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AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF SHOREVIEW, MINNESOTA, CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA, AND CITY OF NORTH OAKS, MINNESOTA FOR THE LAKE JOHANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into the ___ day of _______________, 2025 by and between THE CITY OF SHOREVIEW, a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, and THE CITY OF NORTH OAKS, a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota (the three cities may be referred to as the "parties").each a “City” and collectively the “Cities”). RECITALS WHEREAS, on November 17, 2021, the Cities entered into that certain Joint Powers Agreement Between City of Shoreview, Minnesota, City of Arden Hills, Minnesota, and City of North Oaks, Minnesota for the Lake Johanna Fire Department Headquarters (the “Joint Powers Agreement”); and WHEREAS, the Cities hereby amend and restate the Joint Powers Agreement in full as of the date first written above; and WHEREAS, each City is responsible for providing fire protection and prevention services for the people and institutions within its boundaries; and WHEREAS, each City contracts with Lake Johanna Fire Department, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, to provide each City's fire protection and preventionsprevention services; and WHEREAS, the costs of said fire protection and prevention services are allocated pursuant to contracted service agreements between the Cities and the Lake Johanna Fire Department; and WHEREAS, Lake Johanna Fire Department identified vacant property owned by Bethel University on Pine Tree Drive in the City of Arden Hills ("the Property") as a potential site for a new fire station; and WHEREAS, the Property is large enough to accommodate headquarters for Lake Johanna Fire Department and has improved access ideally situated to cover southern Arden Hills and Shoreview as well as the entire service area for Lake Johanna Fire Department; and WHEREAS, Lake Johanna Fire Department purchased the Property on October 15, 2020 for $1,350,000 plus closing costs for a total of $1,353,177.50, and Lake Johanna Fire Department will also pay $325,000 for road construction costs; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59 authorizes governmental units by agreement of their governing bodies jointly and/or cooperatively to exercise any power common to the contracting parties and to provide for a joint board representing the parties to the agreement; and