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RESOLUTION NUMBER
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
REGARDING THE ORANGE COUNTY CITY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AUTHORITY AND ASSIGNING CERTAIN RECOVERY
RIGHTS TO SAID AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the city of Seal Beach contracts for services from the Orange
County Fire Department with respect to fire fighting, rescue,
fire prevention and emergency medical services; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Fire Department augmented its services to
make hazardous material emergency response teams available to
the City of Seal Beach; and
WHEREAS, the County of Orange and cities of Newport Beach, Huntington
Beach, Santa Ana and Anaheim ("Provider Agencies"),
contributed to the Authority their hazardous material
emergency response teams for a county wide effective and
efficient system of response; and
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WHEREAS, the Authority will now provide hazardous material emergency
response services to ~ity of Seal Beach without charge; and
WHEREAS, all public agencies which receive hazardous material
emergency response services from the Authority must assign
their interest in collection of costs incurred by the
Authority from persons or entities responsible for the
hazardous material emergency response services; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Seal Beach hereby
assigns to the Orange County-City Hazardous Material Emergency Response
Authority all of its right, title and interest in and to any claim or
cause of action against any person or entity responsible, in whole or
in part, for any hazardous material emergency to which a Provider Agency I
has responded. This assignment shall include, without limitation, the
right to collect the reasonable value of all services performed by the '
Provider Agency/Authority, and the right to recover punitive damages,
penalties, or statutory enhancements to the extent provided by law.
AYES:
Councilmembers
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the cit)l~~ncil of t e
Beach at a meeting thereof held on the - day of
1991 by the following vote: C
NOES:
Councilmembers
ABSENT:
councilmembers,
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Mayor
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Resolution Number ~i'~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
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'I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California, do hereby
certify that the fo~oins resolution is the original copy of
Resolution Number ~ on file in the office of the City
Clerk, passed, appr9V~d nd adopted by the City Coencil of the
Ci~~l Seal Beach, a a egUI~ meeting thereof held on the
. - day of G~ , 1991.
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