AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 07/17/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Fire Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of a Fire Cooperative Agreement, City of Corona and City of Riverside, (Automatic and Mutual Aid) with the City of Riverside Fire Department.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Approve the Fire Cooperative Agreement for Automatic and Mutual Aid in Fire Emergency Services between City of Corona and City of Riverside
2. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Automatic and Mutual Aid Agreement between City of Corona and City of Riverside.
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ANALYSIS:
The Corona Fire Department and the Riverside Fire Department have an existing Automatic Aid Agreement in place that covers emergency response activities along State Route 91 between McKinley Avenue in Corona and Magnolia Avenue in Riverside. This agreement has served us well for many years. Staff from both Departments have analyzed fire station locations and response time calculations and feel that the residents and businesses of both cities would be better served by the expansion of the agreement to include fire resource responses of the closest fire stations into fringe areas of both cities, regardless of jurisdiction. The Agreement also allows for a more timely response of additional mutual aid resources between both cities during times of emergency by pre-defining the use of said resources for faster approvals for the use of mutual aid.
COMMITTEE ACTION:
Not applicable.
STRATEGIC PLAN:
Promote public safety: Protect our Residents and Businesses.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Not applicable.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This action merely approves an agreement, and there is no possibility that approving the recommended action will have a significant effect on the environment.
PREPARED BY: chris cox, deputy fire chief
REVIEWED BY: brian young, fire chief
REVIEWED BY: KERRY D. EDEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER/ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR
REVIEWED BY: MICHELE NISSEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
SUBMITTED BY: MITCHELL LANSDELL, ACTING CITY MANAGER
Attachments:
1. Fire Cooperative Agreement, City of Corona and City of Riverside (Automatic and Mutual Aid).
2. Exhibit A - Operating Plan
3. Exhibit B - Map of Fire Emergency Response Area