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A. System Purpose and Objective <br />The primary purpose of the System is to serve the County and accommodate participation by public <br />safety and local governmental agencies in the San Bernardino County Secondarily, other <br />governmental and safety related non -governmental users may be allowed access to the System as <br />conditions warrant and as provided for by this Agreement. During a disaster, public safety users will <br />receive priority in all areas, based entirely on emergency response responsibilities and access to the <br />System by non-public safety users may be limited or suspended <br />B. Backbone Operational Policies <br />Public safety and local governmental users shall have operational priority over all other users. In the <br />case of a disaster, public safety users affected by the disaster shall have operational priority over all <br />other public safety users, with County public safety users afforded the highest priority <br />1) County has the final authority, at all times, to exercise discretionary control over the Backbone, and <br />to otherwise manage Backbone traffic to insure the ability of immediate -need public safety agencies <br />to effectively communicate and for the overall benefit of all Backbone users EXCEPT FOR <br />GROSSLY NEGLIGENT ACTS OR OMISSIONS IN EXERCISING ITS AUTHORITY UNDER THIS <br />SECTION, THE COUNTY WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR SYSTEM <br />ALLOCATION DECISIONS <br />C Backbone Modification (Post Backbone Implementation) <br />1) The County may determine that Backbone modification is needed from time to time to meet the <br />changing needs of County and/or users. <br />2) Costs for Backbone modifications made after the execution of this Agreement shall be assessed as <br />follows <br />(i) If the modification benefits all users, each user will bear the pro rata cost of the modification <br />based on the user's derived benefit. Derived benefit shall be determined as a percentage based <br />on the number of units that are in service by each end user divided by the total units being <br />serviced by the Backbone infrastructure at the time the modification is made <br />(ii) If the modification improves service only for users in a definable local area, all users in such <br />definable local area, and participating in and receiving direct benefit from the modification, shall <br />share the costs for its implementation, operation, and maintenance equally <br />(iii) If the modification only applies to a specific subset of users, the subset of users that caused the <br />modification shall share the costs of the modification its implementation, operation, and <br />maintenance equally <br />(iv) if the modification is requested by, and benefits only Customer, Customer shall bear the entire <br />cost of the modification, its implementation, operation, and maintenance <br />3) Customer acknowledges and agrees that the County is the sole decision -maker in determining the <br />allocation of costs for all Backbone modifications <br />D Field Equipment <br />Page 2 of 12 <br />