HomeMy WebLinkAbout7487RESOLUTION NO. 7487
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
ADOPTING AND PROCLAIMING THE TERMINATION OF A LOCAL
EMERGENCY REGARDING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Health Officer of Los Angeles County
determined that there is an imminent and proximate threat to the public health from the
introduction of COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 19) in Los Angeles County and declared
a Local Health Emergency and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
concurrently proclaimed the existence of a local emergency for the County of Los
Angeles; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom of the State of California
declared a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19; and,
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization ("WHO") publicly
characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic; and,
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the President of the United States declared a
National Emergency due to the continue spread and the effects of COVID-19; and,
WHEREAS, the City Manager, as Director of Emergency Services, issued a
Proclamation of Local Emergency on March 16, 2020, stating the existence of a local
emergency in the City and requesting that the City Council ratify the Proclamation; and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 7300,
ratifying the City Manager's Proclamation of a Local Emergency and proclaiming the
existence of a local emergency in response to COVID-19; and
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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, California Government Code 8630, et seq., requires the governing
body to review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days
until the governing body terminates the local emergency and the governing body shall
proclaim the termination of the local emergency at the earliest possible date that
conditions warrant.; and
WHEREAS, Governor Newsom's State of Emergency Proclamation, issued on
March 4, 2020, waived the 60 -day time period in California Government Code 8630,
within which local government authorities must renew a local emergency. Any local
emergency proclaimed therefore would remain in effect until each local governing
authority terminates its respected local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on October 17, 2022, Governor Newsom announced that the COVID-
19 State of Emergency will end on February 28, 2023; and
WHEREAS, on February 10, 2023, United States President Joseph Biden Jr.
announced that the COVID-19 National Emergency is anticipated to end on May 11,
2023; and
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2023, Governor Newsom terminated the COVID-19
State of Emergency; and
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WHEREAS, on February 28, 2023, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
unanimously voted to terminate the County's COVID-19 Local Emergency, effective
March 31, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arcadia, State of California,
does herby resolve:
1 That the above recitals are true and correct and based thereon, finds that
the spread of COVID-19 has significantly decreased, and the situation no
longer severely impairs the public health and safety within the City of
Arcadia and does not constitute conditions of extreme peril to the safety of
persons and property within the City of Arcadia;
2. That these conditions are no longer beyond the control of the services,
personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City of Arcadia;
3. That the conditions no longer warrant and necessitate the proclamation of
the existence of a local emergency.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Arcadia, State of
California, does herby proclaim the local emergency regarding Novel Coronavirus
(COVID-19) will terminate on March 31, 2023.
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Passed, approved and adopted this 21st day of March, 2023.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Michael J. Maurer
City Attorney
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Mayor of th ty of Arcadia
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. 7487 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 7th day of March, 2023 and that said Resolution was adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Cao, Kwan, Wang, and Cheng
NOES: None
ABSENT: Verlato
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Clerk ofXe City of Arcadia