HomeMy WebLinkAbout0362.094June 30, 1994
THE HONO~BL8 CITY COUNCIL
P.llo Alto. Califol"nia
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Membel"s of the Council~
This staff report l"ecotnmends Council approval of a Mutual Aid
Agl-eement between water agencies in 16 northern California
counties: Del Norte, Humholt, ]Jake. Marin. Mendocino, Napa,
Solano, Sonoma. Alameda. Contra Costa. San Francisco. San Mateo.
Nonterey, San Benito, Santa Cla:t'a, and Santa Cruz covered by the
Water Agenc'Y Response Network. Region I I (II -WARN) .
The-City of Palo Alto has PX'ovided m1.~tual assistance to
neighboring water agencies for about a 'year. The City provided
wa.ter and supplies to Purissima Hills Water Company during a
pumping station fire emergency on their system in 1990.
Additionally. the City of San Jose provided PalQ Alto ~"ith mutual
aid in 1985 to combat the fire near Highway 280 and Arastl':'adero
Road. The City currently has water distribution system
interconnections with Stanford University. Mountain View and East
Palo Alto. This water agency mutual aid was achieved on the
basis of informal agreements which precipitated many local agency
questions. The questions raised locally within ~iARN II area·
E'atlt Bay MUD and other larger water agencies .. strongly suggested
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the need f(H,-a formal statewide agreement to
agencies to pl"ovide fast responses when help
rlllothe,,' wa'tCl' a':lency.
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enable water
is requested by
Water ag',meies and Cities have generally acted in eupport of RQch
othor, particularly in the public safety arena. The california
Office of p'mel'gency Services, the l).epartment of Water ReSG.'llrce8
and the Utility Polic)' Co.1"l.!,li.tt.ee have cooperated to facilitate
and encourage locul wate.; agencies to devt.'lop fOX"lf'«:''tl regional
"'utual Aid Agl"eerr.entG. The concept developed principa.l1y
recogni"l.oa that a major event could affect an entire region,
Therefore, although unde.l" more extreme ci l"C\l1T1stances water
agencies as a group could have il ~imultaneoua need fox
.Aasistance, 'it is recogl\i~ed that anyone watet' agency could call
upon anyone 01' all of the ("crnaining tI -WARN members in case of
an emergency,
The A9rcem~nt. provide8 a request ing watel." agency ..... i til the abil ity
to ask for pe:l'3cnnel, eqtlip:-r.e_nt and supplies tt"orn another member,
in ol."de:r-to deal ~'ith an (!me-i"gen.cy ai"ising within the requesting
wate).' agency' e jurisdictional boundaries to protect life ..
property, or facilities_ A. response ",'ould be roade and aSBistancp.:
be given at the absolute discret.ion of tile lending party which
will h .. lV~ no obli9at1on to pt"ovide any such a8uistance. and will
incur no liabilit.y for not complying with such requeot for
assistance. Tlll~ borrowing agency io responsible for costs of.
and arranging for, t.he housing, meals, fuel sel.'vicing, and repair
of equipment provided by a lending agency~ including all
personnel costa incurred.
C("Isto that ar"e incllrred hy the lcndirlg agency are to be paid by
the borrowing agency within 60 days of billing. Acceptable FBMA
accounting" records are to be kept by both agencies. in o:r:der that
each agoJlcy may maximize the possibility of "meeting FBHA
require1l'.6nts for "rcimb\H."scment".
The Agreement also contains a liability and hold harmless clause
that is applicable to both thp. lending and borrowing agency.
The agreement is open t9 participation by all water agencies
public and private~ in the 16 counties covered by the Water
agency Response Net'J\·od( .. Region 11 {U-WARNl _ Eighty-seven
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percent (forty-seven water agencies) of the wat~r agencies in
these counties currently ~re members of II·W~RN. The City of
Palo Alto became a member last year.
Environmental I~~ct bs§ess~nt
The Council finds that this is not a prtJject under-the-California
Bnvironmental Quality Act and, thC)::efore~ no environmental irr,pact
aBBes~ment is necessary.
