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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT & COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURCHASING 1. Purpose This Agreement is made pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 471.59 which authorizes the joint and cooperative exercise of governmental powers common to contracting parties. The intent of this Agreement is to make available joint public safety purchasing and leasing to the governmental agencies who are parties to this Agreement. The intent of this agreement is to also replace and rescind the Amended and Restated Joint & Cooperative Agreement For The Acquisition and Use of SCBA executed and approved by the parties in March, April and May, 2009, and the Second Amended and Restated Joint & Cooperative Agreement For The Acquisition and Use of Firefighting Equipment executed and approved by some or all of the parties in August and September 2010 ("Prior Agreements"). 2. Parties The initial parties to this Agreement are the cities of Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Eden Prairie, Edina, Hopkins, Saint Louis Park, and Minnetonka, all of which are municipal corporations and subdivisions of the state of Minnesota. Additional governmental agencies may become parties to this Agreement by adopting a resolution approving this Agreement and sending an original execution page and a certified copy of the resolution to the secretary of the Operating Committee established below. The secretary of the Operating Committee must maintain a current list of the parties to this Agreement and must notify the contact person for each party whenever there is a change in the parties to this Agreement. 3. Operating Committee 3.1. Creation. There will be an Operating Committee (the "Committee") to administer this Agreement. The Committee will consist of one representative appointed by each of the parties to the Agreement. In the absence of a specific appointment, a party's representative will be its fire chief. Each member of the Committee is entitled to one vote. 3.2. Procedural Rules. The Committee must adopt procedural rules to govern its operations.