R-065-13 Approving request to add the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District as a member Agency and changing existing name to The Consolidated Fire Agencies

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AMENDMENT TO THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT OF THE CONFIRE JPA APPROVING A NAME CHANGE TO THE CONSOLIDATED FIRE AGENCIES AND THE ADDITION OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AS A MEMBER AGENCY This AMENDMENT to the Joint Powers Agreement of the CONFIRE JPA dated this 34t day of ae4n6tV 2013, is made by and between the member agencies that comprise the Consolidated Fire Agencies ("CONFIRE"), a joint powers authority of the State of California, and the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District. WHEREAS, the cities of Redlands, Loma Linda, Colton, Rialto and the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District (formerly known as the San Bernardino County Consolidated Fire Agency) entered into a Joint Powers Agreement on May 15, 1990, and through subsequent programs to form the Consolidated Fire Agencies, also known as CONFIRE; and WHEREAS, the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District has approached CONFIRE to express its interest in becoming a voting member; and WHEREAS. Section 5 of the Joint Powers Agreement of CONFIRE ("Agreement') provides that each additional public agency which may hereinafter sign the Agreement is a member of the Agency and is entitled to all the rights and privileges and subject to the obligations of membership, as provided in the Bylaws; and WHEREAS, Article 3 of the Bylaws states that all governmental agencies which provide public safety services are eligible for membership in CONFIRE, provided in part that all members of CONFIRE sign an amendment to the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement; WHEREAS, Article 3 further states that membership shall be contingent upon execution of the Amendment, and the payment of such new member contribution or buy -in; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 6500 et seq., the parties to the Agreement desire to amend the JPA to add the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protect District as a full voting member of the CONFIRE; and WHEREAS, to that end, each of the member agencies adopted the Amendment to add the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District to the Agreement; and WHEREAS, the membership fee for Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District has been determined to be FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS SIX HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS ($420,613.00); WHEREAS, these changes and terms are hereby accepted as demonstrated by the execution of the written Amendment to the Agreement agreeing to the new terms as set forth therein.