Resolution - No. 2023-19RESOLUTION NO. 2023-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING THE NEED
TO FURTHER CONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
PROCLAIMED ON JANUARY 11, 2023 AND PREVIOUSLY
CONTINUED ON FEBRUARY 21, 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, the City has submitted its Proclamation of Local Emergency to the
Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and request for state and federal
assistance as a result of the severe winter storms. Staff is still processing claims
associated with the severe winter storms; 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 determine there is a need to continue the local emergency
in order to keep the City's request with Cal OES active.
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 21 st day of March, 2023.
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osario Diaz
Mayor
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ThomAs P. D - rte
City Attorney
ATTEST
Lisa Oerrick
Assistant City Clerk