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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT Extraterritorial 911 Address Assignment THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of , 20 , by and between the following political subdivisions: THE CITY OF WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, a municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "City" and CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, a Home Rule county under North Dakota law, hereinafter referred to as "County." WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, City is a home rule city organized and operating under a Home Rule Charter duly adopted pursuant to Chapter 40-05.1, North Dakota Century Code; and, WHEREAS, City currently has planning authority for subdivisions and zoning within its incorporated limits and their extraterritorial area; and, WHEREAS, County is a home rule county organized and operating under a Home Rule Charter duly adopted pursuant to Chapter 11-09.1, North Dakota Century Code; and, WHEREAS, County currently has the authority to assign, change, and maintain 911 property addresses outside the incorporated limits of the City, including the extraterritorial area. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 1. The County would effectively authorize the City, by executing this agreement, the power to solely assign, change, and maintain 911 property addresses within their extraterritorial area; and, 2. The City's authority to assign, change, and maintain 911 property addresses will help to ensure the areas outside City's incorporated limits, but within the extraterritorial area that will likely become part of the City, will have consistent 911 addresses with the incorporated area. This allowing emergency responders to accurately and quickly locate emergency calls; and, 3. The City will retain this authority to solely assign, change, and maintain 911 addresses in their extraterritorial area from the date set forth in the agreement; and, 4. The County will retain the official naming rights and accountability of any roads on the County highway road system within the City's extraterritorial area until the road is removed from the County highway road network and placed on the City's road network; and, 5. The County will maintain and pay for signage along the County highway road system; and, 6. The County will maintain the 911 Master Street Address Guide (MSAG) for the City's extraterritorial area until the land is annexed into the City's incorporated boundaries, thus changing the responsibility for emergency response to the City; and, -1-