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Orange County Mutual Aid Plan for the Use of the 800 MHz Local Mutual Aid Channels The plan was prepared by OCSD/Communications Division and approved by the Partner and Participating Agencies, based upon approval by OCCOPSA, OCFCA, OCPWC and OCLC, as appropriate. 9.3 Mutual Aid Priorities Partner and Participating Agencies who from time to time have need to communicate with Law Enforcement or Fire Agencies during emergencies or in their daily support of Law Enforcement or Fire Agencies will be allowed to access the Law Enforcement or Fire Subsystems as approved by those respective agencies. Such me mev inchvle t],,, ,-1,,,-t,,-day operations of said non-Law Enforcement and non-Fire Partner and Participating Agencies On a non- interfering, prioritized basis. This use shall be subject to approval of OCCOPSA and the OCFCA as it affects their respective communications. 10.0 RELINQUISHING EXISTING OPERATING CHANNELS Existing Partner and Appropriate Participating Agencies operate existing systems on a variety of radio channels licensed by the FCC. Both the FCC and the Southern California Regional Plan, approved by the FCC On November 21, 1989 for the implementation of new systems using the 800 MHz spectrum, require that Partner and Participating Agencies that transfer operation to the new 800 MHz channels must give back licenses on existing system frequencies. These "give- up" channels will then be redistributed to meet the needs of other agencies in Southern California which have not been met with the limited 800 MHz channels available. Partner and Participating Agencies entering into this Agreement agree to "give up" channels licensed On existing systems that are replaced by the new System. FCC licenses On these "give-up" channels shall be returned to the FCC for cancellation not more than thirty (30) days after transfer and acceptance of law enforcement and/or public works operations to the System. An exception to the paragraph above is when Partner and Participating Agencies who, as a result of transferring law enforcement operations to the System, subsequently move other public works operations to their current 460 MHz channels. In this case, Partner and Participating Agencies agree to relinquish the previously used 460 MHz channels to public works operations within thirty (30) days of completion of the transfer to the 800 MHz System and such a transfer to public works must occur within one hundred eighty (180) days of transfer of law enforcement operations to the System (FCC requirement), at which time the previously-used public works FCC licenses On these "give-up" channels rnust be returned to the FCC for cancellation not more than thirty (30) days after transfer of public works operations to the 460 MHz channels. Joint Agreement NO'v232004 Final Page 7