HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2020-24 City Manager Proclaim Existence of Local EmergencyRESOLUTION NO. 202 .0.-w24'
THE COVID -19 : PANDEMIC ,ISSUED BY THE CITY.
MANAGER/EMERGENCY -CORPS.COMMANDER ON...
PROCLAMATION OF: A::LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE.TO::
A RESOLUTION. OF THE CITYCOUNCIL OF. THE`CITY OF
PALM':DESERT,: CALIFORNIA,:- -:RATIFYING :,THE,
MARCH . -1;7, 2020.
WHEREAS, the federal Centers for Disease Control and: Prevention ' ("CDC")
h:as confirmed :-multiple- cases of:: i:ndiuiduals who: Have severe:: respiratory illness:
caused : by a Novel Coronavirus (COVI D-19);: as well as death caused by :the illness;and .: .:
WHEREAS , the CDC, considers COVID-19 to be a. very. serious public health
threat with :outcomes ranging .fr;om mild sickness to severe illness and death-::and
WHEREAS ,: as.:of March 17;:2020, the County.of: Riverside reported a totalof:
16" cases;of'.COVID-19. in the County, with,- the majority ofeases reported in the
Coachella' Valley, of which three,deaths occurred.local.l.y; and
WHEREAS , on March: 4, 2020,Governor.Newsom :'issued a Proclamation of a-
State of Emergency for th:e State of California due to the COVID=19 pandemic .and
WHEREAS'on-:March .8, 2020-;: the Riverside County. .ublic Health Officer
issued a:declaration of .a local, public health: emergency and: on March 10, 2020,. the
Riverside'County :Board' of :Supervisors approved Resolution No. 2020-062
proclaiming existence of a local emergency regrading :Novel Coron'avirus (COVID
WHEREAS , :on March 13; 2020, the President of the United States issued: a_:
proclamation declaring :the. COVID-1'9 "outbreak in the United .State's.s as: a'"national'
emergency,:. eginning March::1:, 2020; and:
A per Section 2 .48.11 O .ofthe. Palm Desert Municipal Code,the City
Manager:sliall. be Emergency Corps Commander; and
WHEREAS , Palm Desert Municipal Code Section 2.48.090 empowers the City:
Manager for the City of Palm Desert ("City") to proclaim a local emergency .f or good
'.and. sutticient reason ,..if'the City.Council is not-in session; and-
WHEREAS , on March 1:7, 2020, the -City Manager, *acting in ' her capacity as
the Emergency Corps Commander, proclaimed the existence :of a local emergency
que.to ,. .pan emic.:.
Resolution No. 2020-24
NOW, THEREFORE ,BE IT RESOLVED AND PROCLAIMED , by the City
Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, that
1. A Local Emergency exists throughout the City of Palm Desert.
2. The City Council hereby ratifies the Proclamation of .Local, Emergency
due to the COVID-1 9 pandemic, issued by the City Manager/Emergency
Corps Commander for the City of Palm Desert on March 17, 2020.
3. That the powers, functions, and duties of the City Manager/Emergency
Corps Commander shall be those prescribed by state law and the
ordinances, resolutions, and approved plans of the City of Palm Desert
to mitigate the effects of said emergency.
4. Per Sections 2.48.090 and 2.48.140 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code,
the City Council finds that an emergency exists and that the Council shall
be considered in continuous session during the existence of a declared
emergency affecting the City.
5. The City of Palm Desert is committed to protecting the public and staff
by minimizing the spread of COVID-19. The City has and-will continue
to follow the guidelines provided by the State of California and the
Riverside County Public Health Officer.
6. During the length of this declared local emergency, the City Manager
shall be Emergency Corps Commander. In the absence or inability of
the City Manager to act, she shall automatically be succeeded as
Emergency Corps Commander by any of.the following officials in the
order named:
i. Assistant City Manager
ii. Director of Administrative Services
iii. Risk Manager.
iv. Director of Finance
v. Director of Community Development
vi. Director of Economic Development
vii. Director of Public Works
viii. City Clerk
ix Director of Building and Safety
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the provisions of
this Resolution shall become .effective upon adoption and that the Local Emergency
shall be deemed to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the
City of Palm Desert.
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Resolution No . 2020-24
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that a copy of this resolution will
be forwarded to the Riverside County Operational Area.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Palm Desert City Council on
this 20th day of March, 2020, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
NONE:
GINA NESTANDE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA