Resolution - 2020-85RESOLUTION NO.2020-85
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 AND JUNE 23, 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 3 0 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 July 14, 2020, the WHO reported 12,964,809 confirmed
cases globally,570,288 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 July 14, 2020, CDPH reported that, as
of July 13, 2020, there were 336,508 confirmed cases in California, 7,087 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 July 14, 2020, the LA County Health Department
reported that, as of July 13, 2020, Los Angeles County had 140,307 confirmed cases, 3,894 of
which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, as of July 13, 2020, the LA County Health Department reported 1,537
confirmed cases in the City of West Covina, 20 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,
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 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, 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.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day c
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Thomas . Duap
City Attorney
ATTEST
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Lisa S 7ck '
Assi t City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-85 was duly adopted by the City Council of
the City of West Covina, California, at a special meeting thereof held on the 21 st day of July 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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