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DRAFT Comprehensive Fire Service Study MEDINA, MINNESOTA Matrix Consulting Group Page 100 WHEREAS, Northfield and Rural Fire respectively own firefighting/rescue equipment listed in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, Northfield owns a fire station located at 300 W. 5th St., Northfield, (the “Fire Station”), as well as the real property upon which the Fire Station sits; and WHEREAS, fire protection services have previously been provided by Northfield through the Northfield Fire Department by means of a service contract between Northfield, as the service provider, and Dundas and Rural Fire, as the service recipients; and WHEREAS, Northfield presently operates the Northfield Fire Department with an efficient staff of firefighters, including a fire chief, other fire officers and paid on call firefighters; and WHEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to reach an agreement for joint administration, operation, ownership, and control of a joint fire department. NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned governmental units, in the joint and mutual exercise of their powers pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, agree as follows: 1. Name. The Parties and undersigning Members do hereby establish a joint fire department to be called the “NORTHFIELD AREA FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE”, (the “Organization” or “NAFRS”). 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to establish the joint Organization governed by a joint governance board pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59 for the purposes of providing fire protection, suppression, preve ntion, technical rescue and non- transport emergency medical services (the “fire services”) for the Parties within the fire services area established herein. 3. Members. The initial Members of the Organization (“Members”) shall consist of the following units of government: a. City of Northfield, b. City of Dundas, c. Rural Fire, d. Bridgewater Township,