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Councilmember introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #15-08-212 RESOLUTION APPROVING MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN ANOKA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF RAMSEY FOR PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE RAMSEY TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey and Anoka County entered into a Joint Powers Agreement dated April 12, 2005, to delineate responsibilities for construction of public works improvements related to the Ramsey Town Center Development ("JPA"); and WHEREAS, Section 1.A of the JPA provides that the County would accommodate storm water pipe and storage ponds for the Ramsey Town Center Development ("RTC") on County Property, which is legally described as Outlot B Tooth Acres, according to the map or plat thereof on file in the office of the Anoka County Registrar of Titles, Anoka County, Minnesota ("County Property"); and WHEREAS, Section 6.D of the JPA also provides that the City was required to construct a storm water pipe and storage pond system on the County Property with sufficient capacity to accommodate the storm water runoff from the RTC and runoff for the County roadways in and around the development area, including all roadways and ditches that now naturally drain toward the intersections of Bunker Lake Boulevard and Highway 10, inclusive of Armstrong Boulevard and Ramsey Boulevard, as said roadways were to be configured in accordance with the JPA; and WHEREAS, the City has constructed a storm water pipe and storage pond system on the County Property of sufficient capacity to accommodate storm water runoff from the RTC and the County road system ("Storm Sewer System"); and WHEREAS, the Storm Sewer System consists of two ponds on the County Property, the northerly pond being somewhat round in shape, and the southerly pond being long and narrow, connected together by an underground culvert; and WHEREAS, the City is designing and constructing a frontage road along the south side of Highway 10, part of which will cross part of the County Property ("Riverdale Drive"); and WHEREAS, construction of Riverdale Drive will require a change to the Storm Sewer System; and WHEREAS, the City and the County are entering into this Agreement for the purpose of describing the responsibilities of each party to (i) facilitate the construction of Riverdale Drive; (ii) facilitate the construction of improvements to the Storm Sewer System, (iii) describe the exchange of property and/or property interests between the County and the City to accomplish the same; and (iv) define the responsibilities of the parties to maintain the Storm Sewer System.