HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 20-53RESOLUTION NO. 20-53
WHEREAS, Section 25643 of the Government Code of ths State
of California provides a procedure under which the County of Kern
can exempt all property within the limits of the City of Bakersfield
from county taxes levied for structural fire protection of areas
in the County, and
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield has a highly efficient fire
department capable of furnishing fire protection to all structures
in the City of Bakersfield, and
WHEREAS, it has been proposed that this Council petition
the Board of Supervisors of. the County of Kern that all property
lying within the corporate limits of the City of Bakersfield, be
exempted from the levy of county taxes for structural fire protec-
tion of areas within said county during the fiscal year 1953-1954.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the 'Council of the City
of Bakersfiel d, that the Mayor of said city be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to sign the above-mentioned petition and
cause the same to be presented to the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Kern.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 13th day of April, 1952, by the follow-
ing vote:
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APPR~13 1953. Council of the: City of Bakersfield.
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MAYOR of the City of Bakersi°ield.
PETITION
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD 0F SUPERVISORS OF 'THE CiOUNTY OF t9-'3HN, STATE
OF CALIFORNIA:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 25643 of the Government
Code of the State of California, the City. of Bakersfield does hereby
petition your Honorable Body that all property within the corporate
limits of said city be excepted from the lev~ of any and all county
ta~es for structural fire protection of a~eas in the County of I[ern
for the Fiscal Year 1953-1954.
In support of this petition, t~$ follo~xing information is
hereby submitted:
1. The City of Bakersfield has a modern municipal fire
dopartF~nts and is rated by the National. Board of Fire Underwriters
as a Class 3 City relative to the quality of fire protection and
suppression; this is equivalent to the highest rating attained by
any city in California, Pegardless of size or location. 0,a- fire
department itself is graded as a Class. 2 Departnmnt, with. only
t~enty-eight cities in the entire United States holding equal o~
higher rating., There can be no q~stion that the City of Bakersfield
supplies, through its own organization and by means of taxes col-
lected from ~ith!n the City, a measure of structural ripe protection
which requires no continuing.support from any oth~r agency.
2.. The County fire department has responded to alarms witkin
the co~porate limits of the city on only three occasions since its.
organization, except for protective responses ~-rhtch sa~ ~ade by
both the city and county when the exact location of a fire is
unknown but lies close to the boundary line of! the city. On none
of the three occasions in this period of over ten years has the
city fire department requested such assistance.
During this ten-year period, the city fire department
has responded on fifteen (15) occasions to suppx~sss fire in publicly
owned structures lying outside the city, ~-~hich included fir~s in
road district yards, elementary schools, ~East Bakersfield High
school, and Kern General Hospital, tn fact, by agre6mcnt bet~?~een
.all. interested pa~ties, the city fire dep~t~nt. has accepted c+. .hief
responsibility for the conduct of fire fighting operarings at the
Kern C~neral
4,..~my conceivable benefit derived by the City of Bak~rsfleld
through the ability of the County fire dep&vtmsnt tO combat
strmctu~al fir~'s# is highly theoretical, Only in the instance of
a major conflagration occurring in th~ county territorT, immediately
a.dJ~.cent to t~ city boundsties, uould the coUnty department be
of direct advantage to th~ city, Such a situation is extremely
unliI~ely due to the type of constPuctton in t~e adjacent ~uburb~n
m~eas, the prevailing ~.~ind conditions, 2rid othe~ simil~ factors,
The ~ecent ~epo~t of the Board of Fi~e Unde~-~iters 'regarding the
City makes no mention whatsoever of eny conflagPation potential
existing adjacent to the city.
Dated',- .&pril 13, 1953-
the Co~cil of t~ City of B~e~s-
field, C~ifo~a.
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAIGER~IELD
: Mayor