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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT  
 
BETWEEN MARICOPA COUNTY AND  
 
THE CITY OF GLENDALE 
 
REACT INTEGRATED CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT (ICM) PILOT 
 
(TE067) 
MAG #: MMA21-810  
Fed Aid #: MMA-0(287)D 
CFDA #: 20.205 
ADOT Project No.: T0290-01X 
 
(C-64-21- ______ -X-00) 
 
This Intergovernmental Agreement (Agreement) is between the County of Maricopa, 
a political subdivision of the State of Arizona (County), and the City of Glendale 
(City). The County and the City are collectively referred to as the Parties or 
individually as a Party. 
 
 STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION 
1. 
The County is authorized, pursuant to A.R.S. Section 11-251 and Sections 28-
6701 et. seq., to lay out, maintain, control and manage public roads within the 
County. 
 
2. 
Public agencies are authorized, pursuant to A.R.S. Section 11-951 et. seq., to 
enter into Intergovernmental Agreements for the provision of services or for joint 
or cooperative action. 
 
3. 
The City is authorized, pursuant to A.R.S. Section 9-240 and Sections 9-276 et. 
seq., to lay out and establish, regulate and improve streets within the City and to 
enter into this Agreement. 
 
BACKGROUND  
4. 
The Pilot for Arterial Traffic Incident Management Program for Integrated Corridor 
Management (ICM), referred herein as the Project, will support the expansion of 
the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Regional 
Emergency Action Coordinating Team (REACT) to support ICM along the entire 
Loop 101 corridor that runs through the cities of Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria, 
Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, and Chandler.  
 
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5. 
REACT provides emergency arterial incident management support for partnering 
agencies when an incident requires a closure of a roadway for at least two hours. 
REACT also coordinates with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) 
Incident Response Unit (IRU), which is ADOT’s freeway incident response team 
and the Arizona Department of Public Service (AZDPS), to support arterial traffic 
management during events that require closure of a freeway or freeway ramp 
(Project).  
 
PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT 
6. 
The purposes of this Agreement are to identify the roles and responsibilities of 
the Parties with respect to the Project. 
 
TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT 
7. 
The Parties Shall:  
7.1      Proceed in a manner consistent with the provisions set forth within this 
agreement. 
 
7.2      Assign staff who will be responsible for developing, coordinating, 
monitoring and evaluating the joint effort to provide emergency traffic 
incident management for establishing preapproved detour routes for 
major incidents on L101.  
 
7.3      Carry out the Parties cooperative efforts under this Agreement in a 
manner consistent with REACT operations, including but not limited to: 
 
i. The provision of any REACT service identified in this agreement 
shall be contingent upon the availability of REACT responder staff 
availability. REACT staff will endeavor to respond to 75% of calls 
for service as resources permit. 
ii. To provide support for Emergency Traffic Incident Management 
through REACT response when requested to support Integrated 
Corridor Management applications.  
iii. Provide ICM and incident management support along identified 
alternate routes.   
iv. That the Parties adopt standard operation procedures following the 
Unified Command and National Incident Management Systems 
(NIMS) structure of command for the management of incidents. 
v. Agree to participate in multi-jurisdictional drills and exercises, table 
tops, on-scene and off-scene training programs, pre-incident 
planning, post-incident critiques (debriefs) and other activities to 
enhance safe and effective emergency operations and mutual aid 
when practical and feasible to do so.  
vi.  When engaged in on scene operations the REACT shall follow the 
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requirements, guidelines and processes for traffic incident 
management consistent with the MUTCD and ICM Operations 
Plan. Develop a REACT ICM Operations Handbook consistent 
with ICM Operations Plan. 
vii. Re-evaluate every year the REACT operations to ensure the 
response is meeting the ICM operational goals, review role of all 
Parties, determine if additional service needs may be necessary or 
that the service(s) are still needed. 
 
8. 
The County Shall: 
 
8.1      Receive and administer the project federal-aid funding during the 
duration of the Project. 
 
8.2      Utilize the funding attributable to service in the City to procure 
equipment and supplies and, if needed, recruit additional responders 
whose primary responsibility will be to support emergency traffic 
management in the City. 
 
