25C - AGMT FOR HELICOPTER WITH OC SHERIFF

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: MAY 19, 2020 TITLE APPROVE AGREEMENT WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR HELICOPTER SERVICES FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT -TO -EXCEED $1,468,144 (GENERAL FUND) /s/ Kristine Ridge CITY MANAGER CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1sl Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For_ rK•�rnutn�.ic. FILE NUMBER RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager to execute a three-year agreement with the Orange County Sheriffs Department for helicopter services, for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023, for a total amount not to exceed $1,468,144, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. The City Council also authorizes the City Manager to execute the subsequent amendments in year two (July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022) and year three (July 1, 2022- June 30, 2023) for the contract amount of the first year of this agreement, $443,548, plus up to ten percent. The three-year agreement not to exceed amount is $1,468,144. DISCUSSION In October 1994, the City of Santa Ana began participating in the Airborne Law Enforcement Services (ABLE) program. ABLE was a regional helicopter program which combined resources from the City of Costa Mesa, the City of Newport Beach and the City of Santa Ana. In 2011, ABLE was discontinued and the City transitioned over to a similar program, administered by the County of Orange, for this service. Airborne Law Enforcement Services allow the Santa Ana Police Department to provide a rapid enhanced response to incidents posing the greatest risk to the public, including robberies, burglaries, assaults, and fleeing felons. The purpose of this contract with the Orange County Sheriffs Department is to provide helicopter services for the City of Santa Ana from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023. The County will provide 365 hours of helicopter service under this agreement. Flight hours that are deemed countywide service will not be counted towards the contracted flight hours per year. The following types of calls are deemed countywide service: Vehicle pursuits, bank robberies involving tracking systems, stolen vehicles equipped with tracking systems, riots, felonious suspects within a perimeter, assaults involving a weapon, or an officer in need of assistance. The County will provide the City with a monthly flying hour report detailing assigned call time, patrol time and countywide service time spent over the City's jurisdiction as provided by Sheriff aircrews. 25C-1