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BOARD OF DIRECTORS - ACTION SUMMARY
Wednesday, August 8, 2001 - 6:00 p.m.
Administration Building
2101 Hurley Way, Sacramento, CA
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Vice President Goold. Board Members
Present: Engellenner, Goold, Granados, Horel [arrived 6:15 p.m.], Jones,
Stewart, Trujillo, Valley, Vanderveen; Fire Chief Martinez, General
Counsel Price, Board Clerk Tilson.
PLEDGE TO FLAG
PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
WITHIN DISTRICT JURISDICTION INCLUDING ITEMS ON OR NOT ON AGENDA
CONSENT AGENDA:
1. Board Meeting Action Summary-July 25, 2001
2. Resolution No. 43-01- Ratify Deferred Compensation
Committee Membership
· Board Action:
Jones/Engellenner-Approve Consent Agenda. All members present in favor.
Director Horel, absent.
ACTION ITEM(S): None
PRESENTATION ITEM(S):
1. Resolution No. 44-01-Special Tax-Rancho Murieta/
Sloughhouse Area-(Appel)
§ In the November 7, 2000 election, the electorate passed a Special
Tax for fire operating expenses in the Rancho Murieta/Sloughhouse area to
replace the Fire Suppression Assessment Fee of $84 in effect since 1986,
capping the rate at $100 per parcel.
§ Due to time-sensitivity, recommend adoption of the Resolution
authorizing the Assessor, as required by Code, to incorporate the District
Special Tax with the 2001/2002 Sacramento County property tax levy at $100
per parcel in the Rancho Murieta/Sloughhouse area.
· Board Action:
Vanderveen/Jones-Adopt the Resolution. All members present in favor.
Director Horel, absent.
2. Discussion on Divisional Redistricting-(Vanderveen)
Presentation received; distributed written report prepared by Director
Vanderveen.
§ Redistricting and redrawing of district lines is required by law,
following a new census, to be completed [180 days prior to the November 5,
2002 election, which is May 9, 2002].
§ Exhibited two divisional election maps for the Sacramento
Metropolitan Fire District utilizing the Sacramento Area Council of
Governments' (SACOG) population data of April 17, 2001:
Director Horel arrived at 6:15 p.m.
- Plan "A" provides the most equal population among the nine
divisions with a spread of only 1.8%, but is achieved with complex
boundaries requiring frequent revisions to maintain the variance of less
than 2%.
- Plan "B" better maintains community integrity with
boundaries generally defined by major arterials, with a population spread
of 3.6%.
Recommended Plan "B"-projected to remain relatively stable
for the next two or three elections without requiring further revision.
§ Additional report by Director Vanderveen distributed at the end of
the meeting illustrating projected population of the Sacramento
Metropolitan Fire District Divisions through year 2015, prepared from
SACOG projections.
§ Absent any legal public notification requirement, outreach efforts
proposed through newspaper advertisement, District web site posting;
notification of interested public entities such as the City of Citrus
Heights, communities of Rosemont and Carmichael, among others.
§ Suggest existing divisional map be displayed for public review along
with the proposed map to mitigate any concerns.
· Board Action:
General consensus that staff research the legal requirements for public
notification with a report back following further Board review of the two
maps, for possible direction at the next Board Meeting.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT-(Horel)
FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT-(Martinez):
§ August 7-Participated in the County Board of Supervisors meeting
concluding a long-standing discussion involving our Regional Fire and
Rescue Training JPA, as well as the Sheriffs and Police Departments, and
the Los Rios Community College District, resulting in approval by the
County to enter into the JPA along with the other parties. This JPA will
come back to the Regional Training Authority at its September 14 meeting.
§ August 1-attended the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo)
meeting recognizing John O'Farrell for his 25 years of service as the
Executive Director of LAFCo. Peter Brundage is replacing him. The
Resolution presented recognized in part that the reorganization of the
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District represented some very productive
work.
§ Dry Creek update-distributed copies of two Sacramento Bee newspaper
articles published this week relative to a possible Grand Jury probe of
the Dry Creek Fire District for mismanagement, poor record keeping, etc.
Disturbed by continual reference made to American River Fire and its
removal of file cabinets, which never occurred-plan to take some action.
A Grand Jury report summarized the status of Fire and Emergency
Services in Placer County-a copy to be provided to the Board.
§ Board Workshop, August 11 at 9 a.m.-referred to copies of the
proposed Fire Station Master Plan distributed to the Board for staff
presentation at the Workshop. The Plan will also be agendized for the
August 22 Board meeting.
GENERAL COUNSEL'S REPORT-(Price): None
COMMITTEE AND DELEGATE REPORTS:
Regional Fire & Rescue Training JPA-(Stewart)
§ Next meeting September 14, 2001-10 AM
Location: 3905 Alert Road, Mather Field [EVOC Center]
- Invited Board members to visit the Emergency Vehicle Operation Course (EVOC)
Policy Committee-(Goold)
Discussion at today's 5 p.m. meeting included:
§ Update on monthly recruitment and retention. In the process of
looking at 35 firefighter finalists for hiring, of which 10 are advanced
life support providers.
§ Assessment fees presentation by Chief Haverty. Additional
information on the current fee structure to be provided at the September 5
Committee meeting. Encouraged education of District members on the current
assessment fee process.
§ Waiver of fees discussed-to be agendized for September 5 to consider
the concept and policy in its entirety.
§ Rancho Murieta/Sloughhouse area special tax initiative supported.
Finance Committee-(Vanderveen)
§ Next meeting August 22, 2001-5 PM
INFORMATIONAL ITEM(S):
Correspondence
1. County of Sacramento Thank You/Safford
2. County of Sacramento Thank You/Cummings
Newspaper Article(s)
1. Sacramento Bee "Neighbors", Fire Agency
Airs Retirement Strategy, July 22, 2001
2. Tribune, Supervisor: Fire Protection for
Dry Creek Much Better, July 22, 2001
3. Sacramento Magazine, McClellan Formal
Finale, July 2001
4. Sacramento Magazine, Captain Henry Ogg,
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department, July 2001
· Board Action
Received and filed.
RECESS AT 6:40 P.M., FOLLOWED BY CLOSED SESSION AT 6:50 P.M.
[Taken out of order prior to Board Questions and Comments]
RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION AT 7:30 P.M.
General Counsel Price reported on the Closed Session:
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(a)
Sacramento Area Fire Fighters Local 522 vs Sacramento County Fire
Protection District
Sacramento County Superior Court No. 01AS04439
Board received status report-no action taken.
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Subdivision (b) of Section
54956.9: 3 Cases
Claim Against Public Entity Pursuant to Government Code Section
910-Lisa Gallardo
Claim Against Public Entity Pursuant to Government Code Section
910-Elizabeth Avila
Claim Against Public Entity Pursuant to Government Code Section 910-Efren
Magana
· Board Action
Stewart/Goold-Deny the three claims. Unanimous vote in favor.
BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS:
[Taken out of order]
Stewart:
¨ Became aware that all five District truck companies do not have a
four-person manning and was in support of four.
Jones:
¨ Requested staff input to see if all trucks can be brought up to speed.
Trujillo:
¨ Shared the same concern.
Martinez:
¨ Agreement was reached on the truck staffing as a matter of meet and
confer when the two contracts were blended upon reorganization. The cost
is approximately $250,000 per truck or $750,000 to increase the staffing
from three to four on the remaining trucks, but staff can accomplish
whatever the Board deems appropriate.
Outlined incremental plan already in place to accomplish his commitment
to the four-person manning.
Fire Chief Martinez recommended this issue be tied into the adoption of
the final budget, with a written report to be provided with requested
information.
Vanderveen:
¨ The Finance Committee will deliberate on the final budget at its next
meeting on August 22 at 5 p.m., prior to the Board meeting. Staff was
unavailable at 9 a.m. but felt more working time was needed to provide its
recommendation to the Board.
Horel:
¨ Requested staff prepare a detailed report for the Finance Committee
with reference to the appropriate number of trucks and staffing in
addition to cost, analyzing the fiscal impact and alternatives.
Staff to bring back a written report in response to the general
consensus of the Board for more information.
Valley:
¨ Inquiry on whether or not Fire Chief Martinez had been interviewed by
the Placer County Grand Jury because their report stated a number of fire
service officials from the independent Fire Protection Districts were
interviewed.
Fire Chief Martinez responded in the negative.
Martinez:
¨ In response to Director Valley, he was not interviewed by the Placer
County Grand Jury.
Goold:
¨ Basically convey the fact that the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire
District stands ready and willing to provide an excellent level of service
to Placer County.
¨ Encouraged the Board to set some dates and times for regional Board
meetings.
¨ Congratulated staff for an outstanding job in putting together the
Fire Station Siting and Resource Deployment Study distributed tonight.
Granados:
¨ There is a need to reassess the truck issue but also to take a serious
look at the cost, especially if we are going to engage in a big
construction plan (Fire Station Siting).
¨ Informational item-Last month the Consumer Product Safety Commission
recalled 30 million installed sprinkler heads in buildings throughout the
United States, bringing to date 50 million sprinkler heads installed in a
variety of buildings that do not work.
Stewart:
¨ Inquired if the work was completed by the consultant hired to assess
the condition of the fire stations and if the results were in the study.
Fire Chief Martinez stated the work is finished but may not be in the
Study which is for strategic location and deployment of stations
regardless of condition. If the station is in the right location, it
determines the need to remodel, rebuild, or tear down and start over.
Martinez:
§ The Saturday Workshop will have a very comprehensive 1 ½ hour
presentation on the Fire Station Siting and Resource Deployment Study.
Previous subject of staffing will be covered along with other elements
of staffing the Board may want to consider.
Horel:
§ Saturday's Workshop is an excellent opportunity for outreach. Held
brief discussion on a potential Citizens Advisory Committee for the sole
purpose of assisting in getting the word out. Would like an opportunity to
discuss outreach efforts further in correlation with the Plan.
Thanked the staff for their efforts.
Captain Skip Nance, Director--Local 522:
¨ For the record, Local 522 funded the entire campaign resulting in the
passage of Measure Q for the Rancho Murieta/Sloughhouse tax assessment to
include all campaign literature, mailers, signs; accomplished 100% of the
work with the help of Director Valley and Chief Haverty.
President Horel, on behalf of the Board, thanked Captain Nance and
Local 522.
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
Charles A. Horel, President Gay Jones, Secretary
Charlotte Tilson, Clerk of the Board
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