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HomeMy WebLinkAbout63-126RESOLUTION 63-126 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING THE DESIGNATION OF ORANGE COUNTY AS AN "OPERATIONAL AREA" OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL DEFENSE ORGANIZATION BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby approves the designation of the County of Orange as an "Operational Area" by the California State Operations Plan of the State of California Civil Defense Organization, and further approves the statement of policy and the new designation of the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors as Operational Area Coordinator for said Operational Area and the designation of succession of c~and as Operational Area Coordinator in the event of said Chairman's inability or the inability of any of said successors in the chain of comunand, as approved and provided for by Resolution of the Orange County and Cities Civil Defense Planning Board adopted May 9, 1963, a copy of which said Resolution shall be attached to the original of this Resolution and placed on file as a part thereof in the office of the Clerk of the City, which said above-referenced Resolution is hereby ratified and by this action adopted and need not be attached to copies of this Resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Aha at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of July, 1963. ATTEST: CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF SANTA ANA ) I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Aha; that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced to said council at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of July, 1963, and was at said meeting regu- larly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Hubbard, Harvey, Gilmore, Schlueter, Hall NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None CLERK OF THE COUNCIL 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 oO 17 18 20 21 27 2~ 30 RESOLUTION of the ORANGE COUNTY AND CITIES CIVIL DEFENSE PLANNING BOARD On motion of Dr. Edward L. Russell, duly seconded and carried, the following Resolution was adopted: ~HEREAS, the State of California has, by the California State Operations Plan, designated Orange County as the location for an Operational Area Organization, which is defined therein as follows: "An Operational Area organization is an intermediate unit of the State of California Civil Defense Organi- zation FOR A WAR-CAUSED STATE OF EXTREME E~ERGENCY, consisting of a county government and all of the city governments in the county area; and it is established for the purpose of coordinating emergency operations conducted by the several local governments in the area and to serve as a wartime link in the system of co~unication and coordination between the regional emergency operating center and the local governments con. rising the Operational Area." and, WHEREAS, this Board desires to approve such designation and to obtain approval thereof by the County and the various cities in Orange County; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 1. Said designation by the State of California of Orange County as an "operational Area" under the Civil Defense laws and regulations of California is hcreby approved. 2. That this Board hereby adopts the following statement of policies concerning its status and operations and requests ratification of sam~ by s~id County mhd cities: Exhibit Resolution 63-126 Adopt. 7-15-63 1 $ 4 5 a. That the Orange County and Cities Civil Defense Planning Board shall act as the over-all Civil Defense policy-making body as representing all local juris- dictions in Orange County. b. That the Operational Area Organization shall be activated for operations only during a war-caused "state of extreme emergency", and will participate in National, State and countywide test exercises and training programs. c. That the County of Orange shall provide the operating staff for the Operational Area, augmented by representation from the professions, business and indus- try as the participating Jurisdictions consider necessary and appropriate. d. That the Orange County Emergency operating Center shall be the Operational Area Headquarters. e. That the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors shall be the Operational Area Coordinator for the Orange County operational Area. f. That in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, or in the event of his inability to function, he shall be succeeded as Operational Area Coordinator by the next senior member of the Board of Supervisors in terms of total service on said Board, and in the event of equal length of such service, by seniority in age. The foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Orange County and Cities Civil Defense Planning Board at its meeting of May 9, 1963, by a unanimous vote of those members present. W. E. Walkup, Dlrector/oi Civil Dezense, County of Orange, and ex-officio Execu- tive Secretary of the Orange County and Cities Civil Defense Planning Board.