Item 26 - Adoption of the City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan

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City of Santa Ana Emergency Operations Plan Part I Basic Plan 2.1.5.7 Fire Services Santa Ana contracts with Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) for all fire services. This includes firefighting, emergency medical services, rescue, hazard materials response and fire and rescue mutual aid. The Fire Authority also provides development review, fire inspections, enforcement of fire safety laws, and fire prevention. OCFA Division 6 serves Santa Ana, and the Division utilizes ten fire stations in the City. These stations are well distributed at an approximate 1 %2-mile service radii throughout the City. However, the overlapping responsibility of fire companies allows adequate response to emergencies. The first Fire unit response goal (travel time) is less than 5 minutes. OCFA contracts with Care Ambulance Service for emergency medical transport in Santa Ana. 2.1.6 Utilities Utilities in the City are provided by a variety of local, county, state, and private providers. Additional information on specific utilities is outlined below. 2.1.6.1 Water and Wastewater'" Domestic water services in Santa Ana are provided by the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency Water Resources Division. The Santa Ana Water Resources Division delivers an average of 33 million gallons of water daily to some 45,000 customers. This service is provided through 21 groundwater wells, seven pumping stations, 478 miles of water mains, and 10 reservoir storage tanks with a combined capacity of 48.3 million gallons. Wells in the Santa Ana area withdraw water from between 600 to 2,700 feet below ground level. To tap into water sources from outside the area, in 1931 the City joined with 12 other southern California cities to form and be an original member agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). MWD, as a regional wholesaler, supplies imported water to southern California from the Colorado River and from the State Water Project from Northern California. MWD's primary purpose is to develop, store and distribute water at wholesale rates to its member public agencies for domestic and municipal uses. Santa Ana meets its water demands from a combination of groundwater and imported sources. The City pumps approximately 75 percent of its water supply from groundwater wells, and purchases 25 percent of its supply from MWD. The City's wells can provide a maximum of 74 million gallons per day (MGD), and MWD can provide up to 87 MGD. In Fiscal Year 2020-2021, the City pumped 26,081 acre-feet of water, and imported 7,738 acre- feet of water from MWD. Approximately 395 miles of local sewer lines are maintained by the City of Santa Ana, with sewer trunks owned and maintained by the Orange County Sanitation District that provide trunk sewage collection, and sewage treatment services to the City of Santa Ana. Sewage from the City is diverted into Reclamation Plant Number 1 in the City of Fountain Valley. This plant has a capacity of over 130 MGD. The Orange County Sanitation District has indicated that the District's facilities are adequate to handle the present demand for sewage treatment. Increases in development will require the construction of additional facilities, and the District's Master Plan provides for orderly development of the necessary facilities. Sewer connection fees from new developments pay for system improvements and upgrades, as needed, in accordance with the District's Master Plan. The Orange County Water District's Green Acres Project allows for the reuse of reclaimed wastewater for industrial and landscape irrigation uses. In 2015, approximately 4,320 acre-feet or 3.86 MGD of recycled water was used for irrigation in Fountain Valley, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Huntington Beach. The Green Acres Project can treat and reuse as much as 7.5 MGD of wastewater. 3' GP Land Use Element 22