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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-07
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORONADO, CALIFORNIA, RATIFYING AND EXTENDING THE
PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY FROM THE
JANUARY 22, 2024 STORM BY THE CITY MANAGER ACTING
AS DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
WHEREAS, Government Code section 8630 and Chapter 2.50 et seq. of the Coronado Municipal Code empower the Director of Emergency Services to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City Council is not in session, subject to confirmation by the City Council at the earliest possible time; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Coronado; and WHEREAS, on the morning of January 22, 2024, a rainstorm of extreme and unpredicted severity struck the City of Coronado and other areas of San Diego County and Coronado received a historic 4.25 inches of rain; and
WHEREAS, the storm is catastrophic in nature, dropping hundreds of millions of gallons of rainwater on Coronado in just a few hours coinciding with high tides measuring at 6.22 feet that inundated the storm drain system and extensive flooding occurred across the City posing an extreme peril to the safety of persons and properties with the City of Coronado; and WHEREAS, the impacts and damage from the storm are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of Coronado; and WHEREAS, in order to ensure the availability of mutual aid and an effective response to potential injuries or property damage resulting from the storm, the City Manager acting as the City’s Director of Emergency Services proclaimed the existence of a local emergency on January 22, 2024; and WHEREAS, the County of San Diego issued a proclamation of a local emergency because of the damage caused by flooding from the storm on January 22, 2024; and WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of California proclaimed a State of Emergency in response to the storm on January 23, 2024; and
WHEREAS, as contemplated in the Emergency Service Act contained in Government Code Section 8550 et seq., including Section 8558(c), a local emergency exists because of the existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City of Coronado caused by the aforesaid conditions which are likely beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat, and the declaration of a local emergency shall enable the City of Coronado and other local government entities to adequately plan, prepare and secure resources to be able to effectively respond to the impacts of the January 22, 2024 storm.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Coronado does hereby resolve, declare, determine, and order as follows:
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1. That the above recitations are true.
2. The proclamation of existence of a local emergency, as issued by the City Administrator in her capacity as the Director of Emergency Services, attached hereto as “Attachment A” is hereby ratified and approved by the City Council; and
3. In accordance with Government Code section 8360, this local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of Coronado, and it shall be terminated at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. The Council shall review this emergency at least once every sixty days.
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Coronado, California, at a special meeting thereof this 29th day of January, 2024 by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
APPROVED:
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RICHARD BAILEY, Mayor of the
City of Coronado, California
ATTEST:
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KELSEA HOLIAN, City Clerk of the
City of Coronado, California
PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY BY THE CITY
MANAGER, ACTING AS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OF
THE CITY OF CORONADO
WHEREAS, Government Code section 8630 allows the governing body of a city or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency;and WHEREAS, Coronado Municipal Code sections 2.50.050 and 2.50.060 empower the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City Council is not in session; and WHEREAS, on the morning of January 22, 2024, a rainstorm of extreme, unusual and unpredicted severity struck the City of Coronado and the San Diego region, dropping 2 to 3inches of rain in a 3-hour period, a total that exceeds that of an average wet month and rivals therainfall needed to spur a 100-year flood event; and WHEREAS, also on the morning of January 22, 2024 and coinciding with the acute rain event, a high tide crested at 6.56 feet, with this high water level curtailing the ability for natural drainage into the San Diego Bay and compounding the rain's negative effects, causing widespread flooding, pooling, ponding and rain-blown water that encroached into facilities, residences and businesses and made roads unpassable and dangerous; and WHEREAS, the extreme volume of rain choked the City's storm drain systems, inundated the City's wastewater systems and flooded pump stations, impairing the normaloperation of essential City infrastructure and impacting residences, businesses and facilities; and WHEREAS, the deluge and wind lashed at City Facilities, causing leaking and flooding and infrastructure damage to City Hall, the Police Department, the Coronado Public Library, the John D. Spreckels Center, the Community Center, the Coronado Golf Course and MaintenanceFacilities, the Lawn Bowling Green, the Club Room and other City Facilities; and WHEREAS, the City Manager, acting as Director of Emergency Services does find that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and damage to property have arisen within the City, caused by the January 22, 2024 extreme rainstorm and high tide that brought catastrophic flooding to the City ofCoronado, specifically affecting City Buildings and Facilities, pump stations and the Country Club Area including Coronado, Balboa, and Cabrillo Avenues, and other Areas of the City; and
WHEREAS, the storm event and flooding have and continue to threaten to cause property damage, dislocation of businesses and residents, and pose extreme safety concerns to personsand property within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council is not in session and cannot be immediately called into session; and
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Exhibit A
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a local emergency now exists throughout said City.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said local emergency the powers, functions and duties of the emergency organization of this City shall be those prescribed by state law, and by ordinances and resolutions of this City, and that this emergency proclamation shall expire on 7 days after declaration unless ratified and extended by the City Council of the City ofCoronado.
Dated: January 22, 2024
Tina Friend, City Manager
Acting as Director of Emergency Services
City of Coronado
Attachment 1
Exhibit A