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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 3/14/2016 <br />Item No.: 8i <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Approval for the City of Roseville Police Department to renew a Special Weapons and <br />Tactics Team (SWAT) Joint Powers Agreement with the City of St. Anthony Police Department, the City of <br />North St. Paul Police Department, the University of Minnesota Police Department and the Metropolitan <br />Council for the Metro Transit Police Department. <br /> <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />The City of Roseville signed a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) in 2011 forming East Metro SWAT. <br />2 <br />3 <br />In 2015 the City of Roseville and all other agencies involved with East Metro SWAT,except the <br />4 <br />University of Minnesota Police Department,signed an updated JPA recognizing updates in East Metro <br />5 <br />SWAT.In early 2016 the legal staff for the University of Minnesota proposed two minor changes to the <br />6 <br />JPA signed in 2015. <br />7 <br />P A <br />ROPOSEDCTION <br />8 <br /> <br />Torenew the JPA and allow all parties (the City of Roseville Police Department, the City of St. <br />9 <br />Anthony Police Department, the North St. Paul Police Department, the University of Minnesota Police <br />10 <br />Department and the Metropolitan Council for the Metro Transit Police Department) and their respective <br />11 <br />officers to continue to extend services beyond their respective jurisdictions for the purpose of providing <br />12 <br />assistance and enforcing the law in emergency situations. The parties believe the existing procedures <br />13 <br />whereby parties to this Agreement (copy attached) may provide personnel or equipment assistance to <br />14 <br />another party or parties--in the event of an emergencyare of great benefit to public health, safety and <br />15 <br />welfare. <br />16 <br />17 <br />Proposed changes to the JPA made by the University of Minnesota are listed on Page. 4, line 169 and <br />18 <br />Page 6. line 291and are the only changes to the existing JPA. The changes have been approved by <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />FI <br />INANCIAL MPACTS <br />22 <br />Noadditional financial impacts. <br />23 <br />SR <br />TAFF ECOMMENDATION <br />24 <br />Authorize the City of Roseville Police Department to renew the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) <br />25 <br />Joint Powers Agreement with the cities of St. Anthony, North St. Paul,the University of Minnesota <br />26 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />