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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: August 1, 2025 <br />Re: Final Updated VLAWMO Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) for City Council /Town Board <br />Consideration, Action/Signature- Revised with Updated Sect. 3.14 language. <br /> <br />Please find attached (See Attachment 1) the VLAWMO Joint Powers Agreement (“JPA”)for <br />consideration and action by your respective City Council/Town Boards. <br />Background <br />As you are aware from the first draft of the VLAWMO JPA packet sent to you on April 24, <br />2025, VLAWMO is working to update its Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) in conjunction with its <br />work to develop the 2027-2036 Watershed Management Plan. The current JPA was adopted <br />in 2016 and will expire on December 31, 2026. While the current JPA will not expire until next <br />year, VLAWMO determined the concurrent review and update of the JPA and the Watershed <br />Management Plan is the most efficient and will help ensure the documents are properly <br />aligned. <br />As such, VLAWMO staff and Troy Gilchrist (VLAWMO Attorney) have prepared the enclosed <br />final JPA which is the result of a detailed review and work to incorporate VLAWMO’s long- <br />standing practices and procedures. The primary changes from the previous JPA are <br />summarized in the attached sample city /township staff memo and sample resolutions (see <br />Attachment 3). The most import of these changes is the recognition that the storm sewer <br />utility fee is VLAWMO’s primary source of funding. The overall goal was to better align the JPA <br />with how VLAWMO actually operates and has operated for many years. An effort was also <br />made to streamline the language as much as possible. <br />VLAWMO staff sent the draft JPA to member community staff for review and comments on <br />April 24, 2025. Comments were received from four member community staff. The updated <br />JPA reflects revisions where relevant and or necessary per these comments. Many of the <br />comments were non-substantive and involved minor revisions to language for clarification,