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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 0546 - One Call Subsurface Warning SystemCITY OF TUKWILA ATTEST: WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 546 WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of Washington has authorized the formation of voluntary utility coordinating councils in lieu of pending mandatory requirements, and WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila wishes to enter into an agreement with the local King County One -Call System for the purpose of providing a central location for all public utility information through the individual public utilities; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington, does resolve as follows: The Mayor is authorized to execute the subsequent Principal Party Agreement for the purpose of providing a central location for all public utility information through the individual public utilities. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a regular meeting thereof this 19th day of July 1976. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE "KING COUNTY ONE -CALL SYSTEM" FOR A ONE -CALL SUBSURFACE WARNING SYSTEM Edgar D. Bauch Mayor Maxine Anderson City Clerk June 28, 1976 City of Tukwila 14475 59 Avenue South Tukwila, Washington 98188 Subsequent Principal Party Agreement Greetings from the "King County One -Call System The attached copy of the basic agreement entitled "One -Call Subsurface Warning_ System King County" is for your reference. Besides the original five (5) principal parties to this agreement, provisions have been made to accept subsequent parties into the system. By accepting the terms of the basic agreement except that billing will be on the basis of 50 per call received, from the Call Center, with a $5 minimum monthly charge in place of the conditions in Article XIV you may become a member of the One -Call System. If you are in agreement with this offer, please sign below and forward the original to me. Your signed application will then be submitted to the five principal parties for their acceptance, whereupon you will begin receiving notices of excavation in your area per the agreement. n% Doug, amm Opers Supervisor King County One -Call System (622 -6767, extension 244) DD /ps Attachment Above conditions accepted: July 22, 1976 bate Organization PS Who in your organization should receive the calls? Richard Williams. Public Works Department' What number? 247_2177 OOPS I SHOULD HAVE CALLED KING COUNTY ONE CALL 682.5464 AGRI EMENT FOR ONE-CALL SUBSURFACE WARNING SYSTEM KING COUNTY This agreement is made and entered into this day of ��t� �iL 1976 by and between WASHINGTON NATURAL GAS COMPANY, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, KING COUNTY AND PUGET SOUND POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, all of whom are hereinafter referred to as the "Principal Parties and WHEREAS the Principal. Parties desire to protect their respective subsurface utility facilities from damage or interference by any person, firm, corporation, or entity that •intends to excavate, drill, blast, or otherwise disturb the surface or subsurface of the earth (hereinafter referred to as "proposed work by providing a single telephone number as hereinafter provided, thus facilitating the receipt of notice in advance of such activities and permitting the Principal Parties to take whatever action they deem appropriate to prevent damage to their respective facilities and interruption of their respective utility service to the public; and WHEREAS it is anticipated that other parties engaged in the rendering of services to the public having subsurface facilities in the same area (such parties being hereinafter referred to as "Subsequent Principal Parties may desire to participate in said arrangement by entering into separate agreements consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and WHEREAS the Principal Parties desire to set forth their procedures, responsibilities, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement; 1 NOW THIEREFORE in consideration of the p; ;iises and of the mutual 'covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Principal Parties agree as follows: ARTICLE I There shall be established an answering service for the benefit of all Principal Parties with Washington Natural Gas Company, as Call Center operator, collecting and disbursing the funds necessary to the operation of said Center. Said answering service shall be referred to as "Call Center In the Call Center there shall be installed such equipment as the Principal Parties may deem appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement, which shall include but not be limited to a system of maps furnished and maintained by the Principal Parties indicating the boundaries of their operating areas. ARTICLE II Each Principal Party shall maintain its own system and facilities records and shall respond to a call for location to prevent damage to its facilities in such manner as it deems proper. ARTICLE III The Call Center shall furnish and provide such supervision, labor, materials, equipment, supplies, and services as it may deem necessary to operate and maintain the Call Center and to further effectuate this Agreement. ARTICLE IV A telephone number shall be assigned to the Call Center to which calls may be placed by those persons, firms, corporations, utilities and other entities intending to carry on proposed work. 2 The telephone s.. vice shall )e listed in t telephone directory as, "Underground Utility Locating Service of King County Each Principal Party shall subscribe as a joint user of that service and be entitled to an indented sub listing under their firm name as "Underground Utility Locating Service" and listing the Call Center telephone number. ARTICLE V Telephone calls to the designated number will be accepted by the Call Center weekdays only during normal business hours. Coverage from seven o'clock a,m. to six o'clock p.m. is contemplated, but hours will remain flexible to best suit the traffic. No calls will be accepted on weekends, holidays or after hours. ARTICLE VI The caller will be requested to supply information sufficient to complete a "Location Request Log" which will be kept on file for five years. ARTICLE VII All calls to the designated telephone number shall be sequentially numbered as received by the Call Center. These numbers shall be used in identifying utility location requests forwarded to the proper Principal Parties. ARTICLE VIII The Principal Parties will be notified of utility location requests received at the Call Center by telephone, teletype, facsimile or other communication device, as expeditiously and reasonably practical after receipt thereof during normal business days and hours. 3 t\P 1 LL LL, lA Each Principal Party shall be individually responsible for taking such action as it may deem necessary to protect its respective surface and subsurface facilities and to prevent interruption of its respective utility service. ARTICLE X Washington Natural Gas Company in its capacity as Call Center Operator, shall secure and maintain in force the following insurance against its liability as Call Center Operator, during the term of its participation in this Agreement: comprehensive liability insurance, including contractual liability insurance for this Agreement with minimum limits of $1,000,000 for bodily injury per person, $1,000,000 aggregrate and $1,000,000 property damage per occurrence. Such insurance shall be in such form and with such companies as may be acceptable to all Principal Parties and shall name the Call Center Operator as insured thereunder. The cost of such insurance shall be allocated and paid for prorata as a cost of Call Center operations by all Principal Parties and Subsequent Principal Parties, per Article XII hereof. ARTICLE XI It is understood and agreed that the parties to this Agreement do not assume responsibility nor shall they be liable for any acts or omissions of any or all other parties to this Agreement. It is specifically agreed that services or facilities provided by the Call Center operator or by the Principal Parties are not for the benefit of others not party to this Agreement and that no person or other entities are intended to be, nor shall they be, third party beneficiaries of or to this Agreement, or of or to the services to be provided by the Principal Parties hereunder or by the Call Center operator. 4 [li \i.LL.l JLi AJ .1. Each Principal Party shall be responsible for a percentage of all costs and the expenses incurred in the initial establishment of the Call Center and its services. The percentage breakdown of costs for the initial establishment and for operation of the Call Center shall be as follows: Washington Natural Gas Company 20% 20% Seattle City Light 20% 20% Pacific Northwest Bell 20% 20% King County 20% 20% Puget Sound Power and Light 20% 20% ARTICLE XIII First Monthly Cost Charges The Principal Parties shall be individually responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in the establishment, operation, and maintenance of telephone, teletype, facsimile or other communication equipment in their own respective premises or elsewhere for their internal use. ARTICLE XIV Other parties engaged in the rendering of services to the public having subsurface facilities in King County may, at the option of the Principal Parties, become secondary parties to this Agreement by executing a "Subsequent Principal Party Agreement" and by accepting and agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement as, and on the same terms as, other Principal Parties and by paying their equal share of the monthly costs and expenses as they become due. 5 Any amendment this Agreement shall be 4 writing, signed by the Principal Parties. ARTICLE XVI This agreement shall become effective on the day and year first above written: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this Agreement may be terminated with respect to any Principal Party's participation, including participation as operator of the Call Center, at any time after the effective date thereof by 'giving thirty (30) days' written notice to the other Principal Parties, addressed as follows: 1) WASHINGTON NATURAL GAS COMPANY 2) SEATTLE CITY LIGHT CAG L3,44/4/04 /0/6 3 /I z 43 98/04 3) PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY C, 6, /L1c /i17yee /503 c3" 4/ f 60/ 9g /o¢ 4) KING COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON Don/ 1/0,eGy D2P7 of Pr/ .82../c h4JI Co. .4z i 8 98' 5) PUGET SOUND POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY 4/ YoL4920 POET P.w2 w� PROVIDED, any termination of this Agreement shall not discharge any party for any duty or obligation to any other party arising hereunder which duty or obligation may have accrued or occurred prior to such termination. 6 STATE OF WASHINGTON ss COUNTY OF KING IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. WASHINGTON NATURAL GAS COMPANY On this day personally appeared before me James A. Thorpe to me known to be the President of WASHINGTON NATURAL GAS COMPANY, and signed the above and foregoing instrument for WASHINGTON NATURAL GAS COMPANY for the uses and purposes therein stated and acknow- ledged to me that he signed the same as the free and voluntary act and deed of WASHINGTON NATURAL GAS COMPANY with full and proper authority and authorization to so sign. GIVEN under my hand and official seal this 26th day of August 1975. 