85-028
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RESOLUTION NO. 28-85
WHEREAS, the Coordinating Committee of the South Lake
Minnetonka Public Safety Department consisting of the Mayors of
the Cities of Excelsior, Greenwood, Shorewood and Tonka Bay,
Minnesota, charged with the over-sight of the joint police
force, known as the South Lake Minnetonka Public Safety
Department, recognizes the need for adequate future physical
accommodations for the Department; and
WHEREAS, the Coordinating Committee finds the physical
plant of the joint police force known as South Lake Minnetonka
Public Safety Department, presently located at 143 Oak Street,
Excelsior, Minnesota, to be inadequate and inefficient, and
that new and modern accommodations are required; and
WHEREAS, upon submission of recommended site proposals
by the member communities for construction of new facilities,
the Coordinating Committee has voted to select the Highway 7
site in Excelsior as their first choice of site.
4It NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Shorewood, that Highway 7 site in Excelsior is
hereby approved subject, however, to the following conditions:
1. That each City in the joint powers group shall
by resolution of its City Council endorse this selection within
120 days of the adoption of this resolution, and agree to be
bound by the terms and conditions of the site selection as
herein set out.
2. That the City of Excelsior shall by resolution of
its City Council, adopted within 180 days following the date
of this resolution, state that the City has control of the site
sufficient to commence construction within the time period
called for herein.
3. That the City of Excelsior shall secure an
opinion from a Municipal Bond attorney, certifying to the
capability of the Municipality to finance, through the issuance
of bonds, the proposed facility or in the alternative, the
adoption by the City Council of a resolution declaring the City's
intent to proceed without the need of Municipal bonding.
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4. That the City of Excelsior shall bear the full cost of land
and title acquisition without right of contribution from any other
member Municipalities, and
5. That the City of Excelsior agrees to bear the full
burden of financing the construction of the new facility subject
to reimbursement by the member communities of this joint power
group in accordance with the terms of the extended contract
described herein.
6. That the City of Excelsior shall enter into an agree-
ment with the other cities of the joint powers group, wherein such
City agrees to hold title to the selected site in trust for the
benefit of the remaining three member cities.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this
day of
1985.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk