Department of Community Development
Reference: Fire District Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Jane Bais DiSessa - City Manager
Marv Falconburg, AICP - Deputy City Manager
Holly Prather, AICP - Community Development Director
Prepared By: Mike Tylka, AICP - Senior City Planner
Date Prepared: January 26, 2021
PURPOSE
This item's purpose is to review and make a decision on a new Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Greater Brighton Fire Protection District (DBA as the Brighton Fire Rescue District). At City Council's Study Session on January 26, 2021, City staff presented what the existing agreement entails, the process staff has gone through over the last few months to prepare for a new agreement, and what staff is recommending in regards to updates from the existing agreement to the new agreement. At that meeting, City Council signified its general consent to bring the proposed IGA to a formal City Council meeting for a vote.
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
? Strong Regional Relationships and Partnerships
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
In April of 2009, the City and the District entered into an IGA setting forth cooperation on, among other things, facilitation of the obtainment of future fire station land, emergency preparedness planning, fire code enforcement, standards of coverage, plan review, permits, inspections, annexation, development review, and expanding coverage. This IGA had a ten (10) year term and expired in April of 2019. City and District staff have been cooperatively working on creating a new draft IGA.
The draft IGA generally maintains the items in the former IGA with minor edits where necessary such as with definitions. The draft IGA expands upon the former IGA by clarifying code interpretation resolution, setting a time period for the providing of a standard of coverage report, and adding language to further outline cost sharing for emergency preparedness items. Al...
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