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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT entered into as of the date of execution by and between the County of Anoka, a Minnesota municipal corporation (hereafter "County"), the City of Ramsey, a Minnesota muaicipal corporation, and the Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization, a joint powers entity (hereafter the "Commission") created by the City of Andover, the City of Anoka, the City of Coon Rapids, and the City of Ramsey. WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement have authority pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59, to jointly and cooperatively by agreement exercise any powers common to the contracting bodies pursuant to Minnesota Statutes; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Section 103D.625 provides a procedure for County Ditch Systems to be transferred for maintenance by the County to a local watershed district or watershed management organization; and WHEREAS, the members of the Commission authorize and agree to accept that portion of County Ditch No. 43 and County Ditch No. 3 aJk/a County Ditch No. 66 for maintenance which lies within the City of Ramsey on the condition that the City of Ramsey will maintain this County Ditch System as a part of its general municipal improvements and in a fashion consistent with the Commission's approved watershed management plan; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey is one of the members of the Commission. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Agreement do mutually agree as follows: SECTION 1 PURPOSE AND INTENT 1.1. The City of Ran~sey has determined that it is necessary and expedient, in the interest of'the citizens of that city, and consistent with sound surface water management practices that certain ditches, which are described above, that were originally created as county ditches should continue to be used to divert and channel surface waters. 1.2. The area drained by these ditches has become urbanized since the establishment of the ditches. These changes in land use patterns have rendered it impractical for the current ditch authority, Anoka County, to repair, maintain or operate these ditches because of legal limitations in state laws relating to county ditches. 1.3. Minnesota Statutes Sections 103D.625 and 103B.211, Subd. 1, authorize the transfer of county ditches to watershed districts and joint powers watershed management organizations such as the Commission. 1.4. The City of Ramsey has requested that the ditch described below be transferred to the Commission so that such ditches may be repaired and maintained by the City and at the City's expense under this joint powers agreement. CLL-178112vi LWl05- ! --] 8~-- I I i I I I i I I I I I I ! I I i I