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LAR 10/21/14 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -068 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL <br />MAKING FINDINGS RELATED TO THE CITY'S PRIOR <br />APPROVAL OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE <br />AMENDED ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY'S JOINT <br />POWERS AUTHORITY AGREEMENT <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Fire Authority ( "OCFA ") was formed in 1995 to <br />provide regional fire protection and related services in the County of Orange and <br />eighteen (18) member cities; and <br />WHEREAS, five additional cities, including the City of Santa Ana, have become <br />members of the OCFA, since its original formation; and <br />WHEREAS, the original Joint Powers Authority ( "JPA ") Agreement was amended <br />on September 23, 1999, and thereafter renewed in 2010 by the First Amendment to the <br />Amended JPA Agreement; and <br />WHEREAS, under the Amended JPA Agreement, OCFA member agencies pay <br />for fire services under one of the following two pay structures: (1) the Structural Fire <br />Fund, or (2) cash contracts; and <br />WHEREAS, if a member is a Structural Fire Fund jurisdiction, the County of <br />Orange collects property taxes in the member agency's jurisdiction, a portion of which is <br />paid to OFCA for fire services; and <br />WHEREAS, if a member agency is a Cash Contract City, the member agency <br />makes service payments directly to OCFA from the member agency's general fund <br />pursuant to the terms of a contract entered into by the OCFA and the member agency; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the OCFA and certain member agencies were concerned that these <br />payment structures created inequity among the member agencies; and <br />WHEREAS, in light of this perceived inequity, some member agencies expressed <br />concern that they may need to withdraw from membership in OCFA in 2020, as allowed <br />by the amended JPA Agreement; and <br />WHEREAS, to assure long -term stability of the OCFA and allow OCFA to <br />continue to provide cost effective fire protection services for the various member <br />agencies, the OCFA proposed a new Enhanced Hybrid Model payment structure; and <br />Resolution No. 2014 -068 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />