HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2023-102 N.C.S. 07/10/2023 DocuSign Envelope ID: 1291C5BA-C1C3-442F-8141-lEB4AlAC8205
Resolution No. 2023-102 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
PROCLAIMING THE TERMINATION OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION BY
DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DATED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3, 2023, PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.32.060(A) OF THE PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE, RATIFIED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL ON JANUARY 9,2023,IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
8360(C) REGARDING THE NEW YEARS' 2023 FLOODING EVENT
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(7) days; and
WHEREAS, due to the threats posed by the atmospheric river events starting in December 2022 and
continuing early January 2023 due to the health, safety and welfare of Petaluma residents and visitors and to
continuity of services provided by the City, other local governments, businesses and non-profit organizations in
the City, 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 3rd day of January, 2023; 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 January 9, 2023, the City Council ratified the
proclamation of existence of a local emergency issued by the Director of Emergency Services by adoption of
Resolution No. 2023-008 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, Petaluma staff follow-up activities related to the proclaimed New Years' 2023 Flooding Event
emergency has concluded, City staff have transitioned to normal operations, and City emergency response costs
have been tabulated and submitted for reimbursement; and
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 3rd day of January 2023, and City Council Resolution No. 2023-008 N.C.S. adopted January 9,
2023, ratifying the January 3, 2023, 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 City staff follow-up efforts related to the proclaimed emergency have concluded,
City staff 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 January 3, 2023 Pursuant to Section 2.32.060(A) of the Petaluma Municipal Code and Ratified by the
City Council on January 9, 2023, Resolution No 2023-008, in Accordance with Government Code Section
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8630(c).
4. 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, no longer requires emergency service of City officers or employees
regarding the local emergency proclaimed January 3, 2023.
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
January 3, 2023.
6. In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, City employees' disaster service worker activities in
response to the local emergency proclaimed January 3, 2023 are hereby terminated.
7. Finds that the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that rescinding an emergency
proclamation does not meet CEQA's definition of a"project," because the action does not have the potential for
resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment, and because the action constitutes organizational or administrative activities of governments
that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
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 Approved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the loth day of July 2023, DocuSigned�flxm:
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AYES: McDonnell,Barnacle,Cader Thompson,Healy,Nau,Pocekay,Shribbs
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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