A PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY OF FONTANA CITY MANAGER/DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES,
PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, section 8.5 (a) of the Fontana Municipal Code empowers the Director of Emergency Services/City Manager to proclaim a local emergency if the City Council is not in session and requires that the City Council shall take action to ratify the proclamation within seven days thereafter; and WHEREAS, the National Weather Service issued an extreme weather warning on February 4, 2024, warning conditions of damage and extreme peril to the safety and persons and property within San Bernardino County; and WHEREAS, these storms have caused injuries, flooding, and heavy rain throughout Southern California; and WHEREAS, these storms have caused power outages for several thousand customers throughout Southern California; and
WHEREAS, damage to infrastructure and property, including but not limited to sinkholes, degradation of pavement and vertical improvements may continue due to ongoing weather activity including snow, rain, mudslides, debris runoff, and flooding; and
WHEREAS, flooding has interfered with transportation throughout Southern California; and WHEREAS, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within the City of Fontana, as a result the severe and long lasting rains, which began on or about the 3rd day of February, 2024, at which time the City Council of the City of Fontana was not in session; and WHEREAS, these conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City of Fontana; and
WHEREAS, on February 4, 2024, the Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency to exist in California; WHEREAS, on February 4, 2024, the County of San Bernardino declared a local emergency; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fontana is not in session and cannot immediately be called into session.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a local emergency now exists, and has existed since the 4th day of February, throughout the City of Fontana;
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, by ordinances, and resolutions of this City, and;
That this emergency proclamation shall expire in seven (7) days after issuance unless confirmed and ratified by the governing body of the City of Fontana.
Dated: 2-8-24
By: M.Dazs
Fontana Police Chief, Michael Dorsey
Acting City Manager/Director of Emergency Services
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335