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HomeMy WebLinkAbout13.A.2. Discussion of Joint Powers Agreement for Southbridge Crossings I~.ft.l. CITY OF SHAKOPEE MEMORANDUM CASELOG NO: NA TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator FROM: R. Michael Leek, Community Development Director SUBJECT: Discussion of Joint Powers Agreement for Southbridge Crossings Transit Station MEETING DATE: May 1, 2007 INTRODUCTIONIDISCUSSION: The new park and ride facility (Southbridge Crossings Transit Station) will open in June of this year. Because there is not currently one transit authority in the County, Shakopee, Prior Lake, and Scott County staff have been working together through the Scott Transit Planning Team to develop a joint powers agreement (JPA) that addresses ownership of the site, activities related to its operation and maintenance, and the sharing of costs. Because the JP A will need to be acted on by the Shakopee and Prior Lake City Councils and the Scott County Board of Commissioners later in Mayor early in June, staff wanted to provide Council with an opportunity to ask questions and provide any direction it fees appropriate before finalizing the JP A for approval and execution. VISIONING RELATIONSHIP: The proposed JPA supports adopted Goal B: High quality oflife. ACTION REQUESTED: Provide direction to City staff regarding additions or amendments the Council believes may be needed before bringing the JP A forward of approval and execution. _4~~.d- R. MIchael Leek Community Development Director H:\CC\2007\05-01\Park and Ride JPA draft.doc JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF "SOUTH BRIDGE CROSSINGS STATION" PARK AND RIDE FACILITY LOCATED SOUTH OF TH 169/13 AND EAST OF CSAH 18 THIS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between Scott County, a Minnesota governmental entity located at Government Center 300, 200 Fourth Avenue West, Shakopee, Minnesota 55379-1220 (hereinafter referred to as the "County"); the City of Shakopee, a Minnesota municipal corporation located at 129 Holmes Street Shakopee, MN 55379 (hereinafter referred to as "Shakopee"); and the City of Prior Lake, a Minnesota municipal corporation located at 16776 Fish Point Road SE, Prior Lake, MN 55372 (hereinafter referred to as "Prior Lake"); hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Parties". RECITALS WHEREAS, the Parties are authorized to enter into joint powers agreements pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59, and WHEREAS, the Parties have a shared interest in planning for and providing efficient and attractive transit services that meet the needs of residents of Scott County, and WHEREAS, the Parties have, through prior undertakings, jointly participated in completing a Unified Transit Management Plan (UTMP) that recommends various capital and service improvements to address the transit needs of the residents of Scott County; and WHEREAS, each of the Parties has adopted recommendations of the UTMP, either with or without specific comment or reservations, and WHEREAS, through the direction provided by the Scott County Transit Review Board (TRB) and the efforts of the Scott County Transit Planning Team (TPT) and Scott County Transit Marketing Committee, the Parties have proceeded with implementation of the UTMP recommendation to develop a regional park-and-ride facility; and WHEREAS, the above-referenced park and ride facility is known as "South bridge Crossings Station,' will initially accommodate about 500 parking spaces, and may eventually be expanded to accommodate up to 1500 total parking spaces; and WHEREAS, the Parties participated in and shared the cost of designing and constructing the regional park-and-ride facility located on approximately 7.03 acres of land in the southeast corner of State Highway 169 at its intersection with County State Aid Highway 18, as more specifically identified and described in the attached Exhibit "A" (hereinafter referred to as "Southbridge Crossings Station"); and C:\Documents and Settings\mleek\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK8D\Southbridge Crossings Station Operations Joint Powers Agreement vers 03162007 (2).doc JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT - TRANSIT REGIONAL PARK & RIDE F ACILlTY LAND ACQUISITION WHEREAS, the Parties desire to set out the terms, conditions and cost sharing associated with the ongoing operation and maintenance of "Southbridge Crossings Station;' and WHEREAS, the Parties hereto have concluded that the actions set forth above can best be accomplished through a joint powers agreement. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the parties shared interests, the Parties hereby agree as follows: 1. PURPOSE The purposes of this joint powers agreement are. (A) To establish the identity of the entity that will own the park and ride site; (B) To set out the process by which costs for operation and maintenance will be determined, assessed and paid. 2. TERM OF AGREEMENT This Agreement shall be effective from the date of its final execution by all parties, and shall remain in effect so long as the site is used by the Parties for the purposes of providing transit services. The agreement may be terminated earlier by the Parties as provided herein. 3. SITE OWNERSHIP A. Scott County will own the South bridge Crossings Station site in fee for a period not to exceed B. Subsequently, the ownership of the Southbridge Crossings Station site will be transferred to for operation as a park and ride facility. C. In the event that should decide to cease operating Southbridge Crossings Station for transit purposes, ownership of the site shall revert to the Metropolitan Council for operation for transit purposes. (Need to determine what terms would apply to this reversionary clause. 