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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 5, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />MEMORANDUM OF <br />UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA AND THE <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE TO UTILIZE <br />THE ALERTOC EMERGENCY MASS <br />NOTIFICATION SYSTEM <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, 2B} <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />`.0 e <br />0 As Recommended <br />C7 As Amended <br />® Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />C.J Ordinance on god Reading <br />® Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute a five -year Memorandum of <br />Understanding with the County of Orange, commencing July 1, 2016, to allow the City of Santa <br />Ana to utilize the AlertOC emergency mass notification system, at no cost to the City, subject to <br />non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />AlertOC is a county -wide emergency mass notification system which allows for the rapid <br />distribution of information during emergencies to residents and businesses. This emergency <br />information may include evacuation orders, lock -down or shelter -in -place orders, the location of <br />evacuation routes or shelter facilities, the availability of food, water, medications or other <br />commodities during disasters, or other emergency instructions or warnings. Information can be <br />distributed via landline telephones, cell phones, text messages, emails or links to other social <br />media platforms. <br />The County of Orange purchases the AlertOC system from a vendor and funds it through County <br />General Fund money. This allows the County to distribute information during County -wide, <br />regional emergencies. The County also allows Orange County cities to utilize the system as <br />well, at no cost to the cities, for local, city- specific emergencies or city- specific information during <br />regional emergencies. By funding one system and allowing its use throughout the County, the <br />County promotes the objective of having one emergency notification system and one database <br />of contact information for residents and businesses, instead of numerous competing notification <br />systems and multiple databases of contact information. This also relieves the City of the cost of <br />purchasing its own mass notification system. The system can also be utilized by the City to <br />distribute emergency information internally to City staff. <br />25H -1 <br />