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 * AGREEMENT AS PROPOSED BY THE LEADERSHIP LORAIN COUNTY CLASS OF 2008 TO BE INCLUDED IN A JOINT APPLICATION FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES COLLABORATION GRANT THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING A FEASIBILITY STUDY CONDUCTED BY LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT ADDRESSES WHETHER AND IN WHAT MANNER MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING CITIES, VILLAGES, TOWNSHIPS AND/OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN LORAIN COUNTY MAY COMBINE THEIR RESPECTIVE PROVISION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES.**

This Agreement is made and entered into by and between certain municipal corporations, including cities, villages, townships and other political subdivisions within Lorain County, Ohio (parties), who have become parties to this Agreement by causing either this Agreement or an identical copy of it to be signed by an officer duly authorized by the legislative authority of such parties. The parties to this Agreement, wishing to participate in the proposal as advanced by the Leadership Lorain County Class of 2008 to be included in a joint application for a local government services collaboration grant through the Ohio Department of Development to be submitted by the Lorain County Community Alliance for the purpose of funding a feasibility study conducted by Lorain County Community College that addresses whether and in what manner the parties may combine their respective provision of local government services, hereby agree as follows:
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I. PURPOSE The purpose of the grant application will be to fund a feasibility study to be conducted by Lorain County Community College outlining the manner in which the parties may foster cooperation and regional collaboration through the sharing of facilities and services for their common benefit, efficiency and cost savings. II. GRANT APPLICATION The parties to this Agreement hereby agree to be a part of a joint application to be submitted by the Lorain County Community Alliance ( LCCA) for a grant through the local government services collaboration grant of the Ohio Department of Development as proposed by the Leadership Lorain County Class of 2008. The LCCA will submit the application to the Ohio Department of Development once all parties have executed this Agreement. The LCCA will administer the grant and utilize all funds received to commission a regional collaboration feasibility study from Lorain County Community College. III. FUNDS AVAILABLE For any combination of eight or more municipal corporations, including cities, villages or townships, the grant shall be equal to the total cost of the feasibility study, or not more than $80,000. IV. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES The parties shall be under no obligation to contribute financially to the grant application, administration or feasibility study. The parties agree to cooperate and to provide any and all information which will assist in both the grant application, and feasibility study. V. IMPLEMENTATION Upon completion of the feasibility study the parties agree to meet to review the information and to engage in an open, good-faith dialogue as to the manner in which the recommendations of the study may be implemented in Lorain County. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed on the date indicated by signing this Agreement or identical copies of same.

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