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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 21, 2014 TITLE: RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS RELATED TO APPROVAL OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY (OCFA) JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AGREEMENT - (STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6, 1 B) ITY M GER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: _ 006 _ t: ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Adopt a resolution on the recommendation to make findings related to the approval of the Second Amendment to the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Joint Powers Authority Agreement. In March 2012, in response to concerns raised by the City of Irvine, the OCFA Board of Directors took action to form an Ad Hoc Committee for the purpose of studying equity. For OCFA, the equity issue refers to the extent to which the revenue received from a member agency bears a reasonable relationship to the cost of services that a member receives. Following 18 months of deliberations, an amendment to the Joint Powers Authority was prepared and approved by 20 of OCFA's 24 member agencies. Three member cities rejected the Amendment, and one member agency (County of Orange) did not consider approval of the Amendment. To become effective, the Amendment was only required to be approved by 2/3 (16) of OCFA's individual member agencies, which was achieved on November 18, 2013. The City Council approved the Second Amendment to the Amended Orange County Fire Authority Joint Powers Agreement on November 18, 2013 and was executed on February 10, 2014. The OCFA Board of Directors authorized their General Counsel to commence a validation action in the Orange County Superior Court to obtain a judicial declaration of the validity of the "Second Amendment to the Amended JPA" once the amendment had been approved by 2/3 of OCFA's member agencies. Per that authorization, the OCFA and the City of Irvine jointly filed a Petition seeking validation of the Second Amendment on December 19, 2013. On January 28, 2014, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4 -to -1, with Supervisor Spitzer opposed, to file a formal response in opposition to the validation action. After hearing the 55GG -1