HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2009-068 Mutual Aid and Assistance Interstate Agreement with the Water/Wastewater Agency Response NetworkRESOLUTION NO. R-2009-68
A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager of the City of Yakima to execute an
Agreement with the numerous Water and Wastewater Utilities in
Washington State to cooperate in a network of water and wastewater
mutual aid known as the Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement for
Washington State for Intrastate Water/Wastewater Agency Response
Network (WARN).
WHEREAS, emergencies may require aid or assistance in the form of personnel,
equipment and supplies from outside an area impacted by natural or manmade disasters;
through the Network, Members may coordinate response activities and share resources during
these emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the signatories (WARN Members) recognize the need to have a way, of
rendering assistance during or after emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the signatories (WARN Members) recognize the need to have a way to
obtain reimbursement for assistance rendered; and
WHEREAS, the signatories (WARN Members) hereby establish an Intrastate Network for
Mutual Aid and Assistance; and
WHEREAS, through the WARN, Members (as further defined in the attached
Agreement) may coordinate response activities and share resources during emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City to authorize
execution of the attached Agreement for the implementation of the Mutual Aid and Assistance
Agreement for Washington State for Intrastate Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network
(WARN), now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COLINCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The City Manager of the City of Yakima is hereby authorized and directed to execute the
attached and incorporated "Agreement for the implementation of the Mutual Aid and Assistance
Agreement for Washington State for Intrastate Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network.
(WARN)" with numerous Water and Wastewater Utilities in Washington State.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 5th day of M- . 2009.. , / ,/ /dr / /1- ,
David Edler, Mayor
City Clerk
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1 Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement for Washington State for Intrastate
2 Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN)
3 As of. 04/1309
4
5 This Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into by public water and
6 wastewater utilities that have executed this Agreement
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8
9 ARTICLE!
10 PURPOSE
11
12 Recognizing that emergencies may require aid or assistance in the form of
13 personnel, equipment, and supplies from outside the area of impact, the
14 signatories hereby establish an Intrastate Network for Mutual Aid and Assistance
15 (the "Network") Through the Network, Members (as further defined in this
16 Agreement) may coordinate response activities and share resources during
17 emergencies
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19
20 ARTICLE II
21 DEFINITIONS
22
23 A. Authorized Official — An employee or officer of a Member agency that is
24 authorized to:
25 1. Request assistance;
26 2. Offer assistance;
27 3. Decline to offer assistance;
28 4. Decline to accept offers of assistance, and
29 5. Withdraw assistance under this Agreement
30
31 B Emergency — A natural or human -caused event or circumstance causing, or
32 imminently threatening to cause, loss of life, injury to person or property,
33 human suffering, significant financial Toss, or damage to environment For
34 example, Emergencies may include fire, explosion, flood, severe weather,
35 drought, earthquake, volcanic activity, spills or releases of oil or hazardous
36 material, contamination, utility or transportation emergencies, disease, blight,
37 infestation, civil disturbance, riot, intentional acts, sabotage and war that are,
38 or could reasonably be beyond the capability of the services, personnel,
39 equipment, and facilities of a Member to fully manage and mitigate by itself.
40
41 C. Member — Any public agency which provides supply, transmission or
42 distribution of water; or collection, conveyance or treatment services of storm
43 water or waste water that executes this Agreement (individually a "Member"
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1 and collectively the "Members") The Members are further classified as
2 follows:
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4 1. Requesting Member — A Member who requests aid or assistance under
5 the Network.
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7 2 Responding Member — A Member that responds to a request for aid or
8 assistance under the Network
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10 D. Period of Assistance —The period of time when a Responding Member assists
11 a Requesting Member in response to a Request for Assistance. The Period of
12 Assistance commences when personnel, equipment, or supplies depart from
13 Responding Member's facility and ends when all of the resources return to the
14 Responding Member's facility (i.e., portal to portal).
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16 E. National Incident Management System (NIMS): The national, standardized
17 system for incident management and response that sets uniform processes
18 and procedures for emergency response operations.
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20 F. Associate — Any non-utility participant approved by the Statewide Committee
21 that provides a support role for the Network (such as the Slate Department of
22 Health). An Associate does not execute this Agreement
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24
25 ARTICLE III
26 ADMINISTRATION
27
28 The Network is administered through Regional Committees and a Statewide
29 Committee.
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31 A Regional Committees. The State is divided into regions that are
32 geographically the same as the existing Department of Health Office of
33 Drinking Water regions of the state, with the exception that the eastern region
34 is divided to create a central region. Each region has a Regional Committee.
35 Each Member within a region may appoint one person to be a member of its
36 Regional Committee. Only those Regional Committee members appointed by
37 Members are entitled to vote on matters before the Regional Committee. An
38 Associate may be a non-voting member of a Regional Committee. Each
39 Regional Committee shall elect a Chair by majority vote of the voting
40 members of that Regional Committee and shall meet annually to review the
41 operations and procedures of the Network.
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43 B. Statewide Committee. The Chairs of the Regional Committees are the voting
44 members of the Statewide Committee. An Associate may be a non-voting
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1 member of the Statewide Committee. Further, the Statewide Committee also
2 may include as non-voting members representatives from the Washington.
3 State Department of Health Office of Drinking Water, Washington State
4 Department of Ecology, Washington State Emergency Management Division,
5 Rural Community Assistance Corporation, Evergreen Rural Water of
6 Washington, Washington State Public Health Laboratory, EPA Region 10,
7 Washington Association of Sewer and Water Districts, and the Washington
8 PUD Association. Under the leadership of a Statewide Committee Chair
9 elected by majority vote of the voting members of the Statewide Committee,
to the Statewide Committee shall plan and coordinate emergency planning and
11 response activities for the Network
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13 C. Members' administrative activities shall be voluntary and members shall not
14 be required to finance the administration of the Network, nor shall the Network
15 hold real or personal property.
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17
18 ARTICLE IV
19 PROCEDURES
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21 In coordination with the Regional Committees, and emergency management and
22 public health systems of the State, the Statewide Committee shall develop and, --
23 adopt operational and planning procedures for the Network that are consistent
24 with this Agreement. The Statewide Committee shall review these procedures at
25 least annually and shall update them as needed.
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27
28 ARTICLE V
29 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE
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31 A. Member Information: Promptly after executing this Agreement, the signatory
32 Member shall deliver the following to the Statewide Committee: (1) a certified
33 copy of the action of Members governing body that authorized the signing of
34 this Agreement and (2) an original signed Agreement. Each Member shall -
35 identify an Authorized Official and one alternate Authorized Official. Each
36 Member shall provide current 24-hour contact information for its Authorized
37 Officials to the Statewide Committee, which shall maintain a current list of all
38 Members and the contact information for their Authorized Officials. The
39 Statewide Committee shall provide to all Members an updated version of this
40 list annually and whenever there is an addition or withdrawal of a Member
41 and whenever there is a change of Authorized Officials' contact information.
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43 B. Request for Assistance In the event of an Emergency, a Member's
44 Authorized Official may request mutual aid and assistance from Members
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1 ("Request for Assistance"). Requests for Assistance may be made orally or in
2 writing, provided that when a Request for Assistance is made orally, the
3 Requesting Member shall, as soon as practicable, identify and transmit in
4 writing the personnel, equipment and supplies requested. Requesting
5 Members shall direct Requests for Assistance to Authorized Officials. The
6 Statewide Committee shall provide specific protocols for Requests for
7 Assistance as part of the procedures created pursuant to Article IV of this
8 Agreement
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10 0 Response to a Request for Assistance — Members are not obligated to
11 respond to a Request for Assistance After'a Member receives a Request for
12 Assistance, the receiving Members Authorized Official shall evaluate whether
13 to respond to the Request for Assistance, whether resources are available to
14 respond, or if other circumstances would hinder response:: Following the
15 evaluation, the Authorized Official shall inform, as soon as possible, the
16 Requesting Member whether the Member will respond to the Request for
17 Assistance. If the Member is willing and able to provide assistance, the
18 Member shall inform the Requesting Member of the type of available
19 resources and the approximate arrival time of such assistance.
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21 D. Discretion of Responding Member's Authorized Official — No Member has any
22 duty to respond to a Request for Assistance. When a Member receives a
23 Request for Assistance, the Authorized Official shall have sole and absolute
24 discretion as to whether or not to respond to the Request for Assistance, and
25 if responding in the affirmative, to determine the availability of resources to be
26 made available to the Requesting Member. The response of a Member's
27 Authorized Official regarding the availability of resources to a Requesting
28 Member shall be final.
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30 E. No Liability for Failure to Respond — No Member will be liable to any other
31 Member for deciding not to respond to a Request for Assistance or otherwise
32 failing to respond to a Request for Assistance. All Members hereby waive all
33 claims against all other Members arising from or relating to any Member's
34 decision to not respond to a Request for Assistance or to any Member's failure
35 to respond to a Request for Assistance.
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37
38 ARTICLE VI
39 RESPONDING MEMBER PERSONNEL
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41 A. National Incident Management System - When providing assistance under
42 this Agreement, the Requesting Member and Responding Member are
43 encouraged (but are not obligated) to be organized and function under NIMS.
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1 B Coordination and Records — Employees of the Responding Member will
2 remain under the direction and control of the Responding Member to the
3 fullest extent possible. The Responding Member is an independent
4 contractor at all times. The Requesting Member's Authorized Official shall
5 coordinate response activities with the designated supervisor(s) of the
6 Responding Member(s). The Responding Member's designated supervisor(s)
7 shall keep accurate records of work performed by personnel during the Period
8 of Assistance and for the equipment and supplies provided during work.
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10 C. Food and Shelter— Whenever practical, Responding Member personnel must
11 be self sufficient for up to seventy-two (72) hours. Whenever practical, the
12 Requesting Member shall supply adequate food and shelter for Responding
13 Member personnel If the Requesting Member is unable to provide food and
14 shelter for Responding Member personnel, the Responding Member's
15 designated supervisor is authorized to secure the food and shelter necessary
16 to meet the needs of its personnel.
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18 D. Communication — The Requesting Member shall provide Responding
19 Member personnel with communications equipment as available, radio
20 frequency information to program existing radios if appropriate, or telephone
21 contact numbers, in order to facilitate communications with local responders
22 and utility personnel. Each Requesting Member shall provide contact
23 information for an individual with whom Responding Member's personnel may
24 coordinate while en -route for access, staging instructions and other logistical
25 requirements'.
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27 E. Status - Unless otherwise provided by law, the Responding Member's officers
28 and employees shall have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges, and
29 immunities as if they were performing their duties in the jurisdiction in which
30 they are normally employed.
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32 F. Licenses and Permits —To the extent permitted by law, Responding Member
33 personnel that hold licenses, certificates, or permits evidencing professional,
34 mechanical, or other skills shall be allowed to carry out activities and tasks
35 relevant and;related to their respective credentials during a Period of
36 Assistance.
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39 ARTICLE VII
40 RIGHT TO WITHDRAW RESOURCES
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42 A. Right to Withdraw - A Responding Member may withdraw some or all of its
43 resources at any time for any reason, as determined in the Responding
44 Member's sole and absolute discretion The Responding Member shall
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1 communicate written or oral notice of intention to withdraw all or some of a
2 Responding Member's resources to the Requesting Member's Authorized
3 Official as soon as practicable under the circumstances. To the greatest
4 extent possible, but without limiting in any way a Responding Member's sole
5 and absolute discretion, a Responding Member's determination to withdraw
6 some or all of its resources provided to a Requesting Member should
7 consider the status of the incident and incident stability, to minimize any
8 adverse impacts from the withdrawal of resources by a Responding Member.
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10 B. No Liability for Withdrawal - No Member will be liable to any other Member
11 for first responding to a Request for Assistance by providing resources (such
12 as personnel, materials, and equipment) and later withdrawing or refusing to
13 continue to provide some or all of those resources. All Members hereby
14 waive all claims against all Members arising from or relating to such a
15 withdrawal or refusal.
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18 ARTICLE VIII
19 COST- REIMBURSEMENT
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21 The Requesting Member shall reimburse the Responding Member for all costs
22 incurred by the Responding Member during a Period of Assistance, unless
23 otherwise agreed in writing by both Members.
