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AN INTERGOVERNMMENTAL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE LOUISVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE REGARDING PROVISION FOR FIRE SERVICES THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of , 2017 ("Effective Date") by and between the Louisville Fire Protection District (the "Fire District"), a special distract organized and existing pursuant to 32-1-101, C R S , et seq (the "Special District Act") and the City of Louisville (the "City"), a Colorado home rule municipal corporation The City and the Fire Distnct are individually referred to as a "Party" and jointly referred to as the "Parties " RECITALS WHEREAS, the Parties have a common and compelling public safety interest to provide and plan for high quality fire prevention, fire suppression, rescue, hazardous matenal, arson investigation and prosecution, and emergency medical services for the existmg and future property owners and residents within their respective junsdictions, and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Special Distnct Act, the Fire District provides Fire Services, as defined herem, to all areas within its boundaries, and WHEREAS, pursuant to 31-30-101 and 31-15-601, C R.S , the City is authorized to provide Fire Services within its municipal boundanes, and WHEREAS, pursuant to 29-1-203, C R S , the Parties may contract with one another to provide any function, service, or facility lawfully authorized to be provided by the Fire District and the City, and WHEREAS, most, but not all, of the area presently located within the boundanes of the City also is located within the boundaries of the Fire District, and WHEREAS, both the City and the Fire District have adopted a fire code for their respective jurisdictions, and the Fire District enforces the City Fire Code (defined below) m those areas located within the boundanes of both the City and the Fire Distnct, even when and if the City Fire Code vanes from the fire code adopted by the Fire Distnct, and WHEREAS, the City has authority to adopt ordinances authorizing the Fire Distnct to cooperatively administer and enforce the City Fire Code m those areas located within the boundaries of both the City and the Fire Distnct, and WHEREAS, the Fire Distnct has the authority to administer and enforce the fire code adopted by the Fire Distract and/or the County(ies) in which it is located with respect to areas located within the boundaries of the Fire District but outside of the City, and WHEREAS, the City has annexed and may m the future annex land currently located outside the boundanes of the Fire Distnct, and the City desires that the Fire Distract provide Fire Services to all areas located within the boundaries of the City to avoid admimstrative difficulties, inefficiencies and possible inconsistent application of the City Fire Code by multiple fire protection districts providing services within the boundanes of the City, and Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Provision for Fire Services Page 1 of 9 2661665 3