HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 2023-040RESOLUTION NO. 2023-040
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL
EMERGENCY DUE TO HURRICANE HILARY ISSUED BY THE MAYOR
AND CITY MANAGER ACTING AS THE EMERGENCY CORPS
COMMANDER
WHEREAS, on August 19, 2023, Governor Newsom proclaimed a state of
emergency to support Hurricane Hilary response and recovery efforts; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.48.110 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code (PDMC), the City
Manager shall be the Emergency Corps Commander; and
WHEREAS, PDMC 2.48.090 empowers the City Manager to proclaim a local
emergency for good and sufficient reason, if the City Council is not in session; and
WHEREAS, on August 20, 2023, the Mayor proclaimed the existence of a local
emergency due to Hurricane Hilary and on August 21, 2023, the City Manager acting as
the Emergency Corps Commander re-signed the proclamation; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. A Local Emergency exists throughout the City of Palm Desert.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby ratifies the Proclamation of Local
Emergency due to Hurricane Hilary, issued by the Mayor and subsequently re -signed by
the City Manager acting as the Emergency Corps Commander for the City of Palm Desert.
SECTION 3. Per PDMC Section 2.48.090 and 2.48.140, the City Council finds that
an emergency exists and that the City Council shall be considered in continuous session
during the existence of a declared emergency affecting the City.
SECTION 4. During the length of this declared local emergency, the City Manager
shall be the Emergency Corps Commander. In the absence or inability of the City
Manager to act, he shall automatically be succeeded as Emergency Corps Comm ander
by any of the following officials in the order named:
1. Assistant City Manager
2. Director of Public Works
3. Director of Finance
4. Director of Development Services
5. Director of Economic Development
6. City Clerk
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SECTION 5. 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 Manager, acting as the Emergency Corps Commander, or the City
Council of the City of Palm Desert.
SECTION 6. That a copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded to the Riverside
County Operational Area.
ADOPTED ON AUGUST 24, 2023.
KATHLEEN KELLY
MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2023-040 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on August 24, 2023 by the
following vote:
AYES: HARNIK, NESTANDE, QUINTANILLA, TRUBEE, AND KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
RECUSED: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Desert, California, on ______________.
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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