20-0804_ORANGE, COUNTY OF_Agenda Report_E6City of San Juan Capistrano
Agenda Report
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Benjamin Siegel, City Manager
SUBMITTED BY: Charlie View, Assistant City Manager
PREPARED BY: Lynn Mata, Emergency Services Manager
DATE: August 4, 2020
SUBJECT: Resolution Approving the Revised Operational Area Agreement
Between the County of Orange and its Political Subdivisions as the
Orange County Operational Area for Purposes of Emergency
Management Coordination
RECOMMENDATION:
1.Adopt a Resolution approving the revised Operational Area Agreement with the
County of Orange and its political subdivisions; and
2.Repeal Resolution No. 95-11-21-04.
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS:
The Operational Area Agreement formally organizes the County of Orange as well as
cities and special districts within the county as the Orange County Operational Area for
purposes of emergency management coordination, as required by the State of
California’s Standardized Emergency Management System. First approved in 1995, the
Operational Area Agreement provides a framework for interjurisdictional cooperation and
outlines the responsibilities of each agency.
In 2017, a working group was formed comprised of representatives of Operational Area
agencies for the purpose of developing an updated agreement. The effort focused on
new programs at the local, state and federal level, as well as lessons learned from more
than twenty years of administering the existing framework. Following an extensive review
and revision process in 2018 and 2019, a draft updated Operational Area Agreement was
completed. The new agreement would replace the existing Orange County Operational
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Area Agreement with reorganized and updated language that addresses agency
relationships, jurisdictional responsibilities and legislated mandates before, during and
after major emergencies. The revised Operational Area Agreement was approved by the
Orange County Board of Supervisors on March 24, 2020. The Agreement is being
submitted to each individual jurisdiction in the Orange County Operational Area for
approval. Approval of the agreement will maintain the City’s full participation in all
emergency coordination activities administered through the Operational Area. Adoption
of the resolution approving the 2020 agreement includes action to repeal Resolution No.
95-11-21-04 that adopted the previous 1995 Operational Area Agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the recommended
action is exempt from CEQA per Section 15061(b)(3), the general rule that the CEQA
applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the
environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the
activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not
subject to CEQA.
PRIOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW:
On November 21, 1995, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 95-11-21-04 approving
the Operational Area Agreement with the County of Orange and other jurisdictions within
the County.
COMMISSION/COMMITTEE/BOARD REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
Not Applicable.
NOTIFICATION:
Ethan Brown, Emergency Management Division
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – Revised Operational Area Agreement
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RESOLUTION NO. 20-08-04-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE REVISED OPERATIONAL
AREA AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND ITS POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS AS THE ORANGE COUNTY OPERATIONAL AREA FOR
PURPOSES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION AND
REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 95-11-21-04
WHEREAS, the City of San Juan Capistrano is a political subdivision that lies within
the County of Orange; and,
WHEREAS, as required by the State of California’s Standardized Emergency
Management System, the Operational Area Agreement lays out a framework for
interjurisdictional cooperation and the responsibilities of the County of Orange and its
individual subdivisions; and,
WHEREAS in 1995 the original Operational Area Agreement was reviewed and
approved by the County of Orange and the 100+ political subdivisions that make up the
Orange County Operational Area and has served as the foundation for nearly 25 years of
regional emergency management collaboration; and,
WHEREAS the Operational Area Agreement Revision Working Group was formed
and met for more than a year to develop an updated document considering new programs
and paradigms at the local, state and federal level, as well as lessons learned from more
than twenty years of administering the existing framework; and,
WHEREAS following an extensive review and revision process in 2018 and 2019, the
revised Operational Area Agreement was approved by the County Board of Supervisors on
March 24, 2020. The Agreement must now be approved by each individual jurisdiction in the
Orange County Operational Area; and,
WHEREAS, Approval of the 2020 Orange County Operational Area Agreement will
replace the existing Orange County Operational Area Agreement with a reorganized and
applicable agreement that addresses agency relationships, jurisdictional responsibilities; and
legislated mandates before, during and after major emergencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of San
Juan Capistrano as follows:
SECTION 1
That the City of San Juan Capistrano approves the Revised Operational Area
Agreement of the County of Orange and Its Political Subdivisions.
ATTACHMENT 1
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SECTION 2
That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that that Resolution No. 95-11-21-04 is hereby
repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of August 2020.
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TROY A. BOURNE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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MARIA MORRIS, CITY CLERK
ATTACHMENT 2