Res 2022-185R/approving an Interlocal Agreement with Hill Country Community Health & Mental Retardation Center D/B/A Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Centers (“HCMHDD”

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INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS,TEXAS,AND HILL COUNTRY This agreement is made the _ day of August, 2022, by and between the City of San Marcos, Texas ("City"), a municipality incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas, and Hill Country Mental Health&Developmental Disabilities ("Hill Country"),a community mental health center and a governmental unit of the State of Texas under the Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 534.00(c)(2) as amended, for purposes of establishing and maintaining the terms under which the Parties shall provide each other with services as follows: WHEREAS, the City of San Marcos and Hill. Country desire to create a community-based initiative of experienced professionals to engage individuals experiencing crises related to behavioral health in the territorial limits of the City of San Marcos; and, WHEREAS, the City of San Marcos agrees to provide law enforcement services by assigning professionals from its Police Department's Mental Health Unit;and, WHEREAS, Hill Country agrees to provide Qualified Mental Health Professional services; and, WHEREAS, the City of San Marcos and Hill Country desire to create a co-responder mental health unit, which is a community-based initiative to engage individuals experiencing a crisis related to behavioral health for the purpose of offering outreach and follow up services for the individuals; and, WHEREAS, the City of San Marcos and Hill Country desire to set forth in the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement the specific terms and conditions of the services to be performed and provided by the assigned professionals from both the City of San Marcos and Hill Country. NOW,THEREFORE,THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. TERMS OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement will be effective as to each Party on September 1, 2022, and shall continue in force and remain binding on each Party until September 1. 2023. This Agreement shall renew automatically for a period of one year upon the completion of the initial term and each subsequent term unless,at such time,as either Party terminates its participation in writing with sixty(60) days written notice. 2. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. 2.1. It is understood and agreed that the Parties share the following goals and objectives with regard to the co-responder Mental Health Unit(MHU): a. The MHU will be comprised of two City Police Officers, one City Police Corporal, and one Hill Country Crisis Specialist; b. The MHU will respond to behavioral health crisis calls together and will perform outreach and follow up services to individuals known to the team for the purpose of engagement.