Title
Consideration of and action on an agreement between the City of Deer Park and CenterPoint Energy for emergency and disaster response coordination.
Body
Summary:
This agreement was in place from 2009-2017 and expired at the end of 2017. CenterPoint has requested that the prior agreement be re-enacted. The agreement primarily establishes a Staging Site for CenterPoint resources at the Jimmy Burke Activity Center during times of large-scale emergency response activities.
This renewal does include a provision allowing the City to notify CenterPoint should the Jimmy Burke Activity Center parking area be unavailable, such as due to construction. Also included are additional coordination efforts between the City and CenterPoint to enable the sharing of resources and food vendors, when necessary.
The proposed agreement would expire on December 31, 2023.
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
This agreement creates no budgetary impact.
Recommended action
Staff recommends approval.