Resolution - 2020-116RESOLUTION NO.2020-116
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, 20203 MAY 5,
2020, JUNE 2, 2020, DUNE 233 2020, JULY 21, 2020, AUGUST
18, 2020, SEPTEMBE R 155 2020, OCTOBER 6, 2020, AND
OCTOBER 20, 2020
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code Section 8550 of
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 ofpetsons 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 ofwhich resulted in death. On November 11,2020, the WHO reported 51,251,715
confirmed cases globally, 1,270,930 ofwhich resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, at the time the City Council ratified the proclamation, the California
Department of Public Health (CDPI1) reported that, as of March 15, 2020, there were 335
eonft-med cases of COVID-19 in California, six (6) of which resulted in death. On November 11
2020, CDPH reported that, as of November 10, 2020, there were 984,682 confirmed cases in
California, 18,070ofwhich 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 November 11, 2020, the LA County Health
Department reported that, as of November 10, 2020, Los Angeles County had 327,964 confirmed
cases, 7,216 of which resulted ui death; and
WHEREAS, as of November 10, 2020, the LA County Health Department reported 3,494
confirmed cases in the City of West Covina, 73 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, 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, on October 6, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-101,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on October 20, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-105,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency and clarifying the City Manager's
emergency powers; 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. Pursuant to Resolution No. 2020-105, while the local emergency remains
in effect, the City Manager shall limit the exercise of the powers granted to the City Manager, as
the Director of Emergency Services, during a proclaimed local emergency pursuant to Section 8-
7 of the West Covina Municipal Code, to actions directly related to responding to the COVID-19
pandemic.
SECTION 4. 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 17th day of
APPROVFjD AS TO FORM
Thomas P. arte
City Attorney
ATTEST
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Lisa W1.71ck
Assj6Ynt City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK ofthe City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-116 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of
November, 2020, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES: Castellanos, Johnson, Shewmaker, Lopez-Viado, Wu
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Lisa Shq r k
Assista t ity Clerk