HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 7445RESOLUTION NO. 7445
RESOLUTION APPROVING PLAN FOR CENTRALIZATION
OF.CIVIL DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
WHEREAS, the City Managers' Group of the San Diego County
Division of the League of California Cities has proposed a
plan calling for the establishment of a consolidated and
centralized Civil Defense and Disaster organization to serve
the entire San Diego County area; and
WHEREAS, membership and participation in such proposed
centralized Civil Defense and Disaster organization would be
open to the cities of San Diego County on a voluntary basis;
and
WHEREAS, said plan contemplates that the County of San
Diego would provide the necessary facilities and services for
such organization, with member cities sharing the costs; with
such costs, facilities and services to be agreed to by the
County and member cities by mutual agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the San Diego County
Division of the League of California Cities did, in its
meeting of February 16, 1959, unanimously approve in principle
the formation of such a consolidated Civil Defense and Disaster
organization for the entire area of the County of San Diego; and
WHEREAS, the said plan proposed by the said City Managers'
Group is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of
Directors; and
WHEREAS, it appears to this Council that such a centralized
and consolidated Civil Defense and Disaster organization would
be in the public interest in presenting a unified and economical
approach to the preservation of life and property of the
citizens of this City and of the entire San Diego County area
in general;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of National City as follows:
1. That it is the recommendation of this Council that
the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County establish at
the earliest possible date a Civil Defense and Disaster
organization, wherein it is provided that the cities of the
County of San Diego may become members thereof by contractual
arrangement in accordance with the principles set forth in
that certain plan proposed by the City Managers' Group and
approved by the Board of Directors of the San Diego County
Division of the League of California Cities, as filed in the
office of the Secretary of said Board.
2. That in the event the Board of Supervisors of the
County of San Diego does organize a Civil Defense and Disaster
organization as herein proposed, it is the intent of this
Council to authorize the commencement of negotiations with
the Board of Supervisors toward the end that this City may
become a contracting member of such Civil Defense and Disaster
organization.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of March, 1959.,
MAYOR
ATTESTi
CITY CLERK