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AGREEMENT EXTENDING AND AMENDING the MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR ANOKA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT By and Among THE COUNTY OF ANOKA, CONNEXUS ENERGY, METRONORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES OF ANOKA COUNTY THIS AGREEMENT is by and between the County of Anoka County (the "County"), a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, by and through its Housing and Redevelopment Authority ("HRA"), Connexus Energy, a Minnesota corporation in Ramsey, Minnesota, MetroNorth Chamber of Commerce, a Minnesota nonprofit organization, and those participating municipalities located within Anoka County, Minnesota, identified on Exhibit A. Recitals: 1. In 2017, a research consultant produced a report and market analysis of business opportunities, targets, and strategies for economic development within Anoka County. 2. Following the 2017 study, the parties signed the "Memorandum of Understanding By and Among The County of Anoka, Connexus Energy, MetroNorth Chamber of Commerce, and Participating Municipalities of Anoka County" (the "2019 Memorandum of Understanding") for the purpose of forming an executive committee (the "Executive Committee") to develop and implement an economic action plan (the "Final Action Plan"). 3. The original 5-year term of the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding will expire on January 10, 2024, or upon the determination by the Executive Committee that the Final Action Plan had been fully implemented. 4. The Executive Committee has not determined that a Final Action Plan has been implemented. 5. The parties are engaged in active strategic planning efforts with multiple studies and projects in progress. 6. The parties find that the economic development purposes served by the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding warrant extending the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding for an additional one-year period.