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C9C /Fp0.N`P City Council Staff Report Agenda Item No. 18
August 14, 2012
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Manager's Office
Dave Kiff, City Manager
949 - 644 -3001, dkiff @newportbeachca.gov
PREPARED BY: Shirley Oborny, Executive Assistant to the City Manager
APPROVED: � A
TITLE: Appointment of Primary and Alternate Board Members to the Metro
Cities Fire Authority
ABSTRACT:
Consideration of the appointment of a primary and alternate board member to the Metro
Cities Fire Authority.
RECOMMENDATION:
Appoint the Assistant City Manager as the Board Member and the Assistant to the City
Manager as the Alternate Board Member to the Metro Cities Fire Authority.
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
There is no fiscal impact related to this item.
DISCUSSION:
The Metro Cities Fire Authority ( "Metro Cities') was created on July 1, 1996, per a Joint
Powers Agreement among the Cities of Anaheim, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden
Grove, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and Orange. The Metro Cities Authority is
set up primarily to oversee a dispatch center for fire and emergency medical services
for the member agencies.
Pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Joint Powers Agreement, the Metro Cities Board consists
of one (1) voting member and one (1) alternate appointed by the governing body of the
Member Agency. Each Board member holds office from the first meeting of the Metro
Cities Board after appointment and serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
Appointment of Primary and Alternate Board Members to the Metro Cities Fire Authority
August 14, 2012
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It is my respectful recommendation that the Assistant City Manager be the City's
designee to the Authority and the Assistant to the City Manager be the City's alternate.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
Staff recommends the City Council find this action is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will
not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it
has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
NOTICING:
The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of
the meeting at which the City Council considers the item).
Submitted by:
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Dave Kiff, City Manager