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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT LAKE PEL TIER WATER SURFACE USE I. PARTIES. This Agreement is made and entered into by and between the CITY OF LINO LAKES, a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, (herein "Lino Lakes), and the CITY OF CENTERVILLE, a municipal corporation and political subdivision ofthe State of Minnesota (herein "Centerville"). II. RECITALS. Lake Peltier is located within the corporation boundaries ofLino Lakes and Centerville and has a public access for boats. The waters of Lake Peltier are used extensively by the public for boating, fishing and other recreational purposes. Lake Peltier Island contains a unique Great Blue Heron and White Egret nesting colony. Regulation of boating traffic on Lake Peltier is necessary in order to minimize adverse impact on natural resources and to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents ofLino Lakes and Centerville who reside on properties surrounding Lake Peltier and of those people who use Lake Peltier for recreational purposes. By means of this Joint Powers Agreement adopted pursuant to Minn. Stat. ~~ 459.20 and 471.59, Lino Lakes and Centerville will establish guidelines applicable to the adoption of ordinances by each City restricting the speed and use of motorized watercraft on Lake Peltier. III. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. In Consideration of the mutual undertakings herein expressed, Lino Lakes and Centerville agree as follows: A. Each City shall adopt an ordinance which incorporates the following guidelines: 1. Adopts the definitions ofMinn. Stat. ~86B.005. 2. A slow no-wake speed 24 hours per day all year in the area to the North of the Southern section lines of Sections 10 and 11 of Township 31 N Range 22W starting at the southern boundary ofRehbeins Peltier View Subdivision ofLino Lakes will be enforced. Exemptions: i. Authorized resource management emergency and enforcement personnel, when acting in the performance of their duties, shall be exempt from the provisions of this ordinance. ii. A temporary exemption from these restrictions for a special event may be granted upon approval by the City Council and the issuance of a permit by the Anoka County Sheriff's Department.