Ord 0461-AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 328 OF THE TOWN~ w •
O DINL=N'CIE, NO. '
AN ORDINANCE A=DING ORDINANCE NO. 323 OF THE
TM,27N OF LO S3 GAT03 R~LATING TO CIVIL DEFEN133E AND
DI:31AST R3 AND T LPJALING caDINsNCTE, NO. 379 OF
THE TOS,'?N OF Lc 3) GAT03
THE TOT,'7T COUNCIL OF THE TOTWN OF LO.:3 GATO.S DOE 3 ORDAIN A3
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Section 1. That Ordinance No. 379'of the Town of Los Gatos
is hereby repealed.
Section 2. That Sections 3. 5. and 6.E of Ordinance No. 323
of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby mended to read as originally
passed and adopted February 26, 1951, as follows„
SECTION 3. CIVIL DEFENSE ANTS DI `3A3TE COUNCIL.
Membership. The Los Gatos Civil Defense and Disaster
Council is hereby crewed and s tall consist of the following:
A. The mayor, who shall be chairman and the director
of civil defense and disaster.
B. The assistant director, who shall be vice-chairman
appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the Town
Council who, under the supervision of the director, shall develop
civil defense and disaster plans and organize the civil defense
and disaster program of this town, and shall have such other duties
as may be assigned by the director.
C. Such deputy directors and chiefs of operating civil
defense and disaster departments, services or divisions as are
provided for by resolution pursuant to this ordinance.
D. Such representatives of civic, business, labor, veterans,
professional or other organizations having an official group or
organization civil defense and disaster responsibility as may be
appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of t1he Town
Council.
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3E'CTION • DIRE V'.f. a,/ R OF CIVIL DEFENSE AND D13AME?
PCY_,jjR.)' AND DUTIE:3 • "mere is hereby created the office of
director of civil defense and disaster,
The mayor S'_all be the
director Of civil defense and disaster.
the director is liereby empowered;
A. To request tl'e LOEA7n council to proclaim the existence
or threatened existence of a disaster and the termination thereof,
if the town council is in session, or to issue such proclamation
r the town council- is not in session, pub'ect to confirmation by
the town council at the earliest practicable time:
3. To request the Governor to proclaim a state of extreme
emeraenc t,
b 1 wf_en in the opinion of the director the -resources of the
area or region are inadequate to cope wit' the disaster;
To control and. direct t_ie effort of the civil defense
a:'iw~S disaster organization of this town for the accom e lst
~ ,3iT2ent of
the purposes of this ordinance,
D. To direct coordination and cooperation between divi s .eons,
services and staff of the civil defense and disaster organization
of this and Lown and.
, to resolve quesLions o authority and respOnsi-
bility that may arise between them;
To represent tide civil defense and disaster organiza-
tion r of this town in all dealings with public
or private agencies
pertaining to civil defense and disaster.
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To execute all of his ordinary powers as mayor, all
of the special powers conferred upon him, by t ll-s ordinance or by
resolution adopted pursuant t_iereto, alp 'Powers conferred upon
him by ans statute, agreeme~,
y-~ nt approved by the town counc t=
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E: y any ~1,l V z=ef' PaV;e71_uj ?
aut_-iority, and in conformity - Section
33/ 9 Of the Government - v
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and :_sy complete a~~.~.nor, t=T over
...e town and to exercise all police Power vested in the J
town by
t ,'ie 'onstitution and general laws.
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Section 3. EEFEG,TIVE DATE.
This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure
necessary for the imnedi:ate preservation of the public peace, health
and safety, and shall take effect immediately. The following is a
statement of tLie facts showing its urgency:
Tne Town of Los Gatos does not now have a Town Manager,
which office was named director under the provisions of Ordinance
No. 379 of the Town of Los Gatos; that it is necessary that the Town
of Los Gatos immediately have a director of civil defense,
Section 4. This ordinance shall be published once in the
LO; GATOS TI1173-:"'ARATOGA OBSERVER, a newspaper published in the Town
of Los Gatos.
INTRODUCED at a regular Knee t' ng o1 ?e Town Council of tine Town
o = Los Gatos, State of California, i?e :i on ":iii -rd day o Lw'aarch, 10 `v.
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at a s?tL"'ft?e ?"°Up! ar meeting of :e To'VIJia Ooutgci _ "1e '?o_,
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Office of the Town Attorney
712 Bank of America Building
:pan Jose 13, California
Mrs.
Town.
Town
Los
Dear
Beverly H. Blatnick
Clerk
Hall
Gatos, California
Beverly:
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March 4th, 1953
Enclosed you will find Ordinance with
reference to civil defense to be signed by
the Mayor and yourself, together with copy
for publication and extra copy for your file.
With kindest personal regards, I remain,
Yours very truly,
Q s
J. 1:AINEY HANCOCK
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