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