Resolution - No. 2023-24RESOLUTION NO. 2023-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, PROCLAIMING THE
TERMINATION OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
PROCLAIMED ON JANUARY 11, 2023 RELATED TO
SEVERE WINTER STORMS
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code Section
8550 et seq.), authorizes the City Council, or an official designated by ordinance of 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, or
are likely to be, beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of
the City; and
WHEREAS, if the City Council is not in session, West Covina Municipal Code
Section 8-7 empowers the City Manager, as the Director of Emergency Services, to
proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City is
affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity which is, or is likely to be, beyond the
control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City, requiring the
combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat; and
WHEREAS, in January 2023, as a result of a series of atmospheric river systems,
the City of West Covina was impacted by high winds, substantial precipitation, and
flooding; and
WHEREAS, on January 11, 2023, the Acting City Manager, as the City's Acting
Director of Emergency Services, proclaimed a local emergency as authorized by
Government Code section 8630 and West Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(1); and
WHEREAS, on January 17, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2023-
5, ratifying the Acting 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, on February 21, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2023-
17, determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2023-
19, determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, Government Code section 8630(d) requires the City Council to
proclaim the termination of the local emergency at the earliest possible date that
conditions warrant; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the conditions of extreme peril
presented by the severe winter storms that occurred in January 2023 have been abated
to such a degree as to warrant the termination of the local emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby proclaims the termination of the local
emergency that was declared on January 11, 2023 by the Acting City Manager, which
was ratified by the City Council on January 17, 2023, relating to the severe winter storms
that occurred in January 2023.
SECTION 2. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
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 18th day of April, 2023.
APPRO AS TO FORM
Thonias P.�Kuarie
City Attorney
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Rosario Diaz
Mayor
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Lisa SY rrick
Assist t City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2023-24 was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 18th
day of April, 2023, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES: Diaz, Cantos, Lopez-Viado, Tabatabai, Wu
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Lisa S� nck
Assist t City Clerk