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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ADVANCED LAW ENFORCEMENT I:~,~PID RESPONSE TRAINING PROJECT The City of San Marcos (the "City"), Southwest Texas State Univemity ("SWT") and the County of Hays (the "County") enter into this memorandum of understanding under the authority of Texas Government Code, Chapter 791, as amended. This memorandum of understanding is effective as of October 1, 2002. '~. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 1.01. The parties have agreed to cooperate to implement and operate a project to train law enforcement officers who are the first to arrive at a scene of violence. This project is known as the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Project. 1.02. The Project consists of two elements: a. A mobile training program to be conducted at numerous sites around the State, funded in part by a grant to the City from the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division. b. The establishment of a training facility (the "Facility") on a site at the Gary Job Corps Center property near San Marcos, Texas, funded in part by a grant to SWT from the United States Department of Justice. 1.03. The purpose of this MOU is to generally describe the roles and responsibilities of the parties with respect to the Project. The parties agree to work cooperatively toward the goal of establishing and operating the Project efficiently. They will execute further agreements that set forth their duties and responsibilities for specific aspects of the Project. 2. GENERAL OPERATIONAL PROVISIONS 2.01. A Management Committee is established, consisting of the City's Chief of Police, the Chair of SWT's Criminal Justice Department, and the County's Sheriff. The Management Committee will provide policy and operational guidance for the Project. The Management Committee may make recommendations to the parties regarding amendments or addendums to this agreement. The Management Committee will meet on an as-needed basis. 2.02. SWT and the County agree to execute subaward agreements with the City as described in the grant application for the project element described in Paragraph 1.02a above The City and the County agree to execute subaward agreements with SWT as described in the grant application for the project element described in Paragraph 1.02b above. The parties agree to comply with the terms and conditions of their respective grant award agreements and grant subaward agreements related to these two project elements. 2.03 The parties agree to cooperate in submitting future applications for state and federal grant funding for continued operation of the Mobile Training Program element of the Project, and for operation, maintenance and improvements to the Training Facility element of the Project. With respect to any