For City Council Meeting [December 12, 2017]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Michael Story, City Administrator
FROM: Sean Grayson, Fire Chief
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Request City Council to Accept a Donation in the Amount of $7,483.48 from the Lorne Eastwood Rescue Equipment Trust Fund, Adopt Budget Resolution No. 7254 and Direct Staff to Restrict the Use of the Funds to the Purchase of Rescue Equipment.
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BACKGROUND:
The Rialto Fire Department was contacted by the Lorne Eastwood Rescue Equipment Trust Fund in November 2017. The Lorne Eastwood Rescue Equipment Trust Fund is a local organization created to enhance the Fire Department’s delivery of technical rescue response. The organization expressed its intent to donate $7,483.48 to the City of Rialto to be used for Fire Department rescue equipment.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
The donation amount was not anticipated and is not contemplated in the Fire Department’s FY2017-18 budget. In order to accept the donation and use it for its expressed purpose a Budget Resolution to receive the donation and direction to restrict the use of the funds are required.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
The request is not a Project as defined by Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. A “Project” means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. By definition, a Project does not include: The creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment according to Section 15378 (b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY:
Our City government will lead by example, and will operate in an open, transparent and responsive manner that meets the needs of the citizens and is a good place to do business. This action is also consistent with the following policy:
5-3.1: Provide for fire personnel, equipment and fire stations to have adequate and appropriate resources to meet the needs and serve all areas of Rialto.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney has reviewed and approved the staff report
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no cost to the City in accepting the donation. The donated amount will be deposited in the General Fund Account No. 010-400-5174-7799-180007-01 and an appropriation in same amount will be placed in General Fund Account No. 010-500-5174-2021-180007-07. These funds, upon direction from Council, will be restricted for the purchase of rescue equipment.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council accept the donation in the amount of $7,483.48 from the Lorne Eastwood Rescue Equipment Trust Fund, adopt the Budget Resolution, and direct staff to restrict the use of the funds to the purchase of rescue equipment