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I ~- CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM I DATE: November 14,1996 I TO: Mayo< ~d City Coo... (j) I FROM: Brian Fritsinger, City Administrat SUBJECT: I-35W Corridor Coalition I Back!!round Enclosed, the City Council will find a variety of documents related to the North Metro 1-35W I Corridor Coalition (Coalition), Over the past several months, a steering committee comprising of the Mayors and Managers/Administrators from the participating communities have been I meeting and discussing a formalized structure for this organization, The Arden Hills City Council initially supported the cooperative participation in the North Metro I 1-35W Corridor Coalition by adopting Resolution #96-30 (Exhibit 4) in May of this year, At that time, the Coalition had no specific organizational structure, and included the cities of Arden Hills, Mounds View, New Brighton, Roseville and Shoreview, Ie The initial issues which brought the communities together were the need for marketing and development ofthe corridor cities, These related to transportation, housing, polluted site clean . up, infrastructure improvements, GIS, funding opportunities, and commercial/industrial development. I Joint Powers Agreement Based on the direction given by the steering committee, staff was encouraged to investigate and I recommend a method of formalizing the organizational structure of the Coalition. The attached Joint Powers Agreement (Exhibit 1) was presented to the mayors at a meeting on November 13 and was well-received and recommended to be provided to each Council for action. I The Joint Powers Agreement formalizes the organization, but also addresses the following issues: . L Organizational Goals (pages 2 -3) These goals are essentially the same goals identified and discussed when the I Council adopted Resolution #96-30, An additional goal (#7) will be added allowing the organization to work on other collaborative projects which benefit the participating communities, The purpose of this goal is to act as a catch-all for I any other j oint efforts, ~ .