7 Notary Public in and for the State of Washingtcn residing at Seattle FORM APPROVED Cate: a I, 5' 7 LI:ra! Dcinrhmn! raci9r. PlngDiv;est /PH STATE OF WASHINGTON ss COUNTY OF KING SEATTLE CITY LIGH" q STATE OF WASHINGTON ss COUNTY OF KING On this clay personally appeared before me J051FPA to me known to be the AS'Jlr,"641i•SOP..)ru'Ore-AGLC of SEATTLE CITY LIGHT and signed the above and foregoing instrument for SEATTLE CITY LIGHT for the uses and purposes therein stated and acknowledged to me that he signed the same as the free and voluntary act and deed of SEATTLE CITY LIGHT with full and proper authority and authorization to so sign. GIVEN under_ my hand and official seal this 31ST" day of 1976. 8 6 a 1Y Y 6 for the State of e i g at PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Assf tant Vice President On this day personally appeared before me to me known to be the of PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, and signed the above and foregoing instrument for PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY for the uses and purposes therein stated and acknowledged to me that he signed the same as the free and voluntary act and deed of PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY with full and proper authority and authorization to so sign. GIVEN under my hand .and official seal this day of 1976. Notary Public in and for the State of Washington residing at STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KING ss KING COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON On this day personally appeared before me Robert W. Bratton to me known to be the Deputy County Executive of KING COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON, and signed the above and foregoing instrument for KING COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON for the uses and purposes therein stated and acknowledged to me that he signed the same as the free and voluntary act and deed of K:[NG COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON with full and proper authority and authorization to so sign. GIVEN under my hand and official seal this 25th day of February 19 6. STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KING ss 9 GIVEN under my hand and official seal this A4 1976. Notary Public in and for the State of Washington residing at PUGET SOUND SOWER LIGHT COMPANY On this day personally appeared before me b to me known to be the pltz e c r a "5 OpE ',Ttov 5 of PUGET SOUND POWER LIGHT COMPANY, and signed the above and foregoing instrument for PUGET SOUND POWER LIGHT COMPANY for the uses and purposes therein stated and acknowledged to me that he signed the same as the free and voluntary act and deed of PUGET SOUND POWER LIGHT COMPANY with full and proper authority and authorization to so sign. 2. ia-1 Nota)ty Public in and for Washington residing at day of the State of Installation Cost: 1. 3 Telephone Lines (Hunting) 3 $40.00 120.00 2. 2 Telephone Sets 2 35.00 70.00 3. Line Illumination 30.00 4. Touchtone 3 5.00 15.00 5. Stop Hunt 25.00 6. On -Off Switch 10.00 7. Automatic Announcement Tape 30.00 8. Space Modification 700.00 9. Maps and Overlays, Printing 1000.00 10. Automatic Recorder Tapes 400.00 11. Interface Beep Tone 20.00 Recur.rinq Monthly Charges: EXHIBIT "A" COST ESTIMATE CALL CENTER 1. Telephone Lines 3 $27.05 81.15 2. Line Illumination 3 3.00 9.00 3. Touchtone 3 2.00 6.00 4. Stop Hunt 1 5.75 5.75 5. On -Off Switch 1 .35 .35 6. Headset 1 3.00 3.00 7. Automatic Announcement Tape 13.75 8. Insurance 50.00 9. Payroll; Clerk Supervision 1000.00 10. Interface Beep Tone 4.30 A -1 TOTAL $2420.00 TOTAL $1173.30 EXHIBIT B (DELETED) B -1 g EXHIBIT C OPERATING PROCEDURES CALL CENTER 1. Calls will be received by the Call Center on 682 -5464 approximately 24 hours in advance of excavation. All telephone conversations will be recorded on tape at the Call Center and will be kept on file for approximately 90 days. 2. The Call Center operator will obtain the following information and record it in the Location Request Log: a. Excavator's name. h. Excavator's telephone number. c. .Type of excavation. d. Work location. e. City or closest city in King County. f. A suitable time to meet the excavator on site if required. Other information such as job shack location, the foreman's name, the side of the street the project will involve, etc. 3. Upon completion of the necessary information on the Location Request Log, the Call Center operator will then give the excavator a six digit location request number. The operator will then record the time of the request. 4. The Call Center will not give out locations or possible locations of any utilities. Also, the operator will not guarantee that locations can be made with less than 24 hour advanced notice. 5. The operator will then notify all principal and subsequent principal parties of the request for location and give the parties contacted the location request number. When a party is notified by telephone, the operator will log the name of the person contacted as well as the time of notification. 6. Emergency calls will not be accepted by the Call Center operator. The caller will be directed to re -dial the appropriate emergency number of the effected utilities. 7. Calls made to the Call Center after normal working hours will be answered by an announcement tape stating the Call Center's normal working hours. c -1