City of Piedmont
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
DATE: June 1, 2026
TO: Mayor and Council
FROM: Rosanna Bayon Moore, City Administrator
SUBJECT: Consideration of a Resolution Adopting the Agreement for Participating in Alameda County Operational Area Emergency Management Organization
RECOMMENDATION
Approve a Resolution adopting the agreement for participating in Alameda County Operational Area Emergency Management Organization as it was approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on January 27, 2026.
BACKGROUND
As a result of the 1991 East Bay Hills firestorm, State Senator Nicholas Petris sponsored legislation that established a standardized emergency management system (SEMS) in California.
An important component of SEMS is the Operation Area, defined as:
An intermediate level of the state emergency services organization consisting of county and all political subdivisions within the county area.
[California Government Code § 8559(b)].
State regulations assigned responsibility for developing the Operational Area Emergency Management Organization to the local Board of Supervisors. In January 1995, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors accepted the recommendations to form a task force to implement an Operational Area in Alameda County.
The City of Piedmont entered into the original Operational Area Agreement in 1995 and renewed the agreement on June 20, 2005 then again on April 3, 2017. The current agreement expired on December 31, 2025.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors adopted a new Agreement on January 27, 2026 consisting of substantially the same elements as the previous one. The key components of the Agreement are as follows:
• A partnership for exchanging disaster intelligence, mutual aid requests, and resource requests in emergencies;
• Providing emergency preparedness on a day-to-day basis through cooperative training and exercise activities;
• Coordination and assistance sharing resources before, during, and after an emergency, as well as to prepare, respond, and recover from disasters that strike Alameda County; • No monetary compensation is required of participants to be members of the organization; • The State’s SEMS regulations and guidelines will guide the policies and procedures of the organization;
• The Sherriff/Director of Emergency Services is the Operational Area Coordinator responsible for assuring the representation of all affected jurisdictions in decision-making before, during and after a disaster occurs; and
• A representational “Operational Area Council” is established to review and approve policies and procedures for the organization and serve as Alameda County’s Civil Defense and Disaster Council.
ATTACHMENTS
A) Agreement for Participating in Alameda County Operational Area Emergency Management Organization
B) Resolution # XXXX Adoption of Operational Area Agreement.
By: Dave Brannigan, Fire Chief
10. INDEMNIFICATION AND HOLD HARMLESS
Each of the parties agree to indemnify and hold the other parties harmless and waives all claims for compensation for any loss, damage, personal injury, or death incurred in consequences of the acts or omissions of the indemnifying parties' own employees and agents in the performance of this Agreement.
It is the intent of the parties that, where negligence is determined to have been contributory, principles of comparative fault will be followed, and each party shall bear the proportionate costs of any loss, damage, expense, and liability attributable to the party's negligence.
11. SALARIES, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION BENEFITS The salaries, employment and workers compensation benefits of each employee participating in the Operational Area Emergency Management Organization shall be the responsibility of the party employing the individual. It is understood that each party's employees have no rights, benefits, or special employment status conferred by reason of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE EXECUTED THIS AGREEMENT AS FOLLOWS:
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA,
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DAVID HAUBERT, President
Board of Supervisors
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the President of the Board of Supervisors was duly authorized to e ecut this document on behalf of the County of Alameda by a majority vote of the .
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ATTEST: BRITNEY DAVIS
Clerk, Board of Supervisors
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Alameda County Operational Area Agreement Page 5
CITY OF PIEDMONT
RESOLUTION NO. XX-2026
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY OPERATIONAL
AREA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the potential for a major catastrophe due to natural or human-caused disaster causes all government entities within Alameda County to be prepared to share resources and information among themselves as well as with the State of California in order to protect public welfare; and WHEREAS, greater efficiency and disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation can be achieved by joining the efforts of the County of Alameda, other cities, special districts, and other public benefit non-profit corporations together in pre-disaster agreements; and WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act defines the “operational area” as an intermediate level of the state emergency services organization created to strengthen mutual coordination, provide a focal point for disaster information, and assist in the efficient management of resources; and WHEREAS, the City of Piedmont has participated in the Operational Area Agreement since 1995, and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors adopted a updated Agreement on January 27, 2026 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Piedmont does hereby resolve, declare, determine and order as follows:
1. The above recitals are correct and are incorporated into this resolution as findings of the City Council.
2. The City of Piedmont adopts the Agreement for Participating in Alameda County Operational Area Emergency Management Organization, as it was approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on January 27, 2026.
I certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Piedmont City Council on Month XX, 2026, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent/Abstain:
Attest: ____________________________________
Anna M. Brown, City Clerk