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O-1737 CA:atty\muni\laws\lmc\repair.3 City Council Meeting Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 7 3 7 (City Council Series) AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ESTABLISHING REPAIR CRITERIA AND RETROFITTING STANDARDS FOR CRITICAL FACILITIES AND ADDING SECTION 8.04.230 TO THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the Off ice of Emergency Services ("0ES ") and the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") have issued that certain report entitled "Hazard Mitigation Early Implementation strategy, Northridge Earthquake, DR-1008-CA, II (hereinafter, the "strategy"), dated February 1994, signed by Richard A. Andrews, Ph.D., G.A.R., and Frank L. Kishton, F.C.O., which states as its purpose the following: The purpose of this report is to provide an early hazard mitigation implementation strategy for the immediate recovery period from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake Disaster, DR-1008-CA. The intention is to capitalize on mitigation opportunities in all of the recovery programs and facilitate the flow of resources to impacted areas. This strategy 1 should be followed in the implementation of each program area. WHEREAS, the first recommendation listed in the strategy is as follows: For repairs, encourage compliance whenever possible with the 1991 Edition of the Uniform Building Code (UBC). . Because the UBC is a code for new construction, repair requirements will need to be established through the passage of repair ordinances at the local level. WHEREAS, the 1991 Edition of the UBC defines "essential facilities" as "those structures which are necessary for emergency operations subsequent to a natural disaster" and sets forth analysis, design, repair, and upgrade criteri.a for essential facilities; and WHEREAS, the 1991 Edition of the UBC was adopted by the city on June 9, 1992 as part of the Administrative and Technical Construction Codes set forth in Chapter 8.04 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City desires that certain of its facilities which serve essential governmental purposes and provide essential governmental services and thus are critical to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Santa Monica in the event of a natural disaster be available for emergency operations subsequent to a natural disaster, 2 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Findinqs. The City Council finds that each of the facilities listed in this Section serves an essential governmental purpose and provides essential governmental services that are critical to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Santa Monica and to preserve the public peace in the event of a natural disaster, for the reasons set forth below: (a) The Santa Monica Police Department and the Santa Monica City Hall, located at 1685 Main street, house the City's Emergency Operations Command Center ("EOC") and other governmental offices which have first line responsibility in providing essential governmental services to the City to preserve the health, safety and welfare of its citizens in the event of a major disaster. (b) The Santa Monica Municipal Airport, located at 3200 Airport Avenue, including but not limited to its Administration building, Airfield Maintenance Building, fixed base operator building, runway, and control tower, is the staging area for the Emergency Volunteer Air Corps which is charged with providing emergency air transportation to the city's emergency workers to bring them to the City in the event of a major disaster, is one of the mass storage locations for emergency shelter supplies, is a staging area for emergency supplies and heavy equipment, and has been designated a mass care shelter and a casualty collection point for triage and initial emergency medical treatment. 3 (c) The Santa Monica Animal Shelter, located at 1640 9th Street, is charged with the handling and caring of animals which cannot be housed in emergency shelters and animals which pose a health and safety threat to the community. (d) The Santa Monica civic Auditorium and adjacent parking lot, located at 1855 Main Street, has been identified in the City's Emergency Plan as providing emergency functions including the feeding of emergency workers, the sheltering of displaced disaster victims, the staging of emergency equipment, vehicles and personnel; and is a designated emergency supply distribution site. (e) The Santa Monica Ken Edwards Center, located at 1527 4th Street, is the City's alternate Emergency Operations Command Center location and has also been designated to serve as a community emergency assistance center. (f) The Santa Monica Main Library, located at 1343 6th Street, is the designated family care facility for emergency workers whose families have been impacted by the disaster and require emergency sheltering services so that emergency workers may staff the Emergency Operations Command Center knowing that their children will be safe and cared for. (g) The Santa Monica Public Works Yard, located at 2500 Michigan Avenue, and the Transfer Station, located at 2401 Delaware Avenue, provide emergency support services including debris removal, traffic control, fleet maintenance, public facilities maintenance, electrical and radio repair, utility management and 4 restoration, solid waste management and other vital emergency response services. (h) The Santa Monica Fire Training Center, located at 2500 Michigan Avenue, houses the F ire Department's Support Services Division, which is directly responsible for managing the City's Emergency Services Program and provides immediate response to the City following a disaster. (i) The structures located in the following Santa Monica Recreation and Park facilities have been identified in the City's Emergency Response Plan and by the City as locations for emergency community services including emergency mass care shelters, first aid stations, disaster service centers and