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DocuSign Envelope ID: FOB21573-4B58-4541-91F4-00117EO7A232 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL RESULTING FROM THE COLORADO WILDFIRES AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS DISASTER (DR-4653-CO) THIS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (the "IGA") is made by and among the COUNTY OF BOULDER, Colorado, a body corporate and politic (the "County"), the CITY OF LOUISVILLE, Colorado, a home rule municipality (the "City"), and the TOWN OF SUPERIOR, Colorado, a municipal corporation (the "Town") (each, a "Party" and, collectively, the "Parties"). RECITALS A. Colorado law, C.R.S. § 24-33.5-707, authorizes local and interjurisdictional emergency management agencies to establish emergency management plans for its areas that include provisions for the response and recovery from emergencies and disasters. In addition, C.R.S. § 30-15-401 authorizes county governments to provide for and compel the removal of rubbish, including trash, junk, and garbage, from lots and tracts of land within the county. Per this authority, Boulder County Office of Emergency Management adopted the Emergency Operations Plan for Boulder County, City of Boulder, Local Governments and Special Districts, and this plan authorizes Boulder County to coordinate for and remove debris following a disaster. C.R.S. § 24-33.5-713 further encourages political subdivisions to make suitable arrangements for furnishing mutual aid in coping with disasters. B. C.R.S. § 31-15-401(1)(b) grants power to municipalities "[t]o do all acts and make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease." C. Intergovernmental agreements to provide functions or services, including sharing the costs of such functions or services, or incurring debt, by political subdivisions of the State of Colorado, are specifically authorized by C.R.S. § 29-1-203, and other sections of the Colorado Revised Statutes. D. Grass wildfires and straight-line winds of epic proportions beginning on December 30, 2021 resulted in severe damage or total loss of at least 990 residential homes and commercial buildings in Boulder County, including in the City and the Town (the "Event" or "Disaster"). E. On December 30, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis declared a state of emergency due to the Event on December 30, 2021, and on January 1, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden approved a Major Disaster Declaration for the Event (DR-4634-CO), beginning on December 30, 2021 and continuing. F. The Town of Superior is a municipal corporation within Boulder County and Jefferson County, but all of the property impacted by the Disaster is located within Boulder County. G. The City of Louisville is a municipal corporation within Boulder County.