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1op -,q%% <br />1 0 NJ <br />2750 KELLEY PARKWAY, ORONO <br />www.oronoinn. <br />June 24, 2024 <br />Long Lake City Council <br />City of Long Lake <br />450 Virginia Avenue, PO Box 606 <br />Long Lake, MN 55356 <br />Dear Long Lake City Council, <br />MINNESOTA 55356 <br />gov <br />VIA EMAIL: sweske@longlakemn.gov <br />As a follow tip to our letter of May 13t", we would like to provide an offer of a future fire service <br />partnership. The offer will allow the citizens of Long Lake to reap the benefits of the new Orono Fire <br />Department (OFD) service model and address any budget or taxi"mpact that Long Lake will face due to <br />the end of the existing fire service contract at the end of 2025. <br />The basic outline of the proposed offer is4 <br />1. dl <br />The City of Orono will provide rice service to the City of Long Lake at no cost for a period of 20 <br />years. <br />extensi <br />This is estimated at a $150 000 / per year value to Long Lake. There would be further options for <br />on periods for a fee based on an 1/3 Property value, 1/3 populati <br />2. The City of Long Lake will agree to sell or lease its 50% 1*ntere <br />to the City of Orono <br />on and 1/3 service call calculation. <br />A in the Willow Drive Fire Station <br />a., If selling, the Orono offer would be for 50% of the appraised value. <br />b. If leasing, Orono would pay Long Lake $20,000 per year for 20 years. With options for <br />additional periods of service at $70 000 per year. <br />3. OFD would provide service to Long Lake at the end of the current contract, January 1, 2026 after <br />a period of orderly transition throughout 2025. During this transition period: the two departments would <br />work and train together; the OFD duty crews would be available to respond throughout the OFD and <br />Long Lake Fire Department LLFD service area; and the City of Orono would welcome any LLFD <br />firefighter who wish to continue serving their communities to apply for a position on the OFD. <br />If this outline is acceptable for the Long Lake City Council, please let us know by July 3'1, 2024. The <br />next steps would be to direct our respective staffs to begin the process of working through the details of <br />the agreement. <br />Regardless of yotir response, we remain enthusiastic about the opportunity to collaborate and address <br />shared challenges in ways that serve the mutual interests of both communities. We look forward to your <br />response. <br />Respectfully, <br />On behalf of the Orono City Council <br />'-w <br />Denny Walsh, Mayor <br />fi <br />841 <br />