Resolution 1986-63
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RESOLUTION NO. 86 - 63
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DESIGNATING THE
GILROY FIRE DEPART}1ENT liB THE ADHINISTERING AGENCY FOR HAZARDOUS
H.ATERIALS lo1ANAGEHENT AND RESPONSE PLANNING REOUIREHENTS OF CHAPTER
6.95, DIVISION 20, OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA '}lEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.
~iHEREAS, the Council of the City of Gilroy adopted Ordina.nce
No. 83-6 in June 1983, regulating the storage and handling of hazardous
materials and aI'lend.ed such ordinance Dece:'1ber 1983 and again Dece:r,ber
1984; and
v,H-lEREAS, the State of California has adopted Assembly Bills
2185 and 2187, which include additional Health and Safety Code regu-
lations regarding business plans, area response plans, and hazarclous-
materials incident reporting; and
WHEREAS, it is intended that all hazardous-materials inventories
and business plans provide information essential to local public safety
officials in order to meet their responsibility for protecting the
health and welfare of the community; and
HHEREAS, the Gilroy Fire Depart!:'!,e!'lt is currently erforcing the
requirements of the Hazardous Materials Storage Ordinance, and tbe
additional requirements of the new state legislation are a logical
extension of this effort; and
vJHEREAS, the Gilroy Fire Departmer.t is responsible for city-
wide response to hazardous-materials emergencies.
NOv~', TY::E~EFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that tr-,e Council of the City of
Gilroy does hereby designate the Gilroy Fire Department as the adI'linis-
tering agency ~1i thin the city for the purpose of implementing the
~azardous materials management and planning programs mandated by AB2185
and AB2187, enacted as Chapter 6.95, Division 20, of the Realth and
Safety Code.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of October, 1986, by the follo'VJ-
ing vote:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILHEHBERS: ALBERT, GAGE, KLOECKER, MUSSALLEH,
VALDEZ ar:d HUGHAU.
COUNCILHEHBERS: None
COUNCILHEt~BER: PALHERLEE
AYES:
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 86-63 is an original
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 6th day of October , 19~, at
which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this 10th day of October
(Seal)