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7.1.B. - Page 1 <br /> REPORT <br /> To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From the City Manager <br /> February 10, 2014 <br /> SUBJECT <br /> Adopt and execute the amended agreement reaffirming the City of Redwood City <br /> membership in the San Mateo County Operational Area Emergency Services <br /> Organization <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> Adopt a Resolution (1) approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute an <br /> updated Joint Powers Authority Agreement between the City of Redwood City and the <br /> San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services, and (2) reaffirm membership in the <br /> San Mateo Operational Area Emergency Services Organization, a Joint Powers <br /> Agreement. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The original and most recent version of the Joint Powers Authority agreement (JPA) <br /> was entered into by the City in 1997. In January 2013, The Emergency Services <br /> Council (ESC) directed staff to review and revise the JPA, realizing that the entire <br /> landscape of the Homeland Security and Emergency Services field has drastically <br /> changed since 2001 and the agreement that governs how San Mateo County provides <br /> Emergency Services needs to reflect current laws, rules, directives, orders and trends. <br /> The ESC did not want the budget process or the funding formula to be revised at this <br /> time; consequently, no changes to that portion of the JPA have been made. The revised <br /> JPA has been updated to reflect the current relationships between the County of San <br /> Mateo and the participating cities/towns and other partners, to provide a clear <br /> understanding of the mission of the ESC and the Emergency Managers/Coordinators <br /> within the County, cities/towns and other participating partner agencies/jurisdictions. <br /> ANALYSIS <br /> Multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional responses to emergencies in California are <br /> required by the California Emergency Services Act (ESA) to use the Standardized <br /> Emergency Management System (SEMS). In addition, local government entities must <br /> use SEMS in order to be eligible for any reimbursement of response-related costs under <br /> the state's disaster assistance programs. <br /> Local government is one of the five response levels within the SEMS. The basic role of <br /> a local government is to manage and coordinate the overall emergency response and <br /> recovery activities within its jurisdiction. The next level is the Operational Area, which <br /> consists of a county and all political subdivisions within the county boundary. <br />