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Home My WebLink AboutM-76-0993ow - CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA Joseph R. Grassie City Manager INTER,OPPICE MEMORANDUM DAtE. November 9, 1976 tuOiEct 1'ite Apparatus Exchange tIlest Miami Item #1, Commission Agenda 11/11/76 FROM: Chief D. A. Rickman, Director OtPEReKicts: Department of Fire b.cLosurets; cAD The enclosed letter from West Miami Councilman James Ray was delivered to this office on November 9, 1976 and confirms the proposal by the City of West. Mi;.titi to exchange fire appatatus with the City of Miami, This matter is scheduled as Agenda Item #1 for Commission action at their meeting of November 11, 1976 and this letter is submitted to you as pertinent to the discussion of this Item. • * c fill1111111R91111111111 vtmber 9, 1976 taptaitR. T, Parrett' Mimi Fire Dept. Miami, Florida Dear Sir 5! -- FOCI* 17 SI MIA NI I •001 5 6?-i AVEN•JE FLORiOA 1 :4 This letter is to confirm that the City of West Miami Council approved the proposal to trade fire apparatus between the cities of Miami and West Miami. This was presented to West Miami City council - - that Miami donate the (2) fire engines to West Miami outright and West Miami turn over to the city of Miami, their (1) fire engine (for donation to their sister city in South America. with the (2) fire engines in West Miami, (1) would be for backup use for the City of Miami. This is in accordance with our present agreement. 1 will attend the City of Miami Commission meeting Nov. 11, 1976. If this trade is approved, it will contribute to better fire protection in both municipalities. Very truly yours r. James Ray Uouncilman JR:h FF'oJ. trattie Ailhaqbt CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA ilkittFl-OFFICE MEMORANDUM / /12 0 • 0 / • ,/ ',/ ../ / , , t / t. Griffiffi, 4r . ,..t 1 st,/cr( .y ....,,.......,....-,--- -lhaet c. . tik4cLosuritt. OCT 2 8 106 change of Fite Apparatus with the it of Vett MiaMi yy- in 8eptember, Councilman James S. Ray from the City of West Miami, wrote to Mayor Ferre requesting assistance in obtaining surplus City of Miami fire equipment, The Mayor forwarded his request to your office, asking that we report back as soon as possible, and schedule this item for Commission discussion. Chief Hickman has reviewed the request and has recommendee. that two surplus fire pumpers of the City of Miami he exchanged with the City of West miami for their one pumper. This would enable the City of West Miami to upgrade their equipment, to have a standby piece of equipment, ate.i le also store these pieres of equipment should they ever be needed in an emergency by the City of Miami. The piece of equipment received from West Miami could then be given to tiami's sistcr city, Bogota, Columbia. Chief Hickman went a step further and requested legal approval Of such an exchange from the City Attorney. Although Mr. Knox has not responded in writing, I have phoned him and he has stated there would be no legal prohibitions to such an exchange If you approve, this can be scheduled for Commission discussion At the November 11 meeting. ief Hickman t�bert Homan.< TMS 40771 FOR to Joseph i'.. Grassie City Manager FROM: 1 ttio tiP MIAM1. FLORIDA Wft-F4, :'1rt MEMO ANbUM Chief D, A. 1flckman, Director Department of Fire DATE : i ti ttc: t cct 18 NI 8 :33_ October 14, 1976 FILE: sua.,+Ect. Bxchange of Fire Apparatus With the City of West Miami tfitktit: Memorandum from Mayor retre dated 9/27/76 Niceosunts, 1 have reviewed your letter from Councilman .lames S. Ray of the City of West Miami concerning his request to exchange fire apparatus with the City of Miami. This department has two obsolete pumpers available for exchange with the City of West Miami and it is my recommendation that we accommodate their request by exchanging these twn pumpers for their one pumper. The advantage to Otis arrangement :is that the City of Mi<;mi., through our Mutual Aid Agreement, would be able to call on the City of West Miami if the need should arise. Both of these pumpers are serviceable and would still be available to the City in case of an extreme emer- gency. Councilman Ray has met with Deputy Chief H. W. Brice to discuss this matter and they have inspected the two pumpers. Both Councilman Ray and Chief Goff have expressed their desire to make this exchange. Following this exchange and t:iLh the approval of. the City Commission, arrangements can then be made to donate the pumper from West Miami to. the City of Bogota as a gift from the City of Miami. CITY Or MIAMt. FLOUSOA iNtttl-oFr'ICt= MFMoRANhtiM tit• +• i t !• TO: 11I1 teOrre Vs kho:.t5. Jr, tqy AtiotheY eh1ef O. A. 1tic,-man, Director bepa: tment of Fire ' 1 VI t Id bltt: October 14, 1976 hLt: ;.xchange of Fite Appntatus tvi th the City of Wrest Miami 'Art response to a request from Councilman James S. Ray of the city 'eif Hest Miami, the City of Miami is considering trading two obsolete fire apparatus for one pumper from the city of West Miami. Only one of the two pu rapers w i.l 1 be u'cd by the City of West Miarnt as first line equipment; the other wi.11 be held in reserve and could be called into service by the City of i•tiemi tbru the Mutual Aid Agree nt ;should the need ariv. It occurs to me that there rnrty be some legalramifications to this .'