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3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY-UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL <br />USE AGREEMENT FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES SUBSTATION <br />This Use Agreement fox Emergency Services Substation (this "Agreement"), made and <br />entered into the day of , 2011 (the "Effective Date"), by and between <br />the County of Orange, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, located at 200 <br />South Cameron Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278, ("County") through its <br />Emergency Services Department ("ES") and the University of North Carolina at Chapel <br />Hill, fox its Student Affairs Division ("UNC"), located at University of North Carolina at <br />Chapel Hill, 1-06 Carr Building; CB# 5000, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5000, and both <br />collectively referred to as "the Parties." <br />WITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, Orange County through its Emergenry Services Department currently operates <br />an Advanced Life Support EMS System with four ambulances staffed around the- clock and <br />a fifth peak load ambulance staffed from 9 am until 9 pm; and <br />WHEREAS, the geographical service area covered by the Orange County Emergenry <br />Services System includes all of Orange County, consisting of 384 square miles of land- area, <br />and encompassing all ox portions of the municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, <br />Hillsborough, and Mebane; and <br />WHEREAS, the estimated county population is 126,532, lending to a total system call <br />volume, emergency and non-emergency, of 11,611; and <br />WHEREAS, UNC has over 30,000 students which account for a significant portion of the <br />Orange County Emergency Services call volume; and <br />WHEREAS, many of the medical emergencies transpiring m and around the UNC Campus <br />are alcohol related and put a strain on the services delivery of Orange County Emergency <br />Medical Service ("EMS"); and <br />WHEREAS, underage drinking, binge drinking and intoxicated students can lead to <br />increased injuries and potential loss of life to students; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Emergenry Services staffs two ambulances in the southern <br />portion of the county and currently both ambulances are stationed at Carrboro; and <br />WHEREAS, the growth of the County and the student population at UNC has lead to a <br />need to enhance services in the southern part of the County to better serve both the UNC <br />Campus and eastern Chapel H171; and <br />WHEREAS, the County desires to locate an ES substation on the Campus of UNC to better <br />serve the students and residents in the southern portion of Orange County; and <br />{00042638.DOC 8} <br />