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RESOLUTION NO. gc3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS
HILLS RELATIVE TO EXTENSION OF MUTUAL AID UNDER MASTER
MUTUAL AID. AGREEMENT IN CASES CT LOCAL PERIL OR EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills 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 the Town of Los Altos Hills
desires by this resolution to extend the Master Mutual Aid Agree-
ment, and such operational plans adopted pursuant thereto to all
such above-described situations of individual peril or emergency;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this City 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 FURTHER RESOLVED that this City Council does
hereby find and declare that those departments and agencies
police, fire or other like protection to persons and property,
are authorized 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 when such
department or agency determines that it is the closest depart-
ment or agency available for rendering such needed aid, or there
is doubt as to which agency has jurisdiction, and that serious
personal injuries or death or substantial property damage may
result unless such aid is made immediately available.
The foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council
of the Town of Los Altos Hills at a regular meeting on the 17th
day of January, 1966, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Aiken, Bowler, Clayton, Fowle, Mayor Henley
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor
Citi Clerk