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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />RESOLUTION 12-020 <br />RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE JOINT POWERS <br />AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY AND RAMSEY <br />COUNTY FOR THE USE OF YARD WASTE MANAGEMENT SITES USING THE <br />CITY'S ALLOCATION OF SCORE FUNDS FOR THE PERIOD OF <br />JANUARY 1, 2012 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2017 <br />WHEREAS, this Agreement is entered into pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section <br />471.56 between the City of St. Anthony, a political subdivision of the State <br />of Minnesota and Ramsey County, a political subdivision of the State of <br />Minnesota; and <br />WHEREAS, Ramsey County operates a yard waste management system, which includes <br />seven (7) sites for the collection of yard waste from Ramsey County <br />residents; and <br />WHEREAS, Yard Waste Policy #4 of the Regional Ramsey County Solid Waste Master <br />Plan states, "Ramsey County will not allow residents of other counties or <br />allow commercial yard waste haulers/collectors, lawn services, or tree <br />services to use County yard waste sites"; and <br />WHEREAS, a portion of the City of St. Anthony is in Ramsey Comity, and City <br />residents within that area may use the Country's yard waste sites but those <br />City residents not in Ramsey County are not allowed to use the County's <br />yard waste sites; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony would like to provide additional yard waste <br />management opportunities to all of its residents, whether they reside in <br />Ramsey County or Hennepin County; and <br />WHEREAS, Ramsey County is willing to make yard waste services available to the City <br />of St. Anthony for a reasonable cost, and provide an exception to Yard <br />Waste Policy #4 to address the practical difficulties of providing yard waste <br />services for residents of the City because this City Inas significant <br />population in two (2) counties; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony and Ramsey County have determined that the <br />amount of SCORE, funds allocated to the City on an annual basis <br />approximates the cost of Ramsey County in providing the City of St. <br />Anthony residents that reside in Hennepin County with yard waste services; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners has approved the Amendment <br />to the Joint Powers Agreement between Ramsey County and the City of St. <br />Anthony dated January 24, 2012 that states that Ramsey County will <br />directly apply SCORE funds previously available to the City of St. Anthony <br />