APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH
THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL TO SUBMIT VEHICLE
ACCIDENT REPORTS ELECTRONICALLY PURSUANT TO VEHICLE
CODE SECTION 20008
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 20008, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) is required to send collision reports for vehicles to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) on or before the fifth day of each month; and
WHEREAS, OPD has been printing and mailing hard copy collision reports to CHP for over twenty years; and
WHEREAS, OPD is seeking to enter into an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to submit Traffic Collision Report (CHP 555 form) data electronically to the CHP; and
WHEREAS, submitting the data electronically will save OPD hundreds of hours of time and thereby, allow staff to be available for other job duties; and
WHEREAS, the Traffic Collision Reports are not derived from Surveillance Technology and accordingly, the proposed MOU will not include data subject to the requirements of the Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 9.64 (the Surveillance Technology Ordinance); and
WHEREAS, Oakland City Charter Section 504(l) provides in relevant part that it is duty of the City Adm inistrator, “[w] hen directed by the Council, to represent the City in its intergovernmental relations and to negotiate contracts for joint governmental actions, subject to Council approval;” now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator to enter into an Memorandum of Understanding with CHP to electronically submit Traffic Collision Reports to CHP; and be it
2 FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to conduct all negotiations, applications, agreements, extensions, and related actions consistent with the purposes of this Resolution for the purpose of executing the MOU.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
347421/AS