persons permanently reside. For purposes of this section, convalescent hospitals, rest homes, and retirement homes, shall each be defined as containing households equal to the number of bedrooms in each facility. Hotels, motels, and other temporary residential facilities are not included under this definition unless a person has taken up permanent residence at one of these facilities and can show proof of residence as required under Section 5.1.
Non-Residential – is defined as commercial, industrial, institutional, office, hotel, and similar occupancy businesses.
5.0 A Paramedic Subscriber Program is hereby established subject to the following regulations:
5.1 Eligibility – This program is only open to Buena Park residential and non- residential users, including their employees. Eligibility will be established through a) bills; or b) other forms of identification, which clearly show the user’s location in the City.
5.2 Subscription Program
A. S ubscribers may elect to enroll or terminate their subscription at any time. Additionally, non-subscribers may elect to subscribe at any time.
B. Residents and non-residential businesses of Buena Park who do not receive water bills will have the opportunity to enroll in the program at any time. The City will mail an application to such residents upon request. It is the resident’s responsibility to return the application to the City. Coverage under the subscription program will become effective upon receipt by the City of the completed application. Such residents will be invoiced by the City in the same manner as water customers.
C. A residential subscription to the Paramedic Subscription Program will cover all members and dependents of a subscriber’s household who are permanent residents of that household. Coverage is extended to any location within the City limits of Buena Park. Additionally, subscribers’ guests are covered while at the subscriber’s residence.
A non-residential business subscription to the Paramedic Subscription Program will cover the business owner and employees while at the place of employment.
Residents who live and work in the City need not subscribe twice.
All non-subscribers who receive paramedic services within the City limits will be liable for direct service charges.
6.0 A Paramedic Service Charge is hereby established subject to the following regulations.
6.1 Paramedic Service Charge – The Paramedic Service Charge shall apply to all non-subscribers who request or are deemed by public safety officials to require paramedic service.
RESOLUTION NO. _______
6.2 Fees and Charges
A. Fees for paramedic service shall be set from time to time by Resolution of the City Council.
B. Fees for paramedic services shall be divided into two categories: Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support.
C. Basic Life Support service is defined as the rendering of service by Orange County Fire Authority personnel in a non-life-threatening situation where immediate hospital care is not required.
D. Advanced Life Support service is defined by the rendering of service by Orange County Fire Authority personnel in a life-threatening situation where hospitalization is required.
E. The determination of the classification of services rendered shall be determined by the incident commander, subject to guidelines, which may be adopted from time-to-time by the Orange County Fire Authority Chief in conjunction with the paramedics and base station hospital physicians.
6.3 Direct Billing
A. Each recipient of paramedic service, as provided in this section, shall be liable for all charges incurred on their behalf. In the case of multiple accident or injury calls, each person shall only be liable for the cost of services rendered to them.
B. Bills for service are due upon presentation. All bills shall be delinquent after 15 days from the due date.
C. Persons who provide the City with insurance information will be given an additional 45 days in which to make payment. In no case will the City directly bill insurance.
D. Bills which are outstanding over 45 days will be referred to a collection agency, except where the 45-day extension in Section C has been granted. In this case, referral to the collection agency shall be made 90 days after the presentation of the bill.
E. The Finance Director may exercise reasonable discretion in the referral of a delinquent account for collection if there is a reasonable expectation that payment will be made and/or the insurance company has not reimbursed the individual because of claim processing delays.
6.4 Exemptions
Hardships
A. The optional subscription fee and fees for service shall not be imposed on any resident when the combined total income does not exceed the RESOLUTION NO. _______
California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) published _(insert percentage)_ Area Median Income (AMI) level for Orange County for current year.
The exemption granted by this section shall not eliminate the duty of the City from collecting fees from such exempt individuals or the duty of such exempt individuals from paying such fees to the City unless an exemption is applied for by the service user and granted in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (B) hereof.
