Res 2014-095/Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with the City of Austin, the Austin Independent School District, the City of Georgetown, Hays County, the City of Pflugerville, the City of Round Rock, Travis County, the University of Texas and Williamson Co

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ARIC. ARIC focuses on regional public safety data analysis. The mission of ARIC is to maximize the ability to detect, prevent, apprehend, and respond to criminal and terrorist activity. During the summer and fall of 2010, each of the Original Partner Agencies' governing bodies approved an interlocal cooperation agreement that established and outlined the intent of the Original Partner Agencies to centralize efforts and co- locate certain intelligence operations (Original ARIC Agreement). Further, the Original ARIC Agreement established a framework for the organization of the ARIC. The Original ARIC Agreement set out a common understanding of the policies and procedures that the ARIC currently follows in providing criminal intelligence and coordination of law enforcement service to the citizens in the Austin - Round Rock metropolitan area. During the summer and fall of 2012, each of the Original Partner Agencies' governing bodies approved a second Interlocal Cooperation Agreement that established a funding mechanism to sustain the operations of ARIC (ARIC Sustainment Funding Agreement). Section XIII of the Original ARIC Agreement and section seven of the ARIC Sustainment Funding Agreement permit these agreements to be amended to add additional partner agencies. Upon approval of an amendment adding a new partner agency or agencies by the Partner Agencies' governing bodies, each New Partner Agency must execute a Counterpart Original ARIC Agreement and a Counterpart ARIC Sustainment Funding Agreement. The purpose of this Amendment One to the Original ARIC Agreement is to add the New Partner Agencies to the Original ARIC Agreement. Legal authority for amending and entering into these Agreements by the Original Partner Agencies and New Partner Agencies is found in the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 791 and the Interagency Cooperation Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 771. NOW, THEREFORE, the Original Partner Agencies agree to amend the Original ARIC Agreement, and the New Partner Agencies each agree to execute Counterpart Original ARIC Agreements and amend that agreement, as follows: 2