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ORIGINAL RECIPROCAL SERVICES AGREEMENT by and between City of Redwood City and City of San Bruno THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this Iv day ofQ� 2019 by and between the cities of Redwood City and San Bruno, munic p I corpor ti ns located in San Mateo, California, referred to herein as "Party" or "Parties" or "City" and "Cities." RECITALS A. WHEREAS, each City desires to secure the services of an administrative hearing officer in cases where a hearing has been set on an alleged nuisance, administrative penalty, or other violation of its Municipal Code or Zoning Ordinance; and B. WHEREAS, in the case of Haas v. County of San Bernardino (2002) 27 Cal.41h 1017, the California Supreme Court suggested appointment of a panel of hearing officers to hear cases under an established system of rotation; and C. WHEREAS, each City has employees who possess the necessary qualifications to provide administrative hearing officer services for the other and who can do so without being subject to pecuniary influences or "chain of command" influence with respect to the disposition of matters pending before the other City; NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows: Services. (a) Services to be provided. Upon request, each City will provide hearing officer services to the other as follows. The City providing the hearing officer ("the serving City') will designate one of its employees to sit as a hearing officer for one or more matters designated by the other City ("the requesting City") during his or her compensated time as an employee of the serving City and without any change in compensation and benefits or any other change in the terms and conditions of his or her employment relationship with the serving City. The employee so designated will be qualified by experience and training to provide the hearing officer services requested. The requesting City shall vest the designated employee with full authority under its ordinances to hear the matter and to render a decision or advisory decision in such form and manner as required by the requesting City's ordinances and other applicable law. The requesting City shall provide a place for the hearing, for any recording of hearings, for presentation and preservation of evidence, and for such clerical and other administrative support as the hearing officer shall reasonably require. (b) Excluded services. The services provided under this Agreement shall not include assistance with collective bargaining pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act or the determination of disputes arising in the labor and employment context, including, ATTY/AGR/2018.273/RECIPROCAL HEARING OFFICER AGREEMENT REDWOOD CITY & SAN BRUNO REV: 12-06-18 RL Page 1 of 3