DATE: May 9, 2023
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MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS
A. RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A BASELINE RATE AND SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR THE FY23 BASELINE RESET DATE UNDER THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO SUCH AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THE UPDATED RATE
B. UPDATE ON MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BASELINE RATE AND SCOPE OF SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The District provides law enforcement, marine firefighting, and certain emergency response services throughout its jurisdiction (collectively, the "tidelands") through the San Diego Harbor Police Department. These services are provided both to taxpaying and non-taxpaying parcels on tidelands with the largest concentration of services occurring within the City of San Diego. On tidelands, the District also contracts with its member cities to provide certain services specifically to non-taxpaying tidelands (defined as those parcels which do not pay possessory-interest tax such as parks and roads). The scopes and rates for these services are memorialized in Municipal Services Agreements (MSAs). The District currently has MSAs with all five member cities.
Pursuant to the terms of the MSAs with the City of National City and the City of Chula Vista (on file in the Office of the District Clerk as Document Nos. 72923 and 72282, respectively), District staff has negotiated in good faith for updated baseline rates and scope of services. The MSAs provide that any resulting agreed upon new rates and updated scope of services take effect either retroactively on July 1, 2022 or prospectively depending on the agreed upon services to be provided. Both MSAs state that if the Board does not approve a new baseline rate and scope of services on or before January 1, 2023, the rates in effect as of July 1, 2022 will remain in place until the next baseline reset dates of July 1, 2025, subject to annual 3% increases.
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