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<br /> INTERLOCAL AGREEl\tIENT <br /> FOR <br /> TELECONThTh~1CATIONSSER~CE <br /> THIS INfERLOCAL AGREELVIE~ì' FOR TELECOl\iIMUNICATIONS SER~CE <br /> ("Agreement") by and between the Lower Colorado River Authority (hereinafter "Provider') <br /> and Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CAR IS) (hereinafter "Participant') is <br /> executed for the purpose of engaging Provider to provide land mobile radio services for the <br /> support of governmental functions and services within Participant's primary service area. <br /> Below, Provider and Participant may also be referred to individually as a "Pa:ty" and <br /> collectively as the "Parties." <br /> W1IEREAS, Provider has in place or is implementing a regional trun.~ed 900 MHz <br /> radio system (the "Trunked Radio System') to serve Provider's needs for communication ane: <br /> public safety requirements; <br /> W1IEREAS, the Trunked Radio System has the capacity to serve the needs 0:- <br /> Provider and others requiring a Trunked Radio System for public safety, local government <br /> purposes and other purposes in compliance with applicable Federal Communications <br /> Commission ("FCC") statutes, rules and lice:lses; <br /> WHEREAS, the Trunked Radio System will, among other things, provide dispatchable <br /> public safety mobile radio services pursuant to statutes and applicable FCC rules enabling <br /> Provider to provide community assistance and economic development; and <br /> \VHEREAS, it would be of benefit to Provider to have other entities share the cost <br /> of its system which it is developing and installing for its use; <br /> W1IEREAS, it would be a benefit to Participant to receive Trunked Radio SysteIT~ <br /> service on a non-profit, cost shared basis without investing the substantial capital cost <br /> required for a completely separate infrastructure and by sharing the cost of the existing and <br /> planned Trunked Radio System; <br /> WHEREAS, Provider has secured Federal Communications Commission ("FCC) <br /> radio licenses and a waiver of Section 90.179 of the FCC's rules, 47 C.F .R. § 90.179, in orde: <br /> to serve customers throughout its 58-county electric and water service territory; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Trunked Radio System has the capability to provide interconnectiviry <br /> and a key communications link between public safety entities throughout the central Texas <br /> region. <br /> Lo\VER COLOR-\DO RI\'ERAù'THORfIY <br />