Res 2017-10 Dissolving Fire Training Tower
CITY OF FRIDLEY
ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - 10
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION
OF JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY DISSOLUTION AGREEMENT
AND LEASE TERMINATION RELATING TO FIRE TRAINING
FACILITY ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the authority set forth in Minn. Stat. § 471.59, the City of
Fridley (the “City”) and Spring Lake Park, Blaine, Mounds View, and Brooklyn Center
(collectively the “Cities”) entered into a Joint Powers Agreement in 1991 entitled Joint Powers
Agreement – Fire Training Association (the “JPA”) for the construction and operation of the Fire
Training Association (the “Association”), a joint powers entity under Minnesota law; and
WHEREAS,
the Association originally consisted of four Member Departments with
Spring Lake Park, Blaine, and Mounds View collectively considered one Member Department
(“SBM”) and Fridley, Columbia Heights, and Brooklyn Center individually comprising the other
three Member Departments; and
WHEREAS,
at the time they entered into the JPA, the City and the Cities determined
that it was to their mutual advantage to form a single joint powers entity under Minnesota
Statutes Section 471.59, to jointly and collectively construct, use, and maintain a fire training
facility; and
WHEREAS,
the fire training facility, comprised of several structures, improvements and
fixtures, and alternatively referred to as the fire training center or the building (collectively, the
st
“Facility”) was constructed on real property owned by Fridley located at 348 71 Avenue NE,
st
Fridley, Minnesota or alternatively identified as 300 71 Avenue, Fridley, Minnesota (the
“Property”); and
WHEREAS,
the Cities amended the JPA in 1994 with the execution of the Amendment
Of Joint Powers Agreement For Construction And Operation Of Fire Training Site (the
“Amendment”), which terminated the participation of one Member Department, Columbia
Heights, from the JPA; and
WHEREAS,
following the construction of the Facility, the City and the Association
entered into a twenty-five year lease, the Fire Training Center Lease Agreement (the “Lease”)
for its rental in 1997;
WHEREAS,
the Property is now being redeveloped as a part of the City’s construction
of the new City Hall Campus, the Facility’s location conflicts with those redevelopment plans,
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and the Member Departments, including the City, have determined that there is no longer a need
for the JPA; and
WHEREAS,
based upon the foregoing circumstances, the City and the Cities and their
respective Member Departments desire to terminate the Lease and to dissolve and terminate the
Fire Training Association JPA;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
by the City Council of the City of Fridley:
1.The City Council hereby approves the Termination of the Fire Training Center Lease
Agreement relating to the Property and authorizes the Mayor, the City Manager and
the City’s Fire Chief to execute the same; and
2.The City Council hereby approves the dissolution of the Fire Training Association
and its JPA and authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to execute the Dissolution
Agreement related to the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
TH
13 DAY OF MARCH, 2017.
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SCOTT J. LUND - MAYOR
ATTEST:
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DEBRA A. SKOGEN – CITY CLERK