HomeMy WebLinkAboutHopland Fire District 2019-07-01c OU No. 1120 - Oct 8
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
CITY OF UKIAH
AND
HOPLAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is entered in Mendocino County on
—3-,s ( , 2019 ("Effective Date") between the City of Ukiah ("City"), a general law
municipal corporation and Hopland Fire Protection District ("District"), a California fire
protection district formed pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 13800 et seq.,
(collectively the "Parties" and individually "Party"), all of which are organized and existing
under and by virtue of the Constitution and the laws of the State of California.
RECITALS:
1. On June 19, 2019, the City Council approved transferring title and physical possession
to the District of a1995 Pierce Dash Pumper ("Pumper Truck"), which was surplus to the needs
of both the City and the Ukiah Valley Fire Protection District.
2. The City Council approved said transfer of title and possession on condition that the
City and District enter an agreement that the District use the Pumper Truck in responding to
mutual aid or other calls for service within the boundaries of the Ukiah Valley Fire Protection
District ("UVFD") and the City, when its use is part of an appropriate response to a call for such
mutual aid.
3. The City Council found that such an agreement would provide adequate consideration
for the transfer given the market value of the Pumper Truck, when combined with the saving to
the City and the UVFD of its ongoing maintenance.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
1. The City hereby transfers, and the District accepts, full title to and physical possession
of the Pumper Truck in its AS IS condition and assumes full legal responsibility for its
ownership and use. The City makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the
Pumper Truck's condition or its suitability for use and the District acknowledges that no such
representations or warranties have been made and waives and releases the City from any and all
liability for the condition or use of the Pumper Truck.
2. The City shall execute and deliver all evidence of title and other documents required
by law to perfect said transfer of title and legal responsibility to District and District shall
execute any documents required by law to accept such title and responsibility.
3. The District agrees to use and maintain the Pumper Truck to the same standard that
applies to its other apparatus.
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4. As long as the District maintains the Pumper Truck as part of its fleet of vehicles, it
agrees to use it in responding to mutual aid or other calls for service within the UVFD or the
City, when the District determines, in the sole exercise of its discretion, that its use is an
appropriate response to any such call for service.
WHEREFORE, the Parties have entered this Agreement on the Effective Date.
CITY OF UKIAH
By:
Sag/ angia, dmo, City Manager
HOPLAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
By:
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