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Staff recommends that Council approve and authorIze th~ mayor to
execute the attached Water Agency Response lletw(wk f I I -h'ARN) 1'994
Omnibus :'futual Aid Agreement.
Respectfully &ubmitted.
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WATE!,''''IOENC¥ R"SSPONSE NETWORK (:(~ARN)
1994 OMNIBUS ~£UAL AID AGR&EMENT
WHI'RBAS, the California Office of Emergency services, tho Def!a~:lment
'Wate-r Reeoul."ces and the UtiHty poHcy COITnIil:.tee ha ... e E'xpruse<1 a Mutual
lntEre"t .1n the establishment of a plan to facilitate and enco\l~age \.iater
~yency mutual aid agrp.ement8 ~tween water aganci~BI and
WKBRBAS. th~ Water Agency Response .Uet .... ork (II-KARll) has been c~eat::e:d to
provide a forum fol' the development of mutual aJ.d c,greement::s: bet\o;'een .... ""ter
agencie~ in Del Norte, Humboldt. I~ke. Marin~ Mendocino, N$p~. Solano, S~nomn,
Alam.eda., Contra Coeta, San Francisco, Sail Mateo, Monterey, San Eenito~ Santa
Clara, and Santa Cru~ Count1es, and
Wli:BRItAS, the water agency hereto has determined that it l<,'Ould be in its
best intere8~$ to ent~~ into an agreeme~t that implements that plan and sete
foxth proce,dures and the rt!sponsibilities of the-watar-ag.en(:y "'h~I1e"'et'"
erl1.ergency per8onnel~ equipment and facility assistance is provided fro..-n on(!
water agency to the other; and
WHJHl'V.S~ II-WARN has prepared an NrNIDUS MtTru"-L AID ".GRREHENT dated
July 1, 1994 which sets forth the mutual covenants and .ttgl'ee~llt8 for ""ater
agencies to provide mutual assistance to one another in times of t:mergency.
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WHlUlBAB~ rIo water agency should be in a position of uI1reMonably tu::ing
its own resour-cE'S, facilities, or services providin.g such m".ltual aid; and
Ift!ERHAS, it is the intent of II-WARN to renew this agreern.ent and revise
it as necevsary and to ~nnually publish a list of all ~ater agencies
participating in this a~ree~ent; and
WHEREAS, such an ag.ree~nt is in accol-d with the CalHornia l:l'1<ergency
ServicE's Act aet forth in Title 2, Division 1. Chapter 7 {Section S55Ct et
seq.) of the ~vernrr~nt Code and specifically with Article 14 (Section 8630 et
seq.) of the Act.
110"1 TRERB'P'(JRE, Hl CONSIDERATION OF 'mE CONDITIONS AlID COVENANTS
CONTAHISD THEREIN, the
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agrees to become a party to the lI~WARN Orrmibl,ls Mutlli'tl Aid Agreement dated
July 1, 1994.
Dated: By: ___ _
Title:
Please return a si9ned copy of this page plus the information requested c,m
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Mr_ M~rUn FalarQki, II-WI\ruI Chd=an
c/o Heat Bay Municipal utility District
P.O. Box 24C55 ~S-62
Oakland, CA 94623
(510) 287 -1233
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II -~I 1994 OMlIXBUS MUTUAL Am '.'\R"EMBNT ....., \.;;i
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Other InforMation (As Appropriate)
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Dated July 1, 1~94
II-WARN OMNIBUS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
~IS AGR~h~'~ i~ ~de ~nd entered into by thoso vater ~gencies who have
l'i;J.o.pted and signed thiO ... greelMnt to provide rnut\J.al aoeiE-tance in Umes of
E".(':>.I!r<g(tncy in .acCI)rdtmc.c Ylth t.he Califolnia 81!1Elol·gency Scr.vicen Act ~nd the
C~Ufornh. Disaster And CL ... U ~fef\~e Kast~r Mutual Aid Agreement; 8.l'ld to
provldo rol!1""l.byrbenent for eq\dp!nent. 80ppUes and pers('nnel I"r'.ade avall.'lble on
Atl ~1J"Ie I:g e"ncy ba 31 0.
