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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-105 CC Resolution - I I I RESOLUTION NO. 07-105 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 8630 AND CHAPTER NO. 2.56 OF THE TEMECULA MUNICIPAL CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Government Code Section 8630 authorizes the City Council to proclaim the existence of a "local emergency"; and A. Government Code Section 8558(c) defines a "local emergency" to include "conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a county, city and county, or city, caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, the Governor's warning of an earthquake, or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which conditions are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of that political subdivision and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat"; and B. Conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property due to flooding of the drainage channel behind the Temecula Community Recreation Center; and C. These conditions have resulted in damage to cars, private homes, government infrastructure, injury to a citizen and debris removal within the City of Temecula; and D. The flooding creates extremely dangerous conditions in the City of Temecula and results in extreme peril to the safety of persons and property; and E. Conditions described above are beyond the capabilities and control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of the City and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions; and Section 2. The City Council of the City of Temecula, in the County of Riverside, State of California, in regular session assembled on December 11, 2007, declares that an emergency now exists within said City. R:/Resos 2007/Resos 07-105 - I I I A. During the existence of said emergency, powers, functions, and duties of the Disaster Director and the Emergency Management Organization of the City of Temecula shall be those prescribed by State law and the ordinances, resolutions, and approved plans of the City of Temecula in order to mitigate the effects of said emergency. B. All City officials and employees cooperate and coordinate efforts with officials and employees of other political subdivisions and officials and employees of the state and federal government in bringing the present condition of local emergency and disaster under control. C. Within the next fourteen (14) days a report on the most recent conditions of emergency and disaster be presented to this City Council so that this Council may determine whether conditions of emergency and disaster still exist. Section 3. City Clerk Susan W. Jones, Recovery Manager, is hereby designated as the authorized representative of the City of Temecula for the purpose of receipt, processing and coordination of all inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain available state and federal assistance. Section 4. It is therefore ordered that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Governor of California with the request that he pursue a Presidential Declaration. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula this 11th day of December, 2007. . / ATTEST: [SEAL] R:/Resos 2007/Resos 07-105 2 . I I I STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF TEMECULA ) I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 07-105 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 11th day of December, 2007, by the following vote: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Naggar, Roberts, Washington NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None R/Resos 2007/Resos 07-105 3 . Jones, MMC City Clerk