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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING This Agreement entered into this ZZnd day of February 1994, by and between Latah County, a governmental subdivision of the State of Idaho, Moscow School District #281, a governmental subdivision of the State of Idaho and the City of Moscow, a municipal corporation of the State ofldaho, to perform a joint facilities study in order to determine the best and most efficient use of public facilities owned by the parties. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the parties desire to conduct a study to investigate and ascertain the most efficient use of public facilities owned by the parties; and WHEREAS, the parties desire that such joint facilities study be jointly funded in equal amounts by each party; and WHEREAS, the parties do not bind themselves beyond their participation in the initial study; and WHEREAS, the parties and each of them find it to be in the public interest to perform such study; and WHEREAS, the parties' participation in such study is a public purpose and is not contrary to the authority granted such parties by law. NOW THEREFORE the parties agree as follows: 1. SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF STUDY The parties are public entities duly authorized by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Idaho, and are empowered to acquire and manage facilities necessary to perform their governmental functions. Each party owns various facilities, and the parties are desirous of studying the possibility of sharing, transferring, constructing, acquiring or jointly maintaining such facilities in the interests of the public and the interests of the individual parties. A joint study of these facilities and the needs of the individual parties shall be conducted by a consultant to the parties pursuant to a Request for Proposals to determine the feasibility of sharing, transferring, constructing, acquiring or jointly maintaining such facilities. Participation in such study shall only obligate the individual parties to participate MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING PAGEl ---PAGE BREAK--- financially in the initial study, and shall in no case bind such parties to any further action, including acceptance and participation in the recommendations of such study. 2. DUTIES OF INDIVIDUAL PARTIES The parties agree to participate equally in the cost of such initial study as identified below, and further shall provide access to the study participants to public facilities, records and personnel to allow such study to be conducted in as complete a manner as possible. 3. COST The total cost of such joint facilities study shall be TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS 0,000.00), which shall be divided equally among the parties. The obligations and liabilities of each individual party shall be limited to one third (1/3) of such cost, or THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE DOLLARS AND THIRTY FOUR CENTS ($3,333.34). 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PARTY The parties agree that Latah County, through its duly elected officials, the Latah County Commissioners shall provide administration of the joint facilities study within the purview of this agreement. This administration shall not include any authority to bind the parties beyond the scope of this agreement, nor to change the scope or purpose of such study beyond its stated purpose. The administrative party shall co-ordinate all decision making aspects with the duly authorized representatives of all participating entities, and all actions relative to the completion of this study shall be steered by the committee comprised of the designated representatives from each participating entity. 5. CONTACT PERSONS The individual parties designate the following persons as contact persons for the facilitators of such joint facilities study. All communications with the parties by the facilitators or other parties shall be through such contact persons. It is further agreed that the designated contact persons may not bind the individual parties to greater expense or increased scope of the study without written authorization of the party. Party Latah County Moscow School District #281 City of Moscow MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING PAGE2 Contact Person Mark Solomon Jack Hill Pam Palmer ---PAGE BREAK--- 6. TERMINATION Any party may terminate its participation in this agreement at any time, without liability and such party shall be obligated only to the extent of its share of the cost of the initial study as provided in section 3. Dated this 22nd day of F_eb_ r_u_a_ry _ 1994 MEMBER MOSCOW SCHOOL DISRifT #281: CHAIR s CITY OF MOSCOW: c2 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING PAGE3 LATAH COUNTY LERK ATTEST: ATTEST: MOSCOW CITY CLERK