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r- r L. Agreement No. W-00-04 between the Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation and the Cities of Long Lake and Orono DRAFT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, which shall be interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Minnesota between the State of Minnesota, acting through its Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation (hereinafter BOARD), And; Address: City of Long Lake and the City of Orono 2750 Kelley P irkway Orono, Minnesota 55356 (hereinafter LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS), witnesseth that: WHEREAS, the BOARD, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 465.797, is authorized to grant temporary, limited exemptions from enforcement of state procedural laws governing delivery of services by a local government unit; AND WHEREAS, the LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS have requested a temporary, limited exemption from enforcement of a state procedural law(s) governing delivery ot services; AND WHEREAS, the BOARD has granted the LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS a temporary, limited exemption from enforcement of a state procedural law(s) governing dehverj' of services; .SOW THEREFORE, it is agreed. I.EXEMPTION CITATION. The LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS ARE hereby granted a temporary, limited exemption from enforcement of M.S. 412.02 which requires that city council members serve terms of four years. The Cities of Long Lake and Orono shall be exempt from enforcement of the cited statute(s) for the duration of this agreement. II.SERVICE DELIVERY. In the event that the merger proposed for referendum scheduled for September 12, 2000 for two cities is successful, city council members elected in November 2000 may serve terms of less than four years. III.OUTCOMES. Through the implementation of this exemption, the LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS intend that consistent with the Consolidation Plan approved by the BOARD, that a joint ten member City Council v'ould govern the new municipality- until a new seven member Council was elected combined city. Page 1 of 3 i