LA County Board

76. Fire Fighting Helitanker Funding Agreement\nRecommendation: Acting as the Governing Body of the Consolidated Fire\nProtection District (District), authorize the Fire Chief to enter into a renewal\nfunding agreement for calendar year 2024 with Southern California Edison\n(SCE) for the District to accept the amount of $9,646,662 in funding for lease\ncosts relating to any stand-by time of a CH47 firefighting Helitanker; authorize\nthe Fire Chief to reimburse SCE for any stand-by time if any funding or\nreimbursement is received by the District from any entity other than SCE for all\nof or part of the 2024 lease period, or if for any reason the District does not\nspend all of the 2024 stand-by time funding provided by SCE, the District shall\nhave no obligation to reimburse any funds received which are designated for all\nof or part of actual operating costs incurred in firefighting; authorize the Fire\nChief to enter into future agreements with SCE, provided the agreements are\nsubstantially similiar; and find that the contract is exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act. (Fire Department) APPROVE (23-4431)