Item 26 - Adoption of the City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan

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City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan Part I Basic Plan convenient "one -stop shop" for those impacted by the disaster so they can access recovery assistance and/or referrals to other programs and assistance that may not be represented. Federal agencies may also provide representatives who can provide information regarding Federal disaster assistance programs. Consideration and services for people with disabilities and those with access and functional needs should be incorporated into LAC sites, including the following: • Compatibility with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. • Compatibility with the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. • Close proximity to individuals and families affected by the disaster. • Convenient access by public transportation. • Secured, lighted parking areas and walkways. • Multilingual, pictograph and large -print signs. • Materials and forms to be available in alternate language formats, including large print, braille, audio, and electronic. When applications need to be completed onsite, procedures should be in place to assist people with disabilities or access and functional needs, including reading of materials and filling out forms. 5.6 Damage Assessments Damage assessment is a crucial function serving critical needs in both the response to and recovery from disaster events. A thorough and accurate assessment of losses and damages incurred serves two primary purposes. First, damage assessment provides the EOC and City leaders with information necessary to set priorities, establish objectives, and acquire and allocate resources to most effectively and efficiently respond and recover. Second, damage assessment documentation provides the primary basis for requesting State and Federal resources and financial assistance, for the City and for residents and businesses. Two City Departments have responsibility for performing damage assessments. First, the Public Works Agency has primary responsibility for assessing damages to public infrastructure, including streets and roadways, water and sewer systems, flood control channels and storm drains, and other City -owned public infrastructure systems, and for assessing damages to all City -owned buildings and properties that are not part of public infrastructure systems. Other City Departments may be enlisted to assess their own properties. Second, the Planning and Building Agency has primary responsibility for damage assessments to all privately -owned properties and structures, including all residential and commercial properties. Damage assessments for structures and properties in the City that are owned by another governmental entity, including Santa Ana Unified School District, Rancho Santiago Community College District, the County of Orange, State of California or United States, are the responsibility of that governmental entity. However, the City may be asked to provide mutual aid assistance toward those agencies' damage assessment processes, and the results of all damage assessments should be shared since the results may affect City plans, objectives and resources. Damage assessment results are tabulated and documented in the City EOC. Specifically, the EOC Planning & Intelligence Section will depend on these results to prepare objectives, action plans, resource requests and situation reports. The EOC Finance & Administration Section will depend on these results to prepare Cost Accounting summaries and prepare Cost Recovery applications and documentation. These results may also affect the EOC Operations Section's implementation of plans and objectives and the EOC Logistics Sections fulfilling of resource requests. 167