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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC05-033 Colorado State University System – Emergency Fire Fund Committee ~j EMERGENCY FUND CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR FOREST AND WATERSHED FIRE CONTROL AMENDMENT II THIS CONTRACT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT, made this 10th day of September, 2004, by and between Eagle County, hereinafter referred to as the County, and the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System on behalf of the Colorado State Forest Service, hereinafter referred to as the State; and WHEREAS, the County and the State previously entered into an agreement dated 4/27/1991: ,'~ld WHEREAS, the Emergency Fire Fund Committee recommends modification to the identified paragraph within the agreement to better reflect current costs of fire suppression. NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed that Article III. 1 shall be amended to state: ARTICLE III The Emergency Fire Control Fund: 1. There shall be established from payments by the County, as hereinafter provided, an Emergency Fire Control Fund. As approved by the Board of County Commissioners, a contracting County shall make payment to the State, by March 15 in each year following a prior September cost estimate and December invoice, an amount equal to $0.0000114 of the assessed property valuation of the County, and five-tenths of one cent ($0.005) per acre for 70,430 acres within the County requiring protection from wildfire under this Agreement. Payment deadlines may be extended by the State Forester, at the County's request, for special circumstances. Any late payment shall include interest the payment would have earned in the Fund after the March 15 payment deadline. In all other aspects the Agreement shall remain the same. COUNTY SHERIFF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS -~~~ STATE OF COLORADO: BILL OWENS, GOVERNOR BOARD~6F GOVERNORS OF THE COLORADO STAn;: UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COLORADO STATE FOREST SERVICE