~ll of .aid vator ~gQncl~$ being herein reforred to collectively ... 8 "the
'pdtties ...
In consider"tl()l1 of the ~u.tual co-,'enanlS and agrecrr.ents hereinafter set
((It·th, the pJlrtic9 (Iogree to provide (J',utual <lI:Jsislance to one allothel" in times
o! eeerg'l!ncy 1lG:· tQllo .... s:
AArIC'.LY 1 . h-.2PJ..l~.m.U..1J:.~" Tili£< o'l.gr<E'er..ent is available to all ~atel"
"g-c<ncUIs, l<ubl1c and p.ri .... ate, in the 16 cOWlties (Del Norte, Humboldt. Lake,
~:rjn. H{!lld~inc:. Uap.a., SolallO, $ono<:-a, J\larr.eda, Contra Costa, San Francisco,
San ~..ateo. ~nt&rey. Ss.n Benito, Sant-a CIRra, and Santa Cruz} covered by the
"W~ttH" Agency ReepollBo ~:&tl<:ork~ Region II (I I +\"1'ARH) .
AA"i"I<'LS U -t\.(t}1niptrJl.t.2..(. n-WAIUI 'o!ill act atl a~l!\ill1strator to
t'"..lintain ... dat.-.basl!" of all .... ater agencies ... ho h,·lYe siyned this agreement. At
I\; m:1roili,\Hl!, the} i&t of participlttir.9 -B'1ellcies will he publisho!d ann\Jally"
AAUC.U lIt -~.ttlcm of ~~~rn:::. Emergency l7">eans a r.<)lldition of
ditJ&8ter .or c.'Ilt',fIILty ariSing vithin tho at·ea of operlltion of the parties
cau~ed by fire. flood, storm, Earthquake. civil disturbance, or other
C"On~:Ution \(h:it"~ is oX" i9 likely to be be.yond tt,e control of the se-rvices,
~rsonn'!"l, equip:"I.ent, and fadllt.ies of either party hereto and rcq~lires
"utua.l aSBiatance,
It,RT.ICLK XV + ~..l.tJl .. _(Qj;...A.W§.1.!..Il'C£. Reque&ts for emergency assistance
urW:(>l" th:ta .... 9r-e~tl'>(!nt st. .. dl be directed to. the appropriate deSignated
official(s) fr~~ th~ attached list of participating ~ater agencies.
Re~e8ls f~r ~utual aid aS8ie~ance onder this Agrc~~ent when more than one
COWlty Is ittp~c~ed by·a disaster &hould be channeled through the appropriate
R~9'i.ona.l St.ate Office of Etr!ergency sel·vices or State Utilit\' Operat.i.on Center
to en~ure ~~xi~u~ effectivenes~ in allocating resources to the highest
pri(.rity naeds.
1'ho p.3Irty -r·:!nde-rJng 'UJ.si~t"llce under this Agreement is n!ferred to ·as I;ENDER;
the pi.rty :teceivj·ng aaljci.stftJlce ia referred to as BORRO·,iER. I·
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].I~WAA.N oC»ruIlH'S tnnW .... ,.;.'AtD AGR8KKYNT
Oat.d July 1, li't
J.RnClJl: V -~1J'X_~_Llli_t_\u_~L9.LltPJJ_1Q,lfll£q. MQlstMCo(! \#111 generally be
in the form of reaQurcea, such ~3 ~qul~nt. 8upplic5, And personr.el.
Assi&ta.nce ehta.ll be given only ..,hell LENDER dete~{n.e8 th..st ttl! o...-n needs can
~ ~t while re~der1ng assIstance. Th~ e~e~tlon of this ~9ree~nt shall not
~re4te Any duty to r~9POlm on the part of any paT~V her~to. ~ pote~tial
LSNDER ahall not ~ held li~~le for tailing to provIde aseietance. A
potential LENDER has_th~ absolute di8er~tlon to declin~ ~o pro~ide any
requested A881f'tu.ce. Re80 ... ·l·<:~8 art1l to be r:\.1.de av."ih,ble, on a loan basie ..,ith
reimbursement to~s val~lng with the ~~ of resoutcc.
