REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GREGORY A. BARFIELD, M.A., Director
Department of Transportation
BY: DANIEL COLBERT, Training Officer
Department of Transportation
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the reciprocal agreement for mutual assistance for public transportation services known as the California Transit Mutual Assistance Compact at no present monetary consideration.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a reciprocal agreement for mutual assistance for public transportation services known as the California Transit Mutual Assistance Compact at no present monetary consideration (TransMAC).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TransMAC is an emergency mutual assistance agreement for public transit providers modeled on the same type of mutual aid agreement used by law enforcement, fire, and utilities. The Agreement is designed to create a formal relationship among public transit providers in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Kern counties to provide support to each other during a response to and recovery from an emergency. The TransMAC establishes the framework for activation, withdrawal, member responsibilities, reimbursement, documentation, legal and liability issues yet allow members to negotiate terms appropriate to the situation. The TransMAC may eventually expand to include transit agencies throughout the State. The TransMAC does not require any member to deplete its own resources to furnish mutual assistance.
BACKGROUND
A formal Transit Mutual Assistance Compact (TransMAC) agreement for Fresno Area Express (FAX) is being proposed in order to better respond to various emergencies, including restoring or maintaining transportation service when such service has been disrupted by human or natural acts, equipment malfunction, accidents, sabotage, acts of terrorism or other occurrence for which emergency assistance is deemed necessary in order to recover from emergencies and disasters while fu...
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