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25 A. Personnel — The Requesting Member shall reimburse the Responding
26 Member for personnel costs incurred for work performed during a Period of
27 Assistance. Responding Member personnel costs will be calculated according
28 to the terms provided in their employment contracts, hourly rate schedules or
29 other conditions of employment The Responding Member's designated
30 supervisor(s) shall keep accurate records of work performed by personnel
31 during a Period of Assistance. The Requesting Member shall include in its
32 reimbursement of the Responding Member all personnel costs, including
33 salaries or hourly wages, costs for fringe benefits, and indirect costs.
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35 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the Requesting Member shall reimburse
36 the Responding Member for all reasonable and necessary costs associated
37 with providing food and shelter for the Responding Member's personnel, if the
38 food and shelter are not provided by the Requesting Member. The
39 Requesting Member is not required to reimburse the Responding Member for
40 food and shelter costs in excess of State per diem rates unless the
41 Responding Member demonstrates in writing that the excess costs were
42 reasonable and necessary under the circumstances.
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1 B Equipment — The Requesting Member shall reimburse the Responding
2 Member for the use of equipment during a Period of Assistance, including, but
3 not limited to, reasonable rental rates, all fuel, lubrication, maintenance,
4 transportation, and loading/unloading of loaned equipment The Requesting
5 Member shall return all equipment to the Responding Member in good
6 working order as soon as is practicable and reasonable under the
7 circumstances If equipment cannot be returned in good working order, then
8 Requesting Member shall either provide in-kind replacement equipment to
9 Responding Member at no cost to Responding Member or pay to Responding
10 Member the actual replacement cost of the equipment. Reimbursement rates
11 for equipment use will be no less than the Federal Emergency Management
12 Agency's (FEMA) Schedule of Equipment Rates. If a Responding Member
13 uses rates different from those in the FEMA Schedule of Equipment Rates,
14 the Responding Member shall provide such rates orally or in writing to the
15 Requesting Member prior to supplying the equipment. If reimbursement rates
16 are to be different than those in the FEMA Schedule of Equipment rates,
17 Responding Member and Requesting Member shall agree in writing on which
18 rates will be used prior to dispatch of the equipment to the Requesting
19 Member. Requesting Member shall reimburse for equipment not referenced
20 on the FEMA Schedule of Equipment Rates based on actual recovery of
21 costs. If a Responding Member is required to lease equipment while its
22 equipment is being repaired because of damage due to use during a Period of
23 Assistance, Requesting Member shall reimburse Responding Member for
24 such rental costs.
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26 C. Materials and Supplies —The Requesting Member shall reimburse the
27 Responding Member in kind or at actual replacement cost plus handling
28 charges, for use of expendable or non -returnable supplies by the Responding
29 Member during a Period of Assistance. The Responding Member shall not
30 charge direct fees or rental charges to the Requesting Member for other
31 supplies and reusable items that are returned to the Responding Member in a
32 clean, damage -free condition. Reusable supplies that are returned to the
33 Responding Member with damage will be treated as expendable supplies for
34 purposes of cost reimbursement
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36 D Payment Period — In order to be reimbursed, the Responding Member shall
37 provide an itemized bill to the Requesting Member no later than ninety (90)
38 days following the end of the Period of Assistance for all expenses incurred
39 by the Responding Member while providing assistance to a Requesting
40 Member under this Agreement. The Responding Member may request
41 additional time to submit the itemized bill, and Requesting Member shall not
42 unreasonably withhold consent to such a request. The Requesting Member
43 shall pay the ;itemized bill in full on or before the forty-fifth (45th) day following
44 the billing date. The Requesting Member may request additional time to pay
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the itemized bill, and Responding Member shall not unreasonably withhold
2 consent to such a request, but in no event will payment in full occur Tater than
3 one year after the date a final itemized bill is submitted to the Requesting
4 Member. If a Responding Member disputes a portion of an itemized bill, the
5 Requesting Member shall promptly pay those portions of the bill not under
6 dispute, pending the resolution of the payment of the disputed portion of the
7 bill.
