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Agreement PW2004-_ <br />July 26, 2004 <br />RAMSEY COUNTY <br />COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT <br />WITH THE VADNAIS LAKE AREA WATER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, GRASS LAKE <br />WATER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, RAMSEY WASHINGTON METRO WATERSHED <br />DISTRICT AND BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL <br />Agreement between <br />County of Ramsey, <br />Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization, <br />Grass Lake Water Management Organization, <br />Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District and <br />Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul <br />West Vadnais Lake Outlet Construction, Attachments: <br />Operation and Maintenance Activities and Cost Share Exhibit A -- Location Map <br />Exhibit B -- Cost Estimate <br />THIS AGREEMENT, by and between the Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization, <br />hereinafter referred to as "VLAWMO", Grass Lake Water Management Organization, hereinafter referred <br />to as "GLWMO", Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District, hereinafter referred to as the "District", <br />the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul, hereinafter referred to as the "Board", and <br />Ramsey County, a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, hereinafter referred to as the "County"; <br />WTTNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, West Vadnais Lake is located within the boundary of VLAWMO; and <br />WHEREAS, West Vadnais Lake receives surface water runoff from Grass Lake and land surfaces <br />within the boundary of GLWMO; and <br />WHEREAS, the original outlet from West Vadnais Lake, which was a surface connection to Black <br />Tern Lake and then into Lake Gervais, was modified sometime after construction by the State of Minnesota <br />of I-694 and replaced by a privately owned pipe system and ditch to Twin Lake; and <br />WHEREAS, Twin Lake and Lake Gervais are located within the boundary of the District; and <br />WHEREAS, the existing outlet from West Vadnais Lake to Twin Lake is in disrepair, provides <br />uncertain flow capacity, and conflicts with private property; and <br />WHEREAS, the water elevation of West Vadnais Lake in recent years is high, reflecting long-term <br />precipitation and groundwater impacts, posing a flooding threat to Rice Street, an important arterial <br />roadway owned by the County, and the Lake Vadnais Water Pumping Station, which is owned by the <br />Board and is essential to providing potable water to many cities in Ramsey County; and <br />PW2004- 1 of 8 <br />