emergency supply and information distribution points: 415 Pacific Coast Highway Lincoln Park (except Miles Playhouse) Lincoln and Wilshire Boulevards Marine Park 16th and Marine streets (also a child care center) Memorial Park 14th Street and Olympic Boulevard (also a Casualty Collection Point) Virginia Park 2200 Virginia Avenue Police Activity League 1401 Olympic Boulevard Senior Recreation Center 1450 Ocean Avenue 5 (j) The Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines, located in the Grounds and Maintenance Building at 1620 6th street and the Transportation Administration Building at 1660 7th street, are charged with the responsibility of providing emergency transportation for evacuations; the Administration Building has been designated to shelter the families of Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines employees; the Administration Building houses the Transportation Dispatch Center, which is the communications center for the dispatch of emergency public transportation and which provides emergency radio communication regarding emergency transportation routes to the Fire Department and to the Police Department and backup reporting of damage assessment information; the Administration Building also houses the Santa Monica Police Department Office of Special Enforcement which will function as a police substation during a disaster. (k) Moss Avenue Sewer Pumping station, located at 1601 Appian Way, Arcadia Water Treatment Plant, located at 1228 South Bundy Avenue, Los Angeles, Charnock Pumping station, located at 11375 Westminster, Los Angeles, Mt. Olivette Reservoir, located at 930 Franklin street, Santa Monica, and Riviera Golf Course Reservoir, located at 1252 Capri Drive, Los Angeles, have been designated as critical lifeline facilities in the Technical Background Report to the Safety Element of the Santa Monica General Plan, commonly known as the Seismic Safety Element, because they provide water for drinking and emergency response operations, sewage processing, and water processing. 6 SECTION 2. section 8.04.230 is added to the santa Monica Municipal Code to read as follows: 8.04.230. Critical Facilities. Division 1.00. Designation of Critical Facilities. The following facilities are designated as critical facilities which are necessary for emergency operations subsequent to a natural disaster: Santa Monica Police Department, Santa Monica City Hall, Santa Monica Municipal Airport Administration Building, Airfield Maintenance Building, fixed base operator building, runway and control tower, Santa Monica Animal Shelter, Santa Monica Civic AUditorium, the Ken Edwards Center, Santa Monica Main Library, Santa Monica Public Works Yard, Santa Monica Transfer station, Santa Monica Fire Training center, the structures located in the Santa Monica . Recreation and Park facilities at 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Lincoln Park except Miles Playhouse, Marine Park, Memorial Park, and Virginia Park, Police Activity League, Senior Recreation Center, Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines Grounds and Maintenance Building and Administration Building, Moss Avenue Sewer Pumping station, Arcadia Water Treatment Plant, 7 Charnock Pumping station, Mt. Olivette Reservoir, and Riviera Golf Course Reservoir. Division 200. Analvsis and ReDair of critical Facilities Subsequent to a Natural Disaster. When any critical facility located in the ci ty of Santa Monica is damaged in excess of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) as a result of a natural disaster, such critical facility shall be analyzed, designed, repaired and upgraded to the same design and performance standards applicable to an essential facility in compliance with the UBC, including, but not limited to, Part III- Earthquake Design, commencing at Section 2330 of the UBC, adopted by the City in effect at the time the analysis is conducted, or, in the event that a building permit is issued for repairs, then the UBC adopted by the city in effect at the time the building permit for such repairs is issued, whichever is later. SECTION 3. The city Council finds pursuant to City Charter section 615 that a state of local emergency exists within the City of Santa Monica as a result of the Northridge Earthquake. 8 SECTION 4 . This Ordinance is declared to be an urgency measure adopted pursuant to Santa Monica city Charter section 615. The city Council finds that it is necessary for preserving the public peace, health and safety, and the urgency for its adoption is set forth in the findings above. SECTION 5. Any provisions of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or Appendices thereto, including Ordinance Number 1729 (CCS), inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 6. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Ordinance and the provisions of the Earthquake Recovery Act adopted concurrently with this Ordinance, the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail, except that structures identified in the Earthquake Recovery Act as landmark eligible shall be designed and retrofitted consistent with Part 8, Title 24, California Code of Regulation, the State Historical Building Code. SECTION 7. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconsti tutional by a decision of any court of any competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby 9 declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 8. The Mayor shall sign and the city Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The city Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM: k~H.U 10 Adopted and approved this 19th day of April, 1994. ~YO~;b I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1737 (CCS) was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the 19th day of April, 1994; by the following Council vote: Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstein, Vazquez Noes: Councilmembers: None Abstain: Councilmembers: None Absent: Councilmembers: None ATTEST: -Afl/~4~ City Clerk