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RESOLUTION NUMBER 1BBP
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH SUPPORTING EXISTING ORANGE COUNTY FIRE
AUTHORITY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY GOVERNING GOARD
STRUCTURE
WHEREAS, the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) was created as a Joint T'owers
Authority on March I, 1994, with a governing board consisting of two members
of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and one council person from each city
receiving fire protection and emergency medical services from the Authority; and
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WHEREAS, prior to fonnation of OCFA, fire protection and emergency medical services were
provided to eighteen cities by the Orange County Fire Department, lInd
WHEREAS, the primary purpose in creating OCFA was to modify the governance stmcture so
that participating cities had a direct role in determining the quality of service and
cost of fire protection and emergency medical services in their communities for a
period of five years. Each member of tlus newly-formed JPA individually had the
statutory ability to provide fire suppression, protection, medical services as well
as providing facilities and personnel for such services, and
WHEREAS, on September 23, 1999, the County of Orange and nineteen cities renewed their
Joint Powers Agreement for an additional ten years and revised it to assure a more
equitable treatment of cost and revenue as it relates to service received in each
community and an additional two cities agreed to become members under the
terms of the revised JP A, and
WHEREAS, the past and future success of the organization as a first-class fire protection and
emergency medical services provider is directly related to the fact that each
jurisdiction receiving such services is represented on its governing board and is I
directly accountable to the community serviced
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal Beach
strongly endorses the right uf each municipality receiving and paying for fire protection and
emergency medical services to participate on the governing board of the agency they established
to filrnish those services.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council directs the City Manager to undertake all
necessary legislative advocacy and prepare an appropriate legal challenge to discoumge the State
of California fi'om enacting legislation that would involuntarily restructure the composilion orits
representative governing board. And that the Council strongly encourages the Orange County
State Legislative delegation to oppose any efforts to enact legislation that would involuntarily
restructure the composition of its representative governing board
AYES
y the City Council oflhe City of Seal Beach un
2001 by the fullowing vote:
P~~APPROVED A
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STATE OF CALlFORNIA)
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CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
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I, Joanne M, Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, californ~;;ebY certify that the foregoing
resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number on file in the office of the City
Clerk, passed, approved, and adoPt~the City Co nciJ ~eal Beach, at a regular
meeting thereof held on the /. day of , 200 I,
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