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: DONOVAN, DOWNEY, DUNCAN, TANAKA, BAILEY
NAYS: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
APPROVED:
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RICHARD BAILEY, Mayor of the
City of Coronado, California
ATTEST: __________________________________ KELSEA HOLIAN, City Clerk of the City of Coronado, California
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