Resolution 13851CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13 8 51
DESIGNATING ALL ALAMEDA FIRE STATIONS AS RECEIVING
POINTS FOR SURRENDERED BABIES UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
STATE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 1255.7, KNOWN AS
THE SAFELY SURRENDERED BABY LAW
WHEREAS, the State Legislature has enacted Health and Safety Code §1255.7
which allows any person having lawful custody of a minor child 72 hours old or younger
to surrender physical custody of the child to an employee at a location designated by the
Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda Fire Department is desirous of having its Fire
Station Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 so designated; and
WHEREAS, such designation is for the benefit of children and the community
because it will provide a safe haven to newborns who are 72 hours old or younger;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda
as follows:
Section 1. That Fire Station Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Alameda Fire
Department may be designated by Alameda County as locations which may accept
newborns who are 72 hours old or younger from a person who has lawful custody of the
child.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to request that the Board of
Supervisors for Alameda County designate the Alameda Fire Station Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
in the City of Alameda as locations which may accept newborns who are 72 hours old or
younger from a person who has lawful custody of the child.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized to execute any documents which are
necessary to effectuate this designation and which are consistent with this Resolution.
Section 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution; shall cause the same to be entered among the original resolutions of the City
of Alameda; and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records
of the proceedings of the City Council of the City of Alameda in the minutes of the
meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in the regular meeting of the City
Council on the 7th day of June, 2005, by the following vote to
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese
and Mayor Johnson — 5.
NOES:
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City
this 8th day of June, 2005.
Lara Weisiger, City Cle
City of Alameda