4. Duties of the Parties a) Preparation of Annual Operations BudQet i) While the Southbridge Crossings Station site remains under the ownership of Scott County, the Scott County Transit Planning Team shall prepare a draft annual budget for review by the Scott County Transit Review Board, the Scott 2 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT - TRANSIT REGIONAL PARK & RIDE FACILITY LAND ACQUISITION County Board of Commissioners, and the City Councils of Prior Lake and Shakopee. ii) Once ownership of the site has been turned over to , shall be responsible for the preparation of an annual budget. iii) ContractinQ for Services 4. PAYMENT FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE 18/169 SITE A. Anticipated Costs for Operations and Maintenance: Costs are expect to include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following; 1. Insurance (general liability and property); 2. Utilities (gas, electric, water, sewer, phone/communications, waste and hazardous waste removal); 3. Maintenance services (facility maintenance and repair, snowplowing, lawn/landscaping, janitorial). 4. Security services. a. Payments: b. Terms of Payment. The County, Shakopee and Prior Lake shall share in the cost for the site operation and maintenance, as follows: a. The County's share in the costs of the project shall be limited to ... . b. Shakopee and Prior Lake shall each contribute Fifty percent (50%) of the maintenance and operation costs, subject to approval of each of the respective governing bodies. Payment may be in the form of cash payment annually, provision of in-kind services, or a combination of both. The actual distribution between in-kind services and cash payment shall be determined at the time of preparation of each annual budget. 5. COUNTY AND STATE AUDIT Pursuant to Minn. Stat. Section 16C.05, Subd. 5 (1998), the books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices of the Parties relative to 3 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT - TRANSIT REGIONAL PARK & RIDE FACILITY LAND ACQUISITION this Agreement shall be subject to examination by the County and the State Auditor. Complete and accurate records of the work performed pursuant to this agreement shall be kept by the Parties for a minimum of six (6) years following termination of this agreement for such auditing purposes. The retention period shall be automatically extended during the course of any administrative or judicial action involving the County of Scott regarding matters to which the records are relevant. The retention period shall be automatically extended until the administrative or judicial action is finally completed or until the authorized agent of the County notifies the Parties in writing that the records need no longer be kept. 6. INDEMNITY Each Party shall indemnify, defend, and save the other Parties harmless from any and all claims, damages, lawsuits, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, arising out of any negligent act or omission on the part of any Party or its contractors, agents, servants, or employees in the performance of any of the work or services to be performed under the terms of this Agreement. Each Party's obligation to indemnify the other under this clause shall be limited in accordance with the statutory tort limitations provided in Minn. Stat. 9466.04 to limit each Party's total liability for all claims arising from a single occurrence, including the other Party's claim for indemnification, to the limits provided in section 466.04. The County shall be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy, and the coordination of all services furnished by the County under this Agreement. The County shall, without additional compensation, correct or revise any errors or deficiencies in the County's final reports and services. 7. LIABILITY The liability limits set out in Minnesota Statute Chapter 466 shall apply to this Agreement. This Agreement shall not act to aggregate the liability limits of the individual parties. 8. SUBCONTRACTS The County shall not subcontract any portion of the work to be performed under this Agreement nor assign this Agreement. 9. FORCE MAJEURE The Parties agree that the County shall not be liable for any delay or inability to perform this Agreement, directly or indirectly caused by or resulting from strikes, labor troubles, accidents, fire, flood, breakdowns, war, riot, civil commotion, lack of material, delays of transportation, acts of God or other cause beyond reasonable control of the County and the rest of the Parties. 4 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT - TRANSIT REGIONAL PARK & RIDE FACILITY LAND ACQUISITION 10. DATA PRACTICES All Parties, their agents, employees and any of their subcontractors, in providing all services hereunder, agree to abide by the provisions of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. Ch. 13, as amended, and Minn. Rules promulgated pursuant to Ch. 13. 11. TERMINATION This Agreement may not be terminated unless disposition of any property acquired has occurred in connection with the terms of this agreement. 12. FUND DISBURSEMENT Upon Termination of this Agreement, any unused funds shall be returned to the contributing Parties in the same proportion that initial contributions were made. Disbursement of funds resulting from the sale or disposition of the property contemplated herein shall comply with the terms and conditions set forth in section 4D herein. 