HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-22 - Emergency Operations PlanRESOLUTION NO. 13-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORINIA, ADOPTING THE CITY OF COSTA MESA EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY
SERVICES ACT,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa has long recognized its responsibilities to
mitigate the effects of natural, man-made or war -caused emergencies which result in
conditions of disaster of extreme peril to life, and resources of the City, and generally to
protect the health and safety and preserve the life and property of the people of the City
of Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS, the purposes of Ordinance No. 80-20 (Costa Mesa Municipal Code,
Title 6) on November 3, 1980, establishing the Costa Mesa Disaster Council, and the
office of Director of Emergency Services; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of Ordinance No. 80-20 are to provide for preparation
and carry out of plans for protection of persons and property within the City of Costa
Mesa in the event of an emergency, and to provide for coordination of the emergency
functions; and
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act, Tile 2, Division 1, Chapter 7
of the Government Code, Section 8550, et seq., provides authority for local agencies to
adopt plans to meet any condition constituting a local emergency, state of emergency,
and to provide for coordination of the emergency functions; and
WHEREAS, ordinance No. 80-20 provides that the Costa Mesa Disaster Council
shall be responsible for development of emergency service plans, which shall provide
for effective mobilization of all resources of the City, both public and private, to meet any
condition constituting a local emergency or disaster, state of emergency, or state of war
emergency, and shall provide for organization, powers and duties, services, and staff of
the emergency organization; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services has caused the preparation of a
new Costa Mesa Emergency Operations Plan dated July 2013 and the plan has been
submitted to and reviewed by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the plan has been reviewed as required by the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has been found to be satisfactorily exempt
under Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA guidelines.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa as follows:
SECTION 1. The City of Costa Mesa Emergency Operations plan dated July 2013
is hereby adopted as the official emergency plan for the City of Costa Mesa. A copy of
said plan is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
SECTION 2. All emergency plans previously adopted by the City of Costa Mesa
are hereby rescinded.
SECTION 3. The City Council adopts the policy attached to this Resolution as
Exhibit A.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is directed to forward two certified copies of this
Resolution to the State of California, Emergency Management Agency.
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Brenda Green, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF COSTA MESA )
2nd day of July, 2013.
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I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 13-22 and was
duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular
meeting held on the 2"d day of July, 2013, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Genis, Leece, Mensinger, Monahan, Righeimer
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of
Costa Mesa this 3rd day of July, 2013.
Brenda Green, CO Clerk
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