RESOLUTION NO. 22-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANT HILL
CONFIRMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (" COVID-19")
WHEREAS, Section 3.45.040 ofthe City ofPleasant Hilt Municipal Code empowers the Director ofEmergency Services to request the City Council ofthe City ofPleasant Hill ("City Council") to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a· 1ocal emergency ifthe City Council is not in session; and
WHEREAS, beginning on January 20, 2020, the World Health Organization (" WHO") declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern and on January 31, 2020, the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services declared a Public Health Emergency for the United States ofAmerica; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor ofthe State ofCalifornia proclaimed a State ofEmergency to exist in California as a result ofthe threat ofCOVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March 10, 2020, the Board ofSupervisors ofContra Costa County adopted Resolution No. 2020/92 proclaiming that a local emergency exists throughout the County; and WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, to slow the spread ofCOVID-19 to the maximum extent possible, the Contra Costa County Health Officer and officers offive ( 5) other Bay Area Counties issued orders directing all individuals living in each county to shelter at their place ofresidence with exceptions for essential services, activities, and work and exemptions for people experiencing homelessness; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the City's Director ofEmergency Services proclaimed attached) the existence of a local state ofemergency due to conditions ofextreme peril arising from COVID-19 in Pleasant Hill; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.45.040 ofthe City ofPleasant Hill Municipal Code, whenever a local emergency is proclaimed by the City's Director ofEmergency Services, the City Council must take action to ratify the proclamation within seven ( 7) days ofits issuance or the proclamation shall have no further force or effect; and WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that the aforesaid conditions of extreme peril did warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency by the City's Director ofEmergency Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council ofthe City ofPleasant Hill, that:
1. a local emergency exists throughout the City ofPleasant Hill.
2. the local state of emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council ofthe City ofPleasant Hill.
3. City staff is hereby authorized and directed to take any action that may be necessary or convenient to assist in obtaining federal, state or regional disaster or emergency relief funding ..
4. the City Manager or his or her designee is hereby designated as the authorized representative ofthe City ofPleasant Hill for the purpose ofreceipt, processing and coordination of all inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain county, state and federal relief assistance.
5. all City officers and employees shall continue to receive their regular rate ofpay through April 7, 2020.
6. the City Clerk shall forward a copy of this Resolution to the Governor, to the State Office ofEmergency Services, to the Contra Costa County Sheriff' s Office, and to all other appropriate county, state and federal agencies with an interest therein.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofPleasant Hill at a special meeting held on the 23rd day ofMarch, 2020,'by the following vote: ·
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
Carlson,.Flaherty, Harris, Noack, Rinn
None
None
None
APPROVED AS TO FORM; .
NdET E. COLESON, City Attorney
CERTIFIED ATRUE COPY
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION NO. 2020- 01
A PROCLAMATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OF THE CITY OF
PLEASANT HILL PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO NOVEL CORONA VIRUS (" COVID- 19")
WHEREAS, the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (" CDC") has confirmed thousands ofcases ofindividuals who have severe respiratory illness caused by a novel corona virus known as COVID- 19, including deaths caused by this illness; and WHEREAS, beginning on January 20, 2020, the World Health Organization (" WHO") declared the outbreak of COVID- 19 a public health emergency ofinternational concern, and on January 31, 2020, the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services declared a Public HealthEmergency for.theUnited States ofAmerica; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor of the State of California proclaimed a State of Emergency to exist in California as a result of the threat of COVID- 19; and· WHEREAS, on March 10, 2020, the increase ofreported cases and deaths associated with COVID19 prompted the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County to adopt Resolution No. 2020/ 92 proclaiming that a local emergency exists throughout the County; and WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the Contra Costa County Health Officerissued an order directing all individuals living in the County to shelter at.their place ofresidence to slow the spread of COVID- 19 to the maximum extent feasiblewith exceptions foressential services, activities, and work and exemptions forpeople experiencing homelessness; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8630 and the Pleasant Hill Municipal Code section_ 3.45.010 empowers the City Manager, as the Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency to protect the safety and welfare of the City; and WHEREAS, Section 3.45.040 of the City of Pleasant Hill Municipal Code empowers the Director of Emergency Services to request the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill (" City Council") to proclaim the local emergency himself or herself ifthe City Council is not in session; and WHEREAS, the City Council is not in session; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services has determined that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within the City as a result of the COVID- 19, and a declaration will assist in a coordinated public health response to reduce transmission, assist health care providers, coordinate public services, and mitigate other effects of this emergency on the City.
WHEREAS, Government Code section 8630 generally requires the City Council to review the need forcontinuing the local emergency at least every sixty ( 60) days, but as part ofGovernor Gavin Newsom' s March 4, 2020 Declaration ofa State of Emergency in California due t0 COVID- 19, this provision has been waived forthe duration of the statewide emergency, allowing the City to maintain its emergency in place until terminated by the City Council. j;