HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2007-244RESOLUTION NO. 2007 — 244
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
RATIFYING THE EXISTENCE
OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, Section 2.48.060 of the National City Municipal Code empowers the
Director of Emergency Services of the City of National City to proclaim the existence or
threatened existence of a local emergency when the city is affected or likely to be affected by a
public calamity and the City Council is not in session, subject to ratification by the City Council
within seven days; and
WHEREAS, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property
have arisen with said city, caused by fires known as the Harris Fire and Witch Creek Fire that
began on the 21' day of October, 2007, at which time the City Council was not in session; and
WHEREAS, on October 21, 2007, the Director of Emergency Services for the
County of San Diego proclaimed a local emergency in response to the Harris and Highway 78
wildfires; and
WHEREAS, on October 21, 2007, the Governor of the State of California
proclaimed a state of emergency in Southem California due to the wildfires; and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2007, the President of the United States of America
signed a declaration of emergency for California due to the wildfires; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that these conditions of extreme peril did
warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2007, the Director of Emergency Services of the City
of National City did proclaim the existence of a local emergency due to the wildfires.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the
proclamation of a local emergency by the Director of Emergency Services of the City of National
City is hereby ratified, and that the need for continuance of this local emergency shall be
reviewed at regularly scheduled City Council meetings until the local emergency terminates and
its termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of National City.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 30'h day of Octobe,
ATTEST:
c ael R. Dalla t
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on Morrison, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
George H."Eiser, III
City Attorney
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on October
30, 2007 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Morrison, Natividad, Parra, Ungab, Zarate.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, California
.un;leig? i A
City Clerk of the City of N tional City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-244 of the City of National City, California, passed and
adopted by the Council of said City on October 30, 2007.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy