HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 Ordinance No. 012ORDINANCE NO . 1 2
SERIFS OF 198_4 __
BY Al!rHORI TY
COUNCIL BILL NO . 6
IN'rROOOCED BY COUNCIL
MEl'IBER NEAL
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMEN'I' WITH OiERRY HILLS f!RE
PROTOCTION DISTRI<..'T PROVIDING FOR Ml11'UAL/Al1I'OMAT IC AID FOR FIRE
PROTOCTION FOR BOTH ENTIT I FS .
WHERF.AS , assistance Eran oth,~r fire protection agencies
provides a higher level of protection fo r the City of Eligl""-""'<l;
NOW , THEkEFORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL :;'(,R THE
CITY OF ENGLEl-lOOIJ , COLORADO:
Section l. That an ag reement entitled "t-\.ttual Aid/Automatic Ai d
Agreement (Fire) 1984" is hereby 11pproved by the Cit.y Council , sa i.
Agreement provides as follows :
Ml11'U/\L IIID/Al1I'OMATIC A D /\GREEMOIT (FIRE)
1984
'rHIS AGREEMEllT ' made by and l>1tween the CITY OF ENGLEl-lc.00 ,
COLORAOO , a municipal corporation , t""~einafter called "Eng ii::\oJOOd ,"
and QiERRY HI LLS FIRE PROTOCTION DW1'R ICT , hereinafte r called
"0,erry Hills ,"
1; I TNESSETH
WHEREAS , EnglewOOCl is a municipa l corpora ti on organ ized and
existing pursuant to rt.t ticle XX of the Colorado Constitution , its
Charter , and Ordina nces ; iLs territorial jur i sdiction genera l ly is
the legal boundaries o f th City o f EliglewOOCl , Colorado ; aoo
WHEREAS , Cheny Hills is a fire protection district organized
aroJ e xisting under Part ~. Chapter 32 , of 1973 C .R.S .; and
WHE RF.AS , each o f the par ties ·.!:,•to Maintain emergency
equq:ment; and
WHEREAS , rgencies may arise in one or the other of the
jur isdictions ol the parties resulting in greater demands t n the
manpo.er a nd equipment of that party can handle ; or emergencies of
such intens ity may occur that they cannol be handled solely by the
equipment of the party ,n whose jurisdicllon the emergency occurs;
and
WHE LAS , 1 t is to the interest o l euch of th parties that
they may have serv ice o( and [rom the other party to aid and assist
them i n the purpose of [ighting [ires or r e s pond ing t o othe r
ene rg e nci e s ;
NOW, IBEREFORE , l 'l' JS Ml111JALLY /\GREED by and between the
pa r t i e s as follows :
I . MlrJ'UA L I\ ID :
l. For and in conside ration of t he pr anises of Oler ry
Hi I l s , he r e inafter set forth , Englewood ag r ees wi t h o,erry Hi lls
that in the e ve nt t h re are ane rg e nc ies in the territo ry served by
Che rr y Hi l l s whi ch a r e beyond the control of the fire depa rtment of
Che r ry ll i lls. whe che r beca use of use of the ir equi pnent at other
pl aces o r becausi' of the i ntensity of the ane rgency , or otherwise ,
Engl e wood ag r ees , subject t o the limitation here i na[ter set fo r th ,
to a id a nd assist Cherry Hills by c a usi ng a nd permi tt ing i t s fir e
depa rtment and i t s equipnent to be used in r esponding to
ane rgencies i n the t e r rito r ial area of 01erry Hills , and the need
fo r s uc h aid a nd assi s tance shall be determ ined by the fi re
depa rtment o f Cherry Hills , subject , however, the t he fo llowing
limitati ons :
Eng l ewood s ha ll be e xcused fran maki ng i ts equ il"ne nt and
ser v ices ava i table to o ,er r y Hill s i n the event of t he need of the
ane t g e ncy equi pnent and t he manpower wi t hin t he ter ritori al area of
Eng l e wood , or the ir i;;ri o r use at any place , which dec ision of
ava i lab i l i ty shall be made by the fi r e department o [ i:l')glewood , a nd
wh ich decision sha l l be crmc lusive .
