HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 1591 RESOLUTION NO./' /
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
PROVIDING FOR CITY RECOGNITION OF THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY OPERATIONAL AREA ORGANIZATION
WHEREAS, Chapter 1, Division 7, California Military and Veterans
Code (California Disaster Act) provides that the State of California
Civil Ddfense and Disaster Plan shall be in effect in each political
subdivision of the State, and the governing body of each such political
subdivision shall take the action ad may be necessary to carry out the
provisions thereof; and
WHEREAS, Part II of the State of California Civil Defense and Disaster
Plan designates each of the fifty -eight county areas of California as an
extreme emergency Operational Area and provides that local governments in
each Operational Area should establish an integrated emergency organization
with a coordinator responsible for coordinating the emergency operations
of all the several govdrnments in an Operational Area; and
WHEREAS, the compelling need for an integrated county -wide emergency
organization is derived from the concept that the coordination of emergency
operations on a county -wide basis is the most efficient method of applying
the available resources of the several local governments in a county area,
together with resources made available by the State's mutual aid region in
coping with conditions caused by an attack or warning of impending attack;
and
WHEREAS, an operational area organization is defined by the State of
California Civil Defense and Disaster Plan as an intermediate unit of the
State of California Civil Defense Organization for a WAR - CAUSED STATE OF
EXTREME EMERGENCY, consisting of a county government and all the city gov-
ernments in the county area, 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 communication and coordination
between the State's regional operating center and the operating centers of
the local governments comprising the Operational Area; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, at the request
of the Los Angeles County and Cities Disaster and Civil Defense Commission,
has created, by County Ordinance No. 5582, a Los Angeles County Operational
Area Organization solely for the coordination of emergency operations on a
county -wide basis, applying the available resources of local governments
together with those of the State, to protect lives and property during a
state of extreme emergency only;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES REDOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This City subscribes to the creation of the Los Angeles
County Operational Area Organization, as provided for in County Ordinance
No. 5582.
SECTION 2. The powers and duties of the Los Angeles County Operational
Area Organization for coordinating emergency operations on a county -wide
basis during a state of extreme emergency as provided in Ordinance No. 5582,
are hereby recognized and confirmed.
SECTION 3. During a state of extreme emergency the civil defense and
disaster organization and the emergency services of this city shall cooper-
ate fully with the Los Angeles County Operational Area Director.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this ) L day of :-e,. / , 1965.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular
meetinof the City Council of the City of Downey held on the ' day of
6Lt.',,2 e„-Li , 1965, by the following vote:
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AYES:' Ot Councilmen: 1. ) 1-- , ,24 , 7{; c_ -. U �.� 1 7 t -1 z f ;���
NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: / Councilmen: 9, 6 11 ,
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