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1965-303RESOLUTION NO. 65R -303 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING A COMMUNICATIONS AGREE- MENT TO BE MADE AND ENTERED INTO BY THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND THE CITY OF ANAHEIM FOR THE ES- TABLISHMENT OF REMOTE DISPATCH FACILITIES IN AND FOR THE USE OF THE CITY IN THE POLICE RADIO SERVICE; AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE SAID AGREEMENT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. WHEREAS, the County of Orange owns, maintains and operates a communication system for public safety communica- tions for police, fire and special emergency services; and WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim desires the County to establish and maintain remote dispatch facilities in and for the use of the City for police purposes and is desirous of having same maintained under a licensed supervising technician of the County; and WHEREAS, the County of Orange has offered to estab- lish and maintain said remote dispatch facilities in and for the use of the City upon the terms and conditions set forth in a form of Communications Agreement this day submitted to the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the terms and conditions of said agreement are fair and reasonable and that said Communications Agreement should be approved, and the Mayor and City Cleric authorized to execute the same for and on behalf of the City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that the Communications Agreement this day submitted to the City Council by the County of Orange, to be made and entered into by and between the City of Anaheim and the County of Orange, the terms, covenants and conditions of which are as hereinafter set forth, be and the same is hereby approved. That said terms, covenants and conditions are as follows 1. (a) The County shall install and maintain base station facilities for said system, and remote dispatch faci- lities for use by the City for police purposes, including the necessary antenna or antennas and the necessary structures therefor, to be operated by a communications connection bet- ween the City's dispatch station and said County communication system, under the rules and regulations of the Federal Com- munications Commission. The County shall also install and maintain base station facilities for fire radio service, and special emergency radio service limited to Civil Defense County -wide communication system and lifeguard service. (b) All labor costs of installation and main- tenance of the dispatch facilities shall be borne by the County. (c) All equipment, material, apparatus and parts required for use at the antenna site shall be furnished by and -1- at the expense of the County, and shall remain the property of the County. (d) The County shall also install and maintain mobile units, radar speed meters, pack sets, surveillance equipment and other electronic equipment used by the City on mobile equipment in carrying out the official functions of the police and fire services, and special emergency radio service limited to Civil Defense County -wide communications and life- guard service. (e) All equipment, material, apparatus and parts to be required for installation at the dispatch point, base station and on mobile equipment shall be furnished by and at the expense of the City. In purchasing equipment, the City shall conform to the established communications systems and operations presently in effect. Mobile radio units may be 30 watt output but shall not exceed 50 watt output. Motorcycle radio units may be 12 watt output and shall not exceed 30 watt output. (f) Before the County provides base or mobile installation service or maintenance, the City shall obtain the appropriate Federal Communications Commission authorization to operate all of its transmitting equipment. (g) All radio equipment for the Public Safety Services of the City shall be installed, serviced and maintained by the County; however, nothing in the agreement shall authorize or be construed as requiring the County to install or maintain any equipment of any kind in vehicles, buildings, or premises not owned by or under lease to the City and under the full time control of the City. 2. The County shall furnish a licensed supervising technician who shall hold a valid first -class radio telephone license issued by the Federal Communications Commission, and said base and mobile equipment furnished pursuant to paragraph 1 (d) above shall be maintained under his supervision. 3. Said remote dispatch facilities shall be in con- tinuous connection with the dispatching point of the County Communications Center, whenever the City provides office dispatch- ing personnel for a minimum of sixteen (16) hours per day, and the police officers of the City shall be permitted to dispatch over the air at any time the system is not actually being used by other authorized agencies. 4. It shall be further agreed and understood that any local message of important emergency nature shall have pre- ference over any routine traffic, and the facilities for dis- patching such emergency messages shall be made available upon request. In case of a dispute over priority of emergency mes- sages originating in more than one department, the dispatcher on duty at the County Communications Center shall be the final authority in deciding which emergency message shall have priority. 5. The City's proposed use of said Communications System shall be only for such purposes and in such manner as -2- ATTEST: may be permitted by the Federal Communications Commission. The dispatcher on duty at the Communications Center shall monitor all dispatches and shall have the authority to take said remote dispatch facilities off the air should any rules or regulations for the management of the County Communications Center, as adopted by the Board of Supervisors, or any rules and regulations adopted by the Federal Communications, or any provisions of the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, be violated. 6. The City shall agree that so long as the Agree- ment remains in effect it will not apply to the Federal Com- munications Commission for a license or individual authority to operate a base station transmitter in the Police Radio Service, unless it shall have first given notice of cancella- tion to the County as provided in paragraph 7 hereof. 7. Said Agreement shall become effective on the first day of the month next following the date of County execution, or on such date if it is the first day of the month, and shall remain in effect thereafter subject to cancellation by either party upon six (6) months' notice given to the other party in writing. 8. Said Agreement shall supersede all agreements heretofore entered into between the County and the City relating to radio communications and the installation and maintenance of radio transmission equipment, and upon the execution of the Agreement, all such prior agreements shall be considered as of no further force or effect. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter into said agree- ment for and on behalf of the City of Anaheim. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this 27th day of April, 1965. -3- (-9v )r-e-evYL/ MAYOR OF THE CITY OANAHEIM STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF ANAHEIM I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 65R -+303 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 27th day of April, 1965, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Dutton, Pebley, Chandler and Krein NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None TEMPORARILY ABSENT: COUNCILMAN: Schutte AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said Resolution No. 65R -303 on the 27th day of April, 1965. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and° affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 27th day of April, 1965. (SEAL) CIT CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM