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CAD and Mobile Data Agreement Among Ramsey County and Members This is an agreement between the County of Ramsey, a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, through the Emergency Communications Department, 388 13th Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101 ( "County ") and the City of Little Canada, 515 Little Canada Rd E, Little Canada, MN 55117 (a "Member "). WHEREAS, All public safety agencies in Ramsey County currently use a Computer Aided Dispatch ( "CAD ") System owned by the City of Saint Paul; and WHEREAS, The County operates the Ramsey County Emergency Communications Center ( "ECC "); and WHEREAS, The County has Dispatch Joint Powers Agreements in place with the Members to provide dispatch services that will expire on December 31, 2016; and WHEREAS, Due to the CAD System nearing the end of its life cycle, the County issued a Request for Proposals ( "RFP ") for an integrated public safety CAD /Mobile system ( "System "), to be owned by the County and used County -wide by the ECC, the White Bear Lake Emergency Communications Center ( "WBLECC"), and numerous Law Enforcement and Fire /EMS agencies across the County; and WHEREAS, The County anticipates that implementation of the System will occur in 2015; and WHEREAS, The parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows: 1. Purpose: The purpose of this CAD and Mobile Data Agreement ( "Agreement ") is to establish parameters for the provision of Computer -Aided Dispatch and Mobile Data services ( "CAD Services ") by the County to the Members, and to delineate the terms and conditions under which the County will provide these CAD Services. All Parties agree to work cooperatively to fulfill the terms and purpose of this Agreement. 2. Definitions For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the indicated meanings: 2.1 Additional Member means any Governmental Unit that signs this Agreement with the County on or after January 1, 2015. 2.2 Agreement means this CAD and Mobile Data Agreement among Ramsey County and Members, as may be amended from time to time. 2.3 AVL /Automatic Vehicle Location System means a combination of hardware and services that can detect the near -real time location of a vehicle and send that information to the CAD System so it can be displayed on a map. 2.4 CAD /Computer -Aided Dispatch or Dispatching is a computer -based system that allows persons in a dispatch center to create and update records of calls for service and to easily view and understand the status of all units being dispatched. CAD CAD and Mobile Data Agreement Ramsey County and User Members Page 1 of 48