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Minneapolis city limits. This shall include that segment of the storm sewer from the <br />southernmost manhole of the treatment structure to the municipal boundary. <br /> <br />2.2 Operations and Maintenance <br /> <br />Operations and Maintenance of the St. Anthony Treatment and Research Facility shall be <br />the responsibility of the City of St. Anthony. The City of St. Anthony will be entering into an <br />agreement with the MWMO to assist in the on-going operation, monitoring and maintenance of <br />this facility. The City of St. Anthony anticipates MWMO staff to be on site at regular intervals <br />to collect monitoring samples, complete maintenance, and inspect system performance. In <br />addition, St. Anthony Public Works will also be on-site at regular intervals to assist with <br />maintenance and inspection needs. <br /> <br />Emergency assistance and response to operational or failed operation of the system shall <br />be directed immediately to the City of St. Anthony Public Works department. <br /> <br />2.3 Operational Changes or Improvements to the Project Site <br /> <br />Minneapolis shall maintain permit approval over the site for any future changes or <br />modifications to the portion of the facility located within the City of Minneapolis. The City of <br />St. Anthony shall submit proposed site changes to Minneapolis, and other agencies as required <br />and follow the appropriate permitting processes as established by Minneapolis for the proposed <br />project improvements. <br /> <br />3. Dispute Resolution <br /> <br />In the event disputes arise between the parties with regard to rights and responsibilities <br />under this Agreement, the parties agree to first attempt to resolve the dispute among themselves <br />through informal discussions between their respective line level and other staff persons. If the <br />dispute cannot be resolved through this process, either party to this agreement can send a written <br />notice of dispute signed by the Public Works Director (or equivalent) of that party invoking <br />dispute resolution procedures while specifically referring to this paragraph of this agreement. <br />The parties shall promptly begin discussion between their respective supervisory level staff to <br />define and resolve the dispute. Within 30 days of receipt of the written notice of dispute, the <br />Minneapolis Director of Public Works (or fully empowered designee) and the City Manager for <br />St. Anthony (or fully empowered designee) shall meet at the office of the party receiving the <br />notice of dispute (or other agreed location) at a reasonable time during regular business hours, <br />Each such official shall assure that staff with direct knowledge of the issue in dispute are present. <br />The parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the problem. If the dispute cannot be resolved <br />in this manner, it shall be presented to each of the City Councils at the next regular meeting of <br />each City Council or the appropriate committee thereof. If the dispute cannot be resolved by the <br />respective City Councils, the parties agree to promptly refer the dispute to an independent third <br />party mediator trained in providing mediation services. The parties shall share the costs of this <br />mediation equally. The mediator shall be selected by alternatively striking names from a list of <br />six persons trained to provide mediation services (three names added to the list by each party) <br />until only two names are left. If the parties cannot agree on one of the two remaining names, the <br />134