RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN 2025; AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 22151.
WHEREAS, the City of Riverside (“City”) promotes and supports the goal of a prepared disaster-resilient community; and WHEREAS, the preservation of life, property and the environment is an inherent responsibility of local, state and Federal governments; and WHEREAS, the California Emergency Act requires cities to have an Emergency Operations Plan to ensure effective operations in the event of emergency or disaster; and WHEREAS, Chapter 9.20 of the Riverside Municipal Code requires the development and submission of an emergency operations plan to the City Council for adoption; and WHEREAS, the Emergency Operations Plan establishes the emergency organization, concept of operations, and processes for coordination of the City’s responsibilities as a member of the Riverside Operations Area along with other Operations Area organizations; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to provide for the organization of emergency services and coordination of emergency functions within the City and with other public agencies, private organizations, and businesses; and WHEREAS, the City has developed an Emergency Operations Plan that is Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) and National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant; and WHEREAS, the City previously adopted its Emergency Operations Plan with the adoption of Resolution No. 22151; and WHEREAS, the approval of the revised and updated Emergency Operations Plan is necessary to ensure disaster and emergency preparedness.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does hereby resolve, determine and order as follows:
Section 1. That the Emergency Operations Plan dated 2025, attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by this reference, is approved as the Emergency Operations Plan for the City of Riverside.
Section 2. That the City Manager as the Director of Emergency Services, or his designee, is authorized to implement the Emergency Operations Plan and approve changes to the Emergency Operations Plan, appendices, and annexes as may be necessary in the future to keep the plan current, functional, and in accordance with State and Federal guidelines.
Section 3. That the City Manager is authorized to approve new and updated Emergency Support Function (ESF) Annexes, Hazard Annexes to the Emergency Operations Plan and subsidiary plans as may be needed to keep plans current, functional and in accordance with State and Federal guidelines.
Section 4. Resolution No. 22151 is hereby repealed.
Section 5. The City Clerk of the City of Riverside shall certify as to the adoption of this Resolution.
ADOPTED by the City Council this _________ day of March, 2025. ________________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council, of said City at its meeting held on the _________day of March, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ________ day of March, 2025. _________________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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MACROBUTTON None FirmName1_1 , MACROBUTTON None FirmLegalStatus1_1 CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
3900 MAIN STREET
RIVERSIDE, CA 92522
(951) 826-5567