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To:	Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:	Lewis T. Broschard III, Chief, Contra Costa Fire Protection District
Date:	May 26, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

License Agreement with the U.S. Department of the Navy for Use of the Naval Weapons Station in Concord

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/26/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, Director
Candace Andersen, Director
Diane Burgis, Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
Federal D. Glover, Director

Contact:

Aaron McAlister, Deputy Chief (925) 383-5003

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 26, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a license agreement with the United States of America, Department of the Navy, to use an approximately 80-acre portion of the former Concord Naval Weapon Station (“Premises”) for public safety training purposes during the period March 22, 2020 through April 15, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact associated with approving this item.

BACKGROUND:

The United States of America, Department of the Navy (Navy), owns the Marine Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO) administrative area on the former Concord Naval Weapons Station. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) and other agencies have used an approximately 80-acre area (“Premises”) of the MOTCO administration area for public safety training purposes. District personnel have trained at this site for several years. In 2017 the District was awarded a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant to acquire and install a live burn prop at the MOTCO site. This training prop provides valuable training to recruit academies as well as ongoing live fire training that is otherwise not available. The license agreement requires the District to indemnify and hold the Navy harmless for the District’s activities under the license. Risk Management has reviewed the indemnity and insurance requirements and has confirmed that the requirements are acceptable. For these reasons, District staff recommend that the Board approve the execution of the license agreement with the United States.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The District will not be able to enter into an agreement with the Navy for use of the former Concord Naval Weapon Station’s MOTCO facilities for public safety training.