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RECITALS <br />ARIC is a collaborative effort of public safety agencies in Hays, Travis and Williamson <br />Counties. Current Partner Agencies work together to provide resources, expertise, and <br />infonnation to the ARIC. 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 10 Partner Agencies' governing <br />bodies ("Original Partner Agencies") approved an interlocal cooperation agreement that <br />established and outlined the intent of the Original Partner Agencies to centralize efforts and co - <br />locate certain intelligence operations (Original ARIC Agreement). Further, the Original ARIC <br />Agreement established a framework for the organization of the ARIC. The Original ARIC <br />Agreement set out a common understanding of the policies and procedures that the ARIC <br />currently follows in providing criminal intelligence and coordination of law enforcement service <br />to the citizens in the Austin -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 the ARIC (ARIC Sustainment Funding Agreement). <br />Section XIII of the Original ARIC Agreement and section seven of the ARIC <br />Sustainment Funding Agreement permit these 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 two purposes of this Amendment Two to the Original ARIC Agreement are to add <br />the New Partner Agencies to the Original ARIC Agreement and to authorize the City of Austin <br />to enter into separate collateral agreements with non-governmental entities, as necessary, to <br />provide these non-governmental entities with obligations and benefits equivalent to Partner <br />Agencies. <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />