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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE <br />FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL RESULTING FROM THE COLORADO WILDFIRES AND <br />STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS DISASTER (DR-4653-CO) <br />THIS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (the "IGA") is made by and among the <br />COUNTY OF BOULDER, Colorado, a body corporate and politic (the "County"), the CITY OF <br />LOUISVILLE, Colorado, a home rule municipality (the "City"), and the TOWN OF <br />SUPERIOR, Colorado, a municipal corporation (the "Town") (each, a "Party" and, collectively, <br />the "Parties"). <br />RECITALS <br />A. Colorado law, C.R.S. § 24-33.5-707, authorizes local and interjurisdictional emergency <br />management agencies to establish emergency management plans for its areas that include <br />provisions for the response and recovery from emergencies and disasters. In addition, <br />C.R.S. § 30-15-401 authorizes county governments to provide for and compel the <br />removal of rubbish, including trash, junk, and garbage, from lots and tracts of land within <br />the county. Per this authority, Boulder County Office of Emergency Management <br />adopted the Emergency Operations Plan for Boulder County, City of Boulder, Local <br />Governments and Special Districts, and this plan authorizes Boulder County to <br />coordinate for and remove debris following a disaster. C.R.S. § 24-33.5-713 further <br />encourages political subdivisions to make suitable arrangements for furnishing mutual aid <br />in coping with disasters. <br />B. C.R.S. § 31-15-401(1)(b) grants power to municipalities "[t]o do all acts and make all <br />regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the <br />suppression of disease." <br />C. Intergovernmental agreements to provide functions or services, including sharing the <br />costs of such functions or services, or incurring debt, by political subdivisions of the State <br />of Colorado, are specifically authorized by C.R.S. § 29-1-203, and other sections of the <br />Colorado Revised Statutes. <br />D. Grass wildfires and straight-line winds of epic proportions beginning on December 30, <br />2021 resulted in severe damage or total loss of at least 990 residential homes and <br />commercial buildings in Boulder County, including in the City and the Town (the <br />"Event" or "Disaster"). <br />E. On December 30, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis declared a state of emergency <br />due to the Event on December 30, 2021, and on January 1, 2022, President Joseph R. <br />Biden approved a Major Disaster Declaration for the Event (DR-4634-CO), beginning on <br />December 30, 2021 and continuing. <br />F. The Town of Superior is a municipal corporation within Boulder County and Jefferson <br />County, but all of the property impacted by the Disaster is located within Boulder <br />County. <br />22 <br />