B. Any service user exempt from the fees because of the provisions of Subsection (a), above, may file an application with the Finance Director for an exemption. Such applications shall be made upon forms supplied by the Finance Director and shall recite facts under oath which qualify the applicant for an exemption. The Finance Director shall review all such applications and certify as exempt those applicants determined to qualify therefore and remove the exempt resident from the City’s fee billing procedure. The City shall eliminate such exempt resident from its fee billing procedure not later than sixty (60) days after receipt and approval of the qualified exemption application.
C. All exemptions shall continue and be renewed automatically by the Finance Director so long as the prerequisite facts supporting the initial qualification for exemption shall continue; provided, however, that the exemption shall automatically terminate with any change in the service address or residence of the exempt individual; further provided such individual may, nevertheless, apply for a new exemption with each change of address or residence. Any individual exempt from the fee shall notify the Finance Director within ten (10) days of any change in fact or circumstance which might disqualify said individual from receiving such exemption.
D. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly receive the benefits of the exemptions provided by this section when the basis for such exemption either does not exist or ceases to exist.
6.5 Good Intention Calls In the event that a third-party requests paramedic service for a person who is believed to be experiencing a medical emergency, and that person declines assistance from the paramedics, there shall be no charge made for paramedic service.
The fees and charges associated with the Program shall be:
Voluntary Annual Subscription -
Voluntary Annual Subscription -
50 or fewer employees
Residential
Business
$45
$45
51-100 employees $90
More than 100 employees $135
First Responder Fee $300
Paramedic Fee $473
Subscription Processing Charge $6
RESOLUTION NO. _______
A. Said fees and charges are to become effective July 1, 2024.
B. Resolution Nos. 9145, 9146, 9459, 9460, and 12391 shall be rescinded in their entirety.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28
th day of May 2024, by the following called vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
_______________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk
I, Adria M. Jimenez, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Buena Park, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Buena Park, held this 28
th day of May 2024.
______________________________________
City Clerk
City of Buena Park
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Report
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING A FREE HEALTH CLINIC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
AMERICAN KOREAN MEDICAL GROUP
Meeting
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 5:00 PM
Agenda Group
STUDY SESSION Item: 9A
Presented By
Connie Hurtado, Community Services Supervisor
Prepared By
Connie Hurtado, Community Services Supervisor
Approved By
Aaron France, City Manager
DISCUSSION
The Korean American Medical Group, under the leadership of Chairman Dr. Paul Chang, has proposed a collaboration with the City to establish a Health Clinic at the Ehlers Senior Activity Center in Legacy Hall on Saturday, August 3, 2024, from 9 am to 1 pm. The event aims to provide essential healthcare services to seniors residing in Buena Park and neighboring communities free of charge. The event will feature medical social workers, ophthalmologists, and a mobile dental truck, and comprehensive health check-ups for all participating seniors.
The proposed Health Clinic precedes the City's Super Senior Saturday event scheduled for August 17, 2024, by two weeks. Staff would recommend this event be integrated into the Super Senior Saturday events in future years.
Staff costs for this event will be minimal and mostly attributed to Community Service staff supervision and staffing of the event.
City staff seeks the direction of the Council regarding the potential partnership with the Korean American Medical Group to organize a free Health Clinic on August 3, 2024.
City of Buena Park
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Report
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF TWO SCOREBOARDS
AND TWO BATTING CAGES AT BELLIS PARK
Meeting
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 5:00 PM
Agenda Group
STUDY SESSION Item: 9B
Presented By
Dale Kurata, Community Services Supervisor
Prepared By
Dale Kurata, Community Services Supervisor
Approved By
Aaron France, City Manager
DISCUSSION
Council Member Connor Traut calendared a discussion of installation of batting cages and scoreboards at Bellis Park back on February 27, 2024. Bellis Park is home to both Buena Park National Little League (BPNLL) and Buena Park Chargers Youth Football & Cheer. Both organizations are long running organizations with the City and each have expressed interest in enhancing their league and participant experiences. BPNLL provides baseball for ages 4-16 and annually offers both a spring season (February to June) and a winter season (August to November).
The Buena Park Chargers provides youth flag and tackle football as well as cheerleading for ages 5-14. Annually, they offer a fall season (September to November). In 2024, the league introduced a 7-on-7 football passing league in the spring and summer months to further prepare their participants for the fall season.
BPNLL has requested the placement of one scoreboard for Field 3 (junior division field) and two batting cages to be installed outside of the field of play alongside the first base side of Field 4. The batting cages would be centrally-located amongst the baseball fields to allow usage by all age divisions within BPNLL.
The Buena Park Chargers have requested one scoreboard to be installed on the north side of the football field (Fields 1 and 2). The scoreboard would face south towards spectators that sit behind a fence line on the south side of the football field.
Staff estimates the cost for these items to be a total of approximately $250,000. The project is not included in the current, or any future, fiscal year budget. Should the City Council wish to consider funding these items, staff recommends they be included and prioritized in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. In addition, staff recommends a more refined cost estimate be obtained.
At the study session, staff will the include the exact locations being considered for both scoreboards and batting cages in a slideshow presentation that incorporates aerial maps.
City of Buena Park
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Report
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING THE PARK MONUMENT DESIGN FOR THE THEMED CITY
PARKS AT FRIENDSHIP, BESSIE COLEMAN, AND HEROES PARK
Meeting
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 5:00 PM
Agenda Group
STUDY SESSION Item: 9C
Presented By
Jaden Miller, PE, Associate Engineer
Prepared By
Mina Mikhael, Director of Public Works/City Engineer
Approved By
Aaron France, City Manager
DISCUSSION
On September 26, 2023, the City Council discussed renaming several parks. Then, on March 26, 2024, the City Council approved a resolution to rename Smith Murphy Park, Charles A. Lindbergh Park, and San Marino Park to Friendship Park, Bessie Coleman Park, and Heroes Park, respectively. On April 23, 2024, the City Council approved the contract with Bravo Sign and Design for the installation of the six (6) new park monument signs, including modernizing the existing old sign design of San Antonio Park. A budget transfer from the General Fund to the ADA Parks Compliance CIP Project Account was also approved at that time. At that City Council meeting, the the topic of re-evaluating the new monument sign design to better align with the park's theme was brought up for discussion.
Prior to 2018, the existing signs for City parks was comprised of plastic lumber, resembling wood. In 2018, staff prepared a conceptual park monument sign for Larwin Park to better complement the new $2.1 million park renovation project. This new sign design was then reviewed by the former Park & Recreation Commission and approved by the City Manager for installation. The design has a precast concrete panel with recessed letters for the park name and city logo along with a corten steel panel with leaf design cutouts. Six out of the twelve parks, including Larwin Park, Charles A.
Lindbergh Park (proposed to be replaced), Rick Gomez Park, Bellis Park, Boisseranc Park, and Images Park already have this updated monument sign design.
As a part of this project, and to maintain uniformity, staff proceeded with using the same design for the proposed four parks. The average cost to remove and replace each of these monument signs costs around $18,000. At the Council meeting of April 23, 2024, the topic of re-evaluating the new monument sign design to better align with the park's theme was discussed. In response to City Council’s suggestion on having a theme to the monument signs, staff is providing optional elements to include in the existing sign design to reflect the theme of the park while maintaining uniformity throughout all park signs. Upon review, staff customized the corten steel panels to go with the theme of each park as stated below:
Friendship Park:
Friendship Park is Korean-themed due to the proximity of the park to the newly-designated Koreatown; Bell cutouts are being proposed to represent “The Korean Bell of Friendship” and keep the leaf cutouts to fill in the negative space.
Bessie Coleman Park:
Bessie Coleman Park is aviator themed, which has an aeronautical themed playground structure; Plane cutouts are being proposed for the aviator themed park and keep the leaf cutouts to fill in the negative space.
Heroes Park:
Heroes Park focuses on women leaders within the Buena Park community, who have made significant contributions in Attachments
1. Completed Parks with New Sign.pdf
2. Design Monument Renderings.pdf
3. 2018 Memo - Larwin Park Monument Sign.pdf
education, public safety, civic leadership, armed forces, and athletic pursuits. Cut in “IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN LEADERS” and keeping the leaf cutouts to the right is being proposed.
