HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 6504 2014-10-13 RESOLUTION NUMBER 6504
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL MAKING
FINDINGS RELATED TO THE CITY'S PRIOR APPROVAL OF
THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY'S SECOND
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
AGREEMENT
RECITALS
A. The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) was formed in 1995 to
provide regional fire protection and related services to the County of Orange and
18 member cities; and
B. Five additional cities have become members of the OCFA, since its
original formation; and
C. The original Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Agreement was amended
on September 23, 1999, and thereafter renewed in 2010 by the First Amendment
to the Amended JPA Agreement; and
D. Under the Amended JPA Agreement, OCFA member agencies pay
for fire services under one of the following two pay structures: (1) the Structural
Fire Fund, or (2) cash contracts; and
E. If a member agency is a Structural Fire Fund jurisdiction, the
County of Orange collects property taxes in the member agency's jurisdiction, a
portion of which is paid to OCFA for fire services; and
F. If a member agency is a Cash Contract City, the member agency
makes service payments directly to OCFA from the member agency's general
funds pursuant to the terms of a contract entered into by the OCFA and the
member agency; and
G. The OCFA and certain member agencies were concerned that
these payment structures created inequity among the member agencies; and
H. In light of this perceived inequity, some member agencies
expressed concern that they may need to withdraw from membership in OCFA in
2020, as allowed by the Amended JPA Agreement; and
I. In order to ensure the long-term stability of the OCFA and allow the
OCFA to continue to provide cost-effective fire protection services for the various
member agencies, the OCFA proposed a new Enhanced Hybrid Model payment
structure; and
J. The City of Seal Beach is committed to participating in regional
efforts to provide cost-effective and adequate fire protection services; and
K. On October 28, 2013, the City Council approved the Second
Amendment to the Amended JPA Agreement (Second Amendment) to allow for
the use of the Enhanced Hybrid Model payment structure; and
L. The City now wishes to affirm its intent in approving the Second
Amendment.
Resolution Number 6504
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY RESOLVES AND ORDERS
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby affirms that the foregoing recitals
are true and correct, and are adopted as findings representing the City Council's
intent in approving the Second Amendment on October 28, 2013.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 13th day of October , 2014 by the following vote:
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ABSENT: Council Members
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I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 6504 on file in
the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at
a r-gular me- "'. held on the 13th day of October , 2014.
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