09-15-2020 - AGENDA ITEM 04 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2020-96 EXTENDING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION12/1/2020
Print Staff Report
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4
DATE: September 15, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: David Carmany
City Manager
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
City of West Covina I Office of the City Manager
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO.2020-96 EXTENDING THE LOCAL
EMERGENCY DECLARATION
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO.2020-96 - 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 AND AUGUST 18, 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 coronavirus (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, May
5, 2020, June 2, 2020, June 23, 2020, July 21, 2020 and August 18, 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.
As of September 7, 2020, there were 27,032,617 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally. On September 7,
2020, California reported that, as of September 6, 2020, there were 735,235 confirmed cases in California. As
of September 6, 2020, there were 248,821 confirmed cases in Los Angeles County, including 2,684 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.
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LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney's Office has reviewed the resolution and approved it 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. 2020-96
CITY Protect Public Safety
COUNCIL
GOALS &
OBJECTIVES:
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ATTACHMENT NO. 1
RESOLUTION NO.2020-96
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,
20209 JUNE 2, 20209 JUNE 23, 2020, JULY 219 2020 AND
AUGUST 18, 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 ratfied 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 7, 2020, the WHO reported 27,032,617
confirmed cases globally, 881,464 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 7,
2020, CDPH reported that, as of September 6, 2020, there were 735,235 confirmed cases in
California, 13,726 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 7, 2020, the LA County Health
Department reported that, as of September 6, 2020, Los Angeles County had 248,821 confirmed
cases, 6,030 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, as of September 6, 2020, the LA County Health Department reported 2,684
confirmed cases in the City of West Covina, 58 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, 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 15th day of September, 2020.
Tony Wu
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM ATTEST
Thomas P. Duarte Lisa Sherrick
City Attorney Assistant City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, Calitbrnia,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-96 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof hell on the 15th day of
September, 2020, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Lisa Sherrick
Assistant City Clerk