2 . Fo r a nd i n conside r a t ion of the prani ses o f Engle wood ,
herc,inafter set fo rth , Che rry llills agrees with Eng lewood tha t in
t he 0vent there are f ires or othe r energ e nci e s in the t e rritory
serveJ by Engl e wod wh i ch are beyond t he con trol o f t he [i r e
dep.1rtment of Englewod , wh e ther because o f use o f t he ir equi [Cment
dt other places or because of the ir.tensi ty of t he energency , or
otherwi s e , (.'he rr y Hills agrees , s ubject to the l im i t a tion
he re i nJfter set f o rth , t o a id and assist Englewood by causi ng and
perm i tt i ng 01erry Hills E'ire Depar tment and cqui[:>nent to be used in
ri?sp::md i ng to energenci e s in t hf terri tor i a l a rea o f Englewood , a!"XJ
th,, need fo r such aid and a ssis.cance s ha ll be determined by the
f ire depar t:nen t o[ Englewo od , s ubject , ho..,ver , to the foll owing
limitation :
Cher r y ll ills shJll e xcused f r om mdking its equi [Cme nt or
serv i ce avai l a b le to Eng l e wood in t he event "lf the need of the
a11e r gency equi[Cment or need o f t he manpower with i n t he territorial
.:i t ca of he rr y Hil ls , or thei r prior use .:1t any p l ace , wh i c h
dec i sion of avai l,,bility s ha ll be made by Lhe fire depa rtme n t of
Ch rry Hill s , and wh i ch decis i on sha ll be conclusive .
3 . '!'he serv i ces r endered by one party to Lhe o t h<'r a r e of
equal value to the serv ices r ender ed by the> other pa r t y , a nd the r e
sha l l be no cha r ges made by t he on<' pa r y [ot the service s r e ndered
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to the other party , except that in the event of equip;nent damage by
reason of the action of he eroployees of t he other party , the
liability a nd loss shall be determined on th basis of the fault or
negligence of any eroployee . If the eroployee is determined to be at
fault or negligent , the party erop l oying tha t erop l oye shall be
1 i able (or the loss.
4. Each party shall be expected to mai nta i n its equipnent
and organize its eroergency res ponse method with both ma npower and
equipnent to t :1 e degree necessary to cope wi th the ordina r y and
routine emergencies arising within its bo undari es and for which the
party i s organized . Neither pa r ty sha ll expect the other to
respond to eroergency ca lls where the eroergency arises due to a
failure to org ani ze availabl e ~npower or maintain eq1..1ipllent in
proper working o rde r a nd in sufficie n quantity to meet the
respec ive deroa nds of the persons a nd property within each of the
parties' re s pective jurisdict ions .
I I . AIJl'OM/\T IC AID :
1. It is undeL .:xxl and ag r eed tha t t he Eng !~wood ,ire
Department (PJffiper un its ) will r espond Eran Jefferson Station
and/or Ileana Station i nto Cherry li il ls F i re Protection Di strict as
part o f the in it i a l response through aulana ti c dispatching by
Englewood d ispalche rs into the below defined areas .
DEFINED AREi\ -CH ERh Y HILLS: g ne r a lly ex tending east
and wes t from the east city limi t s of Englewood to Little Dry Creek
o~ frank lin Street , north and south Eran U.S . 285 to Ea st Belleview
Av e nue (51 00 Block).
2 . It is understood and agreed that the Che rry Hills fi r e
Oepartme nl wi ll r e s pond Eran Sta tion fll into Englewood 's district
a s part o ( the in1t1al response through autanall c dispatching by
Englewoo.l dispatche r s into the below def ined are~s .
DE.F IN ED AREA -DlGLEl,000 : genera lly e xtendi ng east and
west [rem t~c t.:J.S city l i mi ts to So uth LOqun Strf'e', north and
south (com Dartmout h Avenue to Tufts Av enue .
11'. OTHER PROVIS IONS :
l. Either pa rty h reto may term inate th i s cori c.cact without
cause upon t~irty {30) days ' prior written notice to t he other.
IN WITNESS WHEREX>F , the parties hereto have executed thi s
l\grernient this __ day of _____ , 1984.
/It test :
Gary R. Higbee , ex officio
City Clerk-Tre asurer
l\ttes
secre tary
CITY OF m:iLLWOOD , COLORAOO
a municipal corporation
By __________ _
E).Jgene L . Otis , Mayor
OiERRY HILLS E'IRE
PROTEl'.:'l'lON DISTRICT
By __________ _
Board Pr esident
Section 2 . The City Council of the City of Engewoocl her eby
authorizes the l'ayor and ex officio Ci ty Clerk-Treasurer to sign
and attest the same for and in behaH of the City of Englewood .
Introduced , read in full , and passed on first reading on the
21 s t day of Februar y , 1984 .
Published as a Bi 11 for an Ordinance on the 29 day of
February , 1984 .
Read by title and passed on final readin on the 19th day of
March , 1984 .
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Published by title as Ordinance No . __ 1_2_, series of 198 4 , on
the 21st day of Ma rch , 1984.
/s/ Eugene L. Otis
Eugene L. Otis , Mayor
Attest:
/s/ Garv R. tliqbcc
ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer
I , Gary R. Higbee , ex officio City Clerk-Tr easur er of the City
of !l"lglewoocl , Coloradc , hereby certity that the above and foregoing
is a true , accurate and canplete copy of the Ordinance passed on
f;na l reading and P'-"lished by title as Ordinance No . 12 , series
of 198 4. ---
/s/ Ga ry R. Higbee
Ga r y R. Hi gbee