HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2017-170 N.C.S. 11/06/2017Resolution No. 2017 -170 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
REVIEWING AND PRESERVING IN EFFECT THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
OF THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DATED EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 9, 2017 AND RATIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 16, 2017
WHEREAS, Section 2.32.060 of the Petaluma Municipal Code empowers the Director
of Emergency Services or a designated Acting 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 and the City Council is not in session, subject to ratification by the
City Council within seven (7) days; and
WHEREAS, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose
within the City and surrounding areas in Sonoma and Napa counties, caused by multiple fires
which resulted in very extensive property damage, injuries, loss of life, and evacuations in
numerous communities and neighborhoods in Sonoma and Napa counties, and massive
deployment of emergency response personnel, equipment and other resources, commencing on
or about the early morning hours on the 9t" day of October, 2017, at which time the City Council
of the City of Petaluma was not in session; and
WHEREAS, the Acting Director of Emergency Services of the City of Petaluma did
proclaim the existence of a local emergency within the City effective as of the 9th day of
October 2017, at 4:00 a.m.; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 2.32.060, paragraph A of the Petaluma
Municipal Code and Section 8630, subdivision (b) of the California Government Code, on
October 16, 2017, the City Council ratified the proclamation of existence of a local emergency
issued by the Acting Director of Emergency Services by adoption of Resolution no. 2016 -172
N.C.S.; and
WHEREAS, Section 8630, subdivision (c) of the California Government Code requires
that governing bodies that have declared local emergencies under that section must review the
need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 30 days until the emergency is
terminated; and
WHEREAS, Section 8630, Subdivision (d) of the California Government Code requires
that local emergency proclamations be terminated at the earliest possible date that conditions
warrant terminating the proclamation; and
WHEREAS, following the opening of the City of Petaluma Emergency Operations
Center to address wildfire emergency conditions on October 9, 2017, the City of Petaluma closed
its Emergency Operations Center at midnight on October 15, 2017, after transitioning operation
of the City's evacuation shelters to the Red Cross; and
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WHEREAS, despite closure of the City's emergency operations center, City staff, in
their capacity as disaster service workers under the Emergency Services Act, have continued to
engage with the declared wildfire emergencies, including through coordination with the Sonoma
County Emergency Operations Center, which remains open, and through emergency follow up
work including transitioning City evacuation centers back to normal operations, gathering and
storing emergency supplies such as cots and bedding, tabulating and submitting itemization of
City emergency response costs for reimbursement, and mop up and follow up efforts of City first
responders and others in coordination with other affected Sonoma County jurisdictions and
agencies; and
WHEREAS, the emergencies proclaimed by the State, Sonoma County, and other local
jurisdictions and agencies in Sonoma County remain in effect, and no termination dates for any
such state or local emergency declarations have been announced;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City
of Petaluma, as follows:
1. The City Council has reviewed the Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency
within the City effective as of the 9th day of October 2017, at 4:00 a.m. and City Council
Resolution No, 2016 -172 N.C.S. adopted October 16, 2017 ratifying the October 9
proclamation of the Acting Director of Emergency Services in accordance with the
requirements of California Government Code section 8630, subdivision(c).
2. The City Council finds that due to the continued engagement of City staff in follow up
efforts related to the proclaimed emergency, and due to the emergency proclamations of
the State of California, the County of Sonoma, and other local agencies and jurisdictions
remaining in effect, conditions do not yet warrant proclaiming the termination of the local
emergency proclaimed in the City of Petaluma effective October 9, 2017 and ratified by
the City Council October 16, 2017.
3. Such proclaimed local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its
termination is proclaimed by the City Council in accordance with California Government
Code section 8630, subdivision (d).
4. In accordance with California Government Code section 8630, subdivision (c), the City
Council will review the need for continuing the local emergency proclaimed in the City
of Petaluma at least once every 30 days until the local emergency is proclaimed
terminated.
5. In accordance with Section 2.32.060, paragraph (F)(3) of the Petaluma Municipal Code,
the City Manager, as the City's Emergency Services Director, continues to be empowered
to require emergency service of any City officer or employee.
6. In accordance with Section 2.32.090 of the Petaluma Municipal Code, all officers and
employees of the City, along with volunteer forces and groups aiding during an
emergency, may be charged with duties incident to the protection of life and property in
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the City during the emergency proclaimed in the City.
7. In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, all City employees are declared to
be disaster service workers subject to such disaster service activities in response to the
local emergency proclaimed in the City of Petaluma as may be assigned to City
employees by their supervisors or by law.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the roved as t
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 6`h day of November, l form:
2017, by the following vote:
City Atto`rne
AYES: Albertson, Vice Mayor Barrett, Mayor Glass, Healy, Kearney, King, Miller
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None —
ATTEST:
City Clerk ° "Tvlayor
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