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FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENT CITY OF ORONO THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this day of 2016, by and between the CITY OF WAYZATA, a Minnesota municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Wayzata", and the CITY OF ORONO, a Minnesota municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Orono": WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Wayzata maintains a volunteer fire department; and WHEREAS, Orono does not maintain a fire department and desires to purchase fire protection from Wayzata; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. Services to be Rendered. During the term of this agreement, Wayzata shall furnish fire fighting services to that portion of Orono shown on the attached Exhibit A. Such services shall be substantially the same in extent and quality as those rendered by Wayzata within its own corporate limits and shall utilize the equipment and personnel of Wayzata. 2. Term. Wayzata undertakes to provide such services during the period beginning midnight, January 1, 2017 and expiring at one minute before midnight December 31, 2017, unless extended in accordance with the provisions hereof. 3. Compensation. Orono agrees to pay to Wayzata and Wayzata agrees to accept as payment for services rendered an annual charge based upon the percentage of calls in Orono for the preceding three-year period, calculated against the Wayzata Fire Department's operating budget for the contract year. 4. Command Responsibility. The Fire Chief of Wayzata or his deputy shall have the sole and exclusive right and responsibility to prescribe the manner and method of giving the alarm for fire within Orono, and to prescribe the manner and method of responding to calls and rendering the services contemplated. The said Fire Chief or his deputy shall immediately upon arriving at the scene of any alarm or fire emergency have the sole and exclusive responsibility and authority to direct and control any and all firefighting and emergency operations at such scene or scenes, including the direction of police officers at the scene with respect to traffic control, protection of citizens and other incidents of the emergency.