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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR STREET LIGHTING OF THE SUNSET AVENUE AND 109TH AVENUE/APOLLO DRIVE ROUNDABOUT This Agreement made and entered into this ______ day of _________, 2016, by and between the City of Blaine, 10801 Town Square Drive NE, Blaine, MN 55449, hereinafter referred to as “Blaine”, and the City of Lino Lakes, 600 Town Center Parkway, Lino Lakes, MN 55014, hereinafter referred to as “Lino Lakes”. WITNESSETH WHEREAS, Anoka County constructed a roundabout on Sunset Avenue at 109th Avenue/Apollo Drive which is a shared border between Blaine and Lino Lakes, the “Cities”; and WHEREAS, Anoka County installed fifteen street lights with the construction of the roundabout at Sunset Avenue and 109th Avenue/Apollo Drive in 2016 within both Cities; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Anoka County policy, the maintenance of street lights and cost of electrical power to the street lights is the sole obligation of the Cities in which the installations are located; and WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement consider it mutually desirable to share the cost of the metered street light power for the fifteen street lights constructed within the Cities; and WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement also consider it mutually desirable to divide the cost for the maintenance of the street lights located within the Sunset Avenue roundabout right of way; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59 authorizes political subdivisions of the State to enter into joint powers agreements for the joint exercise of powers common to each. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY STIPULATED AND AGREED: I. PURPOSE The parties have joined together for the purpose of sharing the cost of the metered street light power for the fifteen street lights constructed at the roundabout at Sunset Avenue and 109th Avenue/Apollo Drive. The parties have also joined together for the purpose and dividing the maintenance cost for those street lights located within the Sunset Avenue roundabout right of way. II. METHOD AND COSTS Power Service Blaine will receive and pay the monthly Xcel Energy bills for the metered power to the fifteen street lights constructed at the roundabout on Sunset Avenue and 109th Avenue/Apollo Drive. Blaine will total the Xcel Energy bills at the end of each year and an invoice for half of the metered power cost to the City of Lino Lakes. Street Light Maintenance Maintenance costs for the street lights located with either community that being Apollo Drive within Lino Lakes and 109th Street within Blaine will be the sole responsibility of that community. Maintenance costs of the street lights within the Sunset Avenue roundabout right of way will be shared half and half and invoiced to the other City. Each City agrees to pay the other such amounts as are billed to it within 30 days of receipt of an invoice. IV. STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY