HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-059 CCRintroduced the following resolution andMember Dan Ryan
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO 2017-59
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF JOINT
POWERS AUTHORITY DISSOLUTION AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE
TRAINING FACILITY ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority set forth in Minn. Stat. § 471.59, the
City of Brooklyn Center (the "City") and Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Blaine, and Mounds View
(collectively the "Cities") entered into a Joint Powers Agreement in 1991 entitled Joint Powers
Agreement - Fire Training Association (the "JPA") for the construction and operation of the Fire
Training Association (the "Association"), a joint powers entity under Minnesota law; and
WHEREAS, the Association originally consisted of four Member Departments
with Spring Lake Park, Blaine, and Mounds View collectively considered one Member
Department ("SBM") and Brooklyn Center, Fridley, and Columbia Heights individually
comprising the other three Member Departments; and
WHEREAS, at the time they entered into the JPA, the City and the Cities
determined that it was to their mutual advantage to form a single joint powers entity
under Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59, to jointly and collectively construct, use, and maintain
a fire training facility; and
WHEREAS, the fire training facility, comprised of several structures,
improvements and fixtures, and alternatively referred to as the fire training center or the building
(collectively, the "Facility") was constructed on real property owned by Fridley located at 348
71st Avenue NE, Fridley, Minnesota or alternatively identified as 300 715t Avenue, Fridley,
Minnesota (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Cities amended the JPA in 1994 with the execution of the
Amendment Of Joint Powers Agreement For Construction And Operation Of Fire Training Site
(the "Amendment"), which terminated the participation of one Member Department, Columbia
Heights, from the JPA; and
WHEREAS, the Property is now being redeveloped as a part of the City of
Fridley's construction of the new City Hall Campus, the Facility's location conflicts with
those redevelopment plans, and the Member Departments, including the City, have determined
that there is no longer a need for the JPA; and
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing circumstances, the City and the Cities and
their respective Member Departments desire to dissolve and terminate the Fire Training
Association JPA;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, that the City Council hereby approves the dissolution of the Fire
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-59
Training Association and its JPA and authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to execute the
Dissolution Agreement related to the same.
April 24, 2017
Date Mayor
ATTEST: )4A
City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
April Graves
and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Tim Willson, April Graves, Kris Lawrence-Anderson, Dan Ryan
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.