Snohomish County Regional Public Safety 12/5/2017

b. Status of SNOCOM and SNOPAC Members as of the Consolidation Effective Date. Each member agency of SNOCOM and SNOPAC which, by December 31, 2017, approves, by action of its legislative authority, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and is qualified to become and elects to be a Principal of Snohomish County 911 by making such designation on the services election form attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall be deemed a Principal of Snohomish County 911 as of the Consolidation Effective Date. Alternatively, by December 31, 2017, a member agency of SNOCOM or SNOPAC may (i) elect to be a Subscriber of Snohomish County 911 by providing written notice of same to Snohomish County 911 together with notice of its service election, (ii)provide notice to Snohomish County 911 of its request to be an Associate Agency, or (iii) provide notice to Snohomish County 911 of its intent to provide its own emergency communication services and to not be a Principal, Subscriber or Associate Agency of Snohomish County 911. The initial Principal, Subscriber, or Associate Agency status of each agency shall remain in place until such status is changed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Agencies that elect to become Subscribers shall promptly execute the applicable subscriber contract in a form approved and provided by the Governing Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the interest of public safety, in the event any member agency of SNOCOM or SNOPAC qualified to be a Principal or Subscriber under this Agreement has not, by December 31, 2017, taken official action to execute this Agreement or notified Snohomish County 911 of its intent prior to this subsection, then such member of SNOCOM or SNOPAC shall be deemed to be a Subscriber of Snohomish County 911 for the period between the Consolidation Effective Date and February 15, 2018 (the "Gap Period"). During the Gap Period Snohomish County 911 agrees to provide Emergency Communication Services to such agency in order to allow the agency to complete its formal notification process to Snohomish County 911, and such agency shall be permitted to execute this Agreement and/or elect to be a Principal, Associate Agency, or Subscriber during the Gap Period; provided, that agencies deemed to be Subscribers during the Gap Period pursuant to this paragraph shall be charged a fee for such services based on the 2018 Assessments as described in Exhibit E attached hereto plus a latecomer fee equal to 25% of the pro-rata share of Assessments incurred from the Consolidation Effective Date through the date the agency either executes this Agreement or executes a Subscriber contract with Snohomish County 911. Snohomish County 911 shall seek to promptly resolve the status of any agency deemed to be a Subscriber under this paragraph. 4