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9 E Records - Where a Responding Member provides assistance to a Requesting
to Member under this Agreement, both Members shall provide the other
11 Member access to the books, documents, notes, reports, papers and other
12 records relevant to this Agreement for the purposes of reviewing the accuracy
13 of a cost bill or making or undergoing a financial, maintenance or regulatory
14 audit Both Members shall maintain these records for.at least three (3) years
15 or longer where required by law.
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18 ARTICLE IX
19 DISPUTES
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21 NEGOTIATION
22 Members shall first attempt to resolve any controversy, claim or other dispute
23 arising out of or relating to this Agreement by direct negotiation.
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25 MEDIATION
26 To the extent not resolved by direct negotiation, Members shall mediate any
27 controversy, claim or other dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
28 Mediation is a condition precedent to arbitration. Unless the disputing Members
29 agree otherwise, the mediation will be administered by the American Arbitration
30 Association (AAA) under its Construction Industry Mediation Procedures The
31 disputing Members shall pay in equal shares the mediator's fee and any filing
32 fees. Unless otherwise agreed by the disputing Members, the disputing
33 Members shall (1) hold the mediation no later than thirty (30) days after a
34 disputing Member delivers a request for mediation to the other disputing
35 Members and (2) hold the mediation at the location of the Requesting Member,
36 Agreements reached in mediation will be enforceable as settlement agreements.
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38 ARBITRATION
39 To the extent not resolved by mediation, Members shall arbitrate all
40 controversies, claims and other disputes arising out of or relating to this
41 Agreement. Unless the disputing Members agree otherwise, the arbitration will
42 be administered by the AAA in accordance with its Construction Industry
43 Arbitration Rules in effect on the date a disputing Member makes a demand for
as arbitration.
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1 A disputing Member may make a demand for arbitration before negotiation or
2 mediation if it appears that a claim might be barred by a statute of limitations if
3 the demand were made after the negotiation or mediation However, in such a
4 case the arbitration will be stayed until the conclusion of negotiation and
5 mediation
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7 The decision and award rendered by the arbitrator(s) shall be final, and judgment
8 may be entered upon it in accordance with applicable law in any court having
9 jurisdiction thereof.
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12 ARTICLE X
13 DUTY TO INDEMNIFY
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15 To the extent of its fault, a Member shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless all
16 other Members, their elected officials, Authorized Officials, officers, employees
17 and agents from any and all costs, claims, judgments, losses, awards of damage,
18 injury, death and liability of every kind, nature and description, including the
19 reasonable cost of defense and attorneys' fees, directly or indirectly arising from
20 or relating to this Agreement (collectively, "Indemnified Claims")
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22 This indemnity obligation extends to all Indemnified Claims against a Member by
23 an employee or former employee of another Member, and for this purpose, by
24 mutual negotiation, each Member hereby expressly waives, with respect to each
25 other Member only, all immunity and limitation under any applicable industrial
26 insurance act, including Title 51 of the Revised Code of Washington, other
27 worker compensation acts, disability benefit acts or other employee benefit act of
28 any jurisdiction which would otherwise be applicable in the case of Indemnified
29 Claims
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32 ARTICLE XI
33 WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND SITE CONDITIONS
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35 The Responding Member is responsible for providing worker's compensation
36 benefits and administering worker's compensation for its employees. The
37 Requesting Member is responsible for providing workers compensation benefits
38 and administering worker's compensation for its employees
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40 Each Member shall promptly identify to the other Members concerns about site
41 safety, environmental concerns, and other working conditions The Safety
42 Officer appointed within the Incident Command System during the Period of
43 Assistance shall address specific safety conditions and mitigations.
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1 ARTICLE XII
2 NOTICE
3 Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices must be in writing.
4 Notice to a Member must be delivered to the Member's Authorized Official
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7 ARTICLE XIII
8 EFFECTIVE DATE
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10 This Agreement shall be effective with respect to each Member when that
11 Member's authorized representative executes the Agreement. The Statewide
12 Committee shall maintain a master list of all Members.
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15 ARTICLE XIV
16 WITHDRAWAL
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18 A Member may withdraw from this Agreement at any time by providing to the
19 Statewide Committee Chair written notice of withdrawal signed by the
20 withdrawing Member's Authorized Official or other person authorized by the
21 withdrawing Member's goveming body. Any withdrawal will be effective upon
22 receipt by the Statewide Committee Chair of the notice of intent to withdraw. If
23 there is no Statewide Committee Chair, the withdrawing Member shall provide
24 written notice to each Member in its region, and the withdrawal will be effective
25 upon delivery of those notices. Once withdrawal from this Agreement is
26 effective, the withdrawing Member will have no further obligations under this
27 Agreement, except that withdrawal from this Agreement will not affect any
28 indemnification or reimbursement obligation under this Agreement that arises
29 prior to the effective date of the withdrawal.
