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21.293 An Order to Authorize FY2022 Intermunicipal AgreementsCity of Northampton MASSACHUSETTS _________ In City Council June 17, 2021 Upon recommendation of the Mayor 21.293 An Order to Authorize FY2022 Intermunicipal Agreements Ordered, that Whereas MGL C.40 s. 4A allows for joint operation of public activities among governmental units, and Whereas, MGL c. 40, s. 4A requires that such inter-governmental agreements be approved, in a city, by the City Council and the Mayor, and; Whereas the City of Northampton provides services to and shares services with other municipalities; Therefore pursuant to MGL C. 40 s. 4A the City Council hereby authorizes the City of Northampton to enter into the following inter-municipal agreements for FY2022 (all agreements for one year unless specifically noted): Contract with Town of Williamsburg for Building Inspection and Zoning Enforcement Services – agreement to provide the Town of Williamsburg with services for a lump sum annual fee. Contract with Town of Williamsburg for Electrical Inspection Services – agreement to provide the Town of Williamsburg with services, with permit fees turned over to the City of Northampton. Contract with the Towns of Amherst, Hadley, Easthampton and Southampton for Municipal Hearing Officer Services – agreement to provide Municipal Hearing Officer Services pursuant to MGL C.148A s.2c to hear complaints related to alleged violations of state building codes or the state fire codes for a lump sum per the agreement. Contract with the Towns of Amherst, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Hadley, Middlefield, Pelham, Williamsburg, Goshen and Worthington to provide Veterans Services Officer Services – agreement to provide these services to the various communities and assessments to individual towns per the agreement. Contract with the Towns of Granby, Hadley, Amherst, South Hadley and Easthampton, to provide Sealer of Weights and Measures Services – agreement to provide these services to the various communities and assessments to individual towns per the agreement. Renewal of the multi-year contract with the Town of Williamsburg to provide wastewater treatment services for a period of ten years. Contract with the Franklin County Regional Council of Governments to monitor and support the Greater Franklin County Economic Target Area. Contract with the Franklin Regional Council of Governments to partner with the City of Northampton, through its Health Department, relative to the following contracts: 1) to provide services relative to the Hampshire Medical Reserves Corps and 2) to provide emergency management services for the Hampshire Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coalition. Contract with Amherst, South Hadley, Pelham, Ware, Belchertown and Easthampton – agreement to jointly create a coalition called the Hampshire Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative charged with mobilizing local boards of health, medical providers, educational facilities, social service agencies, community organizers and others in Hampshire County to create sustainable policies, programs and practices to change community ideas and expectations regarding opioid use and abuse, as well as to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates that result from opioid use and abuse. Regional Opioid Data Collaborative - Contract with Bay State Health Inc., City of Springfield Department of Health and Human Services, Hampden County DA, Northwestern DA, Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, Opioid Task Force, Berkshire Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative, North Quabbin Community Coalition, Partners for a Healthier Community Inc., West Springfield Health Department and CORE of Westfield – agreement to work cooperatively to create methods to collect, store and aggregate data regarding opioid use and abuse in the region with the goal of analyzing trends and identifying short and long term intervention strategies. Contract with Pioneer Valley Mosquito Control District, working under the oversight of the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, focused on mosquito surveillance and control. The City, through its Health Department participates in this regional effort to assist western Massachusetts communities with mosquito related health concerns. Contract with the Towns of Amherst and Pelham to seek and accept grants where possible and to otherwise explore the mutual advantages of electricity community aggregation. DART Case Management Database – A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between police departments, healthcare, behavioral health, and recovery centers allows the first responders who respond to an overdose to communicate to the outreach teams in the municipality in which the person resides, thereby triggering a DART outreach. Partners: Hampshire County Police Departments - Amherst, Belchertown, Chesterfield, Easthampton, Goshen, Granby, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton, Plainfield, South Hadley, Southampton, Ware, Williamsburg, Worthington, Amherst College, MA State Police; Hampden County Police Departments - Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Ludlow, Palmer, Longmeadow, West Springfield, Westfield, Wilbraham, South County EMS, Northern Berkshire EMS; Behavioral Health Network, CSO, Gandara, Northampton Recovery Center, Western MA Training Consortium/Ware Recovery Center, The Nest Recovery Center, the Brien Center; Tapestry, Nothing But Kindness; Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Baystate Health Systems, Holyoke Medical Center, Mercy/Trinity Health Systems, Berkshire Health Systems; Hampshire County Jail and House of Corrections. Health Information Exchange – An MOU and BAA agreement for the enhancement of the regional capacity for timely and comprehensive data collection to improve data efficiencies, cost savings, and improved service delivery by expanding our regional public health data capabilities, partners: Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Franklin Regional Council of Governments, Opioid Task Force, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. Massachusetts Ambulance TRIP data MATRIS, Department of Public Health, Mass Registry of Vital Records Death Certificate data, PDMP/Mass PAT, MAVEN & other Mass CHIP data and other relevant behavioral health and substance use related data. Pioneer Valley Planning Commission: Agreement to provide to the Planning and Sustainability Department the following: Planning technical assistance, traffic and transportation analysis, historic preservation planning, and housing rehabilitation services – through FY2023. Young Adult Empowerment collaborative of Western Massachusetts - Contract to partner with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region – agreement to work cooperatively to develop and strengthen regional data systems serving your adults, preventing and addressing young adult misuse by creating and promoting evidence-based programming to support young people as they transition into the five stages of adulthood; and engaging families and communities in their roles to support young adults for FY2021 and FY2022. The following are agreements currently authorized by the city and have not expired: Contract with Pioneer Valley Planning Commission for EPA Stormwater MS4 Permit Assistance – through March of 2022 Paramedic Intercept Agreements with multiple towns and ambulance districts – through November of 2041 Contract with Pioneer Valley Transit Authority for Senior Transportation Services – through November of 2041 Contract with Greenfield Community College to use one strand of our Five College Fiber Network for an annual fee, per the agreement – through FY2022. Contract with the Towns of Williamsburg, Goshen, Southampton, Chesterfield, Huntington, Hadley and Westhampton - agreement to provide Laserfiche Hosting Services for an annual fee thru FY2022. Contract with Pioneer Valley Bike Share and to enter into agreements with the cities of West Springfield and Chicopee and the Town of Hadley to participate in the Pioneer Valley Bike Share program along with the following entities which are already part of the existing inter-municipal agreement for the program: Holyoke, Springfield, Amherst, South Hadley, UMASS, PVPC and Easthampton already approved through FY2022. Contract with Easthampton, Hadley, Holyoke, South Hadley, and Holyoke Gas and Electric to participate in the Connecticut River Channel Marking to maintain the Channel Markers from the Holyoke Dam north to the City’s Connecticut River Greenway off Damon Road for FY2022. Contract to participate in the Connecticut River Task Force with the police departments of Easthampton, Hadley, South Hadley, Chicopee and the Northwestern District Attorney in partnership with the Massachusetts Environmental Police to enhance law enforcement efforts on the Connecticut River due to the heavy volume of boating activity within the regional boundaries of the adjacent agencies – three year agreement to May of 2022 Agreement for Fiber Optic Cable with Five College Net, LLC – Agreement to allow the city use of four strands of the Cable Network, including the right to transport and distribute digital signals for data – renewal of agreement for five years from 2019 – 2024 and allowing for automatic renewal for another five years from 2024-2028. Agreement to participate in the Domestic Violence Intervention Project, a regional partnership formed between the Northwestern District Attorney’s office, Safe Passage, The New England Learning Center for Women in Transition and area police departments – four year agreement to December of 2022. Agreement to participate in the Northwestern District Anti-Crime Task Force with all communities and their respective law enforcement entities within the jurisdiction of the Northwestern District, which are within the jurisdiction of the Northwestern District courts and that of the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office – multi-year agreement with no end date. Contract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, Collaborative for Educational Services, and multiple towns for the Mass in Motion Program, renew for three more years - through FY2022.