HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1997 0115 CC REG ITEM 07OCITY OF MOORPARK
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Mary K. Lindley, Assistant to the City Manager j
DATE: December 23, 1996 (January 15 CC Meeting)
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SUBJECT: Consider Approval of the Mutual Aid Agreement for Emergency Building
and Safety Services
The City Council is being asked to approve Moorpark's participation in the countywide Mutual
Aid Agreement for Emergency Building and Safety Services. The Agreement provides for
building and safety resources in the event that a member jurisdiction has expended all of its own
and needs additional resources. The requesting party will bear the full costs for any mutual
resources received under this Agreement.
The City of Moorpark is a signatory to the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual
Aid Agreement which states that the parties agree to furnish resources and facilities and to render
services to each and every other party to prevent and combat any type of disaster. Separate from
the "Master Mutual Aid Agreement ", law enforcement and fire agencies maintain their own
mutual aid agreements to assist with their specialized needs.
Like fire and law enforcement, building and safety officials believe that, in the event of a disaster,
requests for their services can be better coordinated through a separate mutual aid agreement
designed specifically to handle requests for structural surveys and building safety inspections.
With that purpose in mind, a group of building and safety officials from Ventura County
jurisdictions developed an Agreement in 1985. The parties to that Agreement were the County of
Ventura and the cities of Camarillo, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ventura, Santa Paula and
Thousand Oaks. That Agreement has since been revised to its current form as seen in
Attachment A. Once again, the County and the ten cities are being asked to consider
participation.
The Agreement states that requests for mutual aid can only be made when, in the judgement of
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the requesting agency, it is determined that emergency services from cooperating jurisdictions are
necessary because all such normal resources have been depleted, and mutual aid assistance is
needed in order to provide for the pubic safety Agreement receiving
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compensate any other party for services re ndered under this Agreement
for providing food, lodging, and incidentals necessary for the performance of emergency services
by building and safety personnel and for maintaining accurate records of time and expenditures for
materials, equipment, and personnel provided under the Agreement.
The agency providing mutual aid shall be responsible for salaries, benefits, insurance, and other
compensation to its employees. Lastly, no party to this Agreement shall be required to insure,
indemnify, hold harmless, nor compensate any other such party for death, injury, or loss suffered
by mutual aid building and safety personnel. In otherwords, a jurisidiction that requests additional
building and safety personnel will not be requried to indemnify or compensate the jurisdication
that agrees to send their personnel for any injury, death or other personal loss.
To date, jurisdictions that have approved the Agreement include the County of Ventura and the
cities of Camarillo, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Thousand Oaks, Point Hueneme, Ventura, and Ojai.
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the City's participation in the Mutual Aid
Agreement for Emergency Building and Safety Services and direct to Mayor to sign on behalf of
the City.
Attachment
C:IDOCS\EMERGPRE\BL&STYAG.AGD
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ORIGINAL
VENT 11A COUNTYICrriES
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
FOR
EMERGENCY BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the following cities and county, each
of which is a municipal corporation or public entity: CITY OF CAMARILLO, CITY OF
FILLMORE, CITY OF MOORPARK, CITY OF OJAI, CITY OF OXNARD, CITY OF PORT
HUENEME, CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA, CITY OF SANTA PAULA, CITY OF SIMI
VALLEY, CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS, AND THE COUNTY OF VENTURA.
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WHEREAS, the parties hereto are geographically located in proximity to each other
within the County of Ventura, and
WHEREAS, within the jurisdiction of each of the parties hereto, damage to buildings and
injury to occupants can result from earthquake, natural disaster, or unforeseen local emergency,
and
WHEREAS, in the event of such disasters the personnel resources of individual parties
to this agreement may be insufficient to perform all necessary structural surveys and building
safety inspections in connection with damaged properties, and
WHEREAS, it is to the mutual advantage and benefit of the parties hereto that each
render assistance to others, if possible, in event of an earthquake, natural disaster, or unforseen
local emergency, and
WHEREAS, personnel of the Building and Safety departments of the parties hereto are
qualified by training and experience to perform the surveys and inspections as may be necessary
under such circumstances,
NOW THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
(1) In the event that an earthquake, natural disaster, or unforeseen local emergency
affects an individual party to this agreement to an extent that it cannot perform all necessary
structural surveys and building safety inspections, then each of the other parties hereto will,
upon request, furnish appropriate Building and Safety personnel and necessary equipment for the
purpose of completing such surveys and inspections. Request for assistance shall be coordinated
through the Ventura County Office of Emergency Services when feasible.
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(2) provisions of this agreement shall be invoked only when, in the judgment of the
governmental agency requesting aid, it is determined that emergency services from cooperating
Building and Safety departments are necessary because all such normal resources have been
depleted, and assistance from outside the requesting agency is needed in order to provide for the
public safety and welfare.
(3) Each party agrees to furnish resources and facilities and to render services to each
and every other party to this agreement to prevent and combat any type of disaster in accordance
with duly adopted mutual aid operational plans, whether heretofore or hereafter adopted,
detailing the method and manner by which such resources, facilities, and services are to made
available and furnished, which operational plans may include provisions for training and testing
to make such mutual aid effective; provided, however, that no parry shall be required to deplete
unreasonably its own resources, facilities, and services in furnishing such mutual aid.
(4) The requesting party to this agreement shall be required to compensate any other
party for service rendered under this agreement.
(5) No party to this agreement shall be required to insure, indemnify, hold harmless, nor
compensate any other such party for death, injury, or loss suffered by mutual aid Building and
Safety personnel.
(6) A governmental agency furnishing mutual aid under the terms of this agreement shall
be responsible for salaries, benefits, insurance, and other compensation attendant to its
employees.
(7) A governmental agency receiving aid under the terms of this agreement shall be
responsible for providing food, lodging, and incidentals necessary for the performance of
emergency services by mutual aid Building and Safety personnel.
(8) A governmental agency receiving aid under the terms of this agreement shall be
responsible for maintaining accurate records of time and expenditures for materials, equipment,
and mutual aid Building and Safety personnel in connection with their services.
(9) Authority for the direction and control of mutual aid Building and Safety personnel
shall reside in the Building Official or alternates designated by the governmental agency
requesting aid. Insofar as possible, such personnel shall be directly supervised by a Building
and Safety staff member of the furnishing jurisdiction.
(10) This agreement shall not be construed as, or deemed to be, an agreement for the
benefit of any third party or parties, and no third party or partitz shall have the right of action
hereunder for any cause whatsoever. Any service performed or expenditure made by any party
hereto in connection with this agreement, shall be deemed conclusively to be for the direct
benefit and protection of the public welfare within the governmental jurisdiction receiving aid.
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(11) This agreement shall be supplemental to, and shall not conflict with provisions of
the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement, if and when said
master mutual aid agreement becomes operative as a result of a declaration of extreme
emergency by the State Governor.
(12) Any party to this agreement may withdraw at any time, upon thirty (30) days'
written notice to each of the other parties. Thereafter, such withdrawing party shall no longer
be a party to this agreement, but this agreement shall continue in force and effect among the
remaining parties.
below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby execute this agreement on the date noted
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto do
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JUL 11 1995 By
ATTEST: RICHARD D. DEAN
Clerk of Supervisors
By
Deputy
CITY OF CAMARZLLO
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CITY OF FILLMORE
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City Clerk
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CITY OF MOORPARK
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CITY OF OJAI
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CITY OF OXNARD
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CITY OF PORT HUENEME
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CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA
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