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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 213-1941 ~S, on ~y ~, 1940, the President of the United States created a Co~cil of National Defense and ~ ~visory Co~ssion thereto for the p~ose of assisti~ in the coo~ination of the various governmental, industrial, agricultural, economic, and other activities essential to preparing for the defense of the United States; and ~~ the Council of National Defense and its Advisory Commisaion have recommended that the National Defense Progr~ ~d activities related thereto be carried on through regular gover~ental channels insofar as possible; and N~~ the Co~cil of National Defense ~d its Adviso~ C~mm~ssion~as officially requested the Celifor~ia Council of Defense / to assist ~nd to e~ite the fo~ation of co~cils of defense; ~d ~AS the City of South isco desires to assist in the progr~ m of National Defense coordinating all of it~ public and privm~e facilities, ~d activities with the progr~ aforesaid ', NOW, T~FORE: The of the City of ~uth ~n Fr~ciseo do ordain as ~ectio~ 1. There is hereby created the South ~ Francis~ Defense Council. ~ction E. The Defense Co. oil shall be composed of the Mayor, who shall be ex officio chairman of the Co~cil, the Gity Clerk, who shall be ex officio secretary of the Co~cil, ~d such other local officials and citizens as may be appointed thereto by the ~yor with the approval of the City Council. The ~yor shall designate one of the members of the Local Defense Co'~cil as vice-ehai~, who shall preside at all meetings of said co~cil in the absence of the Mayor. The Secretary, subject to the Mayor's direction, shall be responsible -1- for coordinating its activities, keeping its records, conducting its correspondence and performing such other duties as the said Council may from time to time require of him. Section ~. The members of said Defense Council shall serve for a term ef one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified. A four-fifths vote of all the members of the City Council wil~l be required to r~move any member of said I]efense Council from office prior to the expiration of his term of office. Vacancies the I~efense Council shall be filled by appointment by the Nayor, with the approval of the City Council. ~ection 4. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the I~efense Council to coordinate the activities within the city of governmental and private agencies, and of individuals, cooperating in the defense effort; to stimulate public interest and participation in defense activities; to consider and recommend ~o sppropriate governmental authorities plans for the public safety, health and wel- fare; to plan a major disaster program, capable of functioning in a defense emergency; and to perform such other advisory functions as may be requested of it by officials of the city, county, state, and Federal agencies engaged in the defense effort. Said Council shall receive, acknowledge end appraise proffers of facilities, services and ideas originating within the community and make appropriate disposition of same; clear information concern- ing defense programs and objectives among cooperating agencies; recomm-nd adjustments or arrangements necessary for prompt assimila- tion of government programs for defense to the appropriate officers, departments or agencies; receive requests for assistance from the State Council of Defense and from Federal defense authorities and transmit these 'requests to the proper city authorities or agencies; accumulate or assist in the accumulation of information regarding local governmental, financial, economic, industrial and human facilities and resources and transmit any such facts, as well as -2- other necessary information, to the State Council of Defense and to Federal defense authorities. Section 5. There is hereby created as permanent committees of the Defense Council: (1) Committee on Civil Protection, which shall consider defense matters relating to the public safety, including the preparation of a disaster Preparedness plan to be recommended to the City Council for adoption as an ordinance; (~) (~,.ommitt~,e on Huma~ Resources and S~kills, to assist in the registration of persons for defense, work of all kinds, to cooperate with governmental agencies in making plans for defense training of skilled workers and other persons~ engaged in defense work re- quiring special training, and to ~analyze and report to the Defense Council on all proffers of assistance from private persormand organizations. The City Council by resolution shall create such other permanent and such temporary committees of the Defense Council as the City Council deems necessary, shall define their duties within the purpose of this ordinance and may abolish any such committee. The chairman of the permanent committees of the Defense Council shall be designated by the Defense Council Chair- mas from among the members of the Defense Council appointed as provided in Section E of this ordinance. Members of permanent committees other than the chairman and all members of temporary committees shall be appointed by the chairman of the Defense Coun- cil and need not be members of the Defense Council. Section 6. This ordinance is hereby declared to he an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its final passage and adoption, as required by law. The following is a specific statement showing the urgency of this ordinance: An emergency exists in the United States and in this State, re- quiring provision for adequate national and local defense. It is necessary that all information be gathered relating to national defense and to provide for the proPer cooperation and coordination of public -3- and private agencies so that adequate local defense may be provided for at as early a date as possible. Section ?. This ordinance shall be published by one (1) insertion in "The Enterprise~, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in said City of South San Fran- cisc~o. -o-o-o-o-o- Introduced this ~~day of June, Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South Sa~ Francisco, this 16th day of June, 19~1, by the following vote:: Ayes, Councilmem V. ~oido, G. V~. liolston, D. W. Ratto Noe s, Councilmen None Absent, Councilmen Reese Lloyd and R. Tibbetts Mayor of the City of SOuth Franc i sc.o.