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Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Arbitration Act, Chapter 572 of the <br />Minnesota Statutes. <br />Subdivision 7. Contracts for Improvements. All contracts which are to be let as a result of <br />the board's order to construct, repair, alter, reclaim or change the course or terminus of any ditch, <br />drain, storm sewer, watercourse, . or to acquire, operate, construct or maintain dams, . dikes, <br />reservoirs or their appurtenances or to carry out any of the other provisions of the plan as <br />authorized by Minnesota Statutes, and for which two or more member governmental units shall be <br />responsible for the costs, shall be let in accordance with the provisions of Section 429.041 of the <br />Minnesota Statutes. The bidding and contracting of said work shall be let by any one of the <br />member governmental units, as ordered by the Board of Commissioners, after compliance with the <br />statutes. All contracts and bidding procedures shall comply with all the requirements of law <br />applicable to contracts let by a statutory city in the State of Minnesota. <br />The Commission shall not have the authority to contract in its own name for any <br />improvement work for which a special assessment will be levied against any private or public <br />property under the provisions of Chapter 429 or under the provisions of any City charter. This <br />section shall not preclude the Commission from proceeding under Minnesota Statutes, Section <br />103B.251. <br />Subdivision 8. Contracts with Other Governmental Bodies. The Commission may <br />exercise the powers set forth in Article VI, Subdivision 7, but said contracts for a capital <br />improvement shall require a favorable vote of two-thirds majority of the eligible votes of the then <br />existing members of the Commission. <br />Subdivision 9. Supervision. All improvement contracts awarded under the provisions of <br />Subdivision 7 of this Article shall be supervised by the member governmental unit awarding said <br />contract or said member governmental unit may contract or appoint any qualified staff member or <br />members of the Commission to carry out said supervision, but each member agrees that the staff of <br />this Commission shall be authorized to observe and review the work in progress and the members <br />agree to cooperate with the Commission staff in accomplishing the purposes of this Commission. <br />Representatives of the Commission shall have the right to enter upon the place or places where the <br />improvement work is in progress for the purpose of making reasonable tests and inspections. The <br />staff of this Commission shall report, advise and recommend to the Board on the progress of said <br />work. <br />Subdivision 10. Land Acquisition. The Commission shall not have the power of eminent <br />domain. The member governmental units agree that any and all easements or interest in land which <br />are necessary will be negotiated or condemned in accordance with Chapter 117 of the Minnesota <br />Statutes by the unit wherein said lands are located, and each member agrees to acquire the <br />necessary easements or right-of-way or partial or complete interest in land upon order of the Board <br />of Commissioners to accomplish the purposes of this agreement. All reasonable costs of said <br />acquisition shall be considered as a cost of the improvement. If a member governmental unit <br />1 1 Page A-11 <br />