ARTXCLa vx -Leans of ~~t. Use of equi~~nt such 8$ construction
equiproent j veM<:loe~. tools. pa,,:!' and e::otors shall be at MU-IDEiR'S CIJl're:nt
equL~nt ratQ and aubject to tho fQllQ~1ng conditions:
(a) At the option of 1.~l'-'t>~R. lQa.i1ed eq\)1~nt flUy be 10-'n~d with all
operAtor,
(b) Loanp.d equip'ment sh&l1 t-.e return.l!d to M:~IDil:R ",d.thin 2-10 hQUU after
rec-eipt of .:In or~t or wl·iUen r'l!qvest.
tel OO.RRO'~R shaH, at its. C'lil1 ",:x~nfl:~~ supply ell (uel. lubrication
.'lnd Nlntel1i1l\ce (t)r )oalled eq\li~i!"nt,
(d) LENDg~'s cosL l'.eol .. ted t.o the tr.ar.sportati<,n, h;qndJin-::t and
lc".ding/llliloadi.ng of eq\lipc,01nt &ha) 1 b-e (;'t>,Hgta.!:o!e: to OOl\:ROWGR,
(e) In the ('..vent. l03ned <C:}\dp;-·...ent if\; d"l';:'.;.ge-~ ""hllE' beirtg dinpatched to
BORRO'rfBR. or "'"hHe in the custody and \ol!!e (;f BCR~:OWER. DORP,O;.re:{
sh"U reifT'.burse }~E.N'DER {or the re~6or>abl~ cost· o[ :repairj.ng said
daruged equip:n.ent. If the equi.p:~nt (:./lJ'I. ... oL be rep,~iT(Jd. t .... C'n
FORRO)(F.'R shllll rei!:'.bl,ll""se I .. UIDJ.:R tor thtl <:o;Jt ot replacing Iluch
equip."Mnt .... lth ~q\.iJ:("".ent .... hj,<."h h Q[ At least e<l\lsl cApability,
It L8UI)ER must le;.>.ee-R piece of equipc:.eollt. \o'hll<! LOmER'f) equiprr,ent:
is being Tepldre-d or rq)l<'IIced. BORROlffiR 6M1l :re1C'lxJrs~ L£llDSR for
41\lCh lease costa, .
AR'fICL'Il V':U -~h<m..~_L§J.l'p'p'U.£.§:. EtORR9WE'R Ghall reimbul·se L!::ND&R in
kind or at actual l"e-placcIr.ent ccst, piul.> h~ndl1n9 Chal:ged. for use ot
expendablo or non.returnahlc 6upplie.s. Other sllpplh~ and 'reusable items Io'hich
are r6t\lrned to LENDER "i.n a clC!-lIn d"'~9~' fn", cvn()!.l...l(,o flhall not be charged
to the OOAAOWs-R and no rer.tal f.e& v.lll lx! charged; othol.~lso!!, they &hall be
treated as ~y.~nd~ble supplie~.
