RESOLUTION NO. 2022-08
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS UNDER AB 361 FOR THE CONTINUATION OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS WHEREAS, the Ralph M. Brown Act (Gov. Code § 54950 et seq.) generally requires local agencies meeting via teleconference, including through other virtual or electronic means, to, among other things, provide public access at each location in which members of the legislative body are teleconferencing; and WHEREAS, the Legislature recently enacted Assembly Bill 361 (AB 361), which amended Government Code section 54953 to allow local agencies to meet fully virtually, without fully adhering to the rules otherwise applicable to teleconferencing, during a proclaimed state of emergency if state or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing; and WHEREAS, the Governor issued a proclamation declaring a state of emergency on March 4, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, pursuant to section 8625 of the California Emergency Services Act, and this proclaimed state of emergency currently remains in effect; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Pomona has considered the circumstances of the state of emergency; and WHEREAS, state or local officials continue to recommend measures to promote social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, in order to continue to impose social distancing while holding in-person meetings there is a high likelihood that members of the public would not all be able to be present in the meetings spaces; and WHEREAS, as we enter into the winter and there are cooler temperatures and the sun sets earlier possibly making members of the public stand outside in order to attend public meetings; and WHEREAS, the continuation of virtual meetings will allow for full participation by members of the public until social distancing recommendations are lifted; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Pomona desires to continue to hold virtual meetings pursuant to AB 361 and Government Code section 54953(e).
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Pomona as follows:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and shall be the findings of the City of Pomona’s City Council and each and every other legislative body of the City.
SECTION 2. The City Council and all other legislative bodies of the City of Pomona created by the City Council or the People of the City of Pomona through its City Charter shall continue to meet virtually in accordance with Government Code section 54953(e) and without compliance with section 54953(b)(3) based upon the findings and determinations hereby made by the City Council.
SECTION 3. That City Clerk shall attest to and certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and it shall be effective immediately upon its approval.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of January, 2022.
CITY OF POMONA:
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Tim Sandoval
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ______________________________ Sonia Carvalho Rosalia A. Butler, MMC
City Attorney City Clerk
I, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Pomona at a regular meeting thereof held on January 10, 2022 by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Rosalia A. Butler, MMC
City Clerk