HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9496Resolution No. 9496
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the
Structure of the Palo Alto/Stanford Citizen Corps Council, an Element
of the Palo Alto Emergency Services Council
RECITALS
A. The City of Palo Alto formed the Citizen Corps council on December 13, 2004
(Resolution No. 8491) and amended it on August 3, 2009 (Resolution 8974) in order to help
coordinate community resources to make our community safer and better prepared to deal
with all hazards.
B. The City1S emergency organization is set forth in Chapter 2.12 ofthe Palo Alto
Municipal Code, which establishes the City Manager as the statutory director of emergency
services and the appointed Director of Emergency Services as the statutory assistant director of
emergency services.
C. The Citizen Corps Council is part of the Emergency Services Council as provided
by Palo Alto Municipal Code section 2.12.030(5), stating that members include 11Such
representatives of civic, business, labor, veterans, professional or other organizations having an
official emergency responsibility, as may be appointed by the City Manager with the advice and
consent of the city council.
D. The City wishes the Emergency Services Council and the Citizen Corps Council to
continue and to give staff flexibility to sustain operations thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. Structure ofthe Citizen Corps Council. Resolution 8974 is hereby
rescinded and the structure of the Palo Alto/Stanford Citizen Corps Council is hereby amended
as set forth in this Resolution.
SECTION 2. Mission and Responsibilities of the Citizen Corps Council. Citizen Corps
Council responsibilities continue to include supporting the coordination of community and
government resources to improve our ability to prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from
all hazards.
SECTION 3. Membership. The voting membership of the CCC shall be appointed by
the Director of Emergency Services and the advice and consent of the City Council per Palo Alto
Municipal Code section 2.12.030, with the City staff members called for in that section and
representatives of "organizations having an official emergency responsibility" as determined by
the Director of Emergency Services.
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SECTION 4. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution does not meet
the definition of a project under Public Resources Code Section 21065, thus, no environmental
assessment under the California Environmental Quality Act is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: April 6, 2015
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, FILSETH, HOLMAN, KNISS, SCHARFF, SCHMID, WOLBACH
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ABSENT: DUBOIS
ABSTENTIONS:
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