Title
Resolution dissolving the Long Beach/Signal Hill Joint Powers Agency, a certified unified program agency, and authorizing the City Manager to apply for certification as the City of Long Beach Unified Program Agency.
DISCUSSION
On December 21, 1995, the Long Beach City Council passed Resolution C-25933 which established a Long Beach/Signal Hill Joint Powers Agency (JPA) for the administration of hazardous materials inspection programs. The JPA delegated the authority to perform these functions to the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health) and the Long Beach Fire Department (Fire).
An application for certification of the Long Beach/Signal Hill JPA as the local agency responsible for administration of hazardous materials inspection programs was subsequently submitted to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CaIEPA) and was approved for implementation on July 1, 1997 as a Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA).
Since that time, the Long Beach Health and Fire Departments have administered hazardous materials inspection programs as a Unified Program Agency in both cities. The cost of providing the services in Signal Hill has been covered by service fees charged to businesses in Signal Hill.
Recently the City of Signal Hill agreed to contract with the County of Los Angeles for fire protection services rather than renew its contract with the City of Long Beach. Furthermore, on October 14, 2003, the City of Signal Hill at their regularly scheduled City Council meeting adopted Resolution #2003-10-5342 to withdraw from the JPA with the intent to have Los Angeles County provide hazardous materials inspections services for Signal Hill.
The Departments of Health and Human Services and Fire concur with this action and recommend that the City Council adopt a resolution dissolving the JPA and authorizing the City Manager to apply to CalEPA as the Long Beach Unified Program Agency. Under this new designation, the Health and Fire Dep...
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