HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983 Ordinance No. 045I
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ORD INANCE 00 , 4 5
SER I ES Of 198_:J __ _
BY AUTHORI TY
CXJU NC I L BILL 00 . 30
I NTRODUCED BY CXlU NCI L
MEM3 ER BRI\D.SHAW
AN OHO INANC E APPROVING AN AGREEM ENT WITli OiERRY HI LLS F I RE
PRO'rECT !ON Di srRICT PROVID ING FO R MlJT\JAL /AUTOMA'rtC AID FOR FIRE
PRO'rECT ION FO R BOTH EN TIT I ES ,
WHE~, ass i stance f ran other fi re pr otection agenc ies
p rovides a h i g her l evel o f protec t ion fo r the Ci ty of Engle wood ;
NO,I , 'lliERE FORE , BE l'r ORDA IN ED BY 'lli E CI TY COUNC I L FOR 'lliE
C l'rY OF ENG LEWOOD , aJLOR/\00 :
Sect i on l. That a n agreanent ent itled "i'\Jtual Ai d/Au t001 ati c Aid
Ag r eement (F ire ) 1983 " i s he r e b y a ppr o ved b y the City Co uncil , sa i d
agr eanen t p rov id es as follows :
MUTUAL AID /AUTOMAT IC AID AG/IBEMEN'l (r"1.RE)
1983
'Ill !S AGREEM ENT , made by a nd between the CITY OF ENG LEWOOD,
COLORAOO , a mun i c ipa l corpo ra tion , he re inaf t er cal l ed "Englewood ,"
and OiERR Y HI LLS FIRE PRO'rECT ION Oi srRICT , here inafter called
110\erry Hi l l s ,"
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I\IHEREAS , Englewood i s a munic i pa l cor poration organ ized and
e xisting pursua nt to Articl e XX of th e Colorado Constitut i on , its
Ch a rter , and Ordinances ; its t erritor i al jurisd i ction generally i s
the l egal boundaries of the Ci ty of Englewood , Co l o r ado ; and
WHEREAS , Che rry Hi lls i s a fire protection d i stri ct orgdni zed
and e x isting under Part 3 , Chapter 32 , o f 1973 C .R.S .; and
WHEREAS , each of d1 e parties hereto maintai n 'dT\erge ncy
equipment ; and
WHEREAS , anerg encies may ar i se i n one or the othE't of the
jur isdictions of the parties resu l ti n~ i n g r eater demands than the
manpower a nd equipnent of that party can hand l e ; or Eroe r gencies of
such intensity may occur that they cannot be handled s ole l y by the
equ i pnent of the party i n whose jurisdiction the Eroe r gency occurs ;
a nd
WHEREAS , it is to the interest of each of the parties that
they may have service of a:1d fran the other '>atty to aid and ass ist
them in the purpose of fight ing fires or r e~,x,nding to other
anergenci es ;
NOW , '11-!EREFORE , IT IS MUWALLY /\GREED by a nd between the
parties as fo llows :
I . MUW/IL A ID :
1. For and in consideration of the pranises of Cherry
Hills , he r eina fter set forth , Eng l ewood agrees with Olerry Hills
that in th e event there are energenc i es in the territory served Uy
Che rr y Hills which are beyond the control of the fir e depar tment of
Cherry Hills , whether because of use of their equipment at other
places or because of the in tensity of the energ ncy , or otherwise ,
Englewood ag r ees , subject to the limitation hereinafter set fo r th ,
to a i d and assist Cherry Hills by causing a~d permitt i ng its fire
department and its equipment to be used in responding to
energenc i es in the territori a l area of Cherry Hill s , and the need
for such a id and ass i stance sha ll be determin ed by the f ire
department of Cherry Hills, subject , howeve r , the the following
limitations:
Eng l ewood sha ll be excused fran making its equipment and
ser vices ava ilable to Che rry Hills in the event of the need of the
eme rgency equipnen t and the manpov-let withi n th e te rri tori al area of
Englewood , or the ir prior use at any place , which decision of
availability shall be mad,, by the fire department of Engl ewood , dnd
which dec ision shall be conclusive .
