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Orange County Fire Authority and transfer of the emergency management <br />responsibility to the Santa Ana Police Department, creating a need to <br />update the terminology and organizational responsibilities of City <br />government in managing emergencies. <br />G. Therefore, a comprehensive update to this Division will reflect the City's <br />current organizational approach, authorities and responsibilities in <br />managing emergencies, consistent with current state and federal <br />terminology, laws and practices. <br />H. The Request for Council Action for this ordinance dated May 2. 2017, shall <br />by this reference be incorporated herein, and together with this ordinance, <br />any amendments or supplements and the oral testimony before the City <br />Council at this meeting, shall additionally constitute the necessary findings <br />for this ordinance. <br />All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein <br />are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of Section 418 of <br />the City Charter. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Code <br />is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or <br />decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for <br />tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. <br />Section 2. The adoption of this ordinance is not subject to the California <br />Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as amended (Public Resources Code Section 21000 <br />at seq.), pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State of California <br />Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (California <br />Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3), because it will not result in a direct or <br />reasonably foreseeable physical change in the environment and is not a "project" as <br />defined in Section 15378 of the California Code of Regulations. <br />Section 3. Section -2- 400 -of Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is <br />amended to read in full as follows: <br />Sec. 2 -400. Purposes. <br />The purposes of this Division are to establish the Emergency Organization of the City <br />of Santa Ana; to provide for coordination of the emergency functions of the City with all other <br />public agencies, organizations, businesses and private persons; and to provide for the <br />preparation and implementation of emergency plans and procedures; all for the protection <br />of persons and property in the event of a large scale emergency or disaster. <br />Section 4. Section 2 -401 of Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is <br />amended to read in full as follows: <br />Sec. 2 -401. Definitions. <br />11 B -4 <br />