Resolution - 3459RESOLUTION NO. 3459
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA 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 Defense 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 as 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 governments 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 govern-
ments 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 governments in the county area, for the purpose of coordi-
nating 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, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of West Covina as follows:
1. This City subscribes tb,, .the creation of the Los Angeles
County Operational Area Organization, as provided for in County
Ordinance No. 5582.
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.
3. During a state of extreme emergency the civil defense
and disaster organization and the emergency services of this City shall
cooperate fully with the Los Angeles County Operational Area Director.
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4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution.
Adopted and approved this 12th day of September _, , 1966.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 12th day of September , 1966, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
City Clerk
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