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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS L Contra
FROM: Mark Finucane
Health Services Director Costa
DATE: July 20, 1993
W.
County
SUBJECT: Ordinance Designating Certain Health Services Department Vehicles
as Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team Vehicles
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION-
Introduce, waive first reading, and fix July 27 , 1993 for adoption
of the superseded ordinance adding a certain Health Services
Department vehicle as a hazardous materials emergency response team
vehicle.
FISCAL IMPACT-
None or alight.
BACKGROUND:
Since 1981, the Health Department Emergency Response Team has been
responding to spills, releases and other hazardous materials
incidents throughout the county. Highway spills, often associated
with accidents, are frequent. The need often arises to go through
or around slow or stalled traffic. Recent changes to the Vehicle
Code allow permitting of hazardous materials incident response
vehicles as emergency vehicles. The Emergency Response team
presently responds to over . 300 incidents a year. The original
ordinance passed on August 6, 1991 designated two ( 2) vehicles for
this purpose. This amended ordinance adds a third ( 3rd) vehicle.
The designation of the present response vehicles as emergency
response vehicles will significantly reduce response time, make
operations safer and improve service.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: 1AAA
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISOR THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Lewis Pascalli, 646-2286
cc: Health Services ATTESTED % 3
Hazardous Materials Division PHIL CHELO •CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Health Officer SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator
M382 (10/88)
BY DEPUTY
ORDINANCE NO. 93-
(Designating Certain Health Services Department Vehicles
as Hazardous Materials Response Team Vehicles)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows:
SECTION I. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to
esignate an—a—acl tional vehicle as a hazardous materials response
team vehicle.
SECTION II . AUTHORITY. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to
Vehicle Code section 416(a) ( 10) .
SECTION III. DESIGNATION. The following vehicles, owned and
operate y the County Health Services Department, are hereby
designated as hazardous materials response team vehicles for
response to hazardous materials emergencies:
A. 1984 Ford Van B. 1982 Ford Van
County Vehicle No. 9716 County Vehicle No. 5941
License No. E488663 License No. E798878
VIN No. 1FDKE30LlEHA73713 VIN No. 1FTHE34ZOCHB55099
C. 1992 Ford Truck
GVW: 11,000 LOB.
County Vehicle No. 6131
License No. E342231
VIN No. 2FDKF38MXNCA73548
SECTION IV. PERMIT. The Director of Health Services is
aut orize to appy to the Commissioner of the California Highway
Patrol for authorized emergency vehicle permits for the above
vehicles.
SECTION V. ORDINANCE NO. 91-38. Ordinance No. 91-38 is .repealed
on the e fective date of t is ordinance because it is superseded
by this ordinance.
SECTION VI . EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30
days after passage, and within 15 days after passage shall be
published once with the names of the supervisors voting for and
against it in the Contra Costa Times, a newspaper published in