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32 ARTICLE XV
33 TERMINATION
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35 This Agreement shall terminate in its entirety when there are less than two
36 Members. Termination of this Agreement will not affect any indemnification or
37 reimbursement obligation under this Agreement arising prior to the termination.
38 The Statewide Committee Chair shall provide written notice of termination to all
39 remaining Members of the Agreement.
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1 ARTICLE XVI
2 AMENDMENT
3
4 This Agreement may be amended if, after written notice of a proposed
5 amendment to all Members, the proposed amendment is approved by a majority
6 of Members in each region. The Statewide Committee Chair shall provide written
7 notice to all Members of approved amendments. Approved amendments will
8 take effect sixty (60) days after the date the notice is sent to the Members.
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11 ARTICLE XVII
12 SEVERABILITY
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, 14 '• The parties agree that if any term or provision of this Agreement is declared by a
15 court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or in conflict with any law, the validity
16 of the remaining terms and provisions shall not be affected, and the rights and
17 obligations of the parties shall be construed and enforced as if the Agreement did
18 not contain the particular term or provision held to be invalid.
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21 ARTICLE XVIII
22 PROHIBITION ON THIRD PARTIES AND ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS/DUTIES
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24 Notwithstanding rights of subrogation asserted by a Member's insurance
25 provider, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Members and no other
26 person or entity shall have any rights under this Agreement as a third party
27 beneficiary nor shall any Member owe duty to a third party not a signatory of this
28 Agreement by virtue of this Agreement. Assignments of benefits and delegations
29 of duties created by this Agreement are prohibited and of no effect.
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32 ARTICLE XIX
33 GOVERNING LAW
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35 This Agreement is governed by the law of the State of Washington, specifically
36 RCW 39.34, Interlocal Cooperation Act
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ARTICLE XX
EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different
parties in separate counterparts Each counterpart when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same Agreement
The water and wastewater utility listed below executed this Agreement on this
5
day of May 2 rcy
WateNVVastewater Utility'
Title: City Manager
City of Yakima
R.A. Zais, Jr.
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. * I7 -
For Meeting of May 5, 2009
ITEM TITLE: Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement for Washington State for Intrastate
Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN)
SUBMITTED BY: Dave Zabell, Assistant City Manager
Dave Brown, Water/Irrigation Manager
CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE: Dave Brown / 575-6204
SUMMARY EXPLANATION: Recognizing that emergencies may require aid or assistance in the form
of personnel, equipment, and supplies from outside the area of impact from natural or manmade
disasters. Water and wastewater utilities from around the United States, through affiliation with the
American Water Works Association have developed a process for Mutual Aid and Assistance. This
network is very similar to the Mutual Aid Agreements Fire Departments currently use. This network is
also in response to several mandates from the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
s laws can be significantly different in each state the Mutual Aid and Assistance programs have been
developed for each state. The City of Yakima, through the Water/Irrigation Division, has been at the
forefront of developing the Network for Washington State.
Signatories on this agreement establish an Intrastate Network for Mutual Aid and Assistance called
Mutual Aid and Assistance for Washington State for Intrastate Water/Wastewater Agency Response
Network. (WARN). Through the WARN, members may coordinate response activities and share
resources during emergencies.
As this network of Water and Wastewater Utilities grows, it will be administered through Regional
Committees and a Statewide Committee.
Resolution X Ordinance Other (Specify) Agreement Contract
Mail to (name and address): Copy only; Jim Harksen, DOH Security Coordinator PO Box 47822, Olympia, WA 985047822
Funding Source
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL—&,, City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approve resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the
accompanying Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement for Washington State for Intrastate
Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN).
*BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
COUNCIL ACTION: