Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael Wentworth, Director/Chief Information Officer, Technology Services Department
Subject: Resolution approving the dissolution of the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications Systems Authority
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the termination of the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications Systems Authority Joint Powers Agreement and dissolution of the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications Systems Authority.
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BACKGROUND:
Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications Systems Authority (BayRICS) was formed in 2011 pursuant to the California Joint Exercise of Powers Act (California Government Code Section 6500 et seq.) through a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) among Bay Area counties and cities seeking to improve regional coordination of critical communications infrastructure. The JPA was established to plan, fund, and implement a regionally integrated wireless communications system intended to enhance emergency response capabilities throughout the Bay Area.
The BayRICS Board of Directors is a twelve (12) person body which serves as the governance and administrative body for the JPA, facilitating decision-making, accepting and administering funds, and overseeing BayRICS projects and activities. On June 7, 2011, via Resolution No. 071459, the County of San Mateo became a member of the BayRICS and a party to the JPA.
Over the past several years, BayRICS has become inactive and no longer carries out the functions for which it was established. Given this prolonged inactivity and the absence of any anticipated future activities or needs requiring the continued existence of the JPA, the BayRICS Board of Directors has determined that dissolution of the JPA is appropriate.
DISCUSSION:
Section 6.04 of the JPA Agreement establishes the procedure for terminating the JPA and dissolving BayRICS. Under th...
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