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Resolution No. 2020-164 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE TERMINATION OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
PROCLAMATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DATED EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.32.060(A) OF THE PETALUMA
MUNICIPAL CODE AND RATIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 5, 2020
IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 8630(C) REGARDING
THE GLASS AND SHADY WILDFIRES
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 is session, subject to ratification by the City Council within seven 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 the Glass and Shady Wildfires which
resulted in very extensive property damage 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 27th day of September, 2020, at which time the City Council
was not in session; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Petaluma did proclaim the existence
of a local emergency within the city effective as of the 27th day of October, 2020; 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 5, 2020, the City Council
ratified the proclamation of existence of a local emergency issued by the Director of Emergency Services
by adoption of Resolution No. 2021-151 N.C.S.; 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, the City ceased virtual Emergency Operations Center operations by approximately
November 1, 2020; and
WHEREAS City
staff, in their capacity as disaster service workers under the Emergency Services Act, continued to engage
with the declared wildfire emergencies, including through coordination with the Sonoma County
Emergency Operations Center 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, Petaluma staff follow-up activities related to the proclaimed wild fire emergencies have
concluded, City facilities have transitioned to normal operations, and City emergency response costs have
been tabulated and submitted for reimbursement.
Resolution No. 2020-164 N.C.S. Page 2
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT 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 27th day of September, 2020, and City Council Resolution No. 2020-151 N.C.S.
adopted October 5, 2020 ratifying the September 27 proclamation of the Director of Emergency
Services in accordance with the requirements of California Government Code section 8630,
subdivision(c).
2. The City Council finds that staff follow-up efforts related to the proclaimed emergency have
concluded, City facilities have transitioned to normal operations, and City emergency response costs
have been tabulated and submitted for reimbursement.
3. In accordance with California Government Code section 8630, subdivision (d), the City Council
hereby proclaims the termination of the Local Emergency Proclamation of the Director of Emergency
Services Dated Effective September 27, 2020 Pursuant to Section 2.32.060(A) of the Petaluma
Municipal Code and Ratified by the City Council October 5, 2020 in Accordance with Government
Code Section 8630(c).
4. In accordance with Section 2.32.060, paragraph (F)(3) of the Petaluma Municipal Code, the City
Manager, as the
officers or employees regarding the local emergency proclaimed September 27, 2020.
5. In accordance with Section 2.32.090 of the Petaluma Municipal Code, officers and employees of the
City, along with volunteer forces and groups aiding during the emergency, are no longer charged with
duties incident to the protection of life and property in the city as they were during the emergency
proclaimed in the city on September 27, 2020.
6.
in response to the local emergency proclaimed September 27, 2020 are hereby terminated.
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
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the16th day of
November 2020, by the following vote:
Approved as to
form:
__________________________
City Attorney
AYES: Mayor Barrett; Vice Mayor Fischer; Healy; King; McDonnell; Miller
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
RECUSED: Kearney
ATTEST: ______________________________________________
City Clerk
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Mayor