AATXCLlI'VIII • P~.QP"!l~J· J,umr-R "'ill t\a'k-e flu-ch e~.pl()ycc.'1 as arc
... illill9' to participate aV(IIlh.bh> to BORROH'ER at OO.ltRQKP,R'S .expense ,eq\lal to
LENDER'S fllll ("()st, i.e,. cquz;;) to ttle oQ~lPloy.ee's corr~nt salU"y or hourly
wage pl\ls fringe Untlfit9 .and -over-h-;-ad, and consistent ... ith LDroElt'S ~:rsonnel
union contl'acts or othor conditions o( (:tt.plo~'IT'.('nt, Costs to reed and hQuse
loaned personnel, it neceSSBlY, shall be cha~geable to and paid hy D?RROW£R,
LENDER will not De liable for ''::essl'ltion or 9lowdf,)~TI -of IorQrk if LENDER'S
employees decUnp. or ar.e rl.lluctant to perron!! tll\y ass-ignl!:d taslo:..s if said
employee~ judge fluch task to be ullsa.fe,
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II-HARN OMNIfIOS KO"l11l>" JIO AGREDmNT
D&.t:a-;l July 1, 1'94
ARneLl: u -Liability and Hold Harmleu. ~r.s\J~nt to G<)verOoont Code
Section 89S.4, BORROWER shall assume the d~fen&e of, fully Ind~mnify and hold
harmleaa LENDER, its Director8~ Coullcil Nemhers OY.' supervil1ors. ita ott1~or8
and emplClyecs, frOO'! all chJIM. loss, dalT'.agc, , injUry l\lId liablUtyof every
kind, natu-.:e and d~9cdption directly or indirectly arising fron th-e
BORRoWER'S h~rk hexeunder. including, but not limited to, negligent or
wrongful use of equipment, supplies or persoone) on loan to BORROWER, or
faulty workmanship or other negligent acts, errO[8 or ~~!&91ong by BORROWER or
by personnel on loan to BORROWER from the time assist~lce Is r~qu4st~d And
rendered Wltil the assistance is returned to 1.'ENDI>R'S control. port"'l to
portAl.
Each party he~~to ahall give to the otheors prompt lind till'.ely ... ·I;"itton
notice of any claim made O~ any suit instituted c~~ing to its kno~ledge vhlch
. in any way, directly or indirectly, contingen.tly or other .... ise~ a[f\'!ct~ Qr
mIght affect them. and each shall have the dght t.o particip<tto in the defense
of the same to the extent of its 0-"1"1 interest.
AR.'rICLR X -Modifications. No provisi(')n of this A"3r-cc,",,",ent If"'&Y,b(!
modified, altered Or rescinded by indh'idual parties to the Agre~l'::{!.ot..
Modifications to this agt"eell'.ent req\lire a simple NjOtity vote o[ ~gei1cieB
aignatory to the agreement.
ARl'ICLS XI -E!!l!thur&eIl'..ent. The BORROWER ag:n3es to rei"hU(8e th~ LF1'<1.)~R
within 60 days of receipt of all invoice for assistance provided ullder this
Agreement. '1'0 the extent that the BORRO;,'BR s(-eK!l FEl-'.A funding for ,\I1¥ c;ost
associated Idth assistance provided under tbis A9r.eern.€'nt the E-ORP.O''''-ER f:'..1y b,~
required to have acce:-ptable FENA accowltin9 practices in place at the tif"..e c,r
the need.
AR~ICLB ~x -Termination. This Agreenent is not trAn8~erabl~ or
assignable. in whole or in part. and an.y party «.ay terrr,inate their
participation in this A9reement at any time upon 60 days' .... dtten not.ice
deliver~d or mailed to the I)-WARN chai~ln.
U1'ICLB >eXII -R.ti..~. Agreement shall take eUect on July 1. lSl.Sl. (It
irmlediatel)' upon its execut.ion thereafter.
ARTICLE" XIV -Prior ';grp.!l.m:~l!. To the ex.tent that pt'"iOl' bgree:r.ent& arc
inconsistent with this Agreement all prior a9reelr~nts for f:'.ut\Jil.\ aid bet ... ·o<tll
the parties hereto a.re hl<r.eby superseded. 'this A9["ee~.efit SUP€l·so}tleeo the April
30, 1993 II-WARN Onutibus Hut.\lal Aid Jl.grcement.
ARTiCLE xv -Al:lli):"..allin. Any cOI\troversy or-clo1im arising out of or
relating to t.his A9reement or the breach thereof. shall ~ 6E!"ttled by
arbitration in accordance wit!"! the Rules of the Anw.riciltl ",·bitration
Association and judgment on the award rendered by the a~bitr~tor(s} mAy be
entered in any court having· jurisdiction thereof.
ARTICLB XVI -ToU.S.!Aim§. Tbis Agreement. :in no ..... ay acts t,o ,lbrogate
or waive any immwlity available under the Tort Claims ~ct.
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