bear Lake, and Wyoming; White Bear Township; and Wyoming Township.