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Resolution Making Findings related to OCFA Second Amendment to JPA Agreement <br />October 21, 2014 <br />Page 2 <br />matter, the trial court ruled on August 4, 2014 that the Second Amendment is invalid. <br />Subsequent to this ruling, both the Irvine City Council and the OCFA Board of Directors <br />approved filing an appeal in the validation action. <br />OCFA's Special Litigation Counsel for this matter has drafted the attached Resolution for <br />consideration and approval by OCFA's member agencies. The City Attorney's Office has <br />reviewed the resolution. The Resolution requests each city to make findings related to approval <br />of the Second Amendment. If approved by OCFA's member agencies, Special Counsel will <br />submit the approved Resolutions to the Court of Appeal. <br />The proposed Resolution includes multiple recitals (WHEREAS clauses) explaining why cities <br />voted to approve the Second Amendment last year. By adopting the resolution, the cities would <br />resolve that the recitals are true and correct, and that they are adopted as findings representing <br />the City Council's intent in approving the Second Amendment. When cities approved the <br />Second Amendment last year, they were not required or requested to adopt any resolutions <br />explaining why they were doing so; however now that the trial court has invalidated the Second <br />Amendment, the adoption of a resolution explaining why the cities approved the Second <br />Amendment could be helpful to OCFA's appeal. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of this item allows the City to meet Goal #1 Community Safety, Objective #5, Provide <br />high quality Police and Fire /Emergency Medical Services response within the City of Santa Ana. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact by this action. <br />55GG -2 <br />