RESOLUTION NO. 2023-05
CITY OF VISALIA RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING
EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS Visalia Municipal Code Section 2.28.050(B)(1) of the City of Visalia requires the Visalia City Council to ratify the proclamation of the Office of Emergency Management Director within 7 days of the of the proclamation of the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when said city is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Visalia does hereby find that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within said city, caused by excessive past and expected rainfall and snowfall, resulting in the potential for uncontrolled waters coming from local rivers and streams.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a local emergency now exists throughout said city; and 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 by the City of Visalia Emergency Plan.
Dated: March 21, 2023 By:
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Brian Poochigian, Mayor of the City of Visalia
PASSED AND ADOPTED: March 20, 2023 LESLIE B. CAVIGLIA, CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF TULARE ) ss.
CITY OF VISALIA )
I, Leslie B. Caviglia, City Clerk of the City of Visalia, certify the foregoing is the full and true Resolution 2023-05 passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Visalia at a regular meeting held on March 20, 2023.
Dated: March 21, 2023 LESLIE B. CAVIGLIA, CITY CLERK
By: ____________________________________
Michelle Nicholson, Chief Deputy City Clerk