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tx~~ b it {~ O~~D q ~_~z AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the Ohio municipalities of the City of Beachwood, the Village of Gates Mills, the City of Highland Heights, the City of Lyndhurst, the City of Mayfield Heights, the Village of Mayfield, the City of Pepper Pike, the City of Richmond Heights and the City of South Euclid (the "participating municipalities") desire to enter into an Agreement which sets forth the terms, conditions, rights, obligations and duties of each of them relevant to the establishment of a short-term mobilization of investigators, together with allied resources, to apply high intensity investigative efforts to a fire incident, to be known as the Hillcrest Regional Fire Investigation Strike Force; and WHEREAS, each of the participating municipalities desire to develop the Hillcrest Regional Fire Investigation Strike Force to meet the needs of each of the participating municipalities for the investigation and detection of fire cause with regard to the reduction of arson-related activity; and WHEREAS, to the extent that the terms, conditions, rights, obligations and duties of the participating municipalities can be determined at this time, the participating municipalities enter into this Agreement with the understanding that any terms, conditions, rights, obligations and duties not specifically set forth herein are subject to further agreement between the aforesaid municipalities, but that in any such supplemental agreement the spirit and intent of this Agreement shall be carried out; and WHEREAS, each of the participating municipalities have the authority to contract and enter into Agreement pursuant to Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution and Section 737.27 of the Ohio Revised Code relevant to the investigation of fires and Ohio Revised Code Section 715.02 relative to inter-governmental agreements; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals, and of the following covenants and agreements, each of the municipalities agree as follows: 1. The municipalities of Beachwood, Gates Mills, Highland Heights, Lyndhurst, Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village, Pepper Pike, Richmond Heights, and South Euclid do hereby agree to develop a Hillcrest Regional Fire Investigation Task Force which shall be available to, and used by the participating municipalities, as needed without reference to any particular formula or time table for such availability or use. Should a participating municipality's designated investigator be unable to perform the tasks and duties as set forth in the standard operating procedures or should the designated investigator be separated from service from the participating municipality, the participating municipality shall promptly appoint another member to the position of designated investigator as soon as reasonably possible. 1