RES 1230 8/13/2002 RESOLUTION NO J��
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COOPERATION
OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO AND ITS DULY
APPOINTED OFFICIALS TO ENTER INTO A REGIONAL AGREEMENT TO
OPERATE ON THE 800 MHz EDACS TRUNKING COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF LIVE OAK, TEXAS TO AID IN THE
INTEROPERABILITY OF COMMUNICATIONS AMONG ITS
NEIGHBORING MUTUAL AID MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WITHIN THOSE MUNICIPALITIES.
WHEREAS, the Cities of Converse, Selma, Universal City, Schertz, Cibolo, Windcrest,
Kirby, Alamo Heights, Garden Ridge, San Antonio and Live Oak are municipal corporations and
Judson Independent School District, Schertz-Cibolo School District, Bexar County Alamo Area
Narcotics Task Force, Metro-Com Emergency Response Team, VIA-Metropolitan Transit and
Combined Emergency Services Organization are found to be adjacent to each other and so
closely interrelated unto each other as to be contiguous or have other mutual interests, and
WHEREAS, defined by the 2001 National Public Safety Wireless Interoperability
Forum; "Interoperability is the ability of public safety personnel to communicate by radio with
staff from other agencies, on demand and in real time.", and
WHEREAS, The National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee of Region 53 in
San Antonio Bexar County, Texas stated the purpose of the 800-Megahertz Frequency Band Plan
as stated: "Public safety communications has, for many years, been inadequate throughout the
United States." "Many, if not all, public safety radio users are constantly bombarded with outside
interference, noise and over crowding." " It is with these problems in mind that this plan was
developed.", and
WHEREAS, The National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee of Region 53 has
approved application and purpose of the Live Oak 800 MHz EDACS Trunked Radio System for
a five year slow growth of loading capacity of ten trunked channels to handle 1,000 radio users
and five mutual aid channels for interoperability and clear channel communications for this area
and all of Bexar County via mutual aid channels, and
WHEREAS, The Live Oak 800 MHz EDACS Trunked System Infrastructure has the
capacity to handle the metro-corn area of communication operation and capacity; while allowing
current independent operations of dispatching remotely from the various cities and school
districts, and
WHEREAS, it is to their mutual interest that they assist each other in cases of
emergency, or other cases where it is to their common benefit to, but not limited to, suppress
criminal activity, suppress fire, Emergency Medical Service, evacuate people and/or other city,
county or school district functions where interoperability of communications are required, and
WHEREAS, it is to their mutual interest to correct deficiencies of the past, where there
have been events within these cities and other cities across the nation, such as the events of, but
not limited to, plane crashes, bombings, fires, terrorist activities, hostage situations, flooding,
chemical spills and weather related events where mutual aid and interoperability of
communications is a requirement, and
WHEREAS, it is to their mutual interest in events requiring evacuation of civilians that
school buses and VIA-Metropolitan Transit have the capability to utilize the interoperability
provided by the Live Oak 800 MHz EDACS Trunked System to facilitate coordination between
the event command post and the evacuation operations, and
WHEREAS, it is to their mutual interest to utilize the Live Oak 800 MHz EDACS
Trunked System which is compatible with Bexar County, the City of San Antonio and VIA-
Metropolitan Transit, 800 MHz EDACS Trunked Systems, which are linked by mutual aid
channels to enhance its capabilities of interoperability within this region of operation; NOW,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the City Manager of the City of Cibolo and its
duly appointed officials and staff are hereby authorized and empowered to cooperate with and
assist the employees and officials of the Cities Converse, Selma, Universal City, Schertz, Cibolo,
Windcrest, Kirby, Alamo Heights, Garden Ridge, San Antonio, and Live Oak, Bexar County
Judson Independent School District, Schertz-Cibolo Independent School District, Alamo Area
Narcotics Task Force, Metro-Com Emergency Response Team, VIA Metropolitan Transit and
Combined Emergency Services Organization, at such time and under such circumstances as the
City Manager of Live Oak may deem appropriate. In making it's 10 channel 800 MHz EDACS
Frequencies available for use and intercommunications by such governmental agencies.
This resolution, however, is not to be construed as the creation of a binding contract but is
intended primarily to implement and continue the mutual cooperation and assistance previously
extended by the above mentioned cities, county and school districts to each other.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 13th day of August, 2002.
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Charles Ruppert
Mayor
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v nne Griffin
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