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