Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION OF THE STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS RELATED TO UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS The California Emergency Services Act, Government Code sections 8550, et seq., authorize the proclamation of a local emergency when conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a city exist; and Stockton Municipal Code section 2.82 empowers the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City if exposed to an actual or threatened existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City and the City Council is not in session; and The Stockton Shelter for the Homeless has declared its closure effective August 15, 2023, displacing nearly 250 unhoused individuals within the City of Stockton, and threatening to extend the City’s resources beyond capacity. Such a displacement could jeopardize the public health and safety of the City; and On July 31, 2023, the City of Stockton Director of Emergency Services proclaimed the existence of a local emergency; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency issued by the Director of Emergency Services is hereby ratified.
The monetary limit on City Manager contracting and purchasing authority set out in Stockton Municipal Code section 3.68.040 is suspended in order to the allow the City Manager the ability to effectively and efficiently continue the response to public health and safety concerns and City operations during the pendency of this local emergency.
The City Manager or designee is authorized to utilize the General Fund Contingency and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Contingency as needed for emergency response expenses related to this proclaimed emergency with a report of uses back to the City Council in the quarterly budget status reports.
The City Manager shall direct the coordination of services and staff of the emergency organization of the City, as well as direct the City’s cooperation in all dealings with public and private agencies dealing with the matters pertaining to this emergency.
The City Manager is authorized to follow recommendations from State, Federal, and Local authorities, including but not limited to, the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services, the California Office of Emergency Services, FEMA, and other such organizations.
The local emergency shall continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Manager or the City Council.
The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to take whatever actions are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED August 3, 2023 .
KEVIN J LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
ELIZA R. GARZA, CMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton