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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03261985 - IO.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Internal Operations Committee Costa DATE: c`- u "1 March 25, 1985 SUBJECT: Fire Protection Issues SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION 1. Direct the County Administrator's Office to conduct a detailed study of each fire district designed to determine the district's needs over the next five years, both capital and operational needs, review the revenue-producing alternatives for each district and recommend for each ` district the funding plan which is most appropriate for that district. This study should include input from the Fire Chiefs ' Association on the process which should be followed to produce such a comprehensive master plan. In addition the study must include adequate dialogue with the cities, including those cities which operate their own fire departments , to insure that their support for and interaction with the independent and Board governed fire protection districts are taken into account. 2. Direct the County Administrator' s Office, Director of Planning and County Counsel to develop an amendment to the County General Plan and associated implementing ordinances, in close cooperation with the cities, which will require as a condition of future development that adequate fire protection facilities be assured. 3. Direct the County Administrator' s Office, Director of Planning and County Counsel, in conjunction with the proposed General Pian amendment, to work with the cities with the view toward asking each city to adopt the fire facilities element of the General Plan, specific timing for such requests to take into account the pending General Plan amendment. 4. Direct the County Administrator' s Office to set up a meeting among the city councils of the cities of Antioch and Pittsburg, the Board of Commissioners of the Riverview Fire Protection District, the Board of Supervisors and staff, tentatively on the evening of Monday, April 29 in Pittsburg, prepare an agenda for that meeting, obtain the concurrence of the mayors of Antioch and Pittsburg on the agenda and then distribute the agenda to all parties who are invited to CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OARD COMMITTEE APPROVE � T �� ' j w �s �f 4' f SIGNATURE(S) T. Torlakson T. Powers ACTION OF BOARD ON March 26, 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X_ OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT — ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD County Administrator OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: Director of Planning ATTESTED .ae, me _-- County Counsel Phil Batchelor Clerk of the Board of Mayors ' Conference Superr�smdCog*Admin gr" Each Mayor in Contra Costa County Fire Chiefs' Association M382/7-e3 Each Fire Chief in Contra BY DEPUTY Costa County (excluding city-dep s. the meeting. The agenda is generally to involve staff presentations on a wide range of fire related issues in east county and provide a forum for discussion of those issues among all concerned parties. (This may be an adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors if a majority of the Board indicate an intent to be present at the meeting) . BACKGROUND The Internal Operations Committee has on referral a wide range of issues involving the adequate provision of fire protection services within the County. Our Committee met March 25 with representatives from he Planning Department, County Counsel, County Administrator' s Office, United Professional Firefighters Local 1230 and several fire districts/departments including Consolidated, Riverview, Rodeo, San Ramon and Pinole in an effort to organize an approach to dealing with all of the fire-related issued before the Committee. The County Administrator' s Office recommended that an overall study of fire needs be made which takes into account the specific needs of each district over the next five years and the ability of the district to raise sufficient revenue to cover those needs. Such a study would result in a plan for each district which addresses their capital and operational needs and which addresses ways in which to fund those needs. The need for close cooperation with the cities in the preparation of these plans was noted particularly since much of the development going on which places pressure on the ability of the fire service is occurring within the cities. The possibility of asking cities to rebate a portion of the property tax increment now going to city redevelopment agencies was mentioned as well as the possibility of leveraging funds as is being done in Walnut Creek in cooperation with the city was mentioned. Staff noted the need for a County General Plan amendment dealing with the need to assure that adequate fire facilities are in place as development occurs and the need for the cities to be asked to adopt the fire facilities element of the County General Plan. The need to ask the cities which operate their own fire services to do a similar long-range study was noted in order to insure that fire needs are met on a regional basis, particularly-.- in West County. The need to involve the Mayors' Conference, individual cities and fire commissions in each step of the process was emphasized. The above recommendations grew out of our discussions with staff and representatives of the fire districts and local 1230. Supervisor Torlakson indicated he had had preliminary discussions with the Mayors of Antioch and Pittsburg about a meeting specifically to deal with issues surrounding the fire service in East County and requested the assistance of the County Administrator's Office in setting the agenda for that meeting and making necessary arrangements.