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July 10, 2001 "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PIPELINE LONGITUDINAL OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT WITH CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PIPING IN THE CSX RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY CONNECTION. WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, as part of the Frederick Boulevard Booster Pump Station and Water Storage Facility Project, will be making piping connections to the water main transmission mains; and WHEREAS, a portion of the piping connections construction will be performed in the railroad right-of-way belonging to CSX Transportation, Inc.; and WHEREAS, the CSX Transportation, Inc., is agreeable to the proposed piping connections with the execution of its standard Pipeline Longitudinal Occupancy Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City Manager is hereby directed and authorized to execute a Pipeline Longitudinal Occupancy Agreement with CSX Transportation, Inc., for the construction of piping connections with the CSX railroad right-of-way; and that the City Clerk is directed to affix the Corporate Seal of the City thereto and attest the same." Ayes: Benn, Griffin, Moody, Pitts, Robinett, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 01 - 209 - Adoption of a resolution to participate in the Statewide Mutual Aid program in order to render and receive assistance during times of emergencies. Recommendation: · Adoption of a resolution to participate in the Statewide Mutual Aid program in order to render and receive assistance during times of emergencies. · Purpose and Need: · Last year, the Virginia General Assembly approved the establishment of a Statewide Mutual Aid (SMA) Program. The SMA Program was developed to assist cities and counties to more effectively and efficiently exchange services and resources, especially in response to a major disaster wherein assistance needs to be provided from one area or region of the State to another. · The development of the SMA Program was the result of several years of work by a committee consisting of most of the organizations aligned with emergency response in the Commonwealth including a number of State agencies, the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Association of Counties, as well as the Local Government Attorneys Organization. · The SMA Program resolves inconsistencies and uncertainties concerning the insurance and liability coverage of emergency workers when deployed from one locality to another and takes full advantage of opportunities for federal/state reimbursement of deployment-related costs. · This program is supplemental to, and does not affect, existing day-to-day mutual aid agreements that typically exist between or among adjacent or nearby localities. Financial Impact: · The SMA Program provides a mechanism (if needed) for the reimbursement of deployment-related costs from the "Requesting Party" to the "Assisting Party" and, in turn, potentially for the subsequent reimbursement of some or all of these costs from the federal government and/or the State government to the Requesting Party, especially in the event of a federal disaster declaration. · A political subdivision's responsibility to respond is based on the availability of their resources.