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Home My WebLink AboutRES 4540 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 4540 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF BELLEVUE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING EXTRA-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES REGARDING SPECIAL EVENT (SNOWFLAKE LANE) ENTITLED INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BELLEVUE AND CITY OF RENTON. WHEREAS, the City of Renton and City of Bellevue are authorized, pursuant to RCW Chapter 39.34,the Interlocal Cooperation Act,to enter into an interlocal government cooperative agreement; and WHEREAS, Snowflake Lane ("Special Event") is held within Bellevue, WA city limits on specified dates during the months of November and December; and WHEREAS, the Special Event's permit conditions require a dedicated law enforcement presence, and the primary law enforcement agency with jurisdiction is the Bellevue Police Department ("BPD"); and WHEREAS, the BPD has requested additional law enforcement resources from Renton Police Department ("RPD") to assist in providing a sufficient law enforcement presence in the City of Bellevue during the duration of the Special Event; and WHEREAS, RPD officers are qualified to provide law enforcement resources to the BPD; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to enter into an interlocal agreement with City of Bellevue regarding extra-duty law enforcement services entitled 1 RESOLUTION NO. 4540 Interlocal Cooperative Agreement between The City of Bellevue and City of Renton, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated by this reference. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL the 28th day of October, 2024. Jason . Seth, Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 28th day of October, 2024. Armon o Pavone, Mayor Approved as to form: Shane Maloney, City Attorney ,�``•V��y � RES- PD:24RES025:10/15/2024 * SEAL_ = SEQ�\��.��. 2 RESOLUTION NO. 4540 EXHIBIT "A" Interlocal Cooperative Agreement between The City of Bellevue and City of Renton 3 INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT between THE CITY OF BELLEVUE and CITY OF RENTON This Interlocal Cooperative Agreement("Agreement") is hereby entered into by and between the City of Bellevue ("City") and the City of Renton to provide law enforcement mutual aid by the City of Renton Police Department("RPD"),together the"Parties." The authority of the cooperating agencies entering into this Agreement is that authority provided by Washington law including, and subject to, the general powers of the parties,the Washington Interlocal Cooperation Act as codified in RCW Chapter 39.34, and the Washington Mutual Aid Peace Officers Powers Act, RCW Chapter 10.93. WHEREAS, Snowflake Lane ("Special Event") is held within Bellevue, WA city limits on specified dates during the months of November and December; and WHEREAS, the Special Event's permit conditions requires a dedicated law enforcement presence, and the primary law enforcement agency with jurisdiction is the Bellevue Police Department("BPD"); and WHEREAS, a condition of the City of Bellevue Special Event Permit requires the Special Event sponsor to pay the cost for all police officers assigned to the Special Event; and WHEREAS, the BPD has requested additional law enforcement resources from RPD to assist in providing a sufficient law enforcement presence in the City of Bellevue during the duration of the Special Event; and WHEREAS, RPD has agreed to provide law enforcement resources to the BPD and officer presence during the Special Event times, and is qualified to do so; NOW THEREFORE, the City and City of Renton agree to the following: 1. RESPONSIBILITIES OF BPD: a. The BPD will be responsible for providing RPD the specific dates, times, number of hours, number of commissioned officers requested to provide mutual aid during the Special Event(cumulatively referred to as "Event Opportunities"). b. The BPD will report to RPD any absence or tardiness of a committed RPD officer who fails to report to the Special Event. c. The BPD will designate an Incident Commander for the Special Event. 2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF RPD: a. The RPD will advertise to their certified and commissioned police officers who are in good standing with RPD, the mutual aid Event Opportunities. b. If RPD officers volunteer to fill the Event Opportunities, RPD will e-mail the BPD Special Event Captain the availability to fill the requested mutual aid request. RPD will provide in the e-mail,the Special Event dates and number of police officers that are available. BPD will respond to the e-mail to confirm the commitment of the number of RPD officers needed. Once confirmed, RPD commits to fulfilling the mutual aid request for the confirmed number of officer(s). c. Once committed for the specified date, RPD will make all attempts to provide the committed number of officers for that date. BPD understands that unusual law enforcement occurrences or demands could arise which prevent RPD from staffing as needed to fulfill the request. In this circumstance, BPD and RPD will work together as soon as possible to find a solution agreeable to both. a. RPD Officers assigned to support BPD in this agreement shall provide law enforcement services for the Special Event. Such services shall include but are not limited to addressing issues of safety and security. Officers are expected to serve as a visual deterrent. These services are provided in RPD uniform. b. RPD is responsible for time-keeping and tracking the hours worked by its officers at the Special Event. 