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/' 41 '- pLEASANTONc City Council Staff Report October 18, 2005 Fire Department SUBJECT: EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT NETWORK DATA SHARING AGREEMENT STAFF RECOMMENDATION: 1. Authorize the City Manager to execute the attached Data Sharing Agreement to enable Pleasanton to be a "Participant" in the Emergency Response Management Network (ERMN); and 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute other geographic information system (GIS) data sharing license (and related) agreements. SUMMARY: The State Office of Emergency Services and the State Department of Transportation are sponsoring an emergency response management network project, funded by the Federal Department of Homeland Security. This project would help manage public safety response activities during emergency situations by making available to emergency responders--but for viewing purposes only--a participating member's GIS data so that there is a common operational picture of an emergency situation. This project would allow first responders, local emergency operation centers and the State Office of Emergency Services to view a common operating picture of incident operations; . . the safety and communication of lmprovmg information during emergency incidents. Pleasanton would continue to own its GIS data and other entities, including the State, that would view the data but could not use it otherwise. In addition, the City has already entered into two data sharing agreements, one with a number of other public agencies and the other with the Hacienda Business Park Owners Association (subject to a number of restrictions as to access toluse of the data), and it is likely that the City will be asked to enter into similar agreements in the future. Rather than bring each one of these to Council for approval, staff is requesting the City Manager be authorized to sign such future agreements. SR:05:291 Page I of3