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THIS AGREEMENT made and entered Into by and between the COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, a body politic and corporate, under the laws of the STATE OF MINNESOTA, hereinafter referred to as the •COUNTY," A-2303 Government Center, Minneapolis. Minnesota 55487, and (Insert subscriber entity name and address below] acting by and through its duly authorized officers, hereinafter referred to as the 'USER". WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the COUNTY operates a Local Subsystem as part of the Regionwide Public Safety Radio Communications System, hereinafter referred to as “System"; and WHEREAS, the COUNTY has provided for the capability of Cities, Agencies, Districts and Other Authorized Users within the County to have access to the System; and WHEREAS, the COUNTY bears primary responsibility for the health, security and integrity of the System and other communications systems; and WHEREAS, the USER has elected to participate as a subscriber with end user radios operating on the System. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual undertakings and agreements hereinafter set forth, the COUNTY and the USER agree as follows: 1 . PURPOSE AND INTRODUCTION The purpose of this Agreement is to define tne rights and obligations of the COUNTY and the USER with respect to the cooperative and coordinated purchase, lease, maintenance, technical and administrative support and use of portable, mobile, desktoo and other end user radios by the USER on the COUNTY’S Systemm The System is a multi-site general purpose wirelecs communications system oesigned to provide, among other things, 95% area coverage reliability for portable radio operation above ground level in light to medium buildings throughout most of the County. Other USER benefits and services include, access to a wide area nine county regionwide public safety radio communications system, multiple system redundancies with backup power, a wide range of talk groups electronic identification of all radios on all transmissions, 99.999% microwave system reliability, encryption availability, system security, radio interoperability, 24 hour a day system monitoring and repair response, access to a pool of special event radios and USER radio user training. 2. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF USER 2.1 Conformance to Metropolitan Radio Board and COUNTY Standards USER agrees to be aware of and conform to all applicable standards, policies, procedures and protocols established or amended by the Metropolitzn Radio Board and COUNTY related to use of the System including but not limited to radio user training requirements, radio operating guidelines, audit, monitoring and compliance. 2 2 Conformance to Federal L aws and Regulations USER agrees to be aware of and conform to all applicable Federal Rules, Regulation and Laws pertaining to use of the System including but not limited to the Communications Act of 1934 as Amended and Part 90 of the Federal Communications Commission Rules and Regulations.