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~ CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON Agenda,Sectian ~__ <br />Report Number: Supplement to <br />REQUEST FOR COI.~P~CIL CONSIDERATION Report No.81-~.5; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION: <br />JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT <br />DEPT. HEAD_'S APPROVAL:: <br />NA <br />MANAGER`S REVIEW/RECOMMENDATION: <br />Manager Originated. <br />EXPLANATION/SUMMARY (attach supplemental sheets as necessary): <br />Explanation:' <br />My primary concerns about the Joint Powers Agreement deal with local <br />control, finances and operating costs. The City. Attorney.-has .addressed <br />the legal aspects {letter attached.). <br />1. Local control. It is most desirable that the City be able to defer <br />title transfer to Ramsey County upon completion of a mutually approved <br />Master Plan. The City should be able to do so as it does not become <br />a Ramsey County park. until the Master .Plan is completed (see attached). <br />Once done however, the City would lose some control but the operating <br />and maintenance plan is to be specified in the Master. Plan, affording <br />some guarantee and the park also should develop a "constituency" <br />demanding a fair service Level -...commensurate with other County <br />recreational:facilities. <br />2. Finances and "operating" costs. Were the City to pay development <br />costs fox the. City owned land, it would be very expensive and. <br />either require a bond referendum or use of liquor store profits.. <br />By turning the land over to Ramsey County as implementing agency <br />the City does not pay development costs and receives reimbursement <br />for local share costs (est. $750;000). This money could be used <br />for`_debt retirement as itcomes due, cancellingthe debt service <br />mill levy and using that mill levy for other operating. expenses. <br />The interest differential between the bonds (about 6~} and Certificate <br />"'of Deposit rates could be used for a future operating-cost contingency <br />if 'legal. The remaining total 1967,and 1969 G.O. park-bonds principal <br />was $955,000 as of December 31, 1980.. <br />T feel'the`City can provide services at a reasonable 'cost and the <br />financing details will be specified in the Master Plan.. The suggested <br />budget appears conservative to me. <br />Recommendation <br />I concur with the recommendation of-the Director of Parks and Recreation. <br />Iii' -~o-~-*-~~-Q- <br />J W. Fornell,.City Manager . <br />