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CITY OF PLEASANTON STAFF REPORT 4O March 27, 1984 HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL Pleasanton, California Re: Revised Emergency Operations Organizational Structure and Operational Concepts of the Basic Emergency Operations Plan Honorable Mayor and Hembers of the Council: Background The City's Basic Emergency Operations Plan, originally adopted in June 1967 by Resolution #67-134, was last updated in 1981. Since that time numerous changes have occurred that makes it again necessary to update this document. The purposes of the Plan are to: 1. Provide a basis for the conduct and coordination of operations and the management of critical resources during emergencies. 2. Establish a mutual understanding of the authority, responsibilities, functions, and operations of civil government during emergencies. Provide a basis for incorporating into city emergency organization non- governmental agencies and organizations having resources necessary to meet unforseeable emergency requirements. With the Emergency Operating Center (E.O.C.) now located within the new police facility several operating advantages over the previously identified E.O.C. have become apparent. As a result, Staff has developed a new organ- izational structure and operational concept to enhance emergency operations. The plan is non-traditional in nature, unique in some aspects, but not en- tirely a new concept, in the field of emergency preparedness. Information The new concept divides the emergency organization into three operating groups i.e., the Policy Group, Services Group and Function Group; and calls for them to work within three separate areas of the E.O.C. In the past, the organization was divided into two groups; Direction and Control Group, and Coordination Group both of which worked side by side in the E.O.C. This closeness, in itself, created overlaps in authority which caused confusion, not to mention the noise SR 84:187