HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2020-C11RESOLUTION NO.2020-C11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA
PROCLAIMING EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
REGARDING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
WHEREAS, California Government Code section 54956.5 authorizes the City Council to
hold emergency meetings on shortened notice to address emergency situations as determined by a
majority of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code 8630, et seq., and Chapter 26 of Section 26-4 of
the Azusa Municipal Code provide that the Azusa City Council (City Council) may proclaim; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has been requested by the Director of Emergency Services to
proclaim the existence of a local emergency therein; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 has spread globally to over 117 countries, infecting more than
126,000 persons and killing more than 4,600 individuals worldwide. As of March 12, 2020, there
were 32 cases, including four by community transmission, in Los Angeles County and one death
related to COVID-19. Due to the expanding list of countries with widespread transmission of
COVID-19, increasing travel alerts and warnings for countries experiencing sustained or
uncontrolled community transmission issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
("CDC"), the escalation of United States domestic cases of and deaths from COVID-19, and the
identification of COVID-19 cases in California, including Los Angeles County, COVID-19 has
created conditions that are likely to be beyond the control of local resources and require the
combined forces of other political subdivisionsto combat; and
WHEREAS, on February 26, 2020, the CDC confirmed the first possible case of community
transmission of COVID-19 in the United. On March 4, 2020, the Health Officer of Los Angeles
County determined that there is an imminent and proximate threat to the public health from the
introduction of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County and declared a Local Health Emergency and the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors concurrently proclaimed the existence of a local
emergency for the County of Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom of the State of California declared a
State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 19); and,
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) publicly
characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic; and,
WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020 Governor Newsom of the State of California issued
Executive Order N-25-20 in a further effort to confront and contain COVID-19 that among other
things suspended certain provision of the Ralph M. Brown Act providing local agencies with
greater flexibility to hold meetings via teleconferencing; and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the President of the United declared a National
Emergency due to the continue spread and the effects of COVID-19; and,
WHEREAS, the State of California and numerous other public and provide organizations
have announced the cancellation or postponement of all events where social distancing cannot be
reasonably achieved; and,
WHEREAS, the City's ability to mobilize local resources, coordinate interagency
response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and seek future reimbursement
by the State and Federal governments will be critical to successfully respondingto COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find the following:
1. That the above recitals are true and correct and based thereon, hereby finds that the
spread and potential further spread of COVID-19 constitutes a situation that severely
impairs the public health safety within the City of Azusa and constitutes conditions of
extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City of Azusa;
2. That these conditions are likely to be beyond the control of the services,
personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City of Azusa;
3. That the conditions of extreme peril warrant and necessitate the proclamation
of the existence of a local emergency;
4. That these conditions justify the holding of an emergency meeting of the City
Council as authorized by California Government Code section 54956.5 for the
purpose of declaring a local emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a local emergency now exists
throughout City of Azusa:
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the
threatened existence and actual existence of the local emergencythe powers, functims and duties
of the Director of Emergency Services and the emergency organization of the City shall be those
prescribed by state law, by ordinances and resolutions ofthe City and approved by the City Council.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that, as authorized in Government
Code Sections 8630 and 54956.5 and Chapter 26 of the Azusa Municipal Code and based on the
foregoing, an "emergency" as defined in Government Code section 54956.5(a) and Azusa
Municipal Code Chapter 26 anda "local emergency" as definedin GovernmentCode section 8558(c)
hereby exists within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Azusa and is deemed to continue to
exist, and shall be reviewed at least once every 60 days, until its termination is proclaimed by the
City Council of the City of Azusa.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED to ensure that City vendors are paid
in a timely manner, City Council has been requested to give authorizationto the City Manager and
the City Treasurer to approve the claims and demands, make payments thereon, and finally to
bring those claims and demands to the City Council at future meetings for ratification of the
payments made.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the City Council will utilize, to
the extent reasonably feasible and appropriate, the ability to conduct its council meetings via
teleconferencing and other electronic means to permit councilmembers and members ofthe public
to adopt social distancing to the greatest extent possible while still proceeding with the efficient
handling of the City's business, in compliance with California Executive OrderN-25-20.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that a copy of this proclamation be
forwarded to the Director of California Governor's Office ofEmergency Services requesting that
the Director find it acceptable in accordance with State law; that the Governor of California,
pursuant to the Emergency Services Act, issue a proclamation declaring an emergency in Los
Angeles County; that the Governor waive regulations that may hinder response and recovery
efforts; that recovery assistance be made available under the California Disaster Assistance Act;
and that the State expedite access to State and Federal resources and any otherappropriate federal
disaster reliefprograms.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that said local emergency shall be
deemed to continue to exist until is termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of
Azusa, State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 16`h day of March, 2020.
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Jose Ro ro Rocha
Mayor
ATTEST:
Jfr a ce Cornejo, Jr.
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020 -CI 1 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Azusa, at a Special Meeting thereof held on the 16`" day of March 2020,
by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GONZALES, CARRILLO, MACIAS, ALVAREZ, ROCHA
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
rClerk w Cornejo, Jr.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Best Best z Krieger, LL
City Attor ey