HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2020-15 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH RATIFYING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL
EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
WHEREAS, conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the health and safety of persons
and property have arisen both Internationally and within the United States as a result of the
introduction of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a novel communicable disease, which was
first detected in December 2019; and
COVID-19 has spread globally to over 70 countries, and throughout the state of
California. Due to the increasing number of transmission in our surrounding communities,
COVID-19 has created conditions that are likely to be beyond the control of local resources and
require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat; and
The Governor of the State of California Proclaimed a State of Emergency on March 4,
2020 and has issued Executive Orders to guide local response; and
Pursuant to Huntington Beach Municipal 8.60.070 A, the City Manager/Director of
Emergency Management is hereby empowered to request the City Council to proclaim the
existence or threatened existence of a local emergency;
There is the serious potentially severe threat to the health, safety and welfare of persons
and property in the City of Huntington Beach due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
1. A Local Emergency as defined in California Government Code Section 8558(c)
and Huntington Beach Municipal Code Chapter 8.60 exists in the City of
Huntington Beach. The Director of Emergency Management shall review, at least
every 14 days until such Local Emergency is terminated, the need for continuing
the Local Emergency.
2. The City Manager, and Director of Emergency Management under Huntington
Beach Municipal Code Chapter 8.60, is hereby the authorized representative of
the City of Huntington Beach for all purposes and to take all actions for the
preparation, mitigation, response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
20-8564/227525
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-15
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of March , 2020.
ayor
INITIATED REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Res. No. 2020-15
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on March 16, 2020 by the following vote:
AYES: Posey, Delgleize, Hardy, Semeta, Peterson, Carr, Brenden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RECUSE: None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California