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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JULY 7, 2015 TITLE: DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY (OCFA) JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AGREEMENT (STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, 5) r CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2 "d Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Per OCFA Board of Directors discuss and consider the following: 1. Adopt a resolution related to the Third Amendment to the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Joint Powers Agreement to eliminate alternate Board directors. 2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a third amendment to the Joint Powers agreement with OCFA, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) was formed in 1995 to provide regional fire protection and related services to the County of Orange and 18 member cities. Subsequent to formation, 6 additional cities have become members of the OCFA. The original JPA agreement was amended on September 23, 1999, and renewed in 2010 by the First Amendment, which provided for a term that runs through 2030. In 2013, OCFA's members approved a Second Amendment to the Amended JPA which amended several provisions to promote financing equity among the members. Since formation of the OCFA in 1995, the JPA Agreement has provided for each member agency to have representation on the Board of Directors. This provision was key to the formation of the OCFA, as discussed in an early feasibility study in 1991 regarding the formation of a regional Orange County Fire agency, which stated: "Provide equal agency representation on a governing board, regardless of participant size, to address cost, expenditure, equity, and service level issues." 55E -1