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<br /> <br /> <br />To: Connie Taillon, City of White Bear Lake, Environmental Specialist/Water Resources <br />Engineer <br /> Kevin Kress, City of North Oaks, City Administrator <br /> Mike Grochala, City of Lino Lakes, Community Development Director <br /> Jim Hauth, City of Vadnais Heights, Public Works Director <br /> Melissa Lawrence, City of Gem Lake, Administrative Assistant <br /> Dale Reed, White Bear Township, Public Works Director <br />From: Phil Belfiori – VLAWMO Administrator and Troy Gilchrist – VLAWMO Attorney <br />Date: April 24, 2025 <br />Re: Member Community Staff Review and Comment on Initial Draft of Updated VLAWMO <br />JPA <br /> <br />VLAWMO is working to update its Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) in conjunction with its work to <br />develop the 2027-2036 Watershed Plan. The current JPA was adopted in 2016 and will <br />expire on December 31, 2026. While the current JPA will not expire until next year, VLAWMO <br />determined the concurrent review of the JPA and the Watershed Plan is the most efficient and <br />will help ensure the documents are properly aligned. As such, VLAWMO staff and Troy <br />Gilchrist (VLAWMO Attorney) have prepared the enclosed updated initial draft of the JPA. The <br />goal was to better align the JPA with how VLAWMO actually operates and has operated for <br />many years. An effort was also made to streamline the language as much as possible. <br />The VLAWMO Board of Directors reviewed the initial draft of the JPA at its April 23, 2025 <br />meeting and voted to have VLAWMO staff send the initial draft to member community staff for <br />review and comment. The Initial draft JPA is enclosed along with a copy of the current JPA and <br />redline showing the differences between the documents. <br />VLAWMO staff requests any comments on the draft JPA be provided via email to Phil Belfiori <br />at Phil.belfiori@vlawmo.org by Wednesday May 28, 2025. Your comments will be used to <br />prepare an updated draft of the JPA for review by the VLAWMO Board. If you have any legal <br />based questions, please contact VLAWMO Attorney Troy Gilchrist at <br />Troy@townlawcenter.com. If you have any non-legal questions, please contact Phil Belfiori <br />at Phil.belfiori@vlawmo.org. <br />Attachments: <br />1. Memo from VLAWMO Attorney Troy Gilchrist highlighting the key revisions in the <br />initial draft of the updated JPA <br />2. Initial Draft of the updated JPA and Updated VLAWMO boundary map exhibit <br />3. “Redline” between current JPA and the initial draft of Updated JPA <br />4. Current JPA with prior amendments (approved in 2016)