-.trargci"..ilt and your legal advise is requested to protect the City of i,i::►i from ony possible l.idbility clr4rs in cor1nection with the exchange of t rucl:s with the City nr ',•:c:;,t D H:m:n:vt )City i na et CITY COMMIStIOK FF$C i'e! Prom Maurice A. - F'erre; Mayor theta it Joteph trassie, City Mana.er Date: 9/27/76 being reFerred to you herewith o om Jcation doted from; Councilman James S. Ray, City of West Miami Councilman flay sent our office a follow-up letter to a' his phone call requesting the use of or purchase of c, a Miami fire engine. Please__check into_the possibili of our accomodating thIs•.zeques -U)d report back to .." the as so_orLas_p9ssi.121. cs Please hove this rnotter investigated oriel odvis.e. this office of the result. Please prepare reply for MAYOR'S OR COMMISSIONER'S SIGNATURE. Please reply and would opprec iota being sent t copy rf some. For appropriate action and would appreciate beireg advised of tattle. f • • M L 711140 :WEST M IAM 1- t. W. 62nd AVENUE 'r St MiAN,, FLORrDA 33144 he Hon, Maurice A. rerrd end COmth `sS Mayor, City of Miami P. O. 8ox 330708 Miami, Florida 33133 bear Sirs: As you are aware, frequently when municipalities within Dade County have turned to Metro for assistance or service that for some reastin they could not provide for themselves, such service is normally re- duced or terminated when Metro "fakes over". For this reason, the City of West Mi<irni is searching for other alternatives for solution of a current problem. We desire to replace our city's one fire engine, which is now very old and deteriorating and very much in need of repairs. The City of West Miami has a serious ne:d for a fire engin:: which is in good repair and as "up -lc -date" as affordable. It has come to our attention The City of Miami will soon have available a surplus fire engine (pumper) which in all likelihood may be donated to a sister City in South America. E�.c:iuse the City of Miami's soon to be surplus fire encine is only twenty years old, it is considerably rrrore IIup-to-date" than the one we presently have end, t .ere f ore, more worth our city's inves;r�nt in any needed repairs. Therefore, we would like 1 he City of Miami ('o:,-n i ss i ors to consider trad- ing fire encines with our City (when your City's surplus engine is available) and it.en you could donate our used fire engine to the South American sister city. Any incidental costs incurred with such an arrange- ment, of course, would he paid for by the City of West Miami. Recognizing everything is not as simple as it may a; -Dear on the surface, we respectfully i;re,.ent fhr fol lo4ii,r so;. _st ions: - While we have several thousand dollars available to invest in a decent fire engine, we have nowhere near enough to purchase a new one. Perhaps we can purchase Miemi's used engine? ttp'kt ber 24, 1976 fief Fieherab l e MauH ce As rtrrt brie CoMMissloners Page Two 46 uhderstand Miami's Tire Department has used fire equipment lytored throughout the City for "backup" use. Perhaps a Pumper eould be stored at our Fire Station which could be called in by radio. This Pumper would ih,7,n be driven to the desired location by one of our firemen. We then would need to retain our existing fire engine as a backup for the City of West Miami unless the City of Miami stored a second backup unit at our station. `f he second t+ I tr:r n,: I e i't, 10 Hind bc:c i use our c i t i e!-, recently united dur- i f►g the imbu l arrce si r i ke and our citizens were well served through the eornbination of services. We are further (hopeful the Co.n-nission wi I I keep in mind Mal favorable con- sideration will contribute to your neighbor municipality's independence within the Dade Metro structure. May we hear from you at your earliest convenience? Very Truly yours, At4./A. 3rnes S. Ray ,ounci Irian JSR/ga cc's: Joseph R. Grassie, City Manager Art Mullins, Purchasing Agent' D.A. Hickman, Fire Chief mmw mot mmw mmow mmmm most rr w SS mw M▪ WO W MM MM MW rW • rl� iNtErM3P'Fitt Mi✓M 3 AW 3 ,,,4 09 r Joseph ki Ctassie 'City Manager Mayor Maurice A. Ferr'e bAft, September 20, 1976 SU�IEGt• lialtAtNcE§: tktLa UREtt Request From Councilman 3arfies Ray of West Miami, Florida Letter forthcoming Mr. dalats Ray, Councilman, from the City of West Miami, has called my office requesting that the City of Miami either donate or work out Ali agreement with the City of West Miami for a Fire Truck (Pumper). W. Ray stated to one of ny as! istantthat their truck was over 30 years old and is constantly being repaired. He is sending ' a formal letter regarding this matter. Please try to _helpve .administratily or. place on city commission agenda. for our consideration.„ FJCfine cc: Mr. Jaynes Ray Councilman, City of,West Miami 901 S .W. 62nd Avenue West Miami, Florida 53144 552-5200 NE