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consistency, or grammar. The following highlights the substantive changes made to the draft JPA based on the member community staff comments received in May: 1. The language about the “final budget” needing to be adopted by December 31 was revised to reflect to indicate that any budget adjustments required to allocate carry- overfunds need to be made by December 31 (Sec. 6.1(f) ) 2. If there was ever a member assessment, the date by which that decision needs to be made was changed from September 1 to July 1 to better accommodate the city budgeting process (Sec. 6.3). 3. The duration of the JPA was revised back to previous language, which was 10 years; (Sec. 7.1). The JPA can be amended at any time in the future if needed (Sec. 8.4). 4. The method for selecting a mediator if the parties cannot agree on a mediator under the dispute resolution process in Sec. 8.2 was revised to have the Chair make the selection or, if the Chair’s community is involved, then to have the Vice-Chair make the selection. 5. Revisions to Sec 7.4 regarding the allocation of assets if VLAWMO was dissolved to remove references to real property. 6. The voting requirement to approve the annual budget was revised. (see note below regarding subsequent comments from BWSR). The VLAWMO Board considered the revised JPA at its June 25, 2025 meeting and adopted a VLAWMO Resolution 05-2025 (See attachment 4) to approve forwarding the JPA to BWSR for review and then to the member communities. The draft JPA was then sent to BWSR for review and comment as is required by State law. Upon review, BWSR provided four comments which were mostly minor and focused on detailed policy matters related to Board meeting logistics /noticing and adding a reference related to the VLAWMO annual report work plan. The BWSR also commented that the voting requirement section included in VLAWMO’s annual budget process (referred to in Sections 3 and 6 of the JPA) require a majority vote. Staff made these revisions to respond to BWSR’s comments and the revised the JPA. On Tues. July 29, 2025, VLAWMO staff sent out the final update JPA to member community staff. The City of Lino Lakes staff then sent an email on Wed. July 30, 2025 regarding a question on the proposed language in section 3.14 of the JPA regarding voting requirements for capital improvements. Based on this question and subsequent discussions, VLAWMO revised the language in Section 3.14 as follows: