55B - AGMT AND RESO WITH COUNTY OF ORANGE

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Orange County Operational Area Agreement July 21, 2020 Page 2 In 2017, the Orange County Sheriff's Department Emergency Management Division began a process to revise the Operational Area agreement to account for changes in emergency operations plans, incorporate advances and new perspectives in the emergency management discipline, and ease administration of Operational Area functions. The Operational Area Agreement Revision Working Group, which included representation from the City of Santa Ana, was formed and met for more than a year to develop an updated document taking into account new programs and paradigms at the local, state, and federal level, as well as lessons learned from more than twenty years of administering the existing framework. Following an extensive review and revision process in 2018 and 2019, the revised Operational Area Agreement was approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors on March 24, 2020. On March 26, 2020, the agreement was ratified by the Orange County Fire Authority, establishing the new Operational Area agreement and rendering the 1995 agreement moot. The agreement must now be approved by each individual jurisdiction in the Orange County Operational Area (Exhibit 1 and 2). The new agreement developed by the Revision Working Group has structural and content changes from the 1995 document. Agreement sections were reorganized to make the document easier to understand and reference, and the document was reformatted to more closely align with Operational Area document style guidelines. The major content changes are outlined below: New Operational Area Executive Board Members (Section 2.2) The Executive Board includes representatives from the Orange County Board of Supervisors, public safety agencies and Mutual Aid Coordinators, key County departments, and CA jurisdictions. City representation on the Executive Board includes one City Manager, one City Chief of Police and one City Public Works Director. Five new Operational Area Executive Board seats were added to the body to more accurately represent the interests of the Operational Area: • The Orange County Executive Officer • The Orange County Social Services Agency Director • The Operational Area WaterM/astewater Mutual Aid Coordinator • A representative selected jointly from the Orange County Community College Districts • The Orange County Transportation Authority Chief Executive Officer Orange County Emergency Management Organization Update (Section 2.3) The Orange County Emergency Management Organization (OCEMO) is a collaboration and coordination body tasked with developing plans, procedures and associated documents necessary for a robust Operational Area emergency management program. Since the 1995 agreement was approved, OCEMO has transitioned to a simpler model than was outlined in the original document. Several changes were made in the new agreement to reflect the current operational practices of OCEMO and ensure alignment with the new OCEMO bylaws approved in 2018. The major shift was the removal of the OCEMO Representative Board, which has not been practical in use for a decade or more. The new draft also provides clarity on the nature of the administrative support provided to OCEMO by the County of Orange. 55B-2