HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 286-1 (2) RESOLUTION NO. 286 - I
RESOLUTION OF THE (CITY COUNCIL/B~x~P~R-
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RELATIVE TO EXIENSION OF MUTUAL AID UNDER
MASTER MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT IN CASES OF LOCAL
OR .........
WIiEREAS, Saratog.a ............... iS one of the parties to
that certain Master Mutual Aid Agreement signed by the County
of Santa Clara and all cities and fire districts in said
county; and
WHEREAS, said Agreement specified that each of the parties
to said Agreement will extend mutual aid under said Agreement
in all cases of local peril or emergency; and
WHEREAS, it is well understood and recognized that serious
conditions of local peril and emergency exist and are compounded
if and when confusion arises as to which governmental agency has
proper jurisdiction to render aid to persons facing fire, or other
calamity; and
WHEREAS, the(City Council/~
~ of ......... ) desires by this resolution
to extend the Master Mutual Aid Agreement, and such operational
plans adopted pursuant thereto to all such above-described
situations of individual peril or emergency;
NOW, IHEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this COUNCIL .
finds and determines that a local peril or emergency may exist
within the meaning of the Master Mutual Aid Agreement signed
by all the parties thereto solely because of the fact that the
available aid from the agency having proper jurisdiction over
the persons or property endangered may be further removed
from the scene of such damage than available aid under the
jurisdiction of some other political agency that is a party
of said Master Mutual Aid Agreement;
AND BE IT FURIHER RESOLVED that the ,. cit_y~....C°.unCil ...........
Of Saratoga , does hereby find and declare that
those departments and agencies under its jurisdiction which
are established to render at least police, fire or other like
protection to persons and property, are directed to respond to
emergency calls for such aid without regard to the political
jurisdiction in which the individual persons or property in
peril may be situated, if and ~hen such department or agency
determines that it is the closest department or agency avail-
able for rendering such needed aid, or there is doubt as to
~hich agency has jurisdiction, and that serious personal
injuries or death or substantial property damage may result
unless such aid is made immediately available.
PASSED AND ADOPIED by the City .C0Unci.1. ............. Of
the city of saratoga ....... , on August 18, 1965
by the following vote:
AYES: councilmen Glennon, Hartman, Tyler, Burry
NOES: none
ABSENT: councilman Drake
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK