ADVANCE \y 81.5 RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO GRANT AN AMBULANCE MEDICAL TRANSPORT FRANCHISE TO AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. (“AMR”) AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE.
WHEREAS, Riverside Municipal Code (RMC) section 5.66.020 requires that any person, either as owner, agent or otherwise, to operate, conduct, maintain, advertise or otherwise be engaged in or profess to be engaged in the operation of 911 Originated Calls for ambulance service originating in the City of Riverside (“City”), be granted a valid franchise to do so by the City Council; and WHEREAS, RMC section 5.66.040 requires that any applicant for an ambulance franchise submit to the Ambulance Administrator an application in writing; and WHEREAS, AMR (“Applicant”) submitted an application for an ambulance franchise; and WHEREAS, pursuant to RMC section 5.66.050, the Ambulance Administrator consulted with and obtained the assessment of the application by the Local EMS Agency, completed his evaluation, prepared and issued a report to the Committee, presented a copy to the applicant, and requested that a meeting of the Public Safety Committee be called to consider the report and other testimony; and WHEREAS, after due deliberation on whether to recommend the Council approve or deny the franchise application, the Committee determined that the Applicant meets all requirements of Chapter 5.66 and voted unanimously to recommend that the Council approve the franchise application; and WHEREAS, section 5.66.060 of the RMC states that “[t]he Council may initiate proceedings under the City Charter and this Municipal Code to grant an ambulance service franchise for a period of up to five years”; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1301 of the City’s Charter, “[b]efore granting any franchise, the City Council shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to grant the same, stating the name of the proposed grantee, the character of the franchise and the terms and conditions upon which it is proposed to be granted. Such resolution shall fix and set forth the day, hour and place when and where any persons having any interest therein or any objection to the granting thereof may appear before the City Council and be heard thereon.” NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside as follows:
It is the intention of the City Council to grant a franchise as follows:
Name of proposed grantee: AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.
Character of franchise: Ambulance Medical Transports in the City of Riverside including 911 Originated Calls for Service.
Terms and conditions upon which the franchise is proposed to be granted:
Grantee shall execute the Agreement attached as Exhibit “A.” Grantee shall comply with all terms of the Agreement attached as Exhibit “A”.
Grantee shall comply with all requirements of the Riverside Municipal Code, including but not limited to Chapter 5.66.
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Notice is hereby given that the City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed Ambulance Medical Transports Franchise, on July 16, 2024, at the hour of 3:00 p.m. in the Art Pick Council Chambers at the Riverside City Hall, 3900 Main Street in the City of Riverside, California. Any protests or objections to the proposed granting of the franchise may be made orally or in writing by any interested person.
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1The City Clerk shall give notice of the public hearing by causing this Resolution of Intention to be published at least once in The Press Enterprise within fifteen (15) days of the passage of this Resolution and at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing. ///
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ADOPTED by the City Council this _____ day of ____________________, 2024. ______________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the ____ day of ______________________, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ___ day of ______________________, 2024. ____________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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