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RESOLUTION NO. 3312
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING THE CITIZENS OPERATIONAL
DISASTER EMERGENCY SERVICE ( C.O.D.E.S.) AS A
VIABLE VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION.
WHEREAS, emergency preparedness is training to manage the type
of natural or man -made disaster or emergency which all of us hope
will never occur; and
WHEREAS, emergency preparedness in Cypress is a community -wide,
organized effort involving the Cypress City Council, City
Departments, the Cypress Safety Council (C.S.C.), the Citizen's
Operational Disaster Emergency Service (C.O.D.E.S.), Cypress Unified
School District, the American Red Cross, Neighborhood Watch, Business
Alert, Chamber of Commerce, and local service clubs and
organizations; and
WHEREAS, C.O.D.E.S. is a community -wide citizen volunteer
emergency services program; and
WHEREAS, its purpose is to augment City disaster response with a
trained volunteer disaster team; and
WHEREAS, functions performed by C.O.D.E.S. include, but are not
limited to, Management Staff, Cotunications, Shelter and Welfare,
Search and Rescue, First Aid, Supplies and Resources, and
Transportation; and
WHEREAS, volunteers devote a small amount of time in learning to
provide essential services should a disaster strike; and
WHEREAS, they will devote whatever time is necessary to effect
action designed to assist themselves, their families, and their
neighbors in surviving the incident with minimal injury and
disruption.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Cypress City Council
recognizes and supports C.O.D.E.S. as a viable volunteer emergency
response organization and whose Board of Directors shall sit as
members of the Cypress Disaster Council.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at
a regular meeting held on the 9th day of November 1987.
ATTEST:
CITY (-Cf,ERK OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE
F THE CITY OF PRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the said City Council held on the 9th day of November
1987; by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Arnold, Coronado, Davis, Mullen and Kanel
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CI LERIC OP THE CI OF CYPRESS