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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-127
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE
URBAN SEARCH & RESCUE AND THREE SQUAD FIRE
APPARATUS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the Chula Vista Fire Department delivers Fire, Rescue, and Emergency
Medical Services to Chula Vista residents, visitors, and employees every day; and
WHEREAS, emergency response services are provided with several different types of fire
apparatus including triple combination pumpers/engines, aerial ladder trucks, heavy rescue, brush
engines, and command vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department continues to execute fire apparatus replacements as part
-year Measure P Expenditure Plan specific to fire apparatus replacements; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department continues to move toward compliance with the
recommended fire apparatus replacement cycles identified in the Council-approved Fire
WHEREAS, the Fire Department recommends, and the Purchasing Agent has approved,
sole source purchases in accordance with Chula Vista Municipal Code section 2.56.070(B)(4),
because the apparatuses to be purchased are uniquely manufactured, available from only one
known source; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department is recommending a sole source purchase with South
Coast Fire Equipment for the acquisition of one Pierce Enforcer Urban Search & Rescue for the
price of $1,777,286.13 plus 5% contingency, for a total anticipated cost of $1,866,150.44, to
replace fire apparatus as contemplated in the Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, staff is recommending an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023/24 budget for
the Measure P Sales Tax Fund, appropriating $1,866,151 for the early purchase of this apparatus; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department continues to enhance response resources in the eastern
side of the City by improving service delivery performance outcomes identified in the Measure A
Public Safety Expenditure Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department is recommending a sole source purchase with Emergency
Vehicle Group for the acquisition of three Unruh Type-6 Squad apparatus for the price of
$982,867.98 plus 5% contingency, for a total anticipated cost of $1,035,000; and
WHEREAS, staff further recommends that $577,613 included in the Fiscal Year 2024/25
Measure P Spending Plan for the purchase of non-safety vehicles be appropriated instead in Fiscal
Year 2023/24, so that staff can move forward with ordering all non-safety vehicles recommended
for replacement in the current Fiscal Year.
Resolution No. 2023-127
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it:
1. Approves the purchase of one Pierce Enforcer Urban Search & Rescue from South
Coast Fire Equipment, in accordance with Chula Vista Municipal Code section
2.56.070, and authorizes the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, to
negotiate and execute all documents to finalize such purchase.
2. Approves the purchase of three Unruh Type 6 Squads from Emergency Vehicle Group,
in accordance with Chula Vista Municipal Code section 2.56.070, and authorizes the
City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, to negotiate and execute all
documents to finalize such purchase.
3. Appropriates $2,443,764 to the Measure P Fund in Fiscal Year 2023/24.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Harry Muns Jill D.S. Maland
Fire Chief Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney
Presented by
Matthew Little
Director of Public Works
Resolution No. 2023-127
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 12th day of September 2023 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Chavez, Gonzalez, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, 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. 2023-127 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 12th day of September 2023.
Executed this 12th day of September 2023.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk