Agmt 15 County of San Mateo PW Mutual Aid Agreement with City Resolutions

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County of San Mateo Public Works Mutual Aid Agreement This Public Works Mutual Aid Agreement ("Agreement" or "Mutual Aid Agreement") is made and entered into this 29th day of May, 2015, by and between the parties signatory below (hereinafter individually referred to as "Party" or collectively referred to as the "Parties" to this Agreement). WHEREAS, it is desirable and necessary for the protection of life, property and the environment that each of the Parties hereto voluntarily aid and assist each other by the interchange of public works services and resources in the event of an emergency; and WHEREAS, County of San Mateo's Department of Public Works and all twenty (20) cities within the County of San Mateo ("County") have expressed an interest in the establishment of a plan to facilitate and encourage Public Works Mutual Aid Agreements throughout the County of San Mateo; and WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that it would be in their best interests to enter into a Mutual Aid Agreement that implements a plan and sets forth procedures and responsibilities of the Parties whenever emergency personnel, equipment, and facility assistance is provided from another Party's public works department to the other; and WHEREAS, no Party should be in a position of unreasonably depleting its own resources, facilities, or services providing such mutual aid; and WHEREAS, such an agreement is in accord with the California Emergency Services Act ("Act") set forth in Title 2, Division 1, Chapter 7 (Section 8550 et seq.) of the Government Code and specifically with Article 14 (Section 8630 et seq.) of the Act; and WHEREAS, all Parties must use protocols established in the Standardized Emergency Management System and the National Incident Management System to be eligible for possible state or federal reimbursement of response -related personnel and resource costs. In consideration of the conditions and covenants contained herein, the Parties agree as follows: Definitions. For this Agreement, the following terms shall be ascribed the following meanings: a. "Assisting Coordinator" shall mean the Coordinator of a Party providing public works mutual aid. County of San Mateo Public Works Mutual Aid Agreement