HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-37 - OC Board of Supervisors Designate CM Fire Department as Administering Agency for Health & Safety CodeRESOLUTION NO. 95— 37
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THAT THE
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DESIGNATE
THE COSTA MESA FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THE
ADMINISTERING AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
CODE, CHAPTER 6.95 (HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
DISCLOSURE AND RISK MANAGEMENT AND
PREVENTION).
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the State Legislature adopted statewide requirements for hazardous material
inventory reporting and release planning in 1985 when AB 2185 added Chapter 6.95 to Division
20 of the Health and Safety Code; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of AB 2185 was to require facilities to report inventories of
regulated hazardous materials onsite to inform emergency response agencies of the potential
hazards in responding to emergencies at such sites and/or to provide the public with information
about neighboring facilities that pose potential hazards to community health and safety (public
"right to know"); and
WHEREAS, in 1986 the legislature, partially in response to the toxic gas disaster in
Bhopal, India, adopted further legislation expanding AB 2185 to cover materials that can produce
toxic clouds after fires, explosions, or other accidents (AB 3777 codified as Article 2 of Chapter
6.95 of the Health and Safety Code); and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Fire Department is the first responder to businesses that
store or use hazardous materials within the boundaries of the City of Costa Mesa and, therefore,
the agency whose personnel are the most likely to be exposed to such hazardous materials during
emergency responses; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Fire Department has a need to access information
concerning hazardous materials immediately during emergency responses; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Fire Department is the agency with responsibility for
enforcement of hazardous materials regulations contained in the Uniform Fire Code; and
WHEREAS, AB 2185 allows cities to become administering agencies within their
boundaries only with the agreement of their country; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Fire Authority has agreed to assist and cooperate with
the Costa Mesa Fire Department in the transfer of the responsibility of administering Health and
Safety Code, Chapter 6.95 within the City of Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Costa Mesa and personnel of the Costa Mesa Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Fire Authority is the agency currently designated as the
administrating agency for Health and Safety Code, Chapter 6.95 within the City of Costa Mesa;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: That the City Council of
the City of Costa Mesa does hereby request that the Orange County Board of Supervisors
designate the Costa Mesa Fire Department as the Administering Agency for Health and Safety
Code, Chapter 6.95 (Hazardous Materials Disclosure and Risk Management and Prevention)
within the city limits of the City of Costa Mesa.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of May, 1995.
ATTEST:
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Deputy C' Clerk of the City of
Costa Me
May of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA) A_ PROVED AS TO FORM
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA ) CITY ATTO R � J EY
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 1 5-- 3 7
was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof,
held on the 1st day of May, 1995.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City
of Costa Mesa this 2nd day of May, 1995.
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Deputy City Jerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa