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RESOLUTION NO.2020 -trLp A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR DIRECT RADIO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN 911 PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS AND FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES, ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT "A"; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the sheriff of Miami -Dade County, Florida, ("County") to ensure that each 911 public safety answering point ("PSAP") is capable of direct radio communications with first responders and dispatchers within the surrounding area for which the PSAP would not otherwise provide dispatch; and WHEREAS, public safety is best served when emergency services are dispatched appropriately and neighboring first responder agencies can share information and communicate seamlessly in the event of an emergency, even when calls are misrouted based on the geographical location from which the call originated; and WHEREAS, section 365.179, Florida Statutes, requires each sheriff, in collaboration with all first responder agency heads in his or her county, to facilitate the development and execution of written interlocal agreements between all primary first responder agencies within the county to coordinate direct radio communication between 911 PSAPs and First Responder Agencies regarding dispatch and communication protocols; and WHEREAS, each agreement must establish written protocols that outline circumstances and public safety emergencies under which a PSAP will directly provide notice by radio of an emergency to the on -duty personnel of a first responder agency for which the PSAP does not provide primary dispatch functions; and WHEREAS, each agreement must require the PSAP to have direct radio contact with primary first responder agencies and their dispatchers, for whom the PSAP can reasonably receive 911 communications, without having to transfer a 911 communication to another PSAP or dispatch center for dispatch; and WHEREAS, each PSAP must be capable of immediately broadcasting 911 communications or public safety information over the primary radio dispatch channels of each first responder agency in the county it serves, except in those first responders service areas where the PSAP cannot reasonably receive 911 calls; and where a county or jurisdiction has multiple PSAPs, each PSAP must have this capability; and WHEREAS, unless technologically precluded due to radio incompatibility, upon written request from a law enforcement agency head, a law enforcement agency head in the same county or in an adjacent jurisdiction in another county must authorize the requesting agency to install the R2020 Interlocal W ivIDC For 911 System Page 1 of 3