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Resolution 2020-28RESOLUTION NO. 2020-28 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY CONTINUING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY AS ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES WHEREAS, the Emergency Services Act, Government Code Section 8630, and Chapter 9 of the Gilroy City Code, Emergency Organization and Functions, empower the Director of Emergency Services (City Administrator) to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency if the Council of the City of Gilroy ("City") is not in session, and require that the City Council take action to ratify the proclamation within seven (7) days thereafter, or the proclamation shall have no fmiher force or effect; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code Sections 8680 .9 and 8558(c), a local emergency is a condition of extreme peril to persons or prope11y proclaimed as such by the governing body of the local agency affected by a natural or manmade disaster; and WHEREAS, the purpose of a local emergency proclamation is to provide extraordinary police powers , immunity for emergency actions, authorize issuance of orders and regulations, and activate pre-established emergency provisions; and WHEREAS, a local emergency proclamation is a prerequisite for requesting state or federal assistance; and WHEREAS, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within the City, based on the following: 1. A novel coronavims (Named COVID-19) was first detected in December 2019. 2. On January 30, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declai·ed the COVID- 19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. On January 31, 2020 the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services declared a Public Health Emergency. 3. On February 10, 2020 , the County of Santa Clara declared a local health emergency and proclaimed a local emergency. 4. On March 9, 2020 the County of Santa Clara Public Health Depmiment took steps to protect the health of the community by issuing an order cancelling all mass gatherings of over 1,000 people and additional recommendations to slow the spread of the vims, reduce the number of people infected, and, especially, to protect those who are most vulnerable to severe illness. 5. On March 11, 2020 the WHO made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic . RES O LUTION N O. 2020-2 8 6 . On March 13, 2020 the Santa Clara County Office of Education announced that all public schools will close for three weeks ; and 7. On March 13 , 2020 the County of Santa Clara took additional steps to protect the health of the community by issuing additional orders limiting gatherings to I 00 people and further banning gatherings of 35 to I 00 people unless certain conditions are met to reduce the likelihood of transmission at those events . 8. The City of Gilroy has been responsive and proactive. The City has cancelled programs for senior citizens, postponed agenda items and meetings that are not time- sensitive, cancelled all non-essential travel by City staff and all City-sponsored events likely to result in a possible mass gathe1ing while this crisis continues; and WHEREAS, California Government Code, Title 2, Division 1, Chapter 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA) allows that with the Procl amation of a Local Emergency the City may seek financial assistance and may request reimbursement of the significant expenses incurred during response, if approved by the Director of the California Office of Emergency Services or Concurrence or Governor 's Proclamation; and WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the Director of Emergency Services issued a proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency within the City; and WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020 the City Council found that the above described conditions of extreme peril did waiTant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency in the City; and WHEREAS, the associated emergency conditions continue to be on-going and the emergency should not be terminated at this time. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Gilroy that: 1. The City Council has received the report of the Director of Emergency Services as required by California Government Code Section 8630 (c) and reviewed the need for continuing the declaration of local emergency and finds based on substantial evidence that the public interest and necessity require the continuance of the proclamation of local emergency related to COVID-19. 2. Said local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until terminated by the City Council of the City of Gilroy . 3. The Director of Emergency Services is hereby directed to rep011 to the City Council within an additional sixty (60) days on the need for fm1her continuing the local emergency. RESOLUTI O N NO. 2020-28 ,/· I PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting duly held on the 18tl1 day of May, 2020, by the following roll call vote: 1(. AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BLANKLEY, BRACCO, LEROE-MUNOZ, MARQUES, TOVAR, TUCKER and VELASCO NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: '.' j _,.,------ NONE NONE APPROVED: )id_ Roland Velasco, Mayor RESOLUTION NO. 2020-28 I, SHAWNA FREELS, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 2020-28 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a city Resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said held on Council held on the 1st11 day of May, 2020 , at which meeting a quorum was present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of 1ty of Gilroy (Seal)