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SR-6C (7) f:atty\muni\strpts\mjm\critfac.2d 6C City Council Meeting 2-28-95 Santa Monica, California FES 2 8 1995 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: City Attorney SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1737(CCS) Regarding Repair Criteria and Retrofitting standards for critical Facilities and Amending Municipal Code Section 8.04.230 INTRODUCTION At its meeting on February 21, 1995, the city council introduced for first reading an ordinance amending section 1 of Ordinance No. 1737(CCS) regarding repair criterla and retrofitting standards for crltical Facilities and amending Municlpal Code Sectlon 8.04.230. The ordinance is now presented to the city Council for adoption. RECOMMENDATION It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying ordinance be adopted. PREPARED BY: Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney - 6C ,. , ! FEB 2 8 1995 ---- - - - - - -- - -- ---- - . . CA:f:atty\muni\laws\lmc\repair.5 City Council Meeting 2-28-95 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER 1790 (city Counell series) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1737 (CCS) REGARDING REPAIR CRITERIA AND RETROFITTING STANDARDS FOR CRITICAL FACILITIES AND AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 8.04.230 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1- section 1 of Ordinance 1737 (CCS) is hereby amended to read 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 essentl.al 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 Monl.ca Police Department and the Santa Monica Clty Hall, located at 1 . . 1685 Main street, house the City's Emergency Operations Command Center (IIEOC" ) 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 Mon1ca 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. (c) The Santa Monica Animal Shelter, located at 1640 9 \.I"i Street, is charged with the handling and caring of animals which 2 cannot be housed ln emergency shelters and animals which pose a health and safety threat to the communlty. Cd} The Santa Monica civic Auditorium and adJacent parklng lot, located at 1855 Main street, has been identified in the City's Emergency Plan as providing emergency functions includ1.ng the feeding of emergency workers, the sheltering of displaced disaster v1.ctims, 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 shelter1.ng services so that emergency workers may staff the Emergency Operations Command Center knowing that their children will be safe anti cared for. 3 (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 restoration, solid waste management and other vital emergency response services. (h) The Santa Monica Fire Training Center, located at 2500 Michigan Avenue, houses the Fire 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 l.n the following Santa Mon1.ca 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 serV1.ce centers and emergency supply and information distribution points: 4 Lincoln Park (except Miles Playhouse) Lincoln and Wilshlre 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 Senlor Recreation Center 1450 Ocean Avenue (j) The Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines, located ln 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 evacuatlonsi the Administration Buildlng has been designated to shelter the families of Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines employeesi the Administratlon Building houses the Transportatlon Dispatch Center, which lS the communlcatlons center for the dispatch of emergency publ1.c transportation and WhlCh provldes emergency radio communication regarding emergency transportation routes to the Fire Department 5 and to the Police Department and backup reporting of damage assessment information; the Adminlstration 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. SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code section 8.04.230 is hereby amended to read as follows: 6 8.04.230. Critical Facilities. Division 1.00. oesiqnation of critical Facilities. The following facilities are designated as crit1cal 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 Lincoln Park except Miles Playhouse, Marlne Park, Memorial Park, and V1rginia Park, Police Activity League, Senior Recreation Center, Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines Grounds and Maintenance Build1ng and Administratlon Building, Moss Avenue Sewer Pumping Station, Arcadia Water Treatment Plant, Charnock Pumping station, Mt. Olivette Reservoir, and Riviera Golf Course Reservoir. 7 O.lvision 200. Analysis and Repair of critical Facilities subsequent to a Natural Disaster. When any critical facility located in the City 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. Any provisions of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or Appendices thereto, 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 thL5 Ordinance. S . SECTION 4. If any sect1.on, subsect1.on, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance 1.5 for any reason held to be invalld or unconstitutional by a decislon of any court of any competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The city Councl1 hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalld or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 5. The Mayor shall slgn and the Clty Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The city Clerk shall cause the same to be published once ln the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effectlve 30 days from its adoptlon. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~ '"'. ~ ~~ MARSHA JONES MOU' IE city Attorney 9 . /J~ Mayor State of CalIforma ) County of Los Angeles ) 55 CIty of Santa Maruca ) I, Beth Sanchez, AssIstant CIty Clerk of the CIty of Santa Moruca, do hereby certIfy that the foregomg Ordmance No 1790 (CCS) had Its first readmg on February 21, 1995 and had Its second reading on February 28, 1995 and was passed by the followmg vote Ayes CouncIlmembers' Genser. Greenberg, Holbrook, Rosenstem, Abdo, O'Connor Noes CouncIlmembers' None Abstam CouncIlmembers None Absent CouncIlmembers Ebner A TIEST 6x-~~/ { /-- CIty Clerk - ---- - ---