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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 1 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. [SIGNATURES ON NEXT PAGE] 2 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 3 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 I pClerk o � - City of Arcadia 4