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RECITALS <br />The ARIC is a collaborative effort of public safety agencies in Hays, Travis and <br />Williamson Counties. Partner Agencies work together to provide resources, expertise, and <br />information to the Center. ARIC focuses on regional public safety data analysis. The mission of <br />ARIC is to maximize the ability to detect, prevent, apprehend, and respond to criminal and <br />terrorist activity. <br />During the summer and fall of 2010, each of the Original Partner Agencies' governing <br />bodies approved an interlocal cooperation agreement that established and outlined the intent of <br />the Original Partner Agencies to centralize efforts and co- locate certain intelligence operations <br />(Original ARIC Agreement). Further, the Original ARIC Agreement established a framework <br />for the organization of the ARIL. The Original ARIC Agreement set out a common <br />understanding of the policies and procedures that the ARIC currently follows in providing <br />criminal intelligence and coordination of law enforcement service to the citizens in the Austin- <br />Round Rock metropolitan area. <br />During the summer and fall of 2012, each of the Original Partner Agencies' governing <br />bodies approved a second Interlocal Cooperation Agreement that established a funding <br />mechanism to sustain the operations of ARIC (ARIC Sustainment Funding Agreement). <br />Section XIII of the Original ARIC Agreement and section seven of the ARIC <br />Sustainment Funding Agreement permit those agreements to be amended to add additional <br />partner agencies. Upon approval of an amendment adding a new partner agency or agencies by <br />the Partner Agencies' governing bodies, each New Partner Agency must execute a Counterpart <br />Original ARIC Agreement and a Counterpart ARIC Sustainment Funding Agreement. <br />The purpose of this Amendment One to the ARIC Sustainment Funding Agreement is to <br />add the New Partner Agencies to the ARIC Sustainment Funding Agreement. <br />Legal authority for amending and entering into these agreements by the Original Partner <br />Agencies and New Partner Agencies is found in the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Texas <br />2 <br />