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Contract No _____________ <br />THE COUNTY OF HARRIS § <br />THE CITY OF LA PORTE § <br />AGREEMENT FOR THE FURNISHING, INSTALLING AND <br />MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION EQUIPMENT <br />THIS AGREEMENT <br />is made by and between Harris County, hereinafter called the “County”, <br />and the City of La Porte, hereinafter called the “City”, acting by and through its duly authorized <br />officers. <br />W I T N E S S E T H <br />WHEREAS <br />, the Countyowns and maintains a system of highways and roadways in the City <br />pursuant to TexasTransportation Code section 201.103; and <br />WHEREAS <br />, the City or its contractor has requested to install emergency vehicle preemption <br />systems at the locations listed on Exhibit Ato this Agreement; <br />WHEREAS <br />, the Countyand the City are in agreement that the proposed systemwill be <br />installed; <br />NOW,THEREFORE <br />, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and <br />agreements of the parties hereto to be by them respectively kept and performed as hereinafter <br />set forth, it is agreed as follows: <br />A G R E E M E N T <br />DEFINITIONS <br />A. <br />"VEHICLE AUTHORIZATION" is a system function that enables the EVP SYSTEM to <br />receive requests for (EVP) emergency vehicle preemption from an authorized emergency <br />vehicle. Without authorization, the emergency vehicle will not receive priority treatment. <br />B. <br />"HARRIS COUNTY ATMS SYSTEM" is the arterial traffic management system that is <br />utilized to manage and monitor ITS devices. This system also archives all traffic signal <br />controller timing parameters and is capable of making remote, real-time modifications to the <br />local controller databases and timing parameters. <br />C. <br />"EVP CENTRAL SYSTEM" - Owned by City of La Porte. This is the EVP central control <br />software that provides the interface for remote configuration of EVP intersection control <br />units, archives EVP LOCAL CONTROL SYSTEM configuration settings and collects <br />preemption and incident data into a central database. <br />D. <br />"EVP LOCAL CONTROL SYSTEM" - Owned by City of La Porte. Includes all active and <br />passive electronic devices, hardware, wiring, communications medium, and software that is <br />housed in mobile or stationary field devices and used to enable remote configuration of the <br />EVP intersection control units and/or to interface with and request priority treatment from the <br />HARRIS COUNTY ATMS SYSTEM. This definition specifically precludes hardware and <br />software owned by Harris County that is used to assign vehicular right-of-way for non- <br />emergency response conditions and/or for providing remote communications local traffic <br />control systems and the HARRIS COUNTY ATMS SYSTEM. <br />Page 1 of 6Revised 12/20/2012 <br /> <br />