HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2020-35RESOLUTION NO. 2020 — 35
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
BY THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR
WHEREAS, Section 2.48.060 of the National City Municipal Code empowers the City
Manager, as Emergency Services Director, to proclaim the existence, or threatened existence
of a Local Emergency when said 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; and
WHEREAS, such Proclamation entitles the Emergency Services Director, and the
emergency organization of National City, to all the powers, functions , and duties
prescribed by state law, charter, ordinances , and resolutions of the City of National City;
and
WHEREAS, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property did arise
within National City caused by the expanding threat of the novel COVID-19 virus, the
potential existence of COVID-19 positive persons and patients in the City, and potential
threatened isolation and quarantines of residents, employees, businesses, and public safety
workers commencing on the 12th day of March, 2020, at which time the City Council was
not in session and could not be called into session; and
WHEREAS , the Emergency Services Director of the City of National City issued a
Proclamation of Local Emergency within National City on the 12th day of March, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that the aforesaid conditions of extreme
peril did warrant and necessitate the Proclamation of Local Emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of National
City hereby ratifies and confirms the Proclamation of Local Emergency for the City of
National City issued by the Emergency Services Director on the 12th day of March, 2020.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the City of National City hereby
requests the City be granted financial assistance pursuant to the California Disaster Assistance
Act to recover the expenses incurred by the City in responding to the conditions of local
emergency, and that a copy of this Resolution Ratifying the Proclamation of a Local Emergency
is forwarded to the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of March, 020.
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Alej. ' ' Y otelo- olis, Mayor
ATTEST:
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R. Dal a it Clerk
Michaely
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
March 17, 2020 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
City erk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-35 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted
by the Council of said City on March 17, 2020.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy