REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL March 23, 2015 FROM: KERRI L. DONIS, Fire Chief Fire Department BY: THEODORE F. SEMONIOUS, Deputy Chief Fire Department SUBJECT ..Title Approve the Automatic Aid agreement between the City of Fresno and the City of Clovis ..Body RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the City Council approve the Automatic agreement between the City of Fresno and the City of Clovis. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Approval of the recommended action will assist in maintaining effective readiness. This agreement is mutually beneficial to both agencies and the community in that they provide for the closest resource to be dispatched to an emergency scene regardless of jurisdiction. BACKGROUND This agreement is a continuation of a previous agreement between the two cities. Several changes were made to the agreement. The first includes language where the Fire Chief from each agency has the ability to set the response plan for each agency. The second change is to the termination date of the agreement. Previous agreements had termination dates included in the agreement. As with current agreements between the City of Fresno and other fire agencies, this agreement includes termination language where either party may terminate upon a 60-day notice to the other agency. ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines, Section 15278, this item does not qualify as a "project" and is therefore exempt from the CEQA requirements. LOCAL PREFERENCE Not applicable. FISCAL IMPACT The reduction of responses may result in a decrease of maintenance costs on apparatus, resulting in a positive impact to the General Fund. Attachments: Agreement: Automatic Aid Fire Suppression and Emergency Services between City of Clovis and City of Fresno 2015 Agreement: Automatic Aid Fire Suppression and Emergency Service between City of Clovis and City of Fresno 2011