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Local Water Supply Plan Template July 8, 2016 <br /> Appendix 6: Cooperative Agreements for Emergency Services <br /> JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE <br /> CITY OF ANOKA AND THE CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> FOR THE SUPPLY OF MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE <br /> TO PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between the City of Anoka, <br /> Minnesota, a Charter City under the laws of the State of Minnesota <br /> ("Anoka"), and the City of Ramsey, Minnesota, a Charter City under <br /> the laws of the State of Minnesota ("Ramsey"), on the N t-' day <br /> of 4�U S� 1996. <br /> WHEREAS, both Anoka and Ramsey own and operate municipal water <br /> systems for the purpose of providing municipal water service to <br /> their citizens, and <br /> WHEREAS, Anoka's and Ramsey's corporate boundaries are <br /> adjacent and their respective water systems are in close proximity <br /> at the West boundary of Anoka and the East boundary of Ramsey; and <br /> WHEREAS, Anoka has reserve municipal water system capacity <br /> beyond that which is currently needed to supply its peak day <br /> demand, and Ramsey has an expanding customer base which has <br /> exhausted Ramsey's municipal water system capacity, and <br /> WHEREAS, it would be in the best interests of both cities to <br /> cooperate in providing municipal water service to portions of <br /> Ramsey and providing Ramsey with a secondary emergency water <br /> source, by utilizing Anoka's excess capacity, and <br /> WHEREAS, such cooperation will provide revenue to Anoka and <br /> postpone the need for Ramsey to spend substantial amounts to expand <br /> its water system capacity. <br /> 75 <br />