HomeMy WebLinkAbout7341 RESOLUTION NO. 7341
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA TERMINATING THE PROCLAMATION OF A
LOCAL EMERGENCY REGARDING THE BOBCAT FIRE
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8630, et seq., and City of
Arcadia Municipal Code Section 2211.2 empower the City Council to proclaim the
existence of a local emergency to protect and preserve public welfare when the City is
affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS, on September 6, 2020, a fire started in the Cogswell Dam and West
Fork Day Use area in the Angeles National Forest. Now known as the Bobcat Fire, over
115,000 acres have burned in heavy vegetation in steep, remote terrain; and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2020, the City Manager, as Director of Emergency
Services, issued a Proclamation (the "Proclamation") declaring a local emergency
pertaining to the Bobcat Fire; and
WHEREAS, under Government Code Section 8630(b), the Proclamation must be
ratified by the City Council within seven (7) days to remain in effect; and
WHEREAS, the City Council ratified the Proclamation by Resolution No. 7335 on
September 15, 2020 (the "Resolution"); and
WHEREAS, the declaration of a local emergency assisted in a coordinated public
safety response to this fire emergency in order to protect lives and property of the citizens
of the City; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8630, et seq., requires that the
City Council of the City of Arcadia review, at least every 60 days until such local
emergency is terminated, the need for continuing the local emergency; and
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WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8630, et seq. requires that the
City Council of the City of Arcadia proclaim the termination of the local emergency at the
earliest possible date that conditions warrant; and
WHEREAS, hot and dry conditions and strong winds caused the issuance of the
Proclamation, and such conditions no longer constitute a threat concerning expansion of
the Bobcat fire into neighborhoods along the City's urban-wildland interface; and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2020, the City of Arcadia, in coordination with the
Bobcat Fire Unified Command, lifted the evacuation warning for all affected residents;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that due to the significant
containment efforts by fire crews and progression of the fire away from Arcadia, there is
no longer a need to continue the Declaration of Local Emergency;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED by the City Council that the
local emergency in the City of Arcadia, as set forth in the Resolution, is hereby terminated.
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Passed, approved and adopted this 20th of October, 2020.
Mayo of the City of Arcadia
ATTEST:
„ifir Art
ty ► erk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, GENE GLASCO, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Resolution No. 7341 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 20th day of October, 2020 and that said Resolution was adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Beck, Cheng, Verlato, Tay, and Chandler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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