Agenda - 10-20-2015 - 6a - Minutes

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4 1 2 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 3 4 c. Proclamation of September 2015 as National Preparedness Month 5 The Board considered approving the proclamation declaring September 2015 as 6 National Preparedness Month and authorizing the Chair to sign the proclamation. 7 Kirby Saunders, Emergency Management Services Director, asked them to consider the 8 proclamation below, read by Commissioner Pelissier: 9 10 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 11 NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH 12 2015 13 PROCLAMATION 14 15 WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has designated September as 16 National Preparedness Month across America; and 17 WHEREAS, National Preparedness Month is an opportunity to raise awareness on the 18 importance of emergency preparedness and to encourage all people to better prepare their 19 homes and communities for all hazards; and 20 WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Ready Campaign, Citizen Corps, 21 and other federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, private, and volunteer agencies are working to 22 increase public activities in preparing for emergencies and to educate individuals on how to 23 take action; and 24 WHEREAS, emergency preparedness is the responsibility of every person in Orange County, 25 and all people are urged to make preparedness a priority and work together, as a team, to 26 ensure that individuals, families, and communities are prepared for disasters and emergencies 27 of any type; and 28 WHEREAS, all people in Orange County are encouraged to participate in citizen preparedness 29 activities and asked to visit the websites of the Ready campaign at Ready.gov or Listo.gov (in 30 Spanish) and become more prepared for emergencies and disasters; 31 NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim 32 September 2015 as National Preparedness Month, and encourage all people and businesses in 33 Orange County to develop their own emergency preparedness plan, and work together toward 34 creating a more prepared community. 35 36 This, the 15th Day of September, 2015. 37 38 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Price for the 39 Board to approve and authorize the Chair to sign the attached proclamation declaring 40 September 2015 as National Preparedness Month. 41 42 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 43 44 d. Recognizing Orange County as a "Storm Ready" Community 45 The Board considered accepting the StormReady community designation from the 46 National Weather Service. 47 Nicholas Petro, National Weather Service (NWS), gave an overview of the StormReady 48 program, and said to be recognized as StormReady, communities must meet guidelines 49 established by the NWS in partnership with federal, state, and local emergency management 50 professionals. More specifically, to be recognized as StormReady, communities must: