03-100 - Port of Seattle / Tukwila et al - Valley Special Response Team

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I PROCESSING OF CLAIMS ADDENDUM ONE TO THE VALLEY SRT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT 1 of 6 (August 20 2004) 146ia5--inD(1) ADDENDUM ONE TO THE VALLEY SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF AUBURN, FEDERAL WAY, KENT, RENTON, TUKWILA, THE PORT OF SEATTLE THIS ADDENDUM ONE is made between the cities of Auburn, Federal Way Kent, Renton, Tukwila, and the Port of Seattle, all Washington municipal corporations, and amends the Valley Special Response Team Interlocal Cooperative Agreement, dated effective November 13, 2003 WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the cities of Auburn, Federal Way, Kent, Renton, Tukwila, and the Port of Seattle I entered into an interlocal cooperative agreement, in accordance with Chs 10 93 39 34, and 53 08 of the Revised Code of Washington in order to establish and maintain a multi jurisdictional team to effectively respond to serious criminal occurrences as described within that agreement; and WHEREAS, this multi jurisdictional team is known as the Valley Special Response Team ("SRT"), and WHEREAS, from time to time claims and lawsuits are filed with and against the jurisdictions that participate in the SRT for alleged damages and injuries that occur as a result of SRT activities, and WHEREAS, it is acknowledged that claims and lawsuits may be filed against jurisdictions that did not participate in the SRT response that gave rise to the claim or lawsuit or that a claim or lawsuit may be filed against a jurisdiction that is not in the best position to coordinate a response to the claim or lawsuit; and WHEREAS, the jurisdictions participating in the SRT have elected to enter into this Addendum One in order to establish a process that will assist them in processing and responding to claims and lawsuits in a matter that best meets the purposes and policies of the Interlocal Agreement; NOW THEREFORE the cities of Auburn, Federal Way, Kent, Renton, Tukwila and the Port of Seattle agree as follows A. Designation of Lead Jurisdiction There shall be a lead jurisdiction for processing a claim that is filed with and against cities for alleged damages and injuries that occur as a result of SRT activities The lead jurisdiction shall be the jurisdiction within which the SRT response occurred, PROVIDED, that in the event the jurisdiction within which the SRT response occurred did not participate in the SRT response the lead jurisdiction shall be the jurisdiction within which the incident that required the SRT response originated In the RECD JUN 3 0 2005 _;7©)12)�/