DATE: June 12, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Jean M. Rousseau, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Fresno County Fire Protection District MOU for Extended Service Coverage
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Memorandum of Understanding with the Fresno County Fire Protection District to provide fire and emergency response to County territory not served by a designated agency, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2037 ($33,810,949), and may be extended for additional consecutive 10-year periods.
REPORT
Fresno County Fire Protection District (FCFPD or District) provides fire suppression, prevention, rescue, emergency medical services, and hazardous material emergency response and other services relating to the protection of lives and property within its territorial limits. FCFPD is offering to extend those services to areas within the County that are not now served by a recognized fire protection agency. In exchange, the District is seeking reinstatement of the property tax augmentation eliminated by the Board in FY 2008-09. FCFPD is proposing removal of all Non-Conforming Property from both Communities Facilities District (CFD) Zones and removal of Single Family Residence (SFR) unless as part of a sub-division of three or more housing units; thus, reducing billings by 37% as depicted in Attachment A.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may opt not to approve the recommended action and not reinstate the property tax augmentation.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The recommended agreement is retroactive to July 1, 2017 as Board direction was received in September 2017 and subsequent agreement review and approvals from all departments involved.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Sufficient appropriations are included in the Org 2540 FY 2017-18 Adopted Budget for the first year of the agreement. The agreement includes a phase-in of ...
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