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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT SHENANDOAH PARK BMP FEASIBILITY STUDY MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ("Agreement") between the Rice Creek Watershed District, 4325 Pheasant Ridge Drive NE, Suite 611, Blaine, Minnesota 55449 and City of Lino Lakes, 600 Town Center Parkway, Lino Lakes, MN 55014. RECITALS WHEREAS, in December 2009, the Rice Creek Watershed District (District), in partnership with the Anoka Conservation District, published the Rice Lake Stormwater Retrofit Assessment (SRA), later revised in January 2010, with the purpose of providing a blueprint to improve stormwater quality and reduce the volume of runoff entering the stormwater system from neighborhoods that contribute to the degradation of Rice Lake; WHEREAS, on September 27, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the District's Lino Lakes Chain of Lakes Nutrient Total Maximum Daily Load Study, with the purpose of quantifying the total phosphorus loading reductions needed for Rice Lake, and others, to meet state water quality standards; WHEREAS, the development of content within the SRA included review and input from other partners in the Rice Lake Subwatershed, including the City of Lino Lakes (City); WHEREAS, the SRA includes a project concept for the City's Shenandoah Park, an excerpt of which is incorporated herein at Attachment A, suggesting it as an ideal location to develop a project to improve water quality by reducing total phosphorus loads and runoff rates, and potentially restoring previously drained wetland areas, collectively resulting in improvements to Rice Lake; WHEREAS, the SRA establishes that a feasibility study including additional engineering and modeling is required to analyze potential project concepts, and their respective benefits, for Shenandoah Park (Study); WHEREAS, the Study will provide valuable information should either the City or District pursue external grant funding for a proposed water quality improvement project in Shenandoah Park in the future; WHEREAS, the City desires to proceed with the aforementioned Study to further develop project concepts for Shenandoah Park; and, WHEREAS, the District desires to cooperate with the City by providing cost -share assistance for the Study; THEREFORE, in consideration of mutual promises set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the District and the City agree as follows: I. GENERAL SCOPE OF AGREEMENT A. The City agrees to contract for the engineering and modeling work necessary for completion of the Study. The District agrees to provide partial funding and technical support for this effort.