San Antonio Park:
San Antonio Park has no theme. Therefore, the new monument design can be used as-is.
Should the City Council request additional options, staff is prepared to discuss options with a consultant to provide other sign options and renderings for each park.
BUDGET IMPACT
Total approved Project costs are shown below with the following breakdown.
Construction Contract: $114,000
Construction Contingency: $12,000
Total Project Cost: $126,000
Change Order will be a total of $525 for the new art fees. This amount will be paid from the project’s contingency.
Contingency: $12,000
COMPLETED PARKS WITH NEW MONUMENT DESIGN
APPROVED
APPROVED
w/ CORRECTIONS
REVISE & SUBMIT
COPYRIGHT 2022 BRAVO SIGN & DESIGN/ CDR FILE: BUENA PARK MONUMENTS DATE REVISED:
PLEASE LOOK OVER CAREFULLY CHECKING ALL SPELLING, PUNCTUATION & GRAMMAR.
BRAVO CAN NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS AFTER FINAL APPROVAL REVISION:
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CONTACT:
EMAIL:
PH/FAX:
DATE:
JOB #:
CITY OF BUENA PARK
JADEN MILLER
[email protected]
714-562-3685
4-2-2024
240019
The original design concept
represented in this drawing is
the property of Bravo Sign &
Design. Use, in whole or in
part, by anyone other than
Bravo, for any purpose not
directly related to design,
fabrication, and or installation
by Bravo shall be subjected to
a design fee and written
release at the discretion of
Bravo Sign & Design.
YOUR SIGNATURE REPRESENTS FINAL APPROVAL
SIGNATURE:______________________________________
DATE:____________________________________________
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SIGN SPECIFICATIONS
PROVIDE AND INSTALL ONE (1) S/F NON-ILLUMINATED PRECAST CONCRETE MONUMENTS.
MONUMENT TO HAVE 1/2” RECESSED ACRYLIC LOGO & LETTERS, CORTEN STEEL PANELS, AND 1/2” CHAMFER ALL EDGES
1. SIGN TYPE: PRECAST CONCRETE SIGN MONUMENTS
2. OVERALL SIZE: LARGE SIGN - 8’x3’-6”x10”; SMALL SIGN - 6’x3’-6”x10”
3. FINISH: TOP SECTION - LIGHT ETCH; BOTTOM SECTION - WOOD FORM; COLOR - MESA BUFF
4. FONT TYPE: TRAJAN PRO BOLD
5. MOUNTING: COIL RODS TO SECURE MONUMENT TO CONCRETE FOOTING
COLOR PALETTE
MESA BUFF
CORTEN STEEL
PMS 287
QTY 1 - SAN ANTONIO PARK MONUMENT #6 - DRAWING VIEWS
5 of 9
ELEVATION VIEW
SCALE: 1”=1’0”
3'-6"
22" 20"
12"2"
2"
PLAN VIEW
SCALE: 1”=1’0”
SECTION VIEW
SCALE: 1”=1’0”
10"
40 3/8"
42 3/8"
2"
8"
CORTEN PANELS1/2” RECESSED
ACRYLIC LOGO 1/2” RECESSED
LETTERS
DAVIS COLOR - MESA BUFF
WOOD FORM TEXTURE
DAVIS COLOR - MESA BUFF
LIGHT ETCH FINISH
FINISH GRADE
1/4” SPACERS
12 ga. CORTEN
STEEL PANELS
(3 PCS. STUD
MOUNTED w/
1/4” SPACERS)
40 3/8"
SIDE PANEL
10 1/2"
TOP PANEL
42 3/8"
72"
PARK
SAN ANTONIO
16" 40"
ADD ANTI-GRAFFITI SEALER
EXCEPT ON CORTEN PANELS
16"
10"
3 1/2"3 1/2"
2"
FINISH GRADE
⁴² ³⁄ "
PARK
SAN ANTONIO
2"
FINISH GRADE
⁴² ³⁄ "
BESSIE
COLEMAN
PARK