8.3      Retain ownership of the equipment and supplies acquired with the 
funding.  
 
8.4      Develop a REACT ICM Operation Handbook in accordance with the 
Loop 101 Mobility Project ICM Operations Plan. The Handbook will 
document REACT Operational Parameters that will outline the specific 
roles and responsibilities involved in the pilot project implementation.  
These will include:  
i. Operational Concept 
ii. Corridors by agency 
iii. Communication protocol 
iv. Staff, equipment and technology resources required. 
 
8.5      Provide traffic incident management services to the City in accordance 
with REACT ICM Operations Handbook for the duration of the Project 
for establishing preapproved detour routes for major incidents on L101.  
 
8.6      Monitor and document emergency traffic management services 
provided to the City and provide the data to the City on a periodic 
basis. 
 
8.7       Provide online and in-person training on TIM and ICM that includes 
ATSSA Traffic control Technician, National Incident Management 
Training (NIMS) courses ICS 100 Introduction to Incident Command, 
ICS 200 ICS for Single Resource and Initial Action Incidents, IS 700 
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National Incident Management System Develop REACT.  
 
8.8      Administer, through MCDOT, the project development through a staff 
Project Manager with REACT administration experience. The 
deployment of this pilot project will be done in coordination with the 
deployment of the Loop 101 Mobility Project, which involves an 
overlapping group of stakeholders who will be developing ICM plans 
and supporting the procurement, testing, and deployment of other 
equipment, systems, and processes for ICM on the Loop 101 that will 
be directly relevant to this pilot project. 
 
8.9      Project billing will take place during the procurement, development, and 
deployment of the Project as milestones and deliverables, as set forth 
in the approved Design Concept Report (DCR), are completed. 
 
9. 
The City Shall:  
9.1      Assign staff who will be responsible for developing, coordinating, 
monitoring and evaluating the joint effort to provide emergency traffic 
incident management for establishing preapproved detour routes for 
major incidents on L101.  
 
9.2      Allow MCDOT REACT response on City’s Right of Way. 
 
9.3      Provide operational support in accordance with the L101 Mobility 
Project Operational Plan. 
 
9.4      Assign a member of its police department in the rank of traffic sergeant 
and a member of its streets department at the level of supervisor to act 
as liaison with the REACT Incident Management Specialist. 
 
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
10. 
To the extent permitted by law, each Party will indemnify, defend and save the 
other Party harmless, including any of the Party’s departments, agencies, 
officers, employees, elected officials or agents, from and against all loss, 
expense, damage or claim of any nature whatsoever which is caused by any 
activity, condition or event arising out of the negligent performance or 
nonperformance by the indemnifying Party of any of the provisions of this 
Agreement.  By entering into this Agreement, each Party indemnifies the other 
against all liability, losses and damages of any nature for or on account of any 
injuries or death of persons or damages to or destruction of property arising out 
of or in any way connected with the performance or nonperformance of this 
Agreement, except such injury or damage as shall have been caused or 
contributed to by the negligence of that other Party.  The damages which are the 
subject of this indemnity shall include but not be limited to the damages incurred 
by any Party, its departments, agencies, officers, employees, elected officials or 
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agents. In the event of an action, the damages which are the subject of this 
indemnity shall include costs, expenses of litigation and reasonable attorney’s 
fees. 
 
11. 
This Agreement shall become effective as of the date it is approved by the 
governing bodies of the Parties and remain in full force and effect until all 
stipulations previously indicated have been satisfied, or for ten (10)-year term, 
whichever occurs first, except that it may be amended upon written Agreement 
by all Parties.   
 
12. 
This Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of A.R.S. Section 38-511. 
 
13. 
The Parties warrant that they are in compliance with A.R.S. Section 41-4401 and 
further acknowledge that: 
 
13.1 Any contractor or subcontractor who is contracted by a Party to perform 
work on the Project shall warrant their compliance with all federal 
immigration laws and regulations that relate to their employees and their 
compliance with A.R.S. Section 23-214(A), and shall keep a record of the 
verification for the duration of the employee’s employment or at least three 
(3) years, whichever is longer. 
 
13.2 Any breach of the warranty shall be deemed a material breach of this 
agreement of which breaching party may be liable for penalties including 
termination of the agreement. 
 
13.3 The Parties retain the legal right to inspect the papers of any contractor or 
subcontractor employee who works on the Project to ensure that the 
contractor or subcontractor is complying with the warranty above and that 
the contractor agrees to make all papers and employment records of said 
employee available during normal working hours in order to facilitate such 
an inspection. 
 
13.4 Nothing in this Agreement shall make any contractor or subcontractor an 
agent or employee of the Parties to this Agreement. 
 
14. 
Any contractor or subcontractor who engages in for-profit activity and has 10 or 
more employees, if the value of the contract is a minimum of $1,000,000, certify it 
is not currently engaged in, and agrees for the duration of this Agreement to not 
engage in, a boycott of goods or services from Israel. This certification does not 
apply to a boycott prohibited by 50 U.S.C. § 4842 or a regulation issued pursuant 
to 50 U.S.C. § 4842. 
 
15. 
Each Party to this Agreement warrants that neither it nor any contractor or 
vendor under contract with the Party to provide goods or services toward the 
accomplishment of the objectives of this Agreement is suspended or debarred by 
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any federal agency which has provided funding that will be used in the Project 
described in this Agreement. 
 
16. 
Each of the following shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and an 
event of default (“Default”) hereunder: A Party’s failure to observe or perform any 
of the material covenants, conditions or provisions of this Agreement to be 
observed or performed by that Party (“Defaulting Party”), where such failure shall 
continue for a period of thirty (30) days after the Defaulting Party receives written 
notice of such failure from the non-defaulting Party provided, however, that such 
failure shall not be a Default if the Defaulting Party has commenced to cure the 
Default within such thirty (30) day period and thereafter is diligently pursuing 
such cure to completion, but the total aggregate cure period shall not exceed 
ninety (90) days unless the Parties agree in writing that additional time is 
reasonably necessary under such circumstances to cure such default. In the 
event a Defaulting Party fails to perform any of its material obligations under this 
Agreement and is in Default pursuant to this Section, the non-defaulting Party, at 
its option, may terminate this Agreement. Further, upon the occurrence of any 
Default and at any time thereafter, the non-defaulting Party may, but shall not be 
required to, exercise any remedies now or hereafter available to it at law or in 
equity. 
 
17. 
All notices required under this agreement to be given in writing shall be sent to: 
 
County: 
 
Maricopa County Department of Transportation 
Attn: Intergovernmental Relations Branch 
2901 W. Durango Street 
Phoenix, Arizona 85009 
 
City: 
 
City of Glendale 
City Traffic Engineer 
5850 West Glendale Avenue 
Glendale, Arizona 85301 
 
All notices required or permitted by this Agreement or applicable law shall be in 
writing and may be delivered in person (by hand or courier) or may be sent by 
regular, certified or registered mail or U.S. Postal Service Express Mail, with 
postage prepaid, and shall be deemed sufficiently given if served in a manner 
specified in this paragraph. Either Party may by written notice to the other specify 
a different address for notice. Any notice sent by registered or certified mail, 
return receipt requested, shall be deemed given on the date of delivery shown on 
the receipt card, or if no delivery date is shown, the postmark thereon. If sent by 
regular mail, the notice shall be deemed given 72 hours after the notice is 
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addressed as required in this paragraph and mailed with postage prepaid. 
Notices delivered by United States Express Mail or overnight courier that 
guarantee next day delivery shall be deemed given 24 hours after delivery of the 
notice to the Postal Service or courier. 
 
18. 
This Agreement does not imply authority to perform any tasks, or accept any 
responsibility, not expressly stated in this Agreement. 
 
19. 
Any funding provided for in this Agreement, other than in the current fiscal year, 
is contingent upon being budgeted and appropriated by the governing bodies of 
the Parties in such fiscal year. This Agreement may be terminated by any Party 
at the end of any fiscal year due to non-appropriation of funds.  
 
20. 
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and 
their respective successors and assignees. Neither Party shall assign its interest 
in this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party.  
 
21. 
This Agreement and all Exhibits attached to this Agreement set forth all of the 
covenants, promises, agreements, conditions and understandings related to the 
Project between the Parties to this Agreement, and there are no covenants, 
promises, agreements, conditions or understandings, either oral or written, 
between the Parties related to the Project, other than as set forth in this 
Agreement, and those agreements which are executed contemporaneously with 
this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a whole and in 
accordance with its fair meaning and without regard to any presumption or other 
rule requiring construction against the party drafting this Agreement. This 
Agreement cannot be modified or changed except by a written instrument 
executed by all of the Parties hereto.  
 
22. 
Each Party has reviewed this Agreement and has had the opportunity to have it 
reviewed by legal counsel. 
 
23. 
The waiver by any Party of any right granted to it under this Agreement is not a 
waiver of any other right granted under this Agreement, nor may any waiver be 
deemed to be a waiver of a subsequent right obtained by reason of the 
continuation of any matter previously waived. 
 
24. 
Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such 
a manner as to be valid under applicable law, but if any provision shall be invalid 
or prohibited under the law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of 
such prohibition or invalidation but shall not invalidate the remainder of such 
provision or the remaining provisions. 
 
25. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all covenants, agreements, 
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement or in any certificate or 
instrument executed or delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the 
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expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement for a period of one (1) year. 
 
26. 
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create any partnership, joint venture or 
other agreement between the Parties hereto. Except as expressly provided in 
this Agreement, no term or provision of this Agreement is intended or shall be for 
the benefit of any person or entity not a party to this Agreement, and no such 
other person or entity shall have any right or cause of action under this 
Agreement. 
 
27. 
Section or other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference 
purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this 
Agreement. 
 
28. 
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which 
shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute the same 
instrument. Faxed, copied and scanned signatures are acceptable as original 
signatures. 
 
29. 
The Parties will execute and/or deliver to each other such other instruments and 
documents as may be reasonably necessary to fulfill the covenants and 
obligations to be performed by such Party pursuant to this Agreement. 
 
30. 
The venue for any claim arising out of or in any way related to this Agreement 
shall be Maricopa County, Arizona. 
 
31. 
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Arizona. 
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement. 
 
 
MARICOPA COUNTY 
 
Recommended by: 
 
 
_____________________________ 
Jennifer Toth, P.E.  
 
Date 
Transportation Director 
 
 
Approved and Accepted by: 
 
 
 
_____________________________ 
  Jack Sellers, Chairman 
             Date 
 
Board of Supervisors 
 
Attest by: 
 
 
 
_____________________________ 
Clerk of the Board  
 
Date 
 
 
 
APPROVAL OF DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY  
 
 
The foregoing Agreement has been reviewed pursuant to A.R.S. 11 952, as amended, 
by the undersigned Deputy County Attorney, who has determined that it is in proper 
form and within the powers and authority granted to the Board of Supervisors under the 
laws of the State of Arizona. 
 
 
_________________________ 
Deputy County Attorney       Date 
 
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement. 
 
 
CITY OF GLENDALE 
 
Recommended by: 
 
 
_____________________________ 
Kevin Phelps  
 
 
Date 
City Manager 
 
 
Approved and Accepted by: 
 
 
 
_____________________________ 
  Jerry Weiers 
 
             Date 
 
Mayor 
 
Attest by: 
 
 
 
_____________________________ 
Clerk of the Council  
 
Date 
 
 
 
APPROVAL OF CITY ATTORNEY  
 
The foregoing Agreement has been reviewed pursuant to A.R.S. 11 952, as amended, 
by undersigned Counsel, who has determined that it is in proper form and within the 
powers and authority granted to the City under the laws of the State of Arizona. 
 
 
_________________________ 
City Attorney  
 
  Date 
 
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