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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 16, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF <br />ORANGE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT <br />HELICOPTER SERVICES (STRATEGIC <br />PLAN NO. /1, 5) <br />CITY <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached three -year <br />agreement with the Orange County Sheriffs Department for helicopter services, for the period of <br />July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. The first year agreement cost is $421,195.40. The City Council also <br />authorizes the City Manager to execute the subsequent amendments in year two (July 1, 2018 - <br />June 30, 2019) and year three (July 1, 2019 -June 30, 2020) for the contract amount of the first <br />year of this agreement as outlined in Exhibit "A" plus up to ten percent. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In October 1994, the City of Santa Ana began participating in the Airborne Law Enforcement <br />Services (ABLE) program. ABLE was a regional helicopter program, which combined resources <br />from the City of Costa Mesa, the City of Newport Beach and the City of Santa Ana. On July 1, <br />2011, ABLE was no longer in existence. <br />Airborne Law Enforcement Services allow the Police Department to provide a rapid enhanced <br />response to incidents posing the greatest risk to the public, including robberies, burglaries, assaults, <br />and fleeing felons. The purpose of this contract with the Orange County Sheriffs Department is to <br />provide helicopter services for the City of Santa Ana from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020. The <br />County will provide 365 hours of helicopter service under this agreement. Flight hours that are <br />deemed countywide service will not be counted towards the contracted flight hours per year. The <br />following type calls are deemed countywide service: Vehicle pursuits, bank robberies involving <br />tracking systems, stolen vehicles equipped with tracking systems, riots, felonious suspects within <br />a perimeter, assaults involving a weapon or an officer in need of assistance. The County will <br />provide the City with a monthly flying hour report detailing assigned call time, patrol time and <br />countywide service time spent over the City's jurisdiction as provided by Sheriff aircrews. <br />25H -1 <br />