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THIRD SUPPLEMENT TO JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT This Third Supplement to Joint Powers Agreement (the “Supplement”) is dated the ______ day of _______________, 2017, and is entered into pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59, as amended (the “Minnesota Joint Powers Act”), by and among the CITY OF BLAINE (“Blaine”), the CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW (“Mounds View”), and the CITY OF SPRING LAKE PARK (“Spring Lake Park”), collectively herein referred to as the “Cities”, each such City being a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota. 1. Background. The Cities have heretofore entered into that certain Joint Powers Agreement For the Provision of Fire Protection Services, dated December 11, 1990 (the “Joint Powers Agreement”). The Joint Powers Agreement was entered into by the Cities to cooperate in providing fire protection services to their residents through the acquisition, construction, furnishing, and betterment of land, buildings, and equipment for municipal fire protection, firefighting, and related public safety and welfare purposes; the contracting for and payment of such capital costs, services, and related expenses; and the taking of all other action desirable or necessary in connection therewith. The Cities have also heretofore entered into a certain Contract to Furnish Fire Protection Service (the “Contract”) which each of the Cities executed with Spring Lake Park Fire Department Incorporated, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation (the “Fire Company”), in 1986. Under the Contract, the Fire Company provides fire protection and other public health and safety services, equipment, and personnel; and each of the Cities is responsible from year to year for its respective share of the cost thereof pursuant to the Formula (the “Formula”) set out in Exhibit A attached to the Joint Powers Agreement. Under the Joint Powers Agreement, the Cities anticipated that equipment and other property currently owned by the Fire Company would be acquired by the Cities; that the Cities would acquire additional land, buildings, and other equipment and property for fire protection and related public health and safety purposes; that the Cities would in turn by contract make such property available to appropriate service providers, including the Fire Company; and that the Cities would share the respective costs thereof pursuant to the Formula and as further provided in paragraph III(D) of the Joint Powers Agreement. (i) First Supplement. The Joint Powers Agreement was supplemented on February 14, 2005 to allow for the acquisition of land and the construction of a new fire station thereon within Blaine. This project was financed through the issuance of $8,050,000 General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds, Series 2005A, issued by Blaine. (ii) Second Supplement. The Joint Powers Agreement was supplemented again on November 16, 2011 to allow for the acquisition of certain equipment for municipal fire protection and firefighting purposes. These purchases were financed through the issuance of $1,555,000 General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2011A, issued by Blaine. 2. Purpose of Third Supplement. The Cities believe it to be in their best interests to acquire certain equipment (including but not limited to a 75-foot ladder truck equipped with an