Resolution Number 61-10-23-6MCI
RESOLUTION NO. 61-10-23_6
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ESTABLISHING THE CITY ORGANI-
ZATION FOR CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 37 of the City of San Juan Capistrano relating
to civil defense and disaster provides that the civil defense and disaster organ_
zation, the distribution of civil defense powers and duties, the assignment of
functions and service and the recruitment, direction and training of personnel
shall be prescribed by resolution adopted concurrently with the adoption of said
ordinance,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano as follows:
SECTION 1. The civil defense and disaster organization of this City shall
be as hereinafter more particularly described and as shown on the attached chart
marked Exhibit A and entitled "City Organization for Civil Defense and Disaster".
Said Exhibit A, including all information shown thereon, is as much a part of this
resolution as if the materials and information set forth by said exhibit were all
fully described herein.
SECTION 2. Division of Operating Services. There is hereby created a
division of operating services. For the purposes of civil defense and disaster
planning and organization, the chief of each operating service within this division
shall be responsible to the director through the assistant director.
Within this division there shall be the following civil defense and
disaster service:
(1) Emergency welfare service, which shall include mass feeding, clothing
and lodging;
(2) Engineer service, which shall include shelter protection;
(3) Fire service;
(4) Law enforcement service, which shall include facility protection
and traffic control;
(5) Medical and health service, which shall include sanitation and
mortuary service;
(6) Radiological safety service;
(7) Rescue service; and
(8) Utilities service.
The director shall appoint a chief of each such service, except as herein-
after provided. The chief of the fire department of the City of San Juan Capistrano
shall be chief of the fire service. The chief of police of the City of San Juan
Capistrano shall be chief of the law enforcement service. The City Engineer
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(or Director of Public Works) of the City of San Juan Capistrano, shall be chief
of the engineer service.
SECTION 3. Division of Special Services. There is hereby created a division
of special civil defense and disaster services. This division shall be under the
direction and control of a deputy director of civil defense and disaster, who
shall be appointed by the director. For the purpose of civil defense and disaster
planning and organization, the deputy director is responsible to the director
through the assistant director of civil defense and disaster.
Within this division there shall be the following services:
(1) Mutual aid plans;
(2) Evacuation service;
(3) Communication service, which shall include attack warning;
(4) Personnel and manpower service, which shall include the recruitment
of civilian auxiliaries to military activities;
(5) Public affairs and information service;
(6) Supply service;
(7) Training service;
(8) Transportation service;
(9) Warden (or neighborhood leader) service; and
(10) General administrative service.
The director shall appoint a chief of each such service, who shall be respon-
sible to the deputy director of the division of special service. The director may
appoint the same person as chief of two or more services.
SECTION 4. Legal. The City Attorney shall serve as the legal advisor to
the director of civil defense and disaster and to the civil defense and disaster
organization.
SECTION 5. American Red Cross. The American Red Cross in the City of San
Juan Capistrano will, in natural disaster, furnish food, clothing, shelter, regis-
tration and information service, supplementary medical service when requested, and
rehabilitation to individuals and families affected by the disaster.
In war caused disaster, the American Red Cross will furnish only food, cloth-
ing and shelter to affected individuals and families.
The American Red Cross will provide funds with which to finance all its
relief operations during natural disaster. Civil defense financing will be pro-
vided by public or private agencies other than the Red Cross for Red Cross functions
in war -caused disasters.
The director shall be responsible for arranging, through the chairman of
the local Red Cross chapter, for participation of the Red Cross in civil defense as
a part of the mass case service in case of war -caused disaster, and for the relation-
9 2 ship between the Red Cross and the civil defense and disaster organization in case
of natural disaster.
SECTION 6. Duties. The director shall prescribe the civil defense and
disaster duties of the deputy director and the chiefs of operating and special
services, in conformity with the civil defense and disaster plan of the City, as
approved by the City Council, and with the State of California Civil Defense and
Disaster Plan. Such duties may be changed from time to time by the director by
written administrative orders, particularly for the purpose of conforming to re-
commendation of the Director of the California Disaster Office or modifications
recommended by the Federal Civil Defense Administrator. Upon recommendation of the
civil defense and disaster council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, such duties
shall be changed in accordance with such recommendations.
EXHIBIT A
CITY ORGANIZATION FOR CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER
Director. Mayor
Assistant Director. Mayor Pro -Tem
I. Special Services
A. Deputy Director. Fred Newhart
1. Mutual Aid Plan. Randy Williams
2. Evacuation Service. Gordon Eckley
3. Communication Service. Jack Hatfield
(Includes attack warning)
4. Personnel and Manpower Service. Ernest Thompson
(Includes recruitment of civilian auxilaries to
military activities)
5. Public Affairs and Iflformation Service. Don Durnford
6. Supply Service. Tony Olivares,
7. Training Service. Claude Lewellyn
8. Transportation Service. Walt Porter
9. Warden or Neighborhood Leader Service. Hank Stewart
10. General Administrative Service. Alice Ross
II. Operating Services
A. Assistant Director. Mayor Pro -tem
1. Emergency Welfare Service. Tony Olivares
(Includes mass feedings, clothing and lodging)
2. Engineer Service. Ernest Thompson
(Includes shelter protection)
3. Fire Services. T. J. Meadows
4. Law Enforcement Service. Sheriff's Department
(Includes facility protection ,and traffic control)
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5. Medical and Health Service. Dr. Paul Esslinger
(Includes sanitation and mortuary services)
6. Radiological Safety Service. Claude Lewellyn
7. Rescue Service. Tony Alarcon
8. Utilities Service. Bill Webb and Ray Howell
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of October, 1961, by the City Council of
the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: OLIVARES, BATHGATE, CHERMAK, DURNFORD and BUCHHEIM
NOES: Councilmen: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmen: NONE
Mayor of the City of
San Juan Capistrano
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of
San Juan Capistrano
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, ERNEST A. THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano,
California, do hereby certify the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
a resolution adopted by the said Council at a regular meeting thereof held at its
regular place of meeting at the time and the date and by the vote above stated,
which resolution is on file in the office of the said Council.
City Clerk of the City of
San Juan Capistrano