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NORTH CAROLINA
Voice Interoper•ability Pian for Emer•aencv Responders (VIPER)
COUNTY OF
(his Agreement made this day of ~ , 2006, by and between Orange
County and the City of Chapel Hill, hereinafter called Grantees, and the NORTH CAROLINA
STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, hereinafter called Facilitator,
WIINESSEIH:
IHAT WHEREAS, NC State HighwayPatrol will act as the strategic facilitator for the Voice
Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders .(VIPER) by sharing resources such as spectrum
analysis and engineering support, cutrently licensed SOOMhz spectrum; a premier microwave system
and network administrative responsibilities with the above named local government agency in return
for the sharing of local government resources; and,
WHEREAS Grantee desires "a mobile voice and data communications network that allows
• state and Iocal law enforcement and public safety agencies to communicate with each other,
regardless of'location in the state"; and,
WHEREAS the parties hereto have mutually agreed to the terms and conditions of this
agreement as hereinafter set forth;
NOW THEREFORE, the Grantee submitted to the North Carolina Division of Emergency
Management a letter stating its intent for the amount of'$2,384,000 to be retained by the State and
provided to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol to effect the implementation of (4) VIPER
antenna system(s) for Orange County and the City of'Chapel Hill (MOA #3016 and MOA# 3017).,
This amount is based upon a combined total of$2,700,SOOAO, the combined total of'2004 Grant #
196 (MOA# 3020), Grant #232 (MOA# 3016) and Chant # 102 (MOA# 3017) of which Orange
County retained $54,000 from MOA # 3016 and the City of~ Chapel Hill retained $262,500 from
MOA # 3017 for the purpose of'paying contrasted services (Orange County) and the purchase of
VIPER compliant radios (Chapel Hill) Furthermore, both Orange County and the City of Chapel
Hill have agreed that as the Patrol proceeds to construct the VIPER antenna sites at Hillsboro, UNC
Chapel Hill, Laws and Cane Mountain, that all funds required to complete the installation of'said
-- -- antenna sites will be encumbered-from the those funds-allocated to 11>IOA #-3016 and MOA # 3020
and MOA # 3017 resp~tively and retained by the State ofNorth Carolina as expressed in a letter of
intent from the County of Orange and the City of Chapel Hill dated December 20, 2004, however the
City of'Chapel Hill will be permitted to utilize any remaining funds to purchase VIPER compliant
radios of to be the recipient of•VIPER compliant r adios purchased by the State of North Carolina on
Chapel Hill's behalf Any such purchases shall be subject to the final approval of the Secretary of
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Crime Control and Public Safety..
The terms and conditions of this agreement are as follows:
1. The Grantee and Facilitator agree to construct astatewide intetagency/mter-0perable wireless
voice franked network, promote interagency shazing of'resources for the common good of North
Cazolina, provide multi-host access to authorized law enforcement and public safety voice trunked
radios, provide duect mobile to mobile and base to mobile communications across jurisdictional
boundaries, comply with all security issues involved in transporting sensitive information via a
wireless network, utilize existing resources where applicable to minimize the financial impact to the
operation ofthe VIPER system, acid shaz•e talk groups in local and state managed voice franked radio
systems .
2. the Facilitator will share the following resources with Orange. County: spectrum (radio
frequencies), radio. transmitter/receiver (base Station), radio tower, building, generator, 800Mhz
transmissions system (antenna/transmission line), SOOMhz transmission interface
(duplexer/combiner), network system links, digital microwave, system keys, unit ID's, talk-group,
system administration/technical assistance, and network management/problem resolution The
Facilitator will install and maintain at no cost to the Grantee the four (4) VIPER antenna system(s)
identified in the Grantee's award at locations in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Cane Mountain, North
Carolina; Laws, North Carolina and Hillsboro, North Carolina.. Should unencumbered funds remain
at the completion of •the installation of the above referenced VIPER antenna systems, the Grantee and
Facilitator will mutually agree on the method of dispersal of the remaining funds with the
understanding that compliance with the guidelines for spending set forth by the United States
Department of Homeland Security must be adhered to.
3. Facilitator will assume responsibility of reporting to the U S. Depaztment of Homeland
Security the prngr~ess ofthe grants associated with the monies retained by the State on behalfofthe
Grantee.
4. the State ofNorth Carolina shall have sole ownership and make available for the purpose of
advancing communications interoperability to emergency response agencies in North Carolina the
VIPER antenna system.
5. It shall be the sole responsibility of the State of'North Caz•olina, through the services of•the
North Carolina State Highway Patrol, to maintain all the components of the VIPER antenna system
implemented as part of this Agreement, until such time as both parties to this agreement agree
otherwise
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this license agreement has been executed by the pazties hereto, in
duplicate originals, as of the date first above written.
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Grantees:
(County of Orange}
By:
(Signature)
On:
(Date}
(City of Chapel Hill)
By:
(Signature)
On:
{Date)
Facilitator:
NC State Highway Patrol
By:
On:
(Major W..F. Sandy)
(Date)
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