Resolution - No. 2023-5RESOLUTION NO. 2023-5
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, RATIFYING
PROCLAMATION NO. 2023-01 PROCLAIMING THE
EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY 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, since January 1, 2023, as a result of a series of atmospheric river
systems, Los Angeles County, including the City of West Covina, has been impacted by
high winds, substantial precipitation, and flooding; and
WHEREAS, the National Weather Service has forecasted that additional and
continuing storms related to this series of atmospheric river systems threat Los Angeles
County, including the City of West Covina; and
WHEREAS, conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and
property exist due to the severe winter storms; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that such conditions are beyond the control of the
services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City and require the combined forces
of other political subdivisions to combat; and
WHEREAS, the City's ability to mobilize local resources, coordinate interagency
response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and allow for future
reimbursement by the state and federal governments will be critical to responding to this
emergency; 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). A
true and correct copy of Proclamation No. 2023-01 is attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that conditions of disaster or of
extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City of West Covina
have arisen due to the severe winter storms that started on January 1, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Acting City Manager's proclamation of local emergency,
Proclamation No. 2023-01, dated January 11, 2023, is hereby ratified.
SECTION 2. As contemplated in the Emergency Services Act contained in
Government Code Section 8550 et seq. and Chapter 8 of the West Covina Municipal
Code, a local emergency exists based on the existence of conditions of disaster or of
extreme peril to the safety of persons and property caused by the severe winter storms
that started on January 1, 2023, as detailed in the recitals set forth above.
SECTION 3. The area of the City which is endangered/imperiled is the entire City.
SECTION 4. During the existence of this local emergency, the powers, functions,
and duties of the emergency organization of this City shall be those prescribed by State
law and by ordinances, resolutions, and orders of this City, including but not limited to the
City's Emergency Plan.
SECTION 5. This local emergency shall continue to exist until the City Council
proclaims the termination of this local emergency. The City Council shall review the need
for continuing the local emergency in the manner required by law.
SECTION 6. A copy of this resolution and the emergency proclamation be
forwarded to the Director of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
requesting that the Director find it acceptable in accordance with State law; that recovery
assistance be made available under the California Disaster Assistance Act; and that the
State expedite access to State and Federal resources and any other appropriate Federal
disaster relief programs.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of January, 2023.
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osario Diaz
Mayor
APPROVED-ASAPPROVED-AS TO FORM
Thomas P. Duarte
City Attorney
ATTEST
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Lisa Sh rick
AssistaLA City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2023-5 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 January, 2023, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES: Diaz, Tabatabai, Wu, Lopez-Viado, Cantos
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Lisa Sh rjhck
AssistaV City Clerk