Common use of Partner’s Responsibilities Clause in Contracts

Partner’s Responsibilities. 1. Each Partner agrees to participate in the Committee and to provide input to Committee decisions. 2. The Committee will be comprised of representatives of agencies executing this MOU. 3. Each Partner with fiber optic cable or comparable wireless communications agrees to allow the use of two available fibers in dedicated fiber paths or bandwidth in the wireless path and for the exchange of regional transportation information (data and video) with any agency that participates on the shared regional network. 4. Each Partner agrees to provide its own hardware necessary to connect to the regional network, including but not limited to cabling, switches, firewall, and work stations. 5. Each Partner with communication links to the regional network agrees to provide reasonable efforts to maintain the connection of their local communication systems with those of other Partners. "Communication link" is intended to include fiber, wireless and other approved connectivity methods. 6. Each Partner agrees to continue participation in the regional network until the Partner provides written notice to the other Partners of its termination of participation. 7. Each Partner agrees to share the cost of operating and maintaining the proposed regional network, provided, however, that the amount of each Partner’s share of any costs will be fixed by future agreement(s) and nothing in this MOU shall render a Partner liable for the payment of any costs without further action by each Partner. Each Partner will provide input into the total cost and sharing of cost to be set by future agreement(s). 8. Each Partner will be responsible for the cost of operating and maintaining its own portion of the regional network. 9. Each Partner will be responsible for the cost of establishing the connection(s) it desires and recognizes that regional funds may be available to provide Partners with a single connection to the network. 10. Each Partner agrees to develop and provide Center to Center plug-in for its respective internal system(s), including a Center to Center Data Extractor, Provider and Collector to retrieve and provide desired data with the purpose of establishing the regional exchange of information. 11. Each Partner agrees to use the regional video standard to exchange video on the regional network, should a regional video standard be developed and adopted. 12. To the extent permitted by law, each Partner agrees to indemnify and hold harmless other Partners for the failure of communications or devices beyond Partners’ control. 13. Each Partner agrees to share any and all transportation data it provides on the regional network with Partners, or to limit accessibility as needed. 14. Each Partner agrees not to transmit, exchange or otherwise share video or data obtained solely from the regional network with entities not participating in the regional network. 15. Each Partner agrees to share real time status of ITS devices and ITS data to the extent possible for purposes of distribution to the public via the regional traveler information system. 16. Each Partner agrees not to record any network video without the express written consent of the Partner providing such video. 17. Each Partner agrees to log and update real time transportation data for distribution to other Partners to the extent practical and funded. 18. Each Partner agrees to provide maintenance for its own portion of the network. 19. Each Partner agrees to allow the use of shared data in training and outreach to support and improve regional operations.