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AGREEMENT LONG LAKE OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL and CARP MANAGEMENT This Agreement is entered into among the Long Lake Waters Association (LLWA), a 501(c)(3) lake association; the Cities of Long Lake, Medina and Orono, each a Minnesota municipal corporation; and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota (MCWD), (collectively the "parties"). The parties share the goal of improving water quality and ecological integrity in the Long Lake Creek subwatershed. The parties have identified the need to understand specific drivers of this system to target implementation, and have identified common carp as a potential driver of poor water quality and degraded ecological integrity. This Agreement is to provide for work to assess how common carp may be affecting Long Lake and to collect initial data to inform decision making and actions to improve water resources in the Long Lake Creek subwatershed. Terms 1. Long Lake may contract with a service provider ("Contractor" herein) to perform the following actions in Long Lake for the purpose of carp management: bed obstruction removal; electrofishing surveys; radio tag implants; telemetry surveys; carp aging study; and carp removal (the "Services"). Contractor will prepare a draft scope of work (to be attached hereto as Attachment A) and Contractor may subcontract with a subcontractor for any portion thereof. The parties will cooperate to finalize the scope. Long Lake will not direct Contractor to proceed until each party's representative has approved the final scope, in writing. 2. Each party will contribute the following to the cost of the Services: Long Lake $ 5,000 Medina $10,000 Orono $10,000 MCWD $ 7,000 LLWA $ 5,530 Long Lake may not increase the contract price beyond $37,530 without written approval from all parties 3. Each party shall provide its corresponding contribution set forth in paragraph 2 of this Agreement, in full, to the City of Long Lake within 30 days of full execution of this Agreement. Long Lake shall pay all Contractor invoices for performance of the Services from these contributions. Upon completion of the Services and payment of all related invoices, any excess funds shall be divided proportionally based on each party's contribution and reimbursed among the parties. If the Services are not completed in accordance with the approved scope, each party has a right to the return of any portion paid. The partners will deem the scope complete when the contractor meets the deliverables laid out in this agreement and attached scope of work, in a competent and reasonable manner. The approved scope and deliverables can be defined as the following: