Resolution - 2020-101RESOLUTION NO. 2020-101
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING THE NEED
TO FURTHER CONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
PROCLAIMED ON MARCH 16, 2020 AND PREVIOUSLY
CONTINUED ON APRIL 7, 2020, MAY 5, 2020, JUNE 2,
2020, JUNE 23, 2020, JULY 21, 2020, AUGUST 18, 2020 AND
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code Section 8550 et
seq.) authorizes the City Council, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by the City
Council, to proclaim a local emergency when the City is threatened by conditions of disaster or
extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City that are likely to be beyond the
control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City; and
WHEREAS, West Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(1) empowers the City Manager,
as the Director of Emergency Services, to declare the existence or threatened existence of a local
emergency when the City is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the City Manager declared a local emergency as authorized
by Government Code section 8630(a) and West Covina Municipal Code section 8- 7(a)(1) through
Proclamation No. 2020-01 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-19,
ratifying the City Manager's proclamation as required by Government Code section 8630(b) and West
Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(1); and
WHEREAS, Section 8-7(a)(2) of the West Covina Municipal Code empowers the City
Manager to request that the City Council review the need for continuing the local emergency at least
once every 30 days until the City Council terminates the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, at the time the City Council ratified the proclamation, the World Health
Organization (WHO) reported, as of March 15, 2020, 153,517 confirmed cases of COVID-19
globally, 5,735 of which resulted in death. On September 27, 2020, the WHO reported 32,730,945
confirmed cases globally, 991,224 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, at the time the City Council ratified the proclamation, the California Department of
Public Health (CDPH) reported that, as of March 15, 2020, there were 335 confirmed cases of
COVID-19 in California, six (6) of which resulted in death. On September 27, 2020, CDPH reported
that, as of September 26, 2020, there were 802,308 confirmed cases in California, 15,587 of which
resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, at the time the City Council ratified the proclamation, the Los Angeles
County Department of Public Health ("LA County Health Department") reported that, as of March
15, 2020, Los Angeles County had 69 confirmed cases, including one (1) death and one (1)
confirmed case at West Covina High School. On September 27, 2020, the LA County Health
Department reported that, as of September 26, 2020, Los Angeles County had 267,801 confirmed
cases, 6,514 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, as of September 6, 2020, the LA County Health Department reported 2,878
confirmed cases in the City of West Covina, 66 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, health officials expect the number of cases in California, the United States, and
worldwide to increase; and
WHEREAS, on April 7, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-22,
detemnining there was a need to continue the local emergency and confrmning the written orders
and regulations promulgated by the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-41,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency and confirming the written orders
and regulations promulgated by the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, on June 2, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-45,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on June 23, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-68,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-85,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on August 18, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-91,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency and confirming a written order
promulgated by the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, on September 15, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-96,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has requested that the City Council review the need for
continuing the local emergency in accordance with Section 8-7(a)(2) of the West Covina Municipal
Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency
as required by West Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(2); and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the conditions resulting from the COVID-19
emergency are still beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City
and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council has reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency as
required by West Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(2), and determines, based on the foregoing
recitals, that there is a need to continue the local emergency.
SECTION 2. This local emergency shall continue to exist until the City Council proclaims the
termination of the local emergency. The City Council shall review the need for continuing the local
emergency in the manner required by law.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and
enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of
APPROVE AS TO FORM
Thomas . Du
City Attorney
Lisa Sh ' k v
Assis t ity Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-101 was duly adopted by the City Council of
the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of October, 2020,
by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
Castellanos, Johnson, Shewmaker, Lopez-Viado, Wu
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
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