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~;'tervi[[e 'EstaEfisn cc{ 1857 1880 :Main Street, Centervi[fe, :Jvt2V 55038 651-429-3232 or p~ 651-429-8629 Date DRAFT Doug Fischer County Engineer Anoka County Highway Dept. 1440 Bunker Lake Blvd. NW Andover, :MN 55304 Dear Mr. Fischer: We have reviewed the draft joint powers agreement and found several things of concern. 1) The first item and perhaps of greatest concern is the inclusion of storm drainage system costs in the JPA The memorandum of agreement did not include this item and the cost estimate didn't give a hint that you might be looking for participation. We cannot accept this afterthought. It is outrageous to expect to now allocate these costs-we will not pay for drainage system costs. 2) We have inserted on Page 4 the same language that was in the MOD that indicates Anoka County's intention to secure reimbursement for the trail costs from Metro Parks Trail Program. 3) We deleted city participation in the mobilization and field office. These items were not contemplated by the MOD and in fact were specifically allocated to the County in Exhibit C ofthe MOD. 4) We deleted city participation in traffic control for the same reason as mobilization. 5) We have offered alternative schedule for payment of the City's share. We will provide 20% at bid award and 75% on June 1, 2007, as long as the bulk of Centerville costs are still planned to occur in 2007. Specifically if the downtown area were delayed to 2008, then we would not pay those costs until closer to the expected construction. 6) We deleted the engineering reimbursement for considering alternative designs on CSAH 54. If you expected to be reimbursed, you should have indicated that at the time those discussions were taking place. 7) We inserted in section V. B that the City would receive a credit of $150,000 in providing alternative pond locations which only happened because of the City's insistence thus saving the county at least three times that amount. 9~