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'M'11 k" REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: March 21, 2011 Item No.: 7 - g City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve an Agreement for Supplemental Law Enforcement Services on Lake Owasso Ip 0 Ll 17 The Lake Owasso Task Forcer in 1997, presented the City Council a series of recommendations regarding issues on Lake Owasso. The Councit, as a result of the recommendations, approved: • Ordinance regarding water surface use on Lake Owasso • Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Shoreview, and • Resolution adopting other recommendations including authon* zing 3 6 additional hours of water patrol on Lake Owasso for the summer of 1997 at a cost of $11,152. The Council approved the additional hours in prior years of 1998 — 2010. Attached is an agreement with Ramsey County for 42 additional hours of water patrol on Lake Owasso during the weekends and holidays in the summer of 2011. These hours are in addition to the regularly scheduled county patrol. The contract language is identical to that in the 2010 agreement. The hourly rate remained the same from 2006 through 2008, which was $39.50 per hour. The rate for 2009was raised to $41.18 per hour. The rate for 2010 was lowered to 41.0O which was in line with agreements with other cities and is represented in the 2011 Agreement. A representative from the Ramsey County Sheriff s Office has been invited to attend and answer questions from the Council. A representative from the Lake Owasso Homeowner's Association has been invited to share support for the supplemental law enforcement coverage of Lake Owasso. I goal -0 V U6 I OW This agreement is within the policy direction of the City Council as set out in its Collaboration and Cooperation Policy. Page I of 2