HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 8744 RESOLUTION NO. 8744
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF
JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY DISSOLUTION AGREEMENT AND
LEASE TERMINATION RELATING TO FIRE TRAINING FACILITY ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority set forth in Minn. Stat. § 471.59, the City of
Fridley (the "City") and Spring Lake Park, Blaine, Mounds View, and Brooklyn Center
(collectively the "Cities") entered into a Joint Powers Agreement in 1991 entitled Joint
Powers Agreement — Fire Training Association (the "JPA") for the construction and
operation of the Fire Training Association (the "Association"), a joint powers entity under
Minnesota law; and
WHEREAS, the Association originally consisted of four Member Departments with
Spring Lake Park, Blaine, and Mounds View collectively considered one Member
Department ("SBM") and Fridley, Columbia Heights, and Brooklyn Center individually
comprising the other three Member Departments; and
WHEREAS, at the time they entered into the JPA, the City and the Cities
determined that it was to their mutual advantage to form a single joint powers entity under
Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59, to jointly and collectively construct, use, and maintain
a fire training facility; and
WHEREAS, the fire training facility, comprised of several structures, improvements
and fixtures, and alternatively referred to as the fire training center or the building
(collectively, the "Facility") was constructed on real property owned by Fridley located at
348 71st Avenue NE, Fridley, Minnesota or alternatively identified as 300 71st Avenue,
Fridley, Minnesota (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Cities amended the JPA in 1994 with the execution of the
Amendment Of Joint Powers Agreement For Construction And Operation Of Fire Training
Site (the "Amendment"), which terminated the participation of one Member Department,
Columbia Heights, from the JPA; and
WHEREAS, following the construction of the Facility, the City and the Association
entered into a twenty-five year lease, the Fire Training Center Lease Agreement (the
"Lease") for its rental in 1997; and
WHEREAS, the Property is now being redeveloped as a part of the City's
construction of the new City Hall Campus, the Facility's location conflicts with those
redevelopment plans, and the Member Departments, including the City, have determined
that there is no longer a need for the JPA; and
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WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing circumstances, the City and the Cities and
their respective Member Departments desire to terminate the Lease and to dissolve and
terminate the Fire Training Association JPA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mounds View:
1. The City Council hereby approves the Termination of the Fire Training Center
Lease Agreement relating to the Property and authorizes the SBM Fire Chief to
execute the same on its behalf.
2. The City Council hereby approves the dissolution of the Fire Training
Association and its JPA and authorizes the Mayor and City Administrator to execute
the Dissolution Agreement related to the same.
Adopted this 10th day of April, 2017.
44W 441./.6die
Carol A. Mueller, Mayor
ATTEST:
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James Ericson, City Administrator
(seal)