06-02-2020 - AGENDA ITEM 04 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2020-45 EXTENDING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATIONAGENDA ITEM NO.4
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AGENDA STAFF REPORT
City of West Covina I Office of the City Manager
DATE: June 2, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: David Carmany
City Manager
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO.2020-45 EXTENDING THE LOCAL
EMERGENCY DECLARATION
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council adopt Resolution 2020-45 as follows:
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 AND MAY 5, 2020
BACKGROUND:
On March 17, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 2020-19, ratifying Proclamation 2020-01 declaring
existence of a local emergency, which was issued by the City Manager acting in the capacity of Director of
Emergency Services. The local emergency is due to the novel comnavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Following
adoption of the resolution, the City Council needs to review and reevaluate the need for continuing the local
emergency at least once every thirty (30) days in conformance with Section 8-7(a)(2) of the West Covina Municipal
Code (WCMC). The City Council previously continued the local emergency on April 7, 2020 and May 5, 2020.
DISCUSSION:
The City Manager acting in the capacity of Director of Emergency Services has mobilized appropriate staff and
other resources on a daily basis to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff at all levels of the organization have
been engaged in the response.
On May 13, 2020, the Los Angeles County Health Department issued a revised "Safer at Home" order. The
County's revised order does not have an expiration date. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, the City
Manager has canceled all large scale community events through September 1, 2020, including the July 4th parade
and picnic and the summer concert series. Staff will continue to monitor the situation and explore the possibility of
having a Labor Day event, if an event can be safely held in early September. Further updates will be provided to the
City Council as information becomes available.
As of May 26, 2020, there were 5,404,512 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally. On May 25, 2020, California
reported that, as of May 25, 2020, there were 94,558 confirmed cases in California. As of May 26, 2020, there were
47,822 confirmed cases in Los Angeles County, including 303 confirmed cases in the City of West Covina
according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Health officials expect the number of cases in
California, the United States and worldwide to increase. It is essential that the City continue to provide basic
services and provide for continuity of services over the long-term. Staff is requesting that the City Council continue
the local emergency.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney's Office has reviewed and approved the proposed resolution as to form.
OPTIONS:
The options available to the City Council are as follows:
1. Adopt the resolution as submitted.
2. Determine the local emergency has ceased.
3. Provide alternative direction.
Prepared by: Mark Persico, Assistant City Manager
Attachments
Attachment No. 1 - Resolution No. 2020-45
CITY COUNCIL GOALS & OBJECTIVES: Achieve Fiscal Sustainability, and Financial Stability
Protect Public Safety
RESOLUTION NO.2020-45
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 AND MAY 5,
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
Counc4 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. As of May 26, 2020, the WHO reported 5,404,512
confirmed cases globally, 343,514 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 May 25, 2020,
CDPH reported that, as of May 24, 2020, there were 94,558 confirmed cases in California, 3,795
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 As of May 26, 2020, the LA County Health
Department reported 47,822 confirmed cases in Los Angeles County, 1,843 of which resulted in
death; and
WHEREAS, as of May 26, 2020, the LA County Health Department reported 303
confirmed cases in the City of West Covina; 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, 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 2nd day of June, 2020.
Tony Wu
Mayor
APPROVED AS FORM ATTEST
Thomas P. Duarte Lisa Sherrick
City Attorney Assistant City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-45 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, at a special meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of June
2020, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Lisa Sherrick
Assistant City Clerk