CC - 1970 - 113 - Governing Body of Said Fire Protection District•
RESOLUTION NO. 0-11
A_RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD REQUESTING
THAT THE CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTEC-
TION DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
BE REORGANIZED TO PERMIT REPRESEN-
TATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIES
WITHIN SAID DISTRICT ON THE GOVERN-
ING BODY OF SAID FIRE PROTECTION
DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Fire Protection District of
Los Angeles County includes and encompasses the City of Rosemead
and other cities in Los Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
is appointed and acts as the sole governing body of the said
Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County;
and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors,
acting,as.the sole governing body of said Fire Protection Dis-
trict establishes all operating policies of said District, and
approves all expenditures of said District; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors;
acting as the sole-governing body of said District, establishes
and fixes the tax rate to be levied against all property within
said District, including property located within the City of
Rosemead; and
WHEREAS, fire protection is a public service so vital
to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Rosemead
and other cities within said District that local control of
said fire protection is essential to insure quick and effective
response to changing needs of the citizens of Rosemead for said
fire protection; and
WHEREAS, as presently organized, the citizens of the
City of Rosemead, and of the other individual cities within
said District, are not effectively represented on the governing
body of said Fire Protection District and hence cannot exercise
the requisite local control, and are taxed for the support of
said District without sufficient voice in its operation;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
of the City of Rosemead urges and requests that the-Consolidated
Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County be reorganized to
permit representation of the City of Rosemead and each of the
other cities within said District upon its governing body.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution
be sent to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; and
each.of the other cities within the Consolidated Fire Protection
District of Los Angeles,County:
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 8th day of
December, 1970:
ATTEST; CITY CLERK
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) SS
City of Rosemead )
hereby certify the foregoing instrument is
a full, true and correct copy of the original
on file in this office.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set-my
hand and affixed the sepj of the city of
Rosemead, this day 19.E
City Clerk GIBEPIMIUMOM