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COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY AND THE RICE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MIRROR POND PROJECT COMPONENT OF THE PETITIONED BASIC WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECT 2013-01 THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this ___ day of _________, 2015, by and between the City of Saint Anthony, Minnesota, a municipal corporation (hereinafter “City”) and the Rice Creek Watershed District, a special purpose unit of local government under Minnesota Statutes Chapters 103B and 103D (hereinafter “District”). WHEREAS, on July 23, 2013, by Resolution 13-056, the City Council approved a joint petition to the District for a Basic Water Management Project to address stormwater management and flooding within the Cities of New Brighton and Saint Anthony; WHEREAS, on August 28, 2013, by Resolution 2013-23, the District’s Board of Managers initiated the Project, assigning Project Number 2013-01, and appointed Houston Engineering, Inc. as the Project Engineer to make surveys, maps, analyses and reports for the Project as necessary and consistent with the Project phasing, coordination and implementation proposals contained within the Petition; WHEREAS, phase 1 of the Project phasing, coordination and implementation proposals contained within the Petition was completed and the Project Engineer submitted a Phase 1 Report dated March 31, 2014; WHEREAS, the Phase 1 Report identified the Mirror Pond project component (hereinafter “Improvement”) as a key feature within the City to achieve project objectives and as ready for immediate implementation; WHEREAS, the Improvement is identified in the City’s July 2011 Flood Investigation and Stormwater Modeling Report; WHEREAS, during the phase 1 proceedings, the District, in cooperation with the City, submitted a Targeted Watershed Demonstration Grant (hereinafter “Grant”) proposal to the Board of Water and Soil Resources (hereinafter “BWSR”) which included the Improvement; WHEREAS, the District was successful in its proposal and has received a Grant to be used to pay the cost of various projects, including implementation of the Improvement as part of the petitioned Basic Water Management Project; WHEREAS, the Cities of New Brighton, Saint Anthony and Roseville filed a joint petition, duly authorized by the governing bodies of the Cities upon resolutions of the City Councils, to amend Project 2013-01 to allow implementation of the Improvement without delay; 1515