1 RESOLUTION NO: ______________
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE,
CALIFORNIA RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY
OFGLENDALE'S DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES,
PROCLAIMING EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 3985 of the City of Glendale empowers the City Council, within seven (7) days of issuance, to ratify a proclamation by the Director of Emergency Services declaring a public calamity when the City Council is not in session; and
WHEREAS, on December 26, 2025, the Director of Emergency Services proclaimed the existence of a local emergency therein, due to a series of atmospheric river systems causing substantial precipitation, closure and damage to roads, motorways, and fire roads, evacuation warnings in areas impacted by burn scars, potential for significant debris flows, urban flooding, hillside oversaturation, and widespread power outages (“2025 Late December Storms”); and WHEREAS, said City Council does hereby find that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property having arisen within the City, at which time the City Council was not in session, were caused by the 2025 Late December Storms that began on December 24, 2025; and
WHEREAS, that the aforesaid conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property did warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the proclamation of a local emergency, as issued by the Director of Emergency 2 Services, is hereby ratified and confirmed by the City Council of the City of Glendale as of December 24, 2025.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that said local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of Glendale, State of California.
Adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale this ______ day of _______________, 2026.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Suzie Abajian, Ph.D., City Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a special meeting held on the day of , 2026, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
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City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
MICHAEL J. GARCIA, CITY ATTORNEY
3 By: _________ ____ _______________
Date: ____ ________________________