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46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />52 <br />53 <br />54 <br />55 <br />56 <br />57 <br />58 <br />59 <br />60 <br />61 <br />62 <br />63 <br />64 <br />65 <br />66 <br />67 <br />68 <br />69 <br />70 <br />71 <br />72 <br />73 <br />74 <br />75 <br />76 <br />77 <br />78 <br />79 <br />80 <br />81 <br />82 <br />83 <br />84 <br />85 <br />86 <br />87 <br />88 <br />89 <br />90 <br />91 <br />Attachment A <br />THEREFORE, The Parties agree as follows: <br />1. General Purpose <br />The purpose of this Agreement is to formally create and establish the Ramsey County <br />Violent Crime Enforcement Team (hereinafter "RCVCET ") as an organization to <br />coordinate efforts to investigate, apprehend, and prosecute drug offenders, violent <br />offenders, gang members and career criminals and to define the rights and obligations of <br />the Parties with respect to the duties and activities performed by the RCVCET throughout <br />the term of the Agreement. The RCVCET is a separate and distinct public entity to which <br />the Parties have transferred all responsibility and control for actions taken pursuant to this <br />Agreement. <br />2. Members <br />The RCVCET is hereby established by the Parties. The RCVCET members are Ramsey <br />County, the City of Maplewood, the City of New Brighton, the City of Roseville, the City <br />of St. Paul, and the City of White Bear Lake. <br />3. Good Faith <br />The Parties and the Agencies shall cooperate and use their best efforts to ensure that the <br />various provisions of this Agreement are fulfilled, and to undertake resolution of <br />disputes, if any, in good faith and in an equitable and timely manner. <br />4. Term of Agreement /Termination <br />4.1 The initial term of this Agreement shall be for a one -year period, from January 1, <br />2013, through December 31, 2013 ( "Initial Term "). <br />4.2 This Agreement shall automatically renew for additional one year periods <br />( "Renewal Term ") up to a maximum of four Renewal Terms, unless all Parties <br />give written notice to the other Parties of their intent not to renew at least sixty <br />(60) days prior to the end of the Initial Term or the then - current Renewal Term. <br />4.3 A Party may withdraw from this Agreement at any time with a 30 days written <br />notice to the other Parties. Withdrawal shall not excuse a Party from obligations <br />incurred prior to the effective date of withdrawal. This Agreement shall <br />automatically terminate when all but one Party has withdrawn. <br />4.4 Upon expiration, dissolution, or other termination of this Agreement, <br />4.4.1 any outstanding financial obligations of the RCVCET, excluding <br />obligations for payment of claims as set forth in Section 7 of this <br />Agreement, will be paid out of remaining RCVCET Funds and /or the <br />proceeds of the sale of RCVCET -owned property. If such funds or <br />proceeds are inadequate to meet all of such outstanding financial <br />obligations, the shortage will be subject to payment by the individual <br />Parties to this Agreement as follows: 50% will be paid by the Ramsey <br />County Sheriff and the remaining 50% will be paid by the police <br />departments of the Cities, each in a sum that is a percentage of the total <br />obligation that is equal to the percentage the city's population bears to the <br />186028 vl l RCVCET JPA 2013 <br />Page 2 of 14 <br />