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• ' I � 6.1.B. - Page 10 , Director af CAL FIRE suggested this approach. It is on the interaction of Saii C�Ios, CAL FIRE I', and the County t11at the Gzand Juz'y l�as �Eocused its xeport. ' S�n C�rlos �eeks a Proposal irom CAL FI� th�augk� tk�e Co��y 4n Jantra�'y l.S, 2011, the Fz��.ance and Operations Conunittee{the F&O Committee}, a twa metnbez committee of the San M�.teo Baaz•d of St�.pearvisors co�nposed of Carole Crroom atad Aci�ienne Tissier, rne� to consider the San Carlos request to contract fir�protectiaxz services frorn CAL�'IRE through the County. The Staff Report(Appendix B) �ox•tl�at meeting coritained the followiilg irlformation: • In fiscal 2010-2011, proceeds fiom the Coun.ty Fire Fund were inadequate ta co�er operating costs for �'ire services ix1 i�s unincozporated area. Tl�e Cou�lty's General fund provic�ed a subszdy o�$J..OS mxlliaza to tlae�'ire�'und btiidget. • The County could save $650,000 annually by extending its current contract witl� CAL FIRE�:o inchide San Carlos. a Depending an which optian San Carlos selected, the City cauld save between $600,000 asld $2.5 millian a year.z , • If the County were to allow CAL FIRE to suU-cox�lxact services to San Ca�los thr-ough t��e ' Caunfiy, ��e approval aF tl�.e full Boaxd.o�Supexvisors would be required. The F&O Comn�i�tee could forward the issue to i1�e full Baard at its upcorning Tanuary meeting. Accordin� to tl�e a�idio transcript of t1�.e Jaxzu�.xy 15, 2011 F&O Cammittee meeting, two ', questions were raised and discussed: �, 1. What wo�ld t11e impact an CAL FIRE be given t��e state's budget problems and tlae Governor's rein��-1�, as cited�y �upexvisor Tissier, that CAL F�RE should get out of t11� urban fire-fighting busin.ess? To this question,the CAL FIIZ�Ut�it Chief ex�lained in the meeting that t�ie Goverzlor's remarl�s had no bearing an the cooperati�ve agreements that CAL FZRE had with cit�ier San.Mateo Co�rn1;�or the Coastside Fi.re District,3 2, Whai regiorlal efforts to consolidate fire-fig��ting services are undarway in the County? A discussio� ensued i�w��c� xnembezs o£the FScO Comanittee expressed su.p�ort For ; regianalizaiion. The "shared" Fire Chief for the San Mateo and Toster City Fi;re Depaz-tzxae��ts, who was presei�.t at the ineeting, volunteered that he would returil ii1 a mo��th with a regionaliza�ion plan for f ve of the citr.es in 1:he county: Fost�x•City, ,San Ma1:eo, Belmont, Redwood City and San Carlos. T�se Commitfee also requested zts Staf.f to provide cornparativc �A1Yhotxgh Saii Carlos was payulg about$6,3 million from its general fi�nd,tlle actual cost for fire services was$7.1 ziullioi►,wlucl�is$840,000 more than cited in tlae Staff.Report. It would,therefore,be niore correct to say tl�at the savings io San Carlos was between$1.4 rnillion and$3.3 iniIlion annually. ("�'l�e$800,OD0 was coz�ui�g fi•on�the Behnoni-San Carlos fize depastment reserves,which were de�ibe�alely being draii�ed.) , 3 In his 2011-2a12 Budget Suz��rxiaxy,dated 7anuaz�y 10,2011, Governor Brown recommended tlle realigi1i11ezit af CA�.�IRE services ii1 State Responsibility Areas. Tl�e recommendation r�vould not affect coa�tracts sucl�as t3ie ones CAL rIRE has wit11 Coastside, San Mateo County and othe�•local entities in whicli t�ie coi�tract cavers tlxe cost, 11ttp://2011-t2,archives.eUuc1 et�.ca.gov/pdflE3ud�etSum�ary1ru11BuclgetSununa.ry.pdf (�'age2�) 4 ' i