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• V <br />WHEREAS, the Long Lake subwatershed drains into Lake Minnetonka and, <br />consequently, any improvements to water quality in Long Lake will have a positive, district <br />wide effect: <br />WHEREAS, in 1989, the MCWD received a Clean Water Partnership Grant to <br />investigate lake water quality and characterize and quantify the sources contributing to the <br />decline in water quality; thereafter, the MCWD proceeded to develop an implementation plan <br />(hereinafter "Implementation Plan") to set forth specific actions to be undertaken to improve <br />the water quality; <br />WHEREAS, the MCWD has an approved Water Resources Management Plan which <br />identifies Long Lake as a priority resource, and the MCWD’s Capital Improvement Program <br />identifies water quality improvement projects in the Long Lake area as priority projects; <br />WHEREAS, the CiUes of Long Lake, Orono and Medina and Hennepin County have, <br />through their governing bodies, expressed support for the Long Lake Improvement Project; <br />WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge that their ability to improve the water quality in <br />Long Lake in accorddr>ce with the Implementation Plan i^ dependent upon each party <br />satisfactorily and promptly performing its individual obligations and working cooperatively <br />with the other parties as to those tasks which are to be jointly undertaken; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED by and between the parties that <br />they enter into this Cooperative Agreement in order to document the understanding of the <br />parties as to the scope of the entire project; reaffirm the commitment of each party as to the <br />general responsibilities and tasks to be undertaken by each party; establish procedures for <br />275/14070525 1/10/95 Vi£..