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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR <br />STREET LIGHTING ELECTRIC SERVICE AT THE CSAH 49 AT RAMSEY COUNTY CSAH 1 / ANOKA <br />COUNTY CSAH 32 ROUNDABOUT <br /> <br /> <br /> This Agreement made and entered into this ______ day of _________, 2024, by and between the <br />City of Lino Lakes, 600 Town Center Parkway, Lino Lakes, MN 55014(“Lino Lakes”), and Ramsey County, <br />1425 Paul Kirkwold Drive, Arden Hills, MN 55112 (“Ramsey County”). <br /> <br />WITNESSETH <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to a separate agreement 1, Anoka County and Ramsey County are <br />reconstructing the signalized intersection of County State Aid Highway 49 (Hodgson Road) (hereinafter <br />referred to as “CSAH 49”) and Anoka County State Aid Highway 32 (Ash Street)/ Ramsey County State Aid <br />Highway 1 (a/k/a County Road J) (hereinafter referred to as “CSAH 32/CSAH 1”), and converting such <br />signalized intersection to an unsignalled roundabout (such roundabout, the “Roundabout”, and such <br />reconstruction project, the “Roundabout Project”); <br /> <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, it is standard practice to install roundabout lighting in roundabouts in order to to <br />improve the safety of roundabouts, and roundabout lighting is being installed as a part of the Roundabout <br />Project (the “Roundabout Lighting”); <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in connection with the Roundabout Project, the City of Lino Lakes is installing <br />decorative street lighting within the project area along the multi-use trail located to the north of County Road <br />J (the “Decorative Street Lighting”); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Roundabout Project, Roundabout Lighting, and Decorative Street Lighting are <br />depicted on Exhibit A; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS,WHEREAS, Ramsey County will be responsible for maintaining the Roundabout <br />Lighting and Lino Lakes will be responsible for maintaining the Decorative Street Lighting; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement consider it mutually desirable to share the cost of the <br />metered street light power for the Roundabout Lighting and the Decorative Street Lighting; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59 authorizes political subdivisions of the State to <br />enter into joint powers agreements for the joint exercise of powers common to each. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY STIPULATED AND AGREED: <br /> <br />I. PURPOSE <br /> <br />The parties have joined together for the purpose of: (i) providing for their respective <br />maintenance obligations for the Roundabout Lighting and Decorative Street Lighting; and <br />(ii) sharing, on a “50-50” basis, the total cost of electric utilities for the Roundabout Lighting <br />and the Decorative Street Lighting.. <br /> <br />II. METHOD AND COSTS <br /> <br />Power Service <br />Ramsey County and Lino Lakes shall each pay one-half (1/2) of the total utility costs for <br />metered electric power for the Roundabout Lighting and the Decorative Street Lighting. <br />Ramsey County will receive and pay the monthly Xcel Energy bills for the metered power <br />at address 6020 Hodgson Road Unit 999 for the Roundabout Lighting and the Ddecorative <br /> <br />1 For reference purposes only, see Anoka County Contract No. C0008633/ <br />Ramsey County PW-2022-15 <br />388