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3. CITY COOPERATION WITH FIRE DISTRICT'S EFFORT TO INCLUDE TERRITORY. The Fire District shall be responsible for all actions necessary to include territories into the Fire District that are or become within the City boundaries. Such actions include, but are not limited to, all service plan amendments and legal proceedings, including appellate proceedings that may be necessary to complete the inclusion of territory within the Fire District. The City shall cooperate with the District in such proceedings and shall be responsible for its own costs incurred for general counsel legal services for any approvals necessary from the City to accomplish the inclusion. All other costs incurred by the City regarding such proposed territory inclusion shall be the responsibility of Fire District, and shall be reimbursed by Fire District within 30 days of an invoice from City for such costs. The City agrees to provide notice to owners of property who have petitioned for annexation and to owners of incorporated property not within the Fire District that they are either required or requested-as the City shall determine in its sole discretion-to include their property within the Fire District. The City alone shall determine the timing and content of any such notice. 4. CONTINGENCIES FOR FIRE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE. The Fire District shall be responsible for establishing Fire Services performance standards within its jurisdiction, including any areas within its jurisdiction that are located within the City's boundaries. The Fire District and the City understand that the Fire District's current operation status, including its present facilities, equipment, and personnel, is designed primarily to provide services within the Fire District's boundaries, as they exist as of the date of this Agreement. It also is understood and agreed that the Fire District's ability to provide Fire Services to land annexed to the City in the future may be contingent upon expansion of and/or change in the nature of the Fire District's facilities, equipment, and personnel. Recognizing that it is in the best interests of the Parties to create an atmosphere conducive to a healthy economy and to enhance opportunities for economic development, the Fire District shall, at all times during the term of this Agreement, provide Fire Services to all lands within the City. The initial minimum performance standards to be met by the Fire District are set forth in Exhibit A, "Louisville Fire Protection District Minimum Performance Standards," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The minimum performance standards may be altered or amended at any time by mutual written agreement of the Parties. On or before January 2, 2007, and every twelve (12) months thereafter throughout the term of this Agreement, the Fire District shall deliver to the City a written report detailing the scope and level of Fire Services provided to land within the boundaries and jurisdiction of the Fire District and land to which the Fire District provides Fire Services as a result of this Agreement. The report shall note all exceptions to agreed upon standards, and all cases, if any, in which the Fire District did not meet minimum performance standards. 5. OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE FIRE SERVICES. The Fire District agrees and understands that it is legally obligated to provide Fire Services to all land that is currently within the City and served by the Fire District, and all land that is annexed to the City once the Fire District agrees to furnish such Fire Services as providedih Section Of' 2, above, except when providing such service would constitute an improper interference in the jurisdiction of another provider of Fire Services. In the event Fire District contracts all or part of its emergency medical services to a contractor, Fire District shall only contract with a qualified emergency medical responder. Fire District shall consult 3