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ORIGINAL COST SHARING AGREEMENT This Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into by and between the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area ("NCHIDTA") and the City of Redwood City (CITY), a California municipal corporation, as of the Uday of 8, ("the Effective Date"). RECITALS WHEREAS, CITY provides public safety services; and WHEREAS, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigates narcotics traffickers and enforces the Controlled Substances Act often by working through a federal task force so that the federal, state, and local agencies may share expertise and resources to provide greater impact and efficiencies; and WHEREAS, CITY works closely with the DEA Metro Task Force I located in the San Francisco Field Division and which conducts narcotics investigations throughout Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, including some US Postal Office matters; and WHEREAS, CITY has assigned a Redwood City employee fulltime to the DEA Metro Task Force to serve as a DEA Task Force Officer ("Designated TFO") under the supervision of a Task Force Commander until at least 2023; and WHEREAS, CITY and the DEA Metro Task Force I agree that deploying a trained canine for certain designated purposes would benefit and enhance the capabilities of the Task Force in carrying out its mission and further that the CITY's Designated TFO should be assigned as a canine handler and paid in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for dog handlers, however, the CITY and DEA Metro Task Force I lack sufficient resources for this expenditure; and WHEREAS, the federal government formed a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program (HIDTA), which supports efforts to reduce drug trafficking through various focused initiatives and programs; and WHEREAS, DEA Metro Task Force I and CITY are members of the Northern California HIDTA ("NCHIDTA') and NCHIDTA agrees with the assessment of CITY and the DEA Metro Task Force I that a trained canine is consistent with operational needs of Metro Task Force I, would assist the Task Force in carrying out its mission, and would serve the public interest; and WHEREAS, CITY has a long-standing Police Department Canine Program, it has the experience and knowledge to evaluate, determine, and assure the care and maintenance of a law enforcement canine; and WHEREAS, the cost of purchase of a narcotics detection canine (including selection, shipping, crating, and preliminary veterinary check is approximately twelve thousand dollars ($12,000); basic handler's course including a California POST certification for narcotics REV: 11-20-18 PT Page 2 of 6 ATTY/AG R.2018.267/ D E A