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6.2C Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager June 15, 2009 Subject Reaffirmation of membership in San Mateo County Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services Group and authorization to continue participation in the County of San Mateo's Automatic Aid Agreement for Fire Response. Recommendation By Resolution: 1) Reaffirm membership in the San Mateo County Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services Group, a Joint Powers Authority. 2) Authorize the continuance of the Automatic Aid Agreement for Fire Responses. Background Prior to the establishment of the Joint Powers Authority (JPA), each of the cities and fire districts in San Mateo County either provided or wished to provide pre-hospital advanced life support paramedic services. After careful study, the decision was made to enter into a joint powers agreement ("Agreement") establishing a joint powers agency called the San Mateo Pre-Hospital Emergency Services Providers Group. A JPA is a governmental entity which operates pursuant to a joint powers agreement: the JPA may only exercise those powers identified in the joint powers agreement and only in accordance with the terms of the joint powers agreement. The original Joint Powers Agreement established in 1997 created a board of elected officials representing each of the cities and fire districts in San Mateo County. This policy- making board is responsible for entering into a contract with the County of San Mateo, approving the annual budget for the fire agencies that provide paramedic first responder medical services, and adopting a distribution formula for revenue that is received from the private ambulance provider in exchange for paramedic first responder services. An executive committee of city managers and fire chiefs was created to administer the JPA. Council Member Jim Hartnett currently serves on the Board of Directors of the JPA. During the life of the Agreement there have been three amendments. The Agreement required extensive review and modification to bring it current and in anticipation of operating under different contractual arrangements set to begin on July 1, 2009. Section XVB of the Agreement requires a 2/3 affirmative vote of the governing bodies of all of the member agencies to amend the JPA Agreement. This means that the JPA Agreement is not amended unless and until 2/3 of the city councils and district boards of directors approve the amendments.