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• ADDITIONAL INTERLOCAL PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT City of San Marcos, Texas This Additional Interlocal Participant Agreement ("Additional Participant Agreement") is entered into by the Lower Colorado River Authority (hereinafter "Provider"), acting for itself and the Participants in that certain Interlocal Agreement for telecommunication services dated the 15th day of January, 1997 (the "Interlocal Agreement") and the City of San Marcos, Texas, (hereinafter designated "Additional Participant"), for the purposes of engaging Provider to provide land mobile radio services for the support of governmental functions and services within Additional Participant's service area. WHEREAS, Provider has in place or is implementing a regional trunked 900 MHz radio system (the "Trunked Radio System") to serve Provider's needs for communication and public safety requirements; WHEREAS, the Trunked Radio System has the capacity to serve the needs of Provider and others requiring a Trunked Radio System for public safety, local government • purposes and other purposes in compliance with applicable Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") statutes, rules and licenses; WHEREAS, the Trunked Radio System will, among other things, provide dispatchable public safety mobile radio services pursuant to statutes and applicable FCC rules enabling Provider to provide community assistance and economic development; and WHEREAS, it would be of benefit to Provider to have other entities share the cost of its system which it is developing and installing for its use; WHEREAS, it would be a benefit to Additional Participant to receive Trunked Radio System service on anon-profit, cost shared basis without investing the substantial capital cost required for a completely separate infrastructure and by sharing the cost of the existing and planned Trunked Radio System; WHEREAS, Provider has secured Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") radio licenses and a waiver of Section 90.179 of the FCC's rules, 47 C.F.R. *90.179, in order to serve customers throughout its 58-county electric and water service territory; and WHEREAS, the Trunked Radio System has the capability to provide interconnectivity and a key communications link between public safety entities throughout the central Texas • region.