3. COMMAND STRUCTURE: All law enforcement personnel assigned to the Special Event will be integrated into an overall Unified Command system commanded by BPD. BPD shall take charge of the Special Event operations utilizing the Incident Command System unless the City specifically requests that a different agency or unit fulfill this responsibility, or unless the scope of the situation becomes multi jurisdictional, in which case the provisions of the Statewide Mutual Aid plan become operative. Taking charge of an operation shall include directing the assignment of all personnel and equipment. The assigning of duties to officers of RPD shall be made by the supervising officer of the BPD unless that responsibility is delegated to a different agency. RPD officers assigned to specific tasks and/or posts and will perform their work under the direction of a BPD supervisor. BPD incident commander is in charge and responsible for overall coordination with RPD supervisors and/or officers in support of the Special Event. 4. COMPENSATION: Work performed under this Agreement will be billed directly to the Special Event sponsor/special event permit holder, Kemper Development Company ("KDC"). KDC is responsible for payment of overtime police services for the Special Event as a condition of its City of Bellevue Special Events Permit. RPD is responsible for billing KDC for the hours worked by its officers at the rate specified in the City of Bellevue Special Event Permit for Snowflake Lane. The City of Bellevue is not responsible for the billing or payment for work performed by RPD under this Agreement. 5. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR: The parties acknowledge and agree that in the performance of this Agreement, they are acting as independent contractors and not as agents of each other. The RPD is acting hereunder as an independent contractor so that control of personnel, standard of performance, discipline and all other aspects of performance shall be governed by RPD. 6. INDEMNIFICATION: a. Each jurisdiction which is a party to this Agreement hereby agrees to accept liability for any act, error or omission of its own employees of whatever kind and nature and from whatever cause arising out of or connected with the performance of this Agreement. Each party agrees to indemnify and hold the other jurisdictions and their employees harmless from any such liability, claim, or cause of action, including amounts arising out of the performance, by that jurisdiction's employees of this Agreement,except for that portion of the injuries and damages caused by the sole negligence of RPD or its officers or employees. All liability for salaries, wages and other compensation of law enforcement officers shall be that of their respective employers. b. Each of the Parties agrees that its obligations under Section 6 extend to any claim, demand, cause of action and judgement brought by, or on behalf of, any of its employees or agents. For this purpose, each of the Parties, by mutual negation, hereby waives, with respect to the other Party only, any immunity that would otherwise be available against such claims under the industrial insurance provisions of Title 51 RCW. In the event that any of the Parties incurs any judgement, award, and/or cost arising therefrom, including attorney fees, expenses, and costs shall be recoverable from the responsible Party to the extent of that Parry's negligence. 7. INSURANCE: Each party shall maintain insurance that is sufficient to protect itself against all applicable risks associated with this Agreement. 8. POLICE POWERS: In accordance with the authority under RCW 10.93.070(1),the City hereby consents to the full exercise of peace powers, within the City of Bellevue, Washington, by any and all properly certified or exempted police officers of the City of Renton for the term of the Event Opportunities. 9. DURATION: This Agreement is effective upon signature by all parties and shall extend through January 1, 2025. This Agreement shall automatically extend for consecutive one-year periods starting on January 1 of each year until termination as provided herein. 10. TERMINATION: Either party may terminate this Agreement upon 30 days prior written notification to the other Party. 11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT: The Parties agree that the Agreement is the complete expression of the terms hereto and any oral representations or understanding not incorporated herein are excluded. 12. MODIFICATIONS: Agreement modifications may be made only with the written approval of all Parties. 13.NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES: There are no third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement, and this Agreement shall not impart any rights enforceable by any person or entity that is not a party hereto. 14. SEVERABILITY: If any part, paragraph, section, or provision of this agreement is held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Washington, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of any remaining section,part, or provision of this agreement In witness thereof,the parties hereto have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized officials: CITY OF RENTON CITY OF BELLEVUE By: - By: Armondo Pavone, Mayor Diane Carlson, City Manager Date: Date: Approved as to Form: