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May 26, 1988
<br />JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
<br />SUBURBAN HOME -SHARE COMMISSION
<br />THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the date of execution,
<br />by and between the communities of Falcon Heights, Hugo, Lauderdale,
<br />Little Canada, Maplewood, New Brighton, North St. Paul, Oakdale,
<br />Roseville, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, and White Bear Township,
<br />hereinafter referred to as the "participating communities," and Lutheran
<br />Social Services, hereinafter referred to as "LSS."
<br />WITNESSETH:
<br />WHEREAS, the participating communities have authority, pursuant to
<br />Minnesota Statutes 471.59, to jointly or cooperatively, by agreement,
<br />exercise any powers common to the contracting parties;
<br />WHEREAS, the Older Adult Home Share Task Force hereinafter referred
<br />to as the "Task Force," was created on October 9, 1984, as a
<br />subcommittee of the Maplewood Housing and Redevelopment Authority, in
<br />response to a directive from the Maplewood City Council to study the
<br />need for a home- sharing program;
<br />WHEREAS, the Task Force conducted a questionnaire survey in January
<br />1985. A finding of this survey was that approximately 2500 older adults
<br />who reside in the jurisdictions of the Roseville, White Bear Lake and
<br />Maplewood -North St. Paul - Oakdale school districts hereinafter referred
<br />to as the "study area," would be expected to be interested in sharing
<br />their homes;
<br />WHEREAS, LSS has successfully administered a home - sharing program
<br />since 1980, entitled Share -A -Home;
<br />WHEREAS, the existing LSS Share -A -Home program is not sufficiently
<br />funded to service the projected demand within the study area;
<br />WHEREAS, the Task Force concluded that a three -year pilot expansion
<br />of the LSS Share -A -Home program (hereinafter referred to as the "pilot
<br />program") would be the most efficient and cost - effective way to evaluate
<br />the actual demand for a long -term program within the study area.
<br />WHEREAS, in the fall of 1985, the Task Force was dissolved and the
<br />Older Adult Home -Share Steering Commission (hereinafter referred to as
<br />the "Steering Commission ") was created to oversee the pilot program to
<br />serve the residents of Falcon Heights, Hugo, Lauderdale, Little Canada,
<br />Maplewood, North St. Paul, Oakdale, Roseville, Vadnais Heights and White
<br />Bear Township.
<br />WHEREAS, on April 28, 1988, the Steering Commission concluded that
<br />the pilot program had demonstrated that the home -share concept is a
<br />cost - effective housing alternative for older adults and that it would
<br />be in the public interest to insure that the LSS Share -A -Home program
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