HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2022-031RESOLUTION NO. 2022-031
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA WAIVING THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING
REQUIREMENT AND APPROVING THE FOURTH
AMENDMENT TO THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, in 2013, the City entered into an agreement with the County of San Diego,
Health and Human Services Department, Emergency Medical Services Division to support the
Fire Department’s Advanced Life Support (ALS) program; and
WHEREAS, the provision of ALS requires a level of medical expertise to establish proper
policies and procedures and quality improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City does not employ staff with the level of expertise in this specific area
given the complexity and surrounding issues regarding implementation of ALS; and
WHEREAS, the City has considered alternatives for medical direction and concluded that
the University of California, San Diego ("UCSD") is uniquely qualified to fill this role; and
WHEREAS, UCSD has a unique performance capability because it is the only academic
medical center in San Diego County with the resources, staffing and experience to provide medical
direction and access to academic facilities to facilitate implementation of ALS; and
WHEREAS, there are no other academic medical centers in San Diego County with the
resources and ability to provide medical director services, making them a unique, sole-source
provider; and
WHEREAS, on December 12, 2013, the Chula Vista City Council approved Resolution
No. 2013-249 to enter into a sole-source two-party agreement with UCSD, pursuant to Chula
Vista Municipal Code Sections 2.56.070(A) and 2.56.110, to have one of its doctors, Dr. John
Serra, M.D., serve as the Medical Director for the Chula Vista Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, this contract was amended on September 23, 2015, in Resolution No. 2015-
222, upon the Fire Department's recommendation that City Council approve an amendment to
increase compensation and extend the contract for three more years; and
WHEREAS, this contract was again amended on September 30, 2018, in Resolution No.
2018-203, upon the Fire Department's recommendation that the City Council extend the contract
for three more years and replace Dr. Serra with another UCSD School of Medicine doctor in the
Department of Emergency Services, Dr. Jennifer Farah, M.D., to serve as the Medical Director
for the Chula Vista Fire Department; and
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WHEREAS, this contract was again amended on May 12, 2020 in Resolution No. 2020-
097 to increase services to up to forty (40) hours monthly and to increase the annual compensation
to $84,000 per year for the remainder of the contract which expired on September 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department now recommends that City Council again waive the
competitive bidding requirement and approve a fourth amendment of the contract to extend the
term to September 30, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it waives the competitive bidding requirement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it
approves the Fourth Amendment to the Medical Director Agreement between the City and Regents
of the University of California in the form presented, with such minor modifications as may be
required or approved by the City Attorney, a copy of which shall be kept on file in the Office of
the City Clerk, and authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute same.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Harry Muns Glen R. Googins
Fire Chief City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 8th day of February 2022 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Galvez, McCann, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Padilla
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2022-031 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 8th day of February 2022.
Executed this 8th day of February 2022.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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