13. NOTICES Any notices to be given under this Agreement shall be given by enclosing the same in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, and depositing the same in the United States Postal Service, addressed to the each of the Parties at the following addresses: Scott County Administrator's Office 200 4th Ave. West Shakopee, MN 55379 Michael Leek CITY OF SHAKOPEE 129 Holmes Street Shakopee, MN 55379 Kelly Meyer CITY OF PRIOR LAKE 16200 Eagle Creek Avenue SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 14. CONTROLLING LAW The laws of the State of Minnesota shall govern all questions and interpretations concerning the validity and construction of this Agreement and the legal relations between the parties herein and performance under it. The appropriate venue and jurisdiction for any litigation hereunder will be those courts located with the County of Scott, State of Minnesota. Litigation, however, in the federal courts 5 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT - TRANSIT REGIONAL PARK & RIDE F ACILlTY LAND ACQUISITION involving the parties herein will be in the appropriate federal court within the State of Minnesota. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will Mot be affected. 15. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS The Parties, respectively, bind themselves, their partners, successors, assigns, and legal representatives to the other party to this Agreement and to the partners, successors, assigns, and legal representatives of such other party with respect to all covenants of this Agreement. No Party shall assign, sublet, or transfer any interest in this agreement. 16. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES In connection with the work under this Agreement, the Parties agree to comply with the applicable provisions of state and federal equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination statutes and regulations. 17. CHANGES The Parties agree that no change or modification to this Agreement, or any attachments hereto, shall have any force or effect unless the change is reduced to writing, dated, and made part of this Agreement by the Parties. The execution of the change shall be authorized and signed in the same manner as this Agreement. 18. SEVERABILITY In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid and unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be valid and binding upon the parties unless such invalidity or non-enforceability would cause the Agreement to fail its purpose. One or more waivers by any Party of any provision, term, condition or covenant shall not be construed by any other Party as a waiver of a subsequent breach of the same by the other Party. 18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT It is understood and agreed that the entire agreement of the Parties is contained herein and that this agreement supersedes all oral agreements and negotiations between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof as well as any previous agreements presently in effect between them relating to the subject matter hereof. 19. EFFECTIVE DATE This Agreement shall be in full force and effect when all Parties have signed this Agreement. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each as effective as the original. The signed Agreement, along with a certified copy of the resolution 6 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT - TRANSIT REGIONAL PARK & RIDE FACILITY LAND ACQUISITION authorizing the Agreement, shall be filed with the County, who shall notify the Parties in writing of the effective date. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have set their hands on the dates written below. APPROVE AS TO FORM: COUNTY OF SCOTT By: County Attorney/Date Title: Date: Attest: Title: Date: CITY OF SHAKOPEE By: City Attorney/Date Its Mayor Date: By: City Administrator Date: By: Title: Date: By: City Attorney/Date Title: Date: Attest: Title: Date: 7 - - -- - I I I I II~ I /~ I I · I ; I .~ I , I. I / \~'. , . . I .~, 1 I . . 1 I - --------"Southb-ridge 'eros'sings I I Tra nsit Station I I I I I Draft Joi Q1ER~~I~ss~ reement I I 5/2/2007 1 I I TRANSIT STATION I I I L-__ __ -- -------- --- - --- - -- -- -- --- I ! 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Reviewed by the Scott County Transit Review Board I t (TRB, representative elected officials); Approved by the Councils of Shakopee and Prior Lake and Scott County Board of Commissioners. If and when transferred to a transit authority, budgeting I I would be over by the transit authority. I I I I 5/2/2007 SOUTHBRIDGE CROSSINGS 4 I TRANSIT STATION L_. - --- ---- -- --- -- -- -- - --- - -- - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - ---- ---- --- - :-~ ~. Southbridge erossings I .. -~. . . ':' " . . Transit Station II I I L " ----- ---- - - -- - ----- -- - -- -- - -- - - - --- - - - - - - - -- - - - -- ___ _._ .._. __ ,.. u_ v Cost Sharing I Scott County's share of costs is expected to be 1 capped, but the cap has not been determined yet. ~ Cities of Shakopee and Prior Lake are I contemplated to share costs beyond the County cap (either in kind or dollars) on a fifty-fifty basis. I . Any in-kind services provided (e.g. snowplowing by the City, snow removal by the County) would . be assigned a value, which would be deducted I from the share of costs for which the partner would be liable. I 5/2/2007 SOUTHBRIDGE CROSSINGS 5 L TRANSIT STATION -- -- .....- - ----- - - --- --- - -- - - -- -------- ----- ------- ---- ~----- ---- ---- --- - -- - -- - - ------ - - -. - -- - - - - -- ---- - -- -- I Southbridge erossings I I I . r I . ' I I ,- I ... Transit Station L ---------- ..._. -- ,_. ---. . ...- - ------ --- ...--- - - - .._ ~._.. _., , .__ ...-__u _ ._. ._ _ NEXT STEPS: 1 Finalize draft joint powers agreement; . I -I TRB review and recommendation regarding Joint I . I . I Powers Agreement; 1 1 I . I I . - Final review and approval by City Council's of I I I I [ Shakopee, Prior Lake and Scott County Board of . 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