RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COTATI, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING THE PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A
LOCAL EMERGENCY FOR THREAT OF PANDEMIC
WHEREAS, Section 2.24.060 of the Cotati Municipal Code empowers the City Manager to proclaim the existence of a local emergency when the City of Cotati is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity, subject to ratification by the Cotati City Council at the earliest practicable time; and
WHEREAS, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose within the City of Cotati caused by threat of pandemic (COVID 19), resulting in the adoption of Resolution 2020-21 on March 18, 2020, ratifying the Proclamation of Local Emergency due to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, for the safety of staff, elected officials, and the public, the declared local emergency allowed the City to implement partially remote work and fully remote public meetings, as permitted under Executive Order of the Governor; and WHEREAS, due to the widespread availability of vaccines and the resulting reduction in serious illness due to COVID 19, extreme peril to the safety of persons and property no longer exists within the City of Cotati; and
WHEREAS, California and Sonoma County lifted COVID-19 emergency health orders on February 28, 2023, and the federal government will end the national public health emergency on May 11, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the Proclamation of Existence of a local emergency, as adopted by Resolution 2020-21, is hereby rescinded, effective immediately, by the City Council of the City of Cotati.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cotati held on the April 11th, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
Approved:________________________________
Mayor
Attest:____________________________
Kevin Patterson, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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City Attorney