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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JULY 12 1999 , 6 . Mayor Probst confirmed that this .loint Powers Agreement was the same as the previous agreement. Mr. Stafford stated that this agreement was almost identical to the previous one. Mayor Probst noted that in Section N on page two of the agreement it stated that "The City shall pay the County up to $.40 per parcel..." He asked if this was a fixed cost or if there was any chance that it could be less. Mr. Stafford stated that this was a fixed cost and will remain for this five-year agreement. Although it had been stated that $20,000 of the fee comes from Ramsey County taxes, Mr. Post noted that these funds actually come from the State of Minnesota SCORE grant which is distributed by Ramsey County. Council member Larson confirmed that the City is charging $22.00 per year that results in some revenue for the City. This revenue is then used to pay for the recycling program costs, which is balanced by the payment of the SCORE grant money. Mr. Stafford stated that the $22.00 per parcel, per year, plus the SCORE money covers the entire recycling fee for the City. Mr. Post noted that the SCORE grant program subsidizes residential recycling service fees. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). D. Proposed Public Works/Parks Maintenance Facility, Space Needs Study, TKDA . Mr. Fritsinger explained that, over the last couple of months, the City Council had discussed a new maintenance facility, especially since the point in time when Congressman Vento and Senator Grams submitted language into the Defense Bill which dealt with the transfer of property on the Arsenal from the Army National Guard to the City of Arden Hills and to Ramsey County. At that time, Ramsey County had solicited each of the various taxing districts within Ramsey County to participate with their consultant to help with the space planning and study of the maintenance facility complex. The City Council had directed staffto contact Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson and Associates, Inc. to discuss the undertaking of a space planning study for the proposed maintenance facility. Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson and Associates, Inc. has been working with Ramsey County on the space planning study for their proposed maintenance facility. Attached to the staff report was a proposal from Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson and Associates, Inc. to work with the City of Arden Hills on this project. The study would be completed on an hourly basis at a cost not to exceed $8,500. Mr. Fritsinger stated that the proposal was straightforward. He noted that City Attorney Filla had not yet reviewed the proposal and staff will have this done accomplished to proceeding. . Mr. Fritsinger stated that, in talking with Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson and Associates, Inc., the one area that the City of Arden Hills and Ramsey County did not want to get into at this point was the idea of ajoint-use facility. The City staff and Ramsey County felt it would be appropriate to review the study completed by the City in the early 1990's and using this as a