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NORTH CAROLINA <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT <br /> USE AGREEMENT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SUBSTATION <br /> This Use Agreement for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Substation ("Agreement"), <br /> made and entered into the 15 day of December, 2016 (the "Effective Date', by and <br /> between the County of Orange, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, <br /> located at 200 South Cameron Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278, ("County") <br /> through the Orange County Emergency Services Department ("OCES'� and the Town of <br /> Chapel Hill (ToCH) located at 403 Martin Luther King Jt. Blvd, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, <br /> 27514 through the Chapel Hill Fite Department (CHFD) and both collectively referred to as <br /> "the Parties." <br /> WITNESSETH: <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County through its Emergency Services Department currently operates <br /> an Advanced Life Support EMS System; and <br /> WHEREAS, the geographical service area covered by the Orange County Emergency <br /> Services System includes all of Orange County, consisting of 384 square miles of land area, <br /> and encompassing all or portions of the municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboto, <br /> Hillsborough, and Mebane; and <br /> WHEREAS, the estimated county population is 133,801, lending to a total system call <br /> volume, emergency and non-emergency, of 13,445; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County desires to locate an Emergency Services substation at the CHFD <br /> Station #2 at 1003 S. Hamilton Road, Chapel Hill to better serve the residents in southern <br /> Orange County; and <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual covenants and <br /> conditions hereafter set forth, the Parties agree as follows: <br /> 1. Term of the Agreement The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective <br /> Date and shall remain in effect until discontinued by either party, but no sooner than <br /> twenty years after the County and CHFD have occupied the new Station 2. <br /> Discontinuance shall occur 365 days after either party provides the other written <br /> notice of its intent to discontinue this agreement. Should this agreement be <br /> discontinued both parties shall work collectively to develop a mutually acceptable <br /> buy-out plan to satisfy the investments of both parties. <br /> 2. Scope of Agreement. <br />