2. For and in consideration of the JJraniscs of 1".nglewood ,
herei nafter set fo rth , Cherry Hills agrees with Engle·.ood that in
the eve nt there ar e fires or othe r emergencies i n the terri t or y
served by Englewood ,,.,i c h are beyond the control of the fire
department of Englewood , whether because of use of the,ir equipment
a t oth r places or because of the intensity of the energency , or
otherwise , a1e rry Hills ugrees , subject to the limita tion
here inafter set forth , to aid and assist Englewood by causi ng and
permitting Cherry Hills Fire Department and equipment to used in
responding to aner.genci es in the territori al area of Erlglewood , and
the need for such aid and assis tance shall be determined by the
fire u partment of Englewood, subject , however , to the fo llow ing
limitalion :
Cherry Hills sha\ 1 be excused f ran making i ts equipment or
serv ice ava ilable to Engl wood in the event of the need of the
emergency equi[)Tlent or need of thP. mai1poWE!r within the territorial
area of 1erry Hills , or their prior use at any place , which
d::,cision o( availa bility shall be made by the fire depa rtment of
Cherry Hills , and which decision shall be concl usive .
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3 . The ser, ices rendered by one party to the other are of
equ a l value to the se rv ic s rende r ed by the other pat t y , and the r e
s hall be no charges made by the one party for the services r e ndered
to the other party , except that in the event of equipment damage by
r eason of the action of the anployees o f the other party , the
lia bility and loss shall be determined on the basis of the fault or
negligence of any anployee . If the enployee is determined to be a t
fault or neglige nt , the pa rty enploying that enploye s ha ll be
1 i able for the loss .
4 . Each pa r ty sha ll be expected to ma inta in its equipment
and orga nize its energenc y response me thod wi th both manpower and
equ ipm ent to the deg r ee necessa ry to cope wi th the ordinary and
routine anerge ncies arising within its b:>unda ri es and for which the
pa rty is organized . Neither party sha ll expect the other to
r espond to energencv calls where the energency arises d ue to a
f ailure t:o organi ze av a ilable manpower or ma i nta i n equipment in
proper wo rking or der and in s uffici e nt quantity to mee t the
r esp'"<:t ive damands o f the per sons and property with in each of the
par t i er;' r~specl ·ve j urh~lictions .
I I. All'fOMAT IC AID:
1. I t is ,,·u.a,,.t nocl and agreed that the Engle wood Fire
u ... ,..,.i:l~n t (p.tni:.er .. ( ::.l will respond fran Jefferson Station
and/or Acoma htdt i ,n 11 1to Cherry Hi lls Fire Pr otect ion Dis trict as
part of the in iti", re sponse through autanat ic dispatching by
Eng l e wood Ji spatche r; in to the be low def ined a r eas .
DEFINED AREA -011::RRY HILLS : gsn.a t a lly e xte ndi ng east
a nd west [ran the eust Gi cy limits of Engle wood t o Little Dry Cr eek
on Franklin Str eet , north and south Eran U.S . 285 to So uth Sherma n
Str eet (5400 Bl ock).
2 . lt 1s understood a nd ar,r eed that the Qierry Hills Fire
Depa rtment wi 11 respond fran Stat i on U into Englewood 's district
as pa r t o f the init i al response through autanatic dispa tching by
Englewood dispatchers into the below def i ned areas .
DEFINED AREA -ENGLEWOOD: genera lly e xtend ing ea st and
west f r an the east city limits to South Logan Street , north a nd
f.;OUth fran Da rtmouth Av e nue t o Tufts Avenue .
111. CYr HER PROVIS ION S :
l. Ei t he r party hereto may terminate this contrdc t without
cause upon thirty (30 ) days ' pr ior wri t ten notice to the othe r.
IN WITN ESS WHEREOF , lhe part ies here to hilve executed this
Ag r eement th is da y of _____ , 198 3 .
Attes t :
Gary R. lhgbee , e x offi cio
City Clerk-Tr easurer
Secretary
CI TY OF ENGLEMOOO , COLO R/\00
a rrn.micipal corpora tion
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Fi r e Ol ief
Section 2. The City Counci l o f the City of Engewood he r e by
au thorizes the Mayo r a nd ex offic io Ci t y Cl e rk-Treasurer to sign
and atte st the same for and i n behalf of the City of Eng l ewood .
Intr oduced , r ead i n full , and passed on first r eading on the
15th day of August , 1983 .
Published as a Bill [or a n Ordinance on the 17th da y of
August , 1983 .
Rea d by title a nd pa s sed on fina l r e ad ing on the 6th da y of
September , 1983 . I
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Published by title as Ord i na nce No . ___ , Series of 19b3 , or.
the 7th day of September , 1983 .
-i:\Jge nc L. Oti s , Mayor
Attest:
e x officio City Clerk-Treasure r
1 , Gary R. Higbee , e x officio City Clerk-Tt<•a suter of the City
of E)igl ewood , Co lorado , her eby certify that the aJO ve and foregoing
is a true , accurate and comple te copy of the Ordi~a nc passed on
f inal reading and pub li shed by t itle as Ordinance No . , Series
of 1983 . --
Gary \l. Higbee